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MILK RIVER VALLEY REWS
HARLEM, MONT.
News Pub. Co., F. N- Wild. M<»
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A mirror trust is to bo orgdnizczd.
Something else to be looked into.
It Is a pity that we can't insure* our
pipe dreams before they go up in ,
smoke.
Did you ever see a newspaper pur
trait of a man who was in politics for
his health?
If tiie Russians have an equivalent .
for ‘ Banzai’’ the world is still in ip
norancethe fact.
Mrs. MayDrlek will wrttv n book.
But other persons, with les> provoeu
tlon, have written books.
An Orange (N. J.) man has invented
asbestos clothing. There’s nothing
like preparing for the future.
Money that was used in the yehr
800 B. C. has been found. Russell
Sage will probably want to know why
it was used.
The Czar’s edict abolishing whip
ping in his domains will interest the
heir apparent when he arrives at the
spanking age.
Mrs. Astor offers a reward for the
return of a lost puppy. Several
youths of the 400 are reported to have
gone into biding.
The sclentilic gentlemen say the
sun has lost 10 per cent of’ its beat.
There are days when it seems to get
along fa^nously on the remaining 90
per cent.
A woman writer wants to know the
reason for the decay of politeness in
American men and boys .Mayhap the
American strong-minded woman lias
something to do with it.
The optimistic person who thinks he
can' change the popular pronunciation
of “Niagara” to “Ne a gar-ra,” with
the accent on the ■gar.’’ is probably
the lonesomest man on the earth.
In New York the other day it was
decided that a man was insane be
cause he was found eating grass in
Central Park. Will the vegetarians
stand by and quietly permit such out
i- gj tp_go on
It is now said that leprosy can bp
cured by the bite of a snake. But
people are so absurdly squeamish that
most of them will still shun the dis
ease, notwithstanding the pleasant
character of the remedy.
Colonel Prentiss Ingrabani wrote 1,-
000 books. It may not be derogatory
to their merit to say that the one story
of the father of the colonel in worth
outweighs them all. “The Prince of
the House of David.” by Rev. Joseph
H. Ingraham, delighted and still de
lights the reading thousands. Fur
thermore, unquestionably it was the
inspiration of the book “Ben Hur.”
A Massachusetts woman who was
for some years an inmate of the "town
farm" Saved money while there, and
finally withdrew, married, and set up
her husband in business. Now the
town is suing her for support; but
that seems a little out of line with
sound policy. When one of the State
helped develops energy to become self
helpful, we might take It that the
money spent on him or her was pretty
well invested.
It would geein the easiest thing in
the world to devise a new flag for a
new country, but, like coining a new
word or composing a popular song, no
one can say whether It will prove “a
go.” A competition has beeiCjnithor-
Ized by the government of Panama,
with a prize of S2OO. for a flag suitable
for the country. There are no re
strictions, the competitors are allowed
to use their own ideas freely as to
color and design. With this freedom
the competition will be great, but the
design that tells the story of Panama
In simplest form will lie the one that
will win the prize.
For ages the Armenians and the
Turks and Kurds have .been the bit
terest enemies and have waged upon
each other a warfare exceeding in bar
barity’ the conflicts of savage African
or American Indian tribes. Each
seeks to outdo the other in atrocity.
Neither can ha . .. th.- world's tmmfxed
sympathy. Protests by other powers
will,avail little There will be constant
Turkish aggressions in Armenia and
barbarous reprisals by that immtry's
people until some time and somehow
the province is placed under control of
a power strong enough to repress Turk
and Armenian alike .lust now the
world is too busy.
How often do you say, “Don't men
tion It,” when someone thanks you for
a favor bestowed? You mean.well, but
aren’t you wrong? What If we were
never thanked for the kindnesses we
show to others?* The theory “Don’t
mention it," ami the kindred expres
sion "Not at all," is that kindness to
others is our <l>it and that the per
formance of duty require- no formal
acknowledgment. So jt is. Vet kind
neas (o others is no more a duly than
the recognition of tlds kindness by the
one receiving it. Ilie world lias not
yet reached the state of universal al
truism where the failure to express
our appreciation of the service of oth
ers Is passed unnoticed. We should
mentMu the : iv. dnllb for us and
we should thank our benefactors. If
appreciation bad always to be taken
for granted, we soon would charge in
gratitude to the recipients of our fa
vors and the willing hand and heart
would be more frequently withheld..
It is a pleasure to thank those that
help us, mid it Is nice to be thanked
by those whom we help. Think of
something more appropriate than
“Don’t mention it.”
The Sahara desert lighted by acety
lene street lamps Is a novel concep
tion at which the mind hesitates. Yet
that is what the traveler would see,
thanks to the ingenuity of Command
ant Pujat of the French army, should
he visit the Oasis of Tougourt in the
far south of Algeria. Tougourt was
remarkably unhealthful/ but the com
mandant. by diligent sanitary work,
has overcome that trouble. To make
tlie place more attractive atid pleas
ant for his .garrison he has mounted
hirge acetylene lamps high on the
stems of the gigantic palm trees which
shade the market place, and thus has
given this mid-Sahara camping place
quite the appearance, by night, of an
American village.
“When the panic came on and swept
away my property.” an elderly man
once said to an intimate friend, “I was
so dazed that I hardly knew what so
do. It compelled many changes in
family plans, but what 1 grieved over
most was that my youngest son. the
apple 1 of my eye, would have to give
up the course in a technical school
which he had just begun. 1 went out
Into the yard to rake up the leaves.”
While he was thus occupied, an elder
son. who was just starting out for
himself on a small salary in a neigh
boring city, bounded into the yard.
“Father,” he said. “I have flea rd it
all! I have come home to tell you
ami mother of the plans I have made
for taking care of Jack’s education. 1
have gone into a cheaper room already,
and have dropped membership in the
athletic club. We shall both have to
pinch, but I am determined to see
Jack through.’’ The father got into
rhe house ahead of bls son. and
start lod bis wife by tills strunge an
nouncements T thought I was poor.
I thought I was bankrupt; but I am
richer than the King of England. My
boy ” Here he broke down as he
tried to complete the—story, and the
mother understood. The elder son was
as good ns his word, and carried the
younger brother through. For years
the recollection of how Jack was edu
cated gave the parents a hundredfold
more satisfaction than they would
have derived from any successful
financial investment. At a certain
time In life the parent derives his chief
pleasure from the progress of his chil
dren. It happens to be true, and well
it is. that while few parents can leave
their children a competence In addi
tion to bringing them up, it is within
the power of nearly all young people
to make their parents rich, not in mon
ey, not in fame, but hi the things
which are beyond price.
The formalities which this year at
tended the notification of the presiden
tial candidates of the great parties and
the attention which these exercises
have attracted show how steadily
some political ceremonials grow in im
portance. No longer ago than 1880
General Gnrfleld was ‘notified" in tl.e
parlors of the Grand Pacific Hotel. Chi
cago, the evening after his nomina
tion. in the presence of a company of
friends. Senator Hoar, the chairman
of the convention, made a three-min
ute speech, to which General Garfield
responded briefly. Five weeks later
he Issued a formal letter of accept
ance. In Lincoln’s time, twenty years
earlier, the letter of acceptance was
also very simple. A. few days after
the close of the convention he address
ed a letter to George Ashmuu, of
which these are the opening words: “I
accept the nomination tendered me by
the convention over which you presid
ed and of which I am .formally ap
prised In the letter of yourself and oth
ers acting as a committee of the con
vention for that purpose." Then fol
lowed, in scarcely n hundred words, a
discussion of the issues of the cam
paign. .In 1892 Mr. Cleveland went
from Buzzard’s Bay and Mr. Steven
son from Illinois to receive their noti
fication as the Democratic candidates,
in the presence of a large crowd-in the
Xladlson Square Garden, New York
City. Mr. Bryan followed this course
In 1890, receiving hie notification there,
too, in what he facetiously called “the
enemy's country." But this arrange
ment seems to be falling Into disuse.
Candidates prefer more homelike sur
roundings, or nt least a notification in
their home State. In addition to ac
cepting the nomination when notified,
each candidate writes a letter of ac
ceptance, which Is now expected to
contain a recital at pmsidergble"length
of his Views on all party policies. The
wngs invariably make the comment,
"lie accepts; the suspense is. over,"
when one of these letters copies out.
Speaker Cannon, ns chairman of the
Roosevelt notification committee, de
clared in the same jocose spirit, that
lie was going to Oyster liny "to spring
a surprise.”
Novel Scheme for Birds.
A novel scheme to Induce birds to
stay with us all winter instead of go
ing South Is suggested by a well
known ornithologist. He thinks that
If there was a general building of
bird house*, suitably arranged, they
would In* used as places of shelter.
An Awful Mistake.
A mail In Milwaukee, who Is an in
veterate smoker, narrowly escaped
death hist week. He is very near
sighted. and. having lost his glasses,
smoked three packages of breakfast
food before his friends saved him
86 Editorials
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
Country and City. •
^^■^“■^PAPER' published near the southern boundary
at Missouri speaks of theareat advantages to
i.irmers_pf the telephone where it lias been In
■ traduced. The Improvement, It Is remarked,
"places city and country in Immediate com
munication, rendering unnecessary four-fifths
that have been made on country roads.” High
ways may be muddy and weather stormy, but the world
Can be rung up according to the m essities of the mo
ment, facilitating business and social life, and saving an
immense amount of time and effort. A marked tendency
of the age is to bring the country into closer touch with
the centers of population. Electric roads are multiplying
add make their way Into neighborhoods that could not
hope for steam lines. Rural free delivery of the malls Is
moving onward with great strides. Over 20,000 routes are
In operation. Missouri alone lias 1,200. Farmers get their
letters and the dally newspapers delivered almost at their
doors. Each day’s events reach the country promptly, and
Hie old rural isolation Is disappearing. Means of ready
travel grow better and keep on extending, and the good
roads organizations gain constantly In active support.
Within a dozen years electric transit in the cities has
more than doubled the area suitable for town residences.
Oltles themselves are spreading f : •tlier into tile country,
of which suburban sections are a pleasing modification.
Labor on the farm has been rendered easier by ingenious
machinery. All whose memories stretch back to pioneer
days can bear witness to tile enormous advance toward
bringing country and city closer together. Progress in
that respect proceeds at an accelerated pace. Going to
tlie city or taking a run into the country is a common
place Incident. How f!ir the space between ■will eventually
be annihllat<*d is beyond tlie range of conjecture, but the
old lines of separation are disappearing in so many ways
that the future relations of country and city are full of
hopeful interest.
Thera is a reflex side to the drift of the population
to the cities. Love of country life Is a natural and general
feeling. The merchant who comes to the city as a youth
to make his fortune often returns to tlig country when he
retires, and dreams of doing It all through his business
career. He would hardly be willing to admit the deep
tenderness of the memories of the old farm. All the re
moteness of tliat quiet nook has passed away. You can
“ring up” the farmer of to-day and firn! that he is abreast
with the cuarent nows and that he lips It In printed details,
thanks to the rural delivery carrier. St. Loulg Globe-Dem
oerat.
Leap Year Over Half Gone.
E do not wish to urge anyone to rash and pre-
AA/ ripltate action, but it is our duty to call the
V V attention of young ladies, and, Indeed, of ail
mbmbm unmarried -ladles, to the exceptional privileges
which immemorial custom allows them in the
quarternary period through which we are so
rapidly passing. The number of weddings shows no In
crease over ordinary years, and It Is to be feared that the
feminine world has not realized how little potential energy
there is in water which lias passed the mill. The decay of
the peculiar customs of Leap Year is strongly evidenced by
tlie almost Complete lack of Jokes on the subject in thr
newspapers, since It is well known tliat topical humor
Ungers long after the vanishing of Its cause.
So far from Leap Year sinking Into noxious desuetude,
It might lie expected that its peculiar privileges would
bo more widely used than ever before, now our young
women are becoming more adventurous and also much
harder to suit. The requirements tor admission to mat
rimony imposed on tlie young men by the opposite sex have
risen as rapidly as the standard of scholarship in the uni
versities. and a young man whose attainments a few years
ago would have been considered sufficient to qualify him
for tlie position of master of a household would nowadays
have to be content with ills degree of bachelor.
Really, it is not at all certain that women do not do
most of the proposing every year. Very little is known
about this mysterious though important topic, anyway.
Each person’s experiences are limited to a comparatively
few Instances, and these are always regarded by both
parties as exceptional In all respects. Novels are alto-
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••AND YE VISITED ME.”
"Your letter brought tears to my
eyes." wrote the Invalid to her friend
of former years, as she lay in bed and
painfully used her lend pencil. "1 have
been out of sight so long. You can
never know how good It seems to be
looked up and visited.”
Julia Graham—that was what every
one called her who remembered her —
had married and gone West. “Mrs.
George William Osgood" was the name
on her visiting card. But she returned
for "old Home Week' after an ab
sence of nine years, and the return was
far from being an unmixed pleasure.
A pleasure It was, in many ways great
er than she expected; but the changes
were many, and some of them sad.
No one can revisit the scenes of child
hood or youth, or any locality where he
has Spent much of his life, without
this mixed experience the Joy of re
newing acquaintances which were
pleasant, and the sadness of finding
those whom lie loved less prosperous
or less strong or happy. So it was
with Miss Graham. Ilie "week” was
only a week for her. and it was a full
one. There were relatives to visit, old
friendships to be renewed, and din
ners to be eaten. But the tiling which
Julia Graham did that endeardd her
to some old friends was the looking
up of those whom she had known in
other days who were unable, or timid
ly disinclined, to look her up. The
letter was from one of these. Julia
had learned that this old friend lived
In another town, and was bedridden.
It cost her a whole day to go to her,
but she came back saying over to her
self the words which her friend had
snld, “I know now why our Lord
blessed those to whom He said, 'I was
sick, and ye visited me!”’
There was-another old friend, a
schoolmate, who had married a drunk
ard, and who did not appear nt any
of the festivities of the week. ”1
ahodldn't call on her; she might M
sensitive." said Julia’s cousin- But
gether unreliable, and the government has not added ques
tions concerning the methods of matrimonial negotiations
to the census queries, although many more personal and
less Important vital statistics are procured. It may even
be doubted whether matrimonial engagements are ne-cs
sarlly-or even commonly preceded by formal declara’l : s,
any more than are military engagements.
However that may be, we do not recommend onr
maidens, no matter how desirous they ate, and should be,
to obtain the best men for husbands, to adopt the conven
tional form of proposal. Breaking tlie ice Is a disagreeable
process. It is better to thaw it. And let no one absta^i
from such maidenly maneuvers as she can advantageously
use for fear lest the man should, through gallantry, accept
her unwillingly. It Is rare that a man Is persuaded into
doing anything he really does not want to do; much more
rare than women think. A man's affection for the oppo
site sex is in the beginning general and diffuse. A man
Is naturally so altruistic that he normally loves all women,
and on which one of them he ultimately focuses the full
force of his affection depends on circumstances —and on the
woman.—New York Independent.
Fraud Orders.
■■^“•“■^HEN a business concern In the United States
W begins suddenly to receive a large number of
letters daily. It may be sure that, although no
.. ripple has disturbed the surface, a quiet in
'Tstigatlon is going on, and If there is nnv
t dug dishoi est about the business a notice will
soon appear from tlie postmaster, to the effect
that the Department at Washington has ordered tlie reten
tion of all letters addressed to tliat man or company.
The dishonesty which is held to Justify the issuing of a
fraud order may not be a mere barefaced attempt to steal
—an effort to get something for nothing. The charging
of an excessive profit, or misleading advertising, has called
forth such nn order. A recent case in point is that of a
company which advertised to furnish seed for an agricul
tural product and to buy the product at market prices.
The order against the company was Issued because it was
learned that it sold in small quantities, for a total of SGOO,
seed which it bought in bulk for $3; and because it repre
sented the product as ehsy to raise, when, in fact, it Is
difficult.
This fearless attitude and action of the Government is
of the greatest possible benefit to the country at large in
two ways. It checks, indeed it stops absolutely, one kind
of fraud, and- it protects Innocent persons from toss through
that fraud. The tiling on which stress'should be laid is the
availability of this strong arm of protection.
There is always a large number of fraudulent schemes
afloat, dependent upon the publicity which they get through
advertising. When one's attention is attracted by such an
advertisement, lie has only to cull the attention of his
postmaster to it. and to ask him to notify the-Department
at Washington. To do this in every suspicious case is a
duty which every honest man owes to his neighbor as well
as to himself.—Youth’s Companion.
Japanese Inventiveness.
has long been supposed that the capacity
I ! mI H | for lnltlatlon ls t* l6 characteristic of Western
I '\ B JL |hations alone. According to some leading an
l^daMMthropologists. as one goes from West to East
tllis capacity disappearing and the ca
viifii parity for imitation taking its place. The Chi
nese and Japanese are imitators, not Inventors.
But tlie present war between the Russians and the Jap
anese is rapidly proving the idea to be mere assumption.
It is the Eastern rather than the Western people which, in
tills contest, are exhibiting the capacity for initiation and
Invention. Their strategy is almost faultless, and It is
their own. Their artllllery is astonishingly destructive,
and, in some of its most deadly features, is the product of
Japanese invention. Their naval tactics have been so un
expected and successful as to promise a revolution in the
future methods of naval warfare. When peace comes and
the Japanese carry their genius into the industrial world,
they will demonst.rate perhaps in a more telling way that
tlie capacity for initiation does not diminish as one travels
toward the rising Sun.—Church Standard.
A RUSSIAN HEROINE.
Asiv V/ \
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MRS. E. W. VOKONOBA.
Mrs. E. W. Voronoba, wife of the commandant of the maritime province
dragoons, has organized at her own expense a transport system for the
wounded. She has also joined the Sisters of Mercy during the war. She has
even signified her willingness to go to the front and serve In the Red Cross
ranks. Her purse is always open to any demand having for its object the
promotion of deeds of mercy In connection with raping for wounded Rus
sian soldiers.
Julia went to her In her poverty and
sorrow, and her visit was like a ray of
sunshine to her old friend.
Most pathetic of all was her looking
up an old man. feeble now and obliv
ious of most that had happened wont
ly, but with a mind that camo back
when recalled by suggestions of former
years, and whose life was brightened
for many a day afterward by his mem
ories of the visit of “little Julia Gra
ham.”
"The pleasantest things about Old
Homo Week.” said Julia to her bus
band, “were those which I was moat
reluctant to undertake, it cost me a
reel struggle to do It, and there ware
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so many things I wanted to do, I’m
afraid I did It Just because it wns my
duty. But I received a greater bless
ir.g than I gave.".
The cxperlenceof one woman may be
a suggestion to other people, returning
for Old Home Week. Theirs, too, may
be the blessing of Him who said. "In
asmuch as ye have done It unto one
of the least of these, ye have done It
unto me."—Youth's Companion.
When a woman puts on n black Bilk
dress site hasn't worn In months,
somehow It doesn't create the sensation
she expected; lit la full of creases, and
doesmX bang right.
LOOPING THE LOOP.
Fierce Upward Rush of Air, Wild Grip!
at One'i Hat, and Then the Shock.
The "Loop tlie Loop” was just across
the way, and the artist reminded me
that It was worth seeing.
"Of course we won’t ride,” lie said,
“but it is worth while to see the oth
ers."
We entered the Inclosure and gazed
up at the pair of great steel loops
around which cars nre carried by th®
force of their own momentum. A
loaded ear was at tlie brink of i long
Incline. Suddenly it shot down; tbea
for an Instant it was in the circle —-
ascending, hanging,- descending ami
straight away up another incline, pass
ing beyond our view. We decla .di
strenuously against this appalling
amusement. Another car went an mid,
and another, and another. We be. amo
silent in the sort of* fascination tliati
awaits impending disaster.
Finally I felt tlie thing fermentin®
in my blood. Nobody seemed to ba
getting hurt, and I should like to have
the record of that trip. I expected
the artist to demur when I announced
my Intention, but hi? did not, Purhape
he was hypnotized. We buttoned our
coats, as if starting on a cold voy-s
age. I had an impulse to leave some)
word for the folks at home. Them
presently we were seated in a carJ
slowly ascending the preparatory In
cline.
During this gradual ascent we had
plenty of time to think. I found my
self wondering if people ever fainted
In making that swift revolution; alsoj
If I had heart disease, and whnt
would be the consequences to one af
fected in that way. Suddenly I re
membered that the princess of the Nila
had warned mo against any unneces
sary risk of life. It seemed a trivial
thing at the moment, but I realized!
now that her words might have been,
fraught witli a special meaning. Il
stole a look at tlie artist. He seemed!
pale and distrait, perhaps remember
ing a similar warning. These contriv
ances always ended in some frightful
disaster, and doubtless this was the
trip for It to occur. The next dayj
our names would be in the head llneij
I reflected that we were probably as
great a pair of fools as walked the
earth.
The car had reached the level)
stretch at tlie top now, and. the brink}
was near. I recalled the starter's in
junctions to keep my head up—probe
ably to avoid losing it, as the resujfi
of a sudden Jerk. Lifting our eycs/wol
discovered that we were on the verged
Heavens! I hud realized that the in-j
cline was steep, but tliat—Why. tliat!
Was a. drop! We were In a wheeled) '
cur, perched at the brow of a preei-1
pice, with a. corkscrew revolution ati
the end. Oh, to be fov a single instant]
on solid ground! To be—
A fierce upward rush of air, a wild!
grip nt a loosening hat, and an in-’
stant later the shock! We were on!
the loop. We were shooting upward,
as a billow that breaks against the*
cliff; we were curling over as the
wave curls backward; we were darting!
down to Inevitable annihilation! •
I confess that my mind was con
fused. 1 knew only that for what
seemed an eternal instant we were)
hanging in midair, that my head wasl
far from being up. that my body was
swaying in a well-defined centrifugal
impulse to close-up like an accordion.
Then all at.once we had dropped, and!
were shooting outward, dazed, weak
and wondering at our safety. As for
our heads, they were still on, but al
most In our laps. An unknown man
In the back seat announced''tliat hel
would not do It again for a thousand'
dollars. The figures did not seem ex
travagant.—Century.
-ISHING AND HUNTING RIGHTS.
July Source of Income of Many Ancient!
and Titled Englialt Families.
Were It not for the enormous suum,
?aid for fishing and shooting rlght^
many people of ancient names am}
goodly title would, in the most llterw
sense, have no means of livelihood!
whatever; and only the other day "ne
of the best known property agents oP
the West End of London drew up fori
the writer a list of a dozen people ml x-(
Ing in society of an exclusive kind,
svery penny of whose income is de
rived from the letting of sporting"
rights.
Nearly all the money thus expended!
luts been made in commerce, and the!
agent referred to above showed docu-I
mentary Evidence proving that there!
are lots of men who did not mind pay
ing as much as £loti for every deer.:
£3 for every trout and £2O for every
salmon they kill, plus the sport of
killing them. One of the most re-'
murkablc features of tills letting 1»
the fact that only about one in every;
hundred of the owners of ancient
sporting rights ever enjoys his privi
leges as a sportsman, lie either pre
fers to, or Is compelled to. part with,
such privileges; :md those who take
advantage of them are nearly all peo
ple In business. » ,
This renting of fishing and sport-*
lug has even extended down to com
paratively humble people In the
provinces. In places like Leeds, for
Instance, half a dozen small trades
men buy up the shooting and fishing.
In remote parts of Yorkshire, the one
Idea being to get out of the turmoil*
of town life with some distinct ob
ject In view. Many a small Yorkshire*
farmer Is living, kept, and well kept,
not by his farming, put by the letting
of some comparatively insignificant
sporting right that wns not thought to
be worth sixpence ten years ago — h
Tlt-Bita.
There Is a distinction atthchlng to- *
having preacher kin who come to visit,
that eclipses going to visit where they
.have an automobile.