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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-28
Now Year Greeting.

4 guide New Year to ane and a.,
And mony may ye see
And during a the years to come, --sss
Oh, happy may ye be. n
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-28
Breaks All Records.
The
Topeka
Daily
State
Journal.

~ re sworn detailed statement Of cireulatisn
for the first half Of the year 1885. it is shown 70
have circulation. during the Arss si1 HsAshs
IS stated of q
Fergus County argus., 1895-01-03

With the slaughter of American fiocks
going forward to the tune of 5000, 600
or 100000 sheep year, strong
probability that the export trade will
require 25O,OO0 fat sheep within a
twelvemonth and the home consump-
ton of mutton steadily increasing, the
next problem to be solved by the flock
masters Of the country will be an ade-
quate mutton supply for domestic con-
sumption, at old time prices or even
better. That such a contingency as a
short supply for the home and fast in
creasing foreign demand for good NUT
ton must arise in the near future, re-
quires no remarkable forecast to deter
mine. 1t is simply the logic of condi.
tions and fast recurring events, without
one precedent in the history Of the
country, and all rapidly tending to
only result, viz, a short mutton supply
high prices, and general scramble
among the thousand of timid, panicky y
and foolish shepherds who have sold
their fiocks ''for a song," to get back
into the business again at any cost
American Sheep Breeder.
Fergus County argus., 1895-01-03
HARD ON GROVER.
The Administration Has Done the Country All
the Harm it Possibly Can, Says Prisi-
dent J. ]. Hill.

ST. PAUL, Dec. 26.-"rhere is not a
word of truth in it," said President
Hill this morning in reply to a state
ment made in Washington dispatch
that there would be conference this
week between President Cleveland and
President Hill and other fnanciers of
the country, to consider a new aubsti-
tute for the currency, bill, GAS far as
the effect on the country is concerned,
think the administration has done
all the harm it is capable OF doing. The
public must look for relieffrom another
quarter. The present want of har-
mony in the majority in congress
makes it impossible for any good
legislation to come from this congress.
They should appoint a commission OF
21 members from among the bankers
of the country, political economists
and business men to investigate the
whole situation and prepare some
financial system, and when that is
done let congress go to work and pass
a bill"
Fergus County argus., 1895-01-03
]. @. FAIR DEAD.
The Famous BONANZA Miner Goes Over to the
Majority.

SAN FRANCISCO, December 29.-Ex-
Senator James G. Fair died suddenly
at the Lick house at 1920 this (Sat-
urday) morning. He was born near
Belfast, Ireland, December 3, 1881.
He came to the United States with his
parents in 1s43 and settled in Illinois,
where he attended the public schools.
His education was continued in Chi.
cago. he paying much attention to
scientific studies. In 1S49 he went to
California, and followed mining until
1860, when he went to Nevada and
amassed q fortune estimated at $780,
100000. In his capacity of superin-
tendent of the Ophir and the Hale &
Norcross and other gold mines. he
managed an output estimated to be
worth 5000, ,OOO,O His famous
partnership with Flood. O'Brien and
Mackay was formed in 1867. He was
senator from Nevada from 1881 to
1887.
Fergus County argus., 1895-01-03
The Coal Trade and Electricity.

al think" says Thomas A. Edison,
"that great speed will finally be
attained when we are able to obtain
electricity direct from coal. The dis
covery of a way of converting coal
directly into electricity will be the
turning point of all our methods of
propulsion. Naturally, steam will be
entirely superseded by the current.
There will be no boilers nor any OF
the necessary externals which go with
steam engines. 1t will lead to the
treating OF metals by electrical reduc-
can 60 to the melting point OF any
thing on earth"
Fergus County argus., 1895-01-03

Louis XIV once remarked impa-
tiently in the hearing of the Duke
d'Antin, superintendent of the royal
buildings, that he hoped that at some
time a forest which he had always
disliked, because it Obstructed one of
his favorite views, would be cut
down. Unknown to the king, Duke
d'Antin had the trunks of all the
trees in the Objectionable forest
sawed through in such a way that
they still stood, though a slight pull
would bring them down. He re-
moved every evidence of the work
and fastened ropes to the tops of the
trees and concealed more than 200
men in the forest to manage the
ropes at a signal from him.
The duke knew ON what day the
king would walk in the wood and
planned the work accordingly. The
king took his accustomed promenade,
and, as usual. expressed his senti-
ments about the hated forest "Your
majesty, the forest shall be removed
whenever you like" said d'Antin
Indeed, said the king; ''then I wish
that it might be done at once" AT
that moment d'Antin blew shrill
blast from a whistle, and to the ut
ter amazement of the king and the
royal party the forest fell as if by
enchantment.-Sa Francisco Argo-
naut.
Fergus County argus., 1895-01-03

to be an honorable. upright judge in
not STOPPING to take small political
advantage which he sold easily have
done.
Mr.. Bower has the reputation of be-
ing a well informed, systematic busi-
ness man, and while he may find that
there are established laws that control
the action of commissioners, which
should be repealed or amended, he may
find it possible to suggest reforms with
in the law that will result in q great
saving to the county. In this endeavoI
all will wish him success. If there il
any place in the world where good. con
servative business methods should bt
introduced it is in the conduct o
/ county affairs.
Fergus County argus., 1895-01-03

A farmers institute will be held in
Great Falls on January 10th and 11th.
Prof. S. NJ. Emery, of the state agri-
cultural experiment farm, connected
with the agricultural college at Boze-
man, will be there and will give the in
stitute the benefit of his experience in
many experiments of interest to the
farmer, tried during the past year.
Arrangements are now being made to
have several well known gentlemen
read papers of interest on irrigation,
wheat raising, bench land farming
dairying, fruit growing, stock feeding
and kindred subjects.
Fergus County argus., 1895-01-03
THE NEW COMMISSIONERS.

In appointing Clarence M. Goodell
county commissioner, Judge DuBose
did SO to avoid any possibility of legal
complications, he holding with other
able lawyers that there was no vacancy
to be filled by an election, Mr.. Perkins
appointment holding good until Janu-
ary lst, 1897.
In the appointment of Mr.. A. w.
Bower to succeed E. P. Chandler, Judge
DuBose very properly recognized the
claims of the dominant party in the
county, fully realizing the conflicting
legal views that were entertained in
relation to the tenure of office of COM
missioners before the rendering of a
decision by the supreme court. Both
the Republicans and Democrats nomi-
mated full commissioner ticket, and
from the result on other officers, it is
fair to presume that the former would
have secured a full board had they
stood for an election. Owing to the
supreme court decision, that the old
board held over, the Democrats now
have one member of the board in Mr..
Warehsm.
In making the choice of Mr.. Bower,
Judge DuBose was also governed by a
deesire to serve the whole people of the
county, having from personal knowl-
edge and the testimony Of others, a
high estimate of his intelligence and
business ability.
While some may think it would have
been better to have chosen q man from
Lewistown who could have been made
chairman and thus avoid the expense
of monthly visit to the county seat to
sign the warrants of county officers, the
Judge looked upon this as a trivial
matter when the vast interests of the
county were taken into consideration
We believe that Judge DuBose has
acted with sincere regard for the peo-
les interests and has shown himself
Fergus County argus., 1895-01-03

Any one who has children will rejoice
with l.. b. Mulford, of Plsinfield, n. j. His
little boy. five years OF age, was sick with
Group. For two days and nights he tried
various remedies recommended by friends
and neighbors. He says: II thought sure
1 would lose him. / had seen Chamber
Iain's Cough Remedy advertised and
thought would try it as a last hope and
am happy to say that after two doses he
slept until morning. gave it to him next
day and cure was effected. 1 keep this
remedy in the house now aud soon as
any OF my children show signs of Group l
give it to them and that is the last OF it,"
Druggist.
Fergus County argus., 1895-01-03
eaoPaicroRs OF THE
MINNEAPOLIS
SHEEPSKIN
TANNERY.
aAronrCRs OF
FINE NORTHERN FURS.
A BIRTHDAY PARTY.

Ny friend, dear friend, / hail the mornings
beam,
Full fain to send the greeting. fain to pray
For brightest blessings on thine own bright
day
For Joy that is-not JOY that doth but seem.
What shall pray7 What i, short sighted
deem
The best and sweetest, might be seed of pain.
What shall I prayf All, well I know 'twere
vain
To give q voice to my desire or dream,
For eyes divine look down and read IL right.
Sometimes we i've to weep q granted prayer.
So 1 would have God choose my prayer for thee,
That il may hnd sure favor in his sight
And win for thee some gift SURPRISING fair
And fadeless-even In eternity.
Katherine E. Conway in Woman's Journal.
Fergus County argus., 1895-01-03
Chinese Cripples Arc Rare.

Nobody ever sees a deformed or
crippled Chinaman. When a de-
formed Chow is born, he is promptly
put out of the world. When an adult
Chow is crippled, he is generally put
out of the world also. No one save
the other Chows knows exactly how
it is done. but the general impress
sion is that he is persuaded to hang
himself or induced to fall into a wa
ter hole. When anything serious
happens to a Mongol, he generally
kills kimself shortly afterward,
which probably means that a depu-
tation of his countrymen sit per-
suasively on his head until he is ex-
tinct. Chinese suicides are curious
things and are often worth investi-
gating.-Spare Moments.
Fergus County argus., 1895-01-03
A GREAT SCHEME.

Is Worked All Right, Only His Monsy
Didn't Hold Out.
''It was great scheme" said Fogg,
with unwonted animation, "a great
scheme, and but for one thing it
would have worked like a charm.
Reading an advertisement Of a
grocer who gave away teapot with
every pound Of tea, I said to Mrs.
F., Hannah, here's a chance to
get a new teapot for nothing
'Wheref' said she. Just listen to
this, said I. Then read the adver-
tisement to her. That was all that
was necessary. Twasn't 10 minutes
before she had her things on and
was off.
when she came back an hour or
30 later, her face was all aglow with
conscious pride. What do you think
of themY said she. What in thun-
der did you buy two pounds Of tea
forT says I. Well never use it up
4 didn't buy two pounds, said she.
Then where did you get two tea
potsP said I. I bought this one,'
said she. What fora' said I. They
gave you one with the pound of tea
Yes said she, but on the other side
of the street there is a crockery store
where they give a pound of tea with
every teapot that is bought there. I
wasn't going to lose the chance to
get pound of tea for nothing, so I
bought the teapot
Il never was so proud of Hannah in
all my life, though I didn't let on,
you know. But she had given me
an idea, and I made up my mind to
work it for what it was worth, for !
saw that if it were followed up I
could get all my supplies for nothing.
Here was my wife who had already
got a gratuitous teapot and an elee-
mosynary pound of tea, and she was
only q woman. What couldn't q
man accomplish in the same linea
$50 I sauntered out ON an explor-
ing expedition. It wasn't long be-
fore found cigar store where they
gave a quarter of pound of tobacco
with every pipe sold, and another
where they gave with every package
of tobacco disposed of a brierwood
pipe.
$50. to begin with. had both pipe
and tobacco, free gratis for nothing.
Then ! got an umbrella thrown in
with pair of rubbers, and pair of
rubbers as lagniappe for an ulnbrel-
La; bottle of hair oil with hair cut,
and hair cut with a bottle of hair
oil; a porous plaster with pound of
candy, and a pound Of candy with a
porous plaster, and so on.
Il found that l could get anything
I desired without money and with
out price. All that was necessary
was to purchase something else. 1t
was a great scheme, as I said in the
beginning. I found myself in pos
session of good many things
didn't want, but that's nothing.
Everybody has things he has no use
for. The scheme was a good one,
and it worked well, or it would have
worked well only for one thing"
"And that was2"
my money gave out. Exasperat.
ing, wasn't it, when everything was
working so Observation-Disclosures
Transcript.
Fergus County argus., 1895-01-03
Notice to stockholders.

A meeting is hereby called OF the Fergus
County Agricultural Mineral & Stock Asso-
citation. on Saturday, Jan. 12, 1894, at
d. m, at the Bank of Fergus County,
for the purpose of amending the bylaws OF
said association in changing the time for
the election of officers and for any other
business that may properly come before
the meeting.
ALr j. STEPHENS, President.
DAVID HILsER, Secretary.
Fergus County argus., 1895-01-03
The Little Bronxs Star.

English soldiers regard the Victoria
cross as the highest prize that can be
won, and the Frenchman looks eager
ly forward to the time when he can
pin upon his breast the cross of the
Legion of Honor. Individual acts of
gallantry in the American army are
not often greeted with flourish of
trumpets or special decoration, but
there is at least one substantial and
much coveted reward. It is known
as the medal Of honor. This little
bronze star is difficult to obtain and
is only granted in rare cases. Con-
gress must vote upon the question
just as if it were an especial act.
Numbers Of veterans in the army
have gained such a medal, but they
are far more limited in numbers than
the similar lists of other countries
would show. The rarit.- with which
this medal is awarded makes it an
the more highly priced by the recipi.
ents.-San Francisco Examiner.
Fergus County argus., 1895-01-03
THE OTHER FELLOW DID IT.
Bill Gay Persists in His Claim that Gross
Shot Jim Maekey.
Helena Independent.l

Helena Independent.l
"I never shot Jim Mackey," said
William Gay in a talk at his cell in
in the county Jail yesterday. Mackey
was on one side of the rifle pit that |
Harry Gross and had dug-the side |
that Gross was on. There are plenty
of witnesses that / could find to
whom Gross admitted afterward that
he shot Mackey. He seemed to be
proud of the fact. If l can get any
thing like a fair show this thing will
not be half so bad as it looks now to
some people. Over in Meaghercounty
for q change of venue. In Meagher
the papers have made me out to be a
desperado, and the consequence is the
people are all against me. AS for Jim
Mackey, he and / were good friends
while l was at Castle. / worked at
Castle for two years and was getting
along all right. Then 1 got into the
trouble with N. E. Benson over some
coal lands | had been working on.
He attacked me bitterly in his paper
and said the meanest kind OF things
about me. 1t got so could not get
work anywhere"
Gay is a ready talker and an inter-
esting one. He uses none of the lam
guage usually attributed to the tough.
Aman of ordinary build and weight,
he does not look like one to inspire
the terror that it seems he was cap
able OF doing. He is not bad look
ing man, either, though his face indi-
Gates great determination. His eyes
are the most pronounced feature of
the man. They are gray, and when
they look at man they appear to be
looking clear through him. Thepupils
are of a yellowish hue and somewhat
bloodshot.
Gay blames Gross with all the
trouble at Castle and all that has oc-
CURED since. He and gross were only
wanted in Wyoming for robbery, and
that would have meant simply term
of years, though he declares they were
innocent of that crime and it would
have been impossible to convict
them. He says he begged Gross not
to do any shooting before Deputy
Sheriff RAIDER was killed. Gross, how.
ever, was a fighter, both with his guns
and with his fists, and was just the
kind of man to do what he did. "As
for Mackey," says Gay, 81 wouldn't
have shot him even if had seen him,
which didn't"
"If l had remained at Bingham
continued Gay, al might have staid
there twenty years without being
found out. Then, again l mightn't
Somefellow may have come along who
knew me and who would have giver
me away. II had the money Imigh,
have gone on and been out of the
country before now, but l suppos.
! they would have found me some tim,
or other. But got into that mining
venture and the company alway,
treated me well, so staid. Most o
the population around there wer'
Mormons. l went to "A number o
their dances. The Mormons ar
great people for dancing"
Since his capture. Gay says, he feel
freer than he did while being hunted
. all over creation. He had had tt
watch everybody for fear an office
wonld be on him at any moment.
"Now," he says, 81 feel that if | cal
only get fair trial it will not be s,
, bad after ALL"
Fergus County argus., 1895-01-03
Knew What she Wanted.

An English paper says that a young
woman Of Girton college, England,
advertised for q classical coach"
meaning. of course, a private tutor.
After q time she received letter
from a local coach builder, who sent
her a pressing invitation to inspect
his stock, and offered even to build
her one In the classical style, adding
that he knew exactly the class of
article she wanted.
Fergus County argus., 1895-01-03
EArIng.

Mrs. Ewing sums up the matter Of
hygienic eating in few wise words:
'Divest yourself of prejudice con-
cerning food. Partake judiciously
of all articles of diet that are of gen.
eral use. Avoid a great variety Of
dishes at a meal. Be regular in your
eating habits. Taste nothing except
ut mealtime. Don't eat too much
New York Times.
Fergus County argus., 1895-01-03

1t is now said that Congressman w.
l.. Wilson, of the ways and means COM
mittee, is to write book on his twelve
years experience in congress. A sug-
gestive title would be, "How Grover
and 1 Ruined the Country and Gained
the Applause of England"
Fergus County argus., 1895-01-03

Some people are inclined to think
that the White Sulphur Springs Jail is
not safe place for Gay, the desperado.
Pools might be sold on the length of
time he will remain behind the bars.
Fergus County argus., 1895-01-03

Steps are being taken to test the con-
stltutionality of the income tax law,
passed at the last congress. AS there
are good many people in the United
States who have no incomes at all At
interest, this new law gives them but
little concern
Fergus County argus., 1895-01-03

Ex-senator James G. Fair died sud
denly at the Lick house in San Fran
cisco, last Saturday. Two of the great
quartette of bonanza kings have passed
away without doing very much good
with their wealth.
Fergus County argus., 1895-01-03

William E. Gladstone celebrated the
eighty-fifth anniversary of his birth on
January 18th. The dispatches say his
eyesight has been restored and his
health is good. May he live to round
out q century.
Fergus County argus., 1895-01-03

Bill Gay says it was the other fellow,
Gross, who did all the shooting. Un-
fortunately for Mr.. Gay he will be
unable to prove an alibi. Ii Gross
had been captured he would have
blamed Gay for everything. How
Fergus County argus., 1895-01-03

DIR. Shields. an eminent physician of
Tennessee, says: II regard Ayers Sarsa-
parilla as the best blood-medicine on
earth, and know Of many wonderfulcures
effected by it's use." Physicians all over the
land have made similar statements.
Fergus County argus., 1895-01-03
AMERICAN WOMEN

receive constant and special attention.
Among the topics recently discussed arc;
Woman Suffrage in Practice The
Renaissance of fWoman";"woman in Poll
tics; THE New Aspect of the Woman
Question" and 1.-The Modern Girl, by the
author OF The Heavenly Twins The
Future of Marriage; Evils OF Early Mar
riages''; The Servant Girl Of the Future
"The Financial Dependence OF Women
Trades Unions for Women The Lack
Of Good Servants": "American Life and
PHYSICAL Deterioration: Good and Bad
Mothers; "The Tyranny Of the Kitchen;
The Amateur Nurse; Mark T~ain's De
tense Of Harriet Shelley, etc, etc.
Fergus County argus., 1895-01-03

Two Sticks, South Dakota Indian,
will he hanged on Friday, but heap big
Chief One Stick will hang on at Wash
ington for two years yet.-Anaconda
Standard.
Fergus County argus., 1895-01-03
TOOK aRADY's PLACE
Henry Wsttsrson Represents the South
at Pilgrims' Banquet.

nv N"S S'6aey Il
OF the New England society. held in
New York recently, Henery Watterson
to the toast, "The Puri- |
tan and the Cavalier" as follows:
Mr.. Watterson in opening referred to
the night just eight years ago, when
the eloquent but much lamented
Henry Grady, the advocate OF the
new South, spoke before the New
England Society--the first Southerner
ever invited to speak before the society.
81 mean to take up the work
where Grady left off. To tell the
truth, 4 am afraid l have gained
access here on false pretenses. 1 am
no cavalier at all; just plain Scotch
Irish son of those Scotch-Irish South
erners who ate no fire in the green leaf
and who have eaten no dirt in the
brown. l am much disposed to say
"A Plague O. both your houses Each
was good enough in it's way whilst
they lasted, each in it's turn filled the
English-speaking world with mourn
ing, and, each, if either could have
resisted the infection of the soil and
climate they found here. would
be today striving at the swords point
te square life by the iron rule Of theo-
cracy or to round it by the dizzy
whirl of a petticoat.
Turning to the encyclopedia of
American biography find that Web
ster had all the vices that are sup
posed to have signalized the cavalier,
and Calhoun, all the virtues that are
claimed for the puritan. And the
cavaliers missed their stirrups, some
how, and got into Yankee saddles.
The woods were full of them. fCuster
was not a cavalier, Rupert was a
puritan. The one typical soldier of
the war was Southern, not a North
ern soldier, Stonewall Jackson, OF
Virginia line. Yet a puritan in re-
ligious convictions and instincts.
"If you wish to get at the bottom
facts ! do not mind telling you that
it was we Scotch Irish who vanquished
both of you-some of us in peace,
Others of us in war, supplying the
missing link of adaptability, the
needed Ingredient of common
sense. So l appeal from the men in
silken hose who danced to music made
by slaves-and called it freedom
from the men in bell-crown hats who
led Hester Prynne to her shame-and
called it religion-to that Americanisn
which reached forth it's arm to smits
the wrong with reason and truth
secure In the power of both. appea
from the patriarchs of New England
to the poets OF New England, from
Endicott to LEVEL; from Winthrop tc
Longfellow, from Norton to Holmes
and l appeal in the name, and by
that common citizenship OF thai
common origin back OF both thu
puritan and cavalier, to which all o
US owe our being. Let the dead past
consecrated by the blood of it'
martyrs, not by it's savage hatreds
kingcraft and priestcraft, bury it,
dead. Let the present and the future
ring with the song of the ringers
Blessed be the lessons that they teach
the laws they make. Blessed be tn
eye to see, the light to reveal. BLESSED
be the tolerance, sitting over on tn
right hand of God to guide the wa!
with loving word, as blessed be al
that brings us nearer the goal OF tru
religion, true Republicanism, tru
patriotism, distrust OF watchword
and labels, shams and heroes, belle
in our country and ourselves"
Fergus County argus., 1895-01-03

Montanians should not complain
about the weather WHEN Louisville,
KY, is showed under and the orange
crop of Florida is badly damaged by
the frost,