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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28
MILK STOCK.
Beautiful Black and Whites-New yorb
Holstein- Friesians.

No cattle make a. more striking OF
picturesque appearance in a pasture field
than the Holsteins, and no COWS give a
larger quantity of milk. 1t is asserted
by the Jersey breeders that the Holstein
milk is not so rich as tho Jersey. This
would probably be true The butter
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28

THERE are words in the Chinese Ian
guage that have as many a. 40 differ
ent meanings, each depending on the
information used in pronounciDg it.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28

ECONOMIC writers declare that the
income of the car of Russia is equal to
S25 900 per day every day in the year.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28

CHILDREN Try for ~ cher's Castoria
CHILDREN Cry FOR Pjicl er's Castoria.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28

THE national library 1T Paris has
2 900 900 books and 100000 manuscripts.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28

CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castoria.
Q iILpREN Cry for Pitchers Castor,a.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28
Wardsboro, Vt
Wardsboro, Vt
An Honest Medicine
Hoods SarsaparilIa Was of Great
Benefit
After the Grip and for Dyspepsia
and Rheumatism.

AFTER the GRIP ana TOT dyspepsia
and Rheumatism.
&c. L Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass:
'T will make a true statement OF what Hoods
sarsaparia has done for me. Some eight years
ago was troubled with dyspepsia, and for
three years tried doctors, took many different
kinds Of medicine, and received no benefit I
was so bad could not eat half cracker With
out distressing me, and would soon spit 1t up.
Lost In Flesh
from 1870 pounds to 149 pounds. frequently
had rheumatism, and was, thought, pretty
well used up. l bought bottle OF Hoods
sarsaparlla, without much faith of Its doing me
good. soon found it was helping me and after
taking three or four bottles, l could eat what
wanted, without distress. My ankle broke out
with salt rheum. began taking Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, after writing you about 1t. The swell
ing has gone down and it is now well. I
have also had the grip. Did but Just pull!
through, being 65 years old 1t left me In bad
shape. had
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28

HOOPS PILLS are the best family cathartio,
gentle and effective Try box 20 cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28

Dyspepsia as Bad as Ever
besides catarrh, which I never had before.
My doctor told me I was all worn out, might
patch up and live year or two. I commenced
TO take Hoods Sarsaparilla and I am much BET
ter. have not had rheumatism since took
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-03-08
Man, Know Thyself."

How few of us do, mentally or
physically. How little we know about
what we ought TO eat or drink. We
20 to extremes in food. drink, cloth
ing, exercise and fresh air, get sick and
call a doctor, maybe just out OF col
lege, who has only learned one thing
to perfection and that is to charge q
big bill. Sixty and seventy years age
it was all bleeding, calomel and jalup,
occasionally ipecac, Dover's powders
or quinine. This treatment is not
fashionable now, the doctors claim
ing that richer food, drier climate
and irregular exercise have somewhat
changed the nature of some OF mans
ailings, and that it is not all fashion.
The writer saw Helena druggist
packing up a thousand pounds OF
Hembold's buchu TO send back to New
York, saying it had got out of fashion,;
but if the doctors do cl age us big
bills, on the whole they are good fel
lows and have some unpleasant work
to do.
Man is only a brainy animal; but
for his brain and hands he would be
little above the beasts that surround
him. In his embryo stage he cannot
be told from the pig; like the pig, toe,
he is selfish, eats almost everything
eatable and don't like to he driven,
but the pig has this advantage, he
don't drink whisky, smoke, gamble or
talk politics; their internal viscera or
insides are alike. But, In earnest,
how little we know about our anat-
omy, our digestive organs. the manu-
facture or circulation OF the blood,
the nervous system, the duties and
functions OF the lungs, liver, stomach,
brain, muscles and other organs Just
| as useful and as liable to disease. An
ounce of prevention is said to be
worth pound of cure. Few of us use
even a grain; if we did we would have
sounder bodies, better tempers and
fewer doctors bills. How can a per.
son be anything but cranky" when
their brain is fed by impure blood,
the result of ill-digested food. The
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-03-08
Acted Like a Charm.

We were a small party of Ameri-
cans stopping at pension in little
village of the Canton Vaud-a spot
where English was never spoken and
seldom heard. One day there ar
rived for the night landscape pho
tographer who had been taking"
the mountains. Next morning of
course the house must be photo
graphed, and we, with the other
guests-all native Swiss rallied
into the pretty garden in front to
form part of the picture. The pho
tographer was a big, hearty fellow
from the east of France. When,
with much hustle and energy, he had
marshaled us into what he consid-
cred an artistic group and had duly
focused his machine, the ridiculous
expression of conscious solemnity so
inevitable before a camera settled
upon us all
The good fellow was in despair.
Everything is splendid, he said,
except the expression. That is fright
full"
Suddenly he raised one hand and
shouted "Vive La republiquel" while
with the other hand he pressed the
little rubber ball that gives an in
stantaneous exposure.
His words were a charm. On his
lips they were the cry of France, but
in the ears of the young Swiss enthu-
siasts at our side they rang for the
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-03-08
Parkman's Hard Lot.

He could command for work not
more than one-twentieth of the time
which other men have, and for 10
years-from 1853 to 1S63-he could
not work at all. From his return
from the west in 1916 to the day of
his death, Nov 6, 1898, he never knew
a day when he was an entirely well
man. He spent some months at q
water cure in Northampton without
benefit. The physician urged him to
prepare to die, but Parkman replied
that he should not die, even if he did
not get well.
At later date he went to Paris to
consult DR.. Brown -Sequard, who for
three months tested him for insanity,
but finally told him that his head
was perfectly sound and that he
could do nothing for him. The doc
tors all told him that he must not
work, and he once said to me that if
he had followed their instructions
he could never have written his
books. The situation was desperate
For a great part of the time he could
not read continuously for more than
five minutes without straining his
eyes, and it was impossible for him
to write or read for long periods
McClure's Magazine
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-03-08
Medicinal Vegetables.

Vegetables have direct effect upon
the human system and often COM
bine rare curative powers. Spinach
affords relief in kidney troubles, and
the common dandelion, used as
greens, is excellent for the same
thing. Asparagus purges the blood.
Celery acts admirably upon the nerv-
ous system and is cure for rheuma-
tism and neuralgia Tomatoes act
upon the liver.
Beets and turnips are excellent ap-
petizers. Lettuce and cucumbers are
cooling in their effects upon the sys-
tenn. Onions, garlic, leeks, olives
and shallots, all of which are similar,
possess medicinal virtues of marked
character, stimulating the circula-
tory system, and the consequent in
crease in the saliva and gastric juice
promote digestion.
Red onions are an excellent diu
retic, and the white ones are recon-
mended to be eaten raw as remedy
for insomnia. A soup made from
onions is regarded by the French as
an excellent restorative in weakness
of the digestive organs.-Philadel-
phia Press.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-03-08
COnductiyifY.

A writer in The Optician, discussing
the subject of conductivity and the
feeling of GOODNESS to the touch of
different substances which are at a
temperature below the temperature
of the human body, cites some facts
of an interesting bearing. Among
these is one commonly known--viz,
that a glass spectacle lens feels colder
to the touch than does one of horn
or celluloid at precisely the same
temperature-this, of course, being
due to the greater conductivity of
the glass, and not necessarily indi-
eating any advantage in respect to
the absorption of radiant heat. AS
an illustration in point, it is well
known that ice, which is a better
conductor than is glass, can be sue
cessfully employed for the construc
ton of lenses to concentrate radiant
heat. Again, the conductivity of
horn being .0001 in C. g. s. units, that
of glass is about .0005; the conduc-
tivity of quartz, perpendicular to
the axis, is, according to Professor
Forbes, as high as .OO42; ON the other
hand, in the direction of the axis,
the conductivity of quartz is stated
to be only .OO1.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-03-08
Double Yolked Orange.

A curiosity in the shape of IAN Or
ange within an orange" fell to the
share of Mr.. Morris A. Thomas once
in a lot of fruit purchased by him.
The orange outside gave no evidence
of being other than an ordinary one,
but inside, when split in half, was
another and perfect orange, except
that it had no rind and was only
about an inch and half in diameter
1t also had sort of stem, about as
large as clay pipe stem, running up
through the center of what might be
termed the parent of the baby orange
to the main stem. The baby orange
was not in the center of the larger
one, but very close to the outside
rind farthest from the main STEM
Baltimore American.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-03-08
The Military Drill.

Athletic sports have their due, per
haps undue, attention in most of the
colleges and high schools, but in the
graded schools, within my observa-
ton, exercise is casual and indirect
ed. None of these exercises or sports
is, however, a substitute for military
drill and some of them create a new
need for it. A good oarsman need
not be erect or graceful; a good arm
and plenty of wind meet his needs.
The champion ''cyclist" is not apt to
have square shoulders. The football
captain is so padded that safe judg-
ment can hardly be formed as to his
natural lines" but a good leg and
momentum seem to me-a nonexpert
to be his distinctive marks. In base
ball the pitcher seems to an occasional
observer to have parted with all his
natural grace to endow the curved
ball.
A military drill develops the whole
man, head, chest, arms and legs pro-
portionately, and SO promotes sym
metry and corrects the excesses of
other forms of exercise. 1t teaches
quickness of eye and ear, hand and
foot, qualities men to step and act in
unison, teaches subordination, and,
best of all, qualities a man to serve
his country.-Benjam Harrison in
Century Magazine.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-03-08
Durability of Woods.

Several years ago farmer in north
Missouri made series of experiments
with different kinds of woods to as
certain which would last longest
when exposed to all the vicissitudes
of weather. He took a number of
stakes 2 feet long and an inch thick,
drove them into the ground and left
them there for four years. At the
end of that time he found that the
elm, ash, hickory, white pine, oak
and fir were entirely rotted, so that
in some cases the stick could not be
drawn out of the ground, and in sew
eral it left only a line of rotted veg
etable, fiber. Yellow pine and teak
were decayed on. the outside only,
the interior remaining firm and solid,
while the best cedar was as good as
when put into the ground. The ex-
pertinent ought to be of value to
people who make fences, also to
builders, as showing what kind of
wood will best suit places where
dampness and moisture are the nat
ural conditions.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-03-08
TENDERED HIS RESIGNATION.
Gladst ne Calls on the Queen and rendered
His Resignation.

LONDON, March BIN his consulta-
tion with he queen Mr.. Gladstone ex-
planned fully the reasonsior his retire
ment. The queen expressed regret
that the country should lose his SER
vices and offered him peerage. This
Mr.. Gladstone declined. He recon-
.mended Lord Roseberry as his sue
cessor. A telegram was sent to Lord
Roseberry at EPSON summoning him
to Windsor at 3 O'Clock this after
noon. 1t is understood that he Will
accept the premiership but that there
will he only two other changes in the
cabinet. The following statement has
been issued: Gladstone has rendered
his resignation, but it has not been
formally accepted. Probably the
queen will write Monday signifying her
acceptance of the resignation"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-03-08
MONTANA NEWS.

w. ID. Jones, a prominent Dupuyer
sheepman, has turned his back on the
Democrotic party and is now a Re-
publican. He tersely remarks that
he is not bound to support party
which deliberately sets out to 6nan-
cially ruin him.
The adage of Gen. Sheridan that
'the best Indian Is n dead Indian, ~
was again proven this week at Great
Falls, says the River Press, when the
skull OF an Indian, found near that
place, was found to contain several
particles OF gold dust. The chances
are that all the skull contained while
alive did not amount to nearly so
much as those few little particles OF
gold dust.
Thursday evening T. f. Healy re-
ceived letter from his brother Joe,
who was an old time resident of Fort
Benton and was also connected with
Fort Whoop-up. For several years
DftSi JUG IlSdiN II Is otth IDlulIg
British Columbia, but from letter
Just received it is learned that he is
now in the gold fields of South Africa,
1 400 miles from Cape Town. He re-
ports the temperature there 1O2 de-
grees in the shade, and grass six feet
high.-River Press.
Miner William Heddleson, who is in
town for a few days, brought over
from the Big Blacktoot ten ounces OF
very pretty gold pounded out by hand
in less than two days from a lead il
which he Is u jpint owner, known a.
the Calliope. The ore is Very rich in
free gold and is easily crushed in a
mortar. The Calliope is located OF
the upper Blackfoot. some twenty
miles from Lincoln, aud the only safe
means of travel at this time down the
river to connect with the Helena anG
Lincoln stage line is by snow shoes.
Mr.. Heddleson thinks gold mining in
the Big Blackfoot country will ma
t.rially revive this year.-Herald.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-03-08
Ruckskins Do Shrink.

A gentleman from Nevada tells us
the following, which he says hap
pened when he was cattle drover
in that state:
Il used to wear buckskin breeches
when riding across the sagebrush
plains. I got into hard storm one
day, and with my legs thrown over
q saddle and the rain soaking my
garments the buckskin began to
stretch. The legs sagged under my
heels in a way that annoyed me, and
SO finally took my knife and cut off
q piece. The rain continued and next
morning had to cut off some more.
''Well, sir, it rained for a week, and
in that time cut enough buckskin
off the legs of those pants to make
two pairs of pants for my little boy.
At the end of that time it cleared up,
and the sun came out bright and
warm, and in three hours those pants
had shrunk till I had nothing left
but q buckskin belt around my waist
Nevada City Herald.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-03-08
IN A CONvICT's GARB.
Boss John Y McKane at Last Behind the
Bars at Sing Sing.

SING SING, n. Y. March IA large
crowd awaited the arrival OF the train
bearing John Y. McKane to prison,
which arrived at three O'Clock this
afternoon. McKane and his custod-
ians walked to the prison gate, fol-
lowed by the reporters. Mckane
passed through the prison yard to the
Office OF Warden Durston, where he
was received by Assistant Clerk West
lake. Sheriff Butling produced the
commitment and handed il to West
lake, who said to McKane: "iour
term is six years" Mr.. Westlake
then wrote on the document: -Four
wears and three MONTHS" indicating
the net limit of Mckane's sentence less
communication for good conduct.
McKane removed a gold watch and
chain from his waistcoat, took a dia-
mond ring from his finger, n diamond
stud from his shirt, as well as ms dia-
mond sleeve buttons and gave them
to Striker Williams to take back to
McKane's family. Mckane also pro-
duced S25. 10 in bills and change and
handed the money to Clerk Westlake.
The customary questions were then
put to Mckane.
McKane was then taken into the
prison barber shop and his mustache
and imperial were quickly shaven off.
He was then given convict's suit,
which he put on himself. No cell was
assigned him. He will for the present
be i'm what Is known as the idle ranks.
McKane went through the ordeal with
firmness and showed no signs OF de-
preston.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-03-08
AxMEN's TRIGoNoMETRY.
How an Cneducated woodsman Can De-
termine the Height of a Tree.

How an Cneducated woodsman Can De-
termine the Height of a Tree.
Young students of trigonometry
who regard the solving of the right
angle triangle as a mystic art would
be surprised 20 see the ease with which
a rough, uneducated axman in the
north woods solves theperpendicular,
with only the horizontal line known.
He does it in a way characteristic of
his practical life, and while the re-
suits are not accurate to a hair
breadth they serve all ordinary pur
poses and save time.
The axman does not know anything
about extracting square roots or
about the relation of one side of a
triangle to another, but he is practi-
cal, and when he wants to measure
the length of tree from the ground
up he does it in the shortest and cas-
lest way, without climbing the tree.
For instance, suppose he is told to
select and chop down a tree which
shall give so feet clear of the first
cluster of branches, as is often the
case when masts of ships or yachts
are ESPECIALLY OIucTcu IL WOuuu per
haps take all day for him to measure
the trees by climbing up with tape
line Instead of that, he selects a
tree which his experienced eye tells
him is likely to clear 60 feet under
the branches.
Then measuring from its base 60
feet. less his own height, he sticks a
pole in the ground flush with his head
at the point measured to. After this
he lies down fiat on his back, with
his feet against the upright pole, so
that his head is just 90 feet from the
tree, and sights over the top of the
pole.
Wherever the imaginary line from
his eye and the top of the pole strikes
the tree, the AMMAN knows is about
60 feet from the ground
As an illustration, assume that the
axman is feet tall. He measures
off 81 feet from the tree, and after
erecting the pole 6 feet high, lies
on his back behind the pole and let's
his eye glance over the top of the
pole to the tree.
This expedient of the axman not
only demonstrates the ingenuity of
the Yankee, but is good example of
the value of practical knowledge in
general-Youth's Companion.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-03-08

human body is delicate piece OF ma
chinery and requires plain food, regu-
lar exercise. pure air and temperance
in all things to keep it in good work
ing order; and how few OF us. even
among the young possess this bless
ing, all have more or less some ailing.
How can We be good when we are sick?
The first requisite for goodness is
good health; with that we will have
better tempers and will be more cap
able of performing all our duties in
This hfe f.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-03-08
National Manners A-tr.veIing.

1t is curious to watch on board a
steamer how the men of different ma
tionalities behave to lady no longer
young who is travelling alone. The
Frenchman is absolutely rude If he
gets the chance; the German simply
takes no notice; the Austrian is frig-
idly polite; the Englishman takes
trouble to be kind If his aid is solicit
ed; the American is kind from habit
and without effort; the British col
onist attentive, because women of
any kind are scarce in his country
Pail Mall Budget.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-03-08

Oldest republic in the world, while, In
spite of their foreign sound, they bore
our Yankee hearts like flash across
the great water to the home of the
stars and stripes. The expression of
all our faces was as bright as could
be desired, and the picture was a great
success.-Youth's Companion.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-03-08

JAMES A. SHIELDS Posi- No 49, g.
!: !. Z: !:
% A. r.. of Lewistown, meets on the last
E3lI Saturday of each month, at p. m, in
IlIIIll q. A. X. hall
WI JOHN McCoURT,
AlA Commander
ii. C. BLOOM, Adj
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-03-08

A lighthouse to be erected ON the
coast of Brittany will show light Of
40, 900, 600 candlepower, to be seen 6S
miles away in clear weather and q
miles in fogRy weather. 4.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-01-05

Thieves opened the safe Of J. r
Dixon. at Springfield, Mo-. and stole q
lot Of cash, bonds and securities.
Benwell. companion of Hill in Ne
braSka murder, was sentenced to the
pententary for life at Plattsmouth.
The body OF an unknown Italian who
had been murdered was found near
Niagara Falls
Minnie Carver. in love with Thomas
Delaney, of Denver. threw vitrol in his
face because he would not marry her.
Lawyer Hultz, of Sullivan, Ind, was
shot and killed by a masked man. EX.
Sheriff Willis is under arrest on sus-
Dicion.
Carl korth, ey-treasurer Of Pierce
County. Neb.. has been found guilty OF
cmhezzlng 2,0O. Sentence was de-
ferred.
Daniel Shaw. shipping clerk for Ar.
mold Constable. at New York. was ar,
rested for robbing the firm OF valua.
bic goods.
During n quarrel over a game OF
craps 1T 4 country church near hop
kilsvillc. Ky. Manuel Taylor shot and
fatally wounded John Howell.
Officers are searching for Jerry Cone.
OF Muniee, Ind. wanted in Webster
County Mo, to answer the charges OF
arson, robbery and larceny.
John S. Wonderhem. Grand Rapids,
Mich. shot and killed John Eikman for
thlusting his attentions upon Mrs.
Wonderhem.
John Wright. Hamilton agent OF the
Dominion Building and Loan Associa-
ton Of Toronto, has disappeared with
s.. 500 belonging to the Hamilton share
holders.
At Russellvillo. Franklin County,
Ala. 4 mob broke in to the jail ana re.
leased Dock and Lee Siies. two Marion
County murderers and outlaws, imprls-
oned for the murder of Postmaster
Kirk at Ouin.
At Middlesborough. Ky, John Brown
colored. was killed in the mines, John
Armstrong was knocked in the head
by James Powell and will die. and
John Branham was cut in the arm IN
saloon fight.