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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-01-17

For FIVE years, | suffered untold misery
from muscular rheumatism. I iricd every
known remedy, consulted the best physi-
clans, visited Hot springs. Ark, three times,
spending $1,000 there. besides doctors bins;
nut could OBTAIN only temporary relief. My
nesh was wasted away 50 that ! weighed
only ninety-three pounds; my left arm and
leg were drawn out of shape, the muscles
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-04-23
go De ~continued.l


n remarkable instance of the iuluar-
tial administration "f Justice is said
10 nave occurred some years ago in n
court OF Texas. when a young McXi-
can, charged with having stolen n pis-
tot, was a~rraigncd. He proved beyond
all doubt that the pistol was his own.
ana that it had been in his possession
one before the alleged theft occurred.
In" ease went 10 Iii" jury IT II
o'clock, the usual hour of Adjournment.
and the jury. Who did not wish 10 be-
KEEP until the court opened again nj
) o'clock, hurried 10 give in their YER
dict.
The foreman, who had been reclining
IN a peaceful attitude suggestive of
Slumh"r during the hearing. turned 10
his companions. saying:
well. boys. what do YOU Think"
hadn't we better Give him i've years."
"-All right" responded a iuryman.
Put him through, or the judge will
adjourn"
"Go ahead" said another. we don't
want 10 stay here until 3 O'Clock. Iiur.
ry up
But is he guilty." Wlrricd IA tAought.
full old gentleman.
well exclaimed The foreman. after
a stare OF aStoniShmcut AT This view of
the matter, IF you think he ain't gull.
~. lets clear him"
y verdict of Not guilty, wa, speed
lily rendered. and the iurymcn cheerful.
~ repaired 10 the nOonIidc meal.
When we give grudgingly, we do not
give at all.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-04-23
CHAPTER Nv.

1t was now plain that the detectives
had taken such precautions that the cs-
cape 81 any one from the farm was al
impoSsibility. Another officer in plain
clothes had joined my friend. and
two men We're to be seen approaching
the farm, careleSsly as it seemed, but
they. TOO. were there on business.
Al this time Vanity showed no agita-
ton. She led the way with her swift,
fearless step. and the detective looked
al her with an admiration he could not
conceal. The more sure he was that his
IMAM lay in the house, the more he admir-
ed the girls daring.
More like a walking funeral than ever.
the party stopped as they got up TO the
door. Somehow Willie Snow felt Il sick
.enine at heart as he saw how the officers
had hemmed the place in. and how seri-
.ous and determined they seemed, as if
The business might be death TO enc or
other of the party,
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-04-23

'>A 49,
Grandma lives in Il funny place.
The town of "Used-to-be.'
Where streets are ~"turnpikes," and people
are folks
And Il nice hot supper Il "tcu."
''Where is the town of 'Used-to-bc:'"
In %grandma's mcmor: bright.
The way"' Upstairs. to %grandma'5 room
CHE cosy one on the righD.
When can you 90 there:" Twilisht's
best.
For the dreamy glow in the CRATE
Lights the way to the town of "Usel-to.
be-
And nobody needs 10 wait.
Then no. for an hour in the dear old town,
And hey. for the huSking bee.
And oh. the dancing in stiff hrocade,
And ah, the trystinG tree.
.ind ugh. the sermons. two hours long,
And three of them. Sabbath day.
In Il meeting house" 50 cold and drear.
Where the foot stove held lis sway.
But if grandma shows you Il summer
scene,
In Il farmhouse and orchard fair.
With rows of cheese Oil dairy shelves,
And bees in the clover-sWeet ai..
And there beyond, i'll the kitchen wide,
Grandma. herself, at the wheel.
Spinning, singing, Il fair young bride.
You say, for You can but feel
What a dear, dear town Of 'Uscd-to.
be-"
But grandma's voice Drops low.
And She says, with a half-sad, half-swect
smile,
"TwaS all so long ago"
Boston Transcript.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-04-23
G. red

Hoods Pills with Hoods Sarsaparlol
and they have done me much good II
will not be without them. ! have taken I'd
bottles of Hoods S~arsaparilla. o,l|
through the blessing of God. it has cur.,|
me- worked as hard as ever the past|
summer, aud am thankful to say AMI
well. Hoods Pills when taken w;,bI
Hoods Sarsaparilla help very much
Mrs. VI. NJ. MESSENGER, Freehold. Penn
This and many other cures prove thai,
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-04-23
CHAPTER WI

What followed was dreadful indeed.
Hardware flung on the detectives with a
fury which caused these two strong men
10 fall back like weakly boys. \ narrow
twisted flight of stairs led To- the rnoms
above, and these stairs We're shut off
from the room 10y Il wooden door. The
fugitive opened this door, sprang through.
and shut it upon himself with a crash.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-04-23


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rn,,n r,und ,.npr uncl fn, ,Ir sake If an
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louyht,r
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nnnryh san - ,,tn m,r ,;.s
you: | NAV not mako vnnr wife =, wi1ow.
Damn ol,u,, ,nI ,r,"
TIN defective was mo1it,tin, how no
coul,I break Lis w,v tbr,,,,h nr wbo,bor
ne c,uld co,v ii. uon I,,n ,.hou U,rd-
ware, il, vino Jrai'nI III. tnn,hinr LrrIo1
t. soy,o,lv - III. ,ni..r n,;.r. -. ,ho
dr,nctiyr w,s bo v,voj bi,'.o1f NV H.,
a hairs brpoJ,h -. !, .hiynr,.I ,,.m ,bn
floor.
.Ynur hr,ltb fo, r,r+r ,,.r,m r,aro1
Hardware. win ii. di,Lnr'. i,r,b .,,rI
after tlat vnur Hr.tiu,., V-,I ,,.,nir,
,,.j l.r, 80. "N
In the lromrn+ vhilc ,Lc ,{ii,.,r arou.
back Iiordu.,r. nu., b.vn ,rr;a1 o,.
his awful schun,r far vh.n ,Ln, ja,no,i,a
looked M ,hn stoir. ,.,ir ,l ,... rar;nr
flame. hardware baI ,in,r~,L ,6n ,Ia''o
with paratlin. or some othrr inenmmahlo
unril ~ ,ba .nn+ ,"I I L'i ~
On fire. AT the top he stood rs before.
booking now like som. gigantic f.od.
"Comr IN TO thr modmnn's rn,m" bo
yelled again. Hot flame. cold lc,d, MI
ready. Up to the madman's room"
Another roar of Iaurhtnr c,mo from
above. and then they hoard onotbor lond
crash. the meaning of which was ovidont
the next instant. Hardware must have
thrown a great glass vossn, dawn mo
stairs. filled with porotbn. for immodi,to.
ly after the crash 4 stream of Inuid aomo
ran out into the room. Another crash
followed. and another. and now tbo room
began to swim in fire.
Until this momcn; no nrr thouph+ of
wounded Vanity; and tbrre she Law an tho
ground. But now fine tlomn runniuc
across the floor, had iust sct fire f. bor
dress. when the dntrctiyo couyht hor nm
in his arms and draryod her out of tho
house.
And no sooner were tbnv in tho ,it,1o
garden. than Hardware tlunr onnn tb,
window and glarrI out uunn tho rroun
with a face from which cvrrv .xnrn.,i'r
except triumph. defiance and haired bod
vanished. He held his r~nvoIvor ~ h;s
hand.
Five c~homhnrs," bo .b.,,,ol ... .,.
onlv ON, woutnd within .L..r NI,:.L
shall h,vn tr.tr"
H., pl,r nd pound ,,;lIl, a,
rjous Mo and hi. fano u, ,m ;T ~
bnIical rnc,r,i+inn ''
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inc Tom, Nby not Ln,in u.i.h p.,i
Tnmp Tor ria, u,r;..t ~ ~,
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Un n,intnj Li. n.,
Gr,r;nu. No v.l, ,..
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IN, ,i,,oI an1 ''"'N "'lt
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-04-23
APOLLO c
Wallace I. Foo
soonest Ma

Congressman \
-0f Port Henry.
voted the handSo
NJ. Footc has |
H. the person of
Bennett. of Bro
Washington has
|0f the man from
has been named
| house. Bennett
| iiuc figure and
/ dress. FOote is
| under Bennett,
| He dresses qui,
but the latter is
frs considered
i0y Foote is Il II.
mustachc is Gun
| dark and grace
nett are steel |
| expressive. Tn
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-04-23

They came III sight of Il lovely shore.
yellow as gold in the morning light:
The suns own color n noon it wore,
And had faded not M the fall of night:
Clear weather or clouGy-'twas all as one.
The happy hills seemed bathcd with the
sun;
IT'S secret the sailors could not understand.
But they called the country Sunshine
Land.
What was the secret: A simple thing
II VIII make you smile when once YOU
know
Touched 10y the tender finger of spring,
y million blossoms were all agloW;
50 many. 50 many. So small and bright,
They covered the hills with Il mantle of
Eight;
And the wild bee hummcd. and the glad
breeze famed
Through the h@oncycI fields of Sunshine
Land.
If over the sea We two We're bound.
What port, dear child, would we choose
for ours:
We would sail and sail till at last we
found
This fairy gold of Il million flowers;
straycd.
OF many and small joys our pleasures are
made;
More near than we ~think-very close at
hand,
Lie the golden fields of Sunshine Land.
Edith Thomas.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-04-23

People find just the help they So ~
need, in Hoods Sarsaparilla. Il ,',
nishes the desired strength by puris'
ing, vitallzing and enriching the bloa!
and thus builds up the nerves ,o,Y
the stomach and regulates the wbaI
system. Read this:
Il want to praise Hoods Sars,n,.,
My health run down, and | had rho 49,
After that, my heart and nervous srs..r
were badly affected, SO that | cor,1 :
do my own work. Our physician gov
some help, but did not cure. | deci1,,
TO try Hoods Sarsaparilla. Soon o,a,
DO all my own housework. l have ,oL..
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-04-23
DONALD KENNEDY, OF RCyBuRY, MASS.

Has discovered in one Of our common
pasture weeds a remedy that cures every
kind OF HumOT, from the WOrss' Scrofula
down to a common Pimple.
He has tried it IN owe eleven HUNDRED
cases, and never failed except in two cases
Cloth thunder humor). He has now in his
possession over two hundred certificates
OF its value, all within twenty miles Of
Boston. Send postal card for book.
A benefit is always experienced from
the first bottle, and a perfect cure is val.
ranted when the right quantity is taken.
When the lungs are affected it causes
shooting pains, like needles passing
through them; the same with the Liver OF
Bowels. This is caused by the ducts being
stopped, and always disappears in a week
after taking it. Read the label.
If the stomach is foul or bilious II will
aust squeamish feelings at first.
No change of diet ever necessary. Eat
the best you can get, and enough Of It
Dose, n tablespoonful In water It BED
time. Sold by all Druggists.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-04-23

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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-04-23
WALL.

Tied the matte
over TO l'oote
shaped head
navy. tumhliI
II losses pict
ana is altogct
foote is "A Il,
he married
daughter of :
ly i'll The ncil
Mrs. E'ootc q,
ton She is /:
uNSrcSS ;tnI
Lett. live ~
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-04-23
HOmeseekers'
Excursions
April Z, April 81, May 5.

F'1 TIT" 1T ""y
To the South and WeSt-Ar'
iona, Arkansas, Texas, Ne
braska. Kansas. etc.
Call at the local ticket ofl's.
and get full information dboW
rates, stop-ovcr privileges. re-
turn limits, and territory %
which reduction will apply
~! f'Y.yn or. better still. write TO-
NuullQIuW Francis. G.. Y. A.. Burlington
EHs :4&F&&S Route. Omaha. Neb.
y. S.-The crop Of lS%, i
going to be the biggest ",
hraSka ever had. No question
about It, Not In ten years
have conditions been 50 favor
able. Better figure on gettlht
hold OF a good quarter sec'I'A
before prices advance.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-06-18
A Royal French Marriage.

On the 18th of January, 1869, the con-
tract of marriage between the Duke
Charles and Princess Claude had been
signed AT the Louvre in the presence of the
king and queen, the dauphin, the children
of France, the Cardinal de Lorraine and
many other royal and noble personages
The dowry of the princess was fixed at
300, 900 gold "ecus soleil " to be paid in
the space of three years, After the treaty
Of Catcau Cambresis the town of Stensy
was added To her portion OF the wonder
full trousseau details are preserved in the
papers Of L'Aubespine, and, as we can
imagine 1t was worthy Of the bride
Dresses of cloth of gold and silver, of satin
and velvet in all colors, jewels, mantle a
la royale, and another-seemingly dress
ing gown of silver cloth, all lined with
wolf fur, figure in the list as we'll as hang
ings for rooms in toile dor damasse, and
cramoisy velvet, etc. solid silver table
and toilet, services, house linen, filters,
carriages and horses, with cloth of silver
harness
On Jan. %, three days after the contract
was signed the marriage took place. At
8 O'Clock in the morning the court of par
lament in scarlet robes and furred caps,
preceded by pursuivants and followed by
the royal notaries, proceeded TO the cathe
dral of Notre Dame. They were soon fol.
lowed by other civil dignitaries, who all
took their places in the choir The body
of the great church was crowded with
mobiles, gentlemen, noble ladies and
deinOiselles, while the porch and square
outside as well Us the streets were filled to
OVERLOOKING with well dressed citizens -
Black woods Magazine
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-06-18
Singing In Tune.

Another cause of false notes Is the bad
habit SO many singers cultivate of at
tempting to sing notes out of their reach, .
says Nine. Emma Nevada, the prima
donna, in The Ladies Home Journal ITO
sing high G so that IL oan scarcely be- dis,
tinguished from Il natural in alt is Ger.
tainly neither artistic, musical nor desira.
BILE. Therefore avoid high notes until
they are securely within your grasp Nerv.
business and fear have also paralyzing
effect upon the vocal chords and may cause
a flatting which is us unpleasant as 1t is
distressing When singer is frightened,
therefore, she may sing out of tune, but
she must overcome this nervousness If she
wishes To succeed. An audience may ex.
cuse 1t on first appearance, but 1t should
not endure IL thereafter. Nervousness and
fear must be as completely eradioated from
the singers art AS any other bad habit
There Is still further reason for singing
out of tune and this is distinctly In the
nature of an excuse for seemingly mex
ousable thing-that Is, the fact that there
Is no universal standard Of pitch In music,
The need for universal standard of pitch
Is desired by all musicians, but by none
more feryently than by singers"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-06-18
Social Strugglers.

They are not confined to the pages of
novels-witness this, unintentionally over
heard on the Il" road the other day
Yes. They will get on at least
think they will, - thin, sharp nosed
woman was saying TO her fat, placid neigh
Dor. They have got on already amazing
ly. You know he began life cash boy
and now is partner In good business with
money ahead outside. And she's gone up
from the tape and thread counter to the
head of her department. | like To see PEG.
pie get on, too, but the airs Of those two
are almost too much Why, they waited
three years to be- married SO they might
afford to spend $500 upon decorating the
church for the wedding, and he sent his
people to Brooklyn, and she persuaded
hers to go TO California so they wouldn't
be hampered In their upward progress
They won't go To a theater where the seats
are less than 81 5o-and clothes Oh, my
You never saw such critics as they are OF
course they'd been living at pretty cheap
places, saving that way so they could flour
ish broadly in others But when they were
on the brink of matrimony they each went
and staid for six weeks at a swell hotel so
they could learn exactly how TO do-what
to eat and order and all that-on their
bridal trip That was to Florida. They
stopped at the Ponce there and paid &15 a
day for rooms alone And they paid to
get the wedding in paper-just think of
that like they were already fashionable
people New York Journal
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-06-18
IhE SHRINE.
A Lively Little Creature. scavsnxer ssA
Giutton.

The 81 mp Is a scavenger. II will eat
almost anything IL Is a greedy creature.
Ii may often be seen In aquarium tanks 20
seize piece of food weighing more than
itself II this scrap should be living on
the bottom, the shrimp with its first effort
upon swooping down upon IL might raise
IL clear and then be compelled to drop IL,
or To sink with IL again To the bottom,
there 10 attack it piecemeal. The shrimp
Is often put In aquarium tanks To help
keep them clean Ii seeks out and eats
neglected scraps and little bits of food put
in for other marine animals, but which
the others may have missed, and which
may have settled down In crevices or other
by places But while the shrimp Is thus
useful as scavenger IL is necessary at
feeding time TO see that IL does not get
also the food intended for the other ami
mails The shrimp Is exceedingly quick
In movement and IL may dart down and
seize the food out of the grip of an animal
much larger than itself, and 1t would be
equally ready to take food from the help
less sea anemone or the fighting crab. A
tiny shrimp would not for moment hest
tate To feed upon dead fish held In the
grasp of lobster, trusting to its agility to
escape II the lobster should resent the in
trusion.
But while the shrimp is able TO and does
hold It's own remarkably we'll for one of
It's size life is by no means all plain sailing
for It, There are other creatures of the
sea that are quite AS quick and quite as
merciless, and that snap up the shrimp
whenever they get chance Here may
be dead menhaden lying on the bottom,
with 800 shrimps at work upon 1t, pulling
and hauling One shrimp may get an ex-
ira big piece, only to be attacked by three
or four other shrimps that leave the men
baden and fight with the shrimp that has
the fragment tor the possession of that
The water is alive with shrimps about the
dead fish.
Along comes a big weakfish or striped
bass The weakfish may see the shrimps
feeding from "a distance of 10 or ~ feet
away II the weakfish ever laughs, IL prob
ably laughs on All occasion like this 1t
may approach along the bottom, or IL may
dart down obliquely and dash through the
mass of shrimps with open mouth, sweep
ing away dozen of them and dispensing
the rest The dispersal however is likely
to be but temporary. The weakfish is not
apt To return To this particular quarry 1t
seems to regard the meeting with the
shrimps around the menhaden as only an
incident of its days meandering, and it
goes its way and the shrimps return to
their prey.
But it might be that little school of
bass comes along, four or five or half u
dozen Of them, and these might follow up
the first dash by pursuing the shrimps un.
TIL II they had not annihilated them, they
had effectually dispersed them. New York
Sun
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-06-18
Painting the Bathtub.

The bathtub will be less trouble to keep
This may be purchased already mixed, and
the least skilled woman will be able TO APP
ply IL satisfactorily. The tub should of
course be kept perfectly dry until after the
last coat Of paint has been applied The
walls of the bathroom back of the tub and
washbowl, IL they are not tiled or of mar
BILE, should be ''papered" with linoleum
in tile patterns. This will permit unlim-
tied splashing OF water without damage
The floor may we'll be covered with the
same material IL the bathroom has not
been equipped with wire soap and sponge
trays, shelves for bottles hooks for clothes.
racks for towels and the like, there Is no
time like the days Of spring houseclean
ing ia which to repair the omission
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-06-18
The Great Eastern.

The Great Eastern was the largest ship
ever built, and at this time II would be of
interest to compare her size with that OF
the St Paul and Campania. The Great
Eastern was $50 feet long, $50 feet beam,
2S feet draft when loaded, 23, 900 tonnage,
paddle engines, 1000 horsepower nominal
screw engines / 700 horsepower nominal.
She was commenced to be built at Mill.
wall in the spring Of 1854 and was launch.
cd after many difficulties on Jan. 80 1858.
The history of the Great Eastern was
from the first financially an unfortunate
one. She made several voyages to the
United States at great loss to her owners,
but in 1866 and 500 she somewhat redeem.
cd her character by successfully laying the
Atlantic cable subsequently, owing to
her vast SIZE she was instrumental In lay
ing most of the important cables across
the Atlantic, In the Mediterranean,
through the Red sea, etc.
In 1888 she was sold at auction In Liv.
erpool to be broken up, bringing the sum
of $3.50, 720. She was designed by l. X
Brunei 1t is said by many that with the
improved machinery Of this date she could
be handled and made to pay dividend. -
Kansas City Journal.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-06-18
An Incident at Lexington.

The following story was written, few
days after the battle of Lexington, by DIR.
Gordon, minister of the church in Jamaica
Plain:
1.-THE brigade marched out, playing, by
way of contempt Yankee Doodle, a
song composed in derision OF the New
Englanders, scornfully called Yankees A
smart boy, observing 1t as the troops pass
ed through Roxbury, made himself ok.
tremely merry with the circumstance,
jumping and laughing so as to attract the
attention of his lordship, who, IL Is said,
asked him at what he was laughing so
heartily and was answered, To think how
you will dance by and by to Chevy
Chase 70 1t Is added that the repartee
stuck TO his lordship all day"
Does any one know who the boy was, OF
at exactly what spot the incident took
placer A recent tradition, not very well
founded says he was sitting on fence
Where was the fenceS- Boston Transcript
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-06-18
The Oneen,a Mattress.

IL Is said that the one woman of whom
Queen Victoria stands in respectful awe Is
Mrs. Mussens, the housekeeper OF BalmoraI
castle She has held her position Of power
for many years and rules everybody who
comes within her domain with q rod OF
iron, even to the queen herself. Her mai
esty on one occasion took fancy To Ger.
tain housemaid and requested that the
care OF her own apartments should be given
TO the girl Mrs. Mussens, however.
thought differently and informed her maj.
esty that such mark of preference would
only turn the young woman's head and
utterly spoil her The queen OF Great
Britain and Ireland and empress of India
listened In silence and meekly soquiesced
In her housekeeper's decision.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-06-18
Just Wrath.

At u country theater lately they were
playing a sensational drama. The whole
audience listened anxiously and breathless-
ly A youth saved his mother, who was
about to tumble headlong down a preci.
pice, which caused general emotion and
sobs innumerable
Just then the attention Of the whole
house was directed to the gallery, where
sat a mother and her son, the former of
whom administered to the boy sound
cuff, which was followed by an irrepressi.
BILE bawl why didn't you do as much
for me, BOBBY, when your father tried to
throw me out of the windowS'-London
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