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Conner currency is also used in the

Copper currency is also used in the
"Dark Continent" The pieces are IN
form of St. Aunrew's cross, cast by the
natives and very heavy. They used to
be valued at slave. Traders were not
able to counterfeit these bulky pennies
so as to deceive the sharp eyes OF the
Africans. In Africa iron hoes are quite
common currency, reminding one OF tne
iron money OF the Spartans. Mats, cloth,
brass and copper wire, and beads are also
African money.
Money in China has been made of
everything almost, from shell to porce-
lain. The very interesting coins Of an
cient times of peculiar shape are said to
represent the bronze hatchets that were
current very long ago. The square ho!e
in Chinese money is said to represent the
openings through which the she'll money
of past ages was strung
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answered Blanche, nervously. -fne Doc.

answered Blanche, nervously. -fne Doc
tor is there, is he not2"
"Yes, mademoiselle; but, it you Will
pardon me, you had better retire into the
house. It is no sight for such as you:
But look! they are carrying him this way.
He pointed as he spoke, and Bianche
saw the men approaching, headed by III.
Huet, and carrying in their midst What
looked like rude litter. Thev came on
rapidly; and as they did so she advanced
to meet them.
my dear mademoiselle!" cried the Doc
tor, as they came face to face, what are
you doing here? Pray take my advice and
90 to the chateau" :.
So saying, he contrived to interpose his
person between Blanche and those who
followed him.
But, Doctor, 1 have heard" Blanche
cried, some one is wounded-dying!"
Only one of the enemy" answered the
Doctor, dryly. Il have bound up his
wound as we'll as possible.
Where are you taking him3"
ITO one of your out-houses. 1t is
freezing hard, and we could not let him
die on the cold ground.
The accursed German!" muttersd Hu-
bert, from close by. Why don't they
knock him on the head?"
Scarcely knowing what she did, and
paying no heed to the Doctors interposi-
tion, Blanche pushed quickly by him,
and approaching the group Of soldiers,
saw in their midst several country fellows
in blouses carrying the prisoner: He lay
upon rude litter or stretcher, hurriedly
constructed out of portion of wooden
fence. AS she drew near they placed him
on the grass and drew aside.
The man lay upon his back, his eyes
half closed, his mouth partly open, his
face stained and disfgured with mingled
mud and blood. One hand hung over the
litter, the other was placed upon his
shoulder, pressing the discolored bandaage
which had just been placed upon his
wound. His figure was tall and power
full, clad in the uniform of the Uhlan
cavalry; his hair and beard were chestnut
brown; his features, though pale as mar
bic and disfgured with pain, beautifully
formed.
Trembling and half f-fainting, Blanche
bent over him. AS she did so, she reoog-
nized him in moment.
He was the German officer who hao
spoken to her so gently few nights be.
fore.
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ARRANGEMENTS seem to be about
completed to bring over to the Worlds
Fair whole tribe of African pigmies.
These queer folk are only about foul
feet tall, and they will attract especial
interest on account of the descriptions
given OF them by Herodotus, Stanley,
and others. Pinkapoo lib, whoever
he may be, has given his consent tc
their removal to this country, and the
King of Belgium will doubtless con.
cur. as he is to be approached on the
subject by the State Department. All
that remains is to obtain the consent Of
the pigmies themselves, and that will
be taken for granted.
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OLD ma,us ana old bachelors know

OLD malus ana old bachelors know
more about bringing up children than
most parents do. The reason Is that
they are not so foolishly sentimental
about them. There is too much senti-
mentality wasted on the average baby,
and not enough spanking INDUCED in.
A woman will let 3-year-old child
talk back and strike her, and will be-
moan her lot when the child is grown
that he ill-treats his mother. The
world is too full already of useless,
fretful, complaining, head-strong men
and women. Don't add to the num-
ber by spelling your baby.
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FARM CoNyENIENCEs.

The saving in time from having
good, easily swung gate in place Of a
pair of bars is worth good deal in the
course of season, if the fence has to
be opened and driven through daily.
We cannot imagine farmer who can
not better afford boards and hinges for
gates than to waste his time in busy
seasons letting down and putting up
bars. He can easily manage to do the
work at times when nothing can be done
out of doors. 1t is such labors as this
that add to to the value of farms ct
comparatively little expense, and give
travellers through rural districts pleas
ant idea that the farmers life is not so
lad after all.
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Doctor, is he much hurt? Are you sure
be will recover"
"Of course, if he is looked after. Ihave
extracted the bullet and carefully dressed
the wound.
Then he will not dieP"
Die? Not he. Un ortunately, I can
not remain; our own wounded require my
attention, and the man must take his
chance"
Doctor, I will watch him." cried
Blanche. Quick; tell me what to do"
You, mademoiselle? Impossible. 1t is
no task for you. have given Dame Feve-
reau her instructions, and she will do her
best"
But Blanche was now quite determi ined.
If my father were wounded and pris-
oner." she said. weeping. would I suffer
anothers hands to tend MIN? No, Doctor:
my place is here. Dame Fevereau is old
and feeble; am strong and young. AS I
would have some tender German woman
watch him I love in this cruel hour of
need, even so will watch this stranger
Very we'll; as You will, said the Doc
tor. Goodnight, and God be with you!
! shall be here some time tomorrow and
zee how the poor devil progresses.
30 saying, with respectful salute,
Huet took his leave. By this time night
had fallen. The sun had sunk among
clouds, which presently began drifting up
from the west before the driving and ris.
ing wind. Drawing open the blinds of
the sitting-room, Blanche saw the dark
ness outside was full of troubled glin.
mer, thrown by thickly falling snow, the
first that had fallen that year. How
thankful she felt to God that He had
turned her troubled heart to mercy, and
caused her to shelter the helpless stran.
ger from the storm.
She looked at her watch; then. closing
tho window again, she returned to the
ick-chamber.
[To BE CONTINUED
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS or INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
A PLOT OF RYE.

As soon as the fall comes lay off q
plot for rye, to be used as green food
for poultry after other green food has
ceased to grow. 1t is not necessary to
turn the hens on the rye, as it may be
cut and fed to them, and it will also pro-
vide green food early in the spring, be-
fore anything else in the shape of green
food puts in an appearance. Use plenty
of seed, as the thicker the rye the better.
Only small plot will answer well.-
Farm and Firesi2e.
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Washington, Oregon and California. The
latte: smell is hollow-curved tube
resembling a tooth. They pass accord
ing to size from twenty-five cents to 81.
Broken bits pass as our small change,
and small shells are made into pretty
necklaces for the squaws.
The most beautiful shell money in the
world is made of the abalone of our
Western coasts. When polished the
abalone shows lovely green, purple and
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IT'S SAID py an observer tnat the
proportion of people who visit the
cemetery is fifty women to one man.
A man is so rarely seen there that he
is regarded as curiosity. In nine
cases out of ten when a man visits the
cemetery it is to order a grave dug, to
oversee the erection of q monument,
or on some other business affair. His
errand is never the sentimental
one o. visiting a grave. If you
have any women folks, be good to
them. The men may remember you
are gone, but it is the women who will
keep your grave weeded.
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The SkeWer.

The skewer was formerly used as a
kind of a tally-stick, and it continues
to find similar employment at Lyons
where the butchers rarely fail to stick in
the middle of piece of meat small
wooden cylinder announcing by SO many
notches what every housewife knows to
be the exact weight of the meat.
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ISAAC N. SEL1eMAN, the New York
banker, is regarded in financial circles
as the ablest of what may be termed
the second generation of the family
whose name he bears, and it is an
open secret that he is one OF the prime
factors in the immense banking busl'
ness and railroad interests they con-
troll, AS the young man has made a
thorough study of railroad engineering,
and supplemented it by practical ex'
perience on Western railroad system,
he has an equipment which few hnan'
ciers possess.
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THE Western Springs faith ,curists
have given it out that people under
going the "realization-of-t things-not.
seen" treatment must abstain from eat.
ing pork. 1t is plaialy apparent tha,
these Western Springs eradicators oi
the ills that affect mankind are not
catering for Chicago trade and popu'
larity at all.
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horn dug out to hold the aligo cheek, or
shell money. The opening is closed by
winding around band Of buckskin.
There must be some reason why women
have so few pockets, and will persist in
carrying their money in dainty little
hand pocket, so tempting to sneak
thieves. suppose it is like the wearing
of ear rings, some habit of our primitive
ancestors, when our fore mothers bore
the burden of the household effects in
cares and money, while her liege lord
did the fighting.
There are, strange to say, aristocracies
OF money among barbarous tribes OF
men, and one finds them prouder over
their boards of blankets, copper, feathers
and shell than the most purse proud mil
lionaire in the world.
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.'TViiztLifRe and Death
UNDER MEDICAL ADVICE.
A Story Of the Franco
Prussian War.
BY ROBERT BUCHANAN.
CHAPTER v.
THE PRISONER.

EXT day Blanche
b ard full partic-
u lars of tn e
events which had
taken place the
previous evening.
1t turned out
that the inhabi-
tants Of the viii
lage, while sun
ming themselves
at the house doors
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sportsmau-"Auy game about here1'
Facetious Native-'There' IL be base
ball game this afternoon" :,
sportsmau-''Very well. Ill snoo'
the umpire. ."-Puck.
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that afternoon, and discuss
ing the condition of affairs,
had suddenly been startled by
the appearance of six mount
ed Uhians, in full warlike ar
ray. riding quietly up the
main street.
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Flower"

The Hon. ]. w. Fennimore is the
Sheriff of Kent Co., Del, and lives
at Dover, the County Seat and Cap
ital Of the State. The sheriff is a
gentleman ffty-nine years Of age,
and this is what he says: II have
FUSED your August Flower for sew
"eral years in my family and for my
Gown use, and found it does me
"more good than any other remedy.
II have been troubled with what l
call Sick Headache. A pain comes
in the back part of my head first,
and then soon a general headache
"until I become sick and vomit.
At times, too. l have a fulluess
" after eating, a pressure after eating
at the pit Of the stomach, aud
"sourness, when food seemed to rise
up In my throat and mouth. When
81 feel this coming on if l take a
little August Flower it relieves
me, and is the best remedy l have
lever taken for 1t. For this reason
81 take it and recommend it to
"others as a great remedy for Dys-
"pepsia, &C." o
G. G. GREEN, Sole Manufacturer,
Woodbury., New Jersey, U. s. A.
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Too Clean to Be Good.

While laboring under the misappre-
hension that it was counterfeit, the
cashier of a large store on Main street
refused on Monday to receive a two dol
lar bill that had merely been disinfected
by a judicious use of soapsuds and car
bolic acid. The bill was clean, and
therefore looked upon with suspicion!
Its g%enuineness vas subsequently estab-
lished by the Charter Oak bank exchang-
ing it for another bill. Would it not be
better if storekeepers and the public in
general would refuse to receive bills
which are so soiled as to suggest at sight
the need of disinfection, and accept those
that are fit to handle?-Hartford Courant.
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Docs What 1t Purports to Do.
KoENlc MED. CO.. Chicago, Ill.,
Sold by Druggists at ST. per Bottle. 6 for %,
largo Size, $1.75. 6Bottles for 50.
More Fireproof Materials.

Another process for f%reproofng COM
bustible materials is reported from Rus
STA, the medium being described as a
paste, which is said to have been tested
with most satisfactory results by the
Moscow Imperial society. A shanty
was built entirely Of straw, and after
being covered with the paste, was SUBJ
jected to a hot fire, the only effect being
to change the straw from a yellow to a
reddish brown color without igniting or
even cracking.
The society referred to has conse-
quently made arrangements, it is said,
to introduce the use of this new inven-
ton throughout the empire, considering
it from every point of view as of the
highest value in villages or localities
where the houses are, as a rule, matched
with straw, and where fires, once started,
frequently make a clean sweep Of the
place. The cost of the preparation is
very small.-New York Telegram.
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In Death

An old widow lady named Martin,
originally from Toul, and daughter of a
former mayor of that town, has died at
Vincennes under rather peculiar circum-
stances. She was a person in i%ndepend-
ent circumstances and was thought to
be possessed of a large fortune. A few
days ago her neighbors missed her, and
when the commissary of police was sent
for she was found dead from heart dis
ease. Among her papers a will was dis
covered by which she leaves all her
property, estimated at 100000 francs, to
her native city. She has left ], 200 francs
for the expenses of her funeral at Vim
cennes, but with the express condition
that she is to be buried "as far as posi-
BILE from her late husband. "-Galig-
popi M~accanr ar
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Consumption Cured.

An old physician, retired from prac-
tice, having had placed in his hands by
an East India missionary the formula of
a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy
and permanent cure of Consumption,
Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and all
Throat and Lung Affections, also a posi-
tive and radical cure for Nervous De-
bility and all Nervous Complaints, after
having tested its wonderful curative
powers in thousands of cases, has felt it
his duty to make it known to his suffer-
ing fellows. Actuated by this motive
and a desire to relieve human suffering,
I will send free of charge, to all who
desire it, this recipe, in German, French
or English, with full directions for pre-
pairing and using. Sent by mail by adj
W. A: E9yEs, sso Powers Block, Roch-
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What is Good Baking Powder.

1t is a we'll known fact that carbon
ate of ammonia is used by bakers in
the preparation of the finest and
most wholesome bread and cake, and
has been for time immemorial. 1t is
among the Oldest and at the same
time most healthful constituents of
baking powders. 1t is all evolved in
gas by the heat of the oven, and
leaves no trace Of itself in the food,
and it is this that gives it its great
value as a %leavening agent in the
opinions of the physicians.-New
York Journal.
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THE Australian election law needs

THE Australian election law needs
careful study. 1t has caught Stark
county conventioners In every in
stance, and not a candidate nominated
for commissioner in the third dis
trict got his certificate of nomination
to the county auditor in time for the
registration of twenty days prior to
election as required by law. In this
event candidates for the office of
county commissioner will have to
depend On their friends to use stickers
or write their names on ballots, blank
sc far as the name of candidates is
concerned, printed by the county and
supplied to the inspectors of election
of each of the polling precincts at
least twenty.four hours before
election day.
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To Farmers,

The PRESS would like to know how
the crops average in Stark county for
the year of 1891, and desires that the
farmer will, as fast as the results are
obtainable, fill out the blank below
and return to this Office. The PRESS
has printed and sent out a large mum.
Der of circulars which have this same
end in view, and by the use of both it
is expected that we may be able to
get an accurate crop report for the
county. The PRESS also wants data
on live stock, and wishes every
rancher, as we'll as farmer, in Stark
county to report the number he has
and the increase of the last year.
Total number of acres in farm ........
Result of crops for 1891:
Wheat, res.............. Yield.
Oats, acres...... .... ....... Yield. .........
Barley, es.............. Yield.
Flax, Yield ...........
Potatoes, cres....."...... Yield ...........
Not titled,
Live stock:
Cattle Increase, 1s91.............
observation-disclosures, ssl..".......
Observation-Disclosures, 1ssl.."..."...
Signature.
PC. Address. -.
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Mexican Ruins Discovered.

Some Interesting ruins Of ancient cities
have been discovered in the heart Of the
Sierra Madre, near the natural warm
baths of the Piedras Verdes, Mexico.
Some of the houses are in a good state of
preservation. In one of the cities can be
seen a great cupola, which stands d.
rectly in front Of a farm, and there are
many other interesting objects. An ex-
ploring party at the last account was at
Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, and the in
tention vas to remain there for a num-
Der of days in order that a thorough in
vestigation of the ruins might be made.
Exchange.
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Locked in a Trunk.

Mary Driscoll, a two-year-old Haverhill
,Mass.) child, while playing, c%rawledinto
q large trunk, and the lid falling she
was kept a prisoner until discovered, a
few hours later, by her parents. She
was unconscious when removed. After
missing her a search was begun, and
though they could plainly hear her voice
they were unable to locate it. The floor
was torn up and the closets ransacked,
and every other conceivable spot about
the house, except the innocent looking
trunk, was examined. Atlast somebody
moved the trunk to one side, and motto
ing it was rather heavy, considering ii
was empty, raised the lid, and there was
the baby.-Philadelphia Ledger.
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GET your name nicely printed on
regular election stickers, and hand
around to your friends if you are maxi
ing a canvass for commissioner in the
third district. They can be placed
on the blank left on the ticket which
will be furnished on election day, and
there will he no doubt Is to who was
voted for. Send orders for stickers
tn the Press.
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j. M. TRACEY, the bonanza farmer
of Stark county, received the nomina.
ton for county commissioner for the
third commissioner district on the
first ballot at a republican convention
held this week in the east end. Mr..
Tracey is a man in whose hands the
affairs of this county would receive
careful attention, to the interests of
economy. and this is the kind of an
administration the people want if
they want what is right.
The Dickinson press., 1891-10-17

Baseball playing on the house roof is
the novel though dangerous way in
which a number Of factory hands in New
York spend their dinner hour. A long
cord is attached to the ball and then
tied to the chimney, so that the ball
cannot get out of reach.
The Dickinson press., 1891-10-17

Myriads of fire bugs We're met with
near Rome, Ga, about 0 o'clock the
other night, by a steamer. They COM
pletely filled the air, obscuring a neigh
boring island and the channel marks
At first the captain was mystitied by the
sight and backed the vessel and started
the electric lights, when thousands OF
the bugs fell on the decks.
The Dickinson press., 1891-10-17

A newspaper in the Gypsy jargon, the
Romany tongue, is o to be published
in England with the expectation OF
making it the organ of the wandering
people. 1t will be edited by George
Smith, the "king" of the English Gyp
sizes, who counts upon getting 10000
snbscribers toit,
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Happy Hoosicrs.

William Timmons, postmaster of Ida
vile, Ind, writes: Electric Bitters
has done more for me than all other
medicines combined, for that bad feel
ing arising from Kidney and Liver
trouble" John Leslie, farmer and stock
man, Of same place, says: Find Elec.
trio Bitters to be the best Kidney and
Liver medicine, made me feel like q
new man." j. w. Gardner, hardware
merchant, same town, says: Electric
Bitters is just the thing for a man who
is all run down and don't care whether
he lives u dies; he found new strength,
good appetite and felt just like he had a
new lease on life. Only SOC. q bottle. at
]. ]. Ereeman'S Drug Store.
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PRICES of wheat are tending up.
ward. There will be fluctuations,
and spectators may succeed in keep.
ing prices down to some extent, but
the bread supply of the world de.
mands a good price for the 1891
wheat crOp,
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SOUTH DAKOTA rejoices and claims
a yield of wheat of 10000, 900 bushels,
with an average yield of is bushels
per acre. North Dakota has 60,000,-
600 bushels of wheat, with an aver
age yield of % bushels per acre.
The Dickinson press., 1891-10-17

ELECTION comes on the first Tues
day after the first Monday of Novem-
Der, occurring this year OH the third
day of November. No mistake about
this, and candidates may know of the
result of their canvass after S p. M,
two weeks from next Tuesday.
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For Sale.

rs head of buck lambs, grade
Hampshire.downs from grade Me-
rinos and Shropshire ewes. Prices
reasonable. Stock may be seer at
G. II. PEARLS farm.
r. CARNAHAN,
sept % Ct Dickinson N. D.
The Dickinson press., 1891-10-17

Parties wishing Ignite coal should
call on J. H. Colgrove, who is pre-
pared to deliver same at lowest
cash prices. Large quantities, $1.75
per ton. oct lot
The Dickinson press., 1891-10-17
Saturday, October II, 1891.

In the Red River Valley it is re.
ported that the rains have done COIL
siderable damage to wheat this week.
Threshing was retarded in this Sec
ton, but the damage otherwise was
very slight.
The Dickinson press., 1891-10-17

A lobster more than three feet long
and weighing twenty-three pounds, was
caught a few days ago by Captain John
Condor, at Moose point, nea Belfast,
Me.
The Dickinson press., 1891-10-17

SIeePIcssnesS CuFeu. ~
lam glad to testify that I ueed Pastor Roe
nig's Ncrvo Tonic with the best success for
sleeplessness, and believe that it is really q
great relief for suffering humanity.
E. FRANK, Pastor,
st. Scvcrin, Keylerton P. O., Pa.