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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-26

its predecessors it vanished before
any great number of people had an
opportunity to test it and say swear
words at the originator. 1t was all
thought out in the Maine woods. In
that country babies and diaries are
unmistakable signs OF thrift and +.
Whitman couldn't understand why
the cradle and churn should not be
more closely affiliated, so he combined
the two. 1t might have worked all
right and the hand that rocked the
cradle in addition to ruling the
world could, at the same time, have
carried on the more vulgar Occupa-
ton of making nice prints OF yellow
butter for the huckSter, only the
cream was never ready to churn when
the baby cried, and when the dasher
was fitted in and everything ready in
the manufacturing department the
baby was invariably asleep or on its
good behavior. This is the little
point that E. Whitman failed to con.
slider, so he buried his regrets and
went back to the plow, leaving a
clear field.
AS a usual thing when inventors
find a clear field they tax their TWEEN
ty-candle power ideas to covering the
entire ground, so as to leave nothing
for the mar in their wake but law
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-26

similar experience with his baby ten
der. 1t was a Neutrality-suspicious.
looking affair that worked with a
treadle and might have been con-
structed from the remains o. a d.
lapidated feed cutter, for all the
beauty and symmetry it combined,
but he got a patent on it. Any self
respecting infant would raise the
whole neighborhood if such a thing
were wheeled into his presence, says
the Chicago Tribune, and the irate
father would probably hunt for the
inventor with a large double-barreled
gun, sc it is just as we'll, or better,
for Brown No. 2 that the demand for
his tender was exceedingly limited.
Along about this time the paragon
of the whole lot was born. but like
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-26

and the invention a decided success.
II ne could mechanically produce the
motion of a mothers knee when She
is "trotting" her offspring. But it
wasn't. Although fitted out like a
modern hobby and painted in gor-
geous colors it couldn't sing a lullaby
or recite Mother Goose, and where is
the pleasure of being bounced UP and
down If these are to be left out?:
Baby just looked at it and then cried.
and this was the commencement of a
boycott which made Caldwell's ven
ture Improbable.
P. H.. Hurd, out of the two or three
hundred who were at that time regu-
larly producing something that was
OF no account, got clear off the track
when he patented his whirligig,
which was supposed to teach the baby
to creep, and later to walk. There
was never any litigation in regard to
infringement of this patent; its life
was as short as that of a saud-fy.
and it didn't take the inventor much
Longer than that to find out that the
million dollars or SO which loomed up
on the horizon the day he made ap-
plication had taken wings.
}. 5. Brown, of Michigan. who, by
the way, is no relative of the Brown
of walker and cradle fame, had a
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-26
French ADecdOte.

NJ. de la Reynie, travelling one day
incOgnitO, met a man Of enormous
obesity at the inn where they change
the horses on the road to Paris. He
was a farmer, and he had with him
two letters of recommendation from
the Governor of his prOvince-One to
the Kings physician and the other to
a celebrated lawyer. When they ar
rived in Paris, La Reynie took the
man to his hotel, and assured him
that he was in a position to help him
in his quest. He at once led him to
a dungeon where there were a jug Of
water and a piece of bread suspended
by a string from the ceiling. Rage,
screams, and cries Of the despairing
prisoner were in vain. In the nat
ure of things, the man was presently
compelled to attempt to get the only
food he had, and after numerous
jumps and as many tumbles, he sue
ceeded at length in gaining posses
sion Of the bread. After two months
of this diet and these gymnastics,
La Reynie gave him his liberty. But
his protege, beside himself with rage
threatened to lodge a complaint with
the project of police. Nothing could
be more simple" said La KeyLie TO
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-26
Natures Laboratory.

The cream of tartar tree belongs
to the category Of plants yielding
ready made products. They are
members of the genus "Adansonia."
The height Of the tree is from forty
to seventy feet, while the top is over
one hundred and eighty feet r
A Venetian who has left us the most
ancient description Of the tree, tells
US that in 1854 he found one at the
mouth of the Senegal with a circum-
ference Of one hundred and twelve
feet. The tree is very disproportion-
ate, as may be gathered from the fact
that GregOry-after whom the Aus
tralian species is named-saw n
e%ighty-1ve feet in circumference at a
height of two feet from the ground.
The acid is found in the farinacious
pulp surrounding the seed, and has
at all times been highly esteemed by
travellers, who mix it with a little
water in order to make a refreshing
beverage. The bark Of the tree con-
tains a remarkably strong fiber which
in some parts is made into ropes, in
others woven into cloth. A bitter
principle, to which the name Of
"Adansonin" has been given, is eX-
tracted from the bark. 1t appears in
fine white needles of a smell similar
to that of aloes or g%entian, and is ex-
tremeiy bitter in taste. 1t is inter-
esting from the fact that it is the
only product known up to the pres
ent that has an antagoniStic action
to the Strophanthus arrOw-poisOn, a
a deadly poisonous seed used by the
natives on the west and east coasts
of Africa, to insure their arrows in
tiicting a fatal wound.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-26

him; "you are at this very moment
before him. But let us think a mo-
ment. You came to Paris to cure
your obesity. You now stand before
me as thin and slender as a young
man. What have you, therefore, to
gain? Besides that, here are docu-
ments to show that you have won
the lawsuit you came about and
which you told me on the journey
you were so anxious to win" Amazed
and stupetied, and with his breath
taken away, the poor man was only
able to stammer: "Oh. mOnseigneur!"
"Depart," said La Reynie to him:
return to the country and propagate
my treatment for obesity"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-26

distance in front of the mirror, and
has at its outer end a ring to receive
a branch line, the upper end of
which is fast to the main line. A
hook is made fast to the end of the
branch line, 80 as to come about Op-
pOSite the center of the mirror.
In using the apparatus a bait is
put on the hook and let down in the
water with the mirror, which acts as
a sinker, until its lower edges touch
the bottom.
In this position the fish, when ap-
preaching the bait, will see the re-
Election of himself in the mirror. He
will imagine another hungry fish
after the same bait, and will be made
holder by the supposed companion
ship and more eager to take the bait
before his competitor seizes tat
least this is the theory of the in
ventor. The fish will lose his eau
tion and take the bait with a reck-
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-26

["lner constructed a more elab-
aAalr, boX-shaped and fitted
roughly fashioned rockers. and
,"e trough was relegated to its
service Of holding the sweet
nUW the sugar tree. At this
.Ne inventor got a firm hold on
"a ana 1t was no time at all
mere were enough articles in
1"e 10 make two generations of
; miserable.
Brown, of New York, got an
var with his combined cradle
"a'NeT' He abandoned the old
Heu rocker and made his little
ne work with a spring so it
20 up and down with the mo-
"nu noise too, perhaps, OF a
'iV 1t was only necessary to
10y with wheels to make a
Jay or 1t, not as good a one or
~ mandy as the ordinary chair,
save The inventor the chance
I,m d dual virtue for his patent,
s'ie essential in addition to an
Tart Mr.. Brown never tried
ana II he ever had any more
one TINS same line he trained
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-26
The Wonderful Gulf Stream,

People who visit the east coast of
Florida. and especially the Indian
River and the Lake Worth region,
often wonder why the climate of that
section is so delightful at all times
of the year and so different in al
most every particular from what n
would expect in those ATTITUDES. The
explanation is simple enough. The
difference between northern and
seinitropical Flo ida. apart from the
latitudinal distance, is due to the
elevation of the former and the dis
lance from it of the Gulf stream.
The waters of the Gulf of Mexico
temper The immediate coast line.
Their effect does not extend far in
land. The stream is pressed close to
the east coast shore along Dade Coun-
ty by the Bahama banks. Atlantic
steamships southwark bound, to
avoid the force OF the current, stand
in so near the shore that they can at
some points be hailed from land.
The Gulf stream is an old story, but
it is a great fact. This vast, deep
blue ocean river, a thousand times
the volume of the Mississippi, is
thirty miles wide, 1000 feet deep,
and has a velocity of five miles an
hour the year round. The tempera-
ture of the stream is eighty-fou de-
grees, or nine degrees higher than
the waters of the ocean through
which it flows. The trade winds
blowing nine-tenths of the time, win
ter and summer from the eastward,
bear the stratum Of warm air formed
by the Gulf stream westward across
the land. This is why the east coast
is milder and more equable than the
west coast in the same latitude.
With the Gulf stream are found three
other eQualizing agencies-the trade
winds, the Everglades, with a water
surface preventing a land breeze,
and the zone of high barometric press
ure. The midsummer heat, that
might otherwise be ninety-tive de-
grees, is reduced to something like
lightweight degrees. The midwin-
ter chill, which might get down to
thirty degrees, is warmed up to some
thing like forty degrees.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-26
CuriOuS Marriage Statistics,

Some curious marriage statistics Of
England and Wales have recently
been made public. Taking all per-
sons above Is years of age, there are
SIG, 1863 unmarried males, 1851, 54S
married males and 4S4, 900 widOwers,
against s, 90S, 665 unmarried females,
1916, $40 married females, and l, l24,-
$40 widows. English scientists have
these rather puzzling questions to
answer: Why does the number Of
widows so greatly exceed that of the
the widowers? And again, how can
there be 1915, $40 married females
and only 4, 1851, 548 married males, I'M
less some 100, 900 or so persons have
been guilty of bigamy?
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-26
FISH WITH A MIRROR
AN APPARATUS FOR POOLING
THE FlNNY TRIBE.
The Invention Alleges that by the Sight of
Their Own Reflections the Gullible Fish
Will Fall Over Each Other in a Scramble
After the Bait.
Perhaps 1t Won't Work.

There are many devices for ensnar-
ing the gullible fish. William r.
Lamb Of East Greenwich, r. l., has
invented and patented a new one.
The principle of Mr.. Lambs inven-
tiOn is to cause the fish to see himself
in a mirror behind the bait. where
upon, imagining that the bait is to
be snapped up by another fish, hast
ems to secure it himself, and the hook
at the same time. At present there
is no testimony as to the value of Mr..
Lambs invention in practice.
The invention, according to the
letters patent, comprises a mirror
preferably of a circular or oval form,
attached to a 1sh.line by means Of a
ring fast to the frame of the mirror.
A horizontal arm extends a short
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-26

hon The infant as a substitute for a
Sother's arms, has prejudiced him
kainst the man with an idea to eX-
bange for an annuity, and he wants
bne of him or his. A baby wants
} patent nurse, even if it may have
lit pillows. tiimsy canopy and music
by attachment. For him the good,
d-fashioned way is best, and when
he Of the crazy combinations is tried
him it is no wonder he kicks the
i with a pair Of chubby little feet
ID wells the roof off the house.
mpers, walkers. tenders, creepers,
bdles, and several too complicated
belong to any special class are just
Few Of those things which have
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-26
A New Trade.

There is at Paris a regular guild of
trade.union mireurs d'9ufs-Anglice,
examiner of eggs"-who earn their
livelihood by giving opinions in the
various markets of the metropolis as
to whether the eggs offered for sale
are either good or bad. And although
they are necessarily limited to a mere
outward inspection Of the egg, they
never make an error, or mistate a
stale for a fresh one.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-26
h Is DISTRESSING.

If hOsiers know what they are
about. the feet Of American women
are larger than they once were.
Three dozen pairs Of women's hose
used to be assorted as TO sizes In this
fashion: Six pairs No. 8; six, No. 81;
twelve. No. 0; six, No. %; six, No.
10. The No. 8's have now disap-
peared from among wOman's sizes,
and the number Of larger sizes in
three dozen pairs OF hose has in
creased.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-26

lessness that greatly increases tho
chances Of his being caught on the
hook.
The reflection of light from the
mirror in the water will have, I'M
some degree, the effect that the light
torch has in some well-known kinds
of fishing, of attracting fish to the
bait, and the light reflected by the
mirror upon the bait will make it.
mOr conspicuous.
The mirror may be made in two
parts and secured together at an
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-26

angle, the n to the other, so as to
have the effect of making two or
more reflections of the same fish, and
it may be made double, so as to reflect
on two sides. 1t may also be made
in the form of a triangle or square,
with a mirror on each side and an
arm with the hook and bait before
each rejecting surface, and In the
form of a cross, which would produce
a multiplicity of reflections.
All this is the allegation Of the in
VentOr.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-26
lbined to make the bahy's life a

Nblned to make the bahy'S life a
( trial.
The trSt American production,
ply the genesis Of the cradle, was
Per patented. though it was used
|en>lvely in some portions Of the
Pntry. This was the sugar trough,
pc and used at a time when the
pay father was literally hewing a
hc ont Of the forest. ~ length of
maple tree, split in the center,
pped Of its bark and followed out
pat was all there was to it, but,
Pc as it was, it served the purpose
allowed the mother to attend to
er duties in this busy time of
le'lnaking. In spare moments,
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-26
Match Making.

A single match requires from 1900
to l-lOO of a grain of phosphorus for
its production, yet the consumption
of matches is so large that it is esti-
mated that the total Of 1900 tons is
less than the amount consumed in
Europe in their manufacture.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-26

household would put ur with it. But,
like E. Whitman, he overlooked one
important feature. The walker
should have been adjustable for the
use of the father until the baby was
large enough to push it around and
break all the bric-a brac in the house.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-26

.nem INTO another channel before
tney reached the patent stage.
D. u. Caldwell, of somewhere in
massachusetts,, came off second hest.
win his jumper. He had an idea
mat the happiness of the average
young American would be comnlete
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-26

From the baby's point OF view the
,rentor is a mighty mean man and
pnvthing but a benefactor to the hu.
e,nr race. The numerous double.
tock-action. spring-lOck contrivances
Filled up in the dingy corners of the
patent ONCE, every mt of which it
,as intended should be palmed of
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-26
YELLAT THEM
RIDICULOUS INVENTIONS
FOR THEIR COMFORT.

,;,ed Cradle and Walker That
,,.rLed with "a Spring-A Ga,,dy Jumper
,..;c,ed TO Initiate Trotting on Moth
40 -Whirligig Creeper.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-26

Built at a cost of 81, 100000, exclusive of armament Every bit Of
material used in hr i of American manufacture. Her principal dimen-
sions are: Length, 300 feet; extreme width, ~ feet: main draught, 10
feet; displacement :, 1873 tons The engines re of the vertical triple e-
pansiOn type, indicating 1000 horse power, which will develop a speed Of
nineteen knots per hour. Her armament consists of one 6inch breech-
loading rifle and ten 5-inch breech- Oading rifles in the main battery.
The secondary battery consists of six machine guns and six torpedo tubes.
The torpedOes used will be of American manufacture.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-26

faining tive,
| white, and
candle ~incan.
(mps are con.
gable to the
Pn OF which
ply placed in
F By means
Two different
can be made.
'cial code Of
ectric motors
as been quite
few years.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-26

suits. j. Erickson was one OF tnese.
He invented a baby-walker with a
barrel-stave crib combination war
ranted to take all care and worry
from a mothers mind-that is, pro-
vidine the little monarch OF the
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-26

! ingenuity
q a century
from the il
med into a
tories. each
! lighted by
bic of con-
with ease.
or Z
Of which
of natural
ed of thick
abe birds
ny.
has been
tering the
hes. The
,clined at
he axis Of
here will
1.-THE fash
the posi-
plate it is
stance oS
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-26
|OME E..

RatibOr-Room
= Branches.
Dor, province
he left bank
nds a maple
full combina"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-26

h the electric
any other il
d cleanliness
on v~entilat-
ms, steering,
D machinery.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-10-13
Darlington.

The regular monthly meeting OF the
Rural Improvement Association was held
at the Town Clerks Office on Friday even
ing. The attendance was unusually In rye
and large amount OF business was trans
acted.
Hon. George t. Baker, chairman OF the
drainage committee, reported the work in
progress and nearly completed. The COM
mittee on cemetery Improvement made
It's report and was continued.
Rozal ID. Horton chairman OF committee
on Memorial Stone Plat, reported that the
committee had had the plat photographed
and would present il with all of the
stones numbered and marked at the next
meeting.
Mr.. Nathan J. Smith was added to the
committee on Improvement OF poles on
the highway and the committee was au-
thoriZed TO see about resetting the poles,
that are either public distractions or are
unnecessarily prominent.
Mr.. Robert Fessenden, chairman of the
committee on Bay Drive, presented a sur
veyor's plat OF land between Rrumstick
and Nayatt and explained the position of
the proposed new road. The committee
was continued with instruction to see all
of the abuttors and report definite plan
at the next meeting.
Mr.. George l.. Smith, chairman of COM
mittee on town plat, presented the ur-
gency OF the need and his remarks were
seconded by Messrs. o. III. Il. Cleland,
George Il. Baker, Rozal ID. Horton, Will
lam X. Martin, Robert Fessenden and
Irving NJ. Smith. The committee We're
authorized to put the motion before the
town for action at the coming town meet
ing. Mr.. Henry Welch and Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Lewis were admitted to member
shin.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-10-13

Thewriter had heard of stamp plates,
but had never seen any before yester-
day. There wero six ON exhibition at
.he fair--white porcelain plates, with
scalloped, lacelise edges. Stamps had
heen dissccted and applied TO these in
all sorts Of ingenious devices. Some
times the heads Of 3 cent stamps were
placed in n circle around the center,
with little tlourishes between made of
the numbers. while the bordering Of tho
stamps made spraylike decorations.
Stamps of all denominations were used
and of all oolors, but so cleverly were
they managed that considerable oxami-
nation was necessary 20 recognize e.,
component parts OF the familiar stamps.
These plates must be a great deal OF
work to do, and they look rs if water
would ruin them, but they are ingenious
and pretty. Worcester spy.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-10-13
EAST PROVIDENCE.

Yesterday afternoon meeting was held
for the purpose OF postponing the lyceum
until after Christmas, the reason being
small attendance.
This morning Reischs Ross alias John
Roeaged, who resides on Water street,
was srraigned before Judge Bliss in the
district court for voluntarily, maliciously
aud purposely biting of part OF the ear
OF Peter Carr on last Wednesday night
when partly drunk. He pleaded guilty
and was bound over TO the grand jury and
was required TO furnish 5000 bonds. lie
said b was drunk last Wednesday and
got into quarrel with Peter Carr, at
tscking him and throwing him to
the floor Bit his ear.
Rev. George w. Rigle, pastor OF the
Second Baptist Church, has gone to Suf-
field, Conn, on account OF Ill health. The
pulpit will be supplied tomorrow by Rev.
II. l.. Tompson.
Miss Thomas OF Medford, Mass, is visit
ing Francis Butts on Broadway.
A number Of complaints have been
made to Chief Of Police Adams about fruit
stealing.
Mr.. Charles Adams died this morning
after a lingering illness OF Il years Of
rheumatism.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-10-13

In a scarce copy of tho "Maase Tobia,"
an ancient Hebrow work which was repub-
Iisbed at Venice in 1705, there Is an inter
estipg description of the vegetable
lamb.n or .animal vine" OF Tartary.
The following Is the account phraseology
changed SO as 20 make it more intelligiblo
than it Is i'm the work from which IL Is
taken
''Tho people OF Great Taftary, In the
province called Sambutala, are enriched 10y
means of soeds, like the seeds"of gourds,
only shorter I'm size, which grow into
yinelike vegetable and finally blossom
into an animal called borametz, because
it resembles a lamb in all its limbs from
head To foot. 1t is fastened 10 the vine 10y
the navel, and yet 1t is an animal, with
cloven hoofs and soft. woolly skin, but
without horns, but In place OF which the
hair grows long and mats apl intertwines
until at a distance it resembles horns ex-
actly. Ii only grows 10 the height of about
half "a cubit and Of something like twice
that lenpth. and, according TO those who
sneak of this wondrous thing, itssfcsh h2s
tho flavor of llsh and It's blood Is as sweet
as honey. 1t lives as long as there Is herb
age within reach OF the stem TO which 1t Ia
attached, and for some weeks longer, de-
riving "A scanty subsistence from the vine,
which, in some mysterious way, furnishes
substances which are taken up by the AMI
mails tissues, this last being supposed TO
impart the taste Of sweetness tofts blood.
After tho herbage In reach perishes or Is
deyoured by the curious creature, 1t fofth-
with lies down and is thereby kept alive
longer by tho vines nourishment than it
otherwise would be-"
Sir John Maundeyille's description OF
the vegetable lamb" is somewhat differ
ent from tho above He says: Whose
goeth TO Inde shall go thro kingdome
called Cadissen, aud thyrin groweth
manner OF fruytc like unto gourds, and
when 1t is ripe men cut 1t sender and
fynd thyrin "a beaste, as it were, of fleshe
and bone and bloud, like lyttle 'lambe
without wolfe, and men eat the beaste
and fruits also, and sure 81 seemeth very
strange. "--St Louis Republic.