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Griggs courier., 1898-08-25
A VETERANS PRIVATE FORT.
He Repulsed = Midnight At.
tack by H0Odlums.

Back on the hills overlooking Che
mango Forks stands frowning fort
whose guns menace the valley and
from whose ramparts floats the Amer
lean flag. This is probably the only
private fort in the United States, be-
ing owned by Abraham Hinkley, a
veteran of the civil war and queer
character, who makes his living by
gathering herbs and roots in the sum-
,ner time and trapping and fishing the
rest of the year.
Since the beginning of the Spanish
American difficulty Hinkley manifest
ed intense interest in the progress of
affairs. Previous to that time he was
seldom seen in public, but after the
blowing up of the Maine he made fire.
quent trips to Binghamton to obtain
the latest news, and the subject so
worked on his mind that he became
convinced that the Spaniards would
sail up the Chenango and Susquehanna
rivers, and accordingly began to pre-
pare for defense.
When persons whom he met laughed
at him, Hinklcy likened himself to
Noah and warned them that they
would all be fleeing to his ark for pro-
lection.
The fort is simply an earthwork
thrown up on the side hill. Rife holes
are made in the side walls, from which
protrude the muzzles of several old
muskets. An excavation in one cor
ner, which resembles cave, and which
Hinkley says is bomb proof, is filled
with provisions, principally potatoes,
and half-barrel of pork. Hinkley has
dog of mongrel breed that keeps
watch on the Notifications from sun
set until midnight, when it is relieved
by its master, who watches until morn
ing.
Recently several boys in the neigh
borhood thought to have some fun
with the old man and arranged mid
night raid on the fort. A cloudy night,
lit only by flashes of heat lightning,
was selected. The lads crept near the
fort and then with shout made dash
up the hill. There was the howl of
dog and then the fort blazed with
light and three charges Of bird shot
went whistling overhead.
Frightened nearly into fits, the boys
few down the hill, yelling: Don't
shoot!" Since that episode Hinkley's
fort has been left severely alone, and
the old soldier is telling tall stories
of the manner in which he repelled
the invasion of regiment of Spanish
infantry.-N. Y. Press.
Griggs courier., 1898-08-25
Judge Corliss Resigns.

Judge Guy c. H. Corliss. North Da-
kota's chief justice, has resigned to
enter law partnership with Judge J.
M. Corchrane. Judge Corliss was
made chief justice when the state was
first admitted and has been on the
bench continually ever since. For
some time he was the youngest su-
preme court justice in the United
States. The recent repu blican state
convention nominated N. G. Young as
his successor and he declined the de-
mocratic and independent nomina-
tions.
Griggs courier., 1898-08-25
PAID IN I.lKE com.
How Pennsylvansa Tecops Are Even-
iag Up TAiags with a Prao.
eical Joke {.

A practical" joker. well known
downtown. is at present taking q
good. hard dose of his own medicine.
About two weeks ago he packed dry
goods box with old shoes, empty tin
cans ard other rubbish and sent it of
to Tampa, Fla. consigned to one of the
companies of the Third regiment Penn.
sylvania volunteers. with express
charges collect. The soldier boys
thought it was box of supplies sent
by some kind friends, and gladly paid
the charges. Their chagrin in dis
covering the contents Of the box may
be imagined. says the Philadelphia
Record.
But they have since been turning the
Griggs courier., 1898-08-25
News in Brief.

Charles Warden of Benton Harbor,
Mich, employed in harvesting on the
farm of A. c. McCrovey near Harlem,
away.
A petition is being circulated in EN-
mons county for the pardon of Walter
Boutillier, now confined in Jail for
eleven months for opening mail
pouch and abstracting package there.
from.
Bathgate is enlarging its school facil-
titles.
jamestown has balance of "a, $50 in
its city treasury.
The Bismarck city council has au-
thorized a levy of $4,000 for the cur
rent year, reduction from last wear
of $1,000
Dickey county collected in taxes for
the current year sos. 900 and expended
for county administrations $4,000.
Horse thieves infest the west end of
Richland county.
A grand lodge of Orangemen has
been organized at Milton.
The Northern Pacific has added a
thousand gram cars and several new
locomotives to the equipment of its
Winnipeg division.
New wheat warehouses are being
built at points on the lower Red to
handle the big crop.
Telephone lines are to be put in
connecting Park River, Langdon,
Walhalla, Grafton, Neche and Pembi-
ma.
The funeral of Gov. Briggs was
largely attended by friends of his
youth residing in Minnesota who had
$ followed his successful career with
interest and employed the last oppor-
tunity to pay respect to his memory.
A Grand Forks police officer was
shot by tramp whom he was attempt
ing to arrest, the third shot taking eff
feet in the officers head and infiicting
dangerous wound, although not me-
cessarily fatal. The culprit escaped.
A little S-year-old girl at Alandan
was lost in the woods along the Mis-
souri, from Saturday afternoon until
Sunday noon. but then found we'll and
happy, pudding in the mud.
j. B. Wineman has been appointed
assistant states attorney for Grand
Forks county. It is understood the
appointment is made at the request of
the state enforcement league.
It may be an item not generally
known to all that the United States
supreme court recently handed down
an opinion to the effect that poultry
running at large is wild game. and the
persons on whom chickens NAV tres.
pass have . legal right to kill them.
Griggs courier., 1898-08-25
Gov. Devlne.
Ferryman Held up.

just before daylight the ferry of
Thomas Forbes across the Buford, was
held up by two mounted men. They
ordered Sam Lilley, the ferrykeeper,
to open his safe at the points of their
revolvers. He endeavored to do so,
but was too nervous to get the combi-
nation. Telling him he was to slow
they knocked of the knob with a
hatchet and blew open the safe with
dynamite. securing $50 from the safe
and $40 from the person of Lilley.
They rode away, handing back S4 to
Lilley SO that he could make change
for his patrons. The job was the work
of cowboys.
Griggs courier., 1898-08-25
Cold Tea for soldiers.

Now that alcohol has been tabooed
in the army and navy of some of the
leading nations of the world, the ques-
ton has arisen what is the best drink
with which the soldier can quench
his thirst? Many distinguished Indian
commanders have testified in favor of
tea as thirst-allayer when on long
march in equatorial lands. The men
under the leadership of Sir Herbert
Kitchener during the recent cam
Griggs courier., 1898-08-25
Potted Mackerel,

This is useful for breakfast: Take
the remainder Of cold boiled mack
erel, carefully remove all bones, and
break up very fine; put in a stewpan,
with two ounces of butter, blade OF
pounded mace, salt and cayenne to
taste. Warm through over the fire, but
do not allow to boil. Store in small
pots, and to keep good pour clarified
butter over the top.-Boston Globe.
Griggs courier., 1898-08-25
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
Robbed.

Ayoung man who has been working
at Detroit for some time arrived ID
Fargo over the Great Northern road,
and was met at the depot by two fel.
lows who told him such q hard luck
story that be looscned up and gave
them so cents to get their supper.
During the evening he met them again
in Moorhead. and they went around
together for some time, but the fellows
sandbagged him and took $34 from
him and left him in horrible shape.
his head and shoulders being fearfully
bruised and swollen. SO that he could
not see at all with one eye and could
scarcely speak. The fellows are sup.
posed to belong to gang that infests
the two cities each fall for the purpose
OF robbing the harvest hands Of their
earnings.
Griggs courier., 1898-08-25
A Revolving Murder.

Paris, Aug. PA man of the name
of Deblauder, living in the Rue Guten-
burg, while temporarily insane from
drink, murdered his two children. aged
four and two, respectively, in most
brutal manner. He took them to q
stone wall. placed bandages over their
eyes, and then, scizing them by the
legs, battered their heads until they
were dead.
Griggs courier., 1898-08-25
\ Preserving Liquid for Furs.

When putting away these useful ad-
ditions to winter toilets, wash them
in a solution of 12 grains of corrosive
sublimate in one pint of warm water;
when dry again the furs will be safe
from the depredations of their chief
enemy, the moth.-Cincinnati Com.
mercial Tribune.
Griggs courier., 1898-08-25
broadminded enough to see the mis-
takes of their OWE people,"
Not Delivered.
Procrastination.

Some time ago the Breslau gymna-
sium sent a postal card addressed ITO
the most beautiful girl in Sprottau." !"
The other side was conceived in the
passionate terms: Beautiful I'm
'known-we, the undersigned, are
drinking your health till we can drink
no longer" 1t was striking instance
Of love without first sight and the
faith that makes all things possible.
But unhappilyit miscarried. The card
was returned to Breslau after few
days with the following comment:
eTherei.are many obeautiful girls in
sprottaA, but beauty being an affair of
persopsl taste the post Office cannot
;;Yndertake to deliver thfs missive."
Griggs courier., 1898-08-25
A Din1cult Problem.

First Tramp ION foraging expedi- 4
tion)-Hully gee! What are we goina
ter do about de dog?
Second Tramp dunno. don't
b'long to no board of strategyl-Puck.
Griggs courier., 1898-08-25
Primrose Sent to Jail.

Portland, Ore, Aug. 22.-Fred Prim-
rose, the ex-minstrel, who was recent
ly arrested for larceny, pleaded guilty
and was sentenced to six months in the
county Jail.
Griggs courier., 1898-08-25
ON THE DIAMOND.
Standing of the Various Clubs In the
Leading Baseball Or4anixa.
tiOns Up to To-day.

The following table shows the num-
ber of games won and lost and the
percentages of the clubs of the lead
ing baseball organizations. National
leapue:
Griggs courier., 1898-08-25
win Use,swalnp Grass.


The farmers of Minnesota and the
Dakotas will soon have market for
their waste swamp grass in st. Paul,
Tor within few weeks the Minnesota
Grass Twine company will nave its
plant in operation, and agents will be
IN the country buying all grass that is
suitable for the company's business.
A deed was filed Friday transferring
the property of the Northwestern Cor
sdage company on Como avenue to the
Minnesota Grass !Twine company, and
that was the last link IN the chain of
negotiations that has been going on
Tor several months. The latter COM
pany is now in q position to go ahead
and put Its machinery in the buildings
purchased by it, and to begin work as
soon as machinery and men are ready.
Gov. Devlne.
Joseph NJ. Devine has assumed
Office as the chief executive of the
state to all the unexpired term of the
late. Governor Frank A. Briggs I'm
der the provision of the state law there
were no formalities preceding his
assumption of the Office, the lieuten.
ant governor becoming governor i'm
mediately upon the death of the COVER
nor without any ceremony and by virtue
OF his Office. 1t is not necessary, under
the law. for the lieutenant governor to
take the oath of Office. but Governor De-
vine took the oath before Judge w. H.
Winchester to satisfy all who may be-
lieve formal oath proper.
Griggs courier., 1898-08-25
william. Decorations,

A Berlin newspaper says that the
orders Of decoration worn by the em-
peror of Germanya are worth over .0OO,-
900 marks Ia little over $230,000). His
principal and most valuable decora-
ytions are the insignia of the Black
Eagle, the Order of St. John, of the
Garter, and of the Toison dor. In all,
he has over 200 crosses, stars, badges
and other insignia.
Griggs courier., 1898-08-25
Capitulation.

paign inthe Soudan, who were allowed
no alcoholic stimulants whatever, per-
formed their long journey through the
desert on cold tea, and fought splendid
~ at the end cf it. Tiger hunters in
India. who arc often subjected to in
tense heat in the thick jungles, in
variably use cold tea as drink. It is
now proposed that our army in Cuba
should be allowed to follow the exam
pie of their British brethren in arms
in India and Egypt, and fill their can
teens with tea instead of water.
Griggs courier., 1898-08-25

sss:,ia; n. QueeT Taste.
/: The Inhabitants, Of Cochin. China
much prefer rotten Eggs to: fresh ones.
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method rear enough ~ ut 20 Doe .'mlathe'-
ically STUDDED lrI y.t I'D enough t. s",n
picturesque
Their. wer. three or f,.r Serrofrri's ~ the
Navy in 1871 Says our american Adnifll "ri.
as thor.. WIS uo lc-,i limit 10 tie number II
miishirm.u whom tn.y col'l appoint. the ships
were crowded - tn very Storage Wl'h young
stcrs Hence Franklin fourd hins~i' with per
haps ii'rl, too much ,omptny whcn b. sailed
in the friesir Tult"l states on hi first cruise.
In January lSi2 III point b. worth noting. for
there IS nothing more interesting TO th" reader
Of to-day than accounts - the harlsllps which
The mon had 20 "ndur. In tho warships al hfty
years ago II his lately oorn observed ;hat lie
81 one ~ our ba'ile- ships In times of peace is
not unlike the III. un board a pleasure yacht
Admiral Franklin relates that n or time he
ana Dbl, companions used 10 cherish a certain
cigar-hoy which they called the steamboat"
II was uscd by each mid j. In tIrn a
q, adc~ for his plp'' OF soup. when the salt
ic,f was placed upon ihr table tho man who
me 81 quickly called ,ut First boot" had the
first cut ard he rcjoiccI In it. says pur author
= ecausc tho delicate part 81 silt b ise - the
fat" Fancy th" officers OBJ. one ~ our first
class battlc-ships squahbl.ns for "ihc delicate
part ~: salt horse" But the most impressive
change to which Admiral Franklin alludcs is
he charge IN the matter Of punishmcn;s. H. saw
enough Of noggin;. h" declares. to l." sickcned
with it, usr ana abLsc. and h. glad over the
success u Herman hielyille's efforts To bring
about cessation If IL. Abolish Il at once"
said tn. novelist 'cv'n if you substitute moth
ng Tor 1t. but abolish It," According TO Ad
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their rouch WORK aud rs the now ones would
have 90 le paid for out Of their wages. they
co uriinod ~ this as being hat they thought
am a.t 90 injustice. Whom learned what the
feeling was. Althoush i3mont'd the necessity.
under Tho circumstances. ~ having % enforce
The order. felt that D. must hr done ami that
disc! llnc must be- maintain II. cost what il
might | ordered the officer of the first division
Zoo his dis iSiou II take suit of these clothes.
tn" result was that the men al declined. /
saw then that | must take the matter in hand
JOB person. | sent for IN" Master-of-Arms. and
asked him how many irons h" had. 10 which
d." replied that h. had 200 pairs then had
m" men mustered on the quarterback | called
upou The FIRST man on he roll. and asked him
n Inc would take tn" clothes. to which he re-
Piled IN the negative: h. was immediate
placed in double irons. The second. third. fourth
and nth men made the same reply and shared
The same fate. Things began To look grave. but
10y piece Of great good luck the sixth man
happened To he one OF my gigs crew. he touched
his hat respectfully and said. Il suppose | must
sir Had this man not "A personal liking for
me. the refusal To accept those clothes might
haze become general As II was after be set
the example. the rest OF the crew followed in
his wake and tn. cause Of discipline triumphed
admiral Franklin admits that this was a
tight squeeze. His irons would soon have been
exhausted and. even II he had been able 10
s"cur" the men ia some other way l. would
have left him with too slender crew Tor the
felt that II was wise to modify the Depart
ments orders. and after having made the
described above, he ordered that
only those who actually required new suits
would be obliged to take them It was an
nounced in New York that mutiny had taken
place on board The Franklin. and that her
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Inrai Franklin the publication OF White jack
e." had more influence in abolishng corporal
punishment in the Navy than anything else.
How much the book needed IS SHOWN by
an incident which came under Franklin5 own
observation. He made friends with minor
officer who had Il fondness for writing. and used
to keep a journal OF everything that occurred
on board. This Journal being discovered, the
officers Of Tire ship considered that some OF us
entries were rcprehensbe. The man was
logged This seems incredible. The journal
was private document. We wonder how many
Of the officers of those days would have escaped
Jogging il their private correspondence had been
brought before a court -martial There IS an
other story told in this volume Illustrating the
manner in which the arbitrary ana really UNI
lust discipline sometimes brought trouble. 1t
belongs to the later years of the Admirai'5
career when he was in command Of tie frigate
Franklin. the shin by the way. in which our
Admiral brought Boss Tweed back from Spain.
His own words best describe the episode. and
we reproduce them a. follows:
Before bidding adisu 10 the Old Franklin.
must relate an incident of the cruise that might
have been attended with very serious conse-
quences When it vas nearly at an end at
time when Jack is boarding UP his gains TOR
his Gral frOic. the Department sent out a lot
of working lcihes directing that suit should
ne issued to each man on board. As many OF
the men already had clothes III which they dld
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TWO ADMIRAL.S.
THEIR R..cOLLECTioNS OF THE AMrHI-
CAT AND ENGLISH NAVIES.

MEMORIES or a REAR-hDMrEAL WHO las
SERVED FOR MORE THAN HALE y CENT
URY N THE NAVY OF THE UNITED
STATES by = Il. Franklin. Kcar-idniiral
United States Navy Gciired' Illustrated Oc-
tayc, Up. xiv. 3JS. Harper d ETothclS
A MiDDY'S RECOLLECTIOTS lSi'-rSiO by Rear
Admiral the Honorable Victor Alexander Mon
taGu. illustrated. octave, PIP tx. .G The
Macmillan Company.
The naval officer of to-day vino chooses to
talk about his experiences IS always sure OF
hearing, but we doubt II he ever has more
eager audience than that which waits upon the
speech Of those who cot thrif education beneath
spreading canvas and fought behind wooden
walls generation ago. Rear dmira, Frank
liz was appointed an acting midshipman in our
Navy in February. 1871. ECar-Adnir2i Mon
tasu was born in April Of The same year. He
was gaZcttcd a naval cadet in the Queens Navy
In 1853 TLr din-rca @ between the ages OF the
American aud EnSiishman must. VIC suppose.
be noted: yet ,hey rite % the Same era. they
both picture a mode Of sea life which has long
passed away. tEey both appeal To a reader
as repositories II exactly the kind Of iEforma-
ton which 10 likes information about SHIPS and
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NOTICE 10 OUT.
EY Il YATES sTVRGEs.

EY YATES sTlaGs-s.
Tier was n cross outside my house.
Ard there | often used 10 pray;
But in my housc / sOon forgot
VIA by the cross | used To say.
Tor, wrapped with comfortable ease.
shat world OF sorrow out.
And gentle ministries that please
Fcs;ooncd with flowers the walls about
But rendins storms the walls destroyed
stayed while there Was any room,
Till devastation rciSncd complete.
And winter wasted every bloom;
Then in the shadow Of the cross.
For old times sake l made my rest.
lnd made gain OF all my loss,
And liked ny second house the best.
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Gbe oNem.}lo1k Gribnme
SUNDAY, JULY 10, 1895.
ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT.

After having made considerable disturb
ancc through his friends in the public press. NJ.
Rodin has decided to retain for his own dccc-
tatcn tl.c statue supposed to be OF Balzac.
which his literary patrons refused to accept
The incident is closed thus in the only possible
way 1t was plain from the start that the Men
of Letters were in the right. for it is prcpos-
ferrous ihat an artist should be allowed to exc
cute a commission inadcQuately and then. con-
s,itutins himself the sole judge OF his work,
impose il nsolently upon his employers. Such
Il situation might be produced. and no doubt
often is produced by the cOwardice Of the
ialron, but that does not make it any more
reasonable. Since Photographic reproductions of
Robins "Balzac" have reached these shores the
Justice Of the refusal of the Men Of Letters
to accept it seems even more correct than be-
fore 1t is obviously 4 monstrosity. Rodln IS
a man Of genius, and, in nine cases out OF ten.
a statue by him is certain TO be a masterpiece,
but this "Balzac" is ut once Grocsque and
hideous. Every one who is solicitous for the
development of art will hail the rejection OF
this statue as sign that there is some good
judgment left among committeeman.
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70 what extent should reviewer summarize
the book before him and 10 what extent should
he make direct Guo'atiinst These quc-ti lions are
being discussed before 4 Copyright Commission
in the House OF Lords Some publishers contend
that quotations. If mad" too freely. hurt the
sale of a book. Hut others think that over
quotation Il better than 10 quotation AZ ALL
since very often The book would receive no
ducing lin" from his author or If he were
rigidly restricted ~ to the number Of words
he might borrow. The bcs; view of the matter
is advanced by y publisher who has suffered
from the doincS Of the reviewers but who secs
that no clause in the Copyright Law could very
well limit the rights of the Litter 1T i rather
question 1f common courtesy" he says.
Publishers owe great deal 10 the critics and
authors owe perhaps even morc. though single
review. even in the most influential papers. can
not now make mar a boo. il did in the
could ovcrIuolalioD, or too frl Il summary.
mar the fortune Of n really good book That is
n detail which is too seldom remembered II Il
book is mediocre il gets. through the quotations
Of the reviewers who pick oUi the plumS rs
much circulation as ii deserve. II H. mas
tcrpccc the quotation OF page after ,tIgc will
purchase copy.
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Another excellent stroke Is that which has
Just been achieved by the Stevenson Memorial
Committee The members of this body have
doubtless had pressure brought to bear upon
them with a view TO their employing an Eng
lsh or Scottish sculptor for the making OF a
memorial to the novelist in ST. CHESS Church,
Edinburgh but the SteycnsOnians have asked
an American, Mr.. Augustus st. Garulcns. TO DO
the work. This is admirable news. Mr.. 81. eau
dcns has already modelled one portrait OF
Stevenson. in a medallion which is one of his
most interesting performances. The memorial
under his hands ought TO be in the last degree
satisfactory and we feel grateful TO the com
miIiec in advance We wish we could feel
grateful to Sirvcnsons literary executors. but
this apparently. is never 10 be- The London
Outlook which is playing the part Of Steven
sons organ with great devotion. Is not only
whcmcd in delight over the supplementary
volume in the Edinburgh edition of Stevenson
a volume of waits and Sirays which nobody
save 4 Grass StcvcnSonian wants 10 see but
prints with JUNCTION some hitherto unpublished
reflections and remarks on human life. utterly
unimportant. which might better have been left
in oblivion. Poor Stevenson He was always
fearful that the wolf would come bowling
around his door How it would have r,Ioiccl
him had he known that every scrap of his witt
ns would some day be- welcomed in tie literary
market. But he died before The frenzy had
reached its height. AMI perhaps he was fortunate
Ia have escaped the knowledge that his friends
were making him ridiculous. No doubt 'hc lists
he wrote every week for his wa>hcrwOman
would bring high price to-day. but II Is good
- know that he never suspected any such cX-
uloitation Of his fame