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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-06
MausOleum in a Tree.

One of the most curious ~mausoleums
III the world was discovered the other
day in an orchard at the village of No
ebdenitz. in SaXe-Altenburg. a gigan-
TIC oak tree. which Il storm had robbed
OF its crown. was up for public auction.
Among the bidders happened to be a
Baron Won Thummel. scion of a fam
lily OF ancient lineage that has given
the world of literature one charming
poet and the Fatherland many distin-
gulshcd statesmen. The Baron. who
lives on Il neigllboring estate. had rid
den to h auction place quite acciden-
tally. Finally the tree was knocked
down to him for 200 marks. Upon his
ARRIVAL at the castle he told an old SER
want OF his purchase. describing the
tree and its situation. The old servant
said he remembered attending tie flu
neral of a Bardon Thummel seventy or
eighty years ago, and that the body
mad been buried in a 1~.0OO-year-old
OAK. belonging to the parsonage. In
v~estigation clearly proved that the or
chard had once cen the property of
the village church. and that at n side
of the old oak was an iron shutter,
rusty and time-wOrn, that the people
of the town had always supposed to
have been placed there by some joker
or mischievOus boys. The iron shutter
proved to be the gate to the mausole-
UNI of Baron Hans Wilhelm Won Thum-
mel. at one time Minister of the State
of SaXe-Altenburg. who died in 1894,
and wished to be buried lin the
1.OOO-year-Old tree he loved so WE'LL
In the hollow of the tree Baron Hans
caused to be built a sepulchre of solid
masonry, large enough to accommodate
his coffin. The coffin was placed there,
as the church records show, on March
3. 1924. and the opening was closed by
an iron gate. In the course of time a
wall of wood grew V G the opening,
which had been enlarged to admit the
wOrkmen and the coffin. and for many
years it has been completely shut. thus
removing the last vestige of the odd
use to which the old tree had been put
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-06
Talented Omaha Parrot,

The Sunday World has discovered a
parrot in Omaha which would make a
good showing against any of the mar
velOus birds about which entertaining
anecdotes abound. 1t belongs to Miss
Susie G. Phelps of that city.
This accomplished bird can sing
'Peek-a-BOo.' After the Ball" cap
pie Blossoms" and sings the first verse
of the following: Polly and | Were
Sweethearts.'' You and l." and 81
Don't Want to Play in Your Yard"
He also can whistle the air of when
the Leaves Begin to Turn" He usu-
ally clears his throat before singing
and invites himself once or twice to
begin. thus allaying his natural bash
fulness. He always bursts into after
the Ball"
she singing N line and he following
with the next, and so on through the
piece.
He can say twenty-five phrases
which strangers and the simple-minded
can understand. Aside from expressing
bis own needs in the conventional third
person. Polly want" the most inteili.
| gent of his remarks are these two!
Hello. little Trilby!" CTrilby is a small
cat). and ooh! Mr.. Miller!' The latter
exclamation fifty expresses the indig.
nation which Miller's conduct very nat.
urally provoked.
1t takes this parrot two weeks tc
learn things. which is longer than ii
takes some people and shorter than
others.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-06
Food for the Snakes,

During the last few months some on
the gentlemen connected with the Mu
scum of Natural History at Paris have
given to the world various interesting
results of their observations. The
learned professor at the museum. Leon
Valiant, describes the diet of a ser,
pent more than twenty feet long. which
has been on exhibition at the .Jardin
des Ilantes since the month of August,
1895. Up TO the end of 1895 this rep
tile has eaten fifty times. that is. OF
the average. five times Il year. The
largest number of times in one year
the snake took food vas in 1856, when
he ate seven times. Nearly always
the food consisted of the flesh of goats.
old and young. Three times. however,
the repast was composed of rabbits. and
once Of a goose. The feelings of the
serpent. which will eat nothing but
what is alive. offers an uncommon spec
tacle, and many persons request to
have notice of the times when the crea-
ture feeds. so as 70 witness the feed
ING. Yet the lightning-like rapidity
WIN liz tHt ltl'tllt NtlLtS us Il't
produces a powerful impression. APP
ropoS of the volume which can. by
means of d~iStenSion. enter the StOm-
achs Of serpentS. Prof. Valiant relates
that a French viper was once put in a
cage with a horned viper. AS the rep
tiles. although belonging to different
species. were of the same size. it was
supposed that they would live annie
ably side by side. Nevertheless. the
horned viper. during the following
night. swallowed his companion in cap
tivity. and. in order to accommodate
this prey. so dispropOrtionate to itself,
its body was distended to such a de-
gree that the scales. instead of touch
ing each other literally. and even over
tapping each other a little. as in its
normal condition, We're separated. leav-
ing between the longitudinal rows Of
them a space equal to their Owl
breadth. Ali the same. digestion pro-
ceeded regularly, and the viper did
not appear to suffer in the least. The
case of the cobra that swallowed Il
brother cobra by mistake at the Zoo
affords another example Of this capac.
ity for accommodation of food.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-06
Killed by Light.

Or. James Weir, Jr., who has studied
Strange inhabitants of the Mammoth
Cave in Kentucky, says that the cele-
brated blind fish from that cavern,
when placed in illuminated aquaria,
seek out the darkest places, and he be-
lieves that light is directly fatal to
hem. for they Don die if kept in a
brightly lighted tank. The avoidance
OF light seems to be a general charac-
'erl>tic of the sightless creatures dwell
Ing in the great cave. Doctor Weir
mas seen an eyeless spider trying to
avoid the light, and animalcules from
tAe waters of the cavern hiding under a
gram of sand on the stage of his mi
cFoScope. He thinks the light in these
cases is in some perceived
through the sense of touch.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-06
Nimh(e Lads,

In China two little rods, about ten
inches long, of wood, bone, ivory, or
silver, take the place of knife and fork
at meals. These rods are called by
foreigners ''chopsticks,' but to the Ce-
lestial they are known by a name that
meal ''nimble lads" They are both
held in the right hand. one between
the tips of the second and third fingers,
the other between the thumb and fore
finger; and so neatly and lightly are
they made to work together that II
can easily understand the reason for
their native name. Every Chinaman
that considers himself anybody car
ries a chopstick case hanging from his
girdle. AS meat is always served al
ready carved, a knife is really not
needed; but they usually carry a long.
narrow knife in the case, for the pur-
pose of severing pieces Of meat that
have not been quite III apart.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-06
HintH of All Sorts.

To freShen leather bags, seats, ETC.,
rub them with the well-beaten white Of
an egg.
Stains en- linen can be removed by
rubbing them persistently with salt and
lemon Juice.
Flour should always be kept in a dry
place by the fire before it is used for
cakes or pastry.
When ironing, always wear old, loose
kid gloves, and you will thus save many
sore places on the hands.
Steel that is exposed to the weather
may be kept from rust by having q
thorough coating of copal varnish.
ColOred print dresses should be soak
ed III strong salt and water for an hour
before washing, so as to set the colors.
n very good fly paper is made in the
following way: Take equal parts OF
boiled linseed oil and resin. Melt these
together and add some treacle. Soak
some brown paper in a solution of
alum, and dry before applying thu
above mixture.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-06
A Chinaman Sees a Piano.

A Chinaman. lately returned from a
trip to Europe. treated his countrym n
to the following description of the
piano:
The Europeans keep a four-legged
beast. which they can make sing at will.
A man, or more frequently a woman,
or even a feeble girl. sits down in trent
of the animal and steps on its tail, At
the same time striking its white teeth
with his or her fingers, when the crea-
ture begins to sing. The singing. though
much louder than that OF a bird. is
pleasant to listen to. The beast does
not bite, nor does it move, though II
is not tied up"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-06

The smoothness of European roads
is due in great measure to the use OF
wide tires. liz France every wagon II
market cart is a road maker. The
width of the tires there runs from three
to ten inches. most four-wheeled vehi-
cles having a siX-inch rim. and a rear
axle several inches longer than the
front axle. In Germany. where the
main roads are models Of Smoothness,
every wagon for heavy loads must have
at least a four-inch tire. Even the light
vehicles are required to use tires not
less than two and one-half inches vide.
The laws of Austria require wagons,
built to carry loads of more than two
and o%ne-quarter TONS, to have tires not
less than four and one-half inches wide.
and if the wagons are Intended for
loads of more than three and One-half
tOnS the tires must be six and one
quarter inches wide. In Switzerland
the width must not be less than one
inch to each draught animal. Wagons
for the transportation of heavy articles
must have tires of not less than SIX
inches.-St. Louis Republic.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-06
An Air Tester.

IN instrument for measuring the
amount of impurity in the air OF a room
or shop vas shown at the Zurich In
OuStrlal Exhibition recently. 1t con-
sisted OF a glass bulb containing a red
''lull which turns white on contact
NHA carbonic acid gas. The liquid i'll
i"' hulb was kept from the air. but
oNce IN every 100 seconds a drop. drawn
automatically from the bulb through a
''"t tube, fell upon the upper end of
-" stretched cord and began slowly to
''Scehd the cord. If the air was foul
WIN carbonic acid the drop turned
"H!'e az the upper end Of the cord. and
,He Purer the air the farther the drop
descended before changing color.
AIohgslde the cord ran a scale. like that
" d thermometer or barometer, indi-
Jung the degrees of impuriiy Of the
atlneSplnra
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-06
Table Decorations.

Small flowers with short stems may
be made into beautiful table decora-
tons by arranging them in a low, rather
fiat dish of glass or silver. with the
top covered with chicken-wire. Cover
the wire with fringy green Of some
kind so as to conceal the edges of the
wire and dish, putting the stems
through so that they reach the water
beneath. Then arrang your ~violets,
pansieS. or other blossoms that look
best in a mound in a solid mass. put
ting the stems through the meshes
of the wire into the water.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-06

In 1861. at the very beginning of II
civil war, a young lad named William
Barker Gushing entered the navy as Il
volunteer officer, though he had pre-
viously been through the Naval Acad-
envy at Annapolis. He was only IL
wears old, but a Drawer or more reckless
sailor never grasped a cutlass or stood
by a gun. Never a fight but he was in
the thick of j.. never a battle but Cusll-
ing's name was mentioned III orders.
He dared DO anything that man dared.
One dark night, at Plymouth, \. c., he
took a boats crew and. stealing quiet
ly away. he crept up beside the Con-
federate ran ".Albemarle' and. taking
the chances of almost certain death, lie
sank her by Il torpedo fired from his
steam launch. Then he fought 1T Fort
Fisher with great bravery. and. what is
ever rirer. he used sound Judgment. Sc
curing for his command all the fruits OF
the y~ictory.-St. Nicholas.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-06
Imitation Seed Packages.

There seems to he no end of trouble
to the Agricultural Department from
the distribution of seed this year. The
department has learned that requests
have been made on commercial seeds
mel for seed put up in papers similar
to those used by the Government and
printed in stimulation thereof. Acting
Secretary Dabney has sent GU notices
to Il large number of Seedsmen in re-
gard TO the matter, stating II a the
department cannot permit the Govern
ment seed contractors or any seeds
mel to sell seeds in packets bearing the
name of the Department of Agricul-
ture, or any words which might cause
the receiver of the. packet to believe
that it was a part of the Government
seed distribution. No seed can be dis
tributed free of postage through the
mails except that delivered upon the
orders of members of Congress by the
Department of Agriculture, or sent out
directly from the department. The act
of March 3, 1875. confines the franking
of seeds by members of Congress to
those seeds which they receive for dis
tribution from the Department OF AgrF
culture.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-06
Marvellous Measurement.

Al the recent "cOnversaZiOne' OF the
Roval Society in London Il pendulum
Instrument was exhibited. intended to
record the slightest tits and pulsations
OF the crust of the earth. 1t was as
serted that this instrument would rem
der observable a tilt Of less than one
rh~rec-huudredth of a second Of arc. In
other words. if a plane surface were
tipped up only SO littl" that the rise
would amount to a single inch in a
thousand miles. the instrument would
reveal the fitting!
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-06
Farina or Indian Meal Pudding.

One-half pound Of farina or meal,
stirred into n quart Of boiling milk
and leave IN fire until it thickens: set
away to cool, stirring into it, when
cold, one-half pound of sugar, yolks
of four eggs. the grated rind of a lem
on and the stiff froth of the whites
of four eggs; then add n even tea
spoonful of good sifted baking powder,
and one-half nutmeg, grated. Mix in
we'll and bake one-half hOur-not too
hot.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-06
MANY Varieties of Beans.

A surprising thing to Northern VISIT
Ors in the Georgia and Alabama ex-
hibits at the Atlanta Fair was the
variety and quantity of small beans,
or, as they called them, peas, on x
hibition and recommended for feeding
purposes. And, from what was said
of the values. both as food for stock
and for the soil, it is questioned wheth-
er our Northern farmers are using the.
legumes for all they are worth.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-06

ON The western coast of the northern
island of New Zealand immense de-
posts of magnetic iron sand are found.
The sand is brought down by many
streams from the slopes of Mount
E.mont. The cliffs consist of a mix
turp Of ordinary silica sand and iron
sand. hut the waves sweeping the beach
carry the lighter silica sand away. leav-
Ing an almost pure deposit of iron sand
fourteen feet in depth. Furnaces have
been erected by which the sand is
smelted and formed into pig iron.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-06
Qneer Facts About COlors.

according to information given by a
"'Fllan officer TO the Horse Guards
''@o''e. an experiment was recently
-'ale III Europe TO determine what
''l'r III a soldiers uniform is the least
~'A>plcuous TO an enemy. OF ten men
WI We're dressed in light gray uni
,'"I' Two in dark gray, two in green.
III dark blue and two in scarlet. All
''it theh ordered 10 march off. while
group of officers remained watching
I'm The first to disappear in the
"'t>'ape was the light gray. and next.
TTG'Prlslag as il may seem. the scarlet!
,"ph followed the dark gray. while the
1aFk blue and the green remained yisi-
cong after all the others had dis
~ppsared. Experiments in firing at
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-06
STRENGTHENING Iron.

T. was formerly believed that cast
,ron when subjected to long-continued
arocks and Earring. became crystal
,iy.l" and brittle: but Mr.. A. f. Outer
nrilca Jr.. of Philadelphia. has re-
cently shown. by a series OF expert
nonts that instead of being weakened,
cast iron is really strengthened by re-
,,at.d blows and concessions.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-06

That such plants as Venus hy-trap'
actually catch and squeeze to death
flies and other insects alighting on
their leaves has long been known. but
the discovery is comparatively recent
that the plants digest the softer parts
Of their prey by mean of a peptic fer
mcnt secreted by the leaves. These,
then. are real instances of plants feed
iug upon animals.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-06
4gJ|hczHosp
Lemon Pie.

Boil n quart of water with n cup
full of canned. fresh or dried apples,
three-Quarters of ii pound Of granu-
lated sugar, until apples are soft, then
stir into it three ounces Tor five table
%SpoonfulS) of dissolved cOrnstarch: re-
move from the stove. and when cool
add five to six eggs. One-half teaspoon
full of salt. the juice of three lemons,
two grated lemon peels. and II table
spoonful of butter: strain all through
a cOlander and fill into pie dishes lined
with plain pie crust. If you want
French lemon pie. line fiat pie dish
with American puff paste, scallop the
edge with your fingers or a knife. tlf
in the cream and lay four bars Of the
same paste yer the top and four more
crOSSWiSe over them.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-06
To DestrOy Rats.

To destroy rats, cover the floor near
their holes with Il thin layer of most
caustic potash. When the rats walk on
t. s it makes their feet sore. These they
lick with their tongues, which makes
their mouths sore. and the result is they
not only shun this locality, but 1t seems
to prevent others coming, so that the
house and neighborhood is entirely
abandoned by them.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-06
Nuts in the Lunch Basket.

Nuts, rather than sweets in the form
of candy, are a good food to add to
the lunch basket taken to school, espe-
cially if it is a lunch somewhat def
Gent in nutrition. Roasted peanuts
are a valuable food, and may some.
times be used for the lunch-basket
sandwich instead of meat. Powder the
nuts and sometimes spread them with,
a little mayonnaise dressing.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-06

would be better for the State convicts
to be set to work improving the roads
than to hire them out to compete Will
free labor. This reform is now ready tG
seize upon the Legislature and MAKE
itself heard.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-06
A GhOstly Cat.

An invention calculated to terrify
mice. and rats is described in Popular
Science News. Y consists of a metallic
cot which. being covered with lumin-
o,s paint. shines in a dark room with a
mvsrerious radiance which. the inven-
Ear thinks. will be more effectual than
trans or ever genuine cats, in Kidding
houscs of rodent pests.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-06
Flower Perfumes.

1t is claimed that the perfume of
flowers disappears as soon as the starch
in the petal is exhausted, and it may. it
is said. be restored by placing the flower
in a solution of sugar. when the forma-
ton of starch and the emission of fra
GRANGE will be at once resumed.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-06
What Niagara" Means.

Niagara is a corruption Of the Indian
words Neagara. meaning across the
neck an alluSion To tla strip of land
between the lakes. The name has been
subjected 70 as many a. thirty changes
since the discovery of the cataract.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-06

Talk about some men being poor At
relating anecdotes; did You ever hear q
woman try
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-06

Every mar is more or less of 4 fool
about some things.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-06

Sometimes q man who has been to
hell, and looks all around, breaks out.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-06

blue and red targets. according to the
same authority. proved that blue could
be more easily seen at a distance than
red.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-06

If u man likes a hat when he buys il,
the other men oon make him desIiSt it
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-06

Every thoroughbred is able TO make
his own salad dressing.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-06


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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-06

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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-12-02

ole Gle todo punto haIIar un hilo d,
Arladna para orientarse.
In obsequio a la brevedad pasamo.
Por alto la prueba pericial, Dor consi
uerarla dc dudosa importancia. toda
Vez que fue desvirtuada por una pre-.
gunta que dirigi6 la defensa al peritc
caligrafo don Felipe Sanchez, quien
eamolen creyo que no procedfan de la
mlsma mano dos frmas aut6nticas dc
oaiazar, extendidas por ell interesado
ante ell senior Fiscal don Fermfn Verdd
el senor Juez de instruction don
Eduardo Rodeyro
olvIendo la relaci6n de los he
cnos, al reproducir ell sefior Guzman ell
paffafo de nuestra resefa que aparece
en- su carta, no Sc flo por 10 visto en- ell
parrafo que le sigue embellishments V
que dice
~Ahora bien: EN- las diligencias de
comparescencia y de cumpHmiento del
arresto, extendidas por ell Juzgado, solo
aparece La tlrma del secretario, de ahf
arranca ell proceso seguido contra ell Sc
nor Ponce de Leon, pues ell senior Be-
'' JNSN hIuli1CIp pdI cuIOHCCS, duFIna
que es ageno en- absolute q La redaccion
de aquellos documentos, cuya existencia
desconocfa hasta que, al practicar una
requisa en- ell Juzgado, do con ellos
III Salazar, por su parte, MEGA haber
cumplido la condena dice que entreg6
ocho pesos al secretaaio, de los cuales,
segdn este dedujo tres y medic, inn
porte de las costas, y devolvi6 ell resto
al lnteresado.~
DE este modo, tratamos de condensar
las declaraciones de uno de otro sin
hablar nunca por cuenta propia, ira
tando, ante todo, de mantener inc6lume
la independence de criterio que STEM
pre- ha distinguido LA DEMocRAcIA
Reconocimos la grayedad de 10 que
ell alguacil Rojas, por 10
que respecta la acusaci6n, nos hemos
limitados hacer todo 10 possible por
refejar las manifestations del ministe-
rio fiscal, absteni6ndonos, por nuestra
parte, del mas igero comentario en-
pro nj Ell contra.
Nuestra information, en- ell presente
case, habra resultado insufciente, no 10
dudamos; perO nadie puede tacharla de
apasionada, 6 iniusta, nj de err6nea,
por 10 menos sabiendas.