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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09

The Secretary of the Interstate Deep
Harhor Committee, which some years
ago took hold Of the project TO secure a
deep harbor at Galveston. reports that
the work is nearing compilation. Two
jetties are builtr having lehgths'cf six
and one-eighth and four and one-quar-
ter miles. They 10Y are over the crest
Of the bar and are being extended sim
~ultaneously, with an excellent prospect
that the securing by ocean water will
keep the channel open after it has been
formed. The work will also result in
free docks and free railroad facilities
at a point on the. main land known as
Texas City, which is being built on high
land across the bay northwest from
Galveston. The contract has been let
to a Chicago contractor to construct
for 100000 s~iXteen-foot channel from
the Texas City docks TO deep water.
Another contract is let for dredging the
harbor area in front of the Texas City
docks, which are to he improved SOC
feet into the bay and 300 feet along
the shore. The total water front is six
miles. The wharf improvements at
Galveston and the terminal facilitiesl
now eXtant have cost upwards of ten
million dollars and other contemplated
improvements will cost several millions
more. A bridge company has been or
2anized to build a bridge across the
bay to accommodate new roads desir.
ing to enter Galveston, this to cost a
million dollars. and il is proposed to
charge S1.IO per car for all traffic
over il
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09
CHINESE is roc HARD.
Faster to Learn to Write than to Speak
Every Word II Picture.

The Chinese language is the most
difficult for an adult foreigner to ac-
quire and easier to forget. Chinese is
as different from English as any mod
ern language can be. 1t is made up
Of many thousands of characters. each
of which is credited with only one
sound. The Chinese language has no
alphabet. The sounds assigned to the
characters are, as a rule, arbitrary and
liable to endless corruption and varia-
ton. 1t is estimated that there are up
ward of 800 dialects in China, more
than two-thirds of which are found in
the Southern provinces.
The Mandarin dialect. which is Spok-
en- by the Court. by the large body of
officials and the majority of the people
in Northern China. is NJ doubt the
pureSt and nearest to that spoken by
the ancient Chinese. 1t has the same
relationship to Chinese as Partisan
does to French. The other dialects
vary from this acknowledged standard
in the use of words to designate vari-
Gus objects and in calling the same
words by different sounds.
The Chinese written language is very
much like classical Greek and Latin
in respect tn stability and permanence,
but unlike them it is not dead. 1t
shows more vitality than any in the
world, and seems to grow more vigor-
Gus as it grows older. 1t is used by
one-third of the entire human race, and
is understood by the Japanese, Man
chus, Coreans, I~ewchooans, Anna
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09
hONORING GERMAN GENIUS,
New York TeutOns Will Erect a Mon.
umcnt to the Poet Heine.

unncnt TO the IOct ltelne.
A handsome monument and fountain
in honor of the German poet, Helm
rich Hcine. is to De erected in Central
Park. New York, by the German socie-
ties of that city. II will be of Tyrolean
marble and will stand fifty feet high.
The center piece. a column. shows the
medallion of Heine in life size, a fig
ure of the Lorelei surmOunts the pedes-
tai and on either side are figures Of
nymphs. The monument. which viii
cost $4,000, WAS originally offered TO
lIeine's native city. Dusseldorf On-the-
Rhine, and later 10 the city of Mayence,
but both of these towns refused to ae-
cept 1t. knowing that the crowned
heads were not in favor of the poets
writings, because nf his freedom Of
thought.
Heinrich Ieine was Il poetic genius,
satiriSt and wit who was born III Dus-
seldorf, of Jewish parentage, in 1879.
At an early age he evinced a brilliancy
Of intellect which attracted attention
in his native town and. after Gradu-
atinS from the Universities Of Bonn
and Gottingen. he took up literature
and soon Young Germany" was at his
feet. There was Il reckless freedom
of thought and hostility to monarchy
expressed in his writings which won
for him the admiration of the revoiu-
tionists and the antipathy of the royal
lists. For beauty and tenderness Of eX-
preston his writings are unmatched
i'll German literature except by The
lyrics of Goethe. The revolution e tie
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09

squeak! shoes" said Mr.. Gatehnr
l ool Hike: but | rather admire =,
squeaky Rocking chair. if it is ola ana
comfortable. | shouldn't Xix. to how.
" ne" nan squeak. but with an old
chalr II is different; that has earned ;,
rlSht 10 squeak. of course. shouL1u.,
IKE |" hay" il squeak too mnch rn,.
'iiat would imply that it WA ipS.c,u.
ana without security there can ba un
comfort. itul | like To have i, .upo,l
gently, with one arm or ana lo. i,.,
'rll'e loose 1t doesn't squeak AT all
unless YOU rock back Just So far ana
tH'n II Squ"aks with precisely the s,,no
sound, always Il rhythmic So1eak ,h,,
mas rest ana comfort in every note"
New York sun.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09
"Warm-

The article in the Youths Compan-
ion of Jan. 10. 1895, on the Introduction
of lucifer- matches and the fire-making
and fire-keeping means which proceed
ed these useful little articles. has call
ed out an interesting account. from the
Rev. III. c. Hamilton. of Redwood.
Ohio. of a device which was employed
in his family, in his youth. In those
early and matchlcss days. every boy
learned we'll the art 'of so covering
fire in the ashes that it would not 20
out over night. But nevertheless it
sometimes became necessary to dor
row fire or carry it to a camp: and
in such eases the ordinary method
in which it was done is thus described
by Mr.. Hamilton:
When II of us boys wished to carry
fire to the sugar camp. Or>with us on
a hunt for rabbits, opOssums, or Don
we would got as much tow from a
hogShead in the barn as we could
carry in one or both hands. We would
fiatten this out into somewhat the
same shape as that of one of our
IliotiIt = NV lay III WV III tJlt
hearth. and then drop into the center
of it Il good solid coal. about the size
of a hens egg. Then We gathered the
tow up into a knot. with the coal in
the center.
This made Il tOw-ball. with Il live
coal in the enter of it. We prevented
the tow from burning by the pressure
of the hand: and in this. way could
carry a live coal for several hours.
When everything was ready to start
a fire, we opened the tow-ball and
thus gave he fire air; and the result
vas that the tow took fire. blaZed up,
and set fire to the kindling provided.
We had a bright fire at once.
But we had another use for our ball
of fire and tow. We called it a"warm-
handler" When the weather was cold.
and our mitS were bad. or we had
none, we would make these tow-balls
and carry them with us as we went
from place to place.
We could put our hands. in which
we held the balls. in u pockets. and
thus have a miniature stove in our
"wampuS." or our trousers pockets.
Our hands We're thus protected from
the cold, and We We're ready at the
same time TO start q fire at Il: mo
ment'S notice.
| am sure that | could carry Il ball
of fire and tow with me a distance of
sixteen miles, and hen start a fire in
TWO seconds from the time arrived,
and in the meantime have n cheap
device that would put Il Iady's muff
to shame as Il means of protecting the
hands from old.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09

language of 10000 characters has been
evolved III process OF time.
Each is as arbitrary as an English
letter. but does not necessarily have Il
phonetic value. They represent def
mite things. actions or relations. and
may just as well i" 5000 AS GOO in
number. The biggest word in the
language is made up of fifty distinct
strokes. says Yam Phou Lee, in the ST.
Louis Dispatch. He calls it hash"
because ii is so mixed up and seems TO
be made up Of a large number of in,
gradients.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09

The Willingness of the worm to turn
when too rudely attacked has become
~proverbial. The panther has not been
accredited with the meek and lowly
disposition of the worm, but it is still
instructive to note that affronts which
members of the human family weakly
tolerate the panther fiercely resents.
Professor Cory, of Chicago. met a
panther in the wilds of Florida. The
beast took to a tree and bore with
eQuanimity the clamor of the profes-
sor's dogs and the bullets of the profes-
sor's companions. But when the pro
fesSor trained n camera upon the eat
the self-respecting feline leaped upon
him and vas with difficulty restrained
from making his professional chair va
cant. A little of the panther spirit at
the seaside resorts this summer would
make Eastern society bellies regard the
New York Sunday papers with more
equanimity.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09

cd in the dispatches We do not
10y the st. James Gazette. but in this
country mention vas made of the
politics of the various Judges mere
~ 10 show that their respective cpin-
ions were wholly free from iny'po-
litical bias. AS to the idea of "brlb-
ing" the august tribunal it is ABOUT
as intelligent as if some one should
suggest that the Archbishop of IAN
tcrbury had been bribed to vote
against the Deceased Wife's Sister
bin.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09
Powder 'unS.

The airy powder puff is heavy with
the lives of slaughtered %innocents. 1t
is stated that as many as twenty thou
sand young SWanS-cygentS, rs they
are called-are killed every year to
supply this dainty fluff. to say nothing
of innuInerablc Young birds Of the
elder duck and wild Zoos. variety.
one cygnct will make nearly a dozen
avcrage-SiZed puffs. which show how
many women must be. to a greater or
less extent. addicted to the use of
powder. The puff trade is highly prof
liable. as may be judged from the fact
that the down Of Il cygnct costs little
more than - cents. the poo creature.
often being plucEsed alive so that il
may bear another crop. while the puffs
are sold AT from - cents upward.
nicely mounted III bone. and blue or
pink satin. which adiunctS ;.Inol!Lt
20 comparatively IotAirs.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09

mon, of Paris. The printed page covers
Il space ten millimetreS by six in arua
Zen mlllllmetres are about equal to half
an inch. The entire page. including the
margin, Is seventeen milimetreS hy
elsht' There are forty-ninc pages.
The book is elegantly bound in old
oaii' ana mas II decorated gilt back and
gnu cages. 1t is illustrated by exceed
lhsly well printed plates ana is closed
pS Il sold iilagrce clasp Of exquisite
workmanship.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09

'arrying weights upon The head grad
uated to the strength of the bearer,
prov" the condition Of the chest. THIS
form Of exercise, taken for say half an
A"ur Il day, will do much good To- ycUnr
l'"ple who are hec"ming STOPPED anu
f"uhd-Sllouldered The exercise should
lac commenced at an early age. and ,Ie
"'lsht u be very light 10 com
'i'nce with. II should at first. indeed,
- more an exercise OF balancing.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09

st. Louis eXpends nearly three times
as much per lineal mile for cleaning
streets as does the city of Chicago. Re
ports of the two cities for the years 1850
to 1890 inclusive show the average eX-
penditure in the city of st. Louis for
the purpose stated was $119, and that
cost per capita to Chicagoans was but s
cents per lineal mile and that to the
people of ST. Louis 2S cents per lineal
mile.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09

The Standard trust is having a great
deal of fun with the oil market and
producers who share IN the increased
prices for the crude product thorough
ly enjoy the fun. All others. including
the independent rcfinerS who are being
thus illegally" %strangled, consider it
bbo
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09

BY this time we ought TO be We'll
accustomed to British ignorance of
American politics. But still the ig-
displayed by the ST. James
Gazette in treating of the income
tax decision of the Supreme Court
may well cause surprise. II says that
while mo one has suggested that this
august tribunal Il be bribec.' still
it is significant that the politics of lie
various Judges are CAREFUL! neEticL-
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09

Mrs. Langtry's averment that rich
mems SOnS make her tired is doubtless
true. She has worked them for years.
AS Mrs. Langtry makes all but the
Sons of rich men tired considerable of
the WEAKNESS of the world seems to
center about her.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09

The confession Of an Arkansas states
man that he has been bribed is viewed
with particular diSfavor by other states
men, as he received only 500. SO
meager a price is naturally looked upon
as debaSing a noble calling.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09

While no one has asked that
remove their hats in church. the Kan
sas City Non-Partisan Woman'S Chris
tan Temperance Union has decided to
do so in the future. They might re-
move a section of the title of their So
modest. 1t is by no means decollete as
it stands. and dccollation might be of
Seryica
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09

$50 much is not often told in SO few
Words the Lewiston Journal truly
says. las in this remark of the Canaan
correspondent of the PittSfield Adver-
tiscr: The eleven little Dickey chill
dren all have whooping-cough.'"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09

way from New York to Philadelphia
before the year is out. 1t is doubtful
If there will be any steam railroads left
in 1910
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09

According to the London Times the
United States appreciates the justice of
the English demand on Nicaragua. 1t
is not worth while to argue that. The
important fact is that England will moi
be allowed to enforce any such demand
by taking a single foot of Nicaragua'S
territOry-nOt q foot.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09

The Lodi, Cal. farmer who claims to
have been %hypnotiZed out of $1,000 may
find consolation in his theory. To the
hard headed world he will appear as a
plain case of chump.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09

Expert evidence has AT last been Civ
en- that the gas meter under certain
atmospheric conditions cannot tell the
truth. How is it that it always lies on
the side of the companies?
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09

Harvard has decided to permit foot
ball under rules which will make the
game q%uieter.' CoroncrS henceforth
will not he called upon to referee the
UampS.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09

Possums can be bought in Southwest
ern Georgia for IL cents apiece. And
yet the exodus from the South TO Ii
IBERIA is still going on!
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09

Hetty Green herself is the first to
1eny the damaging rumor that she had
opened hor heart and purse-strings for
a public enterprise of any character.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09

early 3os threw lIcinc into such a VIC
i'ht lit of democracy that ne VAS eNiitd
ana spent the remainder of his life IL
! rance. There he won high favor WIFI
IN" French Republicans. He died il
1876.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09

Popular rights are those that are
coming our WAY.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09
SMALLEST BOOK EVER PRINTED.

Now in the Library of Georges SaIo-
mon in Paris.
The smallest book in the world is the
"Bloem Hofji." or The Court of Flow
erS,' printed in Holland in 1871 and
nov in the library of Mr.. Georges Sale
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09
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seal
/ ing con-
II Ga py,oDss

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ploy his time
March 10. an
weeks.
will run only
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ground. or d
gone. sonnet
/ tinuos SO lat
nearly April
goes above
farmers in
trees until {
Il Last year Il
March or y
As soon as
tie farmer
sets To work
| quickly as p
are tapped b,
small bit-us
inches deep.
above the Fl
ped until tn
diameter. A
Of clean map
iron and fit,
ling the hue
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09

Berlin
colnlnitte
Solialistie
which wa.
the public
Socialist
who i'efus,
Emperor
4, mas l'e]e
cute Herr
utterances.
Bills {
Washing
tees Davey
Louisiana {
troiuced BIZ
OF the Unite
u~facturei in
for in the NJ
all sugars pr
it had not be
the repeal O.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-20

one of the favored friends Of the prin-
cess of Wales. Stree the divorce of
the Vanderbi1ts, the old story of Willie
KS boyhood devotion to the duchess
Of Manchester, for whom he named
his only daughter, has been revived,
and it is admitted by some of the
close friends Of both that thei, " ar
riage would not come as a surprise.
''The three pretty Jerome girls IS
they were called. have lived SO much
in England that they have almost for
gotten that they were born Ill <ew
York. The lo1 eliest of the three, Jen-
ME, married, in 1874 the late Lord
Randolph Churchill, brother Of the
eighth duke of Marlborough. Her
house is No Connaught place. and
many grand entertainments have been
given there, not merely 20 the social
set, but to further the political aims
and interests of her late husband
Her interest in that powerful organi-
ZatioD, tie Primrose league, has al
ways been most keen, and as one of
the danes she is known to most IF the
women of England. She is a very
great favorite with the queen, and
when her husband was under secre-
tary of state for India, her majes-y in
vested her with the order of the
Grown of India.
In Paris, the princess de Sag-ln is.
the leader Of the smart set, so it goes
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-20

ing photograph of the countess ON her
bicycle.
The american Duchess rs the
dowager duchess of Marlborough was
commonly known in England and
America, can no longer lay claim to
the title which she loved so we'll and
bore so proudly. Upon her marriage
with Sir William Beresford, the queen
insisted uDon her FORGETTING the higher
title, and she was presented at court
as Lady William Beresford.
Lady Beresford is established in
England at Deepdene, in Surrey, which
she has leased from Lord Francis
Hope, who married some time ago
the American burlesque actress May
Yohe. Her London house is No.
Carleton house terrace. Belnheim
palace. upon which as the duchess of
Marlborough she spent more than
100000, has gone to her steps On,
the present duke of Marlborough.
The duchess OF Manchester was Con-
suelo Yzna ga, of New York, when she
married the Viscount Vaudeville. Her
son is now duke of Manchester. Rim
bolton castle, in Ireland, is the favor
ite estate, but the dowager duchess
and her son and daughter spend rart
of each year in London, Paris end
Berlin. The Manchesters are reck-
oned the poorest dukes in England
but they have an enviable position
socially, as the beautiful duchess is
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-20
FASHIONS GAY AND BRIG HI.
The Correct Modes for the Early Sum-
mer Months

Tartan silk paraSolS are displayed.
1t seems that boomers have come to
stay.
Four out of five of the new silk
waists have box-plaited fronts.
Flaring wing effects are still a DOM
inant characteristic of spriug and
summer millinery.
DOuble-breaSted travelling capeS
when opened and thrown back reveal
revers of velvet or corded silk.
Ladies' wrappers, neghges, dressing
sacques, understands and night dresses
are made of soft, light weight, fancy
f1annelette of either French or domes-
tic manufacture.
The new divided skirts are very at
tractive made of fine sheer lawn, three
yards around each division, and
trimmed with numerous rows of lace
insertion and lace at the bottom.
Chiffon ruches are made in all the
dainty colors and bid fair to usurp the
place of feather boas for day as well
as evening wear, and are much more
becoming and comfortable to wear
than the flowers.
Yellow weddings are a spring-time
fad in keeping with the season. The
bridesmaids and other girl attendants
don yellow frocks, yellow sashes and
yellow hats, heaped high or dropped
low with yellow-hued blooms.
Skirts are severely plain as regard
trimming, in spite of attempts made
to popularize garments with faEl-lihe
insertions and other patchy arrange
ments. But if the up-to-date jupes are
simplicity itself, this lack of ornament
is replaced by the enormous volume
of my lady's petticoatS. Nine yards Of
material-double Widths the usual
quantity of stuff now used for an or.
binary dress.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-20

upon this palatial home, which is con-
sidered the most beautiful house in
London Her two sons divide their
time between LCDdon and New Yo.k
and San Francisco. But the great
house does not lack for occupants.
There is no limit to the entertaining,
and Princess Colonna, Mrs. Mackay's
only daughter, often comes with her
little ones, Andrea, Blanca and the
baby Co1onna, to make the stately
house gay with children's voices and
laughter
The largest castle in bonny Eng
land belongs to the little countess of
Craven, who was Cornelia Bradley
Martin, and who has just passed er
eighteenth birthday, though she has
been q lady Of high degree for more
than a year Just think of such
dimpled bit of girlhood assuming the
housewifely cares of a place like
Coombe abbey, where there are fifty
guest bedrooms, with canopied top
touches, and polished oak rafters dark
with age. Nor to speak Of halls, draw
ing, morning, dining and living rooms.
The countess of Essex, who was Miss
Adele Grant, daughter Of the late
Beach Grant. of New York. owns one
Of the grandest country seats in all
Of England She had no fortune but
her beautiful face when she became
the second wife of the rich earl. Her