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FARM FOR SALE
AT
PRIVATE CONTRACT.

The undersigned offers for sale at
private contract his farm, situated
near Assawoman and open to the
ocean, containing by estimation 235
acres. more or less-it being the same
which was formerly owned by Thos.
Parramore. Said tract contains 135
acres of arabic land, has excellent
pasture, abundant resources for
manuring purposes, and is well
drained, having no ditch on same
and needing none. The location of
same is healthy and its surroundings
are such as to make it a pleasant
home. Said farm can be bought at a
reasonable price.
For terms and other particulars
apply to
ASA SHIELDS,
Temperanceville, Va.
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Congress has abolished the posta.
note and reduced the cost of money
orders. For orders not exceeding
$3.50 the charge is cents. and the
fee increases until it is 30 cents for
sums over $50 and under 500. The
new law will take effect on the LIST of
next July.
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Mapnsville. Va. Dec. 20, 1893

Mappsville, Va, Dec. 20, 1893
Mr.. John K. Ewell,
Dear Sir:-I used Scott's Sure
Growth Compound bought of you on
Irish potatoes, aud also some 10 per
cent of ammonia goods. found that
the Compound gave me better re-
suits than the higher prices goods,
and will use it the coming season.
William II. Baker.
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IlUIIWUUU, I., IICNs w. T"''''
MIR. John r. Ewell,
Dear >Sir:-I used SCOTS Sure
Growth Super Phosphate on sweet
potatoes and corn. and have never
used anything that gave me more
satisfaction. | also used the Sure
Growth Compound on round pota
toes with the same good effect. |
also used some of the Sweet Potato
Fertilizer, but could see little advan
tage from it over the Sure Growth
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side of two other standard brands of
fertilizers OF the same analysis. l
found the results from your goods so
satisfactory, that expect to use
them again this year.
Yours respectfully,
J. Amber Jarvis.
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Teagle H. Taylor
Mappsville. Va Dee. 90, 1893

Mappsville, Va Dec. 90, 1893
John r. Ewell, Esq,
Dear Sir:-In reference to the Sure
Growth Compound, which 1 used on
my Irish potatoes last season. am
very much pleased with the goods,
which gave me the greatest satisfac-
ton. | had a fine crop, and shipped
fifty barrels to the one barrel planted,
all being of the finest quality. The
Sure Growth Phosphate | think best
adapted to sweet potatoes, and will
use it in connection with your Stand
ard Fertilizer. The Sure Growth
and Standard made me some fine
corn considering the dry season, and
/ shall use both goods next Spring
George NJ. Fisher
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Mappsville. Va, Dec. 90, 1893

Mappsville, Va, Dec. %, IS7':
Mr. John r. Ewell,
Dear Sir-You asked Inc how l
like the Scott Fertilizers; they are
the best | have ever used, and from
toes, ana VIII use. tifcsanyUd JJ,haa 4
season. The Sweet Potato and Stand
ard Fertilizers | did not use enough
of to give decided opinion as to
their merits, but will use them the
coming season.
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Accomac G. H Va. Dee. %, 1893.
The Scott Fertilizer Co.
Elkton, Nd.
Myself and Wesley Bull used your
Sure Growth Compound on Irish po-
tatoes and peas last summer along
side Peruvian Guano: the results
were surprisingly in advance for the
Sure Growth Compound. We will
use it again this coming season, and
many of our nei%hbors and friends
express the same intention.
+. T. Coleburn,
Wesley w. Bull.
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Mappsville, Va, Dee. 20, 1888.

10 ~, fc15.
John r. Ewell, Esq,
Dear Sir:-It gives me pleasure to
bear testimony in regard to SCOTS
Snre Growth Compound, which
used on my Irish potatoes last sea
son: planted one barrel and mar
keted tifty-iive barrels OF us fine po
tatoeS as were ever raised in Acco-
mack county. will use no other
fertilizer OH my Irish potatoe crop
next Spring also had good results
from Sure Growth Super Phosphate
on corn, having fine prospect for II
large crop until the drought SET in.
For the season it was a satisfactory
yield. S. Z. Bloxom.
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Taylor House, Eastville, Va,
January 1st, 1891
The Scott Fertilizer Co.,
Elkton, Md.
Gentlemen:-I used your per cent
Sure Growth Compound on early
round potatoes last Spring by the
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For Sale.

Timothy Hay, Cecil county, Md,
SIS per ton any quantity,
Meal, Bran and
Mill Feed.
Hot Bed Sash, Bricks, Lime and
Laths, Fish Fertilizers and
Bone Fertilizers.
Garden Seeds, Sweet and Irish
Potato Seeds,
Clipper and F F Flows, Cul-
tivators and attachments
Stove Coal, &C., &c.
All kinds of Building Material
furnished ON short notice.
All at fair prices.
H. L. WHITE
Bloomtown, Va.
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grade fertilizers nearly twenty
the best
calling attention 10 e"
nonials 'front.' lose who used goods last season
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Available Phosphoric Acid to II per cent.
Ammonia . to per cent.
Potash (actuaD to per cent.
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For sweet potatoes recommend Sure Growth Supephosp
is guaranteed to test:
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f. T. & F. NJ. Boggs
+. T. Boggs, Boggs
Rogers & Boggs, NJ
b. w. Mears & Son,
Howard F. Kilmon,
w. II. Garrett, Bird
Hutchinson & Miles
r, Eastville.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-27
Police Methods in st. LOuis.

A policeman in st. Louis encounter
ed Il sleep-walkcr who was on the
street at night in his night shirt. and
after arousing him took him to his
room and made him dress. This done,
tue citizen was marched to the police
station where he protested Indignantly
against his arrest, offering as an excuse
Tor his appearance when taken into Gus
tody that he was a somnambulist. With
much display of authority in his voice.
the police official replied he didn't care
what church the prisoner belonged to,
1t was against a city ordinance to walk
the streets without any clothes on.
The somnambulist was finally allowed
to 90 without being fned.-Baltimore
Sun.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-27

1t lookSa as if the wretched statesmen
of China. having failed to check the adj
vance of the victorious Japanese. have
fallen upon the scapegoat principle as
the last resort by which they shall be
able to keep their own heads on their
shoulders. Ii Hung Chang has always
had desperate enemies among the cOur-
tiers and mandarins. He has been prac-
tically alone for thirty years in ef-
forts to make China enter the family of
civilized nations. Even in the face of
court d%iSfavOr he has urged building
OF railways. opening of ports. treaties
of friendship with other countries and
the admission of foreigners on terms of
equality with natives in the trades and
trade of China. The imperial coteric.
idle. worthless and inert. cherishiny
delusions and tiourishing in supersti-
ton and robbery. have looked upon him
as their foe. and AT last they have seiZ-
ed upon Il series of disasters which it
was not In his power to avert as Il pre-
text for charging him with corruption.
He may have been corrupt: If he wee
not he probably could not have kept
his head. But. in view Of Gordon's
disclosures about his unflinching 10y
atty after the TAPPING rebellion, it will
be difficult to believe him capable or
guilty of treachery.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-27

A young wOman in Chicago has orig
mated the novel idea Of going to Eu.
rope twice a year to shop for her
friends. charging n profitable commits.
sion for her services. Having been &C.
cuStOmed to the dainty things of life
herself. she knows where to buy, and
is competent to judge of them. and
with her love for shopping and pre-.
vious experience in buying for others,
she feels confident of success. Men.
she is sure. will give her plenty of or
ders. OF curse necessity prompted
her to try the experiment. and in IN
week Of preparation she had succeeded
in getting commissions enough to a
ran the first trip acrOs the ocean.
Each and every order is to be filled sat
isfactOrily. Nothing is To be o much
trouble. One woman IS TO send her
daughter in her care to a French con-
vent. and another one wants a cat
which can be found at n certain shop
in London. Gloves. handkerchiefS.
lingerie. dinner dresses. evening bon
nets. mems underwear. o~vercoatS. furS.
and old china are on her list: and she
also intends TO buy odd things on her
wv account, trusting to a profit on
her sales.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-27
CORNER OF THE BED ROOM.

ting and a few rugs Of white goatskin.
A three-cornered wooden frame in the
corner is prettily covered and draped
with a delicate blue and white Canton
crepe, which also forms n scarf for the
upper part of the window, and the
valance for the white enameled bed. IL
covers. besides, a long, low window
seat, which combines at once a lounge
and Il receptacle for dresses. The low
er sash of the window has small muslin
curtains, meeting at the top and bot
tom, and tied back in the middle. and
a white Holland shade, which, together
with the scarf already mentioned, COM
pletes the arrangement Of the window.
This Is a particularly happy n for a
bedroom window, inasmuch as it is
very pretty and graceful without being
stuffy. A blue and white Delft lamp
on a stand, neatly arranged writing
table, a few sketches In white frames
on the walls and two or three comforta-
bic chairs complete the furniture Of
this remarkably pretty room, which
owes its beauty almost entirely to the
clever fingers of its occupant.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-27
WISE DOG.
He Heard His Fate Pronounced and
Immediately Departed.

He Heard His Fate Pronounced and
Immediately Departed.
! knew of a fine old dog, a great.
shaggy shepherd dog, whose name was
Diogenes. He lived on a farm in the
western part of this State, and for
year was a useful member Of the
household. driving the sheep and cows
to pasture and going after them. look
ing after the babies when they were
out OF doors, and watching the house
ut nights. But as the years went on
hi grew old and feeble. He lost his
teeth. became almost blind. and cough
ed with Il whceZy cough that was not
pleasant to listen to. He wouldn't stay
out of doors. either, and wanted to
lie by the fire constantly. and one
winters night. as he was stretched
out on the III as usual, blinking in
the blaze. his master, who was sitting
by, said to his wife:
We'll have to dispose Of Di, |
think. Blind. toOthless. full Of feas
and rheumatism. and now with asthma
hopelessly fastened upon him. he is no
comfort to himself and is Il nuisance
to the rest Of us. Tomorrow I'll take
him up on the hill lot and give him
a dose of chlorOform.'
Diogenes lay still n few minutes
after that, then he got up. shook his
shaggy fur, and turned about. He
vel to his master and rubbed his
knee. and then walked over to his mis-
tress and laid his head on her lap. She
patted him. and he went on to the boy
of the family. now almost grown. who
had been his playmate for years. He
reached out and patted the dogs nose.
saying. Poor old Di. good Dir and
hi stayed the longest with him, rub
bling against his knees and looking
into his face again and again.
But at last he pulled himself away and
walked to the door, opening it with a
toS of his nose, as he could, and walk
ed u He was never seer again. His
tracks were traced in the snow the
mex day down to the road, where
they We're lost among many others.
He was well known all about the
neighborhood. and many inquiries We're
made for him for miles around, but
Di was never heard from again.-New
York Times.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-27
How Could They Refuse?

An energetic woman about 80 years.
OLD applied for work at the office of the.
lnlted States Rubber Company. in
New York City, and was told by the
clerk To 60 upstairs and see the fore
man. lhe woman, not knowing the
way, went out into the yard. and, see
ING no other way To get up, she tucked
up her skirts and assembled the fire es-
cape TO the fourth story. There she
opened Il window and climbed in. to
the surprise of the foreman, who was
standing near by. The foreman, after
recovering from his embarrassment.
asked her what she wanted. The wom-
dh stated her mission. Sh" got the job.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-27

A Peeping Tom professor recently
discovered in the pale moonlight
spreading Over the campus at Tufts
College a damsel kissed by a man. He
promptly reported the fact to the Pres
idcnt. who, OF the'following morning.
gave the young lady students a lecture
on the proprieties. This inspired in.
veStigatiOn. and one of the servant
girls employed in Metcalf Hall boldly
acknowledged her sweetheart had do
mated the tribute of affection thai ere
ated h trouble. Now the young lady
students are indignant and demand an
apology from the President. Ii some
board of arbitration does not settle this
ana the public may expect some phil
Osophic theses in this quarter on THE
Cnkisscd Kiss" a subject that has
troubled the poets So long.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-27

stratcd scientifically that the cat does
turn In the air and does land on its
feet, but did not bctray the motive
power. The general impression was
that it was due to the leverage obtain
ed by contact with the surface from
which the cat dropped: so TO decide
this point a new set of photographs will
be taken of a cat dropped from Il string
suspended in the air.
DR.. Marcy. the inventor of an ap-
paratus for making series of photo
graphs of animals in motion. conducted
the experiment with the French cat
in question. Do not fail to observe the
expression Of the cats tail in the last
photograph. 1t is eloquent Of triumph
and of rejoicing after Il danger past.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-27
Do Not Sleep on the Left Side.

There is little doubt that an immense
number of persons habitually sleep on
the left side. and those who do so can
never, il is said. be strictly healthy. 1t
is the most prolific Il Of nightmare.
and also of the unpleasant taste III the
mouth on arising in the morning. All
foOd enters and leaves the stomach on
the right side. and hence sleeping on the
left side o O after eating involves a
sort of pumping operation. which is
anything but conducive of sound re-
pose. The action of the heart is also
seriously interfered with and the lungs
unduly compressed. Hence it is best to
cultivate the habit Of always sleeping
on the right side. although Sandow and
other strong men are said To invaria-
bly, sleep on their backs.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-27

An officer decorated with the Legion
OF Honor recently entered Il waXwork
show near portc-Saint-DeniS. and. after
looking AT the exhibits carefully. adj
dressed himself 10 the Showman: "You
announce On your list Gen. Dodds.
Would YOU kindly point him Il to me-"
why. You have just been looking at
hlm. replied In" Snowman. pointing at
a model in a generals uniform.
There's the %coIqueror of i%,cllanZin."
IT'S not very like" said The
Excuse me, rrioincd the Snowman.
lit was executed by one of the gen
erals closes, friends. You cam lave
ever seen him" BY way Of answer tl,
stranger handed his card and l4r show
man read: Gen. Dodd~. london
til1bP.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-27

The recent earthquakes in Mexico
serve to recall that, although the peo-
pie Of the country have had little
chance for civic progress on account Of
difference Of dialect strife and dangers
Of seismic disturbances, they have
managed to accomplish more for the
advancement Of their students than Is
generally understood. The National
Library is important and valuable, and
although the building is reported
slightly sunk by the recent earth
quake. it's contents. fortunately. have
no been destroyed. The ancient ca
thcdral. one Of the richest in all the
Americas. bears the scars Of n number
Of Quakings during its go years Of
existence. But it is solidly constructed
and can resist ordinary assaults of al
turc in that part of the world.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-27
TREES THAT GIVE MILK,
They Are Discovered in South Amer
lea by "a Noted Traveller.

iHCy are DleCONcTcu III SOutn n u1CT"
ica by "a Noted Traveller.
DIR. Spruce, the renowned South
American traveller, mentions a tree. a
member Of the dogbane family, the
juice of which is used as milk. On the
bark being wounded the milk flows
abundantly. and is OF the consistency
of cows milk, of the purest white and
sweet to the taste. The Indian mode
of taking it is to apply the mouth d.
roctly to the wound and thus receive
the milk as il flows. DR.. Spruce says
he has often partaken Of it without ok
%periencing any i'll effects.
In Guinea the natives employ the
milk from a tree belonging to the same
family as the last named: in the yer.
nacular it is known as hyahya. and to
bOtanistS as Tabernaemontana utfls
$50 named after Jacobus TheodOrus
observation-disclosures, a German phys1-
elan and botanist). The milk has The
same flavor as sweet cows milk. bug
is rather sticky. on account of its con
tanning some caOutchouc.
In Para a lofty tree, belonging to the
star apple family, attaining a height Of
100 feet. is used in a similar manner to
the others mentioned. InciSiOns are.
made in h bark. and the milky Juice
flows out c~OpiOusly about the consist
ence of thick cream, and if it were not
for its taste, which is somewhat pecu.
liar, could hardly be distinguished
from it.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-27
Speech OF an African Prince.

Prince ~Ademuyiwa Of Pebu Reno. in
West Africa. was lately entertained
Mt lunch by the Lord Mayor Of London
at the Mansion House. then taken in
Il state coach to the Guildhall. where he
sat through a session of the Common
Council and made a speech to it in Eng
liSh. which the Council directed should
be entered III its record. Here is the
speech: The Right Honorable Lord
Mayor, My Lord and Honorable Mem
not be doing justice to myself and peo-
pie if | We're to leave this court with
out returning you my hearty and sin
cere thanks for the honor paid me in
allowing me here and to seat next the
Lord Mayor. l have been made, whilst
seating here. to believe the more that
knowledge is power: that free liberty of
speech is the great boon of the Eng
lish nation; that the secret of your
greatness is the Bible. and that | was
not mistaken when | advised my cous-
in. the King Of Jebu Reno. an indepen-
dent native State. West Africa, to ac-
cept Il British resident and place the
country under Her Majesty's protec-
ton. and that he will be left To his in
dependence to manage the internal at
fairs of his kingdom. l again return
YOU my sincere thanks. and wish You
Gods blessing. Goodbye
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-27

Boston policemen who distinguish
themselves hereafter by capturing any
noted or dangerous criminal. or per-
forming any other meritorious service.
are to be the recipients of medals of
honor which they may wear at all
times when in uniform. A Boston po-
liceman who achieves distinction in
the performance of his duty ought to be
permitted, at least. to choose between
q medal and a work on philosophy.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-27
CIcarcst Kind of Proof.

Police commissioner Several citi-
|riiS S"car that they saw Officer
NToolc coming out of Il brewery.
O'Toolc'S lawycr-Rut the defense
submits that it could not have beea a
brewery.
Police Commissioner What proof
have You of this!
OToole'S lawyer-Thc fact that he
was Seen 70 leave.-Kate Fields Wash
ington.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-27

A 1iend in human form has stolen the
ossified girl from a dime museum in
Mckinney, Tex. and the police in all
parts of the country are notified 10 ar
rest on sight anybody with an ossitiei
girl in his possession. The lady is a
brunette, u years old, and may be rec
ognized by the fact that her abductor
leans her up against a lamppost when
he stops to light 4 match or consult a
time table.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-27

A farmer near Kittanning. Pa. who
lost a hog more than two months ago.
found the animal the other day under
a strawStack. where il had been all the
time. 1t was still alive and in good
condition, though somewhat hungry.
They tell tough stories or have tough
pigs in Pennsylvania.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-27

Andrew Carnegie denies he aver said
that men who die rich die disgraccd.
1t would have been a silly thing for
anybody to say. for ii is not true. and
doubly silly for Carnegie to say. be-
cause if anybody dies rich he will.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-27

In Columbus. a boy who had been
mourned for six years as dead returned
home and interrupted a spiritualistic
seance in which his own spirit" was
holding communication with his moth
er. 1t vas a mean trick. but some
fellows w have any sense of the
eternal fitness of things. and violate all
proprieties.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-27
French Patents.

In france patents are granted Ia oy-
cry applicant Whose papccS are in prup.
81 form. without official cXauiratious
as to the novelty Of the invention. aua
the patent holds good if the invention
Is new but not otherwiS'. Applicants
make their own EXAMINATIONS
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-27
A NOTED PICTURE.

S~perling's Famous Painting of a Dog
SHOWING His Splendid Ideal.
Sperling. the great dog painter, has
just finished Il picture Of a dog, his
ideal canine thai has attracted uni
versal interest. The picture is repro
duced for our readers. The artist
claims that in the picture he has pre-
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-27
A PHETTY BED o
II Can &c Made Charmingly Haitian,

II Can &c Made ChnrminRly Habitah,.
with Little Trouble.
Dainty and attractive bedrooms ara
not necessarily expensive, and anv
young woman who has n room to her.
self can make 1t charmingly fresh and
habitable with a little trouble. In the
sketch of such a room herewith pre-
scented, a veritable mid de jeune file,
in simplicity and purity, the floor ia
covered with q clOse-weave India mat
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-27

than he (said George Pigg) had Of pigs.
and thus ruthlessly tore said pig from
the society Of George Pigg's other pigs
against the peace and dignity of the
Commonwealth of Kentucky.-Courier.
Journal,
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-27
PUss AND THE SCIENTISTS.

Why Does q Cat Always Manage to
Land on Its FeetI
What mechanical power makes q cat
fall on its feet has been puzzling the
French Academy of Sciences. A series
of sixty instantaneous photographs ex-
hibited before it showed the complete
process in very stage, and lemon
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-27

We hope the Lincoln. Neb.. doctors
who have been found guilty of grave
robbing will be punished severely.
Ii is a doctors business to fill Gene
teries, not to empty them.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-27

The magazine poet who referred 10
the "echOing shout Of the woodman's
AK evidently referred to the time
when the Ak struck a holler tree.