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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-11-10
THE FATHER or SOLDIERS.
How the Japanese General Kurokl
. Looks After the Comfort
of His Men. .s-.

That night we camped on the battle
field, and again I had occasion to wit
ness the extraordinary care Gen. Ku-
roki bestows upon his prisoners. AS
it was impossible to procure Euro
pean food for them, he sent the Off
GERS to Antung, where a Russian
kitchen" had been previously esta5-
lished. The men were told, with
many apologies, that they must ba
content with rice and dried fish until
they reached With, where they would
find grub" to their liking. Not salts
fed with that, the general ordered that
the huge portions of rice allowed each
Muscovite prisoner be fried. If they
cannot have buckwheat cakes, I will
give them something like it, at least
said the Father of Soldiers" At the
same time he announced that to-mor-
row would be a day of rest, writes
Baron Gottberg, in Louisville Courier
Journal.
When l started out next morning TO
once more ride over the battlefield, the
part used for burial places looked not
unlike soldiers cemetery at home On
Easter day. The several hundred
graves were strewn with field flowers
and green twigs, some being literally
covered with many-colored blossoms
and leaves. And there were more and
more of these every minute, for every
man not detained by wounds or duty.
came to visit the dead, and every visit
or brought flowers or green's to stick
into the ground with the expressed
wish that they grow and flourish
not to die like the good friends. And
then each grave, brave man-grave in
duty, but smiling in death-dreW forth
his notebook and jotted down the
name and date on each headpiece.
These he will report as soon as he
comes home. Thus the official lists
are constantly reinforced, and, if need
be, corrected, and Japan loses the
name Of none Of her numerous he
rOes.
l was astonished to learn that the
Japanese government has no intention
to bring home the bodies of the fallen.
For the burial ceremonies an empty
casket, inscribed with the dead hero'3
name, suftices," said a general staff Of
ficer whom l asked, in a matter-of-
fact way.
With the same gentleman l talked
long and earnestly on the sacrifice OF
the crew Of the transport Kinschu-
maru, that allowed itself to be drowned
by the Russians, preferring death 10
surrender.
when body of troops is unable
to Offer further resistance, it is no dis
grace to surrender" l urged.
THE crew did WE'LL" replied the
Jap, "and their example will be fol-
lowed by my countrymen a hundred
times, if necessary When Jap can
not live for Dali Nippon, he might as
we'll die" And he showed me a let
ter just received from Tokio:@ A
brother of his wrote that their uncle,
old Gen. Nogi, had very properly re-
fused the obsequies" intended to be-
held fol-, his youngest son who died at
the Yalu." $5..55ssS@7
wait awhile" the general had said,
Il have two more sons in the field, and
all promised to die for our country, il
it must be. There may be more
deaths, and then we can hold funeral
services for all at one and the same
time" y IL
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-11-10
FARkAAle,GARDEN
AN ADJUSTABLE YARD GATE
Very Simple in Construction, But Of
1nestimable Value Wherever
Stock Is Kept.

l have always had a yard convenient
to stable or barn for my stock to run
in. Having had much trouble with the
cattle going outside when we wanted
them in the yard, and in the yard when
we wanted them to go outside, de-
vised gate such as shown in the cut.
1t differs from an ordinary gate only
in the matter of hinges, which are ar
ranged SO that the gate will swing
either way -
The length of the gate depends on
whether or not it is to be used as drive
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-11-10

St., Philadelphia,
Pa, a man of good
reput ation and
standing, writes :
" Five years ago I
was suffering 10
with my back and
kidneys that I
often had to lay
off. The kidney
sccretions W ere
unn a t ural, my
legs and stomach
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-11-10
Mixed Farming Is Reliable.


The man that follows mixed farm
Ing can grow crops and feed them on
his own farm, thus sending of the
farm only the things that take least Of
the fertility.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-11-10
Not Far OF.

Teacher-Now, then, what do We mean
by composition?
Little Girl (eagerly(-P!ease, miss, com
position is the art Of bringing simple ideas
into complication.-Manila Times.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-11-10

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Win tAis separator yea vin SET nee 9 0ee 20 -
s.y:a se.,ss:e ycS - sov S:tt!sf f.o. e. 60
b. every farmer whether you mix two osue - ~. yo0
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eeeeeseM e.psaencs e nsces.:ry, yea Aeve nsv0
dIs snd run = the ,des! nseh,ns e; soy 4tr $500
found in other machines Combines ~ the GOOD 0eae
%ass aee e ..1
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& Ina az 9cu tS sr nss : sp'f ~. oe
p!ain our Guarantee our Quality chslsogs we WI =
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tor Of any make, q any price on tina on installns9
s S1S e "a OUT srd ss4 e e
Won own two Or more eowa write 90 - enea AddreeA
SEARS, R0EBuck I CO., CHICAGO.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-11-10
HAD To.G1vE UP.
Suffered Agonies from Kidney Divn dels
Until Cured by Doan's Kidney Pills. J

George ". Renoff, Of 1883 North 18th
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ea nai: r FOR !; TSSissdS. ssP. f.: :;
Sheep, preventing He's Chel.
era and Washink Trees.
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Special Notice.


GIVE ENOUGH FREE
SchIElp COMPANY
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21
WATsoN.s VIEWS
The Georg ian's Opinion Of Roosevelt
and Parker.

Thomas f. Watson the candidate Of
the Peoples party, is getting a great
den' of amusement out OF what he calls
the independent side-show of his own,
of which he is ''in full militant aggres-
sive control" He says he respects
Roosevelt and the Republicans because
they know what they want. are candid
in stating their position and fearless in
fighting for their principles. He prefers
Roosevelt to Parker. because the former
lis not seeking the support of Bryan
Democrats upon false pretenses. He is
not playing a confidence game on the
negro question. He is not attempting
to win Jeffersonians by n sham adher-
ence to Jeffersonan principles. He is
not in ambush; he is behind no blind;
he stands out in the open and says to his
enemies Here l am, Republican
who stands pat on all existing conditions:
II you want "A fight. come on"
Mr. Watson's letter is full of vitriolic
contempt for Judge Parker as a weakling
and artful dodger. 1t ridicules his posi-
ton on the pension question and says
his pledge to revoke Order No. rs
amounts to saying, Roosevelt did the
right thing, but not in the right way,
and il you will elect me President
will do the same thing in the proper
way"
AS to the Democracy itself Mr.. Wat
son asks:
"Who could put faith in the pledges
of the party which has so little unity
of conviction as the National Demo
cracy!'
What party ever made and broke so
many pledgesE
What party ever changed its ground
so often?'
what other party ever unloaded all
of its principles at one quick throw
down as they did at st. IouisT'
Candor compels the answer None
/. remains the party of nothing but big
professions, unfulhlled promises and
pledges
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21
FOR HOME AND FlRESIDE.
Lincoln Signed Homestead Law-Mii-
Hons Thu. become Freehoiders.


The Homestead Law was passed by a
Republican Congress-Democrats oppos-
ing-and signed by President Abraham
Lincoln in 1862. 1t has proven to be
one of the most beneficial measures ever
enacted by Congress or signed by 4
President. 1t has largely populated the
West, up to date, with independent
homecoming citizens. 1t opened to i'm
mediate settlement millions of acres OF
public domain, chiefly west OF the Mis-
sissippi. Settlers rushed in from the
Eastern States and from Europe. More
than any other influence, it has contrib
utcd to the development of the Western
States and the rapid growth OF the ma
ton.
The Democratic party was true to its
policy of obstruction in this. as it has
been in every other measure intended
for the good OF all the people. The first
bill, introduced in 1859. passed the
House by vote of 100 10 40. The Re
publicans were supported by a few scat
tcring Northern Democratic votes. but
the Southern Democrats voted in body
against it. The Senate was then Demo-
cratic. and no vote was taken in the up
per house. In March. 1860. Mr.. Love
joy reported the Grow Homestead bill,
and it was passed by vote OF 115 to
20; all of the affirmative votes, except
one, being from the free States. The
Senate passed different bill and there
was conference which finally agreed
upon a modified bill. This was vetoed
June %, 1860, by the Democratic Presi-
dent, Buchanan.
In 1862. when the Republi cans had
majority of 81 in the House and II in
the Senate, new homestead bill was
passed and signed by President Lincoln,
ns stated. The measure was framed by
Republicans and passed by Republican
votes. At the same session were passed
the acts establishing n Department of
Agriculture and providing for agricul-
tural colleges. In 1864. 1870 and 1872
bills were passed by Republicans giving
Union soldiers special homestead priv
ileges. These measures encouraged thou
sands of soldiers who were discharged
in 1865 and 1866 to emigrate from the
East to such States as Iowa, Nebraska.
Kansas and the Dakotas, in the middle
West.
There are many and strong reasons
why the western farmers, ranchmen and
miners should vote the Republican ticket
but the national Republican legislation
that gave homesteads to millions is
enough, of itself. to bind the West ire
vocaby to the Republican party.
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21
Mccurren and the other..

What started the trouble at NflligaD's
wake was that Casey brought 20
of wood alcohol and drank IL.
McCarren of Brooklyn has drunk
pint of wood alcohol, and that is one
OF the things that is accomplishing the
disintegration of lower New York poll
tics and will prevent the giving of the
great foreign Democratic ma jority down
around Manhattan Island, which some
times offsets the vote throughout the
State, where apple blossoms grow.
They are talking about "Odcllism"
and factions in the Republican party.
Undoubtedly there are some differences
among the Republicans in New York
But, as for preventing the accumulation
of votes the differences between the 81
lent. fierce factions about Manhattan ISL
and among the Democracy may be said
10 offset any differences in the Republi-
can situation.
Some one of the Democratic leaders
has admitted that Roosevelt could be
elected should vote be taken to-day.
This is going To be one of the most gold
en- of OctoberS. blending into a Novem-
Der when things will happen. and the
extent to which Roosevelt could be elect
ed to-day does not compare with that by.
W hich he will be elected on Nov. s.
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21
MUST TRUST ROOSEVELT.
There Is No Other Alternative for the
Work kinRmen.

Wage earners, though saying little. are
taking deep interest in the campaign.
They have compared the records of the
two leading Presidential candidates. and
have found Parker wanting in sympathy
for the workingmen. Roosevelt's record
speaks for itself. He has never lost an
opportunity to show. by word and deed,
that he is heart and soul in sympathy
with the toiler. In this connection the
following extract from an editorial in
tile Western Laborer, of Omaha, one of
the best known organs of union labor in
the West. is interesting:
The workers of the doubtful States must
trust Roosevelt because they know him
and because of what they know him to
have done asscmblymau at Albany,
governor of New York and President of
the United States. II the workers In the
doubtful States Will read Parkers letter
comfort for labor In that. and will GER
tainy conclude that the long -looked-for
document Is the work of designing knave
incompetent and certainly not the work
Of statesman, because 1t is fiat. stale and
unproftabie TO the reader, closely resemb-
ling all his other expressions In which he
has expressed nothing tangible In any of
his promises or propositions. wherein moth
Ing is but what is not" and the very fact
that the anti.union solid south is anxious
for his control of the government should
be sufficient 10 alarm all libcrty-loying
generous hearted and falr-minded men.
We must trust Roosevelt. There IL no
alternative for the workers Of the United
States.
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21
THE PARTY OF THE FLAG.

The old flags still a-waving, the star,
are clean and white,
The red and blue are cleaning a joy
to every sight.
With drum beat and with trumpet, with
musket and with sword
The old flag came TO being, each thread
with glory stored.
We held it high, triumphant. when il
was but a rag.
And still We stand beneath it. the party
of the flag.
The old flag and its story. The old flag
and its truth,
We wove it in the passions that marked
the nations youth;
We dyed it in the lifeblood of our heroic
sons;
1t wrapped the laureled caskets of our
heroic ones.
Il waves to-day in honor from forepeak
and from crag,
And we stand proud beneath it, the party
of the flag.
The old flag and its honor. The old flag
and its pride,
1t shakes silent challenge whenever IT'S
defed;
1t whispers us a blessing all through the
starry night:
1t sings song of safety when blazing
in the light.
1t bushes all contention, all buster and
all brag.
And we stand firm beneath it, the party
of the nag.
The old flag and its meaning. The story
il hns made,
The story of brave aeiians- of soldiers
unafrsid,
The story of stern duty; OF faith that
there should he
One land from south to northland, one
land from sea to sea.
We held it high, triumphant. shot-ril-
died and n rag:
And still we stand beneath it, the party
of the Nagi
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21
Lono Distance Chess.

Thousands of devotees play chess
by correspondence, and there is
game now going on between a man In
Canton, O.. and another in Warsaw.
Russia, that 1t will take several years
to complete, each move being sent by
postal card from one player to the
other. Cable matches are of frequent
occurrence and many persons Will re
member the international game that
took place some years ago between
team made up of members of Con.
gress and one composed of members
of the House of Commons. During
that contest. one move was cabled
across the Atlantic and reply re-
ceived in forty seconds. And now that
wireless telegraphy has become fea-
ture of ocean crossing there are few
days when some big liner is not ex-
changing a series of moves" with a
sister ship.
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21
MINERS LIKE ROOSEVELT.
william Little Tells Why the Presi-
dent Should He Elected.

Democracy's campaign managers are
trying their utmost to show that Presi-
dent Roosevelt is not the friend of the
wage-earner, but are meeting with re-
bluffs on every hand All the big. pros
perons labor organizations are non-par-
tisan. strictly ignoring politics as body,
but influential members are not chary i'll
expressing their views individually. Will
liam Little. member of the executive
board Of the United Miners of America,
is as careful an observer of public senti-
ment as can be found in the great army
of toiers. He travels extensively. and
has become convinced after talking with
representative labor unionists through
the country. that there is nothing or
nobody in it but Roosevelt" as he terse-
ly sizes up the political situation. In an
interview in the Labor World OF Pitts
burg, printed in its issue of Sept. .,
Mr.. Little says:
/ ind n Roosevelt sentiment prevailing
among those who do not take much interest
In politics as well among those who do
Roosevelt will certainly have big vote
among the workingmen for 1t is their firm
conviction that he is their friend. And let
me remark that he is II true friend. have
watched his policy toward organized labor
ever since he became public man, and be-
yond all doubt he Is In sincere sympathy
with the man who works for wages. There
Is no denying inis 1utt- lie Hluy Hot ne
able to secure all that we reasonably need.
but we can depend upon 1t that he Will get
us more than any other man l know Of
am aware that among the workingmen
there are many who will neither vote the
Democratic or Republican tickets, They
will vote for some radical candidate. Let
me point out great truth and II Is this:
II we do not want to throw our vote away
let MS east It for Roosevelt To vote for
the Socialist ticket Is wasting vote. for
there is 10 possible chance for other than
the Democratic or Republican candidate he
ing elected. II Is simply contest be
tween Parker and Roosevelt, aud we all
know that Teddy has been our friend and
will remain so. We don't know what Par
kcr Is but he cannot be any better than
Roosevelt and there 90 chances to l
against his being ns good. II is our duty,
therefore, to use our votes In way that
they will do most good. We can do this by
voting for Roosevelt.
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21

that The apprehension which now pre-
walls in business circles and the present
unsatisfactory industrial condition of the
country. seems to demand political
Change
The official announcement that the
stockholders of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company now number 4I,95O-an
increase of 81 per cent. since May, 1907
is a significant bit of testimony in
new quarter to the fact that here in the
United States not only is wealth increas-
ing, but that it is being more generally
and widely distributed than ever be-
fore.
More men receiving larger wages.
more stockholders getting better divi-
dends. is the condition as regards the
railroads of the United States now as
compared with four and eight years ago.
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21
TO MEASURE STAR DISTANCE.

BesseI Solves Problem by Finding
Quantity of ParalIactic Change.
What is the length of this room?
Anyone can make this simple meas
urement with a two-foot rule. How
far is 1t from this house to the end
of the street? This question also can
be answered easily with a surveyors
tape-measure. But how many people
ever think of the possibility Of meas
uring the distance of an inaccessible
object? To discover how far away
thing is, when we cannot reach it in
order to measure the distance-this is
a problem of a very different kind.
And when the distant goal of those
luminous stars from which we are
sundered by the profound depths Of
space; when that object is not only
supremely inaccessible, but also re-
mote to a degree nearly as infinite as
the human mind can grasp-in such
a case the problem of distance Is not
merely one OF attractive difficulty; it
is one that stirs the Imagination
strongly.
Bessel was the first to solve this
observational problem. His method
was simple enough. We have seen
that the actual quantity of parallactic
change in a stars position diminishes
with the stars distance. Consequent
ly we have but to measure the
amount of this change in order to
have at once an estimate of the stars
distance.
So Bessel selected his star on &C.
count of its large motion as indicated
by the older star catalogues. His
method of observation. like every
method destined for conspicuous sue
cess, was perfectly simple. Two small
auxiliary stars were selected near the
one under observation for parallax.
Every observing night Bessel meas
ured the exact distance on the face
of the sky between each small star
and the parallax star.
He judged quite correctly that these
two insignificant objects must really
be almost infinitely far from us. II
such was the case, they must be per-
fectly free from any appreciable paral-
Tactic shift. even according to the
Copernican theory. If, on the other
hand, the suspecter star really is near
us, it must suffer parallactic changes,
and these must make 1t appear to
swing back and forth during the year
between the two auxiliary stars
Harper's Weekly.
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21
THE POWER OF GRIT,
Make UP Your Mind to Task, and
You Will Do It

hSo WIN 0O IL.
To carry on the back pack weigh
ing hundred pounds or more means
not only strong muscles but a mastery
Of balance. In the Forest, Mr..
Stewart Edward White says that the
first time he did any packing he had a
hard time stumbling a few hundred
feet with just fifty pounds on his
back. At the end of that same trip he
could carry hundred pounds and a.
lot OF canoe poles and guns over a
long portage without serious incon.
venfence. Mr.. White says:
At first packing is as near Internal
punishment as merely mundane con.
ditions can compass. Sixteen brand.
new muscles ache, at first DULY. then
sharply. then intolerably, until it
seems you cannot bear it another sec.
ond. AT first you rest every time you
feel tired. Then you begin to feel very
tired every fifty feet. Then you have
to do the best you can, and prove the
pluck that is in you.
Mr.. Tom Friant, an old woodsman
of wide experience, has often told me
with relish of his first try at carrying.
He had about sixty pounds, and his
companion double that amount Mr..
Friant stood 1t for what seemed like
few centuries. and then sat down.
He could not have moved another
step il a gun had been at his ear.
What's the matter?" asked his
companion.
Del" said Friant, I'm all in.
can't navigate. Here's where | quit"
Cant you carry her any farther?"
Not an inch"
well, pile her on. I'll carry her for
you"
Friant looked at him a moment in
silent amazement.
DO you mean to say that you are
going to carry your pack and mine.
too?"
That's what l mean to say. I'll do
1t il have to-
Friant drew a long breath. We'll"
said he, at last, IF little. sawed-off
chap like you can wiggle under a hun
dred and eighty, guess can make it
under sixty"
That's right" said Del, imperturb-
ably. "If you think you can. you
can"
And did," ends Friant. with a
chuckle.
Therein lies the whole secret. The
work is irksome. painful out II you
think You can do it, you can; for al
though great is the protest of the hui
man frame against what it considers
abuse, greater still is the power of a
mans grit.