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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-27

is that of impure seed. The thistle
seed is frequently carried in barley
and oats when these grains are not
properly cleansed. 1t is said to have
been found in wheat to some extent
during the last year, and it is often
carried by the thrashing machine from
one 10 ality to another.
The railroads arc one of the most
prominent actors in the tran-porta-
ton of the seeds ever long distances.
The Govern cnt authorities claim
there is every evidence hat they are
often carried t. uninicctcd regions in
the bedding CT litter Of stock cars.
These cars arc ent to the stock yards
of Minneap) lis, Chicago, Omaha or
Sioux City. but after %unlCadlng they
are seldom cleaned at these places.
They are sent with the litter and seeds
to various shipping points. where they
are cleared il the amount of TIE dirt
or the nature Of the cargo demands 1t.
Rolling plants are sometimes blown
into the trucks under the cars and
into crevices in machi lery and are
thu, carried about the country.
Grows in try Soil.
The Russian thistle crews best on
high. dry soil, bat it dee, not despise
II foothold in the earth Of any char
acter. 1t is seldom seen in slo1ghs or
lowlande. but they grow on sand banks
in the Missouri hivcr. where the land
is 30 often submerged that other weeds
do not flourish. lin fact. the character
Of the soil appear, to be Il matter of
Indifference to the thistle: it grows
equally we'll in the alkali districts or
in the soil free from alkali. 1t does
not take root on the wild prairie, but
the seed lies in ambush in the grass:
! when the farmer turns over the ground
in his fall breaki g the unsupported
! enemy obtains a footing, the following
spring it sprouts and al abundant crop
OF thistles crowd, every thing else
from the field.
The most serious damage one by
the thistles is among the small grains,
they grow up in enormous lunches and
crowd GU the wheat, oats. lax, OF
whatever has been own. Patches OF
thistles ten feet square may lie seer
scattered all through a wheat field: IL
harvesting horses will not walk
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-27
How to ~Exterlminatp 1t.

party of Ru. sian immigrants.
,ranty years ago. entered the welcom-
;nT DOR of Castle Garden, followed
.br rail of home-seekers half way
,rro., a continent took possession of
loyernmcnt land in BonhOmme county.
sg,th Dakota. and, opening the Old
World grain sacks. let loose a pest
.ba, now threatens the agricultural
mo.pcrity o. the prairie region of the
fni,ed states. They brought the Rus
.ian thistle. Its seed was mixed ND
With that of flax. from which they were
nnabl, to separate it. Bonhomme
comfy is nearly in the center of the
.oro nous agricultural territory en-
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-27

IVA mo the DakOtas Nebraska. Min
le-o;a. Iowa. ansa,. and Eastern Col
,rado. II i one Of the southern tier of
'omiic-. being separated from Nebras-
Il by the Missouri River. and j. the
.lird tier west from the Big Sioux
boundary line ctwccn South
and Minnesota. The land in
b , section is rather hilly: cOrn i, the
.lict crop raised. consequently owing
J. thc wO dcd iavines and standing
FORM stalk, the thistle was at first
oWcWhat SLOW in spreading. In five
it Lad taken root in the counties
lor',, cast. and west of BOnhOmme:
y l>~S il had infcste the southern
j." Of counties in North Dakota, had
ltercd Minnesota. ana pro eeded
Fe-' 10 the Missouri ! liver. In 1880 it
lmIcj south across the wide stretch
Inc Missouri. and the following sea
b. traverscI the fields OF Northeast
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-27

p Nebraska. sowing disaster in its
Fh. Since that time the weed has
en steadily spreading until now all
the counties of South Dakota east of
Missouri River, twenty counties in
PIN Dakota, two counties in Western
nncsota. and four in Northeastern
braska are thoroughly infested.
tOgether TINS makes one a,mO t con-
uOus area of ahoUt 5000 SQUARE
3es more or less covered with
Russian thistle in the
ely brief period of twenty wears.
addition it has made its appearance
many isolated localities along the
proads "a far west a. Denver. Colo.
it, to Kansas and the southern bor-
of Nebraska. east as far as Nladi-
and Whitewater. Wis. Hammond.
=. and at two points in Illinois, Polo
It. CHARLES. The See etaly of
riculture reports that the rapidity
which the Russian thistle has
fcad, both in infesting new territory
in thoroughly covering that al
~ infested. far exceeds that of any
bcr weed known in America. Few
waited plant, even, which + in
Nonaliy introduced and Intention
disseminated. have Il record for
Pi0ity of dis ihution equal to that
j, weed. 1t already has cau-cd
faIc to the estimated amount OF
al million dollars.
Know ii. ii Cactus.
plant j. known in North Dakota
re Russian cactus. 1t is neither Il
e nor a cactus, and is not ven
related to either of these
p> OF plants. The technical name
mich it is known to scientists OF
Countries is salsola kali tragus.
popular title, Russian thistle. IS
'"n and accepted, however. by all
are familiar with the plant.
en the first specimens were re-
yea ny the United States Depart
or Agriculture they We're sup
10 be the common saltWart sal.
" Lall OF the Atlantic Goa t. and
so described il several botanical
cation. More careful examine
'9oh showed this to be an error.
me saIsola kali has cen known
- inc eastern coast from MaSsa-
S'etlS to Georgia for nearly Il CEN
} ana has never developed into a
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-27
No Hope for Them.

DR.. Paul GARNER, of Paris, has
made a specia. study of those slum
children that are the offspring of
habitual drunkards. He says: There
is a flaw in the very nature OF these
young wretches that the psychologist
sees clearly and notes with apprehen-
sion absence Of affectiOnate
emotions, and where they did not be-
come lunatics they show insensibil-
ity and pitileSsness."
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-27

He said nothing. but after that day
she knew him no more. He after
wards declared that she was the
most nervous girl he ever saw
just twitching all the time-and he
had no intention Of marrying a
woman on the verge of nervous pros
tratiOn. So you see what trifes will
break young loves slender thread.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-27

people, is one OF the
greatest III c n il
China. He hates for.
eigners, and is build
ing railroads because
he wants to defend
China against for
eigners. He has al
ready spent $40, 000,-
900 on his railroad
experiment. 1t was
his gun factory that
was burned down a
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-27
ANCIENT OAKS.

Trees that Date Back to the E~.rIiest
Period.
There is nothing in the vegetable
world that eXciteS more curiosity
than'grand old trees dating back to a
time when man vas in the infancy Of
civilization. And in forest annals no
tree affords so many fond memorials
as the oak. Unfortunately the woods
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-27
Over Two Miles,

The deepest place in the Mediter-
raaean Sea is midway between Malta
and Gambia, where the soundingS
show a depth Of l3.556 feet.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-27

itself in very picturesque manner
antique hermitage. above the sur
rounding wo"' The chapel was
erected in 1870 oy the Able du Ie-
troit, cure Of Allonvillc. The age of
this tree is nearly |, 900 years.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-27
Who Made the Tent?

The Mohammedans teach that
Adam and Eve once lived in a tent
on what is now the site Of the tenn
ole at Mecca.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-27
OUT THE PEST.
.ovlcE TO FARMERS REGARD.
ING THE RUSSIAN THISTLE.

,,.,v Need That Threatens to Choke the
c.,in Industry In the North Il
,,u. Like "A Ball. Scattering Millions Of
u,rdy seeds.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-27
HE HATES

Chang Chitung, a Chinese millionaire,
Who Has Ideas of His Own.
Chang Chitung, Viceroy of WI
Chang. a city Of nearly a million
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-27
Hams.

Hams.
fond Of {;
it an ahS)'
an uncdu
,nuine Old
yO yeals in
Longley.
ms. The
II has been
rtS of the
cw a nal.
the merits
he product
icest that
a. Ican't
2 formers
know it is
while, AMI
mother
for many
|lres aver
literally
while in
ont think
~ hho"'
coiiic' W,
II VlneG',
out o'r%f
E'""'
pear M ,;. t'io
,,io ~ .'
iao i.O.
-hu"u'0
c...:.,,
'"i 49, 49,
pOrary ~
ln' I''o
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-27

FASHIONS are not made by fools,
but for them.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-27

ated. Some farms Il c entirely aban.
dOned to it. the owner ri ING up in
despair. Eut more conservative men
maintain, while it will be necessary to
wage Il continual battle with The plant,
Il vioilant and energetic farmer will
be able to control it. a though they
acknowledge it brings certain ruin to
Il careless one.
There Is at present no organized
effort to wi e the pest out of existence.
Farmers who succeed in keeping them
from their fields permit them to grow
a VIII on the edg : Of nlowed land and
in the roads. They ii | up the fresh
breaking, the fence O.ners and the
fire-hreaks. Aiong The railroad grades
they are e~ncrOachlng with a rapidity
that implies full possession for the
thistles and Il neglcc. Of the weed law
by the railroad curporatiols. EOth
North and South Dakotl have enacted
laws to prevent the sprn d of the
Russian thistle. but it an ears to be-
long to the class Of evils that cannot be
legislated out OF existence. When IL
landowner fails to destroy the weed on
his property the Over>ecr of highways
is instructed to have the task per-
formed and to levy IL tax upon the and
to reimburse the county. The only
effective IN which to oppose
the thistle Gems to be to hoe it down
before it mature. TO pillow it under
after the seeds ripen Is wOrs than
useless, as the farmer only perpetuates
the curse in Iii own soil. If raked
with a h r>c-rakc or cut by a reaper
some seed will be left to continue the
work. Even burning over the oil does
.~4 ~vtN-% A,1t. .al;,n;@-
Farmers. arr advised to kill tn pest
on sight, and keep up the god work
without ceasing.
No Beans for Egyptians.
We can no longer wonder at the
prohibition Of these beans (CyamuS
nelumbo) to the Egyptian priests and
disciples of Pytha. oras. a plant
c~OnSecratcd to religious NeneratiOn as
an emblem of reproduction and fer
tility would be very improper for the
food, or even the consideration. of
persons dedicated to peculiar purity.
The Egyptian priests were not ever
allowed to look upon it. Authors
scarcely explain sufficiently whether
PythagoraS avoided it from respect
or adherence. However that may
be, we need not. in order to ascertain
his motives, have our to any of
the five reasons supposed by Aristotle
nor to the cOnjcCtureS OF Cicero.
Neither can there be any doubt
that the prohibition given by Pythag-
| Oras was literal, and not merely al
legorical, as forbidding his followers
to eat this kind of pulse, because the
magistrates in some places were
chosen by Il ballot with black and
white beans, Thereby giving them to
understand that they should not
meddle with publicafIairs. such far
fetched explanations show the in
genuity of commentators rather than
their knowledge. AS the Pythagore-
an prohibitions are now obsolete,
perhaps these beans, imported from
India, might not be UnwelcOme at
our tables.-Smith'S Exotic Botany.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-27

II in shape,
|op. When
I the liQnii
presses the
mounted on
enters the
|. But b.,
| tie round
/, and even
should he.
the flames
with TIE
|afety stop
advantage
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-27
PEI

e I.Iqnids, 10
r benline,
ccS are con.
niger If ex.
e inSecWitg
vent eNpltS.
Geprattc. a
ted Il new
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-27

|. to eyery
head. III.
rod with a
rev in a
portion of
living in its
e wire, con.
the w.nkeY
Die.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-27

nssa.pportaD{
%h pai,tented nj!
$ h head. ' ,T'ST,'
.c Jneck is de-.
lst tba lI'oh
mixer axe stay y''a
oh.or wink"'
Fed at de-.
!. head. r IL,
ft eIo's bar;
u t1e er,I having
ia e, resting e on
CreferabIyn .,
vered. The
1 ,St, to touch
ah upper,
crown +, strar
also also he felt
|. under side
!, each with
through
extending
| check, Fem
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-27

noble memorials of the past. but a
few still remain, venerable in their
age and sublime in their growth.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-07-26

ticket for Democrats to vote.

ticket for Democrats TO vote.
1t can be said with entire candor
that the Demo-Pops Of the State are
very weary OF popullsm. They have
found themselves roped into an en-
dorsment Of equal suffrage and other
doctrines to which they are constltu-
tionally opposed. They have been
ridiculed and reviled by their Eastern
brethren for their apostasy and have
been unable to see either political or
financial return for their labors in be-
half Of fiat money, sub-treasuries and
government ownership Of railroads.
Altogether the Democracy Of Kan
sas appears to be on a much more
reasonable and sensible foundation
than it has been for sometime and there
is an evident WEAKNESS in Its love
for Populism which the News Of this
week calls: "a party which has only
an ephemeral existence and will never
reach position from which it can dc
anything"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-07-26
pEBs' DEFENSE.

The Court Decides That His Answer II Not
n Sufficient Reply to the Charge Of Con-
tempt.
, CHICAGO, July s5.-Debs and the
other officers of the American Railway
union met with a decided reverse yes
terday in their fight against the prose-
cution for contempt in the United
States court. The court decided that
the answer filed BY the defendants Is
not a sufficient reply to the charge Of
contempt, and the motion Of their at
torneys that they be discharged was
overruled. This morning the court
will hear the evidence Of the govern
ment to sustain the contempt charge,
and the defendants will be given the
opportunity to produce evidence In
their defense.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-07-26
Republican State Platform.

Reanlnning the republican national platform
u 1892.
Resolved Tho constant patriotism OF our
party Is IN itself . guaranty to the nation that
the interest Of It's defenders their widows and
orphans will be literally cared for and we de-
nouncc their cruel and deliberate betrayal by
the present democratic administration,
Second--We adhere 10 the republican doc
trinc OF protection and believe that tariff laws
should protect the products Of the farms %
well ny Of tho factory.
Third The American people favor bimctal-
lism and the republican party demands the use
Of both gold ind silver as standard money
with such restrictions ind under such provis-
Ions, to be determined by legislation as will
secure the maintenance Of the parity
OF values OF the two metals and that
tho purchasing and debt-paylng power Of
the dollar, whether Of gold, silver or paper
shallbc at all times equal. The interests Of
the producers Of the country, its farmers and
Its working men demand that the minis b.
opened 10 tho coinage Of the silver Of the mines
u the United States and that congress shoult
enact y Inv levying tax on impcrtations Of
Foreign silver, sunicient 70 ruby protcct tns
products Of our own Mines
Fourth--We favor national md state legisla'
tion for the encouragement Of irrigation.
Fiih.-We denounce the present state admin
istraton for Its revolutionary tendencies, ~
violation Of the laws, contempt OF the courts
the corruption ind incompetency OF its ofhclals
its gross mismanagement Of the state institu
ir,uu M f.r tho hu 9
the good name Of the state. And we pledge tn
republican party mud the nominees Of this con
vcntlon to q faithful and economical dlscharg
Of all ofnclal duties, to strict observance IN
Oh honest enforcement Of the Inv md to obedi
cnce to the mandates Of the courts,
Sixth--To tho maintenance Of these princi
pies we invite the support Of all patriotic citi
xcns,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-07-26
Fsrcisl Investigations.

Did you read what was done in the
pretended "inyestigation'of Warden
Chase at the State penitentiaryP The
associated press dispatches put it this
way:
LEAvENwoRrH, Kan, July s4.-The
charges preferred against Warden s.
W. Chase, Of the state penitentiary, by
three Of its former employees are now
undergoing investigation by the board
Of directors. Yesterday afternoon tho
board waited two hours for the prose-
cution to appear and, on Dr. English
coming forward and swearing
that Judge Mcdonnell was seriously
hurt and could not leave his bed, the
prosecution was declared closed, with.
out a word Of testimony In, and the
defense was called. Six witnesses
testified for Chase and they made q
good showing against the charges.
What made Mr.. Mcdonnell sick'
Simply an incident Of the morning
session. At that time when the peni-
Tertiary directors opened the invcsti
CATION Judge Mcdonnell, Of the com
plainants, asked for a continuance
While the board was celebrating or
this point Warden Chase appeared in
Judge McDonnell's room and they
ended brisk conversation by calling
each other liars. At this Chase
grabbed Mcdonnell by the collar and
struck him several blows on the back
Of the head. Friends rushed in tt
separate the combatants, when gen
eral mix-up occurred and knives and
pistols were drawn.
The guards and employees friendly
to Chase were very ugly and after thu
assault on Judge Mcdonnell, Chase''
opponents were terrorized and refused
absolutely to have anything to dc
with the investigation.
That is how Mr.. dwellings pet'
escape being investigated. Wher
they are called to terms they speedil,
knock their aecuscrs down, pull
knives and pistols and proceed to put
the witnesses against them in a condi
ton in which they will be unable tt
appear. That Is the way our pure
noble governor keeps bis administra
TONS iniquity from being exposed
Great head has Lewelling!
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-07-26
Profit on Wheat,

The chemically low price of wheat
is stirring up the farmers Of the north
west to ascertain whether the middle
men are not getting more than a
proper share Of profit for handling 1t.
On June Of this year No. | hard
wheat sold in Duluth at S57.SS per
hundred bushels. In Liverpool the
same wheat sold at $70.50. Who
benefited by the dilierencc-$l2;6 o.
between Che Duluth and Liverpool
prices--diiference Of Il shade over l2I
cents per bushelp This question has
been answered by the st, Paul Pioneer
Press, which finds that the transpor-
tation, elevator, insurance and other
charges which had to be paid on the
wheat before 1t reached Liverpool was
to $1l.S5 per 100 bushels. OF this,
s7.55 was the cost Of freight and in
surance, the remaining $3.50 being
for elevator storage, weighing, inspec-
ton, commission and other legitimate
charges. This made the actual cost
Of 100 bushels, laid down at Liver
pool amount Ito $69.7S, Deducting
this from $1,000, the Liverpool sell
ing price, and there is but u cents
profit, or only \ Of a cent a bushel-
which is certainly not exorbitant.
1t will be seen that the cost Of
wheat transportation to Europe Is
astonishingly low. The time is well
remembered by men in the grain
trade when the total cost Of transport
tation Of a bushel Of wheat to Europe
was 80 cents and over, Now it is re-
duced to Il fraction over II cents.
This cheapening Of the cost of freight
and handling should benefit the pro-
Queer to some extent. The inquiry
should now be pushed at the other end
Of the line-between the farmer and
Duluth. 1t is clear there is no exor'
bitant profit to anybody between
Duluth and Liverpool. But is there
any excessive profit between thu
farmer and DuluthP Is the producer
getting all that he should receive
after all reasonable expenses are paid
between himself and the European
marketp Unless the buyers from The
farmer are getting too large profit
the situation is one that can not mend
until the world produces less whea1
o. compared with the demand, thar
II il doing today.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-07-26
Inflated Money,

A Lawrence man in Buenos Ayres
writes to the Journal;
My board and lodging costs me
SIG per week per month. A cheap
pair Of shoes from fifteen to twenty
dollars; fare on transit cars ten cents
ten cigarettes cost thirty cents; a fine
cigar costs one dollar. A shave, In
Guiding tip to barber, costs fifty cents.
We charge one dollar admission and
one dollar for skates at the rink.
These high prices are caused by the
initiation Of the paper currency Of this
country, gold and silver being out Of
use.
This the pet money Of the Populists
cheap and lots Of it. South Ameri-
ca has been trying itand don't like it.
1t gets too plenty and too cheap after
awhile and goes to pieces. The
greatest prosperity accompanies the
soundest Of money, as does the high
est civilization and best government,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-07-26
Only Ono Country.

In perfect harmony with the spirit
Of patriotism manifested by the
two great leaders north and south in
their response to PETERS treason in
the senate the Grand Army posts in
the North and the Confederate ASSOC
Citations in the South are rendering
their services again to take up arms
and stand again for the preservation
Of the nation.
This union Of the formerly diseord-
ant elements Of this country in the
demand for the safety and preserva-
ton Of the country is a new demon
tration Of the strength of the nation
and Of the wonderful power Of free
dom as aprinciple in this government.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of Senators
PETER and Allen and the conspiracy
Of Debs, Sovereign Il Co., against
the people Of the United States and
against their liberties has developed
this spirit Of patriotism throughout
the country and has RELOCATED the
Altgelds, the Waites, the Stones and
dwellings and the PETERS, to stand
almost alone in their support Of the
old dead doctrine Of States rights and
the new doctrine Of anarchy.
1t must be something Of disap-
pointment to these Popnlist leaders
who have based their hopes Of third
party success upon a sectional con-
test, the East against the West or the
South against the North, to see that
there is among the American people
everywhere a feeling that this nation
is one and inseparable, united under
one flag and for one great people.
The Peoples Party started upon
the assumption that the South would
readily fall into Its old "befo' the
wah" condition Of hostility to the
North. 1t interested such inhamma-
tory agitators as Polk, Livingston ct
al. and they wandered over the
country bowling about the new
revolution and "blceding Kansas. '
To be sure Kansas was made to bleed
a little once more and the State which
had been on the high pinnacle Of
honor from the Atlantic to the Pacific
and from Canada to the Gull was
compelled to take lower place and
its citizens were when outside Of Its
borders ridiculed because Of the dis
graceful political vagaries advocated
by the party in power in its State
government.
For year this worked fairly well
and it became slightly probable that
another sectional strife might spring