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The Dickinson press., 1891-10-31
ECONOMY AND BOARDING..
Two Different Things, but Often Consid-
cred the Same.

Economy ana boarding are two
widely different thing although one
is too often mistaken FOR the other.
The true law of life rs * receive, to
use, to pass on" Thus says a helpful
article. 1t is wisdom to make pro-
vision for the future. For the i'm
provident and shiftless l have small
respect. 1t is not OF this l speak, but
of what is useless to its possessor that
might do another good service, says a
writer in Good Housekeeping.
Do not fill garnet and closets with
cast-otf clothing, broken furniture. old
books. etc. This is waste. and adds
the burden of caring for worthless
things. Give your poor neighbor your
gowns and wraps that out of style
in fabric and fashion. When the day
for making over comes, if it ever ar
rives. 10 to l the new material and
cost of work will lead you to decide
upon new, and the old, growing older
is still on hand. Pass on your old
garments; there is a world of good for
some one in them. The home mis-
sionary barrel would rejoice should
YOU decide to swell its contents. Do
not hoard even old trumpery. If you
allow your house to be numbered. moth
and rust will corrupt.
1t is a law of nature that nothing be
lost. Everything gravitates to pur-
pose and use. Follew this law and
send old books. magazines and papers
to those VINO have no money to buy
them. They will be Il godsend to
many hungcring and thirstlng for this
very sort of mind food. and you will
be enshrined in their memory, espec-
tally if the packages you send are la
belled pass on" You will Under.
stand the compound interest that
accr, es.
If there is positively nc other use
for old broken-down furniture, let II
be sp it up for kindling. 1t is better
SO than to Ell up and gather dust and
be consigned to the wood pile at last
How can a family live without q
storeroom for useful, needed articlesl
What folly to fill it with useless
trumpery! Let everything that car
serve for convenience to others b.
passed on; otherwise clear out ane
clear off. If true that the maximum
of good housekeeping is the minimum
of old trumpery. our housekeeper'
will rouse to the subject. Remembe
there is that that s~cattereth, yet in
creaseth.
The Dickinson press., 1891-10-31
An Automatic Telephone.

In addition to the ordinary public
telephone in the post office of the
Frankfort Electrical Exhibition. there
has just been installed, for the con-
venience OF visitors, by Messrs. Gould
and Co., OF Berlin, a new automatic
telephone. The person wishing to
make use OF this instrument inserts
the sun of 25 acknowledgements,
in two ten-pfennige pieces and one
tive-pfennige piece, in the inevitable
slot, and presses a button in order to
establish the connection with the
office, which then effects the further
connection with any desired subscrib-
err In Frankfort and district. Should
the required connection not happen
to be at the moment available, the
official in the telephone office in his
turn presses a button, rendering it
possible for the person at the auto
matte telephone to resecure possession
OF his 25 pfennige, which is certainly
more than the ordinary run of auto
matte machines will perform if they
fail to make due delivery of the
desired sweetmeat, cigarette, or box
of wax vestas.-Iron.
The Dickinson press., 1891-10-31

noon, 1889, exhausted in body, mind
and soul. we mounted to return to
Cairo, we took our last look of the
pyramid at Gizeh. And you know
there is something in the air toward
evening that seems productive OF
solemn and tender emotion, and that
great pyramid seemed to be human
lied and with lips OF stone it seemed
to speak and cry out: "Hearme, man,
mortal and immortal! My voice is the
voice OF God. He designedme. Isaiah
said | would be a sign and a witness.
l saw Moses when he "a a lad. l
witnessed the long procession OF the
~Israelites as they started to cross the
Red Sea and Pharaoh's host in pur-
suit Of them. The falcons and the
eagles OF many centuries have brushed
my brow. | stood here when Cleo
patra's barge landed with her sorcer-
les, and lIypatla for her virtues was
slain i'll yonder streets. Alexander
the Great, Sesostris and Ptolemy adj
mired my proportions. Herodotus
and Plinty sounded my praise. am
very old. For thousands OF years
have watched the coming and going OF
generations. They tarry only a little
while, but they make everlasting inn
pressions, l bear on my side themark
OF the trowel and chisel of those who
more than four thousand years ago
expired.
BEWARE WHAT YOU DO,
Oh, man! for what you do will last
long after you are dead! Ii you would
be atfectionately remembered after
you are gone, trust not to any earth
ly commemoration. / have not one
word to say about any astronomer
who studied the heavens from my
heights or any king who a sepulch-
red in my bosom. am slowly pass
ing away. l am n dying pyramid. 1
shall lie down in the dust OF the plain
and the sands OF the desert shall COW
err me, or when the earth goes | will
go. But you are immortal. The
feet with which you climbed my sides
today will turn to dust. but you have
a soul that will out last me and all
my brotherhood OF pyramids. Live
for eternity! Live for Godl With
the shadows OF the evening nowfalling
from my side, ! pronounce upon you
Il benediction. Take it with you
across the Mediterranean. Take it
with you across the Atlantic. God
only is great! Let all the earth keep
silence before him. Amen!" And then
the lips OF the granite hushed, and the
great Giant of Masonry wrapped him
self again in the silence OF ages, and as
l rode away in the gathering twilight,
this course of sermons vas project
ed.
"Wondrous Egypt! Land ofancient pomp
and pride,
Where Beauty walks by hoary Ruins side,
Where plenty relgns and still the seasons
And rolls-,rich gift of God-eShaustless
The Dickinson press., 1891-10-31
BABY's FOOT.
1t Is Said to Greatly Resemble a
MOnkev's

1t Is Said to Greatly Resemble a
Monkeys.
"How many people have ever taken
notice OF a baby's foot, except to
admire its pinkness and prettiness?"
said q well-known scientist. "And
yet to the anatomist it is arevelation.
Take, for example, the tootsies of
child OF 10 months that has never
walked or stood alone. 1t has q
power OF grasping to some extent and
is used instinctively like q hand. The
great toe has a certain Independent
working, like q thumb, and the
wrinkles OF the sole resemble those of
the palm. These markings almost
entirely disappear after the pedal
extremity has come to be employed
for purposes OF support and locomo-
ton.
"The hands and feet OF a human
being are strikingly like those OF the
chipanzee in conformation, while the
gorilla's resemblance to man in these
respects is even more remarkable.
The higher apes have been classified
as 'quadrumana,' or 'four-handed,'
because their hind feet are hand
shaped; but this designation is very
improperly applied, because the apes
posterior eNtremities are not really
hands at all. They merely look like
hands at the first glance, whereas in
fact they are but feet adapted for
climbing. The big toes can not be
opposed to the other toes as thumbs
are to the fingers, but simply act
pincerwise for the purpose O grasping.
"Now, funnily enough, the 'infant's'
feet have this same power of grasping
pincer fashion, and the action is per-
formed in precisely the same way.
Advocates OF evolutionary theories
take this to signify that the human
foot was originally utilized for climb
ing trees also before thespecies was so
highly developed as it is now. Also
they assert that the fact OF the art OF
walking erect is learned by the child
with such difficulty proves that the
ace has only acquired it recently"
The Dickinson press., 1891-10-31
A Luxury.

Who would not like to be a race
horse in order to be treated with the
distinguished consideration awarded
to Donovan, the duke of Portland's
proud procession. Donovan was
taken from Newmarket to Welbeck
the other day, and so as to insure
his travelling with the greatest possible
luxury, and prevent his being kept
waiting at intermediate stations, like
poor ordinary mortals, a special
train was retained for his use. A
whole retinue of grooms went with
him, and his slightest wants were
attended to throughout the trip with
the nos scrupulous and minute care.
The duke of Portland has insured
Donovan's life for Sl25,OO0.
The Dickinson press., 1891-10-31
The Famous Stonchenge.

Stonehcnge is famous ruin of great
but uncertain antiquity, situated in
the centre o. a plain near Amesbury in
Wiltshire. England. At present it is
merely a confused mass of m%oss-covered
stones, which must be closely inspect
ed in order to trace out the original
form. which was two concentric circles
of huge upright stones, enclosing two
elipses the whole surrounded by a Cir
cular ditch and embankment; the wall
being Is feet high and 1,0l0 in Cir
conference. There is much difference
of opinion among antiquarians as to
what the original building, monument
or dixie was used for. Many eminent
scientists believe it to be the remains
Of a Druidish temple, erected long be-
fore the Roman invasion of Britain. -
Chicago Times
The Dickinson press., 1891-10-31
INFECTION DUE TO SHAVING.
What a Leading British Medical
Journal Saws on the Subiect.

h a Leading British Medical
Journal Says on the Subject.
Notwithstanding that the subject
has recently given rise to some discus
sion in the daily press, therecan beno
reasonable doubt as to the caasation
OF parasitic sycosls, and the frequent
responsibility OF BARRIERS for its pro-
pagation, says the London Lancet.
We will not deny that the disease may
occasionally arise from accidental
contact other than that OF infected
soap and brush. Its close connection
with these, however, is the
evidence OF a common and persistent
sequence OF events. We need not dwell
upon the ~tenacity with which it clings
to the hair OF the face, nor will we en-
anime the methods used by the der
matologist for it's destruction.
Sanitary cleanliness is here better
than any remedy, and the assertion
OF this important fact is the result OF
the somewhat lengthy newspaper
correspondence already mentioned.
1t has been impressed by different
writer's in various ways. Thus we
are advised to shave ourselves, to
avoid the cheap barber. to use pre-
cautions with brushes and the like.
Perhaps the advise first given would
prove the best, but the professional
operator is to many persons indis-
pensable. The truest wisdomfor one
self in such a case is clearly to use due
care in selecting a barber. Whatever
he is not, he must be clean and care
full. 1t should not be forgotten that
there are possible safeguards well
within the reach OF this class OF
tradesmen which a customer may
fairly exact for his own security as
part of the common law OF shaving.
These include the use of perfectly
fresh water and soap, or preferably
shaving cream, as admitting of exclu-
sive use, a clean brush, and a clean
razor for each person shaved. We
should also advise, as a further but
not superfluous precaution, that
Instruments after washing be dipped
in some convenient antiseptic solution.
Such measures as these require but
little time to carry them out. They
are needtul in order to insure immun-
lty from %contagion, and the poorest
will find them worth a small addition
to the BARRIERS trade.
The Dickinson press., 1891-10-31
ASSN H GUARD.
An Angel of Strength as Wei as an Angel
of Mercy.

Mary A. Bickerdyke. Familiarity
known among the soldiers as "Mother
Bickerdyke," was a stalwart loyal
| German woman who did heroic service
during the war.
She usually had her own tents and
details of men to help her keep the
soup-kettles going. She was accus-
toned to go where she pleased, just
when she pleased, and as nearly all
the soldiers knew her and her good
works, and many of them had enjoyed
a tin Of soup from her kettles that
were always full, no one thought OF
challenging her.
"Who goes there?"
"Mother Bickerdyke," was the an
swer, and that was enough. But
there came a lot of new recruits into
camp at n point who knew nothing
of Mother Bickerdyke or her good
deeds.
One of these was placed on duty
where Mother Bickerdyde was COM
peeled 10 pass on her rounds among
the hospitals. One dark night she re-
turned at q late hour. A new guard
was passing his beat not far from her
little group of tents. AS she ap-
preached he challenged herr
Halt! Who goes there?"
Mother Bickerdyke." she answer
ed cheerily.
advance and give the counter
sign"
II haven't the countersign."
You can't pass then"
Eyes. l will; that tent is where I
live, and I'm not going to bother my
self to get the countersign at this late
hour. Let me pass"
mo. you can't pas"
'I'm Mother Bickerdyke."
Il don't care who you are. I'll
The sentence was not finished. She
was physically a very powerful woman,
and quick as a flash she sprang upon
him. SEN his gun in n direction
and himself whirling in another.
II think hereafter you'll know who
Mother Bickerdyke Isl" was her COM
ment as she passed on and entered her
tent.
The poor fellow had been taken en-.
tirely by surprise, and spent the rest
of his time till relieved from duty in
searching for his gun. but was unable
to find it till daylight next morning.
He had heard OF army nurses being
angels of mercy; he now knew they
were angels of strength. But after
that he knew who Mother Bickerdyke
was-Home and Country.
The Dickinson press., 1891-10-31
FOR MEMBRAN


It would be sweet to think when we are old
OF all the pleasant days that came to pass:
That here W. took the berries from the
grass,
There charmed the bees with pans, and
smoke unrolled,
And spread the melon nets when nights
were cold,
Or pulled the blood-rooti in the underbrush,
And marked the ringing of the tawny
thrush,
While all the west was broken burning
gold.
And so l bind with rhymes these men,
oricS,
As girls press pansies in the poets leaves
And find them atterward with sweet sur
prise;
Or treasure petals mingled with perfume,
Loosing. them i'll the days when April
gricveS:
A subtle summer in the rainy room.
~. duncan Campbell Scott.
The Dickinson press., 1891-10-31

At Monterey. Mexico. some Phila-
delphia capitalists, and not very large
capitalists either, started a knitting
factory about a year ago. They got a
concession from the governor of the
state providing that they should be
the only knitting factory in it for
twenty-five years, and they are now
turning out 200 dozen pairs of stock
ings per day. The duty on stocking;
is SO great that they a sell at a high
profit. They use Mexican girls to work
their machines and they are making
lots Of money.
The Dickinson press., 1891-10-31
Electric Faults Caused by Mice.

The London Electric Supply Com
pany find that where they use concen-
trio wiresfaults suddenly occur. These
they find to be due to nice making
contact between the earth and the in
sulated high-pressure terminal. A
current passes and blows the fuse,
and the burnt remains OF the mouse
are found. Probably mice are at
tracted by the warmth of the trans
mitters, which, when not too hot, al
sc attract beetles and other insects.
When the mice get near the high-pres-
sure terminal there is an electrostatic
force which acts on their antennm.
This attracts their attention, and
they investigate the terminal and find
that, whether knowledge comes after
death or not, death is apt to como
first.
The Dickinson press., 1891-10-31

The b,ackened teeth of the Malays
and Siamese L not produced as has
been supposed heretofore by coating
them with IL mixture Of betel and
lime. but by rubbing the toeth with q
paste made from charred cocoanut
kernels. This is carefully applied TO
the teeth again and again. until .
black varni5h hides the natural whita
The Dickinson press., 1891-10-31
A Prcsumin. FOREIGNER,

Father: Now look here, Dinnis,
dye moind? I've towld yez foive or
six tonnes to go to Sunday-school an
it l hav' to tell yez agin I'll Civ yez a
batting that Yell reminder to the ind
of yer days!
Son: Lay hands on me at your peril!
The presumption of you foreigners is
simply disgusting.-St. Louis Re-
public.
The Dickinson press., 1891-10-31
nacr,,,ts for tl,e Cermsn Army,

During the year 1890, 1872. 1856 men
were recruited for the German army.
Out of these 5, 916 we're not permitted
10 enter, as they were in excess of the
number provided for by the army bud
get. The volunteers numbered II. 666,
making the total 1875. SOP, of whom
4, 121 are destined for the feet.
The Dickinson press., 1891-10-31
Reasonable Request.

II have one request to make" SAID
the pretty type writer. when she had
accepted her employers proposal OF
marriage. Name it my love-"
LET me select my at the
desk."-New York Sun.
The Dickinson press., 1891-10-31
D~lGEsTlBLE FOOD.

An Interesting Table of DigestibIe
Food.
Although the day Of dieting while
training for athletic sports is past the
following interesting table ofdigestible
food may be instructive to those
younger athletes continually asking
for advice as to "What shall l eat?"
The Dickinson press., 1891-10-31
A TRANSFORMATION.

We We're chatting one afternoon, a
certain retired detect, - and 1. lie
was in a reminiscent mood.
mo doubt you were occasionally
surprised at the termination of some
Of your Investigations" l ventured to
remark.
DWELL, yes" he slowly admitted.
"The fact is, on one occasion l was
more than surprised;I was absolutely
dazed. Early in my professional ca
reer | set out to find a young forger
named Berry Gray, al absconded
clerk OF q st. Louis firm. After found
ering around for about ten weeks, lat
last located him at Austin, Tex. Not
in the town exactly, for he lived with
a young farmer near by.
"When l trudged out to the farm l
found that the owner was Dick Clay
ton, n friend OF my boyhood, and he
received me with much heartiness. lie
was unmarried, and was running q
large ranch on which he did not owe q
dollar.
"While we We're chatting on the
porch, youngGray, the man Twas aft
er, came up and made a few inquiries
about the work for the afternoon. He
vas n straight, handsome, smooth
faced fellow, with bright brown eyes
and curly hair OF the same color.
"'Is that one OF your farm-hands?"
I asked as the young man retired.
"'Yes." replied my friend. He
hasn't had much experience, but he
has great adaptability and is very
willing. He is OF great use to me, but
l do not assign much OF the hard work
to him. as he doesn't seem yery
The Dickinson press., 1891-10-31

my text, the pyramid Is @ sign and IL
witness that big tombstones are not
the best way OF keeping ones self
atfectionately remembered. This
pyramid and the So other pyramids
s%epulchres, ali this great pile Of
granite and limestone by which
we stand today to cover the memory
OF a dead king. Itwasthe great West
minister Abbey Of the ancients. Some
say that Cheops was the king who
built this pyramid, but it isuncertain.
Who was Cheops, anyhow? All that
ne know about him could be told in a
few sentences. The only thing certain
is that he was bad and that he shut
up the temples OF worship and that he
was hated so that the Egyptians were
glad when he was dead.
SOME OF lHE FINEST MONUMENTS
are over people that amounted to
nothing while they lived, while some
! OF the worthiest men and women have
not had above them a stone big
enough to tell their name. Joshua,
the greatest warrior the world ever
saw, no monument; Moses, the great.
est lawyer that ever lived, no monu,
ment; Paul, thegreatest preacher that
ever lived, no monument; Christ, the
savior OF the world and the rapture
OF heaven, no monument. Apyramid
over scoundrelly Cheops, but only a
shingle with a lead pencilepitaph over
a good mans grave. Some OF the
finest obituaries have been printed
about the worst rascals. Today at
Brussels there is a pyramid OF flowers
on the grave of Boulanger, the notori
IL libertine. Yet it Is natural tc
want 10 be remembered.
do not ask you to suppress this
natural desire of being remembered
after you are gone, but l only want
you to put your memorials into {
shape that shall never weaken CT fade
As in Egypt that December after
The Dickinson press., 1891-10-31
KnIttlng i'm MEXICO.

New York Sun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-30
The Funeral Of william r. cou,,..

The funeral of the late William r. Collins.
which took place this morning. was largely AZ
tended. Many evidences were given OF the love
and respect in which Mr.. Collins was hela
in the community and Of the sincere sorro~
caused by his death.
At $50 clock the remains we're taken froia
the house, 34l6 p street. TO Holy Trinity
Church. where the service was held. In the
church, when the funeral procession entered.
there was large assembly of friends OF the
deceased. The casket, which was covered
with beautiful floral tokens of love
and remembrance, was borne TO the
chancel rail and there placed until the
service was ended. The beauty and solemnity
Of the services were enhanced by the eNquisits
singing by quartet choir Of Schmidts re
QUEEN mass. Upon the conclusion Of the mas
hev. Father Roccofort. the celebrant. made
some feeling and appropriate remarks upot
the sterling character Of the deceased shown
In all the relations Of life. From the church
the remains were taken 20 Holy Rood cemetery,
where Father Roccofort. with the usual ceres
mony, committed them TO the grave.
The pail bearers were Mr.. Thos. Downing
Mr.. Crosby 5. Moves, MIR. =. n. Kaufman,
Col. VIM. o. Drew, Mr.. Vim. wetzell and Nj
Ihos. Pendle.
Conspicuous among the neral tributes was
one from Tue EVENING STAR Company. which
the deceased served so faithfully for many
years, another from Mr.. Collins associates
ON the staff Of The STAR. who had for him q
feeling not only OF esteem, but Of the tcnderesg
affection, and third from the composing and
stereotyping departments Of the paper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-30

TO PkOSECOTE AN UNDERTAKEN.
He Ii Charged With Removing . CONTAGIOUS
Disease Warning Sign.
The first case under the new health ordinance
to prevent the spread Of contagious diseases
(diphtheria and scarlet fever) was started to-
day by Chief Clerk McGinn Of the health Of
flee, who had prepared a case against Under
taker Thomas Cannon Of New Jersey avenue,
charge Of removing diphtheria warning sign
from the house Of Mr.. Crehore, No. SIS North
Capitol street.
A child of Mr.. Crehors died Of diphtheria
and ii is charged that after the funeral the
undertaken removed the sign, in violation Of
law. At the time the sign WIS removed il Is
claimed that there were two other cases Of the
same disease In the house.
The information was drawn 10 charge Q viola
ton Of the second section At the act, which
provides:
That il shall b the duty Of the health officer
cooperating with the attending physician TO
cause . suitable placard, Gag or warning siRn
to be displayed from the front Of the premisss
or apartment where any one case Of scarlet
fever or diphtheria b present. II shal be un-
lawful for any person to remove such placard,
sign or warming Dag, when 20 placed, without per-
mission q the health ofiicer, and ID shall BE- the
with the attending pAysician, 70 causs tie prem
ises 10 be properly disinfected, and 10 issue the
necessary Instructions for the isolation Of The
patient"
Under the regulations three wsshs n ne time
that the cards are 10 b. kept ON the house.
The extprosecution win probably b against
. pvuOinsnt physician.