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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-02-04
A SER1ON ON A TOMBSTONE.
The Suffering Widow Made Her Husbands
Death Point a Moral.

Out i'm Oak Hill Cemetery. the
fashionable burying ground of this
city, a marble shaft towers far above
its neighbors. 1t is colossal i'm size,
white as the driven snow, delicate i'm
proportions. exquisite i'm design,
airy and graceful as a spire of the
Cathedral of Milan when viewed
from far away. 1t is the observed
of all those who visit the beautiful
cemetery and who tread it's flower
lined and shadowy avenues, and
they linger ut the granite base to ad
mire the delicate carving and ponder
uponthe strange and suggestive in
scription chiselled upon it's polished
surface:
"At last it biteth like a serpent and
stingeth like an adder. r.'-PrOverbs,
NNiii., 81.
This unusual and unique monu-
ment marks the grave of "a once
prominent citizen. He was promi-
nent i'm social affairs. He was the
personification Of business integrity.
leader i'm public enterprises. the ex-
emplar of the young men of the COM
munity.
By-and-by, even as some insidious
disease takes possession of the
human body, an appetite for strong
drink took possession of this bust
ness man, this political leader. this
model for young men. 1t came
about like this: First, the glad New.
vivial cup at the campfire and the
club; then the public reception and
the cordial entertainment of the
city's honored guest. His history !,
simply the old. old story. He fel
from his lofty pedestal, from his higl
estate. from heaven to hell.
Prosperity, political standing
social influence. everything wa,
swept into the great vortex wherein
sooner or later is enguIfed all thar
has been or is of him who looketl
upon the wine when it is red. H,
died and was buried. The people
a great multitude, stood uncovert
by the side uf his open grave ant
listened reverently to the words O
the preacher, who recOunted tn
. many good things the man nov
dead, had said and done when living
though some marvelled much at hi
neglect to '.adOrn Il tale and poin
out a moral" And long lines q
civic societies, with their plume
nodding in the breeze and their ricl
regalia a picture of beauty, threw
lover the rich casket 1.-The broad man
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-02-04

tie of charity" and cast into the
open grave the emblems of immOr-
tality.
The man had lived and was dead
and buried, and the great world.
forgetting his faults and frailties, re-
membered only his excellence. But
the widow! She remembered-even
If she did not remember the virtues
of her husband - the cursed ruin.
And one day, by her orders, the i'm
posing monument above his grave
was erected, and around it, from
apex to granite base, the sculptor
had chiseled from the inanimate mar
BILE snake of many coils, whose
forked tongue, ever protruding, an'i
stony eyes, never closing, are Il con-
stant warning to all who look upon
it and read the strange device upon
the polished surface of the granite
base, that "at last it biteth like a
serpent and stingeth like an adder.
Kansas City Times.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-02-04

was Senator Ramsdell's IS. b. No. a
providing for the reappointment of
state lands at any time upon the
petition of 10 house-holders in any
school district within which the
lands are situated.
Senator Sligh's bill Is. b. No. 37)
extending the time within which
from 10 days to 20 days, was passed.
The third to be passed was Sena-
tor Chandler's bill Is. B. No. % pro-
viding for the payment of salaries OF
all county officials and employees
monthly out of the contingent fund
of the county upon the order Of the
chairman of the board of county
commissioners.
The bill appropriating $26l. go to
pay mileage and per diem to the con-
testing senator's who were defeated
at the opening of the session was
also passed.
Friday the senate considered
Flo weree's bill to abolish the bureau
of labor and industry but did not
take final action.
The committee OF the whole re-
ported favorably, without debate,
Senator Powers bill Is. B. No. 29)
to provide for the payment OF subse-
quent taxes accruing against prop
erty, delinquent taxes on which may
be due.
The senate passed the bill intro
duced by Senator Ramsdell, provid-
ing for the semi-annual payment Of
taxes and again cleared up the calen-
dar, the bill to provide for the pay
ment of subsequent taxes on prop
erty against which delinquent taxes
have accrued, the bill requiring
school clerks to take a census and
the bill fixing rhe fees for recording
mining claims.
The appointment of five members
Of the state board OF education
Peter Whine, E. B. Howell, w. T.
Pigott. Col. o. II. Chisholm and
Henry Melton-were sent to the
senate by the governor and con-
firmed unanimously.
The following bills have been in
troduced by Fergus county members.
:. B. No. 40, by Senator Chandler:
Concerning the mileage of sheriffs.
Mr.. Watkins, of Fergus: To pro-
vide for the issuance by the state of
intercst-bearing script with which to
pay for all work done upon and
material used i'm the construction Of
public buildings.
Both houses adjourned from Fri
day To Monday.
HELENA, Feb. THE senate yester-
day passed the bill creating the
county of Broadwater with Town
send as the county seat. Only four
senator's voted against the measure.
The house, in committee OF the
whole, considered the senate bill to
increase the special bounty tax from
IL to 5 mills and recommended it for
passage. Representative Watkins
offered an amendment, which was
defeated, changing the bounty to 81
on coyotes and 81 on wolves, instead
OF 50 on each. The amendment was
opposed by prominent representa-
tives from stock counties and voted
against by Mr.. Perrine.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-02-04
BREEZES FROM THE JUDITH.

Don't forget the masquerade on the
18th.
Rev. w. ID. Luther VIII preach i'm
Utica Sunday, February 7th.
Miss Sipple came to town Saturday
and began teaching the LIST inst.
Dr. David was called to attend Ed.
Stack of Willow creek, who is quite
i'll.
Miss Sarah Nicholson left for home
last week after a protracted stay In
Utica.
Mrs. j. ). Phillips spent several
days i'm town last week, visiting her
friends.
Mr.. l.. L. Huston finished teaching
the school Friday, January 18th, and
after a few weeks vacation will begin
at PhilbroOk.
Our inhabitants have grown tired
talking about the good weather and
would almost welcome a storm t.
furnish new subject for converse.
ton.
f. A. Morris is again at his place %
business after an absence under tht
doctors care i'm Lewistown. He M
ports himself i'm better health than h,
has been for years.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-02-04

The little daughter of Mr.. Fred
Webber, Holland, Mass, had a very
bad cold and cough which he had
not been able to cure with any thing.
gave him y cent bottle of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy. says W. +.
Holden, merchant and postmaster
at West Brimfield, and the next time
1 saw him he said it worked like a
charm. This remedy IL intended
especially for acute throat and lung
Diseases such as colds, Group and
whopping cough, and it is famous
for it's cures. There is no danger in
giving it to children for it contains
nothing Injurious For sale by c. F.
Little, Druggist.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-02-04
The FaVoTite Home Remedy.

For all diseases caused by arrangement
of the Liver, Kidneys, and Stomach.
Keep it always in the house and you
will save time and Doctors Bills, ana
have at hand an active, harmless and per
fectly safe purgative, Alternative and tonic.
If you feel dull, debilitated, have frequent
headache, mouth tastes badly, poor apPe-
tite and tongue coated, you are suffering
from torpid liver or biiouSness, and SIM
MONS LIVER REGULATOR will cure you.
If you have eaten anything hard TO
digest, or feel heavy after meals or sleep
less at night, dose of SIMMONS LIVER
REGULATOR will relieve you and bring
pleasant sleep.
Ii at any time you feel your system
needs cleansing and regulating without
violent purging, take SIMMONS LIVER
REGULATOR.
j. IL. Zeiiip - CO., Philadelphia
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-02-04
Stand Up for Kansas.

The Populists are raising Al great
to do because some sane men see
harm for Kansas i'm the election of a
Populist state ticket. The Populists
say the newspapers are slandering
Kansas.
Four years ago Mr.. Senator PETER,
Populist of Kansas, stood up i'm the
United States senate and said:
IF Kansas was put on the auction
block and sold at sheriff's sale it
would not bring enough to pay her
debts''
That was standing up for Kansas,
wasn't it? That was a sweet name
to- give a state.
About the same time Jerry Simp-
son stood up i'm congress and said:
1.-The men i'm my district are sell
ing their honor. the women their
virture and children are begging foI
bread"
How was that for standing up foI
Kansas? Did any Republican editor
ever blast the state like that?
When Ex-Governor Llewelling was
governor he made "A speech i'm whicl
he said:
| "Of every 10 women seeking EN-
ployment only one finds it. and th'
other nine seek relief with her whos'
ways lay hold on hell"
That's good. Stand up and tall
about it, How proud we ought t'
he of such a state that would indors
such governor as that.
When Llewelling WAS governo
Mrs. Lease said:
.'Never i'm the history Of the stat
has crime, lust and Doodle stoo'
forth so boldly as now under tn
lpresent administrations"
Oh, they are stand-uppers from
Uppersville They can kick becaus
the Republican papers deplore tn
return of that state blasting gang t.
power.
Oh, Populism. what a flood @
sloppy lassitude surges over us a
the mention of thy name.- Emporii
Gazette.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-02-04
Sent Free!

To any person Interested In humane
matters, or who loves animals, we
will send free, upon application, acopy
of the s.AIIiance," the organ of this
society. In addition to its Intensely
interesting reading, II contains q Inst
of the valuable and unusual premiums
given by the paper. Address.
THE NATIONAL HUMANE ALL
ANcE, <Io-4II United Charities Build
ing, New York.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-02-04

Our people are growing more and
more i'm the habit of looking to G.. +.
Little, Druggist, for the latest and
best of everything in the drug line.
They sell Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy, famous for it's cures of bad
colds, Group and whooping cough.
When in need of such a medicine give
this remedy a trial and you will be
more than pleased with the result.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-02-04
Don't You W.
Forget 1t! IN

That Lehman & Go. are still paying
$1.OO per hundred pounds for nice clean
wheat.
Have just received invoices for 1000 pair of shoes
from the North Star Shoe Co., which will arrive by the
fifteenth of this month. There is better make of
shoes in America, and they will be sold at very reason
able figures We have still very large supply of boots
and shoes on hand which will sell for less money
than any other firm in Montana They are the best
quality that fine leather and skilled labor produce
We are still selling clothing at EASTERN COST
to make room for new stock. Clothing will be 80 per
cent higher as as tariff bill is in force. We
We are selling the above for cash Come and examine
our stock. 1t will surprise you.
Charles lehman x Go.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-02-04
SCHOOL BOARD.

W. T.. Con. Chairman; +. r. Wright. l.. II
Root. j. !, CuTlly, X. q. Jackson, Ihns IL.
Mackcy ". n. Culver r. q. Worden, Clerk.
Regular meetings first Saturday of each unonth h
~ : g. M. at Cort q WOrden's office.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-11
THE NEWSPAPER LAW.
All Subscribers Should Read the
Following Law and Avoid Trouble.

1. All subscribers who do not
give express notice to the contrary
are considered wishing to continue
their subscription.
2 Ii subscribers order the discon-
tlnuance of their periodical the pub
Usher may continue to send it until
all arrearages are paid.
3. Ii subscribers refuse or neglect
to take their periodicals. from the
Office to winch they are directed, they
are responsible until they have set
tied their bills and ordered them dis
continued
4. Subscribers moving to other
places without informing the pub
Usher, and the papers are sent to the
former address, they are held re-
sponsihle.
B. The courts have decided that
refusing to take periodicals from the
office or removing and leaving them
uncalled for, is prima facie evidence
OF intended fraud.
6. If subscribers pay in advance
they are bound to give notice at the
end of the time they do not wish to
continue taking it, and the subscriber
will be responsible until an express
notice with all arrearages are sent to
the publisher.
Z. The latest postal laws are such
that newspaper publishers can arrest
anyone for fraud who take paper
and refuses to pay for it.
Under the law the man who allows
his su subscription to run along some
time unpaid, and then orders the
postmaster to mark it refused" and
have postal card sent notifying the
publisher, leaves himself liable to ar
rest and fine, the same as for theft.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-11

This insect rs one of the most inter-
esting and curious creatures found in
this region. 1t measures from ~ to
&h inches long; yelowish brown in
coior; but the extraordinary feature is
the set OF two long saws and an oride-
positor it carries trailing behind. The
saws, says the New York World, are
about five inches long and resemble
black threads, But when the insect be-
gins boring on a hardwood tree, such
as the hickory, for example, the casual
observer would be apt to remark that
the saws were all right. The female
is the orly mcmber of the family pro-
.vided with carpenters tools, which she
iises TO great advantage by boring holes
in the tree trunk and deposhing one
egg therein, which later on matches and
becomes a grub of wood-eating pro-
pensities.
After depositing the egg the orifce
of the boring is closed up with pulp,
and the male icbneumon, generally two
or three in number, stay nearand guard
the entrance of the hole from the at
tacks of grub-hunting ant0 and other
insects that have particular penchant
for this food.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-11
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respondence.
Shorthand and Typewritlng.
Send for circulars giving full infor-
nation.
c. F. NESSE, Principal,
Elko, Nevada.
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, 1897-10-04
WRITTEN In DENVER.
BY the Humorist OF the Evening
Post.

w. l.. Whipple of Cheyenne will not
come down to the carnival. He wouldn't
leave that new baby for a single day to
see the biggest show on or of the earth.
The bold, bad bandit is yet robbing
sheep camps in Carbon county. A sher.
ifs posse is in the field. but seems IN
able to sight the game.
The entire population OF Wyoming
will not be down to the carnival. A few
people will remain at home to mind the
babies and feed the stock.
The members Of the Wyoming press
gang are requested to notify Chairman
e. A. Slack IL they can be depended up
on TO take in the big Gulf excursion next
spring. II there is a rope in the whole
Rocky mountain scope Of country strong
enough to hold one OF the brainy fellows
back firm such a spree, it must be a
corker.
Cheyenne is organizing a strong foot
ball team. and will have it ready for the
CORY fray by the time the annual declar-
alton OF war is promulgated.
The Cheyenne Rifle club will send 1O
OF its best men down here as sacrifices
to the Denver shooters on the 18th.
The Buffalo Voice editor, who couldn't
tell a lie il he would meet one. vouches
for the fact that a watermelon which
weighed 125 pounds was raised in tina,
county.
c. y. Walters Of Buffalo wrapped his
muscular arms around a 26O-pound stove
and carried it up a flight OF stairs.
When told Of the feat a Laramie girl
said: ice whiz. but I'll bet he could
squeeze the juice out OF a corset in a
hugging %seance!"
WANTED.-Small furnished house
with bath. Box 594. 44t3.
, 1897-10-04
HEAVY STOCK

Among the stock shipments the past
week we note five cars us cattle OF Carey
Brothers last Saturday. Robert Taylor
shipped five cars OF his young blooded
ducks to Colorado and New Mexico last
Saturday. Cathlin & Miller of La Fox.
Ills. shipped five cars of weeher lambs
Tuesday. Robert Taylor has an order
for is cars for sheep shipments on The 4th
prox.. and Patrick Sullivan has ordered
4 train for sheep on the 9Th. Judge
Torrey has a thousand cattle coming In
and J. X. Moore. post trader at Fort
Washable, is also listed to arrive in
Casper about the 5th with 800 cattle fol
shipment.-Casper Derrick.
, 1897-10-04
A GREAT EXHIBIT.

AS is well known, Messrs. J. J. Stef-
Fen of his city and Pat Ryan of Chadron
have the most complete collection Of In
dian relies and curios in the west. Each
is an enthusiast in this line and each has
devoted a year OF patient search and a
vast amount of money in collecting the
thousands OF articles-many Of which
cannot now be duplicated-which go to
make up their assortment. Mr.. Ryan
spent a day here last week. arranging
with his friends for an exhibition Of
their joint collection at the Omaha
Transmississipppi exposition, next year.
Space will be secured at once and it goes
without saying that the Steffen-Ryan
exhibit will be one Of the most attractive
features Of the big show, and a splendid
advertisement for this section.-Douglas
Budget.
, 1897-10-04
THE EXODUS no DENVER.
A Large Number Took No. 2 Last NIGH
and No. 4 Today.

The annual exodus to the fair OF
Mountain and Plain began last night,
when some 35 boarded the midnight
train. The number will be about the
same as last year. Up to noon today
the number Of tickets sold at the local
office was 70, but this of course did not
include a large number who travel up
on passes, owing to their connection
with the Union Pacific. The total num-
her OF visitors from this city will not be
less than 1875. Rawlins and other west,
ern points had a goodly delegation upon
the noon train. and the midnight train
tonight will take quite a number from
his city and elsewhere. Following is
a list as nearly as could be Obtained OF
those going from this city:
Miss Wheeler, Miss Annie Cook. Mrs.
M. a.. Settele. Miss Whiting. W. H. Liv,
ingston, Mrs. A. Berner. August Der,
ner, Chas. Erne. Mrs. VIM. George, Mrs.
VIM. Crawford. A. B. Pope. Mrs. Han.
son, Elmer Lovejoy, Miss Maggie
lCoughlin. Mrs. Mary Ingersoll, L. Heyn.
John Huempfner. A. Cook, H. w. Grass,
Mrs. Henry Glidden. Miss Lille Popp.
F. H. Eggleston. Mrs. T. J. Dayton Mise
Jessie Dayton. Miss Carrie Van Bus.
kirk. Mr.. and Mrs. A. Trabing, Miss
Mabel Trabirg and George Trabing,G us
Johnson, Mrs. H.. n. Roach. l.. Heck.
staff, George Sorenson. VIM. Page. Miss
Annie George, A. j. Weaver. DR.. Yer
poorten and daughter, Mrs. \. E. Miller
and daughter, the Misses Annie and
Matte Haley. ID. C. Abrams, Miss Stella
Abrams, Miss Amanda Burke, Miss Min.
ME Sarber, Willie Baillie, T. Hamer
Mrs. Dan Mcdonald, Mrs. VIM. Melon.
aid. Mrs. George Baillie. Mr.. and Mrs
Chas. Frazer. Mrs. Mary P. Ryan, Miss
Jennie Ryan, J.. H. Smiley, Mrs. Kate
Smiley. Henry Zimmerman, George
Zimmerman. Mrs. Martha Jones, Mrs
NJ. Yund. Miss Mabel Yund. Mrs. M
Cummings. Miss Kate Ringert. Mis-.
Mollie Miller, Leroy Grant. Geo. Black,
well. J. W.. Conner. Mrs. E. Cr0mrine
Mrs. C. E. Varnum, Mrs. 2. F. Davis
Mrs. John Reid, Mrs. Marble, Miss Susie
Baillie, Mrs. Farley Mathison. Ernest
and Lester, A. j. Weaver, N. H. Croen
Annie Baillie.
, 1897-10-04
CASPER ASBESTOS.

Inquiries are more than ever being re.
ceived in Casper concerning the ashes.
tos properties on Casper mouns1ln.
Parties from Philadelphia md Pts
burg are inquiring OF the o OF mining,
cost of transportation and other perth
nent questions. The inquiring parties
were Interested by Mr.. Henry Wagner,
who is in the east. and they have Tie
option on all the asbestos properties on
Casper mountain. the prices having been
agreed upon, except those owned by the
Mcconnell Asbestos company. Ii the
gentlemen take and develop the proper
ties. they will ship the fibre east Cor use
in the manufactures.
Mr.. Bert Wagner feels that the gen.
tlemen are really in earnest and wan
to i~nvest.-Casper Derrick.
, 1897-10-04
STATE NOTES.

A Casper company will soon be turn
be called "Visco" axle grease and the
trade mark Is the globe revolving upon
Its axis carrying at its bearings a fac
smile OF the Visco package.
Ernest Playa and wife and Raymond
Henke OF Grant were in town Monday.
Mr.. Henke recently bought Mr.. Plaga's
ranch on the upper Sybille. The latter
will seek another climate. in hope Of i'm
proving his health.-Wheatland World.
tCwn Saturday afternoon that scared
many an old and most all the young peo-
pie OF the town u OF a years growth.
lightning struck the fence OF J. NJ.
Towner's residence and splintered one
post into the finest find OF kindling-
North Park Union.
y. II. Medium, who has recently
purchased a fine herd OF Hertord cat
tie. expects to become a permanent resi-
ient OF Johnson county. He will return
shortly to Denver. .or some OF his house
ho!d goods, and will put his son Gordon
in college before coming back for the
winter.-Buffalo Bulletin.
The Grand Lodge OF |. O. o. F. OF
Wyoming will onven in this city on
he 1871 and 14th inst. A grand parade
in ful1 nnif,rm will toLa ploca ~ tbe
18th Wednesday, at 8 o'clock. ate,
which will be given an address Of wei.
come 20 the visiting delegates by Mayo,
Lee. The Grand "Encampment will sill
on Wednesday evening. and on Thurs,
day evening a grand ball and banquet
will be given. The three-link boys are
looking forward to a joyous OCCASION
Rock Springs Independent.