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Fergus County argus., 1904-02-17
Rich Prizes Taken.

Toxic, Feb. 10.-The japanese have
captured at least five Russian COM
mercial steamers, including the Eka-
terintostav, Moudken, Russia, Argun
and the Alexander. Tney were captur-
ed by the Japanese in Korean and ad-
jacent waters at various times since
Saturday by small cruisers. Some of
the steamers are rich prizes. The
small steamer Kotik is detained at
Yokohama, its status not Deing clear.
The Ekaterintostav belonged to the
volunteer feet.
Fergus County argus., 1904-02-17
UNIQUE SOUVENIR.
Gun OF "The Law West Of the Peeos'
Given Lily Langtry.

San Francisco Cal, Feb. 12.-Lily
Langtry. during her recent engage
ment in Sas Fracisco. was the recipi,
ent of an odd present in the shape of
a murderous looking A Colts revolv-
er. The gun. which has a history.
was presented to her by a committee
Fergus County argus., 1904-02-17
Special to the Argus.
Another Cruiser Sunk.

st. Petersburg, Feb. 16.-A report
circulated here that the Russian cruis'
er, Boyarin, has been blown up and
that all her officers and crew, 1877 in
number, were lost, is confiremd.
Fergus County argus., 1904-02-17
Special to the Argus.
Landing Troops in Korea.

London, Feb. 16.-The correspond.
ent at Chemulpo of the D".ly Express,
makes the astonishing statement that
Japan has already landed 10000
troops in Korea, $4,000 of whom are
extended along the fighting front to
the south of the Yalu river. The ia.
panese are landing provisions and mu-
nitions of war at Wonson on the east
coast of Korea, north of Seoul.
Fergus County argus., 1904-02-17
STATE SCHOOL MONEY.

Share Of Fergus County is Large
Amounts to $6,33t65..
The following table shows the num-
ber of school children of school age in
each county and the total apportion-
ment for the counties:
Fergus County argus., 1904-02-17
Special to the Argus.
Russian rect Held.

Paris, Feb. 16.-It has been decided
to hold the Russian squadron from
the Mediterranean now in the Red
sea, and bound for the far east, until
further orders
Fergus County argus., 1904-02-17
Russia.

Torpedo boats .......
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PROTECTION AND PROSPERITY.

HE Cousa Sun takes exception editorial The
Call in which effort made show
protection and prosperity.
The Sun says I'VE absolutely asounded that The Call
should admit to its columns such article ashood known
be falsehood by and child in the
tainly do nobody any good"
That rather talk We that the
pagn Cousa had reached such stage But
dsmayed for turning another page the of
St Louis Exposition under the caption, Wealth making
Bees and using the of Grand Island, Nebr usa-
ton follows
Grand Island Neb reached and the great our-story
and brick buildings sight these pansa city, place
business all the of the beet district
filled with Clearly washed bets the
lining the reception bins of the The
tender and white The quantity amazing The busy highways
filled AS far the reach little cumps
show where situated armhouses being
they larger and larger by them Herds of
tat and numbers all directions Creameres
large farms resulted.
yield high of California
managed well here made kings of those who hold
The banks fine buildings and their business The
looked like show days and energy marked the gait
feature all the
bus Train after OF beets passing miles
from and hauling by wagon
usual told The land good but
the yield has sufficient make where
only Indian often
the food gasshopper Beets fail they
grasshopper epidemic that often followed grain
crops"
That is picture. But beet planted
mill built Grand Island had Republican protection
fostered the industry The Call ready go will
accept the Colusa Sun a Juror.
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is worn with a gown of chiffon or il
fusion. preferably white, the jacket
being of some light color. This was
a fashion formerly associated with
the Grecian bend. But we have now
the beauty of the mode without it's
extreme.
Last season we touched upon the
military. This year we have ar
rived" But it is the picturesque mill
tary. The directoire is the favored
style, with the high girdle, the fiaring
revers and the so-called coat sleeve,
which is large and loose with deep
cuff, strapped with gold, which les
sens the length of arm.
The train has become an impossi-
bility save in evening gowns. The
wide skirt does not admit of it on
the street. where it would be a serious
incubus to the wearer. and an involun-
tary street-cleaner- which must arouse
every sanitary expert in the country.
The whole tendency of the year is
to color-not neutral tints, but those
that salute the eye with quick sur
prise. All the blues have grown
brighter. Scarlet that is scarlet is in
the ascendant, and the greens are
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-19
FOR A LEGAL BALLOT.


| Mr. Fairfax Wheelan supported by the Merchants As
ISOLATION, already of official connvance
Indifference the vest crimes against the franchise The
association has gone far enough make mperavey necessary
courts police and all officers charged
shall with promptness and vigi
lance in pursuing the wrongdoers to punishment.
The have been disclosed here to all large
reckless who without conscience
morality of public willing lend themselves
the schemes equally immoral politicians The only difference be-
San Francisco and other cities that here have
the Merchants Association voluntary organization that has the
collective and the hunt down the offenders
odium of party government that all parties
seeking by illicit of the franchise They
vantage though they wreck the law and defy IT'S nJuncuons
this spirit possessed by just such people that made the ballot
box refuge of fraud and the city association of
criminals preceding the Vigilance Committee That body found such
situation made legal publication impossible The virus had
law merely the putting of criminals trial before themselves.
The compelled supersede the official admnsra-
of puaon that long remembered and the city fairly cean
and in its judiciary has remained since
The Merchants Association doing the work that the
did, but under the necessity of employing the
means Largely owing to its efforts Grand ures are more mindful
law abiding The longer under bondage
the cops of the ballot and the law safe the hands of
local bench longer necessary supersede officers
elected by ballot frauds hang murderers by irregular trial
they sought by shooting
who protest against public while present corruption
be depored its entirely possible by invoking
law.
initiating
and feels the need of support
ISOLATION able to give We believe however, that Mr. Fairfax
Whean has the courage have gone sngeanded pursuit
the criminals but doubt nglhanded he could have succeeded
his righteous purpose To continue the work he began required
the manyed and vigilance and the wide dsn-
tered work of organization All this furnished by the
cation
Already both the need and the success of that work are APP
franchise will
leading business and citizens like Mr. de Young and
Mr. Phn election boards is of the effects Of the
associations work But be remembered that the people will
be deceived watchuness by the
of few such few of the election boards in the
while who will wink at enough boards
defeat the expression of the peoples will All election
be above suspicion and then the result will be freed from all doubt
OF being of the lawful the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-19
Senator'S Death
Loss to Women

From his first appearance in pub
lie life the late United States Senator
Hoar of Massachusetts, had been an
earnest upholder of all kinds of legis-
lation for the benefit of women and
had been instrumental in the passage
of many laws which have given to
them better opportunities of education
and wage earning, and above all he
had been a fearless champion OF the
political rights of women
A strong attachment existed between
him and his estimable wife. When
Mrs. Hoar died last winter, his friends
predicted that he would not long sur
vive her. His long advocacy of equal
rights for women was doubtless made
more earnest by his association with
this noble woman.
All his public addresses on this sub
ject were characterized by high re-
spect for womanhood. In a speech de-
Iivered at Amherst, Mass, the late
Senator said
Il believe that the republic will
never reach the lofty ideal of the con-
ception of our fathers; it will never
attain the high moral quality which
will be alike it's strength and its
safety, until that qualification shall be
given to it by the help and co-opera-
ton of woman.
The moral temperament, which de-
termines permanently the history of
any community, is given TO it by it's
women. No nation, no city, no house
hold ever took a lofty place, where
the influence of woman did not inspire
/: with the heroic temper. But this
influence can only be exerted by wom-
an to it's fullest extent when she shares
the responsibility. and takes her prop
er and fair part in the conduct of the
State which she is to influence
Whenever in the household woman
is admitted to the confidence of her
husband, she can be depended upon
for an household virtues of economy
of self-sacrifice and purity. 1t is only
when she is excluded from that conf
dence that she sets the example of
selfishness and frivolity."
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GIVES UP THE FIGHT.

HE New York Herald has the best facilities knowing what
will happen in the politics of that State 1t Rooseves
election while Parker. This
dent is of New York as he is of Vermont
Signs of disaster to Parker multiply the Fx-
President Cleveland have presided Democratic
ing in New York City which featured expression
that side but Mr. Hearst after dining Judge Parker
ceeded denounce personally both Mr. Cleveland Mr. Oney
Then the eesdent discovered that his other engagements would
admit of his and the default
Epelng Cleveland Oney and Carlisle councils
leaves Bryan evidence the only influence active and
places him the attitude of enjoying vicious revenge the
who left the his and who COM
ing back by shower of mud The people will
such dsoganzed and ncoherent ncongruty the
present Democracy.
President Roosevelt should be backed by Republican Congress-
and California will do her duty and be mindful of
by sending solid delegation support him.
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brilliant. Woman is not subtle, she
is merely elusive in her present phase.
Musical Cards.

The striking novelty in picture post
cards is about to be placed on the
market by a French syndicate.
To an ordinary pictorial card is af-
fixed a very thin transparent gelatine
disk, on which is impressed a gramo-
phone musical record. A hole is
pierced through the center of the disk,
and the post card can be placed on
an ordinary talking machine" and
played in the usual way.
The musical post card opens up an
entirely new field for the craze. Photo
graphs of great singers and composers
will be accompanied by extracts from
their works, pictures of national flags
by the anthems of the different coun-
tries, and so on in endless variety.
Candidates for political honors, instead
of sending merely their photographs
to constituents. will be able to accom-
pany them with the photographic rec
ords of an election address.
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Try Your Hand
at These Desserts

GrandmOther's Cookies-One cup OF
sugar. three-quarters cup of butter. one
cup of buttermilk to which has been
added one small teaspoonful of saler-
atus and one-half cup Of cocoanut. Mix
all together with -four enough to roll
without sticking to the pan.
Bread Pudding With Meringue-Beat
the yolks of four eggs well. add one
cup of sugar. the grated rind Of one
lemon and then mix in two cups OF
bread crumbs. one quart of milk and a
half teaspoon of lemon fiavoring. Bake
in a buttered dish in a moderate oven
until firm. Cover with meringue
made from the whites of two eggs
beaten stiff with one-half cup OF pow
dered sugar. Pile the meringue roughly
over the top and color in the oven
Steamed Bread and Butter Pudding
Butter pudding mold and lay in thin
slices of bread spread with butter and
again with jelly or jam Beat three
eggs, add a pint of hot milk and pour
over the bread. Steam half an hour
and serve with a liquid sauce. This
is better when steamed in cups, as
then even twenty minutes viii be long
enough and this makes it an emer-
gency dessert.
Chocolate Pie-One cup sugar, table
spoonful butter. one egg, two-thirds
cup milk, two cups -four, one-half tea
spoonful soda, one teaspoonful cream
tartar. pinch salt Frosting for filing:
One cup milk, one-half cup sugar, two
squares chocolate; boil until thickens.
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Riding a la Mode.

Don a cap, my dearest,
Visored for your eyes;
Wrap up in your queerest
Tourist looking guise;
Perch yourself beside me-
or we move-'ChOol choop
In our wake to chide me
Folks are saying ''WhewI"
See those children scatter
From our sudden track
Missed that dog? No matter;
Kill him coming back.
Here's Jones. sure as preaching,
With his skittish gray.
Well scoot past a-screeching-
Watch it run away
Now we're going faster!
Did hit him right2
Guess he'll need a plaster
When he's due to light.
There's a cop-I wonder
Why he looks so sour.
'Spects that were not under
Those eight miles an hour!
Gasoline and sneezes.
Clangor. dust and howls;
How the poor cop wheezes
AS his steed he row'IsI
Home again, my sweetness,
Let us disembark
Viewed in its completeness,
Wasn't 1t a lark!
Brooklyn I.ifu
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!: THE SMART SET :

Dillon. who is the fiancee OF Lieutenanr
Emory Winship, and Miss Gertrude
Dntton- who will wed Josiah Howell
The affair will be elaborate. covers be-
ing laid for fifty. Mr.. and Mrs button
also entertained similarly for Miss Dut-
tom when she made her formal debut
last year.
An early morning wedding yesterday
was that of Miss Emily Adams and
Henry Cheever Bowman, taking place
at $50 in the First congregational
Church. The ceremony, performed oy
the brides father, the Rev. George C.
Adams, was one Of simplicity, this
feature characterizing the entire event
There were no attendants, the bride
and groom walking together TO the al
tar A quiet reception followed at the
house of Rev. and Mrs. Adams, Mr. and
Mrs Bowman leaving in the afternoon
for the south Their home will be at
1902 Pierce street.
A quiet wedding took place in Oak
land on Monday when Miss Wanda
Brastow and Ralph Henrice Of this
city were married. After the cere-
mony the young couple returned to
San Francisco and told few friends
of the happy event. at which brides
maids and the usual accessories of a
wedding were dispensed with. Mrs.
Henrice Is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs S. d. Brastow of this city. Mr..
Henrice is connected with the North
German Lloyd Steamship Company
They will make their home in this
city.
The Ben Greet players will partici-
pate in a Shakespearean festival at
Mills College on October o. ''As You
Like IT. will be given in the open air
on Saturday afternoon, leaving the per-
Torrance Of The Merchant Of Venice"
for evening, this production taking
place in Lisser Hail.
Captain Louis H. Bash arrived yes
terday from the Philippines. When he
was stationed here with the Seventh
Regiment, Captain Bash claimed many
friends who are warmly extending con-
gratuIations upon his engagement to
Miss Bertha Runxle.
DIR. Genthe arrived in New York from
Europe last Saturday. After making
short stay in Washington and ST.
Louis, he will arrive in San Francisco
on October "a.
Mrs. Atherton Macondray, with her
three children, has arrived from the
Philippines, where she has been for
year Mrs Macondray is at the Collier
home, where she will be until the ar
rival of Mr. MaeOndray.
TC-day's exposition party is COM
posed of Mrs. l.. l.. Baker, Philip
Baker, Mrs. Robert Oxnard. Mrs.
James Keeney, Mrs. Chauncey Rose
Winslow, Mr.. and Mrs. William Hinck-
ley-Taylor.
Miss Grace SDreckels. who is to be
a bridesmaid of Miss Katherine Dill
lon, will give a dinner in honor Of Miss
Dillon on October 29.
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Cat Came Back.

Miss Cynthia Roche is connoisseur
of cats. Therefore it was not surpris-
ing for her to sell one of her own pets
at the charity fete and have it raf-
fled off at SIS a ticket. What added to
the kittens attractiveness was the
gilded cage in which Miss Cynthia
displayed her feline treasure. 1t re-
fleets on the young lady's willingness
to part with it that the cat came back
next day, cage and all. and it is to be
put up again at a supplementary raf-
file for the same charity.-Boston Her
aid.
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London,s Great Thirst.

The quantity of water used in the
96S.G20 houses supplied by the metro
politan water companies in 1903
reached the immense total of 77,133,-
1t4.T70 gallons. says the London Ex-
press.
1t is estimated that the population
inhabiting these houses numbered
6,509,s17.
The average daily supply of water
during the year amounted to 254 gall
Ions per house and "a gallons for each
person.
July was the month when most wa
ter was used, the consumption reach
ing 80 gallons per head. In Deem
Der. however, it fell to 80 gallons, this
being the month when least water was
used.
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CADPICES OF DANE FASHION CHANGE
THE FIGURE MEASUREMENTS OF WOMAN
~ JONAH is the anatomical cham
eleon. She changes her measure
w ments with each season. To the

eleon. She changes her measure
w ments with each season. To the
uninitiated male mind she be-
comes long or short wasted, sloping or
square shouldered, high or low busted.
without any apparent inconvenience
a demonstration that the operation,
whatever it may be, is painless one.
But she is as essentially different in
each phase as though she had been
born again, says the New York World.
If you study the lady carefully this
year you will find that she has lost
from neck to waist (from eighteen to
less than fifteen and a half inches),
that she has gained fully two inches of
shoulder, and that from neck to toe in
front she has lost something of that
seemingly interminable line which was
a la mode last season.
Why? The reasons are not far to
seek. Gowns. are no longer simply
bouffant above. They are trimmed from
the hem up to the knee; they have
widened in scope and flare at the side.
thus foreshortening the picture.
To get back to first causes, the corset
is the foundation for every new figure.
The severe straight front is no longer
chic The idea remains, but with mod
ifications. 1t has become possible to de-
fine the waist in front and it is no long
er a social crime to show a suspicion
of the curve Immediately below. While
we are still suppressed, we are more
hygienic.
With the raising of the waist-line
come the heightening of the girdle,
the fullness of the skirt. the increase
of the sleeve and the evolution of the
cape. 1t is all logical sequence. We
are no longer in the realistic period.
We are grown romantic. Woman has
reverted from the analytical to the
mysterious The serpentine heroine is
not popular, hence there are no
more sheath gowns that define all the
contours.
The woman of to-day is concealing
rather than revealing. She allures by
the prospect of discovery. She buries
herself in fiounce and frills. She keeps
you guessing. You are as liable to
miscalcuiate her weight as you are to
err about her height.
The suggestions of the coming revo-
luton that last seasons fashions gave
were all tentative. There was a hint
of the old-fashioned basque. This
year we have the basque itself, but in
stead of the garment of other days it
has become little coat with the
basque back. The old-fashioned
basque prescribed the hustle, but
our adherence to the better lines OF
the ''straight-front has averted that
terrifying necessity. The Introduction
of the silk overjacket of contrasting
shade for evening frocks is the revival
of caprice of our grandmothers. 1t
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-19

Contrary to the tea-table chatter,
the Twentieth Century Club is hold
ing together in a cohesive and annie
able manner, and promises a delightful
afternoon on the 29th at Century Hall.
Society lent itself unreservedly Mon
day night to witness the performance
of 1.-The Japanese Nightingale The
beauty of the Majestic Theater was
greatly enhanced by the presence of
many handsome women and their at
tractive gowns. The Outdoor Art
League, which has many interested
supporters, was in complete possession
OF the auditorium, and the boxes were
filed with our best known society folk.
Among the hosts on this occasion were
James d. Phelan, entertaining Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Sullivan. The guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. William Willis were:
Mr.. and Mrs. John Dougherty, Miss
Dougherty, Colonel Jackson, Walter
Scott. Others who occupied boxes
were: Mrs. Lowell White, Raphael
WE'LL and William Bourne. Another
party was made up of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Fries and Mrs. A. A. dan
coma Miss Tobin's box was occupied
by Mrs M A TObin, Joseph Tobin ST.,
Joseph S. Tobin, Miss Fernandez, Mrs.
de Hurtel. Through the audience were
also seen: Mr.. and Mrs. Spieker, Mrs.
George Sperry, Miss Elsie Sperry, Mr..
/ and Mrs. Thomas Palache, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed Newhall, DR.. and Mrs. MORT
few, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Warren,
Mrs. j. Martel, James Martel, Madame
( L. A. Sorbier, Mrs. Dalzel Brown, Mrs.
]. H. Jewett, Mr.. Sadlier, Miss Everd-
| ing, Mrs. Vincent Wright, Mrs ]. j.
( Brice, Miss Dean, James NJ Goewey,
I Charles Goewey, Mrs. Lent, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wooster, Charles Wheeler, DIR.
and Mrs. Wemple, Charles Webb How
ard, Reuben Lloyd. Miss Katherine
! Hittell, Mrs. John Russ, DIR. Raymond
Russ. Mr.. and Mrs. Will Hammer Mr..
4 Dillingham;, Mrs. James Mcdonald,
/ Captain and Mrs. Robert H. Fletcher,
4 Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Mathews Mrs.
/ Lowell White, John McLaren. Mrs. A.
ID Sharon, Mrs. A. G.. Cotton, DR.. and
! Mrs. j. G. BucknaII, Allan Pollak, Miss
B. M. Wilson, John M. Gamble, Miss
] Grace Lewellyn Jones, Charles Wesley
Reed, Mrs. Charles Wesley Reed, Mr..
and Mrs. A. G. Mcfarland.
|
! Ostentation was an absent factor at
the nuDtials of Miss Katherine Sell
fridge and Lieutenant Frederic George
Kellcnd last evening at the brides
home on California street. Intimate
friends and relatives only were invited,
/ DR.. Mcclure performing the ceremony.
The bride was attended by Miss Elsie
Dorr and Miss Florence Cole, Captain
Bradford serving as best man to his
first lieutenant, both officers of the
Nineteenth Infantry. The friends of
Mr.. and Mrs. Kel1ond are regretting
their departure from San Francisco, for
their new home is to be at Vancouver
Barracks.
! Mr. and Mrs. Henry Foster Dutton
will give a dinner inathe red room of
the Bohemian Club on the evening OF
October 27. The event will be in honor
I of two coming brides-Miss Katherine
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Queries Answers

THE BURGoMEIsTER-A. s.. city.
The opera. THE Burgomeister," recently
put on in San Francisco. was never be-
fore produced in that city.
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R-R-Rernarkable.

r leads the Republican party.
r is the beginning of Roosevelt.
r in the middle of Fairbanks.
r is the END of PARKER.-PhiIa-
delphia North American.
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Townsend's California Glaze fruits IN
artistic nre-etched boxes 715 Market st
On November I, 1904. win be advanced
10c per H. Holiday orders received N "a
that date at present prica
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Soubrette-What is the difference be.
tween war and matrimony?
Comedian-In war the lighting takes
place during the engagement-in mat
rimony ii takes place after the engage
ment.