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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-26

of all industries in promoting the well
fare of a community, and he lacks
good sense, honor and patriotism, if
through envious motives he casts his
vote against one of them. But there
can be doubt hat in this and other
counties of the state, votes were cast
for Grover Cleveland last fall out Of
spite or malice. In this county q num-
Der of Republican ranchmen are said
to have voted the free trade ticket be-
cause they were down on the WOOL
growers-things were coming too lucky
for the latter. While their votes did
not affect the result, they at least have
a chance to see their desires realized.
Has anyone been beniftted by the de-
preston and paralysis of the woolgrow-
ing industry? Is money plentiful with
which to buy the products that ranch
men offer for sale? Is there as much
building in Lewistown as there would
have been with good prices for wool?
Are lumbermen and carpenters being
paid spot cash for their work? Do a
large number of woolgrowers contem-
plate moving into town this winter in
order to give their children educa-
tional advantages? If woolgrowers and
their employees have no money to
spend how will it get into circulation:
Will not the loss of s250,000 to Fergus
county be felt by anyone but the wool.
growers? The man who voted his
prejudices because he envied the pros
perity of others and could not see how
the success of another industry helped
his, should think hard before he votes
again.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-26
Alfalfa for Feed.

The raising of alfalfa is receiving
considerable attention in some parts
OF the state and with most satisfac-
tory results. Mr.. Stocking OF Fort
Benton gives his experience to a River
Press reporter.
According to Mr.. Stocking, alfalfa
requires but little care, no more than
timothy. 1t should be sown on the
same ground as would be suitable for
timothy and given about the same
amount of water as timothy requires.
To irrigate with as much water as
should be given blue JOINT would
drown out, or at least greatly i%njure,
alfalfa, and Mr.. Stocking informs us
that he has raised many splendid
crops with no irrigation.
In starting a crop of alfalfa, the
ground should be plowed early and al
lowed to lie until the weeds have at
tanned a growth of three or four inches.
The weeds should then be plowed IN
der, the seed sown (about 25 pounds
to the acre., and narrowed in, and a
crop can be cut the first year. In
succeeding years the moving should
be done each time the blossom begins
to ripen. On an average, Mr.. Stock
ing has been able to cut his crop three
times during the summer season,
though some years he has had four
cuttings.
The amount cut per acre during an
entire season is about five or six tons,
but with proper irrigation this can be
increased to seven tons per acre. As
regards it's qualities, Mr.. Stocking in
forms us that it is preferred by stock
over any other article of hay.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-26

1t is stated that Col. Daniel Searles
has deserted the Democratic party
and joined the Populists. In making
mention of his departure the River
Press remarks: 1.-THE aged and fiery
colonel will be Il valuable addition to
the Populist ranks. He has not the
wealth of Stewart, the whiskers of
PETER, the ~eloquence of Bryan, and,
unlike Simpson, he has at times actu-
ally been caught wearing socks"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-26

In a state where industries that put
money into circulation are limited, as
is the case with Montana. one would
naturally suppose their prosperity
would be the desire of all. That the
blighting of a single one is ~far-reaching
in its effects has been amply demon
strated in the case of the sheep indus
try. He is a stupid man, indeed, who
cannot discover the jnter-dependency
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-26

The charges made against Will Hanks
of Great Falls must be taken with some
grains of allowance. There are indi-
cations of a job by the Democratic ring
of that city, led by Paris Gibson, fol-
political effect. Mr.. Hanks should be
given II full hearing before judgment
is passed upon him.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-26

A terrible railroad collision occurred
at Battle Creek, Michigan, on the
morning of the 26th inst, and was due
to the carelessness of one man. There
will be no end to railroad accidents In
til some of those responsible suffer the
extreme penalty of the law.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-26

When a doctor considers it necessary to
prescribe sarsaparilla, he simply orders a
bottle OF Ayers, knowing full well that he
will obtain thereby "A surer and purer prep
aration than any other which the drug
store can furnish. Ayers S~arsaparilla is
the Superior Medicine,
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-26

The ways and means committee OF
the house are now busy with a tariff
bill and there is scarcely any doubt
but lead and wool will be placed on
the free list. And they say there are
miners and woolgrowers in Montana
who voted for Grover Cleveland last
fall. Of course, if it is true, they are
repretting il now.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-26

There's one thing a protective tariff
has done which fills my heart with
pride every time think of it. 1t has
reduced everything that goes into the
uses of men but the wages of the men,
and those it has Observation-Disclosures
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-26
Hay for Sale.

One hundred and fifty tons Of oat and
wild hay for sale at 81 per ton. with use
OF one field Of $50 acres. Hay stacked i'm
convenient place for feeding with natural
shelter and abundance of open water in
the most severe weather, or will take IA
band OF sheep or cattle to winter. For
further particulars inquire at this office.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-26

1t is said Montana's silver statue of
Justice" goes to Brooklyn to serve
for thirty days as an lad" for a dry
goods house. Why not take it to
Washington and place it before Sena
tors Voorhees, desk. Though dumb
mouthed it might rebuke him for his
treason to the white metal.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-26

1t is really interesting these days to
see nothern Democratic senators hold
up their southern allies to scorn and
ridicule. The way Dave Hill churned
Harris and Butler last week showed
that harmony was not accommodating
in large chunks in the ranks.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-26

Now that the Vigilant has defeated
the Valkyrie it only remains for Cor
bett TO best Mitchell and Mckinley to
clean up Neal to make three scoops of
the Britishers inside of three months.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-26

DIR. L. A. Skinner OF Texarkana, Arkan-
sas, il an enthusiast in the praise of Cham
berlain's Pain Balm. He used it for rheu-
matism and sa VS.: II found il to be "A most
excellent local remedy" For sale by all
druggists.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-26
Strayed.

One 3~-year-old sorrel horse, branded -
Oh right thigh, white stripe in face and
white hind legs Also one 2-year-old sor-
rel mare with white hind legs. branded
same as horse. A reward of SO is offered
for their delivery at Geyser stage station.
W. ii. HARMON, Great Falls.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-26

Wives, il you see hat your husbands are
being destroyed by the Tobacco, Liquor or
Opium habit. buy Hills Chloride OF Gold
Tablets. administered in tea or coffee,
they are im~perceptible and effect a speedy,
permanent cure.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-26

1t is now said the Vigilant which de-
feated the Valkyrie is to be sold at
auction. Lord Dunraven should Sc
cure the boat for a model.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-26

Tom Reed made several speeches in
Ohio last week to large audiences. He
raked the decks of the pro-British DEM
ocratic craft with grape and canister.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-26
Bucks for Sale.

Eighty head of Vermont Msrinos and
seventy head Of yearling grades. Would
exchange part for good grades.
NORTH MONTANA SHEEP Co,
Denton, Montana.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-26

Tom Reed and Dave Hill can agree
upon one thing, and that is, when a
member of the senate or house is pres
ent he should be counted.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-26

Premature baldners may be prevented
and the hair made To grow on heads al
ready bald, by the use Of Halls Vegetable
SiciIian Hair Remover.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-26
FFIcIAL PAPER OF FERGUS COUNTY.

PUBLISHED WEEKLY By
JOHN N. vR00MAk. : Editor & Proprietor.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-26
i RETIRED BUSINESS WOMAN
q Page From Her History.

a Page From Her History.
The important experiences of others are
Interesting. The following is no exception:
/ mad neen troubled with heart disease .
rar-. much Of that time very seriously. Foi
.re years ! was treated by one physician con-
ilnipu-ly. was Ia business, but Obliged to
etire ON account OF my health. 4 ply
ic1hI. tolG my friends that l could not live "a
IDnth. Ny feet and limbs were badly swol-
a AID ! was indeed in a serious condition
.iien 4 gentleman directed my attention &c
~. Miles New Heart Cure, anu said that hi
.Ster. who had been afflicted with heart dis-
.i-e, had been cured by the remedy. and was
Gain "a strong. healthy woman. IpurchaseC
bottle of the Heart Cure, and in less thau
~ hour after taking the first dose 1 could
eel "a decided Improvement in the circulation
my blood. When | had taken three dose~ J
uuld move my ankles. something / had no,
sone for months and my limbs had been swoi-
ers 80 long That they seemed almost purified.
I1fOfe ] had taken one Loftle of the New
ieart Cure the swelling had all gone down.
md ! was so much better that | did my own
rork On my recommendation SIX others are
IAing this valuable remedy.'-Mrs. Morgan,
80 w. Harrison St, Chicago, ILL.,
Dr. Miles New Hear Cure. a dis overy of an
eminent specialist in heart disease. il so:d rs
al druggists on "A positive guarantee. or sen.
~ ths DIR. Miles Medical Co, Elkhart Ind, o.
ecefpt of price. 81 per bottle. six bottles fol
y, express prepaid. IL Is positively free from
AL opiates or dangerous drugs
Sold by w. M. McGinness. Lewistown
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-26
Helps for Hard Times.

Sold by W. M. McGinness, lewiston
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-17
ONLY A TINY SHADOW.
But it Foretels the Great Plague That is to Be
Rigid Quarantine,

But it Foretells the Great Plague That is to Be
Rigid Quarantine,
The London correspondent of the
WORLD cables the following: A tiny
shadow, foretelling the great plague
that is to be, hasfallen across the land.
Just now it it no bigger than mans
hand, but it is sure to grow daily,
steadily, inevitably, until ithas shroud
ed all the continent in its deadly black
Not IN one place alone has the at
tack been made, but as if at a given
signal in three widely different coun-
tries the onslaught of the cholera has
begun.
The weather is moderating all over
the continent, and the warm sunshine
is kissing back to life the cholera germs.
So next week promises to show wider
spread of the great plague. Mean
while Vienna is sending invitations to
all nations to an international Health
Congress to formulate some plan of
fighting the common foe, and in Eng
land, Southampton is begging Parlia-
ment to vote money to keep up a rigid
quarantine.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-17

The French courts have done their
duty, and the most distinguished citizen
in France with is numbered convicted
felons. History has no sadder ending
to great career than has fallen on
Ferdinand de Lesseps and the regret
of the civilized world will be none the
less that the sentence was Just and
deserved.
The Suez Canal, by which his name
will be known in posterity, was carried
out with the ruthless disregard of hu-
man life which Pharaoh might have
shown. 1t was lined with lives and
might almost have been filled with the
dead fellahs whose curses were heaped
on the men who drove them to their
unpaid labor. They have all persisted
The Egyptian Khediye is an exile and
and an obscure prisoner on the Bos-
phorus. The French Emperor who urg-
ed the work as one of the triumphs of
France filed an exile's grave, and his
widowed and childless Empress, who
opened the canal amid such splendid
fetes as the century has not elsewhere
SCCu- Nus AuIOlGu ldlict. ii Dtll anu
gray-haired woman, like some ghost of
formergreatness Now De Lesseps falls.
With him topples his son aud the great
engineer whom he lured into this evil
enterprise. A pardon will doubtless
spare the elder man the ignominy of a
cell, but no executive clemency will
interpose to protecs the men who had
won high place in their profession and
calling when ambition and circum-
stance, the zeal of the promoter and
the greed of the Spectator, led them
into the devious ways which have end
ed in the dock, the van and the prison.
Terrible as these sacrifices TO ont
ragged justice are, they will not satisfy
French public opinion and they ought
not. The bribe-taker is not less gull
ty than the briber. The acquittal thus
far Of every Minister and Deputy vii
be UNNECESSARILY accepted as prooi
that the courts and the administration
lacked the courage of convicting thei
own associates and the recent rulers o
the Republic. The belief will be fatal
not to the Republic, but to the Minis
try.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-17

The attempt of the Republican party
to eyade responsibility for the present
condition of our currency is absurd and
unworthy. The Sherman act is purely
a Republican measure. 1t was framed
by Senator Sherman, a Republican,
passed a Republican Senate and Re
publican House, was approved by a
Republican President and has ever
since been administered by Republic
can officials. There can be no doubt
whatever as to what party is response
BILE for the act, and forwhatever effects
have followed its enactment
If the law had proved successful the
Republicans would have lost no time
IN claiming its success as due to their
efforts, but they now wish to disclaim
it because its effects have already been
unfortunate and threaten to become
disastrous.
Under the operation of the Sherman
act considerably more than one-third
of the gold in the Treasury has been
taken away from it, and against the
$3.50, 900, 900 it held when the bill was
enacted it now holds but sos, 900, 900.
Even this is rapidly being drawn
away for shipments to Europe, ST.
100000 having been sent off last week.
Foreseeing the crash which is inevi-
table unless the law is repealed for
eigAers are selling their American Sc
curities and our own people are be-
ginning to hoard their gold. The
American securities which are coming
back from Europe must be paid for in
gold, and the shipments will therefore
continue until such legislation shall be
enacted as will relieve the anxiety of
European investors. Meanwhile the
banks pay out their legal tender notes
and hoard their gold that they may be
prepared for the financial crisis which
may come at any time unless the Sher-
man act is repealed
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-17

General Armstrong, Superintendent
Of the Indian School at Hampton, Va.
has written the President to the effect
that the annexation Of Hawaii would
be conducive to missionary interests,
and would put the United States in
possession of an important strategic
position. These considerations might
have gained in force had they been
put forward separately; but both are
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-17

The latest device in coal mining
operations is to bore through to aban-
doned workings and Gil them with
culm, which solidfes rapidly and furn-
ishes an adequate support foi the strata
from beneath which the coal has been
removed. The coal remaining in the
old workings in the shape of pillars and
supports may then be taken ont, leav-
ing the solidfed culm as the sole
support Of the superintendent mass.
The experiment is shortly to be
tried on large scale at the great
Nottingham colliery, near Plymouth.
If successful it would change the en-
tire aspect of the future Of the coal
mining industry.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-17

Had the sentence of the elder De
Lesseps has designed to rouse thesym-
pathies Of France and create re-
tionary sentiment in favor of the re-
mission of his sentence, it could scarce
ly have better served that end. His
years, his infirmities, and the lustre of
his achievements for France and for
mankind have pleaded fervently in his
behalf, and even stern Justice here
leans to mercy's side.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-17

The Secretary Of the Treasury should
remember that calico opinions, like
calico prints, are good for nothing
when they will not wash. To put them
off on the public is an imposition. He
may hope that they will wear three
weeks without being tested, but wash
day is coming and the shopman who
put them on the market will not be
forgiven even if the shop is in the
hands Of the sheriff.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-17

The politicians who were so taken
aback by President Harrison's appoint
ment of Judge jackson to the Supreme
Bench had just caught their breath
when Judge Gresham accepted seat
in President-elect Cleveland's Cabinet.
There is a suspicion abroad that those
politicians who are in politics only for
what there is in it will be kept very
busy during the next few years recov-
ing from surprises.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-17

Another chapter in the history of
one of the most complete aud extraor-
binary bank swindles of tins genera
ton was closed yesterday at Boston,
where jury found ex-President Pot
ter, Of the bankrupt Maverick Nation
al Bank, guilty on five charges of false
certifcation of checks Justice in
Massachusetts as elsewhere, is leaden
of foot in her pursuit of offenders of
this class; yet the penalty Of wrong
doing is none the less sure.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-17

To thousands of Republicans the re-
currence of Abraham Lincoln's birth
day is a sad reminder of the scarcity
of Republicans of the Lincoln stamp
The breed seems to have persisted from
the face of the earth. But DIR. DepeW
is troubled with no misgiving. De-
feat does not destroy his chipperness,
nor abate the izz of his speech when
he uncorks himself. There is no rea-
son to believe that Abraham Lincoln.
if alive to-day, would be able to stand
on the Republican platform or to touch
elbowsw the gentry who are in favor
of protective tariffs, force bills and
billion dollar administration; but that
doesn't hinder the genial Doctor from
trying to tie the defeated and disgraced
party to the tail of its past achieve
ment in an endeayor to demonstrate
that it still stands for the high purpose
of its beginning. In the light of fact
such a performance is melancholy.
Neither Depew nor any other man
could bridge with his active chin the
chasm that separates the old Republi-
canism from thenew. Mr.. Blaine died
in the effort. Lincoln still lives in the
hearts of his countrymen. SO does the
Republicanism of Lincoln, Chase, Sew
ard, Summer, Fessenden, Trumbull
and other contemporary statesman.
But the people have repudiated latter
day Republicanism. 1t cannot be
grated upon the old stock.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-17

Is Judge Greshem going into My.
Cleveland's Cabinet because he IS a
great statesman Scarcely. There
are two reasons why that hypothesis
must fall to the ground. The first IS
that he never demonstrated that he is
man possessed Of great abilities, re-
ioicing in an endowment Of statesman
like qualities. On the bench he made
good Judge. not altogether free from
cratic tendencies, but in the main
tolerably sound. And, Of course, in a
judicial capacity he could not be ex-
pected to show craftsmanship.
While member Of Mr.. Arthur's
Cabinet his performance was not char
acterized by any pyrotechnical displays
of anything more than fair capacity
to attend to routine work, just as any
one of million or two Of other Ameri-
can citizens might have done. A ten
dency toward the method and modes
Of thought Of the martinez in his deal
ings with the clerks and subordinates
of the two departments oyer which he
successfully presided will hardly be
accepted as an evidence Of statesman
ship.
Is he to be appointed, then, because
he is a great leader who will take a
strong following with him into che
Democratic fold? If 50, where is the
followingg What has it ever been
able to do for himg And is it his fol-
lowing simply on personal grounds, or
because of belief that he is not only
what lie is personally, but because he
is a Republican as wellY
Mr. Cleveland is certainly too shrewd
to imagine that he will strengthen him
self with the people by putting Gresham
in his Cabinet. Mr.. Gresham is q cold
man, a narrow man, a selfish man and
a cranky man. History credits him
with nothing that will not sustain this
summing up.
1t is puzzling question. Possibly
the future may solye it. But at the
present time there are some millions of
people who are wondering what could
possibly induce Grover Cleveland to
call Judge Gresham into his Cabinet.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-17

Mr.. Gladstone will push the Home
Rule question to the front in Parlia-
ment to-day, and will strive to keep it
there until some decisive result shall
have been reached. The progress Of
the struggle will be noted with de-
cree Of interest on this side of the
water second only to that which it has
excited in Great Britain.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-17
AN UNJUST ATTACK,

The Martinsburg Herald of Saturday
last contained two articles attacking
Del S. w. Walker for the introduce
ton of billin the W. Va Legislature
concerning bankrupt, assignee sales,
etc. One of the articles was in the
shape of an editorial from the editor,
while the other appeared in the form
of correspondence and signed by an
"Observer." OF course the writer was
merely an observer" and the pub-
Usher the preservern of his name.
This is the 10Th century method of
playing a midnight assassin. Why not
come out boldly and sign the real
name If "Observer" was sincere in
his criticisms, why is he not manly
enough to make such an attack over
his real name. Why stalk around in
darkness plunging a knife into Dele
gate Walkers back, when perhaps
observer confronts him with a smile
and word of encouragement for his
bill. Bosh {! Away with such princi,
pie
But to take his valued contribution
by piece-meal it contains nothing OF
importance-merely g sloppedpover'
grammatical effort. There is nothing il
it worth the answering. Evidently tn,
writer had been bordering over pat
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-17
CHURCH SERVICES.

Protracted services will be held every
evening, beginning at 1880 o'clock on
Wednesday 10Th inst, at the Baptist
church. On Monday evening, Goth
inst, Rev. w. J. E. Cox, of Staunton,
Va, has promised to come to aid in
the conduct of the meeting. All cor
daily welcomed. Saturday excepted.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-17
ICE PASSING OPP.

The ice on the Potomac river has
been gradually passing off. 1t has
been worn very thin by the sun melt
ing it ON top and the current cutting
it from below, and it is not likely to
do any damage whatever.