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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06
, Short Stories by Napoleon.

~ 's,r' 'oS PpN i'' pTE, was
IN prolific writer in the few years
when he was not onureiy occu-
ted with war and statecraft His liter
.ry works have been gathered together
aud published oy the French man oi let
..rs, Tancrede Msrtel Among them are
-aay unpuunsAed Writings by the great
ison
OF course they are Interesting as the
great Napoleons work. But would
modern magazine editor accept them II
he aId not know who wrote them. Would
she editor Of the Lookout care for themH
Here is a sketch called The Masked
Prophet" written by Napoleon at Ajac-
eIo. in 1857, when he was eighteen years
old;
In the year 100 OF the hegira, Mkadi
reigned at Bagdad. This prince, great,
generous, enlightened, magnanlmous. saw
Inc Arabian Empire prosper III peace
reared and respected by his neignbors. ne
was occupvi.g himself with 'eultiyating
tho sciences. when peace was disturbed
by Iiakem, who. from the depths OF
khorassan. began to gather parIisans in
oil parts OF the empire. JIakem. who was
Of splendid stature, gifted win manly aud
eoLy!ncing eloquence. called himself the
,Ivoy CT God. He taught pure moral
,ty, which pleased the multitude, Equal
uy Of rank and fortune was the ordinary
text Of his sermons The people Hooked
60 mis- standard Hakem had an army.
Tho Caliph and the mobiles felt the
necessity of crushing In ths beginning
suoh o dangerous 'nsurrection. but
their troop, were beaten several times
and Hakem gained fresh strength every
day.
\ But a terrible disease, resulting from
The fatlgues OF war. jishgured the face
OF the Prophet. lie was no longer the
handsomast OF Arabs. Ills noble and
severe features. his large eyes full of
nre. we're dishgured. Hakem became
blind. This change threatened TO
s1ns' he therefore hit upon the Idea
~ wearing a silver mask.
Hs Aocearsd In the midst OF his foi-
loweve iisEem had lost none OF MS
s,'sny,N, ne spoke to them and con.
yiaceS teen, inst he only wore the
Hlssk 20 save them from being plinded
" s' oIss5.sa se 'f more Sis 'tSs, tSan ever from
M0fa shsn ,ae loss Of a battle
s,..' "a > Sa'ssHd tSsis Sts Ssilsf ef't n
6ir. He sas us-'esed with small
tsn s,,ssr you must perish or
yoNt b. sMiss wi;i seize your
u g4ussnt all his partisans to-
Geth-g arc saH 20 them:
~ fRtthfaI followers. you whom
uIa .o1 Msaamst have chosen to re-
ssSs .s@ scplrs and reform our ma
snse. way docs the number OF your
In.m'ss iiFhnsrten you? Listen TO me
~; e,stt. when you were plunged in
peoI Father. Thou hast protected
~ 6Se oaaay Ssarsi have or my peo
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06

While the trachodon is referred to as
the duck-biled dlnosaur. its bin was the
only feature In which 1t resembled a
bird. 1t had no wings and no feathers,
and though II swallowed huge stones to
help mastloate food In the same manner
as birds do. there seems to be no plausi-
BILE reason fbrf this, Jas the reptile was
equipped wih no less than one thousand
teeth According 10 Or. Barnum Brown.
the teeth. which were situated well back
I'M the<jaws. were the mos; h'Shly sp-
ciallzed Of any known. -
"There were about ten ~tho otfsand alto
gether," declares Mr.. Barnum, maSsed in
a solid pavement; that Is, about iSe hun
dred In each jaw, distributed In forty-five
to sixty vertical rows. according to age
and species. with from ten to fourteen in
each row. The teeth have enamel ON one
side only. the inside OF the lower and ,he
outside of the upper jaw. so that the
enamel edges of the opposing Jaws pass
ed across each other oblquely, like the
blades OF scissors. and were used appar-
emily to cut the food into sections.
Just why this huge animal. which was
so plentfully supplied with dental acccs-
sories, found II necessary nevertheless to
swallow stones to help grind It's food, 10
not at all clear This habit Is usually
confined to animals, like birds, which
have no teeth or other means of chewing
their food; but In the case of the tracho-
don that, OF course, was not $50. Never
theless, many specimens OF gastroliths
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06

right angles to the vortebral column.
Probably the most important part OF
the epldermis preserved Is that cover
Ing In front legs. IL Is unbroken
on the front and the back and shows
one foot to have been webbed more
completely than In any water bird
The thImb is absent. so that tho
Tour toes present are H., H.. ~. and v.
H. and III. terminated in small hoofs:
mo other toes To small round ossicles. but
all were completely covered by mem
brane. No pads are present. and the
delicate texture of the scales Is strong
evidence tina, the foot was used chiefly
as paddle. and not ror walking.
Part OF an ornamental dorsal frlI 10
preserved, overlyinE the neck, and con-
slsts OF uniformly large tubercles that
ouiIine, and at least In some places
extend above the spincs Of the eighth.
hlhth, tenth and eleventh cervical ver-
tcbrag
The large tubercles were separated
oy small ones between the splnes.
doubtless this resembled IN prominence
me irill Of the living iguana.
IN auothcr specimen, representing a
dlheront gems. the scalcs that cover
.the iail ar. uniformly large with fat
WIS anu Hutci sides. but not differ
ch'lated Inio patterns. In general. the
'pideEmis appears to resemble that Of
inc gerhos more nearly than any liv-
Ing lizard
ia resume It would appear Hat the
Nentral side OF the body or bAly was
covered by small rosettes or'clusters
In moro or less regular lines mich In
creased IN size over the sideq and were
al IF..ts sV,sH Is.,s Il
and on the outer side Of the litlbs. small
tuberCles no: differentiated into 0clusters
marked the inner sides Of the limbs
and In the folds Of the skin. where
there was friction short erect
\ dorsaI frll ornamentcd the neck,
y and possibly part OF the back.
That the skin was plFmented
seems probable, but nature would
nc. have made defenseless
bulky creature rf this size moro
n conspicuous by brilliant colors.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06

" its anatomy. AS matter of fact.
most of the modern reptiles reproduce
themselves through the medium of eggs.
and II was therefore not strange that
~ prehistoric representatives OF the
species should have done likewise.
The reptiles eggs Is usually somewhat
different to the familiar birds egg, the
shell being tough, though not brittle. AS
to the size OF the trachOdon egg, the
scientists are at present unable to give
any accurate information, although from
comparative study with the size Of
other animals and their eggs the tracho-
don egg has been conservatlvely esti-
mated at four feet long by two and half
feet across weighing at least a thousand
pounds.
The cave men OF the period undoubted.
ly found In the egE Of the trachodon one
of their principal sources of sustenance.
The trachodon was an aquatic reptile
and spent most OF It's life in the fresh
water lagoons which abounded In the
West In prehistoric times. II may also
have existed In the bordering seas fossil
remains Of the species having been found
among sea deposits near what was once
the sea shore.
Like other dinosaurs, the trachodon
was long on body and short on brains.
While, of course. its brain matter has
not been discovered, the brain box in the
skeleton gives a very fair idea OF the ex.
act shape and size OF the brain, and Il is
found that tho trachodon could not nave
had brain as large as that OF III
Of Ave. The brain cavity is but seven
inches long and three inches deep, the
brain having been cylindrical In shape
IL is a significant fact that the spine OF
these unwieldly reptiles was in parts
thicker than the brain. According to
Dr. w ID. Matthew, associate curator OF
ath-They Were Arranged Like
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06

hood OF freezing point; in the
day of the trachodon the cli-
mate OF Montana was tropical,
This is indicated by the re-
mains OF plantaln. banana,
sycamore and palms and plants
and trees which cannot grow
in cold climate.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06

Pile offended Thee. since Inou u
abandoning usY moment later
heard voice saying to me; Hakem'
only those who have not abandoheu
thee are thy true friends. ana they
alone are the chosen ones. They shah
share with thee the riches or thy
naughty enemies. Walt until the new
moon comes: dig great dltches; ana
thy enemies shall fall into them as
hies overcome by the smoke"
The bitches were soon dug. They hlled
one with lime and set, ba els filled with
strong drink along the edge.
When that had been done Hakem and
his followers feasted together. They
drank the same wine and all died with
the same symptoms. Hakem dragged
their bodies to the lime. which consumed
them, set fire to the liquors and threw
himself In, The next day the troops of
the Caliph advanced, but they stopped
when they saw the open doors of the
tents. They entered with precautlon and
found a woman. the mistress of Hakem.
the only one II his followers who had
survived him.
such was NHakem, surnamed Durhal,
whom many believed to have been trans
lated to heav.n with his followers.
Some selections from "Maxlms and
Thoughts" written by the Emperor at
st. Helena follow:
man must wish to live and know
how to die
Where Is the man who would not be
stabbed II he could be Caesar? A little
ray of his glory would repay one hand
somely for an early death.
The able man profits by everything.
neglects nothing which may give him a
few extra chances; the less able man
sometimes through disregardins one
chance loses everything.
Everything passes away quickly on
earth except the opinion we leave i'm
pressed on history.
Great glory prolongs the memory of
man beyond the centuries,
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1910-10-14

there We're pretty quilts hung up
i'm the different parts OF the gal
lcry. We noticed one quilt in par
ticular which was picccd by the
little children at the st. James
Mission at Lake Pickcral, in
charge ~oL- Rev. John Robinson.
Episcopal Minister.
On the last table was an eXhIb-
it of pickles, preserves, candy,
bread, cakes and butter, made by
the Indian women and girls.
From our point of view nothing
we saw gave evidence of advance
ment more than those jars OF but
ter and loavcs OF bread. A step
III the direction Of better living
and better sanitary conditions.
We hen went to took at lhe
poultry exhibits. There were very
good specimens among which we
II cod Plymouth Rock chickens
q iucIis, turkeys, etc. We no
ilced a turkey gobbIcr which
weighed about thirty pounds
raised by Arthur Gr@ ycIol,d
In stock exhibits there were
good colts and horses. Some fine
draft and general purpose hor-
ses. There was one colt raised by
D"rid Eastman of the Goodwill
Township which was as fine
Specimen as we have seen at any
OF Inc county fairs among The
white people
AS to the cattle, there were fine
specimens Of Jersey cows and Gal
F, loways. There was one Galloway
bull about three years old owned
by John Eastman
There were some very fine spe-
cinnens Of hogs among which
were the Durox Jersey and the
Poland China We noticed in
particular one six months old pig
weighing about a hundred and fif
~ pounds.
a ball game and horse race
ended, the day, which was "a day
never to be forgotten. Much creo
II IS due Major S. T.. Allen and
the industrial Mission and Gov
crnment school for their helpful
ness and encouragement along in
dnstrlal and educational lines.
Continued on page 2
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1910-10-14
Daddy y'sBedtine
o%OA Was Lonesome
Kicked Her Ten
Times

~" ADDY get lonesome? asked Jack wac trying
i Ia to o AT bedtime
H| replied laugh In fact
OF a
paying jumped the and
pumpkins. Come I'll
civ a back
would be fun they jumped but
kiddie
ridge hen Fido and yp
in called
chase
decided awaken
hammock
nmllng When
up he chased the road
lonesome Bessie
children.
children
school, But
he took his ruler and began whip
the teacher You
that she all the
walked and he put rope around
pumpkins did she
glad get back in her lot again
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1910-10-14

rs would do credit to many coun-
ty fairs we have seen whore on
" the white people We're the com
PeiitorS.
The next place we visited con
tanned theeXhibits from the Gov
eminent School uudcr manage
mrnt OF Professor George Dutt.
This institution was well repre-
sented AT the fair The art and
mechanical display were such as
1c do credit to anNindustriaI
school.
Here we found lnap-draM ing,
sewing cards, raI'fea Wo,k free
hand cutting, map weaving fancy
work, union dresses made by the
GIRLS, and small barns, fences and
gates, made by TIN" boys in man
ual tn%lnlng One thing that
certainty deserves note was tlla
eSAAtlnat'on papers "f arithmetic
spelling, drawing, pemnanship.
linsl" g, physiology, etc. Sono
OF these papers Were perfect, they
all were very good None better
could he found IN 1he schools
attended by white children.
Passing out of Tins place we en-
tered he Art Gallery ullcr he
nah%. mrnt Of Mrs. Ida ID. Dln-
go1n, field matron al tine Sissr-
ion Agency. Here piled upon
several tables we found specimen
from th" homes OF the Indian
people not from the schools.
There We're many beautiful thing,
to be seen both useful as well as
ornamental.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1910-10-14

ABBY do cows ever get 1onegms asked Jack as papa wa" trying
~ son." replied with laugh in fact
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1910-10-14

ON the first table We found
calling cards written b. Thomas
King Of the Huron Business G OIL
lege which readily proved his
skill as pcnman. On Two other
tables were bead work consisting
Of moccasins, dolls, bags, sofa
pillows, and Other things too
numerous to mention, while on a
third table was fancy work and
printing done in the homes, and
over this hung a Iife size por-
trait Of the historical character,
Chief Gabriel Renville. Then
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1910-10-14
a Trip Through the Indian Fair.
Written for the Standard.

the grand stand, unlike amy we
had ever before seen. 1t was the
Indian Mar Dance, and thither
we went and watched this grotcs-
que drama OF other days. Here
We're some twenty or thirty In
dian men, clothed in blanket and
buck skin breechcs laced and
decked with many colored beads
and painting of the most fantis-
tic colors, and over all the war
rlor head dress decked with the
feathers OF many Il fallen foe.
And here they We're, keeping
time, time, time to the wierd
music OF The wild tomtom. and a.
round this band of dancing braves
clrcled in perfect Rhythmic steps
some thirty or forty women of
the Sioux tribe painted and drcs-
sed in costumes OF the days of
lon" ago Although we have seen
something OF the kind before, ncy
er one like This. AND We said to
ourselves, look quick and look
! ~ood. II is d passing show. I'm
. little while the advancing wavl
of civilization ike the shrill
whistle OF the steam engine,
soaring the echoes from the hills,
will drive the Indian War Dance
to the land Of the Forgotten. :
Following this some splendid
national airs were rendered by
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1910-10-14
NOTICE

The undersigned will sell to
the highest bidder the following
land viz:-N%, NwA, Sec. %, T.
l23, r. 81. Bids to be sent to the.
Summit Bank, Summit, S. Oak,
and must be in their hands at
II 0 clock, noon, October 2lst,
1910 at which time bids Will be
opened. Premises morgaged for
100000, mortgage due Sept. lst,
1914. Bids to be accepted must
come up to appraisment. $4,000
cash, Bal. march 1st 1911.
DAN THAYER,
Summit, S. ID.
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tho Reservation i5an,, composed
ntirrIy Of indians. / M.a
nojsc alone but real harmony.
nothing surprised us more dur
my he day than the melody rem
dered by this band.
After these exercises the Rev
John Eastman introduced Judge
Andrews OF Si$seton who dnlN-
cred an address al once rntrrtaiil-
and Instructive All Of which
W,aS readily interpreted by Mr..
Eastman INTO the language of
tho Sioux. The purpose of the
speaker seemed to be an earnest
appeal to the Indians OF this re
sciWatlon TO prepare themselves
FOR competition with the shrcwd
and Skillfuh methods Of white
men.
After Tin" Speaking we Went in
to the Agricultural Hall, and we
must admit that we were sllrpri-
Sed at the exhibits in that place
NO less than eightN-eight Speci-
mems OF grains We're on exlibl-
ton, all' OF which were grown
pi pared and brought there by
the Indians Themselves. No one
else being permitted to enter an
exhibit. The specimens Of he
Durum and Blue Stem wheat
wore Of as fine a quality as any
We have found among the white
farmers, and no two specimens
Of the same thing We're permitted
tD be entered by the same per-
son. The specimens Of oats, flax
barley and spelt,, We're equally
nomncndable.
In the vegetabI, exhibit wer"
potatoes, corn carrots, beets, to-
inatoes, beans. peas. onions, tnr-
nips. squash. pumpkin cabbage,
and Wat@rlnelons etc. We mra-
ured some potatoes brought iror
h. Goodwill Mission, nine inchr,;
7 circumference. IN the corn cX
,,lblt we had expected to see the
lint and so-called Indian corn
/ here was some Of that. but a
laong the greater part was corn
of excellent variety. such as tn
7 low and White Dent, which
was ripe and hard and the ears
large.
B.,re passing let US say that
this agricultural exhibit was such
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1910-10-14
stg Siisseton Schools sgz

who are interested in basket ball
and Will start practclng this
week. They intend to show the
eighboring towns what Sisse1on
can do.
Webster Andcrbere is a new
pupil in the eighth grade
Superintendent and Mrs. Moss
man entertained the faculty Al
a moonlight picnic held IN the
gulch west of town. A fine time
is reported and all express Jhem-
selves as thankful 10 Supcrinten-
dent and Mrs. AIossman.
Ask some OF The Freshman
boys how they like Latin.
John Woulph, Mary Needel
and Joseph Lecku"r are the new
est pupils in the fifth grade.
An armful OF hay has been Of
fered to the Freshman in order
that they may chew this and save
the extra expense of buNing pa
per.
Continued on 9th page
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1910-10-14

the Indians OF this reservation
wera really making along INDUS
trial lines.
The day was ideal.a typical
lnian SIMMER day. AS we APP
preached the Agency where the
fan. was ield. a scene of rntrali-
cling beauty vlnroiled before us.
Between the purple hills to the
west and the valley below lies a
plateau some two or three miles
in extent, laced and threaded
here AMI there with coulees Joln-
ing tn G,.eau IIillS With tho
ich farming lands below. an1
here and there rising rom the
With hill 5opS o" pc ping oMi from
among t!n ,couiee groves was The
Indian t.naa CT II, wigwam
for h viewer much the illdlan OF
the Sioux tribe may advance III
| the arts Of civilization and ever
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1910-10-14

Come and see the foot-ball
game between Sisseton and Mil
bank. Saturday Oct. -, at , pm.
The pupils of the third grade
who are studying the dry m"a-
sule. were presented with a bar
rel of oats by Burns 4 Wolff.
This was a great help to the
children.
During the month Of September
thirty-four patrons have visited
the school. This week Miss Ro-
binson, of AIilbanl1, and Mesdame
steele Carlberg and Winter
have visited the g,raas.
Palmer Al1re entered the sixth
grade this week.
Mr.. c. c. knappen has offered
a prize Of ten dollars 10 be given
III May to any pupil IN school
who writes the two best business
letters on assigned subjects. This
is to be known as the knappen
Prize.
There are about thirty girls
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1910-10-14

refinement, he still clings to the
tepee, the wigwam, and the pipe
OF peace. In fact where he has
reared modern home on his al
lotted lands. along side of this
mark OF civilization the tepcc
often stands, and in the long
summer afternoons it IS here he
receives his guests and smokes
the pipe OF peace.
Promptly at one clock the
ropes We're lowered and the gates
to the fair grounds We're opened
TO the public, and in we went at
Ter paying orn twenty five cents
and mingled with multitude OF
two ancient races. for he whites
We're there as we'll as the Indians
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though not as competitors at the
fair.
We had hardly began our in
vestigation Of the numerous exhi-
bits when our attention was at
tracted to a scene just east OF
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1910-10-14

WAS Thursday
OF las. week, the
second day of TIL
exhibition, when
the notion TO vi
sit the Indian In
Fair seiz.
cd us. We wished
to see for onrsel-
YES what. progress
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-04-01
OLD WELL is GUSHING
A VOLUME OF WATER.
ArteSian Well Starts Up
SudtgEl

Workmen digging the cellar under
Carl Hawkins Cafe in the hotel build
ing were astonished late yesterday
evening as a stream of artesian water
suddenly shot forth from among the
clods, causing them to hustle for the
ladder, as the cellar filled rapidly with
water One of the negro laborers
had struck his steel pick against the
sealed-up top of the six-inch artesian
shaft sunk many years ago by the
city in boring for an artesian well up
on the site now occupied by the hotel.
Water was struck at the time at a
depth of 1890 feet, but as it did not
rise to the surface the well was aban-
doned and the present city we'll, fur
ther up Lamar street, was successfully
sunk. The old we'll at the corner, now
occupied by the hotel, was sealed up,
and forgotten by many citizens
until the accidental knocking off Of
the cap yesterday brought it to mind
again. The cap will be sealed back
upon the we'll this morning, although
many citizens insist that the fine water
should be utilized by the city. Hun
dreds took look at the spouting well
so long forgotten.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-04-01
is HELD UP
UNTIL II RAINS HERE
Farmers in Sumter Cant
Plant Crops.

Farmers in Americus yesterday re-
ported considerable delay in the mat
ter of cotton planting because of the
prevailing drought 1t has not rain
ed here in a long while, and conse-
quently the recently plowed corn and
cottonfields are veritable dust beds.
In many sections of Sumter large
areas of cotton have been planted, de-
spite the drought, and the seed will
germinate after the first rain, though
not few farmers prefer to wait on
the shower. Comm issioner of Agri-
culture r. G. Hudson states that re-
ports from all over the state indi-
cate there will be a reduction of II
least 5 per cent in the cotton acreage
this year, and perhaps more This is
due, he says, to the high prices of
grain and forage crops which is in
fiuencing the farmers to plant them
to far greater extent than ever before