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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-04-09
The Truth About Aluminium.

Despite the emphatic denial recently
published that there was any need OF
lowering the price of aluminium below
80, owing to the demand forit at that
price, exceeding the present supply, it
appears that it is being now offered
to the trade by one of the manufac-
turers at from $1.25 to S1.75 per
pound, according to the quantity.
There has been a great deal of exag-
gerated nonsense written about this
metal and the use to which it is adapted
and to which in time we may expect
to see it put, as, for instance, in the
construction of ships and bridges, in
place of iron and steel. 1t possesses,
however, undeniably valuable quail
ties, and as the methods OF producing
it are perfected, and the cost still fur-
ther reduced, it is likely to be utilized
to advantage in the stead OF silver,
German silver, copper, tin and zinc
for q number of the purposes for which
these are used.
The most valuable qualities oi
aluminium, as enumerated by a recent
authority on the subject, are its due
tility under drawing processes and its
non-liability to corrosion. 1t can be
rolled into sheets OO07 inch i'm thick
ness, beaten into leaf, drawn into tn,
bes and spun or stamped into various
shapes. 1t is susceptible OF a high de
gree OF finish by polishing or burnish.
ing. 1t becomes hard by working and
requires frequent annealine. 1t melts
perfectly fluid at about 1,3OO0 but be
comes granular at about l0OO0 +
1t is most easily worked at a tempera
ture OF from 2OOo to 30O0. 1t is APT
to become granular and to stick to
the rolls at a higher temperature.
As to the corrodibility of the metal
it is unaffected by either moist or dry
air, by water, by sulphuretted hydro
gen or other sulphur vapors, by salt
sea-water, a weak solution OF salt il
arctic acid, or by sulphuric or nitric
acids. These acids, however, rapidly
act upon the metal in the presence o
chlorine. 1t will be readily under
stood, then, that even if some OF tn
extreme claims made for it are un
founded, its chief production will prov
of great advantge to many differen
industries.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-04-09
Try 1t for Yourself.

1t is related of the inventor of the
game OF chess that, on being promised
by the king, whom he first taught the
game, that he should have any reward
he might ask for, meekly replied that
he would be content if the king would
give him one kernel of wheat on the
first square, two on the second, four
on the third, eight on the fourth, and
so on, doubling up to the sixty-fourth
square. The king gladly acceded to
this seemingly modest request, and or
dered his attendants to bring in the
wheat, which they began to do; but,
to the astonishment of the monarch,
it was found that there was not wheat
enough in the whole dominion to pay
off the crafty inventor.
A mathematician who claims to have
been figuring on this chess board curl
osity says that to fulfil the kings pro-
mise it would take 3O,o27 ,O97, ,1S4,-
4S5 bushels of wheat-allowing 60O,-
600 kernels to each bushel. This pro-
digous amount would cover the States
of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jer-
sey and Delaware to a depth of a mile
and quarter. In few words here
is the exact number of wheat kernels
the chess inventor asked for-9,6 ,627,-
26S, 1856, ,934, IT'S, jos. Figure it up
and prove or disprove it.-St.Louis
Republic.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-04-09
Ingersoll's National Flower.

There may have been many articles
in the papers during the past few
months advocating the adoption OF
the clover flower as the national flower,
but the most unique is the following
by Col. Robert G. Ingersoll.
"a wonderful thing is clover. 1t
means honey and cream; that is to
say, industry and contentment; that
is to say, the happy bees in perfumed
fields, and at the cottage gate old Bess
the bountiful, chewing satisfaction's
cud in that blessed twilight pause that
like a benediction falls between toll
and sleep. This clover makes me
dream of happy hours, of childhood's
rosy cheeks, of dimpled babes, of
wholesome loving wives, of springs and
brooks and violets, and all there is of
painless Joy and peaceful human life.
A wonderful word is clover. Drop the
&C. and you have the happiest of man
kind. Take away the &C and 'r' and
you have the only thing that makes a
heaven of this dull and barren earth.
Cut off the 'r' alone and there remains
a warm, deceptive bud that sweetens
the breath and keeps the peace in
countless homes whose masters fire.
quent clubs.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-04-09
Object Lessons for Tin Plate Liars.

"Tin plate liars" as a free trade
epithet, is coming home to roost with
papers like the Times and Post, which
sedulously affirmed that no tin plate
could or would be made in this coun-
try under a protective duty. In The
Press office window we have for several
days displayed samples OF the tin
plates and cups on which guests at the
Chattanooga banquet were served with
one course. They are of American
manufacture. There was added to
the collection yesterday a menu of the
banquet incased in covers of enameled
plate, one of tin and one of rolled
steel without thinning.
Another addition to the exhibition
is box of American tin plate, which
fastens the phrase, "tin plate liars, !"
on the cmendseious sree trade-organs
who originated it. 1t is roofing tin of
the best steel, full coated, made by
p. III. Laufman & Co., at their works
at Apollo, Pa. The materials are
entirely American, except a small por-
ton of the pig tin used in the coating
which comes from the Dutch East
Indies, as does that used in foreign tin
plates. Ii. X. DeMilt & Co. inform
The Press that the Apollo works are
turning out 100 boxes per day at the
present time. and increasing their ia
cilities to make larger quantities. One
hundred boxes per day, at the ruling
price of tin plate, is product aggre-
eating $5OO,O0O annually, and the
Apollo plant is only one of a round
dozen now making tin plate in this
country
Object lessons like these are calcu-
lated to confound, demoralize and
paralyze the free trade "tin plate
liars"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-04-09
Iron Paper.

st. Louis Republic: In the great ex-
hibition of 1851 an American speci-
men of iron paper was exhibited. I'm
mediately lively competition ensued
among British iron manufacturers as
to the thinness to which cold iron
could be rolled. Mr.. Gillett rolled
sheets the average thickness OF which
was the eighteen-hundredth part of an
inch. In other words, 800 of these
sheets piled one upon the other would
only measure one inch in thickness.
The wonderful fneness of this work
may be more readily understood when
the reader is informed that 1,2OO
sheets of the thinnest tissue paper
measure a fraction over an inch.
These wonderful iron sheets were per-
fectly smooth and easy to write upon,
notwithstanding the fact that they
were porous when held up to a strong
light.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-04-09
PETER A REPUBLICAN.
On Strictly Party Questions He Will Oppose
Democrats.

Chicago News: There is something
ludicrous to the Washington politi-
clans in the apparent transposition,
politically, of those two remarkable
Kansas statesmen, ex-senator Ingalls,
and Senator-elect PETER.
Mr.. Ingalls, friends have been amazed
more than once recently at his re-
markable utterances and the conces-
sions he has made to his political foes.
1t has. been feared that the senator
would make an inglorious tumble into
the ranks of the Farmers alliance
But now at this time comes the sena-
tor-elect PETER, showing decided symp-
toms OF becoming a republican. In
declining an invitation to the Palmer
jubilee at Springfield the senator-elect
said to a friend:
"Why should / rejoice over the
election of Palmer? 1 have no part
or parcel in this Democratic triumph.
| don't want my position politically
misunderstood. shall represent the
Farmers alliance on the questions
affecting their immediate interests but
on strictly party questions ] shall
vote always with the Republicans.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-04-09
The Sherman Diamonds.

Philadelphia Bulletin: 1t is not nee
essary for anybody to go into spasms
because some of Gen. Sherman 8 family
have resolved to sell their share of the
celebrated khedive diamonds. Thegift
was not an heirloom, nor intended to
be such. 1t was not sent to Gen.
Sherman, but was "a wedding present
to his daughter when she married
Lieut.. Fitch, though she was generous
enough to divide the gems equally
with her sister and brothers. Mrs.
Fitch is now in circumstances in which
it is inconvenient for her to keep her
share of the diamonds; the money
they represent is OF more value to her
than the gems, and she wishes to sell
them. She has perfect moral as well
as legal right to do SO, and it isn't
anybody's business but her own. True
friends of the family will rejoice that
since the general was able to leave his
children but a small estate they have
this means of increasing their tor
tunes.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-04-09
MAMMAL SMOKERS.
Lions, Goats, Bears and Stays Seem to Enjoy
Tobacco Fumes

London Telegraph: In the Berlin
Geological Gardens Prof Paul Meyer
helm, painter of animal life, has been
trying the effects of the fragrant weed
on various denizens of the gardens,
with results which are as novel as
they are undoubtedly amusing. Chief
among the subjects OF his experiments
was the brown bear. He declares
that the common brown bears are
genuine enthusiasts for tobacco.
"When puff my cigar smoke into
their cage" he remarks, "they rush to
the front, rubbing their noses and
backs against the bars through which
the smoke has penetrated"
The Professor, with some temerity,
once experimental on the lion. The
creature was asleep, and this was the
moment selected for putting a volume
of tobacco smoke in his face. Did he
at once wake up with a savage growl,
lash his tail, and, springing at the
bars, shake the massive iron? Not at
ALL He awoke and "stood on his
legs" which seems a natural enough
attitude to adopt, and "sneezed pow
trIully-
Then he quietly lay down on his
side and elevated his nose, as if ask
ing for second Dose" 1t may be
news to some naturalists to hear that
goats, stays and llamas all devour
tobacco and cigars with remarkable
satisfaction. 1t is certainly somewhat
OF waste of the material to let a
prime Havana be bolted in one gulp
by an antelope, but the Professor was
actuated by praiseworthy desire to
discover scientific facts, and also by
wish to get on good terms with
creatures that it was his business to
sketch.
81 made a personal friend, he writes,
''of an exceedingly malicious guanaco,
or wild llama, by simply feeding him
again and again with tobacco"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-04-09
Before the Moon Left Us.

When the earth was very young,
says DIR. Ball, Astronomer Royal for
Ireland. it went around so fast that
the day was only three hours long
The earth was liquid then, and as it
spun around and around at that
fearful speed, and as the sun caused
ever-increasing tides upon its surface,
it at last burst in two. The smaller
part became the moon, which has
been going around the earth ever since
at an increasing distance. The infiu-
ence of the moon now raises tides on
the earth. and, while there was any
liquid to operate on in the moon, the
earth returned the compliment.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-04-09
From Dan to Beersheba and Elsewhere.

The measures for long distances have
varied widely at different times and
with different nations, to say nothing
of the comparisons used in our coun-
try. For instance:
The Jews said ''from Dan to Beer
sheba."
The Persians say "from Medina to
Mecca"
The English say ''from Lands End
to John O'Groat's."
The Yankee says ''from Maine to
Texas"
The Southerner says 'from Florida
to Alaska"
The Sucker and Hoosier says ''from
the Great Lakes to the Gulf"
The South American says ''from the
Isthmus to the Horn"
In Louisina they say 'from New Or
leans to Pittsburg."
In California the common expression
is "from Altaville to Pilot Knob. -
St.Louis Republic.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-04-09
How to Cure a Headache.

In case of the ordinary nervous head
ache, from which women sufferso much,
says an authority, remove the dress
waist, knot the hair high up on the
head, out OF the way, and while lean
ing over the basin, place sponge
soaked i'm hot water, as hot as can be
borne, on the back of the neck. Re-
peat this many times, also applying
the sponge behind the ears, and, if the
assertion OF the writer is not a mis-
taken one, in many cases the strained
muscles and nerves that have caused
so much misery will be felt to relax
and smooth themselves out deliciously,
and very frequently thepain promptly
vanishes in consequence. Every
woman knows the achingface and neck
generally brought home from a hard
days shopping, or from a long. round
OF calls and afternoon teas. She re-
CARDS with intense dissatisfaction the
heavy lines drawn around her eyes
and mouth by the long strain on the
facial muscles, and when she must
carry that worn countenance to some
dinner party or evenings amusement,
it robs her of all the pleasure to be
had in it. Cosmetics are not the cure,
nor bromides, or the many nerve seda-
tives to be had at the drug shop.
Here, again, the sponge and hot water
are advised by the author quoted,
bathing the face in water as hot as
can be borne; apply the sponge over
and over again to the etemples, throat
and behind the ears, where most o.
the nerves and muscles of the head cen
ter, and then battle the face in wateI
running cold from the faucet. Colol
and smoothness of outline come bacl
to the face. an astonishing freshness
and comfort is the result, and if a nal
of ten minutes can follow every trac'
OF fatigue will vanish.-Analyst.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-04-09
Another Instance.

Gofer-Your necktie is working up
above your collar.
Spatts-Is it? Gosh darn the Nc
Kinley bill, anyhow.-West Shore.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-04-09
Sne 9 my sWeetHtarl
I-I-Im her.

This was all he sang. At the first
note his prosecutors had sprung on
their horses in wild, maddening haste,
and the sound of the retreating hoof
beats, growing fainter and fainter,
came to his ears from far, Tar down
the valley. He was saved.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-04-09
OFFICIAL ROSTER.
state Directory.

state Directory.
Governor. X. Toole, Helena
Lieut. Governor....J Ohm l.. Rickards, Butte
NJ en- ber oi Congress, T. III. Carter. Helena
secretary y................Lo Louis Rotwitt, Helena
Treasurer ...... .......... X. .. Hickman, III elena
Auditor................. +. A. Keuney, Helena
Atty General, Henri J. Haskell, Glendive
hiet Justice supreme Court...........
Henry n. Blake. Helena
associate Justices f; n; HarwSod
Supreme Court | W. Ii. Dewitt
lerN Sup. Court, w. j. Kennedy, Helena
) Iperint,.nuent Public Instruction
........John Cannon, Helena
Federal Directory.
u =. Marshal NV VIM. +. Furay, Butte
REGISTER u. ). Land Oifice.........C. a. Burg
X .eeiver u. ;. Land Otfice.......G- w Cook
Surveyor General..................'ieo. ID. Eaton
". >. Attorney. ". wee"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-04-09
Great Presence of Mind.

Chicago Tribune: "If you've got any
remarks to make before we jerk you
up" announced the leader of the band
of regulators, "we'll listen to EN-"
"Will yougi me a fhinute?" pleaded
the condemned horse thief; 'iust one
minute?'
"Yes."
81 haven't much to say" faltered
the trembling wretch, his eyes dim
with tears; "but l should like to sing
a song-a little song that carries me
back to my innocent childhood days
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-04-09
FACILITIES.

Warehouse the bank constructed with Special view to
of Judith Wolf Creek county Will
the emostcon to au their WOOL whether
desiring sell or ship.
OF
BED ROCK PRICES Also blacksmith shop at Landing
srORDERS BY MAIL GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-11-10
DEMOCRATIC METHODS In IOWA.
Mrs. Foster Says They We're of the Tammany
Hall Type-The Temperance Question.

CHICAGO, Nov. 9.-Mrs. J. Ellen Foster,
the well-known Prohibitioniet and the
founder of the Non-partisan Women's
Christian Temperance Union, was in the
city to-day, having just finished fight for
tho principles she advocates that was
carried through the whole Iowa campaign.
She admits that the result of Tuesday q
election In that State was surprise to her.
THE campaign was vigorous one" contIn-
ned Mrs. Foster. "and every honorable means
were employed tosecure Republican success
The stubborn fact remains. however. that
Democratic methods of the Tammany Hall
type prevailed. The result was not due to
change in the real sentiment of the State;
some of the most enthusiastic cam.
mon who voted against prohibition
when it was adopted at the election of
1882. But many Prohibitionists have left
the State. The adoption OF prohibition in
the Dak0tas and other localities Of the
West was due to the Iowa colonists settling
there. The moral influence of Governor
Boies's administration has been against the
enforcement of tho prohibitory law. He
pardOned criminals convicted under its
provisions, and assailed clerQymen who
protested against his connivxnce at out
lawry and crime"
Mrs. Foster bitterly scores temperance
Democrats. who, she declares, all voted the
straight Democratic ticket regardless of
temperance sympathies Of the Republican
candidates. She expresses the belief that
the law will be retained, although its en-
forcementw will be rendered more difficult
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-11-10
SAN FRANCISCO TOO FAR AWAY.
Senator Quay Not In Favor OF Holding the
Republican Convention There.
Special TO the IndianapolIs Journal

Senator Quay Not In Favor OF Holding the
Republican Convention There.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Nov. Gas previously re-
ported, the people of San Francisco are
making a vigorous effort TO secure the
holding of the national Republican con-
vention in that city next year, and Mr.. NJ.
H. De Young, the California member Of the
national Republican committee, believes
the convention can be secured if San Fran
cisco would pay all the expenses of the del
egates TO the convention. In connection
with this dispatch from Titusville, Fla,
quotes Senator Quay as saying that
San Francisco Is too far of. Tie
added: 1t Is long, weary ride
to California. and the people won't
take kindly to it. Rut California would
entertain the delegates as they have never
been entertained before. She would. in
fact, pay ali the expenses going and re-
turning, if needs be, and national con-
vention there would have this one ad-
vantage-a big one. too, IN my estimation
it would be free from outside influences en-
tirely. The heelers and the bench men,
and local powers In politics would not be
there. 1t would be too far 10 20 and too
expensive. and the convention could easily
express its own sentiments"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-11-10
Four Men and Thirty.Four Horses Suf-
focated in a Denver Livery Stable.
Explosion In Knightstown Drug Store, Fol.
lowed by a Blaze That Destroyed $4,000
Worth of Property-0thsr Fire Losses.
TWO FIREMEN KILLED,
Three Injured and n Workman Fatally
Burned at q Cincinnati Fire.

Three Injured and Workman Fatally
Burned at @ Cincinnati Fire.
CINCINNATI. Nov. 9.-An explosion of
varnish IN Oscar Onken's picture-frame
manufactor at No. 134 West Second street,
caused a serious fire. and resulted In the
killing of two firemen. the injury of others
and the fatal burning of an employe of the
factory. During the progress of the fire
ladder on which were eight firemen fell.
Lieutenant Bocklage and pipeman Edward
Anderson each received fracture of the
skull and died shortly after reaching the
hospital. Alfred Doherty was hurt on the
arms and neck by falling cornice. Captain
Hurley and William Deese were also in
jured. but not seriously. The fall of the
ladder was caused by the yielding of the
eornIce upon which the top of it rested.
William Mayor. who was at work in the
cellar, was fearfully burned, and was i'm
prisoned there until the flames were sub
dued so that he could be brought out. He
then appeared to be q raving maniac. His
hair was burned off and the whole scalp
had the appearance of being burned to
crisp. He was taken to the hospital, where
his injuries were pronounced fatal.
The fire was confined to the building in
which it started, although the flames broke
over the 6re-wall and damaged the build
ing formerly occupied by the Mosler Safe
and Lock Company. Mr.. Onkon estimates
his loss at $50, 900. with insurance of about
$4,000.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-11-10
MEN AND HORSES BURNED.

Four of the Former and Thirty y-Four Of the
Latter Meet Death In Denver Stable.
DENVER. Col, Nov. 9-The Mansions
livery stable, at Eighteenth and Lawrence
streets, was almost destroyed by fire between
$3.50 and o'clock this morning. Four men,
rooming in the upper portion of the build
ing. were suffocated. and thirty -four horses
met death IN the same way. The names of
the men who lost their lives are Thomas
Bower, of Peoria. ILL.,; Geo. Richards of
Lincoln, Neb.: David Elmore, residence un-
known; Otto Helbin, of st. Louis, Mo. 1t
Is thought that the remains of two more
men are in the ruins. The burned animals
were all family horses of private individ-
uals, and valued at from $500 to $3.50 each.
The loss on the building and carriages will
be in the neighborhood of $4,000.
The fire originated liz the water closet Of
the building, between two carriage-rooms.
1t was caused either by hot ashes left in q
box in the room or from some one dropping
a lighted match or cigar into the paper and
debris which had accumulated in the cor
ner. The scenes about the burning build
ing were horrlfying as the smoke rolled
horses were kept. Scenting the danger the
horses cries of alarm and fright were pitt
full. and in their efforts to escape they
climbed into their mangers kicked down
their stalls and some managed to break
away, but fell dead in the gangway.
George Richards was the only one of the
four unfortunates who lost their lives that
was burned externally. His face was hor-
ribly burned and blackened, and his hair
was singed from his head. David Elmore
managed to get out into the hall before he
was overcome by the heat and smoke. and
as the firemen were peering through the
smoke and heat searching for any spark of
fire that had escaped their notice. one of
them stumbled over the body, which was
the first notification the firemen had that
all had not escaped from the building be-
fore the flames gained headway. Penetrat-
ing further into the building the fremen
found the bodies of Bowen. Richards and
Helbin, piled one upon the other upon the
floor of their room.