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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-05
and if you don't mind we will just take

and if you don't mind we will just take
a look about so as to pick out the best"
$50 ahead: but be careful and LOU
handle what you do not mean to buy. .
Hello, they must make fire cracker
here" exclaimei Tom, as he stumbled
into a room that looked like l. work.
shop. Most everybody has gone to
1t his lunch: that's the rea on we are
not kicked cut. Say. miste'', do you
make torpedoes here:"
Some of the work is done here. but
the most is done in Jersey. where the
factory is. We make millions and
millions of fireworks just for such Ii
tie boys as you to shoot"
"Yes, | know how they are made"
exclaimed Jack. "A boy told me once
You put in charcoal, sulphur, nitre,
powder, steel filings. potash and i
guess that's all. and when you get
them all mixed up you put the stuff in
different kinds OF wrappers and that
makes the big and little crackers"
"You are a pretty smart boy: when
you want to 60 to work come here.
said the man as he laughingly chased
them out o, the shop.
Nov. let us pick out what we're 60
ing to buy, suggested joe. Il want a
gun for my little brother. with hun
dreds and hundreds of caps. He is sick
and can t get out tf bed. | heard him
say he wanted a ranger. Mister, how
much does a ranger cost"
TWENTY-FIVE cents, replied the
clerk, and you a get all the caps you
IAN use for ~ cents"
oh. look at the cannon. We can
buy one for Jimmy Benton. who got
III over by the car, can't we boys"
exclaimed Whistling Tom. taking out
his pennies and counting them. "Ges,
and iirecrackers, too. cause he is poor
and Won't have any fun Just listening
to us: will he, jack"
"Your sister Minnie has always
wanted a flag, Jack, so I'll s'prise her
with this one," said joe. commencing
to load his arms. And this Mexican
Jet looks as if it could thunder, but |
can't carry it very well. i want dozen
sky rockets and this biz bundle of
Roman candles. aud-give me the ire
crackers ver there, Tom: | can carry
them, too and torpedOes-oh. you
take those. Jack. Now we are most
ready, aren't We"
Don't You want to take a package
of baby crackers, tOo:" suggested the
clerk who was attending them.
Yes: GU little sisters would like
them. Put in two packages. please.
What you got, Tom?"
I'm carrying the cannon and the
gun and some colored torches. Hello.
There goes my Liliputian rockets.
Hand EN- to me. Jack"
Can do it. If l move I'll drop
what ! got. and they might bust and
go now"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-05
National HOLIDAYS.

No other country approaches ours in
holiday observance of national events:
but wen more significant is the fact
that we have no less than four holi-
days, each of which is in itself a dis
tinct lesson in national patriotism and
character.
independence Day, the fifth of u
national holidays, around which all our
holidays cluster. has lost none of its
meaning in the lapse of years. If now
adays there is less Il the excited
and demOnstrative oh ervance which
marked its celebrat on twenty-five or
fifty years ago, it is not because the
American people have outgrown their
old feeling of patriotism, but because a
more serious and deeper seated con-
viction has replaced it.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-05

To celcbrata the Fourth properly
you must rise at I, creep to the window
and try to find ont whether it looks
like rain. Go to bed again and dream
dreams of infinite wealth until the
small boy of the house fires a cracker
at your door and wakes you to the
realization that you are in poverty and
America. Get up and ssum that
nonchalance which becomes a man who
has Il holiday forced upon him. Take
a bath and breakfast if you can afford
them, then count your shekels and hug
them tenderly, for ere the setting of
the sun You'll be as poor "a a poet
Texas Siftings.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-05
said the clerk. good-humoredly.
LOADED DOWN.

said the clerk. good-hunoredly.
\ blank look passed over the faces
OF the three.
"Gewhittiker. Do you know, l for
got all about il. exclaimed Tom, his
iace turning crimson.
And so did land l." cried Jack
and joe, dropping their loads and div
ing into pockets for the money.
Here's all of mine. Please. sir, how
much do ! get back asked Joe.
Il haven t got as much as Joe. but
guess it is enough" said Tom.
I've got ten cents more in the
bank" added Jack, handing over all
he had.
Three anxious faces watched the
clerk a he counted the money. sixty
two CENTS
That's mine" said Joe.
And 80 cents and 80 cents, making
Sl.56 in all. Now, let US see what you
have got. What yOu have selected
comes to so. 80"
Three sadder faces were never seen
than those of the three young Ameri-
cans at that moment.
What do you want most, boys: You
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-05
THREE BOY PATRIOTS.
HOW THEY BOUGHT CRACKERS
FOR THE FOURTH.
They Hadn't Much Money, but for All That
They Went Home with Their Arms Full
of Celebration Observation-Disclosures, Crack
ers and Cannon
Young American.

(Which are you going to buy?" asked
Jack Of his companions, Tom and ice
as they gazed on the wonderful display
of fireworks in a window on Park place.
Dunno. Guess I'd better git one q
each OF 'em, then the ones | find makes
the most noise III member and git
more Of" replied Tom. dipping both
hands down deep into his pockets and
Jingling the pennies hidden there.
Joe, sticking his tongue in the side OF
his cheek and winking m eye at Tom.
Bet you the two cents agin ten that
you can't raise as much"
Three noses pressed fiat against the
windows of that fire cracker shop.
three hearts were beating with glad
JOY over the prospect of possessing
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-05

and to LOOK at his hcmely face and
bristling hair n n at any other time
OF the year woulI have suspected that
a patriotic heart beat in his sturdy
little brc; st. ice, his bosom friend,
was not SO tall, though OF about the
same age. He was a bewitching speci-
men of the American boy with his
light. fluffy hair and solemn gray eyes.
A boy who would be KIM to little girls.
and would play all day as doctor for
sick dogs and cats. Tom seemingly
lived TO whistle. True he piped but
II melody. but that was much bett T.
than to lie continually puckering and
%grimacing without being able to make
ID peep.
Il guess this store was just made for
boys remarked Joe. as the three
PASSED in. They prowled together
through the lower floors, then assembled
the stairs.
My " cried Tom, under breath, and
for a wonder he forgot to whistle:
aren't those pinwheels whoppers: they
look like windmills.'
They re stunning. and will 70 bully
with the prismatic whirlwinds: let us
get a lot of them" said enthusiastic
JacI.
Jack. Jack" cried Joe. almost be-
side himself with Joy, Just look a. the
wall with the crackers nailed on it;
there is one of every kind for Us to
choose from: l wish we could take Il
dozen OF each"
Huh. we couldn't carry them. Wen
ask the fire-cracker man which makes
the most nose. replied Jack.
The p, e'tiest things to my notion
are sparkling bombs. cause they com,
mere, Just like a soda fountain and
tnen go of like a gun They have
sticks to hold and -"
II midtown in your mind rub; torches"
interrupted Tom. cause when we have
the procession it will take a lot OF
them"
I'm holding on to some niger chas-
ers that I found near the steps" whis-
pered Joe in Toms ear, but overheard
by a clerk who called out: I'm keep
ing an eye on you fellows. and II you
don't look out there will be some boy
.hasers a-hold of you"
That greatly pleased the trio. and
Jack sad, turning his bright face to-
the clerk, We're all right: we've
got money to buy everything we want,
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-05

crackers, Il say, Jack" cried Tom.
giving his nose a rest: Uncle Sam
must b. "a jolly good fellow to have
such q big party every yea" of his
life"
GO way wild ye. He's no real man:
don't you know nothing?'
My mother says that he is one hun
dred and seventeen years cid. anyway.
and how could he be old if he wasn't
Twin? Come along, I'm going in to
buy out the store. We've got to find
something that will make more noise
AN Charl'e 's cannon"
we can holler and yell when you
shoot of the torpedo, and | guess
that IL 'spriSe him." remarked Joe. as
they di appeared inside.
J;ct had q commonplace appearance.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-05

their strike was unequivocal ana
extended to the freight service.
Moreover, the engineers and tiremep
showed them-eives in sympathy. They
brought in passenger trains, reported
and refused to pull out. The outbound
trains stood on the tracks for hours
awaiting for volunteers to attach the
Pullman sleepers. The freight service
was at a standstill.
That the stl ike is assuming an ap
palling size is attested by the fact that
not only members OF the American
Railway Uni n, but ~en9ineers, tiremen,
switchmen and switchtenders OF other
unions have joined in ii, that it is not
confined to the movements Of Pullman
trains, but to the freight traffic
as we'll, and that it has wen attacked
Il road that does not use Pullman cars.
1t is no longer q fight with Pullman.
1t is war against railway companies.
The Pullman company owns and opei-
ates between 1850 and 1000 sleei ing
cars. besides a large number OF dining
and parlor carS. In a large majority oi
cases the exist, NJ contracts with rail-
roads give the Pullman company mile
age fees for the use of their car.
That is. the railroads, in nearly all
cases, pay the owners of the slee ers
from > to ) cents per mile per car 10Y
the privilege Of hauling them for the
accommodation of the travelling puDhc.
In cOnse 3uence, there woull not be d
dollar less to the railr ,ads by such q
tie-up except as it would affect travel
while Pullman would lose the daily
revenue, but would not have the enor-
nous daily exr ense of keeping up the
cars. 1t is said hat his income from
mileage paid by the roads far exceeds
the revenue derived from the rentai
of Eerths. The Pullman porter ge's
about 81 per month from Pullman.
while body and soul are kept together
by a generous public which tips MN
Or gets no attention.
The Hovcott Elsewhere.
St. Louis.-The Pullman strikers
here to-day awaited with unconceaied
anxiety the hour of noon, which was 10
determine the or alton OF the greatest
boycott of recent times. Their COM
mittees spent the morning taiKlhs
over arrangements for handling Inc
strike which they are prepared 10
fight out t. the bitter end. They say
that not a lawless hand will be llileu
nor an illegal act committed. IN VIZ
ness OF this declaration a committee
went to Chief of Police Harrigan iof
the purpose of offering the services u
the strikers to protect the shops.
Cincinnati.-On orders from Pres.
dent Debs. of the American Railway
Cnion, the Pullman boycott was nc.
clared OFT here. Mr.. Phelan, who was
sent here by Pl esident Debs' stateIi
that this is simply a )stponement' ant
that the boycott might be ordered a.
any time. He says the A. K. I. a. Iost
effort at arbitration has been resort
ed to.
st. Paul. Minn.-No trains have yer
been interfered with al. this oQiDtm96H8
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-05

had better take that and come back
money" suggested the proprietor.
err ! s snssi}E os want moa anS SHH Tor my broth
"Have enough to buy the flag for
sister Jennie?:" anxiously questioned
Jack.
Il could have lots of fun helping
Jimmy fire of the cannonI'bout as
much as he, l guessIso I'll take the
cannon, please" said Tom. .
"Yes; there is money enough for all
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-05
Origin OF the Declaration.

Some trace the origin of the DECLARE
ton to the charter of Runnymeade,
some to the Mayhower compact, some
V to the Mecklenburg resolves,
others more deeply and truly to that
Unborn love of self ownership and self
government which is pre-eminently
characteristic of the Anelo-Saxon race.
The entire tenor and trend of our
colonial life developed self-reliance,
and self-reliance is the mother OF indie.
peEdence.- Judge MINIS.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-05
The Old Liberty Pole,

The liberty pole from the village square
Points its hammered top to the sky;
For nearly a century it has stood there
And watched the years go by.
Many a gathering OF friendly ones
Has bled around its base,
And many a volley Of patriot guns
Has echoed about the place.
Many a procession has passed it by
On the Nations natal day,
And cheered that banner in the sky
In "A heartlike, jubilant way.
Tales of the old time days could be told
BY this sentinel standing there
LEGENDS Of love and legends of gold.
o; hope and of despair.
But about its brow the wind may sing.
And tue snow may fall, ana the rain,
Yet this veteran. like "A voiceless thing,
Is mute through pleasure or pain,
1t has seen the young grow old and white
And watched LIES expiring fiame.
But still. with it, brow In the bright sun.
light,
The liberty pole stands the same.
New York Ledger.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-05
of those. and caps and baby crackers

of those, and caps and baby crackers
BESIDES replied the clerk, doing up
the articles in three bundles.
The boys faces frightened. They
were pretty G od-sized bundles, after
al. they thought, when they attempted
to carry them home. .
Did you do as | said?' questioned
the proprietor. when the three boys
fina ly disappeared from sight.
Yes, sir." replied the clerk. Il put
in everything the little fellows had
picked out to take home with them.
Here are the items, amounting to
$40. 3a."-New York Recorder.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-05
jefferson Died July 4.

Mr.. Jefferson. though in failing
health. was only confined to his bed on
the LIST Of July. He had expressed the
hope that he might be permitted to
see the dawn of the tiftieth annivers.
AIRY of the independence of his coun-
try. and his wish was graciously ac-
corded. for he died at fifty minutes af.
ter l. o'clock on that day.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-05
She Bought Some.

Il suppose | shall have to buy some
tirecrackers for Freddy" said Mrs.
Bloobumper, as she entered the fire
works store. Let me recommend our
new noise ess VARIETY" replied the
clerk. Just the thing for nervous
pa ents to bu, for their children
Brook n Life.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-05
Under Favorable Circumstances.

Mrs. Brown-That poor oma was
broken-hearted over the loss of her
only son, who was blown up while
firing OFF his annon She said she
hoped he was in Heaven. Mrs. Mala-
prop-I guess he is. my dear. He got
q GOOD start.-Judge.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-05
Obliging.

Miss Slimson: Il am so glad you have
come, Mr.. FeatherstOne. The chill
dren want you to help them let off
their fireworks. but don keep them
up later than 10"
~Featherstone: NO. | won t. And
can sc ypu alterward, Miss Clara"
Miss Slimson: "Ch. yes. You can
come around tomorrow night. il you
like A"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-05
The Same Noisy Cracker.

Most other things seem different
but f~ire-crackers make just as much
noise now as they did when most Of u.
were yOung.-SOmerville JOarnsl.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-05
TO )d for Polly.

"My parrot is a patriotic Bird" said
Brekkus.
"As to how" asked Barlow.
"On the Fourth of July she always
says Polly wants a firecracker.'"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-05
The Soldiers Of'70.

The Soldiers or 20.
(&3Q-
~
6El't"
WW|kwith read erect the soldier
>\vkVT Stands In the village mar.
wv ket place;
His fathers stay, his mothers joy
The proudest OF the pOpulace.
The steeple clangs it brazen bliss.
The guns their iron glee declare;
The patriot feels a manliness
Enter his breast and tarry there
He rests his musket on the grass.
Its brightness shows q brothers pride
The miller's daughter, bless the lass!
Fashioned the sword knot at his side
What noweth he Of war, this youth
Reared in the tranquil arts OF peace?
Wars lesson soor Is learned, in truth.
When shackled nations seek release
The cheers ring down the fearless line,
Congress hath issued a decree.
In language burning, just-divine!
'Tisr read. that Title OF the Free
IT'S read; from many a tender cheek
A ~telltale tear is brushed away.
And age eXclaims, in utterance weak.
"Would l were younger than to-day"
IT'S read, and souls that long have pined
In thalldrom's cherries, sa ble night,
Rejoice, like those from cradle blind
When first they see the morning light
But freedom smiles upon the strong,
Spurning the weaker sons OF men,
Till tyrants blush to do a wrong
The sword must ever aid the pen!
He fought. that brave young villager!
He fought for that which could not fall
He fought for parents, home-for her.
But came not back to tell the tale!
When yorktown" rang the country DER
And babe unfettered pulses throb,
A comrade brought the knot he wore.
And they thanked Heaven through a sob.
Before the glorious day arose
To dash away the PRISONS gloom;
Before the night shade bore a rose.
Re found a soldiers nameless tomb!
Bold pioneer OF human right,
linn vainly steals your mortal breath;
We see you still by freedoms light;
You live? You scorn the scythe of death!
Thomas Frost
The advocate., 1894-08-15

the usurer, the lsnd-grsbber, the
stock-broker, and the gambler in the
necessities of life shall go along
with Othello's, that life shall afford
equal opportunities to all, and that
no man shall eat bread produced by
the sweat and toll of his fellow man.
These, in brief, are some of the
changes the Peoples party seeks to
accomplish for the good of mankind,
and the above is an imperfect indica-
ton Of a few of the means by which
this end is sought to be attained.
Now, let us know what the repub-
licsn and democratic parties propose
to do.
The advocate., 1894-08-15

A SHORT time ago the Santa Fe
company adopted a new emblem as q
trade msrk-a picture Of the earth
with a huge hon standing on il, his
form towering over the map Of the
United States. Some thought this
was meant to represent the British
lion ruling America, but in the light
Of recent events, it means either that
the officials of the company get the
hons share of the proceeds, or that
"lyin'" is their main characteristic.
The advocate., 1894-08-15

As a promoter of fraud and per-
jury, and a failure to prohibit, the
prohibitory liquor laws Of Maine,
Iowa and Kansas pale into insignif-
cance, compared with that mammoth
piece of fraudulent Legislation, the
interstate commerce law. What does
David Overmyer, lawyer, think Of it3
The advocate., 1894-08-15

The Topeka Capital has not one
solitary word Of condemnation for
the election frauds in Alabama On
the contrary, it rejoices with exceed
ing great joy over the democratic
victory it hopes to see secured by
these frauds; but it is horrifed at the
spirit of anarchy" which actuatss
The advocate., 1894-08-15

the people Of Alabama to resist the
contamination of the infamous pur-
poses Of tho democratic leaders.
Stealing elections is the Capitals
highest conception Of patriotic duty.
The advocate., 1894-08-15
STATE OFFICERS.

SAY, you fellows, who a year ago,
were telling us that the Sherman law
was driving the gold out Of the cOun-
try, please be kind enough to tell us
what is driving il out now.
The advocate., 1894-08-15
J. K. HUDSON ON THE CAUSES OF
DfSC0NTENT.


In speech delivered at a Grange
picnic at Topeka, October l, 1874,
and published in the Kansas Farmer,
of which he was then editor, October
IA, following, J. K. Hudson said:
To trace the change from the early days
Of the republic with a simple and mex
pensiVe machinery for thirteen states, down
through 100 years, noting the growth Of
the country in population and wealth, to
show how each generation added to the
dangers, from the rings and tricksters, how
the power Of money has gradually driven
back the people until by combinations the
monopolies and the monied rings Of the
country dictate laws and control legislation
in this interest, would be an impossible
task.
The public domain has been recklessly
given to epeculstors, the public treasury
has become the bank on which the gamblers
Of Wall street speculate, and while the peo-
pie writhe under heavy taxation they have
seen their servants reaching deeper down
into their empty pockets FOR salary steal.
Patronage has become the machine 10 exc
cute party will, to reward the claims for
political Subterfuge and ohiosne.
The Buffers, the Tweeds, the Pomeroys,
have ruled, not with a rod of iron, but with
money and official patronage. Is il sur
prislng chat the people are demanding
changer
Il is useless, sir, for men to say that there
is nothing the matter, that the farmers of
the whole country are laboring under de-
lusion, that this great organization is
farce. Il has received in the past and may
expect in the future all the sneers and op-
position that malice and fraud can invent.
The organized Oliques and rings, political
and financial, will continue to give it the
most consistent and united opposition.
Why, We ask, is this persistent and intense
antagOnismp Why are the farmers not per-
mibted to raise an organization for their
own protection and advantage, without
arOusing bitter opposition2 Why is every
effort yet made by laboring people met
with ridicule and denunoistionH What is
the meaning Of all farmers moVementsP
What are the causes that lead to it's won
derful groWth2
In the great West here, it is the first pro-
test against doing all the work while others
take all the profit. II is with US simply the
first expressed determination to think and
aos for ourselves, without the aid or hind
rance of others. When year after year we
can witness immense fortunes accumulated
upon the handling Of our products, three or
four Glasses Of citizens living upon the
profits which are made between the pro-
ducer and consumer, when we can witness
systematic combination TO secure our
staple crops reaching from the East to the
West, which places the farmers Of the coun-
try at its mercy and makes il a necessity for
the producers to take less than the cost of
production, even when he knows that the
supply is not equal 10 the demand, has il
not become the plain duty Of every pro-
ducer to defend himself9 Have We not
seen these commonplace facts every YearP
Have We not been made to pay a living
profit to all with whom we deal9 a profit
which permits the accumulation Of q COM