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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-11-23
THE CLIMBING PERCH.
An East Indfan Fish That Travels
over the Land.


An East Indfan Fish That Travels
over the Land.
As a rule Dish come out OF the water
only At the end Of a line or by other
Involuntary process, but the climbing
perch Of the East indies thinks moth
ing OF leaving a pool with which II Il
not satisfied and starting overland In
search OF one more to its taste,
This usually happens a. a result Of the
evaporation o. pool IN the extreme
u dry season. when the hsh decide
that the water In the particular pool
formed during the rainy season Ii In
danger % drying out completely they
make All preparations for moving and
late az night or early IN the mornins
deliberately climb the banks and start
on m search of some more c0mmodioua
pool or stream not In danger Of going
sdry. when the journey II made az the
hour II ,uaually - the fiah are favored
~ che heavy dow which lies on the
grass. but II an emergency arises they
win boldly strike out ~ noontlme along
the dusty road.
They travel by means OF the strong
b0ny sins which are full Of aharT
spinea. like those Of tho common perch
They have d receptacle In which they
carry water with them 90 molsten theii
gilln. II n hald that they win 1--we Sow
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-11-23

Prolonged forty winkse during the
day are severely condemned by many
doctors on tho ground that they afeecl
ones regular sleep. Scientists have
found that in the ordinary course In
the human being there IL the greatest
vitality between 10 a. m. and p. m
and the least between 2 O'Clock and {
o'clock In the morning. Long sleeps
during the day interfere with this or
der Of nature, sometimes causing head
ache, The nap OF forty winhs. but
only forty, proves refreshing to many
because II IL too short to have any in
furious consequences.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-11-23
ORIENTAL CLUBS.
WY AImost Any sseisty Yov Any
Purpose Can succeed.

WY AImast Any sosisey Yer ANY
PuFpoas Can Succeed.
The oriental In passionateiy fond of
club life. and the smaller the degree
OF personal liberty he enjoys in ordi-
nary life the more intense IL his en-
joyment Of membership in some broth
erhOod. II does not make very much
difference what tho nature OF the club
may be; II n tho mere Joy OF club life.
Irrespective OF object or principle, that
appeals to him. Having once tasted
this Joy, be will do much rather than
forego q continuance OF Il. Oriental
society Il 30 constituted that the fam
ily or clan is the social unit and not
the individual. A man cannot be alone
IN his punihhments. for they are also
visited in greater or less degree upon
his relatives az well. he cannot en-,
Joy or suffer alone. Now. q club or no.
cIety IL q much smaller organization
than society ms a whole. and the indi-
vidual forms cOFregpondlngiy larger
fraction of N. This In an immense
stimulus 20 self esteem. The man boz
comes somebody. This explains why
almost any aoclety, AkF@Ap@cuV@ Ok w
object, can instantly gather numer-
oua aud enthusiastic constituency Any
man with a little tact could SO out on
the streets Of Seoul ana IN twenty.fouF
hours establish q society for the cult.
walton OF mushrooms on matched roofs.
with president vice president. secre-
taFy, treasurer and executive commit
tae complete and Premiership list a.
long as piece OF string, u not longer.
why1 simply because membership In
sany old" society does Just a little 70
Mt man out OF the humdrum Of life.
Korea News.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-11-23
A Deadbeat
toriginaLI

LOrtgtnaLl
One summer night, or rather morn
Ing. cabman nodding on his box drove
slowly up Broadway, New York. Pass
Ing old Trinity church the chimes in
the tower above rang out, followed By
the stroke Of 2.
"Hellov, cried voice.
The cabman. ever mindful OF fare,
reused himself and. turning. saw
man standing In the iron gateway be-
fore the church. There was little Of his
face or figure visible. for the former
was shaded by the brim OF singular
three corneFed hat, the latter wrapped
In q long cloak. The cabman drew up
At the curb. The stranger opened the
cab door and stepped hastily in, giving
. hurried order to drive northward
along the river bank. On reaching
point opposite Weehawken the
stranger called upon the cabman to
stop, ailghted and walked toward the
river.
It was now early dawn. On com
ing to the waters edge he looked
about him as though expecting some
one, then up and down the river,
glancing lmpatiently at his watch.
The cabman continued to eye him
wonderingly. though he was tired and
sleepy. Was II drowslpess that made
the queer figure seem TO hutter in the
wind7 A boat touched the shore pulled
by two Iaen In the same garb as the
stranger He stepped in and was
rowed away straight across the river.
Then itseemed to the cabman that he
had lost consciousness for q second and
the men pulling away In a boat had
been dream. He looked about for
the stranger. but he had indeed disap.
peared.
Suddenly the stiffness was broken by
\ distant crack, or, rather, 1t was two
cracks so near together as to be scarce
~ distinguished. Just then the leaves
Of the trees were stirred by a light
breeze, and II seemed to the cabman
that something uncanny was In the
wind. Indeed. though It was a warm
July morning, he shlvered as IL he had
been struck by cold draft from q
tomb.
The next thing the cabman knew
the two men who had taken the stran.
ger away were pulling rapidly down
tho river. The stranger himself wal
nowhere to be seen, but the men seem
cd to be regarding anxiously something
IN the bottom Of the boat invisible from
the shore. The cabman, bent on hold
ing to those mysteriously linked witt
the man who owed him fare, whipped
up he horse and followed them down
along the shore. II was a hard chase
but he managed to keep them In sight
and finally they turned toward thu
shore. When they landed. cabby wal
there to meet them. The stranger wa
stretched in the bottom OF the boat
Taking him up, his companions carried
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-11-23

him ashore and placed him inside the
cab. The cabman, ali In a hutter'
mounted the box and was about to
drive away when he remembered mat
In his excitement he had not asked
for instructions. Looking back to do
30, not ghost Of man who had been
there was to be seen. As soon as ne
could sufficiently recover from his as
tonishment he bent over to ask the
question Of the man inside. The face
was ashen and had taken on a CHASTITY
glare.
Drive" moaned the sufferer.
"WhereT'
ITO the churchyard."
The cabman dashed his horse, his cab
Bwaying from curb to curb, Its driver
swaying as well on the box, the people
rushing TO get out Of the way. Now
and again q policeman dashed into the
street to stop him, but he was driving
too fast for them and left them all be
hind.
'Fastsr" called the passenger in q
dying voice. It'll be caught In the
maelstrom."
The cab at last drew up at the gate
way Of old Trinity. The cabman was
about to get down and help the man
out when he saw him fit rather than
walk or run in through the gateway
pass right through an iron fence and
into the churchyard. Down jumped
49, .ohroay, ard daohad q flor him call.
ing for his fare. Passing around an
end Of the fence, making his way
through the headstones, he managed to
keep the man, or, rather, ghost-for by
this time It resembled dissolving buf
cIoud-in sight.
( There is monument ON the southern
side Of the churchyard partaking mel
Their Of the style Of the seventeenth mol
Of the nineteenth century, but a pc
riod betwixt the two. To this monu
ment the fading object Heated, ant
thither the cabman staggered. But OF
reaching 1t not sign Of living beinl
was to be seen. DaZed, he tried Il
steady himself against the tomb, bu
the gravestones, the high building.
surrounding the churchyard, the spire
all began to rock as If they were tow
ers on some gigantic vessel, and--well
that's all the cabman knew. Indeed
he sank down on the grave with hi
head resting against the monument
There he wRs seen by a policeman
standing on the narrow street border
ing the churchyard.
The next sign Of consciousness tina
! came to the cabman was feeling girl
on his arm. Opening his eyes, he saw
the policeman bending over him.
( 'sMy fare" gasped the cabman.
''Your farel Do you expect to &c
fares out o. tombstonesT
The cabman rolled his eyes about t
| assure himself where he was. and the
finally rested on an inscription cut O
slab in tho monument beside him. !
| read:
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-11-23

Magnanlmity Is never coupled with
weakness The large soul that EN-.
braces all mankind in love and sympa.
thy, that Is tender, compassionate and
generous. IL also strong, resolute and
firm whenever principle, Justice and
truth are concerned. There Ia no cruel
u like that Of weakness; there Is no
power and courage and energy like
those Of true magnanimity.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-11-23

Mother (who has been asked to sug
gest game for rainy afternoon
Why don't you pretend you are mel
And George can be daddy. Then yot
might play az housekeeping. Daughter
But. mother. we've quarreled once
already Punch.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-11-23

Concelted Actor You should have
seen the audience sitting open mouthed
when was playing Hamlet last Night
Critic--It must bc dreadful to see an
entire audience Oh yawnlng at once.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-11-23

eraf uays out Of water, and with he
assistance OF the dew laden grass tie
fish that starts In search OF 3 satisfae.
tory pool or stream IL practically sure
OF living until Il finds Il. - Brockton
Timoa.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-11-23

What a strange scene II tho surge o.
conversation could suddenly ebb like q
ride and show ua the real state Of peo
Pies mindal-S Scott.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-11-23

who viii get the PianOs
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f. A. mitchell
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-02-16

When your catalogue comes from
the mail order house, wait until you
get home before removing the wrap
per; then wait until after supper, when
the chores are done, draw an easy
chair to the table where the light will
shine full on the pages, put on your
glasses, that no bargain may escape
your eye, and settle down for an hour
OF quiet enjoyment.
What wonderful book 1t Is, to be
sure-wonderful for what it does not
contain, as we'll as for what 1t does.
We miss some things we would be
glad to see. Where are their offers to
pay cash or exchange goods for your
wheat, oats, corn, sheep and hogs free
on bOard?" How much tax willathey
pay for improving roads and bridge9,
for the support of the poor, and the
expenses of the town, county and
state? On what page is their offer to
contribute money Or services in the
establishment and maintenance of a
church or Sunday school for the moral
tone of your community? What line
of credit will they extend to you when
your credit is poor, your money gone,
when through illness or misfortune
you are not able to send cash order
for your groceries, clothing, farm tools
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-02-16
FIND PLENTY OF VICTIMS.
North Dakotans Are SWindIed by
Eastern Detective AGENCY.

Grand Forks, N. d.. Feb. IA. - A
large number of North Dakota people
are said to have been victimized by a
sO-called detective agency of New
York, against which the postoffice de-
partment has issued a fraud order.
The agency would address letters to
selected victims, stating that they had
discovered an estate in the old coun-
try in which they were entitled to
share, and proposing on receipt of 81
to make an investigation and to take
charge of the case for the supposed
heirs. How many victims in North
Dakota there were probably will nev-
er be known, as most of them We're
foreign residents The matter came
to the notice of Vice Consul Bendeke,
who took it up with the pOstoffice de-
partment, with the result that word
has been received that the agency has
been debarred the use of the mails.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-02-16
CAR SHORTAGE IS BEING RELIEVED
Railroads Explain Cause of Trouble in Northwest
Cars Will Be Sent at Once.

by officials Of the Milwaukee company
that their company early in the ship
ping season had entered into a con-
tract for the hauling of between 2,O00,-
900 and 100000 bushels Of corn from
Kansas City eastward, the shipments
being destined to points on the Allan
tic coast. The Pennsylvania railroad
was interested with the Milwaukee
company in this heavy shipment and
expected to furnish the greater part
Of the necessary cars. but at the last
moment was unable to do SO. COM
pelling the Milwaukee company to di-
vert an aggregate OF about 5000 cars
from other divisions Of the road.
The Milwaukee company has now
completed this big contract, and when
the several thousand cars required
for the shipments are returned they
will be equitably distributed among
points where elevators are filled and
there is congestion of grain. About
700 Of these cars will be sent at once
to points in South Dakota.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-02-16
PREPARING FOR ENcAMPMENT.
General Order No. 8 Issued From 6.
A. r. Headquarters.

A. r. HeadquarterS..
Commander and Comrades: We can
reiterate truthfully what the COM
mander of Kansas has said in his New
Years circular letter No. 3, and herein
produce it.
"In the cherished recollections and
grateful appreciation of the passing,
and the inspiring hopes Of the New
Year, I greet you all, Comrades, wish
ing you each, every earthly blessing,
praying that your stay here may be
prolonged until in the golden ripeness
Of your matchless achievements and
glory. crowned with fulfillment of
life's noblest mission, gratified and sa-
tisfed with your earth life, you may
peacefully pass to the hallowed BIZ
vouac of the immortal hosts of our
comrade patriots, marshaled in heav-
enly array on the eternal fields of di-
vine glory"
"Comrades-the day is drawing
near for our next department encamp-
ment and we are desirous of having
the largest and best attended encamp-
ment that South Dakota has ever had
and to that end we ask all post COM
manders to urge upon the comrades
to not try but to be in attendance at
our next encampment at Yankton. We
are advised by a personal letter that
our commander-iL chief, Gen. James
I, with fp Ga1iunr
Of his soul-inspiring addresses. Let us
not fail to hear it.
Department headquarters has been
secured for the officers and staff OF
the department commander and for
the president and staff of the Wo-
mans Relief corps at the Nicollet ho-
tel, Minneapolis, and rooms 40 and
~ will be headquarters for these de-
partments during our next national
encampment to be held at Minneapo-
lis, Mimi. In addition to these two
headquarters rooms, we have engaged
five other rooms at the Nicollet with
two double beds in each room. We
will now call attention to the COM
rades that these are all the rooms that
We could secure and would further ad-
wise all to write and secure their
rooms in advance, as the attendance
will be very large and rooms scarce.
A word to the wise should be suffl
cient. Yours in F., G. and l..
j. B. Wolgemuth,
Department Commander.
Oficial, S. j. Moore. Assistant Adju-
tant General
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-02-16

The federal government has sur
prisingly great number of interests
and undertakings on foot at present in
the Black Hills. It. is not an exagger-
alton to say that there is no other sec
ton in the United States of equal size
where the government is engaged in
SO many and such various enterprises,
as no Other section 100 miles long and
forty miles wide offers such variety
of practical interests.
In Butte county the government is
engaged on a gigantic irrigation pro-
ject which will require several years
for completion and will cost in the
neighborhood of $2,600.000. This was
undertaken because the country need
ed nothing but water in order to make
1t very productive and valuable both
to the agriculturist and to the stock
the range. 1t is estimated that 900
acres of semi-arid land will be thus re-
claimed.
Recognizing also the importance Of
the Black Hills from a mineral stand
point the government has established
at DeadwoOd United States assay
Office through which passes a large
portion OF the gold mined in the Black
Hills. A bill is now pending in CON
gress for the establishment of mining
experimental stations in the differcr ut
mining districts. This bill has been
reported favorably and if it Is passed,
which now looks probable, will result
in the establishment of such a station
in the black Hills.
Looking towards the interests of the
sportsmen and also noting the advan-
tages Of the Black Hills, a United
States fish hatchery has been located
at Spearfish. Trout is the sole fish
handled and about 100000 are plant
ed yearly. This hatchery supplies
not only the Black Hills streams, but
also all parts of the world. The year.
ly shipments has reached as high as
33,000,000. some Of which have been
sent as far as Wales.
The Black Hills forest reserve. es-
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-02-16
HAZERS PAY DEARLY.
Farm College Faculty Suspend Stu
dents; One for a Year.

Aberdeen, S. D., Feb. 1.-THE fac
ulty of the South Dakota agricultural
college at Brookings is determined to
put down hazing at any cost. Recent
ly a number of the older students
were caught hazing a freshman, and
one student was suspended for one
year, another for the remainder of the
present semester and others for one
week to one month, while cadet was
reduced from first lieutenant to pri-
yate. There was much Indignation ex
pressed by the students, but the fac
ulty is standing pat and the students
implicated in the hazing have decided
10 take their punishment
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-02-16
PLANS A NEW BRIDGE.
Milwaukee Will Replace Pontoon at
Chamberlain Next Spring.

superintendent Collins Of the Iowa
e Minnesota division of the Milwau-
kee, arrived at Chamberlain to inspect
the pontoon bridge now used by the
Milwaukee for it's service west of here.
The bridge cost about $4,000 and in
time will be replaced by steel struct-
ure costing more than $1,000,000.
Meantime, the company expects to use
the bridge until traffic can be built
up and the road extended farther than
it has now been built. The company
expects to lose 1900 to 1900 feet OF
the bridge this spring, but Is In posi-
ton to replace it in two days time if
the ice and floods should take It out.
When the spring opens, the company
viii build iorty miles more of line
west of Chamberlain.
The open winter has greatly facili-
tated the construction of the line.
When the track-laying begins in the
spring the work will go on rapidly to
completion The new main line of the
Milwaukee to the coast will not, much
to the regret of Chamberlain's citf-
zens, pass through here, but will so
through Aberdeen to Minneapolis. The
company regards this recent move as
highly necessary to protect its inter-
ests and hopes to complete the road
within three years, though nothing be-
yond surveys have yet been done.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-02-16
GREAT DIVERSITY OF INTERESTS
Federal Government Has Many Enterprises in the
Black Hills District-National Sanitarlum

, tablished Sept. 10, 1898, includes prac
tically all the timber area Of the Black
Hills and small strip of Wyoming.
1t covers 1,211. $50 acres and has for
it's object the purpose Of preserving
the living and growing timber, pro.
noting the younger growth, and the
regulating OF the water supply. The
control and management rests with
the commissioner of the general land
office at Washington. There are in
the United States fifty-four forest re-
serves and the business Of this one
reserve exceeds that Of all the other
forest reservs combined.
At Hot Springs the government Is
building a national sanitarium for SOL,
diers, having decided upon this after
careful study of the waters and the
general health giving atmosphere OF
the place. 1t will include five hos
pitfalls and two general government
buildings and will accommodate about
600 men. Congress has thus far ap-
propiated over half a million Of dol
lars and the hospital in process Of
equipped not only in the United States
but in the world. A tract Of land six
miles square has been set aside for
grounds.
The wards of the government, the
red men, are also being cared for in
the Black Hills The government
school for Indian girls and boys az
Rapid City is now in it's ninth year.
1t can accommodate ESQ pupils and
has in attendance 253. So taxed is
the capacity that the government will
expend $26,00) this coming summer
for the erection Of four new buildings.
In this same city is also United
States land Office, and a signal service
office, while at Deadwood a public
building at the cost of over 100000
built entirely of home material is go
ing up.
The government has also been ex-
pending large amount of money at
Fort Meade, with the object Of max.
ing it permanent post.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-02-16
TRADE AT HOME
Cheap Paints as Sold by Catalogue Houses an Ex-
pose-A Few Pertinent Questions to Answer.

and crockery? Where's their offer to
contribute to your entertainment next
Fourth of July?
In what department do they explain
to you the increasing value of your
farm as the result Of trading with them?
If you find the queries satisfactorily
answered, bring the answers in and
most merchants will go farming and
let the town go to grass. Under such
conditions no towns are needed fur
ther than to furnish a railroad station,
an express Office and a case for the
rural mail carrier-all of which may
be covered with one roof. .-Ex.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-02-16
WILLIAMS DIES UPON GALLoWs.
Murderer Of John Keller 10 Hanged in
Jail at st. Paul.

jail dI OF dUIs
st. Paul, Feb. IA. - William Will.
Jams was hanged at 1921 this
morning in the basement of the
Ramsey county Jail for the murder of
John Keller. The execution was car
ried out without a hitch, and a few
minutes after the drop fell the ply
Sicians proclaimed the man dead. The
doomed man maintained his compos-
ure to the last, except for a slight evil
dence of nervousness as he mounted
the scaffold.
The crime for which William Will
Jams paid the penalty of his life upon
the gallows this morning was the
murder of sixteen-year-old John Kell-
er at No. l Reid court shortly after
midnight on the morning of April 13
last. The crime was a double murder
as the boys mother, Mrs. John Keller
was shot at the same time and died
at the city hospital week later. Will
Jams was indicted for both murders
and was convicted on the first trial,
in which he was charged with killing
the boy.
The murder was committed in the
fiat occupied by the Kellers, and was
the result of trouNe between Will
Jams and the Kellers regarding the
boy. Williams wanted to take the
boy with him to Winnipeg, but John s
mother objected There had been
trouble on this account before, and
the opposition of the boy, added to
that OF his parent, at last so angered
Williams that he sought their lives
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-02-16
FEAR EPIDEMIC OF RABIES.
Farmers in South Dakota See Danger
in Stock,

An epidemic of rabies among the
farm animals in the vicinity of Hecla
is feared as the result of a mad dog
which has been running through the
country. A cow belonging to c. H.
Lamport went mad yesterday.
The first symptoms of the disease
were noticed by the family of Mr.
Barton, who lives on the place. The
COW was seen chasing other animals
and bunting and tearing about in its
mad fits. Mr.. Lamport was notified
aud Immediately shot the animal.
1t is thought that great deal Of
stock may have been bitten. A notice
has been published requesting people
in Hecla owning dogs to keep them
from running at large.