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Daily inter mountain., 1899-02-23
A STANDING ARMY.

Democrats in the United States senate
declare they are willing the government
shall have all the soldiers and munitions
of war needed to operate against enemies
from without and within, but they are
bitterly opposed to the Hull-Hawley
army REORGANIZATION bill, which increases
our regular army to q size commensurate
with the xactions of the situation. They
are very much like the over-soicitous
mother who gave her consent to her little
boy to go fishing provided he wouldn't
90 near the water. Senator Cockrell is
among the over solicitous, so is Senator
MITCHELL They profess a willingness to
give the president men and means, but he
must not have what he wants.
Tt is conceded by democratic senator's
that standing army Of only $4,000 men
is not sufficient to grapple with the con-
ditions which face the country. This is
a great nation of 7O,O0O,000 people now,
and they admit that sight would be lost
of the little army known as regulars II an
emergency should arise requiring three
or four times as many more. Their op-
position is little less than childish. On
the other hand, it is contended that four
men for every 5000 of our population
would not be too many for the nation to
support as soldiers, especially when it is
taken into consideration that our sea-
coast defenses alone require the presence
of rearly 25.0C0 soldiers. In word, the
country has outGrown its $4,000 standing
army size. It cannot always rely upon
untrained undisciplined volunteers, how
ever willing they may be, to do garrison
duty and fight the battles OF the country.
1t wants peace with all the world, but
it should always be in q position to main
tain it, with q few shots now and then,
if necessary.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-02-23

pleads for employment, a recognized
force of circumstances. If we go abroad
we, as people. must be able to defend
our enlarging commercial establishments,
even though we stand charged with re-
versing the TRADITIONS of the fathers.
Such is the prospective destiny which is
ours whether we will or not.
The same destiny, OF force of circum-
stances, which has relegatcd Spain to the
rear has sent us to the front. 1t cannot
be said we are afraid of our destined
place in history. Men will continue as
concerning tariffs. revenues, government
tai policies, etc. that pertain to the econ
omics of national housekeeping. But
procession Of nations we cannot retreat
if we would. Even though we should
consent to feed on the husks of tradition
our country will still grow in spite of
itself. In thus growing it simply yields
to the greatest known forcc-the force OF
circumstances. We must expand, we
must have room, no put up Utica confines
our bounds.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-02-23
The NEXT CENSUS.

An exchange truly observes, THAT the
work of taking the United States census
has grown to be such an immense enter
prise that the reports of our census are
not complete at the end of ten years when
the time comes to take the next" This
fact simply shows that the country has
outgrown old methods, that new wine
cannot be safely put in old bottles.
An improved system of census taking
must be inaugurated, something quicker
and speedier in its operations. What
answered a f-w decades ago when our
population was less than half of what it
IS today must be replaced by a machin-
cry which can handle the requirements
OF 7O,Oo0,CCO people.
1t has been practically agreed by the
house committee on the census that the
census bureau should be independent of
the interior department., of which it has
been a subordinate office, and that it
should be managed by a director to be
appointed directly by the president, thus
making the bureau Independent Of any
other department. of the government. If
time can be gained by this change no OBJ
lection can be urged against it. But ad-
vanced methods for census taking must
be inaugurated or the simple change will
avail nothing Unless accuracy and con-
tinuity from census to census be achieved
the taking of a census is valueless.
Fault has been found in the present
method by the insufficient time allowed
by law for the preparation of plans and
schedules. 1t is also said that the work
of the census proper is seriously impeded
by the number and variety of the inves-
legations ordered. The committee hopes
to correct this by making the change re-
ferred to and improving methods employ
ed for taking the census in 1900 1t is ex-
pected that the next census will round
out the country with a showing of pro-
grcss more wonderful than has ever been
made in any country or in any age. II
certainly should for, today, America is
the most progressive, most prosperous
and the most powerful nation on the
globe And the value and extent of its
magnificent resources are just being de-
veloped and made known.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-02-23
THE GREATEST FORCE,

1t is said that the greatest known force
In the destiny of a nation is the force of
circumstances. Take America as an illus
tration. 1t achieved its independence
when only few colonies with but 3,OO0,-
600 people. 1t has outgrown it's colonial
clothes It's area, it's resources and its
business are wonderfully enlarged The
It's people, though numbering 10000, 900,
cannot consume third of what they pro-
duce. They must either curtail their pro-
ductive energies or 60 abroad for labor
Daily inter mountain., 1899-02-23
bl'ance,

Inc attempt Of the insurgents to de-
stroy Manila by fire was an expression
of desperate wrought by baffled hope
and ambition upon the part of Aguinaldo.
That leader misjudges those with whom
he has to deal, if he ina gines that des-
perate acts upon his part will result in
Aguinaldo's plan of campaign may be
annoying to the victors, but it is not a
winning one.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-02-23
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY %, 1899.
Democracy and Silver.

The Standard is enc Of the
newspapers that have felt that
an exact statement OF the ratio
is not vital factor in SiIVer'S
restoration. The ratio is mat
ter of law; it has varied slightly
in our own currency; our ratio
has also varied slightly from the
one that has ruled in some other
countries. The worlds ex-
changes practically FIX the ra-
tio-Anaconda Standard, Janu-
ary 9, 1899.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-02-23

An opinion rendered by Solicitor Gen
elal Roberts, and approved by the at
torney general, gives the same rights to
Cinnamon in Hawaii they enjoy in this
country. A Chinaman who has resided
in the Sandwich Islands and departs,
temporarily, with the intention of re-
turning, is not to be deemed an immi-
grant upon his return Under this de-
cision the number of Chinese residents in
Hawaii will never be increased by inn
migrants from the FloWery Kingdom
We have taken Hawaii as we find it, not
as the oon-eyed heather would make 1t
Daily inter mountain., 1899-02-23

During the year 1898 there were over
90 new trusts formed, representing an
aggregate capital of 81, 2O0,oOO,03o. These
trusts range all the way from the~Amer-
lean Lamp Chimney company, with a
capital of s50o,O0o, to the Print Clio III
pool, with a capital of $50,000,00o. There
are two prime causes Of trusts; first, the
gold standard, which by causing cont
stantly failing prices, makes ordinary
business unproftable and drives firms to
combine ard artificially sustain prices or
go under Nothing but a change in our
money policy will cure this. Second, is
railroad discrimination in favor of trusts,
which gives them control Of the markets.
The free coinage of silver would render
trusts impotent to harm the people, A
stringent money market creates trusts,
cheap money destroys them.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-02-23

The state Legislative assembly attended
strictly to business on Washington's 8
birthday, judging from the amount of
work done, 1t must be presumed mem
bers bore the farewell address of the
father of his country" in mind and re-
Trained from "tangle foot" or an other
"entangling alliance during the day.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-02-23

a man, recently left a widowcr. when
arranging for his late wife's tombstone,
gave orders that the lettering should be
OF stated size. At the bottom of the
stone he wished to have the words. Lord
/ she was Thine The StOne-masOn said
he was afraid there would not be room for
the words. but the bcreaved widower in
sisted, and the carving was put in hand
The correctness of the mason's view was
justified, for when the stone was finished
at the foot of the tablet We're the words,
Lord, she was Thin" n."-London Chroni-
Gle
Daily inter mountain., 1899-02-23

With snow from 10 to 16 feet deep on
the level in northwestern Colorado, and
railroads tied up in other portions of
the state by prevailing storms, the pres
ent outlook there is gloomy indeed,
Fears are entertained that isolated
camps will experience great suffering. No
efforts to clear the lines, until the storm
shall cease, will be made. Storms were
raging in the mountains of that state
yesterday.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-02-23

The $4,000 dinner given by Councilman
Guggenheimer, Of New York, to which
alluSion has been made in these columns.
is said to have originated from a joking
suggestion made soon after Mayor Van
Wyck was elected that Tammanys vic
tory should be celebrated by such a feast
as is described in QUO Nadis," with Rich
ard Croker as Nero at the head of the ta-
BILE, with q wreath of laurel on his brow.
Mr.. GuggenheiIuer failed to see the hum
or of the thing and took it seriously, and
the dintnr of last Saturday was the re-
suit, although for fear of the talk that
it might have created, the Quo Nadis''
banquet was not closely copied in all re-
speCts.-TrOy Times.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-02-23

The Mexican Herald" says: "Prop-
erty-oWners, busy people of all kinds, in
central America, are anXiously awaiting
the building of the Nicaragua canal. The
entrance of the United States in it's capac-
1ty of civilizer into that politically turbu-
lent region means a new guarantee of
public order. Men of capital in he Cen
ira! American countries are tired of revo-
lutons, of being Systematically plunder-
ed for the benefit of the successive dicta-
tors"
Daily inter mountain., 1899-02-23

The court OF inquiry to investigate the
bad beef charge made by General Miles
has, thus far, heard testimony which sup
ports the commanding general. That
beef must, certainly, have been a bad lot
It makes one a convert to the total de-
pravity of man" dogma to read it. "Not
fit to eat' is the burden of the story told
by the witnesses yesterday 1t is hoped
the responsibility of foisting the stuff
upon the soldiers may be properly nXeo
and the party or parties be made to suffer
for it. Then let the country have res,
from the whole subject matter.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-02-23

"You say that the young lady overhead
makes her living by the piano? Strange
l never heard her play"
well, you see, she collects from every
tenant in the house 10 cents an hour and
20 cents am hour by night for not playing
and she makes mighty good thing Of it
-Meggendorfer Batter
Daily inter mountain., 1899-02-23
The ! ak OF the Day.

a special correspondent of the Detroit
Journal says that nearly all the peach
trees III Michigan were frozen during the
recent cold spell. Fortunately" he
adds, there is another side to this
gloomy outlook.-most fruitgrowers are
too wise to put all their eggs in one bas-
ket. They raise stra wberries, too OF
raspberres, b,ackberries, currants, plums
CT pears
Daily inter mountain., 1899-02-23

All but one Of Agoncillo's retainers,
secretaries, etc, have folded their tents
and left Washington. The one left is i'll
and unable to travel Agoncillo found
the climate Of America too chilly for his
warm feelings against this country and
Daily inter mountain., 1899-02-23

departed some time ago, to meet with
those in Europe who felt in q humor to
console with him over Aguinaldo's lost
cause. Agoncillo and his gang will trou-
bic America with nothing but a remem-
brance
Daily inter mountain., 1899-02-23

Filipinos may shoot we'll from their
jungles, but they scatter like chaff before
the wind in the open
Daily inter mountain., 1899-02-23
4 Remarkable RecOrd

S6,S55 cases OF G. H. Mumm's Extra Dry
imported in 1898: 52,649 more than any
other brand. This champagne is made of
choicest grapes and first DRESSINGS.
Bottles will bear green neckbands and
star label.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-02-23

If an extra session of congress be
deemed necessary, democrats of tn,
for it,
Daily inter mountain., 1899-02-23

The interco!onal cricket match at Mel
bourne, Australia, which began on De-
cember 81, was seriously interfered with
by the excessive heat. One Of the South
Australians was overcome by sunstroke
and had to be taken off the field, and it
was day Or two before he was able to
play again.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-02-23

Fifty tons of tobacco will soon be ship
ped from the Australian colony OF VIC
toria to London.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-02-23

Mrs. @ Brien-Have yez amy ancisters,
Mrs. Kelly?
Mrs. Kelly-And phwat's ancisters,
Mrs. O'Brien?
Mrs. O'Brien-Why, people you've
sprung from.
Mrs. Kelly-Gmpres pressiyely)-Listen to
me Mrs OBren--I come from the rayal
shtGck av Donohues that sphrinS from
nobCdy-they shpring at thlm,-Puck.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-02-23

There was buried at Abney Park ceme-
tel~v Yesterday a somewhat remarkable
Free Mason named Henry Muggeridge,
who, dying at the age of ST, had record
of some sixty years in the craft. From the
time of his initiation, in 1889, he had prac-
tically lived a life of Masonry, in the rlt-
ual of which he was specially learned, as
he proved during the long period ne was
preceptor in the Stability Lodge of In
struction. He was greatly sought after
in former days by those who desired to be
good "workers" and he was constantly IN
vited to lodges and chapters wherein the
Master or first principal felt unequal to
the performance of all the ceremonies
London Standard.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-02-23

An old Yorkshire collier, we'll known for
his success in the COursing field, recently
surprised his mates by marrying a very
unpreposs pauper woman He had
always been reckoned confirmed hater
of the other seX
'.Nhy has ia gone and got splced, lad,
at thy age?" one of his friends asked him.
"Oh, that's not so much of tale an
svered the OLD man stolidly II agree
wi We. at Bctsey yonder is no beauty. If
she had been, | shouldn't have wed her.
But that there dog o. mine, he was sim
ply pinin' for somebody to look after him
while I was away at the pit. | couldn'
bear to leave him in the house by hlssen
so | hit on the idea O marryin' Betsey
She's not handsome, but she's mighty
good company for the dog
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EOGE, DAILY & CO.. ANACO D J
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-03-02
Brooklngs Township.

Mr.. and Mrs. Larson will move to
Brookings this week.
Ole Aslackson has been attending
court the past week.
Mr.. Fl. Egeberg Of Brookings, visit
ed In our town last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Larson were agreeably
surprised by a few Of their numerous
friends last Sunday.
Alfred Holm took in the dance and
attended to other pressing business
In Brookings last Friday.
II. Halvorson intends to move the
buildings from the Larson farm to his
other farm on the Sioux river. Mr..
Halvorson will have one of the best
stock farms In Brookings county as
the river runs through them and
furnishes fresh water supply and
excellent shelter.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-03-02

peculiar package, and the price, five
cents package, is an illustration OF
the wonderful cheapness Of good food
which has been often commended
upon.
Such biscuit as this has great
value for its digestibility and health
fulness, and housewives at once ap.
preciate its convenience and economy.
Uneeda Biscuit have demonstrated
that a purchase Of the biscuit need
not be an experiment to find out
whether they are fresh or not.
Housekeepers who have been de.
TERED by this uncertainty from sup
plying their tables with biscuitsas a
regular article of diet will need very
little of the scores of uses to which
they lend themselves. An unbroken
package of Uneeda Biscuit in the
cupboard is ready for instant service
when the children want their lunch
or when unexpected company arrives.
Their delicacy of flavor makes them
acceptable to the most refined taste,
and their substantial nutrltive value
makes them equal to satisfying the
keenest pangs Of hunger that ever
afflicted growing boy.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-03-02
Oak Lake News.

f. E. Green bought span Of horses
last Monday.
Lloyd Mewhirter was seen on our
streets Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Ebert were in
these parts last Monday.
August Glassr purchased q horse
recently that will do him good service.
i sFred Newton has purchased thor
oughbred Shorthorn bull. 1t 10 q fne
one.
Tuesday will be town meeting day.
Turn out and elect good men to look
after our township affairs.
John Hegsman, the rustling ma
chino man from the county seat, pass
ed through this place Friday.
Fred Williams is still At work Dor.
ing wells on his farm. He has been
very unfortunate so far, but still has
hope Of finding flow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Griepentrog went
to visit their brother Carl, of Alton
township, expecting to be absent sev.
sral days. Carl 10 very sick at present.
LOAFER.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-03-02
March Weather.

The following data, covering per-
iod of seventeen years have, been com
piled from the weather bureau
records at Huron, showing the char
acter of the weather for the month Of
March during that time:
Mean or normal temperature q de-
grees.
Warmest month was that Of 1889,
with an average Of SO.
Coolest month was that OF 1883 and
and 1891 with an average of 10.
Highest temperature was 10 on the
10th, 1894.
Lowest temperature was -25 on the
14th, 1897.
Average precipitation for the month
0.97 inches.
Average number of days with .Ol OF
an inch or more, 8.
Greatest monthly precipitation was
LII inches in 1896.
Least monthly precipitation was
0.12 inches in 1885.
Greatest amount Of precipitation
recorded In any twenty-four consecu
tive hours was 0.96 inches on the 9th
and 2Sth, 1896.
The greatest amount of snowfall re.
corded in any twenty-four consecu
tive hours (record extending to winter
OF 1sS4-S5 only was go inches on the
30th, 1891.
Average number of clear days, 8
partly cloudy days, 13; cloudy days 10
The prevailing winds have beer
from the northwest.
The highest velocity OF the winC
was 6S miles from the northwest or
| the Sth. 1892
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-03-02
Colonial Tes.

For several years it has been the
custom Of the various aid societies OF
this city to meet In the afternoon
and they area usually participated in
By the ladies alone.
The ladies Of the Presbyterian
society decided to have Q change In
the program, however, and last week
gave colonial tea at the residence
Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Kendall, on
Minnesota avenue, to which event
the gentlemen were invited. The
event took place on last Thurs
day evening. Mrs. Kendall was
assisted fin entertaining by Mrs.
Cameron sand Mrs. butcher, who
served light refreshments during the
evening. The large and pleasant
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Kendall was
taxed to its utmost to accommodate
the number that were in attendance
and the receipts OF the evening was
very gratifying to the ladies.
A fine literary and musical program
was rendered, providing very pleas
ant evenings entertainment. Among
the numbers presented were several
selections by the Mandolin club, COM
posed OF Mcssrs. Duden, Hustled,
Kendall, Mork and Orr. 1t is need.
less to say that it proved very
pleasant feature of the enter
tainment. Following this was reci-
tation by Ruby Matson; piano sole
by Miss Mary Davies, a recitation by
Mrs. p. @. Murphy; a piano duet by
Van and Blanche Fishback and two
selections upon the zithern by Mrs.
George p. Sexauer.
An interesting feature Of the enter
tainment was the number Of ye olden
time gowns worn by the ladies,
among the most striking Of which
we observed, were worn by the Misses
Enos, Keith and Young, Mesdames
Collier, ,Cochrane, Kendall, Stoddart
and Hegeman.
Prof. r. Il. Kerr represented George
Washing ton and Mrs. Burnett, Mar
tina, and who, with becoming grace
and dignity, greeted the guests Of the
evening as they arrived. The minia-
ture George and Martha were repre-
sentcd by Master Whited and Ruby
Matson, who attended the door and
looked after the comfort of the guests
upon their arrival
All In all 1t proved very pleasant
evening to those present and the sue
cess OF the experiment Of an evening
social was very gratifying to those
having the matter In charge.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-03-02
volga Items.

Lyle e. Fisher is very sick with
pneumonia and typhoid fever.
Ed. Benke, c. NJ. Story and Adam
Royal, OF Arlington, spent Wednes-
day In our burg visiting friends.
Julius P. Berg and wife lost their
only child last week. The funeral
took place Wednesday at the Luther
an church.
The little one-year-old girl Of II. NJ.
Karlstad who died Sunday morning
was buried in the Lutheran cemetery
Tuesday afternoon.
Through the dispatches in the daily
papers we note that among others
Geo. f. Aldrich, of Aurora, who join
ed Co. X. Is on his way home on sick
leave from Manila.
The PAY farm" s. e. 34-1l1-5l, was
sold Tuesday through the Equitable
Loan & Trust Co. to Fred Linnell, OF
Green Co., Ia; consideration, 81, 200 90
Mr.. Linnell expects to move on the
place at once.
A Ladies' Aid Society has been or
ganized in connection with the new
church with membership of twenty
The first regular meeting will be hello
Thursday, March 9th, at the home Of
Mrs. M. A. Stumley.
Rev. B. B. Haugan, of Fergus Falls
Mimi, lectured on the "Seven Devils
Sunday afternoon at the Lutheran
church and again on Tuesday night
on Temperance" to large audience
at the Presbyterian church.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-03-02
SOLVING THE BISCUIT PROBLEM.

Uneeda Biscuit and Their Air Tight Pack
age Please All Housekeepers.
Housekeepers have found their pro-
blems made easier and their labor
made lighter during the past few
years by many inventions and i'm
provements along the line Of prepared
foods. Some of the specialtles in
provisions placed on the market have
abundant merit, but others are Of un-
certain value. All housekeepers a.
gree, however, in pratslng the enter
prise that has supplied them, through
the nearest grocer, with Uneeda Bis
cult, the new food article.
Uneeda Biscuit, which has met
with such immediate popularity, is
successful because Of its simplicity.
1t is new raised biscuit Of superior
excellence and of peculiar shape,
which has all tho crispness and fresh
ness that make a soda biscuit just
out of the oven a most exquisite NOR
sci. The lack Of this oven flavor In
ordinary biscuit is often the fault
that makes them unpalatable. The
soda in the biscuit soon absorbs mois-
ture from the air and the cracker
loses it's crispness. Even II 1t should
dry out again the flavor has departed
forever.
This difficulty has been overcome
in Uneeda Biscuit bv special pack
age which is moisture proof and air
proof, so that 1t will retain for a rea-
sonable time all the goodness that the
baker was able to, put originally into
the biscuit. Uneeda Biscuit can be
found In almost every grocery store.
4 That the trouble which has here
tofore made biscuit an uncertain ar
ticle OF diet, sometimes very good ant
at other times the reverse Of good
has been overcome by these method
are proved by the instant demand TO
Uneeda Blscuit In households all owe
the country. The new biscuit ar
never sold In bulk, but always In th
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-03-02

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