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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-22
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will cry farm give Reasonable
arm and stock sales, give satisfaction. Reasonable

Kuchera arrived with his Photo
Car last night. 60
The Misses Jackson. Of Vega are
helping in the hotel.
Keeler has three varieties of man
ure spreaders In stock and can fill
your order. .-.
Frank Jefferis had a breakdown
at Wells the other day while on his
way to Chamberlain.
Earl Cruson has taken a home
stead northeast of Rapid City and
returned home. Saturday night.
The Hotel under the new manage
ment, has made q hit with the pub
lie and is doing good business.
INA. Keeler 10 prepared to sell you
any thing you need In the way OF up
to date machinery for the hay field.
l.. B.. Reardsiey, representing the
]. q. Cherry Creamery supply house
OF Sioux Falls, was In town Friday.
Arthur Crnson spent Sunday up in
Hand county looking for his favor
ite shepard dog, but failed to find 1t.
The Lady Helpers will meet with
Mrs. E. b. Hall tomorrow afternoon
and everybody is cordially invited
to attend.
Jack Wilson, the real estate man
of Miller. was In town Sunday and
Monday closing up a big deal IN Hui
falo county lands.
G. Crossman and wife OF Sioux
Falls. and j. G. Wells of Preston.
MINI. accompanied the party for q
short vacation trip. -
The warm weather OF the pastfew
weeks has drawn quite heavily on
the ice supply and sales have been
curtailed In consequence.
{. N. A. Keeler has just received some
more of the Deere and Weber wag-
ons. Better look them : over the
next time you are in town.
Sandy Gilchrlst was down from
Elm ,reek Monday evening. He re-
ports harvest there about completed
andsa good.pa OF the grain stacked
Mrs. Nora Peters. and the Misses
Anna Urban and Nettie Jackson OF
Vega, and Miss Emma Wesley OF
Iowa City, Iowa, took the teachers
examination here last week.
A letter received from Miss l.. E.
Hull contains the information that
she and her brothers, A. ]. and r.
w. Hull, had each taken homestead
In Sioux county, Nebraska, Of 4SO
acres each.
There are number OF hayloaders
on the market, but there 10 only one
that can be depended on to handle
-, all kinds OF hay under all circum-
stances and conditions. and that is
the New Deere, sold By MA. Keeler.
Mrs. r. e. Swartout, who has
been visiting relatives and freinds at
lAnoka, Minn., for q couple OF weeks,
returned last Thursday. She was
accompanied by her sister, Miss Allie
Groat, who will visit here for few
weeks.
- II you want high grade instruc-
ton In all business and shorthand
branches you will come to the Sioux
Falls Business College, Sioux Falls,
3. D:k. Three months tuition free
| II you enter Sept. 3rd. Send for cat
alogue. ..~
Piles get quick and certain relief
from DR.. Shoop'sf Magic, Ointments
Please note It. is, made alone for
Piles. and its action is positive and
certain. Itching, painful. protrud-
ing or blind piles disappear like mag
ic by its nee. Large nickel.capped
glass jars so cents = Sold by w. j
Hughes 70. !
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-22
ENTERED AZ ssoos D-oLAss NAIL MATTE,


"e are going to have one on Sep
tsmber 18th and 10Th. Preliminary
arrangements are nearly Completed
and we expect to publish program
and other details next week.
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DON'T WAIT.

n you'vs anything good to ssaysof a man,
Don't wait till he's laid to rest.
For the eulogy spoken when hearts are
broken
Is an empty thing at best.
All, the blighted flower now dropping
lonely,
Would perfume the mountain side,
II the suns glad ray had but shone to-
day,
And the pretty bud espied.
II you've any aims to give to the poor,
Don't wait till you hear the cry
OF wan distress in this wilderness,
Lest the one forsook may die.
o, hearken to Poverty's sad lament!
Be swift her wants to allay;
Don't spurn Gods poor from your favored
door,
As you hope for mercy one day.
If your heart be sickened with sins Attic
ton,
Don't walt to receive sweet balm
/ From the frail, weak man who never can
The storms of passion calm.
Seek refuge in him who will ne'er despise
The penitent. earnest prayer;
Hail blessed relief from tears and grief.
And the minds unceasing care!
Don't wait for another to bear the burden
OF sorrows irksome load:
Let your hand extend to a str .cken friend,
As he totters adown lifes road.
And, if you've anything good to say OF a
man,
Don't wait till he's laid to rest;
For. the eulogy spoken when hearts are
broken
Is an empty thing at best.
st. Paul Globe.
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LINCoLN's ASSASSINATION.

The Long Night of "Blacl< friday
in the War Telegraph Ohices.
remember the long night of Friday,
April II, that black day, in our coun-
try's history when the hate and cruel
ty embodied in four years of bloody
civil war eliminated in one stroke of
madness, aimed at the life of one who
himself had only charity for ALL"
with malice toward none" Although
l was on duty in the cipher room that
evening, I have no distinct remem-
brance Of anything that occurred prior
to the moment when some one rushed
into the Office with blanched face say
ing: There is rumor below that
President Lincoln has been shot in
Fords Theater." Before. we could fully
take in the awful import, other rumors
reached us, horror following fast upon
horror; the savage attack upon Secre-
tary Seward, and the frustrated efforts
to reach and kill Vice President John
son, Secretary Stanton and other men,
bers of the government. AS the sue
cessive accounts crystalized, a fearful
dread filed our hearts, lest 1t should
be found that the entire cabinet had
been murdered. An hour Of this awful
suspense, and then we received word
from Maj. Eckert, who had gone quick
ly to Secretary StantOn's house in X
street, and from there with the Secre-
tary to the house on 10th street, oppo-
site the theater, to which the President
had been carried after having been
shot by John Wilkes Booth. This mes
sage merely assured us Of the present
safety of Stanton, while confirming our
worst fears concerning the President.
A relay of mounted messengers was
at once established by Maj. Eckert, and
all night long they carried bulletins in
the handwriting Of Secretary Stanton
addressed to Gen. Dix, New York City,
which were at once given to the press
and sent over the wires throughout. the
country. AS these bulletins were SPELL
ed out In the Morse telegraph charac-
tiers our hearts were stunned and yet
seemed to be on fire. The awfulness of
the tragedy hushed us into silence. AS
the hours slowly passed, hope revived
itfully as some sentence offered faint
encouragement that the precious life
might, perhaps, be spared to complete
its chosen work; but at about Z 80 a.
H., April Is, the tension gave away and
we knew that our beloved President
was gone from us forever.
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A well-known professor often became
10 interested In his subject that when
the noon bell rang he seemed quite
oblivious OF the fact and kept the class
for several minutes. Certain restless
spirits among the students decided to
give him a gentle hint, so they bought
an alarm clock.
The clock, set to alarm at precisely
~ o'clock, was placed on. the profess
sor's desk. AS was anticipated, he be-
gan his lecture without observing the
clock. But when the noon hour struck,
the alarm went off with a startling
crash.
Even those not in the secret appre-
ciated the joke. There was a round
of applause. The professor smilingly
waited until the alarm and the APP
plause ceased, and then said:
young gentlemen, thank you for
this gift. I had forgotten it was my
birthday. An alarm clock Is something
my wife has needed for our domestic
for long time. 1t is very kind re-
membrance on your part"
Then he went on with the demon
stration which had been interrupted by
the alarm. and the students were never
quite able to satisfy themselves wheth-
er the professor understood the joke
or not.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-11-29
CHEESE CLOTH Is USEFUL.
YousekeeDers Find 1t Extremely
Valuable in Many Ways. .

Yousekeepers Find 1t Extremely
Valuable in Many Ways. Z.
Cheese cloth should be used more
commonly for household purposes than
It is, says the Washington Post. The
material has the special merit of be-
Ing firm, yet so losely woven that
grease comes out readily In washing;
thus 1t is more easily kept clean than
linen or crash, for which 1t may many
times be substituted. An unbleached
quality that costs not more than b
cents yard is quite as good for gen.
eral use as more expensive fabrics.
The best kind Of dishcloths are made
of it. The material should be doubled,
raw edges turned in and stitched on
the machine. This will wear, and be-
cause it cleans so easily is most SAM
tary for warm weather, in that 1t will
not become saturated and smell Of
grease. Rinsing in soap and water will
be all that is necessary for cleansing.
For nice furniture 1t is the best
kind of cloth for cleaning, and oil cab
inehnakers keep three sets for work.
The first is used for applying the oil,
the second to rub 1t of and the third
Is the polisher. Similar treatment for
dining-room tables will keep them In
the pink Of condition
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-11-29
PRETTY EPISODE OF THE BORDER

Opera Singer EN- Route to Mexico
Charms Officials with Her Voice.
Miss Matilde de Lerma, the singer
who is to be the star Of the next grand
opera season at the Arbeu, has been
in Mexico for the past three days with
her mother, in strict incognito, accord
ing to the Mexican Herald.
She came from Madrid via New York
and stopped for only one day in the
American metropolis. She hurried to
Mexico over the National, thinking that
she was late, as her contract requested
her to start from Spain in the last
week of July. She was the victim of
thieves In her trip over the National.
She did not wire any one and she
found herself alone and helpless In
foreign country, which she never had
visited before.
At Laredo, on the Mexican border,
her baggage was inspected and the Of
ficlals wanted her to pay duty on her
Jewels and furs. She claimed that she
was an opera singer in this country for
OILY IL lew WcckS anu lIil tuG uuly
was unjust. The official did not give
much credit to her claim, because opera
singers seldom travel alone. The mat
ter seemed difficult to solve, when Miss
de Lerma started to sing some high
notes, going up as far as A sharp, and
every one present in the station ap-
plauded her. The officials were con.
WINGED in this way that Miss de Lerma
Is great singer.
And indeed she is. Though still in
her 2O's, she Is considered the great
est opera singer Of Spain.
Last November she was asked by
King Alfonso of Spain to appear at the
royal palace for the purpose of being
introduced to Queen Victoria. Miss
de Lerma says that she was really
charmed by the grace and distinction
Of the queen. She sang before hel
and was presented with a brooch Of
diamonds, which she considers one o.
her most valuable jewels.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-11-29

Cheese cloth will save the daily use
OF an egg In boiled coffee merely by
having small bags of the cotton kept
IN tie kitchen. Put the grounds into
one and twist the top around tight
with thread, spool Of which should
be handy for the purpose. The same
bag may be used many times. There
Is nothing in the cleaning line for
which Is Is not good.
windows and mirrors will never have
speck of lint on their shining sur-
race II cheese cloth is used, and for all
kinds OF work 1t will be found inyal-
liable. A bag made Of it should always
be kept in the kitchen for straining
soups.
Tissue paper is another valuable
household asset that all housekeepers
do not appreciate. All of It that comes
into the house should be saved. Mois-
tened with alcohol, # polishes to Der
fection, and even dry will make them
shine. Silver, also brass If not badly
furnished, will respond immediately TO
treatment with tissue paper, and for
packing of all kinds it is most useful.
Lace, silk and all ribbon should always
be ironed between two layers of 1t. for
the materials will not then be shiny.
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what you have to say. l make point
never to condemn a man until he's
had the chance to defend himself. Go
ahead"
'Thank you, SIR. l am 20 years old,
physically sound and Uf good habits
I enjoy an excellent income and my
father has promised ME house and
lot when I marry"
The old man nodded
"That sounds good" he said. but
what about your famlly?"
ooh, you mean during war time.
think we did our share. We had two
uncles and three cousins in the Civil
War and father would have gone to
the front in the war with Spain. but
mother wouldn't let HIM."
"When l spoke l didn't allude to
the Civil War, sir. The country was
rich and powerful then. refer to the
time when it was poor and weak.
There was no particular credit in go
Ing to the front in the war with the
South. SO many people went that no
one had chance to feel lonesome
No, sir. l refer to the ever glorious
wars with Great Britain, sir, in 1776
and 1872. Do you know what hap
pened on the 10th of September, sir?"
The young man felt very uncomfort-
able.
"My birthday! Certainly notw
II refer to the battle of Lake Erie,
SIR"
"Oh, yes. the we-have-met-the-enemy
battle?"
Yes. And who do you suppose was
there, sir?"
The young man drew long breath.
ut was Commodore Perry, wasn't
1t, sir?"
Commodore Perry. 1t was my
grandfather"
The young man nodded pleasantly.
"Was Commodore Perry your grand.
father, sir?"
The old man was speeches. for q
moment.
Commodore Perry was not my
grandfather-nor my grandmother
elther-nor even my Uncle Benjamin
Listen to me, young man. My grand
father was at Put-in-Bay"
He uttered the last words impress
sively and glared at the young mar
as If to be sure that this momentou
fact impressed him properly
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-11-29

The cost of living has advanced In
Great Britain 20 per cent within the
past ten years, according to London
correspondent. The rise In prices has
affected everything from houses to
candles There Is no limit in sight to
the upward bound Of prices.
The imposition Of heavy new taxes
Is held to be largely responsible for the
increased cost of living, everybody who
Is able to do so having raised prices
to recover the tax money.
The average Englishman is becom-
ing poorer all the time, and the Brit
lsh government Is trying to arrange a
scheme to grant pensions to the aged
poor, in order to ward of an economic
revolution.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-11-29

II told him that ever since I'd known
him he'd been doing some fool thing or
smother, but that took the cake" said
The man with the white lawn bow neck
lie. HE got mad about it and now he
won't speak to me-"
Then it worked all right?" said the
man with the tennis shoes
"What do you mean by worked all
right p" asked the man with the white
lawn bow necktie.
"What say" said the man with the
tennis shoes. II mean that your plan
was successful, that its outcome full
filed your most sangu1ne expectations.
You wanted to get rid Of him, didn't
you? Wasn't that why you told him
lie didn't have any sense?"
"Certainly not" replied the man
with the white necktie. Hes good
fellow all right, and l like him first
rate. guess he'll not be mad when
lie thinks 1t over and sees I'm right.
I'd feel bad If he didn't. No, l told
him he was foolish because he was
foolish. Anybody would say the same
thing. What did he want to buy on
the other fellows say-sO for? That's
what it amounted to, practically. You
don't catch me investing money in land
until I know exactly what 1t Is and
what the values of adjacent property
are."
That's all right" said the man with
the tennis shoes. II don't dispute that.
| suppose he was chump, but that
doesn't seem to ME to be good reason
for telling him So don't blame him
for getting mad. He probably realizes
his mistake. When anybody gets a
thousand dollars worth of experience
Put all over him it's apt to soak into
his pores of Itself. There amt any
reed CT rubbing it in"
well, perhaps not; out 1t was so OBJ
lions he needn't have taken offense."
Because it was obvious, would you
70 to Charlie Soule and tell him that
It was pity his nose had been knocked
all out of plumb. and that there was
.uc. prolonged interval between his
knees? Charles ears always did seem
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to me more prominent than candidates
for the presidency. and when he gets
his hair cut they stick out worse than
ever. but wouldn't dream of calling
his attention to It,"
"Yes, but that isn't a parallel case"
objected the man with the white lawn
bow tie. Nobody can help being
homely or bandy-legged. That's per-
sonal misfortune. Nitzer didn't have
to put his money into that crazy
scheme, though"
Were all apt to make mistakes"
said the man with the tennis shoes.
Homer Pexler didn't have to marry
Mrs. Peren. I'm kind Of curious my
self to know why he did, but wouldn't
ask him why the dickens he did It,.
might ask you If you had any informa-
ton on the subject, but I've n bunch
he'd resent it. He must have imagined
1t would be all right, but it's dollars
to doughnuts that he couldn't have en-
ployed his reasoning faculties Would
you ask him yourselfT
"Of course wouldn't" replied the
man with the white lawn bow tie.
"Well. take old Semp Baxter. Go up
to him some time and say. See here.
Baxter. you've been telling those same
old yarns ever since can remember,
and they don't improve with age. I've
heard 500 times about you and Gen.
Grant getting in a dispute at Shiloh
and. to begin with, l think It's lie.
If it's true it isn't particularly inter-
esting, but It's probably false. because
you have reputation Of being a liar
Would you?"
ut isn't likely would" said the
man with the white lawn bow tie.
"Think he'd feel insulted"
at isn't parallel case. And. an
other thing, you want to take into con-
sideration I'm pretty we'll acquainted
with Nitzer."
"Tben, Of course, you've got right
TO insult him." said the man with the
tennis shoes. "If I'd known you
few years longer might tell you what
IN keep 1t to myself, though. Per-
haps YOU wouldn't think 1t was par
allel case."-Chicago Daily News.
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Joseph!ne'S Father
The older man frowned.

The older man frowned.
"Pooh, pooh. The passing prefer
ence of the girl of to-day isn't worthy
of any consideration whatever. Yester-
day it was dolls; to-day 1t is Teddy
bears. Sometimes 1t is lap dogs.
Sometimes it's beaux. l suppose my
dughter thinks she Is fond of your"
"Yes. SIR
Just what l expected. You train
a girl up In the way she should 60 and
when she's old enough she'll run away
with the first smug-faced rattle-brain
that happens along"
The young man involuntarily ran
his hand over his chin.
''Do-do you object to my face. sir?"
The old man family chuckled.
II wasn't referring to you person
ally" he explained; "l'm merely de-
scribing the type. Come, let's hear
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The other two did likewise,
And | saw the three no more.


1t Is sometimes said of timid per-
son, He looks as II lie couldn't say
DO to goose" Did you ever hear
how the expression originated? 1t may
be found, perhaps, in the story Of Bo,
a great captain and fierce one, who
was son to Odin, in the mythology Of
the North. His name was used by his
soldiers to frighten the enemy. They
tell a good story Of Ben johnson, the
poet, in connection with the "Bo" say
ing. He was introduced to a Lord
Somebody or other, and the nobleman
was so much surprised at the homely
appearance of the poet that he said /:
what? Are you Ben Jonson? You
look as if you could not say Bo to a
goose!" "Bo!" said Jonson, making a
bow to his lordship.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-11-29
Dandy and Laddie.

Dandy and Laddie were collie dogs
and brothers, and they were owned by
brothers, too, farmers up in New Hamp-
shire. Their farms adjoined and the
farmers pastured their stock in COM
mon. The dogs visited each other fire.
quently and were great friends. One
day, when Laddie was gnawing a bone
at Dandy's, pet kitten belonging to
Dandy's family came near, and Laddie
snapped at her. Dandy instantly flew
at his throat, and they had hot fight
before they could be separated. 1t is
said that neither dog never crossed the
boundary line between the two farms
after that. Laddie daily drove his
flock of sheep down the lane until he
reached the dividing wall, where DAN
dy solemnly took charge and drove
them to pasture. At night Dandy
brought back the sheep, and Laddie
would be waiting for them at the reg
ular place. Not once, after their fight,
did they take the slightest notice of
zach other.
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pcrtioned tnar IL took just one nouE
for the shell to I'll and sink. Then q
Waterman called out; the shell was
er,ptied and they began again.
Such trifles as minutes and seconds
were not needed on the peninsula,
Fancy any one asking the time in
Malay and being told that the cocoa
nut shell was half full!
There was young girl Of Malay,
Who inquired the time Of the day.
Said the Waterman swell, well,
By my cocoa-nut shell,
IT'S half-after noon, should say"
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That ia m ed Auto.

Jump! jump"
whats the matter?'
Something has become damned and
I can't stop her!"
"Then let her go; It might be
worse"
"Worse!'
eyes, she might have become jammed
so you couldn't have started her, yop
know."-Houston Post.
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The Youth-Yes, I'm in business for
myself, but l don't seem to be able to
meet with any success. The Sage-No-
body ever meets with success, young
man. He must overtake 1t.
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Cocoa-Nut Clock.

In Malay, the natives used to keep
a record of time in the following way !:
Floating in a bucket filled with wa
ter, they placed a cocoa-nut shell, hav-
ing small perforation through which
by slow degrees, the water found Its
way inside This opening was so pro-
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eft is said that Mr.. wilkins
Fired his house that he might get
The insurance that was on it"
Mamma said to pa. "And yet"
'Chimed in Willie, young, untutored,
"'T'was a foolish thing to do.
If there was insurance on it,
Tt has all been burned up, too"
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Wanted to Know.

do you like chestnutsP
IF you've got one to tell, no; II yuy
mean the kind one eats, yea"-Hous
ton Post
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A Name to Suit the Case.

"Why do you call your dog Ham
lett"
because he is Great Dane."-Bal-
timore American.
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A man can afford to love an enemy
whom he uses as a doormat-
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Society will "do up" a woman quick
CT than housework