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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25
An Apes Strategy for a Meal.

In the Transvaal some of the fruit
gardens are much exposed to the raw
ages of large synOcephalic apes. and a
good guard has to be kept, or the re-
suits of long labor would be lost. In
some of those gardens grow certain
shrubs which are much affected by
wasps, the insects liking to attach there
to their nests. These wasps, though
small, have a very venOmouS sting.
Balloons have often been noticed ewing
with envious giances the fast ripening
fruit in certain garden, but feared
TO gather for fear of attracting the as
saultS of WaSpS. One morning the
farmer heard terrible cries, and with
the aid of a good field glass he wit
messed the following tragedy: \ large.
venerable baboOn, chief of the band.
was catching the younger apes and
pitching them into the shrubs whereon
hung the WaSps' nests. This he re-
peated again and again. iii spite Of the
most piteous cries from his victims.
OF course the Wasps assumed the de-
fensive i'll swarms. During this part
of the performance the old brute quiet
ly fed on the fruit, dcigning occasional
ly to throw fragmentary remains 10
some female and young balloons a lit,
tie further otf.-Westminster Budget.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25

scattered its fra gmentS III circles over
twelve acres of ground. a carpet. Sc
curcly tackled about the edges. was taken
up and carried ont without being torn. A
horse weighing LOGO pounds was blown
through Il heavy hedge fence into an adj
Joining field Il distance of 100 yards.
Other storms have been accompanied
with remarkable manifestations Of the
peculiar power Of the wind. At one plac"
Il church was moved across the street and
set down squarely on It new foundation;
at another II man. his load of hay, wagon
and Two horses went up two hundred feet
into the funnel-shaped cloud, a boulder
weighing 400 pounds was carried 300 feet.
and a new iron bridge had it's girders
twisted into ropes and dropped into the
rive. N one peculiar tornado Il pressure
was experienced thai >e'.l.ca 20 reauvc i
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25

hat would be pressed down over the eyes.
and limbs on trees We're noticed to bend
downward. a tool chest weighing 800
pounds had remained upon the ground
long enough to sink several inches into
the soil When the storm was approach
ing it was observed to rise about two feet
and move quite evenly and slowly toward
the funnel Il distance of thirty-fve feet.
A t~hrce-gallon tin pail with covered top
and full of water was blown forty-fve
rods. The pail was found right side up,
still containing the water.
Scientists at Washington. after a care
full investigation. have decided that no
portion of the Union is absolutely cyclone
proof, and. considering the tornado pre-
cisely the same thing as the waterspout at
sea, which may be dissipated by the firing
of cannon, suggest that explosions of dy-
Mantle might produce the same effect on
the terrestrial phenomenon. The difficult
ty, however, would be to get near enough.
There is no safety in seeking shelter in
n building. The only secure place is I'M
derground. and in a cellar the west wall
is usually the safest. If a person finds
himself in the path of a cyclone. the best
thing to do is to throw himself face down
ward, head to the east. and arms over the
head to protect it. If compelled to remain
in a building. he should go to its lowest
west room, and stand in the center of it.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25

child was killed in the fathers arms and
all were nearly drowned with the water
and mud which had been sucked up from
a pond. A horse was blown half q mile
and lodged between two trees, one of
which had to be cut down before the ami
NAL was released. A gin mill executed a
complete somersault; a woman's bonnet
was carried thirty miles: the door of a
church was found ten miles away; pine
tops loaded with ice were dropped ten
miles on the other side of the storm. In
another storm, sheep had the wool strip
ped from their bodies and chickens were
denuded of feathers.
In one Southern tornado the house of a
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25
BRUTAL ~ABYSSINIANa
they Are as Cruel and B~arbarOus az
Any People in Africa.

A great deal of stuff has been pup
lished during the past few weeks about
Abyssinian civilization, writes Frank
G. Carpenter. The truth is that the
Abyssinians are almost as barbarOus
and fully as brutal as any people Of
Africa. They are more intelligent, per
haps, thai some other nations, but they
are the personiiication of cruelty and
brutality. The first great fight which
the Egyptians had with the Abyssin-'
ians was with an army under Col.
Arendrup. This man was a Danish
lieutenant. He had come to Egypt
and had been given charge Of the army
at Massowah, on the Red Sea. From
here he marched with $500 men against
the Abyssinian capital. His men were
armed with Remington rifles. They
had two six-gun batteries. After Il few
days march from the sea they came
to the mountains, and they got within
ten hours of the Kings capital before
they saw anything of their foes. At
this point, however, ten of thousands
of Abyssinians sprang cut of the hills.
They rode their horses right up TO the
cannon and cut the Egyptians down al
most to a nan OF the $500 men 500
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25

Jan. -. 1890: One hundred houses RACED
and three people killed in ST. Louis, Mo.
March -. 1890: Awful storm in Louisville.
Ky. There were Seventy-siX killed, 200 in
jured and 2,2Jo.O 900 worth of property was
destroyed.
July I. 1890: Nine people killed in Fargo,
y. Oak.
April /. 1892: Thirty-four people killed in
several small towns in Kansas, Towanda
and Augusta suffering most.
May %. 1892: Twenty-eight people killed
in Wellington. Kan: loss. 100000.
June II, 1892: Sixty people killed in South
ern Minnesota.
April Il. 1898: Seventeen people killed in
Robinscnville, Miss.
April PC, 1888: More than 100 people killed
by a series of tornadoes III oklahoma.
April 30, 1898: Thirty people killed in Cisco,
Texas.
June II. 1893: Storm near Topeka, Kan,
resulted in the loss of fourteen lives.
July q, 1893: Storm visited POnleroy, Iowa.
and neighboring villages. killing more than
100 people.
Sept. u. 1894: Over seventy-fve people
killed in Il general storm in Minnesota ana
Iowa.
Nav 3. 1895: Twenty people killed in and
near Sioux city, Iowa.
The Grinncll. Iowa. tornado wiped that
town completely off the face Of the earth.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25

more violent than the recent st. Louis
tornado. The Rochester, Mimi. calamity
was preceded by Il strange greenish line
upon the clouds. and when the tornado
struck the heart of the city a passenger
train was torn to pieces. 1t also bit a
piece thirty feet square out of a six-story
Touring mill. leaving the higher portions
intact. AT Hamilton. Ga. a cotton bale
weighing $50 pounds was carried a mile.
This tornado is described as being an in
eXpressibly beautiful sight. having all the
colors of a rainbow. Up in the air it re-
sembled a boiling caldron, while under
meath showed the reflections as of a fer
rifle fire. A man and his family were in
an open field. They saw the cloud coming.
but thought it was a confagration. A
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25

was not until 1885 that expert investiga-
ton was directed to their causes. 1t was
then learned that the fierce sun so heats
the lower air that it rises. while the colder
and heavier air rushing in to fill the vacu-
um produces the revolving motion of this
sweep of The winds. South Of the equator
cyclones %rcyolvc from left to right; on this
side the reverse.
Statistics on %tornadoeS show that no
month in the wear is exempt from their
occurrence. \ report of 600 cyclones.
covering 100 years. gives 1Ol to June. %
10 July, ~ to May. 90 to April. 40 to Sep
iemher, - to August. 81 to March. % to
November. 10 to February. II TO October.
9t0 December and Z to January. Kansas
leads the list with 60, Illinois experienced
81. Missouri 43. New York 81. Georgia
IS. lowe 81. Ohio %. Indiana -. Mime
sofa -. North Carolina. Pennsylvania,
Texas and Tennessee each IS. South Car
DINA, Alabama. Nebraska and Missis-
slpp each II. Louisiana and Wisconsin
~, aud ~ other States and territories
record from 1 to 8. The greatest mum
Der occurred between the hours of ) and
T. ?. H.. and only three came from any
point to the east. Thunder and lightning
We're reported in 425 cases.
The approach of IL tornado is announc-
90 ny me appearance of Il cloud usually
Two or three miles away when first seen.
Il very black. threatening mass. from the
under side Of which a projection desccnds
10 The carth's surface. In severe cases Il
warming sound accompanies. The cloud
generally moves 10 the northwest.
HERE is Il difference between a cyclone
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25

, mms destroyed: Ten people were killed an,
"a puiiailgS destroyed; loss. S1OO0Mn anu
MI! u. 1876: a tornado in Chic,pn kino,
o of'rr"r people and destroyed $3.50. 900 worth
June 4: 1877: Mount Carmel. III. destror.
eu, ~ KILLED: 30 wounded; loss. 500 900
g y1WWf t. lSi': Pensaukee. Wis. destrovod
june Hm,e' i i is7S wounded: loss. s4oo.ooo.
l Thle long moved through Richmond. Ma
500. O0. ~ "ounued; loss,
aug. D. ISIS: \ disastrous tornado in Wall.
3Iond Lohn. The loss of life amounted TO
"fanu twice as many wounded: loss. 5000 900
april IA. 1879: One man was Eiil-o JJT'"U";
I'M! buildings destroyed in Collinsyille III
niS tornado struck a cemetery and leyeIled
every tombstone. ~ 'e'e
April 18, 1879: Sixteen people wero ki,,o,
IN Malierboro. :. &. During the storm many
oiaihleu 10 nave seen balls of fire rolling
along the ground. i"hhs
~ A E Is, 1850; Two killed and 30 injured
III Fayetteville. Ark. ~
April is. 1850: Every house in Marshfeld
NO., a town of 1000 people. was DESTROYED
o. pa1lE damaged; 80 were killed ana 300
April Is. 1850: Several neonlo ki,,od IN
Beloit. Wis. On the same day a sini,ar
storm struck Licking. Mo-, and killed 2
"ounding 10, and leaving 300 homeless. "
Apfll ~, 1850: Six people killed in Taylor-
vile, III. "'
May. %, 1880: Fifteen people killed and
lour times as many wounded In Savoy. Tex.
Aprll IL. 1881: A tornado accompanied nv
hallStones OF enormous size killed ten peo-
pie In fernando. Miss.
June T. 1881: Tornado In De Kalb County.
No, killed > and RACED so buildings.
July 10. 1881: New Tim, Mimi. suffered .
III killed; loss. S4O0, 600.
sept; -, 1881: Nine killed in Quincy. III.
April Is. 1852: Brownsville, Mo, partially
destroyed: s killed.
June II, 1882: Disastrous storm in Grinnell.
Iowa: 90 killed, $50 injured: 40 houses de.
stroEeu IN three minutes; loss, 5000. 600.
April -. 1888: Every house in Beauregard.
Miss, torn down and 90 people killed. Thir-
teen people were killed In the neighboring
town OF Wesson the same day.
May Is. 1888: Sixteen people killed in Ra-
cine, Wis.
Aug. q. 1883: Town Of Rochester. MINI.
destroyed and 26 people killed.
Feb. ID. 1884: Eleven people killed in
Leeds, Ala.
Aug. 3, 1859: Six people killed in Camden.
\. j., by a storm which destroyed property
worth 5000
April IA. 1886: Seventy-four people killed
in st. Cloud and Sank Rapids, Mimi; loss.
$500, 900.
April 81. 1887: Twenty killed and 300 in
jured in Prescott. Kan.
April %, 1887: Twenty killed and over 100
wounded in Johnson County, Ark.
Feb. 10. lSSS: Mount Vernon, H., Is killed,
a wounded: loss. $500 600.
Jan. q. 1880: East Reading. Pa. 40 people
killed by Il storm which destroyed $500, 600
worth Of property.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25
Penetration of proiect,;cs.

An ingenious method Of testing the
penctrative power of small prOjcctiles
has been tried in Germany by Herr
Muller. y large water trough is di-
vided on the bottom by transverse
ribs, and closed at one end by thick
Celatine plates. The shot is fired into
the end of the trough. when the hole III
the gelatine Instantly closes up. pre-
venting the escape Of the water. Each
shot is retained by ribs where Ii falls.
and its position is noted when the
water is drawn off after the firing.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25

''' " ''Fhado. \ cyclone is a windstorm
. '' 'PNrrs Il vast area of territory. but
"' ''rhad0 has Il tremendous force and
ss'"''A'raiion which makes it the monster
aI"''iNharcd twister. which sweeps
ava" It harrow path 4 few rods in width.
~ lasting only one minute.
me hrSt recorded tornado in the United
10 1'-rS occurred AT Northford. Conn. June
r i''f' 1t is described as making very
l,31P'' rfngr,S>. ana the cloud was shaped
II an moan @.ass. The next one struck
at l'e'ck County. Georgia. April t. 1S0i.
w., is 'front.' "glimmered with ii stran%"
Charleston. 5. G.. had 4 TORNADO
i r,' H. lNll. and Jackson County. No.
y ne Spring of 1914. On the night ,c
n a. 1880. Il cone-shaped cloud stru" :
I"q. 3|vIle. Tenn. The cloud appear
G''.' having apparently two wings.
, Il large bird" Louisville. Ky. wns
= <..Ae Of a destructive tornado Au>.
'>''t' twenty-five persons were k.l!ri
u, >'F'Aty-Scycn badly wounded. Sin =
''r most inportan, storms tia ia.
yea atc Included in tie ro!l"w;, IS.
= = ,toEA 81: w~as-ul.s.., LA =,
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25
The Waltz.

An earnest attempt has lately been
made by French musical writer's to
prove that the waltz originated in their
own country, that it was danced IN
Provence as early as the fifteenth cen
fury. that it spread all over France in
the sixteenth and seventeenth. and was
introduced into Germany, where it be-
came popular, during the eighteenth.
while it died out in France and was
reintroduced from Germany in the pres.
ent century. The historic evidence for
these statements does not appear to be
satisfactory. for. from time immUnC-
rial. the waltz under the names of
LANDER. Schliefer ana others, has been
danced in Bavaria, Bohemia, TyrOl ana
various parts of Australia. where. in
its original form, it may still be seen
any Sunday afternoon in summer in the
pleasure grounds of the rural villages.
1t was originally Il slow. graceful, turn
ing dance, but when brought into the
cities its character soon changed and it
became very rapid. 1t was forbidden
by an imperial edict in 17S3, but spread
even faster afterWard than before, and
two years later was danced ON the
stage Of the Imperial Opera House in
Vienna, in Il scene of Martins opera,
Una Casa 2ara.' The early waltz
melodies are all slow. Those written
by Mozart and Beethoven for the early
days Of this dance are very different in
tempo from the brisk, swinging strains
OF Strauss.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25

were massacred. Those who were
wounded were brutally mutilated.
Their bodies were not buried, and a
French consul who visited the battle
field a few days afterward tells how
he saw the bones of 1000 men piled up
together in one place, and in another
jackals, wolves and hyenas eating ut
the corpses. Arendrup was killed.
The horrors of an Abyssinian battle
field cannO be described. They mutt
late the dead as well as the living, and
their fighting is accompanied by all
sorts of unnecessary cruelty. The
scalping done by the Indians is a re-
fined and gentle custom in comparison
with that of the A.byssinians in their
wars. They cut up different parts Of
the body and carry away pieces as trO-
phies. Gen. Dye says that in going
through the battlefield he sa W one mass
of mangled human remains. The bod
les looked as though they had been
chewed up by wild beasts. There were
hundreds of heads, which had been Il
off, and hundreds of naked and bleed.
ing bodies, the faces of which were dis.
torted with pain and fear, and the eyes
of which were protruding and glaring,
Some Of the bodies were burned. Some
had been dubbed and hacked With
q way as cannot be described.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25

May-Are you working anything fan.
cy this season
Esteiic-Well. nothing fanc!er than a
husband. two brothers and Il tathsr.--
. vw No"K Noi!l.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25

PERSONS weight. Shavings, straws and
other light objects would ascend in a
straight line for a considerable distance
and then all at once dart with lightning
rapidly downward to the base of the
funnel cloud, and then upward through
its vortex and out at the top. After the
storm passed Il downward pressure was
experienced to such a degree that a SLOUGH
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25

She-Every time one of us girls gets
married father plants a tree on his
estate. lie-A much better plan would
be for him to plant a house thcre.-Lifc.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25

We dislike Il man who does two cents
worth of joking in %transacting ono
cents worth of business.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25

and was plainly traced for Il distance OF
POO miles. The loss of property eXccc'leu
half It million dollars. This was a storm
of exceptional energy aLi probably Wa
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25

Many Il man is very liberal in buy
ing whisky who does not pay for mo
meat and bread his children eat.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25
AFTER TIE CYCLONE AT PoMERoY, IOWA, JULY 9, 1898.

physician was destroyed. but his hencoop
was left uninjured. Bed clothing and
clothes of the family We're torn into
shreds. The wind picked up a 600-pound
sulky cultivator. broke it in pieces and
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25

ihcr" never Mas a man or woman
Win oAii not write n iittlr uuptig
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25

run away from a storm, proceed either
north or south, for the track of a tornado
is usually from southwest to northeast.
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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-25

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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-06
NEWS FRorl NEARBY.
Bad Accident at saIina-The Fourth
o4 P-ny-o

Bad Accident at SaIina-The Fourth
ut Provo.
SALIVA, Utah, July 5.--A terrible
accident occurred here yesterday morn
ing during our Fourth of July celebra-
ton. and the result is that the little
10-year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Crane has had to have her
leg amputated just below the knee.
The accident was caused by firing an
wills with wagon burr between them.
The burr being cast iron, OF course
could not stand the pressure, and flew
in all directions. Luckily but one piece
went toward the bowery, where the
people were assembled. That fatal
piece struck little Bertha Cranes leg,
tearing out about three inches of the
shin bone, and left the leg hanging by
the calf. DR.. c. E. West was soon sum-
moned and pronounced it case OF
amputation. Not wishing to perform
the operation alone, he telegraphed
DR.. Cassidy of Ephraim, and the two
performed the operation yesterday al
ternQon It is hard to tell just how
the child is at this hour (9:30 ann, as
the reaction has not set in yet.
1t filed the town with gloom yester-
day and all amusement was suspended
out Of respect for the unfortunate child
and her parents.
There is no blame for anyone except
Orson Kelly, the young man who was
assisting with the firing. During the
earlier part of the morning the burr
had not been used. Wiser heads, it
seems. had the matter in hand. Kelly
wanted to put the burr on earlier, but
others objected. After a while, how
ever. he was left practically alone to
do the firing, and quietly placed the
burr between the anvils. The object
was to produce a. louder report. 1t did
so, and with the result as stated.
[ forgot to mention in the above that
after the piece of iron had torn the
child's leg, ii struck a bench, glanced
and hit two other little girls, one on the
calf of the leg. the other on the ankle.
These were only badly bruised, how
ever and not seriously.
1t is hoped that this will prove a
warning to all people from this time
on 20 be more cautious and see to it
that if they must burn powder on
holiday that it be in the hands and I'M
der the management of those who will
handle it with care.