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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-08-08

ls very impressive. Many people will
not trust themselves to look over the
sheer precipices to depths beneath, but
the effort is worth trying. The canyon
scenery in some respects is not ss fine 40
in Colorado, but the colorlng of the walls
and OF rocks is very beautiful and sur
prlsing. The coach riding is sometimes
monotonous and occasionally exciting as
you sweep around the brow OF preci-
plce on trot down grade. There were
some 80 people meeting at Livingston to
pake the trip the day We arrived. The
journey is we'll worth taking"
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-08-08
PAYING OFF SCHOOL DEBT.
The City Board Of Education
Reducing the District
Indebtedness.
Liberal Treatment by the
State School Land
Board.

The present board OF education is do
ing commendable thing in the reduc-
tion of the school debt of the city. In
view OF the fact that, at some time in
the not very distant future the old
wooden school house may become unfit
for further use, the school district will
need either money or credit to erect a
safe and modern brick building.
At the previous school meeting to the
one held Monday night, Treasurer Steele
reported that there we're $1,000 that
could be used to place in sinking fund,
and desired directions for some action
concerning it. He was authorized to 20
to the capital and see what could be done
with the state university and school
land board which holds goodly amount
OF city school bonds as an investment
Tor school funds of the state. The re-.
suit OF the trip was q very liberal offer
on the part of the state school officials
that the city could take up Is ow school
bonds at any time, in amounts not less
than 81 900, by paying interest in full to
date. Accordingly $1,000 in funds will
be taken up and interest stopped. This
makes $4,000 so retired in a year.
The school district has now $4,000
debt, held mostly in New 1ork city,
where all efforts to get the owners
to part with the security, have
been unavailing. They are per cent
bonds and naturally IN. these times are
considered valuable. The two buildings
and fixtures are insured for s17.O75.
The rate OF tax ia high for school pur-
poses. but no more than last year, al.
though the number OF pupils is some 20
greater. The rate is unavoidable owing
to the heavy school debt incurred IN
years past.
In connection with superintendent
Schmidt the board is making thorough
revision OF Its rules, of the rules of th Q
school and the course of study This
last. has been submitted and will be
acted on next week.
The high school room is being re-.
modelled somewhat, small laboratory
will be added and the room enlarged.
New single seats may also be put IN to
take the place of the old double seat.
A resolution was adopted re-.
questing the city council to make Il
tax levy of $1l 600 for school purposes;
Miss Atkinson was assigned to the sixth
grade as teacher at $50 per month; the
high school tuition for pupils from out
side the city was reduced from 81 to
$3.50 per month.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-08-08
Looking Toward Cheaper Light

Looking Toward Cheaper Lights.
The ordinance introduced in the city
council Monday extending to Klaus Il
4 Rattinger the right to erect poles,
string wires, etc., for the purpose Of fur
nishing electric lights, is move that
may result in cheaper lights to the city
and better service. The ordinance asks
for no franchise, simply puts the new
competitor for this business on the same
footing as the other electric light CON-
pany, the telegraph and telephone com-
panies. The ordinance was gwen the
usual hearing, being read and advanced
to second reading and LAID over for
amendment and final action later. The
privilege, if granted by the council, may
not be used at once, but it is in the line
of cheaper lighting and will no doubt be
of ultimate benefit to all light consum.
ers. The decline in the cost OF lighting
by electricity has been great, and James
town is now paying a pretty stiff price
for her street illumination. Private con-
sumers also are not getting their lights
as cheap as in other towns. fuel cost and
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-08-08
An Unttlnely Death.

The funeral OF Florence Merry who
died at the residence OF her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. N. B. Merry, in Mt Pleasant
township, Saturday afternoon, occurred
Sunday at the school house, and the
remains were inferred in the neighboring
grave yard. The funeral was attended
by large gathering Of sympathetic
friends and neighbors. The young
ladys death was caused, it ls
stated, by blood poisoning following
q broken leg, and by injuries to the back
and shoulders, received at the time of
being thrown from frightened horse.
The fracture was set by DR.. Wink, and
Saturday last 1t was seen necessary that
the limb be amputated, as the patients
condition had become critical. The
operation was performed by Drs. Wink
and Moore, but the unfortunate sufferer
lived only short time afterwards. She
was the youngest daughter and her un-
timely loss is greatly deplored.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-08-08
Vacation Time

Is at hand and Is gladly welcomed by
all, especially those whose duties IN life
have caused them to greatly run down
their system to meet the requirements,
lhysical and mental forced upon them.
With these and Others, it is important
whether at home, at the seashore or in
the country, that some thought be given
20 diet, and as further assistance to
nature, a good building-up medicine like
Hoods Sarsaparills had best be resorted
to. II the digestion is poor, liver de-
ranged and frequent headaches seem to
be the rule, Hoods will change all this
and enable everyone to return to their
homes and business in refreshed state
OF mind and bodily health.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-08-08

found IN this section, to send either TO
the Jamestown far or the Minneapolis
exposition, and We would ask oil who
have some extra fine specimens OF any OF
these grains, to pull fair sized bundle
mp by the roots wheE fairly we'll ripened
and leave with US for that purpose. Will
the farmers take hold OF this matter?
Let those who have fine potatoes and
garden truck, also contribute to the COL
lection.
Forman Item: The acreage OF wheat
in Sargent county is 20 per cent. less
than in 1894. Some parts Of the county
has had sufficient amount OF rain to
produce An average yield, while other
sections have not been thus favored and
the crops have been greatly damaged
in fact, many acres a total failure
caused by the dry, hot weather during
the fore part of July. Then again hun
dreds Of acres of grain have been de-
stroyed by hail and no attempt will be
made t" harvest.it, while many hundreds
more have been damaged from 25 to SO
per cent. Taking the entire county, it is
safe to say that the yield of wheat will
not exceed one-half OF that Of last year.
Do our readers generally know, says
the Emmons County Record, that the
common black currant found along the
streams in the county will, If transplant.
ed to cultivated ground and mulched,
yield twice as heavily as in it's native
habitat and produce fruit twice as large?
At the Record ranch there are some
fifty black currant bushes that were set
out four years ago and mulched with six
inches of fax straw and manure. They
have yielded we'll each year. They are
now ripening at least two bushels OF
fruit-a good part of it as large as goose
berries. They lack the "bedbuggy"
flavor OF tame black currants two
bushes of which are growing IN the same
garden with the wild ones), and for
making into jelly. the lady who puts
them up says there Is no other small
fruit in these parts that is their equal.
Gooseberries, red and black currant and
wild plums are sure and prolific crop
here If mulched. They yield we'll with
ordinary cultivation; but they yield i'm
mensely when properly mulched. A
lady who has lived near Williamsport for
twelve years and has often seen the
black currants in their native growing
places, would not believe, when she saw
the "tame" wild currants that they we're
currapts at all.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-08-08

Bill of A. NJ. Clough for 50 was re-
ferred to the water works committee.
Council adjourned.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-08-08

To retain an abundant head OF hair of
a natural color to a good old age, the
hygiene Of the scalp must be observed.
Apply Halls Hair Restorer.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-08-08

est best wheat is said to contain the
most Of IT.. As yet the figure this will
cut 10 the crop is an uncertain quantity,
but 1t is feature Of the grain yield of
the state never encountered before on go
big scale.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-08-08
other expenses Of operation all con-
sidered.

other expenses OF operation all con-
sidered.
The regular month meeting OF the city
council was held last night, with five
aldermen and the mayor present.
The Artesian Hose company, through
Chief Ross Of the fire department, pre-
sented request for additional supplies
10 the way Of rubber coats, boots, etc.,
which was, on motion OF Mr.. johnson,
referred to the fire committee.
The settlement OF the Carpenter dam
age suit at the late term OF the district
court, was reported by City Attorney
Baldwin. Oh motion of Mr.. Schmitz
the terms of settlement as reported by
the city attorney were accepted, which
were $3.50 to Mrs. Carpenter and 50
costs.
The report of City Clerk Eager for
July was presented. showing receipts for
licenses to the amount of 1895, which
was referred to the finance committee.
The report of City Treasurer Baldwin
for the month of July showed the fol-
lowing balances.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-18
A Curious transformation.

A fashionable audience in Paris re
Gently listened to a lecture on chemis
try by a celebrated chemist. At the
conclusion Of the lecture a lady anc
gentleman who were among the first te
leave the hall had reached the oper
air, when the lady caught her escori
staring at her. "What is the matter?'
asked the madame, In surprise. "Par
don me, but you are quite bluew The
lady returned to the hall and approach.
ed mirror. She started back In hor
ror. The rouge upon her cheeks hae
been converted into beautiful blue
by the chemical decomposition which
had taken place under the influence OF
the gases which had been generated
during the lecture. The majority OF
the women In the audience had suf.
fered in similar manner. There were
all sorts Of colors-blue, yellow, violet
and black. Some whose vanity had
induced them to put ivory on the skin,
coral on the lips, rouge on the cheeks
and black on the eyebrows had under
gone ludicrous transformation.-New
York Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-18

is not crab nor q crawHsh by any
means. Itis perfect lobster in min
iature, being only about three inches
long. II has the samo dark green
color.
The New York physician canght
the little fellows way up the north
branch of the Penobscot IL was brisk
work for they dart almost as quickly
as minnows, swimming backward by
means of their jointed tails. The
best way to catch them is to creep up
behind rock in stream where they
abound and grab them quickly.
There we're several hundred in the
stream, the largest under three inches
and the smallest like little bugs.
They can be found not only in the
waters Of the north branch, but in
several hikes in that vicinity. Lob
ster Lake, south of Chesunkook, de-
rivcs its name from the fresh water
crustaceans that have, been found
there.
Speaking ofcurious Holsters. we'll
known down East trader has one pre-
served in alcohol, the body Of which
is about the size of robins egg. II
was found in the stomach of pick
erel. New York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-18
Perfect Three. Inch Lobsters.

There's going to be a novel banquet
in New York soon in settlement of q
wager made between well-known
New York physician. who is q fine
hunter and fisherman, and friend OF
his who discredits some of his yarns
about the wilds Of northern Maine.
The doctor won the wager and his
friend must settle for the dinner. The
principal dish will be a lobster salad.
1t will be placed in the centre of the
table. In the centre and at either
end ON top of the salad mound will
wriggle tiny 'fresh water lobster. I"
fastened to stick OF celery.
These Live Holsters are the evidence
which decide the wager. The doctor
referred when he left for the Maine
woods to fresh water lohsteFa His
incredulous friend disputed the exis-
tence OF such things. He was go posi-
tive about it that he bet dinner that
there wasn't such thing. Now the
doctor has returned from his ontine
and has brought homo with him three
living examples OF the strange crusta'
cean.
Although comparatively unknown,
the fresh water lobster Is a reality. II
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-18
VIZ HAVE AGE ENOUGH.
No American Need Long for objects
Of veneration at Home.

OF VeneratiOn ut Home.
We are accustomed to speak Of every
thing In America as brand-new. 1t
smells to us of varnish more than any
thing else, and when we 60 abroad we
say Of buildings and Of institutions,
"Alas, we have nothing at ell of this
sort In American There Is truth In
this, and yet perhaps we do not sufii-
ciently realize how long our American
civilization has been growing, and
how much of the worlds history has
been made In the last 200 years. 1t is
Interesting TO find a suggestion of this
nature emanatlng from so thoroughly
English source as the Loudou Specta-
tor, the attention of which has been
drawn TO the age of our American col.
leges by book of Illustrations of our
university buildings.
Let us follow out this suggestion,
and, taking Harvard University ns n
measure Of age, see where the world
was standing at the time Of the foun-
dation OF that institution. This was in
1888. Charles I. was on the throne o.
England. Cromwell was young man,
'gulltless of his country's blood," and
had just been turned back from his
plan OF coming to America. The face of
Germany was then desolated with the
Thirty Years war. Rlchelieu had just
formed the French Academy, anl was
In the zenith Of his power. The Span.
ish lnquisltion was pursuing Its relent.
w nalt
with his literary labors. It was sixty
years before Peter the Great applied In
London for his naval apprenticeship,
and nearly 100 years before Frederick
the Great came into his inheritance.
We are apt to think Of English lltera.
ture as ante-dating our American civ.
lization; yet at the time the New World
had taken on the educational and NOR.
oil strength which gave us Harvard Col.
lege, English literature was practically
unwrltten. If we except Chaucer. Sppn.
ser and Shakespeare. Paradise Lost
was only dream of Milton, who was
30 years old In 1888, and then began his
continental Journeys. Dryden was 0
years old; Bunyan was 10, with no
thought of serving under Cromwell OF
being Jailed for his views. Pope, Swift
Addison, Bollngbroke, Bishop Berke
ley, were yet unborn.
These reflections show us how large
a part Of human history belongs to the
| period since the foundatio of our old
est university. Into the life of this
young and growing republic all these
things entered-the growing hatred of
absolutism, the spread of religious toll
GRAFTON, the literary inspiration of Nil
toms day, the artistic spirit that breath
! ed from St. Peters dome. The Amerl
can of to-day need not lack for objcctf
of veneration In his own country. 1t is
old enough. Its founders and those
who have preserved II with sufferlngs
and death, and sometimes harder ser
vice Of living effort and denial, have
left bright spots In the dark and devious
strugglings Of the human race. Tc
emulate rather than to disparage theii
character and service is the duty ana
privilege Of the intelligent patriot of to
day. Moreover, to consider the matter
from another point of view, the para
dox Is true that, II we are to look te
antiquity, the present age Is the old
est. -I----
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-18
An Insect With a History.

A recent bulletin on the Hessian fly
from the New Jersey Agricultural Ex-
pertinent station reminds us that this
insect has history closely inter-
woven with the struggle for our in
dependence as nation. Its common
name is derived from the fact that it
first became known here soon after the
landing OF the Hessian troops, under
Sir VIM. Howe, on Staten Island and
at Flatbush on Long Island in 1776.
It is supposed to have been introduced
in the straw brought over with the
troops. From the points named the
! insects spread inland, passing over
into the wheat fields Of New Jersey
and across the state, reaching Penn
sylvania In 1885, or ten years after
landing on Staten Island. The late
DR.. Harris in "Insect injurious to
vegetation" says that the insect grad-
ually spread over the southern parts
OF New York and Connecticut, and
continued to proceed inland at the
rate of Is or 30 miles year, reaching
Saratoga, 200 miles from -tbeir.is8is.
inal state, in 1883. 1t also extended
sputhward, as we learn from the
pages of the published reports of the
Philadelphia Agricultural society in
the earlier part of the present cen-
tury, or from 1900 to 1911.
From these eastern localities it
spread westward, reaching the wheat
fields of Indiana, Illinois. aud Wis
consin, about 1874, crossing the Miss
issippi into Iowa and Minnesota in
1850 and invading Kansas in 1871,
passing over the mountains into Cali
fornia in 1855.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-18
simpler Than Socialism.

Jimkins-Old man, believe I am
destined to be the savior of our race I.
I have invented plan for the abolish
ment Of poverty which is so simple
and ptrfect than I wonder 1t has not
been thought of before.
Tihkins-What is it?
Jinkins-Why, all that 10 necessary
IL or every poor man TO marry
rfh girl. and for every poor girl to
maty . rich man.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-18
A Picture Of n Great Grief.

One of the most vivid pictures OF
abject grief ever saw was an old In
dian at Arkansas City, Kan, before
the Cherokee strip was opened and
when there were more Indians and
fewer white men there than are to bo
seen now. II was the custom OF the
Indians to shoot their arrows at nickels
placed in crotched sticks. If they hit
the coin IL was theirs, and they imme-
diately invested it in whisky so mean
that it served only to create an insa-
table desire for more, while it so un-
nerved them that they could not shoot.
The old Indian had hit two or three
nickels early in the morning and then
he could hit no more. He stood bare
headed in the hot sun and shot arrow
after arrow, but they sped wide Of the
mark. For hours, goaded almost to
desperation, he tried in vain, and when
1 saw him about the middle of the
afternoon, he would walk up to the
line from which he was to shoot, take
aim, with grim determination, and
when he missed, stoical no longer, the
old man would sit on the curbstone
and cry like child, beating his
breast and wailing. Then he would
arise, wrap his blanket about him and
shoot again. 1 have seen Indians face
danger without finching, and 1t is
seldom that they cry, but the grief Of
the old man literally burning up with
thirst was too great for him to stand,
when the arrows did not hit the coins
that would have brought him obliv-
ion. Finally three nickels we're given
him, and an hour later the old Indian
was sleeping in fence corner, with
happy smile upon his lips. Washing
ton Stpr.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-18

Mrs. winslows Soothing Syrup for children
lion aIiays pain. cures wind cole. rs Q. bottle
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-18
Highest Of all in Leavenns Power-Lse u. Govt Report
R&:a!:!!!!! q! Rs%dsSE RRskldGS
AnAOLUTEEY PURE

use Piso's Cure for Consumption both In my
family and practice -DR. O. W. PATTERSON,
inkster, Mich. Nov. D, 1894
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-18

NERVE REsroRER No fits after first days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and 500 trial bot
tie free, Dr, Kline, p3l Arch st., phila., Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-18
Berlin msshers are now largely patronizins
London tailors.


There is not a human being physically per
fect. Much Of this imperfectioA comes from
heritage, much more from accident, neglect
or ignorance. All Of this mass Of mortal
suffering Is manifest In aches and pains OF
more or less intensity, or In some kind OF
unnatural distress. Hence all strive for re-
lief. The simplest and surest Is OF course
the best, and true economy demands to have
Il always at hand. When we know that an
ordinary sprain may make cripple for life,
We should seek the best remedy at once, and
NJ once We know that Il is found In a bottle
Of 81. Jacobs Oil. Those who In any way
doubt this can experiment and be sure OF
cure. Thousands have done so.
There n more .Catsrrh in this section Of the
and until the last few years was supposed 70 be
nounced IL local disease and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment pronounced 10 fncurable.
Science has proven catarrh TO be constitu-
tionai disease and therefore requires copstitu-
tionsl trcstment Halls Catarrh Cure, man
ufactured by +. J. Cheney a Co., Toledo, Ohio,
Il the only constitutional cure on the market.
II is taken Internally in doses from 10 drops TO
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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-18

widow-'Do you know, Mf. CaiieA
that you remind me very much Of my
late husband" Mr.. Caller Cooking at
watch)-"Why, It is late, isn't It? Ex.
cuse me. I really had no idea Of the
time. Dispatch.