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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

Among the neighborhood stories told
and implicitly believed in the Massa-
chusetts town of W. is one which we
should be slow in asking any reader to
credit, but which is interesting as an
example Of the local wit in story max
ing. The wife of Deacon Saunders. an
excellent citizen of the place, is said to
have possessed a parrot of exceptional
intelligence and remarkable conversa-
tional powers.
On one occasion Mrs. Saunders was
making cucumber pickles. She had
the cucumbers in a dish OF the kitchen
table, and was stirring a kettle of hot
vinegar and spices over the fire with a
wooden spoon. While thus engaged
she Glanced to turn about. and saw the
parrot making off with one of the Gu
cumbers.
"Ha, you rascal! You've been steal
ing pickles!' she exclaimed, and threw
the wooden spoon, dripping with boiling
vinegar, at the bird.
1t struck him on the top of his head,
and though it inflicted no serious in
Jury, its effect was to take the feathers
entirely off the top of the birds head,
leaving him bald for a season.
Some time afterward a minister from
another town came to preach at the w.
church, and took dinner at Deacon
Saunders. He was quite bald. AS the
family and the minister sat down at
the table, the parrot, who had the free
dom of the room, came up and perched
on the tall back of his chair, and eyed
the top of his head with a close and
highly interested scrutiny. And then
the bird called out harshly:
"Ha! you rascal! You've been steal
ing pickles!!'
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24
Is sweet,

1t takes a bright woman to rebuke
another woman's r%udeness, a general
statement we'll borne cut by a story
from the Atlanta Constitution.
A lady entered Il railway train and
took a seat in front of a newly mar
ried couple. She was hardly seated be-
fore they began making remarks about
her.
Her last years bonnet and cloak were
fully criticised, with more or less gig
Cling on the brides part, and there is
no telling what might have come next
if the lady had not put a sudden stop
to the conversation by a bit of strategy.
She turned her head, noticed that the
bride was considerably older than the
groom, and in the smoothest tones said:
MADAM, will you please have your
son close the window behind your
The "son" closed his mouth, and the
bride no longer giggled.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

and spiny fruit, is a sight, nee seen,
never to be forgotten. But even the
glory Of the pineapple is excelled by
that of the banana plantation, with it's
great leaved trees and enormous
punches of fruit so large as to occasion
the suspicion in the mind Of a Spanish
ecclesiastic that the punches Of grapes
mentioned as borne between two men,
when the Hebrew spies returned from
their inspection of the land of Canaan,
were not really grapes, but bananas.
The abundance with which this re-
markable plant yields it's fruit and the
little care required for its cultivation
after a plantation has nce been made,
have not proved an unmiXed blessing to
the jewellers in tropical regions. An
acre of banana plants, with little or nc
attention, will produce more than a
hundred times as much food as an acre
planted in wheat, and so long as a man
has food for himself and family to be
had for the trouble Of picking it, there
is little incentive to labor. The excel
lence of the tobacco grown in Cuba has
become Il prOverb the world over, for
alike to smokers and to those who re-
gard the weed as a rank poison, the fra
grant Havana is typical of the habit.
Not every quarter of the island, how
ever, produces the tobacco whose flavor
is SO highly regarded. Only a few
river valleys, whose soil contains ele-
ments peculiarly favorable to the de-
velopment of the aromatic qualities Of
the leaf, can be relied On for the genu-
inc Havana product, while much of the
tobacco Of the island is little superior
to that grown elsewhere.
In any other country, and with rea-
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

of arms and the overwhelming forces
that on the first appearance of trouble
were poured into the island have up
TO the present prevented success. Stories
Of Spanish atrocities are of almost
daily occurrence in the newspapers
now, but every attempt Of the Cubans
to gain their liberty has been attended
by barbarities similar to those now be-
ing perpetrated on captured Cubans.
They have been hung and shot by dOz-
ems, they have been sent in strings to
the garrote, to the galleys, to the pris.
ons for lifelong sentences; they have
seen their wives and children murdered
before their eyes; they have witnessed
the destruction of their property, and
yet, in spite Of the knowledge that GER
tain death in it's most terrible forms
awaits them If unsuccessful, the ex-
ASPIRATION of Spanish rule goads them
to renewed revolt, and they prefer to
see their land in ruins if only it may
be free of foreign control.
Under American control or protection,
the advancement of Cuba would be
rapid. Havana, with its medieval
cathedrals and canopied streets, some
Of which look as though they might
have been imported from Barcelona or
Seville, would soon become a busting
American town, where the cowboy
would jostle the millionaire, and the
office building take the place of the
prisOn-like palace that seems designed
for no other purpose than to serve as
the scene of ar opera. The old 'Buc
cancers Castle" that, tradition says
saw service when the bold Viking of
the South Seas rode triumphant over
the Spanish main, would be converted
into a museum for preserving the hand
cuffs and branding irons, the manacles,
stakes, thumb screws and other instru-
ments of Spanish cruelty, and the pref,
ty Cuban girls in the cigarette factories
would learn enough English to respond
to the ardent advances of lovers from
the States. That the day of Cuban
freedom may be delayed is possible,
for the island is too rich Il plum for
The Spaniards to relinquiSh willingly,
but that it will always remain under
the oppressive rule of a nation whose
administration of civil affairs is some
what better than that of Dahomey, and
somewhat worse than that of Turkey,
is not for a mt to be believed.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

ing to the north pole by balloon, is
taking such definite shape that it can
no longer be classed with visionary
projects.
The contemplated undertaking is at
tracing wide attention in Europe, ow-
ing not only to its holiness, but also to
the fact that Professor Andree is q
practical balloonist and scientific man
of standing, who would not entertain
a wild or obviously impracticable
scheme.
He Is now in Paris experimenting
the construction of the balloon. 1t will
contain sleeping rooms for three per-
sons, and a dark room for Photographic
purposes. 1t will be equipped with a
set of sails which will serve to keep it
under control and propel it, and a boat,
or gondOla, of considerable size, will be
carried. ,
A great number Of heavy cables will
be provided so that in case the balloon
should suddenly sink it will be reliev-
ed of weight by the contact Of the lines
with the earth. 1t is intended to make
the trip, starting from S~pitzbergen and
crossing the pole to the shores Of Ber-
ing Strait, next year, in June, when
the atmospheric conditions are most IA
vOrable to aerial navigation.
A heavy snowstorm would probably
be disastrous to the balloon, but in the
early summer they are infrequent. 1t
is estimated that not more than a week
will be consumed en- voyage. The fact
that the ice which surrounds the pole
and has been an unSurmOuntable bar
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

is A pity, for tropical America does
II contain a fairer land than that over
hich the flames of civil war are now
reading. No matter what may be the
suit of the war, it will leave the island
Il condition to recover from which
bny years of prosperity will be re-
hired. There are thousands of men
bW living who wildly remember the
atu> of the Southern and border
ateS Of this country after the civil
b., and when such ~desolatiOn is pos
bic in Il land where war Is conducted
ith some regard to civilized methods.
e question may well be asked. What
bin will not be wrought when the con
et is wagcd with the savagery pecu-
r to the Spanish forces?
The general physical characteristics
Cuba are too well known to need
fscription, but few, ven of better in
'rmcd readers, are aware of the re-
)urceS of the island or of the extent
which it is blessed by nature in the
after of climate and vegetable pro,
bottoms. We are accustomed to think
Cuba as a hot country, situated as 1t
under the tropics, and the common
Ppression is correct to the extent that
e mean average temperature of the
Par is higher than in countries further
prth, but the climate is more equable,
Pere are not those sudden variations
at in many parts Of the United States
fe so severe on the human cOnstitu-
pn. In Havana, for example, the av-
page temperature of the hottest month
n degrees. of the coolest, y. In
Pntiago de Cuba, a city often men,
|phed in the IA dispatches, the aver
E. of the year is so; Of the hottest
Ponth. 81; of the coolest, 73. These are
PSh figures, but not very high for an
(iand lying in equatorial regions and
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

ural resources, however, have been
developed as they should be, for the
policy of Spain has been rather to re-
press than to encourage the progress
of the island and its people, and the
consequence is that the native wealth
of Cuba, while known to be immense
and varied, is, as yet, largely a matter
of speculation. Such is not the case,
however, with regard to those prod
ucts, which, by the labor of man, the
arabic soil may be compelled to yield.
The topography of Cuba is so varied,
composed, as the island is, of plains
almost at the level of the sea, of pla-
teaux many hundreds Of feet higher,
and of mountain ranges, some OF which
attain an altitude Of 5000 feet, that
any product Of the tropical, subtropical
or temperate regions may be raised,
and from the banana Of Mexico to the
barley of Norway, all are at the COM
mand of the Cuban farmer. AS might
be expected, however, by far the great
err portion Of the Cuban field products
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

sonably fair opportunities for devel-
opment, the mineral and agricultural
resources Of Cuba would render that
island one of the richest regions Of the
globe, but the curse of Spanish rule
is alike on the farmer and planter, on
the merchant and miner and the same
merciless taxation alike prevents all
from attaining any measure Of sue
cess or prosperity.
The history of Cuba has been one
uniform record of Spanish depravity,
spoliation and oppression. Spanish rule
began with the destruction of the entire
native population. At the discovery
of the island by Christopher Columbus,
it was peopled with a race of gentle,
inoffensive Indians, whose worst fault
was their laziness. The discovery vas
made in 1892, the island was complete
ly overrun by the Spaniards in 1911,
the natives were enslaved, and so great
was the barbarity with which they
were treated, that, in 1884, the colonists
petitioned the Crown to be allowed to
import African slaves at once, that
they might be injured to toll in the
fields before all the Indians persisted.
African slavery began shortly after,
and formed the second black spot on the
Spanish record. The third, and perhaps
the most d%etestable of all, has been the
treatment Of the native Cubans. In
their own country they have been sub
jected to every form of political and
social oppression that the ingenuity of
the Spaniards could devise. The latter,
from the captain general down to the
meanest custom house clerk, have gen
orally regarded their positions as given
them for the purpose of enabling them
to enrich themselves, and have carried
out this idea to the fullest possible eX-
tent. The people have been robbed, le-
gally and Illegally, plundered and tax
ed t death, so that the Industrial
growth of the island under the circum-
stances is something quite marvellous.
AS a class, the native Cubans are far
superior to the Spanish tyrantS who
have dominated the island, and their
restiveness under the control Of the
foreign element is easily understood
and appreciated. Time and again have
they risen in insurrection, but the lack
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

man, there being about 1O2 DAYS when
the rain comes down, not in drops. but
IN sheets, in masses, in tubfuls. at a
time' as though the windows Of the
heavens were opened and the floods Of
the great aerial deep had broken loose.
80 abundant is the rainfall, in fact,
that, as a recent traveller remarks, the
wonder Is that any island remains; that
the whole Is not dissolved and carried
OH into the sea. But in Cuba no one
minds the rain, save only to go in when
1t rains the necessary knowledge to
accomplish this feat being common
alike to Spanish resident and native In.
habitant.
Owing to the curse of Spanish mis-
rule. the natural Of the island
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24
Something Else.

A London journal makes fun Of the
lady bicyclist, or rather OF her o $
tune.
There had been an accident, though
happily 1t was not very serious.
II am very sorry, sir" said the fair
cyclist to the victim of the accident,
'but what can you expect at this period
Of the nineteenth century If you ride
a horse that SHES at a %bicycle?"
Possibly her hammer gave Offense. AT
all events, he answered in a very dry
tone:
madam, 1t was not the bicycle the
horse SHE'D at"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24
Beautifying the Arm,

For the girl whose arm will not stand
complete exposure in evening dress
there is made a sleeve that fits close on
the inside Of the arm from the wrist to
the hollow under the shoulder and on
the outer side of the arm is loose and
puffed to the elbow. This sleeve is
made of transparent material, and is
laced up the inside of the arm the
flesh showing between the cords. while
the draping on the pulfs soften the ell
bows. though the transparency of the
material allows the general contour Of
the arm L show. The bodice is made
with Il pointed yoke, the yoke lacing
along its edges to the rest of the dress
and exposing slightly just that part Of
the neck which cannot help being
smooth, no matter how thin the girl
may be.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24
THE GREAT CATHEDRAL IN HAVANA.

are not even completely known. to say
nothing Of being developed. Enough
has been ascertained, however, to JUS
tify the statement that almost every
metal and mineral used in the arts and
sciences is to be found on the island.
Gold has been discovered in several
rivers: silver in four or five of the
mountain ranges; copper exists in
abundance in a hundred different To-
c%alities; quicksilver, lead, anthony,
zinc, iron ore, magnesia, Ochre, alum
and several different varieties of mar
bic, some little inferior to the best Ital-
ian, have been found in different Sec
tons of the island. None of these nat
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24
WuERE TIE PINEAPPLES GROW.

are such as are appropriate to the geo.
graphical situation of the island, ana
tobacco. bananas, oranges, plneapples,
other tropical fruits and vegetables,
with cotton and sugar, are the leading
staples. No pen, however gifted, can
give an idea, however, of the luXuriance
of vegetation on Il Cuban plantation.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

Mrs. Nurich-YOu can't think, Broth
er Caleb, what an expense it's been to
us, learning Amelia TO play the plan
ner. Brother Caleb (dolefully)-It can't
compare with what | had to pay out
when George was learning to play the
Judge.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

toh of Cuba provides two seasons only,
[ie wet and the dry. During the lat
ter' rains are not frequent, being atoned
.,or' however. by the abundance or the
but in the rainy season Jupiter
'1uvius seems to turn himself loose to
Excel all previous efforts. and from 125
20 l1U inches of rain are not uncom-
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24
One.Hand Watches.

The first English watches had weights
and were used as pocket clocks. They
had only one hand, and required to be
wound up twice a day. The dials were
of silver and brass. while the cases
were unglazed, but opened at the back
and front, and We're foul or five inches
in diameter-abOut the size Of a COM
nor desert plate.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24
Rich in

he civil war in Cuba will probably
We still further to devastate an ISL
i which the Spaniards during past
RS have done all they could to ruin.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24
TO SEEK THE NORTH POLE.

g. A. Andree, Scientific Aeronaut, VIII
Attempt the Trip by Balloon.
The plan conceived by Professor 9.
A. Andree, a distinguished Swedish
scientist and aeronaut, to overcome the
difficulties of the polar ice by Journey
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

Furrounded by water that is warm to
pe hand all the year round. To a
granger from a dry country a feature
pore objectionable than the steady
Peat is the tremendous rainfall. The
biographical and Typographical situa-
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

The three sections of TenncsSee-East,
West and Middle are valued by the
assessor at sos, 154,43
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24
DIRK STATE.

pRk STATE.
cited in 1G4S,
from father
| for ten zen.
er being the
builder.
Indian out.
| the l'allyips
in case of a
| timbers and
shingles are
naming for
is and inter.
age. OF ne
III it be said
been born
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

Almost every one believes he has q
monopoly Of faithfU!utSs.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24
IN ISLAND OF CUBA.
Nh WHOSE PEOPLE STRUG.
GLE FOR FREEDOM.

! Mineral and Agricult.
bal Resources that Await Devel-
Lment-The Black Record Of Span.
III Cruelty and Oppression.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

The sugar cane grows to a size equal
ed only by that Of the most favored sit
uations in Louisiana, while a field Of
pineapples, with their thorny leaves
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

rier to ships will not have to be taken
into consideration constitutes one of
the chief reasons for believing that a
balloon expedition may succeed where
those by vessel have been failures.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24

CHAlR.
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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-24
NEW YORK.

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The evening world., 1895-05-06
THEY DON'T FEAR M0ATAUK.
An English Turf Writer Says the
Colt Is Not a Flyer.
Harry Reeds Support Failing, and
Stonenell Called Inferior.

LONDON. May e.-The Post, comment
Ing on the performances OF the Ameri-
can horses at Newmarket, says:
THE American boom WAS bound to
die out sooner or later. The early symp-
toms thereof were supplied Thursday.
when three OF their vauntei representa-
tives, Stonenell. Harry Reed and Mon
tauk. went down like ordinary stock.
'As for their time trials and other &C.
centriCities OF training, Montauk Is not
n flyer. and II Is n very open question if
Harry Reed will have any English sup
porters for the Jubilee Stakes, for no
one is insane enough to believe that
English horses, trainers and jockeys
have been standing still for generations
past to clear the way for Americas ad-
vance.
'lf Stonenell was seen at his best In
the race for the March Stakes. when
receiving fourteen pounds from Best
Man. his incompatible inferiorty was
exposed to II ridiculous extent"
The Times says: 1.-The American
horses ran well enough to justify the
belief that they Will yet prove that they
are deserving of the character they en-
joyed In their own country"
The evening world., 1895-05-06
VERONlCA'S GOOD BOUTS.
Four WelI-COntested "specinls" at
Its Monthly stag.

The Veronica Athletic Club held n
monthly stag Saturday night In the
club house. There were four special
ax-round bouts. which were full OF
ginger.
The first was between Paddy Griffen
and Denny Breen at ll5 pounds. 1t was
n slugging match and although Griren
had Breen groggy he couldn't knock him
out. In the ffth and sixth rounds
Breen evened matters up and Referee
Johnny Murphy called It draw.
In the next bout Billy Cheevers and
Jack Kelly faced each other. The first
round saw Kelly rushing Cheevers
around the ring. In the second Cheev-
ers landed few straight lefts on
and Kelly went to his corner. took OFF
his gloves and deliberately quit.
Tommy Tully and Jack Keating We're
the contestants In the next bout. Iully
played for the jaw and stomach and
at the end OF the first round keating
was on the floor. The call Of time saved
him. After fighting about one minute
In the second round Tully landed u
straight left on keatingS jaw AMI
knocked him out.
The next bout was pretty exhibition
of scientific boxing. The contestants
were Jack Delaney and Jack Nc Adams,
125 pounds. They fought the entire six
rounds and Referee Murphy gave the
decision to Delaney. he having done all
the leading,
The evening world., 1895-05-06

ne places his arm about her waist. 1t
seems to be regarded as eminenty
proper.
Two members of the Michaux Club
rode by. The young woman was dressed
In "A modest becoming suit IF gray. and
she rode more gracefully tran any wom-
an on the Boulevard.
The ra,orte resting place of the
wheelers on the boulevard Is at One
Hundred and Eighth street. All the af-
ternoon sixty or seventy wheels were
stacked there. Bicyclsts have their
troubles. The machines get out Of order
sometimes. The riders fix them at One