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CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.

The ProhibitiOnists have adopted a
plan to raise money for the campaign.
They charge 80 cents to hear pro-
hibitiOn speeches. 1t is said that 1t is
not working very we'll, especially in
New England. We suspect they would
raise more money if they would charge
so cents admission and then give q
bottle of beer as a rebate, says Good.
wins Weekly. Prohibition is a lovely
thing. Some men have, through it,
grown healthy and wealthy, but a lee
ture on prohibition is o a drawing
card.
The Socialists have a more winning
device. They have buttons issued for
10 cents. They reissue them to the
state organizations at Is cents. Then
the state organizations sell them to
their adherents for % cents. 1t will
be seer that there is a graft all up and
down the line, and we are afraid it
would be just SO If the party could
succeed and elect a president and a
congress. The last fellows to get the
benefit would be the people, aud they
would have to pay two and a halt
times as much as the original cost.
1t is said that Mr.. Brya an is having
a hard game to raise needed funds
The farmers do not respond, the grea,
common people" that Mr.. Bry an ha:
exhausted so much %elOquence upOr
and so much sympathy, do not res
pond.
MIR. Taft, We suspect, is relying
chiefly or his rich brother for funds
and II that is all in the family. that il
nobody's business.
We think Tom Watson, perhaps
has the best plan. He is running dowl
in Georgia, and with him it seems t,
be as it was with the Arkansas gen
tleman. AS the story goes, a gentle
man stayed over night with the Ar
kansas man, and getting up in tn
morning and looking around, he sail
to his host: only friend, this is
beautiful country, but when you hav
to have a few dollars, how do you &c
IT." "When we have t have it,
was the reply. "Hes, in the case of
funeral or Of sudden sickness or a
accident or any other emergency, i
which you positively must have
little money, how do you raise it?
"That's easy" said the Arkansa
man. 1--WE just brace up and =,
i, along without it,"
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TAFT TALKS TARIFF.
Republican Candidate Recalls Effect
of Bryan Policies.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Sept. 29.-Tariff
revision, mostly downward, but in
some instances upward, notably on
pottery. was the keynote of Can
di1ate Taft's speeches today. In none
of them did he forget to, ''go after''
his Nebraska opponent.
The Ohioan's campaign through
South Dakota terminated here tonight
where he addressed a tremendous
audience from the four states of Iowa,
Nebraska, South Dakota and Min.
nesota. The meeting was held in the
immense shed of the Union passenger
station, and was rivaled in the days
trip from Aberdeen only by two meet
ings held at Mitchell.
The manner of speech Mr.. Taft de-
livered during the day may be learn
ed from the following extracts of re-
marks made at different places along
the road. His speech at Mitchell and
at Sioux City were along the same
lines:
The difficulty about Mr.. Brya an,
my distinguished opponent, is that he
is engaged in trying to avoid his re-
cord and the republican party and its
candida are trying to stand by its
record.
"Mr. Bryan, I behave Yesterday,
invited my consideration to a number
of issues, but l don, think that he
dwelt, with that intense emphasis OF
which he is capable, on the condition
the farmers were in when he was,
SO to speak, at the helm. l don't
think he called yoDr attention to the
effect on the market price Of farmers
products under the Gorman.W Wilson
tariff bill of which he was one OF
the chief advocates. He did not refer
to the fact with any degree of signifc.
ance that wheat under the influence o.
that great tariff easur went dowr
below so cents. He did not call your at
tention to the fact that corn was at q
cents: that oats were at 10 cents, mol
did he dwell on the fact that after the
democratic party, under his leader
ship, had brought about such a con
dition of aft airs that then, in order t.
help US all out Of the difficulty he pro
posed a method by which we shoult
repudiate half of our debts and b,
that way stagger back to prosperity
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OUR NEXT

No man eve nominated for a pro
minent public Otfics. in .NiUntaLa has
awakened so much Interest as edward
DOnlan, OF Missoul d, who is the choice
OF the republican, party for governor.
Because sc little has hitherto been
known of his past. he has Deer looked
upon as a sort of mysterious %unaraci-
err. The real a why SO little is
known Of him is that he il almost
timid of personal publicity. Naturally
taciturn, he annot be brought to talk
much about himself.
Senator Donlan commenced his
Montana career as a section hand at
Monarch a little over sixteen years
ago.. He had even then, after a short
experience in the Michigan woods, Il
desire to go into the logging business.
He was but % years old when he
arrived at Sheep creek, now in Cas-
cade county, and got a job to float logs
down that stream, but low water pre-
vented him from working there and
he became a day laborer on the Mon
arch section. He went back to log
ging hat summer and his first drive
landed him in Great Falls in August.
1892. There he hired out as a log
loader and inside of three years he
vas a recognized expert in his line.
AT this time his reputation was high
with all classes OF his neighbors, but
it depended wholly upon his uniform
good nature. his silent sympathy with
his comrades, his interchangeable indus.
try and the plain decency of his daily
life. Temperate to the point Of
abstemiousness, he had succeeded in
saving considerable money and his
mind was already made up to go into
business for himself when, in 1895, he
married Miss Josephine Ticker of
Green Bay, Wisconsin. His first
business venture was on a modest
scale but it grew rapidly under his in
cessan care, 80 that in 1905 he was
able to establish a comfortable home
in Missoula and supplement his lum-
Der business with a general mercan.
tile establishment.
Mrs. Donlan and their four children
and a few close friends know how
proud Ed Donlan is of his rapid but
inevitable rise TO prosperity and
e~minencc, but he cannot be brought to
boast of it and seldom refers to his
early struggles except when chatting
by his WI fireside. That is the plain
outline of the mans Montana life and
it is chiefly striking because of its
almost elemental simplicity.
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Big Crowd at State Fair.

HELENA, Sept. 30.-Today was
Northern Montana day at the state
fair and a big crowd was in attend.
ance from Great Falls and other towns
in that portion of the state. The
Black Eagle band and the Ladies'
Imperial band Of Bozeman furnished
the music.
All previous state auto records for
five miles were broken yesterday when
c. NJ. BARS White steamer went the
distance in 1865. Conrad's Stanley
was a quarter of a mile behind at the
finish.
The dry land farming exhibit OF the
experiment station, with crops from
all parts of the state, is a feature this
year and indicates the progress which
is being made. Many of these dry
land crops rival those grown on
irrigated farms.
There will be no airship ascension
in Helena this year. The Strobel
airship and its operator. Captain
Dallas, were victims of an accident al
Independence, Mo-, recently and the
airship company will not be able to
make good on its promise of ascen'
sious.
The display Of livestock at the state
fair this year may not be numerically
larger than it was previous years, but
the cattle, horses, sheep, poultry and
swine are of such a character as to at
tract considerable attention and re
ceive commend alton from the thous
ands of visitors that daily pas:
through the live stock quarter. Those
who visited the fair the first few years
it was in progress and have not visit
ed it since, can not but fail to be i'm
pressed with the great contrast in thu
livestock exhibit.
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Reward For Oeserters.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 29.-Accord.
ing to an order issued at the war de.
partment today, a reward OF $50 will
be paid in all cases where a deserter
is delivered by a civil officer or civil.
ian at u military post, or at such
other place as may be designated for
his delivery by the proper military
officers. In special cases aud in the
discretion of the secretary of war, the
amount of the reward may be re-
Guced.
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THE FIRST BONANZA FARMER,

Oliver Dalrymple, who died at Gas
SETON, N. d., the other day in his sew
cnty-ninth year, was fairly entitled to
be called 'the first bonanza farmer
the first who showed that, by the
combination Of agricultural knowledge
and business methods, working on a
large scale, wealth could be produced
from the soil a. rapidly and more Ger
tainly thar from the ~so'called "bo.
nanza' mines.
During the early sos the Dalrymple
farm-3O,O 600 acres of wheat-acquired
an interna tional reputation. Dis
tinguished visitors from ali over the
world were taken to see it. On it were
employed at one time 600 men and as
many horses. $50 gang plows, leo self.
binding harvesters, twelve steam
thrashing outfits, and other farm ma
chinery in proportion.
CuriOusly enough, Oliver Dalrymple
was not originally a farmer. Born in
Pennsylvania Of Scotch parentage, he
AatbS SsC WIN Ills ulollCl III lCoo ~
grow up with the country as a lawyer.
He settled at Faribault, Mimi, prac.
ticed law, and handled farm loans for
Eastern investors. Becoming con-
WINGED that there was more money to
be made directly from the soil he in
1866 became a farmer in Washington
county, Minnesota, and the first year
planted $500 acres in wheat.
He was one of the first to see The
possibilities of the valley of the Rec
River of the North. In 1875 thu
Northern Pacific had reached Bis
marck, but between there and Fargo
there was not a dwelling. That yea
and the e Dalrymple bought TO
himself and others from the railroa,
and the United States, $4,000 acres il
the Red river valley aud went int,
wheat growing on q scale then VI
known.
Few people then believed that tn
Red river country would yer amour
to much in an agricultural way.
was too cold they said, and the sea:
ons were too short. Oliver Dalrymp'
believed in it and proved his faith /
his works, risking the competence
had already acquired on the ventur,
For five years he broke 5000 acr.
of virgin prairie each year, putin
practically all the land into wheat
5000, 1900, $4,000, $4,000, and tinall
almost 30, 900 acres of wheat fields.
was a great venture, for not only W;
the soil unknown, but in the lane
farther southwark spring wheat ha
become, through unfortunate exper
ence, almost discredited. The Kans;
farmers, for instance, had been tr,
ing spring wheat, but by 1880 hi
come to regard it as a makeshift cor
pared with the windter kind.
OF course, the time when it WI
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-10-07

profitable to grow nothing but wheat
on 10000 acres passed by. OF late
years there has been a variety and
rotation of crops. And by divisions
with associates and sales the 80, 900
acre farm has been reduced to about
1000 acres. 1t has ceased to be q
specialized wheat factory though
wheat is still its chief product.--Inter
Orpap
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-10-07
Kern Has a Pass.

CINCINNATI, Sept. 29.-The officials
of the Big Four today gave out q
statement to the effect that John w.
Kern, the democratic nominee, was
employed by that company to attend
its indianapolis interests, and for
that eason was given a pass over
that line,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-10-07

host replied, picking up a fresh ear Of
corn in place of a mutilate cob.
Nov, don't you think, Joe," the
farmer remarked shrewdly, that you
could get a good deal more reason
able rate at a livery stable?:'
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-10-07

This bank solicits accounts, and
offers to depositors absolute security,
prompt and careful attention, and the
most liberal treatment consistent with
safe and profitable banking. Buys
and sells foreign exchange, drawing
direct on all principal American and
European cities, and issues It's
Letters of Credit.
Interest paid on time deposits. The
highest cash price paid for approved
state, county, city and school bonds
and warrants.
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Fine Book and Job Printing q spe-
cialty at the RIVER Press Office,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-07
alexandria Gazette.
FRIDAY EVENING. AUG 7. 1908
Why We Ars>AII Mimie..

STf we did not cough In church, the
human race would not exist" And the
professor, twiddling q piece OF chalk
IN his hand, regarded the sophomores
with a quizzical smile.
What l mean" he continued, rs
that the cause OF coughing is the cause
of our survival. That cause is MIN
icry. Mimicry Is a better life preserver
than ieetness or strength. For by
mimicry we manage not TO attract AZ
tention, and In prehistoric times they
who attracted attention were hunted
down by the tribe and roasted FOR din
ner or hunted down by the saber tooth
tiger and taken raw.
"Since those dark days mimicry has
been instructive with US. Mimicry Is
what causes us TO follow the fashions.
II causes US. when In England, 10 say
'cawn't and 1awf.' If your friend
yawns, you yawn-that's mimicry. II
he laughs, you laugh imicry again.
II he snuffies, you shuttle mimicry.
And II he coughs in church. straight
way you and all the rest OF the con
gregation cough, the reason being the
same one which saved our foretathers
from determination. New York Press.
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Famous Floqqers.

Among English schoolmasters whose
names have come down to posterity
with the dubious reputation of great
ioggers DR.. Busby Of Westminster
school is the generally acknowledged
chief.
OF him II Is recorded that, one OF his
head boys having insulted q young
French viscount who came to the
school to demand satisfaction, he fog
ged the viscount first for the blood
thirsty intentions and next bis friend
who was the bearer Of his challenge.
DR.. valpy, too, who edited an edition
of the classics, was potent wielder OF
the rod. Archdeacon Groom, who was
a pupil Of his, tells story In illustra-
ton of his prowess. One OF the boys
had been logged by the redoubtable
dominic, and the lads father came to
complain.
"Sir," said Valpy to him, Il logged
your son because he richly deserved 1t.
II he again deserves 1t, l shall dog
him again, and" rising. IF you come
here, sir, interfering with my duty ]
shall fog you"
The parent fed.
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Pnt Ont of Conmission.

Abernethy was supposed TO influence
people by brusqueness amounting to
absolute rudeness. 1t Is related that
one day a very voluble lady took her
daughter, who was i'll, to see him.
(Which of you two wants to consult
meT said Abernethy.
"My daughter" replied the elder wo-
man.
Abernethy then put question to the
girl. Before she had a chance to reply
her mother began long story. Aber-
nethy told her to be quiet and repeat
ed his question to the girl. A second
time the woman began story, and a
second time he told her TO be quiet.
Then she interrupted him third time.
Put your tongue out" he said to the
mother.
"But there's nothing the matter with
me-" she exclaimed.
"Never mind, put your tongue out"
he commanded.
Thoroughly overawed, the woman
obeyed.
"NOw, keep it out" said Abernethy,
and he proceeded to examine the GIRL
Grand Magazine.
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A Queer Complication.

In Sydney, a town Of 100000 inhab-
itants, one can get nothing to eat on
a Sunday. Certain restaurants supply
food surreptitiously, but the whole
time the guests are in danger OF being
arrested. Once an Italian was In such
a restaurant on Sunday when suddenly
the police entered The italian was
promptly pushed by the proprietor into
a room where a waitress happened to
be standing in negligee. Even this
room the police invaded. but the walt
ress saved the situation by declaring
that the young man was her hance.
The young man. by the way, had been
married some time. He thought that
he had deceived the policeman; but, as
a matter OF fact, he had got out of the
frying pan into the fire. One fine day
the waitress called him before the
courts and claimed $500 for breach Of
promise. The italian had to pay. AnS
then came the worst of all. His wife
sued for a divorce and shortly after
married another man
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An lJnsovoht Pardon.

Among the stories Of that former
governor of Texas Familiarity known
as Sam Houston is more than one
amusing tale.
There was a financial agent of the
penitentiary who had warmly opposed
the election of Governor Houston, but
was particularly anxious to retain his
own pleasantly lucrative position. Con-
sequently the new governor was soon
in receipt of a petition in which the
mans years of faithful service and
special qualifications for the place were
set forth In glowing terms by himself.
The governor sent for him and said
gravely, at appears from this petition
that you have been In the penitentiary
eight years"
IL have" was the reply.
"And during that time you have per-
formed faithfully every duty that has
come in your way to the best Of your
ability"
II have" answered the agent, his
courage swiftly rising.
"Then, sir" said the governor. With
the air Of one comforting a priceless
favor, II pardon you out"
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A Eamous Architects Trick.

When Sir Christopher Wren was
building the town hall Of Windsor,
fdgety member Of the corporation, 50
the story goes, insisted that the roof
required further support and desired
the architect to add more pillars. In
vain did Sir Christopher assure him
that the danger was imaginary. He
knew better. The alarm spread, and
the great architect was worried Into
adding the desired columns.
Years passed, and in later times,
when architect and patrons were dead,
cleaning operations In the roof re-
vealed the fact that the supposed sddi-
tional supports did not touch the roof
by two inches, though this was not per
ceptible to the gazers below.
By this ingenious expedient did Wren
pacify his critics, while vindicating bis
own architectural skill to future gener-
atoms.
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I'm TelIino You.

Pat Murphy, who was in lodgings,
was greatly annoyed by the landlady
helping herself to his provisions. She
began by taking piece OF his butter
and when Pat came home she said:
"Pat, I'm taking little OF your but
ter but Pm not like other landladies-
I'm telling you"
Next day 1t was an egg, and so on.
Every day there was something taken
and put off with the remark, I'm not
ike other landladies-Pm telling you"
OF course there was never any re-
duction In Pats bill. One Saturday his
bill came to larger amount than
usual. Pat looked at 1t, bundled up q
few things In his handkerchief, walked
to the door and said:
"Landlady, Pm sloping. I'm not Ike
other lodgers-I'm telling you."-Lon-
don Answers.
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Corner QUEEN and PAYNE SITS.
OPENING AND CLOSING OF MAILS

Northern mails, week days, close at z 10 a.
m. and s 45, IL 80 q. M, and 2OO. z3O,
s is and 10 30 p. n. Open at 500 a. M,
l2 90 m, and 4 90 D. m. On straightforward
mails close at 8 % q. M, go, and ~
D. m. 800 81,
2 10 and 10 80 a. M, and 3 20 and 103
%. IN. Open at 800 a. m. and 9 90 p. m.
Southern mails, via Richmond, close 81
8 40 and 10 80 q. M, and 80, w and III ~
o. m. Open at 8 q. M, IL M and p. N.
Manassas Division mails close at 10 q. m.
and 8 20 .. m. Open at II 80 and 8 80 p. m.
Alexandria and Round Hill mails Close al
45 a. m, and 4 90 p. m. Open at S0Os. m.
and 2 80 pm.
Chesapeake and Ohio mails close at 8 20 p,
"a. Aad 030 p. N. Open at 800 q. m. and
600p. m. ~
Washington mails close ct 10, a. IN. 8 %
and IL 80 q. M, and 90, 80,
8 10 and 10 30 q. m. Open at 800 g. M,
1900 m. and 4, 90 p. m. and 4 80 p. NJ.
Ofice Hours-Open at 500 q. m. Close 81
Sunday Hours-opsn ct sOo@ m. Close
ct 10 90 q. m.
Csrriers' Schedule Collection made On m
side routes-6 30 and 1000 q. 10. ana w Va ano
Q so o. m. Fr III route-6O a. N ana ~ Y;
m. Sunday @ Election 500 p. IN. Csrnsn
window open Sunday 200 8. M ana ciOss
Deliveries made 500 a. m. i 20 p. m. and
All mail should be In the ONCE ten minutes
bas,-s on. Indicated time hoE "in@inS
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RAILROADS,
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Trains leave Union Station Alexandris
In Effect April 10Th, 1908.

Trains leave Union station Alexhndfls
In Effect April 10Th, 1905.
neutrality-suspicious. figures published
only IS information, and are not guaranteed.
s:O7 A. M.--Daily--Local for Harrison
burg, Warrensea Dsnyille and way stations.
$50 A. M.-Daily-U. 8. Fast mall; Stops
only for passengers for Chsriottesviile anu
points south at which scheduled to stop. FlIn
class coaches and drswins.room sleepeis iof
New Orleans. DiniDs car service.
Az p. NJ. Dsily-Washington and rionus
limited. Sleeping cars between New York. Au-
gusta anc Jacksonville. Through nrst,class
coeche between Washington and Jackson
vile. Dining car service between Washing
ton end jacksonville. Tourist to California
tri.weekly.
4:S2 P. M.-week Dsys-Local for Har'
!isonburg and way stations on Manassas
branch.
5;l2 P; M.-Dsily Local for wsnsntcn
and Charlottesville.
11:02 p. M.-Daily-W Washington and Chat.
tanOoga Limited (via Lynchburg). First
| class coach and sleeping cars TO Roanoke
Knoxville, Chattanooga and Memphis. Sleep
er to Birmingham and New Orleans, Wash
ington to Roanoke. Dining car service.
i1:17 P. M.-Daily-New York and New
and observation cars 10 New Orleans. Sleep.
ers to Asheville, Atlanta, Birmingham and
New Orleans. Sleeper to Charlotte. Dining
car service.
Through trains from the South arrive a. Al
exandris S:2S and S:4S A. NJ. and S;l5,
SAB, and lib P. N. daily. Harrlsonburg
1908 P. M. week days and 9:ls P. N. daily.
From Charlottesville 1853 A. n.
TRAINS ON BLUEM0NT BRANCH.
Leave Alexandria (W. d o. Station) s:2S a
NJ, lao and 428 P. NJ. week days, and BID
p. NJ. daily 70 Bluemont; 6:S5 p. NJ. week
days for Leesburg; 9:0S and 1926 A. M on
| Sundays only for Blu mont.
For detailed schedule figures, tickets, Pull
nan reservation, etc., apply to
WILLIAM G. LEHEW, Union 1icke
Agent, Alexandria, Va.
| G. n. ACKERT, Vice Pres. and Gen. Mgr
8. II. HARDWICK, Pass. Traf. Mgr.
w. II. TAYLOE, Gen. Passenger Agent.
LIS. BROWN, General Agent.
i
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Beautifully Arranged.

Brown-Well, you've got the quar-
ter. Is your sister coming down.
1--WE arranged 1t beautifully, old
chap. told her it was you first,
and she said to tell you she was out,
and then l said l was fooling and
that It was Charley Jones, and you
ought to have seen her hustle to get
into clean shirt waist! She'll be right
down. ~
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What ia Best for indigestion ,

Mr.. A. Robinson, of Drumquiu, On
tsrio, has been troubled for years With
indigestion, and recommends Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets IS
"the best medicine ever used" II
troubled with indigestion or constipation
give them trial. They are certain to
prove beneficial. They are easy to take
and pleasant in effect. Price, 25 cents.
Samples free at W. F. Creighton &
90. and Richsrd Gibson.
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If you take Kodol in the beginning the
bad attacks Of Dyspepsia will be avoided,
but IL you allow these little attacks 10 go un-
needed it will take KOdola longer time tc
put your stomach in good condition as ain
Get bottle of Kodol to-day. Sold BY w. +.
Creighton a Co.