davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05

Over 4O0.WO cured. why not let No-To- Bac
regulate or remove your desire Tor tobaccoi
Cure guaranteed ~ cents and sl.CO. at ali
lruullsiS.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05

+. J. Cheney d Co., Toledo, o., Props. Of
Halls Ca,arrh Cure, offer slO reward for any
case OF catarrh that cannot he cured by taking
Halls Catarrh cure. send for testimonials
free. Sold by Druggists, -.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05
A Distiuctiou.

Maud-what are dukes worth. papaf
Struckoil (after his trip abroad)-Not
4 darn cent.
Maud mean what are they selling
tor?
Struckoil-Oh. about a million, spot
cash.--Up-to-Date.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05

Fits permsnentiy cured. No ats or nervous
ness after first days use Of DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Re.torer. e?trlGl bottle and treatise free.
DIR. X. y. KLINE, Ltd, gJl Arch st., Phils.. Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
uethinH' softens the gums. reduces iniiarnina.
tion. allays pain, cures wind collie, 2jca boI lie
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05

Every sleeping car conductor wants
q law adopted compelling the porter to
divide.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05

CAsCARHTs stimulate liver. kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken. weaken or gripe; lOc.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05

! could not get along without Piso's Cure
for Consumption. II always curcs.-MRs f.
q. MoULToN, Nccdhom, Mass. Oct. ~, VI.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05

From Germany we get the custom OF cele-
bra ing gold and silver weddings.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05

man In balloon four miles above the
earth can plainly hear the barking Of a dog.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05

WHEN bilious or costive. eat a Cascaret,
candy ca,bartic; cure guaranteed: lOc.. nc.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05
No.Jo.i,,c for Fifty Cents.

Tobolsk, Russia. claims to be the oides
inhabited place in the world.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
HEATED BREAD KNIVES.

HEATED BREAD KNIVES.
The bread knife should he heated
very hot when about to cut new bread.
This will prevent crumbling.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-05

JUST try 1Oc box of Cascnrets. the finest
liver and bowe regulator eve" made.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-21
SHOULD PREACHERS PAY DOC-
TORSt

Letter by DR.. II. r. Porter of Bismarck
n. D., in the Medical Record.
In answer to the query, should Min
listers Pay Doctors?" | say. Gay, verify"
For twenty-five years your humble SER
want has hoen pouring physic dowr aud
pumping other medicines up into the min
listers, their wives, and other members of
the family. free of charge and sometimes
without even u thank you. Why should
We do II? Arc not the ministers as well
paid, as well fed and clothcd-house rent
very little, and often free? When they
travel, tits either oil or half-fare. Don't
we pay them when they marry us?
Don't we tip them when th.y hapti2e our
children? Don't we give them few due
ats when we dioH
They do not have the expense of keep
ing a horse or two, nor of the wear and
tear of carriages, cutters, harness, etc.
No getting up 90 nights" for a drive of
forty miles i'm the country, with the wind
bowling at speed of forty miles an
hour and the mercury forty below zero
furnish the medicine free--ai for the
love Of your fcllow-man. Not cent in
sight. but we must gO-hon gre, NAL gre
or we are heartlcss, cold-blooded, cruel.
Ministers sometimes show their grati-
tude, as when ! attended one through a
severe sickness, and during his Conval-
usccnCc he advised one of my good pay
patients to try rival NJ. D.; said he
would get him on his legs quicker
This minister however, was an exCpp-
tionallN mean one AS a rule they are
jolly good fellows: but | say, let them
pay and then they will better appreciate
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-21
Figures as to Pensions.

In line with the demand of promi-
nent veterans for a revision of the pen
sion rolls and a limiting herea fter of
relief to those clearly entitled 20 it, the
New York Sun publishes a ten-column
article asserting in detail the existence
Of gross pension frauds, and suggest
ing steps to cure them and to protect
the system against future abuse, The
article itself should be read by all in
terested in this subject. Its allega-
tions, if true, are of the first IMPORT
ance. But for the benefit of those of
our readers unable to examine the Sun
article we give below, for what they
are worth, some of it's salient facts.
With a pension roll now aggregatng
S76Ol4 names, there are still on file
and not yet acted upon applications
either for first pensions or increases
aggregating 57S099, with Il weekly in
crease in this list averaging 5000. Last
year, 80 years after the wars close,
5i.o72 Of these claimants gained admis-
sion to the rolls. The last census and
other official reports are quoted to show
tndl lneIt are now clo,Oo5 SURVIVORS OF
widows who might be entitled to pen
sions, assuming that they are all dis
abled or dependent in whole or in part,
an assumption ridiculous in itself. OF
the survivors alone there were, in 1880,
l03L073. Deducting 1884 who have
died, which includes an estimate for
six months of the present year, and
l2l6O5 deserters and emergency men,
It will be seen that there are 727122
actual survivors today who might be
entitled TO a pension. The total of pen
sloners on account of the war, accord
ing to the report of the pension com
missioner, is 9i7, $40 of which 60, 1863 are
children and 27559 are dependent faith
eIs mothers, sisters or brothers. De-
Quoting these from the total there re-
main s54,ll4 survivors and widows
drawing pensions, or 4O,745 more sur
vivors' and widows than there are ac-
tual survivors and widows who under
any circumstances could legally draw
pensions,
@From 1873, when the general pension
law was passed, to the present day."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-21

The April showers
Had gemmed the flowers
With jewels from out the sky;
While rainbow bright
In the sweet sunlight
Was seen on the hilltop nigh
Said Jack to May,
Let us run away
TO the end Of The bow up there
And a pot of gold
Wen find I'm told,
As bright as your golden hair"
So, hand in hand,
To the promised land
The twain tripped merrily on
In their treasure quest
Till they gained the crest
The rainbow rested upon.
But alack and alas!
1t came to pass.
Way up on the hill top there,
That the only gold
Jack found, I'm told,
Was the gold in his playmate's haIr.
Through the soft moonlight,
on summer night,
Two lovers walked hand in hand
With never a care.
To the hilltop there,
In search of the promised lahd.'
Said Jack to May,
"'Tis many a day
Since we followed the bow to where
The only gold
Was the wealth untold
/ found in your sunny hair.'
'Tis Christmas night,
And the pale moonlight
That steals through the frosty pane
Makes a dim halo
On his locks of snow
As he dreams of his youth again.
And of Little May"
Who went one day
TO the beautiful promised land;
With the words, dear love"
And trust above,
And touch of II soft white hand.
The old man dreams,
And to me- it seems
He says. as he slumbcrs there
"My golden store
] would give, ay, more,
For sight of her sunny hair
IT. p. Ryder, in Wilkes-Barre Record.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-21
Nun cipal Statistics.

The following figures have been tab
ulatcd by the Wilkes Barre Record
from data collected by a special COM
mittee Of the Wilkes Barre council
which recently investigated the subject
of a third-class city charter. They are
interesting for study and valuable for
reference.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-21

The Christmas number OF the Wilkes
Barre Times appeared last evening In
the shape of Z twenty page issue en-
Cased i'm a handsome cover original in
design and artistic i'm finish. The com
tents of the issue aside from regular
news and advertising departments,
were entirely original, consisting of
stories and special articles by mem-
bers Of the Times staff and well known
writer's of the Wyoming valley; and
the engravings illustrating various
features were designed and made in
the Times establishment. our enter
~ isins contemporary Is to be congrat-
ulated upon the excellence and origin
ality of its holiday number. which Is a
speaking advertisement of the thor
ougk manner In which the office has
been equipred for all work in the line
Of modern printing
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-21

Some instructive figures arc embod-
led in the first annual report of the
New York state commissioner Of eX-
else appointed under the Raines law.
looms in tho state have decreased near
ly oue-third. while the revenue derived
from them has grown from $500, 743
to $6,7Il,7i3. The total number under
the old law was 22,957: now it is 49,
$50. In the face of these figures it is
Hainps law
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-21

The Boston genius who has figured it
out that the real purpose back Of the
German Kaiser's recent maritime dis
play is to capture Hawaii and then
ravage our Atlantic coast until we are
intimidated into abandoning the Mon
roe doctrine has an imagination worthy
of a more plausible theme.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-21
Scranton aud The Eastern Leacu,.

oCrdnhOH ava LHS Eastern Lel@uh.
I'm time Of peace, prepare for war"
In midwnter. arrange for the next
summers sports.
We are hopeful that the effort of local
admirers of base ball to arrange for
a continuation in this city of the East
ern league franchise will succeed and
to that end we urge them to persevere
Not alone would their success benefit
them, if not financially at least in the
qualification of a worthy desire for
clean and wholesome outdoor amuse-
ment; it would Furthermore be Of real
advantage to the city, keeping up its
repute and prestige abroad and sup
plying it at home with one of the nee
essary modern adjuncts of metropoli-
tan citydom.
1t takes all kinds Of enterprise to
build up a city and those who give
their time and money to promoting
honest amusement are quite as deserv-
ing Of praise for their public spirit as
are those who erect fine buildings or
establish great Industries. Buildings
and industries are important, in fact,
Indispensable, but they are to the SYM
metrical city what the skeleton in a
man is to the developed man. We
would not care to see Scranton skele-
tOnized
1t is unnecessary here to review the
status of the base ban situation. This
| has recently been done with skill and
accuracy in another department of The
| Tribune. Suffice it to say that the
| civic pride for which Scrantonians have
| become proverhial has therein an OPP
portunity to display itself, to the un-
questionable advantage and benefit of
| all concerned
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-21

l. Miles of paved streets.
2. Miles of sewers.
3, No. of street lamps
4. No. of policemen.
3. Net city debt in thousands.
The showing made b.. Scranton is
not bad in comparison. Still, it might
easily be better, and it would soon be-
come better If in the selection of coun-
cilmen and school controllers greater
care were exercised and rational pub
lie opinion made to reflect itself more
steadily and emphatically in the de-
liherations of these two municipal leg
islative bodies.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-21

and thoroughly credible information on
this subject Is greatly to be desired d.
The publication of the reports of our
consuls in cuba would be good step
to start with.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-21
TOLD BY The STARS.
Daily Horoscope Dawn by Ajacchus.
ihr !r bnuc AStrJi3gcr,
AstrOlabc Cast: 2.29 a, M for Tuesday,
December p, 1871.

= TTII
.rf = ~
'~<|N . 70 Il
\ child born on this day will notice that
ii is almost impossible to get your best
girl angry this week.
At this season of the year the good
housewife who has not time to sew on a
button or mend a rip in her husband :
trousers, can produce spccimcns>Of en-
brodery that would make a Kaleidoscope
view look dun.
1t begins to look as though a fire sale
of tickets will be necessary in order to
arouse any interest in musical enterprises
in Scranton in future.
AIaCcHU>' Advice.
After Hawaii and cuba have been an
nCNcd, ii might be well to send some mis-
sionarics over and convert Bellevue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-21

There is sense in the suggestion OF
the Washington Post that congress au-
thorize an investigation of the Cuban
situation on its own account, Accurate
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-21
TEN PAGES.
SCRANTON, DECEMBER 81, 1897.

The presidents devotion to civil SER
vice reform would hc all the more TO
his credit If he would proceed to do a
little genuine civil service reforming by
turning the rascals out.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-21

not an act of European aggression com
mitted. OF this area. European nations
hold only 3S0O,O 900 square miles. of which
United States, with Alaska, holds $500, -
600. This leaves 100000 square miles
among the lesser western lands. Not one
can defend itself against vigorous attack
from one of the great European powers.
Germany. or any other European conn
try, could seize a part almost as easily
as Germany has seized Kiao Chau. These
lands are tempting. They are rich they
are defenseless Loot has gone on the
world around. The two Americas are
untouched
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-21

Is any one simple enough to imagine
this Is accident? Would the western
world have escaped this universal lust for
plunder but for the United states and the
Monroe doctrine? The world Is almost d.
vided. The passion for plunder will re-
main and grow by what 1t feeds on. Spoil
iatlon will begin in the Western Hemi-
sphere unless the United States is ready
to protect by arms what it has hitherto
guaranteed by moral influence, Moral
considerations are dead in Europe. Mill
tarism has slain them. The world around,
as the seizure of these vast territories
shows, the only safety for shore or port,
land or nation, lies In guns and armor,
forts and batticships
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-21

Senator Chandler evidently enjoys
seeing his name in print.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-21

says the Sun, mot law providing for
pensions has been repealed Scarcely
session has passed when new laws
appropriating more money have not
been put i'm the book The pension Of
flee prints q synopsis of them, and it
requires a book of 1872 pages to ac-
Commodatc them. OF the 37S,OOO who
got on the Invalid pension rolls through
the act Of June 81, 1890, not one reCciv-
ed an injury during the war, and not
one was able to trace any disability
back to service in the war Their dis
ability when they had any, arose sub
seuuent to the war and from absolute
ly independent causes. So with the
widows who are drawing pensions un-
der that act. Their husbands died Of
diseases and causes not in any way
traceable to their war service. Hut as
is plain by the records on their face
more survivors are drawing pensions
than there are survivors, and. as every
body knows, thousands upon thousands
of real Veterans counted among the
727OOO survivors of the war are not
drawing pensions" Perjury and for
gcry. tho article charges, have been
the agents Of those Wholesale frauds.
II conclude, with TALES showing among
uthcr things that Russia aloHp of all
the gr.lt countries Of the world paws
more for her immense standing army
than the United States pays i'm pon-
sions The Suns suggestions of REM
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-21

/. Assessed valuation of property in mil
lions,
,. Proportion OF actual valuation.
8. No. of mills tax levied
L. No. Of mills at Wilkes Barre valua-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-21

When the Cubans shoot spies and
traitors the S!aniards cali it savage
and inhuman' although it is a prac-
ttce sanctioned by the rules of war.
But Weylers wholesale assassination
of pacficos is excused as stern ne
ccssity of the situation, showing that
it makes a difference whose OK is gorrd.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-21

q yard, to close them out.
The greatest bargain Of
the season.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-02-11
SIoo Reward, Sioo.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all it's stages and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known
to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional desease, re-
quires a constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
ally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation OF
the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitu-
ton and assisting nature in doing
it's work. The p~rOprietOrs have SD
much faith in it's curative powers.
that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list Of testimonials.
Address. F. j. CHENEY & Co.,
Toledo. O.
~- Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-02-11
Shall IL BE Free or Not.

The third meeting of those inter
ested in the movement for a public
library in LewistOwn was held at
the rooms of the Sunset Club Thurs
day of last week, at which time the
report of thecOmmittee appointed to
canvass the town was received.
The south side had been very
thoroughly canvassed, but owing to
the sickness of members of the COM
mittee, many citizens upon the north
side had not been visited and the re-
port was therefore not complete.
269 volumes and $3.50 had
been subscribed, not including the
cash then on hand. or $126.50 i'm all.
This was very encouraging. All
members of the soliciting committee
but one reported an almost universal
interest in the matter and were well
satisfied with their canvass. Re
suits so far seeming sufficient, the
chair was authorized to appoint a
committee to draft bylaws and con-
StiluliOh, WIHCh CoiuilItNCC CofISlStS
of Rev. Joel Vigus. Rev. Pfaus, Mrs.
Carson, Mrs. F. e. Stiles and E. X.
Cheadle, and their report will be re-
ceived and acted upon at a meeting
to be held in Mrs. CARROTS depart
ment Of the public school Friday
afternoon of this week at 4 O'Clock,
at which time everyone who has
already or who feels a willingness
to subscribe either money or books
to the furtherance of the project is
earnestly requested to be present.
At the meeting last week an extended
debate was precipitated by Mr.. Won
Tobel's opposing the idea that the
library should be free. the gentle
men favOring the sustaining of the
library by dues for the use of books.
The originators of the project con-
sidered this point and are yet firmly
of the opinion that such a plan at
proposed by Mr.. Won Tobel would
result i'm the books remaining upon
library prove a success the first year,
of which there liz every indication,
that there would be little trouble
to raise from 300 to $50 each year
thereafter by subscription or enter
tainment, such fund to be used en-
tirely for the purchase OF new hooks
or replacing of those wOrn out by
use. Friends of a free library as well
al those opposed are expected to
lock horns and i'm a friendly spirit
decide this point Friday next. Let
there he a good attendance.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-02-11
CHURCH DIRECTORY
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

fEESb1TEhlAS hbhth
lEwIsTowS-Morning service, ll:OO; evening
serv ee, 7:30. Sunday school Immediately aftei
morning service. Christian EndeayOr meeting
every Thursday evening at 1880.
ALBERT PFAUs. Pastor.
PHILHRooK-Ist and 2nd Sundays of each month
at IL o'clock a. IN.
UrIuA-lst and 2nd sundays at 3 o'clock p. m.
sTASFoRD-3d and 9Th Sundays in the afternoon.
GEO. EDWARDS, Pastor,
Residence. Stanford.
METHODIST CHURCH.
LEWISTowN-Services at IL a. m. and 7:J0
D.. III. every sunday. Sunday school. - y. IN.
EpWurth League uetore evening service.
Prayer meeting "Wednesday evening
BEANE CREEk-ServiCe at 3 y. M. first and
third Sundays of each month.
UPPER OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES last Thurs
day evening of each month at I'D
JOEL NIGUS. Pastor.
Philbrook and TIBET charge VI. T.. Church.
Preaching al Pleasant Valley at 1920 a. m. the
first and third Sabbaths of each month; at Phil
brook 7:p p. IN. first and third Sabbath: at
Utica 3 u. m. first and third sabbath lO:Jl a. m:
TIBET IO::sl q. IN. second and fourth Sabbaths:
Rock creek 3:U y. IN. second and fourth. Sab
tath school, Pleasant Valley, II ~ a. m; Phil
brook. 10 a. m; TIBET. IL "a a. M; Rock creek.
l:b p IN.
W. d.. UTHER Pastor.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-02-11
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

Note the reduction i'm price of coffee
at Powers.
John Deere Plows at the Montana
Hardware Co.
Smoke Bill Ross Tobacco. Power
Mercantile Co., agents.
Canned vegetables cheap at the
Power Mercantile Co.
A full assortment of Field Seed at
the Montana Hardware Co.
Oats and timothy seed wanted at
the Montana Hardware Co.
New stock latest style mems cloth
ing, at Power Mercantile Co.
Prescriptions filed any hour of the
night at G. H. Williams drug store.
Buy your shingles Ci G. G. Long.
PRICES low and quality guaranteed.
Call and examine Stafford's '.2-min-
ute" Leather Suspender; besl I'm the
world.
The Montana Hardware Co. will
pay you % ent per cwt. i'm trade for
good oats.
The Montana Hardware Co. is the
place to buy plows, harrows and all
implements.
The Power Mercantile Co. is closing
out furniture cheap to make room for
spring stock.
For the best quality of hams and
bacon call on Burke & Co. They
keep a supply constantly on hand.
Three unce packages Bill Ross
Tobacco for 1Oc.; 16 ounce packages
for 80 cents. at Power Mercantile Co.
II you want alfalfa seed the Mon
tana Hardware Co. has secured a
large consignment of prime seed from
Utah.
The Montana Hardware Co. keeps
ON hand a full stock of Caskets and
Collins, and will attend TO all de-
mands, day or night.
The Billings and Lewistown stage
line is now running on the summer
schedule, making close connection
with the Burlington and Northern
Pacific roads. Express over either of
these lines will be promptly for
warded. E. S. Holmes, agent at
Billings; C. F. Little, agent at Lew
istOwn.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-02-11
Threw Away His Cane.

Mr.. d. Wiley, ex-postmaster, Black
Creek, n. Y, was go badly afflicted
with rheumatism that he was only
able to hobble around with canes,
and wen then it caused him great
pain. After using Chamberlain's
Pain Balm he was so much improved
that he threw away his He
says this liniment did him more good
than all other medicines and treat
ment put together. For sale at 80
cents per bottle by C. F. Little Drug
gist.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-02-11
Notice to Stockholders.

Notice is hereby given that the
annual meeting Of the stockholders
of the Montana HardwareC Company,
for the purpose of electing a board Of
directors and the transaction of such
other business as may properly come
before the meeting, will be held in the
office of the company at LewistOwn,
Montana, on Monday, February 18th,
at 7:3O p. m.
AUSTIN W. WAR;,
Secretary.