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The Springdale news., 1889-12-20
PERSONAL AND LITERARY,

George Sands daughter, Solage, widow Of the sculptor. Clessinger. is still living near Lohant.
 George Eliot was so religious when young woman that she would not go to the theater or opera or even an oratorio, although she was devoted to music.
 A London author has written thirty novels in three yeas. This beats the record of any living man. but the writer's enormous labor has brought him only sl,000.
 Holds Johnson's dictionary has 5S,000 words, Worster's latest edition 116. 900, Webster's 118,0O0. the Im- perial 130.0 GOO, the Encyclopedia 180,- 900. The Century dictionary is to have 100000 and more, very possibly 10, GOO or 20. 900 more.
 The costliest book owned in Chi cago is copy of the first folio edition of Shakespeare, published in 1923. It is regarded as the finest copy in America, and is valued at $10, 000. It's owner is q man who made a fortune on the Chicago Board of Trade.
 -Wilkie Collins wrote to his pub- fishers during his visit to America in 1873: Wherever 1 go l meet with the same kindness and the same enthusiasm. l really want words to express my grateful sense of my re- ception in America. It Is not only more than I have deserved. it is more than any man could have deserved. l have never met with such cordial and such generous people IS the peo- pie of the United States. Let me add that 1 thrive on this kindness. 1 keep wonderfully well.
 Martin Farquhar Tupper's daugh- ter tells how her father came 10 write his 'Proyerbial Philosophy as fol lows: "lt is quite romantic. Papa fell in love with his cousin Isabelle, and then he thought he would. when he married her. translate his notions in the manner of Solomon's Proverbs, and he did so in the articles, first on marriage, then on love. friendship, and so on But, of course, you know my father has written great deal against Ritualism, and he is strong supporter of the constitution.
 One argument used against Bou. langer during the recent French elec- tions was based upon the theory that be was not a welL-read man. The Re publicans pointed to Carnot as man of culture, worthy of the place he holds. They claimed that outside Of a few volumes on military matters Boulanger has no library and never indulges in miscellaneous reading. To many voters this argument meant nothing. but in certain parts of Paris it was used with effect. \ man of let ters stands higher than man of war in certain circles of the French cap- ital.
The Springdale news., 1889-12-20
A MAN OF FORETHOUGAT.
How He Provided for the Fate of a Large
 and Interesting Family.

lie was a tall, thin man. in black, threadbare suit, and he stood in front of the I-in-the-slot-and- get-an-aecident-ins policy ma chine at the Polk street station and looked at it in thoughtful, solemn, almost melancholy way.
 1t seems impossible that an outlay of only five cents can guarantee a man against financial loss in consequence of an accident disabling him within twenty-four= hours, doesn't t?o he said to a bystander
 ssIt does. indeed" was the reply
 And that in case of any fatal cas- ualty his family will be preserved from the demon of want for at least considerable time to come?
 T don see how they can afford to do it.
 What won't they get up#next?' muscd the man in black, as if speaking to himself, and shaking his head slow ly. "Still. it does seem as if it were almost a duty incumbent on husband and the father of family whom he may at any moment leave destitute to take advantage of such an opportunity as this now and then, does it not? Life is uncertain, and it is terrible thing for a family to be deprived with out a moments warning of its natural protector and have to face the cold charity of friendless world, is it not?'
 ''It is, indeed.
 And it seems all the more painful, the more lamentable, if 1 may so eX- press it, when d man who feels a vague, uneasy foreboding that some- thing disas trous may probably happen to him within the next twenty-four hours and would like to follow the dic- tates of hls heart and his reason by making a wise provision for those whom he may leave widowed and fatherless, but is prevented from so doing for the want of a beggarly nickel "a paltry five-cent piece-does 1t not?"
 'Why-er-'
 My friend, n exclaimed the solemn HldH, NItu | ID leliI5 tS C9, see you apprehend my meaning. When the fate of large and interesting family may be at stake you are not the man to hesitate, You will advance me the miserable triAe of five cents, to be re- paid when l see you again-thanlla! thanks, Heaven bless you, my friend. l will sumter about the station until it is about train time, and then will deposit this coin in the appropriate oriice and take passage aboard. Thank you again, my friend, in the name of my wife and little onesn'
 And the tall, thin man in the thread bare suit sauntered about the station in an aimless way until he found him. self by the merest accident outside the front entrance. when he followed his gleaming nose swiftly in a bee line for the nearest beer saloon. where he de- posted the coin in its appropriate slot, as it were. Chicago Tribune.
The Springdale news., 1889-12-20
HUMOROUS.

When man gives himself away he naturally loses h;s seIf-possession. Life.
 It is a queer coincidence that dates and numerals are both natives of Ara bia. -Exchange.
 The profession of rat-eatching has not yet been invaded by women.-Bur- Hngton Free Press.
 There is talk of the oyster getting into a trust. Down with the oyster.- Yonkers Statesman.
 There is no full stop to the furnace in cold weather. It always requires the colon. Boston Gazette.
 One who delights in carrying a perfumei handkerchief is seldom with out scent in his pocket.
 There are few society bellies who have not a record of cOnquests made with the assistance of smokeless pow der. There i5 noth ing new under the sun. Washington Capital.
 The old man in the play is forever talking about twenty long years ago, just as though there were long and short years that could be picked out according as the notion seizes you. Texas Siftngs.
 When Miss Flora Medallion en- tered a "tonsorial palace in the city the other day to get her bangs trimmed, and found the barber to be the French count with whom she flirt- ed at the seaside during the summer, she refused to recognize him. He cut her bangs and she cut him
 Graduate (to critic. who has been looking over his essaD-t'What do you think of it?" Critic-.W Yell, the first time 1 read it was fayorably im- pressed; the second time less so. and after the third perusal put it down as bosh. - Graduate-ssF That's all right, then. I've orly got to read it once, you know. Lawrence Ameri- can.
 Conductor (afteF collision in which every body got bounced half way across the ear, but no one was hurD "Gentlemen. l find that no gseat harm has been done. We ran into the rear end of freight train; and if some of you will come out and help clear the track we can proceed on our journey Fat Passenger "Conductor, are there any moro freight trains on ahead?" "Oh, l suppose so. Well, let's stay where we are. "
 One Way to Boom.-Chairman of adjourned ''indigna.ion meeting - We have called, sir, to see what ex- planation or apology you can offer for your infamous article of yesterday in which you state that the young ladies of our city are more boldly and notoriously given to irritation than those of any other town of tn. same size. And we want to hear from you durned quick, too Ed itor-"Really, l meant no harm. thought something ought to be done to attract strangers to the city, - Ierre Haute Express
The Springdale news., 1889-12-20
4 PETROLEUM VOLCANO.
Spectacle the Like of Which May Never
 Again Be Seen.

Asaln Be seen.
 Petroleum, or rock oil. " according to the present theory of it's origin, is q distillate from the remains of marine life. both animal and vegetable. It sometimes finds it's way to the top of the ground and forms springs, as does water; but it is more frequently held down. at a great pressure, by hard. imperyious, rocky strata, lying above the oil-bcaring beds; and when in such cases hole or '.well'' is drilled down to it. through the superincumbent mass, it gushes up with great force. Within the last ten years the "holy land of the Parsees has become the seat of aYast petroleum trade. BalIu is now a grand kerosene oil refinery. The industry is not yet as fully de- veloped there as in our own oil region of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania has nearly thirty thousand oil-wells. against five hund1e at Baku. But the five hundred Baku wells are dis charging as much petroleum to-day as fine thirty thousand American wells. Al Baka the oil is nearer the sur face of the ground than in Pennsyl- yania American oil-wells average nearly fifteen hundred feet in depth, while in Baku the average depth is careely siX hundred feet In Ameri q, too. the diameter of oii-wells is ut about five inches, while those at akl are rarely drilled less than ct in diameter.
 The discharge Of oil and gas from ne of the wells at Baku has been so )fuso and violent that a nero state 1t of the facts seems too marvellous lbelief These facts, however, come swell attcsted.
 one case where well was being dsd, the auger, or drill, at a depth Ore hundred and seventy feet, sud d. penetrated to the oil strata and wlown bodily out of the shaft with trndous violence With a roar thfoula 6e plainly heard at dis ta9f two miles, the gas blew off foAe minutes, and was followed by andly terrific blast of oil.
 Aerrieb which had supported thcl was seventy feet in height
 Thsof oil and sand blew away the
 top1e derrick and rose two hun
 dret aboye-it. All efforts to check
 the large by blocking the shaft
 proNeless Log plugs, and even
 hug1es, were thrown aside like
 featl Throughout September and
 Octois geyser continued to dis
 char at the rate of nearly two
 mtlli gallons day. Pools and
 iake5l and deep enough to TOW
 boatsere formed on the adjacent
The Springdale news., 1889-12-20
1HE MAN WHO SHOUTS.
Here Is Little Tender Guidance for
 Amateur EIocmIionists.

Here Is Little Tender Guidance for
 Amateur Eiocutionists
 The mine from which the reciter draws his material is in itself danger ously broad and deep-nothing less than the wide field of English litera- ture. In it he finds things he is tempted to recite because he loves them. But that is one of the worst of reasons for choosing them. They may or may not gain by recitation. His personal love for them must not cloud his judgment. He finds pieces magnificent in drama and scope for Reclamation, but the drama may be purely taken from the literary point of view, and its very excellence judged thence may be faults from the actors and reciter' s points of view.
 Or the drama may be impossible for public audience. One poem may touch too intimately or penetratingly some domestic or life sorrow, and an other may jar on some feeling. pos sibly even some prejudice, which the reclter may not sym pathize with, but which he is none the less bound to re- spect in his listeners And, lastly, some tiresome incongruity Of appear ance CT manner may be the t0uchstone that decides his sentence against q poem, which, if it be poem he par ticularly likes and desires to rccite, is more than sufficiently annoying.
 A man, for instance, with a cherry face should not reeite ..The Dream of Eugene Aram, ''The Raven OF Fl Penseroso;a nor should pale, spare man recite a line of Falstaff's or ex- pect any great success in a scene from "Pickwick. n As rule Ga rule with exceptions, of course, men should avoid all pieces written in the first person singular in which the speaker is a woman. Shelley $ "Cloud' is difficult for a man because of it's ideal personality It is impossible to re- sist the suspicion of ridiculousncss whom man grayelY says:
 . am the daughter Of earth and Of water,
 And the nursing of the sky"
 Matthew Arnold's "Forsaken Mer- man generally fails of its full effect for the same reason. I once heard man, remarkable for gift of plain ness, =recite Every we'll but very vain ly) Tennyson's "Dream of Fair Women. So an elderly gentleman deelaimine Lewis Morris 'Psyche;" lady, Teanyson's "Rerenge.' y and a young man Christian Rossetti's "A Royal Princess were all equally undermined in their efforts by direct physical inappropriateness.
 l remember the occasion when l first gave in public an admirable piece for recitation which Mrs Harriet Ghild-Pemberton sent me, called "Prinee. In the last verse comes the line
 Twas the little chap curly and brown" gave it with conviction. and the an- sWer was an audible smile All such pathos and drama as had been wrought bg the story were defeated by this candid assertion to which my appear ance gave the lie direct. The rfdicu= lous inference that time and remorse had singuIarly changed mo turned the whole thing into fun. In subsequent recitals I altered the line, and the recitation held its own fncontradieted Murray $ Magazine
The Springdale news., 1889-12-20

A man who lives near Morgantown. W Va, sees everything double. He has been to several specialists. but they can not give him any relief, and bo has overcome the af1liction by using only one eye at a time. He will be seen on the street with the green shade over the right eye one day, and tho next over tho left In this way he gives his eyes a rest.
The Springdale news., 1889-12-20
He Would Break It Small.

Cumso-Is it true that Gazley's wife has eloped2
 Fangle-Yes; it's true.
 "Doos Gazley know about it?"
 Not yet Me haven't decided who shall break the news to him.
 Let Briggs do it. He's the very man. He stutters, you know. w.a-N. '.
The Springdale news., 1889-12-20
A VISIT DEFERRED.

Jolly dtar lhe Whole man through.
 Emily Glentoa. ii LittIe Folks.
The Springdale news., 1889-12-20
He'll Get There Some Day.

Stranger-Boy, will you direct mo to the nearest bank?
 Street eamin-Wnl f twenty-five cents.
 Stranger-Twenty-Gvo cents! Isn't that high?
 Gamin- Bank directors always get big pay, mister. -N. Y. Sun.
The Springdale news., 1889-12-20

II had rather suffer for speaking the truth, than that the ruth should suffer for want of my speaking, -IohD Pym.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1889-10-26
PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH.
Cor. 18th and Cedar.

Sunday services: Preaching at HOO
A. NJ. and 500 P. NJ. Sunday School at
l2:45 O'Clock. Wednesday evenipa
preaching service and study of the sui,
day school lesson. Friday evening GEL
eral prayer meeting. Pastor Rev
G. Shea e, Residence AIS University Az
enue. Funerals and weddings PROMPT
ly attended to. DAYS for visiting the
sick, Tuesdays and Fridays.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1889-10-26
MINNEAPOLIS.

st. Anthony Lodge, No. 2S77, 10.
or y. F.. meets the LIST and Sd Wednes-
days in each month, for instruction: end
and 18th Wednesdays for business at M
10 Washington Ave. S.
Jasper Gibbs, N. G..
NJ. w. Weaver, P.S.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1889-10-26
SAVINGS BANK OF ST. PAUL,

Five per cent. interest paid on time
depositF. Money loaned on improved
city pF operty. Transaets a general
banking business. Capital, $4,000.
Surplus and undivided profits, sc, 4O9.-
3S. Open Saturdays from'6 to 7 p. m
John s. Prince, President. Edward
Meier, Cashier
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1889-10-26
ST. PETERS A. M. E. CHURCH

Cor. I'D street and 10th avenue South.
Sunday 8. rvices: Preaching at II A.
NJ and 7:3O P. N. Sunday School at 8
O. lock F, NJ. Class meeting 70 AN.
thursday evening prayer meeting. Fri.
Gay ,,! evening class meeting. Rev. r. H.
!" 1iliamson pastor, residence 2l9O 10th
Venue ) Days for PASTORAL visits
~ ~ "nday and Tuesday. DAYS at home
Wednesday " and Thursday. Weddings,
:, and the sick promptly attend-
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-03-21
THE MINES AT MAIDEN.

The reports from the mines at
Maiden are OF the most favorable
character. The indications are good
for n prosperous summer. Develop
ment work is being carried on i'm a
thorough manner. and some of the
claims are remarkable for their rich
ness. The early commencement of
hauling ore to the Great Falls smelter
indicates n spirit of enterprise and
determination that we trust willprove
beneficial to mine owners and the
camp in general. The Falls smelter
managers are becoming aware OF the
Importance OF our mines, and are
very anxious to secure the ores. 1t
is quite probable that a purchasing
agent representing that plant will he
located at Maiden during the summer.
The Spotted Horse mine continues
to show up its wealth OF gold, increas-
ing in value daily. The properties of
the Maginnis company are looking
better and the probabilities are the
mill will soon be in operation again
The outlook for the summer is most
assuring.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-03-21

The New York sun i'm recent issue
gives the following advice to those
young chapies who nurse themselves
by sucking the head OF a cane: "Don't
90 to the wonderful new gold diggings,
young man; stay right here. This is
the place to make money, ii you have
got brains and stamina; and if you
haven't, for goodness sake keep away
from the gold mines. Ii you must
take chances, you can make or break
easier here than there. Buy lottery
tickets, back dark horses, play faro,
bet on elections, take flyers on May
wheat; do anything you choose that,
particularly risky. The chances OF
winning will nevertheless be greater
than at the desperate game of gold
mining. And at the worst, il you fol-
low this advice, when your money is
all gone you will be in New York city
instead of in Lower California
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-03-21

A convention OF legislators from
various states was held in st. Louis
last week to agree upon some plan of
action against the beef and pork COM
bine. The convention was not alto
eether harmonious. The bill before
the Texas legislature defining trusts,
and fixing penalties for violation of
same, was adopted by the convention.
State inspection, which is expected to
exclude dressed beef, was discussed.
A measure was adopted providing for
the appointment OF local inspect ors
who shall inspect all cattle, sheep
or swine, twenty-four hours before
slaughtering. Penalties were pre-
scented for evasion OF inspection.
Similar legislation will now be recon-
mended in the states represented. 1t
remains to be seen how such legisla-
ton will affect the cattle interests.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-03-21
MONTANA NEWS.

Park county is To build SEQ, 900 court
house.
Billings is agitating the question OF build
ing an opera house.
A rich strike in the Cumberland mine at
Castle is reported.
James VI. Kellogg has received the APP
pointment "a postmaster at Wickes.
The Anaconda company's mines at Butte
are lit by an electric light plant which cost
$50, 700.
Cascade county has paid its indebtedness
due Measher county.
Bids are asked for doing 90, 900 yards Of
plastering at Broadwater' hstel at the hot
springs near Helena.
The citizens Of Livingston join with Brown
and Pinkston, Of Horr's mines, and will put
in plant OF thirty -six coke ovens.
The Northern Pacific is obliged to run
through two sections westward every day
in order to accommodate the travel.
The Patsy Cardiff combination is doing
the principal towns of the territory. Car
diff is en- route to San Francisco to fight
Jackson, the colored Australian champion.
in April.
A public spirited citizen of Butte has of.
fered to contribute $4,000 to the public
library of the city on condition that other
people in the city contribute $1,000 in
addition.
The agricultural colony soon to locate
near Fort Belknap, in Northern Montana,
held a meeting in Chicago recently. The
company starts out with cash capital of
s2OO,OOO.
A petition signed by all the members of
the legislature, asking the United States
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-03-21

commissioners OF both counties to
meet and carry ont the purpose OF the
bill, and it is probably left optional
whether purchase is made or not.
Fergus county is not suffering for want
OF territory, yet we believere the price
placed on this strip is not unreason-
able. 1t contains many thousand acres
OF valuable grazing lands which will
increase in value in the coming years.
The Missouri river gives us a natural
boundary on the north. We would be
glad to hear from the petitioners as
regards the price set on the territory
i'm question.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-03-21

1t is now reported that New Found
land will join the Dominion govern
ment in its hostility to American
fishermen. 1t is claimed that the
Yankee fishermen last season violated
the licenses given them and the bait
purchased i'm New Foundland was sold
to the French ut st. Pierre. OF course,
they wouldn't be Yankee fishermen if
they didn't Speculate a little on the
bait. 1t looks as though there was
going to be trouble again this spring.
But Uncle Sam must not get mad
and swear. Ii he does he will not
catch any fish at all.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-03-21

Judge Mcconnell has recently given
further evidence of superior ability
and fitness as u judge. In the process
of securing jury in the Bryson case
at Boulder he refused to excuse men
who had read accounts OF the murder
in the newspapers. 1t is about time
the practice of hunting up ignora-
muses. to sit on juries is abandoned.
The rule should he the other way|
The man who does not read the news
papers and keep posted on current
events should be excused from jury
service. This would be Offering pre-
MUM on intelligence and strengthening
the cause of justice.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-03-21
DOC CREEK ITEMS.

W. T. swope and family held picnic in
the brakes on the 9Th inst. IL being . genu-
inc California day.
DIR. Hanson was called last Thurrday to
alleviate the sufferines Of Mr.. James Shaw,
who was suffering from csrcalntussuscep-
ton.
David Hilger aud Andrew Fergus dis
played fine craftsmanship in a snow ball
contest at Mr.. Cooks. General McShans
while holding the fort received "a stray shot
in the umbilicus. Mr.. Fergus tried to scribe
the are Of a circle ON buckine steed, while
the attending physician looked ON with q
smile for broken leg.