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The Dickinson press., 1883-11-03
Animal Intelligence.

:. Ii. James III London Spectator.
The whole question seems to lie in the
proverbial nutshell, and to be solvable
by the proverbial common ense. Dogs
hearing is undoubtedly very keen and
accurate, and even subtle; and dogs
have also the power of putting this and
that together in a marvelously shrewu
and almost rational fashion. They can
not und erstand sentences, but they get
hold of words. i, e., sounds, and keep
them pigeonholod in their memory.
I might as we'll argue moral principle
from the fact that my d ,g "Karl, like
scores OF other dogs, will hold a piece
OF biscuit ON his nose so long IS ( say
"trust," and will wnen | sly ''pald for
gaily toss his head and catch the bscuit
in his honest mouth, and argue that
because he finds eleven tennis balls
utes, when l say, eve can't find
them all, .Earl,' do 90 and find Them,
good dog sill you? Find the balls old
fellow,"!- hefefore he understands my
sentence He simply grasps the words
lind" a;dd "bas's" sees the game at a
stand st:ll, and reasons ont our needs
and his responsibilities, quickened by
the expectation of pattinys CD the head,
petting, and pieces of biscuit. 1t is re-
markable that if l try to delude him by
uttering "base coin" in thu shape of
words just like the real words, as, for
example, if l say Jacob" instead of
"pa d forth makes no mistake, bat
refuses the m orsel however delicate till
it is "paid for"
Prominent nouns, %participles, verbs,
cfo ,~ol.a ,,,,r Hl,, Is-,ro ,n,o. kl,t.
beautifully lilik together men and dogs,
and now and then men and horses, their
Intelligence 'oeing quickened by their
dumbness, as is that OF deaf and dumb
men and women, whose other faculties
become so l.eenly intensified. and who
put this and that together 8 much more
quickly than do we who have all our
faculties.
The yea,.ning look which "Karl" gives
when (told to speak) he gives forth his
voice in response, is sometimes piteous-
ly like, 600 that ! could really" tell all I
feel"
He is like, and all dogs of average in
telligence are like, the Frenchman 1
who wanted to know whether he could.
reach R%an,sgate on foot before njghtfall,
Ind how far it was; and Who, as 1 only
knew a few French WORDS, and am ut
,erly unable to speak or understand sem
ences. was obliged to make me under
stand his wants by a few nouns such as
every body knows, and by causing me
to put this and that together. There is
Of course til g vital defect in the ..parallel
hat | could learn to understand French,
md the dog could neverlearn sentences
but as so many parallels have vital de-
fects of some kind, even down to that
historic self: . rawn parallel between Al
exander aud the robber. we may we'll
IN, reflect" Dos do undoubtedly re-
fleet, and reason, and remember; ana
they never forget their GRAMMAR" as
school-boys do. Instinct, like chance, is
only a aame expressing ftly enough our
own ignorance.
The Dickinson press., 1883-11-03
Railroad and River News.

Maj. Camp of Minneapolis, who has just
returned from a trip over the Canadian
Pacific. declares that the reported stoppage
OF work for two years is unfsunded. He
says that a new route over the mountains
has been discovered, which promises to be
much more desirable than that via. Kicking
Horse pass, and that the engineers will de-
vote the coming winter to an examination
ofits prsctlcability.
The Sioux City & Pacific railway bridge
over the Missouri river, opposite Blair,
Nebr., has just been completed, and was
tested and thrown open to traffic. The test
was made with six engines, a total weight
of 1853 tons. on each OF the three spans,
which were tested separately. The maxlm
UNI DETECTION was two inches.
Railroad earnings for the third week OF
October Northern Pacific, 1902, 700; increase,
$106, 500, Canadian Pacific, $132, 600; in
crease, $65 600.
The Dickinson press., 1883-11-03
A Spanish Dandy, Seventeenth
Century.

His hair was parted on the crown OF
his head and tied behind with a blue
ribbon about four fingers breadth and
about two yards long, which hung down
at its full length; his breeches were of
black velvet, buttoned down on each
knee with five or six buttons; he had a
vest on s. short that 1t scarce reached
below his pockets, a scalloped doublet,
with hanging sleeves, about four fingers
breadth, made of white embroidered
satin. His cloak wa of black bays, and
le, being a spark, had raped it around
his arm, because this was more gallant,
with a very light buckler in his hand,
and which has a steel pike standing out
i'll the middle; they carry it with them
when they walk in the night on any oc-
%casion; be held in the other hand a
sword, longer than a half nike. and the
IRON for its guard was enough to make a
'reast and back plate. These swords be-
ing 80 long that they ca not be drawn out
1nless a man has the arms of a giant,
he sheath therefore flies open in laying
The finger on II little spring. He had
likewise q dagger, whose blade was very
arrow; 1T was fastened to his belt on
ms BACK; he had such a straigh. collar
'uaC ~ Couiu heltnef stOOp nor turn
a"out his head. Nothing can lie more
ridiculous than what they wear ab ut
their necks, for it is neither q ruff. band.
nor crava.. His hat was of a proiigious
SIZE, with q great band twisted about it,
bigger than a mourning one. Ills shoes
were of us fine leather as that whereof
gloves are made, and all siashed and cut,
Notwithstanding the cold, and SO exact
~ close to his feet. and having 40 heels,
that they seemed rather pasted on. in
entering he made a reverence after the
Spanish fashion, his two legs cross one
another, and stopping as women do
when they salute one another; he was
strongly per ruined, and they are all SO.
Countess Danois,
E
The Dickinson press., 1883-11-03
Guiteau's Walking Ghost.


Washington, special:-Warden Croker,
of the District Jail, says he is aot yet free
from the Guiteau business. Often some
cranky prisoner in the Jail declares he saw
Gniteau in q vision, and a night or two ago
a prisoner cosfzed in an adjoining CORR
dor of the same wing in which the famous
assassin was Gagged, created a commotion in
the jail at midnight by shouting that be
induced to think he was deluded by a tenn
porary abortion of mind, but maintains
that Guiteau came into his cell and stood
there TOR some time, so frightening the &C.
cupant that he was spke,hless awhile. 81.
still sticks to the story, but the Jail authori.
ties say that he i, only one Of the many
cranks who have become Temporarily in
sane in the Jail by brooding over the crime
and punishment of the assassin.
The Dickinson press., 1883-11-03
PITH OF THE NEWS,
Washington News Notes.

washington News NOTES.
The naval advisory board recommending
that the construction of several naval YES.
sells, ne of the class of the Chicago now be
ing constructed, one of the class ofthe Bss-
ton, and five smaller grades, the whole to
cost 81, 283, O06, er it is commended that two
of the smaller vessels be built on the Pacific
coast. The board also recommends com
pletion OF the Monitors Puritan, Terror,
Amphitrite. and Murdoch, al q total Cost
of 50. sos. 400,
A remonstrance against H. McCutchen
of Fond du Lac, Wis.,, collector of internal
revenue, and the consolidation Of his Of
fee with the Milwaukee office, signed by
Gov. Rusk, Ed wa-d Ssnderson & Co.,
Payne OF Milwaukee and Senators Cameron
and Saws er, has been telegrap.ed to Wash
ingtoD, and 1t is believed that the order
abolishing tho Fond du Lac office will be
rescinded.
Postnasters commissioned: Wisconsin,
Mrs. Amanda E. Helgerson, Towerville.
Indiana-Cyrus G. Nichols, Whitesyille.
Dakota-Henry Court, Spearfsh. Post
Offices established-Iowa: Froelich
Station, Clayton county. Wisconsin:
lPnipps, Sawyer county. Minnesota: Wan
ooLs, 0rahI county. IoSGOuuceS olecOntlu-
ued-Dakota: Freeport, Edmunds county.
Since Sept. 1 the postofice %hasEfurnished
postmasters With 900, 926, 1874 postage stamps,
So 859 60, 600 stamped envelopes, and a.
9S5 $50 postal cards or a total of 452 271,-
Oh pieces, of the aggregate value OF So, $780,
$40. This enormous issue was made upon
115,O51 acquisitions from postmasters.
The president has appointed Max Porte.
check consul to Client, ami John s. Tooker
secretary of the territory of Montana, vice
McCutcheon, resigned.
The widow of Gen. George n. Thomas
will spend the winter in Washington.
It cost $19, 234, s99 for mail transportation
last year.
The Dickinson press., 1883-11-03
Foreign News (1ossip.

London Gable: The cholera has now re-
appeared at Cairo. and the apprehensions
of the populace with regard to q removal of
the dread panic of the past summer are
consequently increased ten fold. Since the
reappearahce of the scourge at Alexandria
twenty-five deaths have occurred in Cairo.
and new cases are daily being reported,
No direct steps have been taken to prevent
the further spread of the disease, and the
Developments Of the next few days are
awaited with terrible anxiety by everybody.
Tbs ceses reported continue to be mostly
Europeans.
The law passed by the Nicarauguan con-
gress for the purpose OF obtaining a joint
guaranty from the other Central American
States which my assist in promoting the
construction of the nicaragua canal pro-
vides in the first article for q guaranty that
the net profits OF the canal shall never be
less than 3 per cent. on the capital en-
lloyed IN the construction, which shall not
exceed $75,OOO.OO. This gualanty shall
the caual shall be completed and opened 20
traffic.
Richter. q secessionist deputy in the reich.
stag, has bean sentenced to six months i'm
%prisonment and deprivation of his rights ss
deputy Ior insulting the imperial fsmilv
tour years ago. The action against Richter
was taken by o clergyman to prevent Rich.
ter taking his seat fl the reichstag.
The Republique Franchise publishes an
edlct OF DR.. Hsrmand, the French civil
= commissions in accordance with which.
The Dickinson press., 1883-11-03
The Extremes of Fashion.

Low dresses are again occasioning
talk. "a lady writes IN this strain to the
Washington, d. c. Evening Critic OF
certain hops or receptions she attended:
81 must confess / was shocked to see
such a lack of female modesty among
some of the lady guests, Two or three OF
them appearing in an almost nude CON
diticn above the waist. l wondered to
myself whether these young girls had
mothers. and whether these mothers
were aware of the condition in which
their daughters were exposing their
charms tn the gaze of densely thronged
ballroom 70 the utter disgust of ali re.
fined ladies, and gentlemen as we'll. At
The Dickinson press., 1883-11-03
Whar "a a Mirage.
From the American Agricu,turist.

1IOW Le American AgtlCutturl9t. ~
Recently the papers have given no.
tees of wonderful mirages that have
been seen upon the coasts of Europe,
and it is not strange that some of my
! young friends should ask about them.
The name mirage is a French one,
meaning to "loom up" It should be
pronounced mee-razh, as near as the
! pronunciation can be written. In some
countries a mirage is very rare; in 9TH
ers it is OF almost d-ily occurrence. Be-
fore l try to tell you what causes q mi
rage must first describe how they look.
Sometimes places very far distant ap-
pear to be close at hand and seen in the
air; at sea ships known to be many
miles distant are seen as if suspended in
the air. In travelling across the coLti-
the distance would appear q
beautiful! sheet of water, with
headlands, islands, and sometimes a
fort could be plainly seen. and even
ships. AS to water. tn. illusion was SO
perfectthat it was difficult 10 believe
that it was not real. In the early DAYS
of travel to California by trains Of wag-
ons overland, many of the parties suf-
tered greatly, aid some we're entirely
lost, ty pushing cut for what seemed to
be water. Sad, indeed, are the stories
toll! OF this mistake.
This is not easy to explain, unless you
know something about light. Most of
you have noticed that when you place
an oar or a pole in the clear water ola
pond or a river it seems to be bent. If
you look across a hot stove the objects
on the other side appear to be curious
iy distorted and out of place. Rays Of
light passing from a denser medium to
a lighter one are bent on a straight
course Thus, when they pass from an
oar or pole in the water. they are bent,
and the object appears to be
crooked. When they pass from com
mon air through much lighter, heated
air the objects ;eeln to be bent out of
their shape, Now all the mirages I
h have 3 seen seen have NY, been where the soil be.
soil heated the air just above it. There
and just above, the other air was not
heated. Objects seen at a distance
through these two kinds of air were
%singularly distorted, and. like things
seen across the hot air Off stove, much
out OF shape. In this 8 ate of the air q
barren, sandy track looks like water,
and clllmps OF bushes are distorted to
look like trees. Wherever u mirage has
been examined the appearance has
been found to be caused by q difference
in the density OF the air, whether from
contact with the heated earth, or seen
at sea, with the heated water. Mirage is
a very interesting phenomena 10 see
once or twice, but when it occurs day
after day, n soon tires 81 its unnatural
appearance and prefers to look upon a
landscape that is real.
The Dickinson press., 1883-11-03
Personal News Paragraphs.

Matthew Arnold, in an interview in New
York, said: 81 am here to see for myself
what grounds you Americans have tor the
prstests which my inc4utious but Thor
oughly honest Nineteenth Century article
called forth. My lectures will be TN the
nature of an experiment. My impression
of New York SO Jar is, that it is very big:
that every thing is done on a large scale,
and costs a great deal of money"
Cards have been received announc ing the
marriage of Mr.. William Hope and Miss
Kate 0. Grant on Wednesday,. Sept. IL, at
Los Alamas, Rosario, Argentine Republic.
Miss Grant was for several years a teacher
in the high school, and for several Years af-
terward IN the Normal school in Winona.
John 7. Brady made the following coup.
let once while George Bliss was making a
long speech before a New York Judge, who
timed arguments with On hour glass.
"When the sand had ceased to run eternal
Bliss had just begun"
Lord Coleridge sailed for England on the
9th inst. A large number of friends saw
him off: He hopes to be able to pay anoth.
er visi: to America. His son, Gilbert Cole.
ridge, will remain and travel extensively
in the western states.
William Henry Rowle's daughter Edith
Of Philadelphia, has eloped with DR.. God.
frey Rousseau OF P%itlsburg. They were
married at the cathedral in Trenton. The
Rowle's are blue blood in Philadelphia.
DoDohue, the San Francisco millionaire,
whose baggage was held in New York Gus
tom Gus tor q matter OF $40, 0OO an invoice
which he forgot to report, has been allo I'd
to have bis trunks on paying $l,748 duties.
Senator Sabin, Don Cameron and G.. F.
Kindred are the principals in a syndicate
which recently purchased an old Spanish
grant of $780, GOO acres of mineral and graz
ing lands in Arizona for $50, 900.
Col. Bob Ingersoll has recently sent a
check, for $500. to DR.. Cowan of Tullaho-
ma, Tenn., to repay q loan OF 500 made to
the colonel when he was released from a
con ederate prison.
Benjamin s. Rotch of Boston left a fund
producing So. 600 a year. to be used in send
lnga abroad two young traveliag students of
|! architecture.
Mary Anderson has undoubtedly captur.
ed London. As Pauline, she gained fresh
lau1els, and was greeted with a storm OF
applause.
Gan. Samuel F. Cary of Ohio has been
engaged to deliver 100 lectures throughout
New England during the coming season.
Lieut.. Bayard is the runored successor Of
Capt. Hubbard, formerly depot quarter
master at st. Paul.
M. G. Ra Wins, brother of the general.
died on the Oath inst, at Stockton, Cal.
Gen. F.. G. Latrobe (dena.) has been elect.
ed mayor of Baltimore.
The Dickinson press., 1883-11-03
DAKOTA NEWS NOTES.

Augustus s. Denton of Denton, San.
born county, one Of the earliest settlers
IN the James River valley, died last
week.
The United States now have two
SPECIAL agents at Huron watching the
land office and getting things straight
ened out. N. I. Smith, the plat c.erk,
and one OF the proprietors of the Daily
Times, has been removed and on the
2Sd Inspector Burke followed Smith.
Hon. George w. Sterling is just COM
pleting the finest residence in Huron.
When finished it will have cost him at
least 81, zoo.
G. Vandergrift, who WIS arrested bv
Maj. Burke for alleged perjury in con
nection with aipre-emption filing, had
his trial before United States commls-
sioner A. I. Taylor, at Huron, and was
discharged, there being no case against
him. Mr.. Vandergrift will at once be-
gin q civil suit against Maj. Burke for
$4,000 damages.
A company with 1920, 900 capital has
been organized to work the coal mines
ut Victoria.
Picketts Bros, barn, three miles north
west of Oriska was burned. 1t was built
last fall and cost $4,000. Fifty-seven
thousand bushels of wheat and oats,
seven breaking plows, three seeders a
thresh,ng machine and horsepower were
| also consumed.
At tie sale Of the capital lots of Bis
marck, t he lots brought a much bigge r
price than was antici pated. The min j.
mum price would give $l26, 900 for the
quar- er section plated.
A. w. Edwards of the Fargo Argus
has been sued for libel by the Chicago
firm of Snuteldt and MISSIONER.
The Aberdeen Presby'ery includes
that portion of Dakota between the east
ern boundary there of and the Missouri
river, south Of the forty sixth parallel
and north of Brookings, kingsbury,
Beadle. Hand, Hyde and Sully counties.
1t comprises SIS townships, with its
central church ut Aberdeen; whereas
the Central Dakota Presbytery with its
central church at Huron, has PSI town
ships, and the southern Dakota Preshv-
terry, with its C niral church at Mitchell
comprises but 81 townships. The Alb
erdeen Presbytery has now Is churches
with Sunday schools, and nine pastors.
Southern Dakota has itty.three Presby-
terian churches and forty ministers.
The Sheyenne Valley mining com.
pany has been formed Lisbon with Il
capital of 81, 0Oo, 1000 in shares of 100 each
The President is A. j, HARDWOOD of Far
go; vice-pres. dent, George B. Winship
of Grand Forks; treasurer, ". N. Steele
Of Grand Forks. and secretary, A. C.
H%ausb1ough of Grand Forks. The head
quarters OF the company is at Fargo.
A Yankton correspondent writes that
there is little change i'll the general
feeling of apathy with which the people
OF South Dakota regard the proposed
constitution. In Yankton and the ada
cent counties, however, a lively epposi-
ton has sprung up OF late, and the advo-
Gates Of the constitution have found it
necessary to go to work in earnest. But
IN the j terror and to the north~ard in
difference seems to be the rule; and
there is every prospect of a light vote.
M. G. Hansborough has been appoint
ed postmaster at Devils Lake.
The Dickinson press., 1883-11-03
The Casualties OF the Week.

Ad1ices by the steamship D. ]. Foley,
from Jamaica, state thst Port Antonio was
almost entirely destroyed By fire Oct Is.
The fire began in the dry goods store VI
Switzerland & Co., caused by the careless
handling ola lamp. The adjoining store
Of Dacosta & Co., and the Touland hotel
and Metropolitan house, with q number of
residences and storage warehouses for fruit,
were destroyed. The residence ofthe Amer
lean consul escaped total destruction, The
loss is ever 81, 0O9, 900.
A mild y insane man named Keeney was
placed in a large room adjoining the War
renton (Mo) Jail, by the authorities who
had taken him in out of the wet and cold.
While the jailor was at supper screams at.
tracted people to the window. TLey saw
Keeney in an insane frenzy hugging n red
hot stove. He was taken away, but death
soon relieved his s%uferings.
A. Jsckman & Sons livery stable in Pitts
burg was destroyed by fire on the 2Sth inst.
George Snyder, a hostler. in attempting to
save horses, was severely burned. Loss,
$4,000, partially insured.
George AgLew& Co.'S large general store a
Dominican City, Manitoba was burned to the
ground. Loss, about SIP, 600. Insurance
light. Cause of fire not known.
The carriage factories of the Condell,
Masten & Butler company, and Horace
Johnson, in Plainville, Conn, burned.
Loss, $4,000.
The Dickinson press., 1883-11-03
The Weekly sum Of r,ailures.

Bradstreet's Journal OF the 26th furnishes
tie following: There were 2o9 failures in
the United States reported to Bradstreet's
during the pas. week; 2Omore thar the pre-
ceding week, " more han the correspond
same week of 1881. Among the 6rms re
ported embarrassed were: Benz. L. Cnfiu,
wholesale hosiery; s. l.. Merchant & Co.,
importers of cement. New York City. Maule
Bros & Co., lumber; Evert P. Maule & Co..
leather: John W. Smith & Co., mahufac,-
nrers of doors, etc., and Stein Trsutman e.
Co., wholesale hats, Pniladelphis. Eddy.
Harvey e. Co., wholesale hats and furs,
Chicago; John Campbell, iron. Irontop,
OHIO; John N. G'idden, iron, Cleveland. and
the Arnold Furnace company, Niles, Ohio.
The Dickinson press., 1883-11-03
General News GOSSIP.

The Myers ermilye affair put on
new aspect on the 25th inst, by the offer OF
the part of Vernlilye of an u%nccnditiena
disclaimer regarding the charges concern
ing his wife ana Gen. Myers. Though the
offer was not Immediately accepted, there il
little doubt but that it will be, land the pub.
lie will be spared an ,ther disclosure of do
nestle infelicity. In a published retraction.
Vermilye declares himself to be convinced
that his Judgment was at fault an that he
makes the statement Voluntarily, as a mat
ter of justice to Myers and his wife. In the
meantime, he is said to be having a glorious
time in Chicago, under the stimulating in
fuence of sundry liquids that make glad
the heart of man.
Georgia has q Confederate pension list
amounting to $25, 1000 per anpum. Che hun
dred dollars is allowed for the loss of a leg
above knee; $75 for the same loss below the
knes; $50 for an arm above the elbow. ana
$40 LOT an atm below. Under the presett
law ali persons who have sustained such
losses are carried on what is practically
q pension roll, coming up regu arly every
tire. years for the amount in cash.
In the case Of DR.. g. +. Fayette Taylor,
who brought suit against the Metropolitan
Elevated Railw.y company of New York.
for damages sustained by running trains
past a house he rented for hospital pur-
poses, previous to the erection of the rail.
road, a jury awarded the plaintiff 500, OvU
damages. Upon a previous trial the jury
disagreed.
The enumeration of male residents OF
Ohio over ,wenty.one years of g made by
the assessors. foots up 803,G33 or nearly
100000 more than there were voters at til.
recent election. The increase since the
last enumeration was made four years ago
il 77,O53.
Eddy, Harvey & Co., wholesale dealers
in hats. caps and furs. made a voluntary
assignment, but a statement is made that
b trouble will be only temporary. No
schedule of assets and liabilities was. flied.
The liabilities are Estimated at ABOUT
100000.
la New York last year one passenger out
Of every 4, 16s 223 was killed. and 1O4, 1856 =.
1893 miles travelled for every life lost. There
were AT killed, and I, 124 injured.
San Francisco paid $50, 600 for the knights
Templar conclave; $12, 900 was paid for dec.
orat.ops and s., O0O tor the Hawaiian band
A Cohoes. N. Y, couple were married
the first day they met, and divorced on the
third.
Jenkins & Co., New York, door makers,
assign for $4,000.
The Dickinson press., 1883-11-03
A vennor.

s. d. Brear, of Randalia. Iowa, forecasts
the coming winter as follows: Moderat.
weather until about Nov. 2 O.; cold weathe,
until the 6rst part of January except tbret
or four days early in December. Januar,
will be moder .te, and some days warm an
til the 22d and 23d, when the weather ", i.
gradually grow cold, but not quite Is colo
Is last winter at that time. Some days In
The Dickinson press., 1883-11-03

by virtue Of the Hue treaty, all rersons. no
matter of what nationality, who continue
to fight against the French, will b tput to
death.
The revival mission of Moody and San.
key at Cork has ended. They will begin q
mission In Waterford. Their iabors n Cork
were very successful. -
The Temps says 1t is rumored that King
Luis Of Portugal. being weary of liberal
sgitatien in his Kingdom, thinks Of ab.
dication.