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The Dickinson press., 1892-01-02
Some of the Strange Claims That
Are Brought Before the Pension
QUEER PENSION CLAIMS.

OIIlCo.
Among the thousands OF applica-
tions for government pensions there
are, as a matter OF course, many that
are oddly expressed, as we'll as may
that are put upon queer grounds.
The Washington Post mentions few
examples.
A Wisconsin veteran was salivated
by the excessive use OF salt pork, and
now puts in a claim for pension on
the ground that lie "got salivated III
the army
A Maryland man, in order to show
that he was incapacitatedf for manual
labor, sent to Washington a batch OF
affidavits from his neighbors. In one
OF these documents the writer said
that he had known the claimant for
ten years, and that he wouldn't
work unless compelled to-" Such
testimony was not likely to create q
favorable impression, but the man
meant to say that the old soldier was
really unfit to work, but was some
times under the necessity OF trying to
do so.
The widow of Pennsylvania volun
teer reported that her husband had
received an axe wound in the right
foot. A question or two brought out
the fact that the accident occurred il
1876, in Pennsylvania, while the MAI
was splitting wood.
The pension attorney inquired
naturally enough, what bearing sucf
an occurrence could have upon thu
matter OF a pension.
"Why, sir" said the widow, curtly
"the axe he cut his foot with was on
he brought home from the war. Il
was an army axe
One OF the most remarkable declara
tions on file at the pension office i!
| that OF a Michigan veteran. Hemake
oath that he picked up s::ell on tn
battlefield of the Wilderness and tool
it into his tent While he was holdin
it between his knees, examining it, tn
missile exploded, and "badly shatter
ed his nervous SYSTEM" though b.
| some miracle it did no other injury.
The Dickinson press., 1892-01-02
SHE HAD COLLEGE TRAINING.

But 1t Did Not Fit Her to Make Her
Own Living.
l have said that have seen college
women fail in the commercial world,
using the term to cover the giving of
work for which money is paid, says
writer in Harpers Bazar There
comes to mind now a clear. beautiful
morning in the early fall, when card
of introduction was handed to me in
my Office, introducing a graduate of
the Harvard annex and of Girtou col
lege. Had l been asked before this
experience whether it were possible
for woman to fail with such an equip
ment would have unhesitatinglv
answered No" The bearer of the
card shortly appeared There was
not one Indication in her dress or man
ner of her educational advantages.
A bang that began at the crown of
her head. so cut that it reminded you
of terraces. extended to her eye brows,
completely covering her forehead. A
hat many sizes too small for woman
of her height was on her head. Her
dress was too short and the braid was
worn off; two buttons were off her
dress, and her handkerchief in the
opening did not hide the fact
of their absence. When she sat down
unconsciously moved my chair to
make room for her. She told her
story. She could find nothing to do.
She had been teaching but did not
like it. She wanted other work No
immigrant had more vague ideas of
what she wanted to do than this wo-
man. She thought she could do news.
paper work, was sure she could write
editorials She wanted to get into a
newspaper Office. 1t took all the self
command had to refrain from saying:
There is not an Office in the country
that would shelter that bang" lin.
wardly groaned. My dream that a
college education was the protection
of women against such experience as
hers was dispelled. No widow with
five children and district-school edu.
cation faced the world more helplessly.
Her mind was ii great mass of dough
unshapel and ulshapable until it has
passed through the fire The girl who
comes out of college with no sense o.
proportion, no eye for color no sense
of the fitness of things no knowledge
of the present conditions of the world
of which. from her standpoint she
forms so large part will need an
other training. that Of painful exper
ience, to fit her to use the tools giver
by her alma mater.
The Dickinson press., 1892-01-02
A Street Dress.

For ordinary street dress, the pre-
ference is for skirt with many cores
rather than for the bell skirt, which is
especially suitable to house and ele-
CANT dress, though it has been worn on
thestreets during the summer. More
over, the use of bell skirt on the
street necessitates train, and the
best dressed women in our cities re-
fuse to be chained down to such an
incumbrance in walking costume.
The skirt with six cores offers an ex-
cellent model for street dress. 1t has
a narrow front breadth, gored on
either side, two breadths on each side,
and q narrow back breadth, gored up
the edges. A pretty way to finish this
skirt is with a two.inch border of AS
trakhan entirely around the bottom
and-half way up the three seams on
each side of the skirt The back
breadth is held together halfway
down it's length in close pleats, whence
it falls in q small fan-like sweep.
There is very little trimming on the
new skirts. Bell skirts are frequently
bordered with four and half
inch box-pleating or ruching, extend
ing across the front and side breadths,
but leaving the train plain on the
edge. Flounces put on in festoons,
as they were last season, or laid in
box pleats, to form Vandyke points
at the top, where they are beaded by
jetted galoons, are used on handsome
silk and velvet skirts. In all these
cases, the trained back breadths are
left untrimmed. A popular finish for
the skirts of walking dresses is triple
rows of fur, either mink, Astrakhan,
or the more costly sable. The lowest
edge is put on the bottom OF the skirt
and the other two rows are above it.,
separated by spaces of two or three
inches. The width of such rows Of
fur is not above an inch or an inch
and a half on the pelt, though half as
wide again on the face.-HelenaR Rowe,
in Good Housekeeping.
The Dickinson press., 1892-01-02
Have YouCot Them?

Every housewife should insist upon
having
Good fuel.
Sharp knives.
A step-ladder.
Kindling wood.
A tidy husband.
Pure soft water.
Plenty of tinware.
A good cook stove.
A knife sharpener.
Hammer and nails.
Weights and measure.
Nelghbors that do not gossip.
Clean. dry approaches to the house.
The Dickinson press., 1892-01-02
l.36s Miles Per Honr.

A locomotive working under pres
sure Of 40 to 165 pounds to the square
inch of boiler surface may move q
train at velocity of sixty miles per
hour. ard. under favorable circum-
stances even a greater distance
While we are apt to think this a won
derful rate of speed. it is slow. very
slow. when compared with the velocity
of a. projectile fired from a modern
great gun" Such missiles push for.
ward through the air at the rate ol
1866 miles per hour. the impelline
force exerting . pressure of IS. 600 4
1900 pounds to each square iachi
The Dickinson press., 1892-01-02
Women's Waists.

While a nineteen or twenty-inch
waist is a deformity in an adult wo-
man, it may justly be doubted wheth-
er the twenty-six-inch waist of the
Venus de NIedlci is not somewhat too
large to be in proportion with the fig
ure of the average American woman.
1t is characteristic OF women OF the
highest types OF the Indo- European
races to have wide hips and narrow
waists. In other races the hips are
narrower and the waists larger.
The American woman appears, in
consequence of her large hip measure
ment, to have a, a,smaller waist than
she actually has. To the unskilled
masculine eye girl with q waist of %
or 22b inches may seem to have a
wasplike figure, when in reality her
measurement is very nearly what it
should be to satisfy the critical judg-
ment of an artist or her family physi-
clan.
The Venus de Medici is 5 feet 5
inches in height, 26 inches about the
waist, "a about the bust, and A
about the hips. The women employed
as "cloak models" by most OF the
great dry goods establishments in New
York city are about the same height.
The measurements required of a
"model' feet 5 inches In height in
one establishment are the following:
"Waist, 23h to "a inches; bust. 81
to 35; hips, 45 TO Al; base OF skull to
waist, Is; biceps, liz to 12."
A prominent physician recently gave
the following as the correct measure
ments for a well-formed, well-devel-
oped, and healthy woman OF 5 feet 6
inches:
"Waist, "a inches; bust, 3sX to 34H;
biceps 12 to 13; wrist 81 to 5Y; hips,
II to 45; calf, 13 to IA, and ankle, Z
to *.
The doctors "model woman" has
smaller hips and smaller bust, and
about the same waist as the "cloak
model"
The Dickinson press., 1892-01-02
Not the Conservatory.

Young Lady-The musical conser-
vatory is in this building. isn't 1t?
Janitor-No. mum; the musical
conservatory is bout two blocks down
street.
Young Lady (doubtingly)-I-I was
sure heard pupils practicing vocal
exercises Are you sure the musical
conservatory. is not here?
Janitor-Yes'm. Nothin' here" but
dentists' ofaceS mum.-Nsv Yorh
Weekly.
The Dickinson press., 1892-01-02
Mistaken Identity.

Waiter (gorgeously attired, to q
young lady at balD: "May have q
pliseer to-"
Young Lady: "Well, really. sir, my
card is about full, and"
Waiter: "To bring ze cup of 70 cof.
fee?"
Young Lady, discovering his idsnti
ty: Certainly, stupid"
QUEER PENSION CLAIMS.
The Dickinson press., 1892-01-02
FARGO MARKETS

Fargo Dec a.-wneat-The following vii b.
.heopening quotations for the Fargo marke,
Thursday morning. furnished by the NORTH
ern Pacinc Elevator Co.: No. hard. 7ni No.
1Northern. 76o: No. 9 Northern. TIC; No. 8. CSC.
The Dickinson press., 1892-01-02
Wheat-No, l Northern
Minnoapoih.

Minneapolis. Dec. so.-Decembe1. opening,
s5Ac; closing. s5hc; May closing. sl7.c; Janu
ary. closing. etNc; ou track! No. hard, SOC;
No. northern, s8c No. northern. eO@s4c,
The Dickinson press., 1892-01-02

Agrain of fine sand would cover 100
of the minute scales of the human
skin, and yet each of these scales in
turn covers from 300 to 500 pores.
The Dickinson press., 1892-01-02

Flowers and time to cultivate them.
A good thermometer as we'll as a
clock.
Poultry fenced away from the door,
yard.
Fruits growing in variety and
abundance.
A prolific vegetable garden conven-
lent to the kitchen.
At least one good newspaper treat
ing upon subjects appropriate to her
sex.
A place outside the house to empty
slops, convenient alike in cold and hot
weather.
An assortment of good brooms with
screweyes in the handles and places to
hang them.
An iron scraper at every outside
tions accompanying.
A good clothes line and convenient
posts for the same, set close together
upon q grassy yard.
Easy cellar stairs. dry at the bot
tom, and means for thorough ventila-
tion OF the cellar and the admission OF
perfect daylight when desirable.
A Dainty Chocolate.
The Rochester Democrat and Chron-
icle tells good story at the expense
OF a society bud in that city. She
was at her first dinner party. She
was naturally a little nervous but
everything went off we'll. and she
soon became more at ease, and
talked rather brilliantly to those
around her. The desert was being
served, and the stately colored
walters were engaged in passing those
funny little frosted cakes, which seem
indispensable to the proper service
and degutition of ices. They were
cakes with pink frosting The waiter
came to where the bud sat and pre-
sented them. She looked them over
and said: ~ don't care for any," The
waiter was about to pass on when
she saw what she thought was an
eclair on the side of the dish farthest
from her, "Yes, will, too" she said,
reaching over for the eclair. There's
one with chocolate on it." "Beg par.
don MISS" said the waiter, as she
tried topick thechocolate-colored cake
up-"beg pardon, but that's my
thumb. And everybody laughed and
theyoung adyspoke in monosyllables
all the rest Of the evening.
The Dickinson press., 1892-01-02

Flax seed-9ic,
CATTLE MARKET.
Chicago. Dec. 8O-Cattle-(losed weak, al
log 15c lover. Good to extra steers, $4.sbu b2b;
others. s2.40e4.5O; stockels. $22O@2.75; cows
81. 1.20@2.5O.
sheep-steady; native ewes ssOc@42s
mixed. s4.2@4.1s; wetheIs. $4.76@ bsb; Texas
wethers. t5t5; westerns. s4.75@oe5: lambs,
$325@6ls
The Dickinson press., 1892-01-02
TIM TABLE.
leT BOUND. EAST BO

Trains stop at all stations to take ON or let off
passengers.
Passengers with tickets will be carried Oh rear
secliOn of regular fleight trains.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-20
DOING ALL SHE REASONABLY COULD

From The Washington star.
IL he murmured, he gazed up lnlo ne, r go
,th.y were sitting the front steps, N Nau
only little more money 20 count on 'heh "c
STOPPED. ..,, ,o, 40 ~ sn.. asked Deem her not
soon The cola winds would put n stop 10 these lont
step s.ntlmcntas. No fellow ever would propose y,
the winter time with pa and ma IN the sun iV I'm
listening to everything, and she felt she must IoS H
lie turned n little pale and asked II her pa WIS
dealing at the same grocery rs Last year
YES he Is what would You do !! III.
al would have n home oi my OWL '
there" Til, seemed like business. ..o,.,
How much have YOU got :" she said, and her voice
Fifteen dollars a week" He hung his head
How much do you give week now LOT so"'
roomir
Five dollars ,,,, ,,-
stun We can get n room plenty GOOD enough To-, ir
both Of us and II pantry 10 cook IN Tor mat Ho"
much do your meals cost -
Five dollars week, ,, ~, hor,
looh; we can both i've for that, cooking at NOME
What do Won do with the other - ~
Well II smoke You know $3.50
"Wrll YOU can Quit that right on anyhow fo"
don't spend 50 n week on smoking" ,,.
NO. oh, no. Of course there are eSp'is's' "'A''
fellows and such ,,,. ,,,
IL try 10 sive a littl". - 1900 .,,,,
THAT is talking. How nnch nave you s'''"'
Eleven dollars and a half -
THAT'S plenty for the minister and moving ana
some Ia spare for n'cAue UT so'"''""S '' ' ~
stand up In. WrlF
Well Mnry'T ,,. . ,,. vou,vs
got to ask me-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-20

performance was that the lawyer had met more
than his match IN the lady. Then he addresseu
the Jury for the defence. and another journal hol
conservative dismisses hs speech with the remark
that las an effort of oratory the effect was la'feu
somewhat by the interposition OF lunch Al OH
Edwards English were inaccurate as his ctiIac
lie deserved the sheer. lie lost his case. "fs'
Leader is vndicated But whether Sir EDWARD
prefers the vindication OF an innocent "oN'a"
whom, on at least one point he rather wah'onN
attacked. 10 professional triumph, is question
which it may be left to the profession to deter
mine.
There has been a trial about Long portrait,
which supplies one more proof OF the uhn'i'ess Vi
the British Jury 70 deal with questions OF ar'
II was an action by the executors Of the ia.e MI
Edwin Long X. A., 10 recover from one VT Lamp
son the sum OF $1,000 for . portrait oil Ms VIE
and daughter II agreed that MI hhnpso"
was not 70 take the portrait unless IL peaecu nun
aud that IL did not please him. ZIG onereu NAH
the sum- plus the rejected portrait, 70 the ar.isV
or his representatives. Tins was refused pio'-
ure dealer testified that in his opinion, the pct
ure was worth $1,000. Critics testified that, III
their OPINION il was poor piece OF paihIlhs'
The dealer carried the day, the executors got heir
verdict and Mr. Edwin Longs reputation Is
indicated.
II is more than vindicated. Mrs. Edwin Long,
his widow writes letter tO0say how good DIS
painting really was, and that mo oae' ever rem
dered female beauty better than her late huSoahd-
not Raphael, not Titan, nobody. And there Is
70 this day an exhibition of Mr.. Longs sacred
pictlrcs in Bond-st. He vacillatcd between the
Biblical and the nude: at this moment the taste
Of the town is for the Biblical. The simple truth
is that he painted many huge pictures which, ow-
ing to their subject to lis X. A. ship, and to
the skilful management of the dealers, were pop
uar lie never painted picture which as "a work
of art was other than contemplate. $50
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-20
THIS WAS 4 DOG. MIND YCr.
From The Chicago Journal.


A Chicago dog has been distinguishing himself recently
lie f. member Of the canine aiistocrTcy that sleep
On cushions In warm rooms, have baths in porcelain
tubs twice II week. and live principally OH tender.
loin steaks. This particular dog Is Of The spaniel
family and has long since acquired reputation rs
perfect gentleman.
immediate this dog IS placed has noticed that he
seemed unwilling 10 eat his breakfast I'm the house.
Every morning lac took his portion Of meat between
his Jaws. walled IL the door. wagged his tail and
looked aIpcAlingly into the servants eyes If the
door opened In reSpoDS" 10 this mute request he
disappeared Immediately and not seen again until
luncheon. II the door WAS not opened ie placed tho
the floor close by and sat guard over until
an opportunity for escape arrived.
The dogs mistress learned Of his nnacCOuniabc
conduct. She was very much Interested and engaged
detective to shadow the dog and report upon his
proceedings and conduct The detective was her
Ing he stationed himself outside the Kitchen. and when
the dog appeared careful not 90 attract his attcn.
ton But the dog him. and Immediately pnt on
air OF dllettante Indifference a. though he had
idea Of taking constitutional. but wasn't quite sure
whether he felt we'll enough So the detective pre-
The dog tnne suspicious at first. but the de-
tcctive good actor. and munIgcd TO deceive him
compltcly ara presently the dog ionnsed away To-
tec,ive wasn't looking snooked ont Down the alley
he r0ttcd. fat bcefseak In his mouth and presently
turned into vacant she'd In the next block.
Whom the detective arrived hc found the dog sitting
quietly In the corner o. the shed. lie seemed thcr
eurprised and good deal mortified, bnt Va, ex-
last piece Of steak was rapidly going down the throat
Of another dog This dog wasn't handsome. In fact.
generally used-np dog the detective had ever seen.
There ugly sore on H. side and his ribs were
unhuly prominent Iut he dog If 10 wasn't
beautiful and the other dogs charity clearly bis
only support
And this good people WIS dog. not a man
blessed with reason ard educated In the principle
many men. placed in similar situation. would net
the good Samaritan us he 1'd7
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-20
REMARKABLE GENEROSITY



saw n funny tlhng On T.. Il q. train, going from
Nnysyiilr Cincinnati. last week. said the drummer.
WIN chucklr that wlrtei the appetite Of his listen
orr. ">ttlng right ia Front Of nr VA, Il tall Ken
turlan with rattng pretty girl beside him. evidently
his newly made wife and II was plain TINT II" was
proud OF her. Across The car from them sat another
.ouole who had come on nj Mlysvlr, evidently from
thr ohio side OF the RIVER. The not II all
lad loodng but the woman with him had face on
her that would setting hen OIL her nest. II
didn't take long To nptic" In" pretty
ncr,,s the car and then he fairly Toasted his
her lie snt facing her and she couldn't got out al
reach Of his gaze and NJ last 1t began to embarrass
her. -
man ncro.s tho car annOys me-
How, darling" and George. utterly ObllviOis Of
everything else except her until then looked fierce.
"'.Pv staring ~ me all Ia" time.
wall mnute,' said George. and he began watch
ing The offender
-" II was evident that the man was H. no sense a
masher, for when II" saw the pretty w0manS escort
cycing him. h" turned hi. face toward the hOmrly
woman with him. Gcorg" watched for five minutes.
and during that time he also Observed the hOmcly lady
Then he once more turned 10 hts own chnrmer:
rs all right. darling he said, and | won't in
tcrfcrr With his looking NJ you all he wants to- II
Won were as hOmely rs that woman nnd SHE was as
pretty as YOU dcarlc. TN b. blamed II wouldn't
look NJ her all I wanted TO. ! wouldn't care II II
threw the whole train OH the track md tore up the
rool bod for twenty miles
"Then She smiled the very sweetest hind Of n smile
and The other watched hcr cautiously ana George
let him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-20

rr,m Tho Position advert. or.
suggestion the qucil.h whether II !, Wholesome Tor
applause that falls to the lot Of successful athlete
,rcir- tlui &c. u.n-t -I,u leave c'irl' dnd h'-h
professional or Lu,irr,. He at th" bottom II i'"
ladder Wu-rr for tim" 10 least. Ob-ctit} viii id"r
the rli-. az Lim,. so doubt ID !, great slump.
81. IiMpl'. say. lmt there are several things 10
tc considered before ceclduE that such an cNP'l
an ar - great deal. depend. what sort of u
}.uih Dee T.. II Ls Lend 1, 50 >'it t.iu TIE smile,
atd hand cappnr of pretty etl, who watch ne
l.t..il II boat the up Oi a football
.,inc can turn that head If scliconcrt Is 20 large
20 -haIc ~ MS natural mak"up that Dee cannot %"
.,r,.d ou Ire shoulder, Of his classmates without
other mems shoulders al the way through llie then
,,Iy nDrly athletic roiucncr Will spoil aim, but II
ic sire 10 hc spoiled IN one way 81 another th'Tr
Icing 80 little OF him To spoil, aud that huc S"'h
poor stan.
many other thing college Is bit miniature world,
ard hr !, b',l hici 20. the world VINO has best
tested II beforehand. OF copr-r II GOES little harj
newspapers captain Of an bght, mae or an clrNrn
who-r age. weight aud diet. lr,h about the whist,
matters uf absorbing public interest ior length ol
iimc. who T. interviewed D.; the ubiquitous reporter,
Photographer bi th" snap shot cnm"r eni, and after
who.c heath ay.brnudel alumni anAlOusy Inquire
when they meet around the lunch table az Parker
of cour-r It Is tte hard for Lin 10 presently dis
that he + no longer famous and can walk the
street without Grating sensation. But many things
are little hard that are good deal sanlarS. DIS
rnction 81 every KIND j. relative II not temporary
TIN. lac, cannot De- found out too soon. Ihc pro
found scholar T. probably al ignornmns among state
n mnrnntc,. When IL seems that all men talk
ing aomt This that celebrity. II may be that vast
nas,c, of people never heard OF him. Four years
ol a tlmultuOuS election crowd In Chicago: What's
The matter with Robert Ei'mcre l' and the profound
Hence that rn ted broken only by the voice OF
a Sotar, seeker after INFORMATION, who asked e. What
VA, NJ fl.merc running iOr"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-20
DOy'S FOR TYPEWRTTBRS
10 New.orlcans TimcS-Democrat.

FrOm The New-Or1rnns TTHlcNT1tfnOcfat.
The following rules were adopted at meeting o,
yo,uc and prrIi, stvnographcrs and pcw ana
arr now published for the benefit Of that necessary
and ornamental order OF Office decomtors. and Tor inc
enlightenment OF their employers: -, .
Don't bleach your hair until yon have see"rcu
position. - ..,. ,,.p
600 words per minute unless You can write WY
Don't take than two hours for lunch. a., .,.
Don't get % N. Office later than II O'CLOCK " "''
proper time is q. .,o.-s ,oro,
Don't worry II you can't read your nocs- s'enos'
rnphers seldom can. Ala. ,or
Don't ask for n day OF more thnn FIVE umes PCT
week. -. s.,
Don't use the telephone than six hours a d"y
give the firm show. ,,... ,-.,,
DON'T forget to write all your personal letters during
ONCE hours .. .,or,
Don't buy any postage stamps-thc Office owes the"
10 Won. Mo- ,o, y, Oh.
boss do that. , A., .. u.
bort invite yourself 10 lunch with the boss-iet
him ask YOU.
Don't bother with the junior partner.
Don't fall 70 own the boss