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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-06-09

Nellie 4. Grady to James r. Grady.
part ia, -. blk l., toaysrse re
plated ...................-. 300
Walter T.. Moore 20 Albert ]. Lewis.
lot 10. Horton 4 hirtlan's SUD-. go
J. &. Smith "a Nellie e. Grady. lot
and - II lot .. hlk A. Bos'sick
4 Co.'S observation-disclosures 700
Rachel r. Walker and husband TO
William y. Grove, part lot Il aud
a. blk -. Kendall : add ... 600
Jacob ". Jcucson aud wife IA Emma
4. Perkins, lot -. Andre A Estes
sub .......... 10
John Bremmers and wife ~ Henry
kremers. part lot :. blk =, Stock
lac * Saith = sab. ..-.....-...-... IN
William Black and wife Ia w. y.
Holden. piece ot lana on sc b.
Soior Observation-Disclosures. 30
James NJ. Barney "a William ". md
Ina &. Barney. piscc l8ad oa -.e
- Byron ..... .-........ 900
Bel4in Regain anG George Harnanec
20 samuel ". Miller. piece land on
A. ~. Ada. ..-......... 800
samuel " Miller - GtoTge Hen.
nance sind heiden kegso. psecs
land on sar ~. .....-....-. So
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-06-09
Building Materials.

Ware nails. rate. 81. 7Jal.s0
Glass, discount, 7Jc.
Waterproof paper. <le5.
Waterproof paper. Der roll. 81.
LENsEK-Rf,ail piece siui.
No. homlock, up and inclrding 10 feet
lengths. >i2; odd 81 per I,oOo f.e: for every
additional two feet;
No. . hemlork, up Ia and including 10 feet.
$40; every additional two feet. 81.
Common Norway or pine lc,st and scan.-
ling under II inches. slt.Jo Mr. .oDO feet:
Finch. Si5.O per ] .0D feet: add 81 for
every additional fwo feet oyer Ia feet
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-06-09

Wheat. &c; corn. s3c; oats, sc; rye. 4sc;
barley. 81 10.
tlour-Lily white. 81 80; patent. <e3o.
Mil Stuffs-Mi ddlinss, $i6; bran, SIS;
screenings. <i3.5o.
Ground Fced--Per ton. 5000; corn meal.
par ton. $3.50.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-23
lNHUMAN CHARITY,
Cruel Challenge Accepted For
r. the Sake of Wife and Babies,

Cruel Challenge Accepted For
the Sake of Wife and Babies.
The other day q crowd of men and
boys gathered on a street corner in
Lewiston, Me-. says an exchange.
One man pulled a silver watch from
his pocket that WAS worth about $50.
From another pocket he fshed up a
dozen matches.
"pll give this watch" he said, "to
whoever will hold match in his
thumb and finger, blaze down, till it
burns up completely"
One fellow tried it and dropped the
match when it began to burn. Anoth-
er and still another did the same.
Then came one who was out of work
and had a wife and little babies at
home. He took the match and held
it till it was charred between the
tnumb and finger and the nails on the
thumb and finger were badly burned
"Why did you do that for watch?"
asked some one.
"Oh, ] must have money, and a
burn is better than seeing ones little
children starve," he answered as he
walked away with the WATCH.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-23
a COlOred ClaQuer,

One OF the Washington theaters EN-.
joys the distinction OF having a pro-
fessional claquer on it's roll of EN-.
ployes. He is a negro of athletic build,
with all extremely dark skin and
enormous mouth, and a fine set of
shining worries. But his most notable
characteristic is his laugh. 1t is by
turns soft, resonant, harsh, strident,
and mellow. He is in his place in tho
top gallery throughout q summer sea-
son Of light opera, and he never MISS
es farce comedy or q minstrel show.
He always knows when and how to
laugh. He sits with his chin on the
rail and enjoys himself in a highly in
fictitious fashion, the audience fire.
quently laughing more heartily at him
than at the performance. A clever
touch of comedy will provoke an ap-
preciative chuckle, a cook joke elicits
a hearty guffaw, while fine sample
OF "stuffed-club" humor fairly con-
vulses him. After each performance
he stops at the box-of6ce and collects
his salary of 25 cents a night.-New
World.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-23
pistol so as to prevent it from revolv.

|
ing.
But Martin meant business; so he
threw the revolver at the mysterious
object. and then followed it Jlp with
his bowie knife But it soon dropped
from his paralyzed hand, as he was
jerked through the window, and found
himself in the coils OF q beacon
strictor.
The lnenagerie tent had blown down,
the pole of it falling upon the serpents
cage and so bending the iron rods as
to let out it's inmates.
Some hours afterwards the mena.
gerle men were engaged in repairing
damages, when they were Mortified to
see the enormous boa returning to it's
cage with the insensible night watch.
man in it's powerful folds.
II Martin had offered the least re.
sistance the constructor would have
crushed every bone in his body; but as
he tainted Immediately, it supposed
he was dead, and was conveying him
back to it's cage to preform the process
of deglutition at it's leisure; for it was
already surfeited by the dog which it
had swallowed. Upon being attacked
by the men, the boa an once dropped
it's prey, and Martin received medical
aid as promptly as possible, but re-
manned unconscious for upwards OF
twenty-four hours.
The morning after the memorable
night, Martins employer was taking
a horseback ride at AN early hour,
when he noticed that the front window
OF the warehouse had been shattered
to atoms. So he thereupon entered
the building with his private key, but
found no clue to Martin except the
revolver, with one barrel discharged,
lying on the floor, and the bowie
knife upon the ground outside. He
forthwith made inquiries about the
neighborhood, and was informed OF
the singular occurrence at the me.
nagerie.
"What was the color of the mans
hair?' he asked with view OF identi-
flying him.
"White as the driven snow" was
the reply.
'"Then,'' said he, ''it must have
been a different man, for Martin s
hair was black as COAL"
''DOn't be too sure he ISM the same
man." observed the bystander; "for
such an adventure as that would turn
any mans hair white in five min
utes."
The proprietor OF the warehouse
evidently thought the suggestion en-
titled to weight; for he straightway
repaired to the bedside of the wretch
ed man, and instantly recognized him
as the faithful Waterman, in spite OF
his snOw-white hair.
Martin was ultimately restored to
health, and, strange to say, the order
OF nature is reversed in his case, and
as he grows older his hair is gradually
recovering it's pristine blacEness, 80
that by the time he is three-score and
ten his locks will be as dark as CHM
merriam darkness lf.~-New York
World.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-23
A MiIlionalre's Notebook.

Ever since he went into business as
a boy John I. Blair, the millionaire
railroad magnate, has made it a.
practice to jot down in a notebook
carried for the purpose a brief resume
OF what he has been doing every hour
of the day. His notes are concise, but
by their aid he can tell to minute
what he was doing at almost any
period of his life. A few years ago,
when Mr.. Blair was defending several
suits brought against him in Kansas
City, the lawyers endeavored to weary
him by asking him irrelevant ques-
tions. "Ar. Blair" said a
lawyer one day, what were
you doing January Is, 1892" cat
what hour sir?' cat the time this
contract was executed" ri will tell
you in a moment, Sir" Looking
over his book a moment he answered:
AT 2 o'clock in the afternoon of that
day [ was in the room with and look
ing over the gentlemen's shoulder
when he attached his signature to the
instrument. New York World
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-23
Imitation of English Custom,

One or. two shops on Fifth avenue
have carried the imitation Of English
custom SO far as to close the front
door, admittance being had only on
ringing a bell. An old traveller says:
''That is a little piece OF snobbery
that, we will soon outgrow Ameri-
cans won't stand it. 1t makes them
feel as if they were under surveil-
lance to have to ring a bell AMI he
ushered in waiting room by a uni
formed porter. In Europe, where
many of the shopleepers are too poor
or stingy to hire a clerk, the pro-
prietors live in back rooms and leave
the shopvacant until some body rings.
Then, for. the trouble of admitting
him. they expect him to make pur-
chase, and they may be insulting il
he doesn't. But here no shopkeeper
can be long successful who doesn't
make free use of his place, and if he
tries any obvious dodge to make us
buy what we don't want we never
call on him again. On general prin-
ciples never patronize an American
shop that has door bell New
York Sun. .s..., g.
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enjoy certain privileges at court,
though they are not, nor have ever
been, legislators by right Of birth.
They are supposed to be by courtesy
cousins of royalty, and they can
always enter the palace and claim an
audience of the sovereign at any
time, while the greatest of Spanish
untitled statesmen and generals must
ask for and obtain an audience before
they can enter the royal ante-cham-
bers. Only the field marshals, the
prelates and the Knights of the
Golden Fleece enjoy the same footing
as the grandees of the first class.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-23
MATCHMAKING MACHINES.

Modern Inventions Have Revo,utionized
the Industry. ~ IT, ,
Modern wagon-making, like many
other important manufacturing
movements, began during the late
war. Prior to that time ea;h part
OF the woodwork and every piece of
iron was fitted to it's particular place
by hand. One enterprising firm con-
ceived the idea of duplicating many
of the parts from patterns, which
lessened greatly the cost of produc-
ton. The invention of ingenious
wood and iron working machines
reduced the expense still further
The common farm wagon was first
made the subject of experiment and
change, hardly a single part Of
which has not been improved, says
the Cincinnati-Enquirer. BY the old
plan the woodwork was made en-
tirely by hand, and a blacksmith
forged every piece of iron used.
About week was necessary to make
an old style body. Now the labor of
making all the irons for one IS equal
to less than one days work.
Seventy expensive machines are
now employed in making one of
these wagons, the different parts
being made on machines specially
constructed. One machine will cut
500 hubs in ten hours. Another
spaces, bores and mortises them
automatically. A wonderful machine
then turns the spolzes, first round,
then oval and then fat at the rate OF
800 an hour.
The spoke driver is very interest,"
ing machine. Its action is almost
Identical with that Of man swinging
sledge over his head in making the
blows, three of which complete the
work. The different parts are often
fixed in places by machines. The
woodwork is smoothed by sand belts,
and all except the hubs are immersed
in boiling linseed oil The least pro-
gress in the construction of wagon
has been made In the tires, for not
withstanding all the machinery
wheels have not yet been made close
enough to uniform size to take dupli-
cate tires The relation between the
size of the wheel and the tire must
be so exact that it has hitherto been
thought impossible to duplicate the
parts Tires are yet welded and
shrunk on for each wheel.
BY what is called a "knock DOWN.
system of packing as many as thirty
wagons, boxes and all, are now put
into one car.
The hubs, spokes, rims, hounds and
holsters are usually made of oak, the
axlcs of hickory and the tongues OF
ash. Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and
Wisconsin supply almost all of this
tim Der.
There is still 4 demand for special
handmade work, but factory wheels
are of superior workmanship to hand
made. The effect of these changes
has greatly reduced the price, but
the workmen employed get better
wages than formerly.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-23
ANTS DAYS,

The refusal of the house of COM
mons to adjourn on Derby day recalls
a story related of one of the Roman
Catholic peers who took their seats
some four or five years after the
passage of the first reform bill, after
an exclusion of century and half.
He gave notice that on certain day
he would make a certain motion,
whereupon there arose from his no.
BILE colleagues a general cry of s.Der-
by!' The astonished novice named
another day, only to be greeted with
an equally unanimous expostulation
of ..Oaks!'' At this, he explained
that he would have to ask the for
giveness Of their lordships, but, hav-
ing been educated abroad, he was
forced to admit that he was not ia
miliar with the list of saints days
in the Anglican calendar Argonaut
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-23
laying in the spring. Tho feathers
should be picked regularly all the

laying in the spring. Tho feathers
should be picked regularly all the
summer until reasonably cold
weather in the fall A sufficient
amount Of feathers can readily be
secured to pay for their keep, so
that the eggs and increase may be
considered as profit.
With geese especially, after the
mum Der it is desired to keep is Sc
cured, nearly or quite all the younger
fowls may be marketed as soon as
they have made a sufficient growth,
as the old fowls may be kept NUM-
Der OF years without change, and
will give fully as good if not better
results than the younger ones. Ducks
can hardly be kept SO long, but
should tl' be sold when five years old at
least This gives in both cases the
young fowls to market, and they will
sell better and can be made ready for
market at less cost than the older
or more matured ones With ducks,
until the desired number is secured,
it is good plan to sell the early
Matched and keep the later. @-..,
But it is best to keep good stock
IN making a start, and it will cos t
but little more to secure good fowls.
Ihe Pekin is one of the best breeds of
ducks, while the Emblem is one of
the best breeds of geese. One ad-
vantage with both of them is that
the feathers are white and will sell
to better advantage. The Toulouse
geese are a good breed, but the feath-
ers are dark colored. The Ayles-
bury is a good breed of ducks, but
are not quite as large as the Pekin.
Geese will come nearer living on pas
turage and taking care of themselves
than any other class of poultry.
loo much grain is rather detri-
ment than benefit, and should only
be given heavily when fattened for
the market. Bulky food is much
more desirable and will give much
better results in every way during
growth. During the winter they
need shelter, and during what may
be termed the laying season it is best
to pen at night in order to make sure
OF the egg, but otherwise the better
plan is to give them a good range in
pasture we'll supplied with water.
COlman's Rural World.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-23
Geese and Ducks.

W
There are two advantages with
these two classes of poultry over
chickens and turkeys, they are less
liable to disease and are less trouble
to look after. After the geese and
ducks get reasonably well feNthered
they can be turned out into good
pasture. and if there is plenty of
water they will need very little at
tention at least until cold weather.
1t takes a good breed Of layers for q
hen to lay more eggs than good
Pekin duck, and if we'll sheltered and
fed they will commence laying the
latter part Of January, and will Law
all the rest OF the winter and the
early spring and will usually take a
second spell the latter part Of the
summer. 70 make the most Of both
ducks and geese, it is necessary to
pick their feathers regularly, com
'mencing as soon as they are throu oh
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-23
Cold fin ti,e Arctio Rasinns.

Travellers in the arctic regions say
the physical effects of cold there are
about as follows: Fifteen degrees
above, unpleasantly warm; zero,
mild; ten degrees below, bracingj
twenty degrees below, sharp, but not
severely cold; thirty degrees below,
very cold; forty degrees below, in
tensely cold fifty degrees below,
struggle for life. s.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-23
MARTINS BURGLAR.

S o general rule,
night watchnnen
are the most
sombre and I'M
com m I'm icative
of men. What
there is in them
is not Of the sun
shine, but Of the
aurora borealis.
But we. do not
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-23
Grandees OF pain.

The grandees OF Spain .grandes
de Fspana de primera class are in
some sor. peers OF the kingd ON who
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-06-22
NOTICE.
of Application for Permission to Cut
and Remove Timber from the Public
Lands for Manufacture.

Notice is hereby given that after the pub
LEGATION of this notice, application will be
made to the Hon. Commissioner OF the
General Land Office by Charles Z. Long of
Cottonwood, Fergus county. Montana for
from the following described surveyed pub
lie lands in Fergus county. Montana, to-
wit:
Commencing at the southeast corner OF
section 80 in township IA north, range IL
east, running thence in n southerly direc-
tion along the main divide between the left
or east fork of Beaver creek, and the mid
die fork of said creek. a distance of about
two and one-fourth (2hD miles to the high
est point on the divide bet TIVE Beaver
creek and Rock creek; hence in a westerly
direction along the divide between the head
waters of Beaver creek and Rock creek, a
distance of about one and one-half (1R)
miles to the right or west fork OF Beaver
creek; thence in a northerly direction along
the divide between the right or west fork
OF Beaver creek and the middle fork oil said
creek, to "A point upon the south line oil
township IA north, range IL east, at or
near the southwest corner of section 30;
thence east along said township line to the
place of beginning, embracing an area Of
eighteen hundred Q,S00) acres, excluding
from said boundaries, however, all lands
occupied by actual settlers. The imbero on
said lands consist of pine and fir trees en-
clusively, it is not intended to cut any trees
of less diameter than twelve (12) inches at
the butt. Said lumber to be manufactured
for sale to settlers of Fergus county, Mon
tana. CHARLES c. LONG.
Dated this 10th day of June, 1898,
First notification June Is, 1898.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-06-22
One Lesson Of the Naval Review.

How naturally comes the thought
that the United states, which is now
leading all the civilized world in the
direction OF free institutions, is to lead
IA that path that shall bring the peo-
pie OF the earth to universal peace. In
that direction our past history points
Us. England, though our mother
country, was long our bitterest foe.
For years after the Revolution She re-
fused to make a treaty cousummating
the results of the War oil Independence,
and she was still smarting under the
loss OF her colonies when her persistent
assaults on our rights goaded us into
the war oi 1872. Great Britain never
formally renounced the right OF search,
on account OF the claim oil which the
war OF 1912 was fought, until 1855.
But the two countries have made
peace at last. Mutual good will and
respect have been testified in many
ways, and never more significantly
than at the naval review. In the
waters OF New York, the same in
which so many thousands OF Ameri-
can prisoners died in British prison
ships during the Revolution, Sir John
HOPKINS, the British admiral, flashed
out on the night of the 27th OF April,
1898, the figure of George Washington,
IL more striking act OF amlty even than
the reverential visit paid some years
ago by Lord Coleridge, the chief JUS
tice OF England, to the tomb at Mount
Vernon. The most substantial proof
that there is to be enduring peace be-
tween us Is furnished by the arbitra-
ton between the two countries OF the
Alabama claims of 1872, of the fish
cries question at "A later date, and OF
the fur seal question now being dis
cussed at Paris. Arbitration has be-
come the mode OF settling disputes be-
tween Great Britain and the United
States. 1t is fondly hoped that we
will adhere TO this method, and that
in the near future the examples set by
the two leading countries OF the world
may he followed by other nations
From 1.-The Lesson of the Naval Re
VIEW" by the Hon. Hilary \. Herbert,
Secretary Of the Navy, in The North
American Review for June.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-06-22
CONSOLIDATED NOTICE OF FINAL ENTRY.

Land Office at L~ewistown, Mont,
May %, 1893.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settlers have filed notice of their in
tention t0 make iinal proof i'll support of
claims, and that said proof will be
made before the Register and Receiver of
L.. 81. O. at Lewistown, Fergus county,
Mont, on Friday, the 9Th day OF
July, 1898, viz:
Frederic .. Bower,
made homestead application No. POP,
for the WI SCI, SWi Mel and lot ., see.
3, tp. 10 ", r. IL f, and
Frank V. Bower,
who made homestead application No.
lI9. for the NWhi, sec. II, tp. IL N, range
IL T..
They name the following witnesses to
prove their continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land, viz:
Alfred Park, Robert j. Mckinley, James
Horigau, Denis w. Flagler, all of Stanford,
Fergus county. Mont.
CHARLES A. BURG, Register.
First publication May -, lsgS.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-06-22
Notice of Final Entry.

Land Office at Lewistown, Mont,
May 6, 1885
Notice is hereby given that thu following
named settler has filed notice of his in
tention to make final proof in support of
his claim, and that said proof will be
made before the Register and Receiver of
the U. S. l.. o. at L~ewistown, Fergus coun-
ty, Mont, on July L. 1898. viz:
Alexander Smith,
who made homestead application No. lis.
for the 81 SEX, sec. 4; NWA NE4. and NE4
NWh, sec. 8, tp. 10 H., r. Is E..
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land, viz:
James Ross. Anderson Drummond and
John Foster, all of Denton, and Chambers
SHELTON, of Stanford, Fergus county, Mont.
CHARLES A. BURG, Register
First publication May IL, 1898.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-06-22
Notice of Final Proof

Land Office at L~ewistown, Mont,
May Is, 1898.
Notice is hereby given tibet the following
named settler has filed notice of his inten-
ton to makef final proof in support of his
claim, and that said proof will be made
before the Register and Receiver of the U.
s. L. o. at Lewistown. Fergus county,
Mont, on July 10. 1893, viz:
Thomas H.. Moore,
who made homestead application No. 236,
for the SWk NEk, SEX NWh, NJ SW4, sec.
9, tip. IA n, r. 20 Z.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of, said land. viz:
William A. Jaokman. Albert Sellers,
Thomas Casey, George Shearson, all of
Lewistown, Fergus county, Mont.
CHARLES A. BURG, Register
First publication May Is. 1898.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-06-22
Board Of Health Meeting.

At a meeting of the Board Of Health held
ON the 9th inst, with John W. Beck, chair
man. DIR. Scion b. Stone, acting secretary,
aud John McCourt and l.. Saunders pres
ent, it was voted that the sanitary regula-
tions adopted April 3rd. 1883 be con
tinued in force. Copies OF the regulations
will be generally distributed among the
property owners of Lewistown and other
parts OF the county. 1t was voted that
the board meet again OF June %. 1898,
and from that date the sanitary law will
he rigidly enforced. SoLoN b. TONE,
Acting Sec'y.