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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-05
colored wonan'$ White Rats.

\ CoIored woman's White Rats.
If the Pied Piper of Hamelin should
ever take it into his head to pay
Washington visit, he would find
that he had a rival already installed
here and the field fully occupied.
The rival in question is Sarah Baker,
a colored woman who lives in George
town, near the junction of Congress
street and the canal She raises white
rats, not for sale or profit, but mere
" for the love of the rats. Her room,
where she and her four footed, long
tailed proteges reside, is a queer
apartment, filled up with cages, piled
one over the other, and scores If not
hundreds of the pink eyed, snowy
furred rodents, making up such a rat
full vision as would ruin the trade OF
the best saloon in Washington If the
customers had to pass through 1t ON
their way after a drink.
The rats are all the descendants of
two or three pairs that were given to
a woman "a year or two ago. They
multiplied and increased, and declln-
ing to kill any of them Mrs. Baker
provided new cages as the rats filled
up their old quarters, until now it
takes her the better part of her spare
time to feed and attend to the wants
of her file tailed family.
The rats all know her and Will
come to the front of their cages and
take food from between her lips, or
if given the liberty of the room some
of the corpulent old fellows will sit
upright ON the palm of her hand and
wash their faces and comb out their
whiskers with the gravity of a bur
gomaster. er.-Washington Post.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-05
cHLoROFORM'S ADVENT.
The First Trial of the Ansesthetic by Simp
son, Its Discoyerer.

6he First Trial of the Ansesthetic by Simp-
son, Its Discoverer.
While the discovery of anesthetics
in surgery was made by an American
it is claimed by three different men
yet the first use of chloroform for
the purpose was made by DIR. (after-
ward Sir james, Simpson. In his res
olution to discover some new and
unobjectionablea agent to produce in
sensibility under the surgeons knife
he was bold almost to rashness. He
tried every new compound first upon
himself, and then with a few devot-
ed medical friends made further
tests of all such as seemed to promise
success.
In the year 1si7 especially he had
been working hard, holding, with
Professor Miller, DIR. Duncan and DIR.
Keith, sort of an8sthetic seance
every night after supper. So many
strange, unpleasant and more or less
dangerous mixtures We're tried by
these gentlemen that one of them,
Professor Miller, made it his custom
to make a brief call at breakfast
time every morning in order, as he
would say cheerfully, to hear if any
of the experimenters of the evening
before were dead yet.
1t was one evening in November,
after having tried several other sub
stances with little effect, that DIR.
Simpson bethought himself of a
small bottle of chlorotorm which he
had meant to try and which must be
somewhere about the place. A search
was instituted, and it was found un
der heap of waste paper.
1t was tried at once. Immediately
a delightful excitement seized upon
the doctors. Their talk became bril-
liant. mirthful and then positively
hilarious. Professor Miller, Mrs
Simpson and one or two members OF
the family who were present became
much interested in listening to the
doctors as they expatiated upon the
charms, qualities and agreeable eff
fects of the new fluid. Professor
Miller relates what ensued:
Suddenly there was a talk ol
sounds being heard like those of g
cotton mill, louder and louder-a mo
ment more, then all was quiet, and
then a crash.
ION awaking DIR. Simpsons first
perception was mental This is fal
stronger and better than ether, hs
J said to himself. HIS second wac +
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-05
Not scotch Enough.

1t is said that never was there a
greater enthusiast over his own coun-
trymen than Sir David WIlkie, the
the celebrated Scotch artist. One
amusing story connected with this
trait of his character was told by
Henry Thomson, who afterward
grew to be quite friend of Wilkes.
Thomson, Ye maun he a Scotch
Thomson, Ill warrant, said Sir
David as they sat together for the
first time at an academy dinner.
Il am of that ilk, " was the reply
my father was a Scotchman.
"Was he, reallyl' exclaimed VIII
kie, grasping the others hand warm
ly.
"And my mother was Irish.
"Aye, aye, was she reallyf and
the hand relaxed its grasp a trifie.
.'And was born in England"
Upon that Wilkie dropped his new
friends hand and almost turned his
back upon him. His disappointment
was SO evident that Thomson actual
ly felt regret instead of Indignation
at this treatment and later on endeav-
ored to counteract the effect of his
unfortunate nationality. But for
that day Wilkie had no further de-
sire to talk to him and showed it
plainly.-Youth' Companion.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-05
Do You Wae Your Ears?

Darwin says that the ear wagging
characteristic is the survival of a
power once possessed in common by
both men and the lower animals, but
he does not even hint that the acci-
dental crossing of two muscles or
cords and their subsequent adherence
to each other in such a manner as to
make the movement of one impos-
sible without that of the other would
or should in any manner affect the
intellectual faculties or moral status
of their owner. Slater says that but
comparatively few persons possess
the power to wag the ears, but Pro
fessor Aaron has proved that the ma
jority of men will exhibit a slight
instructive movement of the muscles
of the ear" if the remark, What was
that noise7" is suddenly pronounced
in their presence. st Louis Republic.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-05
Admitted Anarchist.

sin Santo, before heexamining magis-
trate yesterday, declared himself an
anarchist. He said he acted upon his
own initiative. He had not been en-
gagged in any conspiracy. Nevertheless
it has been asserted that when Santo
stopped at Vienna an1 Montpelier he
had several conferences with persons
suspected OF being in league with anar-
chists. The police have already ar
rested three persons at Vienna be-
lieved to have been engaged in the con-
spiracy.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-05
The Difference.

At one time there were two men,
bers of the house of commons named
Montagu Matthew and Matthew Mon
tagu-the former a tall, handsome
man, and the latter a little man.
During a session of parliament, the
speaker having addressed the latter
as the former, Montagu Matthew OBJ
served that it was strange he should
make such a mistake, as there was as
great a difference between them as
between a horse chestnut and chest
nut horse. e.-London Million.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-05
MONTANA NEWS.

The Great Falls Republican Flam-
beau club is one OF the finest organl-
cations of the kind in the state.
Martin Newcomer, a highly respected
and prominent citizen OF Glendive,
committed suicide on June 20 by
blowing out his brains with shotgun.
Financial matters are thought to be
the cause OF the deed.
The first clip of wool from Choteau
county was shipped from Big Sandy
yesterday. 1t was the clip OF Murray
Bros. of the Bear Paw, amounted to
$4,000 and was shipped by Geo. d.
Patterson to Fenno Bros. & Childs OF
Boston.-River Press.
The body OF William Soucie, "A sheep
herder employed by Charles Strang,
was found on Wednesday morning of
last week west of Billings. He had
been struck by lightning while herding
his sheep during the severe storm
which ragged yesterday. His faithful
sheep dog was lying beside him killed
by the same bolt. The deceased came
from Minnesota>where he had rela-
tives. He was not well known here
Gazette.
Thomas w. Murphy, attorney for
John Ii. Osnes, the murderer OF a tel
low countryman, near Fort Benton,
last spring, who was found guilty and
sentenced to hang Friday, June 20,
has obtained from Gov. Richards a
respite until July 18th for his client.
Osnes was found guilty by jury, in
Judge DuBose's court, and sentenced
to death A new trial was applied for
and denied by the Judge, and the re-
spite is granted to enable Attorney
Murphy to appeal the case to the
supreme court. II the motion for a
new trial is denied, Osnes will hang
soon after July 13.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-05

z. JAMES \. SHIELDS PosT No 10. G.
.xAa \. Il, "f Ls.Nistown, meets on the last
bS;u Eaturlay uf each mouth. at > p. M. in
ll,ili q, A. l. hail.
WI JAMES REED.
SaOk3 Commander.
" NJ MAcuMEEE, Adj.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-05
ELECT A PRESIDENT.
TIE French Senate and Chamber of Deput. es
Elect M Casimir Perier President

VERSAILLES, June 21.-Casimir
Perier was this afternoon elected pres
ident OF the French republic by the
senate and chamber of deputies, sit
ting as the national assembly. The
assembly consists of SS4 members, OF
whom the senator's number 800. The
first ballot gave NJ. Casimer Perier
451 votes to 433 for other candi-
dates. giving him n clear majority OF
8 over all.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-05

A torpid liver is as contrary as the
creature who possesses 1T. One seems
to be the appanage of the other.
Simple remedies are better than
medicines unless the case is of long
standing and is serious. Sometimes
a pint of water, not ice cold, however,
taken Immediately on rising, is bene-
fetal. An orange, eaten on rising,
is not bad to take and sometimes Is
all that is necessary. A diet of veg
etables and fruits and abstinence
from the usual sweets are an excellent
corrective. Exercise of a vigorous
character is a necessity.-Washing-
ton Star.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-05
The Goddess Pele,

Pele, the dreadful goddess of vol
canic fires. first made her abode
among the Hawaiian islands in COM
pany with many furious brothers
and sisters ages ago. Scholars sup
pose that Pele and the wind gods
were introduced into the mythology
of Hawaii at the time of the second
migration of nesians.-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-05
A Solution.

First Student-rve had notice that
I must move out today, for haven't
paid any rent for more than year.
Second Student-Remarkab coin
cidence. That's just my case.
First Studeut-What do you say,
then, to exchanging rooms2-Fhe-
Rende Blatter.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-07-05

There are three important times in
a mans life-when he is born, when
he marries and when he dies. And
even then his own Importance is
overshadowed by the curiosity to
know if he is a boy or girl, what the
bride wore and what he left III his
will
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-19

! compound stirs the excretive organs, the
liver and kidneys, to stronger action; the
blood grows at once purer and redder and
more capable OF carrying nutriment and
oxygen to every nerve and muscular fiber
of the body.
Paine's celery compound makes people
well by building up new tissues in place
of the old regulating shaky nerves by
appropriate nerve food and sending a
strong, full tide of pure blood through
the diseased parts of the liver heart,
stomach, and kidneys.
To worried women, just as to business
men staggering under financial adversely,
comes nervousness and final breakdown.
II am not i'll enough to take medicine" :"
she too often says, and puts off from day
to day the correction of her trouble.
Paine's celery compound is the great
spring medicine. 1t cures every form of
nervous weakness and the special disor-
ders of liver, heart, stomach, and kid
neys that arise from impure blood and a
run down" system badly nourished.
These are the difficulties that Paine's
celery compound corrects 1t builds up
the whole body, blood, nerves, and tissues
in a way that nothing else has ever
equaled People get well who thought
fully and thoroughly try it. For rheu-
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-19

81 didn't use to be.
"What can / do to overcome it %
Just what a woman means by being a
little nervous she can't exactly say, She
tells you she is restless; that she can no
longer sew or read; conversation no longer
interests, or it even troubles her; noises
startle her, and she cries for no cause.
Such are the first small beginnings OF
nervous weakness. The world is full OF
loving, patient wives and mothers who
have been called upon to suffer intense
emotional strain have undertaken to
nurse those dear TO them through pro
tracted illness, or have worked beyond
their physical powers.
During the many years of hard and
wonderful work, Prof Edward E. Phelps.
Dartmouths great professor, had these
weak, rundown" women in mind. The
study of such cases of nervous prostra-
tion, neuralgia, rheumatism, dyspepsia
and debility led him to that most mar
velous discovery of the century, Paine's
celery compound. Prof Phelps became
convinced that the trouble in all these
cases of weakness lay in disturbance OF
nutrition.
The cure lies in purer, richer blood and
better fed nervous tissues. Paine's celery
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-19
THIRD EDITION
CENTRALIA.

Thomas Murphy, Of Lost Creek, spent
Thursday in town.
Borough schools will close on June stb.
Graduating exercises will be held in /. o.
q. f. hall the same evening.
William Hughes, one Of Mahanoy
City's popular and talented tonsorial
artists was among the visitors TO town
Thursday.
The Reading collieries in this vicinity
have suspended operations for the balance
of the week.
Miss Sabina Lavelle, Julia Farrell and
Kate Carr, three of our charming young
ladies, paid visit TO Mt. Carmel on We'd
nesday.
IL is rumored that all LehiRh collieries
will work steady for some time, as the
Lehigh company has secured vast sales
because of the strike in the bituminous
coal region.
Ambrose GOldsworthy, United States
mail contractor has returned after a few
says visit to Washington Ambrose re-
ports having had good time and says
everything is progressing at the national
capital
Those from town whoviewed the parade
and dedication of the ArmOry at Girurd
willie yesterday were Misses Sallie Schaum
and Alessrs. William Daley, b. J. Curran,
George Bevau, Anthony Barrett, William
AltllllI lN.hnt
John Manley, who was badly injured
at North Ashland colliery on Tuesday,
died ON Thursday after suffering terribly.
He was engaged as a miner at the colliery
named above and was caught by fall of
coal. His leg was broken and his head
mashed in a terrible manner. His part.
ner received slight injuries about the
head and it is miracle how he escaped.
What promises to be one Of the best
picuiCs of the season will take place on
Saturday, June 10th, under the auspices
of St lgnatius Legion A grand parade
will be held in which a number of out of
town military societies will participate
This society has held number of picnics
before and all who attended any of them
will join in saying they would have been
the best ever held in town but for one
reason and that reason was that the
heaviest rain of the season" generally
came on the day that the Legion selected
for their picnic. Another society of town
will also hold picnic on that day, but
be sure to 90 to that cozy little grove or
Park Hill owned by the L. c. Band anC
there you will be able to spend pleasantly
one of June's bright evenings.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-19

matism it is the one true specific.
Prof f. A. Leighton is instructor and
superintendent of the state dairy school
at the Iowa state agricultural college at
Ames, Ia He has been there several years
and is well known throughout that state
His wife, writing to Wells, Richardson s.
Co., who now prepare Paine's celery COM
pound, says
Last May had rheumatism so severely
that l could only get around by the aid of
crutches. Nothing that l used did me
any good, and despaired of regaining my
health. A friend recommended Paine's
celery compound to me- and used it
regularly for two months. AS a result, ]
was able to visit the worlds fair, staying
there for quite a while and walking all
day without any difficulty.
"The compound also did my sister a
great deal of good while attending college,
giving her strength and health There is
nothing know of in the world that is its
equal for building up the weak and run
down, and giving strength and tone to
the system / am better than for years,
and ascribe my improvement wholly to
the use of Paine's celery compound"
This is one of thousands of similar testi-
monials that Paine's celery compound is
the remedy that makes people we'll
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-19
PENCIL POINTS.

If you want to hear an interesting ser
mon on the destruction Of the Brooklyn
Tabernacle. go to the English Baptist
church Omorrow evening.
These letters are awaiting claimants at
the local post office: Powell Holland,
Simon klemin, NJ. MacMullen, Philip
Amakia, John Mulhall,
The argument in the quo warranto pro-
ceedings in behalf of the County Auditors
to Oust Controller Severn will be made
before the Supreme Court on Monday.
AL Whitney, a Schuylkill countian who
had been engaged in the circus business
since boyhood and was well known all
over the country, died at Reading this
week. He was in his siNtieth year, and
his right name was Whitman.
The money order forger has been cap
tured and is now in custody at San
Antonio, Texas. MacHenry Wilhelm
Esq, of Ashland, had a $50 order forged
by this man sent him for collection. The
forgery was detected when presented tC
the express agent at Ashland,
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-19
RorouRh Council.

An adjourned meeting OF the Borough
Council was held last evening to consider
bills for water pipes furnished for the
new water works. The amount due is
S17 22S.95. No definite action was taken
in the matter, the water committee not
being ready to report favorable upon the
payment. The committee, however, was
given power to act in the matter. The
police asked through Councilman Dough-
erty, what action they should take in
reference to the cowboy evangelist, who
is now holding forth in this town. The
police were given to understand that the
ordinance should be enforced whenever
the evangelist becomes public nuisance
by obstructing the thoroughfares or COM
plant is made against him by citizens as
against the public peace.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-19
OnnnInr NeNt Monday.

The cafe at the corner of Main and Coal
streets formerly owned by Charles Bur
chill, has passed into the hands of the new
proprietor, Thomas German, late of Cir
ardy lille, and is undergoing extensive inn
provements which will be completed by
Monday, 2lst when Mr.. German will
have a grand opening to which the public
is invited. Mr. German will make the
cafe the finest in the town. 5l5-6t
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-19
Successful Tests.

Francis o. Werther, general manager
of the Werther Disinfectant Co., of Potts
vile, spent last evening in town making
practical tests with his company's pro
duct in the presence of members Of the
Board OF Health and Borough Council
Several places at which there were some
very bad .stenches were visited and the
effect Of the disinfectant was instanta-
ueous, killing all disagreeable smells per.
manently.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-19
Mlss shennrd to Lectnre.

Miss Mary S. Shepard the state president
of the Women's Christian Temperance
Alliance, will deliver a lecture on Gospel
Temperance and the Kelley Cure in the
Eng lish Lutheran church at Mahanoy
City on Thursday, May oath, at eight
o'clock p. m. No admission will be
charged 5-lT7t
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-19

May SO-Straw berry and ice cream fes-
tiVal in Robbins opera house, under the
auspices of Camp q, =. o. of L. A.
June Ace cream and strawberry
festival, benefit Primitive Methodist
church, in basement Of the church.
June l9.-Ice cream and bean soup
festival in Robbins hall, under the aus
pices of the Womens Relief Corps.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-19

A complete resume Of all the
fashions and combinations OF
new fabrics that win be iuyOgue
in great fashion centres this
season is shown in our display
of Dress Goods for spring and
summer. One OF our specials is
a changeable goods, swiveled
effect! yard wide, worth 25c...
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-19
Lost.

A gold-headed cane, on the Brandon
vile road near the water dam, bearing
the inscription, an. S, 1850" Finder will
be rewarded by leaving same at Max
Schmidt's dry goods store, 1l6 and lis
North Main street. 5-l4-tf
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-19

We offer this week one thousand extra
fine Balbriggan Vests in ladies sizes for
&c. each these are our regular l5c. kind
and are as cheap as gold dollars at fifty
cents apiece.
i. j. WILKINsOE's,
20 South Main St,
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To Oueon town for sI4.

Another break has been made in ocean
fares to Ireland, England, Scotland and
Wales. The rate to Queenstown has been
reduced TO $l4, including railroad fare to
New York city, These rates will only
last for a short time. Call at Max Reese's
railroad and steamship Office, West
Centre street, Shenandoah, Pa. 51-tf
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-19

Theunprecedented success of
our Silk department has been
the source of much surprise 10
all who have watched its re-
markable growth, Goods of
standard qualities-the best, AT
LOWEST PRICES Is unQuestion-
ably the reason Of its great ad'
vancement. Our Wash Silks
are exceptionally fine at 42ci
5Sc and 75c.,.,.,............,............
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-19

A lady at Tooleys, La, was very sick
with bilious collie when NJ, c, Tstler,
prominent merchant of the town gave
her bottle of Chamberlain's Collie,
she was well in forty minutes after taking
the first dose. For sale by Gruhler Bros.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-19
NInnaphan,a RRrrnins.

at 30 cents yard; nice table oilcloth, Is
cents yard; good dress ginghams, g cents
yard; the best so cent corset in the
market. Lace curtains and dress goods
of all kinds cheap.
p. j. MONAGHAN,
No. 2S s. Main St.. Shenandoah.
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Prompt Payments.

To the Officers OF the Home Friendly So
cety, OF Baltimore, Md, Mr.. B. L.
Talley, President.
We, the undersigned, do hereby return
our sincere thanks to you and feel it a
duty to inform the public of the prompt
ness in which the company meets its
claims, through your superintendent,
William T. Evans
One hundred and ten $40 dollars on the
death Of my husband, William Fereday.
CHARLOTTE FEREDAY.
Shenandoah, Pa, May 10, 1894
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-19

USE WELLS LAUNDRY BLUE, the best
Blueing for laundry use. Each package
makes two quarts. 10 cts. Sold by
Musser 81 Beddall.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-19

We offer many special induce
ments in our Millinery Depart
ment. We are headquarters for
hats, either trimmed or untrim'
med also the choicest selec-
tion of trimmings, flowers, rib
bons, etc. We've the cheap hal
and the high-priced hat. See
ing is belieVng....-...."..........
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One hundred (SlOO) dollars received upon
the death of my father, John Hilder-
brandt
ANNIE BYER.
Shenandoah, Pa, May 10, 1894. 6-19-lt
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Special low prices to all in watches
iewelry and silverware at Holderman's
corner Main and Lloyd streets.