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The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
lTossh Snake Story.

This statement is telegraphed from La
Crosse, Wis. The Northwestern work train
is employed near Lytles which is the Black
river crossing. Conductor F. L. Lester is in
charge. While the train lies there train men,
not otherwise employed, pass the time fish.
ing. Recently Mr.. Lester and Mr.. A.E
Brown were thus engaged a quarter OF q
mile south Of the bridge. Both gentleman
saw, at nearly the same time, coming
through the grass aud bushes, asnake. It's
head was four feet from the ground, sway.
ing from side to side as the reptile advan-
ced, and a. large as mans head. Both
were frightened as nevor before in their
lives and started to run. Mr.. Lester fell in q
bog, and was thus detained 80 that the
snake came within less than one hundred
feet Of him. Its head was raised still higher,
five feet he thinks, and he saw the whole
length of its hody. Its color was black, it's
length from twenty-five to thirty feet
and diameter seven to eight inches
Mr.. Lester will stake his personal reputation
on the esubstantial correctness ofthese figures,
and at the same time he was 90 frightened
that he hardly recovered his ordinary con.
dition of mind all day. he has seen circus
snakes, but not the equal of this one. It
should be borne in mind that this was not o
regular fishing party which along late in the
day had got into good condition to see
snakes, but simply pair Of railroaders on
duty who had an idle hour and were amusing
themselves fishing. NJ. Lester says II my
body wants to go hunting this snake he can
direct them to the exact spot where he sawit.
Certainly such game as this is worth hunting
for. The trail left where the snake passed
through the grass was very plain, and looked
as though telegraph pole had been dragged
along.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
His Faith Shattered.

A boy on Franklin Street, who has
been reading life of Washington
lately, having at length reached the
last chapter, in which the date of
Washington's death in December, 1899.
is given, thought he would put some
questions to his grandfather, who is
always admonishing him to study ''as
I did when l was a boy, James," So
last night the boy asked: Grandfather,
what great event happened in 1892"
..Why, I was born in that year" an
swered the old man. The boy has no
more faith in his grandfather's patri-
otism or scholarship.-Bu6alo Cour-
Ter.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
Don't Know it.

There is a mine OF interesting mat-
ter to be CLEANED from the Uni ted
States treasury by any one who
knows where to search. I was talk
ing with an old treasury official, one
who has been there so long in par
ticular bureau that it would be al
most impossible to fill his place &C.
ceptably when he said: "There is
any amount of money due people
who do not call for it in the United
States treasury. You SEQ there have
been 10 great loans made to the
United States in the past 60 years.
The Oldest I ever had anything to
do with was that maturing in 1886
Il think it was. is about all paid,
but there is still nearly $40, 900 in
principal and interest, due somebody.
1t will probably never be called for.
And, speaking of that war of 1886,
there is q curious incident connected
with my last reference to those old
books relating to that claim. Itwas
while Judge Folger was secretary.
"One morning an old man came In
to me who was from q New Egland
state. He said that about twenty
years ago he found some old stock
or bonds among the papers of an
uncle mentioning his name; he had
been q man of national reputation
for ability, and had a comfortable
fortune for those days, that is, from
1920 to 184O), and he had come to
the United States treasury to find
out if they were worth anything, as
they seemed to be United States
bonds. l looked at them. They
were 10 of the old debt bonds, and
were indeed curiosities. They were
old and yellow from age, but were
worth, principal and interest $40, 900
in gold, for there were 10 years inter.
est CIue on them."
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
How Rockets are Made.

Rockets are made for three pur-
poses; for signalling; for decorations
or celebrations, or as projectiles in
in war For signals, the charge con-
sists Of ~ parts of inter, 2 Of sulphur,
and 8 of charcoal. The ornamental,
or decorative, rocket is the one we
see used on the Fourth of July, and
the composition of which it is made
comprises 122 parts OF mealed or
finely pulverised powder, 80 of inter,
40 of sulphur, and so Of cast-iroD
filings.
The main part Of the rocket is a
case. made by rolling stout paper,
covered on one side with paste. around
wooden form, at the same time ap-
plying considerable pressure. The
end is then "choked," or brought
tightly together, with twine.
The paper case thus made is next
placed in a copper mold, SO that a
conical copper spindle will pass up
through the choke, and the composition
is then poured in and packed by blows
of a mallet on copper drift or pack
ing-tool made to fit over the spindle.
The top of the case is now closed with
layer of moist plaster-of-paris
one inch thick. perforated with q
small hole for the passage of the flame
to the upper part, or ''pot." The pot
is formed Of another paper cylinder
slipped over and pasted to the top of
the case and surmounted by paper
cone filed with tow. The "decora-
tions" are placed in the pot and are
scattered through the air when the
flame. having passed through the
aperture Of the plaster, reac hes q
small charge of mealed powder, placed
in the pot. The stick is a piece Of
pine wood, tapering, and about nine
times the length Of the rocket. It is
to guide the rocket in its fight. The
decorations in the pot may be ''stars,"
.'serpents." "marrons," 'gold-rain, y
and so on. "Marrons" are small
paper shells filled with grained pow
der and pinned with quick-match.
Serpents" are small cases about !
inches in diameter in which is a COM
position of parts inter, 8 sulphur, 16
mealed powder, J charcoal. This CON-
position is driven in the case. the top
OF which is closed by plaster-of-paris,
having q small aperture through
which passes piece of quick-match.
Lieut. w. r. Hamilton, U. S. A., in
St. Nicholas.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
The Princess de Mettern,ch.

40 691uCeSS 90 Q40Lt0(ulCO.
Princess de Metternich will visit
Paris soon. Very seldom does she
come. because Partisan society is not
what it was before 1870. It was the
princess who found Worth; it was she
who made Virot the fashion. She was
spoken Of in the salons, in the clubs,
in the newspapers; and a witticism
without an owner was always attibuted
to the princess de Metternich. She
played, she danced, she sang French
songs and Viennese songs, but talked
so wisely and so we'll that an old phil
o5opher said of her: ''The woman is
Il marvel; she is wisdom itself conceal
ed by mask of jollity."
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
Death to tho Carpet Bug.

Where carpets are used and only
taken up once a year at ''house-
cleaning" the conditions are very
favorable for the carpet bugs in
crease, particularly where the house.
cleaning is hurriedly and carelessly
done. When a house has once be-
come infested, nothing but the most
energetic measures will completely
rid it of the pest, and in complete
riddance is the only hope, as in q
year very few individuals will so
increase as to do great damage. At
house-cleaning time then, as many
rooms should be barred at once as
possible, and the honsekeeper should
go carefully over the rooms. remov-
ing all dust, and with q hand-atomi..
zer charged with benzine should puff
the liquid into all the floor cracks
and under the baseboards until every
crevice has been reached. The
carpets themselves, otter tohrough
beating, should be lightly sprayed
with the same substance, which will
quickly evaporate, leaving NO odor
after q short time. The infammabil-
ity Of benzine should be remembered,
however, and no light should be
brought nearit. This. done, before ~
laying the carpets it will be well to
pour into the cracks q moder-
ately thick mixture of plas-
ter of Paris and weter.
which soon sets and fills them with 8
solid substance into which the insd It's
will not enter. Then lay around tHA
borders OF the room a width a
tarred roofng-paper. and afterward
relay the carpets. This thorough
treatment should answer in the very.
worst cases, and in a house so cleared
the insect will probably not regain 8
foothold during the ensuing wear.
Cloth-covered furniture which nav
have also become infested should be
steamed or also treated with benzine.
and chests or drawers in which IN
tested clothing has been stored
should be thoroughly sprayed.
Another method Of treatment con-
sists in laying damp cloth ian old
towel or q folded sheet will do)
smoothly over the suspected part Of
the carpet, and ironing it With a hot
iron. The steam thus generated win
pass through the carpet and kill an
the in6ect6 immef1iatSlv! honoath m
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
State Abbreviations

The most egotistical of the United
States, "Me. ";most religious, Mass;
most Asiatic, 'sInd. ";fahher of states,
"Pa. ";most maidenly, "Miss. y; best in
time of food, "Ark. y; most useful in
haying time, "Mo.;;" decimal state,
"Tenn." -; state of exclamation, "La";;
most astonishing state, CO.,; most
unhealthy state, "nl."; state to cure
the sick, "Md. Estate for students.
Conn.,; state where there isno such
word as fail, ''Kan." -; not a state for
the 'untidy, Wash. ."-Youth's Com.
panion.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
Keeping Cellars Dry.

A great mistake, says medical
Classics" is sometimes made in ven
tilating cellars and milk houses. The
object of ventilation is to keep the
cellars cool and dry, but this object
often fails of being accomplished by
a common mistake. and instead the
cellar is made both warm and damp.
A cool place should never be ven
tilated until the air admitted is
cooler than the air within, or at
least as cool. The warmer the air
admitted the more moisture it holds
in suspension, and, naturally, the
cooler the air in the cellar the more
this moisture il condensed and pre.
cipitated. When a cool cellar is aired
on ~ warm day theentering air, being
in motion, appears cool, but as it
fills the cellar the cooler air with
which it becomes mixed chills it.. the
moisture is condensed, dew is depos.
tied on the cold wall, and NAV often
be seen running down in streams.
There is no need to fear that the
night air is unhealthful; it ia as pure
as the air at midday, and is really
drier. The cool air enters the apart
ment during the night and circulates
through it. The windows should be
closed before sunrise in the morning
and kept closed and shaded through
the day. If the air in the cellar is
damp it may be thoroughly dried by
placing in it q peck offresh lime IN
an open box. A peck of lime win alb.
sorb about seven pounds, or more
than three quarts Of water, and in
this way q cellar or milk.room NAV
soon he dried, even in the hottest
weather.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
Remedy for Noxious Gas.

A single plate of perforated zinc
about a foot square suspended over a
gas Jet is said to retain the noxious
emenations from burning gas. which is
known to destroy many articles in a
room and to vitiate the atmosphere.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08

The Secret Of Culture.-Miss Travis
"Don't you think that going to college
broadens one, Mr.. Do Smith, Do Smith
''That depends altogether on how much you
azs sat toa."-Burlingten Free PrssA
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08

~ North smaia n North Dakota, Tho
Ssesntis! to both VIII b copied, o. ksspinl
the original and the Other taking - cony
Ine money paid out Of the general fhnd &
making permanent Improvements ON tie IN
etatnttons will bs charged 70 the stats q
/ which the Institution b located anil adjusted
accordingly. The state taxes to be rs}anded
GO Purchasers ofrailroad laad along the lin
o. tne Northern Pacific road will b paid pro
Rordonally BY the two states. It i bslieyed
the settlement will soon be made.
ABOUT IRRIGATION.
4 memorial to eontrsss was introduced
S ~ Tne convention praying for experiments
y the general govsrnmsnt. With 8 view "a
ssecsrtaining whether OF not irrigation fos
NORTH Dakota is practicable. The memorial
- forth that although North Dakota haa
33econe famed throughout the civilised wosld
py Sason Of the superiority and yisld Of hsr
Soeet, tnefe are eeA1onS when lack Of rainl
1orks great hardship to the peopla The
@e1onA was referred to . eommittes, a
mich fresident Fanchsf b chairmsR, end
e e Wu oe forwarded to congress - soon a.
lt mas besn considered and revised By ths
convention.
COMMENTS ON THE SITUATION.
Prohibition 10 making NO head way,
1oman .unrage 10 dead, and railroad taxa
uon - me one question which gives an op-
portunity for fight. The railroads hope to
some e OF the farmer members Of the conven.
aon opPoseit: The fur will fly during the
remainder OF the week. Tho committee to
wnom was referred the invitation of the
city OF jamestown for the adjournment OF
tne convention to that place reported the
same back with the recommends
aon a; mat It be not accepted. The
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08

July Century, We quote the following,
':An elderly Indian Of great dignity Of
presence steps into the ring, and with
. graceful movement throws his LONG
red blanket 70 the ground and drops
ON his knees before It, to receive the
wagers Of such - desire to make them.
Men walk up and throw In silver dol
lars and every sort Of personal prop
srty imaginable. A Winchester ride
and large nickel-plated Colts revol-
ver ste Laid on the grass near me by ,
cowboy and IN Indian, and then each
goes away. It was . wager, and /
thought they might well have conf
dence 1. their stakeholder-mother
earth. Two ponies. tied head and
head were led aside and left, horse
against horse. No excitement seemed
to prevail Near ms q little half
Mexican Comanche boy began to dis
robe until he stood clad only in shirt
and breech-cloth. His father address
ed some whispered aduonition and
then led up a roam pony, prancing with
impattence and evidently fully con-
scious OF the work cut out for him that
day. With q bound the little fellow
landed on the neck Of the pony only
halfway up; but his toes caught on the
upper muscles of the pony's leg, and
like a monkey he clambered up and
was in his seat The pony was as
bare as wild horse. except for a bri-
die, and loped away with his graceful
little rider sitting like a rock. No,
not like rock, but limp and uncon-
cerned. and as full of the motion of the
horse as the horses tail or any other
part of him.
"a Kiowa, with loose hair and great
coarse face broke away from the
group and galloped up the prairie un-
til he stopped at what was to he the
starting-point, at the distance of stwo
arrow flights and q pitch He was
followed by half dozen ponies at an
easy lope, bearing their half-naked
jockeys. The Indian spectators sat
about on their ponies as unmoved in
countenance as oysters, being natural
gamblers, and stoical as such should
be. while the cowboys whispered
among themselves.
"'That's the bay stallion there,'
said one man to me, as he pointed to q
racer, and he's never been beaten.
It's his walk-over, and I've got my gun
up on him with an Injun.'
'1t was to be flying start, and they
jockeyed.a good deal and could not
seem to get of. But presently puff
of smoke came from the rifle held aloft
by the Kiowa starter, and his horse
reared. The report reached us, and
with a scurry the five ponies came
away from the scratch, followed by q
cloud Of dust. The qairts few through
the air at every jump. The ponies
punched and pattered away at name
less rate, for the quarter race pony is
quick of stride. Nearer and nearer
they came. the riders lying low on
their horses necks, whipping and XII
yi-yi-ing. The dust in their wake
swept backward and upward. and with
rush they came over the scratch,
with the roam pony ahead, and my
little Mexican fellow holding his quirt
aloft, and his little eyes snapping with
the nervous excitement of the great
event. He had beaten the invincible
bay stallion, the pride of this Comache
tribe, and as he rode back to his father
his face had the settled calm which
nothing could pen citrate. and which
befitted his dignity as a young runner" :"
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08

love, into his lap Christ did not ask John
to put his head down ON his bosom; John
could not help but put his head there.
suppose to look at Christ was to love
bim. Oh, how attractive his manner! Why,
when they saw Christ coming along the
wrapped up their invalids as quick as they
could and brought them out that he might
look at them. There was something so
pleasant. 90 inviting, so cheering in every
thing he did, in his very look. When these
sick ones were brought out did he say: "Do
not bring these sorrs: do not trouble me with
these Ieprosies?" No, no; there was kind
healing touch. They could not keep away
from him.
In addition to this softness of character
there was fiery momentum. How the
kings of the earth turned pale! Here Is q
plain man with few sailors at his back.
palace of the Casars. making. that palace
quake to the foundations, and uttering a
word of mercy and kindness which throbs
through oil the earth and through oil the
heavens and through all ages. Oh, he was
loving Christ! But it was not effeminncy
or insipidity ofcharacter, it was accompanied
With majesty, infinite aud omniipotent
earnestness this Christ mounts the cross.
You say: "If Christ has to die why not
let him takesome deadly potion an lie on 9
couch in some bright and beautiful home?
II he must die let him expire amid all kindly
intentions" No, the world must hear the
hammers on the heads Of the spikes. The
world must listen to the death rattle Of the
sufferer. The world must feol his warm
blood dropping on each cheek while it looks
up into the facs Of his anguish. And % the
cross must be lifted and hole u dug on the
top calvary. II must b. dug three s5set deep.
and thsn the Cross 10 laid on the ground, and
the sufferer IL stretched uponit, and the nails
are pounded through nerve and muscle and
bons, through tie right hand, through
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
MATTERS OF DIVISION


The Joint commission for the division ofthe
territorial property has been discussing the
question OF money which must be refunded
to the counties along the line of tho Northern
Pacific for taxes collected on railroad lands
before the same had been surveyed. Thepur-
chasers Of railroad land brought suit for the
recovery Of the taxes and were successful,
nnd several of the counties have already re-
funded, but the case has been appealed to
the supreme court. In case the supreme court
sustains the lower court the amount of taSes
to be refunded by the territory will be nearly
$3.50, 900. THIS 10 an important item in ad-
iusting the debt and liabilities Of the terrific
~ between the states.
The bonded Indebtedness on the public in.
stitutions will be assumed by the states in
which they are located respectively; the pub.
Lie library will be sold ct public auction be-
tween North and South Dakota, going to
the state bidding the highest. The records
pertaining specially to South Dakota will 60
to the South and thoes Of intsrsst only to
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-03-28
BURN EFT BUDGET.

Latest Particulars About the Suicide of
Mayor Morgan and its Causes.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
BURNETT, March 22.-Nothing has been
discovered to throw light on the mysteri
Gus suicide of Mayor U. E. Morgan, re-
ported In last nights special. The papers
on his person as well as those in his pri-
vate room were examined by Justice of
the Peace Rogers, who held the inquest,
but nothing was found that had any bear
on the case. Mr.. Morgan was candi-
date for reelection at the city election
April 2, and had become considerably
worked up on the question of his chances
of success; he had talked to number of
citizens ON the subject and talked of with
drawing if his friends thought he might
be defeated. This is the only matter, so
far as his friends know, that he was par
ticularly interested in or anxious about,
and that is not considered thing of
enough weight to cause elf-destruction.
The work was evidently done deliberately
and with a determination to be successful,
which is the only reason that can
be assigned for his going into the attic
house. This place is dark, and is reached
by small opening in the ceiling of one
of the jury rooms to which a ladder ex-
tends. trap door is used to shut this
opening, but for the past year no one has
noticed the door closed down. When City
Marshal Dorbandt found it closed down
yesterday, he thought the missing man
might be in the attic, which proved true.
The deceased had pulled off his coat, and
vest, laying the coat to one side and put
ting the vest under his head. His hat was
near by and in it were his collar, watch,
pooketbook and some pencils and other
small articles, evidently taken from the
vest pockets. Mr.. Morgan held member
ship in an Odd Fellows lodge in Virginia
and was a visiting member with the lodge
here. He was one of the stewards of the
Methodist church and man who had the
respect of all and the ill will of none.
Col. ". &. Veal is here in the interests
of the Texas Spring palace at Fort Worth
and meeting will be held at the court
house at 8 p. m. tomorrow to consider
ways and means for placing a suitable
exhibit of Burnett oounty's resources in
the coming exposition at the Fort. Colo
mel Veal and others will be present and
deliver addresses.
Burnett house arrivals 7. A. Harris,
San Antonio; Il. O. Kopp, Cuero; Wade
Borden, Marble Falls; W. G. Veal, Fort
Worth; ]. A. Camel and wife, Miss Emma
Gatliff, Mason; O. l.. Nichols, Mrs. A. II.
Cunningham, Austin; R. W. McInnis, O.
s. Stondenmier, Llano; j. w. Burrows,
Sulphur Springs.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-03-28
WATCHMAN SHOT.

A Sensational Shooting Scrape With a
Dallas Burglar, Who Escapes.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
DALLAS, March 3d. This morning
about O'Clock 7. @. Halsell, watchman on
Main and Elm streets, discovered man
monkeying with the safe in the City Hall
exchange. He went to the rear of the
building and found the door open and
met the man making his exit. The thief
Immediately drew his pistol and
threatened to kill the Waterman
if he advanced. Halsell paid
no attention to the warning, but advanced
to arrest his man, who kept his word and
opened fire, shooting twice, the shots tax
ing effect in Halsell's right arm. Halsell
drew his pistol with his left hand and at
tempted to shoot but his weapon snapped.
The thief Immediately pulled his freight,
followed by two shots from from Hal
sells pistol, which finally got in working
order. Halsells right arm Is badly shat
tered.
r. l.. Anderson, against whom there
were three or four cases, pleaded guilty to
theft and was given two years in the peni-
Tertiary. He made quite an eloquent talk
to the court, in which he said he was no
more guilty than his honor or anyone in
the court room, but that he would plead
guilty and thus PCT stop to the long de-
lays to which he had been and might be
subjected. He has been in Jail for about
six months.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-03-28

special invitations to the wool growers of
the state to be present on this occasion.
The school teachers of the state will be
invited to hold their annual meeting in
this city during the encsmpment, as we'll
as the bankers, whose annual meeting will
occur in June.
The committee on finance reported
that fully four-fifths of the money sub.
scribed had been paid in. Lumber and
other material is being delivered upon the
ground, and the erection of buildings will
actually begin on Monday next. The
board is greatly encouraged at the out
look, and reports thus far received from
the country indicate the largest gathering
of people in Galveston on the occasion of
the semi-centennial ever seen in the city
at one time.
Wing, who has been in Jail here for the
past ten days, wanted in Arkansas City
charged with swindling, was delivered this
morning to Kansas officials, who imme-
dirtely left on their return with their
prisoner. Wing says the charge is ma
licious, and will be easily disproved on his
trisl. The charges against him here for
obtaining money on false pretenses were
dismissed.