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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-04-05
Antiquity of the Pump.

Machines for raising water may be
said to be as old as civilization itself,
and their. invention extends so far
beyond written history that no one
a say when the art of lifting and
distributing water began. Eg pit,
the land OF unfathOmable antiquity,
the oldest civilization of the Orient,
noted not only for her magnitcence
anC power, but for engineering skill,
made practical use of such important
devices as the syphon and syringe,
the latter being a remarkable inven-
tiOn, and the real parent of the mod
ern pump
Whether or not syringeS were ever
fitted with inlet or outlet valves.
thus making the single action pump,
is not known, but bellows, consisting
of a leather bag set IN a frame and
worked by the feet-the operator
standing with one foot on each bag,
expelling the inclosed air, the eX.
hausted bag being then lifted by "A
string to refill it with air-implieS
the use of a valve opening inward.
and it is difficult to conceive Of Il con-
tinuouS operation without me-.
A repre- tentative piece OF mcchan-
ism occurs frequently on the sculp
lures of early Egypt. 1t has the APP
pearance of, and is generally believed
to be a portable pump. The h draulic
| screw IS also attributed to this peO-
pie, but their main reliance seems al
way to have been shadoot, seen
every where along the banks Of the
Nile--an invention so simple, and so
we'll adapted to their needs, that it
remains to-G. substantially the same
as it has through all the centuries
since histOr., began.
The same may be said regarding
the chain pump in China, an inyen-
ton the origin Of which %antedatcs
the Christian era. This simple ma
chine is in such common use that
every agricultural lahOrer is in pos
session of one. Where irrigation is
conducted on a larger scale the chain
pump is maze proportionatcly larger
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-04-05
Village Life i'm Mexico.

A great cotton hacienda in Mexico
is strongly built with walls like those
of a fort; the tops of the walls are
often studded thickly W tn broken
glass Of a jagged and deadly appear
ance; for further protection, com.
panies of soldiers are kept within the
establishment.
A hacienda of this type, whether
devoted to the manufacture of sugar
or cotton, the raising ,Of cattle, or
mining of silver. is a complete little
State, with every appliance for lux
ury and security. 1t contains within
it's wall hundreds of poems, soldiers,
barracks. a chapel, houses for labor
family. and every necessary of life
for man ard beast.
The administrator, or general man
ager is the father of the great FAM
lily; he decides all disputes arising be-
tween the various members of it, and
il he is only ordinarily just,
finds his authority disputed, but is
looked up to with much respect and
consulted by the poems in all family
matters.
A gentleman who was for some
years administrator Of an estate in
the State of COahuila told me that
while occupying this position he on
ceived a high opinion of the slmplic-
iGy, honesty, and truStworthiness of
the Mexican laborer. In most of the
haciendaS the machinery is of a most
primitive kind, modern improve
ments being used only in the largest
establishments.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-04-05
New Word.

When little Maud began to 60 to
school, she was the naughtiest Of
scholars. S c was naughty in so
reckless a way that Hilda, her sister,
two years older than she, became
heartily ashamed OF her. Maud occa.
siOnally talked aloud in class; she
made such absurd faces that even
the teacher vas forced to smile, and
she cherished so hearty a love for re-
cess that it was difficult to induce
her to come in when the quarter
hour was over.
AS she was a very little girl, and
quite I'm ised to rule or punishments,
no very severe measures were taken
with her. But Hilda had at last
borne all she could.
Mamma" she said n day wren
she came home, with tears in her
eyes. ''mayn't Maud give up going to
school till she knows how to behave
better:?"
"But l hope she will learn by 60
ing" said her mother. "We must
have patience, you know"
but, mamma, she does things
that are just awful, and everybody
knows she is my sister, and l am so
ashamed"
DWELL. Hilda, 1 think we must
keep on doing BEST and just help
her to be good"
COB, I'd do that" said Hilda. two
tears stealing down her cheeks.
''l'm not tired of Maud MOI her
naughtiness. but mamma, | am tired
Of being SO complicated by herr
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-04-05
THE ILL.MANNERED SHAH.
Royalty Aghast Because Nasr"ed-Din Will
Again Visit Europe.

Royalty Aghast Because asr-ed.Di win
Again Visit Europe.
The courts of Europe are Just now
in q flutter g? excitement, owing to
the announcement that Nesr.ed-D Din,
Shah of Persia, will soon decend from
the peacock throne and make a tour
Of Europe as the guest of the SOW
ereigns thereof. 1t is not as a pOlit-
ical figure that the Shah sends a
streak Of CONSERVATION through
European royalty, but as an offensive
individual parsonage. The etiquette
of the Persian court does not reach
the standard established in the three
previous visits of Nasr-ed-Din to
Europe.
The first of these visits was in 1873
and the second in 1873. He came
again in 1889, and it was then observed
that his had not in the least
ample, on throwing under the table
his plates and other dishes as fast as
he got through with their contents.
Perhaps that is the approved Persian
table etiquette. But in a sumptuOuly
furnished European palace, with
china as fragile as e%ggshells and
worth its weight in gold, it is, to say
the least, rather trying. At his first
dinner as the guest of Queen Vic
toria, in 1889, it is said, he thus de-
strOyed 81, 600 worth Of rare china.
At all subsequent meals a number
Of walters were kept standing close
behind him to snatch up his plates
the moment he seemed done with
them. or at least to take them from
his hand before he could throw them
under the table. Even despite these
precautions he broke several things
and hit some OF the other guests on
the feet and shins with the dishes.
On one occasion the Shah was
seated at the table next to n of the
most stately and digni1ed royal
princesses of Europe. He was helped
to some asparagus, cooked in a Pc
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. manner. Picking up
a stalk in his fingers, he sucked the
end of it with evident delight. Then
turning to his fair n%eighbOr he eX-
claimed, "Ba! ba. How good it Isl"
and thrust the same stalk into her
mouth for her also to tast.
Nor was his conversation less em-
barrassing than his table
Talking with a nobleman OF great
distinction, he suddenly asked:
"1s that your wife over there:?"
eyes, your majesty"
"But she is old and ugly. Why
don't you get rid Of her and take a
new one, one of these young and
pretty wOmen?:"
AS he spoke in a tone perfectly
audible to the lady under discussion,
and indeed to most Of the company in
the room, the sensation produced may
best be left to the imagination. Nor
was the scene less embarrassing when
the Shah One evening approached
n of the royal princesses and
began to pat and pinch her plump
shoulders, saying, sab, you are the
kind of woman l like! You are not all
bones! l will get rid of one of my
wives and take you in her place"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-04-05
IA MOTHERS PLACE.

.,o+her's place"-so father said,
~ Kind hand resting on my head,
Vile MI the burdens OF the day,
n,ye md trouble, fell away!
NV ,,,rnoses seemed TO grow in me
g r,,rrle fol- the victory,
IA bv The freside's happy light
nhhrreaibed Il silent prayer Tonight!
,,overc guessed in times gone by
ln'y much there was to fret anu try
i,'o eweetost temper all dav longl
W. - II Il day when things went WRONG.
"n"arked the hasty, angry word.
:, ming the tones my childhood heard,
lin In memory the while
ryhe VISION OF Il vanished snlile!
n1Lc children. crowding at my side,
HHnsd me and will not be denied.
~ home her presence made so bright
HXeods me, and / must be it's light!
Tho 10 S and girl too soon will go
IVAN sheltering arms OF love, l KNOW
,foy The -weet influence OF home
To- theirs wherever they may roam!
vos,it is little l can do;
Iot foith in God will ear me through
,,d live me wisdom to fulfill
NJ duty. since it is his will
Ti,ar these. who need n mothers cart
tihr,,ld lind in me-bereit of her,
,nd Ion cling for her loving face
4 ruide and friend in mothers piacei
0uINer.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-04-05
A Striking Resemblance.

He was the son of a worthy citizen
and had Just returned from college.
His father was a brus lue, matter-Of-
fact man, who had no love Tor any
thing pronounced, and he noticed
with sorrow that his son returned
with the latest thing IN collars and
various other insignia of dudedom.
The old gentleman surveyed MIN
critically when he appeared IN MS
Off G and then blurted OUT
"Young man, you look like an
IDIOT"
Just at that moment, and before
the young man had time to make d
fitting reply, a friend walked in.
..Why hello, Billy. have you re-
turned?:" he asked. ''Dear me, now
much YOU resemble your father"
$50 he has been telling me-" re-
piled Billy, smiling %covertly.
From thatday to this the old gentle-
man has had no fault to find with his
son.
A REALLY dangerous man generally
tries to avoid trouble.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-04-05
PRESERvATlvE EFFECT OF la
Dor.

1SOs
Overwork Never Kills, but Worry Stays I,s
Thousands.
1t Is well-knOwn that the late Sir
Andrew Clark had a contempt for
the view that hard work hurts a
man, says the London News. From
the latest Of the series of articles re-
producing in the Lancet instructions
given by him in clinical medicine at
the London hospital, we make the
following interesting quotation. re-
vlving in his own words a bit Of
autobiography, with the substance
OF which Il readers are already ia
mil;ar:
"Labor is the life OF life. And
especially is it the life of life to the
delicate. And when any organ is
sick. it is then truer than in health
that even in sickness and d~elicacy it
Is better for the organ to do whaG
work of it's wi it can. provided it
can do it without injury. And l can
say to you from a considerable ex-
perience of t%uberculous pulmonary
disease, l can say with perfect con-
fldence that those who have done
the best have usually been those
who have occupied themselves the
most. l never knew my own par
ents.
"They both died of phthisis. At
the age Of II l myself went to Ma
deira to die of phthisis. But l did
NOT 6in and nm pntlin~ honly T had
the good luck to get into this great
hospital, and in those days they
were not very pleased to have the
Scotchmen coming to London to oc.
occupy such appointments. The
members OF the staff had heard that.
l had tubercle and they wagered 100
to that l would only have the ap-
pointment six months at most. The
reason given for that was that l did
not eat and worked too hard.
IL got the appointment. Thirty.
eight or thirty nine years have gone
since that time, and it is all the
other doctors that are gone. Only l
am left here on the stalf-an old gen.
tleman-nOt dead yet"
There was one little mistake here,
as the editor OF the Lancet points
out. Sir Andrew Clark had for the
moment forgotten that DIR. w. j.
Little was still alive.
Labor is life" said Sir Andrew
Clark in the lecture above quoted,
''but worry is killing. 1t is bad
management that kills people. Nj
ture will let no man Overwork him
self unless he plays her false-takes
stimulents at irregular times, smokes
too much or takes opium. If ne is
regular and obeys the laws of health
and walks in the way Of physiological
righteousness, nature will never al
low him or any other person to work
too much.
ii have never yet seen a case of
breaking down from mere Overwork
alone, but l admit that it is neces-
sary above all things to cultivate
tranquility of mind. Try to help
your patients to exercise their wills
in regard to this-fOr will counts for
something in securing tranquility
to accept things as they are and not
to bother about yesterday. which is
gone forever: not to bother about
tomorrow, which is not theirs, bit
to take the present day and make
the best of it. Those affectionate
women who will continually peer
into what lies beyond never have any
present life at all-they are always
grizzling oyer the pastor prying in
to the future. and this blessed to.
day, which is all that we are sure of,
they never. have"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-04-05
Why He Wondered.

In a certain community a lawyer
died who was Il most popular and
worthy man, and among other virtues
inscribed upon his tomb was this:
"a lawyer and an honest man"
Some years afterwards a farmers
convention was held in the town, and
n Of the delegates, Of a sensational
tItrn, in rambling among the tCmbs,
was struck with the inscription: "a
lawyer, and an honest man."
He was lost in thought. and when
run upon by a fellow farmer, who.
noticing his abstraction, asked ii he
had fond the grave OF Il dear friend
or relative, said;
''No; but l was wondering why
they Came 30 bury these two fellows
in the same grave"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-04-05
New Citizens Of France.

During 1892 4.537 aliens were nat
turlIized in France and it is Of some
interest that 279 Of these were Ger
man. a thousand persons from
Alsace.Lorraine acquired French ma
tionality during the year. and sol
Italians. 726 Belgians, and So Rus
slams. Seven thousand lightweight
children of alien parents, born on
French soil, were counted in as of
French nationality. without choice
or option of the parents by virtue Of
the new legislation promoted TO check
the foreign element in France aud to
work up an increase of thc population
which the native element fails to
maintain. Altogether France ac-
quired in n way and another ID. S92
new citizens during the year 1893.
A FARMER would rather drive
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-04-05

and moved ~ a very simple tread.
wheel, and Istill larger ones are OPP
Grated by yosing a buffalo or other
animal to astitable driving machine.
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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-04-05

A MAN anxious to succeed should
select a business he can stick to all
his life.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-04-05

A FARMER would rather drive
TWENTY-FIVE miles than write a letter.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-04-05

REALLY dangerous man generally
tries to avoid trouble.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-04-05

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The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-27

f. 7. Chase, of Alvarado, had
catarrh; WAS reduced to l22 pounds;
used "Cacterine' and gained 35
pounds in 7-months and WIS strong
as ever and in good health. Free
treatments at e K. Dismuke'a
drug store.
MIR. w. ID. Jackson, the old
reliable photographers still making
pictures true to life, finished in the
highest style of art. Cali and
ex I'm ne specimens at ll2 n orth
Fifth street.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-27
A Sure Cure for Piles.

Itching Piles are known by mols-
ture like perspiration, causing in =
tense itching when warm. This
form as we'll as Blind, Bleeding or
Protruding, yield at once to Dr..
Bosanko's Pile Remedy, which acts
directly on parts affected, absorbs
tuners, allays itching and effects a
permanent cure. 50 cts, Druggists
or mail Circulars free. DR.. Bo
sanko. philadelphia, Pa.
Sold by Williamson Drug Com
pany, Druggists.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-27
WHEREIN HIGGINS
Writes an Open Letter to City
Aldermen,

GENTLEMEN Why do you not
wake up to the fact that we have a
city, and that we pay about $500 600
taxes per annum, and have very few
things TO show for our money ?
Take some Of the "bond totiug''
and big city hall foolishnesa money
and
l. Put drinking fountains at all
the important street corners, with
the sign. 'Pure Artesian Water
From Well 600 Feet Deep. Free
to Everybody"
9. Build sewers, first of all, to
ali the residences of Waco. No
city can be healthy or clearly with
out sewerage.
Arrange to sprinkle the streets of
Waco. Thousands of people will
visit Waco soon to attend our
Cotton Palace, or conventions in the
convention Cotton Palace Hall. "
We want the dust settled.
4. Keep our streets clean. We
want clean town.
3. Buy park. We need a park
and each year you put this ma 81
off will only make 1t cost the city
more money,
g. Let all your plans be looking
to city, for the Cotton Palace
will make city out of Waco soon,
We gre children no longer, we have
put off knee pants. Treat us like
we were somebody and wanteC
something for our money. Rise t.
the "IpEA GET THE IDEA anc
push Waco, and all the people vii
call and get their homes furnished
from kitchen to parlor
BY Waco Trading Co
J. W, RlaaINs, Prop.
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GRAND MEN, AND MEN MEAN
AS the Devil Wants them-Rlg-
gins Gives 1.-The idea !"

gins GlVoS he idea
Say, Higgins what will you take
for that Cotton Palace subscrip-
tion?' Said a walking forked
piece of dirt. This question was
asked with sheer. We replied.
LIST. That list is not for sale.
2nd. Since your name is not on
that list it comes with very poor
taste from You to make any remark
about it.
3rd. Besides, | think more of any
man whose name is on that list,
if he NEVER PAYS, than | do Of the
man who has neither public spirit
nor selfrespect enough to put his
name there, and that man is worth
more to Waco Besides no GEN
TLEMAN, whose name is not on that
list, will make any remark about it.
Such remarks make me sick.
shortly after this walked down
the street and saw one who did not
believe at first we could raise the
money, but who had early subscribed
$500 This was very prominent
bank president, who said:
Origins, had no idea such an
amount of money could be secured
the list is as good one as | ever
saw in Waco There are still many i,
very many Of our best citizens who
will take stock. The danger line
is passed the C)tton Palace will
he bailt"
The last party knew nothing of
my experience with the other How
grand and manly this last man ap
peared 10 me. Smart men change
otelligent, honest, honorable men
are always open to information ard
conviction. deeply and greatly
admire such men Ii takes a gentle
man to see an error or make an
apology.
There are men in Waco Whose
intelligent, grand natures and noble
public spirit melt my heart in
gratitude, because | count them my
friends and the friend Of Waco.
On, how noble they rise in my
estimation.
But the slipgy, narrow minded
forked pieces Of drt--how they
repel ms aud disgust the sensibli-
ties of all good people. Wonder if
they know how low they are in the
estimation Of ali good people.
TIE Waco COrToN PALACE WILL
RE BUILT. The world today is
watching US. We cannot retreat.
Come on, noble men of Waco.
VICTORY will he YOURS
The Waco Trading company can
furnish your homes from "kitchen
to parlor'' on easy payments.
j. W. HIGGINS, Prop.
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NOTICE TO PHYSICIANS.
Directed by the Board Of Health as
to Infectious diseases.

D''N('SN W WIG DOhIQ VI fltdIlu de
to Infectious diseases.
Pursuant TO q resolution by the
board OF health, we, the committee
appointed to defue contagious and
Infectious diseases, issue this notice
to the physicians of Waco by order
OF the board.
Physicians are required to send
report to the president of board of
health Immediately upon making
diagnosis Of contagious or infec-
tious disease. Blanks for this pur-
pose will be furnished by the score
tary of the board.
1t has been demonstrated by ex-
perience that this notification must
be given by the medical attendant.
If left to the pare or householder,
it will not be done n. ali or be done
too late to be Of any service.
The diseases required to be re-
ported are: Smallpox, measles,
diphthcris, scarlet fever, typhoid
fever, yellow fever, typhus fever,
cholera, spinal meningitis,
variulla, pertus lis, erysipelas, lcp
rosy, parotitis. The Information
thus obtained is Of use in various
ways
/ 1t enables the public authori
ties to combat epid' mics at the
very begining, which is one-half of
the fight. Abundant evidence can
be adduced TO prove that the spread
of contagious and infectious dis
eases can be largely controlled by
proper measures if ali the clses are
promptly reported.
.. 1t leads to the inspection of
premises and the detection of I'M
san tary conditions which might
other wise have long escaped notice.
3 l. educltes tho public to the
idea that sanitary measures are
effective and go prepares the way
for new Legislation when needed.
4 In connection with 9th ar pro-
phylactlc measures ii enables the
NAtioi llitN W ttutIUl luS ft lOtl hL-
iendanc9 OF children who have been
exposed TO infection.
s 1T furnishes large mass of
material, larger than would be acces-
slble to any single individual with
ont such Motif lation, from which
the mortality of these diseases can
be established and the history and
intensity of diff srent epidemics
compared ~ we'll rs their vlrulence,
as ei iected by locality, etc.
Any ply stefan f,ilng to comply
with the above will he subject to
prosecution as prescribed by city
ordinance.
G Is FoscuE, NJ. ID.
IT, l. TAYLOR, M. ID.
Nj. l.. GRAVES, M. ID.
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