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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-09

The announcement that Miss Clara
Red Cross Society will undertake the
work Of carrying succor to the op-
pressed and starving Armenians fore
casts a work which, If successfully per-
formed, will be historic among the
worlds great Christian enterprises.
Failure Is not easily accepted by the
Red Cross society. Probably there is
no other organization in the world
which could attempt the enormous task
with half as effective an equipment as
that which Miss Barton has at her dis.
poaal. The world has seen how the
combined powers Of Europe have pal
tered and trifed with the task. There
is an evident need Of the services Of
some organized body which shall be alb
~solutely neutral not only as regards the
Turkish domestic affairs but as regards
the powers Of Europe. Such O body Is
found In the Red Cross society which
by the agreements enacted with various
nations stands as a perfectly neutral
agent Its flag enjoys special protec-
ton on any field and its forces cannot
be hampered In their efforts without q
specific violation Of international agree
ment Representing no nation, but act
Ing on behalf Of all, the society will be
able to assume an activity in Turkey
which no national or semi-public body
Of any other kind could undertake with
any prospect of success. Miss Barton's
announcement Of her intention shows
still the firmness and decision which
characterized her efforts as o young
woman, and the public may look con
fdently to see her genius for organiza-
ton, her executive talent and her noble
humanity rewarded with success. She
understands thoroughly the gravity Of
the work before her and the dangers
involved IN trying to relieve the Ar
menians In the face Of the fanaticism
Of the lawless Kurds and hostile No
hammedans. But she has the strength
Of the Red Cross society, her own ma.
tive ability and the friendly recogni.
ton and sympathy Of the United States
Government to sustain her. The pray
ers and the earnest good wishes Of all
Christendom go with her, and substan.
tial means Of support should be prompt
" forthcoming when she asks them.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-09
Wood Under Pressure.

Soft wood becomes stronger than narl
wood under pressure. The case OF a
block of Oregon pine taken from the
middle of an upright which formed a
part Of the timber support In the Com.
stock mines for twelve years gives an
example of the effect of heavy pres
sure on wood fiber. 1t IS so haNl that
X ann be cut with a knife. and on,
Of It's SIDES is polished from the suu,,.Z-
Ing II has undergone. Yellow pine from
the lower levels of the Coms;ock has
been 50 compressed by the enormous
weight that It's density exceeds TIA; ~
lignum vitae.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-09
Coons and Cider.

John Davis, n Of the largest cider
makers in Indiana, killed thirteen coons
one morning recently, the result Of very
peculiar circumstances. He was awak-
ened by noise from the mill at midnight,
and found that thirteen coons were
Oh the inside drinking cider. BE fast
eped the door and locked them In Sc
curely and went to bed. When be
got up the next morning he took q coon
dog and several hands and began the
killing. He found the coons drunk.
They had rolled the barrels over, which
had been left open TO allow the cider
to work. They had drank themselves
full Of hard cider.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-09

II has been figured out that owing to
the pressure Of the superintendent at.
mosphere the air at the bottom Of O
shaft twenty miles deep would be as
dense as water at the earth's surface,
and that at the depth Of forty miles its
density 'would equal that Of Quicksil.
yer. As It would be impossible to live
amid such conditions this statement
may help to reconcile US to the fact
that We have no known meal Of at.
tanning any such depths below the sur.
face Of the earth.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-09

Recently two men were killed and
several injured by the wrecking Of a
passenger train on the New York Cen
trail Railroad neal Rome. Inyestiga-
ton showed that rails had been remov-
ed for the purpose Of ditching the train,
and a hat found near the track led to
the arrest Of four young mel OF re-
spectacle families In the peighborhood.
The leader confessed that they wreck
ed the train with q view to robbery, and
that they waited by the track, disguis-
ed with masks and armed with revolv.
ers. until the crash came, when they
were frightened and ran away. 1t ap-
peared that they had been reading SEN
Etional novels, and a history OF the ex-
PLOTS Of the James brothers. the notori-
GUS train robbers, was found In tho
pocket Of one Of them. The effect Of
pernicious literature was never more
clearly trnceable.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-09
The End Of the World.

Two children stood at the rivers
bank-a girl, with gray eyes and nut
brown hair tn curly wealth about her
head; the boy, t~ow-headed, with a thin,
white face, an ill-ftting jacket and his
feet visible through the rents In his
shoes, paid On unconscious Difference
to the girl
"How far do dat river go2" asked the
| boy, looking at the sheen Of the water
sun-kissed at his feet
The girl glanced half contemptuously
about then grew more compliment ne,
| plying: ITO the end Of the world"
"De end Of de world" repeated the
boy, doubtfully; he pulled of the wreck
| Of a hat from his head, his eyes sweep
ing the far-away hills and the blue sky,
as If he sought to see the end OF the
| world.
"Where is de end Of de world? Is 1t
far and when youse git darT'
"It's beyond sunset" she replied,
| gently, land there's q pot Of gold and
all the p~laythings you car think, and
oh! the most t o eat-at the end Of the
world"
The boy then put back his hat with
a positive movement. He pulled it
close down over the crumpled hair.
Then he clinched his little hands and
stood upright, facing the west. "If
OATS so, as how dere is a pot Of gold
and all dem tings, I wants to go dar,
but most l wants de tings to eat" Just
an instanthe stood, then, turning around
both hands ~outstretched, he said, like
one overwhelmed by a great desire:
Come, les 60 10 de end Of de world"
-Pittsburg Dispatch
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-09

The Importance of having q little
ready money handy at ali times was
we'll demonstrated when a young man
named King, from New York, snapped
up a good bargain which we had ex.
pected to capture personally. The
Santa Fe Railroad system was knocked
down to Mr.. King for a beggarly $780,
100000 in cash. At the last moment a
provision Of the %auctioneer aided us to
arrive at q decision not to. buy. He
required all bidders to deposit $780,
000, merely rs q guaranty Of good
faith. We didn't happen to have that
amount Of change handy at the time,
and SO Mr., King, for a measly $6O,OOO,.
600 gobbled up about 10000 miles Of the
best railroad tracks to be found any
where outdoors. 1t is estimated that
the scenery alone along the route is
worth at least $3.50, 100000. We shall
never permit ourself to be caught this
way again,
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-09
HE GOT EVEN.
Congressman C~ulberson Plays a Pa,
tical Joke Upon Tom William.

tiCal Joke Upon rom Wi.liams.
The story of the Alabama law sp,,
involving a Jack, in which Congress
a Tom Williams Of Alabama ana
Judge Culberson Of Texas appeared IN.
on opposite sides, and the use the for.
mer made of it in a campaign has been
published, but the sequel never was.
CONGRESSMAN Williams and Rober,
G.. Ingersoll resemble each other VERY
closely, the only point Of very noticea.
bic dissimilarity being a slight Scar
upon Col. Ingersoll's face. When Con.
gresham Williams told the law suit
story, Judge Culberson concluded to
get even. Procuring two dozen litho.
graphs of Ingersoll, used by him in his
lecture tours, the Judge cut of the
name and signed them In imitation OF
| Williams writing, VERY Truly Yours.
Tom L. Williams" These he sent TO
men In different parts Of the Alabama
district, being careful to leave out the
most influential friends Of Williams.
In a short time the scheme began to
work. Williams received letters ask
ing for n of his big pictures. These
he answered graciously, saying that
he had none Then would came back
replies In the most indignant style, tell
ing him that they had seen them, and
If he wanted to lie about 1t he could do
without their support. These letters
Mr.. Williams referred to his friend,
Judge Culberson, who advised him to
20 home and s~traighten 1t out This
| the perplexed member did, obtaining a
ten days leave Of absence. When he
returned he said to the Judge:
II found them there, framed and
hung up. They looked like me, and
there was my signature. Finally, I no.
ticed the scar on the face, and that
saved me. / got it fixed up. but I had
to go to every county in the district"
Finally 1t leaked out who had played
the Joke, and a compact was made that
Williams should eve again mention
the law suit and Judge Culberson
should play no more Jokes.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-09

The lady journalist" as they call her
IN England, Is finding considerable DIFF
iculty IN securing a mans pay for a
mans work. The suit Of a Miss Taylor
against her employer has brought out
the fact that she was engaged as editor
Of an Edinburgh weekly paper at a sal
ary Of two hundred dollars a year, and
subsequently, when the office Of the
Journal vas removed to London, her
salary vas advanced to Ave dollars q
week and eventually to ten dollars.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-09

she managed to get inside the houseA
where she stripped and went to beo4
She locked the doors, but Officer Dyke
had his orders and was soon INSIDE.
She fought like a tigress and refused
to dress, whereupon Dyke and his as
sistants wrapped q blanket around her
and brought her in. She now occupies
n of the women's cells, but refuses
to dress herself for the court, and
Judge Owens is at sea a. 10 what to 90
with her.@San Francisco Chronicle.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-09
Paris journals announce the death. In

Paris journals announce the death, In
his eighty-fifth year, of Capelli, q fam
u Italian chef, who claimed TO be the
son of Napoleon the First and Marie
Louise. The secret Of his birth was re-
vealed TO him by a monk of the same
name to whose care he was confided
when q few hours old by the Duchess of
Parma, who, fearing that his title Of
King Of Rome could Nc be sustained,
changed him for the child afterward
known as the Duke of Reichstadt. Ca
pelli bore a remarkable likeness 10 Ma
poleon, and he was so impressed with
the idea that he was the only legiti-
mate son of the emperor that he had
printed on his cards, Napoleon, the
King of Rome" This delu-
sion in nowise dntracted from his skill
as a cook. In the Italian school OF
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-09
Photography.

A simple method has been devised Of
photographing q person in five different,
attitudes all at once. & that the same
picture gives five views of him. A back
ground is made of two plane mirrors,
forming between them an angle Of 40
degrees, and placing the person at the
junction. Such 'all round" portraits
Will be useful in chronology and an
thropology, as we'll as In ordinary life.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-09

The alleged discovery Of O new meth
Cd OF administering ch~loroform with
little or no danger to the patient Is i'm
portant II true. 1t Is we'll known that
great care Is now taken In this respect,
and that few fatal results ensue; but
the fact remains, as any candid physi.
clan will admit, that chloroform is new
er administered without a certain meas
ure Of uncertainty as to the conse-
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-09

Professor Runnebaum, Of Berlin, VINO
recently madea tour Of the Pacific coast
on behalf Of the German Government,
reports that the end Of the forests on
The Pacific slope will rapidly approach
AZ the law does not soon protect them
AGAINST the ravages Of fire and the AK.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-09

The Allahabad Pioneer, the principal
journal of British India, and the Il on
which Rudyard Kipling began his lit
erary career, recently contained a para
graph in the want" columns as fol-
lows: situation wanted as snake
charmer In respectable family. p. S.
No objection to looking after the
cemAl.n
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-09

The other day the Countess Jomdes,
member Of q well-knOwn noble family,
and her sixteen-year-old daughter, were
found dead In one Of the hotels at
Monte Carlo. They had taken poison,
after losing sixty thousand dollars at
the tables, practically becoming penni-
less. They had been in Monte Carlo
only q week.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-09
Temper and Song.

The influence of temper upon the
tone of the voice deserves much con.
sideration. Habits of querulousness or
Immature will communicate n cat-like
quality to the singing as infallibly as
they give a quality TO the speaking
voice.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-09
The Difference.

The right and wrong Of the question
Of the nude In art were never more for
chilly put than by DR.. Samuel johnson
a hundred years ago. Sir" said the
Fostering James Boswell to him. do
you consider Mr.. Opie's naked Venus
'indecent! NO, sir" Numbered the
sturdy old moralist; but your question
Isl"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-09

The time for newspaper advertising
Is now. Though trade be dull, though
conditions be unfavorable, though COM
petition be fierce. whether Others use
It or neglect 1.-THE fact remains ina
newspaper advertising Is the modern
vray to obtain and maintain business,
and the tin g to use 1t Is now.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-09

Says q squeamish Minnesota ex.
change, speaking Of the Hayward
case: changing is a terrible thing"
It Is. It is. That's why we advise oil
our friends to eschew numbering en-
ffrelv.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-09
Irish Bull Credited TO R,sm.ror

Atthe time of the Standardization
difficulty. Prince Bismarck raised q
laugh by saying there was only one
man who fully understood that ques-
ton. and he was dead.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-09
The Bank of England.

Twenty million dollars worth of
bank notes leave the Bank OF England
daily; while sixty folio volumes Of
ledgers are filled with writing in keep
ing the accounts of a single day.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-09

Political fame often rests upon a very
iaimsy foundation. Who knows the
name Of the man who succeeded BrecK'
iurid1e2
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-09
HOnOred q Historian.

His eXcellency IS the title by wlrca
Ernest Curtius. the historian of Greece.
is now addressed, Emperor William
having appointed him an active privy
councillor. wirklicher Gcheimratl.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-09

The secret of popularity is to occa-
sionally give Tie other fellow a cha1.ce
to tell what ailS him.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-09

cookery he occupied a position as con-
s~picuous as that Of Careme IN the,
French.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-09

a sad sight in this world is an old
hen trying 70 plume herself To look chic.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-09

centS than any other foolish feeling in
the world.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-09
GANN VALLEY; s. D.

- The Boston Herald asks: "Shall we
wear fancy waistcoats or plainT" Why
not compromise on O vest?
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-09

what has become of the old-fash.
Toned rail fence:
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-09

: Injudicious and hasty investments IN.
gold stocks end in giving the speculator
the stocks and some sharper the gold.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-09

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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-03-13

Joe Plat and his daughter Miss Ida
left for California last evening.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-03-13
Funeral OF Mrs. LOTUS.

Mrs. Mary LOTUS was buried GA
Monday ia Dayton, Rev. Geo. R.
Davis oflcia'ing. 1t was the largest
funeral witnessed in Lyon county for
years.
Mrs. Loftus a a lady very highly
esteemed in Dayton and her death
was sincerely mourned by the entire
population. She a aged ga years at
the time of her death and leaves be-
hind besides her husband, Mr.. Jack
son LOTUS County Clerk and Treas
urer of Lyon, and Mrs. GignOux, wife
OF Senator Gignoux. Several hundred
persons attended the funeral.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-03-13
The Press Association.

The semi-annual meeting OF the
Nevada Press Association took place
at Reno on Wednesday in the busi-
ness office Of the Gazette. The fellow
ing meH.hera were present: George
Smith of the Genoa Courier, W. W.
BoOher Of the Elko Independent, G.
Fl. Sproule of the ElkD Free Press,
:. z. Davis of The Carson APPEAL. E
j. Parkinson Of he Nevada Tribune.
H. c. Dunn of the Carson News. n.
\. Hummel of the Wadsworth Dis
Iatch, A. c. Bragg OF the Reno Ga
z"tte and f. D, Kelly of the State
Journal.
Business Of considerable interest to
the newspaper fraternity of Nevada
was transacted. The committee re-
manned in session for several hours
and in the evening the members of
the Association and several other
Gertl' men wer4 royalty ertertAi"ed Nv
\. c, Bragg, Secretary, at the Hotel
Reno. Among the outside guests
we're Dr., Hogan, DR.. Thoma, ". 0.
E Martin. ". D. Phillips. G. T Rer-
der, A, Fl. Manning, Z. +. Do4ca.
Professor Levers f the State Tniver-
sitv, General c c. Powrirg, pri"ci-
pal BRAY Of the Public Schools and
Rev, Mr.. Ellsworth.
The evening devoted to s?coch-
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-03-13
ALL SORTS.

Cat fish are again biting at Na7hoe
Lake.
Editor Booher was about iowa VS.
terday.
Trainer Brown has ty horses in
training at the track.
Joe Plat and his daughter Miss Ida
left for California last evening.
Senator Gallagher Of Lynn county
was a through passenger Yesterday.
The duck season closes on April 1st
and after that you cant shoot ducks
legally,
To rent or lease The Winnie ranch
For particulars call on or address
Mrs. Z. Winnie, Carson Nevada. ml2
Losr:--A guitar capo d. astro. The
finder will please leave at the Saliva
ton Army headquarters over Archie
Bakers store. s1w
WANTEo-A lady would like a posi-
ton to do general h~CusewOrk in town
or in the courtry Enquire at J..
Connolly's tailor shop.
Anderson has made some much
needed improvements in his restau-
rant at W4ilands, which will be az
preciated by his patrons,
Richardson & Muller continue to do
a rushing business. Carson has long
wanted a irs'-class candy maker and
M. Richardson fills the bill.
Mr.. Harris, Of Genoa. who has been
i'll for some time died Wednesday
evening. The funeral will take place
in Carson today. Mr. Harris was an
old pioneer and had been in business
in Genoa for many years.
A new and improved bed lounge is
attracting a good deal Of attention at
George kitzmeyer's Furniture Store.
and we'll it might, as it is way ahead
Of the old style in every respect Geo.
Kitzmeyer is wide awake to all i'm
prOvements and is the first one to Of
fer them to the public and is always
the first e to reduce prices. ml2m
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-03-13
look the Ladder.

Yesterday q man who wa trim
min the tops off the elms about the
Copitol with a ladder, when some
kids borrowed the ladder to get up on
a house where a ball had lodged. The
owner of the ladder gave them per
mission to use it if they would return
it in five minutes,
They all promised but as soon as
thew found the bail they began play
ing and became so excited that thew
forgot all about the man and his lad
der and he had to get down the best
way he could. He now fastens the
top of the ladder to the tree with q
stout rope.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-03-13
Maher & Co.

1t is hardly necessary to call atten-
ton to Maher q Co. new ad, as every
body watches the APPEAL daily to see
when they change their announce
ment.
Although Maher the pugulist is
knocked out Maher the dry goods
man is not, and is in the dry goods
ring cheaper than eve A glance at
his price list will show several things
we'll worth looking into. There are
several long shots in the field.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-03-13

Cat fish are again biting at Na7hoe
Lake.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-03-13
: any accounts of Jones.

II HhV accounts Of Jones.
The prosecutions announced thatthev
had one m"re witness. Mr.. Chris Z =
briskie, who coHli not reach the CITY
before 10 in the morning. The Court
was accordingly adj urred until then
1t is rumOred that Mr.. Za~bri4kie's tes-
timony will be the most sensational
yet iMtr duced IN the case.