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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-07-03
A BUTTING RAM.

Jim McCue, rancher, politician,
philosopher and horse doctor, walked
on the ferryboat with u crutch the
other day. He also had an arm in .
sling and his head bandaged.
whats the matter, Jim?" inquired
two or three acquaintances.
"1'll bet any man in this crowd
go he can butt harder and longer than
any ram or billygoat In the State"
responded Jim somewhat irrelevantly.
but l guess I've broke him OF It,"
"Y0u look as II you had been broken
some yourself" suggested one.
swell, to tell the truth, did get
jammed around little. I've been
breaking a ram Of the botting habit.
This ram was raised a pet, and that's
what makes him so sassy. lie knows
who to tackle, t0o. He won't touch q
man, because he knows he'd get .
fence rail frazzled out over his head;
but woman he will butt clear over
into the next pasture.
'Thc other morning this ram j0lted
q lady friend Of miue clear, across q
fleld and through picket fence, and
/ thought 1t was about time to cure
him Of the habit. ] put on an old
calico dress, tied % ap old sunbonnet
aud, concealing sledgehammer under
my apron, sauntered down through
the Held. Tho minute the ram saw
me he dropped all the business hehad
on hand and came over to have some
fun with me. He squared Oh, shook
his head, and made . run for me.
When l stepped to one side to get y
good swing at him, the blamed old
dress trlpped me and I fell down. I
started to get up, but that blamed old
ram was behind me, and I turned two
somersaults before l hit the ground
again. ! didn't stand any chance vt
all. He just kept lifting me until he
got me against the fence, then backed
OF and hit me another crack, aud
then another and another, I'LL /
thought he'd broken every rib 10 my
body. Finally he jamnled me clear
through under the bottom rail, and I
managed TO crawl TO the house.
"But l got even the next morning.
l had tue hired man take . green oak
10y, dress II In womcns clothes, and
set II swinging from liulb. That
buck lost horn the drst time he hit
II, and II wasn't long iii the ,seeond
went the same way. When ! leh him
he was meeting II half way every time
II swung back 1t him, and ! woul1rEl
wonder II hc 70 worn down pretty Gloss
~ the tail BY this time"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-07-03
SENATOR WALTHALL.
lie HAS NO PREFERENCE IN THE WAY
OF PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE.

l
phis Tuesday Of last week en- route {,
his home from Washington, or rathel
from New York, to which city In
went after the adjournment Of Con
Rress. He is looking in good health
and spirits and seems In shape to en-
ter upon the arduous labors OF the
National Convention at Chicago afteI
having come safe through the session
Of Congress.
"WhO will be the nominee OF the
Democrats at Chicago for President?'
was, OF course, the first question put
to him. The Senator Is u prominent
supporter Of the white metal, and
might be supposed to have some 10.
side information about the purposes
OF his colleagues.
"That Is u question / cannot an.
swer. l do not know what will be
done by the Convention, nor could
venture q guess"
"Have you any preference, person.
ally"
mo. l will not form any prefer.
ence until l shall have gone to Chi.
cagO and conferred with the Demo.
Gratis from all parts of the country
whom / will meet thcre?"
"Do you consider there is plenty OF
material from which to make q sclec.
tiOn?"
"Plcnty of it,"
"Havc you heard any intimation as
to who will be selected to preside over
the Convention at Chicago"
"None ut all. l expect that will be
decided after the delegates reach
Chicago"
"The free silver people will get TO-.
gether IN caucus and make out their
slate. Is not that the expectation"
swell, that is the usual manner OF
arranging those things"
Senator Walthall was asked what
he thought tho Convention would do
the abrogation Of the two.thirds rule,
which has for SO long been the dis
tinctive feature Of the Democratic
Conventions, and concerning which
the free silver bulletin from Wash.
ington 10 the CommercIal-Appcal this
morning makes Significant reference,
as follows:
1.-THE consen sus IS now that the
twO-thirds rule will not be repealed
unless the majority flnd the gold men
are 0bstructing the Convention"
II am opposed to the abrogation oi
the two-thlrds rule as q means of &C
c0mpllshing any specific object" re.
piled the Senator. II think II the
rule is TO DO abrogated Il should be
done under circumstances whore II
would not have particular bearing
upon any specific measure Of party
policy. ! remember that back 10 1915,
when Tilden was nominated, the
elimination Of this rule was strongly
agitated. The Convention passed =
resolution for the action Of tile next
Convention after the States should be
heard from. That was a very g0Od
way to get ut It,"
"And What became Of that rcs0lu.
tiOn?"
1T was never heard from again.
So l take II that the method ~ long
In use by the party was. At least, not
~ unsatisfactory to the mass Of the
party as to make It worthy Of sub
stantial complaint"
The interview with Senator Wal.
thall concluded With the question;
"what do you think Of the holt Of
the Teller forces from the Republican
Convention amounts top"
"As 70 that" was the reply, II cau
60 20 far u 70 say that II does moi
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-07-03

"II0w 10 II that Watley has 40 many
nov suits. He xets : small salayyl"
"Oh, he h 90 electrician and w.
clothes are al charged
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-07-03

amount to enough 10 secure for Teller
the Democratic nomination. We have
plenty Of good men and plenty OF
strength Of our own 10 make II un.
necessary for US to nominate a Re.
publican"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-07-03
u. .. EvRRIrr.

T. m. Evans. w. q. EVANS. JR..
Scranton. Miss. Mississippi City, Miss.
Evans & Evans,
ATTORNEYS AND C0UNsEIORs At LAW.
win practice In all the courts Of jackson
county. Resldence and ONCE At Moss Point.
AaO ONCE In the c0urt-h0use 1t Scranton.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-04-23
ABSOLUTELY PURE

ment which is intended to result in
the entire exclusion of foreign cattle;
Germany imposes prohibitory in
spection laws; France excludes Amer
lean cattle and receives pork only
when inspected and certified; Den
mark and Belgium have regulations
made to correspond with those of
Germany, while Russia entirely pro-
hibits the Importation of pork"
The sub committee Of the house
committee on ways and means il
said to- have drawn a bill for the
re-establishment of the policy of
reciprocity. 1t provides that when
it appears that foreign countries are
imposing burdensome and unjust
tariff duties upon the products of
this country, or when the balance of
trade between the United States and
any foreign country is i'm favor of the
latter, the President may negotiate
with such country with n view to
agreeing upon a commercial treaty
that shall place the trade between
'h' 'ohti 'tihts lfoi On
equal footing, so far as tariffs are
concerned, and also equalize the
balance of trade between them as
nearly as may be. II the country re-
fuses to enter into such "A treaty, the
President is authorized to impose
upon its imports the highest rates of
duty prescribed by any tariff law of
the United States that has been In
force since 1Syl
1t is reported that a thorough can
Representatives and that it shows
that a bill dra wn on the above lines
will pass that body. Ii will accord
ingly be pressed to a final vote before
the close of the present session,
though little confidence Is felt that
the concurrence of the senate can be
secured before adjournment. A criti-
cism upon the bill which is outlined
above is likely to suggest itself;
namely, that it addresses itself solely
to tariff duties. The exclusion of
our products is as often effected by
means of provisions respecting in
spection and other legislation of like
character to the same end. The
power should be i'm the hands of the
President to- adopt measures of re-
taliation i'm all such cases. Then we
should have a President who will
make "a vigorous Use of the authority
SO conferred.-Helena Herald.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-04-23
BERINO SEA TREATY.
The Senate Rstifies the Treaty of Arbitration.

WASHINGTON, April 15.-The senate,
i'm executive session today ratified
the Bering sea arbitration treaty
The treaty provides for racommission
TO arbitrate claims made by citizens
of England against the United States
for seizures of vessels engaged i'm the
capture of fur seals prior to the Paris
award. 1t was verbally amended
by thecommittee on foreign relations,
but not to an extent to materially
change it's purport. The senate
ratified it without making any
changes i'm addition to those made
by the committee and without a
dissenting vote. Some questions
We're asked as to the amount in
volved i'm the proposed settlement,
and it was stated i'm reply that
this could not he definitely given.
The nearest approximation to figures
possible was thesum which Secretary
Gresham had agreed To pay, which
was something less than half a mil
lion dollars.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-04-23
Beef and Reciprocity.

The stOckgrowers of Montana and
other parts of the Union are larger
sufferers from the sacrifice 81 recipro-
city than any other class i'm the
country. The committee on ways
and means has been hearing state
ments ON this subject for some time
past. Among those who appeared
before the committee was Mr.. S. W.
Allerton, of the Chicago stock yards,
who said that the determinations
established by foreign governments
against American meat in conse-
quence of the repeal of the reciproc-
ity had cost the people of the United
States a market of SOO,OOO head of
cattle per year; and reduced the
price about 20 per cent.
The withdrawal from the Presi-
dent of the power to retaliate has
encouraged European countries tn
adopt vigorous measures to- exclude
American food products from their
markets, since they could do SD with
perfect impunity and thus cater to
their own agricultural interests. An
exchange mentions some Of these
determinations as follows: "A bill
is now pending in the British parlia
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-04-23
NEITHER ROMANIsT OR A. p. A.
Mckinley Denies the Allegations Of Both the
Catholics and the A. p. A.

CLEVELAND, April 15.-The Leader,
a newspaper that more nearly than
any other represents William McKin-
ley, gives out a statement denying
all the charges made against McKin-
ley by those claiming to represent
the American Protective Association.
1t is stated that Mckinley is not a
member of the Ancient Order of
Hibernians, that he IL a member of
the Methodist church and his pri-
vate secretary is an Episcopalian,
OF which church Mark Hama is also
a member. Mckinley is Free
Mason, cOmrade of the Grand Army
of the Republic, a member of the
Union Veteran Union, and Sons of
the American Revolution; also of
the Loyal Legion and of a college
fraternity. The statement is author
lied that Mckinley knows nothing
whatever of an application from any
organization to visit him at Canton,
and he never refused to meet any
person or committee of any kind.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-04-23
NEBRASKA AND NORTH DAKOTA.
Conventions In Both States Instruct for
neklnley for President.

OMAHA, April l5.-The Republican
state convention met here tonight
to select delegates to the st. Louis
convention. The only opposition
developed was when ex-Gov. CrOunse
offered a resolution censuring Sena-
tor Thurston for ward political
methods In working up the state pre-
viOus to the convention. The reso-
luton referred to ThurstOn as a die
tator, and it's reading was interrupted
with a storm of opposition. Thurs
ton said he was ready to abide by the
judgment OF the convention, and the
resolution was promptly tabled.
W. Z. McCreary was made chairman
of the convention. The delegates
chosen We're: j. l.. Webster, Peter
Jensen, T. p. Kennard and George
H. Thummel, and they were in
structed for Mckinley. The plat
form opposes free silver coinage. A
number of A. =. A. leaders We're
present and tried to get delegates
chosen against Mckinley, but were
told that it was too late, that the
state WAS for Mckinley.
FARGO, n. d., April 1.-THE Re
publican state convention today
was most enthusiastic. Free silver
was voted down, the resolution
favoring the ''use of silver currency,
but to an extent only, and under
such restrictions that its parity
with gold can he maintained. We
are therefore opposed to the free and
unlimited coinage of silver until 1t
can be arranged by international
agreement" The delegates to the
st. Louis convention We're instructed
to use all honorable means to sup
port Mckinley.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-04-23
AT NEIHART.
Six Men Killed i'm the Broad
water Mine.
OTHERS FATALLY INJURED.
Another Case of careIessness In the Thawlng
Of Dynamite. Those Injured Num-
ber Twenty.

NEIHART, April lS.-Neihart has
added one more to the list of mine
horrors which have startled the
state during the last two weeks. At
five minutes past l O'Clock a. m. the
town was awakened by a frightful
explosion, followed by the screech OF
the whistles and the call of the fire
bell. In "a few minutes the streets
were swarming with people on their
way to the mine from which the
ominous sound had proceeded.
Scantly dressed men and women and
children clustered around the second
tunnel of the BrOadwater. A babel
of questions and shouts arose,
drowning all intelligible conversa-
ton. A few more courageous than
the rest dashed i'm the midst of the
smoke, splintered timbers and fallen
rock, and one by one the slaughtered
and injured miners were brought
out to the open air, some of them
mangaled and crushed beyond the
recognition of friends, and Others
groaning i'm mortal agony. The
scene was a pathetic one, as friends
and relatives picked out the dead
and wounded and carried them to
the empty furniture store which was
used as a morgue. The dead miners
are:
Frank Doran, ID. III. Ross, Hugh
Mex inzie, j ohm Cairnes. Dan O'Leary,
w. B. Morrison.
The seriously injured are: George
Doran, back hurt and head cut;
James j. Connolly, arm broken and
injuries; James Dearon, back hurt;
James II. Gallagher, injured In chest
and side; Charles Smith, injured
about the head; Mike Tobin, injured
about the head; ten Others have
less serious injuries.
There appears to-be some doubt
as to the actual cause of the tragedy,
although the point of explosion is
known to be at a magazine where
the dynamite was stored. The
three tunnels of the BrOadwater
mine are along the road leading up
from the canyon over old Badly.
The second tunnel, where the ex-
plosiOn occurred, was close to the
road. A short distance inside
was branch tunnel about
30 feet long leading to the magazine
I'm the drift. About 80 feet down the
main tunnel the miners were work.
ing, a shot having been put in just
before they went to lunch at j:
O'Clock.
There were 22 miners working on
the level, about half of whom had
gone i'm or were going in at the time
of the explosion. Frank DOran had
charge of the magazine, which wal
used for thawing out powder. Hs
went i'm ahead with a box ofpowder
The last seen of him, he was kneelins
on the ground boxing the powder
1t is supposed that the fire from hi
candle ignited the powder. Or II
may be possible that he perceived
his danger. for his body was fount
i'm the main shaft fully 80 feet from
the magazine.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-04-23

Inter Mountain:-Accordi to the
information OF the New York World
upon the subject of Democratic pref
erences, thirteen states are flavor
able to Cleveland" five are "fiatly
against him." prefer some other
candidate" and twelve flavor any
silver candidate" Cleveland Ia given
26S delegates to start with In the
convention. These, added to those
who "prefer some other candidate"
but who would probably be whipped
OF cajoled into line, would give him
ZIG delegates. Those "fiatly against
him" and 'for any free silver candi-
date would combined have 1874
votes, which it is estimated, will be
the full silver strength in the conven-
ton. The showing is interesting az
the weakness of the free
coinage sentiment in the Democratic
party. OF course some Of the dele
gates set down as "prefering some
other candidate" might vote against
Cleveland and In favor of Carlisle,
Olney, Morton OF Whitney, but IL
such delegates were silver men they
would be put down in the silver
column, among those ..fOr any free
silver candidate" and not on the
doubtful list.
II the reports of the World are
accurate the Democratic national
convention is about as likely to de
clare for a tariff protection as for free
coinage. The Worlds figures con-
firm the worst fears Of western
Democrats. But perhaps Mr.. Pulit-
zer's estimttcs are wrong. Demo
cratic estimates generally are.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-04-23

conditions in Cuba did not come to
pass while slavery existed In America,
or before the people of the United
States understood themselves as the
great power of this hemisphere. with
corresponding duties. We, the peO-
pie of the United States and the peO-
pie of Cuba, would form a natural
union by the island coupling her
destiny with ours as one Of fourstates,
and she is worth more than all the
rest Of the West Indies or all the
archipelagoes i'm the Pacific Ocean.
The annexation that il clearly
coming will not be due to any i'm
mediate action Of Spain or the
United States. 1t will be accepted
by all concerned as the only way for
the order and the energy that in
established peace would command
enduring prosperity; and the addi-
tiOn of the marvellous island would
round out the proportions of the
Republic, and swell her commerce
with the productions Of all the zones
north of the equator.
Columbus first saw the blue noun
tains of Cuba rise from the sea on
October y, 1892, the first great land
that he discovered, and he was In
doubt whether 1t was Japan or Asia,
but his mind was settled that he was
sailing I'm the Indies-and he was
but the Indies of his dreams were on
the other side of the earth. The
gentle natives became friends, and
then slaves of the Spaniards, and
perished. The slave trade followed,
and q harder race served the naughty v
masters of the land of the palm and
orange-fairer than that of which
Goethe sang. The sorrOws of races
and the logic of histories say the day
dawns when, once more the natives
of Cuba-the name the Indians gave
it, and that has clung through all
fOrtunes-shall regain their lOng-lOst
Paradise, and the lonesome Southern
star shine with peace and goodwill
I'm the great constellation of the
North.-From "Our Cuban Neigh
bOrs and Their Struggle for Liberty
by Murat Halstead, In the April Re
view of Reviews,
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-04-23
An Island City.

Greater New York consists of forty
five islands-just as many as there
are now stars i'm our flag. 1t might
be called the Island City. Read the
names OF some of the larger:
l. Manhatten Island.
.. Long Island.
3. Staten Island.
4. Hart's Island.
5. City Island.
q. Riders Island.
s. South Island.
.. Blackwell's Island.
10. Randall's Island.
IL. Wards Island
12. Berrian's Island
13. Governors Island.
IA. Barren Island.
Ii. COney Island
Many small ones in Jamaica Bay
have as large names. One island,
Marble Hill, near Kingsbridge, has
lately been made by the government
channel cut through on the Harlem
River improvements York
Dispatch.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-04-23
The End Of War In caba is Anne xatioa,

/ can see no chance for a speedy
close of the war. There is desperate
and deadly animosity on
both sides. The insurgents are
horsemen and know the country and
can live on it and glide through it,
eluding strong columns and fighting
weak ones. They have faith that
time is with them. They cannot be
forced to risk decisive engagements.
They have no artillery and must
dodge and skirmish-their capacity
Is In celerity.
1t is well that the approaching
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-04-23

TACOMA, April 15.-The silver men
I'm the democratic state convention
made an all day fight yesterday for
a silver platform, and for silver
delegation, instructed to vote for a
free coinage candidate for president.
Cleveland's administration was in
dorsed. The free silver resolution
was adopted, but the delegates were
not instructed.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-04-23
Over the Veto.

ALBANY, April 15.-The Greater
New York. bill was passed by the
senate today over the vetOes OF the
mayors of New York and Brooklyn.
The vote was 80 ayes to l4noes. The
assembly has still to act upon the
vctOes.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-04-23

NEW YORK, April 15.-Ten million
dollars of gold bonds of the Cuban
provisional government have been
prepared and will soon go on the
market. 1t IL said the floating Of the
bonds has been undertaken by one Of
the best men on Wall street.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-04-23

The PetersburgtVa.) Index-Appeal
estimates that the Associated Press
story of the dynamite explosion at
Johannesburg cost $4,000. The
cable rate from Johannesburg to the
United States il $40 a word.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-04-23
the BEST
SPRING Medicine

Is SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR-don't
forget to take il. The Liver gets sluggish
during the Winter, just like all nature,
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You get THE BEST BLOOD when
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Try a Liver Remedy once and note the
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LIVER REGULATOR which makes the
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powder; but take SIMMONS LIVER REGU-
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package. Look for it.
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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-04-23

Doctor, is it true that medicine
remains in the system for years."
well" said the physician, cit is a
common thing for opium to he
found i'm the joints
The Opelousas courier., 1896-06-06
NOTES FOR BEEKEEPERS,

Bees, small fruit and poultry make a
good combination.
Golden rod gives a rich, thick honey
OF a golden color.
The queen bee is the only perfectly
developed female in the hive.
The queen lives several years and is
useful as q laying queen for three
years.
A young queen is more liable to pro-
duce a working progeny and an old one
drones. s-.
In the spring If a frame of dirty comb
is put in the hive the bees will clean it
up and make it fit for use.
Worker bees are undcveloped female
bees, and are Matched from the same
kind Of eggs that the queens are.
The great advantage in using comb
foundations is that with it the comb
can be ready for use in a few days,
saving in this way considerable time.
Any colony of bees can be readily
changed to pure Italians by simply re-
moving the old queen and introducing
9 lew one in her stead.
When a colony has been ~queenless for
some time, or there are no young bees
Of the propcs age for nursing the young
larvae, a frame of Matching bees should
be put in with the queen.
A good, strong colony of bees, To-
Gated where xhere is plenty of honey
producing flowers will, with good man
agement, produce 100 pounds OF comb
honey and still allow another strong
colony to-. be made from it.-st. Louis
Republic