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Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-01

Out from the house came a pretty maid.
And the rooster he turned pale;
Good cause had he TO be afraid.
For she pulled the plumes from his tail.
On crest and wing she made n raid,
She took every one so proud displayed
With his "Cocky, doodle. doo,'
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-02-13
Surprising Ignorance.

\ woman called to testify before a
coroncr's jury in New York. recently,
appalled, that body by declaring that
she didn't know where she lived. She
next was asked if she knew the name
of the city. She did not, nor could she
tell what country this is. The coroncr
holding n Bible. asked her what book
ii was. Il don't know" the woman re-
piled. Ever hear Of the Bible he
asked. She had not. Nor had she ever
heard of Jesus Christ. This was ig-
ORANGE dense enough TO merit a place
On the jury. That was full. however.
and the woman was excused.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-02-13
Ordered Il Tin Pctticoat.

One of the most curious instances or
the struggle between art and propriety
Is shown in 81. Peters. The writer
was rambling through the great ca;he-
lray one day when he suddenly came
upon an cnOrmity. II was the superb
sculDtured figure of Il beautiful Wolnah,
the head, hands. neck, ankles Il feet
separate masterWorES Of art. Tie
word separate is Used adviScdly, for
the torso and legs were mOdeStiI hid
den under Il tin pctticoat painted TO
represent marble. but 50 Ill IN color
and drapcry line that the entire statue
seemed disioinled and at war i'll its
component parts. Isl Slgnof, sad
The guide. ALPHABETICALLY. 1t il the
impossible. Very u But what can
ne helped: The sculptor he make
beautiful model nude. 1t will not do.
1t is on the pope'S tomb. The pope. he
come to see his tomb two. three nun
dred Years ago. He say no. We VIII
hot have such thing. He tell the sculp-
tor to put on drapery. The artist, he
say not is impossible. Then the
pope call a workman and he say-put
on the clothes on the figure. The Work
man not an artist, only Il workman.
He nut on the tin petticoat and paint
it. The pope satisfied. He die II is
buried in the tomb. But evcrybod!
wonder two. three hundred years III
rho tirure'-TrOy Press.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-02-13
-.,rn1,Ne OF COMMON SENSE.

sves are not stars. they're 100 near 10
me-, nIv not fixed with their distance
tD' ;" ,o tvlnkling and winking at
" r,ry idea would fill you with shame.
,.fr +. not gold. nor a peach is your
,ne former is liner and lighter than
>ik. ,n hrus
Of tie hue "i '"c ""'
=" @rarni with b.lshcs n face white
- milk.
..,r ,ccth are not pearls; they're more use
ful by far,
,,J are good for Il square meal three times
every day.
,orr throat Is no lily. whose traiile>s WoNin
sno yn,uue Of voice that comes gushing
that way.
49,. farms not like Venus; I'm thankful
lis not.
-. ynur arms are complete, and your vir-
ines as well.
,.cr,i,n Of contour may well be forgot
q, remembering the graces within you
that dwell.
,n sbort. my dear sweetheart. no SMILES mt
,rl,. Charms thai have set my poor heart
in Il whirl;
.nJ oven 81. Val. ut whose feet | now sit.
".Yrhcs me that you're simply Il most
charming GIRL.
Roe t.. I!cndrick, in Puck.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-02-13
HOW HE WON.
stroke of Genius Gnvca Read;nc C,.r,-
His tlnce.

Ahs InCes
one or the interesting Incidents ,t
che opening session Of a new CONGRESS-
II the selection OF the reading clerk NJ
the House. The reading clerk is nm.
pointed by the Clerk of the Uouso hut
candidates for the place must take part
IN a competitive speaking contest" be-
lore the House. John 4. Reeve. who
was reading clerk during Harrison's
administration was Il politician from
Cairo. Ill.,. and one Of the hest kuou,u
characters in Washington at the time
Reeve tells this story:
Il didn'ts suppose | had any show for
the place when it came to the test"
ald ne, Tor most of the candidates
We're college men. and some were rlo-
~cutlonists. while the only elWution I
had e practiced vas calling hogs in
Southern Illinois. though | had been
able to get up in Il political meeting and
make II fellows on the back seat hear
me: so | thought | would 90 into this
contest anyhow. and do my best in nv
own way. But you ought to have heard
those clocutionists: the way they rolled
their RS and Missed their SIS and said
'ah' and II was Il caution. Some Of
them didn't talk like human beings.
and others had voices so rich and
melOdiouS YOU couldn't hear them forty
feet away.
Ky the time my turn came | Lad
sized up the hall and knew just about
where 10 throw nay voice. and | deter
mined to make myself heard if | did
nothing else. Each candidate had re-
ceived Il copy of Il House bill to read.
| noticed that the other fellows started
out this way: 'th. bill and so on.
Now 'uh Is Il sound that won't carry.
ANA You can't attract the attention of
the House by granting TIL. SO when
| started | sang out in Il loud clear
voice that took them off their feet
'.A-a-a-a-a bill.-long a They weren't
used TO that. and wondered what had
broken loose. but ii seemed to catch
them. saw | WAS on the right track,
so | went Oh singing her cut clear as II
bell. and when | got warmed UP | felt
rs good as | ever did in the hottest
speech of Il campaign.
"Ihc thing they gave me TO read wa,
Il terror. 1t had words in il rs long rs
II dictionary. but | hurried up and slid
through them, and was doing pretty
well. when | looked down the page
and saw Il lot of Spanish proper ameS
Now / didn't know Spanish from
Apache. bat | was going about Il hun
bred words Il minute. so without stop
ping | gave them two verses of Il lit
tie German poem | had learned when
Il boy. and hang me if Il man in that
hall seemed to know the difference. cX-
cept Congressman Niedringhaus of st.
Louis. You ought to have seen him
laugh when he heard his native tongue
worked off on the House of Hcpresen.
tatives for Spanish.
Eyes. | got the place. and it was the
long "a and the German poetry that
saved me-
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-02-13

,a,.n Inc powcr 10 read them.
Ru; thor,. was Grape on the door that
14ia Of February and the tender message
had rol!c too lajr.
"lf any letters comr for me after I'm
qnrr lou MAJ read them and answer them
for me-" she had SAID. 80 | opened the en-
yo,olc. and looked at the dainty offering.
Il was II prctty. dcliratcly tinted mis-
si,r. continuing Il pathetic little verse,
b,,o1 which WAS written in an unsteady
hand. tar one word. ".Iohn."
r,.+,tr. in hrr trunk lhr runtan;s oc
which had also been given to me. there
WA. another valentine. a mrmcnto thai
had been guarded so sacrcdly that none
lrt u.l>plf knew of its existence.
once. when but IA child. | had been
|st&i!:n. near while she was searching
for >unrthin. and had caught one fleeing,
GLIMPSE Of IT,. "What is that pretty let
ter. Aunt Martha:" | had asked. Il,
il 4 yalcatino:'
"Yr~." She had answered. in such 4 tone
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-02-13
From Soup TO Nuts.

4 little boy was taken 10y his father
,nt, = cafe for dinner. As they were
eating their dessert. the father handed
tho waiter Il bill. which that worthy
y, ,riad 10 the cashiers desk. returning
presently with a little pile OF change on
Il silver plate. Robby's eyes grew
bright. 80 papa" he said, I'D like Il
nlate of that. too"-Ncw York Herald.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-02-13

In Persia all payments to the peas
ontry are made in kind. and many 81
them rarely touch money. The pro!rie-
for of the village gives the seed ana wa
ter. and the laborerS cultivate the lall"'
receiving rs their Wage half the crops.
If the proprietor finds the bullocks TOR
~nlourhing and thraSling he takes Il
greater share. lie also pays the taNeS
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-02-13
We Are Poisoned by Air and Water

When they contain the germs of malaria. To
arnihilate these and avoid or conquer chills
and fever, bilious rcmittent or dumb aguc,
use pcrsistcntly and regularly Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. which also remedies dys-
pcpsia. liver trouble. constipation. loss of
strength. nervousness. rheumatism and kid
ncy complaint. Appetite and sleep are i'm
proved by this thorough medicinal agent.
and thp i~ntirnitics of age miticated by 1t.
a wincglassful three times a day.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-02-13

Mr. Crusher-You don't think the
,ounp man YOU are engaged TO Will De
10, Ions of me because am paying
con attention. do YOU: Miss Daisy 'ai-
Ter looking him yer deliberately,-No.
! dop.t think there is any danger that
ne will,-Somcryilie Journal.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-02-13

nry. was tnc au-
dress on the large,
~hcavily %embroidcr-
white envelope.
knew. when /
it from the
that it
was IA valentine.
and | iancied that
tlrre were words
that would
have brought joy to
the patient heart,
cOuld she have been
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-02-13

Mayor Strong. of New York, when
asked how he anne TO be called Cot.
handed one division of Il business mems
parade, and he go il then.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-02-13

\ mOuntlin hon measuring eleven feet
from nose to tail, and weighing go
pounds, was killed in San Antonio Canon,
Cal, recently.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-02-13

Queen Nicioria's statue, lately dis
patched to Rangoon, VIII shortly be erect
ed on the chosen site. Her majesty is
represented standing, holding a sceptcr
and Il lace handkerchief.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-02-13

The lcsh speedily rcunites when OBJ
stinatc sores are cleanscd with Glenn j
Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whiskcr Dye" Black
or Brown, 5Oc
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-02-13

Sir Herbert Maxwell. III his monthly
budget Of Naturalist Notes. speaks of a
single fox fur fetching ~ much as El1O
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-02-13

1t Is said that Sir Francis .Jcunc is the
only Judge in the British court, who does
shave.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-02-13

Piso's Cure for Consumption is our only
medicine for coughs and colds.-Mrs. G..
Beltz. 439 Sth ave, Denver. Col, Nov. s,
1904.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-02-13

The most costly horse barn in the world
is at Syracuse, y. Y. 1t belongs to ID. +.
Grouse, and cost 500, 600.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-02-13

The Genuine "DrOwn'S bronchial
TrOches" are sold only in boxes. They are
wonderfully effective for coughs and throat
troubles.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-02-13

JobDins' Floating B0ray SGap Is 100 per cent. pure.
Made ot BDraX II floats. Costs you same a. uourp-
ffoating soap. Worth more. II all this is true you need
II, order one cake vi your grocer, YOU II want "a box
ltXt
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-02-13

At least l06 of Jacob BaIfOur's victims
have died from shock at being financially
ruined.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-02-13

Queen Victoria has never refused her
assent to Il bill.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-02-13
Valentines q

IN HalIeyS old dictionary this is the
eApIahation of Valentines Day: About
inns time of the year the birds choose
l'he'r mates. and probably thence came the
custom of the young men and maidens
"tioosing Valentines or special loving
friends" Drayton, "A poet of S~hakspeare's
III wrote thus:
Each little bird, this tide
Doth choose her loved peer.
Which constantly abide
In wedlock all the year.
My lips III softly lay
Upon her heavenly cheek,
dyed like the dawning day,
AS polished ivory sleek.
lulEnGSS j. uEnntinaGS: 40 trao In
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-02-13
tlINT MARTHA'S VACEN TINE.

. pretty and Dc!iCatcly Tinted Mis-
siyc that Came Too Late.
- Martha Whit
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-02-13

Mrs. WinslOw's SOOTHING SYRUP Ger Chiltrcn
tefthlng: SOFT ms the gums, reGtlcrs IL Inflammation,
alays nam, cures WEI cu.lc. % ceGts a bottle.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-02-13

Idieness is emptiness: me tree III
which sap Is staSnant remains fruitleSS.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-28

best men in the two classes. amateurs and
citing.
The Imperial Cycling Club will have
run to Alameda to-nieht to take part in
the floral parade there. Next Sunday the
ci9D Will try out some of its promising
rloers on the Central Park track. There
VIII be members meeting next Monday
evening.
-, Next Saturday evening the Olympic Club
Wheeimen will take the river boat to Stock
ton and on Sunday will have a joint run
with the Terminal City Wheelmen of that
place; Captain Fawcett expects 10 take
up a large contingent.
=, HARDY Downing, the crack amateur of
the Garden City Cyclers, will ride as a
professional for the first time next Satur-
day. he is speedy man and will give q
good account of himself.
+. Z. Chandler, S. c. Chapman and w.
I. Knapp, three young men well known in
the cycling trade of this City, will depart
on the steamer Monowai for Australia
this afternoon, and large crowd of local
wheelmen will go down to the dock at 2
O'Clock to see them off. Chandler will go
on from there to London to take charge of
his company's interests in the metropolis.
Knapp, who has become renowned as an
announcer at all State race meets, will be
very much missed at these gatherings. He
will be gone about four months.
The Camera Club will have benefit at
the Tivoll this evening, and the cyclists
have made up large theater parties of their
friends to attend the show. Many novel
ties will be introduced.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-28

is to the Sausalitan as the steed is to the
Arab, or the mustang to the cowboy of
the plains. With his lantern, he is fearless
and bold, defiant of ruts and scornful of
boulders and pitfalls of every description.
But now the era of lanterns, unless in
the outlying districts, is over. The plant
is on "SnelPs lot, a prominent spot in the
center of the village
The building of the Tamalpais scenic rail-
road is progressing; but there is an awful
discord about the wages and the food.
The men are paid 81 80 day, and have to
yield IS cen is of this for board. The tales
they tell of the quality of the food are OF
the most dire complexion. Therefore
there is general kick all round, and John
b. Stetson, who was once so enthusiastic
about the project, but who wanted a cable
and not an electric road, laughs in his
grizzly beard. Mr.. Stetson went to New
Hampshire, to the White Mountains, to
study the cable methods there; but the
other shareholders outvoted him on his
return. They would have a trolley, and
Mr.. Stetson quietly withdrew.
Still the load is progressing, and may
be in operation about the middle of Au.
gust, if the company can secure men
enough to take the job of building it.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-28
AMONG THE WHEELMEN.

Chandler, Chapman and Knapp Go to
AustraIia-Some Sunday Runs.
The Bay City Wheelmen will have de-
lightful run next Sunday. The members
will take the A. N. Sausalito boat and
wheel to Bllthedale, in Mill Valley, dis
tance of only six miles, where they will be
the guests of George P. Wetmore, one of
the members, at his elegant place there.
A similar run was made there this time
last year, and proved one of the best of the
season.
The illuminated wheelmen's parade this
evening at Alameda, in conjunction with
the floral fete for the benefit of the
Women's Hospital, will attract a great
many riders from this City. They will go
over on the o'clock broad gauge boat and
assemble at Central avenue and Morton
street, Alameda.
The proposed race meet of the Santa
Rosa Wheelmen on Nav 80 has been aban.
doned and the club will come to this City
to assist in making the meet of the Alpha
Cycling Club at Central Park on that day
a success. Ladies will be admitted free at
this meet, league members at the usual
reduction of 25 cents and others at popu-
lar prices. The races are entered by the
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-28
spectators. The course is a mile and half
with turn. Tie events promised are:

spectators. The course is mile and half
with a turn. Tie events promised are:
Junior single scull.
Senior single scull.
Junior outrigger skif race.
Senior outrigger skif race.
Junior four-oared barge.
Senior four-oared barge
Special races will be arranged by the
South End Rowing Club for companies c,
L and NJ, of the League OF the Cross
Cadets.
The races will begin Immediately after
the arrival of the Tiburon boat which
leaves San Francisco at 10 A. M.
The special race arranged for the cadets
will take place on the arrival of the boat
which leaves the City wharf at 1 P. N.
The contest in the senior single-shell
race promises to be enlivening. The en-
tries now represent Frank Duplissea of
the South End Rowing Club, the present
of the Ariel Rowing Club, the present
junior champion, and A. g. Brown of the
Stockton Athletic Association. These
champions have been training for the past
two months.
For the junior four-oared barge race the
Olympic Club has entered q crew; the
Stockton Club has also entered and the
San Francisco Athletic Club, the Dolphins
and the South Enders will participate
The Olympics are training a powerful
crew for this event and the Stockton ath.
letes are preparing to make a determined
effort to win.
For the senior barge race, the South
End Club has entered the champion crew,
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-28

which has won for three years. The San
Francisco Athletic CIu will make special
effort to gain laurels in this contest.
Charles F. Curry, County Clerk, has been
appointed referee.
The Judges are: John Elliott, Olympic
Club; A. II. Melletz, South End Rowing
Club; Daniel Coleman, San Francisco
Athletic Club; Joseph keenan,, Dolphin
Club and James Rowland Ariel Club
Starters-John A. Lenahan, president
South End Rowing Club and William F.
Humphreys, president Pacific Athletic
Association.
Timers-Fred R. Butz, Olympic Club,
land Edward P. Shortall, South End Row
ng Club.
Marshal of the course-John d. Mahoney,
South End Rowing Club.
The events are sanctioned by the Pacific
Athletic Association of the Amateur
Athletic Union.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-28
A MILLIONAIRE
AND HIS ATTORNEY.
James c. Jordan Counters
With a Claim for
$I25,0oo.
LAWYER M'ELROY'S TALE
He First Sued to Collect Fifty
Thousand Dollars
Fees.
SOME OF THE FAMILY ITEMS.
How His Rich Client Alleges That He
Lost Thousands Through
Blundering.
some OF THE FAMILY ITEMS.

James c. Jordan, the Boston million
aire who was sued for $4,000 attorneys
fees by James P. McElroy, has opened up
new set Of books on his own account.
At least his answer and cross-complaint
will indicate as much, and the aged attor-
ney's eyes can but open in wonder when
he finds that the defendant informs the
court that he is the creditor to the tune of
$125, 900 instead of debtor to Mr.. McElroy
in the sum of $4,000.
Mr.. McElroy acted as James &. Jordan's
attorney and confidential adviser during
the years Of 1S91-92- 1894. That much is
acknowledged by the Boston millionaire,
coupled with the statement that he had
great confidence in his attorneys ability.
In his original complaint the plaintiff set
forth among other charges the item of
$1,000 for assisting his client out of mat
rimonial unpleasantness, and that be
acted as his counsel in family matters as
well as in the complicated business affairs
of Mr.. Jordan and the Jordan Bituminous
Rock and Paving Company. But the rest
OF that story has been told.
Now comes the defendant millionaire
with charge of $125,000 against his
former attorney. He says that Mr.. Nc
Elroy, through his blunderng and care
lessness, caused him to lose large sums of
money on various occasions, aggregating
in all to the amount specified. He says
that regardless of the agreement entered
into between McElroy and himself that he
was to pay the latter $1,000 for all services
performed in his behalf, he paid him alto
gether $6345.
1t is further alleged that plaintiff Nc
Elroy caused defendant TO lose $1l00 on
two notes. One was for $500 loaned to Mr..
Sinton and the other for $500 given to
Mr.. Parker, both commissioners on the
Post-street extension. Both notes were
unsecured, and plaintiff is said to have
convinced Jordan that Post street would
be extended beyond Central avenue and
through his (the defendants) property,
known as the Jordan tract, and that it was
necessary for the commissioners TO have
the $l100 in order to carry on the work of
extension.
When Jordan was mixed up in suit in
yolving his tract of land in San Francisco
with Carnail, Fitzhueh, Hopkins g. Co. it
is set forth that McElroy advised him to
buy parcel of land in Oakland for $76,-
600 in order to divert the attention of the
plaintiffs and make them believe that he
could throw around his thousands at
pleasure and was not tied up or hampered
IN any way by the large tract of land and
litigation thereover in this City, and that
he was caused to lose $37,500 in that in
stance.
These are the principal items of loss set
forth in the counter-charge and cross-com-
plant and other smaller ones bring the
total up to $l25, 900 to Offset the aged at
torney's claim for $4,000, minus about
$4,000 paid by Jordan on account.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-28
is TO SHINE,
Installation of a Very Complete
Electrie-Light Plant
There.
No More to Be Known as the evil
lage of Lanterns Tamal.
pals Road.

Sausalito has foryears been characterized
as a ''village OF lanterns" When some
social function is in order, party at the
Yacht Club, or supper at Dexters Nara
gansett Pier, the hillside Is dotted with
lanterns, moving like the "will-'o-the-
wisp" along the steep ways. His lantern
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-28

cordance with the expressed wishes of a
large majority of the members.
Trustee Doolan is arranging for series
OF popular illustrated lectures and he is
also considering the advisability of max
ing the class instruction, for which fee is
now charged, free to members.
To add to the popularity of the institute
monthly bulletin containing list of the
books purchased, reference lists and mat
tiers of general interest to members will
soon be published.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-28
RoADMAsTERs, CLAIMS.
They Must Be Within the District
Allowance.

Allowance.
The Supreme Court has affirmed the or
der of the lower court in giving judgment
against w. W. Ludy, a roadmaster of
Colusa County, in his suit against the
county for fees for road work. His con-
tention was that he had power to keep the
road in good condition, so he employed
men and promised them pay.
The Supervisors refused to allow the de-
mands, SO Ludy bought them in and sued
upon them. The Supervisors claimed he
had no right to contract bills over and
obove the allowance for his district, and
both courts took the same view of the case.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-28
ALL MAY SEE THE FAIR.

Mechanics Institute Trustees Make
Admission rs Cents.
At the Mechanics Institute Fair this
year the price of admission will be only
25 cents.
The reading-room, now in the basement,
will soon be removed back to its old quar-
ters in the upper story, opposite the chess
room. This change is to be made in ac-
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-28
saturday-Morning Orchestra.

Herr Anton Schott has consented to add an.
other attraction 10 the already excellent pro-
gramme of the Saturday morning orchestra
concert in Golden Gate Hall tonight by sing
ing several songs. There is every prospect OF
a large attendance.