The Dickinson press., 1895-06-29
NOTES.

L1IENAttx NUIESs
Most readers will be surprised to
learn, as any one may from an excel.
lent illustrated. article in McClure's
Magazine for July. how the telegraph
has crept into the remotest crannies
of the earth. and is transmitting ITS
hundreds of millions of messages u
year at a constantly lessening cost in
money and trouble to the public. Tie
same number contains a dramatic
chapter from the history of Tamma.
ny--the autocratic reign of Tweed,
with all its barbaric and illicit splem.
doris, splendors maintained by the
theft of untold millions of public
money. s. s. Mcclure, limited, 80
Lafayette Place, New York.
The current July number of Frank
Leslie's Popular Monthly presents
an art.display that is unprecedented
even in the history of this great peri.
odical of the people. It contains no
less than one hundred and twenty il.
Illustrations, many Of them full.page
engravings: in the best style of mod
ern pictorial art; including the work
of such well-known illustrators and
painters as Carl ]. Becker, Valerian
Gribayedoff, Joseph Pennell, Hubert
Herkomer, Cecil Lawson, G. Favretto,
Makowsky, L.. E. Fonrnier, Lepere,
Enrico Sierra, Henry Dawson, j. Beck.
er, G. A. Davis, Pruett Share, A. b.
Shute, F. Adams. Walter Dunk aud
others. Address, Frank Leslie's Pub.
fishing House. AZ Bond St. New York
City.
Parasols to carry with these smart
summer gowns are not quite so beruf.
fled as formerly. Though there are
still quantities of elaborate structures
of chiffon and lace trimmed with rib
bon and flowers, the most chic affair
is covered with chine taffeta in white
or some delicate color with soft blur
red flowers scattered all over, and no
a ruffle Or a bow. The sticks are fin
ished in white enamel, ending il
crooks or twisted hoops, or a Dresden
ball; and very handsome ones have
carved ivory or jeweled porcelain
thunderstorm "Review Of Fash
ions," in Demorest's Magazine TO
July.
Among the editorials of the Jul,
Century is suggestive article on "Bi
cycle Problems and Benefits" il
which the influence and Importance 0
the bicycle comes in for :se~s..ition
Another article of current interest b
the writer of the series on Chea
Money, is entitled ga Cheap None
Convalescence," and deals with til
financial affairs of the Argentine RI
public.
By the time he was twenty .one h
had fitted himself to earn his livinI
by his pen. He went to Boston i
1929 to edit a paper there; and he re
turned to Haverill the next year I
take charge of the local journal. The
he was at the head of an importan
weekly in Hartford. In these var
GUS positions he acquitted hlmse
we'll, mastering the questions of til
day carefully. and expressing his opil
ions forcibly and %courteously. b,
his health failed, owing partly to I'll
exposure and toll Of his boyhood o
the farm; and in 1882 he gave up jou
nalism for a while and went back I
his fathers house. He had ney,
been robust; and all his life long h
was forced to take care of himse
and to husband his strength.-(Pro:
Brander Matthews in the July S
Nicholas.
The duties Of a housekeeper in
hotel are usually the care of the be-
rooms. parlors and halls, with owe
sight of chambermaids and cleaner
She usually also has care of linen, an
giving out of linen. and occasional
an oversight of the laundry is requi
ed. Positions as housekeepers in h,
tells are hard to secure, for the reaso
that the supply for such places is g
ways much greater than the deman'
July Ladies' Home journal.
At Belle Fouche, S. D., they hav
: no Jail and the SIX persons in custod
of the county sheriff are kept in tt
principal hotel of the place. The di
trict judge has ordered two deputi,
for each prisoner, and the authorize
are coming to realize the need of
county Jail.