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The Dickinson press., 1897-06-12
CURRENT MISCELLANY

At frat thought it appears we'll nigh
impossible that one human life could
touch three centuries before death came.
The English papers have recently been
discussing longevity in It's various
phases and find at least three we'll au-
thenticated cases Of people who lived TO
threa times change the last three nu.
merals in the year date.
Mrs. Elisabeth Hobbs, q Cambridge
shire lady. did 90. She was born in
1899 and died on March 20, 1905. In
the one hundred and fourth year Of her
age, which facts are recorded on her
gravestone in the southwest corner Of
the churchyard Of Little Wilbraham,
about six miles from Cambridge.
Thomas Parr. more familiarly known
as "Old Parr, was born In 1888 and
died in 1895, at the age Of 152 years
and Q months, having. lived II years
in the fifteenth, 100 in the sixteenth
and 85 years in the seventeenth cen.
turies.
On tombstone in Llandaff Center.
N. H., is the following: widow su.
sanna Brownson was born Aug. 81,
1899, and died June 10, 1909, aged 108
years. She thus lived in the seven.
teenth, eighteenth and nineteenth GEN.
turies
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His Mistake.

Bilkins-How is business, Wilkinsi
Wilkins-Can't make it go. At
this rate I'll be bankrupt in another
month. Idon't seem to have any
head for business.
Bilkins-No, you haven't, but you
have a good stand, and If you'll
promise to keep hands off and let
me run things I'll 60 in with you az
partner.
Wilkins-Done. A friend in need
is q friend indeed.
Guest Of Mr.. Wilkins (ten years
after)-What a magnificent place
you have-everything that wealth
could buy or heart wishi Youhavs
been wonderfully prosperous Nj,
Wilkins. ''s-'' '''4' F7''' = .s4s.'s-'
Mr.. Wilkins (sadly)-True; but,
after all, get only half the profits
Of my great establishment. lust tell
you, my old friend, the mistake Of
my life was in taking = PARTNER
New York Weekly. =
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bright fellow and considered TO be
worth fully $500. Jim was an ex.
pert horseman, and through all his
Ute had been working in the stables
Of his master.
Mr. Z. was in Z quandary. His
abolitionist ideas prevented him
rom being . slave owner, but his
natural anxiety to receive someth
for the bill due him almost demand
ed that he should accept the slaye
as payment. Finally . bright idea
suggested itself, and he called the
negro to him.
"Now, Jim," said he. II am going
to be your new master. I do not
want to live here In the south and
look after you. nor do Iwish to take
you to the north with me. Now I've
been thinking Of this plan: win
you be honest, sober and attentive
to business If I set You up in the cab
trade in this cityi viii you turn
over every cent to me and not steal
from met II you promise, I win Get
you up in business, and when you
send me the money that you earn I
will credit half Of it to yeu. When
your half Of the money above all
the expenses amounts to 81, 200, you
can buy your freedom, and then we
can continue partners in the busi-
ness, OF you can buy me out. II you
do not want to make any promises
OF if you will not keep the promises
that you may make, I will sell you,
and then you may get a hard mas
ter.''
Jim, Of course, promised, and
what is more remarkable, he kept
his word. Mr.. K bought for him
three cabs and as many teams, and
allowed him full management Of
the business.
So well did Jim take care of the
enterprise that within a year he had
charge Of nine cabs and several
teams Of horses for each cab. He
sent his money regularly to New
York, and within two years his
share of the profits amounted to
over $4,000. But still he made no
suggestion that any Of his money
be turned over to Mr.. K. for his
freedom.
Mr.. <. did not wish to speak about
the matter to Jim, but he was anx-
ious to get some cash value for tho
slave. He accordingly sent a friend
to see Jim and find out what was
the matter. The friend went to Jim
and said to him:
Jim, you have sent to Mr.. K.
nearly e5, 200, haven't youG"
"Yassir," said Jim.
"And $2,80O of that money will
be yours if you buy your freedom,
won't it,"
"Yassir," said Jim again.
"Well, it will only cost your 81, 200
to buy your freedom, and when you
do you will have 81, 600 left, and
can still continue in partnership
with Mr.. x. Why don't you buy
your freedomS"
"Look yere, boss" said Jim SOL
EMMY; "look yere. Yo' doan' ketch
dis chicken yere a-buyin a niggah
dat has consumption. ''-Harper's
Maoazina
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Like Unto Iiks.

There was queer scene in the Paris
catacombs the other day. Some 40 mu-
sicians and rather more numerous au-
dienoe assembled there to indulge in
their taste for the grewsome. Sitting on
damp chairs, which had been placed at
one Of the crossways Of the intricate
and interminable galleries, lined on
each side with skulls and human bones,
a concert was given which will long be
remembered by those who participated
in it as musicians or listened to it as
the audience. The programme comprised
Ohopin's Funeral March," Beetho-
ven's Funeral March," Saint.Saens'
Death Dance" etc. The musicians
were from the conservatory Of music,
and the audience was composed Of peo.
pie Of position.
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KNEW HIS OWN VALUE.

A Slaves Reason For Not Purchasing HI
Own Freedom.
Before the war, In the days Of
slavery, New York jeweler Of a
prominent family, who can be called
Mr.. T., had owing to him bill Of
81, 200 from a reputedly wealthy
family in the south. Time after
time the bill was rendered, but there
was no response, and finally Mr.. K,
as he CHANGED to have other bust
ness taking him beyond the Mason
and Dixon line, decided to call at
the house of his debtor in New Or
leans and see il he could get some
satisfaction for his claim.
On his arrival there he found that
his debtor was in a bad way finan-
cially and had but little money. al.
though running an expensive estab-
ishment A proposition was made
that NJ. x. take In payment of his
bill . negro named Jim, q very
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PROFITABLE sWEEPlNas.
How . Londonsr AIskes Use OF DissasdsA
Odds and Ends. q %ts.z.,

How Londonsr Makes Use OF DissaEdsA
Odds and Ends. & Sss.e9
I claim to be the proprietor Of tho
very cheapest shop in London, and
without me some of the poorest Of
the poor would have to 60 even
shorter Of the necessaries of life than
they do at present. The majority Of
my things are Of hrst class quality,
and I retail them at often less than
half the prioeIof the most inferior
stuff on the market, and make a
handsome profttoo. How do Imam
age itfg sTl 9 af
lam what you might term q river
marine store dealer. Every day up
on the falling tide I proceed down
the river with my small barge and
boat and make my way to any ship
or craft which has just discharged,
or is disoharging, her cargo. The
SsWsepings OF the ship are what !
1ade n. =
V,en 4 ship arrives atits dest-
a ~ mo lna$4er what cargo shs
I 81 la!loMnsE g tie eezgo saesgss
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The "Historical 1ilao,n

Many years ago in the daysof her ra-
diant beauty her imperial majesty the
Empress Elizabeth Of Austria sat for
her portrait to sohrotzberg, q fashion
able Yiennese artist Tho pictnre was
painted al the request of the empress
royal cousin. Ludwig u q BaXazia, and
was destined 70 grace The walls of his
gallery Of beautiful women ID Munich.
The artist recognized the Importance Of
his commission and gave to the canvas
all the skill Of his genius, which in
the matter Of color had no equal in
Germany. The robe Of the empress was
Of imperial purple. Of 60 marvellous a
tint and 60 wonderfully painted that It
dimmed even the charm Of the sovereign
lady's matohless beauty. Artists tried
in vain to initiate 1t, pens to describe
It, and III time it became known a. the
historical lilac"
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,J.sv... Anthropolosieally. Cs.saasrsd,

JsUs AnthropoloEic Eically. Csalidsred.
We continually hear Of tie Israel
ttisA race II is spoken Of as the
most homogeneous Of races, and the
most refractory. But it is strongly
diverse. Anthropologists are accus-
TONED to divide 1t into two parts
we'll distinguished - the dolicho-
cephalic and the brachy ycepha1io. To
the first type belong the sephardim
Jews, the Spanish and Portuguese
jews, and even the larger part Of the
Jews Of Italy and southern France.
To the second belong the Askenazim
Jews-that is to say, the Polish, Rus
sian and German Jews. In Africa
We find agricultural and nomadio
Jews allied to the Kabyles and to
the Berbers near Setif, from Guelma
and Biskra to the frontiers Of Ma
rocco. They travel in caravans to
Tmbuktu, and some Of their tribes
upon the confines Of the Sahara are
black, al for instance the Dagga-
tomis, as are also the Falachas Jews
Of Abyssinia. In India white Jews
are found in Bombay and, black
Jews in Cochin. AS to the JRye in
China, they are not only aAfHd to
the Chinese who surround them,
but they have even adopted. their
customs and the religion Of Confu-
cius. It is we'll known that Id italy
they speak italian, as in France they
speak French and in Germany Ger
man. A language is leaned and
spoken by two peoples which have
no other point Of contact.-Monist.
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HUMoR OF THE HOUR.

"The man who takes the North Caro-
lima people for set Of dummies is apt
to be greatly mastaken, {" said q congress-
man who represents mountain district
OF the Turpentine State the other day.
There was storekeeper In my district
who had mountaineer customer, and
this customer wanted credit. 4 can givo
you mortgage on my hogs, said the
man. This was agreeable 10 the mer-
chant. and after deed had been exc
outed for the transfer Of the hogs the
mountaineer got q goodly quantity Of
supplies and went home.
1.-THE bill want paid when It became
due. and the shopkeeper went up On the
mountain to zee his creditor.
"I have come after my hogs, said he.
"'Oh. yes, was the reply. Well,
they are out ON the mountain
"'And what kind Of hogs are theyi'
said the merchant.
"'Ground hogs, was the reply Of the
mountaineer, and II you can catch
them you can have them. '"-Washiug.
ton Post.
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Tho orsat..t 1eurdarsss,

Aqua Tonano, the poisoner who
lived in the latter part Of the seven
teenth and beginning of the eighteenth
centuries, was probably the greatest
murderess the world has ever known.
It is estimated her victims numbered
nearly 700, mostly men. The poison
was oolorless liquid, devoid Of taste
and put up in small bottles bearing the
image Of st. Nicholas, q martyr, who
10 said to have been boiled in oil. The
illness produced BY the poison resem-
bled cholera. Among the noted victims
was Pope Clement XIV. In 1909 the
arch poisoner was arrested, and it was
given out that che had been secretly
strangled, but some historians insist
that she lived until the year 1880, the
Naples authorities making good use Of
her abilities as poison maker.-Ex-
change.
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A stieklsr For xtiouett,.

Senator Harris is great stiokler for
the etiquette Of poker. When the Fifty
third congress assembled, Josiah Pat
terson, who represents the Memphis
district, entered Harris COMMITTEES
room. They had not met for several
months. "Why, how do you do, sem
ator, how do you dot" said Patterson,
pushing past several prominent states
men who were present and stretching
out his hand to Harris. II can't tell
you. senator. how glad I am to Gee you.
How do you do. how do you dop''
BLANK blank your soul, Pattarsonl'
was the ungracious response. II Where's
that dollar you owe mei''-Chicago
Times Herald.
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The American Peanut,

"The peanut as an article Of COM
merce and consumption. said Judge
Christiancy Of the pension Office to re.
porter, sis something enormous, and a
great deal more 30 than those who have
not had the opportunity to examine into
It have the slightest idea Of. don't
desire to deluge yoa with statistics, but
my examination aud that Of others who
have had better facilities satisfy me
that the peanut ranks second to any
thing else used as fruit. The banana
ranks first. By this I do not confne my
-elf to this country alone. refer to the
consumption throughout the world. We
are shipping peanuts today to every
part Of the world and in Paris. London,
throughout Italy and Germany and Eng
land have already got the African pea.
nut on the run and are going to make it
run very fast before we get through.
The peanut we ship does not compare,
however. with the nut that is sold in
our own country, but it has secured the
market from the African peanut, which
only few years ago was the only nut
which was sold in Europe. In the zoos
Of Europe today the children are feed
ing American peanuts to the animals as
we'll as eating them - the peanuts,
mean - themselves. /" Warrington
Star.
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Toques Of all kinds are very much in
fashion.
Pique and linen suits made by the
tailor, with jaunty coats and plain
skifts. are to be very much worn.
{ Putty color and tho palest shade Of
biscuit are the favorite tints for coats
and oapes.
Skirts may be abort, touching the
ground or sweeping Of in . train. They
may be attached to q lining or separate
and be very much trimmed OF not at al.
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out of the ordi,ar,

Mrs. Kelly-Yes, Mrs. Casey, me
hoosband left home two wakes ago
an OF hav'nt seen him siust. &
Mn. Casey-An phwat made him
do that. Mrs. Kellyi 4
Mrs. Kelly-Faith, do doctor says
he thinks he run away Ii q ftof tenn
porary sanity.-Harper's Bazaar.
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His Eye Teeth.

"Abner," said the good wife, II
wish you would stop at the store
and git me rubber ring for the
baby to out his teeth on"
"s'posen you give him that there
gold brick in the cupboardG" said
the farmer, with q grim smile. 1T
worked all right with me. "-Cin-
cinnah Enquirer.
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stoua Blind.

The wife Of q blind man tells this
curious story Of an adventure which
once befel them. The couple were trav-
cling together from Philadelphia to
New York. when, at way station, a
strange fellow passenger CROSSED the
car and approached them. You look
like an honest person, !" he said. address
ing the husband. May I ask you to
keep an eye on my baggage while I run
into the station and send telegram?"
II might keep both eyes on your bag
gage" was the others retort "and not
do You any good, for I cant see at all
from either one." AS the wife remark
ed in relating the occurrence, "It was
certainly peculiar as we'll as unfortu-
nate that there was only one man IN the
car who looked honest enough to be
trusted as q custodian Of another's pos
sessions, and that man was stone blind. y,
-Philadelphia Press: ~ '' ''' +aS' ''-' y
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EVERYBODY says 20.

Cesceret. Candy Cathartic, the mpst won
derfol medical discovery Of the age, pless.
ant aud refreshing TO the taste, set gently
ana no positively on Kidneys, liver and bowels,
cure heedaahe, fever, 6ahitual copstipafion
and biliOnsness. jPleaae buy and ri = boz
g 9. C:Cao-day; 70, q. % cents. :boid and
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Ross to th, ooo..iou ),

Professor-N you used q little energy,
you could find plenty Of work to do. =
Teetery Tomkins with dignity)-Sir,
any one oonversant with tho drst priu-
oiples Of physics knows that the expend-
iture Of energy lessons The ebtlity Of q
body to perform work
Protessor-Um-ah-here's Q dollar.
New York Press .zs.
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Loss Of IN ''1.w


Editor Clugston Of the spiketown
Blizzard looked out Of. the front win
dow Of his ofice, hurriedly grabbed his
hat and darted out through the back
door.
The last issue Of The Blizzard had
contained a personal item to this effect:
"Our young friend, George Corbin-
son Of Thatchersville, was In town
again last Sunday. Rumor has It that
he will soon lead to the altar beauti-
full belle Of spiketown. George is ono
Of the sold young men Of cur heighbor.
ing CITY,"
Editor Olugston had written 1t "sol-
i'd young men," but he knew it would
be Of no use to try to explain the mis-
take to the large, athletic young wom-
an who was approaching the olhoe.
And 80 when Miss Euphoebia Lick
ladder, the acknowledged belle o6 Spike
town, walked in at the front door . few
moments later and inquired in q deep,
tragic voice for the editor, Mr.. Clugs-
ton was emerging from . back alley
two blocks and half away and max
ing for the open country.-Chioaso
Tribune.
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EGGS AND DIAMONDS.

d
A ssesy q How smart Jswslry Man Isss
6als.
The gent from Yapville, accom-
panied by his lady, after gazing for
some time into the dazzling array
Of things that glitter in jewelers.
window, entered the store
How dye dot" he said to the
clerk who came forward to see what
was wanted. II seen some Of the
things you had in the winder and I
jest thought I'd come in and see IL /
couldn't git something suitable in
finger rings fer this lady," nodding
toward his companion.
Tim sure we can give you Just
what you want, smiled the clerk.
"Now, IL you will"-
"You eee," interrupted the visitor
quite unconscious Of what the clerk
was trying to say, "this lady is my
wife, but that's no sign Idon'twant
her to have the very best that's to
be had, and been married seven
years too. I amt like some men in
them regards. So you can trot out
the finest you got in the tinshop
and me and Mary'll take look at
the shootin match
The clerk knew what would fit
the case to 7, but he liked to have
fun with his country trade. So he
set out q collection of genuine dia-
monds, sparkling like dewdrops in
the morning sun, and he equadrupled
the price to make the greater sensa-
tion.
Mary's big cowlike eyes glistened
almost as brightly as the gems as
they flashed up into her freckled
face.
Those are something extra NICE"
said the clerk, showing them out,
and taking up fine ring he added,
."This one, think, would be very
becoming to your lady,"
What's the tax on iti" inquired
Mary husband as he watched Mary
admiring 1t.
WELL" replied the clerk in a cal
culating tone, "being it's you, I'll
let you have it for $500, spot cash. /"
The clerk fully expected to see
the rustic drop dead or have a fit or
do some of the other strange things
the newspapers say people do under
such circumstances, but the rustic
did nothing except to give q quick
look at his wife, which she returned
In recognition Of some common in
terest.
"Lemme see," he said very slow
~ as he took pencil from his pock-
ct and began figuring on an envel-
ope; $500 is 500 and none to carry !:
eggs at our place is six dozen for 81.
and 8 times 500 is 5000, and the
basket to carry. That's 5000 dozen,
amt iti" addressing himself to his
wife. +
She nodded and at the same time
laid down the ring carefully.
by hokey, Mary" he went on,
with a good natured horse laugh.
"there amt hens enough in our
whole doggoned county to lay a dia-
mond ring like that in six months.
Let's go somewhere else and git
something else"
Here's something cheaper,
hastily put in the clerk, seeing that
he was about to lose a customer;
"something that will"-
"That's all right, young feller,"
interrupted the gent from Yapville,
"but Mary's my wife, and if she
don't git the best she don't git none
at all, and that's the kind Of lady
she is, amt you, MaryG"
Which must have been true, for
Mary hastened to assure the clerk
that she was just what her husband
y - =
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slidses,

Mira Crawford-what do you use TO-
put such beautiful polish On your bal
listers? s.-st5F.fqr-
MrA Crabshaw-1 thought you knew
my three daughters wore hloomers-
New York Journal.
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extra men to help the SAILORS 9e1 a.
out. While this work is In progress
part Of the cargo-more especially
if it is in bags-is sure to get spilled
about the hold and deck. When the
ship has finished discharging her
cargo, the sailors sweep her out to
make ready for the next cargo, and
the results of the sweepings are
their perquisites.
The vessels which I like to buy
from most are those which contain
corn and those which have gen.
eral cargo of dry goods. As regards
the returns. they both pay very
well. But there is far more chance
of finding something in the latter
cargo which will give me better
assortment. For instance, bought
a bag of sweepings once which con.
tained lump sugar, haricot beans,
maize, split peas, nuts of nearly ev-
cry description, candles, nails, two
bottles of ink and a packet Of writ
ing paper.
Some years ago I was offered q
cask containing something unknown
that had been picked up at sea. I
gave s shillings for the lot, and took
it away. I noted the name on the
cask, and during the same evening
asked friend If he knew anybody
who would buy the contents Of the
cask. He never said one word as to
the nature of the stuff to me, but
must have gone straight to the po-
lice station, for within half an hour
there were nearly a dozen policemen
at my place. demanding to know
where the cask of dynamite was
which I had offered for sale. At the
time these policemen arrived there
were over 40 pounds lying in front
of the fire to dryi
Quite the reverse from this, how
ever, was cask I bought from q
bargeman for half a crown. It con-
tained what I thought to be a lot of
dirty pieces of marble, and was
picked up on the beach near Dun
geness. I placed it in the store and
thought no more about it until some
three months later, when my son
told me he had sold it for ESQ to a
gentleman who had come to fetch
some oil I had previously sold him.
] afterward ascertained that twas
a cask of the best india rubber in q
raw state, and its value was about
twice what the gentleman gave for
it. But I was very we'll satisfied,
considering I disposed Of it at the
rate Of %. 300 per cent, returnable
in three months.
Tea and coffee are sometimes not
very clean, but there is not always
any injurious dirt mixed up with
them. sell nothing that is not
pure, and have a printed card hang
ing in the shop to that effect.
Most Of the maize, barley and 9TH
or grain sell as mixed corn for
poultry food. But the beans and the
best part Of the wheat pass through
a sitting machine, containing 50
sieves Of various sizes. The wheat
is then sent to the mill and ground,
after which / turn it into bread.
This I can sell at a profit at half the
usual price.
No. I do not think my peculiar
trade encourages differing. The
profits do not allow of that. At the
present time I am open to buy any
thing under the sun, from the loose
cement which falls out Of the bags
to the pieces Of straw which are al
ways to be seen lying about after q
carefully packed cargo.-London
A--..ss....... si522 22fN5'f g,fS ~
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-25

New York, May 24.-Today's rally on
the stock market was attributable to
the decision of the supreme court in the
interstate commerce case. The market
had derived strength last week on
rumors regarding this decision, but it
sold off again this morning before the
decision was announced on account of
doubt being thrown upon the reliability
of last weeks information. In all the
early dealings the hand of the profess
sional trader was plainly evident
The gold shipments announced for
tomorrow amounting to 81. 100000 had a
depressing influence in the early trad
ing as the amount exceeded consider
ably what had been announced. There
was also news of further shipments in
contemplation for later in the week.
Quite an unwonted degree of buoyan-
cy and animation was impaired to the
market by the supreme court 5 inter-
state commerce decision. This is re-
garded as the most important decision
in its effects on railroad values since
the trans-Missouri decision.
The bond market ruled moderately
active. with a tendency towards higher
prices, which became quite marked in
the closing dealings among a few spec
ulative issues. The gains generally
did not exceed fractional limits. with
Atchison adjustment tours conspicuous
for a gain of l per cent. The sales
were SS43, 900.
Government bonds were dull. but
showed decided strength in the late
dealings.
New York, May 24-Money on call
easy at 1A@lh per cent; last loan IL
per cent, closed NOE per cent.
Prime mercantile paper 1904 per
cent.
Sterling exchange easy with actual
business in bankers bills at 4.S7@4.S7A
for demand and at 4.S6@4.S6A for 60
days.
Posted rates 4S7@4SS and 4.SSha;
commercial bills 4S5