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The Dickinson press., 1891-03-21
Wild Boars at ,yin.,.or.

Last week three wild boars were shot
i'll the queens swine garden in Windsor
great park, of which two were for her
majesty, and tho other was sent to the
Prince of Wales. Wild boar was first
served at the royal table during the reign
of George Nv, who was very fond of it.
John Wilson Croker records that when
he was staying with the king at tho Pa
vilion i'll January, 1922, his majesty
"made us all eat some roast wild boar
from Hanover, which was very good, like
pork with game flavor" Mr.. Croker,
on being asked by the king "what he
thought of it," replied, "lt is to pork
what pheasant is to fowl" whereupon his
majesty observed that nothing is so
good rs a fowl; if they were us scarce as
pheasants, and pheasants as plenty as
fowls, no one would eat IL pheasant. -
London World.
The Dickinson press., 1891-03-21
lad J,cmncrs.

There are some vices which possess
what may be called a respectable cx-
terror; they succeed occasionally in bor-
rowing the garments Of some neighbor-
ing virtue and passing themselves off as
relations of his. Even when their char
acter as faults cannot be denied, people
are found to paniatc them and minimize
their evil tendency. Among such sins
are envy, jealousy, pride and bad tenn
per. To say that such one has rather
a hasty temper, or that he is difficult to
get on with, or that he is too fond Of
having his own way, is hardly, in the
opinion of many people, to say: anything
really to his discredit; yet, when we
analyze that disposition of mind which
is commonly called ''bad temper" we
shall find that it is neither more nor less
than the malignant desire of making
Other people suffer pain. Even in the
case of a shot or hasty temper, this is
true. No one would use angry words TO
another if he did not mean that they
should wound, and intend to relieve his
angry feelings by the suffering they may
cause.-Chalnbers' journal.
The Dickinson press., 1891-03-21
Men Arc Alike About Fires

"There is one thing" said the man
from tho upper part of the state, (which,
find, shows that We arc all of the same
blood. 1t is q fire. OF course, when
there is fire i'll a country town we all
go to it. 1t is % rare thing, and we find
it Il feature of the season. Besides that,
we generally take IL hand in hauling out
furniture or making ourselves useful in
other ways. Now you New Workers get
just as excited and interested over a fire
as we do, and your fires are SO frequent
that they have not the merit of novelty,
while you know that there is nothing
which you can do to be of service, DO
cause your police and fremen will not
let you get near the blaze. But notice
that you all, boys and men, go chasing
after fire as fast as your legs will carry
you. You have only to hear the clang
of the engine to see running crowd, OF
to catch sight of the smoke and away
you 20, following in tho wake of younger
and more agile men. That's just what
we do in the country. New York Tri-
huno
The Dickinson press., 1891-03-21
Made Them Work.

While returning from Europe the cap
tain told me IL story of how he once
utilized Hindoo superstition to have his
ship worked. He was in command Of
an Indiaman, and the majority of the
crew were Hindoos. AS long as tn,
weather was warm they cheerfully did
their work, but when a cold storm came
up they positively seemed to shrivcl, and
within short time betook themselves te
the hold, from which they could not be
driven by threats or pcrsuasions. Tho
captain was at his wits end, but sudden
ly a bright thought struck him. Hc re
membercd the Hindoo horror of the pig
contact with which means loss of caste
There happened to be well fed porkc,
on board, which he took from its pen
tied a rope to its leg and lowered it intt
tho strikers quarters. Tho effect was
electrical. With u wild yell every mar
rushed to the deck to avoid contact will
the unclean animal, and there was nc
further difficulty i'll getting them tx
work in the coldcst wcather.-Interview
IN st. Louis Globe-Denocrat.
The Dickinson press., 1891-03-21

In point of actual distance covered, the
greatest traveller in the world is said to
be Chief Engineer Sewell, of the White
Star fleet, who is we'll known in this city
While in charge of the engine depart
ment of the vessels of that line, notably
the Britannia, Mr.. Sewell completed 13.
round trips between Liverpool and New
York. travelling the enormous distance
of s1s,4oO nautical or 941 900 standard
miles, nearly four times the distance be-
tween the earth and the moon. This is
said to he only about two-thirds of the
total distance tr;sversed by Mr.. Sewell
since he became seagoing engineer.
Chief Engineer Kitchen, who was in
charge of the Adriatic's engines for six
teen years, but who now superintends
the Britannic's, boasts similar record.
He has made 1854 round trips between
Liverpool and New York and has travel
cd over 9A 800 nautical mikes, or 1,1O0,-
COO standard English miles.-New York
Times.
The Dickinson press., 1891-03-21
A BookwoRM.

My hoard is books, loved almost as myself;
IL borrs, put them on the upper shelf;
II iricnds, daily as q lover dallics
With his hearts choicc in the sweet garden
alleys.
Where the rich vines to tangled riot run,
And luscious peaches blush against thosaln,
Stcadfast find thcm hero from day to day.
Drawn up like soldiers in their stanch array;
opcn one; behold tho trace of tears
Shed by some heart it touched in vanished
years;
Some aro now comcrs, and smile clleerfully;
Some arc worn old and sud by constancy;
I lovo them all, tho beaming face or sod.
Thoso that have made MO weep, or made mo
glad,
All hut tho dull ones on the upper shelf,
Them would fain exchange for needed pclf.
Sometimes leave them, and go calmly out
10 where hearts faster beat, where childrcC
shout,
To feel tho impulse of tho eager crowd,
And hear trafficAs babel, harsh and loud:
test them Us q man might test hts wife.
To teach her she il not the whole Of life:
\ schoolboys trick it is, for soon find
I've loft my better self, my heart, behind.
The hundred souls whom go forth to meet
Arc strangers to mo in tho greedy street;
The world seems nearest when my lamp is lit,
And BY its midnight glow quiet sit;
volumes with welcome greeting then look
down,
And night shuts out tho noisy, restless town:
This Is my haven, this my marriage bower.
Weddcl to my books and happy every hour,
Mrs. Napoleon B. Morango in Ark;,nsaw
Traveller
The Dickinson press., 1891-03-21

Wall '''' g.. e.. i # do; has
been III, u. : ~ sing turned
iato !, I'd. ) lc..'v. Tie breeds that
l:ase u ii~nca tn:,,;: the cain:"ious and
errant fancics OF a:.i;,ml pctta@s have un-
dersonc u still deeper deterioration. The
sleek pug, fer instance, on whom is often
lavished such ~ wealth of feminine fond
ness, has long since become perfectly
aware of his new function in the house.
He knows he is the first pet, and he is
perfectly happy in the fact. His mind
seems untroubled by any recollection Of
u higher estate. He has lost the ancient
desire Of the species to be mans loyal
servant. He may, perhaps, if you happen
to call at the house and find him in ex-
elusive possession of the drawing room,
make pretense Of resisting your in
trusion. But his Sybaritic habits are too
much for him, and presently he sinks
i'll voluptuous slumber on the softest of
sofa cushions. These spoiled creatures
learn to take the fondlings bestowed on
them us a matter of course. They are
wholly undemonstrativc, and perhaps
the most f1attering thing that can be said
of them is that, unlike their rival, the
cat, they do not simulate tenderness of
which their heart is wholly destitute
Cornhill Magazine.
The Dickinson press., 1891-03-21
Work in Lecturinr,

A popular lecturer who has appeared
before big audiences on hundreds of
platforms during the past ten or twelve
years, says that lect,,ring is the hardest
way of earning living. The lecturer is
all the time exhausted with travel from
place to place by railroad OF steamboat,
or stage coach or other conveyance. He
cannot get solid sleep any time. He
fluids himself in uncomfortable quarters
in all sorts of hotels. He cannot get to
bed till nearly midnight after any lect-
ure. He is bothered with committees
and agents. He often finds that both the
audience and tho receipts arc light The
lecturer here quoted says that he is worn
out down to the bones after u few weeks
of lecturing, and that he never had us
calausting work when he was deck
hand aboard ship as he has had during
the years in which he has been on the
lecture platform. His nervous system
has been shattered by it.-New York
The Dickinson press., 1891-03-21
Imagination in Life.

1t seems probable that a little imagina-
ton is very much better as a possession
than a great deal. A little is, to the
daily incidents and events of life, what
salt is to meat. The relish it bestows
upon them is just as good as a pleasure.
If you arc in a sorry plight you can see
help coming by its aid, though, on the
other hand, you are not tormented by
grievous relapses of Impotence and de-
spair upon the delay of the arrival of
such help, as you would surely be if you
were as imaginative as a poet. And in
like manner, when you are in the thick
Of prosperity, under its gentle, judicious
suggesting you are able to look ahead,
forcsce the inevitable squalls which shall
follow such spell of fine weather, and
bs prepared for them. In fact, /, certain
amount of imagination is like ballast to
ship, whereas too much acts like a
storm upon the same ship, catching it
with all sails set,-All the Year Round
The Dickinson press., 1891-03-21
Actors Who Paint,

Speaking of people who paint, Edward
w. Kemble, the artist, said 81 know
many actors who are artists with the
brush and pencil, and very fair artists at
that. Joseph Jefferson goes in for water
coIors. Dixey draws queer caricatures,
and l saw one of his eccentric drawings
on Parker house Dostom bill of faro
only the other day. Louis Harrison, tho
comedian, is u rapid draughtsman. Tim
Murphy used to be IL house painter in
Washington, so he comes rightly by his
taste for pen and pencil. His dressing
room wherever he may be is covered
with daubs roughly but effectively done
i'll grease, paint and crayon. Lolita,
Minnie Maddern, Madeline Lucette and
Alice King Hamilton draw very neatly.
e. Ii. Sothern has made sketches which
Dan Frohman considers worthy of hang
ing framed in the lobby of the Lyceum
theatre. George Fawcctt Rowe used to
go in for oils. Alexander Salvini, son of
his father, has presented very neat
water color to Marie Burroughs. New
York Herald.
The Dickinson press., 1891-03-21
Tic Fly Had the Nerve.

Allan Formm, the publisher of The
New York Journalist, went out one day
not long ago to take lunch with friend.
This friend had a glass eye, Il calamity
Mr. Forman knew nothing about. When
they had finished their meal they walked
up to the cashiers desk to settle. AS the
gentleman was paying the checks the
newspaper man noticed fly calmly,
coolly and deliberately walking across
the ball Of his friends eye. That indi-
vidual seemed not in the least disturbed,
and when Forman spoke to him about it
he said, "Oh, that's nothing" Forman,
naturally astonished, said in reply,
"Well, by gracious, you must have a
nerve" "Oh, no" answered his friend,
"it's the fly that has the ve.'-Arkan-
saw Traveller,
The Dickinson press., 1891-03-21
Syrian Pets.

The author of the elmer Life of
Syria" gives an interesting account of
the SUCCESS with which wild beasts have
been tanned in that country. The writer,
being lady, and having some singular
pets of her own, was the better prepared
to appreciate what the natives had ac-
comphshed in that direction.
At one time she visited the wife of q
Hungarian officer. Sho was living quite
contentedly in a mud hut, and her only
companions were Il hyena and lynx,
which slept on her bed like two lapdogs
The hyena received INC at the gate, and,
though l was not prepared for it, in
nocently did the right thing, as she
afterward informed me-
The animal came and shifted at my
hands, and then jumped up and put its
forepaws on my shoulders and smelt my
face.
"Oh," thought, "if it takes bit out
of my cheek, what shall do:'
But stood as still rs n statue, and
tried not to breathe, looking it steadily
in the eyes all the while. At last it made
up its mind to befriend me, jumped
down and ran before me like a dog into
the house, where found the lynx on the
divan.
Pet No. 9 sprang at me, mewed and
lashed his tail till his mistress came in.
She told me that when people began to
scream or to drive the hyena away it
took pleasure in worrying and fright
ening them.
went afterward to the husbands re-
ception room. He hal gone out for a
short while. The hyena had got in, and
found my husband, the Russian consul
and Il French gentleman all sitting on
the divan, with their legs we'll tucked
up under them, and looking absurdly
uncomfortable at the frightful beast, as
the count called it. l had good laugh
at them, as the hyena and were already
on friendly TERMS
The Dickinson press., 1891-03-21
Tho Cap and Hat Riots,

These civil disturbances were in
Sweden from 1873 to 1911. The Caps
were the Russians and their symp;t-
thizers; the Hats were the French. Fol
time the kingdom was reduced almost
toa state of anarchy by the two con
tending factions, but order was restored
by Gustavus Ill in 17T1, who, desirous
Of excluding all foreign Intervention i'll
the affairs of Sweden, forbade the Use Of
tile names, and sternly represscd all dis
orders growing out of the political dis
sension between the factions. St Louis
Globe Democrat,
The Dickinson press., 1891-03-21
Baboo English,

One nan during an examination was
told to write an essay upon the horse,
which he did in the following brief terms:
"The horse is very noble animal, but
when irritated he ceases to do so." An
other had to write upon the difference
between riches and poverty, and he ended
by saying: SIN short, the rich man vel
ters in crimson velvet, while the poor
man snorts ON flint. Lady DufTerin' s
Vicefegal Life in India.
The Dickinson press., 1891-03-21

Twas Good Deal Nearer to Keep On.
'The funniest incident in my expert
ence:" queried the bridge policeman.
THAT was the couple from the country
just married. They had reached the
exact center of the bridge. ooh, my
darling, I can't go a step farther ex-
claimed the bride; what shall we do?'
DO, my precious: Why, We'll go back
to the New York end and take train
across. Ana they did, New York
The Dickinson press., 1891-03-21

1t is wicked to be wasteful; is it not US
wicked to be penurious? Both habits en-
tail misery on others; but as personal
matter it is more agreeable to have to do
with u spendthrift than 1niser, and
therefore the world loves the one and
hates the other.
The Dickinson press., 1891-03-21
The Why of II.

When some one Dragged that only one
public execution had taken place in
Turkey in FIVE years, an Englishman in.
vesigated and discovered that no culprit
who could raise 500 to bribe officials had
suffered death during the last twenty
years. There is always good reason for
anything that happens in Turkey.-De-
troit Free Press.
The Dickinson press., 1891-03-21
FirGt and Last.

The increasing prevalence of the scien
tific spirit, with its passion for exact
statement, makes it more and moro nee.
essary for men to say precisely what they
mean and nothing else.
"What is your last name, my little
MANI" asked the new teacher.
Tommy" answered the boy.
Indeed! What is your full namey'
Tommy Jones'
''Then Jones is your last name."
"Mo, ma'am, excuse me. When was
born my name was Jones, and they
didn't give ple the other for moro than a
month. YOUTHS Companion.
The Dickinson press., 1891-03-21

In every town of good size in Mexico
there are public schools These are we'll
attended, though most of the rich Mexi-
cans send their children to the schools of
the City of Mexico or to foreign coun-
tries, or have private teachers for them;
and to finish their education they are
often sent to Europe or the United
States. The great majority are left at
home, however, and tho schools are well
filled.
The Dickinson press., 1891-03-21
Mac,n1,r,s ,1.n,orr

1t is well known that Macaulay' mem
ory was prodigious. Hecould pass from
the minutest dates of English history OF
biography to discussion OF the compm-
ative merits of different ancient orators,
and repeat whole strophes from the
Greek dra1natists. He could rehearse
every word of every article he had writ
ten without prompting. - New York
Ledger.
The Dickinson press., 1891-03-21
Giants Nearly Twenty Feet Tall.

The giant Ferrasus, who was slain hy
Orlando, the nephew of Charlemagne,
was eighteen feet high. He always ac-
oompnnied the army ON foot, there being
no horse tall and strong enough to carry
him. Platerus in his published writings
tells of a giant whom he examined at
Lucerne whose body measured 19 fest
i.daea and q a1ines--St. Louis Reu1hlic.
The Dickinson press., 1891-03-21

Bells are mostly cast from compost
ton Of copper and tin, though other in
gradients are often used. When the
right proportions of these two metals are
combined and reduced by intense heat
to liquid form the mass is poured into a
clay mold of the desired shape and size.
The Dickinson press., 1891-03-21
"a a ="

One popularity of the principal dances
of savage nations is that in nearly every
instance they initiate the movements of
animals. This is evidenced in the buf-
falo and bear dances of the North Amer
lean Indians, the bear dance of the
Kamtchatkans and the kangaroo dance
of the aboriginal Australians.
The Dickinson press., 1891-03-21
Careful.

A wise parent thinks twice before an
sweing a bright boys question.
Papa" said Johnny, who had re-
Gently joined a debating society, ''is it
correct to say, Tho noes has it, or The
noes have it,"
"It depends, my son, on whether you
are talking about a vote or about cold
in the head. Youths Companion.
The Dickinson press., 1891-03-21
1t Was the Mnon

Of Carlyle Mr.. Goodwin Smith tells
one excellent story: One evening the
party were seated on the terrace at Lady
Ashburton's, in contemplation of this
glorious moon that Bhone overhead.
Poor old woman!' broke out Carlyle,
suddenly. The company looked astound-
ed, but it soon transpired that the refer
ence was not strictly personal. The
sage was merely apostrophizing the
moon, and condoling with her upon the
scene of folly she was doomed to look
down upon on every hand-except, per-
haps, at Chelsea.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The Dickinson press., 1891-03-21

Art is always its own best reward, and
the poets dearest object in life must
always be to give to the world "the
message that in him burns" Still, he
needs friends, requires leisure, wants
bread Tllackeray once wrote to a
friend, "Our twUpenny regulations get
us at least twopence-halfpenny
The Dickinson press., 1891-03-21
Bort.

A firm in this city imports large quan.
titles of bort. 81 did not know until Il
few weeks ago" said an official of the
custom house, "what bort is. Bort is
the small fragments removed from dia.
monds m cutting. When too small for
jewelry it is used for powder. The
sparkling powder is often sprinklcd on
the heads of society bellies, and their hair
sends forth sparks as from thousand
miniature diamonds. Edison uses a
great deal of bort in the manufacture of
monographs. New York World.
The Dickinson press., 1891-03-21
A 'Loneshoreman's Sense of n1odesty.

"You would hardly believe what silly
ideas some rough, uneducated men have
about propriety," said the nurse, rs she
smoothed out the pillow and rearranged
the bed covers with a gentleness and a
dexterity that recalled to the patient the
ninistering hand of a mother to her sick
boy. 81 recollect nursing Il big long
shorelnan when was in the hospital,
who had an idea of chivalIy which, mis-
taken and nonsensical though it was,
yet was refreshing in one of his class.
He had been in some fight in ashop near
the river, and had received number of
bad wounds. Lis antagonist had cut
right for his heart, and had made three
or four gaping slashes in his chest.
"The injured man was one of the best
built men 1 ever saw, and if his chest
had not been padded with thick mus
cles, he would have been murdered out
right. AS it was, he was in a critical
condition, and only the best care and
treatment could save his life. The sur
gcons dressed his wounds the first few
days, and then turned the task over to
me. went up to the patient, whose
name was Jackson, the next day, and
began to lay back the covers of the bed.
"'What are you doing?" he asked.
"'I am going to dress your wounds,
answered.
"'You, a ladyr he said in astomsh-
mcnt.
"'Of course; come, no nonsense l
went on, for he had grasped the cover in
his weak hands and was trying to pre-
vent my laying it back. I tried to argue
with him, but he blushed and said dog
gedly that he wouldn't let a lady dress
his wounds. 1 told him he would die if
he didn't let me take care Of him, but he
said he didn't care if he did, so had to
send for the surgeon. After several days
the patient was persuaded to let me
dress the wounds, but he turned crimson
when he barred his chest for me, al
though he had to expose little more than
a society woman does when she wears a
ball gown. Well, the 'longshoreman got
well, and since then I have been con-
vinced that the coarsest men are not
without instincts of gentility."-N
York Tribune,
The Dickinson press., 1891-03-21

In IL very judicious dietetic outline for
reducing obesity, from ten to twenty
drops of liquor potassB are given in a
glass of water three times a day, and the
food is largely composed of uncooked
local fruits, lemons, oranges, succulent
salad vegetables, acid wines, lean meat,
white blooded fish, game, and poultry,
lemonade, buttermilk, and tea and toast.
The Dickinson press., 1891-03-21

Honecourt, a Flemish architect of the
thirteenth century, left a drawing of a
wheel that was to solvs, the problem of
perpetual motion with this melnoran-
'!ula: "Many a time have sldllful work
men tried to contrive q wheel that shall
turn of itself. Here is q way to make
such a one, by an uneven number of
raallets or by quicksilver" But unfort-
unately he did not leave the wheel.
From his time on seekers after perpet-
ual motion have been numerous, many
Of them supposed to be very respectable
and intelligent men. Among the receiv-
ers Of eighty-six English and twenty
three French patents taker out for per-
petual motions between 1860 and 1869
We're q colonial bishop, a professor of
philosophy, one Of languages, two bar
ons, a Knight Templar, a doctor of med
icipe, two civil engineers, several me-
chanical engineers, etc.-Chicago Her.
The Dickinson press., 1891-03-21
sadder Than the Romeo Juliet Case

Miss Bond-Alas, Comte, papa says l
shall never marry you.
Comte de Sanssou-And did lnudemoi-
selle show monsieur re proofs zat l am
re Comte de Sanssou?
Miss Bond-Yes, and he said if you
could have proved you were all impostor
he might have given his consent.-Mun-
sey's Weekly.
The Dickinson press., 1891-03-21
After the Panic,

Miss Nevcrpay-Why does paw look
SO glum, NAV: Did the bank he keeps
his money in fail:
Mrs. Neverpay-Worse. The bank he
is supposed to keep his money in-didn't
fail.-Good News.
The Dickinson press., 1891-03-21
A TAwNv HEAD FROM EGYPT,

With tufts of hair warm bronze, within case
1t rests, this marvel from the antique land
OF pyramid and sphinx, Of palm and sand,
An Illustration of the dominant race
That swayed the world for centuries, and that
planned
Archives of art and catacombs, to stand
Gainst all times efforts laboring to efface.
These sightless sockets once with love light
cleaned;
This brow commandment over men i,ss haamed,
Aud with its intellect may have given toao
To governments, and even touched our ownl
While lips that may have greeted wife and young
Are now with brain that thought, with voice that
sung.