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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-10
Play the Test OF Character.

1T is not to be inferred that because
play is our normal condition it is there
fore an experience TO be INDUCED in
without discrimination writes Rev.
Charles III. Parkhurst. ID. D.. in an ar
ticle on THE Young Man at Play"
in the Ladies' Home Journal. Be
cause play is the absence Of constraint
Il man in his play will be himself sim
cerely and unaffectedly. In play there
* nc affectatiOn. If INDUCED in with
ont consideration its character will de-
note perfectly the character of the
player. He will sink or rise in it to his
true level. One may do very good
work and commit himself to reputable
and magnificent purposes, and yet in
the intervals of enterprise may fall TO
az exceedingly low key-be a grand
worker but Il degraded player. That is
because work is subject to constraint,
and play (so far forth is not. The
only way we can exactly determine
our own character il By noticing what
it is VI DO when we are doing exactly
what we want to Go-tliat is. what we
TO when We are at play. There is no
criterion Of Il mans qualify so accur-
ate as his amusements, for in them
there is the remuneration of DISCUSSES.
Cur real inWardness discloses itself
o in what we 60. bat in what we per-
fectly enjoy doing. This test is rather
Il severe one. ana is, perhaps, calcu-
lated by the books he devotes himself
to when he is s%tudiously at work. bur
by those he is absorbed in when he -
reading for the pleasure Of it."
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-10

The river presents a terrible appear
ance. The ice gorge is forty feet high,
and backing water ON the city at the rate
of Il foot an honr. Poor people are suf-
fering terribly from the cold. The Wis
consin Central depot and tracks are I'M
der water. All business is done over the
Northwestern line. The city is in ON
plete darkness, rs gas and electric light
service are shut off by the water. The
Chicago. Milwaukee and st. Paul has
suspended its service through the Chip
pewa Valley, being unable to get a train
through the flooded territory. Logs and
limbs of trees are strewn many feet high
on the track. On low grades the water
rises many feet above the ties, and high
enough to eXtinguish the engine fires.
An engine and coach that went out to
the low lands below Durand came back
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-10

was trying to speak, but could not be
heard. Then it was learned that Referee
Wiley carp had awarded the fight to
Sharkey on a claim of foul. 1t was claim
ed that Fitzsimmons struck Sharkey in
the groin with his knee as the latter was
falling.
Fitzsimmons protested and the crowd
Missed and groaned. In the eigth round
Fitzsimmons soon had his "a going and
went at him f~erociously. A right-hand
swing staggered the sailor and then came
Il left-hand swing. and a left-arm punch
under the chin that sent Sharkey over
with a thud. While the marine was fall
ing the referee claims that FitzsimmOnS
struck him in the groin with his knee,
thus committing Il foul. Sharkey was
undoubtedly badly hurt. His seconds
rushed into the ring and raised him up.
but he tainted away and was borne from
the ring unconscious. Hardly any n
among the spectators saw the foul. and
the decision was received with Kisses and
groans.
No event in. the history of pugilism on
the Pacific coast ever attracted so much
public attention. Between 10000 and
1000 people Occupied all the available
space in the big Mechanics pavilion and
watched the contest. which every one re,
garded as practically deciding the cham.
pionship of the world. The long. lean
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-10
AVAILABLE SUPPLY OF GRAIN.
"oTia', Total of Wheat Decreased
HEC,OOO bushels Last v eek.

'N''ooO tuSneIS Last eek.
SPECIAL cable and telegraphic dispatch
~ hr3i";reet's covering the principal
i''''' oi accumulation. Indicate the fol-
''''lc changes in available supplies last
N'.lFday. as compared with the proceed
~ Saturday:
neat nitei States and Canada. cas-
Ho'ki"s, decrease, 100000 bu.; afloat
''r ana in Europe, increase, 2.3O4. o0n,
..''"t decrease. worlds available. 1865
''Fh-t nited States and Canada, casr
'' h'rhics, Increase 104, 100 bu.
'|'N-' nited States and Canada. east
~ M"E!cs, increase. 1000 bu.
me more important decreases in avail
t'', stocks Of wheat last week not in
'"'''i Ill the official visible supply state
.' d. We're l.DIo.0O0 bu. in Northwestern
.'rfor elevators. 541 900 bu. at Fort
'"lam, Ont; 172.ON bu. at various
,Y storage points. $1,000 bu. in
~" .' '-' private elevators. 10000 bu. i'll
.'-""lhee private elevators, 10000 bu.
louisville and $1,000 bu. in Kingston,
mere were very few increases in
''.''uie stocks worthy Of note last week.
rom these reported in he official
nH'''' supply statement, the more con-
n"u'nS being $4,000 bu. at Pittsburg.
" on. at Rochester and 10000 bu.
"" al Syracuse and Fulton, y. y.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-10
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'The Way of Marriage" is the title
Of Miss Violet Hunts latest etfusiOn.
Ian Maclaren's Yale lectures on
preaching are about to appear in book
form under the title The Cure OF
Souls"
Grant Allen is said to be doing"
Paris for the first volume of his con-
templated series Of guides to the art
cities of the world. Florence is his
next objective point.
Bjornstjcrne B%jornson. who declares
he has been driven on Of Norway by
the hostility Of his co~untrymen. will
spend the winter in Italy arranging
and editing his peasant lyrics.
John Lane, he Of the Bodley Head,
and of the Yellow Book, and of the
widen his sphere of action. He has
opened branch offices in New York and
Chicago.
Henry Seton Merriman. whose mover,
THE Sewers" is the literary fad of the
m in London, has written a new
story called "DrOss," which is to APP
pear serially before being put into
book form.
The victims of Nordau's "Degenern-
ton are avenged. The scOlding Max
has written IA new novel called The
Malady of the Century," and the story
turns out to be cumbersome, awkward,
and devoid of art or invention. SO,
ut least, the London critics say.
George w. Gable, the novelist or
Louisiana life, has issued the first
number of Il new magazine called the
Symposium. 1t is announced as a
magazine for the hOme-"fOr the home
of the wide-Open doOr"-and is pub
lished at Mr.. Cables Massachusetts
home, Northampton.
The Comprehensive Index TO Unr
versal Prose Fiction" by leila Allen
DiXson, librarian of the University Of
Chicago, is an alphabetical arrange
ment Q. the titles of over 10000 novels
in all languages. The compiler has
limited herself to novels founded on
fact-in other words, to purpose novels
of whatever kind.
wv. G. Tirebuck is a Liverpudiian."
says the London Literary World. land
shares with Hall Caine, William Wat
son, Richard lie Gallienne. and hosts
of others the credit Of giving that city
the reputation of producing more mod
ern writer's of note than any other town
In the kingdom" 1t might have add
ed the name of Ian Maclaren.
Mrs. Humphrey Ward is seldom seen
in society. She is 10. A native of HO-
bart. in Tasmania, she has lived in
England since the G of ). AS most
people know, she is a granddaughter
Of the famous DR.. Arnold of Rugby.
At the age of 81 she married Mr.. Hum
phrey Ward, the art critic Of the Times.
Her long residence at oxford and her
essentially academical surroundings
explain a good deal in her books.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-10

munition to any man who wants TO take
a gun and wait for the appearance" OF TN"
brutes. There is IA bounty for the dellv-
cry of scalps Of She lynx. wildcat and
wolf in the State. and it is expected that
there will be many claimants for it this
winter. The wolves and wildcats are
much more numerous than they nave
been for wears past and have cncroached
mon the limits of civilization. Iilhter
wolves are frequently seen On the out
skirts of South Superior. y settler from
LYMAN Lake. Gustave Peterson by name,
rel,orts that the pests are unusually nu'
merous in thar vicinity. Peterson brought
Ia town with him Il big wildcat. which
weighed thirty-iive pounds. AMI Nv"
,yuxes of the 'booted" variety. the larger
breed. Peterson shot the wild cat about
a week AGO. One night after he had
turned IN There WAS Il hurried knock at
his door and a much frightened lumbrr
,.amD hand told him that he had been viS-
iting a n%eighboring camp. and on the way
hack had been followed by a couple of
wild cats. The man was in considerable
fright. but Peterson took Gown MS riie
and went out. He saw II glaring pair OF
eyes and fired. bringing down his game.
The other animal got away. Inc next
NIGHT Peterson shot the lynXes, which
were prowling about the clearing. Inc
Wild cat was of unusual size. IT is very
seldom hat they will follow man, but II
Il reported from the moro r"lhot dis-
tr;,ts that the lumber jacks will not ven
trre ont in the woods after night IN
,rna6
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-10
FINANCES OF TIE GOVERNMENT
0'atement of the Public Debt ard
othcr Fiscal Matters ofJr.o..

~ ne statement Of the public debt. issuel
ihes'iay, shows that OH Nov. 70 Tho .,oh.
less cash in the treasury. amounted 70
Fc"n,'u.'.l.''. an Increase for the month
V, "o'-.",H". This increase is Account.
~ LOT ny the corresponding decrease in
me amount OF cash on hand. The Jcbt
Is recapitulated as follows:
Understanding debt, SSt7. ,
Debt on which interest has c,,s,d s;roo
maturity, Sl.J91 .G2O.
Dept bearing no interest. $3~I2.17O,117.
Total, $l.221, 126.257.
rms does not include S5S7, 523. 9o:3 in
terti1cates and treasury notes outstand.
ny witch are offset by an equal amount
OF cash in the treasury. The cash in tbe
treasury is recapitulated as follows. cents
omitted:
Gold. S160.5 .1Ol.
Silver. 5000, Csc. $50.
Paper. S139.6l6. 155.
Bonds. diSbursing officers. balance.
etc.. $11,131 .S72.
Total, SS.}.I .9i1 80, against which therc
are demand liabilities amounting to S6lO,-
Toi,4Sl, which leaves Il cash balance in
the treasury of S22,.33577 .O9S.
The comparative statement of tbe 20.
c'iptS and expenditures nf the United
states shows that during November,
1870, the total receipts were SO, 21O, 1896.
and. the expenditures S32. 2GO, 72O. Thu
receipts for the five months Of the fiscal
year amount 20 S131 1850 $50. and the ex-
r"nditures Sill 97 800. The deficit for
the month of November. therefore. is
SI.0oO.024. and for the five months $50.
?4i,S46. rs compared with SlJ. 1863 .:3s37
for the corresponding five months of last
year.
The receipts from customs during No
vember amounted to $3.33O.3S5; from in
ternal revenue. S13, 1O4.S2S. and from
miscellaneous soruces. $2,l75.4 S2. This
is II loss in customs. AS compared with
November, 1895, of Sl.524.yo9: IA gain
from internal revenue Of $ti4.744, and a
gain of S6Si.:313 from iseellaneous
sources.
The monthly statement of the Comp
troller Of the Currency shows that on
Nov. ~ the amount OF national bank
notes in circulation WAS S2:i5,3l2. lN3, an
increase for the month of $4l4,446, and
for the last twelve months of %2l. 44O. 9O7.
The amount of circulation based on Uni
ted States bonds WAS S21G. ;n9,6S4. an in
crease for the month Of $3o. 40, and for
the last twelve months of $26, ~. 1913.
III" nmoDnt of circulation secured By
lawful money was SIS. Tn2.tlO. an in
crease for the month of Sill. nc. and 4
decrease for the last twelve months of
S4,':D.i31. The amount of United States
registered bonds or deposit 20 secure cir
atl. t,,n -. ,,.,, CsDf1 .t-.D ~ ,,J l..
secure public deposits S15.tE3.UE).
The statement of the director of the
mint shows that during The month OF
November. 1896. the total Coinage at the
minis of the United States was %1.45S,-
~. of which So.OG4. 100 wis gold. S.
3pt.,b22 silver and SSA.,,nO minor coins.
The coinage Of standard silver do!la"G
during the month WAS 81 !i4.tNO.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-10

New Zealander, who had had IL success
sion of victories in the United States for
the last five or six years. entered the ring
with almost every apparent advantage in
his favor. He could count upon his ex-
perience aud science. his height and
reach, and every other quality which
enters into the making of the successful
prize-fighter. Against him was the sail
or lad. who was unknown six months ago.
but who rose to fame recently when he
came perilously near trailing in the dust
the colors of CALIFORNIA; idol, James j.
Corbett.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-10
Monetary Convention,

Yna preliminary conference in Indian.
mails If representatives of the leading
Commercial bodies of the Middle Western
S,,,c, issued Il call for II general con.
,.,iion of Commercial! bodies of the Uni.
,nl States. 10 il" held in that city Jan. ),
g., consider the reform of the currency
ana banking laws. The vote. by which
+, was decided 80 call the convention, was
rnanimorS. Chicago and I~ndianapolis
,,sr, the only cities suggested for the
Convention. In view of the fact that the
,oll for the preliminary conference hal
,,nn out from indianapolis. it was decide!
Il, take the general convention there. The
detailed work Of preparing the call and
fixing the basis of representation was lrit
Ia committee composed Of one delegate
from each city represented in the con-
ference.
President Jrstus &. Adams, of the In.
dnnapol:s Board of Trade, called the
meeting to ori"r. and in a well-timel
address referred TO the Importance of the
subject which il had been called to ron
,ilrr.
T.. q. Staunar,i. of ST. Louis. ex-Gov-
prnor of Missouri. presided after Mr..
Adam, had finished his speech. Ex-Gov.
S,aana~l said that he felt assured thai
If the commercial bodies of the country
,Irrcl 10 Congress a financial system
that would not be subject to change It
would he accepted. The principal address
before the conference was by John Il.
wilson. OF indianapolis. He said there
vs, Il practica! demand for reform. Ia
m~licn,s adopted by Congress in the stress
# var rs temporary measures had i"-
came an enduring system. The l~eg;s!a-
tioa Of Congress on finance had been
from hand to mouth since 1861.
t.. \. Smalley. who represents the 81.
Ilal Board "f Trade. said the people Of
the Northwest. irrespective of party. were
heartily in favor of the proposed national
convention. The resolutions he intro.
1nr'I provide for Il national convention
Il representatives of all commercial bod
RS IN cities Of mere than 1880 popula-
'jma, nor the consideration of the eur
r'ury system Of the country, and to rec
''ui'ni 20 congress such measures for
th" remedy Of such defects as viii COM
@lnd the Endorsement of the business
qghljc."
conference agreed to that part of
NJ Smallcy', resolution providing for A
clJyrntion. hut there was much discus
>'4 Is 10 how large the convention
>b"a'l hr, and it was decided TO ieave
thar question 20 II committee composed If
'." tr1r'Srntativ" from each city present.
in ti' cell. Is finally agreed upon. il is
l."' ed tlnt the convention shall ID"
rutrfn>rl Of o11 jnlupotns Thu b,.;s
"i approximation is calculated upon III.
di"I states census of 1890, and gives
" 'liieS Of SEQ TO 10000. one delegate;
"'H" an! less than 1o.0oO. two ,leic-
gas. l'fHo and less than 5000. three
'1'e-ij'S 5000 and lessthan 5000. four
r'%@1l"s; 10000 and less than 10000.
A"' a' %."gatcs: 100000 ard less than BOO
$40. >N delegates; 100000 and less than
"''a|l, seven delegates; 100000 or over.
-a' Delegates.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-10
PERISH IN THE BLIZZARD.
Reports of Suffering and Death from
North Dakota.

1t is Il week since Il train arrived in
Langdon, y. ID. The storm was excess
lively severe in that section. and the tenn
perature dropped to 80 degrees below
zero. Three persons are known to have
lost their lives and several others are
missing. Mrs. Mikelson was frozen to
death in her house and Il man and his
wife succumbed to the cold while fleeing
from the fire. From Emmons County 4
pitiful case Of suffering and death is re-
ported. A Russian family named Ee0
Witty used all their iirewood in the storm
and had torn down and burned y part IF
the house. This let in the intense cold.
and the whole family-fathcr. mother and
three children-were found frozen 10
death. There is Il wood and coal famine
in thar section. the farmers having bought
sparingly because Of high prices. Mail
Agent Burroughs was buried in the drifts
three miles west of Devils Lake.
The body of William T.. Heron. sheriff
of Plymouth County, was found frozen
stiff and badly bruised by the side of the
railroad track near Merrill, Iowa. Half
a dozen steamers are said to be bound
tight in the ice along the north shore of
Lake Superior, and it will be impossible
to release them. a snowstorm of almost
unprecedented severity for this season of
the year broke upon Atlanta. Ga, We'd
nesday morning. Snow began falling ut
g o'clock and fell without cessation until
II. when it lay four inches deep. At
Petersburg, Va, snow began falling be-
fore noon and continued without intermis-
sion through the night. The snowfall in
North Carolina is very heavy.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-10
For Preservation of Timber.

Another method of preserving TIM
Der has recently been tried. 1t con
sist in dissolving in naphtha the heavy
oils and wakes left after the distilla-
ton of petroleum, and forcing the So
luton into the seasoned timber in the
same manner as in creOsOting. The
timber is then heated. when the naph-
tina evaporates and is recovered in a
cooling chamber, while the wakes, etc,
remain behind in the wood, water
UrOofinr If.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-10

history OF IN"
ring. Sharkey
W ii $ knocked
down with a
left crook on the
j ii W in t h g
eighth TO Il II i
and was carried
Il II e o n $ cious
from the ring
amid great eX-
element. Some
confusion fol-
lowed W h i C h
the crowd did
not understand.
r i [ z : lllllmOnS
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-10
WILD BEASTS GROW cold.


They Are Troublesome to the Wis.
COnsin Lumber camps
The lumber camps in Northern Wiscon-
sin are considerably annoyed this winter
by the d~epredatiOns of wild animals. more
particularly the wildcat and the lynx.
1t has come to be impossible to leave 4
shoulder of beef outside the cook Shanty
over night without its being attacked by
the fierce animals which have become so
numerous that the woodsmen furnish am
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-10
Notes of Current Events.

John Coyne. of Newark, n. j., was
taken with a fit on a train I'M jumped
through the window. He was fatally in
jured.
Mrs. Maria h. Mullen, aged &C, a resi-
dent of La Grange, Ind, for the past
tifty-four years, died from IL stroke of
paralysis.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-10
First TOOth-plantinC.

DR.. Younger, of San Francisco, was
the first dentist to successfully implant
u human tooth into a patients Jaw.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-10

Every man has a pet story which he
tells as a fact, but which he knows 70
be a freak Of his Imagination.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-10

with two score of women and children
on board who were driven from their
homes by the water ard were found near
ly dead from exposure and cOld. The en-
gineer said he could not finish the trip on
account of the rising water. 1t looks at
this writing as though the entire city will
be inundated.
A great number of visitors are at the
scene of the ice gorge. To realize the
great danger it is only necessary to VISIT
the banks of the Chippewa. 1t is a dou-
ble-headed danger that is threatened.
What means relief to Chippewa Falls
will bring devastation to Eau Claire, Du-
rand and ether points below. The ice
jam will Ii kelly remain intact. perhaps
for months, and only natural causes can
break it.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-10
LOSES 1T ON A FOUL.
Fitzsimmons Fails to Get the De.
cision Over Sharkey.

The fight between Robert Fitzsimmoiis
and Thomas Sharkey in San Francisco
proved one of the most sensational III the
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-10
TOREFf %MCURRENCY
INDIANAPOLIS CONFERENCE IS.
SUES a CALL.

vectinc OF Eoard of Trade Represent.
,,;ycs in the Hoosier Capital Take,
,c.ion Upon the Question of Hold.
;,, Convention.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-10

C,., Young actress 10 whom Howard
Tho ~ Is engaged. His family oppose
Of t"a''n ahd it is said that by the terms
ary""' Dould's will Howard may lose a
Inc part OF his inheritance by marry
Nsaihst the wishes of the others.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-10


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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-12-01

The stand taken by Senator
Pettigrew, of South Dakota, is
likely to cause some dismay in
the East, where it is believed
that the election Of Mckinley
means the certain restoration of
a high tariff, which will enable
the corporations to amass i'm
mense fortunes at the expense Of
the people and wax fat. Senator
Pettigrew, in his address to a
large gathering at Sioux Falls,
Monday night, said he would aid
Major Mckinley in his efforts to
demonstrate that the tariff was
what allied the country, but he
declared his intention to resist
every section of a tariff bill that
provided for tariff on any arti-
Gle controlled by a trust. If the
other Republican senators from
the silver mining States, who
walked out of the St. Louis con-
vention, stand with Mr.. Petit
grew, it will be impossible for
Mckinley to reward the trusts
that furnished the money which
secured his election, unless, in
order to get a tariff bill accord
ing to their liking, the trusts
succeeded in buying enough vot-
es in the senate to insure its
passage by that body. Lines
will be tightly drawn in the
senate, however, and the votes
as well as the actions of its
members will be closely watch
ed when the tariff fight is pre-
cipitated, and it may be that the
trusts will find more difficulty in
controlling legislation than they
have encountered in the past.
At any rate a number of Repub-
licans who are prominent in con
gress do not regard the passage
of high tariff as at all promis
ing.