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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-24

bale. Will deliver Tuesday and Fri
day OF each week. Orders may be left
at Green Bros. store. j. P. Will
liams. \
Mrs. Edward Keaster, of Highwood.
wishes to return thanks to the many
friends and neighbours for their kind
ness during her recent trouble and be-
reavement.
4. petition for letters of administra-
tion in the estate of the late Edward
Keaster has beer filed ia the district
court by Mary Ann Keaster, widow Ut
the deceased.
Chas. E. Duer left this morning for
Helena, from which place he will &C
company Mrs. Duer and granddaugh.
ter to the Pacific coast, where they
will visit for q few weeks.
NJ. E. Miner and w. P. Sullivan
left this morning on an extended trip
through the eastern states, during
which they will visit Washington.
New York and other eastern cities.
Alfalfa seed raised in the Milk river
valley 10 finding Q demand 10 eastern
markets. 1t is reported from Chinook
that a carload shipment vac made re.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-06
Development of "a Chick

The development of a chick within
the egg is one of the most wonderful
things in nature. At the end of the
~fifty-ei"hth hour of incubation the
heart begins to beat, two yeSicles are
cen and a few hours later the auri-
cleS also appear. On the fourth day
the outlines Of the wings may be per
ceived and sometimes OF the head also;
on the fifth day the liver is visible: on
the sixth other internal organs appear.
In 100 hours the beak is fully formed:
in 200 hours the ribs are clearly devel-
Cped; in $40 hours the feathers are Wis
ible; III 26S hours the eyes appear; in
2SS the ribs are completed and the
feathers on the breast; in $50 the
lungs, stomach and breast have as
sumed a natural appearance. On the
eighteenth Gay the first faint piping of
the chick is sometimes audible.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-06
One of tr,e Wonders CT pb vsios

An experienced mechanic who was
asked what he regarded as the most
wonderful thing for general utility re-
piled: The tracking of Il car wheel is
the most wonderful thing to me in the
whole RANGE of science and invention.
Here are two rails, uphill and down
hill, round the sharp curves and along
false ~tangents. and upon them fly at
more than ! mile Il minute, without jar
or jostle. 4 dozen heavy cars drawn by
IN engine weighing sixty tons. Passen-
gers realize no danger, yet there is
only the little iange OF Il wheel be
tween them and eternity. An inch and
a half Of steel turned up on the inner
side Of the wheel holds up the whole
train as securely to the rails as if it
were bolted there in grooves"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-06
LEGEND OF THE GARTER.
Contradictory Versions of the FOun-
datiOn of the Order,

OAttOn Oh inc OTutF.
| knew, as every schoolboy knows.
the legend that Il certain Countess Of
Salisbury dropped her garter at Il ball
and that the king, picking it up amid
the smiles of courtiers, handed it to her
with the happy and now immortal
phrase, "Honi soft qui nal Y penSe."
But this legend, | recalled, had had to
go the way Of the story of King AL
fred and the cakcG, The story of Viii
liam Tell and the apple and many an
other pretty fairy tale of history. At
last | went to Sir Nicholas Harris NicO-
las History of the Orders of Knight
hood" where | found Il delightful mass
Of contradictory authority produced.
The tale Of the ensign and name Of
the order were first told by Polydore
Vergil Q470-1555), who wrote in the
time of Henry VII. and Henry VIII.
and who said that the lady was 1.-THE
queen OF the kings mistress" Segar,
whose work, Honor, Military and
Civil" appeared in 1902, $50 years aft
er the order was founded, was the first
to say that it was the Countess of Sal
iSbury. Other writer's say that it was
the Countess of Kent. John Anstis
QGG9-17ID, garter king of arms, who
published several heraldic works, ridi-
culeS the whole story. He cOnfesses
that an author of Henry Wis time,
who wrote in Latin and whose work is
now entirely lost, upheld it.
Dn,I,n1 IInIi-.hnI , ,l,,or;.1N. Trhn
died in 1880, tells the story in detail
and says the lady was the queen. which
surely rather spoilS the Significance OF
the legend. Sir Harris Nicolas him
self thinks the story is not improbable,
although he urges the fact that Jean
FrOissart. who is the best contempt
rary authority on the reign of Edward
Ill, while he has much to say about
The order in his hundredth chapter.
does not refer to it. and Nicholas ad-
mitS that this tells very much against
the supposed origin Of the story, bat
Froissart may have thought the matter
too trivial to relate. BY the way. l feel
very much agIriGyad that G. c. Macau-
lay in the abridged volume Of Froissart
that he published through the Macmil-
l2nS should have ruthlessly cut this
hUndredth chapter.
It is not, l may add, claimed that the
incident caused the foundation Of the
Order of the Garter, but only that it
gave Edward III. the idea for naming
the order which be had resolved to
found in II case. In the absence of
any other solution than that which
rests on these shadowy foundations 1
think We may still go on accepting the
pretty legend, but l repeat my express
sion of dissatisfaction with the popular
histories that they should leave such
matters as this severely alOne.-Lon-
don Sphere.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-06
Noisy Old London.

Modern cities are not as noisy as
those of other days. For example, in
London in the time of King George II.
the streets were still cObbled and the
pack horse of EliZabethan memory had
been replaced by heavy carts and wag-
ons. Barrels of beer and heavy cases
were dragged about on drays of iron
without wheels, and to add to the tu-
mutt heavy signs IN immense frames
of ironwork hung out in front of shops
and houses and crOaked Unfortunately.
Street cries never ceased for a moment
all day. All the smaller ~necessaries,
such as pins, thread, string. ink. straps.
fish, milk. cakes, bread. drugs, herbs,
matches, were hawked in the streets.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-06
Habit-fOrming Medicines.

Whatever may be the fact as to many
OF the so-called patent medicines CON
tanning injurious ingredients as broadly
published in some journals Of more or
less influence, this publicity has certainly
been Of great benefit in arousing needed
attention to this subject, 1t has, in a
considerable measure, resulted in the
most intelligent people avoiding such
foods and medicines as may be fairly Sus-
pected Of containing the injurious fngre-
dents complained Of. Recognizing this
fact some time ago, DR.. Pierce. of Buffalo,
n. Y, took time by the forelock," as it
WERE. and published broadcast all the
ingredients of which his popular medi-
cineS are composed. Thus he has COM
pletely fOrestalled all harping critics and
all opposition that might otherwise he
urged against his medicines, because they
are now OF KNOWN COMPOSITION. Fur
thermore, from the formula printed on
every bottle wrapper, it will be seen that
these medicines contain no alcohol or
other habit-fOrming drugs. Neither do
they contain any narcotics or injurious
agents, their ingredients being purely
vegetable, extracted from he roots of
medicinal plants found growing in the
depths of our American forests and of
well recognized curative virtues.
Instead Of alcohol, which even in small
portions long continued, as in obstinate
cases of diseases, becomes highly objec-
tionable from its tendency to produce a
craving for stimulants, DIR. Pierce en-
ploys chemically pure. triple refined
gIycerinc, which of itself is a valuable
remedy in many cases Of chronic diseases,
being a superior demulcent, antiseptic,
antiferment and supporting nutritive.
II enhances the curative action of the
Golden Seal root. Stone root, Black
Cherrybark and BloodrOot, contained in
Golden Medical Discovery" in all brOn-
chial, throat and lung affections attended
with evere coughs. As will be seen from
the writings of the eminent DrS. Grover
COe, of New York; BarthOlow. of Jeffer-
son Medical College. Phila.; Scudder, of
Cincinnati EllingwOod. of Chicago;
Hale, of Chicago, and others, who stand
as leaders in their several schools Of
practice, the foregoing agents are the
cory hest ingredients that DR.. Pierce
could have chosen to make up his IA
nous discovery" for the cure Of not
only bronchial, throat and lung atfec-
tiOnS. but also of chronic catarrh in all
It's various forms wherever located.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-06

As lawn specimens fruit trees are
nearly always disappointing. They
have more insect enemies and fungous
diseases than first class ornamental
trees and shrubs. If you spray. them
they are unsightly; if you do not your
lawn is covered with wOrmy fruits,
which look bad and smell worse. The
peach is Il short lived, delicate tree
which is particularly subject to San
Jose scale. Plums and cherries are
sure to yield wormy fruit unless you
jar the c~urculios out OF them long be
fore breakfast or unless you let the
chickens run beneath the trees. Both
lawn.-COuntry Life In America.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-06
Wise Girl.

Now, there was a certain girl, and
she had three wOoers. The first wooer
said she was the whole world to him,
but she frowned upon his suit. The
second wOoer said she was the sun.
moon and stars to him. but she babe
him be on his way.
"To me-" said the third, you are a
young woman of agreeable manners,
with eyes that might be a little bluer,
with a nose that is a wee bit PIGGY
and with a few freckIes and an an
noying habit of hurting out your
thoughts"
She married the third wooer. Being
pressed for an explanation of her con-
duct, she said:
My goodness! l think l was sensi-
bic. l married the only one that had
courage enough to tell me Of my faults
before marriage instead Of waiting to
throw them up to me afterward."-
New York Life.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-06
There Were Too Many
Robinsons to Suit Hin
"EZ ANsAs is all right as a state,

"ET ANSAS is all right as a state,
IA none better" said the Chicago
drummer, but there are GER
tain neighborhoods one has to get ac-
uuainted with before things can run
along smoothly. For instance, on my
last trip | struck a town called Robin
sonvilIe. 4 street car drawn by a mule
ran from the station to the town. The
fare was Z cents. | kicked and had Il
row with the conductor. When | got
uptown the landlord of the only hotel
refused to receive me as a guest.
"'What's the rOw?' | asked.
"'YOu sassed the conductor of the
street car
"'Well, what of itT'
owe are both named Robinson and
related
Il went out to Il restaurant, but that
was run by Il Robinson, and l could
get nothing to eat. There were three
merchants in the town, and they want
ed my goods, but they were named
Robinson and refused to buy. When
| wanted to get back to the depot |
could hire no boy to carry my grips.
Too much Robinson. l was making for
the train and carrying my luggage
when l met a smiling man and stopped
to say to him:
"'YOu don't look like a Robinson
"'Well, no; I'm not he replied.
Then L want you to listen while l
cuss the whole caboodle Of them. I
never saw such a blamed town in my
life. Why, sir
"'Please don't he interrupted.
but WHY
Because I'm Jones-the only Jones
in town-and if the Robinsons heard
that l was ag'in 'em they'd put the
price of kerosene up TO so cents and
butter to so cents and the only Jones
would have to eat dry bread and sit in
darkness. Ten or fifteen years hence,
when the JoneSes have got a foot
hold
And he smiled and bowed and way
ed his hand and passed on"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-06
A FEW DON'TS.

Don't be reckless. especially in your
lying.
Don't give to the Lord and then go
out and rob a widow.
Don't acquire the borrowing habit. or
the day will come when you will run
out of friends.
Don't marry an indOlent man expect
ing him to brace up. or you may have
to take. in washing to pay for the
brace.
Don't be. so mean minded that you
can see no good in Il man. He may
be the first to loan you money in time
of need.
Don't lay up everything for a rainy
day and go hungry all through life.
Besides. where you are going it may
never. rain.
Don't spread butter on both sides of
your bread just because you have So in
your pockets. An earthquake may
come along and shake the change out
of them.-Denvcr News.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-06
RECKONING TIME.
The Watch of the Man In the Street
!. Set by the Stnrs.

~ az Nv oAhE
Time is a perennially interesting sub
jcct. BefO.e the chronometer in the
jewelers. window Il procession is con,
stantly passing. The banker pulls Oui
his $500 repeater, compares ii with the
chronometer and move on. The Olice
boy with just rs much dignity conSults
the dollar timepiece that bulgcS his lit
tie waistcoat. Both are equally under
the spell Of time.
AS most persons know, England sup
plies the world with that valuable but
impalpable commodity, that purely ar
bitrary thing which we call time. The
meridian of the Royal observatory at
Greenwich is the point from which the
day Of the civilized world is reckoned,
but in America the United States Naval
observatory in Washington determines
Greenwich time and distributes it by
telegraph.
In the end the watch of the man in
the street is set by the stars. Out of
the vast number in the heavens there
are some 600, visible either to the eye
vi llN N,tillNsl. NlllNI diC hIioN " bC
practically i1yariable. The astronomer
selects one of them. Through the
transit instrumental telescope pointed
at the merchandise watches, telegraph
ic key in hand. On the lens of the
telescope are eleven hair lines. The
center one marks the meridian. AS the
star crosses each of these lines the
operator presses his key, the wires Of
which connect with an automatic re-
cording clock called Il c~hron0graph.
This shows at what time the star
crossed the meridian. Astronomical ia
bles determine the time "a which it
should have crossed. Co~lnari-cl of
the standard clock with ;hc-a tables
shows whether or not the cock is
right.
The time is distributed at noon.
Three minutes bcr2"c u o'clock thou
sands of telegraph operators sit in 81
lence waiting for the click of the key
which shall tell them that the master
clock" in Washington has begun to
speak. At one minute before - it be
gins, beating every second until the
tifty-ffth. Then, after the pause.
one a single beat, which marks exact
noon, and for another day the world
knows that it has the correct time to
the fraction of Il secOnd.-YOuth's Com
paniOn.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-06
The Green F~irecracI<er That Use

to Be.
Oh, brother. in the days of old, the palmy
days of yore,
When we had fifteen cents to spend at
Henry Tilton's store
To celebrate the gloried Fourth, we al
ways hurried back
With three large cracker punches that
were straight five cents a pack!
They came from China, and right in the
midst of them was seen
One wonderful firecracker that was wrap
ped in palest green.
And you remember, brother, how we fired
them one by one,
Made ''fizzers'' of the ones that failed to
go off like a gun
And dOled them out in miser bits, for then
we must take care
To keep our fun a-going till the evening
on the square,
When there would be sllyrockets and red
fire and all the rest
We always kept the green one as the last
one and the best.
Ho. nowadays they shoot the things a
thousand at a time,
And We might buy a dozen packs, they
tell me. for a dime!
But none of all the modern ones can boom
with half the joy
OF those that came from China for the
wonder of each boy
And fixed and spat and sputtered till our
fingers were all BACKED
And then the wondrous green onel You
remember how 1t tracked!
Judges Magazine of Fun.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-06
4 NnturnI Inference.

For no other reason than that his
poultry book told him 20 feed lime he
sIavishly fed lime and asked himself
no questions.
The hens were v~ariOuSly affected.
The Leghorns found difficulty in
keeping their hot italian blood from
open revolt. The Cochins, with true
oriental apathy, said it was fate any
way. But the Old Plymouth Rock had
the American sense Of humOr.
"He thinks were going to lay bricks"
she cackled.-Puck.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-06
No Back Action.

Mr.. Gladstone knew how to admit
that he was in the wrong. On one oc-
casion he did so candidly and hand
somely, as becomes a gentleman. But
he preferred to keep clear of the neces-
sity for apologies and had scant belief
in their efficacy. You can't unpull a
mans nose" he once said to his pri-
vate~ secretary, Sir Algernon West.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-06

Il presume you spend all you make?'
NO: l don't spend a tenth of it."
Then you must have a nice little
balance in the bank?"
Nope, not a cent"
'Shake. old chap. I'm married my
self."-HoustOn Post.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-06
A Good Answer.

a shopkeeper had for his virtues OBJ
tanned the name of the little rascal
A stranger asked him why the appel
lation had been given to him.
ITO distinguish me from the rest OF
my trade" quoth he. "who are all great
rascalS."-London Mail.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-06
Proved.

Stello-Professor Lee says candy Is a
cure for fatigue. Bella-That's true.
A man who brings me chocolate never
makes me as tired as a man who does
not.-Harper's Bazaar.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-06
AIunrs the Contrnr

rs your wife's mother still with
you?' asked Singleton.
NO" answered WedderIy; shes
still against me every time thee is a
family argument on tap."-Detroit
Free Press.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-06

Power exercised with violence has
seldom been of long duration, but tenn
per and moderation generally produce
permanence in all things.-Seneca.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-06
Mistaken Identity.

You say that your friend was utter
~ Frustrated by Il mere case of mis-
taken IDENTIFY"
Yes. He mistook Il toadstOol for a
Star.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-06
Had Heard Papa Say 1t.

The Schoolteacher-Willie, can you
tell me the meaning of leisure? The
Bright Pupil-It's the place where mar
ried people repent.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-06

My dear, you must really take Fred
dy in hand about the way he uses
slang. Today he asked me what en-
tomolOgy was. and I told him the sci
nee of bugs"
"WeIl?'
Then he asked me if an entomologist
was a crazy man."-Baltimore Ameri-
can.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1906-11-16

atlves with the same majority elect
ed along with Mckinley in 1896
That House was composed of 2O6
republicans, l34 Democrats and l6
fopuIists or Independents. Thus
giving the Republicans Sc over all.
Exactly the same majority as they
Will have in the next House.
IN the Senate, at that time. the
vote stood 46 Republicans to "a DEM
ocrats. The next Senate will be at
least two-thirds Republican.
Something may happen to change
the minds of the voters between now
ana 1913, to give the Democrats a
snow to start in the great President
iai race, but at present, in the light
OF recent election returns. theirs
looks like forlorn hope.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1906-11-16

though the country might adopt his
views. Evidently the voters heard
and cheered Mr.. Bryan and then for
the most part voted the Republican
ticket. The result is to discredt
Mr.. Bryan's Presidential boom in
advance, and the high hopes which
Democracy was beginning to cher
ish, with him as their candidate, are
giving away to deepest despair as
the full effect of the election returns
are manifested. The results show
that with Bryan or with any other
candidate for President, the Demo-
Gratis cannot hope to capture single
State carried by Roosevelt, with the
possible exception of Missouri, and
the slim majority returned on the
State ticket there, would make that
State excellent fighting ground for
the Republicans. So also would the
result in Kentucky.
Nebraska. although canvassed
thoroughly for days, by Mr. Bryan,
remains safely Republican, with a
Legislature largely SO. Inthis off
year" the Republicans have succeed
ed in electing a House Of + spresent-
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1906-11-16
SLIM CHANCE FOR DEMOC-
RAGY.

With complete election returns from
the entire country at hand, careful
study will reveal no particular
grounds for congratulation upon
the part of Democracy. In the off
year" elections, the party in power
always loses ground. Often being
swept from power, so far as the
elections can go. No one expected
but what the Republicans would this
year fall below the tremendous ma
jorities returned two years ago in
the Roosevelt landslide. The DEM
ocrats went into the campaign full
of fight and making great claims.
Upon Mr.. Bryan's return he was
greeted as the most popular living
American. He was at once pressed
into The Congressional campaign,
and csnv3ssed the country as though
he was engaged in Presidential
cam laign. He was greeted in the
same Old way by the cheering thous-
ands' Ne confess it looked as
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1906-11-16

THE Hartford Hcrcld is unable to
understand the purport of our re-
port of the Democratic primary,
and jumps at the conclusion that we
are not satisfied with the result Of
same. If the Herald is able to sit
up and take notice, we wish to in
form it that we had no choice or
voice in the primary. But as a
newspaper it was our inherent and
unquestioned privilege, and our pa
irons expected US to report the pri-
mary as it was held, and the Heruld's
bombastic utterance, that the Dem
ocrats should have consulted The Re-
publican before casting their ballots,
is one of its customary feeble efforts
to waive a discussion of notorious
matter, such as the high-handed
prostitution of the ballot, termed
the Democratic primary.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1906-11-16

THE decision by the Court of APP
peals upon the re-districting cases
is expected in a few days. The court
is expected to hold the act uncon-
stitutional, which will necessitate a
special session of the Legislature to
make fair apportionment of the
counties into legislative districts.
This expense to the taxpayers of
Kentucky is not chargeable to the
Republicans, remember.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1906-11-16

In the race for United States Sem
ator before the Democratic prima-
ry, it is claimed that Mr.. McCreary
carried a large majority of the leg
islative districts which elect Demo-
cratic members. AS the race be-
tween Beckham and McCreary was
merely to instruct Democratic men,
bers of the next legislature, it is
claimed by the friends of McCreary
that members. whose districts show
ed majority for him, are instruct
ed to vote for him in the caucus.
This is an entirely new point. and
is not without force. What right
has the Republican district of Ohio
county to dictate to the Democratic
member from Davies how he shall
vote in that caucus one year hence?
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1906-11-16

ping over the races in the primary,
they We're scooping in the votes for
their candidates for Congress. They
also, doubtless, made use of the OPP
portunity to swap in some localities.
A primary election should not be
held on the general election day, and
we doubt if it is ever done in Ken
lucky again. Many Democrats are
announcing themselves opposed to
the custom.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1906-11-16

a PERFECTLY fair Democratic
primary was held in Louisville, and
yet the canvassing committee was
compelled to throw out about 1000
votes, because some precincts had
voted several hundred more votes
than there were Democrats and Re-
publicans combined. Had it been a
state or municipal election, only the
Republicans votes would have been
thrown out. They would have been
exceedingly irregular.