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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-01-05
Mrs. Claudle's
Umbrella Lecture

Bah! That's the third umbrella
gone since Christmas. What were
you to do? Why, let him go home
in the rain, to be sure. I'm very
certain there was nothing about him
that could spoil. Take cold? In
deed he doesn't look like one of the
sort to take cold. Besides, he'd
have better taken cold than taken
our umbrella. Do you hear the rain,
Mr.. Caudle? I say, do you hear the
rain? And, as ! am alive, if it isn't
Saint Swithin's day? DO you hear
it against the windows? Non
sense, you don't impose upon me.
You cant be asleep with such
shower as that! Do you hear it, /
say? Oh, you do hear it! Well
that's pretty flood I think, to last
for six weeks; and no stirring all the
time out of the house. Pooh! don't
think me a fool. Mr.. Caudle. Don't
insult me. He return the umbrella?
Anybody would think you were born
yesterday. AS If anybody ever did
return an umbrella! There-do you
hear it? Worse and worse! Cats
and dogs, and for six weeks--always
six weeks and no umbrella!
I should like to know how the
children are to go to school tomor-
row. They shan't go through such
weather; / am determined. No! they
shall stop at home and never learn
anything the blessed creatures!-
sooner than go and get wet. And
when they grow up, | wonder who
they'll have to thank for knowing
nothing-who, indeed, but tn r
father. People who can't feel for
their own children ought never to
be fathers.
But I know why you lent the um-
brella. Oh, yes; 1 know very we'll.
[ was going out to tea at dear moth
er's tomorrow,-yo knew that
and you did it on purpose. Don't
tell me; you hate to have me go
there, and take every mean advan-
tage to hinder me. But don't you
think it, Mr.. Caudle. No, sir; if it
comes down in buckets-full, Til go
all the more. No; and / won't have
cab! Where do you think the mo-
ney's TO come from? You've got
nice high notions at that club of
yours. A cab, indeed! Cost me six
teen-pence at least-sixteen- pence?
wo-and-eight-pence, for there's
back again! Cabs, indeed! / should
like to know who's to pay for 'em?
can't pay for 'em; and I'm sure
you can't if you go on as you do;
throwing away your property, and
beggaring your children, buying UNI
brellas!
Do you hear the rain, Mr.. Caudle?
/ say, do you hear it? But l don't
care-I'n go to mothers tomorrow,
will, and what's more, I'll walk
every step of the way; and you
know that will give me my death.
Don't call me foolish woman:
it's you that's the foolish man.
You know can't wear clogs; and,
with no umbrella, the vets sure to
] give nae cole-it always does. But,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-01-05

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what do you care for that? Nothing
at all. l may be laid up for what
you care, as / dare say / shall and
a pretty doctors bill there'Il be. I
hope there will! 1t will teach you
to lend your umbrellas again. /
shouldn't wonder if / caught my
death; and that's what you lent your
umbrella for. OF course!
Nice clothes, / shall get, too,
traipsing through weather like this.
My gown and bonnet will be spoiled,
quite. Needn't / wear 'em then? In
deed, Mr.. Caudle, I shall wear 'em.
No, sir; I'm not going out dowdy
to please you or anybody else. Ora
cious knows! it isn't often that step
over the Threshold; indeed I might
as we'll be slave at once-better, /
should say. But, when / do go out,
Mr.. Caudle, I choose to go as lady.
Oh! that rain-if it isn't enough to
break in the windows. Ugh! | look
forward with dread for tomorrow.
How / am to go to mothers | am
sure can't tell. But, if l die, I'll
do it. No, sir; l won't borrow an
-o.sb-elle. AF-. e-.a .-->.. -sl.-.,'4 l-.--
one. Mr.. Caudle. if you bring home
another umbrella, I'll throw it into
the street. Ha! it was only last
week had a new nozzle put to that
umbrella. I'm sure if I'd have known
as much as / do now, it might have
gone without one for me. Paying
for new nozzles, for other people to
laugh at you. oh, it's all very well
for you, you can go to sleep! You've
no thought of your poor patient wife
and your own dear children. You
think of nothing but lending um-
brelIas. Men, indeed!-call them
selves lords of creation!-pretty
lords, when they can't even take
care of an umbrella! I know that
walk tomorrow will be the death of
me. But that's what you want; then
you may go to your club, and do as
you like and then nicely my poor
childre1 will be used; but then, sir,
then you'll be happy. Oh, don't tell
me! | know you will. Else you
never would have lent that umbrella!
You have to go on Thursday about
that summons; and of course you
can't go. No, indeed, you don't go
without the umbrella. You may
lose the debt for what l care-it
won't be SO much as spelling your
clothes-better lose it; people de-
serve to lose debts who lend um-
brellas.
And l should like to know how
I'm to 90 to mothers without the
umbrella? Oh, don't tell me that
said / would go-that's nothing to
do with it; nothing at all. She'll
think l am neglecting her, and the
little money we're to have we shan't
have at all-because we've no um-
brella.
The children, too (dear things!)
they'll be sopping we.: for they
shan't stay at home; they shan't lose
their learning, it's all their father
will leave them, I'm sure. But they
shall go to school; mark that! And
if they get their deaths of cold, it's
not only my fault: / DIDN'T LEND
THE UMBRELLA. Caudle, you are
asleep? "a loud snore is heard Oh,
what brute a man is! Oh, dear,
dear, dear!
ID. JERoLD.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-01-05
An Effective lnvigorator

While travelling in Virginia some
time ago with doctor we came up
on an old culored man who was
standing by mule hitched to an old
two-wheel vehicle. Dis mule am
baked, boss" said the old man; an
Eli jis glib dollah to de man what
can start i'm"
| will do it for less than that, I'm
Gle" J" said the doctor. He took his
case from the carriage and selected
a small syringe, which he filed with.
morphia. He went to the side Of
the mule and quickly inserting the
syringe in his side pushed the con-
tents into the animal. The mule
reared upon his hind legs and giving
an astonishing bray started down
the road at a break-neck speed. The
aged colored man gave a look of
astonishment at the doctor, and with.
a loud 'Whoa!" started down the
road after the mule. In the course
of ten minutes we came up to the
old man standing in the road waiting
ssor az. : ~ &C = .1o1 .sE
sight.
Say, boss,' said the darky, how
much you charge for dat stuff you
put in dat mule?'
Oh, ten cents will do, laughing
ly replied the doctor.
Well, boss, heah is twenty cents.
Squirt some of dat stuff in me. I
must ketch dat ar mule"
Philadelphia Press.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-01-05

Letust stnrry n1o1sileGt The Sign OF the Smile,
Forget all ourg grief S IN The joys tbntbeeuile;;
Let US pleasure the aOon till It changes to
night,
Then up 1Oitlb our loads and nell find they
are light
Let us tGy7y nUlaize
1T The Sign of the Smile.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-01-05

Eight glasses of whiskey and a
peck of CLAIMS killed Rhode Island
man the other day. One can't be
too careful eating clams!- Exchange.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-07-13
DIVERSIFIED
FARMING PAID
ALFALFA, CLOVER, CORN AND
HOGS, PROVE PROFITABLE
COMBINATION

An o'd Subscribe to the Alert has
Trough, iii IN cn fine samples of Glow
er, timo ~ ar alfalfa grCwr in
Stutsman county. They were taken
from the farm of A. w. Latta, near
Pingree. Two years ago Mr.. Latta,
a progressive farmer, sowed a mix
ture of one-half bushel timothy, one
half bushel alfalfa and one-half BUSH
ell clover per acre to five acres med
ium level ground. Last year at the
first cutting he took off one ton to-
the acre, and later two big loads of
clover and alfalfa. This season an
other fine crop of hay will be realiz-
ed. The samples brought in aver
age 26 inches high. In feeding this
hay to work horses it was found that
the animals preferred it to ground
oats and barley.
Mr.. Latta also finds that corn pays
in Stutsman county and relates that
on one patch he took off Is baskets,
approximately bushel, of husked corn
to the acre. In order to use up the
corn he purchased five hogs for $59.-
so, fed them the corn for three
months and then sold the porkers for
$17O. .... ....
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-07-13
E. W. CHAFFEE
GETS MARRIED
Caught in Cupids Net in Los
Angeles

Los Angeles, July 10.-Miss Lille
May Beesley, telephone operator in
the Hotel Angelus and widely known
among her friends as dolly DIM
ples' because of her particular style
of beauty, became the bride of a
young St. Paul millionaire in San
Bernardino, last night. 1t was an
elopement and the young woman's
mother did not know of it until she
received telegram announcing the
facts.
The groom is E. w. Chaffee. He
came here two months ago after the
arrest of j. A. Caddigan, the alleged
gold brick swindler, whom he charged
with having f1imflammed the elder
Chaffee out of $25,00O.
The son made a positive identifi-
cation but Caddigan disappeared and
is supposed to have committed sui
eide. Chaffee stayed at the Angelus
and soon did more telephoning than
any other guest, and apparently OBJ
tained perfect service. Not long aft
er his mother Joined him, and she
went on east on Thursday. She urg-
ed her son to accompany her but he
insisted that he must remain to at
tend to private business. Yesterday
he and "Dolly Dimples" disappeared.
She is the daughter of local realty
man, and 19 years old. Chaffee's
father is wealthy banker of Armenia,
N. D.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-07-13
DYNAM|T|NG FOR FISH
REPORTS THAT SPIRITWOOD
LAKE FISH ARE BEING
KILLED BY LAW BREAK.
= ERS

According to frequent reports
some party or parties have been set
ting off dynamite at SpiritWood lake
with the purpose of killing fish. One
boat rented not long ago since came
back to the owner with the sides
and bottom showing powder marks
and several persons have heard the
muffled reports at night sounding
like the blasting of rock and have
made inquiries about it. The shores
have been lined on several occasions
with dead perch and pike and several
large pickerel have been found, also
indicating that they were killed by
the dynamite discharges.
No one has taken the pains to make
the matter a subject of official in
quiry and those interested at the lake
say the prosecution of the offenders
properly belongs to the fish and game
board. But the very slight success
that has heretofore been attained
in prosecuting violations of the game
law at the lake, does not warrant
much hope that the dynamite outrag-
es at the above lake will be stopped
by the officers of the law entrusted
with the job.
It is also stated that the attention
of a certain game warden was called
during the winter to the illegal fish
ing through the ice at the lake, but
a visit of deputy warden and the
possession of certain information that
might lead to the identification of
the offenders had no effect. The
state game and fish law is apparently
but little respected at the lake or
by many parties who frequent that
resort. The futility of attempting
to stock the waters with fish from the
state hatchery, and making no ef-
fort to prevent the miscellaneous
killing of the fish already in the lake,
is seen by everyone. .s-.... -
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-07-13
N. p. BRAKEMAN CASE DISMISSED

The case of Wassen VS.. Hawes, the
Turtle Lake horsewhipping case,
which was brought on for trial at
Washburn, was dismissed Saturday.
after all arrangements had been made
by the court and attorneys to hear
the testimony.
One of the defendants showed up
and plead guilty. One of the others
had broken his arm on the day he
was to have been arrested, SO that
formality was deferred by the sherih
until such time as the man would
be able to get out and hustle bond.
The man recovered rapidly, how
ever, and, in fact, regained his
strength so suddenly that before
others were aware Of it he had gone
on an excursion from which he has
not vet returned. The excursion
took him into either Montana or
Canada.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-07-13
$4,000 FIRE AT MELVILLE

A recent fire at Melville, which
was discovered at night in the High
ley store, did considerable damage
Prompt work confined the flames to
the one building, although the roof
of the Woodmen hall adjoining was
on fire at four different times.
The stock of goods was owned by
Emmett Highly. He valued the
stock at $2S00 and carried $4,000 in
surance. The building, which was
the old Melville schoolhouse, was
owned by P. P. link. The structure
was worth about $1,000 and Mr.. link
had it insured for $500.
The Woodmen hall sustained a
loss of about SIS, largely caused by
broken window glasses.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-07-13
CROPS IN SOUTHWESTERN N. d.

CROPS IN SOUTHWESTERN N. ID.
It has been reported in the press
that much crop damage has occurred
this season south of Lennon, s. D.,
on the new Milwaukee line. A let
ter from a resident of that town
states that the damage is severe for
200 miles south, and that settlers
will either have to move out or sell
stock or take stock to other locall-
ties where there is grass. North OF
the track, however, conditions are
much better, and fax, potatoes and
corn are good; occasionally there is
also a good crop of wheat. The bet
ter conditions begin about ten miles
from the South Dakota line and con-
tinue northward generally.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-07-13
PICNIC AND PROGRAM

Miss Margaret Sullivan closed a
successful year of school in Homer
School District School No. 4, Friday,
with picnic and program. Friends
and parents and relatives Of the
teacher and pupils to large number,
assembled in the Wilder park for a
picnic. A sumptuous dinner was
served at noon, after which delight
full program was rendered by the pu-
pills of School 4, in very able man
ner. To Miss Sullivan is due much
credit for this occasion. She was
assisted in serving by her sister, Miss
Nora Sullivan of Bismarck.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-07-13
LIGHTNING DISCHARGE
/ KILLED FARMER
FARMER NEAR MEDINA MET
SUDDEN DEATH IN FRI.
DAYS STORM

While climbing through wire
fence surrounding a corral, Swan
Jodin, a we'll known farmer living
eight miles northwest of Medina, was
struck by lightning and instantan-
eously killed Friday evening at $50,
during thunder storm and shower
that passed over that section Of the
county. Jodin was badly burned. Two
cows in the corral were also killed
by the discharge of electricity.
The unfortunate farmer was re-
turning to the house in order to es-
cape the rain when the flash occur
red. He was crawling through the
fence with his left hand along the
wire, and it seems that the lightning
ran along the wire and up the arm,
then over one side of the face and
down the body All the hair was
burned off one side of the head, face
and, other parts of the body; the
arm, breast and legs burned and
blistered so that the flesh fell away.
and the left shoulder burned to a
pulp. Death was instantaneous
Jodin was 81 years of age, and is
survived by his widow, and a large
family Of. grown children. P. w.
Eddy of Eddy-Procter Co., was called
to care for the remains, and made
the trip by auto from jamestown.
The body was taken to Kandyohi,
Mimi, the former home of Jodin, for
burial.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-07-13
MARRIED AT BUTTE

The wedding of Walter Hall of this
city and Alta Winkie, occurred July
9Th, at Butte, Mont, Rev. Wolfe OF
the M. E. church of that city perform
ed the ceremony. The groom is a
resident of Jamestown connected
with the Western Electric Co. Mr.:
and Mrs. Hall have returned to the
city where they expect to make their
home. The bride was formerly Of
Esmond, N. d.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-07-13
HARD LUCK WITH CROPS

A letter was received by L. B. ME-
meyer from a friend at Huron, S D..
who states that the grain crops in the
vicinity of Huron, Dolan, Hitchcock,
Redfield and other points in that
part of the state are practically all
burned up, and that at the time of
writing hot winds were blowing and
completing the wreck. There was
some promise for corn, but not unless
timely rains occurred. The situation
in the sister state south is unusually
unfortunate and regretable this year.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-07-13
TOOK TESTIMONY BEFORE REF
EREE

Testimony was taken before Clerk
of Court Richmond in the case of
w. E. Hopes of Darlington against
r. G. St. Henry the aviator. The
case arose over old claims of indebt-
edness. Testimony was taken for
further hearing of the case in the
district court. The defendant was
represented by Thorp and Chase.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-07-13
ELECTED PRESIDENT

At the state meeting of the State
Mutual Insurance Association at
Devils Lake B. Gibson Dunlop, was e.
lected president Of the association,
which Is but three years old. The
meeting was attended by Insurance
Commissioner Taylor and good deal
of discussion was had regarding new
laws and changes in legislation in the
interests of mutual insurance COM
panies of the state.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-07-13
DEATH AT BRAINERD

Conductor VIM. Welch of Mandan,
one of the old time N. P. conductors
running on the west end, died last
week at the Brainerd hospital, and
the remains were taken to Mandan
on No. 3 today, accompanied by his
wife. Mr.. Welch was operated upon
for appendicitis. He was a popular
and we'll known railroad man and
his death will be regretted by many
railroad boys on the N. P. sherih
Romer left today to attend the funer-
al. the deceased being an old friend.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-07-13
MADE 10 FLIGHTS

st. Henry, the aviator, made ten
flights with his Curtiss bi-plane dur
ing the Barnes county fair. Each
fight was reported as having been
made successfully, the weather con-
ditions being suitable.
IN the auto races George Mason,
with an EMF broke the state half
mile track record Of 7:42 for five
miles, doing the distance IN 1889.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-07-13
600 HORSES DIE IN HEAT

: New York, July S.-Six hundred
horses have died in harness in the
boroughs of Manhattan and the
Bronx alone from the heat OF the
last six days. The lighters carried
106 carcasses to sea on Thursday
morning and 146 on Friday morning.
The health department has been un-
able to remove the bottles from the
streets promptly, so thick have they
lain. although it has been working
night and day. Health department
ofilcials say they remember no parall-
81 to present conditions.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-07-13
MADE AUTO TRIP TO CANADA

R. A. Roberts of this city, has re-
Gently returned from an automobile
trip through the Mouse river valley
North Dakota and into Canada. He
went as far as Weyburn, Saskatche-
wan. He states that the crops In
that part of Canada were spotted ana
not as good as has been reported.
There had been no rain for over two
weeks and the grain stood short on
the ground, having been put In late.
Mr.. Roberts had to put up $3.50 to
the Canadian government agent for
guaranty that he would not sell or
dispose of his automobile on the trip.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-07-13
new WHEAT VARIETIES
SOWED in KANSAS GIVE LARGE
YIELDS OF WINTER
WHEAT

i Topeka, Kan, July 10.-The
drought last fall and this spring
cheated Kansas out of a record for
the greatest yield any state ever had,
which would have exceeded its own
record by millions of bushels and set
a mark which no other state probably
,, could approach for y>ars.
incidentally the Kansas State Ag-
ricultural college has made good on
it's promise to provide Kansas farm
ers with a wheat that literally will
"fill the bread basket of the world"
Estimates made by the Kansas
Grain Dealers Association are that
' close to 100000 acres of wheat
! were plowed up in Kansas last spring,
| because not enough moisture had fall
! len to cause the seed to germlnate.
i This left less than 100000 acres,
! probably 100000 acres of which
was badly injured by drought, but In
which enough seed had terminated
to make it Improbable to plow it up.
Something less than 100000 acres
| was left in fairly good condition and
upon that in thousands of instances
there have been yields that are phe-
nomenal for Kansas.
Thirty to Forty Bushels to Acre
The average yield for Kansas in
| PREVIOUS years has been 1" bush
els to the acre. This year thousands
of farmers have reported fields OF
from 100 to 800 acres, running all
the way from thirty to forty bushels
! to the acre and in hundreds of cases
the wheat has thrashed out forty
bushels.
A few large fields have run even
! above that notably in Atchison
county, where one farmer thrashed
out field which averaged fifty-one
and one-half bushels. In the same
: ratio Kansas in an average year
would turn out close to 2O,OOO,OO0
bushels, which is One-third more
wheat than the state has produced in
it's greatest crop years, when the
average ran up to fifteen or sixteen
| bushels to the acre.
! AS it is, with the small acreage the
Kansas yield is now estimated at
close to 7O,000,000 bushels, which
| will make an average on the acreage
not affected b drought exceed tTcn-
ty bushels to the acre.
A great deal of the credit for tie
large yields this year unaoult :.iy is
due to improved strains Of wheat the
Kansas State Agricultural college has
been breeding up for the farmers and
to the improved methods of planting
which the college has. been preaching
for several years from its seed trains.
What New Wheat Does
The variety of wheat now being
furnished to the farmers made an
average yield of sixty bushels an acre
on the college farm under average
Kansas farm conditions and on test
made by northeast Kansas farmer
under average conditions on his farm
ran sixty-five bushels to the acre.
Thousands of bushels of this wheat
we're distributed in Kansas last fall,
and on hundreds of farms the greatly
increased yield can be traced directly
to it's use for seed and the better
methods of cultivation taught by the
college.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-07-13
DELIVERING STATE HISTORY

An agent or the Bismarck IrlDuAe
Co., delivered to subscribers in
jamestown, volumes of the work en-
titled History of North Dakota. -
1t is large, handsomely bound vol
ume containing much historical mat
ter from the earliest times to the
present. Interspersed throughout
the book are numerous engravings
of resentative citizens of the
state including also large number
of biographies. The work has been
in course of preparation for two
or three years. A number of James
town residents are included In the
list of handsomely engraved por-
traits. The book is sold by subscrip-
tion only.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-07-13

The Misses Agnes and sharah Tes-
sendorf of St. Cloud, Minn., were ar
rivals in the city Saturday for two
weeks visit with Mr.. and Mrs.. Ben
Pontius, the former being an uncle
of the young ladies'. a