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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-28
One Vote That Counted Big.

Sixty years ago Daniel Stons, of
Ohio, was a candidate for the L.egis.
lature. On the morning of the cleo
ton he met an acquaintance who was
going to vote for the other candidate.
Stone ersuaded his fri nd to vote for
him. That vote elected Stone. 1t also
gave a majority of one in the Legis-
lature. That majority sent Tom Ewing
to the United States enate. Ewing's
vote on Van luren's minister.hip to
England enabled the Vice President
to give the casting vote against 1t.
That n vot in return, resulted in
eiecting Van Buren, Vice President
and afterward President of tho United
Static,
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-28
OUR AM SAINT
BY JOHN G.. SAKE.

ineres many an excellent saint
oS; george with his dragon and lance.
ot. Patrick, so jolly and quaint
ne. Titus, the saint of the dance.
0t: l'ennis. the saint of the Gaul;
St. Andrew, the saint of the Scott,
Out Jonathan, youngest of all,
ID the mightiest saint of the lott
He wears a most serious face.
Well worthy a martyrs possessing.
But 1T isn't all owing to grace,
But partly to thinking and guessing:
In sooth. our American faint
Has rather a secular bias.
And | never have heard a complaint
VI his being exceedingly pious.
Hes fond OF financial improvement.
And IL always extremely inclined
10 be starting some practical movement
For intending the morals aud mind.
DO you ask me what wonderful labors
81. Jonathan ever has done
10 a with his Calendar neighbors?
JUST listen, a moment, TO oLe:
One day when a fash in the air
Split his meeting house fairly asunder,
Quoth Jonathan, Now, / declare.
Ihey're ~dreadfully careless with thunder !
30 be fastened a rod to the steeple;
AND now, when tightening comes round,
He keeps 1t fro Il building and people,
By running 1t into the ground!
One morning, while t liking a stroll,
He heard a lugubrious cry,
LikeIthe shrek of a suffering soul,
In u hospital standing near by.
hat night he invented a charm
80 potent that folks who employ it.
In losi Z a le2 or an arm,
Don't suffer, but rather enjoy it'll
A miracle. YOU must allow,
AS good as the best Of his brothers.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-28
A Cat That Killed Snakes.

"Did you ever see a snake-killipg
cat?' asked a Southern gentleman the
other day. Il had once that had
q regular passion for killing snakes. I
was running a lumber camp in Flori-
da. 1t was in a very sparsely settled
county, plenty Of marsh and rotten
trees, and altogether an ideal retreat
for snakes of all kinds. We never did
know where that cat came from. II
strolled into camp one day, although
there was not a house within ten miles
Of it. The next day we found it en-
gagged in mortal combat with a rattle
snake. The snake did not last very
long. After that the cat would kill
every snake it found. 1t would begin
by patting them softly with its paws,
perhaps scratching the skin just a
triAe. Its purpose seemed to be to ir-
tate the snake to the striking point.
When it rose to strike the cat would
Jump around it, and nip it in the back
before the snake could turn its head.
1t would yank the snake by the tail,
ard keep on nipping it until its back
was broken in several places. Then
the cat would drag the dead snake to
camp with great pride, and would purr
and sing in great shape. That cat
kept the camp itself clear of snakes.
Before that time We were almost afraid
to go to sleep for them"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-28
Worn Out in Harness.

In the harness Of everyday business work
men and women wear out prcmaturely. For
some of us it is not easy. for others. again. /
Is impossible to get ont Of harness. 1t Is the
intiexible yoke. the strongly forged, unbreak-
able shackle of imperative servitude needful
to ourselves and those most dear to us. The
weight of it often bows many of us into the
grave before our time, but it is undoubtedly
true that there is a means of rendering the
burthen less onerous, and OF mitigating the
ailments that unremitttng tOil-especially of
a seden:ary kind-has a tendency to produce.
Overworked clerks in contingencies, mill
operatives. booklseepcrs, type-writers. and
Others testify to the reviving, restorative
effects OF Hostetter's stomach Bitters, and its
power of renewing physical and mental energy
when overtasked and on the wane. Dyspepsia,
failing vlgOr, rheumatic, bowel and kidney
complaints yield to this benetcent medicine.
which is a preventive of malaria and counter
acts the effects Of exposure in Indictment
weather.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-28
A Science of Old Shoes,

A French savant has invented a new
science which he terms scarpology,
whereby he proposes to diagnosticate
mental qualities from the appearance
Of the shoes worn by the subject. He
claims that shoes that have been worn
are full of faithful indications as to
lack of energy, ~fickleness, bad temper,
or the opposite qualities, as the case
may be. If the sole and heel of a shoe,
after months wear, are equally worn
the owner is an energetic business
man, an employee that can be relied On,
a good wife CT excellent mother. II
the outside edge is most worn, the
owner is adventurous to rashness and
of a bold and persistent turn of mind.
Wear of the inside edge indicates ir-
resolution and weakness in man and
modestv in woman.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-28
SIN juggling q COrpse.

"Of al! the queer articles Struggled
across the lilo Grande, the oueereSt
l ever heard of was a corpse" said
James Murray, an old railroad con-
ductOr, to a st. Louis Globe Demo-
craft man. ain Mexico, when a for
eIgner dies and his friends desire to
send his body to his native land, the
government eXactS a tax OF $3.50 for
the privilege of shipping it w the
railroad. In 1854 Larry EIaherty,
a brakeman, died at Silao, Oh the
Mexican Central. He was a poor fell
low. His mother, who lived in Colo
RADIO, but who had come Oh to nurs
him, wanted the body shipped home.
She couldn't raise the money and the
boys took up a collection, but could
only raise SIP. Then Tom Williams,
a jovial conductor, put up a scheme
to get the body TO the States. The
funeral was conducted in the usual
name and poor Larry's body was
placed ia the ground. Two pesos
nAed it with the gravediggers aud
they neglected to fill in the grave
until after dark. In the Interim
Larry's body was taken from the
coffin and placed in an Old sack, and
carried to an obscure hut, where it
was placed in a trunk and taken to
the depot. The boys had secured il
pass to FL PasO for Mrs, Flaherty and
Tom Williams went along to carry
out the scheme. AT Faso del Norte
the trunk was taken to a casa de
h~uespedes, or boarding house. and
the corpse was again transferred to
the sack. Mrs. Flaherty went TO Ell
PasO and secured an undertaken, who,
with a plain box in his wagon, drove
w to the river to a point designated.
About 10 O'Clock Tom, with his peOn
cargedore. managed to get across the
river without attracting attention.
Larry's body was tenderly placed in
the box and taken uptown to the I'M
d%ertaker's, where it was properly pre-
pared, placed in a casket, and shipped
to his old home. Tom Williams re.
turned to SilOa safely and Was V e
afterward known as the 'cadaver
smUggler o. the Rio Grande.'"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-28
Footing the Bills of the Fair.

The American custom Of paying for
your friends in cafes or restaurants
prevails in Spain, though nowhere else
on the continent, says a traveller.
Formerly gentlemen who accompanied
ladies on their shopping expeditions
were in the habit Of paying for every
thing their fair friends bought, so that
g~allantry became a too expensive lux
ury, and the custom wisely died out.
1t used to be said in A~ndalusia, where
women were more extravagant than In
the north, that a long purse was need
ell for a short walk with a lady. The
custom is obsolete now, and she who
allows you to make purchases for her
is supposed to be devoid of high breed
ing.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-28
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
bend, to personal enjoyment when
lightly used. The many, who live bet
her than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the'needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
IN the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
Beneficial properties of a perfect lax
atiyc; eiiectually cleansing the system,
|di,pelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
il has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in soc and 81 bottles, but it is man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
|Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-28

lOOkeu dC Lnc lltCie nickel clock on
my desk. 1t vas l:4o: in a little
more than ten minutes I would hear
the dull oar OF No. 36 as she ran
across the river bridge IA mile below.
"A moment later the mellow glare OF
her headlight would light up the long
rows of freight cars standing in the
ward, the engineer would blow a long
whistle, and / would wave my Ian
tern over my head aS a signal that
ali was right, then he would give two
snort toots of recognition and the
o n line Of coaches and sleepers
would flash by and l would lay the
switches for the outgoing No. 30.
AS l looked at my clock the
thought struck me. "SuppoSe that
the baggagemaster had forgotten to
close the switch on the main, what
then: Why, nothing could save 30
going straight into the turntable
pit, and 1 shuddercd when l thought
OF the terrible possibilities OF such an
&C ,ident.
Something within me said. eco
and see If the switch is right"
go. Go. Go" shrieked the voice.
l glanced at the clock once more
as l drew a fresh report sheet toward
me; it was l;55, and l listened for
the sound of No. 36 crossing the
river, but heard it not.
"ihe switch is wrong" urged the
mysterious voice.
Cant be that it's wrong" 1
argued, this time aloud; "Patsy's
neve yet failed to close that switch
and he's closed it tonight, without a
doubt"
Its wrong tonight" said my tor
mentor, sit isn't far; go and see for
Yourself"
l was getting very nervous, and
when the clock told the hour
OF =, a cold sweat broke out upon ME.
The train was now overdue. and still
l sat there, pretend ng to make out
an interchange report, but in reality
trying to fight off by Stubbornness
the something that kept constantly
clamOrlng for me to 60 to the switch.
The clock hands pointed to 2:O4; there
were as yet no indications of the an
proach Of No 80, but l could stand
it no longer. J. seized my lantern
and ran to the switch.
1t was wide open.
L closed the switch in ~feveriSh
haste just as the still air broke into
a hollow roar as Train IS struck the
river bridge: another minute and 1
was waving my lantern in an 'tall
right" signal, heard the pleasant
toot, tOot of recognition and knew
by the sound that the engineer had
given her a notch or two more pre-
paratory to rushing up the :ade.
There was the wav Of a friendly
hand from the cab window as the
ira n ratified over the switches. l
stood still and watched the red lights
on the hind car as long as l could
see them, and then tottered weakly
into the Office and sat down to think
of what might have been.
My story is told. Whether the
forewarning given that night comes
under the lead of preSentiment, pre-
mOnition, coincidence, or mere acct
dent, l know not: l have given facts,
my readers may form theories for
themselves. Will Templer, in Farm
and Home.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-28
Has Learned the White Mans Ways

Gov. Jonas Wolf, of the Chickasaw
Nation, indicted by the grand jury for
embezzling between S25. 900 and $500
of the per capita fund, has been ar
re ,ted, but in order to secure himself
al his trial he has removed the judge
and appointed Isaac Burns, one Of his
FRIENDS.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-28
tEe Greatest Medical Discovery
Of the Age.
KENNEDY'S
DISCOVERY.
|oOHALD KENNEDY, OF RoxBvRY, MASS,

|oo'SLu kCHHEDi, ur huABuhI, MASS'y
mas discovered in one of our common
>(u!e weeds a remedy that cures every
h"il OF Humor, from the worst Scrofula
SI3n TO a common Pimple.
lie has tried it in over eleven hundred
e., and never failed except in two cases
.''h thunder humor). He has now in his
esSion Over two hundred certificates
is value, all within twenty miles Of
|ooS'on. Send postal card for book.
benefit Is always experienced from
rs irSt bottle, and a perfect cure is war
'" NE when the right quantity is taken.
When the lungs are affected it causes
tslIo'ung pains, like needles passing
plfolgh them; the same with the Liver or
bowels. This is caused by the ducts being
.s|PPed, and always disappears in a week
a',tr taking it. Read the label.
II Tie stomach is foul or bilious it will
N KS squeamish feelings at first.
y, NQ change of diet ever necessary. Eat
HRe oest you can get, and enough of it.
use one tablespoonful in water at bed.
ont. Sold by all Druggists.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-28

JUNEAU, the largest town in Alaska,
has two newspapers, an opera house, u
brewery and a news company.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-28

VISITOR Cat Chicago restaurant)-
This bill of fare is in French.
Waiter-Yes, san; but the prices is
in English, sab. Mos folks goes by
dem.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-28
Position in Big Demand.

,r,-, chief Spanish executioner died
! NIL at Madrid. On the day Of
ece a,"sra thirteen candidates applied
1ho vacant place. Among them
pr nne lawyer. N retired sergeant
and a gentleman who based his
"a W' mon the fact that he was an in
ial friend of the deceased.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-28

F%RECKLEs, tan. and all beauty marring
blemisheS vanish from the face when
Glenn's sulphur Soap Is used.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-28

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tet - 1nre. Is cents. so cents and $l.0O.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-28

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is a constitutional cure Frice Is cents.
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-06
LEG Al NOTICES.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
~ undersigned, grantee aud trustee in GER
tain deed made by J. II. Alien and Lucy A.
Allen, his vile. dated August 2S. A. ID. 1893 Will
on saturday, the S0th day of June, A. d. 1894, at
25o o clock 2. NJ, at the front door OF tbs King
county courthouse, in the city OF Seattle,
county OF King and state OF Washington, ex-
pose to public sale aud eel 10 the highest bid
der Tor cash, the following described real estate
situsted In said county aud state. ana described
as follows, io-wit:
Beginning at the corner OF sections H. II. Is
and Il, in township . north, range east,
thence north SAP feet; thence north 90 deg. and
Il min west 6sS Is feet to the place OF begin
ming, which Is the northwest corner OF the tract
herein described thence south y deg. a. min.
west $50 feet: thence south e. deg. aud j. min.
east 900 eet: thence north 3 DEG. A. min east 80
feet; thence north 6 deg. and II min. west 30
feet u the place Of beginning, with all and
singular the sawmill, dry Slins and all other
IMPROVEMENTS, machinery, etc 'nerennfo De-
longing. or IN any wise appsrtainlng.
said sale viii be made by the undersigned
under snd By virtue OF the powers vested in
him in sud BY certain deed Of trust made by
J. II. Alien aaG Lucy A. Allen. his vile, 10 ne
undersigned. dated August 5. 1898 aud re-
corded IN the otlce oi the county auditor OF
King county, in said state, among the records
OF said county IN volume i76 of deeds, at page
les and under certain agreement referred 10
IN said conveyance aud msde part thereof,
dated August >, lS93. between G. G. Coleman
snd Cara g Coleman, his vile, the fartlss OF
TIE arsi part and Joseph +. Sinclair. David
MeNsy. 4 r. Pretty. y. ~. Fletcher snd Jen-
nls Fletcher, his vile, the parties OF the sec
ond part, Ia pursuance % a notice aud request
OF tbs parties OF the second part named IN
ssla agreement directed 10 the under signed,
recItng that default had been made IN the
payment Of TIE couaty and city taxes which
testnrsd subsequent n August =, is23 and
sSptein Der 2. isS3 assessed and levied on said
premises, and that default hri teen made in
keeping up and maintaining hrs Insurance
uF'oa the property Aforesaid a. required By said
LEsiER TURNER.
Grantee and Irustes In said Deed.
Dated Seattle. Assa-. Nay -. A u. lss4-
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-06
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

DUMAS RECLAMATION WORKS, CONTRACT
- No l-seaied proposals will be received by
the board of the Sumas diking commissioners
at the Office OF the clerk of said board, Shmas, b.
C., until IL o'clock noon, Thursday. the I'd day
of August. 1894, for the whole OF the following
works required in the construction of system
OF land reclamation and drainage works:
The construction of levee embellishments and
minor works connected Herewith.
The diversion and Strengthening OF certain
sloughs.
The closing OF sumas river by an earthwork
dam.
The construction of rock tunnel through q
spur OF Sumas mountain.
The furnishing and erecting OF gates at said
tunnel.
All proposals muct be made on the printed
form of tender attached to the bill of quantities
and be address d to g. w. Chadsey, ESQ, clerk
OF the sumas diking commissioners, sumas. b.
g.. snd the envelopes enclosing them shall be
legibly marked on the outside upper left-hand
corner, Tender for Works"
The proposals will be opened and canvassed
by the commissioners at the above ststed hour
and place.
Each proposal must be accompanied by a cash
deposit or certified check payable TO TIE order
OF the sumas diking commissioners for an
amount equal to five per cent of the total
amount OF the tender, the said deposit being
made as a guarantee of good faith that the
party making the proposal will, il the contract
is awarded TO him or them, execute the same
with approved security within one week Of the
date OF said award. Immediately after which
the sum so deposited viii be returned TO the
successful tenderer, and also 10 the parties
whose tenders are not accepted.
should the party 10 whom the contract is
awarded fail 10 execute the contract with ap-
proved security within one week OF the date Of
said award, the amount deposited by the said
party shall be forfeited TO the said commission
ers, and at the expiration of one week after the
date of the award the said commi sioners shal
DO free to make other arrangements for the per-
Torrance OF the works
Parties rendering shall write legihly on the
form OF tender, Immediately above their sigma
lures, the character of the earthwork 20 be fur
nished by them, that Is TO say: Whether the
earthworS will be performed by them by means
OF wheel barrows, carts, wagons, cars or dredg-
ers, or by combination Of same. The same
party is at liberty TO forward two proposals, one
based on the employment of wheel barrows,
carts. wagons and cars. and the other based on
the employment of dredgers
Specifications and drawings may be seen on
and after the 9TH day OF July, 1894 at the office
OF the clerk of the sumas dIking commission
ers. sumas, b C., or at the office of Messrs
keeier & Smith. engineers of the works, Five
Sisters block. Victoria, r.. c.
Copies of the specifications will be furnished
by either OF the above offices on the payment of
I'VE dollars.
The commissioners reserve the right 10 rsjec,
any or all tenders. q. W CHADsEY.
CLERK sumas Dising Commissioners
oihee OF the sgmas diking commissioners
sumas. Il. C., July ?, lSaI