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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-10-05

Mr.. Parker. Democratic nominee for
president, has never jOurneyed west ~
Buffa 10. y. Y. What does he know OF
the great west. its people. th"iI
achievements. their possibilities. their
needs? How can h" rec0ncil" the de
mands OF the different sections, and
decide great question properly ana fcr
the good OF the whole country: or
limited experience. y narrowed hort
zon. lie Is not comparable with The"
dorc Roosevelt. vii" has Travelled Tie
country over. lived east aud west
knows the people the country ana II
a president ~ the people, not o
trolled 10y Wall street ond IL ihilu
ences.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-10-05

Political empires well describes
the species Of constitutional hair -plii
tiers who see the constitution rent IN
taitcrS every time . now condition de-
mnuds tho rNrrci>, of some cover
ment power rot dreamed of in the PIN
osopI,y Of Thomas Jefferson IL 'h'
political empires of 1851 hud had thor
n there would l5t" been IL" union
left for their >u"r'>-or' u Wrtl hhn
groau over I'm lnui
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-10-05

! II our %oUp0nrniS cotu" int"
. power they car revoke this ar
! der pcnsiou ".d"r No. ~ and
: announce that hey will treat tie
! veterans OF ~ tn ~ as pr"
: ,umally IN fun bpdily yisor gnl
: not entitled io pensions. VIII
7 they now amloritaliv"ly state
! that they intend 10 do his II
I 80. we accept The issue. II lot,
/ then we hIy" th" right 4" h~k
. why they raise an issue which.
! raised. they 10 not venture ln
. meetf-I,oosoyclts Letter Of Ac
Z ceptancc.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-10-05

The clsmcnt which leads and DON'T
mates the Democratic party today
stands not for tariff for reynue. but for
ultimate free trade. There Is no use
trying to dodge that fact. The work
ingmen Of America must take note
of II.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-10-05

There is one truth that seems beyond
the comprehension of the Democracy.
that the oil order changes. yielding
place 10 the new Otherwise II
would NOT try 10 III the Jerersonian
knirkcrlockyIS Of 1904 on the lusty
American giant " 1901
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-10-05

the broadest spirit of brotherhood in
our common humanity. or has held n
more ~rc>olute attitude Of protest
against every wrong that outrag ed the
civilization of the world, at home or
abroad.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-10-05

Read the Argus and you will get all
the news.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-10-05

II has behaved toward all nations,
strong or weak. with courtesy, dignity
and justice; and is now on eXcellcLt
terms with all.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-10-05

The annual rcpur, on the coal IN
dustry of Illinois, Iurul>l"l 10y me
state bureau NJ statl-tlcS' shows that
miners were meyer 81 prosperous az
under the Mckinley and Roosevelt nd
n~lnistrntlons The coal output Of he
state now is nearly twice what II va.
under Cleveland; 5000 more mel are
employed than ak years ago. and
wages arc fully ~ per cent. Lighcr
than in 1891. -
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-10-05

Our foreign policy has been not only
highly advantageous 10 the United
States. but hardly less advantageous 10
the world as IL whole, Peace aud
good will have followed in its foot
steps.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-10-05

Within the limits defined by the
national constitution the national al
ministrati0n ms sought TO secure To
each man the full enjoyment Of his
right to live his life aud disposc of his
property and his labor as he deems
best, so long as he wrongs no one
else.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-10-05

They (the Democrats) have occu-
pied three entirely different positions
Ton the Philippines within fifty da Us.
Which Is the promise they really in
tend to keeDi
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-10-05

II is hut ten years since the first
attempt was made. by means Of lower
Ing the tariff. to prevent some people
from prospecting too much. Tie at
tempt was entirely successful.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-29
rrreaeA Lea.e.

The origin OF the phrase Preach
kavc" IL traced back 10 Il custom BE-
gun in France and initiated in Eng
land, common enough in the eight
centh century, Of going away from a
social gathering without taking formal
leave Of host and hostess.
This is abundantiy clear from two
extracts written in 1876. The first Is
from Chesterfield's "lrinciples of Po.
liteness:" AS the taking what is call
cd a French leave was introduced that
OH one persons leaving the company
the rest may not be disturbed, looking
ut your watch does what hat piece Of
politeness was designed to prevent"
So also Jekyll: "French etiquettes
are precise to a degree. will allow
that taking French leave is easy and
natural: but. on the contrary, there Is
more formality in entering one assem-
bly, here than in taking the round of
routs for a whole winter in London"
AS a disclaimer to this derivation tho
French. on their part. have the phrase.
use retirer a l'Anglaise''-''to take Eng
Nsh leave"-with the same significance.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-29
rroat. of "a blockade Runner.

Fobart Pasha during his adventurous
career took part in the American civil
war under the name of Captain Rob-
erts as a blockade runner. He had an
exciting time. and many of his escapes
were truly marvellous. as described in
his book. Never Caught" According
to his statement, forty ships were cap.
tured out of siXty-siN that left England
and New York In run the blockade
during no war. Some idea of the prof.
its may b formed from the fact thai,
women's stays bought in England for
IL pence sold in Wilmington, one of the
principal blockade running ports. for IL
shillings, and cotton bought at two.
pence q pound in Wilmington sold for
half a crown a pound. The number Of
ships captured does not give an ade-
Quate idea Of the loss sustained, as
many We're burned. sunk or IL ashore
to prevent them from falling into the
hands of the cruisers.-Chambers' Jour.
oal,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-29
BADGER.

Badger. Jan. 2s.-The supper az
Mr.. Clark's Monday evening was not
well attended as it would have
been * the evening had been warmer.
Ralph Clark has returned from his
visit to Sioux Falls
Frank harris has gone to HARRISON
to make a short visit.
Vid Smith drove a horse and cutter
over to Loomis Saturday evening. He
walked back, found the horse in the
barn and collected cutter, robes, har-
ness and the pieces of the horse blan-
ket at his leisure, but as Vid has a
blacksmith shop he easily repaired
all damages except the blanket.
Ralph Clark has moved a house in
to Lcomis. After he has made some
repairs he will 90 to housekeeping.
AS the program for the church
dedication has been printed We all
expect that the long-looked for event
will occur next Sunday, Jan. 81.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-29
LISBON.

Lisbon, Jan. 27.-On Wednesday OF
last week the house OH The farm of
ENJOY Ovens was burned to the
ground. Mr.. and Mrs. Owens made a
trip out to the place and built a fire
to get dinner. The ilue was defective
and set fire to the house on the second
floor. They succeeded in getting
nearly everything out. The house
had not been occupied in some time.
Ira Pingree, who now lives in
Indiana. expects to move back to
Mitchell in tue spring.
Chas. Wright has rented his farm in
northwest Lisbon to Mr.. Stage and
has moved to his father-in-law's
farm in southeast Lisbon. They
moved there SO Mrs. Wright could
take care of her mother, Mrs. E. v.
Green. who is quite sick.
John Schmidt made his wife a pres
ent Of a handsome solid gold band
ring as a memento Of their twenty
five years of married life. Your
scribe hopes they will live to enjoy
their golden anniversary.
Mrs Clyde Scholes is reported as
being quite ill and is under the doc
tors care in Mitchell.
Fred Barnard expects to move to
/ Washington state soon. His farm
will be occupied by Harvey Bell as
soon as vacated.
Mrs. Howard is quite sick, and
consults DR.. Smiley twice a week at
Mt. Vernon.
John Schmidt bought five head OF
stock hogs Of Fred Barnard last week.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-29

: Observe the dotted lines on the
beef Oh the fureleg, the knife should
go down to the armpit, then forward
to point Of hrisket, not back Of bris-
ket as many do. Never cut the throat
crosswise, always take out horns and
tail bone, but leave the switch on
COW or horse hides
Except in freezing weather all cat
tie hides should be sailed. To salt
the hide thoroughly take Il water
bucket full Of salt for Il GO pound
hide-larger and smaller hides, kip
and calf skins in proportion. Rub it
on we'll and 1oll them up; OF spread
them out smooth one on top Of the
other, when killing often. III salt is
all absorbed put on more. especially
in warm weather before rolling up to
ship.
1t is estimated that the loss to
butchers, farmers and trappers IN
this country exceeds n million dol
lars per year Gy improperly taking off
hides and furs and not properly hand
ling or curing them.
To prevent this great loss as much
as possible We have had this cut
made, illustrating the right way.
with instructions so plain that a
child can soon learn to do a good job.
The cut shows the animal on its
back, the dotted lines the course the
knife should take and the result.
There are numerous wrong ways
but only one right way. 1t is as easy
to do it right as wrong when you see
how it is done. Wrong shaped hides
are classed as damaged hides, even
IL not damaged by cuts and when
they are dried on the fence and
ground, exposed to the sun and the
weather for a considerable time,
they get hard and are only fit for
glue and are worth but half vlaue
OF good bides.
Every farmer should have Il regu,
lar butchers skinning knife, j. e. a
curved shape. With such a knife
you can avoid cutting holes and deer
scores 10 the hide.
Lack Of space prevents our giving
Illustrations and instructions on the
proper method of taking off anc
handling the skins of fur bearing ar.
lmals. but a book Of 36 pages beauti.
fully illustrated, telling how to catch
them and how to prepare their skins
for market, also prices of hides anc
iurs. will be sent upon receipt Of
cents in stamps to pay the postage b,
the Northwestern Hide g. Fur Co.
Minneapolis, MINI if you mentor
this paper.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-29
An Aritna.c,ical Wonder.

II twelve persons We're to agree to
dine together every day. but sit
exactly in the same order around the
table. it would take them 13, 900
years at the rate Of one dinner u day,
and they would have to eat more than
470,0O0,OO0 dinners before they could
get through all the possible arrange
ments in which they could place them
selves. A has only 1 change: A, B. 2;
A, B. c. 6; four letters. "a: five, 40;
six. 720: seven 5,o4O; eight, 1920;
nine. 362,SOO; ten. 3,628.S 800: eleven.
39,916.SOO twelve. 479.OO1. 800.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-29
MT. vEKNoN.

Nit. Vernon. Jan. 2s.-Ohver Pine
transacted business in Mitchell Fri
day.
"A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Meinke last Thursday.
Mrs. E. s. Johnston, Of Mitchell,
spent Sunday with relatives in Mt.
Vernon.
Ora Wells, Robert and Laura Saul
and Mae Perry came down from
Mitchell to attend the leap year ball
last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ludwig Ottum re-
turned from Red6eld last Friday.
Mr.. Ottum took a contract for some
carpenter work in Redfeld last fall
and just finished the work.
Mrs. L. A. Mabbott came down
from Plankinton Tuesday and spent
the day. Mrs. Mabbott is in very
poor health and came to consult DIR.
Smiley.
G. 81. Smith and NJ. c. Belts re-
turned from Sioux Falls Friday. Dur
ing the session of the Retail Mer-
chants association Mr.. Belts was
elected as one of the directors for the
coming year.
Last Thursday evening the Ladies'
Relief Corps held a meeting in the
town hall, when they installed officers
for the coming year. Mrs. T. C. De-
Jean, Of Plankinton, acted as install
ling officer, assisted by Mesdames j.
r. Marsh, j. c. Bryant and j. E.
Brown, also members of Plankinton
w. r. c. After the work was finished
a delicious supper was served at the
home. of Mrs. C. c. Fitch, president
of the local corps.
The Leap Year ball given by the
Mt. Vernon ladies last Thursday
evening vas one Of the most pleas
ant affairs ever held in Mt. Vernon.
Music was furnished by Hoyt's Or
chestra and 1T was excellent.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-29

Young man-Trust myself, make
your heart vibrate with an iron
string. Make yourself a man among
men. HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea will do the business. IS cents.
tea and tablet form. Scallin Bros.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-29
An Unreasonable r.l,o~.

ooh, it's no fun being engaged to
him." she said bitterly.
"Why not?' asked hes dearest friend
"Why. when you stir up a little quar-
TEL just to drive away the ennui he
takes it seriously and keeps you wor.
He'd for fear you've really lost him.
Chicago Post.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-29
TAKING OFF HIDES
Value of y Hide Increased ii 1t i,
Removed in the Proper Man
ASS'lIlUNcu Au sdlC AAUl'tl
ner.
ller.

In skinnins beef ano calf skins
keep the back of the knife close to
the hide and draw tightly with left
hand and you will not be liable. to
cut or score them.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-29
Poatnuntial.

he (whose wife has been reading
come Of his old love letters to herr
What is the use OF keeping all those
old things?
she-Lest we forget-lest we forget.
--Brnoklyn Life.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-29
Psospsx.

Prosper, Jan. 27.-That scribe who
spoke about people going to Caiifor-
MIA to spend the winter better put
his fur coat on and take a look at the
thermometer.
A small but very a%ppreciative aud
fence listened to Miss Elsne1's recital
Saturday evening. The extreme cold
weather kept away the crowd that
would otherwise have come.
Miss Bertha Sluter, Of Iowa. is VS.
iting with her sister, Mrs. William
Kruse.
Martin Aalseth bought a nice
bunch OF young hogs from Frank Nc
FarlaEd.
The Misses Waugh, of Badger, were
down and. attended the elocution re-
cital Saturday evening.
Hazel Lewis, May Jones and Min
ME Hoffman received very compli-
mentary letters from Supt. O. W.
Goursey.
Harry Foged has been husking corn
for VIM. Tyler.
MI. Sluter, Of Iowa, is Wis ting his
brother-in-law, VIM. Kruse.
Mr.. Scheick made a flying trip to
Epiphany Wednesday. He walked
seven miles to Mitchell, took the
train to Farmer, left 1T there and
walked seven miles to Epiphany, then
back again, got his train, took it to
Mitchell and thence home. Twenty
eight mile jog, ELI?
The pupils of the ninth grade OF
School No. 4 hardly know in what
light to take the remarks in the Ed
vocational Column OF last week. In
reference to the class yell given at
the close of teachers meeting the
Supt. says the Ethan "high school
pupils were not prepared to Offset the
audacity OF the Properties" Wheth-
er o. W. meant "%audacity'' in its
possible sense is the question. We
/ do not think lie did, but the pupils
would like to know.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-29
Easily Settled.

Long Haired Visitor entering timid-
I)-I have here a little poem written
on nov and
Editor (interrupting hastily)-Written
on snow! We can't use anything that
Isn't written on paper. Sorry. Turn the
knob to the right. That's 1t. Good
morning.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-29
A sharp DIG.

q SHARP DIG.
Mrs. Buxom-That hateful Mrs.
Knox made a very mean comment up.
on my age today.
Mr. Buxom-Did she say you were
setting old?
Mrs. Buxom-No. indeed! She said
still looked quite youns.'-Exchange.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-29

When a clumsy man has stepped on
q lady's trailing skirt, before he begins
to apologize he should always get off
the skirt.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-29
Mistaken.

81 suppose you thought you were fish
ing when you caught me?" growled the
man who is always disagrceable.
"Well, l used to think So" sighed his
little wife. "but now I know I must
have been bear hunting
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-29
The Doctor. Expectation.

INC D0ctOft EXpectNtiOn.
Friend-I'm glad to see you so much
better. old man. Does the doctor ex
pect you to he out soon?
Invalid-Nell. I think he expects me
0 to he out the amount of his bill.
BE scn' it in today.-Exchange.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-29

I pays no taxes-I pays no rent,
Often busted without a cent;
But a king among men-from diseas,
I'm free.
IT'S better than weaith-Rocky
Mountain Tea. Scallin Eros.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-17
AA 4MPLiFIER.
tin1ists.

If wonders are ever going to cease the ceasing is not in sight. It is rather appropriate that Stephen Dudley Field, Ia nephew of Cyrus Field, the projeetor of the Atlantic cable. has made an in~ vention which will, it is said, make the wireless telegraph capable of handling commercial business of large scope as readily as business is now handled over the old system of wires. This inven- tion is an apparatus which takes up the slightest waves of electric currents and records messages on a paper tape by the Morse code. Furthermore. it is declared to be practicable, and is to be used on steamships, in lighthouses, at wireless stations, on the coast or inland as soon as suitable stations have been provided. It is an instrument which increases the range of the wireless field and completely changes the present methods of receiving messages by the wireless systems, MT. Field calls his invention an amplifier. It is a machine Iof wire coils and magazines so adjust
 ed as to record all variations in the
 electric current which passes through 1t. One Of the most novel features is
 the use of threads of glass one-one-
 thousandth of an inch in diameter to truss and connect some of the smaller parts. The current is turned into the Eamplifier and the message is clicked lout in printed Morse characters on the Itape.
 This ampiifier applied to ocean cables Twill, it is further declared, more thar double the present speed of transmits. Ision and will allow the connection oi icables and wireless or land lines direct Iso that a message may be sent around Ethe world by one operator without its being repeated from station to station
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-17

More trouble. An educational expert says that a serious defect in the educa- ton of a majority of American women is their failure to acquire in their youth conversational facility in other lan- guages than their own. Most girls who advance beyond the grade of grammar school pupils include foreign tongue or two in the list of their studies. but at the most they acquire only the skill of their eye. being able to read and write the language with a varying de- gree of excellence. When the ear test comes it is the exception when they are not almost helpless. They can neither speak nor understand. Now the Eng fish girl is not considered educated until she is fluent in at least one lan- guage other than her own, and she off, ten speaks two or three easily.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-17
Flying Kites.

Flying kftesl Flying kites! Q the soul enlarging joys Brought by Mem'ry's dreamy flights To the days when we were boys! l remember-So do you All the home made kites we flew, How we found the proper wood Where some cedar fence post stood, How we often used to waste Mothers -four, making paste; All our pennies went for tWine And for tissue paper fine. Every night on pended knees
 After Whisp'ring Now lay" We petitioned for breeze
 So our kites would fly next day. You remember-so do I- Y How they didn't always fly; How the kites we thought the best Often failed to stand the test, While the ones we made in haste, With the poorest, thinnest paste, Sometimes seemed to soar so high That they bumped against the sky. On this great terrestrial stage Kites and songs are hard to gauge. I have built-and so have you Labored songs that never flew, You have built--and 50 have I-- Simple, careless songs that fly. Let us, when our tasks are done, Leave the judgment all to One Who is watching from the heights While His boys are flying kites. s4" Milwaukee Sentinel
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-17
. CANOEING IN VENIf.E,

William D. FouIke, formerly Civil Service Commissioner, has been spend ing the summer in Venice, where he has has been engaged in literary work.
 Mir. Foulke surprised the yenetians by. launching an American canvas canoe. and padding his way about among the gondolas. The natives everywhere
 watched the queer proceeding, and the gondola men became alarmed lest their occupation might be taken away
 by the introduction of such an irinova-
 ton that seemed to make the service of a second man entirely unnecessary.
 Mir. Foulke is an expert devotee of the canoe. He has padded about in
 American waters until he feels as much at home yielding the paddle as if he were walking along the street.
 He padded among the gondolas, and
 handled his canoe with far more ease than 1t is possible to handle the more cumbersome craft that are found in the waterways of Venice. He became convinced that it would not take much time to introduce the canoe in Vene- tian canals as a permanent institu- tion if some manufacturer were to so
 to the trouble and expense of once es-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-17

determined sometimes by their as- sociates and sometimes by. the part of the country in which they have been reared. In certain sections it used to be the custom not to announce an en- gagement until a very brief period be- fore the wedding cards were out. un-
 der those circumstances a girl seemed to take a keen pleasure in concealing her new relationship from those about her. have known Of girls who would not hesitate to deny point-blank the fact of their betrothal, even within a few weeks of their marriage. once heard a girl say. All my fun would be at an end if my engagement were announced I shall have to live with one man for the rest of my natural life, and mean to fly about q little before settle down with him. z
 One would be tempted to condemn this sort of thing unreservedly were it not that those same fiirtatious girls often become the most devoted wives and mothers, and never bestow look or thought upon other men after mar .riage, But. although there are in stances of this kind, 1t is decidely unsafe rule to follow. More than this. it is unkind and unfair to all the par ties concerned. Success.