The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-10
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.

IOG Oluludly. ZI1G las come IlrOuQl
a winter and spring Of most incessant
and arduous labors, with a great
number of matters Of moment and
urgency pressing upon his time and
attention. And none OF these mat
tiers has been treated by him either
with negligence or with any lack of
diiigent regard aud concentrated IN
%terest: yet he, has emerged. from the
past four OF five months of intense.
application without the slightest In
i~dication of being tagged or stale.
The young men OF the country will
be entitled some time to know eve
IEiore than they have as yet been told
about the way in which President
Roosevelt acconplislles sc. much and
yet keeps in prime order. His physi-
cal constitution was, Of course, built
up, as everybody knows, years ago by
systematic exercise and much out
door life. His mental .yigor would.
seem to have been acquired by a
somewhat analogous method. The
president does not finch from the
task in hand. He has schooled HIM
self to do the days work as it comes.
He has acquired to a marvellous de-
gree the power OF concentration and
the habit of d~ecisiyeness. He ar
ranges his. day we'll, is very abstem-
1ous in eating and drinking, does not
allow himself to be cheated out a
fair amount Of exercise, does not.
rely in the least upon stimuIants or
tobacco, and, perhaps above all,
never tries to surpass himself or
Ito expend his reserve strength in
the achievement Of something ex-
ceptional. With matters OF colossal
Importance to attend to he simply
does his best as he goes along, deals
with every problem that arises in a
simple, direct and natural way, and.
thus finds the day sufficient unto.
itself. He borrows no trouble,
sleeps soundly, and meets the morrow
refreshed and with full courage.
EtE.L.EgEH-EsEI2 E-M aHE-E -EfHE E@g1
1t is not strange that this frank,
straightforward American citizen, SO
high minded in his motives and so
democratic in his sympathies, should
have won a great place in the CON
fidence and affection Of the American
people. He has also taken a marvel-
Gus hold upon the imagination and
1.-THE interest Of the peoples Of
Europe. "a discerning resident Of
Amsterdam informed this office, the
other day, that, With tie exception
of their own queen, Wilhelmina,
there was no person now living in
whom the pepole Of Holland took
nearly SO much interest as in Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
The people of France read eagerly
kall his utterances. His practical
philosophy Of life falls in most use
fully with the wholesome point OF
view that the best political and social
elements in our great sister republic
are earnestly teaching to the new
generation Of Frenchmen.
As for Germany, it is not merely
the emperor and Prince Henry, and
the leaders Of the army and navy,
who have expressed their liking for
President Roosevelt and their appre-
citation of his versatility; for the
German people asa whole have a re-
markably warm feeling toward him,
which is shown in their newspapers
andin many private as we'll as public
ways.
All parties and organs, in England,
of late, with hardly any exceptions.
have wed with one another in ex-
pressions Of friendliness toward the
people OF the United States: and, il
one may Judge. by the overwhelming
tone of the English press, President
Rooseyelt's popularity is greater in
that country than that enjoyed by
any contemporary head of a foreign
country in recent times.
He seems, in short, to embody, te
Europeans, the best and most honor.
able American traits of mind and
characterize typify those qualities
that belong to a gentleman in a
emocratic republic like, ours. ane
to- represent the best intellectuas
aims and aspirations ofSthis western
world.
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Ratio Of Plural Births.
Recently compiled statistics. show
that the proportion of twins born as
compared with other infants is one
in eighty births. OF triplets there is
only n Instance in 6,400 and quad
ruplets areas one to $4,000; while
the chances Of a quintet are even
more remote, the ratio being one in
40.980.000 births. A case is known OF