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Women In Austria.

A census of Austria-Hungary takes
place this year, and the minister of pub
lie instruction has announced that girls
and women, if they can prove them
selves competent, may apply for the
place of enumerators. The emancipa-
ton of women in Austria is we'll ad-
vanced. One-third of all the post and
telegraph clerks and all the telephone
clerks, as we'll as the teachers in girls
schools, are women. Lately lady ocu-
list, Frau DR.. Kerschbaumer, of Salz-
burg, was allowed to open hospital of
her own. School teachers are we'll paid,
their salaries ranging from e70 to e100.
A large proportion come from noble
families and those of officers and govern
ment officials. The position of govern
ess, on the contrary, is much disliked.-
London News.
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every foolish to cling to me. Sup
pose an accident were to happen. where
would you be? Torn. tramplcd, crushed
under hurrying feet. Look at those
sunfowers. They stand on their own
stems, they do. Catch them sticking
their saucy yellow heads between my
bars; not much! like independence,
do"
Th:s spake the ire escape.
How hard hearted you are!' mur-
mured the vine, singing tcndril low.
ingly above the upper railing.
II was born So" replied the fire es-
cape. si'imiy.
And how cold." continued the vine.
My nature" growled the fire escape.
But love you,' whispered the vine,
"because you are so strong and so tall
and such help to me! When l was a
little thing. and Il stranger in this street,
l looked up and saw you, great and
dark, reaching almost to the sky. Ah
you looked so terrible, and, if You will
pardon me, SO ugly, that 1 was fright
encl ut first, but then it was pleasant
and rcstful to lean against your mighty
frame. l quite gave myself up to it,
and grew and grew, and budded and
hossomed, till, us You know, the passers.
by stop in a,nazement, saying, "How
beautiful that fire escape looks!H"
Still ours is not suitable union,
persisted the fire escape. II have g
great mission to perform; am here te
save human life. You should have cast
your lot i'll with some nice country cot
tage-not Il coarse old tenement like me. >
"Love gocth whittier it is sent" sighed
the vine meckly, and clung closer.
That night a woman with babe al
her breast dropped lighted lamp
Flames darted here, there, everywhere
hungrily. gloatingly. People madly flung
their poor possessions from the windows
Engines ratified through the streets.
Brave men climbed the sturdy fire es
cape, and carried children and women
down its iron sides. Splendid streams
of water played upon the blazing build
ing. Morning dawned, pale and blue
The fire escape stood tall and dark, but
the poor, pretty little vine lay dead al
its feet, victim of misplaced affection
Pearl Eytinge in Dramatic News.
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Frog Flesh vs.. Human Flesh.

An interesting operation of flesh graft
ing, which was one of the discoveries Of
M. Paul Bert, has been performed at the
great gun works in Paris by a surgeon
named Dubousquet-Labordiere Awork-
man had his foot badly burned by mol
ten iron, destroying the skin over a sur
face of about eight inches by four. The
surgeon took four strips of flesh from the
thigh of IL young man and as many from
four different frogs, transferring them
to tho wounded mans foot. By great
care the wound healed in eleven days.
The cicatrice obtained by tho frogs skin
was soft, elastic and inodorous; that
from the human flesh was much harder,
producing irritation at many points.
The result Of the operation is Of great
Importance, showing the superiority of
frog skin and flesh for serious wounds
where both skin and flesh have been
torn or burned away.-St. Louis Repub-
IL,
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A siua.h Indians Canoe.

"While visiting ono of tho small towns
along Puget sound" said J. NJ. Mallett,
Of Helena, 81 was greatly interested in
the way the Siwash Indians build their
canoes. It is really wonderful how these
dirty aborigines can, with the crt,dest
means and with few days work, con-
vert an unwieldy log into trim and
pretty canoe. One Monday morning l
saw buck building fire at the base of
a canoe that he intended to use upon the
following Saturday. He kept the fire
burning merrily all that day and far
into the night, when a wind came up
and completed the downfall of the mon
arch of the forest.
"Thc next day the buck arose betimes,
and borrowing a cross cut saw from 4
logger who was absent cut tho trunk of
the tree i'll twain ut 1 point some fifteen
feet from where it had broken off, and
then with a dull hatchct he hacked
away until the log had assumed the
shape of the desired canoe. In this work
he was helped by his squaw. Tho old
fellow then built IL fire on the upper side
Of the log, guiding the course of the fire
with daubs of clay, and i'll due course of
time the interior of the canoe had been
burned out. Half n days work with the
hatchet rendered the interior smooth
and shapcly. The canoe was now, l
thought, complete, though it appeared
to be dangerously narrow of beam. This
the Indian soon remediel.
"He filled the shell two-tllirils full of
water, and into the fluid he dropped half
dozen stones that had been heating in
the fire for nearly day. Tho water at
once attained a boiling point and SO
softened the wood that the buck and the
squaw were enabled to draw out the
sides and thus supply the necessary
breadth to the beam. Thwarts aud Stats
were then placed in the canoe and the
water and stones thrown out. When
the steamed wood began to cool and
contract the thwarts held it back and
the sides held the thwarts, and there the
canoe was, complete, without n nail,
joint or crcvice, for it was made of one
piece of wood. Tho Siwash did not COM
plete it as soon as ho had promised, but
it only took him eight ays.'-Tacoma
Ledger.
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burglars Caught by Electricity.

Electric burglar catching has re-
ceived an impetus in Paris at the
hands of an enterprising wine merchant
in tho Rue Secretan, who has just land
ed his fifth man in the following way:
There is no concierge for his premises,
and he has had his store connected with
the room occupied by his walters by
means of an electric wire. When the
burglar enters the bell in the walters
room rings and the intruder is quietly
nabbed. The Wine merchants expert
ment has been so successful that several
other traders in the vicinity have adopt
ed his modus operandi, and are now
yearning for real live midnight ina
rauder" to come their ways-Exchange.
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Senior Keeps on writing.

My mother often went to Bowood, and
used to tell good story against our old
friend, Mr.. Nassau Senior. Once when
she was there with the Seniors and
large party Tommy Moore, who lived
near and was a frequent visitor, was pre-
vailed upon to sing. All prepared to
listen to the charming performance save
Mr.. Senior, who sat down at a small
writing table and began to write with a
quill upon Lord Lansdowne's very ribbed
paper. He was compiling a paper on
statistics, or something of that sort.
Moore began, but his singing was rem
dered impossible by the persistent
scratch, scratch, and he turned round to
see yho caused tho odious noise. Mr..
Senior looked up and said innocently,
ooh, you don't disturb me, assure you;
pray goon, tJathcrlilc it." This caused
an outbnrst Of laughter absolutely puz-
! zling to tho unconscious statistician.-
F! Mrs. Ross in Murfay'a Magazine.
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1890 September 1890
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Il 15 16 III 18 19 20
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HORRORS IN pAHoMEY.
Shocking Things Dr. Bayol saw-Fien
isI

Shocking Things DIR. Bayol Saw-Fient.
islh Amnzons.
A letter from Paris, giving details Of
tho adventures of Dr.. Bayol, the gov
ernor of Kotonou, who was imprisoned
by tho king of Dahomey, appears in The
Vossische Zeitrng. DIR. Bayol himself
was not i'll treated, but was forced to
witness the most horrible executions,
and was closely watched night and day
by three of the most important chiefs.
EIc waIorccd to be present at the exc
cution of his secretary and his interpret
er, and was IL spectator of the sacrifice
at one time Of eighty-four human beings,
and at another of forty-two. The VIC
tins We're bound, mutilated in horri-
bic manner, and then, still alive, hung
up by the heels. Theu their bodies were
opened with large round knives and the
intestines taken out, after which the
corpses were thrown into "place of
skulls" where in forty-eight hours they
were reduced by birds of prey to skeie-
tons.
DIR. Bayol was every time compelled
to view each corpse, while the execu-
TONERS carefully turned tho heads of
their victims toward him. Upon one
occasion he desired to buy off some nc
groes, whom he recognized as proteges
from Porto Novo, but the king angrily
refused to allowit. Every day his dusky
majesty danced before the doctor, exc
cutting steps and jumps which would
have been highly entertaining under other
circumstances. At these times the king
wore sandals and a sort of Grecian cap
ON his head, and six Anazons danced
with him.
The Amazons DR.. Bayol describes us
very fcnds. One day the doctor wit
messed a spectacle which he will never
forget. At sign from the king 500
Amazons rushed upon living OK and
tore it into pieces in few seconds; then
each, with piece of raw flesh in her
mouth, marched off singing, while five
Of their number held the skin and head
of their victim aloft in triumph.
In festal garments they witnessed from
the roofs Of the neighboring huts the
human sacrifices of the next day and
laughed heartily. They always appea,
perfectly resigned ana go quietly TO
death when their turn comes. The king
is very suspicious, and would not sign
the letter written to the president Of the
French republic. DR.. Bayol's return to
the coast was extremely dangerous, fol
he had 10 passport and was therefore
obliged. in spite of illness, to march
more than fifty miles in one day through
country with which be was quite unac-
quainted. On arriving at Kotonou he
heard of the death of the king, whom,
had he been still at Dahomey, he would
have probably been accused of poison
ing.
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Babbage.

Mr.. Babbage took me one day to see
his calculating machine, and was might
lily amused at my emphatic approval.
I never could do my sums, and asked
him to give it to me. He also showed
me wonderful automaton figure, made,
if I recollect right, of silver. He called
it his wife, and I was rather afraid of
the silent lady as she moved her arms
and head in a graceful but rather weird
fashion. Mr.. Babbage generally looked
so sad that remember when my grand
mother was telling me the story of Pyg-
malion I exclaimed, "Why, it is just
like Mr.. Babbage and his wife" My
parents and he quite agreed on one sub
ject-dislike of music-which my father
always described as "a noise which pre-
vents conversation. Mrs. Ross in
Mhrray's Magazine.
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A sLEEpLEss NIGHT IN VENICE.


When hope lies dead-ah, when 'tis death to live,
And wrongs remembered make the heart still
bleed
Better arc sleeps kind lies for life's blind need
Than truth, il lies q little peace can give;
little peace! tits thy prerogative,
Osleep! to lend it; thine to quell or feed
This love that starvcs-this starving souls long
greed
And bid regret, the queen of hell, forgive
fon moon that mocks mo through the uncur-
tained glass
Recalls that other night, that other MOON
Two English lovers on \ gay lagoon
The voices from the lantern'd gondolas
The kiss, tho breath, the flashing eyes. and
soon
Tho throbbing stiffness; all the heaven that was
Arthur Hugh Clough
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The Land of Ducks.

There are more ducks in the Chinese
empire than in all the world outside of
it. They are kept by the Celestials on
every farm, on the private roads, on the
public roads, on the streets of cities and
on all the lakes, ponds, rivers, streams
and brooks in the country. Every Chi
nese boat also contains batch of them.
There are innumerable Matching estab-
lishments all through the empire, many
of which are said to turn out about fifty
thousand young ducks every year.
Sailed and smoked duck and ducks
eggs constitute two of the most common
and important articles of diet in China.
Exchange.
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HoMEsEEKERs' EXCURSIONS.
On 'sThe Burlington," September 3
aud %, and October Ia. 1850.

ISNpVNuuBcI
and %, and October IA, 1850.
On the above dates. the agents of
the Chicago, Burlington & Northcr:,
Railroad. ut all stations. will sell
''IIomeseekers'" Excursion tickets
to all principal land points in South.
ern Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Ar.
kansas. Indian Territory, Texas, New
Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah.
Idaho, Montana, South and North Dn.
kota, Northwestern Iowa, Minnesota,
Tennessee, Louisiana. Alabama and
Mississippi, at a very low rate for the
round trip, gootl for return within
thirty days from date of sale. For
further information apply to any
ticket agent of ''Thc Burlington or
write to w. j. G. Kenyon, Gen. Pass.
Agent, G. B.& N. r. r.: st. Paul, MINI.
sept 6.s-t
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Critical Periods In Ijr.

There are two periods of life in which
the powers of resistance to adverse influ-
ences are excessively weak. In infancy,
from birth to years of age, but espe-
cially in the first year of existence, the
power of life is very feeble, and this is
the reason that so many infants die sud
denly in conyulsions. Again, after the
age of 65 is passed the vital tenacity is
lowered, the substance of the heart and
Of the muscles in general becomes fatty,
and there is imminent liability to snd-
don failure of the hearts action.--Chat-
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Temperature of Snow.

The temperature of snow at different
depths has been investigated by Signor
Christoni. He finds that the variations
i'll temperature Of the lowest layer, next
the ground, are extremely small, while
the uppermost layer has often consider
ably higher temperature. The temper
ature minimum of the air layer next the
snow was always lower than that of the
upper1nost snow layer, while an air layer
about twenty inches above the snow had
higher temperature than the layer 1.2
inches above the snow.-Ch Chicago Herald
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Professor iiuxIey.s Anu.

Replying to the president of the Lin
mean society in acknowledgment of the
Linn@an medal, Professor Huxley gives
an interesting bit of autobiography.
The aim Of his life, he said. had been, in
the words of the society motto. "naturae
discere mores." 81 have endeavcred to
show the fundamental unity of plant
life and animal life, to make use of hy-
potheses as ladders and scaffoldings to he
discarded, perhaps somewhat ungrate-
fully, when no longer of use, and to pur-
sue the truth, regardless of incidental
consequences" From all which it is evi-
dent that Professor Huxley never would
have succeeded in English politics. New
Orleans Picayune.
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-27
Velocity of the Fly.

A Psychologist in France has been OBJ
serving the work Of flies in flying, and
somehow has arrived at the conclusion
that the wings of a fly make about $50
beats per second, and that such a fly Can
travel at the rate of kilometcr per
minute. This is equal to the velocity of
an express train. Assuming this to be
SO, ibrp ay could compass the earth's
circumfere.,ce I'M twenty weight days.
Exchange.
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PUT ON TIE BRAKES

II you find you are going down hill in point of
health. Failing strength, impaired digestion
and assimilation are the marks of decline.
Check these and other signs of premature decay
with the great vitatizer and restraining touic
Hostctter's Stomach Bittcrs. Beginning at the
fountain head the stomach. the Bittcrs remedies
orously ut work. The digestive organ s thus en-
ablcd to thoroughly separate from the food its
nutritivc principles, which the blood assimilatng
being nourishcd, strengthened, and abnormal
waste of its tissues stayed. Appetite, the power
to rest we'll, a regular habit are also rc-estab
lshed' aud the various flnciions move once more
tiers, moreover, is specific for and preventive of
malarial complaints, rheumatism. bilousness
and kidney troubles.
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-27
Tallapoosa Land, Mining and Mfg Co.,
TALLPOOSA CA
The Press Newspaper Agency.

a newspaper agency has been es-
tablished in connection with the
Press and we are prepared to receive
subscriptions for any of the leading
Newspapers, Periodicals or Magazines,
at publishers rates, no matter where
published. either domestic OF foreign
Ii you wish to learn the price OF sub.
scribe for any publication call at this
Office OF drop postal card for terms.
New subscribers to the PRESS paying
one year in advance or old subscrib
crs who pay up and one year in ad
vance can have any publication they
desire furnished at discount.
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-27
Cities of Russia,

In 1885 there were throughout the
immense empire of Russia, with total
population Of los, ,7s7 1886, only thirty-six
towns containing more than $4,000 in
habitants, and only thirteen with more
than 100000. The latter, in descending
order, were: st. Petersburg 1851, ,3O3),
Moscow (753, ,469), Warsaw 454,999,
Odessa C24O,000), Kiza u76,332), Khar-
khov Q71,4 ,426), Kiev Q65,5sD, Kazan
u39,015), Saratov 22,s29), Tashkend
Q2,, ,410), Kichenev q20,O7N, Lodz q13,-
41Sl and Wilma (1O2 O2.S45).-Exchange.
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Love and Business.

Ethel-Did Harry seem very much put
out when you told him you didn't love
him well enough to marry him?
Agnes-No, the brute. He merely
said, "Well, business is business" and
left the house.-Afunsey's Weekly.
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-27
A Bleak Prospect.

Bill Collector (authoritatively)-1 wish
to see Mr.. Neverpay Immediately.
Shrewd Servant-You can't see him
now. He's gone to bed so we can wash
his fannels.--New York Weekly.
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-27
More Money in 1t.

Jones-What are you doing now?
Billy Fastboy-I write for living.
"Do you write for the newspapers"
"No; l write every week to the old
man to send me some more money!
Texas Siftings.
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-27
A Sensible Mother

A Sensible Mother.
Friendly young man, you play that
cornet as if you We're paid for it.
Boy-I am.
Friend-How's that?
Boy-Mother pays me to play it when
she isn't at home.-Detroit Free Press.
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-27
SAMUEL BRAND

for the northwest of section 20, township 1s9,
range G3. "'
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon, and cultivation of.
said land. viz: Wy
Chas. kono and Daniel Il. Forbes, of Glad
stone, N. d.; William Fenn0 and Lewis L. Lewis.
of Taylor, N. D.
L. S. NEAL,
sept 1851. Register.
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-27
NOTICE OF HOMESTEAD FINAL
PROOF
Land Office ut bismarck, N. d.

Lund OtiicC ut bismarck, n. d.
Sept. 10, 1880.
Notice is hereby given that the folIowinr-
named settler has filed notice of Ills intention 10
mike final proof in support OF his claim, and
tIat u sald proof Will be made before the Judge or
on Oct. goth, 1890, viz: N''
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All kinds of job printing executed
at this office i'll Il neat and tasty man.
ner at low prices. No calico work.
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-27
The Oceans "Untlcr Tow. -

Doubtless we have all heard a great
deal about this "under tow" as though
it were some mysterious force working
from the recesses Of treacherous ocean
to draw unwary bathcrs to their doom.
AS matter of fact its presence is obvi-
ously natural, and the explanation of it
more than simple. AS each wave rolls
in and breaks upon the beach the vol
ume of water which it carries does not
remain there and sink into the sand; it
flows back again, and as the succeeding
waves break over it the receding one
forms an under current flowing outward
of strength proportionate to the body of
water contained in each breaker, and,
again, proportionate in q great measure
to the depth of the ditch.
Where this latter is an appreciable de-
preston it can be readily seen that the
water of receding waves will flow into
it with similar effect to that of water
going over fall, and that a person
standing near is very likely to be drawn
over with it, and thus, if the ditch is
deep enough, carried out of his depth.
This is all there is to the much talked of
"under tow" and the numerous accidents
laid to its ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Osborne in
| Scribner's.
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-27
How the Sly craw1l,h Catches Flies.

How the Sly Crawfisll Catches Flies.
A correspondent writes that he re-
Gently observed q very cunning and in
genious trick of a crawfsll (or crayfsh)
for catching flies. "Sitting on the bank
of n muddy pond, or borrow pitt over
the surface Of which many small flies
were swarming about, observed that
the crawfish came to the surface lear:
the waters edge, and, turning over on
the side, the tail probably touching
bottom, with claws and legs 'sprudling'
about in the water, he assumed the ex-
act semblance of dead creatures floating
on the water. In few seconds flies
would alight on the apparently dead
craw6sh, and as soon as one got into
the proper position there was sudden
and instantaneous flip, when fish and
fly would disappear together under the
water. In few seconds more he would
appear on the surface and go through
the same ,naneuver, with the same re.
suit. There were, perhaps, two or three
dozen Of them in sight at the same time
and all industriously engaged in the fly
catching game. Forest and Stream.
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-27
WILLIAM DITTBERNER,

for the southwest dissection 50, township $50.
range %.
lie names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon, and cultivation of,
said land, viz:
Frcdrck W. Alpcrt, Peter LEM, Henry Holl.
mann, Ambrose Dicnst, all of Richardton, N.
Oak.
OSCAR E. REA,
ecpt.6'6t Register.
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-27
NOTICE OF HOMESTEAD FINAL
PROOF.

LAND OFFICE At BIsMAEcK, n. D.
September 2, 1890.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention to
make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before the Judg or
on October 13, 1890, viz:
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A Pluclky Blind aIan.

John Dearborn, known as "Blind
John" the famous newspaper seller of
Lewiston, " pilot of his own trackless
course through the streets of Lewiston,
is daily adding new accomplishments to
his old and is growing from a newspaper
seller to a capitalist. Besides playing
good croquet and being an accomplished
fisherman he has bought two colts and
is raising them to maturity. His last
venture is the grocery business, and he
has hired store and is going to run it
in connection with his other business,
his grandfather doing the chief attend
ance upon customers. John can sec
morning from evening, but that is all.
He can't tell u brick block from an open
pasture, but he knows every store on
Lisbon street, and can smell hardware
store or market half u block away. He
plays croquet by information as to di-
rcction and by measuring the distance
by walking to the object ball. He plays
agood game, and is no easy opponent on
the ground. Johns grit grows with his
successes, and he proposes to keep on and
grow up in the world.-Lewiston Jour
nal,
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-27

Houses for rent. Inquire ut the
store of N. G. Lawrence. jan4.tf.
The Dickinson press., 1890-09-27
Sold Again.

"It's a bully site for a coal yardi"
"What is:''
"Anthracite." New York Herald.