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SECOND FLOOR.

1ASONO TAVOAs
formal. The library should give an
air of inviting quiet, welcoming the
lover of books to its inhabitable inte-
rior. Comfort is the first considera-
tion, an open fireplace being most es-
sentiol, no matter what heating ar
rangement the house may have.
The central feature of the room
should be an elegant library table for
books and magazines, a desk made for
writing and not for mere display, one
or two straightforward chairs, several
easy chairs, and a comfortable lounge.
Round out the furnishing of the
home library by letting the room reflect
your individual tastes and preferences.
Do not attempt too much elegance or
formality, or 1t will constitute reproach
to you.
The attached plan shows that the
architect has provided a most attrac-
tive library. finished in cherry. with
flooring of maple, the whole room lend
ing itself to the most artistic furnish
ing, and that without q great outlay
of money.
The arrangement and sizes OF he
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Ba,linx Queens.

When a queen is balled. you'll find
a bunch of bees as large as a hickory
nut or larger, that seem to cling to-
gether in a very solid manner. You
can't pull the bees apart, and you may
roll the ball over and over. says Texas
Farm and Ranch.
II a strange queen Is thrown into a
h1ve, she is usually balled, and as
nearly as we can make out, the process
IS something like this: The bees seize
the queen at various points till she is
entirely surrounded, then other bees
seize the ones that have hold Of the
queen. and in this position they remain
nxed for hours. until the queen is dead.
II a strange worker is thrown into the
hive. she isn't treated the same as a
queen, and nothing but a queen Is ever
balled. The worker may be bitten or
stung, but never balled.
The balling bees generally make q
kissing sound. unlike the noise they
make at any other time. Whether that
proceeds from anger or what, We do not
know. Sometimes bees will ball their
own queen, usually for the sake Of pro-
tecting her. In the middle Of q ball
OF her own bees, 1t certainly seems she
ought to be safe from foes. You can
not pull the bees apart 30 a. to free
the queen. and IL you should succeed
10 getting some Of the bees away, or
should manage to get the queen loose.
the bees will Immediately seize her
again. Perhaps the quickest way to
get the queen free Is to throw the ball
into cold water. The little miscreants
Will scramble to get out Of the water
as lively as they can, and at once seem
to forget all about the queen, leaving
her to her own fate. Water is not al
ways at hand. and you can blow smoke
upon the ball. II you blow hot smoke
upon them. az usually you will II you
hold the nozzle close enough, you will
at once seal the queens doom, for the
bees will promptly sting her: but If
you hold the smoke at a distance and
keep up a strong stream of cool smoke.
the bees will soon conclude they want
to find some place with a purer atmos.
phere.
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SPOKEN

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Many Polynesian languages have no
sibilants. =
Some Polynesian languages have only
seven consonants.
The Chinese language has 100000 sim.
pie words and only 450 roots.
The speech of the aborigines Of Afrl-
ca changes with almost every genera.
ton.
1t is said that the Sanscrit Ian
guage contains 16 novels and "a COZ.
sonants.
The Zend is said to have been the
ancient language of Bactriana. and also
of Zoroaster and the fire worshipers of
Persia.
The Hebrew ceased to be a vernacular
language at the Babylonish captivity,
but was preserved in sacred writings
for the Jews.
The Arabic vernacular furnishes a
singular illustration of the popularity
of war in the east. 1t has owe so
names for the sword.
The alphabet of the various ian
guages have usually from 20 to &c let
tiers, this number being far from equa;
to that Of the sounds.
The Aztec language in use in Mexi-
co at the discovery of America lacked
the sounds indicated by u letters b.
d. I, 6, r. !. j, and v.
The Armenian language at present in
use among the oppressed people is said
to be a close approach In construction
to the Syriac and Greek.
The Zend language is one of the most
ancient known to antiquarians or phil
ologists. 1t is said to bear a close re-
semblance to the Welsh.
The Etruscan, SO far as known, was
the first language spoken in Italy, and
1t is suspected by some philogists that
the Latin was q dialect Of the Etrus-
nan .L-5Es. Hr-p-HH
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-10
THE ENGINEER.

HIS S~weetheart's Red Hair Acted - .
Signal In Time Of Danger.
A locomotive engineer should be one
Of the most truthful men, says the
Washington Star. That's why this lit
tie story Of a southern engineer should
be believed implicitly.
You may talk as you please about
red-headed women" he was saying to
a group of listeners, "but a red-headed
woman saved my life and established a
home for herself all at once l was 25
then and running a freight on the
Chesapeake & Ohio in the West Vir-
ginia mountains, where 1t took talent
to run an engine. My division ended
at Hinton and a r%ed-headed girl lived
Six miles to the east, where there was
a siding near a big cut and fill, anu 1t
was a bad place, as the road was new.
The girls name was Maggie Con-
roy ands she had the .reddest head l
ever saw Oh a human beings shoul-
ders outside of a torchlight procession.
But l didn't care for that and l did
a r for Maggie. One sunshiny day l
was coming down the track with a
stock train loaded with some extra
fine cattle and sheep and l had in the
caboose three of the owners. 1t had
been raining and washouts were looked
for. but / hadn't seer any and was
bowling along at a good speed when
all of a sudden at the curve I thought
I saw a red light rising just e the
track. 1t seemed to shine like a blaze
in the track and before I took time for
a thought I had shut of the steam,
whistled down the brakes and was do
ing my best to stop.
Right then my fireman gave me
the ha ha in a way to chill the blood
in the veins of a man who can't stand
teasing and I took a look forward and
found that the red light I thought I
saw was only Maggie's head Of red
hair sticking up in advance as she
pulled herself up the steep embank-
ment to get on to the track. With al
oath I opened everything again, but as
I did SO Maggie threw up her hands
and dropped in a dead faint by the
track and I stopped of everything
again, for I felt sure that something
was wrong. l had half an hour or so
leeway between trains and I took Mag
gle up as quickly as l could to find out
what was the matter. She came around
mighty soon, because she had tainted
from o%verexertion, and she told me
how a big bowlder had fallen on the
track in a curve near her house that
I wouldn't have seen till 1t wal too late
to stop and she had run across the spur
of the mountain to stop me in time II
she could.
That's what she was trying to do
when her red head shone like a danger
signal and stopped me. Later the own
ers of the stock gave her money
enough to buy a nice little house at
Hinton and six months later I moved
In. We've got the house yet, but we
don't live in It," concluded the en-.
g1neer. "for 1t wasn't big enough for
a family Of six children and not a red.
headed one in the lot"
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-10
A Dangerous Anarchist.

Judge-Prisoner. why. after robbing
his man of all he had, did you slug
aim?
Prisoner-'Cause, yer honor. whilst I
wuz swipin' is ticker, ter relieve i'm
If the trouble Of packin' it round, de
bloke begun a hollerin' stop thief"
an "Help!" jist ter bring a hull lot
J perlice an folks on me back! This
wuz' %arrayin' de masses ag'in' de
classes, so I fetched i'm n an pushed
is face in!
Judge-The prisoner is discharged.
The prosecuting witness is clearly a
dangerous anarchist, who ought to be
suppressed.-Up-to-Date
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How He Would Know.

Major Shooter (of Kentucky)-Heah
come Kuhnel Bourbon and Majah Blue
grass. They hevent spoken a wohd to
zach other fob months. but in a mo-
ment, sub. we shall see whethah they
are friends OF enemies.
Easterner-How will you ascertain?
Major Shooter-Ef they reach fob
their right-hand hip pocket, sub. they
IRE aftah their guns; eff they reach fob
their left hip pockets. they are goin'
aftah their quaint bottles. in which
Ease, sub, tn feud 10 ovah.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-10
Foreign Gossip,

A special dispatch from Bombay
Gays that the plague has broken out
among the British troops at Calaba.
The revolutionary leaders in Uruguay
have effected a junction and several
small conflicts have occurred between
the insurgents and the troops.
A longestabiished banking house at
Weymouth, one of the oldest financial
institutions in Dorsettshire, has sus-
pended payment, with liabilities
amounting to $1,000 pounds.
The lord mayor of Liverpool gave a
luncheon to q number Of representa-
tive business men in order to bid fare
well to the retiring United States con-
sui there, James e. Neal.
The Berlin Kreuzzeitung says that
the secretary of the navy, Vice Ad-
miral Won HOLMAN. whose repOr6I
resignation has frequently been dis
cussed, has been granted a prolonged
sick leave"
An official dispatch from Manila,
capital Of the Philippine islands, an
nounces that n an engagement between
Spanish troops and insulgent forces
twenty insurgents were killed and
1907 surrendered.
The London Sun says it is authorized
to state that the Olympic club has
offered a purse of $4,000 for a fight
between Charley Mitchell and Bob
Fitzsiplmons. the meeting to take
place within three months. Mitchell
agrees to fight for a $4,000 purse.
In.the house of commons, replying to
a question OH the subject of the seal
fisheries, MI. Curseon said that the re-
ports of the British commissioners on
North Pacific seal had been received
and were being examined. Mr.. Cursam
thought that some notifications Of the
existing regulations may be desirable.
and that 1898 was the period liked by
the arbitration tribunal for their re-
consideration.
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H JOKER'S CORNER.
WIT AND wlsDoM. ORIGINAL
AND SELECTED.
rhs Friaess-rAs way Il the 1ra.s-
gressse e. How the Street hallway
Migrate Views the Les Of Iifs-A
Dasgsrsas AsareAisa
The Pri.eess.


~ PEACOCK lived
4 a !: :: ]? !: |! ! |: ! ! !: /: | !: !: !: !! ! ! ! !: !: ! : ! !: !: !: !: : !: !:
MA. In = ~gardenfair.
@M8M Where he strut.
S2S2SLH&R ted around all
Gs3&7W.. And many the peo-
@9ZHxN pie who q
EY3S& AS they p assed
(eAS on h matn
eiSGa4A highway.
g A princess at times
In the garden walked,
And often her song woulo De. cool,
"Oh, every one looks al the peacock
but =,
There's nobody looks at me"
The princess was what the world calls
plain"
And her beauty was in your eye;
And many the man she had masneo ="
vain, $50
Til She often would wonder why.
Then one day she thought: Its the
peacock's fault,
So the peacock killed shall be:
And when there's no peacock to o
The people will look at me-"
The peacock was killed. and its plumes
were used
For a hat that the princess wore; Z
Fine feathers make fine BIRDS" the
princess said,
"And that's just what I wea them
for;
But when she had strutted around
awhile
She sang in her misery;
They look at h peacock's plumes In
my hat,
But nobody looks at me-
Arthur ]. Lamb in Up-to-Date
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THE NEWS RESUME
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD
a Comprehensive Review ef the
Past Week Cullea-From the Tel.
sgraph Reports-The Notable
Events 1t Home and Abroad That
Have Attracted Attention.
People Talked About

Mrs. Margaret j. Preston, the we'll
known writer of Southern var poetry,
died ut Baltimore.
Gen. W. H. Terry, famous as a brig
ale commander In Pickett's division,
and until recently commander of the
Confederate soldiers home at Rich
mond, Va, is dead.
Father Anthony Bogacki. the hero OF
the Polish riot in the warning church
congregation at Bay City, Mich. who
was accused of shooting II of the III
oters, has resigned. Bishop Richter did
not request him TO take the action.
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rooms ars shown BY the door plans,
the width Of the house being a fest 1
inches, and depth, including verandah,
Is feet 3 incheG
This design can be built In the vicin.
ity Of New York for about $500,
though in many sections Of the coun-
try the cost should be much less.
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The

There is a Bible Of the spirit and a
Bible of the letter; it is the latter
which has been altogether too much
advocated and used. The Bible of the
letter has led to a blind acceptance of
texts, taken without due consideration
Of contexts and origin.-Rev. e. A.
Horton.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-10
Grimes and Cra.,inals.

Charles r. Houghton, principal own.
er of the Corning Glass company, and
rcputed to be worth $ 1,OOO,OOO, shot
and killed himself at Geneva, N. Y.
A hundred masked men destroyed
four toll-gatcs in Gerard county, Ky.
The ~gatekeeperS were threatened with
death if any more toll was collected.
The nude body of Mrs. John w. Mill
CT, q farmers wife, at Black Lick, near
Columbus, Ohio was found today, she
having been outraged and murdered by
a tramp emplOye in the temporary alb
enc of her husband.
Harry Adams, charged with having
killed and then burned the bodies of
the four McFadden brothers, aged ten,
twelve, fifteen and seventeen respect
lively, Mt Frontenac, Kan, has been ac-
quilted after a four-days' trial.
At Okelona. Ark, Charles Clayburn
Rollins and Constable Joe Dickerson.
The officers were attempting to arrest
Clayburn, who first shot Rollins, and
as Dickerson came to Rollins' aid, Clay
burn shot him also.
The Oneida Nll.) State bank was re-
y577110pDed. Entrance was effected
through the front door. The safe was
wrecked with. nitro-glycerine. The
amount taken is between 5000 and
5000. The men escaped in q hand
cal.
ii. G. Nelson, cashier Of the WASH
ington County Bank at Akron, Ohio,
now in the hands Of a receiver, was ar
rested on the charges of larceny, EN-
bezzlement, receiving deposits when he
knew the bank was fnsolvent, and mis-
appropriating the funds Of the bank.
John baltimore was sentenced to
death at Chicago for the murder of
Louis Mavr1c, in October, 1895. Henry
Rucker, his accomplice, was given q
term of twenty-five years in the peni-
Tertiary. Mavric was a boarding
house keeper at Summit, ILL.,, on the
drainage canal, and was killed while
resisting an attempt to rob him.
Latimer Ridley Jones, the embczzler
who fled to England after his enormous
populations were discovered, some time
ago., and who has since been in Europe,
arrived on the steamer New York from
Southampton, in charge of a New York
detective. Jones, for q long time, re-
fused to return to this country, but was
finally induced to come back and stand
trial.
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On His GuO rsl

"What made that tourist have two no.
licomen come in here with him:, asked
the proprietor Of the cut-rate ticket
office.
Somebody outside told him that YOU
We're u scalper.''
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just One Question.

ooh, dear Mr.. Cocker" exclaimed
Mrs. Gazzam, Il am told you are an
expert in dogs. I do love dogs so.
have the dearest little pug. His name
is Cupid. The sweetest little thing.
Just as fat as he can be. Now, Mr.,
Cocker, I want to ask you just one
question. You will tell me, I know"
Certainly, Mrs. Gazzam."
"Is an ocean greyhound anything
like a water spaniel?'-Harper's Ba.
Ear.
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The Chronic Bachelor.

II WONDER" said the Sweet Young
Thing, "why a man is always scared
when he proposes"
''That," said the Chronic Bachelor,
ais because his guardian angel is try
ing to hold him back."-lndianapolis
Journal. E
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Tho Germ Of the jest.

The Germ OF the JEST -
The intrepid John Smith approached
the block with q hrm step.
II fear not" he raj heard to say.
This is but the aboriginal form Of the
rate-father-of-the-girl joke"
History, it will be recalled, bore him
out. The puissant chief Powhatan
eventually relented quite as conven-
tionally as possible.
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Sure Death.

Mrs. Benha III believe there is n
burglar in the pantry where the pies
are that I made this afternoon.
Bcnham-Well. listen, my dear, and
we can catch his last wOrds.-Truth.
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After the Thaw.

Heidi you hear about the bank
falling today?
She-Which one?
He-The snow bank.
That very night she wrote a letter to
her mother asking her to come and
visit them for a couple Of months.
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"The Use of electricity said Bilkins,
doesn't seem to I've such 4 modern
idea. after all"
GLOW is that!" asked Wilkins.
well you see. Noah must have used
the ark-light."-Detroit Free Press.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-10
Soil incubation.

Some years ago, when the writer was
IN England, he had al Introduction to
the noted Sir Joseph Paxton, the world
wide known horticultural. who declared
that the then discoveries in fertilizers
would result in the possibility Of a
farmer carrying sufficient for an acre
OF lan In one Of his vest pocketswrites
II. Stewart in Country Gentleman. It
was said by some n after that, that it
might be so. but that the crop SO grown
might be carried in the other vest pock-
ct. And now for q dollar and q quarter
wa may have Paxton's idea carried out.
n get a small bottle Of nitrogen
germs to fructify a whole acre of land.
But seriously. are we not making too
much OF this little germ, when every.
thing we know Of it goes to show that
we have had it always with us. and
with plenty Of food, some lime. and the
SOIL OF the field. we can cultivate it by
uncountable myrfads in an old FASH
Toned compost heap? Truly, it might
be a money making business to culti-
vate this germ in this easy way and sell
a big heap of compost at a dollar and
a quarter a small b%ottleful, which will
only supply n acre. I think of the
last compost heap I made. It was in
New Jersey. There were three hundred
loads of half-dried swamp muck, as
many loads of stable manure. and
enough air Stacked lime to whiten it
all through. It was the departing
point of my Use of artificial fertilizers,
Of which. I had become independent
after three years liberal use Of them.
This big compost heap, spread over 20
acres of land. gave me great crops.
and enabled m nearly to double my
stock IT cows. and so increase my
manure heaps another year. It took a
winters work to make this heap of
manure; but can 1t be doubted that
this way Of making manure is precisely
the same as that Of the chemists who
are selling little bottles Of it for five
quarter dollars? There we're the ma
terials for breeding these nitrogen
germs. Of which I had abundance: for
Sir ]. B. LAwes, with whom I was in
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-10
We All Know Thorn.

We All Know Them.
"Are your new neighbors, the Woos-
eltons, interesting people?" IS
Exceedingly SO; he is the kind Of
man that won't speak to anybody with
of woman that borrows everything in
your house without being introduced
at all"
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Mourning Color.

winebiddle-Why are you dyeine
your hair such a youthful black, GIL
dersleeve?
Gildersleeve-Out Of respect for the
memory Of my dear dead wife, Wine-
biddle.
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Mrs. Fotter-Russell-She has good
grounds for a divorce. E
Mrs. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES are
they?
Mrs. Potter-Russell-One hundred
acres in South Dakota.
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To be a successful horticulturist one
must make himself familiar with all
the insect pests and the best way Of
treating them.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-10
Perfectly Arreenble.

IF your breakfast is served in your
room it will be extra, SIR"
We'll, if l can get anything extra by
having it served in my room, go
ahead."-De,rOit Free Press.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-10

In a large dairy in New York, one
man does nothing but keep the stable
clean. The droppings are not allowed
to remain for FIVE minutes.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-10

Two cows, two pigs, eighteen hens, a
greyhound pup and a bull were given
to IN agent by an Abilene (Kansas)
farmer for q cabinet organ.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-10

It pays to cultivate the pasture.
where the soil has become poor and
thin.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-10

There hes been a great decrease Of
sheep in this country. and this points
to better prices in the future.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-10

Were all stable conditions kept per-
feet az to cleanliness, milk would need
neither sterilization nor Pasteuriza.
ton.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-10

It is a fact to be lamented that a
great many farmers get along without
q kitchen garden.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-10

Some me-. believe that hogs fed too
continuously on corn become weakened
in their ability to stand adverse con-
ditions and resist disease.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-10

The lean hog takes in the market
and 20 does the fat hog. The city
butchers say there is q great difference
in iieals among their customers.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-10

There are a great many fungoid dis.
eases, but fortunately only a few are
very troublesome.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-10
Long MINDED.

Speaker-My fellow citizens, 1 am
speaking for the benent of posterity.
Voice from the Audience-And if You
don't get through soon they'll be here.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-10

she-You won her hand. then? He
-um-l presume SO. I'm under her
thumb.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-10

Make the poultry house a thing of
beauty II possible. 1t should not be
q detriment to the looks of the place.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-10

In 1890 Iowa had over $1,000 farms
mortgaged. In 1896. $1,000 farms were
mortgaged.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-10
A supposltitloua Case.

A SuppOsltltlous Case.
Powell-But for your birth you
would be my equal. Novelties; II
I had never been born 1 suppose !
should be a %nonentity, too?
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-10

Conduct the farm in such a manner
that as small an amount of money will
have to be handled as possible.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-10

Many grasses in a meadow or pas
ture will give more feed than one kind.
Good butter is always in demand.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS or INTEREST TO
A0RIcULTURlsTs.

sens Ur-ss-lass Hi.ss Abo.s c.ltavs.
tioa - the Son ana Yielas Thereof
-Heet,e.itara vitisslt.rs aad 1,srs.
eultuEA.
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Clubbing Crooks.

Cable Car Magnate II people
wouldn't lose their heads there would
be no fatalities on our road.
Counsel for Plaintif-Don't you
think a person can be killed without
having his head cut of?
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-10


SOCIETY exists in
Holland for the
purpose of ~reforest-
ing waste places.
The sand dunes re-
ceive a good deal of
attention. John Gif-
ford, o resident Of
Amsterdam, Hol-
land, writes In Car
den and Forest as
f01lowa.
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P%OST.MORTEM ACTS.
SOME REMARKABLE INCIDENTS
RELATED BY HISTORY.
rhief's Headless Body Cut Up capsrs-
sems Of the MarAels That Have Boon
Preserved { o Us BY the Ancient Chro-
nlcles. =

HE remarkable e1.
pertinent m q d Q
upon the head of
t The ~decapdtated
Able Bruneau in
France Is by no
m e a n 8 without
precedent, says the
Philadelphia Times.
1t is impossible to
read much in his
49, -
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Tho Way H. Did I.

Broughm-I hear Chivvers has LAX,
en- up art. I'd like to zee him paint aw,
fully.
Townley-That,s the way he does III
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Weight of Sin.

Lady Visitor at Prison-It must have
been a great weight Of sin that brought
you to this?
Prisoner-Yes. mum, it wuz. 1 stole
a load ov pig-lead.