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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-19
GALLATIN MEN.
Bozemsn Papers and Announce Them
selves for Helena for the Capital.

The Hnsbandman's lately-took the
Bozeman Chronicle to task for its po-
sition on the capital question. The
Chronicle replied that its position was
endorsed 10y every farmer in heGalla-
tin valley. The following letter to the
Husbandman is printed without com
ment, as it needs none.
BOHEMIAN, Mont, June lS.-Editors
Husbandman As a Gallatin valley
farmer | wish to express my hearty
approval OF your course in showing up
the inconsist ency of the Chronicle on
the capital question. You are right
in saying that many GailatIn valley
people are in favor of Helena. Very
many are disgLstcd with the stand
taken By both the Chronicle and Cou-
rier in so grossly misrepreseDting the
sentiment of the county. Many who,
We must acknowledge, have a grudge
or prejudice against Helena, and who,
if the choice were between Helena and
some other place in the state, would
vote against Helena, will in this case
vote for Helena rat her than for Marcus
Daily. They do not like Helena but
they dislike Marcus Daily more and will
not take any chances on putting 80
important matter as the location OF
the capital of our iair state into the
power OF one man; who believe ii one
man secures the location OF the capital,
can elect our state officers, can, IN
short, contral legislation. No, we will
take no chances on so dangerous -
probability. But there are very many
more who will cheerfully and conscien-
tiously support Helena from this
county, from patriotic motives and
for geographical and commercial rea-
sons. The prejudice against Helena
has been greatly magniiied and is not
entertained by many. The old citizens
have a warm place in their hearts for
the city that was so long our chief
market, and which must yet, with the
addition OF Fort Harrison, be the
market upon which we will be COM
PEELED to rely for the purchase and
consumption OF our produce. Butte
and Anaconda markets have disap-
pointed us. They are too easily
reached by the Idaho and Utah farm
ers. But did not intend TO write a
long letter, but only wanted to pro-
test against the residents OF Gallatin,
all, or any considerable portion OF
them being counted for "Ana-Daly."
Respectfully,
w. w. WYLIE-
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-19
HE GOT A BARGAIN.
This Time the Game Was Played On the
Wrong Customer.

This Time the Game Was Played On the
Wrong Customer.
'sThirty dollar coats for S10," was
the way the advertisement ran. In
the windows hung some really hand
some articles of clothing, which
were calculated to make the passer-
by begrudge the $50 spent for an
''order coat" before the blessings of
Q closing out sale came into view.
On the tables within the shop were
piled coats almost innumerable.
On the front table and on the top of
the pile was coat which the prospect
i've customer regarded with great
favor. 1t seemed to be $3.50 coat
for SO" in truth. 1t was the first
one he picked up ON entering the
store. Heput it on, but before he had
had time to see himself in it the sales
man had dragged it off, with the re-
mark, THAT won't do at all, +" and
offered him garment of faded blue,
which looked like a So coat, for SO.
The visitor asked for a coat similar
to the one first noticed.
Sorry, but these are broken lots,
and we can't Just fit you in that,
was the reply. Now, what do you
want in thisl' and another CHEAP
coat was brought out.
The customer tried on several and
then came back to his first love. -
want to try that ON again, he said.
"Oh, that won't fit you at all,
| tIa al h,,t he hAl,nn1 thA
itor to don the coat, and the latter
thought it fitted very well. The dis
covery was made that it was already
sold. The customer didn't see it IL
that light, and in consequence a con
ference of clothiers was held in tn,
back part of the store A man came
forward and said;
There's man in the back room
that wants that coat"
Il want it, too, said the customer
But it doesn't fit you"
"All it needs is to shorten tn
sleeves, and you say that you do tina
for people"
"Well, we can't do it on that coat
We don't want you to take it. w
don't want such a looking thing +
GO out of our store" said the proprie
tor.
The customer persisted, however
and amid scowls and protests Dor
off his coat in triumph. He says h
is used to decoys, and that it is dar
gerous for the dealer to throw III hi
way expensive samples not made t
sell.-New York Tribune.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-19
RroOklYn,s Two Hotels.

One of the queerest things about
Brooklyn-a city of which many
queer things are told-is that it has
but two hotels worthy of the name.
No one will deny that this seems
strange of a place ranking as the
third largest city in the Union, its
population numbering over million.
OF course Brooklyn has more than
two buildings called hotels. There
are perhaps six that go by that name,
but there are only two that compare
in any way with the hostelries of a
metropolitan city. One of these is on
the Heights" near the East river,
and the other-a new and palatial af-
fairs on the hill, more in the
center of the city. The other estab
lishments are provincial in their ap
pointments, their linen, their sur
roundings and their general ensem
BILE. Some have good restaurants and
queer rooms. In others the rooms
are neat and the cooking abominable
New York News.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-19
Facts About Postage Stamps.

Postage stamps, stamped envelopes
and postal cards are all made by con
tract, none of the work being done
in Washington. At each factory in
spectors are stationed, who must ex-
ercise strict oversight of the whole
business, from the taking in of the
blank paper to the sending out of the
finished product upon acquisitions
from postmasters, all of which pass
through the department at Washing
ton. Every sheet of paper must be
accounted for, and if single stamp
be imperfect or imperfectly printed
the whole sheet containing the de
fective stamp must be sent to Wash
ington for examination and destruc
ton. From 5000, 900 to 5000, ,0O0 OF
stamps are thus sent to Washington
every week, where they are careful
ly counted, checked off and burned
Blue and Gray,
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-19
Conscience Not Egotism.

Several years ago a station master
ON the Erie railroad showed such an
unusual ability in the handling of
freight as to attract the attention of
the Vanderbilts, who later asked him
to Join his fortunes to their road. In
time he became general freight agent
of the New York Central. One day
he was confronted with complicated
problem in the freight business. He
thought he knew what to do, but he
felt that the matter was of such vital
moment that he had better refer it to
President Vanderbilt. The railroad
magnate heard the freight agents
story through, and then he said, lift
ing his eyebrows:
HJim, do you expect me to earn
your salary for your
That was enough. The freight
agent withdrew and settled the mat
ter in his own way. This man was
j. H. Rutter He afterward succeed
ed W. H. Vanderbilt as president ol
the road, and all because he believed
/ in himself and studied his business 81
well that his self confidence was wei
founded. New York Press.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-19
Amputating q Lions Tall.
w. w. WYLII

A valuable lion in a Madras men-
agerie having incautiously allowed
its tail to stray into an adjoining
cage, the tail was seized by an evil
disposed leopard close to the lions
body, when as the lion attempted to
escape almost the whole of the skin
of his tail was stripped off. This was
followed by such an amount of in
fiammation that the hons life was in
danger. Surgeon Major Miller, broth
er of the late Professor Miller of Ed
inburgh, then surgeon to the govern
or of Madras, volunteered to per
form amputation. The hon was seized
in his cage and his head covered with
q cap containing considerable guam
tity Of chloroform. He was then
dragged TO the edge of the cage and
the tail passed through the bars,
where DIR. Miller cleverly performed
his operation. The animal made a
good recovery.-Madras Correspond
0rzA
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-19
THE TIMBER CRUISER.

whsk the savant Of the Forest Does and
the ''signs" That Guide Him.
On the frontier of advancing civil
lization there Is a species of hveli-
hood called cruising for timber"
The simile is an apt one, for the
woOdsman who seeks new timber re-
gions amid the trackless wilderness
in which the sun is hidden by day
and the stars by night, is as bold a
navigator as his brother who tolls on
the painless waste of the sea.
The timber cruiser is even more a
child of the forest than the native he
succeeds. He is the precursor of the
lumberman and the sawmill, two i'm
portant factors in our progressive
civilization. He is untaught. Gen
orally he knows nothing of astrono-
my but the suns course and the polar
star, because the heavens are so
often wholly out Of sight in the tan
gled forest that he relies on other
guides. The mysterious secrets of
terrestrial nature, handed down to
him by generations of pathfinders
gone before, keep him informed.
On the prairie he knows that the
tips of the grass always incline to-
ward the south, and that they are
less green on the northward side. In
the forest the slender twigs on the
boughs bend southwark so slightly,
it may be, that only the trained eye
can detect the DETECTION. Yet it is
there. The moss ON the tree trunks
is always on the north side. the bark
is smoother and more supple on the
east than toward the west, and south
ward the mildew never comes.
The timber cruiser is hero, He
is forest king. The wealth of the
woods is his. He always travel.
alone. His acts of courage, endur
ance and skill are never witnessed
by others and are never boasted o
by himself Indeed his successes ol
failures are never talked about, sav'
to the directors of the lumber com
panies who employ him and to whom
be makes minutely detailed report
He has probably the best memor.
known to man, for he will return
from a two months ''cruise" and b.
able to locate accurately every trac
Of valuable hemlock timber in 1
hundred square miles Of WORTHLESS
woods aud tamarack.
He undertakes the most arduou
journeys without providing NOR
than a blanket and few days pro
visions. He confrOnts all kinds o
dangers, mindful of their inconven
ience, but fearing them not, becaus
he studies nature ON a cOmmercia
basis. In brief, he is true philose
pher, always prepared for the une1
pected, happy because ignorant @
the relative values of comfort an
discomfort and brave because he
an egotist who believes thorough
in his own abilities.-Julius Chan
bers in Century.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-19
Highest of all in Leavening PowerLaest u S Govt Report
Re-! g! RskiR@ Bs%asT
ABSOLUTELY PURE

er rates as for the entire railroad fares.
Portable that We have to spread out
over good deal OF space in order to
avoid being made ill by the journey.
''Then, too, | think the system OF
tipping the employees OF the company
should be discontinued. 1t is small
matter in the individual case, but it is
an extortion to pay the porter for
each trip you take. The tronhle is
that these men are not paid enough
by the company. Ii they were paid
adequate salaries the passengers would
not he Obliged tocomeiorward to help
them out. really hink the men need
the money in most cases, and always
appear mean about the matter. There
is n sort OF compulsion about it,
though, that rs very dlsagreeable, and
it could all be avoided.
"rhese points, of course, are all to
be gone over by the Committee on In
teIstate commerce, which will proba-
bly, take up the matter as soon as
Senator Butler ret nrns from the south.
don't know how long he will be gone,
but | know that this matter has
already met with the approval oil a
large majority OF the senate. There Is
one matter should not be overlooked
in this consideration. The main pat
ents on these sleepers expired, and
there is no reason why the railroads
should not begin to make aud run
their own cars. Twas acquainted with
the original inventor OF the sleeping
car, who is now dead. He was Obliged
to sell out to the Pullman company
and they have held the monopoly Will
great care. The first patents havenow
believe, run out, and, although tn,
Pullnlans have taken out letters fol
some improvements, 1 think it would
he perfectly easy for the monopoly to
be broken. In the case OF the New
York Central there is a corporation
within a corporation. The Wsgnel
company is composed of members o
the Central company, and the rates
remain the same, so that the public
does not get the benefit OF the indepen
dence of the Central from the Pullman
people in the least. This will Away
be until the government takes holc
and regulates the rates.
"Englishmen have often expressed
their surprise to me that we endur
the limited accommodations OF tn
sleepers. They think that our nigh
cars are very uncomfortable. Q
course, England. where the territor
is very small, there is little of nigh
travel, and so sleepers are almost ur
known. On the Continent, too, ther
is little use for the night ears, for mos
of the travel il by short routes, b.
, tourists who travel from townto tow
) on trips that occupy only "A few hours
ICommercial agents are the only people
; nearly, who use the sleepers, which ar
] built on somewhat the same patter
| as ours.
81 think that this abuse can b
, reached, ard | propose to press thl
matter to some sort OF conclusion.
: seems to me that the American peop
| have suffered uncomplaInlngly iou
enough, especially rs there Is remed
at hand -
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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-19
Opportunities For Good Deeds.

Remember that if the opportunity
for great deeds never come the op
portunity for good deeds is re
newed for you day by day. The
thing for US to long for s the good
ness, not the glory.-Frederick w
Earrar.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-19
Her Hope.

Myrtylla-So you are going to mar
~ old Mr.. Goldrocksl
Ethylle-Yes, am,
Myrtylla-Why, he's almost 90
years old and has buried six wives.
Ethylle-I know all that, but do
not doubt you remember the story OF
the pitcher that went to the we'll /
hope to break the spel.-Vogue.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-19

<sSxo~ JAMES A. SHIELDS Posi- No -, q.
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~ A. r.. of Lewistown meets on the last
U Saturday Of each mouth, at 2 y. IA, in
Il q. A. X. hail.
w JAMES REED.
AOA Commander
" A. NJ. MA'uMBER Adj.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-06-07
The Same RcDairS Every Year,

The supervisors of roads for tll" va
rious townships ii Center county, Pa,
have adopted now methods for the re-
pair of roads. An examination Of the
township books shows that for III, V
years the Same expense has been ! =
quircd year after year to repair I .
damage done by floods that arc Z Z.
mitted to wash away tho material ut
on the roads the previous years. At
present no one is responsible for rcl' T.
ing any slight damage that may ICED
attention, and - Il result the improve
ment of the public thoroughfarCs re-
quircs annually an excessive sum Of
money, due entirely to negligence. The
supervisors i'll order to insure a daily
supervision of the roads, have decided
to hire men to work on the roads regu-
larly during the spring, summer and
autumn months. Their respective town
ships will be divided into districts, and
n man to whom the contract of road re-
pairs is awarded will be responsible
for the care of the roads in his district
and liable to any damages resulting
from the bad condition of the same
Philadelphia Press.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-06-07
THE PHOTOGRAPHER.

When the daguerreotype was a new in
vention, the face of the sitter for a portrait
was busted with white powder.
A gold medal has been awarded to Fred
erick E. Ives of Philadelphia by the Pho
tographic society of that city for his
achievements in colored photography.
The Empress Frederick has induced two
Berlin societies of amateur photographers
to cooperate in bringing about an interna-
tional exhibition of photographs by anna
teurs in 1895.
1t is said Mat when the Great Eastern
was photographed an advertisement on the
side of the vessel of some ones patent pills
that had been painted out with tar reap
peared in the photograph.
NJ. Boutan, II French scientist, who is a
practiced diver, has succeeded in taking a
photograph of his surroundings when stand
ing on the bed of the Mediterranean at Ban
yuls-sur-Mer, near the Spanish border.
Louis Ducos du Hauron, the we'll known
French photographer, is to begin the publ
cation of the first Photographic paper in
Africa. 1t will be published in Algiers I'M
der the name of Photo Revue Africaine.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-06-07
Story of q Lustrous Diamond.

One of the finest diamonds in the world
was found not long since in the Brazilian
sands. 1t came in novel form. A small
quartz rock was found, about the size
and shape of an egg, lying in the sands
along the bank of the Amazon in Brazil.
This was carried home by Brazilian
peasant, who was attracted by its odd
shape and light weight. For some time
it lay in his home with number of
other geological specimens, mere Gu
riosity. Happening one day in handling
it to drop it on stone block, it burst
open and lay in halves on the block.
The hollow interior that gave the light
weight to the stone was filled with blood
red sand. In this sand lay the diamond,
sparkling stone of the rarest quality.
The stone was later sold to a diamond
merchant and left the finder exceedingly
wealthy.-St Louis Globe-Democrat.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-06-07
Wanted Modern Conveniences.

A man with a serious Countenance went
into an cent lodging house on West
Madison street Thursday night He dc
posted nickel, n cent stamp and a pen
ny on the counter and said:
Your rates arc reasonable enough if
your accommodations are good. Has my
room south Window"
1T hasn't any window"
well, we'll. That's bad. l suppose
though that the transom admits plenty of
air."
1T hasn't transom."
mo transom: do hope that it has the
incandescent light instead of gas. 1 de
spise gas"
so do l, and you're giving me too
much of it, said the clerk. Why don't
you go to your stall and put your jaw to
bed?'
II will go to my couch in good time, I"
rejoincd the guest, with dignity. II want
to know how tho room am to occupy is
furnished. Does 1t contain desk that I
may attend to my correspondence Docs
the carpet harmonic with the wall paper?
Does''-
''Seo hero, partner" cried the clerk,
handing over tho nickel, and the postage
stamp, and the penny, there's a 10 cent
lodging house across the street. Go over
there, and perhaps they'll give you electric
bells and scented soap and send q break
fast to your room in the morning. Your
blood is trifle too aristocratic for an 8
cent house. Git!''
He got.-Chicago Tribune.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-06-07
words In the TeIephone.

Long distance telephoning has become
little science on its own account and
has called into existence class of oper-
ators who are valuable by reason of the
clearness and sharpness with which they
can pronounce words while speaking
rapidly.
1t has also developed the fact that the
French language is better adapted to the
purposes of the telephone than the E-g-
Gsh. The ordinary business of the long
distance telephone between Paris and
London is carried on in the French Ian
guage. 1t is stated that the considerable
proportion of sibilant or kissing syllables
in English renders it less easy and &C
curate means of communication.
Certain English words are especially
difficult of transmission by telephone.
The word soldier" is cited as one of
these. Proper names frequently occur
in the midst of an otherwise perfectly
audible and intelligent conversation
which the ear cannot possibly catch.
These must be spelled out, involving de-
lay.
Expert telephone operators i'll the press
service between Paris and London have
succeeded i'll transmitting messages in
the French language at the rate of $50
words a minute. This is at much
swifter rate than ordinary speech
Youths Companion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-06-07
THE BEEkEEPER.

Better keep bees in box hives than not to
keep them at all.
During fruit bloom is the best time to
transfer bees from box hives to movable
frames.
In working among bees be careful not to
jar the hive. 1t almost invariably makes
them cross.
When bees swarm and are hived, do not
leave them until night, but move them to
their permanent position.
When drones are driven from the hive, it
shows that the food is getting scarce and
that the luxury of supporting them cannot
be afforded
When there is rush of honey coming in,
the bees build store or drone comb, because
they can take care of the honey faster than
with smaller work cells.
Bees do not depend upon stores for rear
ing the young, as they do upon new honey
daily brought in from the fields, and usu-
ally regulate the size of their families &C
cording to it.
1t is often best when good flow of honey
is desired to feed the bees in the interval
between fruit blossom and white clover so
that the brood nest shall be full of brood
when it comes.
1t is always best to be fully prepared to
handle bees when attempting to hive them.
Sometimes they can be scooped up with the
hands with impunity, and the next hive
will sting at every possible opportunity.
If swarm is hved in clean, cool and
well ventilated hive and placed in the shade,
the bees Will seldom desert it. But if left
exposed to the hot sun too long they may
conclude to seek more pleasant quarters.
Where honey is to be shipped to market
the use of u full sheet of foundation is an
advantage, as the comb is stronger and not
so liable to break from the wood The hon
ey has also a finer appearance, and this, OF
course, pleases the customer.
People who keep bees and have no run,
ming water near should keep a supply near
the apiary. One vessel should be a little
salty, putting about a teaspoonful of salt to
pail of water. While rearing, brood bees
will carry good deal of water.
Foul brood is a highly infectious disease
among bees. Spraying with solution Of
salicylic acid, if done in the early stages OF
the disease, will sometimes afford relief, but
if it has made good start it will be better
to destroy the whole hive, bees and all, as
completely as possible.-St. Louis Republic.