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The Dickinson press., 1883-10-20

her head about we're most amusing. Is
this b end ofour detention? We thought;
but no! the wydono cames smiling forward
and escorted us to his house, where i'll a
back room was an estrada covered with
beautiful white cocoa nut mating, and
here sat in state two of the most extraor-
binary figures possible-a woman whose
face was n mass of ochre with fantas-
tically painted eyebrows. her head, neck,
arms and tunic covered with enormous
diamonds: her companion a man painted
in like manner and wearing a tall hat
encircled with diamonds ana his esrs
covered with arge pointed ass's ears of
gold, also heavily enriched with dia-
monds.
Behind this singular pair were two
women, half-naked and painted yellow,
holding peacocks' tails In their hands,
while behind them again We're two
dummy figures similarly painted. The
room was crammed with natives, and
you may imagine our feelings when our
host directed us to ascend the dais, him
self remaining behind. After many
signs and much hesitation we had to get
up, and with our travel-stained boots to
advance to those personages. who then
rose and held out their
hands to us. The wydono, evident
ly plying u uncertainty, then
motioned to us to come away, and soon
we found ourselves in a room where a
comfortable luncheon was prepared.
After this repast, to our great relief, we
were allowed te depart, our host giving
me his arm most politely to the carriage.
1t was not until the evening that we
learned that the ceremony we had wit
messed was the marriage Of a regents or
princess daughter with some Javanese
functionary and that we happened on
all the show by mere chance, the Resi-
dent of Dyocka having desired the wy
dono of that village to entertain us at
tiffin. If we had only known!"
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Personal News Paragraphs.

The newspaper discussion regarding Miss
Mary Anderson's refusa'to meet the Prince
OF Wales wakes hot. The Catholic Times
says that the prince sought an interview
with Miss Anderson and hat she refused
the proposition point blank. This paper
says that Miss Anderson upon being ques-
toned about the matter said: 81 was asked
to meet the Prince of Wales, but l perfect
~ understand t. light in whica he regards
actresses as a rule, and I refused. 1 have
always managed my dignity and self re-
spect, and | would not place myself in a
position where l might have been COM
PEELED to forget them"
General Sherman has selected Col. Teur-
lelotte and Col. Bacon as members of his
staff. To remain with Kim in St. Louis.
After being retired from the command OF
the army. and until he is placed on the re-
tired list. Gen. Lee Of his staff will resum
his duties in the engineer corps and Gen.
Tiball, another aid de-camp, has been as
signed to the command of artillery at Fort
ress Monroe.
iowa is seriously i'll at the home of her SIS
ter in Greenfield, Ind. Mr.. Harlan and
Mrs. Robert T. Lincoln, her daughter, have
been summoned to her bedside.
Victor Mellor Howells, was given away
at her wedding at Gochland Courthouse,
Va, on the 18th, to John Mulholland,
Parkdale, Toronto, BY her brother
W. d. Howells, the novelist.
DR.. William Shelton, who died at Bridge
port, N. Y, on the 18th inst, was eighty
i've years old, an1 the oldest Episcopal
clerpv in tho sfato.
Gen. Longstreet gave away Miss Este'la
Lawshu al her runaway marriage, recently,
in Atlanta.
A young Cinciunatian claims that from
$500 be made $50, 600 on the Chicago board
of trade.
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George W. Long were arrested in Denver re.
Gently in a room making counterfeit dollars.
They were going to issue 5000 of them.
The Casualties or the Week.

Frank Pyoe a young man in the employ
of the Milwaukee g. st. Paul company at
Caiamar, Iowa, while trying to stop a NOV
ing freight car with an iron bar, recently
was thrown in front of the car and instantly
killed. His home was in Spillville.
Northern Pacific passenger train from the
west ran over and killed an Indian and
squaw, five miles west of Northern Pacific
Junction. Both were lying in the middle
of the track dead drunk. Their bodies were
horribly mangled. and had to be picked up
with shovels.
The boiler of a Grand Trunk freight loco
motive exploded at Yarmouth, Me-, car
rying the whole top, weighing over a ton,
a quarter of a mile. Engineer Pierson was
slightly injured, and the fireman hurled
out of the tender, hut not much hurt.
A farmer named McKendry, living near
Farley, Dubuque coul ty, lowe, Was choked
10 death while eating his dinner recently, at
feast such is the superstition, as he suddenly
tell to the aool gasping, and expired almost
Immediately.
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Changes in the Army Department..

Changes in the Army Department..
Washington Specialists a result of the
further deliberatien on the subj ect and in
accordance with the prefer ences of Gen.
Hancock and other officers, it
has to-day been decided that
Hancock shall remain in command of the
division of the Atlantic with headquarters
at New York, and that Gen. Schotield shall
take command of the division of the Mis-
souri,. with headquarters at Chicago, and
Gen. Pope will succeed the last named in
command of the Pacific division
with headquarters at San Fran
cisco. Brig. Gen. Argur sue
ceeds Maj Gen. Pope in command of the
department. with Headquarters at Leaven-
worth. The official order making the above
changes was promulgated at the war depart.
ment this afternoon. Gen. Sherman will, on
Nov. l, repair to his home in st. Louis and
await his retirement. The general will be
attended prior to his retirement by those
of his aid. de-camp whom he may designate
to the %adjutant general. Maj. Gen. Hancock
was offered the command of the division of
the Missouri, but declined, preierring to re-
tain his present command. His letter of de-
clination was received ut the war depart.
ment to-day. Brig. Gen. R. s. Mackenzie
will slcceed Gen. Augur in command of the
department of Texas. The department of
the south has been consolidated with the
department Oft east, Maj. Gen. Hancock
in command.
The Dickinson press., 1883-10-20
WHEN o SEE BOYS.
The Young America in Various Sit.
uatiOns.

The Young America in Various Sit.
uations.
From the Burlington H4wkeye
When you see a boy coming down
the street with a ball ofcord in his hand
, and a look on his serious face like that
worn by the picture of an early Chris
tian father standing in the arena wait.
ing for the new lion to be called out tc
dinner, it is a sign that if you cast your
eyes upward you can see that boys kite
dancing nimbly in the air to the lasciv-
ious pleasing of whole colony of tele-
graph wires.
When yon see a boy going along in
the merry, merry sunshine with his hat
in his hand, shaking his hair with a
pine stick to get it dry, now
and then leaning his head on
n side, pounding the other
side with his hand and practically kick.
ing his feet in the air, in desperate eff
when you see him holding a warm stone
to his ears for the same purpose, it is a
true sign that you may think ofthat boy,
by and by, standing s%peechless when his
mother asks him how his shirt came to
be wrong side out. You must not run
down the street in the direction of his
home under the impression that the
boy is being murdered. You can't kill a
boy with a slate strap. And in hoe sig
noes you will know that boy has beeL
in swimming when he should have been
at school learning that twenty six
propositions are followed by the accusa-
tive. all the way from ad to ultra.
"When you see a boy with the pock-
cts of his pantaloons bullying out until
he looks like a great humble bee laden
for the hive, while he walks along try
ing to look as thin as a split lath and
wearing q profound expression of SUI
pernatural innocence, you know with
out referring to this code of signals that
boy has been lingering in somebody's
orchard and doesn't care to have undue
publicity given to facts that only concern
him personally.
And wherever, and whenever you see
him in mischief or out of it-that is just
coming out Of it or just ready to get in
some more; awfully bad, or with many
fearful failures and disgracelul stumbles
trying to be good; forgetting your COM
mandments which thunder upon him
by the hundred. we'll nigh as readily
and repeatedly as you forgetthe ten that
infinite wisdom has laid o you;in all
his noise, his poor little struggles. temp
t%ations, triumphs and failures, his pite-
GUS little troubles and his teariul, honest
penitence, in all the lightness of boys
life, your heart must grow mellow and
tender for the little germ of manhood,
so full of wonderful possibilities, SO rich
with seeds of strength that will ripen
bye and bye, for good or for evil, as you
walk and live before the boy; even as
you look at him. remember what Won
were thirty or forty years ago, and say,
"God bless the boy"
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The Submarine Tunnel Between
Sicily and Italy.

According to the engineers estimate,
the length of the proposed submarine
tunnel between Italy and Sicily will be
$4,000 feet, The maximum depth OF
the sea above the line of the tunnel is
365 ieet and the thickness of rock be-
tween the roof .ofsthe tunnel and the
bottom of the sea will be lis feet. The
direction of the tunnel from st. Agata
to Punta del Pizzo is almost due north
east to southwest. The two inclines
descending to the tunnel will first run
parallel with the shore and then de-
scend to the lowest level iy spiral tun-
nels; the length of these inclines is each
$1,000 feet, the area occupied by each
spiral tunnel 1,160 feet, and the degree
Of inclination thirty-fve feet per 1000.
The centre of the tunnel will be on a
higher level than the two ends: wells and
subsidiary tunnels will be constructed
to drain eff the percolating water; ana
the most difficult part of the line will be
first commenced.
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A
A Recent "Swell" Event in Antipo-
dean Society.
From the T,ondop Standard

A Recent ''Swell" Event in Antipo-
dean Society.
From the London Standard.
1.-The following is, from a private letter
just received from Java: "The village
through which we passed was en- fete-
garlands of leaves and flowers hung
across the road, while a broad avenue
leading off to the right was a mass of
whitened earthly pots set upright on
smaller pots. 10 our establishment we
were whisked down this avenue, and
found ourselves IN an immense court
yard filled with natives--there must have
time to think what it all meant the car
riage stopped and a very dapper Javan-
csc approached, bowling and smiling and
holding out his hand. Our salutations ex-
changed, he beckoned usto 20 with him
to the Pan-doppo, a raised place, COW
cred over, in the middle of the square
and opposite to his own house, for he
turned out to be the wydono, or chief
man Of the village.
ION this dias we're a sofa, chairs and
tables; and after we had been placed in
the seat of honor we we're presented
with wine, tea, brandy and the %inevita-
be gin and bitters, while our amiable
host and some half.dozen native chiefs
talked away in Malay, of which we
knew not a word. Imagine our position!
tired-very hungry and seeing no pros
pect of getting out of this affair. The
court was gradually filling with natives,
while the gammelong, the national mus
ical instrument, was kept going in a deaf
en'ng manner. Evidently there was
something expected; and at last, after
an eternity of waiting, a procession filed
IL, consisting of many mounted wydonos
and about a half a dozen men naked to
the waist. painted over with yellow
paste-a most hideous sight-and carry
ing immense red and yellow banners.
Then followed people carrying offer
ings of fruit and flowers; and finally two
closed carriages followed by two men
hideously painted with ochre and pranc-
ng on enormous dashboard horses.
They looked too comical with the long
sticks between their le1s. They were
accompanied Ivy an old haggard woman,
decked out with flowers, paper lassels
&c. Naked to the waist, with her gray
hair loose, the contortions of this old
lady and the pride with which she threw
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Foreign News Gossip.

Tits stated that Prince Bismarck is pre-
pairing a bill, which he will present to ..the
reichstag at an early day, to regulate and
restrict emigration from Germany. The
bill aims to prevent the departure of young
and elsewhere, and is a result of a fear on
the part of Bismarck that the available
military strength OF the empire may be too
seriously lessened by the present rate of
emigration.
at the Irish National league meeting
held at Gainesville, County Cork, ON the
18th inst, 10000 persons were present, in
Guiding O'Brien and Harrington, members
OF parliament. While The latter were diu-
ing a number of police entered the hotel
and took the names of those at dinner.
The parish priest refused to allow the
priests under his charge to attend the meet
ing.
There is a sensation at Pesth because a
number of Roumanian soldiers crossed the
frontier and took possession of Austrian
barracks commanding the Vulcan pass OF
the Southern Carpathian mountains, the
Rohmanians asserting that the barracks
ofAustrian infantry %recaptured the barracks
and took sixty Roumanian prisoners.
An indignation meetingiwas held in Paris
recently attended by 500 persons, and over
which Laisant, member of the chamber of
deputies, presided, to protest against the
retirement of Gen. Thibaudin from the of
fee of minister of war. A resolution, de-
claring that Thibaudin deserved we'll of his
country, was passed unanimously.
During services in the Jewish synagogue
at Zievenka in the government Padolia,
Russia, a false alarm of fire was raised j n
the women's gallery, which caused a panic.
The people rushed for tt e door, where there
was a terrible crash. Forty women were
killed and thirty Others injured.
The polar steamer Dymphna got clear of
ice the I'd of August. The vessel afterward
lost its propeller and became ice-bopnd in
the straits of Kara, until the Goth of Sep
TENDER, when it was released and proceed
I'd to Vardoe, where her arrival was greeted
with great rejoicing.
DIR. Koch, of the German, commission
which went to Egypt to investigate the
cholera epidemic, reports that they discov.
cred cholera is due to a living thread-lik
microscopic organism, resembling that
seen in cases ofphthisis.
Irving Bishop, the mind reader, at an
exhibition in Dublin on the 18th, failed
four times TO give the number of a bank
note nd then tainted, and has since been
dangerously ill of congestion of the brain,
An alleged plot has been discovered by
which disguised CHILEAN soldiers ere tc
seize Kaiakau's% kingdom and turn it into q
republic.
Leading Canadian lumber men are seek
ing TO ob,ain a bounty or manufacture
lumber to the United States.
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POSSUM AND
Two Nights Experience With the
Possum-A Feast Fit for a King.

Possum-A Feast Fit for a King.
From the Americas (Ga.) Recorder.
In a barber-shop one day last week,
while several gentlemen were waiting
for a shave, the conversation turned on
good things to eat. After discussing va
| cred a connoisseur, and who had taken
an active part in the discussion, said:
Swell boys, you can all talk about good
things to eat, but the best thing in the
world 1 ever tasted was possum, hedged
in with brown gravy and sweet potatoes
with sugar on them" 1t struck
us that Joe knew what he
was talking about and we deter
mined to investigate the first time we
had an opportunity. We soon had the
! chance. Mr.. Walt Furlow extended an
invitation soon after to go out to his
plantation and assist in a genuine, old
fashioned possum hunt, with an hour or
two for squirrels thrown in. We sup
pose there is hardly a man in southwest
Georgia who has not experienced the
glories of possum hunt. 1t is not for
their benefit, therefore, that we write
these lines. Possibly the ladies may not
feel particularly interested in them, but
we uluSI D0S C00 EXCUSE LtaC ON one
will, for we are full to overlooking with
the good of the hunt, and must tell
some one On every plantation there is
or more darkies who do the pos
sum and coon huntinc; who can tell
you to a hairs breadth where
to find them. Mr.. BURROWS
plantation is no exception. There is q
negro there named Jim that knows all
about it, and what:he don't know his
dogs do. His dogs are his life and soul;
he would rather you would steal his
wife than his dogs, for that he reasons
that another wife he could get, but an
other dog as good as Rock, Jack or Pup,
never. Rock is his "boss dog" and
when his deep bay is heard you can lay
your last dollar and wager it that possum
will be freed. The first nights expe-
rience vas a tame one; we got into dry
piece of woods and struck but one pos
sum track, but we got that possum.
I'll next night VIC had everything in
fine shape, and between 8 and 8 o'clock
We started out. Down the road to the
woods we went, stopping long enough
to get several handfuls of good lighter,
and then into the forest we went.
Scarcely fifteen minutes had passed be-
fore a bark was heard, succeeded a few
moments later by another and then n
other. A trail had been struck. The
voices of the dogs grew more frequent
until at length a long continuous bay
from the leader announced that the
] 'possum was freed. A few moments
The Dickinson press., 1883-10-20
The Election in Iowa.

Returns received up to the time of going
to press with this Size Of our paper warrant
the conclusion that Iowa has elected the
entire republican ticket by nearly 80, ZOO
majority. Some estimates prove the mai ,rity
as high as 40, 900. The ticket elected is as
follows: Governor, Buren, R. Sherman;
Lieutenant Governor, Orlando n. Manning;
Sup't of Public Instruction, John w. Akers;
Justice of the Supreme Court, Joseph 3.
Reed.
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The story comes from North Carolina
offs dog that climbs trees after opossums
and He doesn't stick his toe nails
in like q cat, but climbs like a boy. Re-
Gently he Skinned up a big elm and
caught a immense coon. During the
fight that ensued they both sell to the
ground, but the dog had the best of the
fall and won the trick.
The Dickinson press., 1883-10-20

grand officer of the Legion of Honor in
February of last year. He is a thorough
soldier, tall, full of v;gor and energy, and,
with his record as a faithful supporter of
Gambetta in his cloudy days, is extremely
popular.
The Dickinson press., 1883-10-20

lie others of Brookings have sub
scribed the 81, 1000 necessary to insure
the completion of the Territorial Agri-
cultural college, and work is being ac-
lively prosecuted.
Attorney General Hughes has tele-
graphed to Bismarck that the quo. war;
rantc case will not be brought before
the supreme court during the present
term, because of the lateness of the ap-
peal and the refusal of the Yankton at
torneys consent to its hearing.
Extensive damage has resulted from
prairie fires In the northwest part of
Ransom county: Many buildings, stacks
OF hay and grain, etc, were destroyed,
ordinary fire breaks being no protection.
Among the losers are C. Fl. Moves and
A. w. Porter.
Hon. Charles G. Williams of Wisconsin,,
register of the land office at WATERFOWL,
OAK, has declined a position on the
state executive committee, rendered by
the constitutional convention.
The Ashton Herald says that last
Wednesday evening a shower of strange
looking bugs fell like rain, the shower
lasting about an hour. The next day
the ground was covered with them,
most of them being dead.
The Dickey county ban k at Glendale
has suspended.
A couple of wild cats have been
caught near Vermillian recently.
Hans HaIvefson, living seven miles
south of Lisbon, lost 81 800 last week by
a prairie fire.
Forty miles of Chicago & Northwest
ern railway is to be built west of Pierre
next spring.
A man was found guilty of selling liq-
uor to an habitual drunkard in Dead.
wood a few days ago, and was sentenced
to pay a fine of SOD and costs amounting
to S99,30, or go to Jail for ninety-nine
days.
The Dickinson press., 1883-10-20

WASHINGTON, Special Telegram, Oct {
The following is a list of patentees. tn wh

WASHINGTON. Special Telegram, Oct g.
The following is a list of patentees, to whom
patents were issued to-day:
William Andrus, Keoknk. Ia, clay pulyerizer:
Frederick lsenoit, Be!oit. Wis, stuhdng machine:
Thomas F. Brown, Milwaukee, Wis, two wheeled
venl ~ 1T Grant a: Bush, Clear Lake. Ia, fountain:
55m d : k A ,coe ss La Crosse Wis. fire alarm:
3. Erwin. Milwaukee. Wis. water meter: Abram
Y. Foo'e, Fayetle, Iowa, stove crate Oliver s. Hill.
Marion Ia, music leaf turner: Ell S. Hart, Clinton.
. .G;. track ,f, drill; = Robert g; Hi9alsy. Racine, Wis.
litter; Daniel & D. McCaine. St. Paul. Minpn'
treating pyroxyline., etc.; Fred Messer. Beioit.
WIS, machine for dressing rollers for grinding
mills; Wills G. Morris. Council Bluffs, Iowa. hub;
a. nj a; !, Palmer, Villisea, Iowa, car coupling:
cutting ;d key seals: Charles b; ,Pushees. Mason City.
Mimi, butter pin;, Thomas a. Rasmussen, Forest
NY; Iowa. corn planters; Christian G. Sewaner,
Mlnterset. Iowa, hame tug: Clarence A. Shaler.
F Fox Lake &C., Wis. rotary engine; j; A, frame. La
Pleasant, Iowa, wheeled dirt scraper: John Zerr,
keokuk, Iowa, fire escape. ~
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MI. E Dohl, treasurer Of Becker county.
died in Norway. ten days after his arrival
in that country, OF consumption. He left
nome about two months ago in search Of
health.