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The Dickinson press., 1897-01-30
Deodorixo Your Furs.

The odors that cling to many of the
furs worn by women in spite Of the
efforts Of the furrier to eliminate
them are not always pleasant to the
olfactories of sensitive fair ones. And
yet fashion DEGREES that many of the
most pungent Of these furs shall be
worn. Skunk fur is exceedingly popu-
lar this winter. It is now wholly de-
odorized and IL extensively used under
far more elegant title to decorate
garments, both light and dark in color.
Black lynx is now to be obtained in a
fast dye-the color does not rub of in
the least, and this, with black fox, is
one of the most dressy and effective
Of the long lustrous furs. The badger
natural lynx and fox pelts in blue, sill
yer and gray. with chinchilla at the
head, are among the stylish light furs
Very dark mink is highly favored as q
decoration. and, like otter, never loses
caste. Russian sable bands and tails
and the American sable brought from
Hudson's bay are in steady demand
Beaver is still used both p,ucked and
unplucked in lis natural color, and also
dyed. Sealskin cepes. redingotes and
Jackets have. like real laces, stand,
ard value that never diminishes. The
seal coat, with it's addition of modified
sleeves, spreading or high-standine
collar and revers Of the same-the coo
beautifully shaped and lined, is more
than ever an ideal garment devoutly
to be desired by all women.
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-30

gestive of fairyland whose dressmak-
ing elves are remarkably we'll up in
their business. A sample of what a
really fine ball gown means this season
is the artists contribution here. It
was made of rose-salmon duchesse
satin, both bodice and skirt trimmed
with white mousseline de sole inser-
tions that showed pretty floral en-
broidery in colored silks. But this
trimming was enhanced by a novel
garniture Of ribbon, which the picture
explains. The back Of the bodice and
the epaulets were plain satin, and the
skirt was lined with pink taffeta. Gov
er a dancing floor thickly with such
handsome dresses as this, and the sight
is one of beauty that should be joy
forever. Between dances there is no
let-up in the brilliancy of the picture.
because dainty wraps that come out for
barred shoulders are fully up to the
gowns they top. Scarfs and capes for
this purpose are most elegant, and
though their delicacy makes them
seem almost useless, they ordinarily
furnish all the protection that is de-
sired. Almst any cape becomes more
dressy from an arrangement of ribbon
passing about the neck under the collar.
The ribbon is knotted into handsome
bow at the back, and in front at the
fastening is looped into bows and
ends, which quite cover all traces of
hooks and eyes, and either prevent or
conceal the wear that is sure to show
promptly at this point. Ends of the
ribbon hang to the edge of the cape and
add to its dressiness when it is worn
open.
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-30
OUR ALMANACS,
The Tables In Them Are Made bv /.
Blind Man,

Blind Man.
II had rather novel experience last
year in the matter Of gathering tables
showing the rise and setting of the sun.
the changes Of the moon, high and low
tides, ETC." said publisher to Wash
ington Star man. But I am fixed for
this year. In my experience as a pub
Usher had printed about everything
that thought could be printed. Finally
an advertising concern wanted me to
get out an almanac for them. They
furnished all the copy for the almanac
except the almanac itself-that is, the
tables. I supposed would have no Diff
ficulty in getting them. but l soon found
out that I was mistaken. My desire
was to get the tables correct and to
have them prepared in an authoritative
way. After interviewing some Of the
experts in Washington found that
they were all disinclined to take any
outside work. Finally one of them con-
sented to do 1t, and he did, charging me
$500 for the calculations-$25 for each
month. l am about having similar
work done this year, and came here for
that purpose, but I learned that all the
calculations for the various patent
medicine and many other almanacs are
made by blind man in Pittsburg, Pa,
an amateur mathematician and as
tronomer of considerable local reputa-
tion. sent for the tables and have re-
ceived them. He charged me exactly
Sc, or so cents for each month. l un-
derstand that the actual work is done
by his children, who write from his die
tation. He tells me that he has supplied
the same tables for about 100 different
almanacs for 1897"
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-30
Notes of tho Vogue.

Small belts are shown with enameled
buckles. Indeed. buckles are to be
seen in all manner Of materials, as
mother-of-pearl. horn, jet, steel and
gold, from less than half an inch tc
three and a half inches wide.
The new ostrich boas are made
short, so that the ends do not hang
lower than the waist, and these are
not pointed, the same width being
maintained throughout. Collarettes
however, are much thicker in the
middle.
A pretty dinner dress is made OF
pompadour silk, flounced up to the
waist, and the round blouse bodice has
cream mousseline de sole vest with
guipure lace yoke and a white satin
ribbon belt and collar drawn through
steel buckles, two at the neck and six
at the waist.
Full vests of checked silk in two COL
ors are used in plain cloth gowns with
good effect. They open in the center
to show an inner and narrow vest OF
fancy galoon, or an embroidery OF
beads on white silk, and are finished
on either edge with tiny knife plait-
ing of the silk.
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-30
Adventure with . Bengal Tiger.

From Bengal comes an amusing, al
though exciting tale Of two young
army officers who tried to capture a
tiger. Having gorged itself on a COW,
the animal was asleep when these two
men caught sight Of it. They might
have shot 1t, but it occurred to them
that there would be as much honor
and lot of money in taking it alive.
So they made nooses in two long ropes,
and after some manoeuvering from a
rock above, managed to lasso the neck
and one leg of the tiger. The beast, of
course awoke, and for time regarded
the ropes indifferently; but when he
attempted to walk away, and found
himself restrained. his rage knew no
bounds. He gave two or three great
jumps, and the ropes snapped like
strings, and then he started for his
would-be captors, and would have
caught them had not he become en-
tangled in the ropes. While he was
jumping around they poured bullets
into him. and finally hit a vital spot.
So they got him after all, but not in
the way they intended.
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-30
SAILOR LAD.
NiAoARA's RIVAL.
Great Plant at Lachine That VIII BE q
Important Power.

Great Plant at Lachine That Will BE y,
Important Power.
Niagara's great rival, the power-dis
tributing plant at the Lachine rapid
OF the st. Lawrence river, above Mon
treal, will, it is hoped, be complete.
BY the first Of the new year, says tn,
Electrical Engineer. This is the har
Messing Of the. Lachine rapids of tn,
great st. Lawrence river, which pre-
sents many engineering difhculties, ow
Ing to the formation of the river chan
mel at this point and the extreme colt
experienced In winter, making 1t neces
sary so to construct the dam that tn,
noattng Ice will not interfere will
the regular operation Of the plant. Tn,
work has begun by the construction o
an artificial canal along the nortl
shore Of the st. Lawrence river abov,
the Lachine rapids and about five mile.
from Montreal. The main dam Of tn,
work, running out from the shore, con.
sists of series of isolated piers of ma.
sonry and concrete and is constructed
about $500 feet down the river from
the Ice tenders. These piers are mad,
to form the fumes to take the turbine
wheels and shafting which generate
and deliver the power. The sixty tur.
bines will operate under a head ol
twelve feet and will develop 200 horse
power each. making a total of 12,O0f
horse power all the year round. Their.
are three power-houses, in which will
be located the electric generators, foul
in each power-house, each of about
1000 horse power. These generators
are coupled to a jack-shaft and six OF
the turbines are connected to this shaft
with bevel-cone gears. thus transmit.
ting to each generator the power of six
turbines, or 1900 horse power. The
building extends the full length Of the
main dam and is forty-two feet wide.
excepting at the power-house, where it
is sixty feet. The original idea Of the
company was to generate the power
merely and dispose Of it on the jack
shaft and to lay out large portion of
the adjoining grounds into factory sites.
Recently, however, it was decided to
bring the power into Montreal and dis
pose Of it there.
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-30
STRIKE ON SUNDAY WEDDINGS
English Clergymen Object to Marriages
on This Day Of the Week.

on This Day OF the Week.
One of the latest developments of the
strike movement is by the English pro-
vincial clergy against Sunday mar
riages. In London the use of the first
day Of the week for weddings is now
almost unknown, but in the provinces,
especially in the counties close to the
metropolis, Sunday remains the favor
lite day for rustic unions, and it is the
number of these celebrations that has
called forth protest from the hard
working clergy of Aylesbury. Their
grievance is embodied in the following
passage from the local parish maga-
zine: There is one thing We poor par
sons rebel against very much indeed,
and that is the growing practice Of
Sunday weddings AS If we had not
quite enough to do already on Sun
days, we are constantly requested to
perform the marriage ceremony over
couples who ought, in most cases, to be
ashamed to come to us on Saturday
night begging this favor. We ask,
| Why must you be married on Sum-
day of all days?' %, because can't af-
ford to lose days work. says the ex-
pectant bridegroom. What utter non-
sense! Surely 1t stands to reason that
If man cannot afford to lose days
work, then, certainly, he cannot afford
to be married. Anyhow, what we want
our friends to understand is this, that
we object strongly to Sunday we'd
dings,' and we hope that intending
bridegrooms md brides will humor us
in this matter. There are six days in
the week; let them choose one of these,
and not Sunday. AS for the stock ar
gument of not being able to afford to
lose days work, the sooner this is
dropped the better, for it carries Its
own condemnation with it."
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-30
ONE TYPE OF ENoLlsHMEN.

etartlinEly Clean, Persistently Agreeable
and Very Uninteresting.
The Grand hotel at Zell-am-Zee has.
as many know, a garden bordered by
the lakes where in the very necessary
shade of lilac trees contemplative Aus
trians sit at small tables and consume
the deep-colcred beer. so called, of
Munich, says McClure's. Among these,
and within sound of their sober excla-
nations of wonderment at the beauty
of the prospect. sat young English
man, gracefully idle, and wearing with
a becoming indifference most trying
headcovering at that time fashionable
and still known at Cambridge as q
beast" hat. He was watching the ap-
proach Of a countrywoman-young,
wholesome, sunburned and energetic
who had just emerged from the door
of the hotel. The Englishman was
startlingly clean, with thin soft hair
carefully brushed back from a bland
forehead. His face was narrow, with
a prominent nose, suggesting the fire.
quent use Of soap and water The
countenance was expressive of one
dominant quality, as nearly all coun-
tenances are IL studied with under
standing, and that nothing less than
the desire to be instantly and persist
emily agreeable. Ladies given to the
exercise of that species Of hospitality
which has for its aim the bringing to-
gether of young people and for its end
the hope that some Of these may elect
to remain together till death do them
release invariably secured Algerpou
Augustus Passavant. Algernon, it ap.
peared. made things go. Some very
young girls thought him stupid and die
not always understand his humor
They thought that he lacked poetry
and was uninteresting. His hair, IL
fact. was too thin and too short Til,
more elderly sirens engaged In the pur
suit Of eligible junior attaches, KEEP
an eye upon Passavant as a sheep dot
keeps an eye upon the shepherd.
few mistaken mammas set little trap
for him, and he made himself invaria
bly, agreeable to the bait, without beinl
hooked.
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-30
Remarkable Instinct of Birds.

DR.. Williams, all English naturalist,
tells of two interesting cases of birds
profiting by experience. One of his
neighbors, whose fruit suffered from
the raids of blackbirds and thrushes,
planned and executed number Of
raids on their nests in an adjoining
woods. After the birds had been dis.
turbed few times they built their
nests on the ground instead of in the
bushes and small fir trees, as hat
been their custom. The other case wa!
Of some sandpipers that were nesting
near DR.. Williams house. These birds
after their nests had twice been de
stroyed by water, continued for thre
seasons to build their nests on higl
ground. inaccessible to the water
Their usual custom is to build thei
nest near the water on the gravel an,
sand washed up by the river.
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-30
Ch.nsed for the Better.

DR.. Howley, archbishop of Canter-
bury. who died in 1914, upheld the dig
nifty Of his position in the fashion
deemed necessary. One day he drove up
to the door Of the house of lords in a
coach and four, with liveried coach
men and two footmen. A quaker who
knew him, addressed him: "Friend
Howley, what would the Apostle Paul
have said II he had .seen these four
horses and the purple liveries and all
the rest?' The archbishop, who was
seldom hustered, replied with a benig-
nant smile: Doubtless the apostle
would have remarked that thinks were
.vssy much changed for the better since
his time."-Youth's Companion.
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-30
This Is Your Opport unity.
WIND TO AID BlcYcLlsTs.
An Improvement Which 1t Is Claimed
Will Develop High Speed.

An Improvement Which 1t Is Claimed
Will Develop High Speed.
A new bicycle improvement makes
the cyclist join hands with the wind,
says the New York Journal. The COM
bination, it is claimed, develops ex-
ceedingly high speed. The inventor.
M. Demange of Commercy, France, de-
clares that by his plan the cyclist may
ride at speed of from twelve to If
teen miles an hour with no exertion at
all, except that required in guiding the
machine. The contrivance is in form
sort of turbine arrangement, some
thing like gourd followed out, cut in
"gores," and the ''gores" turned lit
tie on their axes. This turbine is
placed on dual rods, vertically attached
to the forward wheel of the bicycle. A
bar projects from the center of the
handle bars outward, and to this is at
tached the top of the turbine. The
turbine revolves on its axis and catches
enough wind to give the forward
wheel an added impetus. No matter
from what direction the wind blows the
turbine catches it, and by attachment
with the hub of the front wheel COM
municates some of the force of the wind
to the wheel. The turbine practically
neutralizes the effect OF beam wind.
The twisting of the turbine in its rotary
motion works on the rods that attach
1t to a ratchet wheel. which revolves
about the hub of the front wheel.
These rods work up and down like the
piston rods of an engine, and in that
way accelerate the motion in great de-
gree. This invention is a marked de-
parture from those designed to give
motion to bicycle without the riders
aid. Gasoline, electricity and Pc
troleum have all been incorporated in
the different ideas which have taken
shape as bicycle impellers. The SAIL
ing bicycle is also an adaptation Of
the same idea. and has been fairly sue
cessful when under the control of a
skillful rider who is also master of
the ar. of handling a sail. On the
western prairies where the wind blows
strong and steady the sail on bicycle
has been utilized with fine results.
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-30
Young rharaohs. playth,ne,.


The children of the old Pharaohs of
Egypt had their fun as we'll as the boys
and girls of to-day. We know that
they played marbles and other games
and recently the explorers in the an
cient tombs Of the Egyptian rulers have
found other playthings. Among them
is complete company of wooden SOL
diers fifteen inches in height. They
are dressed in the uniforms of the body
guard of the ancient Pharaohs and
armed with lances. Probably the SOL
diers in the army that pursued Moses
into the Red Sea and were drowned
when the walls of water closed behind
the Israelites were dressed in Just such
way. No doubt many young princes
and princesses played with this com.
pany of wooden soldiers, marching II
up and down and back and forth anl
planning what great battles they would
fight when they grew to be kings ant
queens. And perhaps the young primo,
who enjoyed the soldiers most of al
may have died and the wooden arm,
might have been buried with him, t
be found thousands Of years later.
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-30
THE GARDEN OF EDEN.
A Colorado Lawyer Who Claims He Has
Found Its Site.

Found Its Site.
The site of the Garden of Eden is not
yet determined with such authority as
to command universal acceptance and
the claims Of new localities are put
forth from time to time, perhaps with
more confidence than the proofs justi-
fy, says the New York Tribune. A
Colorado lawyer thinks he has found
1t in that state-in fact, at no great dis
tance from his residence and law office.
He has, at any rate, found evidences OF
early human occupancy there and has
personally no doubt that he has lighted
on the primeval cradle of the race. He
ia Convinced that mankind originated
in the chain of mountains passing
through Colorado" and perhaps his
reasons for his faith are as sound as
those put forth in proving it's genesis
elsewhere. The tokens left by those
early dwellers do not differ materially
from those found in other parts of the
world; they knew the use of fire and
how to pile stones one OH another,
making walls, and also how to fashion
of them some rude weapons and ingtru-
ments. These are the common traces
of primeval man and, unsupported by
other evidence, may not assure every
body that Paradise was in the San Luis
valley or that Adam and Eve took up
housekeeping in one of it's caves. leav-
ing the cloud Of their domestic hearth
fire upon its walls as testimony. Still,
the theory Of the resident attorney Is
an interesting one and quite as plaus-
ible as that Of King John of Apyssinia,
who always maintained, when sober,
that the Garden of Eden was in his do
minions and that Adam and Eve and
the f1rst-born of the generations OF
men were Abyssinians, like himself
Precise testimony on the subject Is
hardly to be looked for, and among
many learned and unlearned conjec-
lures that of the Colorado advocate is
perhaps as we'll entitled to hearing
as those of Moses.
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-30

What can be more distressing than to see
girl dropping and fading in the spring time
Of youth? Instead Of bright eyes, glowing,
rosy cheeks, and an elastic step. there are dull
= alanguidness of step that bespcak disease and
an early death if proper treatment is not
promptly resnrted to and persisted in until the
Impoverished blood is enriched, and the func-
tions of life become regular. Upon parents
rests great responsibility ut the time their
daughters are budding into womanho@i. If
Is "tired out t" upon the slightest cxcrtion, il
she is troubled with headache, backache, or
pain in the side, if her temper is titful
and her appetite poor, she is in Il con-
tlition of extreme peril, a fit subject for the
development of that most dreaded of all dis
eases-Consumption. Jf YOU notice any. Of
something that will assist the patient TO de-
velop properly and regularly that will enrich
the blood and restore health's roses to the
cheeks; bright eyes and lightncss Of step SO
that danger of consumption and premature
death will be averted. Wise and prudent
of the period of puberty, and thus avoid all
chances Of disease or early decay:
At Three Oaks, Michigan, there lives a
woman with q most remarkable history.
The following story is given in her own
words.
Schenectady, n. y.
'enneme"w mere Is 50 I; ,.ueh t"say d"ona luz
my c1se naruiN h,ow "n.em a, "omm ,,oans o,,e ne
ihoagnt tne most imPortah! seven years .a', nSG
naa an attaGk oi Ia, 1ever. WIFI l. m ,ro1i
10 inc typnoia: Aer ..u. ntvel ,, IN Mn,'
aEy nervous st Mar., ~, ny trs, evnS
.an, i've f es nha,a,;s ax" aS. Tho nnxt w Warch haj
TOLLS 10 ns;ona o ,h;n iat, ,,,a v;, M,at ,hn oct"r
g,pp Tv ,,,,s.lar ,,a % ,.a",t;s," Ma'' IL "ano
""eu ..n, ,. nSso, Eoa,,or LnI nnn,hor s.""r.
t.a, W. -. a.t,aI :, ,, .'. I.,. ana r; h;n
"d a.A o. tsn ,niled II sc;:,;ca 5 'A "a wa< h;sarai
.u ..'asai WIS n,aa e ,;,hnnt am r.,;af sn.", al
* tls. ,v;ntnr IN he'd rhc nryi snrn.. wns
tae Ma ". a,,. ~ i;tti. I"t in Anl,st I,d an'
"ther ~ o.tec e ' ond ,xa, TIis,ered a"a;n This
tma ,.w % Lent a| ,he VI" hI;xtnrs sore far over ,wo
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-30
RESULTS OF MALAR|Al
and TYPHOID FEvERS.
A Case Cited in Three Oaks, Michigan, that will
Interest Delicate Women.
The Effects Of the Fever Were Felt in the Weakest
Spots.
A WARMING TO MOTHERS.
A WARMING TO MOTHERS.
From The Press. Three Oaks. Mich.

"a year ago last May again commenced
taking Pink Pills. l could only lie on my
right side and was 50 helpless that could
not turn or get up without being lifted.
After had taken four or five boxes could
turn over On my left side. l then conl-
mcnced to have some faith i'll the medicine,
and began to take three pills after each meal
did not have cllills any more and my circu-
lation was better.
"Atlcr had taken seven boxes could
sit up. l gained right along after this, walked
with the assistance Of Al cane, and in September
am not strong enough t" do hard work, but can
do light huusewOrk.
81 had also been q sufferer for sixteen
years with painful mrnstruation. Every time
| wcuid have to lie down most Of the time, as
it was impossible for me to stand. At last
should come would cramp and would have to
use hot otapplications, and would take hot slings,
teas and every known remedy, but Of no avail.
After using Pink Pills two months they came
Oh without any pain whatever. II had been
| two years since there had been any color. Tho
doctor said it might be the turn Of life, but as
] was too young, only tllirty-threc, he thought
should be at those times.
Another trouble had was weak stom.
ach from child. Every little while would
have bad vomiting spells, consequently the
doctors found me very hard patient to
treat. My physician said he had spent more
time in studying my case than that OF any
rlgn. ra nc ever nau: neierha & pmSs'cWns @ .a. aa
na n,s." n% NY !" u.s., = fr com" I'm. hefora gu
,n,n,"n,cal o"1 using t,,e n;lIs and cunt;nnal =
far "wh;io at,cr r hcy%pm mn %m>inc them Int I
f3nnd nnt "onli "ef nlom" ns we'll w;tSont
It % and inst @ d.pen,ied on % the SiiIs. is WV" "''"'1'
When / commenced I9 using them wa.
thoupht Of ever being any better r as sp at,er @
evcry , attack tn XII Was s So % mucl Give w.aEer and and
more benicss. II seems almost n miracle to
me- me- that after irving 10 MANY remedies that
your medicine should have helped me 30
much. can now walk quite a distance
without getting very tired, and the bunch
The Dickinson press., 1897-01-30
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS.

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 testhing, with perfect
success. It sooths the child, softens
the gums, allays all pain, cures wind
collie, and is the best remedy for
Diarrhea. Is pleasant to the taste.
Sold by Druggists in every part of
the world. Twenty-Five cents O bot
tie. Its value is incalculable. BE
sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup, and take no other
kind.