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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-23
ARTISTS OF THE ROUNDUP.
Old yivno Texas Cowboys Vastly Different
From Those OF the Present Day.

Old Yinno Texas Cowboys Vastly Different
From Those OF the Present Day.
The old time cowboy is no more. He
passed in his checks with the free grass
custom. The big pasture has intro
duced new order of cowboy, who sleeps
IN 4 house and "obeys orders" or quits.
The old cowboy was the companion Of
his boss and shared his pleasures and
his hariships.
No manager in this big headquarter
rochhouse reminded him of his inferior
rank in society, nor did any of the mod
e-r ranch accessories mar the common
dangers, the pleasures and the freedom
and equality of the whilom cowboy and
cowman. But the ranch in the Olden
time was a cottonwood loghouse to
cook in, and for roof and protection
from the weather the slicker was used,
and mother earth supplied their beds.
The broad range and the overhanging
slSy answered for house and home. A
roundup in IS67-SO was not bounded
by wire fences, but the boys gallred out
IF camp after breakfast, made n wide
sweep, and all then drove toward a
common center, and 10! directly at that
point was gathered a herd of stock cat
tie of all brands, ready for the cut to
| begin.
The high toned man was tabooed.
remember such man appeared at the
ranch of J. T., in Shackleford county,
! in 1869. He was city fellow, and
would say Thank YOU and such like.
His intense politeness and high toned
nonsense aggravated the boys nightly.
Jim B. in particular-poor fellow
was especially frctted by his nonsense,
as he called 1t, and tried to ridicule it
out of him. but in vain. At last his
resentment ripened into genuine hatred
and it was hard to Keep the peace be-
tween them, for the city fellow had
git too.
Well, one morning in 1869. at Noun
| tain pass. in Taylor county, long before
| any one lived III that section, Jim got
awfully mad and gave the city fellow a
GUESSING, whoreupon n row resulted and
blodshed WIS barely prevented there
and then. We got the city fellow to ride
off, and it looked like peace had return
cd, but one hour later Jim b. and his
amiabls enemy met Off at one side of
the roundup. happened to be near. In
fash the city chap ran before Jim,
| dismounted, leveled his gun on him and
demanded an apology or death.
Jim jeTked out two six shooters, but
said nothing. and instantly the city
fellow fred. Poor jim rolled off his
horse dead man. got to them Just
as Jim fell. He died instantly, shot
through the heart. His slayer mounted
his horse and lit OUT We buried
Jim and Went ~ with our herd, two
men short, but with no Giscordant ele-
ment among us.
Such was the old way. The boys We're
courteous and kind, they were gener-
| Gus and brave, industrious and honest,
but they would not stand any high toned
nonsense. \ new era has set in. Which
Is the Letter we cannot say, but one
thing is sure-with all his faults, and
they Were many. the old time cowboy
was man to be trusted in peace or
war and was the very soul of honor.
Dallas News
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-23
At HALF RATE IN A BOX.
A NebrasA.a Mans Solution of the ProbleH'
OF Chcap RailrOnsl Travel.

! A NebrasA.a Mans Solution of the ProbleH:
os Cheap Railroad Travel.
The Darlington operates a line to
Sheridan, Wy, at which point the
Adams Express company has an Office.
About two weeks ago man called upon
Mr.. Smith, depot agent for tho Adams
| Express company in Omaha, and in
quired the cost of shipping a box,
weighing about $50 pounds, to Sheri-
dan. He was informed that it would
be about $40.
| a few minutes before train time IN
express wagon brought the box to the
depot. 1t was mlOaded, weighed,
properly marked for shipment, and i'm
mediately placed on board the express
car. preparatory to taking n $50 mile
| journey.
The box was abcut feet long and 8
feet wide and weighed 273 pounds
The express charges We're SIZE and
We're paid 10y n man whose identity the
express company is ROW attempting to
establish. The train duly arrived in
Sheridan and the box, among other
goods, was unloaded from the express
car and stored in the depot and the
doors locked.
In about half an hour Agent Wood
was Informed that tho express Office
door was ajar, and the belief was voiced
that burglars were at work robbing
the place. The agent at once secured
the assistance Of several men, and after
arning themselves they entered the
express Office. Nothing was found dis
turbed except the Omaha box. 1t was
empty. The lid had been forced from
the box. and the contents were gone.
When the box was critically examined,
it was found that no instrument had
been used from the ortsi.ie to loosen the
cover.
Upon the inside n: one end was plain
ly to be seen the print of Il man S feet.
The size of the box. the weight and the
footprints Were sufficient To convince
the agent II had certainly contained 4
human being, and that El,on his arrival
at the end OF the Journey he simply
opened the box. walked over to the door,
unbolted it and disappeared.
There are many theories advanced as
TO the purpose of the man III the box.
Some believe that arrangements were
on foot TO rob the express company,
either on the train or at the Sheridan
Office, while others think that the occu-
pant of the box was an escaping crimi-
nal.
In any event, he beat the railway
company out of half of a fare-fcr the
fare for a human being. alive or dead
is $50. 50.-Orlaha World Herald
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-23
The Conductors Large Acuuaintance.

when l was out in Chicago at the
opening of the Worlds fair" said a
friend of mine, Il had occasion to make
a call on some old acquaintance on the
West Side. The streets in that portion
of the city hads many of them the bap-
tismal names of women, and as l lived
there at one time the calling of them by
the car conductor sounded familiar to
me, although it seemed to puzzle an old
countryman on board, who was doubt
less visiting Chicago for the first time.
There were number of ladies' among
the passengers, and as the conductor
called out Elizabeth the car stopped,
and one of them got off. A few squares
farther and there was the call Ada.
followed by a stop and the exit of an
other lady.
The old countryman began to look
interested, and when the next call came.
May, and he saw lady gather up her
bundles and walk down the aisle. he had
a puZzed air. In quick succession there
came Pauline Roberta and Augusta,
followed by the departure of a passen-
ger. Tho old man could not stand it
any longer. His eyes bulged out, and
making a rush for the platform he said
III stage whisper TO the conductor.
Great snakes, mister, do you know the
names OF all the women folks in this big
town?
He had been under the impression
that each woman who left the car an
swered to the name that was called out. 4"
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-23

1s Frye rs is Rye" naturally ripened and
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mcnded TO the connoisseur as mcritorious arti.
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invnlids, conv alsscents and the aeed. II restore.
lost vitality. creates strength and appetite builds
MP the weak and dcbilitated. Quarts n Pints
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For sale at Harper HOuse Pharmacy. and BIZ
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-23

o mi I'm, thou art p ssing fir;
No charms with thine are worth com .,arirr
love thee, yes, wow. swear
Sa she. II muc: objec; 10 swearing
o. from my suit, lore, do not shrink.
eel Thy bright eyes fascination;
Intoxicating love .raugh's drink
Sasd Spe II hale intoxicat ion
II tbou reject, my rae shall end
Beneath tire turf the earth emb acin-,
The last II maine of thy fond friend
Said .he, ~ hate the turf and racing"
But If he rad taken with him as n pr, sent ,
bottle of DIR. Pierces Favoritc Prescription h,
would have been more successful in bis suit. Sb,
donbtess owed many OF the charms which CAP.
iivated him to its virtues. For brirhtenjnp
womnn's eyes, and giving her that healthy look 5,
much admired by the opposite sex, il has n,
equal. Guaranteed to cure or benefit in fall case,
of :" Female weakness" irregularity. painfu, ne r
iods and Kindred aliments, OF mon,y paid Tor i
r, turned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-23
A Well Flied Postal Card.

At the Dusseldorf exhibition few
years ago q gentleman showed n postal
card upon which the whole of the FIRST
three books Of the Odyssey were written.
the remaining space being filled with the
transcript Of long debate which had
taken place in the German parliament a
short time before. The whole card con-
tanned q, 1000 words.-Boston Common
wealth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-23

Rudy's Pile Suppository is guaran
teed to cure piles and constipation
or money refunded. Fifty cents per
box. Send stamp for circular and
free sample to Martin Rudy, Lancas-
ter. Pa. For sale by L. II. Thomas
and Hartz 4 Bahnsen, druggists,
Rock Island, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-23
turkish BATH Rooms

Baths OF all kinds. including
Turkish, plain, sham poo, cleo
trio, elcctro-thermal, ETC., may
be obtained ut the Sanitarium
Bath Rooms. on the first floor Of
the Harper House.
ROOMS OPEN.
For Ladies FROM n. m. to
~ m. on week days For Gen.
tlcmen-From 6 n. m. to 1880 q.
M, and from 2 p. m. to 0 p. m.
on week days On Sundays the
rooms will be open from 6 u. m.
To II n. m. for Gentlemen only.
Electric and Elcctro-thermal
baths may be obtained at any
time during business hours.
Gymnasium connected with bath
rooms
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-23

by weu-known Surgical and Ei.c-
trical processes. For years the
treatment of such things has been
especially at the John II. Wood
bury archaeological Institute, r2s
Mest47o st., New York. Regular
Physicians there doing nothing
else all the time. Their 1so Page
Book, telling all about it, will be m
toyour address for ,oc. in stamps OF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-23
IN ARTIFICIAL MAIDEN.
IL 10 Easy Enough TO be Beautiful /
You Only Know How.

Moles and Blcmishes on the Face. Moustacb,s
on Women, Pug or Crooked Noses, Lsrre
Mouths, Outstanding Ears-there Is no reason
Tor putting up with such dishguremcnts now-a-
days. They, and lots more, are all easily removed
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-14

man'pulations of the markets. II
business has moved within q
very small compass it is owing
to the fact that there was no fine cop
per available at what has 30 far been
considered the market value. W. have
before reported that the large lake COM
panies are holding firmly for 1Oc.; that
the producers Of electroiyt c copper are
nearly all sold out for four OF six weeks
ahead, and that consumers could not yet
see their way to pay 1Oc. for lake copper,
at least not for wire bars, for which the
demand principally exists. For casting
copper values are also materially higher,
but in the absence of larger transactions
we have to quote nominally, lake copper
at 9ls@l0c,; electrolytic copper, 9R@a,
and casting copper, 94@93o. The ex-
ports continue to be very light, and are
not likely to increase during the present
month. For the month Of November
the exports were only 400 tons.
"In London q large business has been
doing from day to day in all grades Of
copper and the speculative market shows
an advance for the week of nearly los,
the closing prices for G. M. BIS being
.f4O 7s 6d@lOs for spot and E4O 15s017s
Cd for three months prompt. For refined
and manufactured we quote: English
tough, E42 f42 15s; best selected,
FAB los; strong sheets, E51 10s@
ESP; India sheets, E47@E47 los; yellow
metal, 4 Sled.
THE offers Of Lake copper on the
other side seem to have disappeared, and
sellers of American copper are said to
have withdrawn"
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-14
WAITE ON DECK
The Demagogue Governor OF Colo
RADIO Is Congratulated by Eel.
low DemagOgues.
POOR OUTLOOK FOR LABOR
Yesterdays Proceedings Of the Fed
Grafton at Denver Not OF an
Encouraging Nature.

DENVER, Dec. 12.--Rev. Myron w,
Reed addressed the Federation OF Labor
convention today on "Paupers and Mil
lionaires." He said: This is a we'll
dressed body Of men, but l will guar
ante that if you will 60 out and ask for
work, and food and sleep in your clothes
you will look like tramps." Referring to
the general method of dispensing charity,
he said it was much of it conscience
money from the rich robbers to the poor
victims. He was preaching the gospel
OF a discomfort. "Governor Waite, more
criticized than any other man in the
United States, did what no other gov
ernor did. He called out the troops to
protect the poor" President Gompers
responded to Mr.. Reed in a compliment
airy manner and expressed himself in
hearty sympathy with Governor Waite.
1t was decided to invite the governor to
address the convention. BY unanimous
consent a resolution, presented by Vice
President Mcclure, was adopted, reaf-
tirming the former position of the FEEDER
alton, that no action should be taken
regardi, g religious creed or any similar
subject.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-14

The River Press has this to say about
Fred A. Sears, we'll known to all the
stock men and railroad boys in this Sec
ton:
Erred A. Sears, the jolly representa-
tive of the Burlington, who has made
Fort Benton his headquarters while
working in the interests of his road, has
at last decided to become a resident OF
the state, and from this day forth Sears
can be regarded As a Montanian. The
advent of the Burlington into Montana
with its present terminus at Billings,
has made the locating Of a freight and
passenger agent in this state necessary
and of course Fred gets the job. The
selection is a wise one, and the position
is we'll earned, for Sears has worked
faithfully for the Burlington with the
result that the great bulk Ut the cattle
shipped from Northern Montana go from
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-14
Brewery Improvements.

The Montana Brewing company are
making important and costly improve
ments in their plant. Yesterday a car
load of machinery for the brewing house
arrived, and another car containing a
new refrigerator plant is expected shortly.
Two carloads of fine redwood tanks are
now on their way from California, and
when all these new appliances are in
place the capacity Of the brewery will be
considerably increased. The business OF
the company is constantly increasing
and demands additional facilities. Three
cars of Montana malt arri ,ed yesterday
tor the brewery. The company expect
next spring to work on the
construction of a big mailing plant, anc
by this time next year not only to bt
making their own malt, but exporting i
to the east On a large scale.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-14
NEW METHODIST CHURCH.
The Church Edifice of sand Cou!ec About
Doubles Its Capacity.

The Church Edifce of Sand Cou,ee About
Double Its Capacity.
The: Sand Coulee Methodist Episcopal
church was reopened on last Sunday,
Rev. w. W. VanOrsdell, superintendent
of the North Montana mission, presid-
ing. Rev. r. McCraven, the energetic
and popular pastor, had filed to over.
flowing the former edifice, and the de.
mands of the Sunday school having out
growntheir accommodations, the trustees
and membership determined upon an
enlargement, and with their character.
istic enterprise an addition was built
just doubling its former capacity.
The new church was ready for the first
dedicatory services on Saturday night.
Rev. Allan Rogers, a former pastor who
built the first church, preached the
sermon. Rev. w. F. Hawke of Lewistown
preached on Sunday morning. Rev. r.
A. Armstrong, a former pastor, preached
on Sunday afternoon, and Rev. F. A.
Riggan Of Great Falls preached on Sun
day evening. Crowded congregations
attended all of these services. The sun
day school in the afternoon numbered
POT. There we're nine accessions to the
church on Sunday morning. Five hun
dred dollars were raised in the evening
towards the indebtedness, and with
their accustomed liberality, the people
will pay the balance needed.
The pastor, Ladies' Aid society, trus-
tees, membership and the congregation
have wrought wonders. Sand Coulee
promises to become one of the most
prosperous charges in the state. The
parsonage has been newly enlarged and
furnished and the generous people can.
not do too much for their rapidly devel-
oping church. A pleasant feature of the
occasion was the presence of the two
pioneers who held the first religious
services in the town, Rev. w. W. Van
Orsdel and Rev. f. A. Riggin, and the
reunion OF its former pastors, Revs. AL
len, Rodgers and r. A. Armstrong with
it's present heroic pastor Rev. r. M.
Craven and Rev. w. F. Hawke.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-14
WEDDING L
Mr.. Fred d.. Shiras and Miss Ona a
Auken Welded Last Night.

Mr.. Fred d.. shiras and Miss Ona Van
Auken Welded Last Night.
Col. Fred D. Shiras, the we'll known
and popular hardware merchant of this
city, executed a little surprise on his
yesterday. When he met a
charming young lady at the train, arriv-
ing from the east and drove off with her
to the residence Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Glab, some Of the boys got a little sus-
picious that there was a wedding in the
wind, but it was not until last night that
they learned that the popular colonel
had thrown them over and joined the
ranks OF the benedicts. Rev. f. A.
Riggin of the M. Z. church was sent for
and the happy couple made n about 8
o. m. The ceremony occurred at the
residence Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Glab,
and no one but the immediate friends OF
the parties we're present.
The bride is a young lady from Pleas
ant Lake, Indiana, Miss Ona VanAuker
by name. Mr.. and Mrs. F. D. Shirat
will reside on the North side and a yer,
large circle of friends Of the groom II
this city will wish them both all happi
| ness in life.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-14
THE MINISTER WAS GAY.
A Chicago Minister. ElOpes With tn
Wife of tho Manager of a Well
Known Firm.

A Chicago Minister. Elopes With the
Wife Of tho Manager of a Well
Known Firm.
CHICAGO, Dec. 12.-Rev. Conrad Ha-
ney, pastor of the Lake Avenue Evan
gelical church, has eloped with Mrs.
Brandt, wife OF George w. Brandt, man.
ager of the Price Baking Powder
company.
The minister left a letter addressed to
George A. Otis, one of the trustees of
his church, in which he confessed his sin
and asked the prayers Of his friends.
He also left a letter for his deserted
wife.
1t is stated that Mr.. Brandt had sus-
pected an intimacy between his wife and
the preacher for some time, and yester-
day followed them and caught them to.
gether at a downtown hotel. There was
a stormy scene and Mr.. Brandt gave the
preacher twelve hours to leave the city.
Haney did not wait so long but fled last
night, accompanied by Mrs. Brandt.
The Brandts live on Forty-sixth street,
zeal Drexel boulevard, and are we'll
known in the aristocratic circles of Ken
wood. Rev. Mr.. Haney's home was at
Lake avenue and Forty-fifth street.
His wife, whom he left in almost des-
titute circumstances, is said to be heart
broken over her desertion.
Rev. Conrad Haney will be remembered
as the preacher who, on a recent Sunday,
occupied Central church pulpit and
delivered So powerful a sermon that there
was some talk of calling him to fill
the late Prof. Swings place.
Haney is about 40 years old and pos.
sessed few personal attractions.
Both his father and grandfather we're
Methodist preachers. as we'll as several
others of his relatives, and he naturally
drifted into the ministry Of that church.
After completing a course at the public
schools Nh. Haney entered the North
western university, where he graduated
in the class of rs. He was Immediately
received into the ministry and, not long
after, accepted a call to go to the pas
tqrate at Sherman, Tex.
He remained there two years and re-
turned to Illinois and served churches at
Eureka, Normal and Kanakee.
In the fall of 1893 he withdrew from
the Methodist church and came to Chi.
cago to organize a Liberal church. He
found no lack Of hearers, and
the outgrowtb OF the move
ment is now the firmly established
Union church on Lake avenue. The
spirit of the congregation and it's leader
is made plain in the following motto
which is to be found at the head of al
their publications:
"No creed, but Gods word; no rules
but mans conscience; no mission, but t.
help humanity"
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-14
COPPER MARk Ell.
An Outlook That Is Encouraging to Pro
ducers.

An Outlook Thai Is Encouraging to Pro-
ducers.
From the Mining and Engineering
journal of Dec. 8 the following is taken
in regard to the copper market:
"The firmness which we predicted
during the last four weeks, and the bet
ter prices which we prognosticated have
at last set in. At no time could we
more truthfully say that this was a mat
ter of course, az with hardly any stock
outside of the usual holdings the de-
cidedly better demand in this country
and q continued fair consumption in
Europe, together with the reluctance on
the part of all producers to sell at the
unduly depressed prices which made
production unremunerative to all but a
few specially favored concerns no other
result could be looked for. No doubt
values would have improved q great deal
sooner had it not been that prices were
kept down artiicially in Europe as vel
as here in consequence OF some
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-14
ANOTHER SUICIDE AT BENTON
j. G. Anderson. Stenographer to T. G,
Power Il Bro, Sends u Bullet
Through His Heart.
He Was Found Cold in Death by His
Roommate Early Yesterday
Morning.

Parties arriving yesterday forenoon
from Benton brought the news of an
other tragic suicide at the head Of navi-
cation.
j. G. Anderson, stenographer for T. G.
Power & Bro, at Benton, committed
suicide in his room in the Record build
ing Wednesday morning by shooting
himself through the heart. A note
found beside him on the bed informed
Coroner Culbertson that it was the wish
Of the deceased that no inquest be held,
as there were reasons for committing
the act which the world need never
know.
VIM. Willis, an employe Of Power &
Co., who roomed with Anderson, discov-
cred the suicide first. Az Anderson
failed to put in an appearance at the
store as usual this morning, Willis BUS
picions became aroused and he visited
the room, where he was Mortified at find
ing his room mate cold in death.
The body neatly dressed lay on the
bed, Nearby was the revolver which
had sent a bullet crashing through the
young mans heart. Parties from Ben
ton say the affair created a profound
sensation in the staid old hamlet, the
like of which it has not experienced in
many a day. 1t seems that Anderson
for a week or 30 had acted a tritle queer,
80 much 80 that bis conduct impressed
his roommate with the idea that the
man had done away with himself when
he failed to reach tie store on time. The
deceased was single and % years old. He
was intending to go east this week to
Dayton, Ohio, to be present at the trial
of a friend who is being prosecuted for
forging and selling passes over the
Nickel Plate road. Some think this
weighed on his mind and possibly led to
the act Of self destruction. Others hold
that perhaps he had met with some mis-.
fortune in love. So far as can be learned
he enjoyed a good reputation in Mon
tana as a straightforward, honest, young
man. T. G. Power & Bro. have taken
charge of the remains and will attend to
the burial.