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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-03-06
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-03-06

John O'Brien, the Lewiston base ball
player, will 60 to Memphis, Tenn, March
IL, to Join his team.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-03-06

Several Italian diggers on the waterworis
IN Canton, M-ss.. got into an altcrc alton
ver game Of cards, Sunday and, as . re
ult. one Of them drew stiletto and drove
i into his opponents breast and in second
thrust cut Linn badly about the head, caus-
ing death. All concerned were arrested.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-03-06

ROBABL Y mora de-
ponds upon the charac-
ter of tn Z recommends
ton tha n on anything
else. TIA person you
personally know tells
YOU that DIR. Greene's
Nrrvura blood and
nerve re medy will cure
you bee use it cured
him, you take his word.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-03-06
Think
IL
Over
Moment,

and you will relnem-
Der that it is the
same in every city in
New England, you
knew where to look
for bargains, even
though a stranger
in the city; but the
reason why you
knew, may never
have occurred to you.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

A WEEKLY newspaper in the East
comments on the fact that the Eu.
ropean tide has turned. The mum.
Der Of immigrants has fallen of
sharply, while there is a steady flow
Of emigrants toward the old coun.
tries. The number of returning
foreigners is reckOned at about halt
that Of the immigrants of last year..
This writer takes a most optimistic
view of the situation. He affects to
believe that a large portion Of the
emigrant horde is composed of for.
eignerS who have made their "pile'
in this country and are going back
on visits of pleasure and emigrants
who prefer to spend their winters in
Europe because they can live cheaply
there. All this is plainly Gisingenu.
Gus. 1t would not explain a 1.-THE of
the emigration. The real cause of
the turning Of the flood is the dis
heartenment of immigrants by the
bad conditions that prevailed last
winter. Without work or hope OF
work they were glad enough to seize
an opportunity to return cheaply to
the places Of their birth. where they
would be among friends. Emigra-
ton probably will be found to have
decreased in the last four months
and we predict that before the new
year enters, the reviving prosperity
of the country will have checked it
within its customary bounds. AT
the same time Ne must admit that
there is force in the suggestion that
now is the time to enact and enforce
more stringent Immigration laws.
Before the refiOw begins we should
have statutes that will e1fectually
block our ports to all but the most
desirable immigrants. In some re-
spects the present situation is yalu-
able, for, while a few Of the best Of
recently arrived foreigners are emil
grating, most of the emigrants are
not adapted to American life, and
flooding Europe with these c~ast-ofrs,
who return from the land of milk
and honey Disguised and impov-
erished, is bound to give a long
pause to immigration. In the mean
time the country can prepare for the
inevitable recurrence of the menace.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

OHIO has struck a blow at patent
eggs, and the hen is to he given an
other chance. The Buckeye State
Food Commissioner has seized a ship
ment of "desiccated" eggs and de-
clared them unfit for food. The des-
located article is obtained from the
eggs of ~fiSh-cating seabirds, which
are secured 10y the million in the low
lands along the Atlantic coast. 1t is
said to be used 10y hotels and baker
les because it is much cheaper than
the natural hen fruit. 1t is clear to
anyone that the hen would have no
chance against competition Of this
kind. Threatened by a patent egg
which machinery a turn out by the
million, she would simply have to re-
tire from business and quit laying
eggs. The discovery Of the Buckeye
commissioner that the patent article
is unfit for food gives the hen hope
for better times. If State boards Of
health everywhere take advantage OF
this knowledge the joyous cackle,
erstwhile subdued by the cunning in.
vention of man, may again be heard
in the barnyard.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08
RICHES OF NORTHERN SWEDEN
Vast Iron and Lumber Country Opened
Up by a New Railroad.

Vast Iron and umbe Country Opened
Up by a New Railroad.
The northern part of King Oscars
realm has often been called "Swedens
America" because Of the richness Of
the land, although it is still unculti
waited, says the Stockholm corresponds
ent of the st. Louis Post Dispatch
The poorer class prefer to emlgrale
to the United States instead of seek
ing new homes in NOrdla.1d, because
that part of the kingdom lacked
means Of communication by lana
with the capital. The coast cities
suffered in the winter when Ice Gov
cred the sea as much as the interior
settlements suffered the year r0unu'
When it vas discovered that there
we're great hidden riches there ll
the Government, it decided to gram
money for the building of a railway
The Northern Trunk Line is now com
plete, and has been opened by tps
king. Hei is Sweden's ablest orator, anu
he made the speech of his liie'
The festivities surpassed anything
ever seen here. The new rallroaa
connects at Boden, neal the Gull Ol
Bothnia, with the nOrthernmost ran,
road in the world, running from lne
seaport of Lulea up to the GelliNala
iron mountains. forty-seveD mix,
north of the polar circle. This roat
has been in operation two years
may be considered the end piece o. q
continuous line of railroad aDO1
1856 miles long, reaching north anu
south the whole length OF Sweueu'
The completion of this line, IL IS W.
lieved. will materially check HILL,
grafton to America. NOrdland cur
tains more than 20 per cent. OF tno
lumber of the world, and more Ilah
Canada and almost twice as mu.'
as the United States. Inc
nous iron mines. the larges} III 81 =,
istence, are capable of supplying liz !.
world for centuries. The scehcl, 4
highly picturesque, and the ne" io''
presents much for tourists.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

used, and in one case noted. the body
was placed in a small canoe inside a
larger, and covered with a third.
Among some tribes, slaves were
killed, according to the rank or
wealth of the deceased. In some in
stances they were starved to death,
or w left bound to the dead to die
horribly.
In some parts Of Australia the ma
tives use the rudest of scaffOlds, fix
ing the ends of stout branches in the
ground and connecting them at the
top by horizontal branches They
place these scaffolds among the reeds,
where they appear even more rude
and desOlate than they would other
wise. The Australians also use
canoes in which to deposit their
dead. These they cover with leaves
and place in trees. The object of
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

ALTHOUGH it is widely known as
n Of the most %corruptly governed
cities ia the country. New Orleans
occasionally affords an example Of
uncompromising justice in the adj.
ministration of the criminal law. 1t
stood its Common Council until it,
patience was exhausted, and now il
is indicting and convicting DOODLE
Aldermen with noble energy. Ono
Of the rascals was sentenced to five
years in the p~enitentiary, and many
others are awaiting trial. 1t is not
often we look South for example, but
here is a case that impels us to sit at
the feet of the Crescent City. Tell
us, oh, Mistress of the Gulf, how is
it done? How do you land 'em?
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

II was perhaps a natural desire on
the part Of the girl who wanted to
be a beauty. But when she went to
a "beauty-maker" and had her face
buttered with cocaine and her sys-
tenn stirred up with electricity till
one or the other killed her, she evi.
IDENTIFY made a mistake, That is not
the way to be a beauty. There is
one way, however, and it is a good
safe way, and we re Commend it to all
the girls. For every girl there is a
fellow somewhere. This fellow, il
she can find him, will fall in love
with her, and once he is in love with
her she will be, in his eyes, such a
perfect beauty that Venus herself
will not be in it. And if a girl is a
perfect beauty in the eyes of the
man, what more does she want?
Therefore let the girls all ind the
right man and never mind the
"beauty-maker;" for it is a plain and
eternal truth that a mar does not
love a woman because she is a
beauty, but he believes she is a
beauty because he loves her.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

Ada Celeste Sweet. President o. the
Chicago Woman's Club, is q leader
among her sex; q Oma OF the lad
vanced" type: a woman OF affairs; a
speaker, writer, thinker: a successful
competitor with masculine opponents
for place and preierment, this woman
is happy in all the charms of feminin-
ity. a wOman's ideal leader of women
and yet a woman in whom the loudest
declaimer against the wOman's-rights
woman could find nothing at which to
cavil. PhilanthrOpic generous, broad
minded. yet not altogether free, posi-
bly,. from some Of the weaknesses that
affect most characters, Ada c. Sweet
tries honestly to 90 good for her Sis
tiers. She a address a political meet
ing with force and eloquence, and she
can whisper words of encouragement
and cheer to the poor Outcast in the
underground cells of the police sta
ton.
Miss Sweet was born in StOckbridge,
Wis. Her father was agallant soldier,
General Benjamin j.. Sweet. whose
dearest companion she was, in camp
and at home. When he was Pension
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08
THE members Of the MaSSaChuSe1

The members Of the Massachusetts,
State Board of Agriculture seem to be
taking quite an interest in making a
personal canvass for information in
regard to the abandoned or partially
abandoned farms in their districts,
and much desired information is be-
Ing obtained. 1t is not expected
that the list will be greatly increased
by their labOr>, as many such farms
have been sold or reoccupied since
the publication of the first edition Of
the catalogue, either through its in
fuence or through other agencies.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

m%ourners are always bound up with
the body. which is tightly swathed
In blankets or robes, or both and
wound all over with thongs made of
the skin of some animal, and laid at
full length on its back.
Tree burial is common among the
North American Indians. and was
not uncommon among the nations
of antiquity. The Colchians, ancient
TartarS, and Scythians enveloped
their dead in sacks of skin and hung
them TO trees. Vancouver Jaw. at
Port Discovery, baskets suspended to
the trees containing the skeletons of
young children. The ClaIaul and
Twanas formerly buried their dead
in canoes, which they placed in trees.
They now inter something after the
manner OF the whites.
Canoe burial is practice by many
tribes of the northwest coast. In
cases OF chiefs, or men OF note, much
pomp and ceremony was used. The
conoes were the var canoes Of the
deceased. Frequently two canoes were
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

merciful than to her companions, and
grants her the privilege of being
killed before the huge grave is
filled in. This being completed, a
number of male slaves some.
times forty or tlfty-are slaugh.
tered and their blood poured
over the grave; after which the river
Is allowed to resume its course.
Smaller chiefs are buried with two
or three wives, and a few slaves only
are killed that their blood may lie
shed in the grave; while one of the
common herd has to be content with
solitary burial, being placed in a sit
ting posture, with the right foredn.
ger pointing heavenward, just level
with the top of the mound over his
grave"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08
If the press would only relegatc

If the press would only relegatc all
DULLES, pugilists, prize fighters,
trainers, champions" etc, to their
deserved Obscurity, it would be a
great relief to along-suifering public.
1t is hardly worth while to give
hundreds of columns Of valuable space
to a set of humbugs, who brag, bet, get
drunk, quarrel and challenge for
months, only to sell a fight or get
knocked silly" whenever the mo
imentOus occasion" is really attained.
Let "the heather rage" if they want
to, but for heavens sake let the daily
press leave them to mouth and vapor
by themselves, among the class to
which they belong, and give its at
tention to somebody or something
more manly, noble, honest, and cOur-
ageous than the pugilist of the pres.
ent day.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08
THE fall of Breckenridge illustrates

THE fall of Breckenridge illustrates
the power Of woman in politics,
when she chooses to exercise it fully
and earnestly. 1t demonstrates one
other thing, which not every think
ing woman, perhaps, would be pre-
pared to admit; and that's her power
is just as great now, if she brings it
into play boldly and with decision, as
1T would be if she had the vote. 1t
was the women of Kentucky, bless
them, who laid The old unrepentant
sinner low. Had he claimed solely
the forgiveness of society, 1t might
have been accorded, in time. But
he stood out with almost unparalleled
audacity for a verdict against his
partner in the scandal. and for his
CYn triumphant reinstatement,
which would have been equivalent to
espousing his side Of the nauseous
controversy. This was too much. 1t
was the act of an obstinate man,
who knew that he was in the wrong,
but who had not the moral courage
TO say SO.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

e Miss ANNA GOuLD's exploits in
Europe are sufficiently crowned by
Queen Nictoria's peremptOry refusal
to permit Prince Francis OF Batten-
burg to continue his campaign for
the millions. The Gould family,
having raced the Prince Of Wales and
been snubbed by him, and having
6irted with the p%attenherg and been
1outed by the queen, have had enough
acquaintance with the rebuff royal
to entitle them to a coat of arms-a
cuff (crowned) surmounting a nose
(tweaked). AS for the prince, he
seems to be as well suited as can be
imagined with the arrangement. He
has been living from hand to mouth,
with enough to eat, Of course, but
hardly enough to gamble decently,
and the episode, if it will not loosen
the queens pursestrings, at least has
forced the frugal lady to promise him
q suitable bride, competent to sup.
mort him in the way he was brought
M to live. And 50 they were not
married and they lived happily yer
after.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

Commissioner she was his secretar,
When he died she assumed and fnI.
filled the duties of his office for a tima
She served as Pension Agent at Chico.
go during the administrations -,
Grant, Hayes, Garfield and Arthur
and was the first woman appointed n,
disburse money for the United States
Government.
In woman's work in Chicago Mis-.
Sweet has taken an active and promi.
nent part. She has been during the
last four years at the head of the GEN.
eral club committee on compulsory ed.
ucatiOn. She raised a fund for tina
WOmen's Buildings at the Chicago
University.
For ten years she has worked to oh.
tain separate quarters for arrested
women and girls in the police stations
and the appointment of matrOns. She
raised the money to build the first am.
balances used by the Police Depart.
ment. and in many ways she has been
a friend to the poor, the suffering and
the distressed Miss Sweet, since i.S..
has conducted a pension claim office in
Chicago with great success.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

these elevated tombs is to prevent
the dingO or native dog from eating
the corpse, though it is said they do
not appear to be troubled in the least
that the avens feast upon their
dead.
Slaves and others are sacrificed at
the graves of some African chiefs.
Cameron gives the following account
of the horrors of the grave of a chief
Of Urua:
"The first proceeding is to divert
the course of a stream and in it's
bed to dig an enormous pit. the bot
tom of which is then covered with
living women. AT n end a woman
is placed on her hands and knees,
and upon her back the dead chief,
covered with his beads and other
treasures, is seated, being supported
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08
MIAMI GRAVE.

Miamis, logs were split and followed
out, the dead placed within and the
log securely dashed together and left
to remain where it was originally
placed. IN some cases a pen was
built over and around it. The
Miamis sometimes closed this log
coffin and confined it to the ground
with crossed stakes. Occasionally a
hollow low was used by closing the
ends.
Burial on scatlOldS is much in favor
with some American Indians. These
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08
BURIAL OF SAVAGES.
HOW THE WILD RACES DISPOSE
OF THEIR DEAD.
The African Chief Takes His Wife with
Him-On ScafYolds, I'm Canoes and In
Hollow Logs the Kindred OF the Amer
lean Indian Find Rest.
Have Queer TOmbs.

Those who look upon the beautiful
cemeteries and trinity kept resting
places of the dead of civilized ma
tions stop to wonder how the dead Of
uncivilized and primitive peoples are
disposed of, or even to remember
that they also possess a silent major
ity, whose words and customs remain
to influence the living, who cling to
wild superstitions and strange usages
because their fathers did so before
them.
The commonest mode Of interment
has always been in the ground,
though many tribes make but shallow
graves, and place wild brush, logs, or
stone over them in order to protect
them from wild beasts. The Pima
Indians Of Arizona dig a perfectly
round hole about two feet in diane
ter and four or five feet deep, then
hollow out one side of the bottom
into a kind of vault large enough to
contain the body, which is bound by
ropes into a sitting position. The
grave is then filed to a level with the
earth, and pieces Of timber and poles
heaped upon it.
Surface burial was practiced to a
limited extent by some American
tribes. The Seminoles, of Florida,
are said to have placed their dead in
upright POSITIONS in hollow trees. BY
some Eastern tribes and among the
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

AN Indiana farmer claims that he
tealizes more than 81 a bushel on
all his wheat by feeding it to hogs.
An Ohio farmer found by actual
weight that he made 81. II per bushel
on the wheat he fed his hogs. AS
both these incidents are well anthem
ticated, farmers will find it profit.
able to utilize their wheat for feed
Ing instead Of realizing One-half or
less in marketing it.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

A PHILADELPHIA paper wisely in
forms its readers that "the world an
Aually uses 10, 500, 600 bushels of
wheat and 5000, 900 bushels of
corn" Philadelphia has the reputa-
bon for being very slow, but this
beats all records. 1t has been several
centuries since the total amount con.
sumed In the world was as stated.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

scaffolds are from eight to ten feet
high and made of four forked posts
planted firmly in the ground, n at
each corner, and then placing others
across, so as to form a floor, on which
the body is securely fastened. Among
the Teton Sioux, if the family can
possibly afford it. n or more horses
are shot and placed under the scat
fold. Valuables of all kinds,
weapons, ornaments. pipes and locks
of hair cut from the heads of the
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

CALIFORNIA a grow richer than
CrGsus from it's fruit crops. They
are of uncOuntably more value to it
than all the gold mines between
Mount Shasta and San Diego.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

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Tor war. Up T
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for military al
Eextreme readi|
mastering the
cation justife
field they will
terity and b
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efforts In moi
| The Japane
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mind of ever
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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

on either side by n Of his wives.
while his second wife sits to his feet.
Inc earth is then shoyeled in upon
them, and all the women are buried
awe with the exception of the Sec
Oud wife. To her custom is more
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

time to de
means Of a
art seems Il
singular pei
show the 10
fable degree
play an exc
eler records
on a tree IN
somebody i
dozen prod
opd cot. dOJ
the bird. 4
who prepal
amused til
little sketd
other was
aneS pear
der of lab
shrine son
to his ana
three of TIL
ing made
vicinity, a
mere. Scra
sessed a ia
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08
Have Plenty OF Room.

Have FIeHty vi .otor
a man has thirty times ere
chance of life if he live 10 onlo
rOomed house than if he is Only
to rent a single chamber.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

Ia CESSNA GIRL
or Corea as for
lice. Compared
bopulation' VIII
List, Japan see
boint OF fact the
hing but small
hoes, an area OF
Ind a populatio
larger than ltal
but slightly exc
Sia, and falls III
kro- {
Nation it exceed
Great Britain 3
boo more than
uore than lta'
many as 81
barred with a
huge, overgrow
China, Japan j
bic power, one
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

ADvICEs from Cuba are to the ef-
tect that the banana crop has slipped
IN.