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The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01
New Use for Aluminium,

The presence Of a slight percentage
of aluminium in any copper alloy hav-
ing been found to improve its abil-
ity to resist corrosion, the water pipes
of some marine machinery are now be-
ing made of a mixture of copper and
aluminium in the proportion of 80 to /.
It Is regarded al probable that alum
mum bronze forgings will in time SUI
persede forgings made of the other
special bronzes. The aluminium bronze
containing from Z to 10 per cent Of
aluminium, alleged with copper, has the
proportions which have been found
to give the best results as to strength,
small cast bars having shown an ul-
innate tensile strength of forty-four
tons per square inch, with an elastic
limit of tilirty-one tons and an elon-
CATION of 10 per cent. still better re-
suits being obtained with rolled bars.
It is the least corrodible of the copper
alloys. and is said to have the valuable
quality of w%ithstanding a high tenn
p%erature without loss Of strength; be-
ing also somewhat lighter than the
other bronzes, the s%upposition is that
it will become the most important OF
all; but as yet experience with it's use
has heen quite limited.
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01

at the birds, but way beyond through
the apple-boughs. "They?" she
asked, dreamily; "who, dear love?"
and she used the very name, though
she knew it not, that the little mate
had just called his bride, for love is al
ways the same
"The rosins," answered the child.
"You are too high, mamma! Be soft!
Right here, do you see? The dearest
husband and wife, and he has the red
dest breast, and they have been talk
ing SO! Listen, mamma, Just hear"
In her excitement she spoke so fast
that the mate-robin heard, and stop
ped short, with a long straw in his
bill, which was to serve az a founda-
ton for the house. He rolled his
round eyes awhile, then turned and
looked at his wife. but she was hon
ping about with the utmost unconcern.
so after some reflection, he, too. went
to work. ooh" breathed the little
girl, with a long sigh of relief. "he is
going to stay, after all. I thought I
had scared him away"
The robins did not go, however, and
in some mysterious way it came to
be an understood thing that they
should build their nest below the win
dow, and that the little girl, and often
the sweet lady, too, should watch. The
shy wife might have told you that
some of the shreds woven into the
snug home had been found hanging
conveniently on the twigs, as though
they had fallen from the window, this,
not to mention an ever-ready supply
OF crumbs, only waiting to be gathered
when no n was at hand. In the bird
world, as in ours, fortune distributes
her favors %unevenly.
When the bright-eyed husband re-
membered how many of his friends
a to support their families from the
a~sh-barrels. there was a pulled feeling
In his heart which he did not try to
suppress.
So time went on, and by and by the
birds nest hung complete. The little
girl had waited as patiently as the
builders had worked, and their Joy
was one. They also serve who only
stand and wait" great Milton said
they, too. perhaps. who only love and
wait. .g.s 90 :
mamma. mamma. there will be
hastings NOV. and the old birds will
4fAN.S31GHE AENIN ~ se+HaAaE.H. "HHa t#-.r-
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01
Washinrton Talk.

Twenty-Five special land agents arc
dismissed.
W. A.. Jones Of Wisconsin Is the new
commissioner Of Indian affairs.
The government wins in the $2O.OOO,-
OOO hat trimming customs duty case in
Philadelphia.
The United States government now
las two warships at Hawaii. where
the Japs are becoming too numerous.
RGmOr assigns Vice President Pea
body. Of the Baltimore and Ohio South
western, to the interstate commerce
commission, in place Of Morrison.
Senator Perkins presented two petit.
items from California. one for and the
other against the abrogation of the
Hawaiian reciprocity treaty.
The interior department has granted
permission to Chief Joseph, the Ne2
I'erce warrior, to accompany Col. Cody
in his Wild West show.
The national supreme court decides
against Chapman, the recalcitrant wit
ness in the senate's sugar trust inves-
tigation.
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01
de Of a coach in the west when the

eide Of a coach in the west when the
driver said to him:
I've had a coin guv' to me to-day
zoo years old. Did you aver see a coin
200 years old?"
"Oh. yes. l have one myself 1000
years DID,"
"Ah!" said the driver, have ye?"
and spoke no more during the rest of
the Journey.
When the coach arrived at its des-
tination the driver turned to the other
with an intensely self-satisfed air and
said:
Il told you as we druv' along I had
a coin 200 years DID,"
EYES,"
"And you said to me as you had one
1000 years old"
Eyes, so l have"
That's not true"
What do you mean by that?"
what do l mean? Why, it's only
1897 now."-Tit-Bits.
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01
Personal Mention.

:. Ambassador Hay was warmly vel
coined upon his arrival at SouthamD-
ton. England.
Prof. DIR. Emily Gregory, head of
the department Of botany at Barnard
college, is dead in New York Of pneu-
lnOnia.
Sol Miller, editor of the Troy Chief,
and a former state politician of note,
died ut his home in Troy, n. u, after
Il prolonged illness.
Dewitt c. Taylor of Kansas City, first
lieutenant Of Veteran Company A,
Third regiment, and said to be the old
est national guardsman in America. is
dead, aged eighty-two.
Hon. Voley V. Smith. cx%-lieutenant
governor and at n time the most
prominent figure In Arkansas politics,
is dead at the insane asylum at lit
I'll. Rock. where he has been confined
several months.
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01
The Now


| This is the sort of an interview
which may be expected when motor
carriages come into general use:
"You advertised for a coachman sir pr
said the applicant.
Il did," replied the merchant. do
you want the placer"
Eyes, SIR"
Have you had any experienced"
Il have been in the business all my
life"
you are used to handling gasoline,
them"
Eyes, SIR"
And you are well up in electricity? %
Thoroughly"
Good! OF course, you are a ma
chinist, also?"
Certainly"
"Then I presume you have an engin-
GERS cersiicate?"
"Of course"
Very we'll. You may go around to
the clubhouse and get the motorcycle
ready. My wife tells me she wishes
to do a little shopping "-iEoledo Blade
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Authentic

Why" he demanded, desperately
are you so cniily:!"
II must needs" rejoined the prin.
cess, somewhat argumentatively. pre-
serve my composure."
The knight laughed a harsh, crepi.
tant laugh.
THE cold storage process" he MUIR
INJURED, will preserve anything"
Summoning her slaves, she bade then.
nut him out.-Detroit Tribune.
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01
Women Put Ont Fires.

In the little town of Nasso, in
Sweden, the firemen happen to be
women, however paradoxical that
sounds. The place is only a little vii
lage. and four enormous tubs consti-
tute the 'waterworks." One hundred
and. fifty women make up the fire de-
partment, and n Of their duties con-
sists in always keeping the tubs filed
| with water. The women are fine work.
ers, it is said, and know how to handle
a fire with as little confusion as DOS
aihlo
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01
The Fable Of ruo no..

A we'll fed dog. wearing a collar and
blanket. once fell in with a tramn
canine in the park. Dear me-" said
the fat dog. but you are a sight. You
need upholstering badly. Your bones
project through your skin and out into
the ambient atmosphere. Why in this
thus?"
Il am often hungry and am seldom
bountifully fed" said the tramp dog.
and that is the reason my Joints nro-
ject into the future like a reporters
payday"
why do you not attach yourself tn
some prosperous family" said the fat
dog, land thus become sleek and fat.
like me?"
While they were speaking a dog
catcher came into view. The fat dog
soon had a wire moose around his neck,
and he was unceremoniously thrown
into a wagon where there were other
unfortunate urs. The tramp dog, be-
ing unburdened with flesh, lodged be-
tween the passing bicycles and escaped.
Moral: The fat dogs mistress re-
deemed him from the pound, and that
fact destroys the moral.-Truth.
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01
FOR OVER FIFTY EAR

AN OLD AND WELL-TRIED REM
EDY.-Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Sy-
rup has been used for over fifty years
by millions of mothers for their
children while teething, with perfect
success. 1t soothes the child, softens
the gums, allays all pain, cures wind
collie, and is the best remedy for
Diarrhga. Is pleasant to the taste.
Sold by Druggists in every part OF
the world. Twenty-Five cents q bot
tie. Its value is incalculable. BE
sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup, and take no other
kind.
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01
q

Six men were killed by n snowslide
lear IsOssland. b. G.
A family Of five people was drowned
in Tennessee.
Train crews were badly injured in
an accident OH the Great Northern in
the mountains near Kalispcll, Mont.
her little frame house in Detroit. The
woman's head was fairly chopped to
pieces. Suspicion rests upon John A.
DittmaE. who had been living with the
woman, but he has not yet been fosnd.
The mill dam at Pickney, Mich,
broke. carrying away eight bridges, in
Gliding two iron ones. Fences, trees
and buildings along the stream were
carried away. Some $4,000 damage
to bridges, mill property, etc, was
done in the village alone.
A fire which is estimated to have
caused damage amounting to several
million marks ragged all night long at
Harburg. six miles from Hamburg,
Germany. The flares destroyed an
oil factory and the warehouses at the
Brinckman company and Friedrich
ThOerl. and burned down the build
ing of HENSON l. Brammer, shippers.
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the wind carry the fragrance SO lar.
On n Of the sweetest mornings IN
all the May came two birds to the Tree
two robins. In their honeymoon. Who
were out In search of q house. They
put their heads first on this side. then
on that; wished. perhaps. 1t had been
a cherry tree; calculated the probable
number of small boys in the neigh
borhood who we're making collections
OF eggs; the angle-worm crop in the
fields below: in short, all those minor
details of house-hunting less interest
Ing to an outsider than to parties con-
cerned.
Robin Red Breast bent his head very
near his wife. and they talked it all
over with q great deal of twittering
and many a tender glance!
$50 sweet a spot, dear love! Shall
1t be here?" Nobody heard what the
little bride-bird said. II she spoke at
all it was very low-there was need
that but one should hear-perhaps 1t
was only a look. Be that as it may.
the mate stretched his brown wings
twice. thrice for the Joy OF it. and
darted off and away, down over the
meadow, his red breast twinkling above
the green. Home! home! home!" he
sang over and over; home! homer
His heart was overlooking. and he
could not keep it to himself.
All this while his wee wife was TAX
ing account of her surroundings. She
hoped on one twig, then on another,
twisted her head, and turned her
bright eyes, until one might justly con-
clude she had viewed the matter from
every side. She saw M thing, too,
that neither had noticed before.
Through the open window, framed in
with apple boughs, some one was
watching them-a child with great
dark eyes and a halo of golden hair.
So sweet a face-but, oh, so thin and
white! If the little bird had been on
the bough just above she might have
seen that the child sat in a large wheel
chair-sat without moving, her hands
clasped in her lap, and hardly daring
" q " xSok VI AklHllSCllllf k4C
robins away.
The little bride-bird stood still, too,
looked her all over, and waited. BY
the time her mate had finished his tour
of the fields, however, for reasons best
known to herself, she was ready to
begin.
Should 1t be the crotch at the cor
ner, or the n right under the win
dow between the two big boughs? The
crotch at the corner was wider, a fine
breezy locality, but the other was SO
sheltered, no one could possibly peep
from without. Some foolish people,
you know. always will take to "love in
a cottage" They wasted very few
words owe the matter-there is little
argument when both argue on one side
1T was all taken out in hopping and
chirping.
Mamma, mammal" whispered the
little girl at the window; come soft
ly! l think they are building a nest!'
She turned her head by inches in her
fear of making a stir. There was
a light step, a rustic of silken skirts,
and a lady stood by the chair-a lady
who had eyes like the child's, dear
eyes! in which the love almost covered
the pain-quite hiding it when the lit
tie girl raised hers to look into them!
Her hands played as by habit with the
curly hair. She. too, looked out. not
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01
How She Reasoned 1t.

my DEAR" said Mrs. Fosdick to her
1c-year-old daughter, you should not
say toothbrush You should say
'tc othbrush.'"
But, mamma" said the little girl.
II brush all my teeth with it."-New
York Tribune.
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01
PITH Of THE NEWS,
EVENTS Of THE PAST WEEK IN A
CONDENSED FORM

A General Resume of the Most Ina
pOrtant News Of the Week, From
All Parts of the Globe, Boiled
Down and Arranged in Com
venient Form for Rapid Perusal
BY Busy People.
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01
They Glared.

HE is a lover of the beautiful" said
the girl with the soulful eyes, and the
others evidenced q mild interest.
HE is a beautiful lover" twittcred
the girl with the Titan hair, and the
others glared at her NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
apolk Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01
Criminal.

At Paxton. ILL.,, Judge Sample over
ruled the motion for a new trial for
Frederick Hellman and sentenced the
prisoner to hang on May IA.
Two elderly women were knocked
cinnati by three men, who escaped
with jewelry valued at 5000.
Miss Carrie Sankey has fined a suit
charging that she has been defrauded
of n valuable Inheritance by her guard
ian, Charles S. Coggins and his wife at
San Francisco. The frauds complained
of extend ove a period Of years.
Rev. II. T.. Colby, a Methodist min
lister, has been arrested at OskalOosa,
Iowa. charged with seduction. The
prosecuting witness is Mrs. Ida c.
Masters, n young woman of nineteen,
who was married about two months
ago. The defense will set up an alibi.
Jake Stutties, one of the supervisors
Of Lapointc, Ashland county. Wis.,, has
been arrested on the requisition of the
governor of Michigan for stealing nets
from OntonagOn, Mich, last fall. He
was arrested Il short time ago but
would not go without r%eQuisition pa
pers.
Frank Hawk. Fannie Watkins and
Jack Sage of Lima. Ohio, were shot at
Toledo, Ohio. by Clinton Hawk, the
son of Frank Hawk. The father was
| struck in the side and is MORALLY
wounded. Miss Watkins was shot in
! the head and is in a serious condition.
Sage was shot through the hand.
Young Hawk gave himself up.
The Home Protective Building, Loan
and Savings Association of Davenport,
Iowa. with a membership confined
mainly to the Roman Catholics Of the
state, is in the hands of q state ex-
aminer. who has temporarily closed the
office. John J. Ryan, secretary of the
company. has been Missing for several
days and his Whereabouts are un-
known.
| Stock Broker Elverton b. Chapman
OF the firm of Moore & Schley of New
York. who will have to undergo inn
prisonmcnt for eighty days at WASH
ington for refusing to testify before
the United States senate sugar trust
investigation committee, will probably
begin his term in u few days. lie is
arranging his private affairs in New
York city to that end.
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01
Probably an Old Time Puc,l,.t.

Parts of the skeleton of a prehis.
toric animal were found on the farm
Of Alexander Graham Of Liberty town.
ship. Ind, the fragments indicating
that the animals jaw was probably
four feet long. A part Of the Jaw il
in good condition. as are some Of the
teeth, which are about a foot long.
but most of the bones were SO far de-
composed when uncovered that thev
crumbled.
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01
BOTH FISH AND REPTILE.
A Queer Nondescript from the Amazon
Which Puzzles N~aturalistA.

- NuoCK XOUuO6CE1pl 1EOW HI EAUQNAOu
Which Puzzles NaturalistA
DR.. Emil Goldi, director of the mu-
scum at Para, Brazil, reports the cap
ture, near the mouth of the Amazon, of
a creature known to naturalists as the
l%epidosiren and exceedingly rare. The
l%epidosiren is half fish and half reptile,
but this popularity is not his only
claim to distinction. He has many
strange habits. Hitherto naturalists
have been divided in opinion as t its
classification, some calling it a fish, 9TH
ers a reptile, and others a combination
OF the two. 1t has legs and lungs, and
can live out of water, but it's head is
distinctly that Of a fish. In the con
struction Of its tail 1t shows some re-
semblance to a newt. The lepidosiren
Is sometimes inelegantly called the
mudfish. 1t lives in shallow waters,
which are completely dried up by the
sun during a long period of the year.
The muddy beds are baked into a hard
and stony flooring. and these animals
would o become extinct If they did
not possess unusual means of defense
against this annual infection. When
the hot season has set in and the wa
ter has greatly lessened, the lepidosiren
wriggles Its way deeply into the mud.
Its eyes are so constructed that the wet
soil cannot injure them and the exter-
nal nostrils are two shallow blind sacs.
After 1t has reached a comfortable
depth 1t curls itself around With its
tail wrapped over its head, and in that
position awaits the arrival of the rainy
season. 1t has a very flexible spine.
enabling it to curl itself up thoroughly.
While it is curled up it secretes a large
amount of a shiny substance, which
makes the walls Of its cell very smooth
and aids in binding the mud together.
1t lies in a torpid condition and Is evil
IDENTIFY able to live without air.
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01
A Delicate Distinction.

Now" said the experienced states
man to the newly elected senator whom
he was instructing. there is Just one
o point concerning senatorial
courtesy to which l feel it my duty
to direct your attention. 1t seems a
little hard, but all dignities have their
drawbacks"
What is it,"
ut is considered very bad form
wnen a colleague is delivering a speech
to go to sleep without leaving the
room."-Exchange.
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01
A Moral Crisis.

Honesty" said Senator Sorghum,
lis the best policy very frequently
You have-er-you have tested that
maxim, have you?"
Eyes, sir; l may say that it laid
the foundation for my subsequent Ca
recr. The first time I ran for office
| was approached by an active worker
in practical politics. He asked me
whether l would refuse to run if a
certain course of procedure were
adopted and whether I would go back
on them in case things should TURF
out wrong"
"And then you remembered that
honesty is the best policv?"
"Yes, I searched my inner conscious
ness and then, looking him full in tho
eye, told him the truth. 1 said that
I would not refuse. w
Star.
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01
ChA6tfRoment.

Chastisement is the work of thu
Holy Spirit. When we sin the Holy
Spirit lashes us through conscience
and scourges us, and we cast ourselves
upon u knees and suffer more keenly
sometimes than in any bodily agony
Rev. r. A. George.
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01

Ger man kin git hisse'f inter a heap
O. trouble an 'sponsibility," said
Uncle Eben, "by convincin' people dat
he's smahter dan whut he rely is."-
Washington Star.
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01
Too Slow.

why do you think that Bunker
doesn't know his business?"
Because it's nearly three years now
since he's had a grand annual clear
ance sale."-Cleveland Leader.
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01
A Mourning Color.

Winebidtle-Why are you dyeine
your hair such a youthful black. GIL
d~ersleeve?
Gildersleeve-Out of respect for the
memory of my dear dead wife, Wine
biddle.
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01

teach them to ny. I have ionEed to
see it all my life, but l could not go to
them. you know. and 30 they have
come to me-"
The mother noted the faint tinge on
the cheek, the bright look in the eye.
and blessed the robins in her heart.
Eyes. they have come to you, my
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01
A Delicate Hint.

Mr.. Timide-"And what party were
you inclined to favor during the cam
paign, Miss Wantowed?"
Miss Wantowed (blushing)-'Well
I think I preferred the 'pops.'"-
Brooklyn Life.
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01
RNoY,R Ambition.

James Whitcomb Riley is quoted as
saying that as q youth the height of
his ambition was to wear q s%tovepipe
hat and play q jewsharp.
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01
Turned Up.

Anything turned up yet?" asked the
friend.
Nothing but the noses of everybody
I tackle" said the man who was look
ing for a place.-Exchange.
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01

Belt wonder why old p. NITROUS
didn't come to the wedding?"
Eell-"I understand that he stayed
away IN account of a raise in the cost
Of rice"
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01
Just Between Frlends.

Miss Older-"Men must be growing
more polite. I get seats in street cars
much oftener than l did a few years
ago."
Miss Cutting-"Well, it's a mighty
mean man that will let an old lady
stand."-New York Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01
His Opportunity.

she-"What is the difference between
q trust and q ring?"
He-"Miss-dear Mabel, If you can
only trust me l will get the ring to-
morrow morning.'-Cincinnati En-
quirer.
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01
Done Up

Mr.. O'Toole ruefully)-"Thot's the
last shirt OF aver takes to Missus Elan
pigan! Sure thot sign av hers don't
tell no lie. at ALL"
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01
Her Hope.

81 fear your welded happiness will
be of short duration"
II hope so," candidly confessed the
young lady who was to wed the multi
aged Observation-Disclosures
| Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01
General.

The international convention of the
Y. NJ. G. A. opened ut Mobile.
The steel freighter Constitution was
launched Mt West Superior.
Settlers on Northern Pacific lands get
n favorable decision from the national
supreme court.
The Burlington road, it is said, will
extend to the Pacific coast through the
kOotenai mining country.
Fruit in Illinois, Indiana and South
ern Wisconsin has probably been killed
by frost.
After eighteen rounds Of rapid fight
ing Frank Erne got the decision over
Joe Hopkins ut Buffalo, N. Y.
The Central Iron and Steel Company
of Harrisburg, Pa, has been incorpor-
ated. The company is capitalized Mt
*1,OOO,OOO.
The Italian Geographical society has
received news Of the safety of. the
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01
Foreign Notes..

The Parnellites will organize an Irish
league of their own.
Emperor William Of Germany visits
Emperor Francis Joseph Of Austria.
A new arrangement for preserving
the European peace balance is about
to be made, Italy oeing dropped from
the driebund.
Five anarchists have been arrested
at st. Nazare, France. The police on
searching their lodgings found i'm
portant discriminating documents and
a design of a bomb.
An attempt has been made to assas.
sinate the president Of Uruguay. He
was shot at by the would-be assassin,
but the bullet missed its mark. The
assailant was arrested.
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01
Just

Uncle-"Bobby. l suppose you've
been a good little boy"
Bobby-"No, l haven't"
Uncle-"Why, 1 hope you haven:
been very bad"
Bobby-'Oh, no; just comfortable
Truth.
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01
sumc,ent Grounds.

Mrs. Potter-Russell-She has good
grounds for a divorce.
Mrs. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES are
they?
Mrs. otter-Russell-One hundred
acres In South Dakota.
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01

A suapicious Subject
A gentleman was riding on .theA out
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01
THE ROBINS NEST.
Glen in Leslie's
'pular Monthly

HE apple tree,
nesting against
the old white housa.
had put on its new
spring gown. New
er before did the
leaves come out so
green, nor the shy
buds blush SO deep
a pink; never be-
fore did the bees
hum so loudly, or
The Dickinson press., 1897-05-01

Charles Monnier of Detroit. has
written 1858 words on a postal card
beating all previous records by II, 900
words. To the naked eye the letters
look like little dots. but show distinct
.ty under a glass.