Fergus County Democrat. [volume], February 07, 1905, Image 6

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WAYS TO ADVERTISE.
The Wbe Man May Bandy See Which
la the Beat Method.
If you have goods to sell, advertise.
Hire a man with a lampblack kettle
and a brush to paint your name and
number on all the railroad fences. The
cars go whizzing by so fast that no
one can read them, to be sure, but
perhaps the obliging conductor would
stop the train to accommodate an in
quisitive passenger.
Have your card in the hotel register
by all means. Strangers stopping at
hotels for a night generally buy a cigar
or two before they leave town, and
they need some inspiriting literary food
besides.
If an advertising agent wants your
business advertised in a fancy frame
at the depot, pay him about 200 per
cent more than it is worth and let
him put it there. When a man has
three-quarters of a second in which to
catch a train he invariably stops to
read depot advertisements, and your
card might hike his eye.
Of course the street thermometer
dodge is excellent. When a man's lin
gers and ears are freezing or he is puff
ing and "phewing" at the heat is the
time above all others when lie reads
an advertisement.
Have thousands of little dodgers
printed and hire a few boys to dis
tribute them. You've no idea how the
junk dealer and paper and rag man
will respect you.
A boy with a big placard on a polo
is an interesting object on the street
and lends a dignified air to your estab
lishment. Hire about two.
Advertise on a calendar. People
never look at a calendar to see what
day of the month it is. They merely
glance hurriedly at it so as to be sure
that your name is spelled with or
without a "p," that's all.
But don't think of advertising in a
well established, legitimate newspaper.
Not for a moment. Y'our advertise
ment would be nicely printed and
would find its way into all the thrifty
households of the region, where are the
farmer, the mechanic, the tradesmen
in other lines and into the families of
the wealthy and refined, all who have
articles to buy and money with which
to buy them, and it would be read and
pondered, and people would come down
to your store and patronize you and
keep coming in increasing numbers, and
you might have to hire an extra clerk
or two, move into a larger block and
more favorable location and do a big
ger business, but of course it would be
more expensive—and bring greater
Free Press.
For Their Stomachs' Sake.
Sunday school treats must come round
oftener in England than in the United
States, for the dean of Bristol lias in
cluded in liis hook. "()dds and Ends,"
many stories of the hold of such fes
tivities on the juvenile heart and stom
ach.
The hand of a small boy wavered for
an instant over a plate of cakes before
he took one. "Thanks," he said, after
his momentary hesitation, "I'm sure I
can manage it if I stand up."
Another boy. still smaller, who bad
stuffed systematically, at last turned
to bis mother and sighed: "Carry mo
home, mother; hut, oh, don't bend me!"
The average boy In Yorkshire knows
why he attends these feasts and does
not relish being furnished forth scan
tily. A solicitous curate approached one
who was glowering mysteriously. "Have
you hud a good tea?" the curate asked.
"No," said the boy, in an aggrieved
tone, laying iiis hand on his diaphragm.
"It don't hurt me yet."
Din ks and Drakes.
A schoolboy in Jewell City, Mo., was
assigned to prepare an essay on the
subject of "Ducks," and this is what
he wrote: "The duck is a low, heavy
set bird, composed mostly of meat and
feathers. He is a mighty poor singer,
having a hoarse voice caused by get
ting so many frogs in his neck. He
likes the water and carries a toy bal
loon in his stomach to keep him from
sinking. The duck lias only two legs,
and they are set so far back on his
running gears by nature that she came
purty near missing his body. Some
ducks when they get big have curls
on their tails and are called drakes.
Drakes don't have to set or hatch, but
just loaf, go swimming and eat. If I
was to be a duck, I'd rather be a drake
every time."
It Wan JnMt Ponnible.
"I don't understand," said Mrs.
Youngmother, "why it is that baby
won't go to sleep. Here I have been
Bitting and singing to him for the last
hour, and yet he keeps crying ap**
seems just as wide awake as ever."
"Well," said her husband thoughts
ly, "I don't know, of course, and pel
haps I am wrong, but it may be that
baby has a musical ear."
Where Man and Dog Differ.
"Pedigree in a dog makes him valu
Bble, doesn't it?"
"Certainly."
"Funny, isn't it?"
"What's funny?"
"Why, it's my experience that pedi
gree makes a man pretty darn near
worthless."—Chicago Post.
Few Prayers.
Yern—Now, if all men would vote as
they pray this would truly be a happy
world. Dem—But if that should ever
happen you wouldn't get the average
man to the polls once in ten years.—
Catholic Standard.
Tlielr Good Ofllcea.
"I see they're advertising twenty-five
cent lunches. What do they give you?"
"An appetite for your dinner."—Phil
adelphia Ledger.
Chance is a word void of sense. Noth
ing can exist without a cause.—Vol
taire.
PLAYS AND PLAYERS.
Bernard Shaw's latest play will be
called "John Bull's Other Island" and
will attempt to give the stage the real
Irishman. It is to be produced at the
Court theater, London.
Edward Terry, the actor and owner
of Terry theater, London, is engaged
to marry Lady Harris, the widow of
Sir Augustus Harris, says a special
dispatch from London.
Young Mile. Germaine Rejane, who
has accompanied her mother to this
country, says she will never, no, never,
be an actress. It is an interesting fact
that she made her only stage appear
ance in this country.
A new pritna donna, Miss Martha
Carine, is seen in the production of
"The Cingalee," by J. C. Duff's com
pany at Daly's theater. New York.
Miss Carine is an American girl who
has studied in Paris for several years.
Elsie De Wolfe has returned from
Europe after a trip which began in
the early spring. She has a play call
ed "The Massarenes," by Ouida, which
Paul Iiester Is to dramatize. She has
several others in reserve, including one
by Brieux.
Lillian Bussell signed a contract with
Sam S. Shubert, by the terms of which
she is to star under the Shubert man
agement for five years, beginning next
December. Miss Bussell's initial ve
hicle will l>e an operatic version of
"The School For Scandal."
HORSES AND HORSEMEN.
Izetta, 2:13%, retires for the season
unbeaten. There are few like her.
Tito Human has been second in many
fast heats this year, but lias not won
one.
Snyder McGregor's new record is
2:07%. He is among the big winners
of the year.
John Mae, 2:00%, has been another
severe disappointment for Geers. lie
has won but one race for him.
Stanley Dillon's 2:07% is still high
water mark for the year for a green
trotter and bids fair to stay so.
The gray mare Buth C. goes into
winter quarters without a record. She
has won quite a bunch of money too.
Adara, the fast daughter of Adver
tiser, 2:15%, reduced her record to
2:16% in a fifth heat over the Wheeling
(W. Va.) half mile track.
Two pacers are now tied for the
world's record for a seventh heat,
2:07%—Baron Grattan and King Di
rect. Geers drove them both.
Margrave, three years old, the superb
roan son of Baron Wilkes, 2:18, owned
by the Flemings of Terre Haute, lias
nine new performers and stands sec
ond for the season to Allerton only.
SHORT STORIES.
Tills is the way an Indian in Wash
ington county, Me., sizes up the game
laws: "Kill man. too bad; kill cow
moose, pay ifioOO."
The youngest baby on record near
Kaukauua, Wis., in possession of teeth
is a boy born with a tooth to Mr. and
Mrs. Leo Hastings.
Thomaston, Me., claims the youngest
sewing club in the state—that is, the
youngest in the point of the members'
ages. It is composed of little girls of
seven years, and they have planned a
winter's campaign of fancy sewing.
There is an odd combination of pets
in the Biddet'ord (Me.) greenhouse of
Charles S. Strout in a woodcock and a
cat. They iive in perfect peace, the
woodcock growing fat on the worms in
the rich earth and the cat keeping the
place free from mice.
William Laddy of Addison, Vt.,
placed in the spring one bushel of po
tatoes on the ground and covered them
with two feet of hay. This fall he re
moved the covering and got twelve
bushels of very flue large potatoes
grown without planting, hoeing or dig
ging.
A RAMBLE IN RUSSIA.
In the farming districts of Bussia it
costs 38 cents to hire a horse for one
day and 34 cents to hire a man.
A lieutenant in the Bussian army is
paid about $200 a year, a captain about
$300 and a major $450. Kuropatkin is
getting $100,000.
The Bussian customs law imposes a
fine of two-thirds the regular duty on
Imported goods the quality of which
has been misrepresented.
A gold collar with a medal of Notre
Dame des Dunes has been sent to the
czar of Bussia by the fishwives who
presented a golden fish to the czarina
four years ago and promised to pray
that a son should be bom to her.
When the present czar was czaro
Uvitz he was attacked by a fanatic in
Otsu, Japan, and two jinrikisha men
assisted in rescuing him from his as
sailant. They have received a pension
from Bussia ever since. This year it
was forwarded to them as usual, much
to their surprise.
MODES OF THE MOMENT.
Chamois is a favorite in the soft
tints.
One of the newest shades Is crushed
Itanberry.
For evening gowns come the sheerest
of silk laces in the palest shades of
blue and pink and violet.
For dressy mantles there is a tenden
cy to return to the old dolman shape
fitting in at the back and loose over the
arms.
Any number of fur turbans are seen.
They are a little heavy for everyday
wear, but are handsome and as a rule
extremely, becoming.
Velvet and chiffon velours are used
for complete costumes, some trimmed
with narrow bands of fur, others with
handsome passementerie in the same
tone.—New York Poet
POISON IVY.
It May Be Known by Its Three Leaf,
leta and White Berrlee.
Frequently a person is puzzled to
know whether a vine with which he
comes in contact is poison Ivy or Vir
ginia creeper. The poison ivy has three
leaflets and white berries, wbil" the
creeper has five and purple buries.
The only way to prevent a bad rase
of poisoning from the ivy is to begin
treatment as soon as the itching sen
sation becomes apparent. If the case
Is allowed to continue until the pus
tules break the patient is pretty sure
to suffer for a week or more. A good
remedy is the extract of grindella,
which if used in time by rubbing on
the affected parts every five minutes
will give relief. Sugar of lead salve is
also a standard remedy.
If a person who has touched poison
ivy will wash the exposed part thor
oughly with soap as soon after as pos
sible poisoning can generally be pre
vented. The poisonous principle in the
ivy Is a corrosive essential oil which
is very volatile. It is not necessary to
touch the ivy in order to be poisoned.
Passing near it may be sufficient, and
when ivy is burned the smoke is also
poisonous.
Many people are not at all sensitive
to poison ivy and can handle it without
fear, while to others a mere breath of
it is sufficient to cause troublesome
eruptions. Poison oak anil poison ivy
are the same thing. The plant has
peculiar way of changing its habit of
growtli according to local conditions.—
Pathfinder.
SUPERSTITIONS.
ThinK.s That Some People Imagine
Are SIrum of Bad Luck.
Some people otherwise sensible will
draw back rather than walk under a
ladder. Even strongminded women
hesitate to show their contempt of this
superstition when they hear that it
prevents the single from marrying for
that year and to the married it be
tokens death. The Dutch hold that it
was a sign that you would be hanged
because of the important part whicli a
ladder used formerly to play in the
last act of the law. A Scotch tradition
holds it lucky to wish wheu going un
der a ladder.
To miss the mouth in eating and drop
one's victuals is a sign of approaching
sickness. Every time one turns a loaf
upside down a ship is wrecked. On
this the Dutch say, "If a loaf lies topsy
turvy it is not good." Scott in "The
Tales of a Grandfather" says, "Never
turn a loaf in the presence of a Mon
teith." Iluzlitt in his "English Prov
erbs'' quotes, "Are there traitors at
the table that the loaf is turned the
wrong side upward?"
That ill fortune attended the spilling
of salt is an idea arising from the be
lief of the ancients that salt was in
corruptible. It was therefore made the
symbol of friendship, and if it fell cas
ually tlie ancients thought tlicir friend
ship would not 1)0 of long duration. In
Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper" the
betrayer is represented in the act of
spiffing salt.
Traits of Apes.
It lias been observed that if the tame
dog is taken back to the wild st;»*e he
loses his voice. These "sounding
voices" are produced in the animal's
throat in a way similar to human lan
guage, but are not "voices" proper nor
"languages" proper, and yet they are
full of psychological expression and re
veal the animal's psychic states. If we
tickle a chimpanzee in the arjnpit the
touch produces a grin on the face sim
ilar to that of a man under like cir
cumstances. He also emits laughter
like sounds. The same is the case with
the orang outang. The gorilla knits
the brow when angry, just like men.
We often observe in apes a complete
change in the facial muscles when
something is going to happen, be it
agreeable or disagreeable. It is so alsu
with the child. In apes there is evi
dently the same connection between
the facial muscles and vocal muscles
as In man.
How a County Got Ita Name.
Frenchtown, in Antelope county,
Neb., received its name from the num
ber of French settlers in the vicinity.
The county itself received its name
from a party of Platte county settlers.
They were chasing a band of Indian
cattle thieves across what is now An
telope county when they became so ex
hausted for lack of food that they
could not go farther. At this critical
time an antelope appeared in sight and
was shot, thus possibly saving the
lives of the hunters. One member of
this party was in the legislature that
named the territory, including the
scene of this incident, and the county
was named Antelope at his suggestion.
—Nebraska State Journal.
HIh Convincing Manner.
"Do you—aw—believe in the —aw—
theory of evolution, Miss Wise—that
we all—aw—spring from apes, don't
you know?"
The beautiful girl hesitated. "I never
used to," she replied finally.
"Perhaps I—aw—could convince you,"
be suggested.
"You have already," she answered.—
New York Press.
Nothing to Retract.
Mrs. Counterhop (with an injured
air)—You told me before we were mar
tied that you were the highest salaried
clerk In the store. Mr. Counterhop
(equally injured)—So I am. I'm two
Inches and a half higher than any oth
er salaried clerk in the whole estab
lishment.—Chicago Tribune.
A Mean Retort.
Mrs. Nagger—Perhaps you recall it;
was on a railroad train that we first
met and— Mr. Nagger—Yes, but It's
too late now for me to sue the compa
ny for damages.—Philadelphia Ledger.
Judith Hardware Company.
W E WANT TO THANK the people of Fergus County for
their patronage during 1904, which was a banner year
with us, and ask for a continuance of same for 1905. Our line
is very complete and represents one of lhe largest stocks in
Central Montana, and by dealing with us you have a complete
line to pick from. Give us a call and make your wants known
and get our prices, and at all times remember you can buy as
much goods for your money in any line we sell as anywhere in
Montana.
Judith Hardware Company.
Telephone 63
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every month.
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