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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-01-24
1T WAS THE HIGH r.
Now Gcrstcr Oncc Reached That Diff
cult Note in the Old Academy.

How Gcrster Once Reached That Diff
cult Note in the Old Academy.
Melba san in high c with ease and
beauty the other night, and after the
excitement and enthusiasm had sub
sided an old-timer told this anecdOte
of GcrSter:
1T was at the old Academy of Nh
sic" he said. and Gerster was the
favorite prima donna. She was in par
ticularly good voice that night, and
when she started to sing the house was
absolutely silent. In fact. the stiffness
seemed to increase as she sang, and
when She got & the higher notes peo-
pie seemed to have stopped breathing.
Up and up she went. until finally felt
my heart beating violently ut the fear
that she would be unable to reach the
limit She had set for herself. In an in
other people around me seemed i'm
pressed with the same fear, but the
singer never faltercd. Clear as Il bell
her voice continued to mount, until
finally il had struck the high +. 1t
was such Il wonderful feat that when
she stopped the house remained silent.
People were so overwhelmed that they
could not recover in time to applaud.
While this deathlike stiffness prevailed
a German in the top gallery, aroused
in Iiimmel, dot vas der high F." That
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-01-24
Game

AT the dinner-table in Il country hotel
Il guest says TO the waitress:
Miss, are you sure hat this is wild
duck that you've given me:'
wild. Well. | should think it was.
If you could "a e us chasin' that
duck more'n forty times around the
barnyard fore we ketched it, / guess
you'd believe twas wild!'
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-01-24

by great effort to clear himself. The
picture shows the rider. after he has
got to the ground. struggling to ave his
horse. 1t was of 10 avail, for the ami
NAL gradually lost what little footing
it had at first obtained On the loose
rubbish, and fell down the precipice
as described. The illustration is from
Il sketch by Surgeon Major Dodd.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-01-24

Meyer Horkeimer, dealer in ginseng
and pelts, at Wheeling. w. Va, re-
ceivcd Il consignment of ginseng from
a country merchant. 1t consisted Of
three barrels and weighed about 300
pounds. In sorting ii appeared to he
rather heavy, and several Of the roots
were cut open AID examined. disclosing
that they had been loaded with shot.
1t was Impossible To open all the roots.
SO they were thrown into a tub of water
and the loaded roots ut once sank. The
examination of the three barrels show
ed that i'll 500 pounds of ginseng 21lh
pounds of shot had been Secreted
which, at 500 per pound. gave the
seller Il respectable profit on his work.
The shot had been inserted while the
roots We're soft, the holes in the ends
pluggcd.-Baltimorc American.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-01-24

\ New York paper says that Il recent
street railway franchise in that town
cost only $1,000 per Alderman. This
shows how the markets have become
demoralized since the LcXow commit
tee began work
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-01-24
He MnS At.

\ boy in ST. Louis VAS recently pre-.
scented with Il j~ack-knifc. with which.
bOy-like. he cut and marked everything
that came in his way. from The dining
room table to the eats tail. \ few
days after he had become the happy
posScsSor Of the knife. his father WAS
startled by seeing two men bring home
the young hopeful in II very dilapi-
dated condition. His face seemed 10
he cut and bruised and covered with
blood. The father. of course. was very
much alarmed. and inquired of the boz
who had hit him. "Nothing didn't hit
me, the boy answered between his
SolS; iii was only Il mule kicked me in
the eye" "A mule kicked you in the
eye. ch:' echoed the father. '"Ilavcn't
| told You Il thousand times or more
that mules and gunpoWdor We're not
fit things for boys 10 fool with: Whit
were yuu doing To the MULE Il
wasn't foolin' with him AT all" said
the boy; Il was only trying To cut ny
name on his back"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-01-24

If Superintendent ByrncS is an honest
man and knows nothing of the whole
sale corruption of the rec he commands
lie hasn't enough brains To hold such Il
position. If he does know of it he
should be bounced. There is fun ahead.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-01-24

Captain Schmittbcrger of the New
York police force says 'thc whole de-
partmcnt is rotten to the core From
our point of view it looks as if the core
also is badly decaycd.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-01-24

Superintendent ByrncS' friends now
claim that he made about Il quarter Of
Il million dollars in one year III Wall
street Specializing in some stock the
name Of which. unfortunately. has
Shipped from his memory. Queer. isn't
iS
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-01-24

James Whitcomb Riley has been hon
Ored by Il brand of cigars named for
him. And yet England snecringly says
that this country does not appreciate
lights.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-01-24

Dr. Zakharin. the late Cars ply
stefan. has lately devised Il new method
ot stanching the flow of blood. Steam
is injected into the wound by Il cathc-
ter for Il minute or less. The patient,
under ctloroform. feels neither pain
nor any evil effects from the steam
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-01-24

Carmcncita sold about Il carload of
bric-a-brac last week. including a fine
silver shaving set. Heavens. Can it
be possible that -: No; perish the
thought,
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-01-24

Mrs. Grannis tells of a New York
woman who won four husbands 10y Il
generous display of pretty ncck.-Bos-
ton Herald.
Simultaneously
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-01-24

If New York has an honest police
captain he can double his salary by
r%csigning ana entering the dime muse
nm field.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-01-24
Faded Writing.

When ink is faded the iron still re-
mains IN the paper, and the ink a be-
reproduced by the application of a
solution containing fannie or galllc
acid.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-01-24
A PERILOUS POSITION.
Major Dodd Trying to Saw His Horse
from Destruction.

from Destruction.
The above cut depicts N incident
which occurred to Surgeon Major Dodd,
in the Indian army. while riding along
Il mountain road. The road gave away
beneath the horses feet. and the horse
was dashed to pieces hundreds of feet
below. the surgeon major managing
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-01-24

Seeley got eight years and S354.00O-
S44,250 Il year. Pretty good wages for
an ordinary bookkeeper.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-01-24

II begins TO look as II Boss Mckane
We're moi dead but only gone before"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-01-24

Washingto.
tices Davcy,.
Louis iana dc
ti'o luce bills
OF the United
niactureI in |
for in the NIck
all sugars proc
it had not beer
the repeal Of t
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-01-24
Will Not I

Berlin sp
committee {
S~olialistic
which was I
the public I
Socialist m,
who refused
Emperor ~
a, has reject,
cute Herr Ii
uttcrances.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-25

STRAW mattings in great variety and
at bottom prices at The E. II. Stewart
Furniture Company.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-25
"vENuS" AND "vlCToRY.n
How These Treasures of tho Louvre I'M
pressed an American Woman.

ooW 1uese lTeaSuTeS OF tho Louvre
pressed an American Woman.
A New York woman, an art lover, is
| spending her first season in Paris, and
how some of the old world art is seen
through her new world eyes she tells in
Il recent letter:
To the new world conner among tho
art treasures of this part of tho old
world, it is the marbles rather than the
paintings to which the soul responds
With the first headlesS muse, whose flash
still throbs after hundreds of years
through the draperied masses of her thin
Grccian robe, is established Il bond which
strengthens with almost every step
through the marble lined Galerie of the
grows with the freedom and. promise of
the Winged Victory and the fulfllment
Of tho Venus of Milo.
No statue i'll all the world perhaps
stands so irresistibly for the message of
womanhood Us does this Venus From
her beautiful throat, her molly set head
and her sweet and gracious mouth to her
yielding but perfectly poised body and
her firmly set foot she speaks woman
the love, beauty, honor, sincerity, pro-
lection, fulfillment of true womanhood.
As you look through n long vista of
marble set halls and for the first time
SEQ tho Venus awaiting you mt the end
with her calm, hopeful smile, and rs
she draws nearer, until you have come
to tho salon reserved in simple entirety
for her breathing self, you know that
she has been waiting for you through
the centuries, and that to see her is why
you have come all across tho miles of
sea and land.
She brcathes and smiles as you look
ut her, and her eyes that have been tell
ing their secret for ages look into yours
and bid you read. They tell you that
the hand of her fashioner some young,
hopeful enthusiast, some inspired master
OF his loved art, put, all unllnowing per
haps, his very heart into this master Gre
alton of carly Greece and of the whole
world. What matters though he be IN
| known? To see the Venus is to know
that he has not lived in vain since 1t is
his heart, speaking through time and
the half century that she has dwelt
among us, that has won the homage OF
cvey ono coming under her spell
From ono of the grand staircases of
tho Louvre, where she is set as its
crown, the Winged Victory filings her
message OF promise@the promise of
| which this age is coming to be the fore
runner As you come face to face with
the glorious and sweeping lines Of this
noble figure you are conscious that it is
she who has set the keynote of the times
which arc among us, the keynote of per
sonal liberty. AS the Venus stands for
the fullness of life, the Victory stands
now, as she did even in her centuries
before the Christ, for the very breath Of
the liberty Of effort which shall lead to
fulillment She bids you hope and
strive; the Venus whispers of peace at
the end. New York Times
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-25
Altitude md Suffrage.

The United States voting precinct with
the highest altitude is that of North
Star, located near the celebrated North
Star mine on King Solomon mountain,
i'll San Juan county, Colo. The stone at
tho Office door of the usual polling place
is exactly 3,101 feet above the level of
the sea North Star, although almost
inaccessible for from six to nine months
each year on account Of SHOWS. general
~ polls 70 to 80 votes. st Louis Re-
nnhlic
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-25
Go TO Donaldson's new stores for car
pets and mattings.
Cure for Headache.

AS remedy for all forms of headache
Electric Bitters has proved to be the
very best. 1t effects permanent cure,
and the most dreaded hebitual sick
headaches yield to its influence. We
urge all who are afflicted to procure q
bottle, and give this remedy fair trial.
In cases OF habitual constipation Elec-
trio Bitters cures by giving the needed
tone to the bowels, and few cases long
resist tke use of this medicine. Try 1t
once. Large bottles only fifty cents ct
Christian & Bsrbee's drug store.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-25

Eixy0 pieces new Black Serge, just opened III Inch,
i've well worth G2H Gus, melting away so cents.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-25
PERSONAL.

Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. Price, Of Dillon's
MILL, and their son, who is a student at
Roanoke College. were in the city yes
terday.
G. Q. Payne, who is engaged in ship
ping lumber from Ferrum, Franklin
county, is in the city for few days.
| Mrs. e. Fl. Lawrence, who has been
visiting her mother, Mrs. M e. Kitser-
man, in East Roanoke, returned to her
home in Floyd yesterday.
Judge Henry E. Blair passed through
the city yesterday en- route 10 Fincss,le
to hold circuit court.
Judge W. D. Vaughan, of Radford
was in tho city yesterday to visit his
father. Rev. Dr.. G. R. Vaughan, OF
Hampden Sidney, who is spending some
time in the city.
j. L. Overstreet went to Bedford YES
tertay On business.
Mrs. j. V. Jamison returned home
yesterday from Cloverdale
James w. Reed, of Norfolk. was IN
the city yesterday on business.
Il. B. Morgan. Maybuery, w. Va,
COAL operator, was In the city yesterday.
Hon. A. A. Phlegar, OF Christians
burg, Is in the city.
". G. Msupin, formerly of the Nor
FOLK and Western railroad, has taken
position with IL. n. Darnall Sc Co., TO
work In Roanoke and vicinity for the
Fidelity and Casually Accident Insur
ance Company.
d. Nj: Maupin, sRent for the Trav.
eie7s' Accident Insurance Company at
Blueheld, who has been sick in this
city for week, has recovered and will
r N To Eal
A party of young ladies from Hollins
were In the city yesterday in the care
OF Chas. Ii. Cooke, business manager of
| the institute.
Judge Heillin, OF Radford, was in the
city yesterday.
| The New York Herald says: Presi.
dsnt julius ID. Dreher, of Roanoke COL
lege, is at the Park Avenue Hotel.
L. c. Vest was called to Baltimore
Yesterday to sec his father who is yerv
i'll.
Rev. DR.. w. G. Campbell, pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church, is quite
III at his residence on Church avenue.
w. s. Phelps has returned from a
trip through the South in the interests
OF the Fishburne Tobacco Company.
Misses Mary and Lucy Vena BILE, of
Marion, are visiting friends at Vinton.
j. M. Silvers, superintendent of the
Blue Ridge mines, WAS in the city yes.
terday, returning home with his dauRh-
ter from Altoona, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Draper, Miss
Draper and Miss Brugh, Of Montvale,
were in the city yesterday.
G. t. Porserfeld, of Pearisburg, oresi.
dent OF the Mountain Lake Company,
was In the city yesterday.
Edgar Foy. secretary OF the Brother
hood OF Locomotive Engineers, was in
the city yesterday. Mr.. Foy's home is
at Colum bus, Ohio.
II. Z. Karnes has returned home from
visit to his parents at Peaksville,
Bedford county.
W. L. Griffith, of BarnesTille, Md,
was In the city yesterday looking after
his Interests in Southwest Virginia.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-25
Whooping Cough.

THERE is no danger from this disease
when Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is
freely given. It. lique6es the tough
mucus and aids it's expectoration. 1t
also lessons the severity and frequency
OF paroxysms Of coughing and insures
speedy recovery. There is not the
least danger in giving the remedy to
children or babies, as it contains no in
furious substances. For sale by the
Chas. Lyle Drug Company.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-25
THE CHINESE BUY OUR "sANG."
The Herb Dug by Amelie Rives- Chanier's
Tanis Goes to Them.

Tanis Goes to Them.
"Thero is quite trade in ginseng"
said tho broker. "We export it to China,
for the people Of that country have q
profound faith in its efficacy 1t seems
to be curean with them 1t is an old
woman's remedy here-no one considers
it as Of any value, but the Chinese think
differently. That which comes from
Manchuria is esteemed better than
ours but, then, they take all we send
gladly enough. No European nation
sends any
"The crop begins to arrive in June
and keeps on coming till frost destroys
the tops We use the roots, and be-
hcve they say the more forked they are
the better. The last crop consisted of
about quarter Of a million of pounds.
Yes, it is growing scarce, for in the
search tho Sang diggers are exterminat-
ing it Since have been in the business
say, in 90 years-the price has risen
from 50 cents per pound to 81. The plant
grows i'll moist woods-in leaf mold-in
every state east Of the Rocky mountains.
You have read good deal about the
Sang diggcrs' of the North Carolina
mountains, but there are people just
like them ut work within a hundred
miles of the city-men, women and
children, who find their work material
ly helps in getting living.
a man up in Onondaga county, in
this state, has begun cultivating it, but
at present he is giving his attention
moro to producing seed and urging 9th
ers to cultivate it than producing the
roots for market. He is an enthusiast on
the subject. New York Press.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-25
Rheumatism Cured.

RHEUMATISM Is caused by Tactic acid
in the blood attacking the fbrous
tissues OF the joints. Keep your blood
pure and healthy and you will not have
rheumatism. Hoods Ssrsaparilla gives
the blood vitality and richness and
tones the whole body, neutralizes the
acidity OF the blood and thus cures
rheum atism.
Hoods Pills are the best after.dinner
pills, assist digestion, cure headache.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-25

OrnG and hundreds of -cgant 8
al VA . '5c and SlW Great mopcy.savcrs to customers
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-25
A Booming business.

THE above caption Is an evident fact
to any one who will take peep into the
dining rooms of Bonner's restaurant.
The meals served are deserving of q
liberal patronage, as it Is q conceded
fact by everyone that have tried them
to be the best ever served in this city.
Come in and leu us prove to you what
we say. Our dinner to- day will be
something great"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-29
Feminine Inequalities.

OF the multifarious uses of the hair
pin, some at least are well known. They
arc suggested by a French travellers de-
scription of a pin which the Indian
women of Peru wear as q fastening for
their shawls. Its head is in the shape of
a spoon. In fact, it is q spoon and O
shawlpin in one.
1t is odd, the Frenchman says, to see
a woman pail out the pin, letting her
shawl drop from her bare shoulders, and
proceed to use it for eating her soup or
porridge. After the repast she passes
the bowl of tho spoon carefully between
her lips two or three times, gathers up
her shawl and fastens it in place.
The same women use their slippers
instead of pocketbooks "A point in
which they may be said to have the ad-
vantage of their North American sis
tiers, who, having no pockets, or none
within comfortable reach, are compelled
to carry their purses in their hands
The money of Lima consists of bank
notes. which go very well into the bot
tom of slipper.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-29
CORSICA AS A REPUBLIC.

It Was Founded In the Eleventh Century,
end It's Constitution Still Lives.
During the tenth century Corsica was
the prey Of contending barons, who in
their struggles for territory ravaged the
island and despoiled tho people.
At last, in the first year of tho
eleventh century, the lord of the Cinar.
ca. to the northeast of Ajacoio. a baron
more powerful than the rest, sought to
make himself ruler Of the island under
the title of count of Corsica.
He had triumphod over his brother
barons, but he had not reckoned with
tho democracy of the island. That long
suffering body arose, and in oEe Geci-
sive battle swept away the lord of the
Cinarca and proclaimed that the land Of
Corsica belonged to tho people of Cor
sica.
Sambucuccio and tho island assembly
founded in 1907 what is known as LA
Terra di Commune" and gave it pop.
ular constitution. which has ever since
been held sacred. Under this constitu-
ton tho various hamlets of valley
were formed into q pieve, or parish,
presided over by podesta, or mayor,
and two or more communal fathers,
who nominated q caporale. sort of
tribune of the people.
The various podestas or mayors of
different parishes assembled and elected
a supreme council consisting of IL men,
Scottish Geographical Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-29
OEfYlNG ILL LUCK.
''The Order Of the Opal" Organized BY th
Salt Spillers and Thirteen Club.

''The Order Of tho Opal" Organized BY the
Salt Spiilers and Thirteen Club.
To the Thirteen club" and the ''Salt
Spillers" comes the "Order Of the
Opal" This is an organization designed
to challenge i'll luck and show how east
ly it may be bullied when deliberately
faced. The club has much of the same
rites as other clubs of its kind. 1t meets
on Friday. Its rooms are decorated with
peacock feathers.
The members make point of walk
ing under ladders, eating ID at table,
going and coming on Friday and spill
ing salt 1t is not said that they break
mirrors with elaboration, but anybody
who does break mirror is held in great
consideration by the other members.
The opal is the badge of membership
and is put forth on all occasions. It is
urged, however, that all these efforts to
overthrow superstition fail of their pur.
pose, inasmuch as ill luck cannot be in
vited.
The element Of chance is absolutely
necessary to its success. An even worse
element to be removed is the pride and
pleasure most people take in their su-
perstition. A superstition to an actress
in the way of advertisement is only less
valuable than the loss of her jewels. To
other people superstitions are of impor-
tance in giving piquancy to biograph-
ical notices and sketches Of character
now SO popular in current weeklies. -
New York Advertiser.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-29
Ma So GrfeYed.

"A little story is told of Sibyl Sander
son apropos of her debut at Paris. The
next morning the papers teemed with
the rawlings of the critics. the "beaute
de Sibyl," her voice and her costumes
There were also kilograms Of congratu-
lations, letters and cards. The young
divette looked at them all carefully and
then made q moue. mot satisfied yet?'
asked some one. "What is the natter"
"Ah, I am SO disappointed, moaned
the sad faced singer. Il had thought
successful singers always got love letters
from unknown admirers There is not
one for mel" 1t is to be supposed that
time healed the sorrow.-New York
Mail and Express.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-29
FREE COFFEE AND CAKES.
Custom Now In Vogue on First Nights In
London Playhouses.

Custom Now In Vogue on First Nights In
London Playhouses.
''By the way" said gentleman who
arrived here from England few days
ago, ''have you heard of tho London
theatrical managers latest scheme to
attract crowd on first nights? Well,
it's rather odd, and wouldn't be sur
prised if the New Workers copied it be-
fore long, although the circumstances
are somewhat different here.
"You know, the little tea and coffee
rooms in London that correspond to the
New York coffee and cake saloon are
much more numerous than here, and
there is sure to be enc near every thea
ter.
1T is tho custom there for great
crowds to como to the pit and gallery
entrances of the theaters long before the
time of opening the doors. The pit is
one of the best parts of the theater for
seeing and hearing. and it costs only 60
cents, but there are no reserved seats,
so those who come early get the good
places.
ut is common, in the case Of impor-
tant first nights, for long line OF peo-
pie to form at the pit doors before it is
opened. and when the play is very suc-
cessful and popular this may continue
for an indefinite number Of nights.
"It has now become the custom to
admit those who care to pay sixpence
extra for the privilege at $50. Then
they get good seats, but they have to
:. =
places before the play begins.
'This state of things recently inspired
some ingenious manager with another
happy thought He hit on tho plan of
providing free coffee and cakes, from
the nearest tea and coffee rooms. to the
crowd waiting in the pit on the first
night of his new play. 1t proved such a
good arrangement that the others fol-
lowed the example. New York Her.
aid