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command a company, MnJ. MlniN1ns.
or perhaps a battalion or regiment,
and his conduct is regulated SO as to fit
him for that duty.
This school year. for the first time, the
military organization of the Coiored High
School was enlarged to a battalion of two
companies. Heretofore the strength cen
sisted of but one company, iLa prize drill
at the end of the year being between tie
first and second platoons. At the CreniGs
of the present school year, however, two
good-s:zed companies were available for
service, and these will participate in the
coming competitive drill. The major of the
battalion is Charles E. Minkins. r. C.
Bruce is the adjutaat and w. o. Davis the
sergeant major. all capable and efficient
officers.
The story of the growth of the organiza-
ton is interesting. After many attempts Il
company, fully differed, was formed in
October, 1SH2. The arms were furnished
by the government. but the uniforms and
instructor We're provided by the boys. Tie
nrSt large sum of money TO aid the cadets
was obtained ~ giving an exhibition drill
two months after the organization of the
company. This WIS followed by daily
luncheons in the school building, and they
III turn by a competitive drill between the
two platoons of the company for gold
medal. Through three years the company
has been Obliged 20 give these entertain
ments, and the teachers and other pupils
of the school have been most hearty in
their support. In this way the company
has been anahlG1 TO meet its growing de-
mands for equipments and to pay for the
services of an Instructor. Capt. Arthur
Brooks is al present the military instructor
at the school, and large part of the sue
cess of the organization is undoubtedly
due to his efforts. AS result of his tlain-
ing the companies at the present time are
prepared to compete with similar organixa-
tionS wherever found.
The officers of company A are Henry D.
Burwell, captain; Clarence Wormley, first
lieutenant, and Harry Burgess. second
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political farmers themselves, and it is whis-
pered that they hope to be 50 successful in
their preliminary course of training that
their friends, as they pass to and fro on the
paths and drives, will not recognize them.
But the gang of seeming laborers delving
out there on the lawn, making great
swaths of fallen grass, will be the same
young men who last winter answered po-
lite ques tons with an economy of breath
and attention.
Some kind fellow has persuaded pair
of cartridges to take up their abode in
the ground, to cast an even more real at
mosphere of rurality about the place. The
bob white and the ''old bob white" and
the bob white, OH" of the birds may be
heard any morning, and the clerks have
fallen into the habit of initiating them as
they sit porting over pages of agricultural
reports and free silver doctrines. Some
one has suggested that a patch of sun
flowers be planted in the center of the
main lawn on the west side of the building,
but this thought has not yet been acted
upon.
And in this way the young men are TAX
ing time by the forelock. They are striv-
ing hard to win success, and their friends
are all hoping that they will do so. But
1t Is hard work.
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BLASTING WITH LINE.
Gen. Newton Learned n Lesson in an
Indiana Stone Quarry.

Gen. Newton Learned Lesson In an
Indiana Stone Quarry.
From the New York Herald.
Aprcpcs Of the late Gen. Newton's death
is a little story he told twenty years ago,
when his work at Hell Gate made him
much talked OF man.
Il was in the quarry country of Indiana"
said he, where they take out great blocks
Of oolytic limestone without the use of
pound of powder. 1 had heard of the pro-
cess, and l took team at Greensburg and
drove down to the quarries to see. The
superintendent was q Welshman of I'M
promising appearance. He was certainly
en- uneducated man. so far as colleges went
but he knew his usiness.
Il acfed him how he managed to blast
sucn huge blocks of the rock and how
much dynamite was required to the ton
He said he did not use dynamite or any
other explosive. He simply used unslaked
lime. 1t astoniShed me, but before he took
me to the quarry he set up piece of pine
board, an inch thick against a wall of
rock, brought out revolver and fired at
the board.
The bullet passed through, fattened
against the stone and fell to the ground
Then he set up the board again. threw the
fattened bullet against the board, with
astonishing skill striking it each time in
the same place. and after the fifth cast
the board was split from top TO bottom
1 didn't use much force when
threw as when / shot, did L. he said. But
tie beard would rever split along the
grail by shooting at it. / could tear that
board into pieces shooting, but If 1 want to
break 1t in long sections Tn the grain
don't want to use such.a sudden force
That's how l blast with lime
And then he took Inc to the quarry
They had drilled a series Of holes in the
place he had marked, his judgment and
trained intelligence telling him where the
dividing line should run. Then they lamp
ed these holes full of unslaked lime, pour
ed water on it, keyed them shut and wait
ed. In twelve hours the mass of rock he
wanted would begin with groans and crack
lngs to separate. In sixteen hours it would
be free. and the force of the lime would be
spent. =
IF used powder or dynamite said he,
I would rip out such a mass as that in
fifteen minutes; but it would be Clipped
and cracked into a hundred pieces. Or,
more likely. in large ,plast, the powder
would simply tear out "a way along the
least resistance, shellipg out lot of
spawls. and leave my big rock as solid as
ever
Il thanked my Welshman." said Gen.
Newton, and told him he was much Of a
philosopher"
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sists Of a flag and a gold medal, the
former to be carried by the winning COM
pany and the latter to be worn by
the commanding officer of the same
company. 1t was thought that the
chances OF company A were Iessened at
the beginning of the year, on account of
the resignation of it's captain. but Lieut..
Burwell was appointed to fill the vacancy,
and since then the company has been
steadily improving until now it seems al
most perfect in that particular branch of
the drill regulations-the manual of arms.
Company is considered just as far ad-
vanced. however and has the advantage of
having had but one commanding officer
throughout the year. The boys in A con-
tend that they will win the prize, because,
they claim, the formation of a battalion of
two companies has broken the spell of the
past two years. which favored the second
platoon, corresponding to company B this
year They say that the time has come
when there is going to be a change.
Both companies during drill hours pre-
serve the greatest amount of secrecy about
their intended methods of winning the
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officers and men is being put forth in the
hope of obtaining the coveted prizes. Both
companies are equally sanguine of success
and each is confident that the other cannot
win. The drill will embrace only the
manual of arms. If work and close, lard
study of tactics will do it, the drill will
be almost perfect, for there is no rest or
let up in the training of the companies at
the present time.
The drill is to take place at the annual
entertainment of the pupils of the Wash
ington High School of the seventh and
eighth divisions, at their school building, on
NJ street between 1st street and New Jer-
sey avenue northwest.
1t is noticeable that when a boy goes
into the battalion at this school it has a
marked effect upon him. His physique is
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SHE TOLD HIM.
A Post once Clerks Punishment for
ImpOliteness.


ImpOliteness.
From Puck.
Have you any mucilage in there?" asked
a sharpfeatured. elderly lady at the stamp
sellers window at the post office.
MOI snapped the urbane clerk inside.
How will l make this envelope I just
bought of you stick. them" demanded she
with the asperity of woman who feels
she has got the worst end Of a small
bargain.
Lick the flap; there's mucilage on it."
said the clerk laconically.
mo, there amt! not mitei''
Then you must have licked 1t off, Some
of you people seem to expect to get your
dinners off the government"
'Oh, We do! do WEI" cried the irate
spinster. Let me tell you 1 amt reduced
to making my meals off of your nasty old
mucilage. 1 had a better dinner today,
saw in your life You pale-faced, dried up
whipSer-snapper! you're a nice one to talk
about dinner! You look as if you had lived
on liver and string beans at a $s-a-week
boarding house,
IAN right, madam; move onr' said the
clerk. who by this time had begun to real
ize he had caught a tartar.
wait till I've told you what had for
dinner first. Let's see. We had tomato
soup and baked biuetish-"
Never mind what you had for dinner;
move on-your re blocking the Window"
implored the clerk.
Don't be impatient, sonny. Then We
had broiled spring chicken that would melt
In your mouth. and green peas"
There's dozen people behind you; move
on"
And picked beets and sliced tomatoes
win you move on?'
When l get good and ready. Tn ago
ing to tell You what a good dinner is so as
you'll know one if you ever see it. which
isn't likely
Go away! I haven't time to hear you
now"
yes. you have. The people is paying for
your time, l guess. and I'm one of them
Don't you ever forget that the folks that
come to this window is the folks you're
working for
NO; l won't, if you'll only go away"
promised the clerk. feebly.
"All right. Then I'll let you off from the
dessert, though the blackberry shortcake
would have made your eyes stick out and
the cream we had with it was that thick
1t would bear up spoon. But 1 want you
to remember one more thing
What is it?"
That envelope you sold me wouldn't
stick. That's bad enough; but there's one
thing worse And that's a postage stamp
that gets stuck on itself A stamp like
that amt no earthly good to anybody, and
neither Is young man when he gets the
same way! That's ALL Goodyear
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-11
THE SUPREME MOMENT.
What Some Men Have Thought q
When In Mortal Peril,

What Some Men Have Thought of
When In Mortal Peril.
From the Chicago Record
Some months ago man went down to
the lake shore to commit suicide, and when
he began to write a final message to his
wife he could think nothing to say except
that some butter which he had ordered
would be found at a certain grocery His
message bears out a certain fact dscov-
cred by realists, that in the supreme and
soul-terrifyfng moments of life the most
ridiculous and trivial things often come
uppermost in the mind. The dying man
comments upon the ugly pattern of the
wall paper in his room and the newly mar
ried couple is said to show an invariable
preference for talking about the weather.
Just the other day a boy employed in a
west side factory fell four stories down
the shaft of a freight elevator. By some
interposition of fate or Providence, he
landed on his feet after turning over a
couple of times and crawled out of the
bottom door with silly and mortified look
on his face. Except for an inward joting
and a few bruises he was not injured.
The men who had seen him fall rushed
to the bottom of the shaft expecting to
find him lying there crushed and lifeless.
But he was on his feet outside the shaft
catching his breath in an excited, nervous
giggle, and awkwardly brushing the dust
off his clothes.
Are you hutt?" they asked, taking hold
of him.
"N-n-no, I'm all right
Did you light on your feet?"
81 don't know. Leave me alone, I'm all
right
In a few minutes he had Gained down,
and one of the men asked him: "What
did you think of while you were falling?"
"All 1 remember is that the feather
cleanin' place on the second floor was shut
down.
rs that all?"
Il could see as 1 went by that there
wasn't any one workin' in there. That's
every blamed thing l can remember
He stuck to it, At an awful moment
when his past life should have come to
him in a flash he was taking observations
OF the ''feather-cleaning place."
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De Regarded as quite
zen regle" to allow
the leg of the trous-
ers-one leg is pref
erabla. as indicating
greater Indifference
TO the carking cares
of $ y m m e t y-to
hang negligently over
the top of the boot,
instead of falling to
Ine natural place.
Backing will doubt
less be strictly es-
chewed. and it Is an
ticipated that there
will be a great run
on oils and mutton
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The Cause of Conversion.

From the New York World
From the interior of the palace loud
shrieks were heard.
The pasha turned pale.
AT last" he gasped, my janissaries,
long unpaid, have revolted. Even now they
are sacking the seraglio.
However, the next moment he was reas-
sured.
"Drat itr'
He bit his beard
"All that racket over mouse! Any
way he unused. Il was never intended for
Turk. This harem-scarem way of living
is tCo tough on the nerves.
Three months later the War Cry con-
taired the portrait of converted pasha.
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\ Dangerous Gift.

George-"I have been invited to a flower
party at the Pinkies What under the sun
is flower party?'
Jack-"Thats one of the new notions this
season. 1t is a novel form of birthday
party. Each guest must send Miss Pinllie
a bouquet containing as many flowers as
she is years old, and the flowers must have
a meaning. Study the language OF flowers
before ordering"
Florists Boy "a few hours later)-"A gen.
tleman left order for twenty of these
flowers 20 be sent to the Pinkies with his
card
FIorist-"He's one of my best customers.
Add eight or ten more for good measure"
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A Sad Infrnlity.
From Puck.

From PUCK.
O'Brien-"Poor Doherty! He's so short
sighted he's bound to work himself to
death"
O'Grady-"Phwat has bein' short-sighted
to do with it?''
O'Bren-"Whoy, he can't see when the
boss amt lookn'. an has to keep shovelin'
away all the timer
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drill. No outside eye
is allowed to watch
the preparations for
the big event, and
even the battalion Of
ficerS are viewed
with disfavor when
they approach either
company during the
hours of drill. A
great many of the
battalion officers and
some of those con-
n e t e d with the
school who take a
great interest in mill
tary affairs look upon
company B as the
y
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improved in every
way. He stands
erect, and his whole
bearing evinces his
military training. He
learns the first prin-
ciple that every SOL
der has to master
that of obedience
and he realizes the
fact that he is an
item of great i'm
portance in the make
up of his company.
He looks forward to
the day when he will
have a chance to
wear a sword and
COW, p,anI n olr,~,rx
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lieutenant. Those of
company B are John
c. Payne. captain;
Elias Brown, first
lieutenant, and Sam
uel Wallace, second
lieutenant. Each is
considered an eff
cient officer, and all
are in hearty accord
with the men under
them. Both company
commanders h a v e
displayed exceptional
executive ability dur
ing the present year,
and it will be a hard
fight between the ri
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fingers, and faces
once fair and soft
m Ii st be burned
brown by the pitiless
sun that shines over
the fields in summer.
To he sure. goliing
and tennis and base
bali and boating viii
give these desirable
factors that go SO far
to make up the salts
torily close imita-
ton of alleged agri-
cuitur.sts, but there
Is grave danger that
these gentle pursuits
may lzqN-h a faint in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-11
Getting Ready at the Senate End
for the Populists.
THE CLERKS AND RURAL TENDENCIES
How They Are Trying to Cultivate
a BucoIic Appearance.
THEY MAY CUT ASS

N ANTICIPATION,
perhaps, of the COM
ing of tie time when
t h e populists will
have control of the
Senate, by virtue of
their holding of the
b a | a n C e of power
there, the folks at
the Senate end of the
Capitol are getting
into 4 buColic frame
of mind and are put
ting on the outward
evidences of alleged
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. ~ 80 - 60
partment h a 8 sue
ceeded in obtaining a
few packages, a n d,
t h 4 S precious ma
terial is being dis
tributed to a select
few, for the purpose
of utilizing it as an
appropriate adjunct
to the toilet. A few
grains of this sub
stance, carefully dis
tributed through the
hair and b e ar d
though with a GER
tain negligent grace
that bespeaks nat
ural ~ sncia tinn wi h
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: York Weekly.

From the New YORK Weekly.
Sweet Girl Qn photograph gallery)-''I
wish you wouldn't put that big camera so
close to me-
Photographer-'Don't you want the pic
ture cabinet size?"
Sweet Girl-"Yes, but I don't want the
freckles cabinet size"
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be furnlShed with
scythes and whet-
stones and turned
loose in the great
lawn. Surgeons will
be kept in close at
tendance to bind up
the wounds caused
by too reckless swing
ing of the blades, and
it is hoped that an
ambulance may be
hired for the occa-
sion. The young men,
when they take the
field on this festive
occasion, will be for
all the world like the
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From the Detroit Free Press.
Jaggs-"Is Blobbs dumb in his own
rCuse?"
Laggs-"Practically So"
Ja ggs-"W the matter?
Laggs-"He promised his wife he would
always listen when she spoke"
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Annual High School Drill Of the
9TH and 9th Divisions.
Two COMPANIES WILL TAKE PART
What is Thought VIII Be the Out
come Of the Competition.
WELL-TRA, INED SOLDIERS
PIN HE ANNUAL COM

pany competitive
drill of the High
School Cadets Of the
seventh and eighth
divisions, which c.
ours May "a, is bring
ing out all the atten-
ton and energy
which these young
soldiers possess. The
competition this year
will be sharper than
ever before, and
every effort of both
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bilious young men who are going through
this severe course of agricultural sprouts.
Some day, before many weeks have past,
when the grass has grown tall and waves
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No Chance for 1t.
From Puck.

From Puck.
Tagleigh-'I wonder why lightning never
strikes twice in the same place.
Wagleigh-"Well. you can't generally find
the place."
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1895-08-23

A hunting party flom town forgot to
take their lunch along, Tuesday, and of
course had to stop at farmers to get
lunch. The lady of the house kindly
consented to fix the boys up and put up
a nice lunch. "You need not set
us anything to drink, said enc of tho
sports, as he held up couple of bottles.
that looked like cold tea, we have some
tea with US.
won't you have some milk, 'inquired
the hospitable house wife.
"Oh no, thank you," replied tha
sport, I'VE have this tea with u.s."
Turning to her daughter the kindly
farmers wife said 60 and get the gem
tlemen some ''cream and sugar."
The boys had no more to say after
that and the good farmers wife will ba
a little suspicious of "cold tea'' stories
after this, and the boys will keep still
about having something to drink with
them.
What the boys wanted was q cork
screw.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1895-08-23

Elk Railroad Commissioner B: B.
Stevens has been appointed receiver
to look after the business of the In.
dependent Publishing Co., and the
paper will be continued as oi
yore. The Independent has been
unable to collect its delinquent sub.
scriptions, and during these close
times it is hard for any institution
to keep aaoat without money, If all
who owed the Independent would
''dig" up the paper would be in
good shape, and the same can be
said OF the COURIER. If people will
pay what they owe the COURIER, we
in turn can pay what we owe the
type foundry. merchants, etc. SUBJ
scribers in the classic language Of
the nineteenth century "cough up"
We hope that the friends of the Inde-
pendent will stand by it and pay up.
It has done good work for the party
it represents, and under Editor
Grants management has been a
wide-awake sheet-even if it opposed
to us politically.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1895-08-23
Ex-Associate Justice Strong, of
the United States supreme court died
Monday afternoon at Minneawaska,
N. Y.
Where Was Archie?


There was quite an exciting time at
Bowden & Mayors store at Wimbledon,
SO says Commissioner Sandy. A couple
of hoboes went into the store and while
one fellow was purchasing pair of
pants the other fellow "swiped" two
PAIR and both fellows started to leave
the store. Chris Mayors eagle eye had
seen the operation, however. and he
ran ahead of the tive fellows and
closed and fastened the store door.
The hoboes then undertook to fight
their way out agd lively time ensued
Sankey Newberry grabbed a double
barrelled shotgun by the barrel and
giving the Wimbledon yell, "hobble-
gobble, razzle.dazzle, sis boom. bum,
Wimbledon" he hauled off aud swiped
one hobo over the head with the gun
and laid him out. In the meantime Alex.
Iverson had the other fellow cornered
back of the counter and soon gave him
blow la Corbett that put Mr.. Hobo
hors do combat. At this stage Of the
game DR.. Pease appeared on the scene
and with his assistance the two tourists
were firmly tied with ropes and were
taken to Valley CITY to the lookup.
Bowden was in the country buying cat
tie at the time of this occurrence and
when Re got home and found out what
had happened he was so elated that he
said: "cut melon, boys, cut a melon, "
and then let out the Wimbledon yell
the echoes Of which have not yet got
through reverbcrating among the hills
and valleys OF the tortuous Sheyenne.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1895-08-23

A telegram from Chicago in the
daily papers shows that the senti-
ment in favor Of a short presi-
dental campaign has considerable
strength in the national committees.
Of eighteen members of the republi.
can national committee who have
expressed their opinions, fourteen
have decided in favor of a short
campaign. 1t is thought that tile
committee will be overwhelmingly in
favor of making the change. OF the
twenty democratic committeeman
who have declared themselves, one
halt are in favor of short campaign.
1t is thought the democratic COM
mittee will agree to a short campaign
unless the free silver agitators are
powerful enough to prevent it.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1895-08-23

The entire expenses incurred by
the cactus commission up to date,
Including printing, secretary's salary,
expenses of the board, etc., is $751;.
~, so that those fellows who are
waking such a howl about the $3o,-
600 appropriation can subside for a
time. The commission is all right
Fven if they won't pay for. advertis.
Ing their rules and regulations. The
way we did in this matter was to re.
tose to print them for nothing and
then keep still. Business is business
and if our columns are any good to
She commission they are for sale at
the regular rates. If they don't
want to use them this way we are NO,
going to get mad and chew the rag
over it.