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

1t is deeply to be regretted that the
courts have decided to make public the
proceedings in the Drayton divorce
case. But Parkhurst has ceased to be
amusing and New York must be enter
tanned.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-04-04

Miss Mabel Roseman, a New York
girl, was struck stone blind while play
ing the piano the other day. Exchanges
please copy.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-04-04

frcen-Im drcadfully troubled with
insomnia. simply can't 90 to sleep at
night BroWn-Why don't YOU make
up your min that you have TO catch Il
midnight train and resolve to stay
aWake:-New York Herald.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-04-04

Caiier-l am going To send my little
SlrI to cooking school at once. Does
she care for such thingS:' Caller
Dear me. no; but / am sure she will
make a good cook. She breaks so many
lovely dishes.-Chicago lMter Ocean.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-04-04

Maine by statute forbids people to
die of heart failure. And must those
inclined to use this method Of exit live
on and on? In Maine, too?
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-04-04
"11E DAKOTA CHIEF.
oANN
VALLEY, 8. D.

There is a premium on the crisp and
concise In these days Of too much read
ing matter.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-04-04

Judge Ito prisoner)-"Your statement
aces not agree with the evidence of the
last illness" Prisoner-'I don't won
DER; he's a bigger liar than am."-Lon.
don lid Bits.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-04-04

Chicago has a scandal in low life
The divorce between politics and pc
lice has been set aside.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-04-04
H HUMANE SOCIETY
GOOD WORK OF AN ILLINOIS
ORGANIZATION.
The Society Doesn't Seek to Punish
but Rather to Educate in Humanity
Work Is Sustained by Many Prom
incnt and Wealthy People.
It's Doings in Chicago.

SAlAl$L llol STE WHY
pulling a big wagon
heaped full of coal,
says the Chicago Rec
ord. They slipped
about on the icy pave
ment and it was as
much as they could
do to keep the creak-
ing load on the move.
The driver held taut
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-04-04

Every smooth nan oug!!, TO be locked
up; he finds so many victims.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-04-04
Will Not

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

And then. \
Into the ROT
The fire in
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1t could. on
But Warnt|
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| Detroit Il
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-01
ADVANTAGES of Tidiness.

Tidiness Is satirized by n hundred
writer's, and despised, as we have said,
by millions; but nobody ever argues
against 1t seriously, unless we take
the allegation that strong men are
never tidy to be a serious argument.
1t would be one, perhaps, IL 1t were
true, but 1t Is not Great soldiers and
sailors are almost invariably tidy,
Frederick Of Prussia being q rather
conspicuous exception; many great
lawyers have been neat to finicalness,
and the same may be said OF many
great men of business. We should say,
indeed, that as many weak men We're
untidy as strong men, and that of the
latter large proportion will be found
to be Of the dreamy IT the reflective
temperament
Dreamy people hate tidiness, and the
very reflective are rarely quite tidy,
the reason being the same in both
cases, that such persons, besides feel
ing the inherent dislike OF most men
to small recurrent exertions without
immediate end, are annoyed by inter-
ruptions to the current of thought.
They want, ms they say, to he at peace
from tribes, and as somebody usually
saves them from the consequences of
their ways they remain untidy through
life.
That they gain anything by their un-
tidiness, except possibly, some light
relief from irritability, is, however, a
most rash assumption. They rarely
save time. for they can never find any
thing; they do not think more clearly
for the materials for thought are new,
er ready to hand; and 1t may be ques
toned II their habit adds even to their
mental peace.-The Spectator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-01
A BRAVE SOLDIER KILLED.

Mai. A. J. Hamilton, who was Major of the
18th KY, Cav, and planned and superintend.
ed the famous tunnel escape from Libby
Prison, In which 100 Union soldiers effected
their freedom, was murdered IN Reedyville.
Ky., April 8, by Sam speacer, a drunken
rough. He was on his way home with
Spencer aud another man, but a quarh be-
gun before they had reached the house.
While the Majors back was turned the fatal
bnllet was fired into his head. The murder
was most cowardy, and the murderer denies
all knowledge Of the crime. but the third
man testifles that Spencer did the firing.
The escape OF Major Hamilton and his as.
soclates from prison at Richmond is one OF
the most interesting Incidents OF the civil
war. With him were confined Capt. James
A. johnson, OF the 11th Cav. and Lieutenant
Ed. Noble. Of the 1st Ky. They conceived
the idea OF tunneling out Of the old prison.
and with only few crude implements began
the task. After digging for IS nights they
saw daylight. and with them l04 other OH.
GERS made their escape. The tunnel they dug
was 81 fee: long and three feet In diameter.
Nearly everyone oithoso who escaped wera
recaptursd.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-01
-voMEN's SHOES.


The coming shoes for women are
handsomer than ever. There are
three beautiful designs The first, a
superb Oxford tie, dongola foxed,
and patent-leather tipped. IL has q
heel foxing curved from the vamp
seam back to the top of the shoe. The
top is of handsome drab cloth aud tue
lace stays are ornate. The latter, as
well as the heel foxing, is scalloped at
the edges. II has slender, pointed
toe and medium heel.
The second is high cut, with q
checked cloth top and thirty-two eye
let's with silk Iaces. This is foxed
with bright dongola in blucheretto
shape, and has deep, pointed tip of
patent leather. 1t is slender-t toed,
but slightly square at the tip.
The third is nullifier congress,
imitation button variety. This is also
Of bright dongola, with three large
buttons ut the points of the broad but
ton flap. The tip extends up to the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-01

inch square mesh. These potatoes
which will go through this mesh fall
into sack and are kept for seed the
following spring. The larger pota-
toes roll from the screen into separate
sacks, in which they are stored in
peculiarly constructed cellars or "dug
outs" until conditions are favorable
for marketing.
These "dug outs" are excavations in
the ground varying in size according
to the requirements of the crop and
approximately ten feet in depth. They
are rooted over almost level with the
ground and provided with ventilators.
To such considerable extent has this
industry grown that ut Eaton and
Greeley enormous warehouses have
been erected for the express purpose
of storing and handling potatoes.
Greeley has become celebrated for
her "Potato day" which is usually set
for the 10th of October. On this oc.
casion immense trenches are dug and
the succulent roots, after being roasted
to turn by white.aproned experts,
are served with appropriate accom-.
paniments to an admiring crowd Of
,appreciative people only limited by
The capacity Of the grounds.
During the last year there were
about 2, 400, 900 bushels Of this crop
harvested in the northern portion OF
Colorado. There have been several
train loads forwarded to st. Louis
and Chicago. and many car loads
have found their way to interior
points in Iowa, Indiana, Tennessee,
Ohio, and even as far south as Louisi-
ana. One, which secured photo.
graph Of, contained exactly forty po.
tatoes and weighed 100 pounds. A
few selected specimens weighed O
trife over seven pounds each. Dur.
ing the early part of the shipping
season ordinary box cars are used.
but at the approach Of cold weather
"refrigerators" are in demand, and
the greatest care is necessary in pro.
viding against freezing by the use oi
false floors, straw packing, and stoves,
with reliable men in charge. The
present prices range from about 60 tc
65 cents per hundred pounds, free OIL
board cars at Greeley. This is equiv.
alent to 36 to 40 cents per bushel ol
sixty pounds, and the present years
production will probably average 15(
to 200 bushels per acre.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-01
THE HORSEPOWER DIGGER.

exceptionally large profits in this in
dustry in the main it has been q
steady, profitable business for such
men as are willing to give it attention.
Probably there is no section OF the
agricultural world where tie cultiva.
tion of potatoes is so simplified and
.systematized as in the Greeley district
of Colorado. Seeing the enormous
possibilities of this industry, an en-
terprising manufacturer of farming
implements turned his attention a
couple of years ago to machinery for
preparing and handling this crop in
all its stages. The result has been in
the production of potatoes similar to
the introduction of fheaders aud thrash
ing machines in the raising of small
grains-a marked decrease in the cost
of production.
Only by the use of this machinery
are the potato farmers of the far West
to-day enabled to sell their product in
competition with that Of Illinois and
Missouri in the markets of Chicago and
st. Louis. They literally make q
business of raising potatoes, and
knowing that a too rapid continuation
Of crops is disadvantageous rotate their
crop of potatoes from one section of
the farm to another, alternating with
wheat and the prolific and fertilizine
alfalfa, thus insuring q constant re-
current replenishment of the light,
sandy soil, which has proven so well
adapted to potato growing.
In the planting season, one Of the in
genious machines above referred to II
loaded with seed potatoes and started
on its automatic labors across q field,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-01
FASHIONABLE BONNET.

This bonnet is of white velvet, ar
ranged in plaits down the back, and
lined with golden velvet. 1t is turned
back Puritan fashion in front and
edged with fine jet. 1t is trimmed in
front with two loops of satin ribbon,
lined with velvet and elged with jet.
They are kept in position by the Vic
toria stiffeuer and finished with knot
of satin ribbon and fine jet orna-
ment; at the back the cloth is ar
ranged in an end, which rests on the
hair, the plaits being finished with o
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-01

genius holds sway. The ingenious
harvester, drawn by four powerful
horses, traverses row after row and
leaves in its wake glistening lines of
white and pink tubers as clean and
neatly separated from their parent
soil as il each had been carefully "sa.
polioed" before being released from
its earthly repository. Each "dig-
ger" is attended by driver and from
six to eight "pickers" whose business
it is to collect the potatoes, large and
small, in baskets. These hands are
paid from 81 to S1.50 per day and
board.
In each section of the field is an
other contrivance called "sorter,"
consisting of an oscillating screen
hung at an angle of thirty degrees,
irto which the baskets are emptied.
This screen has what is termed two.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-01
FORTUNES MADE IN A DAY.
Millions Came and Went in Petro1e-
um's Early Days.

Millions Came and Went In Petro1e-
um's Enrly Days.
"There never was time In the COM
mercial history of the world when so
many men were making so much
money as were the men who owned
the big oil wells ON Oil Creek In the
year 1894" says pioneer operator In
the petroleum field. incomes were
calculated by the minute. and 81 q
minute was small income. There
were men who were making from So
to $40 minute, day and night. In
those dnys-and they seem like o
dream now or some Arabian nights
tale-it was the well owners who made
the money. They just sat around and
let their wells spout and gathered in
the returns as they came.
"There had been astounding fluctu-
atoms In the oil market ever since tho
business began In 1850. In that year
petroleum brought $50 barrel. There
was no market for 1t yet, though, and
not much was sold. The next year, in
spite of the fact that there was very
little demand for product as yet al
most unknown to the outside world,
the wells then producing put on the
market 100000 barrels of oil. Yet the
average price for the product that year
was $40 a barrel, although 1t fell 10
$3.50 In January. 1861, and tumbled TO
90 cents barrel by April.
an 1861 oil tumbled to 10 cents
barrel. and an empty barrel was worth
| 10 times as much as the oil IL could
| hold. In less than year 100000
barrels Of oil came from the ground
along Oil Greek, and more than half
of 1t ran to waste. Oil was so low In
1862 that very few operators shipped
any. There was a good deal Of money
made In 1862 as the price was about
81 at the wells, and about 100000
barrels were produced. but 1894 was
the star year for well owners. The
price had gone to $5 barrel in Feb
ruary, 1854, and before May was over
81. Some heavy wells were struck
about that time, but by June oil was
selling at $50. By the end of the
month 1t had jumped TO S11.50 a bar
rel In those thirty days more men
were making fortunes every day than
! I believe ever before In the commercial
history of the world.
"The most notable year OF all for
fluctuations in the price of oil was 1865.
The average was something like SO n
barrel, while the price frequently went
up as high as $40 and fell as low as 81
This year saw the end of the gushing
days In Oil Greek. All of the big spout
Ing wells were things of the past The
highest price oil ever got again was
In 1860, when 1t went to 81 barrel
Ever since then the price has steadily
grown smaller, and since 1878 has
| ruled below S."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-01
POTATO KINGS.
cCuLTivATING THE TUBER ON A
LARGE SCALE IN COLORADO.
Aided by a Light, Sandy Soil and
Inse9ious Machinery Great Crops
Are Raised-Forty "Taters"
Weighed 100 Poundsi

0OULD a member Of the Royal
l Society, which in 1868 adopt
w. ed measures for extending the
cultivation of the Solanum
Tuberosum, with view to the pre-
vention of famines in Englend and
Ireland, have accompanied u Chi
cago Times Herald representative
through the wonderful potato
region of Colorado on q recent occa-
sion he must have been satisfactorily
convinced that "things do move"
In the beginning of the sixteenth
century potatoes were brought from
America to Europe for cultivation in
gardens ms q curiosity. This year, be-
fore the shipping season closed. about
April Is, there were forwarded, from
one section of Colorado alone, G000
carloads of "spuds," each car averag-
ing 400 bushels.
Only n few years ago, when some
'enterprising farmers commenced the
cultivation of potatoes, on what then
appeared to be large scale, they
were heartily ridiculed. Time has
proven, and only very short time at
that, the correctness and sound iudg.
ment of the level-headed grangers who
fully realized the special adaptability
of the warm, sandy soil of certain por.
tions of Colorado, to the successful
production OF the homely, unfashion.
able tuber.
While there have been in few cases
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-01
DRESS AND TRADE.
CHANGING FASHIONS AID IN
BOOMING BUSINESS.
Novelty and Variety In women's
Wear Keep Many People
Busy = Something
About Skirts.

TT the day ever comes when critics
will abandon the silly twaddle
about fashion in which they have
SO long INDUCED, demonstrates a
writer in the New York Ledger, the
world will be much the gamer by the
change. For q good many years
fashion, its frivolity, its senselessness,
its absurdity and its uselessness, has
been the subject of screeds without
number, ench critic apparently trying
to hold it up to keener ridicule than
his predecessor. As matter of fact,
on fashion and its changes rest the
foundations of commercial prosperity.
II the old we're as pleasing as the
new, many of the factories would go
out of business, the importers would
never go to the trouble and expense
Of importing goods for which there
was no imperative demand, and, one
by one, industries that employ thou
,ands upon thousands of persons would
anguish and die. If five-year- -old
lress was as pleasing as a new one,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-01

women would not take the trouble
and worry that they now do to pro-
vide fresh costumes for all seasons !;
but this thing which we call fashion
demands novelty and variety, and to
meet its requirements manufactures
and trade are ever kept active.
Within reasonable limits, therefore,
fashion, rs we now use the term,
means business prosperity and gainful
occupations to the many. It would
be good idea to elevate the literature
of fashion to its proper plane and do
away with much of the Stiffness and
frippery that characterize it.
The. styles for spring are already
shown, and it is safe to say that the
models presented will furnish types
for warm weather wear. The changes
in dresses are not very marked; the
plain skirt with the usual shape is an
accepted standard Skirts are as long
as is comfortable or convenient, but
as has been said before, they are quite
rs we'll liked, because even though
they are somewhat shorter, they are
bound to cut off ut the edges unless
they are slightly raised.
1t is curious fact that many of the
very best dressed women insist on
these long skirts, but always raise them
little when on the street. This has
hygienic points and daintiness to COM
mend it. Draggled skirts do not be.
come gentlewoman, and it is impos.
sible to walk for any distance without
soiling the binding if the skirt is al.
lowed to swing.
A new street dress is made with the
usual faring skirt, without trimming,
except a graduated band Of velvet al
either side of the belt. This velvet is
dotted with rosettes of satin ribbon.
A velvet belt with satin rosettes,
revers Of velvet, with rosettes at the
shoulders and velvet and satin 70.
settles at the elbows where the sleeves
droop over, form the finish. The vest
is OF shirred silk, matching the dress
In color.
Among the new ideas in the making
OF skirts are trimmings of narrow side
plating, such as were in great demand
ten or twelve years ago. The fabric II
hemmed and closely pressed. and {
single row Of plating, with heading
of narrow gimp or ribbon plating,
will be popular fashion for dresse.
| for all occasions.
An attractive skirt has very mar
row side-plaited ruille, headed With Q
fiat gallon stitched down very closely
Above this is little ruffle made o
strips of silk about two inches wide
This is gathered or box-plnited in th,
middle, and is set on in scallops abou
half the size of coffee saucer. A
each point there is rosette OF passe
menterie, with tassel made of fringe
of silk and beads. This il dressy, an,
makes simple and inexpensive fnisl
for afternoon dresses.
While there is good deal of tai
about skirts that measure eight O
nine yards around, it is scarcel
necessary to say that it is only occa
sionally that one sees them. The
are inonstrosities, designed only to us
up material and furnish work at som
future time when one is obliged to ri
them, to pieces, after trying in van t
get some comfort out Of such mas
of material.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-01

There are 4S74 registered dentists
in Great Britain, of whom 3479 prac-
tise with no special qualifications, but
on the strength OF their own declara-
ton that they were engaged in the
practice OF dentistry before the pass
ing of the recent act regulating the
profession.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-01
GINGHAAIs.

Silk and linen ginghams seem to i'm
prove in quality and finish every year.
They are much liked for the cool and
comfortable dresses in which every
woman delights. They are made up
in somewhat elaborate styles, and as
some OF the darker colors rarely need
washing, they are trimmed with rib
bons, lace, satin and embroidery. One
model In pink and white has trim
ming Of crimped ruffies OF embraid'
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-01

cred chiffon, with an abundance Of
ribbons. These ginghams are in
stripes or spots, an | some of them
have tiny sprigs and flowers. They
have some very desirable qualities.
They are extremely soft, and do not
crush and get badly creased. as do
almost all fabrics containing linen.
Unless linens are very thick and firm,
they get stringy after a short time Of
wearing.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-01
Five Generations in Possession.

In this restless age and country, says
the New York Tribune, IL Is rare for
five generations of one family to have
lived in uninterrupted continuance
in the ancestral homestead, but MARI
eta Holley, the delineator Of Josiah
Aliens Wife, can claim this distinction.
Between Pierpont Manor and Adams,
In jefferson County, and not more
than seven miles from Lake Ontario.
Is situated the Holley homestead The
FIVE generations of Holleys have lived
quiet, peaceful lives on this beautiful
spot The parents Of Miss Marietta
Holley moved into the little brown cot
tage the day after their marriage and
remained there until borne to their
last long resung-paaee. .
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-01

1t is accompanied by a wagon contain
ing additional ''seed." With the mo-
tive power supplied by two fine Nor
man horses and under the supervision
of one man this machine will plant
six acres per day. The planter may
be adjusted to drill, drop and cover in
hills from ten to twenty-one inches
apart. as may be most desirable.
The harvest Of the potato crop usu-
ally commences about September ID
and continues until the middle or lat
ter par. OF October. During this sea-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-01

vamp seam and from this point an
elaborate patent leather front stay ex-
tends clear to the ear of the top. They
are all fine shoes, and retail at from
SO to 81 per pair.-Shoe and Leather
Reporter.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-01

Cholly Chappey-I see that earrings
are coming into fashion again. Have
your ears ever been bored? Miss Cans
tic-what question. Haven't ! often
listanad tn vour twaddlel
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-01

any other potted plant that will har-
monize with the colors used. The re-
suit is charming to degree.
One can imagine herself in the gar
den, surrounded by natures beauties,
while the tid-bits Of the table seem To
taste as il fairies. not cooks, had wade
them.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-01
VELVET STILL POPULAR.

Velvet seems to have suffered no de-
crease in popularity with the coming
of mild weather. 1t appears in al
most every imaginable form, skirts.
bodies, sleeves, trimmings, capes and
coats being made of it.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-01

PRETTY TABLE DEcogATtoS.
The very latest idea for table deco
ration is trailing vines and flowers,
with small centrepiece of azaleas or
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-01

No, It Is not proper to speak Of the
"modern woman" as tho woman Of the
age" Don't forget thia,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-01

jet ornament; strings of golden vel
vet.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-01

TT the day ever comes when critics
will abandon the silly twaddle
Il =. T.. l.. l.. 4. L. 4.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-10

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