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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-08-06
WATCHING THE HERRING.
They Certainly Are the Queerest OF
Fish in Their Dislike of Cold
and Cloudy Weather.

had been watching the herring for
nm hour or more as they struggled
through the sluice to the dam. The
fall of the water over the gates was
unusually heavy that day, as was also
the run of herring. For week they
had been struggling in from the sea.
but to day they poured in by thousands.
The stream was clogged.
Something - their increased num-
bers and greater rivalry, perhaps-had
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-08-06
BoERs IN ARGENTINA.
and Are Farming I'm Pros.
porous Fashion.

It is known that after the Trans
vaal war many Beers emigrated from
South Africa and established several
colonies in different countries of Eu-
rope and America whose authorities
were glad to offer inducements to
such well-known agriculturists. Lit
tie information has been received
yet from those colonies, says . recent
report, except from that of 5Escalante,
founded eight months ago, in the
Chubeat district of the Argentine Re-
public. Particulars about Escalante
which recently reached the govern
ment Office of lands and colonies, at
Buenos Ayres, were accompanied by
photographs which give an idea of
the actual situation, and of what can
be expected frog the tenacious and
intelligent work of the Beers. They
have already begun to erect brick
houses, the material coming from the
brick ovens and plants built on the
spot. There are large farms in -four
ishing condition, with plenty of cat
tie, the main source of wealth in the
Argentine Republic. On the banks
of the streams trees, especially
eucalyptus, have been planted in
numbers. There are everywhere gar
dens and orchards, the plantations
being generally surrounded and pro-
tected by strong fences of earth and
stones.
The Beers are seldom inactive.
When they have nothing to do on
the farms they go fishing or hunting,
to procure variety of food. They
preserve religiously the remem-
brances of the mother country for
whose independence they fought.
The names which they have given to
their plantations are a proof of this.
Two of those farms are called De
Wet and Delarey; others are named
Bloemfontein and Magersfontein.
The relations which the Beers enter
tain with the natives cannot be bet
ter and more cordial than they are.
From the beginning the natives have
given the new colonists every assist
ance possible, and the Beers are
greatly pleased with the reception
rendered to them by the Argentines,
who informed them regarding the
land to be cultivated.
On Sundays the Beers at Escalante
meet for religious services at the
De Wet farm, the use of~~which is
given them by the proprietor, their
countryman, Herr Bauman. AS
stated by the Buenos Ayres paper La
Yrensa:~ ''These religious sentiments,
this faith, which united old and
young, which transformed their gen
erals into priests and made a people
of heroes, are those which they car
ried along in their emigration, which
make them strong and tenacious for
the work, which will leave a good
seed in the Argentine soil. Welcome
in these times of skepticism and ego
tism is that new blood which will be
transfused into the veins of our peo-
pie, bringing new elements of vigor'
purity and health"
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-08-06
Swedish Town Has No Taxes.

Orsa, in Sweden, has in the course of
a generation sold s5,750,o00 worth of
trees, and by means of a judiciousre-
planting has provided for a similar out.
come every 80 or 40 years. In conse.
auence of the development of this COM
mercial wealth, there are no taxes
Railways and telephones are free and
so are schoolbouses, teaching and
many other thingS-ChicaSe Inter
QeAaA
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-08-06
For Aged People.

Bellaower, Mo-, July 6th.-Afr. q. v.
Bohrer, Of this place, has written an
open letter to the old men and women
Of the country, advising them to use
Dodd's Kidney Pills as remedy for
those forms Of Kidney trouble 80 com.
mon among the aged. MIR. Bohrer says:
II suffered myself for years with my
Kidneys and urinary organs. I was
obliged to get up as many as seven or
eight times during the night.
Il tried many things with no success,
till saw one of Dodd's Almanacs, and
read of what Dodd's Kidney Pills were
doing for old people.
Il bought two boxes from one drug
gist, and began to use them at once. IN
very short time I was well. This i
over year ago, and. my trouble has not
returned, SO that know my cure was q
good, genuine, permanent one.
IT believe Dodd's Kidney Pills are .
splendid medicine for old people or any
troubles, for although am "a years Of
age, they have made me WELL" ...
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-08-06

Why n Waterfall ROars.
The roar of a waterfall is produced
almost entirely by the bursting OF
millions of air bubbles.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-08-06

To Cure q Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money If it fails to cure. 25c
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-08-06
Naturally.

The Student-That fellow has his
work cut out for him.
The College Man-What fellow?
The Student tailor.---Harvard
LampoOn.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-08-06

Some things seem easy till you try to do
Observation-Disclosures 0a.) Democrat.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-08-06

They Do Them Brown.
"What do men do when they get in
the legislature, pop?"
"Why, they do corporations, my
Statesman.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-08-06

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken Of
Ave-, n, Minneapolis. MINI, Jan. .; 1900.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-08-06
A HaDpy Faculty.

n HuHPy II uCu1tJs
Young Tutter Ito hostess)-I have
had a very pleasant evening. But then
I always manage to enjoy myself, no
matter where I am.-Life.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-08-06

If man is old, don't call him ''old man"
-Atchison Glol ..
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-08-06

The more conspicuously the jewel of con-
sistency is worn the more likely it is to be
paste. indianapolis News.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-08-06

black hog, spills me in the ditch,
breaks my wagon, smashes more than
20 dozen O. eggs I was takin' to town
to git store goods with, and then
runs away, and more than likely III
skeer Mandy and the folks to- death
when he tears up to the farm and
stops-if he ever does stop, which
is tarnation doubtful, the way he Is
goin'. What you got ag'in our folks
anyhow"
"TLen I saw heaps of broken eggs
on the ground. Farmer Haywood
had been badly mixed up with them
in the tumble in the ditch. And be-
fore could find words to express my
surprise at the farmers greeting ana
sympathize with him. he resumed:
eff you're thinkin' O. stayin'
around here he exclaimed, Jest let
me know now, and I'll sell the farm
and move out west, 'caa,se there
won't be a critter left onto it, and life
won't be safe with our folks if you're
anywhere night
"And without waiting to hear any
word from me, Farmer Haywood
! started on a run down the road on
the trail of his horse, shedding yolks
of eggs and bits ofFegg shell at every
jump. I turned my horse round and
drove back to the railroad station.
$50 I find I'm not going to spcno
my vacation at the Haywood farm
up in Pennsylvania, this year, and
I'm sorry,"-I, Y. Sun,
Evening star., 1903-10-30
Exhausted Resources.

She talked of Gustav Gusher and the pieces
that he wrote,
She turned her eyes toward Heaven now
and then and paused to quote:
He is her favorite author. With trans
cendental smile
She spoke for hours about the wOndrous
beauty of his style.
She threw her adjectives about in such a
lavish way
That when some one mentioned Shake
speare there was nothing left to say.
And Mr.. Fatsenham, the actor, one day
caught her eye.
She often speaks his name and always
speaks 1t with sigh.
He puts such splendid grace and subtle
meaning in a part!
He is the one embodiment of all dramatic
arti
His talents are so great that all the others
they outweigh.
When some one mentions Edwin Booth
there's nothing left to say
She merely follows fashion this enthusias-
tic miss.
We hail each passing trifie with a wild un-
reasoning bliss.
We gather up superlatives and scatter
them so free
That everything that isn't bad seems good
as good can be.
The statesmen and the heroes of the sturdy
by-gone day
When they happen to be mentioned there
is nothing left to say.
Evening star., 1903-10-30
Three Tammany Orators.

In the good old days'-some ten or flf-
teen years ago-Tammany had three orators
of whom 1t was very proud. Whenever he
wanted case presented with force, Richard
Croker would call upon one or another OF
them. and sometimes upon all three. They
were always at his command. Thomas r.
Grady John A. Fellows and Bourke Cock
ran were the spellbinders upon whom Tam
many relied in its hours of need.
Mr.. Grady was the favorite in what may
be called the Crokerian circle. A hearty
fellow of convivial habits he talked to the
! taste of the gang and was a hero at all the
Tammany blowouts. He offended MI.
Cleveland. and this limited the area of his
usefulness. 1t confined him to the town and
to Albany, where chores have been his por-
ton. He has never become national guam
tity and little cart-tail service in local
campaigns is now about his best lick.
Col Fellows was Gradys superior both as
speaker and man. AS result he came to
large proportions. His personal address
was so agreeable he was popular outside of
Tammany Hall. Mr.. Croker gave him a
seat In Congress, and he won reputation as
a debater there. 1t would have been better
for him and his fame If he had never ac-
cepted Tammany favor. for his talents were
under more reputable auspices. But he never
played fast and loose with his associates
While he held Tammany's commission he
served the organization faithfully.
AS an orator Bourke Cochran was the
grea test of the three. He received the best
assignments, and in more than one consro-
versy of national Importance his brilliant
address almost made Tammany respectable.
He too was sent to Congress, and at
tracted attention there by an occasional
speech. But Mr.. Croker never trusted him.
and finally broke with him, in an interview
which was for months the talk of New
York. Mr.. Cockran's light. however, was
too strong to be put out even by Mr..
Croker's large snuffer. He continued to
shine in his way. and is still shining. He is
again doing service for Tammany, and ap-
parently with as much relish as before his
name became Synonymous in the organiza-
ton with treachery But that he is winning
a single vote for Mcclellan is much to be
doubted The democrat who is always
regular needs no adjuration. while the
one who is debating with himself as to his
vote next week can hardly be moved by a
man of Mr.. Cockran's character.
Evening star., 1903-10-30
That Ex-slaye Pension Scheme.

In denying further use of the mails to the
ex-slave pension scheme the Postmaster
General has probably put an extinguisher
on that malodorous enterprise. There never
was the slightest reason to suppose that
Congress would vote a dollar for any such
purpose. The absurdity of the proposition
was promptly exposed by men of both po-
ltical parties. Still, tens of thousands of
ignorant negroes had their hopes aroused,
and many were induced to contribute of
their little savings toward pushing the
good thing along" In this day of graft this
is one of the very worst specimens of that
industry, the victims were SUCH easy
marks and so little able to stand a drain
of that kind on their small hoardings.
Evening star., 1903-10-30
Gasoline.

1t is rather extraordinary that question
should be raised to the authority of the
Commissioners to proclaim and enforce
police regulations restricting the storage
and use of gasoline. The purpose OF the
proposed regulation is clearly the reduction
of the fire risk in the District. Gasoline IS
dangerous to life and property, more So
II is scientifically urged. than gunpowder
or dynamite. The statute giving the Com
missouers power to promulgate the police
regulations. approved January 26. 1851 spe-
cically covers one phase of this very mat
ter In the second clause, reading thus:
"ro regulate the storage of highly in
nammable substances in the thickly popu-
lated portions of the District
If this were not sufficient to enable the
commissioners lawfully to restrict the sale
and use of gasoline in all parts of the Dis
trict. the joint resolution approved Febru-
ary 26 1892 assuredly does. reading as fol-
lows:
THAT the Commissioners of the District
OF Columbia are hereby authorized and en-
powered to make and enforce all such rea-
sonable and usual police regulations, III
addition to those already made under act
of January 26, 1887. as they may deem
necessary for the protection of lives, limbs,
health comfort and quiet of all persons and
District of Columbia"
In passing upon this power, as expressed
in various police regulations the enforce
ment of which has been sought by the
Commissioners and resisted by those af-
feCted. the courts have uniformly ruled
with wise consideration for the public well
fare and the strengthening of the hands of
the authorities. When they sought to re-
,i,jr ha do Of
between street cars and railroad trains the
Commissioners wrote a regulation requir-
ing all steam trains to come to a full stop
before crossing street tracks. The
railroad companies carried the matter to
the courts and there lost on every point
raised. The recent upholding by the courts
of the automobile regulations Is further
indication of their attitude on this subject
1t has been urged that the Commissioners
have the right under these regula tions to
prohibit the sale of firearms within the
District save for such uses are spe-
officially proved to the satisfaction of the
authorities to be safe and needful. The
carelessly stored or handled can of gaso-
line is more dangerous than even a care
lessly handled pistol. 1t menaces many
lives where the pistol menaces only one.
II threatens property. 1t adds heavily to
the burdens and responsibilities of the fire
department. 1t affects values.
1t may be conceded that gasoline is
useful domestic commodity, whether used
as n fuel. an illuminant or as a cleaner.
But that fact does not warrant its free
use or it's indiscriminate storage. If 1T
should be found that even with all the pre-
cautions now proposed gasoline is produc-
tive of frequent and disastrous fires it is
fair to assups-IbS~ the courts would up
hold the >s6pSb6ssioners in an effort abso-
lutely<fo %tevent. by regulation. the i'm
porS6tioN of the dangerous fluid into the
Evening star., 1903-10-30
The Army Canteen.

The committee report yesterday presented
TO the Public Health Association on the
subject of the army canteen indica ed
clearly that the issue is now squarely be-
tween statistics versus sentiment in the
fight for and against the restoration of the
soldiers club to it's former status The
abolition of the Canteen i'm 1901 was at the
request of the members of the Woman's 5
Christian Temperance Union. then in ses-
sion in this city. These women were ami
mated by the worthiest of motives They
believed that the sale of beer and light
wine within the limits of the army posts
was -c-indsl and that it led the soldiers
into bad habits. Congress needed their
plea and passed the law against the en-
phatic protests of officers and physicians.
who atteSted to the beneficial influence of
the c1uteen both physically and morally.
II appears from the report submitted yes
tern-whch term signifies the elimination
OF tie former distinctive features of the
post cNchange-the army has suffered from
a rcerudescence of all three evils which
were materially abated during the twelve
years of the continuance of the institution
drunkenness. disease and desertion. Prior
10 lssA. the year in which the canteen was
officially established by general orders, the
annual desertions for ten years averaged
II" per 1000 strength. The annual average
for the ten years following the establish
ment OF the canteeR was 462 per / 900. For
the seven years 1SS5-9l the average number
OF men depositing their savings with the
psynasters was 1913, while for the next
six years the annual average was $3.50, an
Evening star., 1903-10-30
The Emergency Hospital.

The report of the board of charities on
the Emergency Hospital charges indicates
that there Is need of change in the
method of management. Two facts appear
to have been clearly proved; first, that
there have been Irregularities of various
kinds at the institution, and second. that
efforts to correct them have been thwarted
by the refusal of the directors of the hos
pital to Investigate. Thus the board of
charities found itself hampered by the
lapse of time since the occurrence of the
events complained of to it. Had these
charges been carefully sifted at the time
they were first made doubtless needful re-
forms would have been instituted at once.
and the conditions which have given rise
TO scandal corrected forthwith.
1t is important that public confidence in
this institution should be kept at a high
point. 1t is a necessary and extremely
useful establishment performing functions
OF a practically official character. 1t has
doubtless been the means of saving many
lives and preventing much suffering But
the unrefuted intimatiOns of mismanage-
ment and abuse which have been advanced
from time to time OF late years have weak
ened the esteem In which the hospital Is
held by the community and have thereby
lessered its usefulness. The final conclu-
sion of the board of charities Is after all
the most important. that an institution
drawing 80 per cent of its annual income
from the public treasury should be either
wholly or in large part under the direct
control of public officials
Evening star., 1903-10-30

increase of 1873 per cent. Statistics as to
hospital records of diseases attributable to
the loose living of the soldiers while off the
reservations all indicate clearly the bene-
fetal effects of the system of selling to the
men. withln the limits of the posts, such
comparatively harmless beverages as beer
and light wines. under such restrictions
that no man could get too much.
The statistics Of the army since the
change In the canteen arrangements show
conclusively that the statute has restored
the old bad conditions. The men, on OBJ
tanning leave, go straight to the low grog-
geries which have been established just out
side of the reservati tions, and from there to
gambling dens and brothels. They lose
their money, they are degraded. they are
melted to desert and they are demoralized
in every way. The problem has grown of
late because the army is larger. An evil
condition is magnifed.
Sentiment may clamor against the res
toration of the old order. which made Tor
temperance and clean living. but 1t cannot
successfully confute the statistics. The
opponents of the canteen can only chal-
lenge the accuracy of the figures, and to do
this means to charge the whole army sys-
TEN with fraud and Justification of the Off
cial records The antagonist of the canteen
sometimes accuses the military authorizes
of advocating the restoration of the canteen
for selfish reasons. The logic of the charge
is not clear. The common sense OF the case
points Enthusiastically to the repeal or the
act of 1901 and the return to the conditions
which experience has demonstrated to De
the most practically wholesome and moral
for the army and society at large.
Evening star., 1903-10-30
"The Last Trust Battle y

In an article in the current number of
Leslies Monthly. entitled The National
Lobby at Washington appears this para
graph under the sub-head of The Last
Trust Battle
Public sentiment was behind the Presi-
dent. and senator after senator yielded.
Some of the large corporations determined
on final stand Thomas b. Reed. former
Speaker of the House. and then practic-
ing attorney in New York, went to Wash
ington to work against any legislation
which might be proposed for the purpose of
curbing the trusts. II, worked just three
DAYS around the committee rooms of the
House and the marble rooms of the Senate.
Then he stricken with a fatal illness
and died in a few days at the Arlington Ho-
tel. If he had succeeded in besting the
antitrust program of the administration
and had lived. there is little doubt that the
trusts would have sought TO beat Roosevelt
in the national convention OF 1901, and run
Reed for President.
Mr.. Reeds business in Washington on the
occasion of his last visit was not publicly
announced. He was here. as stated, and,
tn the deep regret of a large circle of ad-
mirers. sickened and died. If he came for
the purpose mentioned. his mission was
within his rights as practicing attorney
and the trusts were fortunate in securing
his services. He had had large experience
as a legislator. and his Judgment respecting
a congressional tangle was unusually good
There was never a moment, however. when
he could have influenced the legislation OF
last winter In the interests of the trusts in
the slightest, and lie may have made that
discovery before taking to his bed.
II the trusts imagined that there was
presidential timber I'm Mr. Reed at that time
they showed very poor appraisement OF
the situation. No man Of large ability and
former power was more hopelessly out OF
politics He had broken with the admins.
Evening star., 1903-10-30

traton. was not only out of Congress but
out of touch with his former political asso-
ciates. and was almost in the condition or
a man without party. He had no follow
ing anywhere; and how such man could
have been brought forward by the trusts to
defeat Mr.. Roosevelt in the national con-
vention next year requires to be elucidated
The probability is that Mr.. Reed would not
have permitted them to make any such use
of his name. His serving them as an at
torney is warrant for the suppostion
that he would have played their political
game tool, and especially as defeat for
him in the latter capacity would have been
inevitable
Evening star., 1903-10-30
A Criminal Offense.
From the indianapolis Journal.

The run on the st. Louis banks shows
how easily a panic of that kind may be
started In this case there is reason to
believe it was started by idle and. per-
haps malicious rumOrs from Chicago,
originating. probably, with stock manipu-
lators. The banks and moneyed institu-
tions of ST. Louis are conservatively
managed and as little likely to get into
trouble as any in the country. The run
of Tuesday demonstrated their perfect
solvency, but it was a cause of ground
less alarm to a great many people. The
whipping post would be none too severe
a punishment for person who ma
liciously or recklessly starts a false re-
port regarding the solvency of a bank.
Evening star., 1903-10-30
School Easements.
From the Portland Oregonian.

The movement to abandon the noisome
Easements of public school buildings and
institute Fairgrounds commends itself to
all who have any knowledge of the unsanf-
tary and even disgusting conditions that
have long prevailed in many of these base
ments. Dark, i'll ventilated, malodorous
these places. one and all, should be aban-
doned as playrooms. Parents will do their
part by dressing their children so that they
can play out during the brief recess and
noon hour without discomfort in all wealth
erS. This can be done and the health of the
children will be benefited thereby Base
ments that are microbe hatcheries, and
consumptiveS as teachers, are a part of
any public school equipment that should be
discontinued.
Evening star., 1903-10-30
National Self-Protection.
From the Ohio State Journal.

From the Ohio State Journal
The great increase in immigration, es-
pecially from countries where anarchists
are most numerous, emphasizes the ne
cessity of the rigid enforcement of the
law under which Turner is held. This
country should protect itself against an
archy as 1t protects itself against Asiatic
eholera or leproSy.