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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-19
An ELoPRNENr.
Miss Maud Barnum Of Cora Rlopei With 9
Half-Breed.

Ed Barnum of Cora was in the city
Monday looking after his sister, Maud
Barnum, an attractive young lady of
about 20, who vas said to have eloped
with a halfbreed known as Indian
Charlie, who is well known around
the Kibbey district. Miss Maud had
been working at Geyser station and
had left her place last week according
to the story told by the neighbors, in
company with the halfbreed who had
been paying her attentions, and came
to Great Falls. From this point the
couple went to Fort Benton and a
telegram from that place stated they
would be married there.
Miss Barnum is an accomplished
young lady and her extraordinary.
choice Is a matter or deep regret to
her family who have had a great deal
OF trouble heretofore, and feel that
her hayward action puts a climax on
their troubles. Miss Maud was ar
rested along with Ed Barnum and
Mrs. Barnum about a year ago in
connection with the Mann p~ostoffice
robberies, but the charge against Miss
Maud was dropped at the preliminary
examination. The public will remem-
Der that the cases against Ed Barnum
and his mother were vigorously prose-
cuted before the United States Jury
and made quite a sensation at the
time, although the jury brought in a
verdict OF acquittal in both cases.
The Barnum family spent about all
they had in the defense of their cases.
This additional trouble falls with par
ticularly heavy weight on the family
in consequence.-Great Falls Leader.
The River Press of the 18th inst.
contains the following in relation to
the above episode:
After using in vain all his piteous
appeals to dissuade his sister Maud
from marrying "Indian Charlie" Ed
Barnum gave up the attempt and re
turned yesterday afternoon to his
home i'll Cascade county. Maud would
have Charlie, and that settled it. Ii
fact, Maud wanted Chs.rlie even NOR,
than Charlie wanted Maud, and with
out him she refused to be comforted
She declared that no power on earti
could diminish her feeling of affection
for him, and when Ed found sistel
Maud had it that bad he Withdrew
from the field and let her rip.
Today d marriage license was ISSUED
to the Indian as Chas. Martain, an,
Miss Maud Barnum, and all that wa
needed to complete the job was a mat
rimonial expert, and accordingl.
George W. Crane, j. p, was called in
After putting the various questions
in which the young and resolute brid
promised to brand, waffle and halter
l break the groom, and that worth
> agreed to make a living for two, tn
sturdy justice pronounced them ma
!, and wife, and the sensation OF the wee
+ was over.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-19

Free trade and free soup apparently
go together, judging from the situation
in some of the labor centers.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-19

There is hardly a printing Office in
the land that car ''set up one of Gro
yer Cleveland's letters without running
ont of CAPITAL ops"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-19
British Hopefulness.

Seven thousand men in the Clyde
shIpyards are idle. But they are not
without hope of relief. They hear
that active preparations are being
made to launch a free ship bill in
America.-Boston Journal.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-19

Senator Power has our thanks for
the speeches of Senators Henry NJ.
Teller and John W. Daniels on the sill
Yer question.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-19

PUBLISHED WEEKLY By
JOHN n. vR00MAN, f: Editor 8 Proprietor.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-19

Montana dropped $4,000 in the
Worlds Fair slot and got a six-bit
premium on building stone.-Helena
Herald,
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-19
Eerpus County Arpua.
PAPER OF FERGUS COUNTY.

.EwIsTowN. THURSDAY. Oct. 10. %.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-19
A VETERANS VERDICT.
The War is Over. a Well-known Sol
der, Correspondent and journal
ist Makes a Disclosure.

Indiana contributed her thousands OF BRAY
soldiers to the war, and no state bcar~ "A tEf
ger record in tina respect than il does
literature it IL rapidly acquiring s.
,snviable place. In war and lIierttu'.
solomon Jewell. we'll known as "a ~ri!r.
sol" has won an honorable pnstlrn- lH
ng the late war Inc was "A meHniGr al o.
ID. n. Y. Cavalry and of the 18th Indiana j.
1antry Volunteers. Regarding an impOrtA'
circumstance he writes as fellows;
several of us old veteran. here are t;>t'
Or. Miles Restorative Nervine. Hear g.
and Nerve and Liver Pills, all OF them siNiI
plendid satisfaction. In fact, We have IT,
,I-eI remedies that compare with them.
+ iie Pills we must say they are the bt=>f ''E
,ibation of the qualities required la a pr
GRAFTON of their nature we have ever ktus.'
We have none bun words of praise for il'l
'Ch.y are the outgrowth of a new prime e
medicine. and tone up the system "iftfv'
FULLY. We say TO all. try these Iren9t'ii"
-sptonon Yewell, Marion. lad De-. =. -
These remedies are sold br III drusg
= positive guarantee. or sent direct ~
Or. Miles Medical Co.. Eikiarr. lad 90 r
'eipt OF price, 81 per 6uft tie, .iA 10 lies -
press prepaid. They pt- t.Et'ly ''a-IiAtn nS'-
plates nor dangerous drugs.
-
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-02-17
SIOUX MORTUARY CUSTOMS.
Terrible Self-Torture Inflicted by Both
Braves and squnws-

Braves and squnws-
The Dakota Sioux paint a corpse red
across the mouth, the hand black. with
the thumb on one side OF the mouth. A
Sioux, says the st. Louis Republic,
never cries with pain and never exhib-
its alarm at death or shows fear of any
kind. The medicine bag Is placed on
the heart. There is little or no prepar-
alton for death. The corpse Is blanket
ed, boxed and buried with the head 10
the south, whence they believe they
originally came. A person who has
been murdered by one of their own
tribe is always buried face down, with
q fat piece of pork or bacon In the
mouth to prevent the spirit of the muir
dered person from soaring the game
from that section. A kettle of food is
sometimes placed at children's graves
Girls eat the food out of 1t at girls
graves and boys at boys.
The scalplock is cut of, hung up in
the lodge and considered keeping the
ghost" Formerly these Indians buried
in a tree or on n platform. and burial
in the ground was n disgrace. They
even sometimes carried the dead
body of a person with them on their
journeys The most cruel mourning is
practiced. The squaws hack themselves
to pieces with stone fiints unti they
are covered with blood. The braves run
sharpened sticks through their flesh un-
til the scene is fairly sickening. A sin
gle scalp avenges the death and stops
the mourning. While they mourn they
never laugh, wash or comb their hair.
They also have what is known as the
ghosts gambol." The Minnataree In
dians, of Dakota, cut of their fingers
for the dead till the whole ground Is
strewn with them. They are invari-
ably buried in a green blanket, though
they never wear green when living.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-02-17
English Farm Hands.

When, rs rarely happens, English
farm laborers come to this country, they
find IL extremely difficult to accommo-
date themselves to the current American
custom of eating but three meals a day.
An English maid servant and nurse who
lived to be more than hundred years
old averred that she had always been
accustomed to "a dew bit and break
fast, stay bit and dinner, n nommet,
a crummet, and a bit after supper"
Extra meals are common enough during
the harvest season in this country. The
hasty breakfast at half-past three in the
morning is followed by ''stay bit" at
eight o'clock and by a luncheon be-
tween the noon-day dinner and the
after-sunset supper In parts of south
ern Pennsylvania the dinner hour Is
eleven o'clock IN the morning, and it
would not be difficult to show that
Americans living on the same meridian
are dining all the way from that hour
until seven in the evening. The great
mass of country folk still dine at noon.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-02-17
PUSSY DIED OF GRIEF.
Her Only Friend Was = Murderer whom
She Followed to the scafHold.

Her Only Friend Was . Murderer whom
She Followed to the scanold.
Ellis z. Smith, the only republican
sheriff Pettis county has had since the
war, and the only sheriff that has ever
executed criminal during the criminal
history of that county, was relating his
experiences as an officer to a reporter for
the st. Louis Post-Dispatch. II wit
messed quite peculiar thing in the jail
at Sedalia last year." he remarked. II
had the very unpleasant duty of Off
cially removing an old man by the name
of Tom Williamson, who had been con-
victed of a triple murder. About two
months before the day of the execution
the old man asked me to get him
young kitten to raise. / did so. An at
tachment grew up between the two
that was certainly remarkable. If at
any time 1 happened to lock the old
man up in a cell without the cat, she
would raise such a disturbance that
would have to lock her up with him
They were together day and night.
When the day of execution rolled
around, the cat appeared to be the
chief mourner and brought up the rear
of the death march to the scaffold.
When the trap was sprung, the cat
walked back into the jail and, after
walking up and down the corridor for
an hoxr, pounced upon old man VII
hamson's cot, where it remained for
week, refusing to eat or drink. About
eight days after the execution deter
mined to remove her. When / attempt
ed to frighten the cat off, discovered
that she was dead. / actually believe
she grieved herself to death"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-02-17
THE COMING HOG.
Not an IdeaI-Lookfng Creature. But .
Very Profitable One.

Not an Ideal-Lookfng Creature, But .
Very Profitable One.
The future hog must be n rustler. by
which Is not meant n razor back" or
'shazel splitter" but one that has the
getup and grow to him; an animal Of
fine proportions. with extra top line.
broad deep hams, clean cut, smooth un-
der line, free from habbiness of jowl
or belly, with deep bacon sides and
deepness extending we'll back TO flank
and forward to shoulder, not uneven.
and deep in center. having a fine cut
head, smooth and broad between the
eyes, Jaw broad and tapering well and
even to muzzle, eyes clear and promi-
nent, with ears standing out well from
the head, breaking evenly and smooth
towards the point, but would even pre-
fer a standing-up ear to a drop or flop
ear, as n drop or flop, habby jowl and
underline in my experience are not
rustlers and are more inclined to dis
ease frOIaa Shsi- N @t~r~ - ~r~thessfa4ss-r
and these bad habits are generally
found together. The bone should not
be too large, but one of fine and strong
texture, legs firm standing erect on
their pins and tapering well from arm
down to their feet. Some people have
an idea that the size is the most de-
sirable in the selection OF N hog. and
that large bones, no matter how badly
shaped, is the hog for them claiming
that large hogs must have large bones
While n good bone is desirable, IL well
shaped, a small bone is more TO my
notion than q big. awkward-shaped
one, for this reason-a hog that has the
right form and small bone possesses
the property of putting on deep flesh
and making big returns for his feed.
and carrying to market desirable meat.
while the other is a harder, longer feed
er, and goes to market with n larger
per cent of low priced meat-H C.
Dawson, in Colman's Rural World
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-02-17
VALUE OF TILLAGE.


Increased PROFITS 10 the Reward OF Csm-
~entraf~a Farming
The almost universal tendency with
western farmers for years has been
''spreading-outr farming. Evcrywhere
will one see farmers who. out Of choice.
had rather run over two acres 70 raise
thirty bushels of wheat than 10 have tho
headache hard enough TO raise that
amount on one acre There ~ good
reason for this. To raise thirty bushels
on one acre requires skill. fDrethouEint.
care, good tilla9r. In short. that Kind
of crop depends on the man rs much as
on the land In the other case there
would be but very little investments Of
the man. and more Of luck and blind
trust In Providence when a man has
more trust than skill he will Of course.
invest that OF which he has tine most
Every man farms according to the
of The man TIE mn@v nee M
ways bSabIe 90 do as wei as De knows
but he VIII Try. and. what Is more. he
will try to keep his tnowledge ahead
of his hands Every year adds evidences
that concentrated. not '-sprra4i-ouf-'
farming is 10 be the future 9rd~r Of
things Concentration enriches the
soil; '-spread-out' impoverlshcs it Con-
centration reduces the primary capital
in land and increases its DrOciuctiveness.
thus decreasing the cost Of production
The IriShnan was right when. on hear
ing another speak % a certain horse
as being quite speedy. he replied.
'',Troth. know of horse that all srot
ms fast ms two nv i'm" That " the
principle To work for Lay out Jour
capital in bert&r tilIa--. not n1-e
acres: in better cows. horses hogs and
sheep, not more. but better o1es~ IN
acres and animals Only in this way
can true economy and n conservatism
of the farm forces be 6rouTht about
so as TO enlarge the margin ~ pro6E
The mischief with all our products is
that they cost ton much 10 raise. This
state of Affairs viii continua with
every farmer until he sees more clear
Iy and applies more enerwrsicaIly this
principle Of less acres and better I'll
iage. less animals and better ones.
slowly Tn every farming community
are N few who ARE beginning sn x~1ain-
ate up and out OF the low level % com
trary ideas. and Increased PROFITS come
10 them "a n arrwarvt-COlmnn's Rural
World
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-02-17
ABOUT ROOT CROPS.


Thry Are FreAtahIs for Farr=a Wear the
Cisy Mnrk-c&-
Many farmers haze learncd that good
crops Of potatoes are profitable when
grown near enough 20 market 70 be
disposed OF without too long ezrriag-.
The same consideration r1ust h~ re-
garded in growing crops of hectS tur-
nips, carrots. parsnip@ and other roots
They are both bulky and heavy in pro-
portion 10 their price. A good deal %
hard work must 70 for ali the money
they bring. That is true also of Posa-
toes They ara not like the eheaply
and easily harvested grain crops The
roots are worse than potatoes In this.
that after they are out az the ground
their tops have TO be cut of Potatoes
can be dug by machinery. and only
need hand labor in picking up and con
veying 10 the market wagon Well
grown root crops. however. yield 80
much more heavily than DO average
potato crops that for those not af-aid
Of hard work they ray better than
most others III land j. good and sea-
SON favorable they will. nc low prise.
give n large return per acre. Root
crops are one of the sure ways by
which an Industrious man can pay for
his farm Maybe he will earn his
farm while paying for IL Most do.
But IL is at least better than the hard
work that men most afraid - labor
often are obliged 20 do and ret m re-
turn at all Tf n man has enough To
sustain himself while working 70 he
may buy an acre cf rich land. put it
into roots in the spring. snd pay for the
land with the product the coming fall
II is not very likely that the price Of
any kind of roots will fall low enough
TO prevent this being done. There IS
never likely to be the close con petition
I'm root growing i'm this cosntry that
viii always prevail In grain growing.
Though they may not wish - grow
roots for market. yet farmers should
grow enough TO at leas; make aehange
of feed for the stock they keep through
winter TurniPs and heets are best for
hogs, and are especially good for breed
ing sows before as well as after far
rowing. Carrots are excellent for
horses. A peck Of them day Is worth
more for each horse than the price Of
them in the market BeetS. carrots
and parsuips viii each pay better fed
to cows than they will be TO market
With a well stocked farm there is
home market for a large supply ~
roots, and il any are grown tor market
ing By the bushel the hons market
may well take the place Of any other
when the price is low
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-02-17
AT THE CORNERS.
Tale OF q Tramp I


A dfea-y, wild November day,
The winds are whistling their way
Across the moor
He does not hesitate 10 wedge
His shIvering form within the hedge,
A shelter poor.
Along the slippery, rutted tracks,
High loaded with their bursting sacks.
Farm wagons roll
They heed him not. nor seem TO near
The wall OF misery and fear
That rends his soul
The daylight fades and with IT hope.
Again through cruel night 10 grope
His bitter lot
But stayi What sound comes through the
Storm
little roicei A ohild's wee form,
It's way forgotl
ALAS poor comfort of my rest,
Without roof or shutter blest,
What warmth IS here
Wen o-er tki5 hcwildered child
GCs, III: TIC storm is howiing Wild
. With wintry fear!
"There, little one, I'll wrap this coat,
Such 1t is, bout arms and throat
Dear frozen mitei
Lordi can think beyond the yesrsi
My babe-adrift and cold-in tears
On such night
"Rest, child; your head upon this arm
Is safe enough from other harm
Than wolfish cold
Don't cryi Till morning comes Just sleep
Somehow we'll manage life to keep.
You see I'm bold"
Along the slippery highways shine,
Now high, now low, torchlights OF pine,
Whose eager rays
Hunt but the shanows from the hedge
And throw within the woodlands edge
Their anxious blaze.
They're meeting at tho corners now,
Strong heads IN fearful sorrow bow.
For hope seems fed.
When. from the hedges gloom moan
Comes family, and the light is thrown.
A glow Of red.
There, folded 10 a loyal breast
The child enjoys troubled rest,
Yet nothing cares;
He's certain his poor ragged friend
VIII guard till night be at an end,
Though Ill he fares
The tramp poor fellow. bent and cold,
piteous sight-gray- haired and old
No word he said
They try to rouse him from his seat,
But rest has come at last most sweet
The tramp is deadi
George E. Bowen In Inter Ocean
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-02-17

a specie. ef waxhrssus Wnk<A 8s4 80
Szm~ Enses .luasrs
The Inhabitants q the Southwestern
mote intexieati1u4 10 is known aR thr
Hy- blown sauShruorn. and is assoc very
abundant In Scotland The fnnrrns
gathered In the hottest part uf th~
year. and = then ha1r up ~ = strinu
in the ar - dry Some are dry b~fore
gathered and these are se1r~sf % -
FAR more narcotic thar those arFiarial-
rolled up lice boius. amd tnaz~m with-
out chewing. for. IN mnmtiemnrst. 10 t~
sn ia 10 disorder the stuunmch. am~ lmrxw
or two -znmu frrri prosanee what ~
looked upou ~ n rfcas9n1 state af IN
toxication for one day The sxect -
the same As that produerd o. saklnx q
quantity of spirits or wine. exe~pr a IN
b1lus has been swallowed a. Mrma "a
produces w~ry che~rfui emmhhmmw n4 shw
rninL 10 RENDERS sDn@ p-rsnma ezn~eaA
inxiy active. and IL n stimmiamz sm mups
eular exertfuns tlAus. X a p<rsou af<eet
Ell by it wishes 20 step over = strazr o.
n small stick q impeIs him 70 take a
jump sufficient 20 clear u tnw hegiwe sr
n trunk of . trees it Irr~pz thns@ fnnsl
OF music perp@tmaiiv sinnfnm. nmah nia-
der it, influence. a rallrmriw~ p~rsNnr
can neither keep srcrwts u@r sah~nrr.
hence il = . source II DANGER so l1aii-~
and politicians. s.--liorsicultura1 firns-
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-02-17
FEEDING HEIFERS.
The Need of a More Scientific Treatment
of Young Dairy stock.


The first year of the dairy cow l. the
most critical of all her life. Immature,
because not more than half grown. she
has had to give life to her calf. she is
now called upon to give milk for her
owner, and within a few months she
will again have to furnish life and sus-
tenance for her second calf so she
has nearly q constant threefold demand
upon her energies, and unless the ut
most skill is taken the usefulness of
the coming cow viii be injured by care
less and ignorant methods of feeding
and care This young heifer should
receive, not only a great abundance of
food, but that which is succulent and
easily digested, and the greatest care
should be taken to develop the NAM
mary gland That is. her food should
be so regulated that it would not only
sustain her and produce material for
the growth of herself and the embryo
calf, but there should be a surplus re
suit of the food consumed; the milk
and butter product is the result OF this
surplus We want to so breed and feed
calves for the dairy that they will
make cows that win put this surplus
feed into the milk pail and nowhere
else.
wish | knew how to better empha-
size the need of a more scientific treat
ment of our two-year-old heifers- III
all of them could be fed right for one
or two generations, the average prod
uct per COW of our dairies could be
easily raised 20 per cent AS soon as
the animal digests and assimilates
more than it wants for its daily susten-
ance, and all healthy animals can di-
gest more than IL needed for their daily
wants, il seeks to do something with
it Now it Is the province OF the
breeder TO direct this surplus energy
into specialized channels, a. may be
desired, and creating n tendency 20 re-
ceive this surplus and store it in the
form of growth, milk, beef or reserve
energy appears to stimulate the power
of the animal to increase the amount
of surplus assimilated food, aud so the
animal may be induced to go on and in
crease its production until it has
reached the limit or end Of the law Of
its being The change and variations
desired often come slowly, but each
additional generation may add some
thing valuable of surplus directed in
the channel best suited TO minister to
the wants of malxind Prot. T. p. Rob
erts, in Farm and Home.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-02-17

A mar seated himself i'm q ehAir ~
ann uptown Barh~r-~h0w and @rsAr~ q
ONE plain Shave wfthmms rnmAe. -L@e
here he SaisL. bv way af nmrn
m~nt. srve rit ana Aswfsar1y uenAz~r 4 e
and want you 90 be VERY ear~fri ~
ia
The barrier promised saiemakE -
turn ir 90 hsrn ns whole ~ n@ toumf r.
and then he pruee~si~f to strap
razor hnrFv Tie Iarh~r~d It's nmrsi
Imr customer carefully -no& hia @ar
his hand aEd wi.h One swip@ r@mmF
b~nrSL lzrher and curfrie f-um hmir
chin Tae parieut howi-st With Fr
and sitting bolt upriEhE IN he ehair
eyed the barber -cpro4ehf1llF
What IN snuntirr are yuu irvine -.
dr. n- drznandied anw-ilv
'-You So aay raznr ~ ro~ Hnmrm mr.
owir-s4 tlas eh~urerm~ldimn hmrn~~
ns so sharp that when ia smM@@ mmiA ~
WI nos ies IN and I arm Obliged ts
play th~ ssrinx oae - Nina~@r- 3
Tines