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Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1896-10-07
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2ben Dftober 1896.


2oen Dftober 1896.
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betpbelie ftbrre efter ben &onterence.
be bapbe benne nse. 9e Fefte at
Wolstampens 2ebere tos 9el ben
os liqe(aa Brpan os @emol. 6oab
@runblag ber enb TON bore for be
5orftrinser. iom ber bleo stpet, er
bet 6ttert. al be braste Noo til
@plule,ren. @enator @orman fors
Gtrebe, at Marplano pilbe blioe pun~
bet for Brpan tiltrobs for. of 3e'
publifanerne os @ulb@ Demotraterne
paoitaer bet mobiatte. Senator
Bladburn forffreoe. at alle Setre'
ter garlisles os al1e &epublitaner
ues Benrebelier tunbe lite forbinbre
&entudp fra at tate fine electoral
Stemmer for Brpan. 5enator
5oulfner iaabe, at Wr. Brpons Sifi:
til @elt &irsinia pilbe 9iue bam ct
Gag / electoral, Stemmerne Ger, iom
bet pilbe blipe umulist' at brpbe.
9erlom be tror, at otsIe Joriiftinz
ger er at ftole paa, er bet lite nnber'
liet, at BrDan>M Manoene ct tiQios'
fulbe. ba 8rpan efter ct Ooerila9.
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Qipr, blot man9ler fem @lectoral>
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8rpan>@etten; oa bisie fem @tem>
mer bar ba Brpan at ptnoe / Sai'
nois, Oregon. CALIFORNIA. Delotpare,
M,nneloto, Mi@i9au, @isconitn os
sSoma. &epublitanerne laber. ION
be morer fig ouer oenne @attelie al
EiQiben blanbt 8rpan<Menoene os
NQer, bet blot er ct @tremmeifuo.
men bet uiler fig, al be torbser fine
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anier for tuiuliomme.
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til, at inseu Nulbe uatfe bonn. ter
ban uaaebe 9orpers 5errp. @eit
@ireinia. ioa insen iaa bom be foo
Minutter, 9renet ftanbieoe ber.
Gorbolbet mellem Tom @ation %
6enator Butler. 5ormonoen poa
Bopuliternes &ationaltomite. os
mellem benne iifte o9 3emofraternes
91ationalfomite Ct en- @aooe for
mango. @iben @aibiuston' Gfoelin:
gen af @opuliterues 9oueofoarter
blep luttet. bot Senator Butlers
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iraterne % 8opuliferne oe at orbne
meb Datoerne for be pupultftie
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j offentlie ubtalt fin Oppoii,tou mob
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bl,uer truttet tilbase. Os bog eftet>
Iober Senator Butler ,tfe nosen
Ipiul bos BEN, ban taler meo. ON
at ban 5pmpatbiierer meo @atfons
BefrebeLie forat faa Seuoq trutiet
' tilbaae, oe ban beitemmer nu Datoer,
ba Batton Ral botoe Taler / Fere
Stater efter Balset | Georgia. &C.
nator Butler flyer. at BON irart uil
uoftebe ct @irfulere til &opulifferne.
Dette bill maaHe optlare enbel 9ine.
fom MI 1pnes libt omtaa9eoe.
Sn9en of be fonsresfionelle &o'
miteer bar offentligsiort noset Dper.
1la0 oper ben polttiRe Sommeniet>
ming al bet nefe @epreientontbus.
men inbipioueue @epublifouere paa'
ftaar. at be utl baue en- Moioritet al
lite minbre enb femtt / 6uiet. lise>
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of Mcpherson, Kans., Peter Dinger of
Gilman, Ill.,, II. C. Miller of Stanton,
Nebr., DR.. J. M. Deniston Of Lapaz, Ind
and 81. Il. Wenans OF Michigan, visited
Georgia for the purpose of examining
lands offered them through William ].
Northen, twice Governor of Georgia, at
the low rate of So 80 an acre. Although
Texas was holding out the inducement of
land at only so cents an acre, Mr., Fitz-
gerald and his committee decided to locate
upon the Georgia tract without further
delay. By the middle of October the busi-
ness arrangements had been completed,
and the survey of the land was well under
way. BY November l it was completed
and the assignment of city lots. business
sites and farming tracts followed with a
rush.
The city of Fitzgerald and the farming
lands that compose the colony section are
comprised within LIS, 900 acres. and are To-
Gated III miles south of Macon, Ga, in the
midst of the great agricultural and fruit
region. They are available for almost any
crop, whether of wheat, corn, oats, rye,
rice, millet, cotton, sugarcane, potatoes
or general truck, while such fruits as
peaches, pears, apricots, prunes, figs and
apples are indigenous. As to timber, the
colony section comprises vast fields of
long-leaf pine, as good as can be found in
the country. The average winter temper
a.ure for the last ten years has been so
deg, and the summer temperature during
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COLONY COMPOSED
OF VETERANS.
Thousands of Grand Army Men
Gathered Together Down
in Georgia.
1T IS a UNIQUE ENTERPRISE,
A Thriving Town Growing Up in the
Southern Part of the
State.

The colony city, Fitzgerald, Ca, organ
lied by veterans of the Grand Army of the
Republic, which has been growing like
magic during the past six months, con-
tinues to occupy peculiar place in public
interest, says the New York Herald. Six
months ago the tract it now occupies down
in Southern Georgia, half in Wilcox and
half in Irwin County, was wilderness of
pine trees. To-day 5000 persons are there,
and the indications are that before the
year is done the census will show over zen
thousand enrolled citizens.
Colonies of sudden growth end cities of
quick development have not been infre-
quent in the mining regions of the West,
but Fitzgerald stands in many respects
quite without parallel, and the move
ment which has led to its founding points
to a possible industrial revolution in the
South and calls for new understanding
and partnership between the South, North
and West The Fitzgerald colony is like
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ment of DR.. Silas Blaisjell, at one time
demonstrator of anatomy of the New York
College of Physicians and Surgeons. who
devoted considerable time and attention
to the subject we are considering, attend
ing athletic games. examining competing
athletes by means of instruments, etc. He
stated to me that if there was anything
wrong with the heart it could be detected
if an examination were made in time to
caution against violent exercise. Every
athlete should be examined before COM
mencing to train, and if this were done
there would be few or no cases of heart
disease resulting from great exertion.
But such cases are few and far between.
If man begins at the bottom and trains
gradually to the highest pitch he is as safe
as imperfect mortals can be. Do not train
hard when too young or race much or hard
before maturity. Again, do not do any
severe racing when not perfectly trained,
nor race hard on torrid days, especially in
the sun (this last advice not being in
tended for residents of San Francisco).
Racing is not sure to bring on heart dis
ease unless a person has already weak
heart. You can safely contradict all such
bold and sweeping assertions. If heart
trouble could be detected at the outset the
man could be restrained, but there is dam
ger in all young men promiscuously rush
ing into racing unframed or without
knowing they are sound or not.
Now the above advice is cleaned largely
from the authority whom | quoted. Again
let me say that he has made a study of the
organic troubles of athletes, attending
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doctor assured me that it was his opinion
that the popularity of the heart just men
toned had its origin in the brain, or rather
the nerve centers, and was practically
harmless.
Years passed by and they were years of
exciting races and severe training-in fact,
do not hesitate to assert that no man
ever trained harder. Seven years had come
and gone and l desired to have another
examination made. This time physician
kindly consented to accompany me to the
running track. Just before stepping out
on the course he planted the stethoscope to
my heart and discovered the same pecu-
liarity of which DR.. Blaisdell spoke,
and which l purposely refrained from
mentioning. Then l stepped upon the
track and walked three miles against time.
On this occasion purposely forced myself
to my utmost speed and finished the dis
tance as exhausted as possible under the
circumstances. Immediately the doctor
clapped the instrument to my chest,
and after a moments silence during
which / was breathing like locomotive
on a grade) he exclaimed. "Why, the
effort has steadied your heart" He ex-
pressed himself as much surprised that
such was the case, but declared that the
pulsations were perfect. He still assured
me that my heart was hypertrophied, bnt
would not admit that it meant any more
than that connecting nerve between the
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race-meetings of amateurs and profess
sionals, six-day races and physical sports
of all kind, keenly watching all nervous,
muscular and organic phases that present
themselves and observing the effects dur
ing and after the contests.
Perhaps l cannot furnish a better ex-
ample than to state that this physician
first attended me on being prostrated by
the sun during fearful race in BROOKLYN
\. Y. The doctor was called in and
treated me with morphine to stop the
eccentric beating of my heart while 1 lay
in aconvuision. But recovered. although
some of my friends had grave doubts con-
cerning my. future health. A few days
later l called on the doctor and was ex-
amined very carefully. He ended by de-
claring me perfectly sound. He mentioned
slight peculiarity of my heart, namely,
that every twelfth beat was little stronger
than the others. but he did not consider it
a defect-more of curiosity than any,
thing else.
The next year I called again and was q
second time examined, the result being
identical with the first. Moreover, the
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CURIOUS MODE OF SHAVING.
Friendly Island Natives Use Sharks
Teeth Fastened in. a Stick


Teeth Fastened in Stick.
In an account of Captain Cooks last
voyage to the Pacific Ocean, in the New
London Magazine for September, 17s5, is
recorded very curious method of shaving
adopted by the inhabitants of the Friendly
Islands. While Captain Cook (says the
writer) was at Hapaee he observed
woman shaving chIld's head with a
sharks tooth stuck into the end of piece
of stick. She first wet the hair with rag
dipped in water, applying the instrument
to that part which she had previously
soaked. The operation seemed to give no
pain to the child, although the hair was
taken off as close as if one of our razors
had been employed. Captain Cook tried
one of these singular instruments upon
himself and found it to be an excellent
succedaneum.
But the men have another contrivance
when they shave their boards. They take
two shells, one of which they place under
a small part of the beard, and with the
other, applied above, they scrape that part
off. In this manner they are able to shave
very close. The process is rather tedious.
but not painful, and there were men
among them who seemed to profess this
trade. 1t was as common to see the sailors
go ashore to have their boards scraped off,
after the fashion of Hapaee as it was to
see their chiefs come on board to be shaved
by our BARRIERS
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at the sdes and an elaborately decorated

at the Sdes and an elaborately decorated
arch above.
The 25 and 60 lepta are the same size as
the last two mentioned, but the design is
placed horizontally and shows in the
center q quadriga or four-horse chariot.
The drachma has In the foreground a
reconstruction of the stadium or race
course in which the ancient Olympian
games were held, and in the background
distant view of the Acropoiis as it is
to-day.
The and drachmas both show famous
statues in inches of mosaic. The former
portrays the Hermes or Mercury OF Praxi-
teles, with Ionic columns at the sides, and
the latter represents the Nike or Victory
of P@onius, with Corinthian columns.
The 10 drachmas, the highest value of
the series (equal to 81 in the money of the
United States) has another view of the
Acropolis, with female figures at the sides
supporting the arch.
When these stamps were first announced
to the philatelic public it was the i'm
preston that they were to be available for
postage for a brief period only, and the
antagonism of the Society for the Sup
preston of Speculative Stamps was aroused
against them, and they were placed on
the black list of that organization. 1t is
now stated, however, that they will take
the place of the current issue, and will
remain il use for an indefinite time, thus
virtually becoming a regular issue, and
one that cannot be consistently ignored
by stamp collectors. This means much to
Greece in the shape of revenue. as their
coming under the category OF legitimate
issues will add largely to the demand for
them.
In view of the deep interest taken in
the Olympian games by Americans, and
the victories won there by the athletes OF
this country, these labels will have
peculiar attraction for the collectors of
the United States. Considering the fact
that the sale of the United States Colum-
bian stamps to collectors reached the enor-
nous amount of more than s, 600, 900, 1t is
likely that the Greek Government will
reap good profit from the sale OF this
series.
The colors of these stamps in the order
of their value are as follows: Ocher, rose,
lilac, slate, violet-brown, red, violet, black,
blue, blister, green, brown.
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wise significant from the fact that as the
colonists are mostly veterans of the Fed
eral army, $4,000 per month of pension
money will, it is reckoned, be put in cir
culation through the South instead of
through the North and West as formerly
The colony and city of Fitzgerald were
founded by P. H. Fitzgerald of Indianapo-
lis, pension attorney, who, through his
connection with the veterans of the North
west, was led to believe that it would be
greatly to the interest of many could they
locate in some well-conditioned Southern
section, away from the rigors of severe
climate, where they could follow agri-
cultural pursuits and live comfortably on
their pension incomes. In August, 1894,
he presented the subject for the consider
alton of the veterans at an annual meeting
of their society. His plan met with their
immediate approval, and IN March, 1885,
Mr.. Fitzgerald, accompanied by II. F.
Manger of Michigan, Captain D. C. Walsh
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dent may think to be wrong, either as q
matter OF policy or of constitutional
power: but he cannot single these out; he
must take the bill as whole. 1t has been
much contended that the veto was given to
enable the President to defend himself
against legislative attempts to encroach
upon his constitutional powers, or those
OF the Judiciary, and that he should ex-
ercise it only where he finds constitu-
tlonal objections to bill. But the power
Is not so limited, and from the beginning
mas been exercised upon the ground of
the lnexpediency or unwisdom of the
legislation proposed, as well as upon
constitutional grounds. | 90 not suppose
that any President has ever dealt with the
bills submitted for his approval upon the
principle that he should approve only such
as he would have voted for if he had been
member of Congress. Much Difference is
due to the Congress, and vetoes have Gus
tomarlly been used only when the fault
in the proposed legislation was serious in
itself or as a precedent"
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MILK JARS.
The Origin of a Package that Is Now
in Common Use.

The Origin of a Package that Is Now
in Common Use.
Milk jars, or bottles, now so commonly
used, were introduced about fifteen years
ago. A gentleman farmer of Litchfield,
Conn.,, a man of wealth, who owned
blooded COWS, finding, with the increase of
his stock, his milk supply growing beyond
his own needs, decided to sell the surplus.
He desired to put up this milk in some
distinctive form, and he came to New
York to the headquarters here of glass
WORKS, and asked to have got up for him
some kind of glass package that would
be suitable for the purpose and convenient
for shipping. A jar was produced that
was substantially similar in form to the
one now in use. The first jars were pro-
vided with glass shoppers; these were
found to break too easily, and metal
stopper was soon substituted.
This form of package for milk at once
became popular. The owner of the farm
for which the milk jar was first made
turned his farm over to a stock company,
which increased its production greatly. It
still remains large establishment, and
one whose dairy products are well known.
Many other milk producers adopted the
milk jar. and its general use extended
rapidly. Probably at least IS per cent of
the milk for family use is delivered now in
bottles. There are millions OF bottles in
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BICYCLE RIDES FOR BIRDS.
One Woman's Way Of Giving . Health
ful Airing to Her Canary.

One Woman's Way of Giving u Health.
full Airing to Her Canary.
mo better way to give pet canary bird
an airing has been devised" said woman
down at Coney Island the other day when
several other women gathered around her
wheel to look at handsome little yellow
bird In small cage resting like package
on the handle bars. 1.-THE poor little
dearie wasn't getting his share of atten-
ton, when happened to think of putting
1T on my wheel. IT was a dreadfully
frightened bird at first, but [ only took Il
a couple of blocks and back again. Next
time took it further, and now you see
how sprightly he looks. It's only when 1
tumble now that it gets at all scared. /
ride over fifty miles with him some days,
and sometimes he sings if the road is
smooth, and he always answers the little
chlrps of birds along the way. He's lots
OF company, too."-New York Sun.
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HOW SHE BECAME "OUR MARY"
The Famous Actress Received the APP
relation in Providence.


peIlation in Providence.
John R. Rogers, who is the manager of
'sThe Strange Adventures of Miss Brown"
was in charge of the advance business ar
rangements for Mary Anderson, when
that famous actress was unknown.
Il notice." he said to a New York
Times reporter, "that in her book of mem
cries Miss Anderson does not tell one
thing that was important in her career
and that brought her SO closely into the
sympathies and favor of the public eff this
country. She does not tell how she came
to be known as Our Mary
"As every one knows, when Mary An
derson first went on the stage, while the
press praised her and the public admired
her, the receipts at her performances were
very small-as general thing, paper was
greater than money.
~ was engaged by the late John W. Nor
ton to travel in advance and to make all
preliminary business arrangements. We
had hard time of 1t, playing across the
country. When l reached Providence, r.
l., there was so little money in the treasury
that it meant success right then and there
or complete smash-up.
This fact forced me to resort to action
suggestive OF nothing so much as that of
the drowning man grasping at straw.
There were few things l didn't do. called
on the editors OF the newspapers, appealed
to their generosity, and succeeded in every
case but one in securing excellent articles
booming the coming performance.
"Otis r. Pickett. then managing editor
of the Morning Herald, which has been
defunct these many years, was noted for
refusing to publish anything about any
stage person whom he had not seen. If
the press of the world said an actor was
good. it made not the slightest difference
to Pickett. l had heard of this trait of
his and so when ] called 1 was not snr-
prlsed to be informed curtly that 1t was
useless for me to ask for preliminary
notices.
Il told him / did not seek advertising
but had called for the purpose of prevent
ing him from printing a story about my
star. He asked for an explanation.
"There is story going around among
gossips and scandal-mongers.' l said, to
the effect that Miss Anderson's family is
in financial distress and that she has come
to the rescue. 1 ask you as favor, if any
person in Providence starts the story
around here that "Our Mary" is on the
stage play-acting to support her widowed
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FOUND HIS OOLLAR-BUTTON.
1t Was a Needle and 1t Had Travelled
Three Feet Under His Skin.

1t Was Needle and 1t Had Travelled
Three Feet Under His Skin.
Edward A. Cummings is 81 years of age,
healthy and robust, and by occupation a
stationary engineer. On the morning of
June last Mr.. Cummings oversight him
self, and upon getting up noticed that he
had but few minutes in which to get to
work. To make matters worse he dis
covered that the rear collar button on his
shirt was gone. He looked around and
espied common sewing-needle, the eye
of which he had broken off in sewing OH
button few days previous. With this
eyeless needle the shirt-ends were pulled
together, the needle doing duty as
button.
The needle stayed in position all right
until evening without attracting attention.
In the evening, as he was about to go to
bed, Cummings reached behind his head
to remove the needle from the shirt and
was surprised to find that it was gone.
He looked carefully in the bed for it,
shook out his clothing and looked on the
floor for fear of stepping on it. He was
unable to find the needle that night or in
the morning.
Two days later, Mr.. Cummings says, he
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the same time has averaged only 50 deg.
The city OF Fitzgerald is located in Irwin
County, and has the advantage OF COM
petitive freight rates both by land and
water, which place 1T within easy COM
munlcation with the great markets OF the
United States. A month ago two railroads
were under construction, but had not
reached the city. The latest news is that
there are now two railroads at Fitzgerald
and others under construction. The
Tilton and Northeastern Railroad reached
the colony last Saturday and will be car
ried into the union station in few days.
The Georgia and Alabama has been in
Fitzgerald almost month, and has eight
parallel tracks in its yards with LAT loaded
boxcars ahead of the freight agents. The
Plant system is trying to arrange with the
Waycross Air Line to build from Fltzger-
aid to Cordele, which, if successful, Will
give this city five important roads, to-
gether with the Waycross Air Line and
Empire. The city is only six miles from
the Ocmulgee River, and a canal Is under
contract, which when completed will give
the colonists waterway to the Atlantic.
On October ii the first human habita-
ton was begun in Fitzgerald. To-day the
city presents a vastly different appear
ance. 1t is laid out in excellent style, and
has four business streets that contain
great variety of shops, which are furnish
ing the colonists With all necessary sup
plleS. The residence pOrtlOn SHOWS many
well-built structures, and hundreds of
hum bic homes will sooner or later be re-
placed by more comfortable dwellings.
There are sawmills, brickyards, four
churches, town hall, four blacksmith
shops, public school and a Masonic lodge.
Main street is the principal business
thoroughfare of Fitzgerald. The streets
to the west of Main are called after Con-
tederate generals-Lee, Jackson, Long
street, Gordon Bragg and Hill; those on
the west side after Federal commanders
Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Thomas and
Logan-which certainly goes to prove that
the colonlsts are not cherishing sectional
anlmosltles. Another interesting fact is
that the colony lands include the historic
spot upon which Jefferson Davis was cap
tured by Wilson's cavalry in 1865.
The old veterans are we'll pleased with
the prospects before them, and their rank
and file has been increased by the coming
of many who are not Grand Army of the
Republic men, but who, like themselves,
are seeking comfortable home. These
persons are for the most part hale and
hearty farmers, used to earnest work
against far more difficult conditions than
will confront them in Georgia. They be-
long to the sensible, industrious class that
has made the West the prosperous, power
full country it is to-day, and are but little
accustomed to failure.
Such are the facts ofthe Fitzgerald colony
as it stands to-day. There seems to be
no reason why the enterprise should not
succeed.