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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-02-02
For Rent.

have concluded to partition my hall in
brick building into rooms suitable for
housekeeping or Office purposes. Parties
~iesiring to secure quarters should make
application at once. Also. suicable rooms
for business or housekeeping in my frame
building. CAMILLE HoGUE,
Lewistown, Mont.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-02-02
Notice Ct Protest.

Notice is hereby given that L, the under
signed protest, the payment of a certain
rote drawn in favor of w. H. Lackie, OF
Wolf Creek, Meagher county, state OF Mon
sana, to the amount OF forty dollars(S40.)
FRED S. PANKIE,
Stanford, Fergus Co., Mont.
Dated January Goth, 1893.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-02-02
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
CHURCH.

LEwIsrowN- Regular services are held ever,
Sunday morning at 1i.00 O'Clock. Sab path schoo
every sunday at 800 p. IN.
Christian Endeavor Society meets every Thurs
day evening at 1880.
METHODIST CHURCH.
lryIsTowN-Service every sunday morning Al
IL o'cIcck, and evening at 1850. Sunday School Ia
fore morning service. Prayer meeting ever!
Wednesday evening. |. r. HAWK. asior.
PMILBKooK.-Monthly appointmehts-ist sun
day. TIBET, AT II a. m. and p. M; Beaver Creek
srd sunday, II q. N. aud Z p. M; Phi ur ok, 2hd
Sunday. II a. III. and ! p. nj Willow creek, itL
Sunday, IL u. IN.
Pastors residence. Philbrook.
X. NJ. CRAvEN Pastor.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-02-02
BIRTHS.

To Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Gregory, on
tuesday, January Gath, a boy, weight ten
pounds.
To Mr.. and Mrs. w. III. Culver, on Janu-
try 26th, a boy; weight, nine pounds.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-02-02

THE fire last Thursday night was
rather warm-the weather, Just
now, is pretty cold-too cold, one
would think, to be getting in freight,
but the MONTANA HARDWARE Co.
have just received a lot of NEW
GOODS.
w this line you
will find Knives and Forks, Elegant
Spoons in Plush Cases, Gold-lIn
Sugar Bowls, Cream Pitchers and
Children's Cups, Cake Stands, Napkin
Rings and Fancy Silverware.
Fine Carving Sets
and Cases, Knives and Forks and
Pocket Cutlery-"Our Very Best"
LAMPS. - Rochester" "Pitts-
burgh" and "B & H." Library, Hang
ing and Students Lamps. Also, all
kinds of Hand Lamps and the Man,
moth Lamps for stores.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-02-02
WASHINGTON D. C.

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE Is now entering upon n
18th year Of phenomenal success
No other family weekly In the country has bad such
o growth, and maintained IL % steadily.
1t goes Into every County In the United states, and
has clubs Of subscribers At nearly every Postomce-
1t has gained this proud position solely on IN merfo
q q highlyinteresfing family newnpapef.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-02-02

GLASSWARE g. CROCkERY.
Dinner Sets, Fancy China Pieces,
Vases, Ornamental Glassware, and a
full line of plain White Ware.
These goods were mostly intended
for Holiday trade but arrived too late.
Consequence: PRICES REDUCED.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-08-10
MISUNDERSTANDING
WILL BE FOUND IN THIS DE-
PARTMENT.
Labor diving Contrivanco for Spraying
Potatoes--Advico About Hiying Beee--
Convenient Garden Tool.-Old and New
Methods-Ge Farm Notes.


We have found says a good author
lty, that artificial swarming Is best,
as bees most always swarm when the
men are In the field, sometimes more
than mile from home. Look through
the hives that are full. Take out a
frame containing queen cells, cut out
all the coils but one, put 1t in new
hive, also half of the other frames
with what bees adhere to them. FIJI
space In both hives with empty
frames and you have a new colony,
The bees that we're out on the old
hive will then have room inside and
will 90 to work, The new ones will
raise their queen and all start of to
work. If you have your queens wings
clipped another good way Is to catch
her as she crawls out when they
swarm) and put new hive In place
Of the old one. The swarm will come
buck when they miss their queen and
go In the new hive. Give them their
queen and you have a new swarm. II
neither of these is practised there is
nothing left but to take your smoker
rope, ladder, and saw and climb the
tree.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-08-10

method of crossing rivers upon RATS
supported by inflated OK hides, Some
interesting experiments were recent
ly made by the Russian military
authorities which showed that the
system will be Of great service to an
army in the field,
Leather bags made from OK hides
are each susceptible Of supporting q
weight equal to two or more men
upon the surface of the water.
Droves of cattle that accompany an
army to be slaughtered for food fur
nish a ready supply of hides neces-
sary In the construction Of floating
RATS. Although the subject may be
somewhat technical, 1t seems inter-
esting to know how 1t Is possible to
make these air sacks In the field.
When the OK is killed the head Is cut
off close up and a slit made in the
skin Of the chest Then the skin Ia
cut above the knees and the legs UNI
jointed at the knees. The skinning
commences at the neck and by means
Of incislons at the proper places and
taking out the internal organs dur
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-08-10

ing the process the hide is generally
drawn off intact. To close the open
ings of the hide, small Sits like but
ton-holes are made through both
thicknesses near the edge. Then the
hide is turned, the hair inside.
Wooden pegs are put through the
Sits and the openings wound with
several turns Of beef tendons, which
are held In place by the pegs. Tho
skin is again turned, the hair out
side. Before closing the last opening
a hollow bamboo peg Is introduced in
the leg and the hide Inflated with a
bellows or the mouth,
The raft timbers are III to IL feet
in length and to 3 inches In diane
ter. The inflated hides, four to eight
In number, are tied to the corners Of
the raft, Figure 8 represents such
a raft transporting Russian troops.
Oar locks are made to support the
oars. The raft is foored for trans
portation of infantry and artillery.
An air sack made of OK hide weighs
about twenty-five pounds, and can
carry a weight equal to the animal
that 1t was taken from. A raft sup
ported by four hides will carry ten
men and rise six inches above the
water. With six hides it will carry
twenty men and project three to four
inches above the water. -Four OF
these men can do the rowing. The
hides can be used as soon as made
into air sacks, but to preserve them
any length Of time they should be
well sailed and dried for three or
four days in a ventilated shed and
the fresh side coated with mixture
of tallow and tar.
These inflated hides are so buoyant
that large number OF soldiers and
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-08-10

'These potatoes are noJ half done"
was the impatient exclamation Of the
farmer, as he sat down to the mid
day meal "Well," was the calmly
exasperating reply of the wife who
had cooked the meal, ~ used
every stick of wood in the wood
shed to cook this dinner, and If it
isn't done you know why. 1t was
because there wasn't enough wood
to cook dinner with" There was no
lack of wood properly sawed and
split for use by that household for a
good while after this incident from
real life. 1t Is our belief that coal Is
largely used for winter fuel because
the class of careless, go-easy farmers
do not make as good provision for
summer tlrewood as they used to do
Then they had to bestir themselves
in winter to cut and split wood TO keep
tire stoves and treplaces running to
warm the house. Now thev use lit
tie wood, except for kindling, in win
ter, and the habit Of sitting by win
ter fires either at home or at the
village grocery, is apt to grow when
once formed. 1t is not woman's
place to cut and split wood for house
hold use, and in the households
where they have to do this they
usually have far more of woman's
work indoors than one woman is able
tO do
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-08-10
Transplanted Weeds

The great advocate of thorough and
timely cultivation Of hoed crops is
found when there comes spell OF
rainy weather If the ground is en-.
tirely clear of weeds, there will be in
tervals between the showers when the
cultivator may be used with the great
est benefit. But beware Of cultiva-
tion il the weed has been allowed to
escape previous civilizations by which
its roots have been cut. Then it be-
comes stockY and full of flbrOus roots,
so that nothing but enJire burial of
the whole plant will keep it from
growing. 1t does no good to tear uD
such a root and throw it on the
loosened ground between the rows
It's fine roots will catch in the soil
and the first shower will set it to
growing again.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-08-10
The Little Donkey.

am a donkey and / belong to q
very happy family Of toys. Our lit
tie mistress always puts us close to-
gether when she makes us walk round
the dining-room table every Sunday
There would be nothing to complain
Of II only our little mistress had no.
brothers, but, alas! she has two, and
oh, such scamps. When we hear
them come into the schoolroom in
the evening after school our paint
turns faint from fear, for we know
what Is in store for us. The boys
are not quite so pad now as they
were. They used to turn Noah's ark
upside down on the floor, put the ami
mails up In rows upon the table, and
then shoot at us with horrible toy
cannon loaded with peas 1t was
anything but pleasant, can tell you.
Generally half Of us were knocked
off the table onto the floor. One
night saw my poor friand the bear
stamped on. Freddie picked
him up and said; give done
for this old chap; let's put him in
the fire, If Nellie comes up and sees
him broken she will only howl and
make q fuss" So into the fire my
poor friend went, and you can i'm
agine my feelings better than can
describe them. Pretty soon our little
mistress came into the room. Her
distress at the loss Of the bear was
very great. Her father came in and
wanted to know what she was crying
about, and he was very angry when
he heard what had happened, and
scolded his boys for teasing Nellie.
think for the moment they were
sorry. They did not mean to tor
ment, but Freddie, the elder, was a
terrible boy from a toys point Of
view. Things went more smoothly
for day or two, and then the same
thing happened, and again we were
made to face the terrible cannon.
Alas, l was the unfortunate victim,
and one of my forelegs was shot off.
Nellie was consoled by making bed
up for me in one of the rooms Of her
dolls house, and there for many days
l was nursed by the sweetest little
doll you ever saw. Now l am quite
we'll again-but how l dread those
boys!
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-08-10

ELDERBERRlEs are said to be al
most specific for dropsy
ALL traces of mud can be removed
from black clothes by rubbing spots
with a raw 'potaso cut In half.
BEFORE putting away your stove
pipe brush it over with a mixture
composed Of gill each Of lnseed oil
and kerosene and a tablespoonful Of
spirits of turpentine we'll shaken TO-
Gether. This will etfectually prevent
rust.
MANY a cup of poor coffee is due
to the fact that the coffee pot is not
clean. Too many housekeepers are
careless about this uUensil, which
should be kept scrupulously clean and
free from the brownish deposit which
too often defaces the inside.
If your carpets have suffered from
the invasion of the kalsominer's
brush, try rubbing spots with a mix.
ture Of carbonate OF ammonia, say q
few drops in small quantity Of
water This will indeed change all
discOlorations, whether produced by
acids Or alkaiies
A GENEROUS pinch Of soda in the
dish-water saves soap; the dishes dry
easier, have a better luster, and there
are no greasy settings on the dish
pan In cleaning greasy pots and
pans, or sinks, and drain pipes, hot
sal soda water Is not only cheaper,
but more etflcacious than soap II
cream is so nearly sour that pouring
hot coffee on it curdles it, tiny
pinch Of baking soda added to the
cream in each cup will prevent this,
and in no way impair the favor Of
the coffee.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-08-10

and other nutritious fodder abound,
little or no grain Is required, an d
geese may be reared very cheaplH
The duck is a heavy feeder, but not
over particular, so that almost any
farm waste may be used Table leav-
ings, small potatoes beet, and turnlp
leaves-in short anything and every
thing at all eatable, the duck will
consume and mako a return for in a
goodly number OF large, rich eggs 1t
Ia quite remarkable how a duck will
lay. She begins as early as February
and lays every day for three or four
months with few respites Toulouse
and Embden are by far the Lest breeds
of geese, and the Pekin is queen Of
ducks Hatch both geese and duck
eggs under hens, as the geese make
clumsy mothers and the ducks cannot
be relied on for hatchlng. Country
Gentleman
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-08-10
II Pays TO Thln Grapes.

Not only the size and quality OF
grapes but there earliness in ripen-
ing, is promoted by iudicious thin
ming. 1t is, therefore, especially
profitable with grapes to be sold early,
or with varieties that are too late to
ripen in ordinary seasons. We have
ripened Catawbas In good condition
where only one bunch was allowed on
a shoot, while other vines allowed to
bear two, three, or four small lunches
barely began to color the fruit when
froststopped ripenlug and left it worth
scarcely anything Pinch out the
extra lunches any time after blossom
ing is finished and fruit Is set -
American Cultivator.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-08-10

ing the growth Of slavery In this city.
Certainly the manner In which the
negroes charged with fomenting this
problematlcal conspiracy were dealt
with affords food for curious rehec-l
tlon upon the social conditions Of the
time. After trial that would have
been q farce had 1t not been q
tragedy Clause was condemned to be
"broke upon a Wheel" Robin to be
hanged In chains alive, "and so on to-
continue without any sustenance I'M
til he be dead;" Tom to be burned
with slow fire until he be dead and
consumed to ashes, and so on. How
ever, everything depends upon the
point in view In that strong,
stomached time judicial cruelty to
animals met with universal approval,
and, as to slavery, the worshipful Sir
Edward Coke but a very few years
earlier had laid down the doctrine
that pagans properly could be held In
bondage by Christians, because the
former were bond slaves Of Satan,
while the latter were servants Of God.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-08-10

Out In the street Jack found, one day
An old umbrella, thrown away,
~Better than nothing he merrily said
As cloud sent its raindrops down on his
head.
Along came Bob GAny lodgings TO let9n
"Yes,n laughed Jack aCome In out Of the
webn
Then VIII came up with o @Halloo, boysl
What's the occasion for all this nolse2"
goome along inn said Jack, ian seel"
80 Who old umbrella gave shelter to three,
And last Of all, as they laughed together,
A doggy, who hated such rainy weather,
Cane Blinking by, with his tail drawn in,
And a very uncomfortable soaking skin.
GCome In with the rest OF u.s. do,n cried
Will
And doggie waRged a grateful NJ WILL"
@Ihere now" laughed Jack, @we're fixed,
we four,
An there isn't any lodgings to let for
more.n
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-08-10
pennIes Tor tho Hpnthen.

Madge, aged I, had a list of ques-
tlons and answers given her by her
Sunday-school teachers to learn, the
first Of which was, "What is mis-
sionary?" and the answer, "One sent
to teach the heathen." The list was
duly learned, and she went to Sun
day school full Of Importance that she
had her lesson perfect On her re-
turn she was asked II she had remem-
bered the answers, an she replied:
ayes, mamma, / only missed the first,
and in that i only made the mistake
Of a penny. / said, Two cents To
teach the heather, instead of / cent
Hartford Post.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-08-10
Durable Whitewash.

Here is a receipt for whitewash that
is used by the Government on its
lighthouses and is said to be nearly as
durable on wood, brick or stone, as
oil paint, while very much cheaper,
Stake half a bushel Of good fresh lime
in boiling water, keeping 1t covered
during the process. Strain it and add
a peck ofsalt dissolved In water; three
pounds Of ground rice boiled to a
paste; and a pound Of clear glue,
dissolved in water. Mix these well
together and let the mixture stand
for several days, Keep the wash
thus prepared in a kettle or portable
furnace, and put on as hot as posi-
hln
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-08-10
sLAvERY pAYs IN INV YoRM.
The Captain Of Successful Trader In IAvd
Freight Veg -Four Times Mayor.

The Captain OF a Successful Trader In I4vd
Freight waq -Four Times Mayor.
On the turn from tho seventeenth
to the eighteenth century slave-deal-
Ing was an important and we'll
thought-of industry, or, In the more
elegant phrase Of one Of the gravest
Of New York historians, "a species Of
maritime adventures then engaged
In by some Of our most respectable
merchants" The Dutch are credited
with having brought the first cargo
of slaves to the northern, part OF
America--from their possession on
the Guinea coast to the Virginia
plantatlons-and, according to Har-
per's, a regular part Of the business
of the Dutch West India company
was providing African slaves for use
In the American colonies. The
profits of the business even allowing
for the bad luck Of high deathrate,
was so alluringly great that 1t was
not one to be sighted by the emil
nently go-ahead merchants OF New
York, and the fact must be remem-
bered that as business slave-dealing
was quite as legitimate then as is the
emigrant traffic Of the present day.
Young John Cruger has left on record
a most edifylng account of voyage
which he made out Of New York In
the years 160S-l7OO, In the ship
Prophet Daniel, to Madagascar for
the purchase Of live freight, and the
sentiment of the community in the
premises is exhibited by the fact that
the slave-deallng Mr.. Cruger was
elected an Alderman from the Dock
Ward continuously from the year
l7l2 until the year 1878, and that
subsequently he served four consecu-
tive terms as Mayor, In addition TO
the negro slaves there were many
Indian slaves held In the colony
For convenience in hiring, the law
was passed November 30, I'LL, that
"all negro and Indian slaves that are
let out to hire Within the city do
take up their standing In order to be-
hired ut the market house at the
Wall street slip" Probably the
alarm bred Of the so-called negro plot
Of 1741 was most effective In check
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-08-10
Corn Lenvos and Roots.

Whoever looks at a field Of grow
ing corn will see in the way its leaves
shed the water how and where eulti-
walton and manure are needed. All
the rain that falls on the corn is
conducted by its leaves outside the
hill, and after the plant is eighteen
inches high, into the middle Of the
row. Here you will find nearly all
the feeding roots, and If there are
frequent rains they will be near the
surface. Hence to run shovel plow
through the rows breaks up this feed
ing ground of the roots, and places 1t
where no rains can reach 1t, and
where There are comparatively few
roots
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-08-10
ErR-stealinR Hens.

In Captain Bendire's "Llfe His
tories of North American Birds, the
hen of the Canada grouse Is reported
as a confirmed egg-thief. A number
Of these birds were observed In cap
tivity to rob one another's nests fire.
quently,
Two hens had their nests near to-
gether, about two feet apart. and as
each laid every other day, one nest
would be vacant while the other was
occupied. The hen that laid last
would not go away until she had
stolen the nestegg from the other
nest and placed it In her own.
A hen was once seen to attempt to
steal an egg from another nest twenty
feet distant She worked for half an
hour or 3d. but did not succeed In
moving the coveted egg more than
eight feet--the way being uphill.
The egg escaped her and rolled back
a foot or two so often that she gave
up the task In disgust.
One evening the observer found one
hen on the nest, and kneW that she
was beginning to set, as all the other
hens had gone to roost Slipping his
hand under her he found three eggs
the nest-egg, an egg she had just laid,
aud one stolen from a neighboring
nest.
He took two out and held them be-
fore her, when she placed her bill
over one and tried to pull it out OF
his hand. AS he refused to let her
have it, she placed her bill over the
remaining egg and pushed it back out
Of sight, as much as to say, @You
have two, and that is all you can
have" she pleaded so hard for the
other eggs that he took them away
with much reluctance.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-08-10
Cheap Hog Houses.

We do not believe it necessary to
make expensive hog houses, says an
agricultural Exchange If they are
warm in winter and cool in summer
andlhave enough flooring for the pigs
to stand on while eating from their
trough, the pigs will do as we'll as in
house costing 5000 or $500. A
house rooted and partly under ground
answers this demand. Hogs like a
cool place in summer, and a ground
floor if frequently changed is better
for them than is plank floor.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-08-10
True Christianity.

The fact is coming to be more and
more recognized that religion does
not consist so much in church-going
as it does in Christian character, and
that the man who publishes a news
paper Sunday may be doing more
active service for God than he who
occupies front pew that day and
squeezes his neighbor financially the
rest of the week. New York Herald
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-08-10

counts by fives, according to the size Of
the hoop, the largest FIVE, the small
est thirty. But II the ball goes
through and rings the bells you add
ten to the count II 1t rings the bell
and falls back without going through
the hoop count only ten. The game
10 500. Each player throws at all the
hoops every time 1t is his turn. This
ia agood play any time and anywhere,
and 1t is the very best rainy-day
game that / know Of, in a barn, or
an attic, or the play-room.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-08-10
Old and New Methods.

Old and beaten tracks are not the
ones that always lead most quickly to
success in agriculture. New ideas
and new methods come up In every
branch OF farm practice, many of
which have been proven by trial to
be good and worthy of being adopted.
There should never be sostrong pred
JUDGE in favor of old waysas to hold
one away from the path Of true pro-
gress. Farmers should be willing to
read, study, and investigate the new,
and so be up with the times in all
things that relate to progressive
agriculture. Remember that farm
ing is a progressive science.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-08-10
Water Fowl.

Water fowl are not very largely
bred upon farms in comparison with
the number of our land poultry and
yet they are both profitable and de-
light to the eye. While liberal wa
ter privileges are useful where geese
and ducks are kept, they are by no
means essential, as these birds will
do we'll with no more than enough
water for drinking purposes. Plenty
Of grass and good pastnTe are needful,
as geese are as truly grazing stock as
horses, sheep, or cattle. When clover