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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-11-24
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Send me Is cents in stamps
and l will mail you a map
of the United States, three
feet four inches wide by four
feet long. Printed in six
colors. Mounted on rollers.
Shows every state, county,
important town and railroad
in the United States.
H. B. sEGUR, General Agent,
Billings, Mont.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-20

Grover Cleveland knows more in a minute
than the whole push of piIl-headed pencil SHOW
ers that are endeavoring to slur him by
referring to an unknown ambition for an
other presidential nomination would be able
to comprehend in several life, e,times. Cleveland
possessed an ability such as but few presi-
dents ever gave evidence Of. He filled the
presidential chair with credit to- himself and
honor. to his country. He is now living in re-
I tirement at his home at Princeton, N. j.,
where ne has the undivided admiration and
good will of the people. His name will go
down to posterity as one of the most able
of the presidents of the Union, and well it
may. It is. the small brain and inactive one
that will not grant warrior peace after his
retirement from the field.-Hinckley Courier.
1t is very safe prediction to make now
/ that before four years roll around. there will
be Republicans in plenty who will be re-
gretting- that Cleveland is not in the Great
Apostles place, and still safer one that the
whole lot of these Democratic whippersnap-
pers, who have exercised what they are
pleased to- consider their brains in denouncing
him, will be of the opinion the Courier is to-
day.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-20
that delecta!ble paper got a dose Of
solid truth in an editorial.
ANOTHER TRIAL IN STORE


We had hoped that the efforts of the
administration to strike out new lines
for itself would not take the old and IA
miliar form Of the evil-disposed person
who sought to get possession of Alad-
din's lamp, by offering usnew postage
stamps for old. 1t is announced in
Washington, however, that Postmas-
ter General Gary proposes to restore
the sickly green two-cent stamp of
unlamented memory. We are heartily
sorry that this gentleman should feel
it incumbent upon him to sisnalize
his term of Office by this measure.
The return of the government to the
use of the terra Gotta stamp, pleasing
to the eye and of excellent design, was
welcomed by everybody. During the
period when our postage stamps were
changed every four years. the letter
mail of the people of this country was
made to carry some of the most un-
artistic incongruities in outline, and
some of the direst denominations Iii
color that a crude sense of art could
devise. We had hoped that those
horrors had passed away forever. The
present issue of postage stamps is not
an artistic paragon but it is neat,
pleasing and satisfactory Why on
earth should it be changed? The
chances are that the substitution will
be for the worse instead of for the
better. 1t requires an artist of no
mean ability to originate designs of
real merit for postage stamps. The
! surface available is so small that the
work has to be of peculiar excellence.
/ sure to have first place. Then comes
the question of coloring, which is
I scarcely second in Importance. We are
told that a green stamp costs less
than terra Gotta one. So does any
| other cheap and vulgar horror, as
rule, cost less than something really
artistic.
While we are squandering not less
| than $100,009,G00 annually on extrava
| CANT and corrupt appropriations, it
does not seem to be necessary to save
few thousand dollars by tinting our
| postage stamps with the arsenic hue
| of the unripe melon, instead of the
| beautiful coloring that is now in
vogue If anybody has influence
enough with the administration to pre-
vent it from giving US another carni-
val of cheap and nasty experiments
that it will be exerted freely.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-20

Why should not the beet sugar industry
be more generally lfostered and cultivated in
this country y?s.Winpna Herald
No Industry has been more assduously
"fostered'' and Cultivated than this. Does
not Minnesota offer bounty of a cent a
pound for thes production of beet sugar? Did
not its legislature buy 5000 pounds of seed
to start the industry? Did not that rose
bud statesman, whom Stearns county con-
templates with such reverent awe, get a
freight zone bill through to help it along?
Did he not organize some capitalists into a
company with million or two of stock to
build a plant that is still seeking loca-
ton? Has not the state 1000 pounds of that
beet seed left to give the industry fresh
start another year? Did not Bill King lend
a helping hand in buying the seed? Is not
to enlarge the feld-Hawaiian annexation
opposed by California because it will COM
pete with their beet-sugar infant? Did not
congress put a tax Of 1.95 cents on imports
in its behalf, and tack on something extra
in the discriminating tax? Did it not exempt
from impost all machinery imported for use
in sugar refneries? Where have you been
at for the past year or two, anyway?
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-20
BISHOP o'GoRMAN breaches AN
ELOQUENT SERMON ON IT'S
IMM0RTALITY.
MAN MUST ACCOUNT TO GOD
INSCRIPTION OF HIS
MAKER.
THIS SPIRIT IN MAN IS IMMORTAL
Must Be Rendered I'm Tribute as Was
to Caesar the Things Which
Were Caesars.

Bishop O'Gornlan, of the Catholic
diocese of South Dakota with residence
at Sioux Falls, preached at the Cathe-
oral of ST. Paul yesterday morning to
a large congregation His subject was
Mature and the Immortality of the
Soul"
The bishop based his sermon on that
passage of the Bible wherein it is re-
lated that the Pharisees sent a doctor of
the law to the Savior to put the ques-
tion for direct answer. rs it lawful
to pay tribute to Caesar?" the purpose
being to entrap. the Lord. He was in a
the predicanent Had He answered in
the negative He would have been
charged with rebellion against the Ro-
man government and had He replied
in the affirmative He would have been
adjudged as a patronizing Hebrew. He
escaped censure however, by cross
examination on the question. Then He
said Render to Caesar the things that
are Caesers and to God the things that
are Gods
"The question to be asked and ans
wered,'' said the bishop, 'is what in
man bears the image and inscription
of God and must be accounted for to
God? Not the mere mortal body of
man that bears Gods image, but that
force with the body which makes it to
live and especially to think and will.
1--WE have name for that force-it
is called the soul, and the existence of
this soul is proved as electricity in the
wire is proved-from it's effects. The
heat, the light, and the rotary motion
come from the live wires and prove
Thought, emotion, the noble virtues OF
generosity, self-sacrifice, patriotism
and especially love, that come from
man, prove the existence of a force
within him which is that thing we call
soul. Now, it is this thing which
bears the image of God, because this
thing is a spirit, and God is spirit
This thing is present throughout the
whole body; God is present throughout
man master of the material universe
God is creator and supreme master OF
the universe. This spirit in man once
created is immortal; God is eternal
without beginning and without end.
LAS the soul bears the image of Goo
so also does it constitute the ability
and dignity of man. 1t is this thai
must be rendered In TRIBUTE TO GOQ as
ccin bearing the image of Caesar must
be rendered in tribute to Caesar, ard
when the final day of rendering comes
may you be able to say as Christ salo
While dying upon the cross: Into Thy
hands. Oh Father, commend my spir-
it, May God shower upon you all His
greatest blessings is my earnest wish
Bishop O'Gorman is an eloquent
speaker, and he held his audience in
rapt-; attention Throughout his dis
! course. He is a guest at st: Paul
! seminary. where he preached the SER
mon of the retreat at the opening OF
! that institution. He will attend the
ceremonies as participant of the
| conservation of Bishop Trebec tomor-
row. They will be conducted by Arch
bishop Ireland, assisted by Archbishop
Katzer, of Milwaukee, and other hlgf
church dignitaries.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-20
MIR. HANNA REAssuREs. US.

Mr. Hanna, of Ohio, must be in poll
atorial campaign in the Buckeye state
the other day. the Honorable Mark, in
his first stump speech, admitted as
much No one ever lies on the stump,
so the statement bears the mark OF
truth. So does a gold brick, for that
matter, but that is another sorry Nh.
Hanna so runs the dispatch describ-
ing the first appearance of the Ohio
Warwick on the hustings, Opened by
saying that no selfish motives had in
duced him to leave his large business
interests for the field Of politics"
There you are. Could English be plain
err? If Mr.. Hanna is not selfish, If he
is mot on the make to borrow a
graphic phrase from practical politics,
he must be busy in an effort to cure a
cold or ward off a threatened attack
of bronchitis Or, possibly, it is ap-
pendicitis. All doctors recommend
campaign for the United States SEN
ate as a sure and easy cure for that
trying malady.
For the relief afforded by his assur-
ance the public is much indebted to
the Ohio senator Mr.. Hanna, in all
of his business ventures, has been very
successful AS a broker in presidents
he has set a pace that has given Quay
and Platt and other old established
dealers in the same line cold shiVers
all UP and down their spines. A sfad-
owy suspicion had begun to take form
that Mr. Hanna was in politics Tor
keeps" Thoughts of the various eX-
ecutive departments pooled in a trust,
with watered stock and debenture
bonds galore, were beginning to have
a place in visions of the future. Ma
tional Cabinets and Presidentials prev
ferred seemed near possibilities Of the
stock market, along with sugar, Starch
and Spirits. Congress turned into
directorate, with Mr.. Reed the chair
man of the board, was easily pictured,
and back of it all fancy painted MIR.
Hanna, of Ohio-the Havemeyer and
Rockefeller, rolled into one, OF the gov
ernment industrial.
Mr.. Hanna's words bring peace and
gentle calm. He does not aim to be
senator from selfish motives, nor does
glory tempt him. 1t must be health;
there is nothing else, and the ward pol
itician who would have been crowded
| out of business by factors agree
ment can smile again his happy, sun
ny smile. Only for health, and Mr..
Hanna's ailment cannot be anything
very serious at that, or 4 simple Sell
atorship would not he the remedy. 1t
is am oeea sion for great rejoicing that
Mr.. Hanna is not subject to phthlsis
or locomotor ataXia, for he would be
heading a ticket as candidate for the
| general mana gership of the nation or
stumpirg the rural districts pleaGlnG
for votes to make him ear Of all the
! Americas.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-20
SMALLEST IMMIGRANT.
Eight-Year-Old Girl Comes From
Ireland Alone.

NEW YORK, Sept. 19-The smallest,
youngest and brightest independent
passenger who ever landed in this
country came through the barge Office
tooay. She was Mary Hasty, eight
years OLD, from IriShtoWn County Ma
yo, Ireland. She had a vaIise as big
as she was and shoes eleven inches
long, and came as an independent pas
senger in the steerage of the White
Star liner Britannia.
Little Mary came to this country to
meet her aunt, Mrs. Kanut,' of Sleeps
head Bay.
When the long line of immigrants
formed Mary took her place to await
her turn at the rail when Agent Nc
Cool stopped them to ask the orthodox
questions. Mary tramped along with
the rest. Presently McCool looked
down and beheld the quaint little
figure. She was clad in good, rough
clothing, protected by a red bib, and
crested with gray Tam OShanter
and birds wing
McCool ,coughed with discreet sur
prise. The face upturned to his was so
sober it rebuked anything approaching
levity
And pray what is your name?" he
asked.
Mary Hasty, sir" with Just the
faintest semblanee of courtesy The
clear quickness of the reply nonplussed
him.
Your age. Miss Mary?"
Flight, sir"
Where do you come from, and where
are you gOing?"
Without taking breath she said she
was from Irishtown and was waiting
for Auntie"
What is your oceupation?"
This was the next dueStiOn in the
list and McCool had to ask it. He
would have Slurred over it had not
Miss Hasty piped out: Pm not doing
anything much now, sir I've gone to
school most of nay life, sir, in con
vent, in County Mayo"
Down went the answer and McCool
ccughed again to refrain from smiling
"How much money have you?"
In true woman fashion little Miss
Mary began fumbling under her bib
She looked as busy ard Important Us
possible, and after some difficulty ex-
tracted shiny little purse from sons
where under the bib
In moment she had opened it ard
held it up for McCool to see the con-
tents. I've got 10 cents left sir, 10
cents and some Irish moss
What are you going to do in this
country, Mary?"
''The very best I can, sir"
This was Marys climax of informa-
tion, and she said it as if it should
be the most complete and comprehen-
sive answer in the world.
Then Mary Hasty, carpet bag, purse
and eleven-inch shoes, passed on.
She sat down in the inclosure and
watched her oil-cloth valise, now and
then craning her neck to peer over it
at the immigrants.
Mrs. Kanut was notified of the little
ones arrival, and Mary sat there just
as contented as mouse. She was
rosy-cheeked creature, all health and
animation, and twinkling with joyous
excitement at her Importance in that
throng of women. Many of them sat
beside her from time to time and chat
ted with her. She told them she had
five brothers and sisters and mother
and father in Irishtown. She was the
pioneer of the family, she explained.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-20
YIELDED TO TEMPTATION.
With a Soul Above Selling Lace Pie
Thought of Something Else

He was clerk in a dry goods store. and
her beauty and grace simply turned his head
1t was in p Chicago dry goods store, which
is in its way unique, and the Chicago dry
goods clerk is a creation indigenous to the
plant he serves. The "boofnl" lady was young
albeit she is a matron. and as she stood en-
tranced before remnants of lace and tried their
different effects by spreading the mesh over
her Hly-white hand he, poor fellow, was en-
tranced toe.
s'Tsn't it beautiful she asked, enthusi-
astically, as she laid another specimen over
the back of her small, plump fist
ssExquisite Divine!" calculated the be-
wildered clerk, with an energy that ought
to have sold all the lace in the establish
ment but which was lost on the object OF it.
us it pure white eream?" she further
demanded.
ssPure white. with dimples,'' responded the
lost knight Of the yardstick.
There was one more question for the shop
per TO ask. and she asked it.
''Is 1t hand-mace?'
mo" answered the poor fellow. rushing
on to his doom. cit is heaven-made.
It took the manager of the department some
little time to square the matter up and sell
the lace, and now the too susceptible clerk is
transferred to department where ne viii be
out of the way Of temptation
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-20
POSSIBILITIES OF LIFE.
Change ia Daily Conditions Dis
eussed by Rev. j. p. Egbert.

Change in Daily Conditions Dis
eussed by Rev. j. p. Egbert.
Rev. John P. Egbert preached an
Interesting sermon at the House OF
Hope church yesterday morning. He
said in part:
"The evil of so many things is not
simply in the things themselves; it is
in orr treatment of them. And the
good of the greatest things is not SIM
ply in the things themselves, but 1t Is
in our reception of them and what
we do with them. AS an illustration
Debt in itself is not such an evil thing,
at the first sight. But how evil it may
Lecomel If it forbids our generous
treatment of the things that demand
of US generosity; if 1T forb1ds JuSS
treatment of those to whom we are III
debted and those whom we ought To
help; if it begets such habits OF thought,
such moral conceptions that 1t makes
our obligations to our fellow men sec
ondary to our own conrort anu COIL
venience and prosperity, it ceases to
be simply a little bit of debt; 1t be-
comes a great moral power down in
the very heart of the life, moving 1T to
evil and getting it ready for possible
evils still beyond. And so 1t is with
everything that is in violation of the
fundamental teachings of the morai
law. They cannot be escaped.
"What we need in this world is some
one who can lead us to what is posi-
bJe TO US. For every man is to lie
Judged not by what he is, but by what
Is nossible to him. And the leader must
he one who will lead US into greater
and greater possibilities. 1 mean by
that simply this Certain things are
nossible to you today-certain achieve
ments, certain thoughts, certain con-
ceptions of life. If you examine your
COLI today and can make just Judg-
noent of yourself, and then examine
Iro1,rself tomorrow and make per-
faetIv lust Judgment, you will find thae
vo,, are not the same in these Two
davs Either something more mas Dc
come possible to you or something less.
rroa man who stood at twenty years
of age feeling all that was posslple 70
him was moderate achievement, MOD
crate scholarship, moderate econcep-
items of life and DUTY, may al ehi.'S
800 tbam so exalted, so ideal, so in
snired by some new growth tnat ne
ia not at all the same man. Ihefe Is
an infiniteIy larger possibility open
before him, and he feels little by httie
that all things become possible TO nm,
inst as the great apostle who once felt
that the law defined all the posslbli1-
ties of life found years after that, py
the coming or the Cnfisl-HIe " HIS
life, the revelation OF the meaning Oh
doth Of life. of Immortality, Of God,
of the boundless, endless growth Of
tbe human soul, all things were possi-
HE to him, that nothing could stop the
growth of a soul made in the image
Gro discover the great need of our
souls and to be inpelled by it to seek
the truth that satisfies that need, to
discern Gods purpose in rousing us
bv the entrance of truth, is the deep
est and richest thing the soul can do.
# is the beginning of a movement in
the life which will end at last in will
ing to do the will of God, in loving to
do it,
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-20
A LUMP RATE.
Why There Were No Fixed
Charges in This Sanctum.

When the advertising agent of one Of the
greatest shows earth-for in the circus
business greatest is not superlative term
at all-yisited small town in Kansas last
summer he called upon the editor Of the local
paper and inquired the cost of a double col
umn display advertisement in the next two
issues, says the Chicago Times-Herald.
1.-TWO hundred and eighty dollars was the
reply, without a seconds hesitation.
Great Scott! Are you craZy?" cried the
agent. what would you charge us for a
full pager"
1.-TWO hundred and eighty-just the same"
'But how do you figure it?" expostulated
the circus man. Haven't you any settled
rate for space advertising?"
"See here, mister" earnestly remarked the
editor 81 don't pay any attention to space in
this deal, but l do know just what an adver-
tisement in this paper will cost you. You
may have column, or page. or the whole
blamed paper, just as you like. There's a
mortgage for $3.50 on this shop, and your
circus has got to help me out with it. If it
doesn't, I'm a goner, that's all. You may
move right in here and run the whole shoot
ing match for a couple of weeks, but we've
got to ante UP $3.50 before next Saturday
night Now, then are you a friendly Indian
or are you a hostile?"
All the dates and extra posters used last
season by that show throughout the West
were printed by little one-horse newspaper
office in Kansas. The paper is still issued
regularly, and its editor shows every evil
dence that he is at peace with all the world
and is prospering.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-20
ASHORE ON CUBAN COAST.
Steamer Niagara FIOated After
Three Days.

NEW YORK, Sept 19-The Ward
line steamer Nirgara, from Southern
Cuban ports, arrived today after be-
ing ashore in Santiago harbor for over
siXty-eight hours. The Niagara left
this port Aug. 26 last, on her usual trip
to Cuban ports via Nassau, Bahamas
On Sept 8. on entering the harbor of
Santiago, she grounded. A Cuban pilot
was in charge at the time of the acci-
dent. An attempt was made to back
off the shoals, but without success. The
vessel remained in an easy position on
muddy and sandy bottom for nearly
three days. Meanwhile, all her cargo
was discharged into lighters, also her
entire supply of coal, and the water
in her boilers. Finally, on Sept II, the
British steamer Name Luke and a pow
erful tow boat succeeded in hauling
the vessel off the shoals. Capt Crock
er and Chief Officer Hathaway made
a careful examination of the steamer
and found her uninjured.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-20

The progress that is being made To-
ward an agreement upon an inter-
changeable mileage b-ok by the West
ern Passenger association will be Sratl-
fying to the public. An arrang gemeEt
of this kind will be a boon to busine-s
sentatives of business houses have to
be fitted at the present time With a
full assortment of mileage books to
cover all the different systens of road
within their territory. The purchase
and use of these within a prescribed
time limit is something of a nuisance.
One book good over all lines would be
an immense convenience to the travel
ing agent, and it must result in in
creased business for the roads 1t IS.
indeed, so manifestly to their own ad-
vantage that we cannot but woEder
why this Improvement has been de-
layed so long. Not only the man who
is constantly on the road, but the
casual traveller would avail himself
largely OF JUe privileges -OL etAi iihtC'-
changeable mileage ticket.
1t will happen very Frequently that
a man would make a journey of 500 or
/ 600 miles if he could do it at the mile
age rate. The points to which he
wishes to go, however, require him to
| pass over the lines of severll different
systems. and he can obtain transpor-
tation only by buying a regular COM
| bina ton ticket This not only costs
more. but it limits him to a continu-
Gus route, and no deviation from or
| addition to this can be made except
at full local rates. We do not think
that it admits of a moments question
that the general adoption of an inter
ehangeable milea ge book would multi
ply travel beyond all anticipation. One
of the greatest obstructIons ir the way
| of A larger Use of railroad facilities
has been the runber Of vexatious and
cumbersome restrictions thrown about
| the lowest passenger rates. 1t requires,
as a rule, the signing Of special con-
tract and personal Identification and
use within a definite tine limit, and a
whole lot of other conditions that may
be necessary from the point of view
of the railroad company, but are Ger
! tafnly calculated to repel interest in
and the disposition to travel On the
part of the public.
| The greatest incentive to their busi-
ness that can be put forward by the
I railroad companies will be ticket for
| distance, acceptable interchangeab ably
over all the lines within large area
! of territory It will please the public,
t increase the amount of travel vastly
and practically put an end to the op-
eratiens of the cut rate agent and the
sealper The roads that have been
clamoring to have ticket broking pro-
! bibited by legislation can quickly dis
nossess it in this way. With a mileage
book that is just as good on one road
as on> another the inducement to cut
rates disappears. We hope to see the
Interchangeable system extended
eventually from mileage to tickets be
tween the same points. as it is be-
tween st. Paul and Minneapolis, and