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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-01

n II hours and 30 minutes. This was
done entirely for her own qualification
and pleasure. yet Mrs. Rh.nehart made
a complete registration of her arrivals
and departures. If her feat were 10 be
questioned she could produce the nece>-
Sary affidavits. Mrs. Rhinehart's rec
ord is one that is not eQualeG By many
male bicyclists. and probably by nc
lady rider in the country. She rides
purely for pleasure. She has never
cared to break any record and has 70
fused to enter contests. She is an easy.
graceful rider. averaging thirteen miles
an hour, coming out fresh and untirei
at the end of trips that few could eli
dure. Her fastest riding is always
done near the finish. When she began
riding Mrs. Rhinehart was IN invalid.
She is now the picture of health. Mrs
Rhinehart was the only oma given
Il place in the recent relay race from
San Francisco to New York. She car
ried the message from Red Butte TO Tie
Siding. Wyo., nine miles in 81 minutes
1t rained all day, leaving the roads In
Il soft. sloppy condition. Fast TIM
was impossible under the circum
stances
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-01

If Capt. Sverdrup's account of me
<oyage OF Nansen's ship. the Fran. is
correct, there will be no lack Of volun-
teers for service when the Fran Is
ready to start again for the north pole.
Capt. Sverdrup says "the principal
work was to take regular observations,
sleep and eat" There's a program
that appeals to the average man. Who
wouldn'T be willing to spend a few
months or more in that sort of an en-
terprise? Almost anybody in these hard
times, even those who al the present
moment are actively engaged in heroic
ally saving their country. would jump
at a chance to take regular observa-
tons. sleep and eat. For. after all. that
is about what life amounts TO, when
you look at it from the latter end and
reckon up its value.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-01

W. :. Stratton. The many-millioneu
mine owner of Cripple Greek. is learn
ing that there are compensatory dis
advantages attached to the possession
of great wealth. Only four or five years
ago Stratton was a carpenter who was
glad TO be able To earn a few dollars
a day in the sweat OF his cold chlsel.
Now ne is estimated 10 be worth al
least $50. OO0, 900 in discovered and an
almost infinite amount IN covered
riches. He will not permit more than
100000 Il mouth 10 be taken from his
Independence mine. because he cannot
find desirable Investments for more
than that sum. But he is not happy.
A generous, good-natured man, his gen
crosby and good nature are continually
being imposed upon, and attempts to
blackmail are constantly made against
him. Almost every day his life is
threatened. Meanwhile. he cannot eat
or drink more than he could when he
was poor MOI wear more than one suit
of clothes at one time.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-01

Some eastern people. whose business
It Is to write and talk about art, are
again worrying over the familiar sub
iect of the cupidity Of foreign actors
and singers. They point out that the
inspiration which leads Nine. Bern
hardt TO sob and shrek on the stage
does not blind her TO the seductive
beauties Of q check, and that Nine.
Calve would MOI fall twice a week upon
the stage, with the cold damp Of death
upon her brow, If there We're any doubt
Of receiving her comfortable allowance
of $1,000 from the management at the
close Of the performance. Not only do
the illustrious tragedians and singers
demand contracts for the payment of
their salaries, but lately some Of them
the most inspired and ethereal Of the
lot-have caused to be inserted in these
contracts a clause that next year they
shall be paid in gold. Which may all
go to show a m~ercenary nature: but ac-
tresses and actors and piano thumpers
are not the only people who make it a
business policy to take all they a get.
The rule Of trade, as Il New York mill
iOnaire put it, is to buy cheap and sell
as dear as you can. The foreign art
lists sell dear, and, while it may not
exalt their calling in the minds of the
public, they are doing what would be
done by many of their critics II they
had the chance. The whole trouble
arises from the miSconception which
suppOSeS that an artist is a spiritual
minded being. with his head perpetual.
ly humping the stars and his thoughts
far and away above the gross question
Of dollars. This idea Is a relic OF the
belief that a man known as a genius"
merely has to sit down in a trance and
let the genius trickle through his fin
gers. The truth is that, at the pres
ent time. most artists, actors. singers
poets and authors work deliberately
and for a well-known purpose, fame
being part of their object and money
being another. And there is nothing 10
show that William Shakespeare did not
have the same views or would have
neglected TO take a high reward for a
play If he could get ii in place of a
poor one. The world has heard alto
gether too much lub-dub about genius
and its divincly superlative eccentrici.
ties.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-01
A CYCLING
The Remarkable Performance. ~.
Lady of Denver. "

Among the women Of pluck and
hrgy in Denver is a dainty ut,Io
Mrs. R~hinehart. who is SURPRISING ~
world at large by her wogdarfn, -"
plOits upon the wheel. Mrs Rhin,,
IS the wife of one of Donver's ,o,,
photographers. She is a naf;ya ,f ,,i,
ifornia. having lived in Co!orad, 49,,
five years. On Sept. %. 1894 Nn,
Rhinehart took her first ride. and sna
ing that she enjoyed il, she pvas,nI
4 wheel. Dec. IA she made hon suD
century. and when .April arrived ~h,
had ridden three centuries. ana IN
pany with her husband. hal toured 81,
Mexico upon her wheel. IN in -
present date Mrs. Rhinelart has ridaa.
forty-four centuries in all, and durir,
July gained a Worldwide fame nv rid
Ing ten centuries in ten roaSarutr.
days. She followed that July 20 with
double century. which she jccomn,ish
ed in 20 hours and 20 minutes. rld;no
the last forty miles in darkness mnd
and rain. Feeling confident thu, .h.
could lower her record for 200 nilo.
Mrs. Rhinehart started ou; On the no,n
ing OF Aug. I at 1925 ana IN : hour.
and 80 minutes covered a dista nce y,
1o2 miles. After resting thirty minu1.s
she started once more. anu accomnlisb
ed the second 1O2 miles in 9 hours an,
A. minutes. making the enr!re 204 mile,
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-01

The remarkab bic thing about most or
ynS accidents that happen to ~hicyclists
IS that the injured Is not a novice on
the wheel. but generally an experienced
If not an expert rider. The novices
seem to have Sense enough TO keep out
of dangers way. But as soon as n
becomes accustomed to the wheel he
begins to overestimate his ability to
dodge danger when he gets into Its
path. Witness the foolhardiness of the
youths who make a practice of riding
through the tunnels between the cable
oars
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-01

The cheerful man who thinks practI-
cal jokes funny has turned up in Chi
cago. One night a lot of people he knew
were driving home In a coach from
Evanston, and he and another man con
ceived the excruciatIng idea of hold
ing them up on the road. after the
fashion Of the late r. Turpin and Black
Bart. They put the idea into execution
in the most approved style. When the
coach approached their place of con
cealment they stepped out of he shad-
ow Of a tree, called to the driver to
halt, and, when he had done so. pointed
a revolver at the passengers and com
manded them to hand over their valu-
ables. The demand was complied with,
and it was not until that operation was
complete that the amateur highway
men disclosed their identity. In the
meantime, however, the ladies' in the
party had been frightened almost into
Mysteries and some Of the men, though
Of course they will never acknowledge
It, were greatly terrified. This merry
conceit naturally exciteS the hveliest
admiration for the genius of the mad
wag who devised 1t, and he will be the
envy. and pride-of his kind. But II some
member Of the party who was not In
the joke had had a revolver the repre-
sentation might have been made still
more realistic and the consequences Sc
rious. There are jokes which are better
left unplayed.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-01

the reception room. officers quarter
and buffet. Under the caves On thF
east and south sides of I'll" house are
large balconies and a VIDE verahd'
surrounds the entire lower portion oi
the building, A stairway leads to the
yeranda from the slip, where a SUD
stantial boat landing has been butt
The rooms are furnished with rattan
and cane furniture and the floors GOV
cred with japanese mating and rugs
while the doors and windows are taste
fully draped with delicate hangings'
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-01

An argument in support of the reor-
%ganiZation of the personnel Of the Uni
ted States navy, a bill for which was
introduced at the last term Of Con-
gress, is furnished by the fate of two
of the four engineers Of the warship
Indiana. During the recent heated term
these men We're overcome while the
feet was ~maneuvering and are nov in
a state Of physical collapse. While the
change in naval methods makes the
duties of line officers of secondary i'm
portance, they are still the recipients
of superior consideration and rank. the
engineers. occupying the most trying
and important post on the ship, having
only n relative rank" The line Off
GERS, with comparatively little to do.
outnumber the engineers four to one,
and the result is that naval engineers
are constantly breaking down under
the strain and worry Of their exacting
duties.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-01
STRENGTH AND BEAUTY.
Combination TO BE Secured in the \ew
Brooklyn Bridge Towers.

When the new Brooklyn bridge was
determined upon the hope was fire.
quently expressed that more attention
would be paid to artistic beauty than
was manifested in the cast Of the pres
ent structure. The commissioners had
in view from The first the artistic ap-
pearance of the bridge, and Chief En-
gineer Buck makes the assertion that
the great structure. though OF steel.
will be thoroughly artistic and orna-
mental. Mr.. Buck authorizes the pub
lication of a picture of one of the tow
ers. The steel portion is $50 feet high
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-01

Now that the young Ear and his
CZarina have made a beginning of
their travels, they should make up their
minds not to stop within the limits of
effete Europe. They should push on
westward in the track of Bishop Berke-
ley's justly celebrated star Of empire
and pay a visit to the United States.
What tremendous benefits the youthful
autOcrat, by the slightest whim OF
whose boyiSh and not particularly pow
erful brain the happiness and the lives
Of millions Of human beings may be
affected, would receive If he should
pass a few months or wen weeks in
this republic of enlightened freemen.
He would doubtless feel as If he were
in another world, so opposed are the
ideas which prevail here to those to
which he is accustomed; but he could
not fail to absorb something Of the
spirit of equality, though never SO
slightly, by the operation OF The theory
of the rights Of man. In that case
the history Of his reign wOul5 be vastly
different from what it will be ii h"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-01

but are smothered to death. The meth
cd of killing the animals is quick and
efficient. Standing on a narrow-2auged
Bit Of rail track is an iron cage on Il
four-wheeled truck. This cage or coop
Is large enough TO hold from twenty
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-01

Galveston is going TO be the New
York of Texas. Fine elevators are go
ing up, ocean vessels are coming there
for freight. ST. Louis wheat exporters
will export their wheat that way. The
southwestern railroads all favor Cal
weston connections. Last year $1,000
600 worth of coal and gold was mined
in that State: there are also numerous
beds Of Ignite there.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-01
In Disease.

An English professor recommends
TO persons suffering from dyspepsia.
consumption and anaemia, or any who
need TO take on flesh, to eat very thin
slices of bread and butter. The idea
is that 1t induces people to eat much
more butter, a quality Of fat most es-
sential to their nutrition, in a form
against which they will not rebel.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-01

During the past 80 years, sos ire IN
a companies have gone OF OF
business. There are now 243 American
and foreign companies doing business
IN this ountr and the guaranteed
Iosses amount to over SIS, 900, 600.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-01

The rage for bicycles is rs great III
France as in England and America, ou'
rance has to buy a great man! ironi
England. The American wheels are
rho Ughtest and best in the world. anu
Freuchmcn are finding II out.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-01

G~eneralship: II thOugh, you were
never going 10 speak to Harold again as
long as you lived" said q girl.
know | did So" replied The other; ~
wasn't my fault that ! broke the resolu-
ton How did ii happen! ne
called me up over th- :~riophone. -
Washington Star.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-01

The city OF Glasgow. Scotland mas
GO, n mark for other municipalities 10
shoot at. It will levy no X ai'er
the LIST of January, 1897. but derive i's
entire income from public works ID ~
p0SsesSion.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-01

Tb. number of >corchers who are III
s,ro, +, cciden is ridiculously u
of proportion to the number 81 persohs
they lniurc. Something ought Ia 10
done 10 ennalize The damage.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-01
KILLING PARTISAN DOGS.

Their Carcasses Are Used in Making
Glue and Fertilizer.
Many worthless and some valuable
dogs are killed by the dog-catchers OF
Paris. The animals are not drowned.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-01
HANDSOME CLUB HOUSE.

COmf III OdiOuS HOMO Erected by NV
Milwaukee Yacht club.
The Milwaukee Yacht Clubs house.
which is shown in the illustration. i
the most elaborate of its kind in the
West. 1t contains seven large rooms
all finished in the natural color of the
wood. On the lower floor are the par
lors and library. and on the floor above
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-01

Reading may make a full man. AS ba-
con saws. but merely devouring apers
and books. without thought, MAKES nihA
no fuller than a goal.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-01

Manson now wan to go on n hunt
for the south pole. Why doesnt he lahe
something easy and find the \enez"ei'
line?
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-01

spends all Ais life In the close atmos'
phere of absolutiSm he is breathing
now.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-01

be twenty-five and One-half feet above
high water.
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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-08-28

WANrED:-Several trustworthv gentlemen or
M ladies to travel in Washington. for estab-
.nea, rellaole house. Salary $3.50 and expenses.
Sstead! sad! position: Enclose reference and self.ed.
s,essea s'rs stamped envelope. The Dominion Com-
f-''' inird Floor. Omaha Bldg, Chicago, III.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-08-28
Monthly Review for July 1896.

The chief characteristic of the
month of July, was the general alb
sence of precipitation. Seldom, if
ever, has there been such protracted
drought in the eastern section, and in
the western section there has been but
one like it since the settlement of the
country that was in 1883. This year
at so per cent of the stations no rain
at all fell, or only the sligtest trace.
The drought begun in June, there
having been scarcely any rain after
the 9th. In the eastern section OF
the state there were a few scattered
thunderstorms during the month OF
July.
The month was also notable for its
extreme warmth, as compared with
former months. The average temper
ature was about 3 degrees higher than
the normal in the eastern section. AT
several stations the maxium tempera-
ture rose to above 10 degrees in the
shade. The month was quite uniform
in temperature, but the warmest spell
was the week from the 18th to the
10th the hottest day being generally
the 10Th.
Naturally the effect of SO much hot
dry, weather upon the crops was in
furious, except in irrigated localities,
but it was far from being so disastrous
as was at first feared and was at one
time generally reported. Spring grain
suffered the most; potatoes probably,
considerably, but the latter were great
" revived by the rains that set in on
August LIST.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-08-28
Profits for Mine Owners

| Ex-Congressman Buckalew, of Penn
sylvania, who is visiting Washington
City, expresses the opinion that there
is one point in connection with the
currency question that has not as vet
received attention which will he thoro-
ughly ventilated as the campaign
progresses, and which will have large
Influence with voters. "This point
said Mr.. Buckalew," is the enormous
profit which will accrue to silver miners
in the event of the enactment of q free
coinage bill. think when the people
come fully to understand this it may
cause them to ponder awhile before
giving adherence to the silver cause.
The difference between the coin and
bullion value of the metal will go into
the pockets of bullion owners, and is
donation on the part of the rest of
the people. The country has now
absorbed about all it can take, and the
only possible way to. increase the
volume of silver in use is to do away
with paper money of small denom-
nations" The extent to which the
bul ion owners would be benefited by
the passage Of a free coinage law is
easily computed. The bullion values
of silver is at present about 70 cents
per ounce. Ii free coinage should be
established it would he increased to its
coin value, which is $1.294 per ounce,
The difference between these figures
would represent the profit to the
bullion owner, which now goes to the
government, and is known as the
"seigniorage." The capacity of the
mints is about 100000 per month,
say $5O,O0O,0OO per year. At the
present price Of silver bullion the
annual profits to the owners of that
metal under free coinage would be
$40, ,O0O, 900. Taking an ounce of
silver and comparing it with an ounce
of gold for the purposes OF coinage,
we have, these results: One ounce of
gold of standard tineness, that is, 900
parts of pure gold 20 100 parts of
alloy, will coin in gold dollars $3.50.
Sixteen ounces of silver standard fine
ness, that is, 9OOpar of pure silver to
100 parts alloy, will coin $3.50 in
standard silver dollars of the existing
weight. These 16 ounces of silver can
be purchased today at the rate of 70
cents per ounce, which would be for
the 16 ounces $112O On an invest
ment of $11.2O, therefore, there would
be under free coinage profit to the
investor of $7.4O That is to say, any
man could go into the market, purchase
900 ounces of silver bullion, which
can he purchased today for ST. ,12O,
and from this there can be coined
81 800 of full legal-tender quality.
That quantity of silver bullion under
free coinage could be taken to the
mint and the holder would realize
profit of $40 on ali investment of
ST 100
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-08-28
Questions Answered.

"Does the United States redeem her
silver dollars in gold? That is, can we
take silver dollars and go to the Treas
ury and get gold for them?"
No, not directly; but it can be, and
is, done indirectly. You can get sill
yer dollars exchanged for treasury
notes (not silver certifcates) and the
treasury will give the gold for the
treasury notes on demand.
This arises out of the provision of
the act of November l, 1893, which de-
clares it to he "the policy of the United
States" to maintain "the parity in
value of the coins of the two metals,
and the equal power of every dollar at
all times in the markets and in pay
ment OF debts" The silver dollar is
worth only about half as much as the
gold dollar. How can they be held to
a parity, unless we make the less valu-
able practically redeemable in the
more valuable? Hence the above
practice of the treasury.
care we to understand by the word
free that the United States mint will
coin the metal free of charge to the
party bringing the bullion, or must he
pay a certain amount for doing the
same, or will the amount of alloy pay
the expense Of it?
lis the word unlimited to be taken
in the sense that any one can bring it
to the mint in quantities unlimited as
to amount, or from any country?"
Gold has free coinage by the United
States. Any one can take gold bull
lion to the mint and have it coined, at
1922 grains of gold to each dollar.
The mint charges 2 per cent for the
alloy which it adds to the gold-the
alloy being half silver and half cop
per, by weight.
Free coinage of silver would mean
the same thing. There might be
charge to cover the cost of the copper
alloy, or there might not be. That
would depend upon the wording OF the
law. The populists and democrats de-
mand that the coinage should be en-
tirely free-that is, that the govern
ment shall meet all the expense OF
coinage.
The word "uulimited" means just
what you think; that anybody can
take any amount of silver to the mint
and have it coined into standard dol
liars. There is to be no limit to the
amount, it may come from any coun.
TRY on earth, and be brought by any
body, whether citizen or an alien.-
Pioneer Press.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-08-28

1DAClEIC LODGE, NO. ee,
X. OF p.
Meets the first and third Friiay. EVENING" o.
ofeach i.onth At the Masonic Hall. Vtsltfn
Enights cordially invited to attend.
Thos HcLarty, F. ID. SHELTON,
K of R. rs. u. q.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-08-28

or BARNAf,As' EPISCOPAL CHURCH
"a REV. r. J. MOONEY. PASTOR.
ServiOes hold In Masonic Hall each alternate
davet IL A. Il and 1907. n.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-08-28

TAHAwAMISH LODGE NO. ls.-
~ !. o. G. T.
n Asets every Saturday evening at 7:30 in the
a: z Church. Visiting Members in rood
standing are made welcome
=. L.. ASsohaE c. T. W. D. MoRRIsoN, r. s
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-08-28

Arr. MORIAH LODGE, No. II.
nj +. ga NJ. sE ~
D EGULAR Conmanicationss Saturday eve
n IN or before the full Of the Moon. A cor
diaI in,itstion 10 given to all brethren in g0oC
c,srd,ns Masonic Hall. Shelton, w. =.
= s. BAkaER, w. NJ. L. K. AUNsoN, Bee.