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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-09
THEY ARE FIRST CLASS.
TIE STAR COURSE ENTERTAIN
MgSrS WILL OPEN NEXT WEEh'
Only tho Very Best Talent WIZ "r
The Ne, p,oeosds to Pay for tho E'pf
ea,,onsi Glasses of the A''ooi"'''"'

H. coor,e r. Tibbitts, general sec
-, -, ,he Young Mems Christian ~
'.r.,,,so,, 30 inst issued very neat pa"
phle,. giving a short deScrlpuo )..'.-se on
NAV no expec,ed Of the star oou' m ,,rs-
that viii open mere y" 49, az.
49, November l5th. The booklet - -,
,'.a1 A. very tasteful manner a.,
-. ~ " Anderson K Bro ""N =
,,s General appearance is an ino''"' 90
r. character OF the entertain a
no expected. the prospect - - mage
very promising one. .ho initials
- IN embossed letters. tne c 'i,of
DeN =, ~ aud every othtI, 10 ,,re
", .ortsins a well cNecu'tu ,pnrtain-
tnc W. to one Of the ten
mcnts. .bc well known hu.
Mr. fiai'EH i,,.r before the me- thc
S ,,tcrdg OF the Aaso.l"tO re has
oncning night. November lifting every
tbe most unique GIT on irestra-indeed,
VI a.. rafure's varied orcuts,.'t',o accu-
voice Ih ~ ~ ,ttb almost star tH"e md
- IL 80 a dear lover or ,-ndee OF
rs most carefully siudl'l ,r"11rizat3on Of
nVnrrssion while his t""i t,b md low,
men. women ana "a c ei,d"iF 'iaiimitable:
kIaNt o." gs iator on THURSDAY, ~ In
her 9th. Mr. Frank rs. lied lectures
s CIV ?ng and aq,1c,ve. l Min T re}
jcct viii b." c@il,,' mai is now raging be
erence to me ,Ion and China. and the lee lee
tween th@1 o f% ony be- cntertainng but also ais
tnre vii TO- on he folo%lns F S@ pu6 r
i R6Serson win sgp ss,e 9ffV %l i be INDIA
81 laRe MIL Indians" Wherever Nj.
ana t lnon has has appeared rs lectures nave 1y,
hou'is}C'jj,y ycprcsentel by a man Of very
SS,i f personal qualities anG re'e1 TSe
WIN hrltD,,,reecnted in his illustrations are
Hi Ie,"'6.rfIlv vivid. The lecturer conducts
re hearers through the land OF buuImtc "a
tn0st successfully. by means OF bIaP"iO
views and fine descriptions
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-03-01
The End Of the Year.

The last three days Of every year
are times Ct terror in Siam, for dur
ing that period all the evil spirits Of
the kingdom are supposed TO walk
abroad. while good angels are under
a cloud and dare not show them.
selves, since during this season the
earth is WHO'LL. given up to the do.
minion of demons. All the business
Of the year must be closed up before
the beginning Of the third day frOm
the end, and, during this dtcad
time, when every city and habitation
is beleagued by myrjads OF evil spirits,
no Siamese dare venture forth
Around the Kings palace seventy
sc even priests weave II network Of /, goo
balls of thread, each ha,ing seven
tiDres, and an inceSSant cannOnadinc
is kept up in the capital for the puI-
pose Of driving away the demons. or,
at least, of rendering them cautious
ID their attacks on the royal palace.
But the cannOnading is not wholly
depended on, for in front of every
dwelling is placed a platter contain
ing a p>rtion of pigs head and q lit
tie rice, in order that the demons
may be fed and 5 appeased. These
gloomy approximations give way on
the first day of tn" new year to wild
rejOicingS, for then the DANCE; is past
for another year.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-03-01
the sacred writings in other parts OF

the sacred writings in other parts or
the wall. There is profound belief
and devotion in their attitudes, gcs-
lures, and accents. a belief as supe-
riOr to the idOlatrous SUPERSTITION OF
the far East as it is beyond the on
yictiOn Of the ordinary Christian in
simplicity and sincerity.
1t is indeed impossible to spend
much time among Mussulmans with
out acquiring the certainty that they
are profoundly in earnest in religious
matters, and that the unfurling Of
the standard of the prophet which is
occasionally limited at as a vague pos.
sibility would BE productive Of re-
suits not dreamed of in the philos-
ophy of Europe. -~Scribner's Maya
zine.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-03-01
Women in Barbers' Chairs.

Everybody knows how silly and n
dignilied a man looks in a BARRIERS
chair, with a long white apron con-
cealing all his personality except his
head and lathercd face. Very few
men will consent to be shaved In
public-that is, where any n but
the barber and other men covered
with aprons and lather can see them.
Only a few shops on lower Third
avenue do business in full view of
paSSerS-bY.
twice as foolish as a man in the same
~predicament, and it is probably for
this reason that a hairdressing shop
just around the corner from Tammany
Hall has a crowd in front Of its doors
most of tn time. There are no cur
tainS and no screens, and it affords
the crowd much amusement to see
the hairdresser and his assistants
working away at the blond and bru-
nette heads Of the women who sit in
the chairs inside and have their bangs
cut and their locks trimmed from s
o'clock in the morning till O'Clock at
night.
Most of the business is done in the
early evening. The customers that
frequent this particular shop do not
rise very early in the cay and are
particularly wide awake at night.
Fifteen cents is the price for cutting
and trimming bangs, and the shop
does a rushing business and clears a
good profit even at this low rate.
But the young women in the bari eTs
chairs look very funny from the
street. Only a head shows above the
eXpanse of flowing white apron, and
a a who halts in front Of the door
to look always feels ashamed Of HIM
self for spying on the mysteries Of a
wOman'S toilet. Lots Of men stop to
see the performance, however, and
the ONE 10 the chairs don't seem
to mind it-NeW York World.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-03-01
The Vanishing Moose.

A deer when started by a hunter or
driven by hounds usually returns in a
few days to the same hill or noun.
tain-Siue where he was first found;
but a moose, when once thoroughly
alarmed, will start on a long swing.
ing walk, and, taking with him his
entire family, leave for good. IL is
one of the greatest ditficulties-and
there are many-in still hunting this
animal, to avoid getting him under
way, for then the hunter may
as we'll break camp and try other
fields, since not a moose will bc found
with n miles. They scent a moccasin
track or the smoke If a fire at an in
credible distance. A fresh trail may
be found one day, and arrangements
made to follow it at daybreak on the
morrow. During the night the
moose returning TO his old hauntS,
detects the danger-signs, and all the
hunters find in the morning Is a Trail
six or eight hours old leading LOT
parts unknown in an almost perfectly
straight line. The moose Is at that
moment, perhaps, twenty miles on
and still going.
Although moose cannot be driven
to water by hounds like a deer, nut
will turn sava.ely t. bay, still they
will not remain in a locality iwhere
dogs are running: 10 that when tne
white hunters became numerous IN
the North Woods, and especially
when they introduced lMundlng, tne
moose simply left the country, anu
passed either eastward to Maine or
n0ythward to Canada.
II is a well-authenticated but llttle-
known fact that they practically lelt
in one season. They were numerous
in the Adirondacks, especially IN
browns Tract.-a large district IN
wbal is now the southwestern
mart of the wilderness uatil the
period between 1850 and 1888 proo'
ably near the latter year, when they
suddenly disappeared. Before TINS
several had been killed yearly. scat
tered ones were shot later, but 1895
marked their exit from the annals OF
New York game. Years later, lou
or five we. e brought back to Saranac,
hnt would not ay.-Century.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-03-01
Turkeys Form dablc Guns.

In l41S, Mahomet H., in %prosecut-
ing the siege Of Scutari, in Albani, en-
pl0yed fourteen heavy bOmbards, the
lightest of which threw a stone shot
three hundred and seventy pounds
weight, two sent shots Of five hun
dr2d and fifty pounds, two eight hun.
dred and fifty pounds, One of twelve
hundred pounds, five fifteen hundred.
and one of the enormous weight of
sixteen hundred and forty pounds,
enormous even in these days, for the
only guns whose shots exceed the
heaviest Of these are our eighty ton
guns, throwing a seventeen hundred
pound prOjectile, our hundred ton,
throwing n of two thousand pounds,
and the hundred-and-ten ton, throw.
ing an eighteen-hundred- pound shot
with a high velocity.
The stone shot Of Mahomet's guns
varied between twenty and thirty
two inches in diameter, about the
height of a dining-table-two thou
sand five hundred and thirty-fOur. of
them fred on this occasion weighing,
according to a calculation of Gen.
Lefroy'S, about q thousand tons
and were cut out of the solid rock on
the spot.
Assuming twenty-four inches as
the average diameter Of the shot
fired at the siege, the total area of
the surface dressed was nearly thirty
two thousand square feet. At this
siege the weight of the powder fired
is estimated by Gen. LEROY to have
been two hundred and fifty tons.
AT the sieI Of Rhodes, in 1880, Ma
homet caused sixteen basilisks or
double cannon. to be cast on the
spot, throw ng balls two or three
feet in diameter.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-03-01
err HE CAN'T TALK.

lo,.c from a livery stable;
NI +al n lot of things, II | were sAei
en-. soft Sent enlDer night
no. ti.rrv fouui supreme delight
''". ;,r me to Thonpsons faf1i.
ib ',' ,roiD. I'll but n ann,
~ ..'"",0 I0nn Henry. when alone,
AfD''7, - ,lriye With more titan oIfl.
t., he moon with yellowli ght.
A." ,,.i.,u edges on the night,
I,N b,e mi gildy Hiram Brown
uHt, IRVING Just outside the town,
Nm ,tr, A bridge. beyond a knoll,
~ ~ ,,, he crossed. unless a toll
o9.i" laid 10 him: though there was none
,'uirnlI drove across aione.
.,a. chen the sweet June roses bloonled,
IN al the darkness was
Nj sentimental Fairfax White
uould hire ne :NerS other n'Snt'
,,.DYnugh tr- :ales o uilNtns s'om'
"a ."a,,wl.le murmuring sort ana low;
:, ~ IA lnever could exactly see
~. "I.i,faN didn't talk to me.
..r ri,ne. across the snow
o WIN. St,rliu, bells I've had to co.;
VI" .ia rrh ia null tie sleigh with ease
NV y, IN low I'd nearly freeze.
' ~. N any kind OF storm
il 'uo,rv plack kept nice and warm
r.n+ one night he was alone
~, why - me was never known;
.o,v he ran me out of breath,
.i Uour1 nelrlv froze TO death.
a.. old morse from u livery stablej
"a I'll i. In Of things. il | were able.
cootl t'l'
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-03-01
A CIinching Argument.

At a certain clearinghouse the
other evening IA discussion arose be-
tween a clerk and a young lady as to
the injustice of paying a woman less
money than a man tor the same
work. There is no reason" con-
tinued the young lady, "why a girl
should not be entitled to the same
pay as a IAN"
you forget" responded the clerk,
THAT we men spend a great deal
nor money than you girls. VIII il
it wasn't that you put so much money
in your wardrobes you would have
more than you would know what to
do with" The argument up to this
time had been confined to the two
principals, the others present taking
no part, enjoying the co ltroyersy.
At this point a great big fellow who
had been sitting listening broke in:
"YOu car say what you will about
girls putting all their money on the
outside; but if men wouldn't put so
much inside they would be consider
ably better of, though saloon-keep-
ers might suffer. Pittsburgh Dis
patch.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-03-01
The DeVOut Mussulman.

The Yeni Jami is n of the beau
tiful mosques of StamLOul. fire.
uuented at all hours by a motley
crowd of worshippers Leave behind
you the glare, the hurry. and the
rush of the thronged street. thrust
your feet into the W de slippers at
the door, and enter the beautiful
building at the hour of PRAYER. The
contrast is sudden, solemn, and
grand, and something Of the deep
mystery Of Oriental life is all at once
made clear to you.
10 the cool shadows Mussulmans
of all ages are %prostrating themselves
before the Mihrab-the small shrine
which in every mosque shows the
exact direction of Mecca-Or before
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-03-01

Train comm up ana what would ho
left after that wreck would he hloven
10 klngdom Come when the dvna.
mite arrived. In a case of that kind
a mans got to think and act mighty
prompt, and it didn't take nc long 10
form a plan. | had IA good half milo
lead then and steadily gainin'. and
II l had wanted to could have had
tline to stop, crawl behind "A rock IN
on the hill side and see the big.
gest display of fireworks ever known
when the dynamite knocked the en-
CINE into smitherecns.
But | coniured uDa better scheme
IMAM That IN less time than it takes
to tell. About three miles further
down was an abandoned coal mine,
with a siding connecting with the
up track. If / could reach it lin time
TO throw the iswitch the runaways
could he turned of aud do little dam
age beyond destroying themselves.
On the other hand, il the night ex-
press should be near, and | knew she
vas about due, the consequences
would be horrible if | failed. Bad
predlcament, wasn't il? But. as |
said, in such cases a man, got to de-
eide quick, and | made up my mind
to risk it.
Il RULED the throttle wide OPEN
n fastened the whistle rope so as to
keep up a steady BLOWN. Great Mo-
seS how we spun down that grade,
All the time the lamps on the run
Always were twinkl n in plain sight,
n knew the cars must be comm
a-whizzin'. I'VE passed a train goin'
down on the other track, and, al
though it was maxim pretty fair
speed itself, the engineer told me
afterwards that l 81 d past him like
as if the devil was chasin' me, an1
when Il minute OF so later, the cIrs
came along like a comet he thought
l was a gOner Sare
"Well, l reached the sidin', and by
usin' sand, and reversln' got my en-
CINE stopped. when l jumped for the
switch. 1t was rusty and bent, but
fortunately not locked. / gave it a
terrific jerk, got it turned and then
run as hard as my legs would carry
me. was too busy gettin' .out Of
the way to watch for the cars, but l
heard 'em comm. and l remember
thinkin' that if they jumped the
switch and kept on down the main
tack it wouldn't be my fault.
Then there was a crash and d
shock which seemed to come out of
the sky. l was Knocked head over
heels b; the conclusion Of the air,
and when | crawled upon my feet it
was rainin' pig. Fact The sky was
full OF ready-made sausage meat. A
car Of hogs had broke loose with the
dynamite, and, of course, went up
when it exploded. Spare ribs and
pork chops fell all over Cambria
County that night, and a farmer
livin' near the railroad got three
whole hogs out Of the tops of pine
trees next day. / was SO Weak l
could hardly reach my engine, but /
managed to get her s~ide-tracked and
out Of the way just as the express
came along"
How did the company reward
you, Fete?:" asked Billy. as the en-.
gineer knocked the ashes out of his
pipe.
Laid me off a month for leavin'
the train without nOtifyin' the con-
ductor. IN. Y. Sunday World.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-03-01
SAVED FROM DROWNING.
How IA Mere Boy Rescued His t"Uhl"r
tsrOt her.

trOtbcr.
A physician owning a cOunt,y-sedt
in New England, where his family
we're accustomed to spend the sum
mel months, taught his boys to swim
as soon as they were out Of the nurs-
cry. His farm bOIdered upon a lake.
where the greater part Of the bOys'
time was taken up with boating, fish
ing, and swimming. One was " ana
the other was Il years old, and they
were expected to take care Of them-
selves.
One day the younger child was
seized by a cramp while he was IN the
water, and after screaming for help
sank mi of sight. The brother swan
out boldly and got an arm under him
before the third downward plunge.
The youngster "a unconscious and
helpless, but the older M cOntri ed
TO keep him atloat with n arm while
striking out with the other for the
shore. He drew the | title fellow 0Qt
Of the water, white, mOtiODiess. and
apparently dead.
The rescuer had heard his father
VIZ libSu iS lOi CE7'D
tating persons taken from the water
when nearly drowned. He could not
remember it in detail, but he was i'm
pressed with the necessity Of prompt
action.
He did not attempt to
help from the house, which was q
long way of. Placing the boy On
the face with his wrist under the
forehead, he paused a moment and
then turned the body on the eide.
This crude attempt to restore
times, until he was delighted to tinC
the lips moving and the eyes opening.
The young physician had not made d
strictly scientific application OF the
rules for artificial respiration. but the
little fellows breath Was restored.
Then two additional rules meh-
toned by the father were remembered.
The body was briskly rubbed, and
then bundled up with the jackets ard
dry clothes which were on the bank.
With these measures for restoring
circulation recovery was well-niPh
complete. Then taking the child on
his back the rescuer started for the
mouse, where the mother received
them with open arms and an anxious
face.
The patient was put to bed ana the
father summoned from town, but
precautionary measures were hardly
necessary. The 9-year-oId physician
had done his work so successfully that
scarcely more than a sleeping draurht
was required for the night.
The father vas proud Of the hoy,
ana he had a right to be.
Il could not have done bette, my
self" he said to the lai. "HOu must
be a doctor when you grow up In
Iced, you are n already"
Every manly boy who has tbs op-
p%Ortunity learns to swim as a matter
of course. But there are few men .;
boys who have their wits about thein.
and know what to do in IN emergency
when a drowning person is to NE re-
susc tated.
Sometimes a brave rescuei, after
risking his life, Is ba!iied on shore by
his own ignorance in dealing with
his helpless burden. 1t is an art that
is readily acquired. YOUTHS 'oD1-
paniOn.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-03-01

Ii all officials realized the ilupcrr.
ance OF public trusts us did the boy in
the following anccdOte, VIC should
never hear Of deserted posts.
rs the train stopped at u small
town in Virginia, the mailbag was
thrown to a negro boy OF perhaps 1T
teen years, who started of at d brisk
run to the %pOstoifice. But Il larger
boy. turning Il corner, suddenly ran
into the mail carrier and overturned
him. AS soon as ne recovered him
self. he turned upon the aggressOr.
Look a-heaht" he exclaimed.
You waits to e keerful Of dis chile,
When you knocks Inc down, you jars
lie whole gOv'ment of the United
States. l carries de MALE
THERE $ really no gambling going
IN in Chicago except That which ia
in progress in the gambling house
elsewhere.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-03-01

Folsom, Strt'ets'|
t were passlnG|
rect in Folsom
Inc wheel weW
| throwing INC
Investigation de-
at the Ihine'0
lining drifts De-
the railroads
tire part of thls
AiCllQtbS
streets. 1t mas
t Il large body u
vel lay benealaa
~ the RailIoaa
Ould not lerlli''
iderable excite
n~possible to SOY
workings
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-03-01
MEMORY.

True ap, /,
ugh.
Of the ]torset
I Il Scottttl
of his at thu,
81 the man /
me $40, will
home.'
|lm the money!
expression oo
I he would rsI
P case it slipped
and one dayI
'ferred to tbs
fptly paid b
ghts later N
| Mr. Scott and
W. Mr.. scot..I
speak of, baa
| OF me a l1ittle
Ind if you cad
ned Mr.. Scott,I
rdon me. Mn
me false I'd
$40 from hill
to Mr.. nron{
b. a week later,I
pv-r in a bowl
| Mr.. Rronsond
a few general
ow, l know you'd
'ut really yoI
iul about you'd
,ere's $40 yod
out a month
that Queried
lied. |
ng OF it now Il
r. Bronsone.
tt, ii suppose
nlOry Of mine
bird SO.
ward, a mutual
p to Mr.. Scotd
h club, and
". Scott, yod
that $40 you'd
, for speaking
Re were talking
yon and YOU'D
,nsone told nd
in this littld
Now
| II am almoJ
e, I'll 90 Owed
that he hast
p in which wa}
hat $l0:'' Scott
looked at each
This was tod
could not stand
(wO 81 bills to
n his hand, and
|cket $50 mtre,I
and grayelv
aStonished Mr..
ou." he said.
Lad a bet about
memory. | bel
)uld pay me thai
mink each time
N---is giving
Scott. l think
kt''-BaLar,
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-03-01

etter known as
arpaulin Man. \
I New Orleans
the faculty OIL
open" ''>am1
ans about forty
llor before thel
as on discharged
on the pier. ana|
goods could III
riously damaGed|
lis opportunity
obtained his dls1
}, and with hls|
of second HAND
n be set to work.
had a stock oI|
nd, which le|
who used them
nd or outward
wharveS !
d., and '''>am
brty years, ac'|
fortune of S4oo,'I
will go to ny
OF which couh.
No mention OF.
IS or be uests Oh
: found in Dis
y a %shipmastef
Orleans within
who has not hau
Brook" an ap'
the use of hl'
ns---New Nofs
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-03-01

LIGHT housekeeping means keep.
ing house in place where everything
is unhandy.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-03-01

WE believe that an Italian VINO
sbnnjd start out with a nOiseless hand
oryan would make money.
The Press., 1894-03-08
Hats I'm inc House of Commons,

The first thing that strikes the visitor to the house of commons is that-here also it is exceptional among the legis- latures of the world-the house of com mons permits it's members to retain their hats during the sitting. Indeed it is the rule to wear and the exception not to wear the hat. MT. Gladstone never wears his hat-there have been exceptions, to one of which will allude presently-nor did MT. Smith, the late respected leader in the house of con- mons on the Conservative side, nor did Disraeli, nor does MT. Balfour, nor Sir Charles Russell.
 A member, however, can keep his hat on only when he is in his seat. If he rises to speak. he of course takes off his hat. If he rises to leave his seat and go out of the house, he has to take off his hat. So long as he remains standing in any part of the house he has to keep off his hat. There are some of the older members who, even when they lean over their seats to converse with member on the bench in front of them, take off their hats. And it is usual too, when a member interjects an ob- servation across the floor to take it off. It was the invariable custom when member was referred to that he should raise his hat, but this rule is falling into desuetude. -Harper's Mag aZine
The Press., 1894-03-08
The Life History of CoraIs

The life history of corals is sufficiently remarkable in it's sober facts. Like other animals, they produce eggs, from which free swimming young are hatched. But they have two other methods of propa- gation-namely, gemmation and fssi- parity. Between animals and plants in general there is no distinction which makes itself more prominent and ob- trusive than the free individual life of the one and the fixed colonial life of the other. By genlmation, the successive putting forth of buds, an industrious vegetable, starting with a seed of insig nihcant size, may build massive struc ture, sometimes 400 feet ill height, the resultant of individuals almost innumer- able, belonging to hundreds or thousands of generations, all of them the living members of @ single family, successively sacrificing their individuality topromote the common good and to share it.
 This procedure ill plant life is illus trated by an endless diversity of exam pies, great and small. Whatever excep- tions there may be, this, to the ordinary observer, is the customary, the common place, the distinctive habit in the vege- table kingdom. Thus it came to pass that men did not believe their own eyes when they met with animals behaving in way that seemed to be the patent right of vegetables. The isolated sea anemone was we'll understood, but crea- lures of precisely similar structure, which took to sprouting out of stems and branches, had to be incontinently handed over to the botanist.-Edinburg Review.