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Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1879-01-16
TO the Dakota LEGISLATURE.

4anktOn, -. H., Jan. q, 1919. .-E0lCOrS
Press & Dakotaian. The territory Of
Dakota is ambitious for state honors and
enlarged sovereignty. 1t is said we must
wait long for the return of " republican
majority in both houses because tire dem.
ocratic majority will not admit . republi
can state. Some oppose state orgsn,za-
tion because it would cause too heavy an
expense list for our aggregate wealth.
Others say that only as state can we
resch our strength, or make adequate
gain, in popuiation and wealth. There
sle other similar arguments Of ell shades.
We believe there is ono line Of action
which is equally the duty Of every class
of citizens. and which will at the same
time successfully answer the objections Of
each and best secure b statehood desirable
for oil. This is going to work heartily
for the settlement of our lands. The
times are ripe for 1t. The people, east
and west, are desirous Of occupying just
such lands IS we have, free and abundant,
for them. From New England, the Do
rian hive of our northweet colonies, and
from every state of the middle west the
people are moving or preparing to move
to new homes. They will mainly 90
where they are invited. One,half know
nothing of Dakota except through the
Northern Pacific railroad. Many of these
hesitate to go 80 far north, magnify ing
the rigors of the climate. The other
great railroads pass through Nebraska and
Kansas and the latter keeps all channels
filled with its bloviation. It usually
happens that the homeseekcr has studied
railroad prospectus, and, having pur,
chased his ticket, starts with the expecta.
ton Of being pleased, and locates some.
where on that line. And it is curious
often to observe how earnestly they will
at first try to persuade themselves that
they are satisfied. The very throng be
finds himself with hurrles him on to his
selection. The good lands found in any
given region keep up the current and it
overAows upon lands which would not
originally have been touched. The rail-
roads, the spectators, owners of townsites
and all traders and persons who have
invested, are interested in keeping up
the movement In such manner has Kan
sas been pushed upon the attention of the
country for twelve or fourteen years.
There is hardly writer ofsny prominence
upon the newspaper or the author of q
book or pamphlet who has not a specula-
tive interest in Kansas. So the entire
press is in manner subsidized in its
favor. This is partially true slso ot
Nebraska. :a
But there is no~ another side to this
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1879-01-16
NOTICE. a
U. 8. LAND OFFICE,

---I.-#Esj ~. 1srgo, D. r., December I, 1878.
Complaint having been entered at this Once BY
Frederick n, Adams against Prank Erickson for
abandoning his Timber Culture Entry, No. $685. dated
October 25 1877. upon the West hslG NE quarter,
and South half NV quarter, Section 2, Township
139 n, Range SO W, IL Barnes County, b. r., with
view the cancellation Of said entry: the ssd parties
are hereby summoned 70 appear at this Office on the
respond and furnish testimony concerning said
alleged abandonment.
= l"T ~11 J. q. WHEeLOCK. Register.
s...a sr a.,.. THOS. N. PUGH, Receiver.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1879-01-16
A Contrivanoo that Will Walk . LsxJ
Man Twelve Miles IN Hour.

OkhosO
Man Twelve Miles IN Hour.
Philadelphia Banner.
The newspaper carrier who serves pa
pers to the attendants in the Permanent
Exhibition Building goes his rounds at
the rate of twelve miles an hour. He
travels on machines not unlike roller
skates, which are called pedomoters, ac
cording to the inventor, Mr.. J. H. Hobbs,
an architect on Walnut street, above Fifth.
The day ie not far distant when the
whole city will be on wheels, when PEI
destrians viii! be skimming through the
streets at the rate of ten miles an hour
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-10-22
Kind Words.

Randall Morton has fine place near
Pittsburg and the boss cherry trees of the
county. There are two rows of them,
leading from the gate to the house. The
trees are so planted that the inferior varie-
ties are nearest the gate. We have q
great many visitors in the summer time,
and the first thing every fellow does
when he enters the gate is to go to the
first cherry tree and partake of the fruit
thereof; then he naturally works his way
to the next tree and samples the cherries
he finds the fruit of that is better than
that of the first tree; then he moves ON
to the next and discovers that the frui
Of that is still better, and 50 he gradu-
ally works up to the residence, eating
from every tree on his way"
"What Ioes he do then?''
"Then." said Mr.. Morton, putting his
feet up on the window sill, "his COM
plexion turns to sort of blush white
and he asks:
!" For Gods sake have you any whis-
KY in the house2'
IF we have any whisky added Mr..
Morton, 1--WE give him some; if we
haven't any we pnt q mustard plaster on
him and encourage HIM by kind looks
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-10-22

| s'Just listen. You are now seventeen
wears old, SO that in fifteen years YOU
have absorbed oxen and calves, S; sheep
ana lambs "A; chickens, 1927; ducks s0f;
geese, II; turkeys, 100; game Of various
inds, 1874; FISHES, 1850; eggs, 1924: vege-
tables (bunchesJ, 700; fruit (baskets}.
SOB; cheese, 30; tea and coffee (cups)'
$4,000; water (gallons), 3,0OO.o
At this the maiden revolted, and iump-
ing up, exclaimed;
81 think you are very impertinent, and
disgusting besides, and l will not stay to
ilsten to you'll" upon which she flew into
the house. sg ia 81
He gazea after her with an abstracted
air and left, saying to himself;
"lf she kept talking at that rate twelve
hours out of twenty -four, her jaw would
IN twenty years travel a distance of l.
1922, 124 miles," #.a #g
The maiden within two months mar
ried well-to-do farmer who was no Sta
tistician. '-o II s.3lf
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-10-22
Statistics For Girls,

A young English statistician who wa.
paying court to young lady thought te
surprise her with his immense erudition.
Producing his note book, she thought hi
was about to indite long sonnet, but
was slightly taken back by the following
question: ~...-..
GLOW many meals do you eat day9'
"Why, three, of course; but of all the
oldest questions"
"Nevcr mind, dear, I'll tell you all
about it in a minute" zs, ss
His pen was rapidly at work, at last be
fondly clasped her slender waist and
said:
CHOW, my darling, I've got it. And il
you wish to know how much has passed
through that adorable little mouth in the
last seventeen years, can give you the
exact figures"
"Goodness gracious! What do you
mean2'
CHOW, just listen," he said, ssand you
shall hear exactly what you have been
obliged to absorb to maintain those
charms which are to make the happiness
of my life"
"But I don't want to hear. ,.
"Ah, you are surprised, no doubt, but
statistics are wonderful things"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-10-22
Beauty in a Box Car.

Dallas Herald IL
2 Saturday evening one of the train men
at the Union depot heard noise proceed
ing from box car on the switch, and a
voice calling, "Please open the door,
On unlocking the car, which was nearly
filed with machinery, he found to his
establishment woman. He had judged
by her fine voice, that it was boy who
had ride, She said that her name was
Mrs. William Clark, and that she was
from Fulton, Ark. Her husband, VIM.
Clark, came to this state some two
months ago going to Weathertord in
search Of work, he being carpenter by
trade. As soon as he got work and fixed
he was to send for her. He got several
jobs in house building, but he was taken
sick. and it was not long before his mea-
gre earnings were eaten up by doctor
bills and board. He wrote to her of his
condition, explaining why he had delay
ed sending for her. She had saved up
ONE money herself, enough to come to
him, but very little more. This she sent
him at once by post-oAice order. Yet
she was not satisfied, for she yearned to be
with him to nurse him, but she did not
have money enough to pay her fare. What
was she to do9 Like true woman she
put her wits to work to devise some
means by which she could reach him. but
she could conjure up no plan, and she be-
came almost desperate, but she never
despaired, At last happy thought struck
her, and while she was delighted at the
feasibility of it, she did not fancy it very
much, yet she never once hesitated to
take the step that promised to forward
her to her husband. The idea was to Sc
crete herself in an empty box car, as she
had heard OF tramps doing, and come
through in that way. The idea was hard
sly conceived before 1t was carried out.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-10-22
YOU'LL NEVER GUESS.

know two eyes, two soft brown eyes,
Two eyes as sweet and dear
As ever danced with gay surprise,
Or melted with tear;
In whose fair rays heart may bask-
Their Swallowed rays serene
But, little maid, you must not ask
Whose gentle eyes mean. ID.
! know voice of fairy tone,
Like brooklet in the June,
That sings to please itself alone,
A little old-world tune;
Whose music haunts the listeners ear,
And will not leave it free;
But shall never tell you, dear,
Whose accents they may be.
know golden-hearted maid
For whom built shrine, >
A leafy nook of murmurous shade,
Deep in this heart of mine;
And in that calm and cool recess
To make her home she came
But, oh! you'll never, never guess
That little maiden's name. .s e.
Good Words.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-10-22

secreting herself IN the car she came
through to this city, where the car was
switched of on the side track After
waiting for some time and finding that
the car was not gong any further, she
called to get out. She was young and
rather good looking woman, and told her
story IN such a simple, straightforward
manner that II purse was ma ac MP at once
to forward her to her husband, ana she
left on Saturday nights II AS west-bound
train for Fort Worth. From which place
she will proceed to Weatherford. Such
q wife as this is worth having.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-10-22
The Wickedest Book Agent.
From the Boston Journal.

from the Boston Journal. ~.
A clever fellow, an expert in the call
ing, rang the door bell, and soon the laly
Of the house was before him. Said he,
will you be kind enough to take this
book and give it. e. II guess not to-
day, sir, said she, closing the door. "But,
madam, you don't understand. only
want you to give IT PEI cannot pos
sibly to-day, sir; I'm very busy "Why,
my dear madam, the folks in the next
house are away; won't you please hand
it to them when they return7 It's valu-
able work, and you will save me many
steps and also oblige tie lady very much, =
"Ohl oh! certainly, excuse-i thought
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-10-22

you see we have SO many I see
madam; don't fret yourself, but can l
further trouble you for pencil to write
the address on the book2" "Most certain
.ly, sir she said, throwing the door open,
walk in, / hope, sir, you will excuse my
mistake" II will, but I can't help feel
ing hurt" said he huskily; "but the lady
is anxious to get it, and no wonder; lust
see the engravings only 81. Shall not
add your name to the list9'& She was
pOwerless: he got il. alE
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-10-22
Experiences of a Ramble.

IL 10 Always extremely pleasant to take
good long walk into the country at
this season of the year. There is some
thing exhllarating in the cool clear air,
which refreshes man and fills his soul
with poetry and song. The leaves, lust
tipped with scarlet and gold, wake ten
der memories IN the mind, and watt ones
soul to realms OF music and peace.
W. took one Of these walks one dav
with friend. Our course Law toward
Hlghbridge, through Central park. The
walk was delightful, in fact more delight
tul than any thing else. When we az
rived in Highbrid &c, our appetites got
the upper hand of our souls, and we
struck bee line tor hotel We wanted
to dine at the most high-toned looking
place, as they are genera lily the most
modest in their charges. It is only the
"a per month hut at the top OF melan-
choly hill that charges exOrbitant rates.
final y we did mount hill upon which a
most modest. looking habitation stood.
and entered the restaurant. As we went
In, we heard the following conversation
between the host and vicnim.
Said the victim. as he tipped his hat
back and bit the end eff a toothpick with
boyish glee:
II presume this was the scene of some
great Revolutionary battle, eh?''
"Not that I know of, sir" responded
the restaurateur, vaguely, as he brushed
some crumbs of the table-cloth with his
hands, and tried to appear occupied.
"PerhaPs Washington crossed the Del
aware at this points,
"The Delaware river amt he1e." re-
piled the hotel man.
"But perhaps it might have been SHIFT
ed over here just to accommodate old
WASH"
II don't think it was"
"Was Maj. Andre captured here9"
mo, sir.
"Was this the birthplace of the hate VIII
liam Patterson's assailant2"
"Not that I know off,;
Are there any feudal castles. or rnined
monasteries with interesting and roman
tic histories, In the neighborhooda"
"No, SIR
"Was this building of yours ever &C.
cupied by Lord Cornwallis9''
ut was not'
Olu ASidel L uLnam, the staircase cav
aller, ever tie his horse to that tree yon-
der9''
"He did not.''
care there any big colleges arounda"
"None.:'
"Was that pump over there founded by
Mady Blessington9''
"No, sir. I built it,
''There is something famous about
your place IN the way of antiquities and
objects which arc interesting from their
histories and associations?'
The hotel man shook his head Mega
lively.
"Then you have no moral right to
charge me fifty cents for plate of roast
beef garnished with oak leaves. don't
object to the oak leaves in the least, but
when l pay fifty cents for plate of roast
beef the hotel must contain the deathbed
of an empress or some historical associac
ton which places it above mediocrity.
Yes, sir, if Henry Clay had had dumb
ague in your house I'd willingly pay you
a dollar tor the beef and two dollars for
the oak leaves to bear away and place be-
tween the folios of my Shakespeare as
tender souvenirs"
S Then he laid down quarter and walk
ed of, leaving the proprietor of the place
in frame of mind which beggars de-
scription. We dined elsewhere.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-10-22

To satisfy opposing tastes and conform
to the electic character which Is the prin-
cipal feature of the present fashion, there
are in preparation for the winter bonnets
very large and even immense; also, 9th
er bonnets which are quite small.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-10-22

Three or four stuhs are required to
make black costumes now. First is the
heavy silk of which the dress is ostensi-
bly, composed; then the velvet brocade
for the draped sash, then the satin for
pipings, and last of all the cheap silk of
the underskirt.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-10-22

A collection was taken up ON the first
Sabbath in October in the Catholic
church in Wabashaw for the relief of
Archbishop Purcell, of Cincinnati.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-09-04
Interesting Scientific Facts.

Air is about sl6 times lighter than
common water.
The pressure of the atmosphere upon
every square foot of the earth amounts
to 4,l6o pounds.
An ordinary sized man, supposing his
surface to be fourteen square feet, sus-
tains the enormous pressure of 36.340
pounds. ....
Heat rarifies air to such an extent that
it can be made to occupy 5000 times the
space it did before.
The violence of the expansion of water
when freezing is sufficient to cleave Il
globe of copper of such thickness as to re-
qure a force of $4,000 pounds to produce
like effect.
During the conversion of ice into
water, l40 degrees of heat are absorbed.
Water, when converted into steam,
increases in bulk 5000 times.
One hundred pounds of Dead sea water
contains forty-siX pounds of salt.
The mean annual depth of rain that
falls ut the equator is ninety-six inches.
The explosive force of close confined
gunpowder is six and q half tons to the
square inch.
The greatest artificial cold ever pro-
duced is ninety-one degrees Fahrenheit.
Water obstructs one-halfo of the perpen-
dicular rays of the sun in seventeen feet
and three -fourths in thirty-four feet, and
less than one-thousandth part reaches
the depth OF 200 feet; hence the bottom
of deep water is in total darkness.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-09-04
Mental Cures of Physical Disease.

The American young lady who be-
lieved that she had got bristle of her
tooth brush fixed in her throat got worse
and worse, though there was no bristle
there, till she was persuaded by her doc
tors ruse that he had extracted it, after
which she recovered as rapidly. On the
other hand there are very well attested
cases. though none is quoted by this
writer. in which mere fright, directed to
the expected suffering of diseased part,
has caused powerful but salutary revo
luton in the condition of the diseased
organ. DR.. Carpentei-if we mistake
not-in his g Mental Physiology," gives
a case of the complete absorption of some
very dangerous tumor in a very few
hours, under the influence of mere terror
at the prospect OF the pain of the surgical
operation-it was before the days of
chloroform-which had been determined
on to remove it. Here was a case where
attentiOn-and attention of no hopeful
kind-produced the very opposite effect
to that which, in the American young
lady's case, attention of the despondent
kind had produeed-the very same effect,
indeed, which remission of attention,
when accompanied by the hope of cure,
had in that case produced.-Londoaa
spectator, ill rs .-.. a. tla- taa.ll4
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-09-04
A Family's Tragic End.

a few miles from Wittsburg, St. Fran
els county, Arkansas, lived a widow
named Hammett. The woman was en-
gagged in farming, and, though she had
two grown sons, was compelled to EN-
ploy young man to superintend farm
labOrs. Mrs. Hammett was about forty
years of age. The laborer was mere
boy, but an attachment soon sprang up
between the widow and the youth, which
ended in matrimonial proposal. The
wedding day was fixed. The two sons,
hearing of the matrimonial arrange
ments that had been made between their
mother and the STRIPPING, called upon
her and tried to dissuade her from
marriage. The widow refused to accept
her sons counsel. The sons made threats
but the widow affirmed that she loved
the young man, and would marry him at
all hazards.y The sons went away, and
at the appointed time heyoung man ap-
peared, artired for the wedding. The
minister came, and friends were assem-
bled. Thou art man and wife, had
hardly been pronounced, when a flash
at the window, followed by a loud re-
port, terrified the women and astonished
the men. Another flash, another report,
and the newly made husband sank to
the floor. The widows younger son was
the murderer. He fled. but was cap
tured. Next day the young husband
died, and shortly afterward the widows
younger son, in attempting to escape,
was shot and killed; and report says
that shortly afterward the elder brother
went to his mothers house and beat her
brains out with club.-LitIe Rock
(Ark.) Gazette. % ei 1tg tr9F
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-09-04
A German Heroine,

y gamekeeper living in a solitary house
near Welheim left his daughter at home
by herself to prepare the dinner, on II re-
cent Sunday, while lie and the rest of
his family went to church. They had
not been gone long when nm old man,
apparently half dead with cold. solicited
charity at the house, and the young
woman, out of compassion, let him in
and went into the kitchen to prepare
him some soup. Through window
which communicated from the kitchen
with the room in which she left him she
perceived that he had dropped the beard
he wore when he entered; that he now
appeared n robust man, and thai he was
pacing the chamber with n poniard in
his hand. Finding no mode of escape,
she armed herself with chopper in one
hand and the boiling soup in the other,
and, entering the room where he was,
first threw the soup in his face, and then
struck him IA blow with the hatchet on
the neck, which brought him to the
ground senseless. At this moment a
fresh knock at the door occasioned her
to look out of an upper window, when
she saw strange hunter who demanded
admittance, and on her refusal threat
ened to break open the door. She i'm
mediately got her fathers gun, and, as
he was proceeding to put his threat into
execution, she shot him through the
right shoulder, ON which he made his
way back to the forest. Half an hour
after third person came and asked after
an old man who must have passed that
way. She said she knew nothing of
him, and, after useless menaces if she
did not open the door, he also proceeded
to break it in, when she shot him dead
on the spot. The excitement of her
courage being now at an end, her spirits
began to sink, and she fired shots and
screamed from the windows until some
gendarmes were attracted to the house,
but nothing would induce her to open
the door until the return. of her father
from church.