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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-08-27
CANDIDATE WATSON TALKS.
His Views Upon The Chicago Platform and
the .'Plutocrat'' SewaIi.

Thos. +. Watson, Populist vice
presidential nominee. is out with
another statement. Watson says:
-"To expect to beat Mckinley with
out saying a word against Mckinley
il something new under the sun. but
Bryan's silence was proper and neces-
sary. He could not afford to de-
nounce protection while Mr.. SewaIl,
his running name, is SO well known
as a protectionist. Mr.. Sewall is
even now acting i'm league with the
Republicans to secure legislation
which will levy tribute upon every
American consumer of foreign goods
i'm the selfish interest of the New
England shipbuilders, of whom he IL
one, and just as Mr.. Sewall's presence
on the ticket prevented Mr.. Bryan
from assailing national banks of
issue and the Republican doctrine of
protection. the same baneful interest
prevented him from denOuncing rail-
road monopoly and eXtortiOn. In
fact, il seems the mission of Mr.
Sewall i'm the campaign is to act as a
contradiction to Mr.. Bryan and the
Chicago platform. For instance, Mr..
Bryan said i'm one of his speeches the
other day that II he should be elected.
the people who elected him would
not he found asking favors of the
government. We had not quite
finished clapping hands over this
statement before Ii was made clear
to us that the men who are backing
the ticket i'm New England will de-
mand that the government levy a
| fine upon every citizen who dares to
buy foreign goods which are not
brought to this country i'm the ships
Of Mr. Sewall and his Republican
colleagues"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-08-27

earnestness the political aspect of
affairs in America, and at once be-
came an attentive listener. The gen
tleman most vehement i'm his denun-
citation of Mckinley and his policy OF
protection to American Industries
proved to be n manufacturer of
hosiery i'm or near SaxOny. Look"
said he. lat the difference i'm the
European export trade. When i'm
1891 the Mckinley bill went into effect
we did not have to wait long tn feel
it's effects. In 1893 the expectation
of wooden goods to the United States
amounted to but $16.OOO. 900, while
the very next year, under the Demo-
cratic low tariff they jumped to- over
$57, ,O00, 900, a difference of $41 ,OO0, 200
in twelve months. A return to Me-
Kinleyism means that instead of be-
ing able to place our goods on the
American market at price below
that of the product of American
factories we shall he virtually shut
out of the market altogether and
shall have to close down our mills
and discharge our help. This means
want and deprivation, il not actual
starvation,s tn thousands of the
working class, and then they wonder
why nearly every man, woman and
child dislikes the very name of the
man all America bows down to and
wOrships. The people have not for
gotten the effects of the Mckinley
bill of 1871. Why, before the bill be-
came a law, one firm alone i'm Phila-
delphia, doing, AZ | understand, sim
ply a retail business, kept my factory
so busy that experienced difficulty
i'm getting sufficient help and had
frequently to run overtime. l have
often thought that this man must
have had some inside knowledge con-
cerning political affairs and used it
to his advantage by stocking up well
with European goods before the
Mckinley bill should become effective.
) like this could Use so many goods.
Hundreds of mills and factories en-
joyiI & at present the benefits of DEM
!, ocratic law tariff must now prepare
to close down. His associates
agreed with him in verything and
methods to avert the disaster threat
ening European manufacturers.
, have heard so many hints of this sort
that should not mind If had but a
. small percentage of the funds that
will be raised, i'm fact, that are being
) raised just now by the textile i'm.
dustry alone to defeat the election OI
Mckinley. Such. friend Schnitzer, il
! the situation here as it actually ex'
2 lists. The mere mention of McKin.
| ley's name here will turn the most
{ gOod-natured TeutOn into an IRA.
, tional being, and the few utterances
: of your paper i'm favor of the Repub
) lican nominee for President of the
I United States have forever ruined
) your chances of doing any business
b. this side of the Atlantic. Ii it wer,
: possible for the prOtectiOnists to
!: transport the entire army of labor
P ing men in the United States tt
e these shores in one brief hour they
r would have an object lesson thai
r would impress them more than al
4 of the campaign literature, speeche.
e and torchlight parades they could
q scare up. 1t would be a lesson thai
= would last them all of their lives
= You can easily believe this when
{ tell you how it effected me. an old
L time Democrat
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-08-27
"Am ! q WIZARD"

France tried free silver. and failed
China, Japan, India, Mexico, Argen-
tine Republican, silver standard
countries-have not been able to
make their silver dollars equal to
gold dollars in the marts of the
world. They are worth 53 cents, and
not 100 cents. The United States
itself has had whack at the expert
ment without success. And now
comes Mr. Bryan, who complacently
asserts that he will do what Others
have consistently failed to do after
many years of trial and experience.
What In Mr.. Bryan? A magician or
a wizard? Or is he only a freak ?
North American.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-08-27
Highest Of all in Leavenng Power-Laes U. Govt Report
R4&:a!!all! q! BsMdssz BakiRs
ABSOLUTELY PURE
The Effects of Free Wool.

of
leading American with the
in
that
a
5 q
cent?
advancing
the
in Il.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-08-27

Mr.. Bryan will find that the "crOwn
of thorns" that will be east aside by
American labor next November il
the one that was fitted upon the
brow Of labor by the fifty-third con-
greSs.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-07-25
dealer to force out number of splits. -
This ia simply done.
MANUFACTURING SPLITS.

he can use the double deck boy or he
may use "strippers'to advantage. A
phcK OF such cards contains twenty eight
oaros cut to an exact parallelograIn and
twenty four cut with curve on each
side. That Is, they are slightly wider
than the others.
For illustration, suppose that one side
OF the faro layout-the king, queen, jack,
ten, nine and eight-are cut with curve.
The others are straight. No matter how
often the dealer may shuttle them, by q
simple pull with the fingers he can haul
out all the kings, queens, jacks, tens
mines, and Fights. After a long, vigorous
and impressive shuttle he pulls the TWEEN.
ty-four wids cards out. Then with an.
other swift movement he "butts'' them
together. getting them in alternatively
with the straight card. He gives them 8
few rapid cuts, which do not affect the
case in the least, aud places them in the
box. This box is arranged with wide
slot, so that By an extra dig the dealer
can shove out two cards.
Thus the dealer knows exactly which
are the high and which are the low cards
in the box and he can pull them out at
will according to the betting Con the
board.
In making these strippers, 1t is not at
ali necessary to have them run in big and
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-07-25
WHEN TIE AXLE BREAKS.
Ehe Device Used on O Ponderous Truck
When 1t Became Crippled.

TIL
Ahe Device Used on Ponderous Truck
When 1t Became Crippled.
When a buggy wagon or other COMPARE
lively light vehicle breaks rear axle near
che hub, where axles usually break, the
driver usually gets plank or light stick
Of timber, makes one end fast under the
forward part of the wagon and let's the
other end trail to the rear as support for
the broken axle. 1t doesn't lift it quite to
its ordinary level, but it raises it high
enough, and with the axle thus supported
the driver goes to the repair shop The
other day one of those immense four
wheeled trucks used for carrying iron
beams and columns appeared down town
with broken rear axle, broken at the
hub on the Off side of the truck.
A piece Of plank or light stick of tim
Der wouldn't do for ponderous truck like
this Two heavy planks had been set on
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-07-25

not unlike that of q typewriter. Tiny
wires connect with each of the mum bered
compartments, eighteen of the wires be-
ing controlled by one button and the re-
naming eighteen by another. A slight
pressure on the button while the wheel
Is Ia motion contracts eighteen of the
compartments so that it would be next
to impossible for the marble to fall into
them. For instance, if there were lot
OF money bet on the odd numbers the
dealer would press the button controlling
the numbers l, 8. 5, z, 9, etc., IN to 5,
and the marble would fall into one of the
even numbers. If there were much
money bet on the black the button con-
trolling the black numbers is pressed and
the red numbers win. All that is re-
qulred Is quick eye on the part of the
dealer to figure up the amounts bet, and,
to press the button controlling the favor
lite numbers
No man but fool will play a game
like poker, hearts or whist with pro-
fesslonai gambler. Even il the cards are
not marked on the back there is a con-
trlvance known az the poker ring, which
has pin point sunk in the band. With
this ring the sharp can puncrure the
cards in way which will tell exactly
what his opponent holds. Then there
are various "hold out" oontrivances in
which the sharp can retain a card of each
suit for filling Pushes, for making threes
or bett ering his hand generally. Some of
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-07-25

turf, went upsagaiust private snap
game and quit $50. 600 loser after four
hours play.
The crook gambler has dsliloately con-
structed mechanical appliances at his
command for every recognized game OF
chance. Some OF these things may not
be larger than a silver dollar, but their
cost is enormous, ranging as high as 81.
GOO. Ii you can gain the confidence of a
dealer in gambling outfits he will tell
you that 10 per cent of the material sold
is of the crooked kind. This bringf
the percentage of honest gamblers down
to q fine point.
THE ONLY "SQUARK'' GAME.
Faro is called the ouly square game,
but as matter of fact the slick gambler
oan make it surest thing of them all.
All he needs is trace box and delft
ness of fingers. All dealers have the lat
ter, and the other can be purchased for
500 to $1,000. Then the player is at his
mercy.
The legitimate advantage of the banker
at faro consists in splits-that is, two
cards of any denomination appearing to-
gethsr. In this case the banker takes
half the stake, as in ving-tet-un. This
adv antage is estimated with reasonable
correctness as about Is per cent, operat-
ing continuously.
But the private snap'' fellows ignore
the percentage, and increase their win
nings by using either thu "Bug' box.
the "Hog" box, the Needle Tell" or the
Pin Tell" These names are quite sug-
gestive, ana tell their own story even to
the novice. A safe way to win is for til 8
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-07-25

The DAILY PRESS is sent to any
address by mail for 80 CENTS A
MONTH. 1t is delivered by carriers
in Portland and vicinity atthe same
rate.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-07-25
The Origin of OK Tail Sour.

During the reign Of terror in Paris in
1913 many of the nobility were reduced to
starvation and beggary. The abattoirs sent
their hides fresh to the tanneries without
removing the tails, and in cleaning them
the tails were thrown away. One of the
noble beggars asked for a tail, and it was
willingly given to him. He took it to his
lodging and made (what is now famous)
the first dish of OK tail soup He told others
of his GOOD luck, and they annoyed the
tanners SO much that price was put upon
them.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-07-25

these "hold outs'' fit into the waistcoat
the shirt sleeve or the palm of the hand.
1t takes clever man to manipulate
them, but the average gambler is clever
at things Of that kind.
j. HERBERT GRANGER.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-07-25

little turns. They may be made alter
nately wide and narrow from tho ace
around TO the king. At any rate, it is
extremely hard for oven sharp eyed man
to detect fly eiualer in the act OF pulling
out two cards.
or course the CAGES will DO wrong at
the end Of the deal, but that occurs so
often, even in square games, that it CO
casions no suspicion
DOCTORED ROULETTE TABLE.
A crooked roulette table costs mint
of money. For those who do not know
roulette 1t can be described in this way
Thirty-oight compartments are made au
the edge of horizontally revolving wheel
and an ivory ball is sent whirling by the
dealer around the circumference OF an
outer and stationary circle Two of the
compartments are numbered go" and
20 q" The others are mum bered from
QUE to thirty-six. The ball, after spinn-
ing around the circle for fifteen or TWEEN
~ seconds, drops iueo one of the compart-
ments of the whe ell, which is moving in
an opposite direction. II il drop into" O"
or double "Os on the wheel takes all the
Stakes on The board.
II it should drop into any other COM
partment, the player, if he should hap
pen to have stake on the right number,
Is entitled to thirty-tive times tho amount
OF his stake, whils the stakes OF all the
other players are confsosted. 1t will be
seen, therefore, that the legitimate advan-
tago of the wheel is as thirty
eight to thirty six, or tritle over per
cent on each revolution of the wheel.
The crooked table has an attach mont
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-07-25
DON'T GAMBLE
The Professional Has a Better
Chance on the Square.
AND IN A CROOKED GAME HAS III
ALL HIS OWN WAY.

How Gambling Sharps Fleece Unsuspecting
Lambs-The Implements of Their
Trade-A Description of,Their Methods
Which is as Good as Sermon Against
Games of Chunce.
A novice may ask. how can gambl or
swindle player who knows the game
thoroughly, and who keeps his eyes wide
open and his wits about him all the
timetS And only q novice will ask such
question. The sliokest professional
gambler living can be cleaned out II he
plays an honest game against dishonest
game put up by man Of inferior abil-
ity. All gamblersaknow this, and fms
example of its truth was given in New
York less than year ago, when Riley
Grammar, the greatest plunger on tho
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-11-27
MARRIED.

At the residence of the brides parents
in Shoshone, Idaho, November 26, 1896
Margaret Alice SAVERS to Silas D. Per.
rine.
The ceremony was performed at
O'Clock p. m, and the magic words that
made them forever one, were spoken by
the Rev. F. T. Howell. Only relatives
of the contracting parties were present.
Mr.. Perrine is largely interested in
this county, and is young man of high
moral character and standing in the
community.
The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. J. w. SAVERS, of this place,
and is handsome and lovable girl.
The young people have a host Of
friends who unite in wishing them long
life and prosperity, in which The
JOURNAL most heartily joins.
Christmas is coming, look this list of
suitable presents over, and then call in
and examine them.
Ladies' Solid Gold, Gold Filled and
Silver Watches.
Ladies' set rings, solid 10k fine.
Plain band rings 10k fine.
Initial rings 10k fine.
Gold pens.
Eye glasses. Field glasses.
Music box albums.
Toilet boxes.
Manicure sets.
Fine French feather fans.
Shell boxes. Fan boxes.
guarantee better value for cash, than
any jewellery store in Idaho.
J. F. Kenly.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-11-27
Oh that Turk.

Oh that Turk.
Christmas next
Is it cold enough for you.
Heavy frost Sunday night.
Get your sleighs in shape.
Plenty of snow up the river.
Rock Springs coal at Horizons.
The holiday season will soon be here
The pay car made the boys happy this
week.
SIT was in town but had no horse
whip.
Quite few fights last Saturday night.
No damage.
DR.. Buttner goes to Haley for q few
days Monday next.
The goose bone prophets say this will
be very hard winter.
John Lumb has been driving stage for
Silas Perrine this week.
Another financial crisis is at hand.
Christmas is approaching.
The girls had better hurry up with
their leap year proposals.
D. L. Wallace killed fine buck out
at the black butte last Saturday.
E. Swinehart was up from the river
II l. ht,cinnco
Several new cinder side walks have
been made since the mud advent.
The masquerade last night was sue
cess, and everybody had fine time.
Miss Maud Waters returned from her
visit to Ketchum the first of the week.
The weather is one of those things
that can please but few people at once.
Mrs. L. Young, mother of Mrs. West
B. George, died at her home in Belle
vue, Sunday, November 18th.
L. L. Ormsby has been in town for
several days past, looking after his ex-
tensive ranch and stock interests in Lin
coin county.
Gus Bassler has purchased the inter-
est of Dan Ayers in the 10 to l saloon,
and will conduct the business alone in
the future. Old and new patrons made
welcome
The oldest Nursery in the state, is the
Payette Nursery, they have the largest
collection of hardy Apples, Pears, Plums
Primes, Aprieots, etc., grown in the
state. Send a list OF your wants and
get their prices. See advertisement.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-11-27
sHosHONE. NOV. 27 1896.
LOCAL AND GENERAL ROUNDUP.

Ny doctrine is to lay aside
Contention, and be satisfied;
Just do your best, then praise or blame
That follows, that counts Just the same
I've always noted great success,
Is mixed with trouble more or less,
And it's the man who does his best,
That gets more kicks than all the rest.
james Whitcomb Riley.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-11-27


Catholic church, Sunday.
Now is the time to advertise your
wares Don't let the people think you
have closed your store, or are dead. Tell
them what you have got to sell and they
won't send away for goods. Good times
are coming and the live Merchant is the
one who advertises, sells his goods, buys
more and therefore keeps fresh stock,
and in the end has the solid bank ac-
count.
The people of the United States will
soon have their home market restored,
that is when all the mills and factories
are in operation, and from appearances
it looks very much as though the wheels
and soindles will be singing merry tunes
to the American workmen before the
champion of protection to labor and in
dustry steps into the white house. Con-
fdence will furnish the money and labor
will turn the wheels that will make mill
lions of happy homes.
One of the unfortunate things for the
average man is the fact that he gets the
most of his valuable experience at the
wrong end of life. Just about the time
he has accumulated enough information
about life and how to run things, he
finds himself at the end of the race. II
the whole thing could be reversed and
he could have his experience to start
on, he would make things hum. 1t is
true that the world has most any guam
tity of experience laying around where
any young man can get at it, but it
looks shop-worn and old, and he prefers
TO get some of his own, which he pro-
;eeds to do, and finds after all, it is the
same old stuff he refused in his younger
lays.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-11-27
ADVERTISED LETTER LIST.

The following letters remain uncalled
in the post Office at Shoshone, Idaho,
Murdoch McIver A S Beardsley
John Burns John Burke
Geo Chase Mrs T Dean
Mrs I W Deans Bart GafneY,
j r Lallis John Morley
7 Richardson CP Simmons
Mr. Sllverd John Tobin
Frank Thompson Star White
ANY person calling for any of the
above, viii please say advertised.
Rose Burke, PM.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-11-27
ESTRAY.

Taken up by the undersigned at our
ranch on Glover creek, Blanche P. O..
Lincoln county Idaho, one bay horse
about eight years old. weight about l.
100 pounds. branded E on left shoulder
and heart on right shoulder. Nov. 1896.
Uhrlanb Bros.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-11-27
sHOSHONE # URNAL.
RAILROAD TIMETABLE.

Traine carving passengers arrive and
depart ar follows:
Wood River Branch - Combined
freight and passenger, departs at 1920
q. m. arrives at 6 p. m.
OREGON SHORT LINE.
WESTWARD.
10. !, fast mail, arrives at. =. 6 :45 a. m.
EASTWARD.
Eo. 2 fast mail. arrives at. IL 10 .. m.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-11-27

Rev. J. J. Burri held services at the
Catholic church, Sunday.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-07-03
No Round Trip Tickets to Fred
erick-Why Should This Be.

We call the attention of the Business
Mems Association of Frederick TO the
fact that round trip tickets are issued
to PIT. of Rocks aud Harper's Ferry by
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and
yet the Frederick people and those that
desire to visit Frederick during the
summer are unable to buy round
trip ticket from Washington here.
This hardly seems fair, yet it is in ac-
cordance with the policy that has been
heretofore maintained against our city.
If this matter was brought to the at
tention of the proper authorities we
feel sure the matter could be satisfac-
torily arranged. Indeed old Fred
erick has hard time of it all along
the line. Conductors are called on to
be on time from Washington to WASH
ington Junction and from Washington
Junction to Washington, but after the
train strikes the man line freight cars
or any other detention does not count
and there is no hauling up to know
why they are five minutes late. All
this could be changed if there was a
special committee appointed to look
after the railroad facilities. On all
sides we hear of disposition on the
part of the Baltimore and Ohio To cor
rect any trouble about the delay of the
trains. Just half hours difference in
the time of the eight O'clock morning
train from Baltimore to Washington
Junction would save the long delay
at Washington Junction aud put pas
sengers from this city in Washington
and Baltimore nearly two hours ear
lier. This is worth looking after.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-07-03
A Surprise Party.

The many friends of Miss Mary K.
Greenwood rendered her a surprise
party on Tuesday night of last week,
at the residence of Miss Jennie Martz,
a short distance from this city. The
evening was most enjoyably spent in a
variety of entertaining and amusing
games. During the evening refresh.
ments of a choice order were served,
consisting of all the delicacies of the
season, after which the plays were
again resumed until late hour, when
all wished Miss Greenwood happy
and prosperous life. After extending
thanks to Miss Martz for most de-
lightful and pleasant evening, the COM
pany dispersed for their respective
homes tearing happy recollections of
the kindness of their hostess. Those
comprising the company were: Misses
Jane StaIey, Bertha Edmunds, Ollie
V. Lease, Mary K. Greenwood, Hattie
Hildebrand, Anna Edmonds, Bertha
Ways, Eleanor Abbott, May Dixon,
Mary British, Jennie Martz. Miss Dam
iels, Messrs. w. w. Saunders, Ollie
Best, Henry Abbott, Oscar Rhodes,
William Lampe. Lee Hanshew, FL
mer Dixon, Frank Moore, John Best,
Bert. Eader.