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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-07-31

The Prospect
Methinks we do as fretful children do,
Leaning their faces on the window pane
TO sigh the glass dim with their own breath's
stain.
And shut the sky and landscape from their view;
And thus, alas. since God. the maker, drew
A mystic separation 'twixt those twain.
The life beyond us and our souls in pain,
We miss the prospect which We are called unto
By grief we are fools to Be still and strong,
o man. my brother. hold thy sobbng breath,
And keep thy souls large window pure from
wrong
That so, as LIES appointment issueth.
Thy vision may be clear TO watch along
The sunset contamination lights of death.
Elizabeth Barrett. Browning
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-07-31
A Tribute.

Tribute.
There Is pleasure IN wet. wet clay
When the artists hand Is potting 10,
There is pleasure in the wet, wet lay
When the poets pad is blOtting il,
There Is pleasure in the shine Of your ID icture on
the line
At the Royal Academy;
But the pleasure felt in these ts as chalk TO ched
der cheese
When it comes 10 a well-Inade Lie,
To quite unavoidable Lie.
To a most impeccable Lie.
Not a watertIght. firc-proOf angle iron, sunk
hinge. time-lock, steel faced Lie!
Not a private hanson Lie.
But pair and brougham Lie;
Not little place at footing, hut country house
with shooting and r1nge-fence deer-p
Lie.
-Rudyard Kipling.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-07-31
OFFERINGS OF TIE POETS.
Before the Rain.

Before the Rain.
The gods to-day
Are at their play,
And I can hear them far away,
Where to my eyes,
In western skies,
Their cloudy turrets softly rise.
As children throw
Their playthings, so
They toss the structure down below:
Then work and raise
To startled gaze.
Bright domes shut out By heavens haze.
And brightly through
The fretted blue
The sunshine spills its silver hue,
. On towers, trees,
And grassy lefs,
And shores where e,b the summer seas.
On garden walls
A locust scrawls
The stiffness with his rasping calls;
And sharp and shrill,
Beneath the sill.
The cricket's songs the bushes fill.
A gush o'erwhelms
The drowsy elins
Where sailor songsters sit at he'll ms,
And tune their throats,
To softest notes
Like sirens sailing oarless boats.
Loud breezes fill
The hollow hill,
The gods are drawing nearer still;
The armored list.
Descends In mist,
And by wet lips the leaves are kissed.
The gods to-day
Are at their play
Receding to the east away;
And down the lane,
Baptized in rain,
A robin sings a glad refrain.
-AlOnZO LeOra Rice.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-07-31

ard il was n casa of life or DEATH" And I'M
questionably Kreil would have shot the pa
tient bad he stirred.
The report of the committee on storms
was then heard. after which Mr. Duncan
sneezed and the club dispersed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-07-31


ing no other time of meeting except on
special call issued by the president. DR..
Dunlap, on which occasions the members
rally reluctantly and DISPATCH mat
tiers summarily. The DAYS being warm
and the nights comparatively pleasant.
this organization has during the past TWO
mont accomplished great deal About
the time the sur ceases 10 AID anotner
plate TO the rolled gold figures on the top
of the soldiers monument the recreant
hosts OF this fraternity begin naming easy
cane-bottom chairs from the once OF the
above-named hosteiry and proceed TO draw
from the best Havana filters inspiration
for the coming session
Mr. Kriel w DO is an old soldier of th q Mex
lean war, claims an h0nored seat IN
the club. and as his stories usually
antedate the memory OF his brother COM
petitors, they 90 for their full face value
without contradictory note from the en-
tire chorus. Clerk Duncan is the renowned
heavyweight and the Official drum-maJor
of the club and. were IL not for that gem
tleman's constitutional reeklessness In
sitting down he might be even more
popular than be Is. but as he chooses TO slt
down wherever and whenever his weari-
ness dictates. without even tagging the
'"Tmbent of q chair With any kind OF
danger signal. this worthy member aof
loe club 10 feared like An avalanche OF
landslide. The tetotum ts spun early ana
the last story or incident is taken from the
spit. usually at very late hour
At the regular meeting of the club last
night, after a little routine business. such
as weather indications and other mOlec-
nlar comment had been disposed, of DE-.
Dunlap acknowledged the confrontment of
the tetotum and spun:
speaking OF delerium tremens reminds
me of time when the old Oriental Hotel
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-07-31

NY ulHn- i tOIu HIm IT
he made n break I'd fill
him full of lead. tor you
see he was 6 big man.
the room was small and
the window was low, and
If he bad gotten up We
would have both of us
gone out of the window.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-07-31


saw his head sticking out through the
transom over his door. He was dressed
meaRerly and looked wildly down from his
perch.
Don't come in here. DOCTOR he began
excitedly. The room is already jamb-full of
people and the atmosphere is terribly
initiated. Don't-don't think of coming In
here With that preliminary warning be
proceeded to take measures toward barring
his door.
AT last succeeded in wedging myself
through the door and after n time uuIeted
him down and ADM nistered necessary pota-
tions to him, anil eventually induced him to
60 to bed. i went down to dIaaer. The din
lng-room Vas full of ladies' and gentlemen.
ALI at once / was startled By a terrible
commotion among the guests. Ladies were
stumbllng oyer chairs and gen tlemen stood
back aghast. In an instant some fellow
had me clutched by the shoulders aud was
saying hurriedly-'There they 60 Doctor!
There they go. Right through the win
dew" pointing to the window In the other
SIDE OF the dinlnR-roOm. Ills wearing ap-
parel was shockIngly deficient. but the
porters soon hastled the fellow out of the
room, The subject Immediately changed
the dinner went on down through the
pastries and into the best posi- BILE diges-
tion."
THAT reminds me-" said DR.. Metcalf,
who had lighted fresh cigar and picked
MP the tetotum, 'of gentleman who was
down in bed one time on Ohio street. in
this city. through the continual influences
of John Barleycorn. i went to see HIM. and
when entered his room he began telling
me- In perfectly rational way, i have
been trifie indisposed lately. | am not
bad of. but am very nervous. / don't see
any peculiar sights. but am much dis
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-07-31
EVOLUTION OF GREATNESS
Queer Streaks of Luck BY Which "0ld
luck" Was Metamorphosed.
An Unwil ing Visit 70 Ruzzsrd's Bay That
Produced Colonel Adon;ram IIucklsberry
Prominent Figure in Politics.

L WAS remarked by the
myriad-minded bard of
Avon, one w illia IN
Shakespeare. that
Some are born great, some
achieve greatness, and
some
Have greatness thrus t
upon 'em.
None of these condi-
tioDa quite apply in the
remarkable experience
of Adoniram Huck lie :
berry. He found great
ness at { be end of a thir-
teen-dOllar excur 8 j o u.
Adoniram had arrived
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-07-31

was IN full blast on South
Illinois street. At that
time the Oriental was a
very fashionable pla c e,
and the leading hotel of
this city. | was boarding
ct the place. and one day
was called up stairs to at
tend a gentlern a n W ho
was visited by the Jim
jams / went TO his room.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-07-31

UUI IIII ID UGH q IS
tressed in other
ways W bile he W as
talking / happened
TO turn my head
aside and looked at
him again before he
expected mo TO. He
was peepiDg under
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-07-31

Via the popular Monon route. tho dining
car line.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-07-31
More Room. More Room.


Prices will soon make space. 100
pairs Ladies' Dongola Button Shoes,
patent tips and quarters. Were
$3.50. Now $3.50.
Ladies cloth top, patent vamp OK
fords, reduced from $3.50 to $500.
Ladies cloth top Southern Ties,
with patent foxing; $3.50 goods, for
$3.50.
$50 pairs Ladies' Dongola Shoes,
gray cloth tops, Southern Ties, re-
duced from $275 to $9.10. a
$50 pairs Misses patent vamp
Strap Slippers, silver buckles, $1.50
goods, for Csc.
200 pairs Ladies' hand-turned
beaded House Slippers, $l.50 value,
for Csc.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-07-31

and when be saw my eyes were upon him
ne looked mp at me calmly and went
on detailing his symptoms. Presently
i went over to the mirror
and turned my back to HIM
on purpose. While standing there looked
In the mirror and saw nim leaning far
over the bed rail. talking to on imaginary
fellow under IL, trying, it seemed, To in
duce the fellow not To come out ! went
back and he Gained down."
Mr.. kriel accepted the challenge. dropped
his broad palm-leaf tan on his knee aud
eaid:
THAT reminds me. had the d-st time
once with fellow who had snakes
took the contract TO keep him in his
room. He occupied little room on u fourth
floor, and was particularly unmanagea bile.
he seemed determined to Jump ont of the
window. and was a tall six-footer. /
coaxed him to be quiet until got tired.
At last took my chair by the back and
told bin II he made another effort to get
ND l would beef Kim then and
there. and I'd "a done it, After awhile
i got tired holding the chair in q rnenacing
fashion, and / just took out an old six
shooter had III my pocket and guarded
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-07-31
STORIES 0F"SNAKES" CASES
Midsummef-Night "reminiscences Re-
lated by Curb-Sione Chair-Wa-mers.
"Jim.Jams" That Crow ded Room and Created
Commo,ion at Dinner-Queer Cunning
of Patient-Cured with Pistol.
HE MATES CLUB has

HE MATES CLUB has
been regularly organ
lied at last. with a cap
ital stock sufficient for
the transaction of such
business as comes under
it's jurisdiction. This
club has for its place of
business the broad white
court OF pavement In
front OF the English
Hotel. The entire bust
ness transactions of the
. 49, L.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-07-07

desirable at the present juncture r.
maintain and continue to use the mass
Of our gold coin as well as the mass OF
silver already coined. This is possible
by a present suspension Of the pur.
chase and coinage of silver. | am not
aware that by any other method it is
possible" etc, etc. In the above Mr..
Cleveland puts himself on record a
favoring the suspension Of the pur,
chase and coinage of silver altogether.
Instead Of advocating the use of more
silver, at a time when there was moth
ing like the amount coined at present,
he thought the "mass of silver" was
already dangerous to the government.
Grover hates the white metal so in
tensely he will not allow little Ruth to
drink milk ont Of a silver mug.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-07-07

"Ben Abou'' writes in the New York
Press, as follows Gen. George A. Sher-
idan. the well known lecturer and Re-
publican orator, was in New York yes.
terday preparing for a journey to
Boston to see his daughter, who attained
fame as an actress in Richard Mans.
fields companies before she dropped
her maiden name of Miss Emma Sher-
idan to marry a Bostonian. General
Sheridan has been to Europe for three
months, nearly all of which time was
spent in examining the condition and
wages of English working people. He
has accumulated a vast amount of ma
~terial, which will be utilized by him in
the speaking campaign this fall to edu-
cate the people Of this country to the
great benefits of the Republican prin-
ciple and doctrine of protection. He
said to me Yesterday 1T is impossible
for any American to understand the
deplorahle condition of English work
ing men and laborers unless he goes
among them. Our people may get
some idea of the ahject poverty in the
homes of English lower classes and
working classes from persons who have
seen In almost abject starvation that
exists there on account of the low wages
paid for labor. A single visit will make
any man in this country a protection
It
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-07-07

On Friday last the senate passed
Stewards free coinage bill 10y a vote Of
29 to -. The bill as passed provides
That the owners of silver bullion may
deposit the same at any mint of the
United States To he coined for his hrne-
lit, and IL shall he the duty Of the prop,
er officers, upon the terms and condi.
tons which are provided by law, for
the deposit and coinage of gold, to coin
silver bullion into standard dollars, au-
thorized by the act of February %,
1875, entitled An act authorizing the
coinage of standard silver dollars and
To restore its legal tender character,
and such coins shall be II legal tender
for all debts and dues, public or private.
The act of July 1, 1880, entitled, An act
10 issue treasury notes therefor, and for
other purposes is hereby repealed /;
provided that the secretary of the treas
ury shall proceed to have coined all
the silver bullion in the treasury, u
chased with silver or coin certificates.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-07-07
Before Starting on a Journey

A person usually desires to gain some in
formation as to the most desirable route
to take, and will purchase tickets via the
one that will afford him the quickest and
best service. Before starting on "a trip to
Chicago or any point east. you should pro-
vide yourself with "A map and time tables
of the Wisconsin, Central lines. The trains
run on this route are vestibuled and are
equipped with Pnllman's latest drawing
room sleepers. elegant day coaches and
dining ears IF latest design, built expressly
for this service. and are exquisite ia fur
nishings and convenient and comfortable
in arrangement and so complete in every
detail that they have no superior in COM
fort and elegance. The dining car service
is pronounced by all the most elegant ever
inaugurated. and is operated in the inter
est of its patrons.
Fast trains via the Wisconsin Central
lines leave Minneapolis daily at 12:45 d.
m. and 6:25 p. ~, and St. Paul at 100 d.
IN. aud 1:15 p. M, making favorable con
nection with all trains from the west and
southwest.
For tickets, time tables, berth reserva-
tons, etc, apply to G.. F. McNeill, 6. p. IL
T. A, Minneapolis, Mimi, or to Jas. {.
Pond. General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
Chicago. III.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-07-07

Jackson WAS driving toward home Satur-
day afternoon. When about fifteen miles
beyond Lavina the storm broke upon them
in its Jury and Jackson and the hired man
got out to quiet the horses. standing at
the heads of the leaders. The rain came
down in torrents and the men sheltered
themselves under the one slicker, holding
the horses at the same time. A vivid flash,
a crash, and there as no signs of life about
that lonesome road. About twn hours
later A. j. Jackson recovered from the
shock, the sun Was shining brightly. but
there beside him WAS the blaekened corpse
of his companion. behind him were the four
horses all still in death. jackson tottered
to his feet and manage to drag himself to
Dan Slayton's ranch, a mile and "a half dis
tant. and there secured help to get to "a
vina and care for the dead man and aban
doned load. jackson was brought back to
Billings for medical attendance. He had
n close call and it is a marvel that he also
was not killed. The same bolt that killed
his companion and four horses narrowly
missed him. and as il WAS lightning left its
mysterious livid marks over Lis heart and
on his chest. He was very weak and one
side partially paralyzed when he reached
town Sunday, but the shock is wearing
away and the effects also, he being able to
walk around yesterday without trouble.
The man who was killed WAS n sheep herder
that jackson had hired at Lavina, named
Horace Moore. He had been working in
that neighborhood for some time and came
there from Washington with a band of
sheep. The remains were inferred near the
spot where the ferked shaft of lurid death
had stricken him.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-07-07

Hon. Frank McGrath, ex-president
Of the Farmers Alliance of Kansas,
has renowned allegiance to that organ
ization and returned to the Republican
party. The course is taken by him. he
says, because he has discovered the
Alliance To he an office-seeking, hood
ling annex to the Democratic party.
1t is ever thus. Third parties are al
ways manipulated by IA lot of fellows
whose greatness and peculiar fitness
were never discovered by the old par
ties. They imagine themselves pa
triots, born leaders and wise counsel
lors. They wiggle around on the sur
face for n while, then sink into the
slough Of oblivion, never to be seer or
heard of again.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-07-07

The wild rush of the stuffed proph-
ct" Ia supplant Governor Samuel Il.
Hauser and to appoint rs his successor
"A stranger from "A distant state il re-
membered by the people of Montana
to the lasting discredit of the
pant of the White House. The Herald
at the time voiced the indignant pro-
test of thousands Of citizens of both
parties; and the other day another
protest equally justified appeared in
these columns, backed by the public
sentiment Of all Helena, against the
hosting of C~leveland's bull-faced, mer-
ciless mug in the Independent window.
Our object now is To speak the thanks
of the Herald and Of the whole com
munity, irrespective Of party, for the
act of the Independent in the removal
of the obnoxious portrait from the pub
lie exhibition Ia which, in the absence
of the ex-governor, it was exposed.
Esteemed contemporary, shake!-Hel-
ena Herald.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-07-07

Immediately after the nomination
of Harrison at Minneapolis Blaine ad-
vised his friends To remain loyal TO the
ticket. Immediately after the nom
ination of Cleveland al Chicago Hill
gave his friends no advice, but went
into his tepee aud pulled Il blanket
over his head. The difference between
"a statesman and "a peanut politician Is
Observation-Disclosures Journal.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-07-07

The wool growers of Montana ought
L. know by this time that high protec-
ton to wool means lower prices and
poorer makets.-Independent.
Montana woolgrowers are not igno,
They know a demagogic
newspaper when they see it. Give your
attention To the dagos; you can stuff
them. II protection lowers prices what
was the use of passing the Springer bill
in the house. Was it done Ia make
wool higher
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-07-07

A tariff for ven only" which
the Democrats are pledged to restore il
they gain power, Mas tried from 1857
tn lSGl. The national debt in that
time increased SiG,O0o 900 and expend-
itures exceeded the receipts Of the gov
:. .sii, III. Vet Grover Cleve-
land is nominated on a platform that
favors a tariff for ven only. Ii
may suit England but the people of
this country are not going To vote to
please Great Britain in the year 1892.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-07-07
Killed by Lightning.

Billings Gazette: The violence Of last
Saturday evenings storm will he remem-
bered by A.. J. jackson as long as lac lives.
The storm was mostly rain in this locality,
but on the freight road beyond Lavinn
electricity was "a marked feature, the light
ming splitting open the heavy clouds and
thunder crashing necessarily. With "a four.
horse team, "A light load and an extra man
whom he had hired at Lavina tn GO Ia
work on his sheep ranch oil Folsom creek,
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-07-07
To Miners and Others.

Parties who have anything to offer in the
way of minerals or fossils that would be ol
value as a contribution to the Mountains
exhibit at the Worlds Fair are requested
to place the same with Joseph Moorhead,
If Maiden, who has appointed to make the
collection for Fergus county. The mineral
exhibit is especially important and d-sir-
able. Let it he made a credit to the mining
districts of this county.
ALI. j.
Comm. for Fergus Co.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-07-07
Strayed

From my ranch on Boyd creek, near Lew
istown, about eight months ago, two work
horses. One brown, weight q to LOO,
pounds, white nose, resembling nose bag
white spot on left side; cen or eleven years
old. One bay, four legs white, bald face
white on belly from cineh-strap; weigh,
about 500 pounds. A reward of fvedollars
per head will be paid for Information lead.
ing to recovery of same.
JOSEPH WELLS,
jun3O-4t Lewistown, Mont.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-07-07

Helena Republicans ratified the nom
day evening. 1t was one of the largest
political gatherings ever held in the
state
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-07-07

Left my ranch on lower Beaver creek last
.July. one dark bay horse four years old,
and one dark brown horse three years old,
with one hind leg partly white and some
white in face. Both branded on right
shoulder. Ten dollars reward will he paid
for their delivery or information leading to
their recovery. Half the above reward
will he paid for one.
FRED JENNi,
iuns0-It L~ewistown, Mont.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-07-07

Grover Cleveland did not get a vote
from Montana in the Chicago conven-
ton. The delegation knew how Mon
tana stood on the stuffed prophet
and how it will stand on November
Oh
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-07-07

The Prnhibitionists, in convention in
Cincinnati last week, placed Geo. John
Bidwell, of California, in nomination
for president, and j. b. Cranfall, of
Texas, for vice president.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-07-07

In February, 1SSJ, ten days Def, re
his Inauguration. MI. Cleveland wrote
a letter in which he used the following
language: 81 hope that you concu
with me and with the great majority of
our fellow citizens in deeming it most
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-07-07
FOR RENT.

Russell Bros ranches on Ross Fork,
$50 acres, all under fence, with cross fences.
good houses, stables, barns, covered corral
aud open corrals, III acres plowed land,
splendid feed and hay, specially suitable
for stock purposes. Also $50 AL stock
cattle for sale.
EDWARD e. RUSSELL,
jnn3o-It Helena, Mont.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-07-07
Vacant Lands.

From the annual report of the register
and receiver of the Lewistown land office
to the general land office at Washington
for the year ending June 30. 1872. we
gather the following statistics in regard to
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-07-07

STATE OF MONTANA.
CoUNTY OF FERGUS.
l.. j. ii. Moe, cashier of the above-named
bank, do solemniy swear thai the above
statement is true to the best of my knowl-
edge aud belief.
j. III. Nor, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
9Th day of July, 1892.
FRANK E. WRIGHT,
[Seal.l Notary Public.
Correct-Attest:
n. NJ. ERIcKsoN.l
j. H~oLzEMER, directors.
F. L. WRIGHT.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-07-07

Judge Gresham has refused to be the
candidate for the presidency on the
third party ticket. The judge is not "a
day dreamer.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-07-07

Adlai, Think of "A man bearing that
name becoming vice president of the
United States. 1t was probably stolen
from an Egyptian mummy.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-07-07
NOTICE.

Saloonke-pers and Others are hereby
warned against selling or giving intoxicst-
ing liquors to i. +. Daley.
Respectfully,
MAURICE SULLIVAN,
Sheriff Fergus County.