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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-07-16

oil unusual or unreasonable, for such {
situation will probably not occur agair
in . century, ind you can be assured
that It the speculator were In your posi-
ton te would consider s2 wheat US g
matter OF course. BY holding of few
weeks and marketing grain gradually the
farmers will learn to know their power
and il they exert it always with modera.
tion and according to the true situation
it will be Of infinite value to all their IN.
terests tor many years. It will indeed
take conservative and wise counsel al
ways to moderate such moves to the
actual condition of the worlds crops. but
this year you can not make a mistake,
nor will you have to wait even single
month for the desired results.
A GREAT CHANCE.
You cannot afford to lose the chance
that this year offers you. Don't get OK.
cited, even If the prices 60 far above
those indicated. This year it is easy for
the farmer to protect his interest. Next
year we will be better prepared to meet
any attempt at manipulating prices.
You must not mind the doings of the
Spectators. Let them sell wheat prom
ises at 10 cents a bushel; that has moth
ing to do with real grain. Spectators
have sold more than your surplus crop
already at about SO cents. What bust
ness have they to do that? Will you
sanction their actions and, SO to say,
make them your agents by delivering
your gram at prices made by them with
out even consulting you? They have
nothing to deliver, and a few weeks
patience or your part will make an end
of this swindle forever. When the
wheat gamblers, who have already con-
tracted your whole crops, hear determ-
lnation on your part to hold your grain
for higher price than they have. se!i it
for it is likely thett,'. hey will make des.
perate efforts to further depress prices
on futures for the purpose OF soaring
you. This must not effect you in the
least, for if you hear that a man has sold
your horse or COW and has to deliver it
in certain time it ls your luck because
he has to come to you first and make his
bargain and you will know what to
charge him. If the speculator sells your
wheat for you without consulting you, it
is the same thing. Let him do so and be
thankful to him, for he will come soon
enough to make bis bargain with you.
and as has not asked your advice or con-
sent in regard TO price You are not under
obligation to sell your grain below real
value.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-07-16
Court Cases.

One. Of the most interesting cases
docketed for this term Of court is the
last on the calendar. It is an action for
divorce brough. by John j. Carpenter
against his wife Nellie E. Carpenter. In
the complaint the plaintiff sets forth that
hs was married in Adrian, Mich, Nov.19,
1884, and has resided in North Dakota
since June, 1889. He lived with his wife
until August 18th, 1886, when she left
him. One OF the allegations of the COM
plant says: 1.-The plaintiff has always
conducted himself properly towards the
defendant as a husband and has in all
respects been faithful to the marriage re-
lations, but that the defendant. disre-
garding her obligations in this regard,
has been and is guilty of such extreme
cruelty towards the plaintiff as to cause
him grevious mental suffering:" and that
her offensive conduct" has utterly de-
stroyed plaintiffs "peace of mird."
Plaintiff further alleges that defendant
endeavored to play the head of the
family in the matter of handling
and distributing moneys; that she used
indecent language, and that she struck
him and once eudeavored to shoot him.
There are no children. S. J.. Glaspel] IS
the attorney for the plaintiff and E. W.
Camp for the defendant.
The case Of Owen Martin ve. VIM. r.
Hawthorn ct al, is on trial in the district
court. The action is brought to secure
damages for the alleged wrongful con.
version of $3.50 worth of grain. Friday
afternoon and Saturday we're occu-
pied in trying the case. s. L. Glaspell
aud E. w. Camp are the attorneys in the
case
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-07-16

The many friends Of Senator Hans
brough will rejoice with him IN the
present rapid convalescence Of his wife,
whose dangerous illness at the Ryan
hotel in st. Paul, has been a matter Of
anxiety for the past two weeks.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-07-16

Boiler and engine repairing done by j.
T. Eager.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-07-16
Major Waugh's Indians.

Agent Jno. Waugh, of Ft. Totten, who
is in the city on business trip, says the
Indians who attended the Fourth of
July celebration at Minnewaukan gave
that event whatever eclat properly be-
longs toit. There were over 7CO braves
and squaws present and they did every
thing that lay in their power to entertain
the whites. This amusement lasted as
long as the provisions, and the Indian
capacity was far from being exhausted
when the patriotic impulses of the man.
ayers Of the day had faltered and fled.
The Indians pitched 130 lodges, and
several delegations came from Ft. Ber-
thold and Turtle mountains. There
were several dances given, the hay dance,
which is mild and peaceful orgy in
which no deeds of vslor are related, was
the principal dance allowed. although
the gift dance was begun, but stopped
before the crazy notion OF giving away
all their vdluables had gotten possession
of the dancers. The old ghost dance was
not in it. The Indian menu had several
roasted dogs included. This canine deli
cacy is killed and without further prepa-
ration is roasted whole. When eaten
the hair is scraped of and the entire
carcass and contents consumed with
q mighty relish. Major Waugh
recounts some features of Indian social
life that would dampen the ardor of the
most enthusiastic New England phllan-
thrOpist. The value placed on eagle
feathers-the white aud black tail feathers
lis always high. It is a standard of
value and full eagle tail of II feathers
10 worth a pony any time. The feathers
are readily sold for dollar each and the
Indian will give his last dollar even If
starving, in order that he may possess
the treasure. The discipline Of years OF
agency customs has done little or moth
ing to change his Indian habits in eating.
ae still longs for his feast. He wants to
have heap much bread and meat-bo,led
beef-and eat for or 5 hours. Every.
thing within reach is devoured
with quickness, the hands reaching out
and rapidly conveying the provender to
the mouth, while look Of fine content
spreads over the aboriginal contenance.
After taking on load that makes him
stagger off to repose, the pipe is lighted
and the magnificent digestive apparatus
of the savage Is put to its fearful and
wonderful work. The same Indian can
60 for several days without any food
even as long as a week it IS said, before
another feast. The intestines of animals
are still preferred to the choicest cut OF
steaks. Like the crows and buzzards the
wild Indian knows the juciest and tend
crest portions of any dead animal, and in
spite Of all efforts to prevent it, no op-
portunlty to secure an entrail entree is
ever omitted.
Major Waugh's popularity among the
Ft. Totten band was demonstrated by
Left Bear recently presenting the major
with finely trimmed pipe, and making
long, digniied and complimentary ad-
dress on the occasion.
Little Edna Waugh is also great
favorite. She is called Wan-ci-yan-pi,
meaning, Trust IN her." Her photograph
taken when dressed in buckskin, papoose
costume, standing beside small skin
tepee. is charming picture Of an eight
year old.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-15
Test This. Everybodx!.

The listener observed a very curious
and interesting thing the other night.
He had occasion to wait for an evening
train in a Columbus avenue station. As
he entered and sat down there were al
ready eight men and two women sit
ting on the benches, and having moth
ing better to do the listener noticed
that every one of the men had his left
leg crossed over his right knee, while it
was sufficiently apparent that in the
case of the two ladies this state of
things was exactly reversed. AS the
listener was meditating upon the reason
for this curious circumstance a lady
and gentleman entered and sat down,
and immediately the gentleman put
his left leg over his right knee, while
the lady joined her sisters in the room
in exactly their attitude.
BY and by more men came and
more, and every one of them put his
left leg over his right knee, until there
were actually seventeen men sitting in
that position in the little waiting room.
Only one more lady came, but she, too,
followed exactly the example of the
other women. Seventeen men and
four women in one room, all with one
knee over the other, but the womens
and the mems crossed in reversed di-
rections. Is there any Psychologist
who can explain why this should be so
Boston Transcript.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-15

Our windows are undergoing com
plete metamorphose. Twenty years ago
everything was white window shades;
then we had period of dark shades,
deep greens, and what folks termed re-
fined colors-drabs and browns. For
five years past the fashion became a sort
of "go-as-you-please" fashion, with a
tendency. perhaps, among the better
classes toward ecrus and natural holland
tints. Now, however, for the first time
we are getting into fine designs in win.
dow shades, and the newest things from
abroad are in brocade styles and damasb
figures. Some of the patterns are in pin
cords and stripes, with buds and flower
interspersed. Upholsterer.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-15

rrAo camera was invented by an
1tol;an named Baptista Porta, though
n was not at first used for photograph
inc 1t was in reality merely dark
roo,n into which the light was admit
ted through little round hole III one
side. The rays of light coming from
objects outside of this room entered IL
through this aperture, and made
,icture ON the other side of the room
glowing in all the beauty and color OF
nature itself, but rather indistinct and
upside down.
This dark room was contrived by
Porta about the middle of the Sixteenth
century. He improved it later by
placing a glass lens in the aperture,
and outside a mirror which received
the rays of light and reflected them
through the lens so that the image
upon the opposite wall within was
made much brighter, more distinct and
in a natural or erect position. This
was really the first camera obscura, an
invention which is enjoyed to the pres
ent day, being situated often upon
hilltop, where picturesque country
surrounding may be reflected through
a lens, which is placed in the center OF
the conical roof.
Now our modern Photographic cam
era is merely a small camera obscura in
its simplest form, carrying lens at one
end and ground glass screen, at the
other 1t is, however often much
more complicated in its construction. IT
! w. l.. Adams in Christian Union.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-15
The Rugby Bows, Busy Day.

l give the everyday routine at Rugby
just as my young "Lower Middle" friend
ratified it off to me: "Well, the 6:l5
morning bell wakes us, but we don't
want to get up. Then another bell rings
at $50 for FIVE minutes. We've got to
get in our places in chapel in that time
to be called over, and if we are too lazy
to make it, it means a licking, that's
all. After service we march i'll order to
our different form rooms and say les
sons till 8:l5 Then we have fifteen min
utes to buy any little luxuries, like penny
loaves-the house breads pretty dry
and then comes breakfast From D:15
to 1:15, lessons; and dinners at 1870.
1--WE get rest spell from dinner until
3, and then lessons go ON again until 6,
except Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur-
days Them's half holidays. Every boy
has got to join the games then, unless
he's got good excuse. Sometimes we get
off by shamming a sore foot and many
other ways well known to us boys. But
whatever we're doing at 6 o'clock, games.
sauntering or study, everything's drop
ped. and we give grand rush for tea.
After tea in winter, and after 7:15 in
summer, comes locking up. Nobody
likes that. Then we have to pitch in
'on preparation'-that's getting our les
sons for the next forenoon-until 9
o'clock, when they give us very light
supper that don't make anybody dream.
Then it's go to bed, and no fooling, or il
means another licking, sure as fees and
marshals, that's allr-E. l.. Wakeman
in Wilmington News.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-15
Bad Temper.

Many people consider that bad tenn
per" is entirely voluntary on the part of
the person who displays it. AS a mat
Ter Of fact, it is often to very great ex-
tent involuntary, and no one is more
angry at it than the bad tempered per,
son himself. OF course every one,
whether he is born with bad temper
or has acquired one from habit, or has
been visited with one as the result of
disease or injury, should at least try tc
control it. But his friends should also
bear in mind that bad temper may be,
and often is, an affection to be sympa-
thized with, not an offense to be pun
ished.-New York Ledger.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-15

Most of the arc lamps used for outdoor
lighting are hung from cord passing
over a pulley, and their safety necessari-
ly depends on the strength of this cord.
Usually there is another pulley fastened
to the pole, and the cord passes over this
pole pulley down to cleat or a windlass.
AS this pole pulley is rarely found to be
in line with the cord the result is that
the rope scrapes on the edge of the pull
ley and wears out in a short time. A
remedy for this has been provided in a
Sleet proof pulley, which fits the up
turned end Of an ordinary pOlestep, and
which can swing freely on this support.
1t is evident that such pulley is quickly
put up and win always stay in line with
the cord. New York Commercial Ad-
/ vertiser.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-15

One of the most remarkable historic
relics in Rhode Island is the bell on the
Butterfly factory near the village Of
Saylesville Around this bell about four
inches from the crown is this superscrip-
ton, Peter Secest. Amsterdam, Ammo
1868. Nj. E. Fecit." 1t is thus set forth
that Peter Secest made this bell in Am
sterdam in the year 1868. The figures
carved on the bell, together with other
authenticated facts, lead to the belief
that this bell was long used on a convent
in England, and was sequestrated dur
ing the Reformation.
1t is also part of its history that it
was used in the English navy on the ship
Guerrero, which was captured by the
United States ship Constitution Aug. 49,,
1912. The bell was subsequently sold
by the United States authorities with a
lot of captured stores, apd thus came
through the hands of the late Stephen
Fl. Smith to its present place in the But
terfy factory. -Pawtucket Or. ID Trib-
une
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-15
THE LAST ROSE.


flushed is the voice that held our hearts
thralled-
flushed ere hfe's wine on those glad lips had
palled;
flushed in it's joyous prime, while trophies
sweet
Still breathed their fragrance at the singers
feet
And she who sang "The Last Rose" DER and DER
Since first her girlish hands songs scepter
grasped,
Linking it with her name from shore to shore.
Lies with the last rose in her fingers clasped
AS seal of science
Dear the singers fame
But dearer still each tender household name
We knew her by-wife, daughter, sister, friend
And while the passing years her praise pro-
long,
With her Last Rose" in loving thought shall
blend
The roselike life She welded TO her song.
Mary Is. sleight in harper's Bazaar
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-15

A correspondent asks, What is the
"dust destructorY The dust destructor
is group of furnaces set in an inclosed
space containing the requisite yards and
buildings used for consuming the rub
bish which is swept off the London
streets, which amounts to many thou
sands of tons in year. The furnace
house is approached by an incline drive
way leading to a covered place above
the furnaces. In this place the scaven-
gers carts shoot their rubbish, which by
simple apparatus is dropped into the
furnaces, where it is speedily converted
into ''clinker." This clinker is then re-
moved and broken up. Some of it is
ground, some reground, and some ground
a third time.
In the ward are seen piles of broken
and ground clinker, some of course
Jumps, some resembling gravel, some
looking like the finest sand. For all
this material there is a use. Some of it
goes to form the foundation of roads
some, mixed with tar, is made into a
durable pavement; some makes admira-
BILE sand for mortar and cement, ano
some is made into imitation stone fol
sidewalks. In the Battersea district
of London the parish wagon houses
stables, blacksmith shops, etc, have
been constructed entirely of this imita
ton stone made from the refuse of do
nestle dust bins and the streets.
If any of the residents of the parish
I want any of the broken or grounC
clinker for any purpose they are per
mitted to take as much of it as they car
carry away in barrows or carts. Moth
ing goes to waste. The process of ere
nation is cheap, and this method of dis
posing of the refuse of crowded dis
trict has had wholesome effect from
sanitary point of view. In Battersei
the death rate has gone down from
eighteen to eleven. New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-15
Crows Fighting Desperately.


A couple of gentlemen driving in
Bloomfield had their attention at
tracted to field near the roadside,
where a couple of crows were engaged
in what looked like a deadly conflict.
The birds flew at each other terrifically,
coming together with a sound that
could be heard for rods away, the
feathers the while flying through the
air and over the snow. Finally they
clinched, seemingly by the beaks or
upon each others neck and they hung
on like a couple of bulldogs, turning
over and over as they floundered about.
Their angry screeches finally attracted
a flock of crows which were lettering in
the nearby wood, and these fellows
took a hand, some fighting one and
some the other, until the combatants
separated. One of the birds was com
pletely winded and might easily have
been caught. but he must have rallied.
as when the party returned cityward
only the feathers were left to mark
the scene of the struggle. ~ Hartford
Courant.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-15
THE KOOTENAI HERALD
Issued Every Saturday By
S. D. TAYLOR, Proprietor.
IT Will eE eveR Illus
An Anecdote Which Illustrates the Peculi-
arity of Human Nature.

An Anecdote which Illustrates the Peculi-
arity of Human Nature.
A citizen of Harlem who was approaching
the railroad depot followed by dog, halted
and picked up a stone and flung it at the ca
nine with the exclamation:
''You good-for-nothing cur, but I'd like to
knock your head offn
Just then a man came down a side street,
followed by a second dog, and halted TO say;
"rve got another just such cur here He
isn't worth his weight in soap grease"
"I'll poison mine this very night"
'And I'm going to throw mine under the
locomotive"
"Say," said the second man, after mo
ment's thought, ''call your cur up here and
let's get 'em to fighting"
Good idea. Here, Jep-Jep-Jepl Come
here, doggiel"
The dog cautiously approached, and as the
two animals began growing and walking
around each other a sudden "StuboyW
brought climax, and they began fighting.
Both men laughed, but it wasn't minute
before the first man, whose dog was under
meath, kicked the dog on top.
"Hold on, now. Give my dog a fair
showl" shouted the other.
Hes the biggest"
NO, ne am 81 Donb you KICK my uog
againp
Ppm good mind to kick his ownerln
"I'd like to see you try it'll"
81 can do itl'
"You're liari"
And with that they began whaling away
at each other with great vigor, ending after
five minutes in draw. Meanwhile the dogs
had quit and disappeared.
81 allow no one to kick my dogl" gaspec
one, as he wiped at his bloody nose.
And no living man can call me liarr
growled the other, as he held his black eye.
"Tn see you againl"
"And I'll see youl"-New York Sun.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-15
The Sargossa Sea.

The Sargossa sea is a region in the At
lantic, about midway between southern
Europe and America, extending from 81
to 90 dogs. north latitude and between
30 and 45 dogs. west longitude. 1t de-
rived its name from Portuguese word
signifying grape, and was so called be-
cause the seaweeds characteristic of the
region bear on their branches small air
cells, which in shape are not unlike the
grape clusters. The weeds themselves
are among the most peculiar of vegetable
productions, since they have no roots,
nor any signs of modification, and are
propagated by division. They float in
the water, sometimes in dense masses ex-
tending for miles.
This portion of the Atlantic is great
eddy, little affected by the currents
which surround it on every side, and the
stiffness Of the water, it is supposed, has
contributed to the development of the
weeds in the vast quantities in which
they are found. The floating masses
were noticed by Columbus and his men,
to whom they were source of uneasi-
ness, as the sailors supposed they indi-
Gated shallow water. Detached masses
of the weed are often seen in the Gull
stream, and the long, yellow lines Of
floating weed are a sure indication of its
close proximity. st. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat,
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-15
Injurious Mixtures.

The iodide of potassium is quite a con-
slant ingredient of sarsaparilla mixtures,
which are Wanted Co be "blood puri-
fers," tonics, etc. This agent is harm
less when rightly used, but it is capable
of doing grievous injury. One of it's
baneful effects is Inflammation of the
kidneys. If they are weak or deranged
small doses of the iodide are likely to
produce the effect stated, and many per-
sons kidneys are so affected without the
fact being known. Hence, preparations
of the class mentioned should be held as
unsafe for general use. Halls Journal
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-15
How Great steeiyard. Suit Ended.


Two Penobscot county farmers had
bought an old fashioned pair of steel
yards, each paying part of the cost, and
both used them for weighing their
produce for market. After time dis
pute arose and both claimed to own
them. The matter was carried into
court. A trial was held before jury,
and the jury disagreed. Then the case,
on some technicality. was sent to the
law court, and was again sent back for
trial. The costs up to this point had
reached about $500, about hundred
times the original cost of the steelyards.
When it came up again Judge Peters
was the presiding justice He told the
counsel that, if continued, the costs
would be increased to such an extent
that one or the other of the parties
would lose his farm in order to pay, and
advised them to enter it neither party"
and divide the cost as it was. After a
consultation the parties said that they
were willing to do that, and it looked as
though the case would be settled.
All at once one of the contestants went
over to his counsel in the court room
and asked: "But who is going to get the
steelyards? I'll be hanged if he shall
have them" The other contestant made
the same declaration. Then the counsel
rose and said the case was just where it
was before any talk of settlement had
been made They were willing to stop
litigation. and divide the cost, but what
could be done with the steelyards?'
"rll fix that" said Judge Peters. LET
the sheriff Of the county take the steel
yards at night and go down and throw
them into the middle of the river, let
ting nobody know the exact spot, so they
never can be recovered by any one. "
The contestants agreed to that PROPOSE
ton, each paid his proportionate part OF
the cost, and the case was dropped
Lewiston Journal.