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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-07-28

NEW YORK, July 20. The Algon-
quin Wooden Mills Co. of Passaic,
New Jersey, have given notice that
on August LIST, wages in their large
mills will be increased from 10 to Is
per cent.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-07-28
LEwIsTowN, MONT. July Is. 's7

Even Helena silverites cast wistful
glances at the Clondyke gold exbib-
tied i'm the window of the Montana
National bank.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-07-28
For Sale.

Forty acres of land adjoining Lew
istOwn tOwnsite and a One-half in
terest i'm ice pond and ice house. A
bargain Tor anyone desiring valuable
Lewistown property or wishing to
engage in the ice business. Will be
sold at q reasonable figure.
IRENEE DEsY,
Lewistown, Mont.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-07-28

PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
JOHN M. VROOMAN,E Editor & Prop'r.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-07-28

Repairs for all machines in stock. Also, a full supply of the wei
Our prices on all Machinery Repairs and Irvine, at Bed Rock prices.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-08-05
The Number Of the Beast.

Among the curious things extant in
relation to Luther is the covert attempt
Of an ingenious theological opponent to
make him the ocalyptic beast or an
tichrist described in Revelation Oh. xiii.
The mysterious number of the beast,
six hundred threcscore and SIX eX.
cited the curiosity of mankind at 4 very
ear y period. particularly that Of Ire.
neus, in th1 second century, who in.
dulged in variety Of shrewd conject-
ures on the subject. But after discov-
ering the number in several names, he
modestly says, yet | venture not to
pronounce concerning the name of an
tichrist, for, had it been intended to
be openly proclaimed to the present
generation it would have been openly
uttered by the same person who S; w
the revelation"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-08-05
Complimentary Considerations
Considering Chess.

Cherished chess The charms of thy
checkered chambers chain me change.
lessly. Chaplains have chanted thy
charming choiceness; chieftains have
changed the chariot and the chase for
the chaster chivalry Of the chess board,
and the cheerier charge of the chess
knights. Chaste eyed Caissa! For thee
are the chaplets of chainless charity
and the chalice Of childlike cheerful.
ness. No chilling churl. no cheating
chafferer, no chattering changeling, no
chanting charlatan can be thy compan.
ion; the chivalrous, the charitable and
the cheerful are the chosen ones thou
cherishest. Chance cannot change
thee: from the cradle of childhood to
the charnel house, from our first child.
ish chirpings to the chills of the church
yard, thou art CHEEKY, changeless,
chieftaincss. Chastener of the churlish,
chiuer Of the changeable, chersher of
the chGgrined, the chapter of cLiliad Ct
charms should be chanted in cherubic
chimes by choicest choristers, and chs-
eled on chalcedon in cherubic chirog-
raphy.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-08-05
Letter TO q Bride

The following letter was written by
an old friend to young lady on the
eve of her wedding day
I have sent you a few flowers to
adorn the dying hours Of your single
life. They are the gentlest types OF
delicate and durable friendship, They
spring up by our side when others have
deserted it; and they will be found
watching over our graves when those
who should cherish have forgotten us.
1t seems that past, so calm and pure
as yours. should expire with kindred
sweetness about it,-that flowers and
music, kind friends and earnest words,
should consecrate the hour when a
sentiment is passing into sacrament.
The three great stages of our being
are the birth, the bridal and the burial.
TO the first we bring only weakness
for the last wc haye nothing but dust
But here at the altar, when life joins
life, the pair come throbbipg up to the
holy man, whispering the deep promise
that arms each others heart, to help
on in the life struggle of care and duty.
The beautiful will be there, borrowing
new beauty from the scene. The gay
and thoughtless, with their hounces
and frivollties, will look solemn for
once. Youth will come to gaze upon
the object of its secret warnings; and
age will totter up to hear the words
peated that to their own lives had Civ.
en- the charm. Some will weep over it
as if 1t were tomb, and some laugh
over it as if it were a joke; but two
must stand by it, for it is fate, not fun,
this everlasting locking of their lives.
And now, can YOU, who have
queened it oyer 30 many bonding forms,
can you come down to the frugal diet
of single heart? Hitherto you have
been a clock, giving your time TO all
the world. Now you are watch.
buried in one particular bosom, warm
ing only his breast, marking only his
hours and ticking only to the beat of
his heart-where time and feeling shall
be in unison, until those lower ties are
lost in the higher wedlock, where all
hearts are united.
Hoping that calm and sunshine may
hallow your casped hands, l sink 81.
lently into signature.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-08-05
He Wanted Crispene.

He wandered into store on n. Eu.
taw street looking exceedingly misera-
bic. He had small leather bag and
slip Of white paper in his hands articles
that proclaimed him just from some su-
burban spot, and shopping for his
family.
Can yon tell me, he asked approach
ing one Of the girls at the counters,
timidly, where you keep cottolene?
Cottolene, asked the salewoman?
Yes, cottolene, stuff you make dress
es of, waving his hands impatiently. l
think she said she wanted four yards of
blue.
We don't keep any goods called cot
to lene, | am sure. Cottolene is some
thing you get at the grocery store to
fry things with.
No, cottolene must be stuff to make
dresses of, because my wife put it on
this list, producing the slip, and she
knows all about dresses
May l see the list? asked the girl?
OF course; but, l can read my wife's
writing perfectly we'll.
The list reads, two pounds Of cotto.
lene, four yards dark blue crispene.
1t is crispene you want.
Certainly, cripene, that's what I said.
Dark blue crispene. | remember per.
fectly.
You will find it at the end of the
right hand aisle, said the saleswoman,
her mouth twitching suspiciously.
He started in that direction while the
girls giggled.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-08-05
Items for the Curious.
At Paris coal is $40 a ton.

At Paris coal is $40 ton.
London has $4,000 policemen.
Columbus, O., boasts IA railroads.
More then 300 DEGREES of divorce
were granted in the Chicago courts
last month.
Women are getting So day for driv-
ing teams in the harvest Fl Ids of Cow
ley county, Kan.
The most fatal disease in England is
bronchitis; then pthisis, then heart dis
ease, pneumonia and scarlatina.
Tall persons liye longer than short
opes and those born in the spring have
sounder constitutions than those born
at any other season.
There are 1900 daily and $4,000
weekly papers published in the United
States, including % printed in Ian
guages other than English.
Mrs. Barney Barnato, widow of the
late South African diamond king. will
have control of the interest of Is 00O,-
00) pounds sterling-about 100000, 900,
New Yurk's prison statistics show
270 executions for murder since the.
s ate was created, 40 of which have
occurred since electricity was intro
duced as the death agent.
1t Is estimated that there are l,0O0,-
900 blind people in the world, or one
to every 1900 inhablta2ts Latest re-
ports show $4,000 blind persons in
England, or $40 for each million in
habitants.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-08-05
Hop Beer.

A nice sum of money can be earned
this summer by making hop beer for
general sale. Here is the formula:
Hops, six ounces; molasses, quarts;
boil the hops till the strength is out,
strain them into thirty gallon barrel;
add the molasses and one teacupful of
yeast and fill up with water; shake it
well, and leave the bung out till fer.
mented which will be IN about twenty.
four hours. Bung up, and it will be
fit for use in about three days.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-08-05
Her Turn.

II was down town shopping with
Mrs. Dwind.e today" said Mrs. Hilber
to her husband.
"Get anything:" asked Hilber.
Oh, l had to get few little things
for the kitchen! Really, dear, some Of
the old utensils were not fit to use.
How much was the bill?
Eight dollars. Then I saw the loye-
lest lot of china, just for every day use,
and I simply couldn't resist 1t. Only
$ls for the lot.
Umphl anything else?
Some of the loveliest books! had
dozen of the latest novels sent. Just
think, they were so cheap! Only $l4
for all Of them. Would you believe it?
All, indeedl suppose you bought
yourself some clothes?
Only few little things had to have,
dear. A hat, think for only $I8. l
know you will like it. Some shoes for
81, and eight yards Of the loveliest
dress goods you ever saw, only So a
yard.
Is that all?
Oh there were few more little things
Of no particular consequence. Necessi.
ties. of course, but Of triding cost.
Madam, do you know what you have
been doing?
Why, w-what do you mean?
You have been running me. Do you
realize that have to toll and slaye to
make the money necessary to keep the
roof oyer our heads. And now you in.
form me in the coolest possible manner
that you have been buying without my
consent what you are pleased to term a
few little things!
But, my dear
Don't my dear Inc. Did Mrs. Dwin-
die, who was with you, spend any
thing?
No, she couldn't afford it.
Precisely. What man in moderate
circumstances can afford it? Have you
any idea madam, what the few things
amounted to?
| have. Here is the memorandum.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-08-05

A powder recommended for tender
feet requires eighty seven parts of pull
verified soapstone; ten parts of starch
and three parts of salicylic acid.
A bath of warm water and sea salt
is good to relieve SWOLLEN feet, especially
if they are rubbed with dilute alcohol
after bathing.
If you have to stand on your feet a
great deal it will help them from get
ting sore to change the shoes every ten
minutes as it rests the feet.
A lotion tor corns calls for one scru-
pie of extract of cannabis, one ounce of
collodion and one drachm of borate of
sodium. Apply frequently aud after a
time the hard part Of the corn may be
taken out.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-08-05
Don't Stop Tobacco.
HOW TO CURE YOURSELF WHILE
USING 1T.

The tobacco habit grows on man until
his nervous system Is seriously affected, i'm.
pairing health comfort and happiness. TO
| quit suddenly is too severe shock to the
| system rs tobacco to an inveteratc user be-
comes stmulant that his system continually
Graves. "Baco. euro" is scientific cure for
the tobacco habit in all its forms, carefully
compounded after the formula fan eminent
Berlin physician who has used it in his pri.
vatc practice since 1872, without a failure.
1t is purely vegetable and guaranteed per
fectly harmless. You can use all the tobacco
you want while taking "Baco.Curo. 1t will
notify you when to stop. We give written
guarantee to cure permanently any case with
three boxes, or refund the money with ten
per cent. interest. "Baco. euro" is not sub
stitute, but scientific cure, that cures with
out the ud of will power and with no incon
yenicnce. 1t leaves the system as pure and
free from nicotine as the day you took your
first chew or smoke.
CURED BY BACO- euro and GAINED 81 lbs.
From hundreds of testimonials, the origl-
nails of which are on file and open to inspcc-
ton, the following is presented:
CLAYTON, Nevada Co, Ark, Jan. %, 1895.
Eureka Chemical IL Mfg, Co., La Crosse,
Wis-Gentlcmcn For forty years | used
tobacco in all its forms. For twenty-five
years Of that time | was great sufferer from
general debility and heart disease. For fifteen
years | tried to quit but couldn't. l took
various remedies among others, No 10 BAG"
"The Indian Tobacco Antidote," Double
Chloride ofGold' etc, etc but none of them
did me the least bit of good, Finally,
purchased box Of your "Baco. euro" and it
has entirely cured me of the habit in all its
forms and have increased thirty pounds in
wcipht and am relieved from all the numerous !
aches and pains of body and mind. | could
write u quirc of paper upon my changed
feelings and condition.
Yours resp'y, p. Ii. MAREURy,
Pastor G. p. Church, Clayton, Ark.
Sold by all druggists at 81 copper boX;thrcc
boxes $50 days treatment $2 5O,and IRON clad !
guaranteed cure, or sent direct upon receipt .
of price. Write for book let and proofs.
Eureka Chemical & Mtg, Co.,, LuCros3c, 7
Wis and Boston, Mass.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-08-05
VIII Drive the Hens Ont OF
RMSi nSa.


Several times within the past ten
years the public has been assured that
at some time in the future eggs would
be manufactured and put on the mar
ket at price that would drive every
self respecting hen out of the business.
The proposition was regarded by the
aforesaid public as the natural result
of dream, and no credence was placed
in it.
Now, it seems, the making of eggs,
and good eggs, is no longer chimera,
a company having been formed in
Pittsburg that means the beginning OF
the hens final extinction. Of course
the good housewife. out Of respect to
tradition, may continue to support IN
luxury dozen or 30 big Brahmas mere
~ to keep the pastor from looking
guilty when he is invited out to dinner
but the hens mission as purveyor OF
suitable punishment for ham and ba
con will have become q sinecure, and
it is hardly probable that the farmer
will favor wholesale and indiscrimi-
nate pensioning."
The facts about this new industry
that wontonly tramples on the vested
rights of hens are stated as follows in
the Pittsburg Post:
1t was SAID the other evening by one
of the gentlemen interested in the new
Pittsburg Artificial Egg company that
it has about decided to locate it's plant
at Beaver Falls, Pa. Fred Avery, man
ager of the Hotel Victoria, has offered
the company 1000 acres Of land in the
vicinity of Mount Clemens, Mich, if it
will establish the plant at that place,
but the parties interested favor the site
first decided upon on account of the
facilities offered for shipping. Gustave
Newman, the principal stakeholder in
the company, visited Beaver Falls re.
Gently and has secured an option on a
piece of ground which he thinks will
be entirely suitable for the purposes OF
his concern.
Contracts have been placed for $780,.
900 worth of machinery for the plant,
and as soon as site has been agreed
upon contracts for the building will be
let. 1t is expected that the factory will
be in operation early in the fall.
One important feature Of the scheme
has not been mentioned. The shells of
the eggs manufactured, after they have
been used and discarded, will be re.
purchased by the company and sold to
manufacturers of rubber shoes. A re
bate will be allowed hotels and restau-
rants on old shells. The bltumen in
the eggshell is said to be valuable for
the purpose of polishing rubber. Rub.
Der shoes are now polished by means of
friction, which is both troublesome and
expensive, and members Of the new egg
company say they can dispose Of dis
carded eggshells for this purpose. The
gentleman interviewed the other night
said:
"By disrosing of the eggshells in this
manner we can make enough to pay all
shipping expenses, and that will be
quite an item, for we intend to place
large quantities in the English market"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-08-05
A Cure for Lame Back.

my daughter when recovering from an
attack of fever. was great sufferer from
pain in the back and hips" writes Louden
Grover, Of Sardis, Ky. After using quite
I number of remedies without any benefit
she-tricd one bottle of Chamberlain's Pain
Balm, and it has given entire relief Cham
Derlain's Pain Balm is also certain cure for
Sold by DR.. IS. X Waters.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-08-05

Why. do you suppose. people get
married on their bicycles?
They probably are trying to create
the impression that they are we'll bal
anced.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-08-05

Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater,
Had Il wife and could'n keep her;
He hid her bloomers, bike and bell,
And then he kept her very we'll.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-08-05

Went to see foot. ball game;
Thought that I could play the same
So in haste joined the 'Ieven-
am writing this from heaven.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-08-05

Mrs. Add you ever catch your
husband flirting?
Mrs. B,-Thst's the way did catch
him.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-08-05
Golden Hours.
PROSPECTUS FOR 1896.

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was ISSUED it has been conceded by juvenile
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the world Although grul1ied beyond ex-
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On the staff of contributors to GOLDEN
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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-08-05

"How did you manage it2'
MAILED his clothes to the floor and
gave him a paper lampshade to play
with
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-08-05

"My wife took nap yesterday after
noon, and l kept the baby still for two
hours"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-03
Woman in the East.

An old Arab proverb declares, THE
best son-in-law Is the grave" You can
not insult Moslem more than to ask
after the health of his wife.
If n woman Is so much as mentioned
in conversation, even though she may
be the speakers own wife, politeness
requires one to add the words, May
God elevate you"-that is, above the
contamination of such a subject. The
same expression is used after the men,
ton of dog, donkey, a pig, or shoe,
all Of which are held vile and unclean.
Nor is this feeling confined to Moham-
medans. Doctor Jessup tells how a
Greek Christian in Tripoli came apply
ing for help to an American physician.
There Is woman here who Is i'll.
beg your pardon for mentioning so vile
a subject to your excellency."
"Who may it be-" inquired the doc
tor.
May God elevate you, 1t is my
wife,"
DR.. Jessup also tells of overhearing
the following conversation between n
Mohammedan and Doctor Van Dyck:
"Your excellency must be aware that
1 have a sick man at my house. May
God grant you health! He has pain
in his back, headache, and he will not
eat"
HAS he any fever?"
"a little"
81 will come and see her this after
noon, perhaps"
MAY God increase your goods
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-03

eome Nations Have . eystsm that
PuzEleo Americans Greatly.
The word candy" In India means 500
pounds In Madras and $40 pounds in
Bombay. The word. Barrel In Spain
means 100 pounds of raisins. while In
Malta 1t is a customs phrase for eleven
and four-tenths gallons. dun" In Jap
anese for one inch, and up Is Chinese
for 2,115 feet. In Germany the word
last means two metric tons, or 4, 460
pounds, while In England 1t stands for
eighty-two and one-half bushels of dry
malt. A person who. said pie" In the
Argentine Republic would describe
nine-tenths OF a foot, and the person
using the word "sho" In japan would
designate one and six-tenths Of quart.
"Rottle" In Palestine means six pounds
and In Syria FIVE and one-fourth
pounds. 'rSeer'' Is Indian for one pound,
thirteen ounces; "salm" is Maltese for
400 pounds and "pood" is Russian for
thlrty-six pounds.
A ''catty" In China, japan and Java
means about one and one-third pounds.
while In Sumatra It indicates about
two and one-eighth pounds. "Coyan"
Is Sarawak for three pounds and SIAM
csc for about two and one-half pounds.
"Fanega" is common unit of dry
measure In South and Central Amer
lea; 1t means two and one-half bushels
in Chill, three and eighty-eight-one hun
dredths bushels in Uruguay, one and
one-half bushels In Venezuela, one and
one-half bushels In Mexico, and about
the same In Cuba. "Arroba" means
thirty-two and one-third pounds in Bra
ziland twenty-five and one-thlrd pounds
in the Argentine Republic. "Arshine"
is Russian for twenty-eight inches, and
"artep In Morocco means one and one
twelfth pounds. In Denmark and Swe-
den some queer names prevail, with
widely different meanings, although
the pund (poundD Is the popular unit of
weight In both countries. In Denmark
''tonde" means three and ninety-four-
one hundredths bushels, and ''tonde-
land" means one and thirty-six-one
hundredths acres. "Centner' stands
for ITO pounds in Denmark and nine
ty-seven and seven-tenths pounds in
Sweden. In the last-named country
''tunna" describes four and one-half
bushels and "tunneland' one and TWEEN
ty-two-one hundredths acres. "Mil" in
Denmark means four and sixty-eight-
one hundredths miles. "Bu" in Japan
csc Is one-tenth of an inch, and Ito" in
the same language is two pecks. Tan"
is japanese for one-quarter Of an acre.
New York Times.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-03
Both Got There.

About fifteen years ago there were in
attendance at the Columbia Law
School at New York two young stu
dents, one from Ohio, J. j. Lentz, and
the other from Pennsylvania, e. f..
Robbins. The fellow students were
roommates at college and cultivated
each others acquaintance to the point
OF fast friendship. In discussing their
plans at school one day young Robbins
asked Lentz: what do you propose
doing when you graduate"
81 am going back to Ohio and run
for Congress" was the reply. what
are your plans?"
II propose returning to Pennsylvania
and trying the same idea," responded
Robbins. 1--WE will meet some day In
the House."
The other day, for the first time dur
ing the session, Robbins, representa-
tive from Greensburg, Pa. met Lentz,
a representative from Columbus, Ohio.
ClaspiDg hands, they remarked, but
In the same breath, We'll, here we
are"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-03
The Hat.

A hat has been designed which 1t is
claimed will remedy many of the most
serious objections made to 1t in its
present shape. The chief idea In this
new hat Is to prevent pressure on the
arteries passing to the scalp, and the
veins passing therefrom. by the appli-
cation of pads to the leather of the hat,
in certain positions. On the band in
side are fixed three pads In front, one
central and two lateral; between these
there Is an interval ON each side in
which the frontal artery and SUPRA
orbital nerve rest; passing backward,
the next interval forms a large space
for any variations of the temporal ar
terry and its two branches, and the
next internal is for the occipital ar.
terry.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-03

and his daughter is recognized by the
populace as the real mistress of Haw-
arden Castle. Dorothy has been allow
ed to grow up like wild rose. She has
a black Pomeranian dog, to which she
has given the name Petz, her childish
variation Of pet" Petz accompanies
her in ell her rambles and a thorough
understanding exists between him and
his mistress. He is just three years old
er than Dorothy and has lived at Haw-
arden since 1883. Miss Drew was born
in the house at 10 st. James square.
London. The Queen was anxious to