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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-31
A '''T'Sigger.'

An American travelling in SaXony
was one.day told by the landlord OF n
small inn where he stayed that; a
young man in the village could speak
English, and was anxious to call upon
him.
agreed to receive my would-oc
visitor. and was seated at n OF the
tables when the Young man came IN,
looked at me inquisitively and said,
Re shmall English speak" meaning,
Il speak a little English"
| felicitated him on his acquire.
mcnts when he pro eeded TO tellEme
that he was one of the clerks en-
ploycd in the contingencies. and
having heard of my arrival, could not
resist the desire of speaking with an
American. Moreover, he would like
to show me certain things which l
had not seen, and he said, IF you
pleasure ii nd, so is glad to me-"
We were friends in a moment. lie
led me first to the counting house.
and as he showed me the bust of Herr
Ebert, who as chief proprietor had
headed the procession in the former
years, but had since died, he said:
I'VE very. very sorry: every man
love him. All. he was so good"
Then running upstairs to IA large
whitewashed apartment where a few
portraits hung on the wall, he cried,
Here is something to see. But
wait-you will have a tsigger::"
with pleasure" l answered, ''if
it's good to drink"
"No, not drink" he replied; what
you call him-to shmOke?:"
The room echoed with my laugh,
and he prolonged it as / %rejOined,
'VOh. you mean a cigar. No thank
YOU"
what you call him:' he ex-
claimed in amazement. 'Cigar?
Then what for a teacher is niue.
But he is a German"
Our friendly relations were in no
way derdnged by my dislike OF a
''tsigger:" and he would not let me
depart till l had e the whole prem
Uses and the enormous cellars.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-31

alric intentions we're severely chilled
while riding on a Fifteenth street
tro,lv car. He noticed that IA gen.
tleman who arose to leave the car
had adroitlv distracted a parcel from
the basket OF a lady in the next SCI
The youth stopped the man abruptly,
and pointing to the lady's basket, or
dered him to put the parcel back.
The couple only smiled at him in
great establishment, and the lady re-
marked: ''He is my nusbaIF'. Sir"
The amatuer detective also left the
car. philadelphia Record.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-31

ALMOST every day something hap
pens in Wall street Of "A startling. il
not of a stunning. character. On Il
recent afternoon the Sub-TrcaSury OF
New York City received a pile of
currency the dimensions of which
were thirty cubic feet. 1t repre-.
scented ST. 40. 000. and was the money
paid in by Ncs>rs. Il. II. Wilson *
Co.. bankers. for the bonds of the
Cherokee Nation. which were award
ed to them. 1t was found to be no
easy matter to get so large an amount
of currency: but the Union Trust
Company. of New York City. finally
supplied it.. 1t was taken from that
company in a cab to the Suh-1reas-
nry. Eight special messengers were
on hand to carry it from the cab into
the Sub-Trcasurv building. The
officials of the Sub.Trcasury were en-
ploved about Il day in counting the
money. No other city IN the country
has ever been called upon. ST. IA As
we know. to handle in me payment
such "A vast mount Of money. Very
few concerns could or would under
take such a transaction.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-31
Too Clever By Half.

Most persons 90 fire. luently from
one end Of the city to The other with
out having the slightest adventure
or observing an incident worthy of
note. Not so. however, with an up
town youth. who has been sleeping
himself in the literature Of Gaboriau
and Conan Doyle, To his super
heated imagination the most com.
monplace persons he en- ounters On "a
down town trip are invested with ro-
nance aud engaged in some dark ia.
trigue or diatOlical plot. He does
not hesitate 10 interpo>e decided Oh
%jectlonS when be thinks the game
has gone too Tar. Re emily his ch V.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-31
An Angel CnaWareS.

An insurance agent, albeit a USE
full and, at times, attractive person,
is not always a welcome visitor. TO
some people, indeed, he is a decided
bore. One of this class owns "A hand
some residence, and ven the thought
OF an agent %provokes his ire. One
evening recently he was enjoying his
otium cum dig. when a man walked
in IN him very uDceremOniOuSly. The
visito. IA a total stranger to him,
and before he had time to throw an
inkstand at him or to ask him to sit
down he began quite calmly and in a
most business-iike tone to talk.
Have you any insurance on this
house," said he.
Well, Mr.. Otium-cum-dig was afire
in a minute.
WHAT do you mean, SIR" he
stormed, ''by breaking intomy house,
sir, 10 this Misunderstanding into
my house, with your Internal insur.
ance business: 1t is no concern Of
yours, sir, whether this house is in
sured or not. Get out, OF Ill throw
you out"
The visitor was as calm as a May
morning.
1t is no concern of mine what
ever" he replied, ''but l thought"
You have no right to think about
what doesn't concern you, sir" in
t%errupted the house n Il want
no insurance agents forcing them
selves upon me, sir"
Il understand that perfectly, and /
am no Insurance agent. l was merely
passing your house. and l observed
that it was on fire in the rear, and it
occurred to me that if you had no in
surance or it. perhaps you did not
wish it to burn down"
That's what the visitor said, but
Mr.. Otium -cum-dIg dinn't hear it all:
he had gone to the fire, and the Wis.
Tor smiled and followed him. DE
troit Free Press.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-31
Nasal HOnOrS.

The vanity Of the French race u.
c~asionally meets with an amusing
chack. 1t is related by a Partisan
journal that a public man had been
awarded. for some indirect service
the African Order'Of Labaksi-Tapo by
the king of a certain country in the
Soudan, with which the French mad
come much in contact.
The Frenchman was greatly de-
lighted, and Immediately went to a
member of the ministry 20 obtain the
necessary permission 30 wear Tie
decoration of this foreign order.
The minister hemmed AID naWed a.
little.
"Do You know what the decoration
consists Of" he asked.
''Certainly," the gentleman an
swered. 1t is a beautiful ring Oh
gold, from which is suspended a cal"'
met enameled in red. L demand the
authorization to wear IT," .
Certainly you al wear it, but II
must be worn, in order to be iawlu''
exactly as the members Of the oruel
in Africa wear it,"
land how is that
In the nose"
The newly appointed cavalier u
the Labaksl-Tapo ran out OF the dool'
ard is declared by the journal whlcu
tells the story to be running yet
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-31

Mr., LABOTCIIERE Is an incOrrigibIc
Joker. He mas introduced in the
House OF Commons d motion pr0vid-
ing that if Il measure is passed by The
House of Commons and sent t. the
Lords and is not returned to the .Or-
mer within two months after its pas
sage ii shall be law. the Sai.'e as If
the House of Lords had concurred in
it. Mr.. L~abouchere also desires that
the House of Commons shall have in
its power finally to decide whether
amendments made to bills 10y the
House Of Lords shall be accepted by
the popular chamber. AS Mr.. La
bouchere knows that neither OF these
proposals can become law. except by
concurrence Of the House Of Lords.
he must be content with such popu-
lar results Is may come from cease
less attacks upon the hereditary
chamber. He has doubtless read DC
litical history to some effect. and n
Of its lessons is that. except 10y revo-
luton. NJ aggregate of human beings
ever gave up the exercise of leglS.a-
tive power, The House Of Lords is
not going to abdicate, even to please
"IabhV."
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-31
At Her Feet.

Among the many peasant stories
told Of Thackeray. is q related .,
Mrs. YOrke, wife of the Dean %
Worcester. She CHANGED to De slI.
ting one evening between Thackera,
and Jacob Omnium," whose ouiio
was more gigantic than Thackerass
own. Conversation, from some cause
unknown. was langui>hing, wuen
Tnackeray turned to her ana saiu.
Mrs. Yorke, why are you so silent:
II am overwhelmed by the greathes,
OF you two" she replied. glancins
right and left at their MASSIVE
frames. 'Thereupon, moved by con-,
mon impulse. Thackeray ana
jacob slid from their chairs apa
sat or the ground at her feet "ass
slight token OF homage to one "ho''
wit eGualed her beauty"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-31
SEVENTEEN-YEAR LOCUST YEAR
The Locust is "a Pest. Likewise n fa'or'te
Prey Excellent Fish Bait.

Trey-Excellent Fish Bait.
Our expected guests, the seventeen
year-old lOcusts, who will be with Us
this summer unless the entomolo-
gists speedily find some potent means
of discouraging their proposed ar
rival, will receive Il warmer welcome
from beast and b rd than from the
human kind. In their train Will
| come swarms Of fcathered hunters
who will find in them a dainty edl-
bic, and make their lives n weary
succession of aerial twistings and
turnings. kingbirdS, blucjays, wood
peckcrs, fly catchers, and even the
larger thrushes and the smaller
! hawks. fOrsaking all else, will cleve
! unto the unfortunate harvest fly and
grow fat upOn his remains. Ii he
grows weary in attempting to out
strip his feathered enemies in flight,
and seeks refuge beneath a shelter
ing branch, he falls a prey to the
vigilant squirrel or chipnunk. who
finds him a toothsOne mOrSel. Tn
der any tree in the still, sunny days
Of the summer months YOU may find
little heaps of NeIlow-ribbed gauze
wings, testifying to the tragedy OF
the cicadas who escaped the attacks
of feathered foes only to fall victims
to their furred enemy of the rodent
species.
All men, too, will hunt the un.
fortunate locust. not as fO1d, for he
is not the edible locust Of scripture,
which. carnisheu with wild honey.
formed the staple diet Of the ancient
wandercr, but out Of a desire to de-
stroy him lest he destroy their fruit
trees and vines. lie is himself a
predatory individual and does great
damage to vegetation, wherefore the
farmers hold him in abOminatiOn,
But one man will there be who will
rejoice at the advent OF the seven
teen year harvest fly, and that is the
fisherman. When all other bats
fail the iarva of the seventecn-year
locust will tempt the wariest fish to
the hook. 1t is not the full Pledged
insect, however, that avails here, but
the larva at the roots of trees. get
ting ready to emerge from his SIX
teen years of underground existence
and burst into the glory OF gauzy
wings INC Il more or less musical
whir.
These larvT are white and I'M
pleasantly moist, also, they look As
if they might bite or sting or other
wise perform in a harmful manner,
but they can't. You may. by dig
ging down at the root of a young
tree, turn up a number of them at
every spade thrust. Put them into a
tOX. cover them over with dirt, then
60 to The nearest stream, bait your
hook with n of them. and throw in
your line. If you don't catch some.
thing it is because the fish are all
dead. or else you weren't born to be
an angler. Trout, black bass, rock
bass, perch, pickere!, or even bull
heads will turn aside in disdain from
fly, minnow. worm, or crawtish, and
eagerly grab at the larva Of the To-.
Gust. There is a use for everything,
and if our periodical cicada guests
give us better fishing, then surely
their visits cannot be regarded as an
unnittigated evil.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-31

II is when the English journalism
deTtake t. give us points about our
selves that they become positively
illuminating. Listen 10 TWO extracts:
"Advanred views are being held in
some American circles on the subject
Of the wedding ring. Brides are de-
clining % wear il unless grooms fol-
low suit" And In some New York
churches small roomS are attached.
know as 1abies' where
mothers may cave their children
while attending ,cr} ice"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-31

THE shortage OF hay in Europe has
created u great demand for horse fare
from America. The recent action Of
the British War Department in or
dering a large consignment Of COM
pressed fodder. or fodder bricks. from
the United States i likely 10 open
up a large trade in this commodity.
These bricks. which are an American
product, are OF crushed oats. cOrn
and chopped hay, fodder which was
brought to the attention of several
prominent hOrsemen who visited the
United States during the Worlds
Fair, and brought its availability to
the attention Of the War Department
when the pinch in the hay market
began to make itself apparent.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-31
n is the courteous custom of news

II i the courteous custom of Jews
papers to give credit to photographers
when they furnish pictures of celeb
rites for publication. When, how
ever. the celebrities themselves far
niSh the photographs this is not nee
eS>ary: but an ingenious person in Ile
photo business. who has worked
mostly Tor actors and actresses. has
invented "A little trick for the purI o.e
OF catching newspapers in a trap. II
deserves to he exposed. He copy
rights the photographs and then nuts
the copyright mark on them in such
a way a to escape casual notice: iu-
deed. only TO be found by close scrrl-
tiny. As actors and actresses are.
for pain AZ perfectly legitimate
business reasons. generally glad to
have their portraits print ,. this
smart fellow has caught Il few aperS
mapping and made them pay heavily
for the iuadNertence. 50 far he
stands pretty we'll alone. 1t ha..
therefore. been adopted as a safe rule
in most offices ~ to use any photo
graph bearing his name. This fact
will not help his business among the
class Of artists he tries to work"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-31
Prod ucing Artificial Marble.

Marble is now so closely initiated
by chemical means that there is
often great difficulty in telling the
imitation from the natural stone.
by a new process limestone or chalk
may lie converted into the nature of
marble OF any tint or combination Of
shades. while the specific gravity is
increased. On the surface Of the wa
ter bath used for the veining there is
sprinkled a varnish composed Of ses-
quiOXlde Of iron, gum, and turpen-
tine, and water being unstable. a
freedom Of design is obtained. es-
peciallY when the turpentine is
broken up by the addition Of soap
After the stone is dipped in turpen-
tine. it is immersed in solutions Of
Sulphate OF iron. copper, or zinc. sep
arate or in combination. The DIT
ference in shades is obtained by va.
rying the period Of immersion, and
the order Of tanks used. Copper and
iron sulphate give dark colors: zine
and iron alternately give light vel.
low, while the use Of the three con.
secutively gives dark yellow and
brown in %variegated tints. After
being treated in the sulphate baths,
the stone is immersed in a warm wa
ter bath to Xix the colors, all air be-
ing meanwhile expelled. The colHr
is said to permeate the full thickness
Of the stone. which is afterwards
dried in an oven. The next step is
IN immersion in an i%ndurating bath
Of solution OF sulphate of zinc, which
so closes up the pores and hardens
the stone that it acquires nearly the
density Of natural marble. and is
then ready for polishing in the ordi-
nary WaV
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-31
Colossal Confederate Statue.

The figure of the Confederate sol
der that is to be one OF the urna-
ments to the Richmond (Na.) mem.
orial. designed by William l. Shepard
and Sculptor Caspar Buberl, in honor
OF the soldiers and sailors of the
''lOst cause" is near complete.
The lower limbs were successfully
cast here in bronze the other day,
1900 pounds OF metal Icing used.
The figure will weEh, when com.
pleted, about $500 pounds. If all
the castings shall prove perfect the
statue will te shipped to Richmond
about April %. some Of the upper
portions OF the statue have already
been successfully cast. The model is
sixteen feet high, and when com.
p.eted there will lie reproduced in
bronze a fac-simile OF the soldier in
gray.-Londol Spectator.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-31

THE canal and tunnel. Just fin
ished, which will drain the City Of
Mexico. was projected fully 100 years
ago under the old Spanish viceroys.
1t was made necessary from the fact
that the capital city lies in a basin.
surrounded by hills on every side.
Work upon it has been prosecuted
ftfully, as the government could
spare the money. 1t has remained
for President Diaz TO raise the amount
necessary to complete the enterprise,
and the $40, 900. 900 which it will cost
will prove to have been we'll spent.
The completion Of SO great a public
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-31

SOME Il has gotten up in Congress
and proposed Il bin for the settling of
the southern ties on lands in sey-
e~raitv, hoping thereby 10 make good
farmers OF them. The plan would lie
a great big tillle. Who eve heard
of "A Ute buck settling on anything
but a ration ~ bull beef and beans:
The Ute Indian is not a settler. He
could not settle even 4 qu;ctuS.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-31

WHAT is the money life of IA dress:
Is A question that. not long ago. puz-
zled lawyers ana jurynen. \ woman
is mentioned 10y Il writer in the New
York Times who. owning IA u nber
Of expensive and handsome gowns.
had them practically ruined by S!n he
and water through Il fire in her home.
There was an insurance covering
wearing apparel, but the matter Of
satisfactory adjustment of values
had TO be taken into court before il
could be settled. Here the legal wits
fought a royal battle. Dressmakers
and society women were produced as
experts by both contestants, and in
the course Of the testimony some in
teresting facts about gowns came
out. From many witnesses the con-
clusion was finally reached that
wearing an evening or dinner dress
ten times practically exhausted its
availability in the original form:
after that il was only worth the
value Of material which could be
utilized in other ways. In the case
in question, it was finally decided.
as the contestant admitted the gowns
for the most part had been long laid
aside because she had not been So
cially active for some years. that they
had settled to merely their material
value. and Judgment was finally rem.
deYed on this basis. .
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-31

If il is true. as an English libra
rian says, that the average life Of ii
popular novel is nine months. we Will
soon be standing at the bier of
"Dodo"-a contamination devoutly
TO be wished.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-31
COULDN'T RUN HIS NE,cun-J
HOOD. "V,

Jeremiah Virgins Final scher
out a Pack of Dogs. cled
He was leading n yicion,
mastiff by a leather leash, ,yh,"oAld
friend stopped him with po1
mark: WIG
Il thought you didn'tlike do,. ..
IL don't" he replied. 'S
well. you've got about ~
vicious "a one as you could wol, "s az
Il know it., and I'm clad DnaI
Pm going to make it night
esting for some people up NIX "'e
You see" he explained. .avo way
in the neighboorhood ha, 4 1o, log
some of them have two ar any
There's every kind of dog from n",e9
to "a greyhound. and about halt"
them use my yard as a noa,i.1
place. l fall over them vhnn
home at night and step an ,t
when l come out in the mornis
one or more OF them generally ba']
all night, and some OF them arc IIy
ALFRED fine watch-d0gs that III.
not only try to keep people ont
their masters houses but :out
every house in the neighborhood /
had IA half hours argument with ii
a few nights ago before he would n
me get into my own house, 4
Nov, | don't like dogs a,vu..
so / demonstrated with some at w
owners, but they told me that \ dJ
was mans best friend and that | hsd
better go off some where and da
Well. that made me mad. 81 |
up and poisoned one of the dou,
thinking they wouldn't know WI,
did it. But they jumped at concIn
sions and ! vas nearly mobbed. Tho,
| tried a new plan. | began to fax,
an interest in dogs. l tod the neigh
bors that after all l guessed the
were better than night watcbmN,
and exceedingly companionable.
expressed my intention OF buying ,n
myself, and I've got him. he saiC
chuckling. ''pve got one that
warranted to chew up anything nj
four legs that crosses his path. am
the neighCors can't say 4 word. The
have their favorite dogs and | hay
mine. and there's going TO De srea
sport. Come up and see it.
t)''I reckon there'll be one dead do
a day around there, and when every
thing else is cleaned out III Kill M
dog. Maybe they think they ca
run this neighDOrhood % a do
basis, but I'll bet they cau't."
''But what will your wife say"
81 don't al what she says, In
running that place"
allow about your Children"
"Hey?"
If you turn that vicious hrlt
loose what's to prevent his taking
snapat them when he feels ugly
well, ak me, if l ever though
of that" looking sharply At the Dc
and shaking his head. SAY Tho,
asinine dog owners have got the be-
of me yet, haven't they But III #
EN-! I'll fix 'em yet. See If | don
I'll steal the license tag OF Of eve
one of those internal pups, and thu
put the dOg-catcher or. Tlaus VII;
I'll do. There's no internal d.
owner ever lived that can down Jcr
miah Virgins You don't know an
one who wants to buy a mastitf,
you? No? Wen, l reckon III ha
to kill him and call it
dead loss. But I'll have those liccn
tags. You can bet on shat
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-31

Tar chief of the Pottawatonip
Indians says that his father sold the
site OF Chicago and that the bill for
the same j. still unsettled. He should
organic a street railway. 60 before
the City Council. and get the site
hack
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-31

improvements ..yeditable' to the
Mexicans. Our sister republic is adj.
vancing rapidly. and, with the adj
vent of railroads and the consequent
influx of Americans and Europeans.
has taken a place among the com
mcrcial nations of the world.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-31

A MAN who says he has news from
Teller to get Il few millions. but Rock
efeller was expecting nj sight drafts
from that country.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-31

SINCE that Philadelphian fell dead
with four aces in his hand the life in
surance companies have claSsed the
Quaker City poker payer as an extra
hazardous risk.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-31

ROSE COGHLAN, the actress. i
seeking to patent IA dynamite safe
which will blow up the burglar who
attacks it. such a safe would save
the country The per dicms OF many
iuripS
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-31

II is a great wonder that some one
of those South American republics
has not made an offer for the Ferris
wheel. Revolutions could then be III
dulged in without trouble.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-31

sphere il is singular that the terri
tory Of the a%uctioncer has not been
invaded by the fair SEX. The
strength Of the auctioneer lies i'll his
conversational powers.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-31

TIE styles never change in Japan,
and the fortunate Jap who desires to
be dead swell is not obliged to pay SO
twice a year for Il quarter Of an inch
difference in Il hat brim.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-31

DO CATS have the smallpox? 1t is
reported from Minneapolis that they
do, but perhaps it is only Minneapo-
lis eats that have it.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-31
THE DAKOTA CHIEF.
GANN S. D.

A DENVER Septuagenarian has
married a 20-year-old >choOlteacher.
He proposes to complete his education
at any cost.