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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-08-10
A Financial Organs View.

Uncertainty about prospective values
in manufactured articles has done
more to paralyze the industries OF the
United States than any uncertainty
about silver legislation.-New York
FinaDcier.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-08-10
Good Enough Then.

One year ago was recorded the
greatest prosperity this county had
ever seen, and the Sherman bill was
putting in full time.-Jamestown
Journal.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-08-10
In Machinery Hall.

Don't you think the noise here is
very overpowering?"
at doesn't seem so to me. / have
just come from the woman's building"
Puck,
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-03-29

Birds flying from South America in the
spring generally pass over water for a con
siderable portion of the way, crossing the
Caribbean sea and then flying along the
coast for some distance. These must Gu
counter storms, of course, and undoubtedly
many are annually lost. Another danger
is the lighthouses along the coast In foggy
weather thousands are dashed to death
against the glass and are found underneath
the following dsy. As we well know, the
homing instinct is strong in birds, insects,
and many of the Lowell animals. The bee
flying far in search of honey, takes bee
line'' for the hive at twilight, and the
homipg pigeon meets with no difficulty in
finding his way home-Mrs. j. b. South
worth in Albany journal.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-03-29

We often speak of our bodies as machines
or engines working upon principles similar
to those employed in mechanics. The idea
that the food we eat resembles in its action
the fuel supplied to furnace is familiar,
and yet one can hardly avoid "A little start
of surprise upon finding the laws of heat
engines soberiy applied 20 explain the
growth Of plant and animal life.
This has been done by Mr.. J. Parker be-
fore the Philosophical society in London.
He points out, for instance, that the in
crease Of available energy resulting from
the building up of plant out of inorganic
materials can only be explained, in accord
ance with thermo-dynamic laws, by differ
ences of temperature during the growth of
the plant, and his calculations show that
the difference between day and night is
quite sufficient to account for the differ
ences of temperature required.
Similar principles apply to the growth Of
animals. Nature gives nothing for nothing
and demands an exact equivalent for every
expenditure Of her energies, whether she is
aiding man to drive an engine causing an
oak TO grow or building up the muscles of
an athlete or the brain of a philosopher,
and as far as her work upon our planet is
concerned the source of her supplies in all
these cases is the sun. Youths Companion,
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-03-29
THE DISADVANTAGES OF eleNEss.


State of Texas.
The fat boy in the museum remarked one
day that proportions such as his had their
great disadvantages. This statement Of a
profound truth, based upon personal expe-
rience, seems to apply very well to the state
Of Texas. There are disadvantages in big
ness This fact will impress any one who
reads the repsrt prepared by General
Adoiphus w. Greedy, chief signal officer,
on THE Climatic Conditions of Texas"
The Biographies, rs a rule, do not help
Sne TO acquire correct notions Of the size of
Texas The state is so large that few atlas
sheets show it on the same scale a. other
states, except on general maps of the coun-
try. Studying Alabama on one map sheet
and Texas on another the attention of the
student is seldom called to the fact that
Texas is shown on "A much smaller scale
than Alabama, and very likely he leaves
school with quite erroneous notions of the
size of Texas rs compared with Alabama
and other states
Although Texas belongs to the drainage
basin of the Atlantic, its extreme western
part in FL Paso county is about 200 miles
nearer to Pacific waters than TO the gulf of
Mexico. A part of the Panhandle is nearer
to the Great salt lake Of Utah than tothe
gulf of Mexico Fourteen Of the 22S coun-
ties are larger than the state of Delaware
The distance from FL Paso to the eastern
boundary of the state is as great as that
from New York city to Chicago. The north
west corner of the Panhandle is as far
from the southern boundary at Brownsville
as Chicago is from Mobile While the ex-
IRENE northern part Of Texas is in about
the same latitude as Norfolk the most
southern point of the state is scarcely 100
miles north of Key West.
Texas is one of our great seaboard states,
only California and Florida exceeding it in
length of seacoast, and yet there are large
regions in the state that are further from
the sea than many of political divisions
in the interior, such a. Idaho, Nevada,
Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio.
1t must make the intelligent citizen of
the -great state smile when he is asked,
/ "How about the climate Of Tcxasi" As
! Texas enjoys variety of climates, it takes
some time adequately To answer so com
/ prehensive n question. The state extends
across / / degrees Of latitude. While snow
and ice are practically unknown in its
| southern portion, there are large areas
across which the severe "nOrther' sweeps,
and where a temperature far below the
freezing point is not uncommon,
General Greedy sums up the climatic di-
versities Of Texas in a striking manner
when he says, The apple and olive, cotton
and hay find congenial habitat there,
With regard to the rainfall, some portions
of the state have less than an inch a month
and are part of the arid regions, while otLel
sections have more than an inch a week
New York sun.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-03-29

The death of ZENITH, the half mythical
king of Scotland, WIS one of the most re
markabe in all history-that is, If it can
consistently be called an historical fact.
According to the story, ZENITH had killed
a son and brother of the warlike Fennella.
She, for revenge, caused Wiltus, the most
ingenious artist Of the time, to fashion an
automatic death dealing machine-a won
derful statue filled with hidden springs,
levers. etc. When finished and set up, this
"brazen image was an admirable work Of
art. In its right hand it held basin and
In the left an apple of pure gold, both set
with diamonds and other precious stones.
To touch this apple was to defy death, it
being so arranged that any one guilty of
such vandalism would be Immediately rid
died by poisoned arrows shot from loop
holes in the body Of the statue. ZENITH
was invited to come aud inspect the won
der, and kinglke, and just as Fennella had
hoped, he tried to pluck the precious imita-
ton fruit. The moment his hand touched
the incrusted jewel he was filed with poi
soned arrows, dying where he fell.-EX-
change.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-03-29

1t is stated that Dr. Meyer of Berlin has
discovered process by means of which al
minimum can be produced at twopence per
pound In 1928 the price was 81 600 per
pound. The price today is shillings per
pound Here we have vast possibilities
opened to us. There is said to be 10 times
more aluminium in the world than there is
of iron, lead, copper, zinc nickel, gold and
silver Combined II is stronger than iron
and more malleable than copper, as hard as
silver and one-fourth the weight, as white
as polished steel and is unaffected by the
atmosphere -Amateur photographer.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-03-29

One ofthe melancholy but Unnecessary
announcements in connection with an obit-
uary notice is the statement that the de
ceased left" half million, less or more.
If some day the deceased takes with him
half mill, the announcement will be well
worth printing. But how melancholy for
the heirs should departing friends find a
way of taking their savings alongl-Boston
Commonwealth.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-03-29

A little Kentucky girl, kind and polite,
went INFO the kitchen one morning to see
her "Old NANNY" and was astonished to
find her mother cooking breakfast, the cook
being i'll. why, mamma" said she, II
didn't know 90 was n brown lady. New
York Tribune.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-03-29

Mother (reprovinglyj EVERY doll you
have has lost an arm or a leg or head, and
some have nothing left bat the body. Now,
what are sou going to dor
Little Ethel 0houghtfully)-I don't
know unless play dime museum Good
Nave
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-03-29

did Mr. Cumso seem annoyed at your
calling with his billg" asked Mr.. Gaskett
Of his new collector.
mo, sir" replied the young man. "on
the contrary, he asked me to call again.
Harper's Bazaar.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-18
FOND OF SWIMMING.
Story of nIg Rooster Who Is Not Afrai
of ynf

Story of u Dig Rooster Who Is Not Afraid
OF Water.
Who has ever heard of a chicken that
could swim, that preferred swimming
to walking? There are some seeming
contradictions in the world of nature:
Tor example. the cat that shrinlxs from
wetting even her vclvety soles is driven
to distraction by the smell of fish, for
very love of it. And great scravpy
rooster, that never should be so much
rs seen taking II bath except in n nice.
dry, dusty place in the road or ash-hcap.
deliberately walking into q pond of
water and swimming across it is n queer
sight indeed.
Yet that is what anybody may have
seen last summer at the mill-pond on
little stream called Baker brook, which
hows into the River St John just be-
yond the border of Maine, i'll Canada.
lie was big fellow, dignificd and i'm
portant from the top of his flaming
comb to the tips of the stiff feathers
that grew Mt right angles to his feet,
like wings, or ''pantaloons." He had
always taken his bath in the dust heap,
until he grew old enough to lead his
charge of hens far away from home,
about the more distant fields, even be-
yond the brook, where all day long they
nibblcd blades of tender grass and
chased the grasshoppcrs. But once
around the pond and across the brook,
the most direct course back to the roost
lay in line across the mill-pond, and
how often he and his family were
caught by the darkness upon that side
OF the stream, and just how the thing
was managed ut first no one will ever
know. But one evening the men who
were working near the mill saw O flock
Of hens and rooster on the wrong side
of the brook, looking wistfuily to the
other side and home. One by one the
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-18
SEABRoOKE ON FUN.
Tho Comedian Talks Pleasantly
About His Trade.
He Thinks That Laughter Is Infectious,
or Contagious, and Cites Funny In
cidont In support OF HIS
Novel Theory.

Did It ever strike you, as it often has
me, that the word "fun" is in itself
funny? asks Thomas Q. Scabrool<e.
the comic opera fun maker, in IL,
Chicago Post. In fact, to lie, he con-
continues, the word and its derivatives
a-e the funniest things about it, We
often hear of comedians who are ''func-
really funny"-and to own the truth, I
am much afraid shall be checked ND
sin that class, should this article appear
in cold typc-but it is really funny that
that same dismal word would be ssfuu
Greatly" if we but changed the division
of it's syllables.
The old dictionaries set down stun"
as ga low word" and its definition as
vulgar mcrrimcnt;" but think modern
merry makers have reformed all that.
1t is long exploded notion that in or
der to be funny one must be indecent.
TO define fun is most difficult, and
when | am asked to do SO feel like
quoting Emerson: IF you ask me how
dare say so, or why it is so, am the
most helpless of mortal men"
Fun embraces the entire range of wit
and humor. believe all perfect hui
manity enjoys n joke, but as regards
that which seems most comical to one
another may not be able to sec any
thing humorous in it whatever. Humor,
that is to say the juxtaposition of the
homogeneous, is nearly if not always ri
diculous, and at the ludicrous we laugh.
1t has been said that we laugh at humor,
but not at wit. This is hardly true
although the amount of laughter in
cited by refined wit is vastly different
from that which broad humor compcls.
1t is question in my mind whether
or not laughter is always caused by
merriment. have known persons who
laughed most when they were very an
cry. While crossing one of Chicago's
crowded thoroughfarcs during the past
week there was n terrific explosion
within ten feet of me, and the cover of
man-hole went careening toward
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-18

rides in that way. Occasionally when
the Indians were troublesome Ruth
would be kept in the fort for weeks at
time. One evening she begged her
father to allow her to go just n little
way with him. 1t wasn't very safe to
take little girl within reach of Indian
arrows, but her father at last con-
sented
How good it seemed to be out on the
fresh, green prairics once more. Victor
the horse enjoyed it, too; lie snortcd
and tossed lis head as though begging
for Il long gallop. Maj. Hancock held
him in and kept Il sharp lookout for In
dams.
Presently he spied some in the dis
tancc riding toward them waving their
bows and arrows above their heads as
they rode. Then began Il race for the
fort Victor was touched with the
spurs, and Ruth was held very tight in
her fathers arms while the horse took
great strides away from the savagcs.
few arrows fell near them; but,
brave soldier girl as she was, Ruth only
laughed. Often in times of peace the
Indian mothers would bring their babies
to tho fort, and Ruth was always very
thankful that She was not an Indian
baby, when she saw the poor little
things strapped tightly to the boards & {:
their backs. Louise Thrush Brooks, in
Our Little Ones.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-18
BADGE OF OFFICE.

How Printers Rule Found Young
Man the Easiest Berth on Hoard.
Sylvanus Cobb, Jr., the author of
countless tales of romance and advcn-
tnre, was printer by trade, and on
one occasion especially his printers rule
served linn good turn. At seventeen
years of age he had entered the navy,
where his duties were artluous and mo-
notonous. He was serving on the
sloop of war Fairfield, when it was
cruising along the African coast, and
one day, desperately tired of his duties,
he stood leaning against n gun, his old
composing rule in his hand.
whats that?" asked an abrupt voice,
and, turning with start, young Cobb
saw that the captain was watching
him.
Its printers rule, SIR" was the re-
ply.
Are you Il printer?"
That's my profession, SIR"
"Do YOU know anything about proof
reading? Could you take a manuscript.
anu punctuate and arrange it, so that a
printer would know just how to put il
in typc?"
II could once, sir, and 1 think have
not forgotten"
What are you doing now?"
81 am on duty here, in charge of your
cabin, sir, and of the ships time"
YES, know. Mr.. Dodd." he called
to the officer of the deck, "will you
have this man relieved? AS soon as you
are ut liberty" he added, addressing
the young man, report to me in my
cabin"
The youth did so. and was given a
mass of notes referring to various voy-
ages and travels in foreign lands, TO be
sorted and arranged for the printer.
This work occupied him during the en-
tire voyage. Thus he had found, thanks
to his printers rule, the easiest berth
on board the ship.-Youth's Companion.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-18
THE NATIONAL GAME.
Seven Good Rules FOR Baseball Players to
Bear In Mind.

Seven Good Rules FOR Baseball Players to
Bear In Mind.
Onc.-Base runners must always re-
member and turn to the right OF the
foul line in returning to first when they
have ovcrrun that base.
Two.-Batters should run whenever
they touch the ball, or whenever they
have struck three times and missed it.
No matter if two men are out, Won NAV
not be the third one if you run well.
Thrce.-lt would be we'll for Young
players to remember and keep a base
runner on the third base, if the OPP
posing catcher is weak up under the
bat, or if the opponents pitcher is wild
Fonr.--To be ii good batter Won must
stand up to the plate fearlessy, and
the ball must be met by the weight of
the body instead of the swing of the
arms. This can be done by resting on
one leg, so that you can easily step for
ward to meet the coming ball.
Five.-Inficlders should always run
out to help the outfieldcrs, on the throw
in of hard-battcd ball. This NAV
save Il run.
Six.-Always play for the advancing
man. If there is Il man on first, the ball
when hit should be played to second
and then to first base. If there is a
man on first and second, the ball should
go to the third base. and then to second.
Seven.-Captains should always strive
TO perfect their team play. 1t is what
wins games. Coach your third base
man to try for all balls battcd down
that way, and have him backed up by
the short stop. Have the second base
man always back up your first baseman,
and see that your second bascman and
short stop assist each other.--W. S
Martin, DR., Captain of Tufts College
Basebnll Team, '93. in Wide Awake
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-18

hens, taking good start off the high
bank, flew across, leaving the rooster
alone. But only for moment, for in
stantly he walked to the waters edge,
wadcd in without the least hesitation
and struck out for the other shore. He
sat up high, we'll out of the water, like
n duck and rs it WAS only about sixty
feet wide there he was across in IL iiffy.
Then shaking his feathers clear of the
moisture he ran away after the hens as
fast as his long legs could carry him.
This remarkable occurrence was wit
messed several times; as often as the
chickens, tempted by the more remote,
richer hunting grounds, wandered in
that dircction.-Tappan Adncy, in
liarpcr's Young People.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-18
a Combination Tree.

A freak of nature is reported from
Ashburnham, Mass, in the shape of a
tree. which is of good size, having one
or two limbs of about eighteen or TWEEN
ty inches in diameter. 1t has two kinds
of foliage, that of pine and oak, and in
the autumn pine cones fall upon one
side of it, and acorns on the other. Pco
pie who are interested in tree culture
should study the science of this tree
carefully. If it is possible to combine
oak and pine in one tree, there is no
reason why another tree cannot be de
vcloped that shall bear chcstnuts on one
limb, cherries on another, apples, pears
and peaches on others. ana autumn
leaves for collectors Of such things upon
all. >,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-18

the top of n slly-scrapcr. ducl5ed
my head, lodged, then ran for
my life. A pair Of white horses
attached to blue cab ran into
Inc, knocked off my hat and was be-
spattercd with mud. The spectators
laughed; I laughed too; this proves
that laughter is infectious, or con-
tagious, or whatever you like. There
was certainly nothing very amusing in
the situation to me, and yet laughed
with the crowd. remembered that
had been struggling for years to have
people laugh at me- and so thought
best to be gay, and thcrcupon stopped
blithe!y, picked up my wounded hat
and walked merrily away
ITS enough to make a horse laugh"
is n common expression which we may
suppose arose from the usually accepted
fact that horses never do laugh. The
ability to enjoy wit and humor is ono of
the nObler instincts of mankind, and in
proof of this the fact is cited that brutcs
do not possess this faculty. 1t is, how
ever, mistake to say that dogs, for in
stance, do not have q realization Of IL
sense of fun, and III this they are shown
to be superior to all other members of
the animal kingdom. knew Skye
terrier who would actually weep and
laugh upon provocation. Many Il time
have seen the tears streaming from
his eyes. and when he was ticl,lcd
have noticed broad grin upon his face.
IL is an axiom that we judge of Il pco-
pie better by their popular songs than
by their sermons, and think all will
agree that the world is brighter and
better for its laughter.
"They cannot be complete in auslt
Who are not humorously prone:
man without merry thought
Could hardly have Il funny bone.
Trite but true is the oft quoted
Laugh and the world laughs with you,
weep and you weep alonc;' SO let lis
laugh. As TO what we Shall laugh at is
matter Of education
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-18
An unfortunate succcstlou.

Ina small New England town there
is an old negro. Pompey by name, and
wood sawyer by profession. He was
complaining to one of his customers one
day about his sufferincs from dyspepsia,
and attributed them to the fact that as
he had no teeth, he was unable to mas
ticate his food properly.
"Well, Pompey," said the gentleman
to whom he had been stating his all
ments, ''why don't you get a set of
false teeth? They wouldn't cost you
much"
False tccf!' cried Pompey. NO,
sab, not much, sab! Use all de tecf /
want in my mouf, suttiu sure! Use suf-
fered more wild teef-achc dan do wild
dc 'spepsy, an l was mighty iyful to
git shet oh my tccf. Nobody won't git
no mo- tecf into my mouf, not while l
lib, sah."
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-18
Sure Enough.

The Philadelphia Press tells good
story of Gen. Sherman's son Thomas
now known as Father Sherman. In the
company of detachment of soldiers he
was crossing the portoon bridge over the
Potomac when The armies were on their
way to Washington for their great re-
view in 1860.
The boy was then about eight years
old. One of the men, to make talk,
asked him if lie expected to grow up as
smart q man as his father.
'No, SIR" answered the boy, with sur
prising promptness.
"Why not?" was the next question.
well" said Thomas, without hesita-
ton, there are plenty of other men
who have grown up, and why amt they
as smart as my father?"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-18
The SOLDIER GIRL.
Some of tho Adventures of Ruth on the
Westcrl Frontier.

Some OF tho Adventures of Ruth on the
Western frontier.
You all know about soldier boys. but
did you ever hear of n soldier girl? !
want to tell you of one. Her name was
Ruth, and She was born and lived in
one of the forts on the western from
tier
She was the only baby in the fort,
and great pet with all the soldiers
She used to crow and laugh when they
marched back and forth on the parade
ground with banners flying and horns
o'owing, and She wasn't at all afraid
whc1 the big guns went bang!
When she grew older her father
would often lift her on his horse in
front of him, and she had good many
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-18
An Anita Brain.

The creature which Solomon advised
the sluggard to consult in regard to a
bit of information concerning the art
of ''hustling" has brain larger in pro-
portion to the size of it's body than any
other known being. Writers on that
branch of entomology declare that ants
are not only endowed with higl,
quality of instinct, but that they dis
play reasoning ability and good judg-
mcnt, as we'll as powers of reflection
and calculation,