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MILK RIVER VALLEY NEWS
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HARLEM, MONT.
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X«w* Pub. Co., F. V NVil I. >l<r
The unconfirmed war rumor gener
ally remains that way.
No man is ready for Ills work until
In* has learned to wait.
A dressmaker says that titling a
dress is a mere matter of form.
I'lsh’imiy heirtl rhtffi as brain food
if a man Isn't born u fool to shirt with.
The men withfctbe sum llesL stock of
religion are likely to put out tin* big- •
gest sign. *
The voice of the Missouri mule is |
awakening the orient from its age- 1
Jong sleep.
In Japan people who have curly or
wavy lmlr are despised. Ph it will not
be profitable field for our
ufacturers.
It would he nice. If the Itvd Cross i
rould do something for the alphabet,
which has suffered severely in Ml« s war
in the far East.
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Inasmuch as there are no swear
words in the Japanese language, the
Japs can hardly expect to receive sym
pathy from “Fighting Hob" Evan..
Isn't it about time the I'nited Stale**
.was made singular in olfielal proclama
tions? It is many years since this
nation could In* referred to as "are."
The microbe bogie has lost its ter
rors. Most people now actually yearn
. for microbes—thorn* that make a spe
cialty of roosting on bank bills.
Cuba should hear in miml tiiat when
ever self-government becomes monot
onous or otherwise unsatisfactory there
is a good orphans' home ready to re
ceive her.
Medical experts arc reported to
have discovered that appendicitis is
caused by a germ. Now we may ex
pect to hoar at aif.v time that the
broken leg is due to microbes.
A railway train was wrecked in Col
*\ftj-ndo a few days since by a terrific
gale. In these little affairs in the ele
ments should not disturb themselves.
If there is anything on earth in which
we have displayed extreme proficiency
and success long past the degree of
most alarming desire it is in wrecking
railroad trains. We need no contribu
tar.v violence from nature.
Swearing lias always been supposed
to be a necessary accomplishment of
the soldier. Now It appears that in
the Japanese language there are no
swear word*. Just how the Japan
ese soldier expresses his warlike an
ger. just how a little Jap officer ad
dresses his men in tight places, we are
not told. Sheridan, history records,
swore roundly when in* finished his
ride from twenty miles away; and even
George Washington, father of the
country, resorted to profanity in tlie
Held at times. If we can guess by
the first of the war news the Japs
are about to prove that one does not
have to swear to fight.
An able scientist is authority for
the statement that a horse s ears are
exceedingly sensitive. He says shout
ing at a horse is unnocesAny. And it
will spoil tlie animal for intelligent
direction. The more one shouts at a
horse the more is expected by tlie horse
and he will not make an extra effort
save by an extra effort of his driver.
Tlie low word spoken in kindness is
nil-sufficient. You ran make an in
telligent companion of your horse or
you can make him a driven slave. A
Kentucky gentleman who owns a large
string of thoroughbreds, and who has
won many races with the fine animals,
permits no 4inkLnd word to be spoken
to them either at his ranch or on tlie
race course. The driver who yells at
his horse ns if tlie animal were deaf
is a poor horseman. The driver who
employs loud Imprecations and curses
Is a tyrant. The driver who jerks tin*
rein or heats his horse upon the slight
est provocation Is brutal. Who In any
way abuses one of the greatest gifts
God has given to man does not deserve
to own a horse. One sometimes wishes
the doctrine of tlie transmigration of
souls wt'ri* true. It would be the irony
of fate to turn a brutal driver into a
horse, compel him to wear an iron
hit in his tender mouth, to assail his
delicate ears with abusive cursing nml
to make him feel upon U\h hack tlie
sting of the cruel lash. Exceeding
firmness nml exceeding kindness will
coimucrand control any horse.
/When Informed by his physician that
Ilia wife would die. a young married
man in rhiladclphia picked up u re
volver, exclaimed. "If she goes, |'in
going, too,” and shot himself through
the head. The worst of it is that he
leaves a hoy -for whose life the moth
er gave up her own and a 4-year-old
daughter. That man was a coward.
One can respect and admire Ills love
for Ills wife, but not the brutal deser
lion of the two babies. The trouble
with that man Was HolflshnesH. lie
was thinking of the effect of his wife's
death upon him. He may huvp loved
her lo distraction, and in JlC\* grief
foolishly Imagined without
hes was not wortbcriTving Itut what
ff the babes? (fotild lie show any
greater love for title dead mother Ulan
to-live nhd ho a good lather to the
children? That inotn’KrprolyiJdy loved
,tlie father of her cliirTfren, ntH^jdio
loved the children with a different
kind of live —a sweeter, holier love.
Women don’t like to tell men that, but
it's true just the same. There is no
love like a mother’s love. The best
-wife in the world, is the one who is
the best mother —and she Jbves her
children best.. That’s natural. The
supreme moment in her lift* was the
moment the first ohe came into the
world. Of all tin* joys she ever knew
as child, sweetheart, bride or wife,
there was no joy to compare with that
sweet and holy joy- -that joy -Hurt con
nects die joy of earth and the Joy of
heaven —the Joy of motherhood. She
gave her life for that of her baby—
this Philadelphia mother and no
doubt her consolation in death was the
hope that the father of her. babes
could live and lavish on them the love
lu* had given her. Hut the selfish man
abandoned those innocent babes, usurp
ed the functions of God and hurled
himself jjown to hell, if there is such
a place. Anyhow In* left two babes to
make their own way in the world,
somehow or other, without father or
mother. Let they will find
good friends and lovers in the world,
who will lavish upon them tin* love
and tender cjiro they had a right to
have from their father. It Is nut-.al
ways true that our blood relations are
our best friends.
A recent novel written by an Eng
lishwoman contains an attack upon
two agencies at work in English so
ciety. One of them is the degrading
influence* of rich German financiers,
who seem to have curried to London a
certain brutal standard by which
everything is judged according to the
money it costs. The other is the ef
fect of the marriage of American wo
men io English noblemen. The author
intimates that these young women,
who are. usually children of wealthy
fathers, are also usually delicate In
body and exacting in temper. She
believes them to be also cold, calcu
lating and pleasure seeking. They re
gard man as a mere machine for the
production, of money, or the establish
ment of social position. Their bring
ing up has been luxurious beyond the
dreams of Home, and they have neither
public spirit nor public interest. The
writer contrasts this warped and nar
row character with the character
of tin* English girl of wealth and posi-
tion. She is trained to a much more
quiet life in an old country house,
with brief seasons in London. She is
curly identified with local sports, local
polities and local charities. The coun
try is her home, and London is regard
ed as a temporary and fascinating dis
traction. hut not as an ultimate goal
to In* reached through marriage. The
English girl may he less amusing than
the American, but for the responsibil
ities/ of ordinary life, in the opinion
of tills novelist, she is Immeasurably
superior. The arraignment is doubt
less too sweeping. Fiction intended to
remedy an abuse is always exaggerat
ed. Hut that there is some ground for
the charges no one can deny who inis
observed the edhdtict of certain rich
young girls in America. Especially
are they lucking in the sense of re
sponsibility which is the first duty and
the highest privilege of women. Hut
the class of girls of wealth as well
as of moderate means who are serving
nobly in charities of all sorts, in work
ing girls’ clubs, in social settlements,
in day nurseries, and in tin* smaller
hut less important behcvolenoes of Vil
lages a ml‘Tpu i dry places is surely in
creasing. To them the country' looks
to redeem the reputation of American
womanhood. which lias suffered
through the reckless, selfish pleasure
seeking of a few unrepresentative wo
men.
j; A HINT TROM A TRAVELER. t
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Every one knows the person who
gives his friend an errand to do in a
down-town shop or a commission to
perform in the course of travels abroad
and who fails to advance the neces
sary money. The fault lies in thought
lessness. not in wilful intention to bor
row. The traveler whose letter of
credit is limited finds it heavily taxed
by inconsiderate Triemls. A story
which the New VCrk Tribune tells of
a German gentleman may offer a hint
both to .those who impose on traveling
friends and to the friends who are
imposed upon.
Before the gentleman set out for
Japan and India his relatives gave him
errands. Otic wanted an Indian slmwl,
another a silver Buddha, u third a
chryselephantine curving, and so on,
till the list-, of commissions was ap
palling. He agreed, however, to fill
them so far as possible.
Hill when lie returned lie had exe
cuted hut one <d' the nineteen commis
sions Unit had been given him. lie
laid brought buck only the chrysele
phantine carving- This lie gave to one
smiling cousin, amid the disappointed
looks of the other relatives. Why. the
disappointed ones asked, had lie exe
cuted that one particular commission
and disregarded the rest?
'l'lle traveler smiled. "It happened,"
-lie began, ipfiotly. "that each of you
had Written your commissions on u
sheet of paper, tin llie second day
of the voyage out l took all these
sheets of paper from lay nutc-lmnk.
aliened them and spread them on my
lap as I reclined in my steamer elmlr
"The air was very still at the lime
Inn suddenly a brisk wind sprung up,
and every sheet was blown away ex
cept that of Conshi Max. Max's sheet
was Weighted -down with the gold eoii:
lie hud given me to pity for Ids carv
ing.” »
Laugh when a friend tells a joke,
It 'la one of Ihe Inxe. you must pay.
c JAPANESE IN A BAYONET CHARGE.
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Notwithstanding their low stature and inferior weight, the Japanese in
fantry are suid to be irresistible in a bayonet charge. They are trained to
wonderful swiftness in their manner of attack*. During a gradual advance
in open order, with independent firing from the kneeling position, the men
fix bayonets as opportunity offers without, waiting for a general command.
Suddenly the officers spring to the front, the men rise, form in two lines
and rush forward with extraordinary suddenness, a maneuver most trying to
the enemy’s nerve.
TO PREVENT RAILWAY HORRORS.
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NEW PRESSED STEEL ALL METAL CAR.
New Yorkers who patronize the subway will enjoy the novelty of riding
In all-metal cars. It was officially announced by the Interborougk jftapld
Transit Company that the company hud placed with the American Car
Foundry Company an order for 200 pressed steel cars, all the furnishings of
which are to jbe of metal. i
“If they don’t give satisfaction the people will soon discover It," said
■■one of the company's officials.' "If they are a disappointment they will soon
go to the scrap heap. They have been ordered in the belief that they will
add to the safety of traveling In the tunnel.”
There are many difficulties to be overcome In an all-steel car. and the
experts of the Interborough company express confidence that many of the
most Important have been conquered, so that they are warranted in predict
ing that the all-steel ears are likely to be the future vehicles used in railway
travel, both on the surface and under ground.
The necessity of adopting a enr which will be absolutely fireproof, so
as to muke impossible such a disaster as occurred In the I’arls subway. Is
of paramount importance.
4 WORLD’S FAIR EDIFICE
IN FORM 01 A STAR.
One of the most unique buildings at
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at
6t. Louis is that representing the State
of Texas. The general plan of the
odifieo is In the form of a five-pointed
star, in commemoration of the fact
that Texas is tiic Lone fitnr State.
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TKXAS am.lllXO AT BT. I.OCIS.
When she declared her independence
from Mexico the flag of the then re
public of Texas bore a single star, and
when alic entered the American I'a loti
the emblem look its place In her Slate
seal. The building, which la here
with shown, will he very conspicuous,
being on a raised surface artistically
terraced. In the center the edifice con
sists of a single great dome. lira ach
ing off from this arc five great wings,
each running to a point with (ire
clan columns at the ends. Between the
wings of tlie star are tile entrances.
vyuocr ( uhioiiih / tn Japan.
Japanese. Indies have been known to
do without stockings- to maintain the
harmony between beautiful french
slippers and magnificent evening
dresses. 1 have been served by a .Jap
anese hosier who did without every
thing lie did not supply himself | )0
had a slilrt, a collar and a tie and scarf
pin and studs, hut no trousers. And
the effect of tlielr absence was height
ened by his wearing braces hivunse
lie sold them. r
The Japunese'do not kiss. If a ,|„p.
«nese girl known how to kiss If show s
the work of ■ foreign Instructor, she
does It as an accomplishment, not as
tin enjoyment. The Japanese have nc
pens und ink, hut' they make a very
good shift with a painting brustr The
Japanese houses have no chimney?
nnd you are never warm enough until
the house catches fire. The Japanese
have beef and no mutton; the Chinese
have mutton und no beef. Japanese
hells, like Japanese helleß, have no
tongues. Japanese srinkrs have no poi
son; Japanese music lias no harmony.
The Japnneso alplinhet is not an alpha
hot. but a selection of seventy useful
Ideograms to dispense with the 30,000
in ordlnury use by the Chinese. —(jitocr
Things About Japan.
Kemble and tile Cracker.
No one else draws the truly South
urn darkey and "Cracker” as Mr. Kem
ble does. Ho understands and appro
elates them both artistically nnd hu
manly. Not long ago he was working
in Georgia. “I was sketching." lie said,
'“an angular Cracker who was posing
for me. He hud stood in various posi
tions for over an hour. When I asked
him what I should pay him he replied,
‘Will. 1 reckon a nickel would do!' I
shwed him the sketches and asked him.
hid opinion. ' Tears to me It's mighty
paddlin' business for a man ter ho
doin'. Hut then yew couldn't he throw -
In' money away like tills fer mo doin’
nothin’ but standin' still, so 1 reckon
it must pay yew suthln’.' ” —Leslie'*
Monthly.
Luxury in Greenland.
The effect of great wealth Is to |*r>
duee a desire for luxurious display in
every climate. The fellow tribesmen
of Kor-ko-ya of Greenland are iluin
founded Tit Ills reckless extravagance.
He lives in a wooden house, owns u
table and a purutin lamp, und recently
ut -i celebration be treated Ills employ
es all anmml to cod liver oil. Such a
scene of unrestrained levelry l*ud nev
er been witnessed In , those region?
liefore.
Women llsvo the Better Itecord.
Seventy-seven per cent of the women
and hut 03 per cent of the men tuking
the civil survive examination uro able
to pans*lt.
-Many a man. like the moon, shines
with borrowed light.
CONVICTB GET THE NEWS.
How They Hear It la a Puzzle to New
/ York Priaon Authorltiea.
How prisoners communicate with
one another is one of the mysteries of
the Stute prisons. Jlere Is an Incident
that occurred at Dunuemuru Illustra
tive of the sort of thing which some
times stumps the prison officials. W’ur
den Deyo was appointed the head of
the big Jail In the Adlroiidfteks some
.thing less than a year Hgo. The place
had been vacant for a while, and of
course then 1 had been a good deal of
interest at Dunuemora in the identity
of the new warden. Mr. Deyo got his
appointment In Albany, and within an
hour after it was made every convict
at Danneraora knew about it. This
seems Impossible, but Mr. Deyo him
self is authority for the absolute trutli
of the story.
Tlie way the keepers first learupu
that the convicts had this news is In
teresting. Even In an institution of
Iron discipline, like Clinton prison,
there are certain old convicts who
have been In for so many years that
they are to the jail what trusties are
to a city prison like the Tombs. One
of these trusties said to a keeper:
“Is the new warden a hard man?"
Now, tlie keeper to whom this was
addressed hndu't even heurd of Mr.
Deyo's appointment. He was surprised,
and asked what the convict meant.
“Why," said the old man, “Mr. Deyo
Is tlie new warden. He was appointed
to-day.”
It didn't take the keeper long to find
out thut what he lmd Just heard as
news was known then, and had been
for some tittle time, to every oue of
the 2,OtH) prisoners in the jail. It was
only a short time before this conversa
tion that the news had reached the
jail, and how it got into the shops and
work-yards no one knows. But it did
travel like lightning.
When Mr. Deyo arrived at the jail
to take charge tlie convicts knew he
hud come, although the railroad station
|s some little distance froih The prison.
The keepers say that they knew just
what train lie was coming by. and
knew in the shops tlie minute he got
Inside the prison walls.
Tlie amount of Information these
prisoners obtain without any known
means of obtaining it Is staggering to
the ordlri"— wortul.—New York Sun.
WOE HnPaT-. . H.EPTIC FOOD.
There Is Danger in Some of tlie Pre
cautions Tukeu Against Disease.
A matter of practical science to
wliiyb legislation must be directed
much more seriously than has yet
ben done was brought before the con
gress of medicine recently held at Ma
drid. Dr. Brouardel, of Paris, spoke
strongly of the dangers arising from
tlie addition of antiseptics to wine,
beer, elder, milk, syrups, butter, fish,
preserved fruits nml other commodities
which are in daily use ns a food. It is
well known that salicylic acid, sall
cfynte of soda, sulphites, borax, boric
acid, formalin and a variety of other
chemicals are employed to make tlie
substance ill question "keep,” the pre
tense being that they are used in such
small quantities as to be innocuous.
To this allegation Dr. Brouardel op
posed two indisputable facts, that the
preservatives employed are used in far
larger quantities than the users ad
mit, and, secondly, that the continued
consumption of alimentary substances
containing these antlspetic materials,
even In very small proportions, be
comes gravely detrimental to the hu
man orgtinisme amounting in the long
run to slow polisoiing. Man’s consti
tution has not been made for the daily
elimination of minute doses of poison.
In this Insidious form of mischief may
Me some of the blame for our physical
degeneracy. Apparently the evil is of
such sort that international measures
may be necessary to cheek it. Treat
ment of food in this manner should
not be called adulteration, but poison
ing pure and 'simple.—London Tele
graph.
XV hut Doctors Make.
There are about 300,000 doctors in
the United States, or about one for ev
ery 350 people. It has been approxi
mately estimated that the average
yearly Income of these men is ¥750, or
that the public in Hie country pays
¥150,000,000 annually for medical at
tendance, omitting entirely the money
spent for patent medicines, which
brings millions of dollars to manufac
turers,' or the amounts spent for doc
tors’ prescriptions, or paid to ipiucks
and commercial doctors. The prepara
tion for the practice of medicine that
gives a man n good standing in the
profession means an ex[>eiise of. liber
ally speaking, ¥4.000 for four years 11l
a reputable medical school. ¥I,OOO for
general expenses during two years'
hospital service, and perhaps uuutlic;-
¥I.OOO for setting up ill practice. -V
year or two In Kurope Is also a help: —
Leslie's Monthly.
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Lacky lor Kirod
Crant Klrod. of IClmo. Mo., is willing
to nrinUl tlmt few things irritate the
average man mort? than i»» have inn ha
blown off. but ;tn experience ’he !. !
recently ronvlntv** lilm that never
again will he swear when such an ac
cident happens to him. lie was s; a ail
ing on the utreet, across from Cal
houn's store in Klino When he saw a
tornado coming. Calhoun's Inhaling
was considered the strongest in ti e
town and Klrod made a dash for It.
Just then his hat sailed into the air.
Probably from tin bit. he. turned back
to get it. A moment later the storm
struck Calhoun’s building, uuiric It a
wreck nnd killed every buumn belli ;
m It. If Cl rod had gone on h • would
have been among those whf !o : their
torm.
Whether or not a woman promises
to obey In the murrluge ceremony, she
doesn’t do It
Hem* the s'bHgn rotir
Of the gun* ohwp shore —
“The dog*-of'war are loose.”
See the flying
Hear tlie victora’ yells—
‘’The dogs of war are loose.”
Now the slow retreat.
Of a beaten, shattered fleet.
And pursuit by the enemy bold—
’Tia a story old
That will ever be told.
When the dogs of war are loose.
Hark! The bugle call.
In line columns full.
"Tlie dogs of war are loose.”
Marching to the front —
To stand the battle brunt—
“The dogs of war are loose.”
Flag they must defend,
To the bitier end,
B»* their country right or wrong;
Join the battle song.
As they march along,
“When the dogs of war are loose.”
Many tear dimmed eyes.
And many good-byes—
“The dogs of war are loose.”
Mother’s heart must ache.
AH for her country** sake,
“TJicdogs of war are loose.”
She'll recall with pride,
How her dear boy died.
When nation pays him honor's meed.
Scrolls of fame should read:
"Thank his mother for tlie deed,”
When the dogs of war arc loose
—Frank M. Shelley, Jr.
THL DEADLY TORPEDO’S METAL BRAIN
It has been stated that much of the
Japanese success in naval fights
around Port Arthur was due to the
gyroscope:" This is
a delicate appar- j
atus for keeping a
torpedo straight in fy II
its course, ev e n \\
through a distance
of 2.000 yards. It
is a small, weight- 11 Sy
ed. wheel-like ob- i
jeet. carefully sus- — ip
Up^
pended on gym l>o Is in the buoyancy
chamber of the torpedo. Attached to its
axis is a steel spring connected with tlm
tooth gearing. A rod to the air lever
actuates it. When the lever Is thrown
back tin spring is released, and the
gyroscope spins around at tlie rate of
2.200 revolution* a minute. In his book
on “Torpedoes and Torpedo Vessels.’*
Lieut. Armstrong, of the British navy,
says:
“The g.vrost-ope works a servo-motor,
actuating a pair of movable vertical
rudders placed in recesses lu the ver
tical fins. These* rudders, be it re
nieufbcred. are therefore supplement
ary to tin* small adjusted vertical rud
ders ordinarily fitted, but which may
be discarded if a gyroscope is being
used. If. now, the torpedo from any
cause, external or internal, be de
flected out of tlie line of fire, the gy
roscope, by maintaining its axial posi
tion in tin* line of fire, acts on the
servo-motor, and by means of the ver
tical rudders steers the torpedo back
again to Its original position.”
Thus is endowed with a
brain, so to speak, that directs Its
course through tin* waves on its mis*
sion of dt*n4ht
How to Pay Oft' Church Debts.
The most profitable way of raising
fhureli funds is a flower carnival.
Work should be -commenced as early
as April if tin* carnival is to be held
in July or August.
A list is made of ail the annual flow
*rs—-as pansies, sweet-peas, rush* and
follag* plants. These are catalogued,
and prizes ; m* solicited for each group.
The prizes have always been donated
In-our church, and have been of every
description- as clocks, dishes, silver,
picture*, clothing, shoes, rugs, fancy
work anything that any one is willing
to give. We have had as high as one
hundred prizes—first, second and third.
Then advertisements are solicited iu
our town and adjoining towns or citie®
at from one dollar to five dollars, ac
cording to apace. Tin* pamphlets are
then printed and distributed in the
town. We have always held it in
August in our church, and for two
days, no fee being charged to enter
dowers pr plants. These are arrangcnl
in the hall or church in separate
groups. Wo charge an admission fee
of ten cents, and serve ice cream and
T ake, coffee and sandwiches for fifteen
cents; we also have a candy booth, and
in the evening an informal entertain
ment. Three judges are generally ap
pointed- one from* another town, ono
from bur church ami one from another
church—to award the prizes.
The work more than pays,, for wo
never raised less than three hundred
dollars, with very little
Woman's Home Companion.
four! oT Arbitration.
“The r *ison I <m’t get along with
my wii * is that sin* wants to submit ull
our d 1 i'l'eri-neos to arbitration.”
“To arbitration?”
“Vt - Sin* always wants to refer
fllsph io her mother.”—Town and
Country.
i oiiinionplncc.
‘Her o'clock tea wAs terribly ple
beian."
“ilow so?"
“AYby. she gave them enough to eat”
—Philadelphia Bulletin.
Many » good man wlftY" engage* In
matrlmouiul wurfure goes down to do
feat