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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20
A Marked Man.
I never d

with pallid and perspiring brow
like one pursued he fed, and 1t was
evident to all price was on his head
A price was on the wretch's head, for
his new derby bore the hatter's card
SUI unremovcd-"One dollar ninety
four."--New York Journal.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20
rhouCht of cine Futur..

Felix-Do you mean that you can
never be mine. Angelina? Angelina
Well, l won't go so far as that, Mr..
rundown. l am going to marry an
other; but one never.knows, you know.
Philadelphia North American.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20

There is no other remedy on earth
so simple, so effectual, so natural, IN
the cure of summer complaint in all
its forms as DIR. Fowler's Ext. of Wild
Strawberry.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20
N. Y. Board Of Health on Wine.

says:
Il take great pleasure in testlfying to the
superior qualities of the Port Wine pro-
iuced by Alfred Speer of New Jersey. After
prolonged trial / recommend IL as a SUI
perior wine for the sick and deDilitated"
IL is kept in casks to a great age before
bottling, and though higher in price is far
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20

For earache, put a couple of drops of
Thomas Electric Oil on bit of cotton
and place it in the ear. The pain will
stop in few moments. Simple enough
isn't il.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20
what Everybody Says About BRANDY.

That the Wines and Brandy of the Speer N
J. Wine Co. Passaic, N. j. are Leading al,
others in public favor. Their Wines are TN.
excelled for delicacy OF havor, and are pro-
bounced by the most capable judges To De
the very best in the market For pure grape
Brandy their Old Climax, vintage of 1876, IL
admittedly the best to be had and more relia.
BILE than French Brandies Druggists sell IL
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20
We Wonder.

Little Hugh (eating strawberries from
q basket)-Ma, how is 1t that the small
est strawberries always fall to the bot.
tom OF the asket?"-Plck-Me-U
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20

Write to F. l. Whitney, G. p. & T. A. Great
ka," or send 10 cents in stamps for Alaska
Land of Gold and Glacier" beautifully
illustrated booklet containing maps and de-
scriptive matter.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20

Eczema in any part of the body is
instantly relieved and permanently
cured by Doan's Ointment, the sover-
eign remedy for itchiness of the skin.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20

BurdoclS Blood Bitters never fails to
cure all impurities of the blood. from a
common pilnple to the worst scrofula
sore.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20

Queen Victoria reigns over one continent.
)ne hundred peninsulas, FIVE hundred pro-
montories, one thousan 1 lakes, two thousand
rivers and ten thousand Islands,
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20

Green Fluke, one ofthe three colored men
who were in the band of pioneer Mormous
who founded Salt Lake City, is still alive In
Idaho
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price, 75c.

Some people, like the earth, have to be
broken up before they become useful.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20

An ostrich lives about - years, and the
average annual yield of bird in captivity
is from two TO four pounds of plumeS.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20

More than 1870 varieties of roses have
been cultivated during the present century.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20
To Cure Constipatlon Forever

Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic- lOc or %,
fCCC fails to cure druggists refund money
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20

never used so quick cure as Piso's Cure
for Consumption.-J b. Palmer. Box I'LL,
Seattle, Wash, Nov 25. 1895.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20

To quit tobacco easily and forever. be mag
netic, full of life. nerve and vigor take No-To-
Bac, the wonder worker, that makes weak
men strong All druggists, SOC or 81 Cure
Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20
Facts About Alaska.

Only one person in one thousand reaches
100 years of age.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20

The sad fate of Lots wife seems TO
show that it is about as bad to look
back as il is not to start
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20

Jupiter is five times as tar from the
sun as we are and the years on that
planet are each as long as l2 of ours.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20

Jacob Sims, aged 50, was married in
Wilkesbarre, Pa, the other day, just
60 years after his first marriage.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20

To believe truth that comes from
God always lifts us up. To believe the
DEVILS lie pulls us toward the pit.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20

Women load and unload vessels in some o.
the Japanese ports.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20
Any man will claim good stray umbrella

GEORGIAN Bar LTyE-America's finest outing week
9I7. For folders Sevenson's dock, foot Randolph ST.
ITO Woodward Ave. Detroit, or any c. 7. Ry. agent
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20

Recollection is the only paradise out OF
which we can not be driven.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20

Friendship is the souls heaven.
Pet toads are sold in Paris.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20

Hollanders consume an average OF
100 ounces of tobacco a year; Belgians,
80; Turks, 20; Americans, 60.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20

There is no use trying to hate work to deatf
Asparagus is the oldest known plant USED
for food.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20

He who has thousand friends has not
one friend to spare
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20
No-ro-Bac for FIFTY Cent

Tea is gathered from the plant four time:
year.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20

Educate Your Bowels with Cascarets
Toe IfC. c. c. fail, druggists refund money
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20
JUST AS SHE SAID.

rs Just what l al
ways predicted, /"
groaned old Mrs.
Merrydew; II knew
this sort of thing"
with a gla n C 9
around her cool,
airy kitchen, where
the ball-frin g Q d
curtains fiuttered in
the breeze and the
tall clock told OFF
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20

It pleases woman to be told that she
improves a man by her companionship.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20

Opinions are mortgages the world holds
upon our liberty.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20
pont tobacco sOit and Smoke Your Lie AWAY

Altogether there are 10000 mummIes In
Egypt
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20

Goes Cough Balsam
Is the oldest and best. IL will break up cold quicker
than anything else. 1t is always reliable. Try it.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup
For children eething, softens the reduces inam
nation ailays pain. wind collie. 20 cents bottle
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20

Guaranteed tobacco h bit cure makes weak
men strong, blood pure. SOC. 81 All druggists
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20

The new woman" craze is on its last legs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12
CONNECTIONS.

Ma hi Kansas Matthias reclining chat,
so seats free) and Pullman drawing roo,,
sfsepers 10 Wichita and Burton. Kan. Con-
.scis n Wichita. Kan, with A T & s
tor points in Cherokee Strip and Oklahoms
Connects at Burton, KAN. with A 7 q
: =. for points in Kansas.
No To- s. Louis MaIl--Hzs reclfr!o1
rhs.r cars lseats free 10 St Louis al
ISI.Iirnaa drawing room sieepers 10 Non.,s
connects at Pierce City, No. with No ss5
Cor points In Indian Territory via NeosSS
a. None,t with Nc. ), the Texas I.ir7irai
Westibuled) which has reclining chair rs-s
seats free). Pullman drawIng-roo-r1 s,e.n-
~ 70 Galveston via Paris and Daiias- -
Si1ins cars Talirina 10 Dallas: Connects
Gonsft with No = which conre.,s a,
in,on station S. Louis, with al Iinss "a
- east sc-th and southeast
~So io5 Colorado and California ur,.,..
Hss reclining chair cars tseats fraee ;.
Drr-ron and Anthony. Kan, Puli.,sn -
-. 5rawirg-room sleepers to Burton Es-
Pullman sieepers Burton
a prsSio- Denver. E. Paso. Los inrsi~-'
80 nseo ana Sar Francesca CorSs-,
g e,r..o1 Kan, with A T. & -.
ac,rts IN Colorado. Wyoming. Utah. Seys.
"a Iisho Montana Oregon. Wass.nrtn-
New ana Old Mexico. Arizona ard Cas.sor.
No. ,e-A St Louis Limlted-Has reclining
drawiag room sieePc-s 70 ST LOUIS Re-
Ginning chair cars Seats freel and Pullman
Palace Sleeper Noaett 10 Dallas Tex. via
Paris Connects NJ Noc<ft with No. for
points IN Arkansas aad Texas Connects
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12

LOST
IOST-A bay horse. blind in one eve, bunch
On lower part of right forc-lcg; liberal re-
ward if returned 20 80 " Main d2s-ltx
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-12-01

values and the widespread financial
ruin that would fall upon the whole
people.
This is no fanciful alarm, no
prophecy of the impossible. I'm
agine what would be the result II
when the next batch of greenbacks
were presented at the treasury for
redemption Secretary Gage should
order them to be paid in silver.
Would an earthquake swallow up
property more quickly? Yet this ia
precisely what Senators Teller, Nor
gan, Vest Dubois and the rest ex-
pected Secretary Carlisle to do i'm 1893
and 1894, instead of issuing bonds
for gold. And because he did not
pay in silver and did issue the bonds
and get the gold a senatorial inquiry
was instituted.
This is the great and insidious peril
to all the people that turks in these
government notes. Is it not the
part of a wise craftsmanship to for
ever guard against that peril by re-
moving the means whereby it may
be wrought?
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-12-01
MONTANA ASSESSMENTS.
The Figures Snow an Increase Of Ten Miliiou
Over Last Year.
Helena independently

lHelena lnQepenuent.J
David Marks secretary OF the state
board of equalization, has completed
the compilation OF some very inter-
esting figures as to the total real
and personal property in the Scoun-
ties of Montana, as revised by the
respective county boards OF equaliza-
ton and the state board.
The figures show that the total as
sessment of Montana for the year
1897 is $3.50, ,757, ,4l1.55, as against
Sl2O, ,697 .S47 in 1896, an increase for the
year of $1O.O59, ,564.55. The statistics
show that the total real property in
the state this year ia $67, La, $50; the
personal. $49.OO7, no; and the total
value of railroad property $13.674,.
O52.55.
Silver Bow leads in personal
property with $l3,73s, ,l31; Custer
second, $4.56l ,796; and Lewis and
Clarke third, 1851 ,907.
In real property Lewis and Clarke
leads with $12. .2s9, $50; and Cascade
third. $685., $50.
Missoula leads with the assessed
value of ofrailrords, 81 ,54s, ,455; Chotear
second. 1, Is, ,25S; Custer third. 1884.
$50.
The total value of all assessabI'
property shows Silver Bow first
SO, ,721 ICY; Lewis and Clarke second
SIC, ,00s, la; Cascade third, 81 ,Se6, $40
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-12-01
THE WORLDS LARGEST CANNON.
II Weighs I76 Tons and Sends q Pro,ectiIe
Sixteen Miles.

The largest gun ever built in the
world is now being constructed at
the Bethlehem iron works. This
enormous piece of ordnance will
weigh when completed 126 tons. 1t
will exceed by six tons weight the
monster gun which Krupp of Ger
many exhibited at the Worlds Fair
in Chicago, and in length it will be
nearly five feet longer than the Ger
man gun.
This monster gun is being built
under the superintendent of John F.
Meigs, formerly a Lieutenant of the
United States navy; and a standard
artillery authority in this country.
With him is associated Captain E. L.
Zalinski, u. s. A. (retired). The
government inspection work is in
hands OF Captain Ira McNutt of the
ordnance corps of the army. All
three gentlemen are on the ground
and personally see to every detail of
the immense undertaking as it pIo-
crosses.
hC vi tnt w
ment, it is announced, is to mount
the great piece on a specially built
on Romer Shoals. The
protection for this gun will be tur-
ret which will wholly inclose the
crew and the greater part of the gun.
From it's position on Romer Shoals
the great piece of ordnance will have
a full sweep of the channels leading
into New York Harbor. There is
not, it is declared a vessel, afioat to-
day with armor of sufficient strength
to resist its shot. John F. Meigs es-
Inmates that a blow from the new
gun would have a shrinking energy
equal to that of a 2,000-ton ship
when running at full speed. The
shot from the gun, he adds, would
smash, crack, and batter down any
armor which it would be possible
for ship to carry.
The caliber will be sixteen inches.
The length, from breech to muzzle,
will be 40 feet inches. Through the
breech in a vertical line the gun will
have a measurement of exactly five
feet. Mr.. Meigs computes the weight
of a shot for the new gun at a little
over 1900 pounds. That means more
than a ton of metal. The heaviest
shots fired in England have not
weighed over 1000 pounds.
The powder charge for the Ameri-
gun will weigh nearly 1000 pounds.
Provided extreme elevation for range
New York Harbor gun should be
be able travel more than sixteen
miles.-Philadelph Times.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-12-01
Alaska Under Contrast.

Pioneers who want breathing
territory has an area of 577 $3.50 square
miles. The census of 1890 gave it a
population of 32,O52, including In
dians and Chinese. So every man,
woman and child can have a breath
ing place of Is square miles.
A better idea of the vast extent of
that lonely land may be had by COM
pairing it with some of the smaller
states of the Union. 1t is lis times
as large as Connecticut. Delaware
would have to grow to 2s1 times it's
present dimensions to be az large;
and it would take 462 Rhode Islands
to tip the scales against Mr.. Stewards
purchase. We count Washington
among the large states, but it would
take eight Washingtons to make one
Alaska.
AS with the land. SO with the shore.
Alaska has a coast line of $4,000
miles, or nearly two and a half times
the sea coast of all the rest of the
United States. Alaska could supply
the entire country with all the fish it
consumes, and build up a fine export
trade besides.
This vast land has great rivers.
The Yukon discharges one-third
more water than the Mississippi. 1t
is navigable for more than 1000 miles
for river steamers of a capacity of
500 tons.
Alaska's climate is an enigma. AT
Sitka the temperature rarely falls to
zero; winter does not set in until
Dec. /, and by the last OF May snow
has disappeared except on the the
mountains. The mean winter tenn
perature of Sitka Is 32.5 degrees, but
little less than that of Washington,
ID. C. The temperature changes from
midsummer to midwinter do not ex'
ceed rs degrees.
Penetrate the interior and you en-.
ter another climate. Along the
coast the summers are cool and the
winters temperate, but in the in
tropics and the arctic. In the
gulches leading down to the Yukon
the temperature on summer days ID
frequently above 1909 in the shade
In midwinter it often falls to 500 oil
800 below zero.
Alaska is a land of gold and mys
terry, of vast distances, of towering
mountains and deep valleys, of con
tinuous forests sweeping north t.
the shores of the Arctic sea. 1t will
be the nations storehouse of adven
ture for centuries to come.-Spokes
man-Review.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-12-01
RETIRING THE oREENsAcKs.
Some Of the Reasons Advanced Why This
Form es csrrency Sbsuid be Retired.
fChicago Times-Heald.l

tChicago Times Heald.I
There are many reasons why the
greenbacks should be retired. as we
have frequently shown In the columns
of the The Times-H Herald, but II there
is one reason that seems more imper-
ative than another it is that they
represent two. things OF different
value. They thus become a menace
not only to the credit of the govern
ment but to the value. of every de-
scription of prop, rty in the United
States.
A government note, or greenback,
is promise to pay certain number
of dollars to the bearer. Now, what
is a dollar? We turn to the statute
and find that a dollar is defined to
be 25.S grains of standard gold; or
4I2k grains of standard silver. Le-
gally, therefore, the government can
pay or redeem its notes In one or the
other of these dollars and absolutely
fulfll its legal obligation. AS a
matter of fact and of history, the
administrations that have been in
power since government notes were
issued have maintained the theory
that the gold dollar was meant and
has kept the notes interchangeable
with gold. There is good legal
ground for this contention in the
fact that when the greenbacks were
first issued there was no other kind
of standard money in circulation
than gold. If in 1862, when these
notes made their appearance, men
had inquired how they were to be
paid the universal respOne would
have been that they Were payable in
gold, and II anybody had said they
were also payable In silver he would
have been laughed to scorn-
But since that day silver has be
come. SO abundant and ia SO much
cheaper than gold. at the proportion
named In the statute that there is a
large party In the United States now
struggling for political pOwer who
maintain that not only the govern
ment notes but the governmen,
bonds must bs paid In silver.
We do not believe that the Ameri
lcan people VIII ever place that party
in power, but u through some out
bnrst Of popular passion, or popular
issatisfactiOn, In circumstances now
unforneen. that party. gained power
the mischief that would be wrought
by means Of the greenbacks is incal
cuable.s The partial Reputation o
the national debt would be nothing
in compasisoa withthe wrecking O
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-12-01
STATE NEWS.
Items Of Special Interest Clipped from Ex.
changes

Husbandman: The Smith Bros.
Sheep Company of the Musselshell,
have recently purchased seventeen
sections of railroad land. This we
believe lies i'm the South Fork of the
Musselshell region.
Billings Gazette: HI. Lowther,
accompanied by City Attorney Her.
ford, departed Sunday for British
Columbia, from which place Mr..
Lowther expects to leave In the
spring for the Klondike.
River Press: A party of half-breed
freighters arrived to-day from Lew
istown, after having been on the
road fourteen days; As they came
with empty wagons, the speculation
is as to low long it would have re-
quired to get here had they been
hauling heavy loads.
Sheridan Post: c. III. Grinnell was
in from his ranch on Big Goose creek
Tuesday. Mr.. Grinnell informs us
that he has disposed of the 3,1OO
lambs he was feeding to Joe Sims, a
well known Montana Sheepman.
The lambs will be shipped on the
9th OF November TO South st. Paul,
Minn., where they will be fed for
market. Mr.. Grinnell made "a hand
some profit out of the transaction.
Great Falls Tribune: ii. Lowther
of Roundup and j. b. Hefrow, city
attorney of Billings, have made a
conditional contract with John Web
ber, manager of Capt. Thomas
COUGHS ranch, for number of
horses and state that they expect to
run a line of stages from Edmonton
| to the Yukon. over a route of i, 200
miles. II the line is started Mr.
webber will probably besuperintend-
ent.
Billings Gazette: The survey for
the canal to be constructed by the
state, under the supervision OF the
arid land commission, for the recla-
nation OF the 80 900 acres oil land
constituting the Huntley fiat, will be
Icompleted in about two weeks The
line has been run from a point near
Laurel, where the canal will tap the
Yellowstone, to Five-MiIe creek, be
yond the rim rock, and the survey is
being rapidly pushed to thepropoeed
termination, nearly opposite Pom
pey's Pillar. The tunnel through
the rim rock will be 1 800 feet In
length and the entire distance OF the
Icanal about forty-five miles,
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-12-01
STILL AT LARGE.
Two Of the Escaped Belle fourche Bank Rob-
bers Safe In the HoIe-In-the-waII.

The Roberts brothers, who broke
jail at Deadwood while awaiting
trial for participation in the Belle
Fourche bank robbery, are still at
large, and the Deadwood Times says
that everybody has given up the
chase and returned home. The trail
of the two robbers leads toward
their old rendezvous in the Hole-in-
the-Wall country and it is certain
that the desperadoes are already
among their rustIer friends. The
Deadwood paper says that Sheriff
Butts was forced to abandon the
chase when nearing the Hole-in-the-
Wall, on account of being unable to
secure assistance, as all the stock
men and ranchers are afraid OF the
Currie gang-Billigs Times
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-12-01
ANOTHER DURRANT CONFESSION.
Letter From the Dead Criminal Claims He
Killed Blanche Lamont and Minnie
Williams.

Houston, Texas, Nov. 23.-A
special to the Post from Morgan
Texas. says: In March last Jose
Blanther, alias Forbes, suicided in
the Meridian jail.
Developments of the past few days
bring to light even a more startling
crime than that of which he was SELF
confessed-the murder of Mrs. Lang
feldt, for which he was hunted
While Blanther was incarcerated in
the Meridian jail, there was a fellow
prisoner named Pitts. Pitts ia a
farmer who now lives near Irredal,
in this county. Pitts has written to
a law firm In this place aletter which
he claims Blanther put in his coat
pocket the night before he suicided
and which got between the lining
and was not discovered before. The
letter claims Blanther not only killed
Mrs. Langfeldt, but also Blanche
Lamont and Minnie Williams, for
whose murder Durrant is now under
sentence of death in California. The
writing OF the alleged concession
has been identified as Blanther's.
The California authorities will be
notified.
The widow of the suicide has been
located in Forth Worth, Texas. She
says there is no doubt as to Forbes
being the murderer of the San Fran
cisco women; that he often told her
that he was well acquainted with
Minnie Williams and Blanche La
mont, having been introduced to
them by Theodore Durrant; that he
often referred to the murder i'm such
a manner that she was convinced
that he know of them. She today
wired Durrant as follows: "Havs
courage. believe you to be an In
nocent man; II 1 can help to prove
your innocence command me-"