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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-26

II sleep with a candle, pencil and
q pad by my bedside, remarked an
assistant county prosecutor. land
you have no idea of what service
they have been. Some of the bright
est thoughts and suggestions come
to a man who does not fall asleep the
moment he strikes his couch, and by
being prepared he can save them for
future use. / know that some of the
best points in several murder cases
and other leading trials in which
have appeared came to me after l
had retired, and if l had waited until
morning to jot them down / would
probably have lost them.
1T is a little thing sometimes that
is the turning point i'll a great and
hotly contested case, and l believe
that salient points that come to me
in that manner have aided me to win
where ! was apprehensive of
the result. Some authors and poets,
l believe, have followed some such
plan in preserving brilliant thoughts
and ideas and even whole poems
that came at such moments as if by
inspiration. Cincinnati Times Star.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-26
SECOND ANNUAL FAIR.
Program for the Fall Meeting of the Fergus
County Agricultural, Mineral and
Stock Association.
Wednesday. Thursday, Friday and Sat-
urday, sept. 5, 6, . and s, 1894.

The association offers the following
stakes for 1894:
Merchants stake, for two-year-old trot-
tiers, mile heats 2 in 3, S75 added money.
Entrance $50, payable SIS, So and $40.
Breeders stake, for two-year-old run
ners, one-half mile dash, S75 added. En-
trance and payments same as in Mer.
chants stake.
Association stake. for thr~ee-yearold
trotters, mile heats 3 in .. Entrance S25,
1st payment So, 2nd SO, Bird $40; 500
added.
Judith stake, for three-year-oid runners,
distance one-mile, 500 added. entrance
and payments same "a in Association
stake.
Nominations for stake races close July
Goth, 1884. End payment due August Goth
and third payment the day before the race
before . o'clock p. m.
Other races for all classes of horseA.
81 500 offered in purses and stakes. Run
ming, Trotting, Double team, Ladies', Bicy-
Gle aid Indian races.
Exhibits of all the products Of Fergus
county.
Four days of Pleasant Sport and Profit
able Entertainment.
Program Of races may he had upon APP
plication to the undersigned.
RuDoLF Won ToBEL, Secretary,
Lewistown, Montana.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-26
A cooperative Store.

Tuesday evening a second meeting
was called to consider the proposition
OF starting a cooperative store In
Lewistown, but so few attended that
the meeting was postponed. MIR. p.
W. Watkins. who seems to be the
moving spirit, thus outlined his plans
TO an ARGUS representative:
The stock is To be placed in as many
hands rs possible, the limit allowed
each shareholder being fifty shares at
50 or $500. The store pays eight per
cent interest on the amount invested,
payments to be made semi-annually.
All trade is to be on a cash basis ex-
cept i'm cases OF atiliction, when credit
will he allowed shareholders to the
extent OF t~wo-thirds of their amount
of stock, snch debt to be liquidated
within SIX months. Goods are to be
sold at the same price as by other es-
Establishments. The amount of each
persons purchases is kept by the Sec
rotary and at the end OF each six
months the purchasers receive a divi.
dend (should the store have earned
a proiit) not upon the amount in.
vested in shares but upon the goods
purchased; for instance, if a ten per
cen profit had been realized one who
had purchased during the six months
$500 worth of goods would receive a
dividend of $40.
Shares are non-transferable but are
salable to the Incorporation at any
time. Each shareholder has one vote
in all elections OF officers. The Off.
GERS will he a president and six direct.
ors elected sem~i-annually and a man.
ager, secretary and treasurer elected
annually.
Several meetings have been held
throughout the county in the interest
OF the project and Mr.. Watkins feels
hopeful of success.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-26

The tariff bill seems to be in a very
bad way. The house refuses to con-
cur in the senate amendments and
President Cleveland has written a let
ter urging the passage of the original
Wilson bill. The president, among
other things says: 1T must be ad-
mitted that no tariff measure can &C
cord with Democratic principles and
promises, or bear the genuine Demo
cratic badge, that does not provide for
free raw materials. In these circum-
stances it may we'll excite u wonder
that Democrats are willing to depart
from this most Democratic of all tariff
principles, and that the inconsistent
absurdity of such "A proposed departure
should be emphasized by the sugges-
ton that the wool OF farmers be put on
the free list and the protection of tariff
taxation be placed around iron ore and
coal of the corporations and capitalists.
How can we face the people after in
dulgiug in such outrageous discrimina-
tions and violations of principle" 1t
is not impossible hat the presidents
letter will arouse the ire of the Demo
cratic senators to such an extent that
no concession from the senate bill will
be entertained. Speaker Crisp has APP
pointed the same conferees and they
will have another bout with the senate
committee. There is still hope that
the bill will not become o law.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-26

The senate aud house are having a
high old time over the tariff bill. and IL
is the prediction 10y those well informed
that All agreement between the two can
never be reached and that the bill will
never become u lHw. Several senators
are very indignant over Cleveland's in
fundamentally Vest, of Missouri T;
Smith, OF New Jersey f; Brice, of Ohio,
and Gallery, of Louisiana. Ii the bill
is not passed at the present session II
stands II poor chance of becoming a
law. 1t might be taken up or a new
one framed and passed during the
short session from December to March,
but this is quite improbable. If the
party is unable to patch up a satisfac-
tory measure in a years session, il
could hardly do so in three months
a short session crowded with other ur-
gent business. The new house organ
lied on the 18th of March will undoubt-
eddy be strongly Republican, which
would put an end to tariff legislation,
II the Wilson bill becomes a law some
of the Democratic senator swill have to
eat humble pie offered by the great
mogulof Democracy, Grover Cleveland
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-26
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION,

As will he seen elsewhere the call has
been issued for the Republican State
Conversion To be held in Helena or
September 9Th, for the purpose OF
placing in nomination "a candidate for
representative in congress and one
candidate for associate Justice OF the
supreme court. The membership "
the convention is fixed at 2S6. Under
the apportionment to counties, Fergus
is entitled to eleven delegates and one
delegate at large.
Now hat the date of the State Con
vention is definitely known, the ques.
ton arises as to what course Republi-
can will pursue as regards county con-
ventions. In this county, as doubtless
in many others, there is a sentiment
against II long campaign, some believ-
ing that the latter part of September is
early enough to hold the convention
for nominating county officers.
Rule LIST of the state call says "dele-
gates and alternates shall he elected
so that 1t is impossible for the chairman
of the county committee to appoint
delegates t o avoid the trouble and ex-
pense of calling n convention tn choose
delegates. The only way seems TO be
to call two conventions I; yet this would
prove something Of a hardship Mt
the present time. Then, again, the
question will arise, should the delegates
and a%lternates chosen at the primaries
he for both conventions or would it re-
quire new primaries?
In Lewis and Clark county the Her
aid suggests but one set of delegates
and a%lternates and that the nomina-
ton of county officers be deferred to
an adjourned meeting. In this county
this would not prove so satisfactory,
but perhaps it is the best that can be
done.
Another plan suggested is that the
precincts be so arranged in districts
according to their votes and delegates
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-26

assigned to those districts as may be
deemed just, in distribution Of the
number the county is entitled to, that
is, twelve in number. These districts
to send their selections to the county
central committee who will issue Gre
dentials. This will secure a nor gen.
eral representation and avoid a trip To
any point set for n convention.
This method would DOT conflict with
rule first and. if practicable. would
save time and expense. Ii is not prob.
able that the delegation to Helena
would he very large as the convention
is held during the week of county
fair.
The matter will no doubt receive
early attention by the county commit
tee and some plan decided upon.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-26
FEDERAL INTERFERENCE

Fol the enlightenment Of those who
maintain that President Cleveland had
no authority to order fedora
troops into the state of Illinois We
quote two sections of the federal stat
utes. Altgeld, the most dangerous an.
archist in America today, fairly kept
the wires hot protesting against the
presidents action, but Cleveland dis.
posed of his rantings in a few words
No matter what ones party affiliations
may be, a true patriot will uphold
Cleveland in executing, by force il
necessary, the laws of the land.
Section 529s provides that:
Whenever, by reason OF unlawful oh
struetions, combinations or assemblages
of persons, or rebellion against the author
ity of the government of the United States
it shall become impractical BILE, in the iudg
ment Of the president, TO enforce, by the
ordinary course OF judicial proceedings, the
laws nf the United States within any
state or territory, it shall lie lawful for the
president to call forth the Inilitin of any Oh
all the states, and to employ such parts al
the land and naval forces of the United
States as he may deem necessary to EN-.
force the faithful execution nf the laws al
the United States, or to suppress such re-
bellion, ia whatever state or territory
thereof the laws OF the United States may
be foreibly opposed, or the execution
thereof forcibly obstructed.
Section j299 reads as follows:
Whenever inaurrection, domestic VIC.
lence, unlawful combinations or ronspira.
cies in any state SO ubstrucis or binders
the execution of the laws thereof. and oi
the United States. as to deprive any por,
ton or class of the people nf such state %
any OF the rights, privileges or immunities.
or protection, named in the constitution
and secured by the laws for the protection
OF such rights, privileges or immnnities,
and the constituted authorities OF such
state are unable to protect, or, from any
cause, fail in or refuse protection of the
people in such rights, such facts shall be
deemed ii denial by such state of the equal
protection of the la VS. to which they are
entitled under the constitution of the
United States; and in all such cases, OF
whenever any such insurrection, violence,
unlawful combination or conspiracy, OPP
poses or obstructs the laws of the United
States. or the due execution thereof, OF
impedes or obstructs the due course of jus.
tice under the same. it shall be lawful for
the president, and it shall be his duty, to
the militia or the land and naval forces oil
the United States, or oi either. or 10y other
means, as he may deem necessary, Tor the
suppression of such insurrection, domestic
violence or combinations.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-26

Cleveland does dot desert hisgoldbug
supporters. He has nominated Clifton
K. Breckenridge of Arkansaw for min
White. Breckenridge was a strong adj
yocate Of the repeal of the purchasing
clause of the Sherman law and for this
eason he failed to secnre II renomina-
ton in his congressional district.
Grover now rebukes the people of Ar
kansaw by giving Breckenridge n high
foreign mission.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-26
The Montana Flower.

Where can we find any more appropriate
flower for our state emblem than the white
lobelia, more commonly known as the
loco" flower? 1t grows in almost every
part of Montana, from the fertile valley oil
our rivers to within a few feet of our noun
tain snow-drifts. Wherever we find the
native bunch grass, so noted for it's nutri
tious qualities for stock. there also we find
the white loco. 1t is said that animals
after eating this plant become attached to
the locality. and although they may be
afterwards driven away from the place will,
upon regaining their liberty, return to tn,
spot and will not OF themselves GO away
from it. think we can find it emblemat
ical OF our state as follows.
lst-In it's white color and beautiful form
We find typifed our pure mountain air and
lovely scenery
2d-In the rich yellow tint we find at the
bottom of the cup-like blossom is repre-
scented the golden treasures buried in the
epths of our mountains, and as it has
been observed by many that people who
have lived in Montana several years be-
come so attached to our beautiful state.
even though circumstances should
cause them to remove to some other local
ity, they are seldom contented until they
again return to our snow-capped noun
tains and lovely fertile valleys.
In this, also, the loco is emblematical-
the effect of p~artaking Of, is to become at
tached to the place. 1t is hardy and will
bear transplanting. blooming in winter as
well as in summer, when properly cared for.
For delicacy and beauty, il might well be
named Montana's Lilly of the Valley"
Mrs. J. WATKINS.
Lewistown, Mont.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-26
BELGIAN PRISONS.
Solitary Confinement as 1t Is Enforced
Imam their Inmates

Solitary Confinement as 1t Is Enforced
Upon Their Inmates.
The second method of in1icting
irksome and more or less prolonged
imprisonment is claimed by those
who practice it to be the most con
sistent and the most largely effective
of all penal systems. 1t is seen at its
best in Belgium, a small, compact
and prosperous country, which has
spared no pains IL outlay in perfect
ing its prison arrangements, and
which is held up by some as a model
for universal imitation. There is
nothing novel in the disciplinary
methods of Belgium. They may
have improved upon the original in.
ventiOn, but that was first seen i'll the
Quaker state of Pennsylvania at the
commencement of the present cen
fury. Solitary confinement, as then
advised. caused much controversy,
but the system was as warmly de
Tended rs it was strongly condemned,
and it was adopted wholly or in part
by many of the countries in the old
world. AS it exists today in Belgi
um, in Holland and in France, where
it has but recently been introduced,
it has lost nothing of, but rather
gained in, that peculiar form of
severity which originally produced
such an outcry against it. The $50
lation is complete and continuous.
The inmates of a prison never see
each other. Their only human in
tercourse is with the officials, the
governor, the chaplain, schoolmaster,
trade instructors, who visit them,
but cannot be called companions.
Closely hooded when at large, exer-
cising strictly alone in a small, trian-
gular slice of yard, hearing divine
service through the open cell door,
cut off from all and everything but
their ghostly advisers and taskmas
tiers, the Belgian prisoner thus spends
any period of incarceration up to 10
years. After that he is permitted to
pass into association if he pleases
and if he has sufficient wit left in his
poor added brains to make the
choice. The curious visitor will find
constantly in the great prison of
Client a ward full of imbeciles, the
degenerate products of a strictly ell
forced, unduly prolonged solitary
system.-North American Review.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-26

1t is historically true, as the Mime
sofa Republicans say in their platform
hat 1.-THE Republican party took labor
from the auction block and made il
honorable; and it is equally true that
the same party has done more to in
crease the wages and promote the gen.
eral welfare of the working classes than
any other that ever existed.-Globe-
Democrat.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-26

Mayor Hopkins of Chicago is quoted
as saying of General Miles, "he may be
a big man in a city like Chicago but
like a congressman he is not much at
Washington" Then the general has a
little advantage over Hopkins, for the
latter is a small nan any place you
NM him
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-26

The bill introduced by Senator Power,
which has already appeared in our col
unins and which provides for the ex-
tension of time in making final proof
and payments on land for II period Of
one year, has passed the senate and
house and is now in the hands of the
president.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-26

The Billings Times thinks Anaconda
is unlike Pullman because there has
never been a strike at the former place.
Everything was serene at Pullman I'M
til the year of our lord, Grover Cleve-
land, 1894. Owing to the capital fight
there will be no cut in wages at Ana
ccnda this summer, at least. But wait.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-26

Days local long primer organ seems
greatly concerned about Republican
candidates. 1t would be interesting to
see mention made OF the sscrificial
lambs who are anxious for a nomina-
ton on the Democratic ticket.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-26

The Republican county committees oil
the several counties in the state will PRO
ceed TO call county conventions as usual
and elect delegates and alternate delegates
to said state convention as above appor-
toned.
The basis of representation and appor-
tionruent for the county conventions will
be fixed by the county central committees.
In the matter of nominating candidates
OF the several judicial districts, should
there he any nomination to he made at
this time, the recommends that
in all cases where the district is limited to
one county, the regular county convention
make the nomination at the sama time it
dominates candidates for all other county
offices. In other cases. where the district
is of more than one county, let
the delegates to the state convention from
the counties comprising a district meet at
the time and place ot the state convention,
and there agree upon and make the nomi-
nations for same, being guided by such in
structions, If any, as have been given by
their respective county conventions. The
same rule to apply in the ease OF joint rep
resentatives in the state legislature.
The following rules have been adopted
for the government OF Republican state
conventions ia Montana and are now in
force.
First-Delegat ties and alternate delegates
shall be elected ia fnture to state conven-
tlOnS. ana IN tine event oil a failure Ol a
delegate to attend, the alternate delegate
shall cast the vote of the delegate whose
alternate he is.
Second-In the absence of the delegate
and his alternate, a majority OF the dele
cation from that county shall cast the
vote OF the absentee.
Third-In the absence Of all the delegates
and alternate delegates from am county,
no vote shall be cast for such county.
Fourth-In the county in which the state
convention shall be held, when any dele
gate nd his alternate delegate are absent,
there shall be no vote cast in their behalf.
Fifth-Delegates and alternate delegates
must be Republican residents of the county
which they represent.
b. order of the State CentralCommittee.
LEE MANTLE, Chairman.
THOMAS a. CUMMINGS, Secretary.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-26

For once Senator Hill is harmony
with the president-both are opposed
to the senate tariff bill. They do not
lunch together or drink from the same
canteen, however.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-26
STATE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

A state Republican convention is hereby
called to meet at z O'Clock y. m, Thurs
day, Sept. q, A ID. 1884, at the city OF Hell
ena. The purpose of said convention will
he to nominate d candidate for representa-
tive ia congress and one candidate for as
sociate justice OF the supreme court of the
state; the election Of a state central com.
mittee to serve for the ensuing two years
the election OF a chairman of the stats cen
trail committee, and Tor the transaction o
such other business relating To the ~welfar,
OF the Republican party in Montana a,
may be brought before II.
Each county in the state will be entitled
to one delegate at large. and to the follow
lug additional representation in said con
v%entiou-
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-26

1t will not be a great while before the
strongest denunciations of Debs will be
heard from the ranks of labor. Time
70 think Is all lhat is necessary.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-26

Although the state treasury of Ken
lucky is bankrupt, all is not lost as
long as it has w. c. 2. breckenridge.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-26
Matched NJ onstrosities.

In my own experience have rare
ly, if ever, found AN egg the shell OF
which was in the slightest degree un-
symmetrical, that has been channeled
at one end or having an irregular
zone around the middle, to produce a
chicken. The occurrence of two ova
in the same egg is by no means un-
common. 1t results from excessive
feeding, and rarely, if ever, cur i'll
a state of nature. l have known two
perfect birds, both chicken and pi-
geon, produced from such an egg,
but the more general result is that
the two ova, being developed togeth-
er, coalesce, possibly from want of
room to develop in the confined space,
and thus arises the presence of two
headed, of six or eight hmbed mon
STEERS, which are much more frequent
in fowls than in any other animals
whatever. / have from time to time
forwarded specimens of these abnor-
malities to the museum of the Col
lege Of Surgeons, where they may be
seen by those who are interested in
the subject. - Correspondence Ma
ture.
A soft answer turneth away wrath,
but a tough answer, in the hands OF
an unskilled carve scattereth gravy
and confusion throughout the family
circle.
A hoary head is a GROWING work of
glory, but a dead head is a holy ter
xoH "a H.. .aii.oal s..aa.4a.la.E
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-26

over-it has II more spur than Ana
conda.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-26
Proverbs Up to Date.

The weather bureau is a mockery,
strong predictions are raging, and
whoever is deceived thereby is not
wise.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-26

Utah will soon become Il fulLhedged
state, the president having signed the
admission bill.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-26
Ladies' Nurse.

Ladies' needing the services of Mrs. J
Watkins will please address her through
the mail. Lewistown.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-26
"EOr Years."

Says CARRIE E. STocKwELL. OF Chester
field. Y. H., II vas af1icted with an
extremely severe pain in the lower part OF
the chest. The feeling was as II . ton
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-26

weight was iaid
on a spot The size
OF my hand. Dur
ing the attacks, the
perspiration would
stand in drops on
my face. and 1t was
agony for me to
make s nj
effort even 10 whis-
per. They came
suddenly, at any
hour of the day or
night, lasting from
thirty minutes to