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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-01

sword Of General St. Clair hangs
near by, and people interested in fire.
arms will find the most curious ex-
ample of the primitive repeating rife.
There are many other are and curl
Gus objects to be found scattered
about this room that have more or
less historical value. The furniture
will, however, command quite as
much attention. for it is wonderful
to see what beauty can be brought
from the pieces that look sorry and
unprOmising enough before the hand
Of the repairer begins to work the
restoration. Much of the wood is 200
years old and over. When the re-
pairer begins his work Of resuScita-
ton he goes ca%refully:oyer the wood
with a sharp steel scraper, removing
all the varniSh, stains of time and
scratches that deface the rich cary
lug (for almost every piece is orna-
mented). 1t is then sand-papered
and filled. Broken bits Of carving are
replaced with old mahogany, care
fully shaped to comply with the orig
inal design. After this it is polished
and vanished, retaining the rich
dark hue of age, and is quite good
and sound for service as it was a CEN
tury ago. The veneered mahogany
in panel work is very rich, and even
the solid carving takes a polish and
looks exceedingly well, and is singu-
larly free from the semblance Of new
ness that appears in more highly pol
iShed and modern furniture.
The long old sideboardS have been
very popular, particularly those with
side curved panels. carved pillars and
heavily carved top pieces. 1t is also
stated that four-post beds have been
very salable, as some Of these weigh
upward of 200 pounds, have posts
from seven to eleven feet high, heav-
lily carved, and are crowned with
canopieS. Old chairs are always in
demand and they are now quite
difficult to obtain. The greatest call
is for tables. These are seen in great
variety and are considered highly de-
sirable, as the legs and bases arc usu-
ally broad and free in their decorative
treatment ana are handsome center
pieces for modern furnished apart
ments. Bureaus, desks with the fas-
cinating nest of concealed drawers,
and carved front washstands are ap-
parently popular as individual pieces.
Many romances might be spun
about these curious old pieces that
once ornamented the chambers and
drawing-rooms of the Southern no.
bility. Famous men and women, dis
tinguished foreign visitors, and reign
ing beauties Of the day have in times
past lolled at ease In these chairs, re-
clined gracefully on these touches,
long ago. Then through a long sea-
son of disuse the old furniture lay in
darkened garrets, when the troubled
tides Of war swept back and forth
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-01
Things Quaint and Curious.


The art OF the Renaissance made a
great change In architecture and the
change was soon exemplifed In
furniture. Italy, under the Medicis.
began, in fact, to refurnish the
world. But restless fashion, which
changes with the seasons, accepts no
nermanent criterion even when 1t
comes to elegance and comfort.
Thus the beauty OF form and per
lection of detail noticeable in the
furniture OF the sixteenth century
retrograded in the seventeenth all
over Europe, when the framework
grew heavy and the carving coarse
and gross There was a revival OF
artistic industries in France under
the first empire, when it returned to
stiff c~lassicalism. Fortunately the
current tendency is to reproduce the
elegant, graceful styles OF Louis
XVI.
Returning to a practical phase as
it concerns us to-day. il one cares to
know the largest furniture. making
center on earth. it is we'll worth not
ing that Grand Rapids, Mich, is en-
titled to that honor; as for the larg.
est exclusive furniture store in the
world 1t is in the city of Chicago.
Chicago, however. is so new that one
never thinks Of it as a repository for
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-01

antiques, particularly as it pertains
20 furniture, yet in the t1Otsam and
jetsam Of the auction rooms one &C.
c~asiOnally finds a bit of curious fur
niture amid the cheap and tawdry
assortment and general dilapidation.
The expert searcher for the quaint,
the curious, and the artistic unique
is ever making his way about quiet
streets, studiOusly avoiding the thor
oughfares where the spirit of trade
throbs restlessly from dawn till dark;
where the great windows dazzle with
creations to captivate the eye of
fashion; where the rush and roar Of
the great city jars upon the soul.
With him the yesterdays and their
associations possess a more potent ap-
peal than their fevered speculatiOns
in the hopes and fears of the morrow.
Passing down Rush street, at the
southeast corner of Chicago avenue
may be observed a house whose win
dOws are flied with a medley Of
quaint ceramics, rare bronze Candida
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-01
ACTORS SWEAR BY HIM.

A San Francisco Angel Whose PocketbO0k
Is Always Open to the Needy Thesplan.
If you want to hear the name of
any man mentioned with enthusiasm
and reverence go among the actors
c~Ongregated on upper Broad way, New
York. some afternoon, says a writer
in the PittSburg Dispatch. Grant,
Oh, no. Cleveland? Not much.
Anybody you aver heard Of before?
Never a bit. It's John Matchmaker.
And who on earth is John Rade-
maker? you will wonder. Just ask
the first actor you meet.
"Why, Of course l know John Rade-
maker! He lives in Frisco, and is
the best man who ever drew BREATH"
But who is he and what does he do
and what has he done? That is what
you naturally want to know. Then
you'll find out from two or three men
at the same time that John Rade-
maker keeps a big saloon in San
Francisco and is an angel" When
an actor from the East gets stranded
in San Francisco, or indeed anywhere
on the Pacific coast, he goes straight
to John Rademaker. 1t appears that
John Rademaker has an elastic and
sympathetic a%uricular ~apDendage
that is always wide open to the rep
utabie men in the profession who get
stuck on the slippery slope. Those
who have never been stranded 2, 200
miles from home, with an idle sum-
mer ahead and no bank account, will
not be able to realize what such
friendship means. Imagine your
self in London without a friend
and without a cent, as some
Americans are always to be
found there, and you'll know
what the sensation is to the actor left
in Frisco at the close OF the season.
Then imagine a man like John Rade-
maker in the Strand to whom you go
and pour out your tale of woe, and
who pulls out his roll and says to
you:
well, old man, / don't know you;
but from what I've heard OF you, l
think you'll make this good when
you're ia better luck. I'll take my
chances on you, anyhow. I'll just
stake you for a trip home. Oh, that's
all right don't want any paper-if
you're not square your papers no
good. Now, whatll you have to
drink?'
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-01
AM ERICAN TEA.
Grown In Gardens In South Carolina-A
State Agriculturist's Opinion.

Grown In Gardens In South CarOlina-A
State Agriculturist's Opinion.
Some fine specimens of American
tea have been sent from Fayette,
N. c., this seasO to Northern mar
kets, and according to the New York
Evening Post, the results OF the
sales seem to indicate that the cul-
ture Of this crop in parts Of the
South may yet lead to large fortunes
1t is not generally known that at
tempts were made to establish tea
gardens here before the war, and
that since the end of that outbreak
systematic efforts have been made to
revive the old gardens. Professor
Massey, of the State Agricultural
College, has been instrumental In
trying to spread information among
the farmers concerning the culture Of
tea, and a few have been induced to
put out gardens. The tea sent from
the old Smith farm this season
brought 80 cents a pound, and some
from the Summerville gardens in
South Carolina brought as high as 81
a pound. Last summer the tea cut
at Summerville amounted to q dozen
or two pounds, and this year several
times that amount has been sold.
DR.. Shepard says that the leaf
grown In the south IL better for black
than for green tea and that the cost
Of picking is about Is cents a pound
Of cured tea. On a large scale, and
with the best apparatus for gather
ing and curing, this cost might be
largely reduced. He feels confident
however, that cheap-rate culture
could ne yer be made profitable here
on account OF the lower wages that
rule in Japan and India and China,
but the higher grade teas can be
grown with considerable profit. DR.. '
Shepard is increasing his tea gardens
every year, and when the plants are
old enough to yield good crops he
proposes to put in good machinery
and start into tea selling for money
Professor Massey says that the finest
tea he ever tasted vas grown in the
South, and he has no doubt but it
will be a future profitable crop in the
CarOlinas. MI. Jackson, an expert
tea grower from Assam, who had
charge of the Summerville plantation
under General LIE Due, says that with
negro labor he can raise tea more
cheaply than is done with coolie labor
in India because Of its greater relia-
bility. In regard to the hardness of
the tea plant, all observers seen to
agree that north of thirty-flve de-
grees it is unwise to attempt to cult.
vate it. Around Old Point Comfort,
where some plants have been growing
more or less feebly for years, the
winters cut the Plants badly, and on
the upper part of the Delaware PEN
insular they were entirely killed.
But south Of these points, in tho
piney woods country extending from
Raleigh to the Gulf, tea plants a
be grown with great success, and the
time may not be far distant when
American tea will compete openly In
the market with that shipped from
China. JaDan and India,
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-01

Italian, means flame. His coat Of
arms also is a sun, surrounded by rays
of fire. Before being Cardinal Swan.
pa was Bishop Of FOrli, in Romagna.
some prelates have said of Cardinal
Svampa that he has no sin but his
age. He is only 43, but, as according
to Professor Lapponi, the Popc's
doctor, Leo XIII. will probably live
at least ten years more, what has
been termed the only sin of Cardinal
Svampa will be corrected.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-01

"A railway which the Germans have
built in Asia Minor, extending from
Ismid, a harbOr about sixty miles
east of Constantinople, east by south
to AngOra, has as little wood in it.
perhaps, as any in the world. Not
only the rails and bridges but the
ties and telegraph poles are of iron.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-01

over the South, and again is it, by
some natural or unnatural retrOgra-
dation. passed into the hands OF the
former slaves. and dusky danes loll
laZily where their aristOcratic mis-
tresses once took their siestas. They
tell sad stories of the "pinch of pow
erty" of the once wealthy owners,
who tried to save them for their as
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-01

POntifcal throne.
The supersti tious
take his name as a
sure sign that this
will be the case, for a
curious old book of
Latin prophec i e S,
giving a motto for
each of hi Popes,
gives for the success
sor Of Pope Leo
MIL, "Ignis ar
,dens," Ga burning
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-01
ROONIcrS at Work.

A writer IN the American Archi-
tect shows, by giving figures, that
government buildings cost between
80 and 20 per cent. more than the
same class of private work, and that
the average time taken upon govern
ment buildings is more than three
times as lOnL.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-01

The population of the city Of Bue-
nos Ayres is estimated at $50, 000.
The birth rate is high, but l3 per
cent. are out of wedlock. Immigra-
tion added ID, 900 last year.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-01

bra, rusty old flintlocks that look as
though they had been gathered by
some cyclone collector, and left sus-
pended like MahOmet's coffin to
amaze the passer-by. About the front
door is a tangled fence Of andirOns
and brass tenders. a big bronze lamp
that looks old enough to have come
rom Pompeii, and a crazy-lOoking
liable that m%ischicvous boys in the
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-01

sociations and have been compelled
reluctantly to part with them for the
bare necessities Of life. And now
they all are reclaimed again, revivi-
fed BETTING their sphere as artistic
luxuries, unique exempliication Of
the survival OF the f1ttest."
CHARLES e. NIXON.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-01
Never Toward the North.

The Japanese never sleep with the
head to the north. This is because
the dead, in Japan, are always buried
with the head in that position. In
the sleeping rooms of private houses,
and of hotels even, a diagram of the
points of the compass is posted upon
the ceiling for the convenience of
uuaStc
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-01

ing. It shows the movements OF the
sun, earth and moon, the circle of
the zodiac, indicates the month, day
and hour, and rings tunes On the
large, concealed music box in its base
every half-hour. 1t was found in a
garrett Of the house Of Governor
Romero, in st. James parish. The
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-01
SVAMPA.

Many Believe He VIII BE the Next Occu-
pant of the Pontiical Throne.
There are many who believe that
Cardinal Svampa, Archbishop of b.
lOgna. will be the next Occupant of the
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-01
EADS IN FURNITURE.
culCAGO'S FACILITIES FOR THE
EQUIPMENT OF HOME.

A, .ntiauarlan's "Finds" In the Old Cres-
cont City-Antique and Artistic Furnish
,rcs that Were Imported In tho Luxuri-
.,s south "IBefO' the War;"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-01

Expensive EvolutiOns.
The spring and autumn maGeuvers
of European armies cost annually
$40, 600, 000.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-01
execurIo,1

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rence 4 On ii
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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-01

time desired.
and is pulled
lger it Slowly
yer, which at
Fly adjusted,
great dead
Pills down the
tround under
en rope, run.
PISS beam e.
demned man
On the srop
and the man
is feet about
The mech.
rtitiOn along
nothing can
ned man ey.
chine works
htfalls upon
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-01

No HOPF can stand much hunger.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-01
ARTS.

puiAT AmOn
langman, or
he is often
,ular among
fOuntrymen,
Ugh on one
bn he was
ed CO urte.
y and vel.
by the cit
# the place
e he was
to show his
ability as
at Rouen,
Inc q man
ID brutally
The feeling
) so strong
lily salut d
t from his
execution.
J Thorough
alling, and
nervous on
liking part
lol, the an
fortune Of
Fes for bis
)er month.
lerally be-
ne-half OF
D?
is 10000
Is Of salt
10 sacks OF
TO 20 head
10 to 100
( boards.
0 feet OF
One-half
tn less OF
arge tim
0 bushels
fax seed,
pota toes,
1000 OF
on the
ustralia,
tree, and
hollow,
)ns, sup
nd child.
lrently a
read.
nizing a
wagons,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-08-06
Accidents.

W. Fl. Wise, an employee of Davis
company. came nearly meeting with
a shocking fate Saturday. He was
engaged in tapping gas main on
Tenth avenue and Twentieth street,
when he inhaled so much of the
gas rushing out that he was rem
dered unconscious. He was lifted
from the trench in which he was
working by his comrades. and Drs.
Bradford and Hollowbush were call
ed to attend him. 1t was some time
before he regained consciousness
and when be did so he was taken to
his home, where at last reports be
was resting easy.
Carl Schultz, little lame fellow
who is quite a familiar object on our
streets, Saturday embarked in the
popcorn business on Twentieth
street and Fourth avenue. In
starting the gasoline stove, Carl
opened the valve to let the
gasoline flow, and it ran over
everything. 1t was only short
time until the interior of the shantv
was enveloped in flames. The Cen
trail happened to be passing, and see
ing the blaze, came to CARTS rescue
and extinguished the flames before
more than the shelves in the inte-
rior had been burned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-08-06
Fire.

An alarm of fire this morning
called the department to Cracker
alley. where it was thought that the
house owned by the Cobb estate, and
occupied by Mrs. Mary Sinnet, was
ablaze. 1t proved. however. to
be husk bed which caught fire in
some unaccountable manner. The
only damage done was the destruc-
ton of the bed.
A still alarm at 1880 last night
called the department to the lower
mill, where fire had broken out in a
pile Of sawdust in close proximity to
the lumber piles. Chief Brahm and
company No. 2 soon had the flames
extiDguishcd with nominal damages.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-08-06
TOBACCO smoke Absorbent.

If your husband is an inveterate
smoker and the odor of the tobacco
has got into the curtains and hang
ings, don't further mar the poor
mans pleasure by scolding, but get a
small bale of hay and that will re-
store peace in the house for many
days, says the New York Herald
There is small choice between a
smoke house and stable. You say.
Perhaps that's so. but in this case
there Will be neither. for a patient
little woman who used to worry her.
self almost to death has discovered
that pail of water containing a
handful of hay, if placed in a room
where there has been smoking. will
absorb the odor of the tobacco.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-08-06
visiting at the residence of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. H. Park on Seventh avenue.

1
The firm Of Schmeil, Pardon & Son,
paper hangers and painters. has been
dissolved, Mr.. Schmeil retiring. and
he will again resume farming pur-
suits.
A few of those bargains in pianos
and organs left from the Iowa bank
rupt sale. They must 90 next week
ut the same price and on easy pay
mcnts ut Bosslby's.
Aid. A. +. Nelson has secured the
contract for an 1S-foot extension on
the store on Moline avenue occupied
by II. q. Brooks and owned by Mag
istrate W. +. Schroeder.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mylo Lee are in re-
ceipt of letter from G. F Film
wood. Of New York, of the board of
foreign missionaries. stating that
Rev. and Mrs. Graham Lee are safe
in Corea.
On Saturday evening the foundry
and wood departments of the pillow
works were shut down. and this week
it is expected that the rest of the
shop will close for the summer re-
pairs. etc.
Maj. j. NJ. Beardsley. who recent
ly submitted to surgical operation
at the hands of DR.. Plummer for the
cancerous growth on the side OF his
nose. has so far recovered rs to be
able to be about again.
Train Dispatcher Charles McHugh,
OF the G. p. & ST. L.. who is at pres
ent stationed at Springfield. is in
Rock Island on visit to friends and
relatives. Mac" is Rock Island
boy who is going fast to the front, as
his many friends in Rock Island are
pleased to know.
Marshal Colemere was called upon
yesterday to arrest the Galva COM
pany. They were taken before
Squire Beardsley and sentenced to
two more weeks on the island. The
charge brought against them is un-
known. except that they were to
leave today for home.
Don't fail to attend the m moonlight
excursion next Thursday evening on
the steamer Schulenburg and barge.
The excursion is to be held under the
auspices of the Christian Endeayor
society OF the Central PRESBYTERIAN
church. Good music and refresh
ments. Tickets 50 cents; children.
% cents.
The board of trustees of Angus
tana. at meeting held Friday. is
sued call to Joshua Larson. Of the
class OF 80, to fill the position made
vacant by the resignation of Miss
Anna Westman. The mary friends
OF Miss Westman will regret to know
that she has been compelled to take
this step on account of i'll health.
At present Miss Westman is at Mar
quette. Mich.
Some time during last night bur-
glars entered the residence of Col.
Durham and the house was ran
sacked. Entrance was made through
one OF the side windows. the shutter
being cut and the catch on the win
dow slipped with knife. Just what
was taken is unknown. No one was
al home at the time. and the bur
glary was not discovered until this
morning about IL o'clock.
Herman Detlens and George A.
Mcdonald have started an enter
prise formerly unknown in Rock Isl
and. to be styled the Tri-Citv Towel
supply company. 1t is business
which should certainly meet with
proud success if the business quail
ties OF these two young men 90 for
anything. The plan of the Supply
company is to furnish towels in
offices. stores. etc. just as often as
Is desired. 1t is an enterprise that
should meet with liberal patronage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-08-06

A bill. is better receipted, and an old
char is better reseated, and that is the
resemblance between them, although
neither Of EN- looks at all like the
other
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-08-06
Big bargains In Pure Ice Cream.

Orders for five gallons or more,
75c per gallon; orders for less than
five gallons, S5c per gallon. Orders
solicited for excursions, sociables,
lawn parties, etc.
DIAMOND Ice CREAM Co.,
1918 Second avenue.
Telephone 1881.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-08-06
Remnant Sale.

Nothing Of the fake variety, you'll find here
but good. honest great big value giving sale of the
odds aud ends, the accumulation Of the past
We wish to clear the decks. away all superHuous
timber and prepare for the battles of the fall
somebody is going to nice bit Of money buying
remnants here this week. The offerings bound 10
prove very attractive.
Remnants
or Dress Goods and Silks at half price less. Black
Goods. Colored Goods, Henrettas. Mohairs, Serges
Swivel effects. Jacquards etc. Very choice things in
remnants of Summer Silks. Trimming Silks. Black
Silks etc. A little money goes long way.
Big bargains in remnants of Lace and Embroidery.
Lace almost given away. Drives in Yelling also
Broken lines of Summer Underwear at absolutely
low prices. Prices will be made which will move the
goods and astonish you.
Remnants of lines of Windsor Ties The odds and
ends OF the Is % and 25c lots 49, All pure silk
Remnants of Buttons, so per cent of regular price.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-08-06
WANTED-A RELIABLE MAN WITH $500

" cash IN hand to 8 art 4 bran n of oar bnsi-
hess IN inns city strictlv legitimate and honor
aoi : now IN oIe 'atol In several cities coming
money. siJO per month can e silly he made No
pitent-rl nj o. agency schem me, bnt a pleasant
ana permanent flee bcsiness. Parties having
lhe desired capital ard meaning busine g a1-
Gres- the HOPS ins-ioncs Company. Oper. House
Blu Ling. Chicago, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-08-06
1T FILLS THE HILL

"a dose OF DR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
SICK Headache, Dizziness, Constipation, In
digestion, Bilious Attacks, and all derauge-
ments OF the liver, stomach and bowels are
promptly and permanently cured.
Glen EdstOn, Marshall Co., ". Va,
X. V. PIERCE. NJ. d.. Buffalo. n. Y:
Dear 81 Two years ago | was nale and