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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-13

huts and Meikeljohn soon became
generally known as the true pale faced
friend of the Winnebagos and the
other tribes in that part Of Nebraska.
Mr.. Meikeljohn served his distri.. in
congress three terms and if his Indian
constituency had it their way he would
still be known as Congressman Mel
keljohn.
Drifting to the subject of the Til
man-McLaurin controversy in South
Carouina Mr.. Meikeljohn said that he
never witnessed a southern election
but once and that was at Richmond,
Va, some years ago. He and a friend
went down to Richmond on election
day from Washington, and curiously
enough, bent or gaining knowledge
about some southern elections. The
two travelled incog. and Mr.. Nickel.
john said that he learned more at
Richmond about carrying elections
than he could learn in a thousand
years on a Nebraska Indian reserva-
ton.
"The slow process of registering the
colored votes at Richmond as l wit
messed it," said that gentleman, beats
every system that has come under my
observation. 1t took from 10 to is
minutes to record a colored vote, and
| saw a string of colored voters three
blocks long in one ward waiting their
turn to vote when the crier announced
the closing of the polls.
Il remarked to n of the police
men at the polls in one of the wards
he continued, that l thought he was
allowing the colored votes to be regis
tered too fast and it might cost us
the election in the ward This re-
mark at once placed me upon intimate
terms with the man in uniform, who
mistook me for a democrat, and he
at once explained that the judges in
side were experienced men and that
they were the most rsourceful men
on earth when it came to asking ques-
tions of the colored population touch
ing their right to vote. True to the
information impaired to me by my
newly made friend in uniform the
announcement of the result of the bal
lot in Richmond that night showed
that Richmond election judges, with
a we'll organized police force, know
something more than we westerners
do about conducting elections"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-13
THE MARYLAND REPUBLICANS

Omaha Bee: The republicans of
Maryland are not assured of victory
this year, but they have bravely an
nounced their position on national
questions, whereas the democratic
platform deals chiefly with state mat
tiers. The Maryland republicans are
in hearty accord with the domestic
and foreign policies of the national
administration and with republican
tariff and currency principles. There
is no trimming or evasion in their
platform and while they will make the
campaign chiefly on national questions
they undoubtedly will not avoid dis
cussion of state affairs.
The democratic campaign will be
under the management of former
United States Senator German, who
is one of the most skillful and adroit
politicians in the entire country. Mr..
German desires to succeed Senator
Wellington and will do the best polit-
ical work of which he is capable to
that end, but it is doubtful if he now
has as much influence as formerly. He
is a most resourceful POLITICIAN, how
ever. The democrats Of Maryland are
committed to the policy Of negro dis
reimbursement, which ought to assure
their defeat, though possibly it will
have no very material effect.
The Maryland campaign will be OF
less general interest than some other
state contests, but the result will not
be altogether ~unimportant.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-13
A STATES

Abusing both parties to the litiga-
d%isgracing the Judiciary of the state
does not remove the stain on the bench
which has been placed upon it by one
of it's members, neither does it tend
to place Judge Harvey in a better
light before the people nor lessen the
stigma under which he now rests.
Instead of doing what it was reason
able to suppose he would do when the
first lot of affidavits were filed against
him, he temporized and simply asked
for a suspension of judgment. Even
though the people may not have con.
sidered him guilty of the charges con-
tanned in those affidavits, for the sake
OF the bench, ever jealous of it's good
name, and for the sake of his own rep
utation and standing as a man and
judge, they expected him to take such
action as would have put to confusion
those whom he declared We're simply
attempting to malign him and cause
him to be regarded with suspicion.
He made no effort to deny the damag-
ing afidavits in whole Or part. although
he had every power and influence at
his command that his exalted position
could bestow. He continued to remain
among the people who had honored
him and whose confidence he had en-.
joyed and apparently was content to
permit the attacks on his honor and
official integrity to go unchallenged
Suddenly he leaves, ostensibly for an
eastern trip in search of rest and rec.
reation. By a peculiar coincidence the
woman with whose name his W has
been coupled throughout the entire
disgusting story of Righteousness and
debauchery departs on the same train
It is true that she is said to have left
the train at a point in the state, while
he continued on his journey, but the
fact does not constitute a REPUTATION
OF the charges against him and does
not lessen the shadow which now
beclouds his name. His sudden de.
parture. can only be construed as cow
ardly fight and the refuge of a guilty
man. II innocent he had nothing to
fear, for he was among his friends
and Ia q community where he had ev.
ery reason to expect fair treatment
and 1ustice and where every opportun-
- would be afforded him to vindicate
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-13
TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1901.
VICTORY FOR PROGRESS.

The Gazette co~ngratulates the peo-
pie of the city on the splendid victory
won Saturday for progress and pub
lie s~piritedness. While the vote was
not as large as was expected because
of the Importance of the question at
issue, the handsome majority by which
the bonding proposition carried is
proof of the fact that the people are
opposed to any policy having for it's
object retardment of the city's prog
ress and the fostering of sectional
jealousy and feeling. The vote in the
affirmative shows that communal
good stands first in the minds of those
devoted to the best interests of the
city and that whenever occasion arises
for an emphatic expression of opinion
it will be forthcoming.
In view of the talk that had been
heard during the past few days pre-
ceding the election the opposition
which really developed was surpris-
ingly small. In only one ward did the
proposition to issue bonds fail to car
ry. The majority scored by the OPP
ponents in this ward was insignificant
and no doubt proved a disappoint-
ment to the opposition. In the other
ward from which a decisive vote in
the negative was expected a majority
for the other side and large enough
to offset three to one the majority of
it's neighbor.
The figures on the local pages Of
The, Gazette tell the story in detail.
The people in favor of improving the
city and adding to it's dignity and
standing seem to out number the other
element about two to one. AS The
Gazette took an avtive stand in favor
of the successful side and was among
the first to advocate the issuing of
bonds, it modestly claims a small
amount of credit for the success of
the movement. Above all it notes
with pleasure that the people are not
divided by sectional feeling and jeal-
ousy and that or any question invOlv-
ing the good of the whole community
they may be relied upon to do their
duty and vote for the good of all.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-13
e LOVE
Two Prisoners of War Make Desperate
Attempt to Escape.

jamestown, st. Helena, Aug. 12-
Two Boer prisoners made a desperate
attempt to escape Saturday evening.
They swan to a fishing boat far out
in the harbor, captured her and set
sail. All their clothing was lost, and
they were captured in a nude condi-
ton by the British war sloop Beagle.
They were returned to prison camp
clothed in coffee bags.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-13
Weather.

Y Washington. Aug. 12-Montana:
Fair Tuesday andasW.ednesday; var
liable winds.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-13
COIN HARvEY,s LATEST SCHOOL

Omaha Bee: Coin Harvey, who
played such a CONSPICUOUS part in the
is to l campaign of 1896 as the John
the Baptist of free silver, has modified
his views on the paramount issue.
When asked what, in his Judgment,
was to be the future of silver, he is
quoted as saying:
Il see little or no prospect for silver
regaining it's old position. When the
government is restored to the hands
of statesmen domestic money will be
understood as distinguished from in
ternational money and it may all be
made of paper, International money
must of necessity be something of in
trinsic value and trade between the
nations would be benefited by restor-
ing silver, But l see no prospect for
it in the present trend of affairs"
Coin Harvey has simply relapsed
into greenbackism, from which he orig
inally started. If this eminent fnancier
who is reputed to have invested his
surplus before the election of 1896 in
gold coin, had his way our financial
system would be constituted OF ire
deemable paper currency and metallic
money, coined on an international
standard, which means that the silver
coins would be equal in metallic value
to their face value: in other words,
that a silver dollar would contain a
dollars worth Of silver, measured by
gold. This is precisely the opposite Of
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-13

what Coin Harvey's school of finance
sought to teach in the Bryan cam.
paigns. Their silver dollar raj to be
coined at the arbitrary ratio of 16 to
/. whatever the market ratio Of silver
to gold might be.
Inasmuch as even Coin Harvey has
dropped the silver fallacy, it's further
discussion in school or out of school
will be superfluous.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-13
TILLMAN TALKING.
Pleads That McLaurin Be Not Denied
the Riqht to Enter Primary.

Chester, S. c., Aug. Ex-senator
Tillman with other political leaders of
the state, addressed a large and en-
thusiastic meeting here today. Sen
ator Tillman argued and pleaded that
McLaurin be not denied the right of
entering the primary. He said he does
not believe Senator MeLaurin will
ever make the race and he does not,
he says, want McLaurin to have the
excuse that he could not run. If Sen
ator McLaurin runs, Senator Tillman
said he does not believe he will carry
a single county in the state.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-12-20
HINTS FOR DAIRYMEN.

. Pure, healthy milk will not sour or
faint prematurely unless under the
most adverse atmospheric conditions.
In order to preserve milk in hot
weather, aeration, ice and cold water
are a mockery unless the cows are kept
cool and free from irritation.
One frequent cause of rapid de-
penerative change in milk in hot wealth
era cause that is too often over
looked-is the overheating of cows
prior to milking.
To rush COWS into the stable from
the pasture night or morning is to ex-
cite them sufficiently physically to
heat their milk to a feverish point,
quickly undermining its quality.
-, When a farmer ceases to consider
dairying simply as doing chores" but
to regard it as one of the most impor-
tant interests he has on his place, then,
and then only, is he prepared to make
his cows pay.-Massachusetts Plough
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-12-20
PROFIT IN FEEDING.
Some Facts and Figures Of Particular
Interest to the Dairymen Of
the Northwest.

Dairymen do not fully realize tho
heavy losses they suffer from failure
to feed COWS properly. It is estimated
that the average annual yield of butter
per COW is 1925 pounds. Every cow must
first be furnished with enough food
for body maintenance, then whatever
she gets over and above that amount
goes to make milk or meat. II cow is
bred along dairy ines-that is, if her
sire is full-blooded dairy animal
she will not have a strong tendency to
convert feed into meat, and will there
fore convert it into milk. So If she is
we'll fed from the time she drops her
calf, is regularly MIXED and made
comfortable, quiet and contented, the
more feed she gets the more milk she
will give.
Unuer careful feeding and good
management the yield Of butter can
easily be raised to 300 pounds a year.
We have about II, 0o0, 900 dairy COWS in
this country which are yielding about
1875, 0O0,0 900 pounds of butter, which
at IS cents q pound amounts to $685..
100000. If the 100000 cows were
properly fed they would produce $780,.
100000 pounds of butter, which at Is
cents a pound would amount to $685.
100000. Allowing for the extra cost
that good feeding would necessitate,
there is an annual loss of over $3.50, O00,.
600 because Of poor feeding. i.
1t may be thought by some that such
an enormous yield of butter would
bring ruin to the dairy industry. It
would to certain countries and localf'
ties, where feed is expensive, but the
farmers of the northwest need have no
fear on this score, for they could and
would in a short time be called upon
to furnish European countries with
their butter, as we could furnish It
and make more money than we do at
present at prices that other countries
could not possibly meet. In round
numbers it costs about twice as much
to produce butter in Denmark as it
does in the northwest. It will take
many years to bring the average yield
up to even 200 pounds per cow, and
those who begin now to feed right will
have the benefit of the good prices
Present prices will be found entirely
satisfactory if cows are literally and
properly fed. During the year 1895 un'
der good management cows returned
net profit of ten dollars per head;
during the year 1896 they made net
profit of $50 per head, after deduct
ing the cost of feed; during the year
1897 the net profit per COW amounted
to 1913 per head, making the average
for the last three years $50 per head,
without giving any credit for skim
milk and young stock.-G. Fl. sammis,
in Ohio Farmer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-12-20
NEW CURE FOR RHEUMATISM.

Hester, NO., Dec. 16.-An unusual
Ease which has recently come to
light here is exciting the keenest in
terest among medical men. Mrs. e.
Tenor Guardhouse suffered for over
forty years with Sciatic Rheumatism
80 severely and so constantly that her
case has been regarded as chronic
and absolutely incurable. At times
the pain was almost unbearable and
she could not rest day or night.
Some few months ago she was in
duced to try Dodd's Kidney Pills,
remedy recently introduced in this
neighborhood. The immediate re-
suits were magical and she continued
till she had taken eight boxes, and
now she declares she has not an ache
or pain left. She believes that she is
completely and permanently cured
and as she has not used the pills for
some: months and is to-day in the
best Of health the doctors, who were
Ut first skeptical, are amazed.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-12-20
IN THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD.

A 100000 silk cargo has just
reached San Francisco from the orient.
Twenty-seven-hour trains are here
after to be the rule between New York
and Chicago.
An immense 12,0oo-ton hydraulic
forging press is to be erected in the
Carnegie armor plate plant.
The possibilities of wireless teleg-
raphy were predicted by James Brown
Lindsay, of Dundee, Scotland, in 1884.
The Texas authorities are about to
establish a system whereby 1000 con-
victs can be employed on 5000 acres OF
sugar cane land.
A canal is being agitated from the
Mississippi river, along the coast OF
Texas, to the Rio Grande, six feet deep
and 60 feet wide, at an estimated cost OF
$1,500,000.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-12-20
HOW TO THROW A BULL.

loop around the chest; carry the rope
back, pass it over the loins and bring
it underneath the belly, close to the
TANKS; make another loop as before
and carry the rope straight behind the
animal and tighten up the loops, one
close to the elbows, the other close to
the hind tanks. All being ready, in.
struct the man who holds the halter
shank to pull forward, and at the same
time the men who have hold of the
loose end of the rope to pull straight
backward, and down the animal goes,
generally without struggle. Keep
the head down and the rope firm, and
as a rule the animal lies quietly until
such time it is desired he should get
up, when slacken the rope and up he
gets, none the worse for the casting.
The heaviest bull may be cast in this
way, but of course no one would think
of casting an in-calf cow or heifer
either this or any other way.-Aber-
deen-Angus Association.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-12-20
CURED ny ST, JACOBS OIL
Unable to Stand For Months Becaus'
of Sprained Ankles.

of Sprained Ankles.
(From the Cardiff Times)
Among the thousands of voluntary en-.
dorsements of the great value OF st.. ia
cobs Oil for sprains, stiffness, and soreness,
is that of Mrs. G.. Thomas, 4 Alexandra
Road, Cell, Ysbrod, near Pontypridd,
South Wales, who says:-
ut is with great pleasure that I add my
willing testimony to the invaluable excel.
experienced in my own case. sprained
both my ankles in walking down some steps
SO severely that was unable to stand tor
several months. The pain suffered was
most severe, and nothing that used helped
me until l applied St. Jacobs Oil, when
they Immediately became better daily, and
in short time l was able to 60 about, and
soon after I was quite cured. l am now
determined to advise all persons suffering
from pains to use this wonderful remedy,
which did 80 much for me.
Mrs. Thomas does not enlighten us as to
what treatment she pursued during the
months she was unable to stand, and dur
ing which time she was suffering so much,
but eve venture to suggest that had she
called in any well known medical man ne
would have at once have prescribed St. ia
cobs Oil, for it has conquered pain upwards
of fifty years, and doctors know there is
nothing so good. The proprietors of St:
Jacobs Oil have been awarded twelve gold
medals by different international ex,ilbi i:
tions as the premium pain.killing remedy OF
the world. The committees who made the
awards were in each instance composed
largely of the most eminent medical men
obtainable. Mrs. Thomas evidently did not
know the high opinion in which st. ia
cobs Oil is held by almost every progressive
medical man.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-12-20
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Madge-"I wouldn't think Of letting
sman love me until he knew me thor
oughly." Marjorie-''Do you think
he'd do 90 then, dear"-Town Top:
les. '' @%s$
He-"You'd never talk as insulting
~ to the maid as you do to me-" She
-"Of course wouldn't. Maids are.
difficult to replace."-Cleveland Plain,
Dealer. ,2
Tipple-"I haven't much faith In .
girl who is always fishing for COM
pliments." Sibyl-"No; like all an
glers, she is sure to lie about what
she caught Town and Country.
Joakley-"Queer thing about that
tall man over there. All his intimate
friends call him Short" Coakley---,
"Just because he's so tall, eh?" Joak-
ley-"No, because that's his name. -
Philadelphia Press. y
"Now, Johnny" said the teacher to
.. small pupil in the grammar class,
"you may compare the word Sick"
Johnny hesitated for a moment, then
blurted out: 'sick, sicker, dead.-
Glasgow Evening Times.
II have not seen your husband out
lately" remarked the ~trapeze per-
former. NO." returned the wife Of
the lion tanner, ''he is busy writing
book entitled wild Animals !
Thought I Knew Louis Re-
public. i.
"You are the apple of my eye" de-
clared the Fortune Hunter to the
Wise Heiress. II Think" unused the
Wise Heiress, "that will keep my
eye peeled, nevertheless" Naturally,
this evidence of astuteness on her
part thrilled him to the come:-Bal'
timore American.
my son." said the old lawyer with
the impressive dignity which he had
always found more effective in q JUS
ptice's court than elsewhere, "there
are times when what people think
you know will help you farther along
the road to success than what you
do ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS News.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-12-20
THE MEXICAN COYOTE MINER.
A Kind Of PROPRIETOR who II Ever
ON the Alert for Some One
to Take In.

Having your travelling outfit for
Mexican prospecting tour, the next
question is, where are you going? You
will probably, long ere you feel your
self prepared to start, have been &C.
costed BY numerous individuals who
have mines more or less distant. The
first proposition of one of these Mex
lean prospectors is, usually, that you
grub-stake him; failing that, that you
20 with him and look at the mine, fail
ing that, that you loan him two dollars,
says Engineering Magazine. Never
grub-stake Mexican. Ifyou give it to
him in cash he will spend it on a glori.
Gus drunk before he leaves town; II
you give him provisions, he will take
them out to the mine-if there is one;
ifnot, to any suitable point, and assem-
BILE his friends and relatives and pro-
coed on protracted picnic. If there be
any of the assembly who do not feel
themselves up to the mark as vocalists
or dancers, they may go out and dig
for an hour OF, so occasionally; but, on
the whole, there will be very little work
done for the amount of grub eaten.
Never let one of these "coyote" miners
undertakeeto pilot you to his mine, or
anywhere else. He will have number
of ranchers of his own feather along
the route of travel with whom he has
definite understanding. He will pilot
you to them for entertainment, and
they will charge you outrageous prices
for most villainous accommodate lions.
In return for this favor, the rancher
keeps the coyote whenever his wander
ings bring him that way. Never loan
money to one of those coyotes; it will
not even have the effect of getting rid
of him-he will come back to borrow
more as long as he thinks there 10 .
chance. -,.@
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-12-20
RENOVATED BUTTER.
Makers of This Now Popular Product
Should BE Compelled to Sell 1t
for What 1t In.

The war on renovated butter should
be carried only so far as is necessary
to compel it to be sold for what it is.
Here and there paper that thinks
it 10 aiding agriculture is demanding
that congress pass laws to prohibit
the working over of poor butter. So
far as we can see, the working over
of this poor butter does no injury to
the dairy business. 1t is true that
such butter will not keep very well
and hence should not be sold for first
class creamery butter. Otherwise it
is certainly an improvement over that
from which it is made. One of the
reasons for working over butter is to
give it a uniform color. Certainly
this cannot be considered a crime.
More science in sailing is used than
was the case with the original max.
ers. We hear great deal of talk
about rancid butter being the kind
that is worked over, and even if this
were so the charge would not be seri-
Gus, provided the rancidity were TAX
en- out. But we are informed that
most of the butter now obtainable is
merely poorly made butter that has
not vet reached the rancidity state.
When men first began to renovate but
ter. without doubt much rancid but
ter was used, but the demand for
cheap butter by the renovating fac
tories keeps the supplies so well
cleaned up that the butter does not
have a chance to get rancid. We be-
lieve that public opinion among farm
ers is such that congress will never
pass laws prohibiting the enovating
of unskillfully made butter.-Farm-
ore Review.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-12-20
The Construction Of silos.

A prominent dairyman Of Illinois
savs that it is a mistake to describe
INV one kind of silo and say that
in the one that all men should build.
The material that should go into silo
In Alaska is not the same that would
he used in Illinois. Silos are actually
being built in Alaska, and logs are
being used in their construction. The
loos are followed some on the under
side, SO that the groove in one will
at into the convex side of another. In
Kansas he would use a pit if nothing
also were available Review.