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Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-03

1.-THE cost Of specttcles and glasses" said
an old optician ON Broadway, lis something
enormous A greater proportion OF people
every year wear glpsses
"When "A man buys his first pair Of glasses
be imagines he IL done with IT, He will
have some excuse and think IL necessary To
give II when he comes ia before six weeks
and gets another pair. He will break one
glass perhaps, or both, or mislay them, or
get them torn off in u crowd, or the cord
wear, out and they drop of Of their own nc
cord lie thinks that IL n rare accident, but
after be has used glasses year or two he
will find that II he goes about much six
pairs year will b. "a low average. | have
customers who come here for glasses twice
that often every year and some ~ frequent
ly ~ two or three times single month In
nine cases out Of ten the cause Is sim ply
carelessnezs. New York Herald.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-03

The freight brakeman is misunderstood.
He has two fingers remaining on his right
hand and couples with u stick. His Scotch
cap spreads his eurs, giving him II partic
ularly desperate appearance. lie chews To-
bacco, and IL Is worth while TO hear him
swear when the engine bumps too hard. II
he caught dude Ia IL saloon he would kick
him. lie lunches his shoulders while ho
walks and gets Bowcry swing on bis
knees. This il the freight brakeman NJ
you zee him in play. Take him Of nm
evening in the Commercial hotel up at the
junction when he IN smoking and talkins
wreck Then he * different.
A white pine box has been brought in
from up the road, and two layon men arr
sitting up with body on Railroad street
The dead fireman had been friend TO every
man In the room. lie had started In "wip.
ing up" ut the roundhouse when "A boy and
then he got place on II switch engine lie
had been regular for four years, and was
expecting an engine almost any trip when
be started out on the extra run and came
back In the baggage car.-Chicago News
Record
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-03
The pnImcttn Of the sonth.

The graceful palmetto, that grows 80
prufusely in the lower tier Of the southern
states, has recently become n factor IN the
Industries OF the south for its wood Is hard
enough to carve and It's fiber Is strong
enough 10 make excellent corlage and a
useful substitute for sponges In Jackson
vile, Fla, ~ factory has been started for
the purpose Of making brushes and brooms
Of the fiber, and elsewhere sink brushes are
being made Of the wood, half Of whose
thickness is being converted into bristling
points
The young leaves Of the tree make a, salad
that the people ARE beginning to appreciate,
and the taste Of it IL likened 10 that Of
chestnuts Bears knew about IL long be
fore the people did, and il Is n favorite arti-
Gle Of diet among them, the black bears
climbing the trees and browsing on the
fresh shoots ~ eagerly ~ they brOUse ON
watermelons Detroit Free Press
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-03
Hidden Treasura.

There In no subject more fs,scina ling than
the search for hidden treasure, and IL In one
which commends itself beyond the merely
occult and mysterious by certain reason
ableness which appeals TO common sense as
well M TO the imagination, for doubtless
there in great deal Of hidden treasure In
the world still remaining To be discovered
while we may infer that vast deal has
been actually found and appropriated to
the uses OF its fortunate discoveries. The
old fable of the dying man who 40 heart
lessly deceived his children by tho story Of
the treasure buried In his gariens hows
anyhow that such deposits were not un-
common in the remote era OF the fabulist
and inCeed the buried treasure forms val.
liable item in the stock properties Of the
dramatist, the fabulist and the story teller
from the very infancy Of their arts.
The classic dramatists did not fail to
make use Of such u convenient expedient as
the discovery Of buried treasure, which was
In itself an incident not altogether beyond
the lines Of impossibility. Recorded in
stances indeed Of such good fortune must
necessarily he rare, ~ the prudent treasure
finder then, as now, must have been espe-
cially careful TO keep his secret to himself
But occasionally such nm incident glides into
histur5 rs ~ the c'tse Of julius, the father
of Hercules Atticus, who discovered an i'm
menAe treasure buried under an old house,
the last remains OF his patrimony The
vastneas Of the treasure precluded any ut
tempt 10 conceal its existence, and the prIl-
dent Julius h3rstened to make known his
find 10 the officials Of the Roman empire
All the Year Round.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-03

The story Of Damon and Pytbiasis found
in Greek story. the men were Syracusans.
Pythias was condemned TO death by Do
pysius, ruler Of Syracuse. He asked 10 be
allowed to settle his business, and Damon
gave himself up a. a substitute. Pytbias
returned before the day Of execution, and
Dionysius set them both free. The source
Of the story is notice Of the event by Arts
toxeDus. incorporated by Iamblichus In bis
life Of Pythagoras, whose doctrines both
friends followed. New York Sun.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-03

Kitty Hudson, the Human PIncushion."
One Of the celebrated characters" OF
Nottingham was Kitty Hudson, known
throughout Great Britain as the human
pincushon." She WAS born In l1Gj, and ut
the age Of six WAS sweeper in st, Marys
church, near Arnold Pins were rarities
among the poorer Glasses, and poor Kitty
WAS encouraged 10 pick up those found on
the church floor, receiving a stick Of taliy
for every mouthful thus collected" This
habit Of holding pins in the mouth grew on
the child till finally she could neither eat,
drink nor sleep without having from six
To u dozen Of them under her tongue and
around her gums. She would often go 10
sleep with mOuthful Of pins and awake 10
find them gone.
The absence OF the pins could he account
ed for only in one way--she had swallowed
them. Still she kept up the practice feel
ing no i'll effects except a numbneSs in her
limbs. Ten or dozen years later, how
ever, she was IN u terrible plight, passing
sleeplcss nights and screaming with pain
nearly all the time. In l7S5 she WIS sent
to the Nottingham hospital and remained
in that institution year, during which
time 300 pins were removed from differ
ent parts Of her body, no less than 300 Of
them coming out through her breasts, both
Of which had TO he amputated. After her
discharge from the hospital she was mar
ried twice, and became the mother of min,
children, none Of whom lived to the age Of
eighteen. Notwithstanding her terrible ex
perience Kitty lived TO be over seventy
years old.-St. Louis Republic
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-03
Distribution Of Cabinet Positions.

Since the establishment Of the federal
government, including Harrison's admins
tration. New York has had forty-two cabinet
appointments, Massachusetts thirty-seven,
Pennsylvania thirty+ix and Virginia and
West Virginia together forty.thce. Cali
fornia, now one Of the largest and most i'm
portant states, has never had place In the
binet. The only cabinet office ever held
by man from either Of the Pacific states
was that Of attorney general, held by
George Williams, under Grant.--New York
Sun
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-03

They've raked in pretty tough look
ing lot this morning. haven't tbeyr OBJ
served the stranger, who had dropped in
at the police station.
you are looking at the wrong gang, "
said the reporter to whom he had spoken.
Those are not the prisoners. They are
the lawyers. "-Exchange
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-03
Many Pureh asses.

Young Wife My dear. I've been putting
down everything I spent IN an account
book, Just as you said, but think I'D bet
ter stop.
Husband-W Why soS
Young Wife-ft's costing like everything
Cor account books New York Weekly.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-03

where Boston Streets Got Their Names.
The English names given TO the Back
Bay streets were evolved by couple Of
Irish-Ame1fcans on the board Of survey,
aided by a copy Of the "British Peer
age. s'-Boston Pilot.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-03
: A WICKED THOUGHT.
DID IT MAKE A CRIMINAL OF HIS
NEWBORN CHILD

An Impressive Story Told by n Veteran
Engineer of an EventfuI Midnight Run.
A FatefuI Telegram and the Feeling 1t
Aroused In the Nan.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-02-16
CONSOLIDATED NOTICE OF FINAL ENTRY.
Land Office at Lewistown. Mont,

Lane Office at Lewistown. Mont,
Jan. Il, 1885.
Notice is hereby given that tho following
named settlers nave fled notice of their in
tention to make final proof in support OF
their claims, aud that said proofs will be
made before the Register and Receiver OF
the u 5. l. .. at Lewistown, Fergus coun-
ty, Mont, on Saturday the 18th day of Feb
ruary, 1893, viz:
Evaline Moore,
who made homestead application No. l7S,
for the WI NWA, and WI SWi, Sec. %,
Tp. Is N, r. IL E.; and
Hiram Z. Misner,
who made homestead application No. 179,
for the NE4 SWA, Ell NWA sec %. and sEA4
SWA sec. "a, tp. 13 n, r. IL E.: and
James II. Shortrtdge,
who made homestead application No. $50,
for lots 2, 3 and 4, and SEA SWH, sec 81,
tip. 13 N, r. II L.
They name the following witnesses to
prove their continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land, viz:
Julius +. Werner, William j. Ettien,
James Ettien, and Edward Pagel. all o.
Utica, Fergus county, Montana.
CHARLES A. BURG, Register.
First publication Jan. 10. 1898.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-02-16
The Kangaroo Curse In Australia.

The kangaroo curse has always been
a great curse to the Australian squat
tiers, for on an average these animals
animals consume as much grass as IA
sheep. 1t is estimated that. on ~
sheep run OF 10000 10 $4,000 acre F,
10000 kangaroos were killed ann :
ally for ten consecutive years, and yet
their numbers remained very formI-
dable in the locality. In the colony
OF South Australia hundreds of thous-
ands of kangaroos are slaughtered
annually for their skins and the bonus
offered by the authorities. The mum
Der OF these ~marsupials in New South
Wales in 1889 was estimated to lie
over 1000, 600. and yet about hall II
million kangaroos ana 650,000 wal
labies were destroyed in the colony III
that year.
A bonus OF Sd is offered for eacl,
kangaroo killed in Australia; henc,
the colonists are gradually extermi
mating these native animals. Over
half a million skins aregradually ship
| ped to England, and n large numbe,
TO North America, to be converted
into leather. The macrodid;e includ,
several kinds of kangaroos and walla
bies. The progress OF settlement j.
Australia has driven these animals,
from the more densely populated dis
tricts of the Australian continent, bu
in the country and unsettled part,
they are numerous, causing consider
able damage to the natural grasses
So serious has been the injury thu
wrought that the colonial govern
ments and run-holders pay a SINAI
sum per head for the destruction o.
the kangaroos.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-02-16
OLD TIME PRICES.
When Oranges Were Worth SO Apiece in
Helena and Apples SIPS.

Col. Il. +. May, OF BOzemau, ran a fruit
stand ia Helena away back in 1868. Five
cents nor - cents would go far towards
buying iruit in those days" said the colo
mel the other day to a Bozeman man.
ION gentleman who was counting "A young
lady used to come to my place and buy
four apples for 81, SIZE apiece, and then
present them To his sweetheart. l always
picked out four Of the best apples Ihad and
wrapped them up in tissue paper and
placed them ia a neat candy box for him.
Hy aud 10y thcy were married, after which
! never sold him any more apples. The
first years pineaPplrs sold for 81 apiece,
aud there are still living in Helena men
who paid Tue that price for them. Oranges
were So To $500 each, and the Montana
pioneers who are rich today did not buy
them.
The first shipment OF sweet potatoes
ever received in Montana was shipped to
Inc, aud they cost the S1.35 a pound. The
first man that came along on the street
was a Chinnnan. | was opening them on
the sidewalk. lie bought two pounds at
SI.5n IA pound. Bookkeepers then were
paid Sl2 "a day. For a little stand on the
street; in front of a store, l paid $50 "a
month rent IN advance. A very ordinary
wooden building across the street, used as
"A saloon, paid S4oo rent a month.
THE New York Sun, then a very small
paper, and other newspapers, sold for 30
cents each. Magazines cost Sl.25 each.
one day | had AN unusal stock OF fruit,
which | feared would spoil on my hands
and SO | got 100 circulars printed. They
were very small circulars but cost 10 cents
apiece. | did not hire boys to distribute
them, but took them around myself.
Much OF the fruit | sold came / 600 miles
by stage, and this fact had "A great deal to
do with the prices. As transportation
facilities Increased prices gradually reduced,
and il has been going on ever since. The
prices | have quoted are no higher than the
average prices in those days; everything
was the same way
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-02-16
NOTICE OF FINAL ENTRY.
Land Office at Lewistown, Mont,
f1nl

Land Office at Lewistown, Mont,
January "A, 1898.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his inten-
ton to make final proof in support of his
claim, snd that said proof will be made he
fore the Register and Receiver of the u. s.
l.. o. at Lewistown, Fergus county, Mont.
on Tuesday, the lth day of March,
1898, viz:
John Tresch,
who made homestead application No. 1853.
for the FL SCI, and 81 NEt sec. 4. tp. II
", r IL +.
He names the following witnesses tu
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land, viz:
jeremiah l.. Lewis. Zeb Goodrich.
Michael Brass, aud Henry Danoith; all oi
Lewistowp, Fergus County, Montana.
HAIR A. BURG, Register.
First publication Jan. &c. 1893.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-02-16
CONSOLIDATED NOTICE OF FINAL ENTRY
Land Office at Lewistown, Mont
r. % 1902

land Office at Lewistown, Mont
January 20, S93
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settlers have filed notice of their
intention to make final proof in support
OF their claims, and that aid proof will be
made before the Register and Receiver OF
the u ;. l.. o. at L~ewistown, Fergus coun-
ty, Montana, on Friday, March 3. 1898,
viz:
benjamin f. Lepper,
who made desert land entry No. 2195. for
the NWA. NJ SWA, Wa NE4, NEI Me-,
sec: 8. and 81 SCI sec. 4, ~. 13 ", r % L;
and
John p. ~Romandstad
who made homestead application No. 46.
for the NWt NWi Sec Is, WI SW4, and
SWt NW4 sec. 81. tip. 10 N, r. % Z.
They name the following witnesses to
prove their continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land, aud the ccmplet
irrigation and reclamation thereof. viz:
Walter j.. Winnett, William f. Grain.
Charles c. Grain, John p. R~oniandstad,
and Benjamin +. Lepper, all of Flat vii.
low, Fergus county, Montana.
CHARLEs A. BURG, Register.
First publication January III. 1898.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-02-16
An Unmistakeabls Evidence

Two strangers occupied the sans
seat in a crowded car on a railroaC
down in Indiana, and after the mar
ner OF travelers began to get acquaint
ed. One was reading "a paper anC
utter a minute or so he lad it in hi
lap and remarked:
Il was that out there in Kansas tli,
other day they postponed "A hors,
race on account OF Il funeral"
''They don't do that way in NJ!
tate" said the other.
Mop queried the other.
"No; they postpone a funeral on az
count of II horse race"
The first speaker looked at his com
panlon n moment and then stuck GU
his hand.
What part OF the state are yol
rom ?" he asked. II am from Ken
lucky myself. "-Cincinnati Enqu rer
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-02-16
Notice to Co-Owners.

To J. A. B~LoMoUIsT.
You are hereby notified that William
Amos Hall, your has, in accord
ance with the provision OF section 1924,
Revised Statutes OF the United States, ex-
pended in labor and improvements upon
the Flora quartz lode mining claim. stu
ate in Cone Butte tunorganizedl mining
district, in Fergus county, State OF Mon
tana, the sum of one hundred dollars for
the purpose of holding and representing
said claim according to law for the year
ending December 81, 1892, and unless you
contribute or cause to be contributed YOU
portion of said expenditures. amounting
to the sum of fifty dollars $500, together
with interest and the costs of this adver-
tisement, within ninety days after the
complete service by publication OF this
notice upon YOU. your interest in said
mining claim will become forfeited and be-
come the property OF the undersigned, your
co-owner. as provided in section 1924,
Revised Statutes of the United States.
WILLIAM AMOS ALL
First publication January u. 1898.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-02-16
CONSOLIDATED NOTICE OF FINAL ENTRY.

Land Office at L~ewistown, Mont,
February IA, 1898
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settlers have filed notice OF their in
,ention to make final proof in support of
heir claims, and that said proof will be
made before the Register aud Receiver Of
he U. 81. U. at Lewistown, Fergus county.
Mont, on Wednesday,, the 18th day OF
March, 1898, viz:
Cornelius Crawford,
who made homestead application No. 165,
for the SEA NEh, NJ SEX, and SEa SEA,
sec. 20, IT,. Ii n. T. II f. And
Thomas Bow wen,
who made homestead application No.
1S2, for the NWA NE4, NJ NWi, and SWA
NWA, sec. "a, tip. IL NJ r. II E., and now
wishes to commute the same.
They name the following witnesses to
prove their continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land, viz:
Edgar Darnell, Eugene Stanley, Josiah
5. HuntooD, Cornelius Crawford, and
Thomas Bowen, all of Utica, Fergus
county, Montana.
CHARLES A. BURG, Register.
First publication Feb. 16, 1898.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-02-16
TOMB OF A PAST RACE.
Interesting Discoveries Made in Creston
County, Iywa.

Workmen excavating a cellar in
Adams county, Iowa, ii few days ago,
came upon what at first appeared to
be "A solid ledge OF rock, or coal, and
sitting down to rest n oftheir mum
Der began idly to peck at an apparent
~fissure, when "a solid block nearly two
feet square disappeared with a dull
thump.
The men set eagerly to work, and re-
moving the bottom OF the pit, discov-
cred a chamber with a 1o-foot ceiling
and 1920 feet IN extent, the walls be-
ing of of neatly scanned stone work.
Ranged in rows on Tudely constructed
platfors, were skeletons, each with a
pomahawk and an arrow at his side,
earrings and bracelets OF lead lying
where they were dropped, and piles OF
what appeared to be fursin the center
of the platform, each pile crumbling
to dust as it was exposed TO the light.
The ruins are those of a forgotten
race New discoveries are in progress.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-02-16
DESERT LAND FINAL PROOF.

Land Office at Lewi>towu, Mont,
February ., 1898.
Notice is hereby given bat Margaret !
Phelps. of Helena, Montana, has hle'
notice OF intention to make proof 81
her desert land entry, No. 2l53, for the w
NEi, and SEA SWiI, sec. 70, ~. IL n, i.
IL +; the proof OF herself as clalmant {"
Toe made before John Iieau, clerk of the
district court at Helena, Montana, on Sar-
urday, the 25th day of March, 1o93. The
proof of the witnesses to be made betor.
the Register and Receiver at Lewis
Lown. Montana. on the same day
and date. as is allowed by the honaraolt
Commissioners letter, &c" OF January
% ISg3.
She names the following witnesses to
prove the compete irrigation ana reclama-
tlon uf said lat4d:
John Butield, Enos +. Mowrey, of Utica;
Michael Roouy, and Alexander futile, o
Pniibrook. Montana.
CHARLES A. BURG Register.
First publication Feb. 10, 1853.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-02-16
Notice of Final Entry.
Land Office at Lewistown, Mont,
JanuarY .. 1Sa3.

Land Office at Lewistown, Mont,
January %, 1893.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice OF his inten-
ton 10 make tina proof in support of his
claim, and that said proof will be made be-
fore the Register and Receiver of the U. S.
l.. %. at LeHistown. Fergus county. Mont.
on Monday, the 9th day of March.
1885. viz:
Oliver Peters,
WHO made homestead application No. loo,
for the Nkh NWl4, sec. IS; E1 SW4, SEA
NWi sec. rs, Up. 10 ", r. Is E.; and now
wishes to commute the same.
He names the following NitDesses to
prc re his continuous residence upon, and
CULTIVATION OF said land. viz:
Gerard A. Hammet, Otto Newman,
Charles Black, and Thomas Sims0n; all oil
Stanford, Fergus county, Montana.
CHARLES A. BURG. Register.
First publication Jan. u. 1898.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-02-16
Notice of Final Entry.
Land Office at Lewistown, Mont,
January IA, 1892.

Land Office at Lewistown, Mont,
January IA, 1892
Notice is hereby given that the following
iamed settler has filed notice of his inte:.-
ton to Rase final proof in support OF his
claim, aud that said proof will be made be-
,orc the Register and Receiver of the u. 5.
l.. o. at Lew istown, Fergus county, Mont,
IN Saturday, the Atm day of March,
1893, viz:
Samuel II. Powell,
who made presumption declaratory state
iient No. 20, for the 81 SET, sec. 5;
NEase Il, Up. ID n, r 10 f.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon. and
al tiyaIiun OF. said land, viz:
John Il. Mason, Joseph & Walker.
lanes IA. Heath, of Lewistown, and
Charles Calbrea'h, of P~hilbrook; all OF
Fergus county, Montana.
HARLEs A. BURG. Register.
First publication Jan. - 1892
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-02-16
Notice of Final Entry.

u. :. Land Office, Lewistown, Mont,
February 13, 1888.
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his inten-
lion to make final proofin support of his
claim, and that said proof will be made be
fore the Register and Receiver of the U. 5.
l.. o.. at Lewistown, Fergus county, Mont,
ON Saturday, the 18th day OF March,
1872, viz:
Hugh Green.
who made homestead application Ho.422S,
for the 81 SE4. and lots l, =, and 3, sec. q,
tp. 10 y, 7. - L.
He names the following witnesses to
proYe his continuous residence upon aud
cultivation OF said land, viz:
John Fogarty, of Lewistown; David
Bush, John Il. Townsend, and Stephen j.
Harding, of Fort Mrginnis; all of Fergus
county, Montana.
CHARLES A. BURG. Register.
First publication Feb. l6, 1895.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-02-16
Notice of Final Entry.
Land Office at LeWistown, Mont,
January IL. lsa3.

Land Office at LeWistown, Mont,
January II, 1s93.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice OF his inien-
lion to make final proof in support of his
lain, and that said proof will be made be-
ore the Register ana Receiver of the U. 5.
l.. .. al Lewistown. Fergus county, Mont,
IN Friday, the 3lst day of March, 1888,
viz:
Joseph l.. AsbridRe.
who made presumption declaratory state
nent No. 81, for the Wa NEK. NEa NWA,
OF L, sec. 10. ~. IL n, r % r.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation OF said land. viz:
Lee Jacobs, Clare Battaus, of Findon:
Charles b. Wallace, of Mussel- hell, and
Charles Shufelt. of Lewistown; all of
Fergus county, Montana.
CHARLES A. BURG, Register.
First publication Jan. IL. 1885.