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Fergus County argus., 1890-04-24
SPOKANE.
The Great Derby Winner to Eclipse His Per-
formances Of Last Season-Montana's
Improving Horse Product

From the st. Paul Globe of the 9Th
we note the following
Noah Armstrong, owner of the Mon
lana stable made famous the world
over by the phenomenal performances
last year by Spokane, the peerless son
OF Hyler Aliinterpose, was in St.
Paul yesterday on his way to Mon
tana. Mr.. Armst rony has spent sew
eral weeks in Louisville, where he has Il
string of sixt teen race horses, including
Spokane, in training. Speaking OF the
winner Of the American and Kentucky
nerbys, Mr.. Armstrong said: "Spo-
kane wintered splendidly, asd'd all the
horses in my string, and this season ]
expect the great Derby winner to
eclipse his performances of last season.
The report that he has gone lame is all
bosh. He is as sound rs a new dollar.
rs playful as u kitten, and has the
speed of q cannon ball. ! expect him
to win all the races in which he starts,
and shall scratch him whenever he ap-
pears to be at all out of sorts or unfit
to run and win. Spokane has IA great
many engagements at Washington
Park. and when the meeting there is
ended he will be shipped to st. Paul.
There will be no disappointment this
season as there was last year. Spo-
kane will be at the Twin City Jockey
club ms citing unless he falls dead in his
tracks. Seattle, one OF my most prom
Using colts, with whom ! expected to
WIN the Twin City Derby this year, is
dead. Still | have Polemus, by Red
Boy, out OF Bolis, to fall back upon,
and he will certainly get n chalk mark.
II were asked to pick the winner OF
the Twin City Derby ! should select
either Riley or Prince Fonso, probably
Riley. lie is a son OF I.ongfellow, out
OF Geneva, and inherits the speed of
his sire with eniu! ance of his dam.
lie is heavily backed to win the Ken
tucky Derby, and his owner, Ed Corri-
gan, expects him to finish first. W.P.
Maxwell's France FOnso j. by Prince
Charlie, out OF May Walsh, and as
game u horse as ever faced starter.
Ii Riley Fails Prince Fonso can be de
pended upon to win the Twin city
Derby. Wilhelm Louisville discussed
the outlook for the llamline meeting
with many prominent horsemen. The
CONSENSUS oi opinion is that racin. has
taken n firm hold upon Minnesotans,
and the Jockey club meeting this year
vii! not only he "a success but will do
much to encourage the breeding OF
running horses in the North star
state
Fergus County argus., 1890-04-24

"What does it cost to die?" asked a
New York Telegram reporter of a
Fourth avenue undertaken. He was
sent to make this inquiry owing to the
number OF suicides during the past
week
"All the way from SO to $40, 900, 4"
replied the man of death i'm grave,
sepulchral tones. at all depends on
whether you want a quiet funeral or
an imposing one
what would the genteel thing
cost ?" was asked.
"About $3.50. For this sum we
guarantee to supply a good casket,
II remarkable number Of carriages and
the service of the undertaken and sex
ton. OF course for $3.50 there could
be no extravaganza in the way of
flowers and funeral feasts."
Can you bury a person decently for
S1O?"
YES; but the casket will not .be
silver-mounted nor lined with satin.
Nor will it be made OF rosewood.
There would he no hearse with four
horses. We should dispense with car
riages together, and let the mourners
ride to the cemetery on the street
cars"
How is it that many funerals cost
over S5,OOO?"
"ln the first place metal caskets are
in great demand by the rich. Some of
these caskets cost as much as 81, 900.
Then, again, hundreds of dollars
worth of rare flowers are sometimes
ordered. The bill for carriages often
Fergus County argus., 1890-04-24

OF all III, things in nature that ailliet the
SONS of men,
There is nothing that ! know of l.ests the
depre.lating hen;
II Won see a wild eyed woman firing brick
bats from the she'd
You can bet hen has busted up her little
flower bed.
She plumbers and she scrat ehcs. she cackles
aud she matches.
And fort y-thousaud eowbeys couldn't keep
ief ~ u pen
She eas sent onearth To fret us. toexcoriate
the letture:
she's u thoronghg"iug nuisance. is the dep
rcdating hen.
| threw II brick aud missed her, rs she
hustled out may beans,
l:ut ustrsar's statute WAS smashed to
smit hereens:
saw her digging riile-piis where Id put
my pansirs in,
fired "a good sized rock and hit my hired
man ON the shin.
She buSts all bounds and shackles. she
gsele- aud she cackes.
She makes me say some earnest things
haven't time To pen.
never used bad language. br, now I'm
filled with anguish,
Alas I've broken the record through that
del"edating hen.
But now throughout my cabinet there
floats n pleasant smell.
Aud the reason for that perfume IL isn't
hard 70 tell.
For when rose this morning. saw my cab
bage bed u wreck
! caught that deprrdatipg hen aud iiercely
wrung her neck:
| hear her iizz and crackle. me- more she u
scratch aud cackle.
Or make my summer garden look Ike
some hyena' den.
She far too long has bossed me, she lar too
much has cost ne.
| II eat at luncheon time to-day n hundred
dollar hen.
Fergus County argus., 1890-04-24
Bread Prom Wood.

Science has already enabled man TO
extract fiery beverages and many other
things OF more or less value from wood.
and 1t Is now proposed o 90 a step
further and produce bread from wood.
In an address recently delivered i'm
Heidelberg, Germany, by no less emf
nent an author than Victor Meyer. it
is announced that We may reason.
ably hope that chemistry will teach
us to make the fibre OF wood the
source OF human food" What an
enormous stock OF food, then. would
be found, if this becomes possible. in
the wood of our forests, or even i'm
grass and straw. The fibre OF wood
consists essentially OF cellulin. Can
this be made into starch? starch has
essentially the same percentage com
position, but it differs very much in it,
properties, and the nature of its mole
cule is probably Y much more complex.
Cellulin is OF little or no dietetic
value, and it is not altered. ike starch.
IN boiling water. II really gives glu-
cose when treated with strong sulph-
uric acid, "a i easily shown when cot
ton wool, which i, practically pure
celulin, Il merely immersed In il.
Starch gives the same product when
boiled with weak acid. The author
further quotes the researches OF Hell
riegel, which 90 to show beyond lii
pute that certain plants transform at
mo-pheric nitrogen into albumen. and
that this process can be improved by
suitable treatment. The production.
therefore, of corn starch from rellulin.
together with the enforced increase of
albumen in plants, would. be- adds. in
reality signify the abolition of the
bread Milling Record.
Fergus County argus., 1890-04-24
Costly Candor.

\ story is told OF Congressman Taul-
bee OF Kentucky, who was shot lately
by Charles kincaid in Washingto on
city, that contains considerable hui
NOR. An old colored man called Uncle
Eph had lived in the Taulbee family
many years and was considered an
honest ana faithful old servant. Alter
the election for congressman, Taulbee
having been candidate, he was
tainted by some OF his opponents 5
with the statement that Uncle Eph
had voted against him. Loath to
believe it, he called old Eph into his
room and said
"Uncle Eph, is it true that you voted
against me at the elect ion?n
"lrs. Massa William" replied Eph;
Il voted de publican ticket"
"Weil, " said Taulbee, IL like frank
ne,s. anl here's n dollar for your
candor.
The old colored man stood scratch
ing hi head, when Taulbee asked:
"Wrll, Eph. what is it ~
"Well. Massa Taulbee," said Eph,
Iii yeu is buying candor you owes me
fo' dollars mo, kas- voted agin We
five times. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Fergus County argus., 1890-04-24
Carpet Wool Used for Clothing Purposes.

Justice, Bateman 4 Co.'S wool circu-
lar says: Many members OF congress
have the impression that carpet woods
are unfit for clothing purposes. Ic-
norance on this point has been one o.
the great obstacles to securing such
duties on coarse wool asgrowers think
necessary to check the destruction of
the coarse wool flocks, which has been
going on so rapidly since the reduction
made in 1883. The question as to
whet her the amount of carpet wool
used Tor clothing purposes is 80. so or
40 per cent of the quantity imported
is not question for discussion so long
as the fact remains that so-called cor-
pet wool is capable of being made into
clothing, and large amounts of il are
daily so used. There is hardly any
one who is not wearing clothing or us
ing blankets made from carpet woods:
and the improvements in machinery
are such that hereafter more rather
than less so-called carpet wool can be
used for clothing purposes, and es-
pecially so long as the wide difference
in cost between coarse and fine wool
remains.
Fergus County argus., 1890-04-24
The Uses of Borax.

Sprinkle places infested by ants with
borax and you will soon he rid OF
them.
Blankets and furs put away well
sprinkl-d with borax and done up air
tight will never b- troubled with
moths.
a little boray put i'm the water be-
fore washing red or rred-bOrdered table
cloths and napkins will prevent their
fading.
Ringworms will yield to borax treat
ment. Apply strong solution OF
boraX three times a day; also dust on
the fire dry powder very often.
Silver spoons and forks in daily use
may be kept bright by leaving them in
strong boraX several hours. The
water should he boiling when they are
put in.
Put teaspoonful OF borax in your
rinsing water. Ii will whiten the
clothes and also remove the yellow
east on garments that have been laid
aside for two or three years.
One OF the best things to cleanse the
scalp thoroughly is to dissolve one
hall teaspoOnful OF borax in a quart
OF water and apply it. rubbing it in
well. Rinse thoroughly in clear water.
For washing fine, nice flannels moth
ing will cause them to look so nice as
borax in the water, tablespoonful of
borax to "a pail OF water being the
right proportion. Always wash baby's
little ilannel skirts, shirts, ETC., in this.
Fergus County argus., 1890-04-24

Rev. DIR. Lyman Abbott: God and
nature are not dual. We have aban-
doned, or are abandoning, the carpen-
ter conception OF the creation-the
notion that God makes the world as II
builder makes house. We are sub
stituting for it the far grander concep-
ton OF a God eminent i'm nature, and
of nature as the thought, not the han
diwork OF God. We have cast away
our childhood's conception of a robed
monarch, enthroned somewhere i'm a
central capital, and ruling the world
by means OF an angelic bureaucracy
kind OF infinite ear OF Russian
universe. We think OF him as we think
OF the soul in the body, omnipresent
i'm all its parts. We believe, with the
old Hebrew psalmist, that all power
belongs unto God; that all force is the
last analysis i'm the will; that all So
called natural forces are the outwork-
ings of the divine purposes; that all
so-called natural laws are only habit :
OF the divine activity. They are simp-
y the way in which God is accustomed
to act. But this is pantheism. ex-
claims some frightened reader. Ii it
were we should not be alarmed. But
it is not pantheism. That the All il
God, is one philosophical conception;
that God is the All, is another Ii to
believe that God is the All in All is
pantheism, then Paul was pantheist
and We are not afraid to be in his com
pany. 1t is indeed the company OF
the elect thinkers OF all ages and all
religions.
We therefore have done forever wit h
the distinction between nature and
the supernatural. What men call the
supernatural Is but the spirit lorce IN
nature. Everything natural i super
natural; everything supernatural y
nat ural
Fergus County argus., 1890-04-24
What Will the Census Be !

As the time draws near for the TAX
ing OF the eleventh national census.
estimates OF the probable total popu-
lation OF the country are appearing in
print IN great abundance. Many oi
them are altoget her absurd. The high
e,t f;gnre that any one las yet ven
tured to give as u guess is ~ 1000, 900.
and the lowest 80, 900 900. Nett her
of these can he justified. however, by
any statistical induction. Probably
each is about equally far from the
truth; and most likely II mean he
tween them. or say 90. 600 900. would
he IA fairly accurate estimate. That
Is about the population that We may
expect To have from Ia" usual ratio oi
increase. With one exception every
federal census since that nj | $50 has
shown an increase of about 80 per
cent in ten years The exception was
the census of 1870, when, Ia consr-
quence oi the loss oi lii. 10y war. Ia,
ratio was found to be somew hat less
Ii the usual ratio has been kept up
from 1850 to $50, we must have now
about 10. .OOO, 900 inhabitants, which
is a larger population than any other
single country except China and Russia
can count up. O course most oi the
increase will come from the west. In
the older states OF the east the rate of
gain in the last three decades is much
less than IN the country as a whole.
I'm Rhode Island il is scarcely more
than twO-thirds as fast; and when we
come to count up in June, we shall
probably find that our population oi
2s6, 33l in 1850 has increased to only
about 331 900 in 1890, and possibly
not so much as that providence
journal.
Fergus County argus., 1890-04-24

The Importation of foreign clothing
wools have fallen Off greatly since the
first of the year. Those for the month
OF January, 1890, were only about
one-tenth OF the importations for Jan
uary, 1889. This is partly caused bv
the fashion for coarse goods in which
the better grades OF carpet woods have
been used, the so-calied carpet woods
having taken the place, to some extent,
OF the flne or merinO woods.
Where there is so much difference i'm
the duty as 7lyc per Id. between coarse
and merino woods, the temptation will
be to use the cheaper coarse wool.
The tact is significant that the impor-
tatiOns OF merino wool direct from
Australia are only about 20 per cent.
OF the impOrtatiOns of these same
wOols at this time one year ago. The
falling of IN the importations of me-
rlno wool should naturally increase
the demand for American merino, and
such would be the case were it not
that so many of the woods contain
ing merino blood have been displaced
IN clothing fabrics by the use OF So
called carpet wools.-Justice, Bate
man Co.'S Circular.
Fergus County argus., 1890-04-24
Price 10 Cts.
Another Decision by Secretary Noble Re-
garding Indemnity Lands.

WASHINGTON, April IL. - Secretary
Noble has rendered an elaborate and
exhaustive decision in the case of the
Northern Pacific against Mathew Rob
erts, who claimed homestead rights in
section 3, township 8, range 2 OF the
Helena (Mont.) district. The case in
volved the rights of bomesteader on
lands within the limit OF a railroad
grant on which settlement had been
made prior to filing map of definite
location. The company held the term
homestead settler could only he ap-
piled to those who have made entry in
the local land office OF the land. claimed
by them prior to the withdrawal OF
the lands granted to a corporation.
The secretary holds that the home
steaders legal rights date back to
time OF settlement, his ruling in the
case being precisely in line with the
ruling OF the department in the case OF
pre-emptions made prior to withdraw
ais OF public lands. The settler gets
the land.
Fergus County argus., 1890-04-24
A HEROIC HORSE.
An Animal Which Went to a Fire With a
Hoof Torn on.

Washington special: At a fire in the
southern section of the city this morn
ing remarkable incident occurred.
Engine No. 3, drawn by two magnifi-
cent horses, went laundering to the
scene. As the horses sprang across
the Pennsylvania railroad one OF them
caught his foot between the rail and
the planking, and tore the hoOf COM
pletely oil. Never llinching for mo-
ment, the splendid animal continued
on his way to the fire at II tremendous
pace over the hard paving, and his
terrible mishap was only discovered
when he was seen holding his bleeding
foot from the ground.
The injury was such that the poor
fellow had to he shot, and at the scene
OF the shooting firemen and Others
shed tears at the sad tate OF n creature
OF such unilagging spirit and devotion
to duty.
Fergus County argus., 1890-04-24

+. {. Hughes, one OF the elect ricians
OF the Pillsbury A. Mill, has lately
been experimenting with the heating
capacity of electricity and has demon
strated that almost any degree can he
produced with comparative ease. lie
has gotten up an oven for baking and
heating gluten, which is a great sue
cess. The gluten Is | laced IN II cylln-
drical glass ease, about AN inch i'm
diameter. which in turn is placed in an
oven, the latter also being in cylln-
,lrical form, and under "a heat oi about
3oo degrees the gluten l. baked III
nhnnt iMrlNr haN..
Fergus County argus., 1890-04-24
Thieves in Sleepers.

a little thonghtfuness will prevent
losses in a sleeper. Thepassenger who
goes to bed with his watch and purse
under his pillow, in the oldfashioned
way, could be robbed easily. That Is
where the thief always looks. lie can
get the vest or trousers from the pillow
without waking the sleeper.
The best plan is to put the money
and lewelry in "a handkerchief. lift up
the mattress on the side near the win
dow under the body, not under the
head, and put the bundle there.-St.
Louis Globe Democrat.
Fergus County argus., 1890-04-24
WASHINGTON LETTER.
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Fergus County argus., 1890-04-24
Ingersoll on Democratic Success.

WASHINGTON, April 3.-Col. Robert
q. Ingersoll. who is here to argue a ease
IN the supreme court, made "a very
sage remark this morning when some
one asked him what he thought OF the
effect OF the Democratic victories i'm
Republican strongholds at the munic-
ipal elections throughout the country.
I've noticed" he remarked. that
the Democratic party usually draws a
full hand when there is nothing in the
pot and nobody's betting"
Fergus County argus., 1890-04-24
Found What He Wanted.

Did you read Bronson novel ."
lies"
Find any sense i'm it,"
II wasn't looking for sense; wa
after nonsense
Fergus County argus., 1890-04-24

Chira4o Times: Friend -Iouriaush-
ter does not look strong.
Father lou should hear her play
the piano.
Fergus County argus., 1890-04-24
OFFICIAL. ROSTER.

>sasr OtGeetOGv.
"yrrn"r.............Joseph h. Tonle. Helena
Lieut.. Governor...Johu T.. Rickard> Butt,
" 'mber al Congress, 7. II. Garter. Helena
: 'cretary Louis Rotwitt. Helena
Treasurer ...............H. .. Hickman, Helena
tddIinr.......... +. 4. keuney. Helena
Att'y General. Henri !. Haskell. dlendive
hiet Justice supreme tourt...........
Henry \. Blake. Helena
a associate Justices T.. y. uarwood
supreme Court '' W. III Dewitt
lcrN Sup. Court, W. !. Kennedy, Helena
: ,.er nt n. .ent Public Instruction.
.........John Cannon, Helena
Federal Directory.
L. :. Marshal ...........rhoma> Irwin. Butte
Re si,trr L. ;. Land Otlce. S.W. langhorne
,:-.reiver l. :. Land Office. III. :. Howell
surveyor General. ID. Eaton
L. :. torney y...........-.-...........E. ID. Weed
All oi iIe.eni.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-16
LADIES ARE GRATEFUL
For Aid and Assistance Given the
Harvest Home Festival.

For Aid and Assistance Given the
Harvest Home Festival.
The ladies who had charge of the harvest
home festival yesterday issued the following
letter of thanks through the secretary, Mrs.
jackson:
desire to express publicly their thanks to the
following persons for having so kindly as
sisted in making the enterprise successful.
To Mr. Lowry for the free use of the Ar
cade building; to ). S. Eaton for having in
sured free of charge the art loan exhibit; to
Mr.. Gordon, Mr.. Wheeler and Mrs. Jilson
for their arduous work in connection with
the presentation of '.Pinafore;'' to James F.
Angel, C. o. Rice, Mr.. Robinson, of Finch.
Van Slyke d Co.; De Coster d Clark; p. V.
Dwyer; f. Ford; Field, Mailer d.
Co.; Wemott d Howard: Mr. Bunk
Mr. Towney and Mr.. Scott, of
the Newmarket and many others for assist
ance i'll various directions. For the use of
showcases thanks are due the following gen
tlemen: Messrs. w. ii. Cook, Allen, Moon
&. Co., Schlick d Co., E. A. Brown, August
Oppenheimer, j. T. Harrison, Nathan Ford
and Mannheimer Bros. To Chief of Police
Clark, Capt Cook, Lieut.. Humphry and the
officers in charge of the building the associa-
ton is under especial obligations.
The ladies desire to thank most heartily
the daily papers for having watched with
interest the progress of The festival, and hay-
ing kept the pubic we'll Informed, free of all
expense to the association. TO the general
public must be given the credit of having. by
its cooperation and patronage, so materially
assisted those charities for the support OF
which the festival WIS organized.