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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-06-19

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-06-19

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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-25
MOODS OF NEGRO FOLK-SONGs
Gayest to Most Profoundly Tragic Dis
position Is to Be Found Under
the Religious Veil.

The negro sought channel for
artistic solace, into which he could
throw the symbolism of his racial
longing. He found it, notes q writer
IN the New Republic, in the religion
brought to him by Protestant mission
aries or taught him by his masters.
Here ne was free to dream his
dreams and create his visions of fu-
ture happiness, for no master could
punish him for praising God. Thus he
found religion" and In religion he
found no mood Of his simple soul un.
nourished.
1t Is, then, not so hard to UNDER
stand why the negro's folk-song is, in
Its superficial form, so predominantly
religious. The "spirituals" of the
camp meeting show quite unecclesi-
astical variety Of style and mood. a
variety, In fact, coextensive with the
range Of simple peasant life.
These include lively dances, bitter la
ments, paeans Of Joy and majestic or
ganlike anthems. In the Bible stories
winch are retold In ballad form in
some of the spirituals the negro found
expression for his buoyant, genial hu-
NOR. Nearly all the familiar moods
OF folk-song, from the gayest to the
most profoundly tragic are to be found
under the religious veil which per.
mitted the slave to live his own varied
life without interference
from his master.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-25
OUT STUNNING WITH DICKENS
American Guests Shown About Dark.
est London by Noted Writer Who
Was Well Posted.

doctor Howe and his bride went to
Europe on their wedding trip on the
same steamer with Horace Mann and
his newly made wife, Mary Peabody,
the sister Of Mrs. Nathaniel Haw-
thorne. The teacher of Laura Bridg-
man was well known in England
through Dickens American Notes
and people were anxious to do him
honor.
dickens not only invited the inter-
esting Americans to dinner but he Of
fered to pilot Doctor Howe and his
brother reformer, Horace Mann, about
darkest London" writes Mary e. Per-
man in st. Nicholas, "and show them
the haunts Of misery and crime which
no one knew better than the author
Of oliver Twist Little Dorrit' and
Bleak House. The following note
written in Dickens characteristic
hand shows the zest with which the
great novelist undertook these expe-
ditions and his boyish love Of fun:
"Ninth June, 1843.
"'My dear Howe--Drive tonight to
st. Giles church. Be there at half
past eleven--and wait. Somebody will
put his head into the coach after
Venetian and mysterious fashion and
breathe your name. Follow that man.
Trust him to the, death.
$50 no more at present from
"'THE Mask"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-25
Again the Silent Refusal.

I'll sign a check on Captain Con-
stantine for FIVE thousand. Here's my
papers. I'm authorized to draw at my
own discretion"
Again the silent refusal
"Then I'll requisition them in the
name Of the queen"
Smiling increduously, the Kid glanced
at his well stocked arsenal, and the
Englishman, realizing his impotency,
turned for the door. But, the dog driv-
ers still Directing, he whirled upon
them fiercely, calling them women and
ours. The swart face Of the older half
breed flushed angrily as he drew him
self up and promised in good, round
terms that he would travel his leader
off his legs and would then be delight
ed to plant him in the snow.
The young officer-and it required
his whole will-walked steadily to the
door, exhibiting freshness he did not
possess. But they all knew and ap-
preciated his proud effort. Nor could
ne ven the LWngeS OF agony tnat shOt
across his face. Covered with frost
the dogs were curled up in the snow,
and it was almost impossible to get
them to their feet. The poor brutes
whined under the singing lash, for
the dog drivers were angry and cruel
Nor till Babette, the leader, was cut
from the traces could they break out
the sled and get under way.
"A dirty scoundrel and a liarp "By
gar, him no goodv' "A thiefv' "Worse
than an Indianv' 1t was evident that
they were angry, first at the way they
had been deceived, and, second at the
outraged ethics of the northland, where
honesty, above all, was mans prime
Jewel. can we gave the cuss hand
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-25

degrees below zero with naked earl
and hands.
Malemute Kid saw him to the main
trail and there, gripping his hand
heartily, gave him advice.
You'll find q hundred pounds Of
salmon eggs on the sled" he said.
''The dogs will 90 as far on that as
with one hundred and fifty OF fish, and
you can't get dog food at Pelly, as you
probably expected" The stranger start
ed, and his eyes flashed. but he did not
interrupt. "You can't get an ounce Of
food for dog or man till you reach Five
Fingers, and that's a stiff 200 miles.
Watch out for open water on the Thir-
ty Mile river, and be sure you take the
big cutoff above lie Barge"
How did you know it? Surely the
news can't be ahead of me already"
Il don't know II, and, what's more,
l don't want to know it. But you nev-
er owned that team you're chasing.
Sitka Charley sold it to them last
spring. But he sized you up to me as
square once, and l believe him. I've
seen your face. I like it. And I've
seen-why, d you, hit the high
places for salt water and that wife of
yours, and Here the Kid unmit-
tened and jerked out his sack.
mo; don't need it." And the tears
frOze on his cheeks as he convulsively
gripped Malemute Kids hand.
"Then don't spare the dogs. Cut
them out Of the traces as fast as they
drop. Buy them and think they're
cheap at SO a pound. You can get
them at Five Fingers, Little Salmon
and the Hootalinqua. And watch out
for wet feet" was his parting advice.
keep a-traveling up to Is. but If 1t
gets below that, build a fire and change
your socks"
Fifteen minutes had barely elapsed
when the Jingle Of bells announced
new arrivals. The door opened, and
a mounted policeman of the Northwest
Territory entered, followed by two half
breed dog drivers. Like Westondale,
they were heavily armed and showed
signs of fatigue. The half breeds had
been born to the trail and bore it cas-
lily, but the young policeman was bad
~ exhausted. Still, the dogg- d obsti-
macy Of his race held him to the pace
he had set and would hold him till he
in his tracks.
"When did Westondale pull out?" he
asked. HE stopped here, didn't he?"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-25

This was supererogatory, for the tracks
told their own tale too well.
Malemute Kid had caught Belden's
eye, and he, seeming the wind, replied
.evasively, "A right peart while back"
"Come, my man; speak up" the po-
liceman admonished.
"Yeh seem to want him right smart.
Hez he bin gittin' cantankerous down
Dawson way?'
Held up Harry McFarland's for for.
ty thousand. Exchanged it at the P.
G. store for check on Seattle. And
who's to stop the cashing of it If we
don't overtake him? When did he pull
outT
Every eye suppressed its excitement,
for Malemute Kid had given the
cue, and the young officer encountered
wooden faces on every hand.
Striding over to Prince, he put the
question to him. Though it hurt him,
gazing into the frank, earnest face of
his fellow countryman, he replied in
consequentially on the state of the
trail.
Then the officer espied Father Rou-
beau, who could not lie. "A quarter
Of an hour ago. the priest answered,
"but he had four hours rest for him
self and dogs"
Fifteen minutes start, and he's
freshl My Godw The poor fellow
staggered back, half fainting from ex-
haustion and disappointment, murmur-
ing something about the run from Daw-
son in ten hours and the dogs being
played out.
Malemute Kid forced a mug of punch
upon him; then he turned for the door,
ordering the dog drivers to follow. But
the warmth and promise Of rest were
too tempting, and they objected siren
uously. The Kid was conversant with
their French patois and followed it
anxiously.
They swore that the dogs were gone
up; that Siwash and Babette would
have to be shot before the first mile
was covered; that the rest were almost |
as bad, and that it would be better for |
all hands to rest up.
Lend me five dogs?' the officer ask
ed, turning to Malemute Kid.
But the Kid shook his head.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-25
MARCH Is. 1919

after KNOWN what he'd did" All eyes
were turned accusingly upon Malemute
Kid, who rose from the corner where
he had been making Babette comforta-
BILE and silently emptied the bowl for q
final round of punch.
"It's cold night boys-a bitter cold
night" was the irrelevant commence
ment Of his defense. you've all trav-
eled trail and know what that stands
for. Don't jump dog when he's
down. You've only heard one side. A
whittier man than Jack Westondale new
er ate from the same pot nor stretched
blanket with you or me. Last fall he
gave his whole cleanup, forty thou.
sand, to Joe Castrell to buy in on Do
minion. Today he'd be millionaire.
But while he stayed behind at Circle
City, taking care of his partner with
the scurvy, what does Castrell do?
Goes into McFarland's, jumps the linn
it and drops the whole sack. Found
him dead in the snow the next day.
And poor Jack laying his plans to 60
out this winter to his wife and the
boy he's never seen. You'll notice he
took exactly what his partner lost
forty thousand. Well, he's gone out.
And what are you going to do
about it?"
The Kid glanced round the circle Of
his judges, noted the softening of their
faces, then raised his mug aloft. $50
a health to the man on trail this
night; may his grub hold out; may his
dogs keep their legs; may his matches
never miss fire. God prosper him;
good luck go with him, and
Confusion to the mounted police!'
cried BEETLES to the crash of the empty
cups.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-25
went round, BEETLES the Unquenchable
sprang to his feet and struck up his
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went round. BEETLES the Unquenchable
sprang to his feet and struck up his
/ favorite drinking song
There's Henry Ward Beecher
And Sunday school teachers,
All drink of the sassafras root;
| But you bet all the same,
II it had its right name.
It's the juice Of the forbidden fruit"
"Oh the juice of the forbidden fruit"
roared out the Bacchanalian chorus-
"Oh the juice Of the forbidden fruit;
But you bet all the same,
II it had its right name,
It's the Juice of the forbidden fruit"
Malemute Kids frightful connection
did its work. The men Of the camps
and trails unbent In its genial glow,
and jest and song and tales of past
adventure went round the board.
Aliens from dozen lands, they toast
ed each other and all It was the Eng
nshman, Prince, who pledged uncle
Sam, the precocious infant of the new
world" the Yankee, BEETLES, who drank
to 1.-THE Queen, God bless herr and to-
gether Savoy and Meyers, the German
trader, Changed their cups to Alsace
and Lorraine.
Then Malemute Kid arose, cup in
hand, and glanced at the creased pa
per window, where the frost stood full
three inches thick-"A health to the
man on trail this night; may his grub
hold out; may his dogs keep their legs;
may his matches never miss fire."
Crack! Crack! They heard the IA
miliar music of the dog whip, the whin-
ing howl of the Malemutes and tho
crunch Of a sled as it drew up to the
cabin. Conversation languished while
they waited the issue.
"An old timer-cares for his dogs
and then himself" whispered Male
mute Kid to Prince as they listened to
the swapping jaws and the wolf1sh
snarls and yelps of pain which pro-
claimed to their practiced ears that
the stranger was beating back their
dogs while he fed his own.
Then came tile expected knock, sharp
and confident, and the stranger enter
ed. Dazzled by the light, he hesitated
q moment at the door, giving to all 4
chance for scrutiny. He was a strik-
ing parsonage and a most picturesque
one in his arctic dress of wool and fur.
Standing six foot two or three, with
proportiOnate breadth Of shoulders and
depth of chest, his smooth shaver face
nipped by the cold to cleaning pink,
his long lashes and eyebrows white
with ice, and the ear and neck flaps of
his great wolfskin cap loosely raised,
he seemed, Of verify, the frost king,
just stepped in out of the night. |
Clasped outside his mackinaw jacket,
u beaded belt held two large Colts re-
volvers and a hunting knife, while he
carried, in addition to the inevitable
dog whip, smokeless rifle of the
largest bore and latest pattern. As he
came forward, for all his step was firm
and elastic, they could see that fatigue
bore heavily upon him.
An awkward silence had fallen, but
his hearty "What cheer, my lads?" put
them quickly at ease, and the next In
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-25
Browning Best TaIker.

"Among the Victorian literary men,"
says a writer in the Manchester eng
land) Guardian, "the best talker, by
common consent, was Browning. All
the chroniclers agree that among Vic
torian notables there was no more Wig
orous and inexhaustible gossip than
Browning. Together with James Rus
sell Lowell, the talker par excellence
among Americans resident in England
he seemed determined to prove how
,thoroughgoing man of the world It
was possible for q poet to be-"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-25

UMP 1t In"
.kA But, l say, Kid, isn't
that going to be a
little too strong7 Whis-
ky and alcohol's bad
enough, but when it
comes to brandy and pepper sauce
and"
Dump 1t In. Who's making this
punch, anyway And Malemute Kid
smiled benignantly through the clouds
Of steam. by the time you've been
tn this country as long as l have, my
son, and lived on rabbit tracks and
salmon belly you'll learn that Christ
mas comes only once per annum. And
. Christmas without punch Is sinking
. hole to bedrock with nary a pay
streak
Stack up on that fer high cyard,"
approved Big Jim Belden,. who had
come down from his claim on May
May to spend Christmas and. who, az
every one knew, had been living thu
two months past on straight moose
meat. "Hain't forgot the hooch We
uns made on the Tanana, hev yeh?':.
"Well, / guess yes! Boys, 1t would
have done your hearts good to see that
whole tribe fighting drunk, and all be-
cause Of glorious ferment of sugar
and sour dough. That was before your
time" Malemute Kid said as he turned
to Stanley Prince a young mining ex-
pert who had been in two years. NE
white women in the country then, and
Mason wanted to get married. Ruth's
father was chief of the Tananas and
objected, like the rest of the tribe.
Stiff? Why, used my last pound of
sugar. Finest work in that line ever
did in my life. You should have seen
the chase down the river and across
the portage"
But the squawY' asked Louis Sa-
voy, the tall French Canadian, becom-
ing interested.
Then Malemute Kid, who was born
raconteur, told the unvarnished tale Of
the northland Lochinvar More than
one rough adventurer Of the north felt
his heartstrings draw closer and ex-
perienced vague yearnings for the sun
nier pastures of the southland, where
life promised something more than a
barren struggle with cold and death.
I'VE struck the Yukon just behind |
the first ice rum" he concluded, "and
the tribe only quarter Of an hour be-
hind. But that saved US, for the Sec
ond run broke the jam above and shut |
them out. When they finally got into
Nuklukyeto the whole post was ready
for them. And as to the foregathering
ask Father Roubeau here. He per-
formed the ceremony"
The Jesuit took the pipe from his
lips, but could only express his gratifi-
cation with patriarchal smiles, while
Protestant and Catholic vigorously ap-
plauded.
by gar" calculated Louis Savoy,
who seemed overcome by the romance
Of it. La petite squaw; mon Mason
BRAY. By gar!
Then, as the first tin cups of punch
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-25
MIssinu,

Ma" roared Mr.. Jagsby, "where in
the demnition bow-wows is nv hat2
It's a shame the way things disappear
without any apparent reason. 7
would just like to know where that
hat fs?"
so would l." replied Mrs. Jagsby.
coldly. you didn't have it on when
you came home last ght."-Birming-
ham Age-Herald.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-12-25

the farm center. Not only is this building a house for his live stock, but it is the warehouse wherein he stores the raw materials that the animals turn into salable foodstuff.
 There are numerous features of the modern barn that make this building profit producing. It is a well-built structure that defies the cold of win ter and keeps the cows and horses warm. At the same time it is pro- vided with a system of ventilation that gives the animals fresh air, with out cold drafts. It has plenty of win dows to admit sunshine. And it is for the animals can be accomplished with a minimum of labor, thus saving a worthwhile amount in the cost of production.
 The barn shown here was designed for a farmer who not only keeps a fair-sized dairy herd, but breeds horses for sale as we'll It really is horse barn and dairy barn combined.
 The half of the building shown in the foreground of the picture is de- signed to accommodate 15 horses in the regular stalls, and besides has two box stalls, a feed room and harness room. This part of the structure is AS by 40 feet. The dairy stable will accommodate 20 cows in the stalls and has two pens for calves. This build- ing is 36 by 56 feet, placed at right angles to the horse barn.
 The stable floor of the barn is of hollow clay building tile, set on con- crete foundation. The floors of the -wo stables are of concrete. The su-
Cleveland County herald., 1919-12-25
gNo HInAfEioH" "

happiness that money couldn't cure, aside from the actual death of a loved one: and in one case money could have prevented that. It doesn't follow that a man will be happy because he is rich; but if rich man knows how to be happy, he has cinch. A poor man may know how and be all the more miserable for knowing. l wish with all my heart that yOll had mil lion-and would lend me about four hundred
 What I want first is life,'' said the alleged philosopher. "The will to live is fundamental, and needs no explana- ton. I want health, because without it I am half dead. l want food, shel- ter and clothing to sustain life; and want association with my fellows Tn order to expand it. i want freedom to satisfy these wants to the fullest eX tent therefore, I want everyone to be free And 1 want everyone to want freedom so that they will cooperate with me in getting it. l want knoWi- edge to understand my wants and give me the power to satisfy them; and want others to share this knowledge so that we can work together for still greater satisfaction. l want no master to restrict my energies, and no slave to restrict my independence. l want cultured and educated people about me; therefore, l want everyone to have education and culture. l want to live in q world where no one is nervous, o1 worried or afraid. Therefore l want to abolish poverty and the competition of man against man. l want all the energies which the world is now ex' hausting il. war applied to the manu' fracture of the things we want. And want these things distributed freely for the peoples use, by a system o1 distribution which would make war un' thinkable. So don't want much-only worldwide revolution"
 "There's no need of wishing you prosperity" said young woman of sixty-five. That is equivalent to wish ing that somebody else has worse luck than you. I can't wish you more hap piness, because that may mean any thing from intoXication to vegetation What wish for you is youth-the con stant consciousness that life is ahead of you, not behind, and constant will lingness to go ahead and welcome it."
 My best wish" said q man who thinks he is thinker. lis that youl own hest wish comes true The trouble with most people is that they want vol to have what they want and think yot ought to want not what you actually do want yourself. 1 don't know what you want most and l don't care, but l l hope you get 1t.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-12-25
perstrucfure is of wood frame con-

nerstruceure is of wood frame con- struetion.
 The hollow clay building tile is the choice of many farmers for stable walls. The hollow spaces in the tile act as an Insulation against both heat and cold. Tile is easily laid up in the walls, and is so constructed that the out the moisture that often goes through masonry walls. Tn the corn belt, especially in Iowa, hollow clay building tile is quite generally used.
 The floor plan that accompanies the exterior view of the barn shows how the stalls are arranged and the loca- ton of the storage rooms. There are stalls for eight horses on one side of the horse stable and for seven animals on the other. The stall heads are along q center, or feeding alley. The animals face away from the windows, bring the litter alleys along the out side walls, where they are exposed to the sunlight that penetrates through the windows. This iS sanitary ar
  rangement because sunlight is q germ killer.
 Tn the walls of the stable are foul air aues leading to the suction venti- lators on the roof. These flues are placed scientifically SO that the foul air is drawn out of the barn and is replaced by fresh air from inlets.
 Over both the litter alleys and the feeding alley there is an overhead car rier track. A litter carrier provides a labor-saving method of taking out the litter to the manure pile beside the shed at one side of the barn. The track of the feed carrier extends to the center of the barn, where the hay chute is located The hay is thrown down from the mow and carried di- rectly to the hay racks at the stall heads.
 The stall arrangement in the dairy
Cleveland County herald., 1919-12-25

barn is similar to that in the horse barn. There are 20 stalls aud two large pens. Here, also, the animals face a central alley, which has an overhead carrier leading to the silo at the end of the barn. This provides an easy method of transporting the si- lage to the managers.
 The mows are large enough to pro- vide space for the storage of the hay and other roughage the animals the barn houses will consume during the months they are kept indoors.
 While they are not indicated on the floor plan, a majority of the barns built nowadays are provided with individual drinking cups at each stall head. These give the animals an opportunity to secure fresh water whenever they want it. Fresh water is especially valuable for the cows, as it has been proven time and again that a constant supply greatly increases the flow Of milk, without reducing it's quality.
 While there may be few farmers who go. in for raising horses as exten- sively as the man for whom this barn was designed, it is an easy matter to change this design so that it will be devoted exclusively to dairy herd.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-12-25
Record Pecan Crop.

San Saba, Texas, has won national reputation as the home of the paper shell pecan. This season has been par ticularly adapted to this species of food and 1919 will go down in history as the banner year for San Saba oceans. A conservative estimate gives the present crop as 50 or 50 carloads.
 The product from Il single free is selling for $45 per tree nnthrashed. while the retail value is from IT cents to 25 cents per pound. Many of the trees have an average of 800 pounds One buyer has contracted for 350O00 pounds.