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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1892-12-29
Exercises in the Schools.

Last week was busy time with the
teachers and pupils Of the public schools
The regular examinations we're held in
all the grades. The schools were ad
journed Friday for the holiday vaca
tion which will close Jan. 3rd. Appro.
pirate exercises were held in all the
rooms Friday afternoon. In the
High school, the students under the di
rections Of the principal, Miss Sullivan
prepared long and interesting program
The occasion was generally enjoyed by
the pupils as we'll az by numerous vls
itors. An issue of the High school pa
per, The Pantagraph, was read, and high
praise is due the many original pro
ductions which it contained. Among
them were several choice bits OF poetry
The affairs Of the school were treated by
the contributors in an amusing and
highly credltable literary way
The cover of this holiday number of the
Pantagraph was art;stically illustrated
by a sketch Of Old Santa Claus descend
ing the chimney. This work was done
by Miss Katie Tilden. The program was
enlivened by excellent music, vocal and
instrumental, in addition to the usual
essays and declamatlons.
The exercises in the other rooms were
equally interesting. Mrs. Merry and Miss
Proctor united their school forces in
closing exercises, and the result was
highly satisfactory. The pupils gave in
a very creditable way, an amusing Christ,
mas cantata. There were essays and
declamations also.
In the north side school house equally
varied and interesting exercises were
held. The teachers, Miss Burke, Miss
Blood and Miss Vincent united their
schools for this purpose. There was a
doll drill by number of girls. Several
of the boys furnished lively auction
sale of old clothes for the amusement of
the schools, in addition to the regular
program of music, recitations and essays.
Among the musical selections was a
waltz song, by girls.
A summary of the school work accom-
plished during the term shows that
much work has been done and good
progress made in all grades. 1t is be-
lieved that the schools are doing thor
ough work il not quite as much as
other public schools are credited with.
The repeated change in superintendent,
which means different methods of IN
struction, has in all probability not been
entirely advantageous.
There have been several complaints
from parents, that pupils were being
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1892-12-29
HOSPITAL TOPICS.
Statistics About Patients..-A(lditfOn
al Appropriations Needed.

~ appropriations NccOeO.
Information of the condition of the
state insane asylum comes by the way
of Bismarck where the biennial report of
the institution is sent to be printed, IN
stead Of being printed in this city where
it should be. From Bismarck, instead
uf Jamestown, where the hospital is To-
Gated and where the news originates.
the information about this big
gest state institution is sent to St.
Paul and from there retailed to the peo
pie of North Dakota, through Mime
sofa paper. giving outsiders the impress
sion that jamestown is way station
somewhere in the state and of little other
! consequence except as the location of a
state asylum or to furnish an item of
news for Bismarck A St. Paul paper
gives summary Of the report of the su
perintendent of the hospital, as follows:
The fourth biennial report of the trus-
tees Of the hospital for insane at James
town calls upon the legislature for au
appropriation sufficient for the proper &C.
commodatlon of the rapidly growing
numbers OF inmates. 1t 10 feared that
unless the legislature makes an appro-
priation sufficient to build additional
buildings, that the present high standard
OF this institution may be greatly re-
duced from bad sanitary effects
arising from its present crowded
condition. The report of the euper-
intendent shows that there were 22l
patients in the hospital on Nov. l. 1891.
During the two years that passed lib
patients we're admitted, 437 cases we're
treated, 1O6 patients we're discharged and
80 died. There were 262 patients in the
hospital on Oct. l, 1892. The percentage
Of recovery under treatment at the hos
pital is placed at 1886, while the percent
age OF recovery on all patients admitted
was 81. Grand Forks county is credited
with the largest number of unfortunates
in this institution, Cass comes next.
Trail next and Ramsey and Barnes fol-
low. Out of the total OF 1O8 foreign
born patients in the hospital
35 are Torwegians, 20 Ca
nadians. 18 Germans. 8 SweGes
and Irish. OF the American born. New
York and Wisconsin head the list az
places of nativity, while only three un-
fortunates are credited to the Dakotas.
The highest percentage on Affections
treated are mania acute A, and mania
chronic %. while onlv eight are given as
suffering from alcoholic disease. One
hundred and five persons are under
treatment whose ages run from 90 to 40
wears. There are six graduates of college
in the hospital, 76 persons who have had
common school education in either
America or a foreign country, and 81
who have limited education. who all
read and write. There are 76 inmates
who have practically no education.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1892-12-29
All for Weaver.

Judge Rose decided the famous Selz
precinct contest case of Emmons county.
against the action Of the board of can
vassers who refused to canvass the re-
turns. 1t is held that the board has no
judicial authority, and must simply
canvass all returns regularly on their
face. This gives the fusionists all three
electors in North Dakota.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1892-12-29
Good Farming PAYS.

State Senator Patch of Eddy county
left forBismarck Tuesday to secure quart
ers during the session of the legislature
M. Patch says there will be an effort to
unite on some democratic candidate for
the Q. S. senate BUT just who will be the
favorlte is yet uncertain. He thinks w.
N. Roach OF Larimore stands chance
to be so chosen, but there are so many
candidates it is difficult to say in just
what respect one has the advantage of
another. Mr. Patch says that business
has been good in New Rockford until
last week, when it 'let up" all at once SO
to speak. Most of the wheat has been
MAJ keted and the low price will make
the farmers hold on to the wheat they
have left. He will rebuild his hotel in
the spring but not engage in the busi-
ness. New Rookie is a good hotel
point and will have good house to ac-
commodate the public as soon as
building can be done. .--~,--- 20
Notwithstanding the present low price
of wheat. which is of course dlscouragine,
Mr.. Patch referred to number of men
who came into Eddy county poor, eight
or ten years ago, and by good farming
have made money, during all the dry
seasons, until now the same
farmers are we'll off and
are satisfied to remain in the country.
One instance cited was that of Axle
johnson, who came to Eddy county ten
years ago with but S36. By good farm
ing he has become we'll fixed, and this
fall completed four thousand dollar
residence. besides building a big barn.
He had $1,000 bushels of grain this fall.
he gave house warming recently at
which the whole county was represented.
Another instance of the success of
good farming in that county is the case
of A. c. Swain. He plowed land deep
during dry seasons, hitchlng on six
bronchos to plow. While others failed
to get crops 1t was noted that SWANS
grain was always good. He plowed deep
in dry years. This farmer has built him
house in New Rockford, where he will
live hereafter, and rent his farm. He
came to the county in 1888, having little
or nothing.
Still another case mentioned. where
careful farming has been successful, is
that of A. d. Tomhnsop. When he ar
rived in 1888, he remarked to Mr.. Patch
that he did not know but that he had
made mistake in settling there. How
ever, he went to work and found the land
right and has made money every year.
He has recently erected fine new house
on the farm and gave big house open
Ing like his other successful neigh
bors, a short time ago. OF course
every one came who could, and
entered into the celebration with the
greatest Of good will. Mr.. Patch said:
Il asked Tomlinson if he remembered
what he told me. when first coming to
the county, about having come to the
wrong place, and I asked him if he still
had any fears on that subject. He said
not any, that he was we'll satisfied with
his choice. and had long ago decided to
make bis farm his home for life.''
There is no state IN the Union where
good farming pays as we'll as in North
Dakota, and there can he found hund-
reds of instances similar to the above, to
show it.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-16
snakes to Eat the Isap,its.

Among the many strange and as
founding propositions for the settle
ment of the rabbit question in Aus-
tralia, n of the latest m from IL
genius i'm South Australia, to turn a
lot of carpet snakes loose among the
rabbits, which would, it is asserted,
be speedily eaten up by the reptiles.
The correspondent also furnishes some
remarkable data regarding the feed
ing capacity of carpet snakes. When
from five to six feet long they are, he
says, able to eat two or three rabbits
at IL meal; but when fifteen or sixteen.
feet long they are able to eat six
rabbits. Anticipating inquiry as to
what would happen if the snakes be-
came more numerous than the rab
bits, he proposes that carpet snakes
of II kind only should be used. and:
after eating the rabbits the snakes
would then proceed to eat each other.
st. James Gazette.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-16

No house should be without a glim-
mcr of light at night-a light sutii-
cient to prevent cropping and Stun:
bling about in Egyptian darkness if
one is obliged to rise. This is espe-'
cially true of homes where there are.
little children. The idea that chill
dren are in any way benefited by be-.
ing made to sleep in absolutely dark
rooms is untenable. If the light be
sufficiently subdued and of a sort to
leave the air quite pure, it is hard to
see any harm in it. Gas turned low
is never safe. as the fluctuations in
the meter may make it go out. An
ordinary kerosene lamp turned low is
at all times an abomination. Little
night lamps, costing % cents, with
quarterback wicks, filled with pure
oil and carefully trimmed, can be.
turned up to their full height with
cut giving too much light or emitting
any OdOr.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-16
About Matches.

The Oldest, and, it is said, the
largest match mandatory in the
world is in Sweden. Matches were
made there long before the old,
roughly trimmed splinter of wood
tipped with sulphur was discarded
with the finder boxes, for which they
were used. In twenty-tiv years tho
export trade of Sweden i'm modern
matches increased 1000, 900, 900 boxes
a year.
Some of the machines for making
matches which we use i'm these days
make 200 revolutions a minute each,
and turn out about =, 500, 900 matches
daily. Rather nor than five matches
per head for the whole population are
used daily in the United States.
Strange to say, the quality of these
Swedish matches, i'm many cases, is
SD bad that the state intends to re-
sumo the manufacture, and computes
that the profits will produce a reve-
of 81, O0O. 900. Altogether. there
are in Europe about $4,000 factories,
and they yearly produce matches vail
ued at $50, 900, 900. - Philadelphia
Times.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-16
ing. At last one surgeon said: .On9
hundred and twenty beats. Let him

ing. At last n surgeon said: sOnS.
hundred and twenty beats. Let him
down."
lamsh had hung for nineteen minutes.
A surgeon held him firmly while the
soldiers cut the cord. The young
man fell into his arms and was laid,
gently on the ground. His eyes
opened soon, and Iams said: LET me-
lie here. feel sick"
They covered him with a blanket
and withdrew, and Iams lay there in,
the guard tent all night. Colonel,
Streator made his report to Colonel,
Hawkins, who Endorsed it and sent
1t by an orderly across the river to-
General Snowden. General Snowden:
read 1t over carefully and Endorsed it,,
dismiss this man In disgrace from,
your regiment and drum him out Of
camp tomorrow morning."
These were written orders. But to,
the orderly he added: Tell Colonel
Hawkins to have the mans head.
shaved on one side before he Is dis
missed"
Early in the morning the pro-
visional brigade under the command
Of Colonel Hawkins was ordered to
assemble On parade. Three regiments
of infantry and a battery of artillery
turned out and drew up in two lines
facing each other on the parade
ground. The disgraced soldier was:
brought out by a corporal guard.
The corporal turned him over to a
1fnVntnnn~< s,h<x ,-tAA r.--l
proceeded to march him from one
end OF the parade ground to the other,
and then back again. The soldiers
looked at him curlously, but there
was no anger or displeasure in their
glances. They all pitied him. He
was brought before Col. Hawkins,
and an adjutant proceeded to read
the report which had been submitted
to Gen. Snowden and the orders
which the General had given. Iams
listened to it with an air of indiffer-
ence. His face betrayed no emotion
whatever. When 1t was finished Col.
Hawkins said to him: @My man, this
has been an exceedingly painful duty
for me to perform, but l think the
punishment was just. You are now
discharged in disgrace from the SER
vice. You will be escorted to the
limits Of the camp. If you ever dare
enter it again you will be summarily
dealt with"
The regimcntal drum corps then
fell in line and began playing the
"Rogue's March," Iams was ordered
to march behind them, and he was
followed by his regiment. This strange,
parade moved over the hilltop and
down as far as the railroad station,
where Iams was put aboard a train
for home.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-16
Not quite Accurate.

The daily newspapers are just now
going through a fire of criticism for
tnaccuracy. Many of them deserve
1t. The slipshod way in which some
times news" is reported is a disgrace
to the noble profession of journalism.
A ludicrous Illustration of this &C.
Cured in a Western journal, and it
might be duplicated in a hundred
other papers.
The evening edition of this Jour-
nal printed this item of local news
under the heading, SERIOUS Acct
dents"
Yesterday afternoon the little son
of John b. Harris, while playing in
the street, was run over by a heavy
load of hay. His right arm and ankle
were broken, and he was otherwise
seriously injured. The Rev. John
McGuffy saw the accident, and car
ried the boy to his home. Doctors
Smith and Jones were summoned,
and set the broken arm and leg, but
fears are entertained that the poor
boy will not recover"
The next day the editor of this
journal received the following letter,
which, however, he did not publish
in his paper:
II was much interested in reading
in yesterdays paper the account Of a
serious accident. 1t was a good de-
scription of a heavy load of hay, but
permit me to make a few little cor
%rections as to the rest of the account.
II presume l am the gentleman
referred to as the Rev. John McGuffy.
My name is Henry McGrath, and 1
am a minister, and l picked up a boy
who was hurt by a hay-wagon yes
terday.
$50 far, the newspaper account is
pretty close to the facts. But you
will allow me to say that the boys
ankle wa not broken, nor his right
arm, neither did he sustain any seri-
Gus injuries. His little toe was run
over, and the flesh taken from the
bone, and that was all.
ALLOW me also to suggest that the
boys name was not Harris, but
Hurst, and his fathers name is not
John B., but William II. 1 would
also like to say that neither DIR.
Smith o DIR. Jones was summoned.
DIR. Robinson, who lives near by. was
called, and successfully bound up the
injured toe, and tho boy is doing
we'll, and will be playing in the
street in a day or two. "-Youth's
Companion.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-16
III Were You, My hoy,

1 wouldn't be ashamed to do right
anywhere. l would not do anything
that | would not be willing for very
body to know.
wouldn't conclude that 1 knew
more than my father before l had
been fifty miles from home.
1 wouldn't go into the company of
boys who use bad language.
wouldn'tge get i'm the sulks and pout
whenever l couldn't have my own
way about anything.
1 wouldn't let any other boys get
ahead of me i'm my Studies.
/ wouldn't abuse little boys who
had no big brother for me to be afraid
of.
l would learn to be polite to every
body.
/ wouldn't cry for anything when
mamma or papa told me it was not
good for me.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-16
Curing . B.d Habit.

The boys were suspicious that Prof:
Spire had formed the habit Of going
upstairs every evening about $50
o'clock to creep along the halls in his
stocking feet and listen at the doors.
They thought, however, that his case
was not incurable II strong measures
were taken. They made their pref
paratiOns and then waited in silent
expectation.
When Prot. Spire came out of his
room and began to mount the stairs
a cold, galvanized tack penetrated
his very soul. He uttered u subdued
howlof agony and sat down on the step
above to investigate. But tacks
| were there also, and they began to
investigate before he did. He rose
with promptness, and this time tho
howl was not subdued. Doors flew
| open and anxious faces looked dowp
from above.
what is it:?" gaspcd the Profess
sor's pet, Il beautiful blue-eycd lad,,
who scorned to do a base act. He had.
refused to contribute more than d
cent toward buying tacks.
Nothing serious" replied the Pro-
fessor, with a dismal effort at cheer
fulncss. II found the wind rather
against me going up these stairs, and
had just started on another tack;
that's all. But it is almost 10 o'clock,
and yacht to be abcd, ."-BostoD
Post
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-16
Five Cents for Six Lives

Human life is dull and in small de-
,mand-spot cash f1ve-siXths of q cent,
leach personal Belden's Point,
City Island, says the New York Hef.
aid. These figures are the result Of
the sad experience of Edward Gal
jlagher, of $50 West F%orty-second
street. Edward is a newsboy, some
times called "Swipes the Newsboy,"
as a compliment to his ability. He
lis not the original "Swipes." Edward
is 16 years old. black-eyed, brown
haired, and small. What his muscu-
lar development lacks in quantity it
more than makes up in quality. He
sold a big armful of newspaper be-
tween this city and City Island re-
Gently and then went rowing near
.Belden Point. -Four men and two
women who had sailed up from Green
point in the small sloop Agnes went
in bathing at half-past s o'clock, so
;;"Swipes" says. Three Of the men and
the women presently got into a skiR
and padded out into the Sound, fol-
lowed ~leisurely by the fourth man,
who swan. Two hundred yards
IRON une SnOre ne grew tired, tried
to climb into the skiff over the side
instead of the stern, and upset it.
@Swipes" said he rowed q freely to the
rescue and saved them all. sThey
made me weary" he conflded to the
reporter. "When 1 began taking
them in all the mon could say was,
We're all lost..' Soon's l got 'em
ashore n says, Johnny, that was
great work you done. Pm goin' to
take up a election He passed the
hat and raised 30 cents out Of all
their clothes. When he give it to me
he says, you're only q boy, you
.kno.' am l gave him back his quar-
ter an says, yes, an I amt goin' to
:overcharge you. The hull gang Of
yer amt wort more'n f'pence.' Then
i skipped"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-16
s~nortana ssraoss:

00ott ou0A 6Ot40Ues q
You laugh at some people; Others
laugh at you.
It is a pity there are NO rules with.
out exceptions.
Every man is religious when he II,
scared to death.
i People who have nothing to give
are the only cheerful givers.
He who is useful is the incarnation
of the highest religion or creed.
Whenever you lnd q comfortable
place, you are sure to catch a cold
in it.
By the time a man acquires a little
sense, he is too old to take advantage
ssome people have a good time at
a funeral. I never could. "-Parson
Irvine.
The longer a man has been dead,
the less positive his friends are that
he is with the angels.
. The man who has the worst reputa-
tion is the n who is always worry.
ing about having it injured.
Almost any man will extend a help
ing hand to 4 friend in trouble, IL 1t
is not asked that he have silver in it.
When you hear a great deal of one
side of a story, the other side re-
ceives from you a great deal of SYM
pathy.
As men have never been able to be
perfectly good, SO they have never
been capable Of being entirely evil.
Probably one reason SO many nice
girls marry poor husbands is that
they never meet any other kind of
men.
There is no greater misfortune
that can bcfall a woman than to let
q man marry her believing she is an
angel.
Before you do wrong, sit down and
reflect what few untraveled roads
there are by which a guilty man may
escape.
A child is an excellent chaperone;
when a child goes anywhere, it comes
back to tell everything it sees and
hears.
When men and women are married,
they begin paying themselves the
compliments they formerly paid those
they married.
When your friends attend your fu-
neral, they will not be half so sorry
you are dead as they will be glad that
1T is you instead of them.
(. The trouble with men and women
is that they deliberately shut their
eyes to each others faults, and then
accuse each other of deceit.
There are many fierce tigers in the
world, but millions of people are
never harmed by them and have no
fear Of them. They get out of their
way. There are many other dangers
that lose their terror when people
treat them in the same way.-Atchi-
son Globe.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-16
THE PIONEER LApY-KlDER.
Mrs. smith Was the First of Her Sex Z,
Appear on q Wheel.

Mrs. Smith Was the First of Her Sex to
Appear ON q Wheel.
Mrs. William F. Smith, wife of the
Washington bicycle dealer, shook
hands with and received the congrat7
ulations of numerous wheclmen the
other day. She was the first lady to
ride a bicycle in the United States
and her first wheel was made by her
husband, he being the patentee. Be
ing the first of her sex to muster up
courage and appear on the road on a
"bike," she is the pioneer cyclist.
Mrs. Smith has been all over the
United States with her wheel, and
has been present at more bicycle
meets than any other of the fair sex.
She considers that there is no other
sport so enjoyable, so facinating and
essential to health. Every lady in
our age should have the good judy
ment to invest in a wheel and judge
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-16

hues. The building will be thirty
one feet high, snrmounted by a glass
ball, two feet in diameter, full of
jelly. The f0urarched entrances will
form a shrine twelve feet square.
The frame of the structure will be
the lightest possible steel. 1t will
carry plate glass shelves its entire
height. On these shelves the bottles
containing jelly Of every color will be
arranged. Some of them will be set
upright and Others horizontally, ac-
'cording to the effects to be produced.
In the decoration of this novel palace
2 ,644 glasses, two and one-half inches
lin diameter, will be used; 966 four
inches in diameter, and l,O4s of as
sorted sizes, making a total of 4,6ss.
The women estimate that this palace
will cost %, 400, of which 81, 900 will
be for the steel frame.