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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-04-25
SUGGESTED BY "SHE."
The Trick of a Magician and n Sim pie
Explanation of the Same.


Among interesting things to be seen
at the Eden Musee. New York, perhaps
one of he most curious and at the
same time scientific is the weird spec
tacle entitled "She," exhibited by Pow
ell. the well-known illusiOnist. and SuY-
gested by the cave scene in Rider Hay-
CARDS celebrated novel, "She," Il y
the Scientific American. In this scene
II young lady Il Il table arranged
in an alcOve formed of Il folding screen.
Above the victim is suspended Il cylin-
drical cloth screen. The screen is
lowered to the level of the table, CON-
plctely inclosing the subject. The ia
bic apparently has four legs. and four
candles shown beneath it Indicate that
the space underneath the table is open
and clear. The cylindrical screen is
shown to be entire. with openings only
at the upper and lower ends, and no
openings are seen in the folding screen
which partly surrounds the table. Up
on the firing of q pistol the occupant
of the table is ignited, and smoke and
flame bursting from the screen indi-
cate that the work of destruction Is
going on within. When the fire Is
burned out the screen is lifted and
nothing remains upon the table but II
few s~mouldering emberS and Il pile Of
bones surmOunted by Il skull. Close
observation does not reveal any way OF
escape for the young wOma. 1t is,
however. obvious that the magician
cannot afford to sacrifice such Il subject
every evening, and the spectators ara
forced to conclude that the whole affair
is Il very clever trick. In fact, it is
simply Il modification of the bpllca,lcd
lady and numerous other tricks based
Upon the use of plain mirrors.
The table has but two legs, the 9TH.
er two which appear being simply re-
Elections. The central standard sup
ports but two candles, the other two
being reflections. Underneath the table
and cOnverging at the central standard
are arranged two plain mirrors at an
angle of 80 degrees with each other.
and 40 degrees with the side panels Of
the screen. BY means of this arrange
ment the side panels. which are of the
same color as the central or back panel,
are reflected in the mirror and appear
as Il continuation of the back panel.
The triangular box, of which the mir
rOrs form two sides, has a top com
posed in part of the table top and in
part of mirror sections for rejecting
the back panel. OF with Il covering OF
t1,n geo, ,,~ I -, ~, t1-, I,,J ,N,NJ NJ,
operation Of the apparatus is TO- OBJ
viOus. When the victim is inclosed by
the cylindrical screen she Immediately
escapes through Il trap door in the table
top, places the bones and the fireworks
upon the table, and at the firing of the
pistol ignites the latter and retires.
closing the trap door after her.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-04-25
CLEVELAND
chairman Harvey of the BimctaIIic
League Replies to the Prcs;dcut

W. Il. Harvey. chairman of the ex-
ccutlve committee Of the Bimrtallic
League, las prepared Il reply to the Pres
ldents letter to the Chicago committees of
business men. 1t says in part:
IN reply to your letter addressed to
the committee of business men of this
city, we wish to say that the committees
'hat waited on you. and the persons who
attached their names to the invitation did
not represent the majority of business
men and citizens in this city who take a
deep interest in the welfare of the repub-
Tic. Ihey represented that class that
owns money and securities payable in
hXed incomes. We Respectfully submit
that your letter does not present the true
merits of the controversy. You call the
attention of the farmers and the wage
earners to the fact that the rising prices.
while enabling them to sell their products
and labor at higher prices. will also cause
them to pay equally more for what they
may purchase, but you neglect to say that
your statement is not applicable to debts.
WIN prices coming down regularly and
steadily since the decentralization of sill
yer. our merchants. manufacturers and
people generally have been doing business
on Il falling market. so that the time in
tcryening between their purchase of their
merchandise or raw material and placing
II months after on the market. removing
the margin they would have had other
wise. This ~shrinkagc in values added to
the ordinary risk and expense in business,
mas led to the Cycr-increGS sing volume of
debt-to the money lending pcriod-until
1t has increased all told. public and pri-
vate. to about forty millions of dollars.
or about two-thirds the total value of all
the property in the United States. Money.
and those debts payable in money have
been steadily increasing in e~Xchangeable
value with the property of the people.
taxes have increased as expressed in
dollars and have doubled and u%uadrupled
as measured in the property people sur
render with which to pay it since 1873.
We have constantly pointed the people to
the cyer-increasing c~Xchangeable value of
the creditors dollar. and to the reason
why it was increased. but the Influences
of these creditors have dominated your
administration and you insist on such cur
rency as they have established as Il
sound currency. We respectfully submit
that it was the intention of the founders
of this Government that it was safer that
all people should do the thinking for it
than that any one class should do it for
them. We but express your own opinion
as President of the people when we say
that all people should have an opportu-
nifty to investigate and intelligently pass
upon this question"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-04-25
TO u A STATE.
Michigan, Minnesota ana Wisconsin
Would Contribute to Its Territory.

1t is seriously proposed to create a new
State by taking Il part of the three States
Of Minnesota. Wisconsin and Michigan,
which will be known as the State of "Su-
periOr," or 'thc mineral State This
idea is q modification of the new State
plan so often repeated, and its creator is
Captain Alex. McDougall, the inventor
of the whaleback. Captain McDougall
would cut out Il territory bounded on the
north by Canada, on the west by the Mis-
sissippi river, on the south by Il line drawn
from the Mississippi river along the
southern boundary of the northern tier of
Wisconsin counties and terminating at
the extreme tip of the upper peninsula.
OF course. the eastern boundary line
would lie in the lakes. but that is imma-
terial to the plan.
What is aimed ut particularly is to place
the three great iron ranges. the Nermil-
lion, the Mesaba and the Gogebic. in one
State. so that the interests of none of
them could be injured by conflicting legis-
lation and all might be treated from the
same basis. Should the new State. which
would be the forty-iifth of the Union. be
considered at all, it would have the addi-
tional advantage, the captain thinks. of
solving the difficulties of long standing
between Duluth and Superior. for. both
cities being in the sam State. their in
terestS would be in the main almost identi-
cal. At least there would be no State
line to veX and complicate their relations.
A West Superior correspondent, in
writing of the matter, says Duluth and
the northern part of Minnesota have no
interests in COMMON with the rest of the
State Wisconsin. it can truthfully be
said. bears the same relation toward SUI
perior and the northern portion of the
State, and as for the upper peninsula. it
is not. either from Il commercial or geo
graphical point of view. II part of the
State of Michigan. The new State would
be one of the richest in wealth in the
Union: it would have more than 800 miles
of water front and contain "the head of
the lakes harbor, which is the gateway
for the trade and of the entire
northwestern country. superior, or
1.-THE mineral State would ut once be-
come one of the greatest States of the
Union, it is firmly believed by its advo-
Gates.
Agitation of the subject will begin
Immediately throughout the three com-
monwealths involved and the representa-
tives in the several Legislatures who CONF
from the territory Immediately involved
will, after their adhesion is secured, begin
making political combinations in order to
effect their purpose.
CarnivOus animals seldom produce
more than two young at Il birth.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-04-25
TALK FREE SILVER.
Advocates of Unlimited Coinage Pre-
sent Their Views.

The Denver open air meeting addressed
Tuesday afternoon by the silver cham
piOnS was the largest ever assembled in
that city. Congressman Sibley was the
first speaker. and plunged deeply into the
subject at the very beginning. He ad-
vised the debasement of craftsmanship and
the elevation Of patriotism. Frantic APP
peals have been made to educate the peo-
pie in regard to Sound Money" but ne
thought there were SO many people who
needed education in that way that the
oddities had Il hopeless task and one that
was daily becoming more 50. The speak
or told many amusing stories illustrating
the points made. but the burden of the
entire speech was that ii was necessary
to unite if hope was to be entertained
for the ultimate redemption of silver.
Shake off party spells he said, land
unite under the free silver banner. not as
Republicans, not as Democrats. nor yet as
Populists, but as free-born American citi-
Zcns."
General Warner was the next introduce
ed. 1--WE are face to face" he said. with
the question what is to be our money
how is it TO be supplied:'
He undertook to show how the money
question is the dominant one in politics
to-day. "The line of battle is drawn,
monometallism on one side and bimetal-
lism on the other. He proceeded to ana
I'VE the chances of the restoration of sill
yer within party lines and attempted to
show its impossibility. He warned his
hearers against putting their trust in an
international conference. AS WE'LL he
said, ''for our protection friends to pro-
pose an international conference on the
tariff. America must and will take care
of itself"
Both speakers were frequently inter-
rupted with bursts of applause.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-04-25
Farmers and Good Roads.

1t is a very singular thing that the
failure of Il bill seeking to encourage
the construction and maintenance of
good roads in rural counties of Illinois
should be SignaliZed as Il great tri-
umph for the farmers over the bicy-
clists. 1t is true that in pursuit of their
hump-backed sport the bicycliS.S lre-
fer Il hard, smooth road to one which is
too soft to be land and too thick to be
water. But the bicyclist does not have
to ride. lie rides chiefly for fun and
can defer his pleasure until the roads
dry up.
To the farmer. however. good roads
are Il vital necessity. AS the roads
stand to-day the farmer is blockaded
by mud Il great part of the year. and
it often costs him more to get his crops
from his farm to the railroad station
than from the station to market. Sey-
eral hundred miles away. Yet year af-
ter year he goes on building quagmires
and calling them roads and denounc-
ing the railroad companies for charg-
i'g e~Xtravagant freight rates. If he
only knewi it his p~enny-wise and pound
foolish policy in the matter of road
building is what has fastened the col
lar of railroad domination so securely
about his neck. BY letting the public
highways which all may freely use
go to ruin and become impossible the
farmer has forced himself and his
neighbOrS to use the highways con-
trolled by railroad corporations, for
the Use of which all must pay and pay
heavily. The Illinois farmers who so
eagerly wish to defeat measures pro-
viding that good roads may be con
structed ought to find Il certain signifi-
canoe in the fact that in the East,
where the effort for the improvement
Of country highways has made great
er progress, the strongest influence ar
rayed against good road bills is that of
the railroads.
Nowhere can unscientitically made
roads be worse than in Illinois, for the
soft. rich soil of u prairicS is quickly
turned into mire by Il drizZling rain.
But nowhere can roads be scientifically
built as cheaply as in this State, level
rs a barn floor and well provided with
stone. The farming community will
sorely blunder if it permits another
Legislature to go out of existence with
out the enactment of Il good-rOads law.
Chicago Times Herald.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-04-25
HAVOC ALONG THE MERRIMAC.
New England Rivers Overflow and
Spre adj Destruction.

The most terrible food since that Of
1869 has inundated the valleys of Con-
n~ecticut and the reports that have begun
to come in show that it has been particu-
Iarly disastrous. More than fifty families
in Concord alone are practically home
less. The waters that have overlooked
the banks of the Merrimac are eddying
through their homes and they have been
abandoned. A score of buildings Ia
been washed away and carried down the
river on the flood. More than u persons
were taken from upper floor windows i'll
boats and carried to the uplands. Along
the line of the Concord and Montreal
Railroad enormous damage has been done
by the washing away of tracks and roll
ing stock.
Twenty-Five houses in the village of
Uuntonyillc have been washed away and
the Nerrimac at that point is six miles
wide and sixty feet deep. Much stock
has been drowned. The Granite Rail
road Company has lost Ill its tracks and
rolling stock. The twin bridges III Bos-
cawen are gone and AT Seawalrs Fails
the water is thirty feet deep.
Not a spindle or loom is working along
the whole length of the Mcrrimac river
from it's source in northern New llamp-
shire TO Newburyport, Mass.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-04-25
Accepting Defeat.

Doubtless Il defeated candidate for
MI Office might be benefited by learning
me lesson of this incident-but prob
ahly he would not heed it.
1t is said that Herr Steinitz, the vet
Gran chess-playcr, and for many years
champion Of the world. seeing defeat
vas inevitable in the concluding game
~ his match with Emmanuel Lasker,
rose abruptly and shouted aloud, Long
1--we the new champion"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-04-25
What They Mean.

Good roads mean 4 great deal more
than mere convenience. They mean
ever, is Il matter Of no small impor-
anc They mean Il mOr intimate re-
%lationship between the city aud coun-
try people, TO the mutual advantage
Of both. They mean that living in the
country for six months in the year
shall not be practical isolation. Poor
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-04-25

reads keep the farmer and his flmily
at home at that season Of the year
when they have the most leisure, when
time hangs heavily. when it could and
would add to their enjoyment social
ly and advantage educationally if u
frequent drive to the town or city or q
visit among the neighbors AMI friends
living at Il distance of Il few miles
could be taken.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-04-25
Settling q

A big Frenchman was talking in
loud and clustering tones about his
many achievements in duclling as he
with several passengers. in the smok-
ing-car Of one of the railway trains.
In the orner opposite to him sat i
small man quietly reading Il maya
zine, and to him he leaned over and
arrOgantly said:
'Monsieur, what would you do if you
We're challenged?"
II should refuse" was the unhesi-
tating reply.
"Ah! ah! thought as much. Refuse
and be branded Il coward! But if 4
gentleman offered you the choice of a
duel or Il public whipping, then what?"
I'D take the whipping"
"Ah! ali! 1 thought so. l thought 50
from your looks. Suppose, monsieur.
You had foully slandered me-"
Il never SANDER"
Then, monsieur, suppose l had
coolly and deliberately insulted you,
what would you do?'
I'D rise up like this, put down my
book this way, reach Over like this,
and take him by the nose and give it
II proper sort of twist-just So"
When the little mar relinQuished his
grip Of the big mans nasal organ,
his neighbor slid away in abjcct ter.
ror, to escape the bullets which would
surely be flying ut once; but there was
no shooting. The big man turned
crimson-thcn whitc-then looked the
little man over and remarked:
"Ah-certainly-Of course-that's it
exactly!
And then the conversation took q
turn on the prospect of the war be-
tween China and Japan.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-04-25

Senator Kilburn has introduced in
the NJ V York Senate Il bill compelling
the Use of fOur-inch tires Oh vehicles
drawn by two or more llOrs, IS on all
public highways except paved and ma.
~cadnmiZed roads.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-04-25
Turnpikcs i'm Kentucky.

Major w. Ii. Crump, of Kentucky,
In an address before the national good
roads conference, said of the road syS-
tenn of that State: In the blue grass dis
trict there are fifteen counties in which
are many macadam roads. These are
turnpikes with tollgates at short in
tervals. The turnpike bonds are
the most valuable securities in the
State. He told how the roads in his
county, Warren, had been made good
from al old WORKOUT turnpike bed by
putting on Il crown of cracked stones
at a cost of only $40O a mile. They also
use gravel. They have about 100 miles
Of macadam and graveled road. They
expended 100000 on the roads. When
they began the rate of tax vas 30 cents
on 800. When the work was COM
plete the tax was only 10 cents, be-
of the increased value of the
property. Adjoining counties, seeing
these advantages. demanded the same
improvement. They are now about to
establish Il road supervisor to look af-
ter the roads in the county. They pro-
pose to eXpend from $4,000 to $1,000
Il year on their roads. This could be
done with Il very small taxation. Pris-
Oners in the county Jail We're made to
work on the rOadS.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-04-25

The population of Massachusetts Is
neorly as large as that of all the other
New England States combined.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-04-25
Good Roads Make Prosperous People

NOON oGu
In the course Of his address before
the good roads convention in s'acra-
mento, Cal, General Roy Stone. cngi-
neer of the bureau OF roads in the De
partment of Agriculture. said:
1.-The superb roads of France have
been one of the most steady and potent
contributions TO the material develop
ment and marvellous financial elias
ITCHY of that country. The far-reaching
and splendidly maintained road sys-
ten has distinctly favored the success
of the small landed proprietors. and in
their prosperity and ensuing distribu-
ton of wealth lies the key to the secret
of the wonderful financial vitality and
solid prosperity of the French nation"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-04-25

Are you an amateur photographer"
NO. Why do you ask "Oh, l heard
that you got Miss Rox's negative last
night Syracuse Post.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-04-25

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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-04-25

CarnivOus animals seldom produce
more than two young at Il birth.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-03-23

Mixed Farming and Fruit Culture
Mr.. 8. A, Clarke. in letter to the Ore
Ronian, writes as follows of eertaiL por-
tions of eastern Oregon:
One very evident fact as to the entire
upper country, that has been heretofore al
most entirely devoted to wheatgrowing is
that the people generally are waking to the
realisation of the importance of mixed
farming. Hereafter they will show increase
of dairy products. will fstsen hogs. and be
independent of the world in all the liues of
production heretofore neglected for wheat.
growing. When We realizs that till re-
Gently the northwestern states have paid
the middle west. each year, millions of dol.
lars for dairy products alone. and have i'm
ported pork products. and even poultry and
eggs, while pursuing this infatuation of
wheatgrowing, it will be seen what field
is open there for home production Of all
these items at the present time.
The Dalles and surrounding country of
Wa.co county, offsr very great inducements
to the fruitgrower. Eastern Oregon excals
this western valley in production Of small
fruits. The Clark strawberry. that orig
mated near Mt. Tabor, close to Portland,
is the wonderful, all-round market barry
grown at The DAlles and Hood Riyer. and
far exce's there what Is done with and for
il in the land of its birth. Tne district
along the Columbia and from the Cascades
rsnge on the east to the D.schutss river,
from the Columbia to the Tygh valley,
south, is we'll adapted to fruit, as vIolnit,
to the mountains renders the uplands fruit
full without irrigation over most of those
broad hillsldes. Wherever irrigation is
possible, small fruits are grown in wonder
ful luxurianoe.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-03-23

Iowa. Kentucky, Maryland. Massachusetts,
Michig n, Mississippi, New Jersey, New
York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah and Vir.
gina. These states represent every part of
the country tave the Pacific coast.
Hon. D. j, Cooper, of this city, received
| letter last week from Senator Mitchell,
stating that the Ellis bill which passed both
| houses of congress, was hurried to The presi.
dent as rapidly as possible; but the bill did
| not receive his signature. This shared the
| fate Of IS other bills, which will require
congressional action at the next session
MIR. Mitchell regrets very much the tate of
| this measure, AID 1t will be great disap-
polntment to the people Of E,stern Oregon.
Lord Rooney" will be put on the boards
at the BALDWIN opera house tomorrow even
ing by the Pat Rooney Comedy Co. in fine
style. Each member Is specialist, and
| the lay will be rendered i'll the eat shape
possible. There are twenty members in
the company, and they carry with them the
necessary scenic effects to put the play ON
any stage. Every one desirIops of
enjoyip Pleasant evening of laughter and
rendition Of Lord r oney" BY this com
pauy OF artists. Z served seats may b. Sc
cured at Blake'y & Houghton's.
~ pacR~oOls couple engageu 10 % mar
ried, it is said. agreed to confess to each
other all past sins before the ceremony. The
young man began, and owned up that he
had killed a man had three times be en- ar
rested for horse stealing, and IN each case
was guilty, but the state could not prove it.
"Is that al! the mean things you have done,
Bll,?" Inquired his f4"ess. "It is" said
he. "WelI," she said, "You have better
record than 1 have. Billy. My father was
one of the bolters IN the late l,mented Ore
gon legislature Th cut Billy mp awfully.
and at last accounts he was about to declare
the match of.