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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-12-21

Those cast for the production of
PinafOre are constantly practic-
ing and everyeffort is being made to
have the characters in good form and
thoroughly ~cOnversant with their
parts. Prof. Winans says that un-
less it Ia certain that each one is pre-
pared for the performance, the date
of production will be postponed.
L. G. Phelps of Great Falls and A.
b Devereaux of New York, were in
Lewistown Sunday, en- route home
from Gilt Edge where they had spent
a few days looking after their mining
interests. Mr.. Phelps still holds a
considerable interest i'm the mines and
Mr.. DevereauX is the head of the new
company. A number of men We're
laid off last week until the arrival of
additional machinery, the work hav-
ing gone as far now as it is possible
until the freighters resume the haul.
The prisoners, James Calder and
Eli Fisher, confined in the court
house Jail and awaiting trial on the
charge of numbering Farquhar McRea
and John Allen, seem to be enjoying
life. Fisher plays the guitar and
Calder the harmonica and thestrains
of "A Hot Time,'' "Home, Sweet
Home" Killarney" and other
equally fine and entertaining selec-
tions entertain the county officers
from morn till night. Frequently
both accompany the guitar with the
words of the song and then the
sounds are more piercing. Their
long confinement is resulting in a
gain OF flesh and little time appears
to he spent in thinking OF what may
happen in March next.
The annual advertisement of
persons and property delinquent for
taxes for the year 1898 appears in
this issue, "A great portion of the
space devoted to this advertisement
being a description of the property
of the Northern Pacific Railroad Co.
upon which the takes have not been
paid. Exclusive OF this railroad
property the total amount of taxes
delinquent is about 81, 500, for while
there are arlarge number of persons
delinquent there are but five amounts
in excess of 800 and a majority
are below $50. Much OF the property
belongs to people who have left the
county and not q few items are
mortgages held by people outside
the Jurisdiction of the county. This
is the best showing for many years.
White Sulphur Springs Husband
man: The coming legislature should
by all means repeal the law regard
ing the letting of the care of the
county poor Int sick to the lowest
bidder, since many of our county
boards feel called upon to accept the
lowest bid and the poor are being
farmed out at prices entirely below
what should be received. Some
counties let the contract of the poor
for $685. per week and Others as higt
as $3.50, and we think that the board
that pays $3.50 is the wisest. 1t i.
i'm our opinion a shame to have TIL,
, county poor cared for al thes'
T ridiculously low figures. The con
tract system or rather the loves
bidder system, is responsible for i
and should be repealed; and if w
: have a humanitarian legislator
next month they will change tn
system.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-12-21

Messrs. L.. A. Walker, grand deputy
for this state Of the order of Elks,
arrived Friday evening from Helena,
accompanied by Mr.. s. G. Fitzpatrick,
father of G. A. Fitzpatrick of Armells,
aid a prominent member of the b.
p. o. E. The visitors were met
by a party of gentlemen and enter
tanned for a short time at the Lewis
town. where Host Fay had a lunch
con laid. Saturday afternoon and
well toward morning they were en-
gagged in organizing the new Elks
lodge and Sunday rested from their
labors. Mr.. Walker is proprietor of
The Helena" the leading hotel of
the capital city, and said that ex
tensive quarters had been engaged
for some time past by the aspiring
Democratic senatorial candidates.
Mr.. Walker returned to his home
Monday, while Mr.. Fitzpatrick went
with his son to visit his relatives on
Armells and will take the outbound
Benton coach Friday next.
Sunday last W. E. Cort received
telegraphic announcement of the
death of his father at Zwingle, Iowa.
IA miles from Dubuque. Mr.. Cort,
senior, was 76 years old at the time
of his death and had been in good
health until stricken with paralysis
one day prior to death. Deceased
Innnfn6 In Tnu-o in 1910 aud fhar. ~
manned through half a century, while
a great and prosperous state grew
about him and the frontier passed
on and on Gro the Rockies until
driven at last into the Pacific ocean.
Eleven children and wife survive him.
Next April the golden anniversary of
the aged couple would have been
celebrated and it had been planned
that the children should come from
widelyseparated points toparticipate
in the rejoicings, for few parents livea
full half century after marriage. But
this great pleasure a not permit
ted them and the old gentleman was
onSSuriday called to his creator. MI.
vi many HitI1IS III tHiS Colli-
munity share i'm his grief.
Great Falls Leader: Among those
travellers who passed through the
city yesterday was Major Hiram X.
Edwards, an old timer and one of
the first discoveries of the Barker
mines. 1t was after the major
and his partner, IL. Wright. that the
Wright and Edwards mine was
named, they being among the
lo%cators. Major Edwards has al
ways followed mining and prospect
ing for a living. varying his ex-
justice of the peace. He was the
father, also. of the town of kibbey
and in fact named the first post
office. He stayed with Barker and
Neihart for many years hut finally
moved to Smiths camp in the Castle
mining district, being the first justice
OF the peace and postmaster at Black
Hawk. A few years ago, he moved
to Red Lodge and has resided there
ever since. He left here yesterday
for Columbia Falls. At one time the
major was one of the best known
characters in Choteau and Meagher
counties but OF late years has disap-
peared from the memories of all but
the old timers.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-12-21
The Modern Mother

Has found that her little ones are i'm
proved more by the pleasant Syrup
of Figs, when in nee of the laxative
effect of a gentle remedy. than by any
other. Children enjoy it and it bene-
fits them. The true remedy. Syrup
of Figs, is manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-12-21

Overcome evil with good. Over
come your coughs and colds with
One Minute Cough Cure. 1t is SO
good children cry for il. 1t cures
Group. bronchitis, pneumonia, grippe
and all throat and lung diseases. c.
r. Little.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-12-21

The ARGUS is prepared to do all
kinds OF ordinary and fancy job
work in the latest styles and at
lowest prices. We have the finest
stock of job stationary ever brought
to the county and will be pleased to
submit samples and quote prices on
any work desired.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-12-21
Land Scrip.

We have secured several thousand
acres of soldiers additional home
stead scrip that a be located ON
any land i'm this district. No resi-
dence or improvements required.
Patent follows at once to locator.
We a quote you so and 100-acre
tracts at 81 per acre; 40-acre tracts
slightly higher.
Write for particulars. We attend
to location and follow entry to pat
ent. Cook & HILGER,
Lewistown, Mont.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-12-21

Chamberlains Cough Remedy has
croupy children. 1t is also without
an equal for colds and whoopinG
cough. For sale by all druggists.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-12-21

DIR. Miles Pain Pills stop Headache.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-07-26
The Forget Me Not.

Everybody knows the pretty little
torget-me-not. and likes the flower
more, perhaps, because of its name
than its beauty. How was it SO
called? The Germans account for it
by quite pathetic romance. 1t
seems that once upon time knight
and lady were walking by the bank
of the Danube, when the latter asked
her gallant gay" to pluck for her a
tiny blue flower which she saw grow
ing in the stream. The knight overbal-
anced himself and tell into the river,
and, owing to the slippery nature OF
the bank and the weight Of his ar
NOR, was carried away by the current.
AS he threw the flower ashore to his
lady, he cried out with his last breath,
"vergiss mich NIGHT" (Forget-me-
not.) And ever since the flower has
been looked upon as the emblem OF
fidelity.--The Standard.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-07-26
Tobacco.

We clip from the July 1st report OF
Commissioner of Agriculture Moore
the following in regard to tobacco:
The acreage of tobacco compared
with 1897 is 1913 per cent, or 2,O37,-
038 acres for the State. The eastern
section reports the greatest increase,
viz: SO per cent. In the western sec
ton the acreage is increased % per
cent, while in the central section the
increase is but 9 per cent. The condi-
ton of the crop shows an average OF
80 for the entire State, July l, 1897
the condition was 6S, and on the same
date of 1896 the condition was 81.
Add to this the observations made
since July 1st, and fair prospect will
be had OF the present crop.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-07-26
Special Seashore Excursion Via
..'... 9. & o. Railway.

The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
will run the following excursions to
the seashore on dates named. The
tickets will be good going on regular
trains, to which necessary sleeping
cars will be attached:
On August I1th to Atlantic City
and Cape May via Washington, round
trip rate only $l4 from Lexington and
correspondingly low rates from other
Central Kentucky points. Tickets
good eleven days returning.
On July 2Sth round trip rate OF
$l3 will be made to Old Point Com
fort, Va. Tickets good going on regu-
lar trains and good returning twelve
days. This is the best time to visit
Old Point, owing to the interesting
military maneuvers.
Send in your name for sleeping car
space or for any information desired
#. GEO, w. BARNEY, D. P. A.,
2-3t .'.." Lexington, Ky.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-07-26

A Western Kentucky weather
prophet saps if the katydid's first ap.
pearance has any influence on wealth.
er conditions, we will have frost by
the 25th Of next September, that in
sect's lullaby having been first heard
June 25th, and it is asserted that the
first frost rails 80 days thereafter,
He reports another forecast of the
weather, which is thought to be more
reliable than that of the katydid-the
hornet. If they nest low it foretells o
hard winter; if high mild winter
These, two swsrms, he found nesting
on the ground in field where he was
cutting clover. Another sign, the
clustering of wild grapes, also indi-
Gates hard winter. .
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-07-26
BARGAIN
House,
WEST MAIN STREET,
Mt. SterIing.
The Making of a Hero.

Did you ever think what kind of
life hero lived before he was known
to the world? You all remember the
story of the brave Jasper who stepped
out on the walls of Fort Moultrie, in
the face of a murderous fire, and
painted our flag. What kind of boy
was he? We all know he could not
have been one who shirked his duty,
or he would not have been ready
when the time came for the deed that
made him immortal. The secret of
being hero is to live brsvely every
day. To conquer ill-temper, hssty
speech, uncourteous actions, selfish
wishes. You do not know when the
day will come for you to do q noble
deed, but if you have not been noble
in little things, you will not be ready
for it, and so will fail.-M. A. B.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-07-26
VEGETARIANS REJOICE,
The German Walking Test is
Claimed as a Triumph for
Their Hobby.

The vegetarians are making a great
ado over the alleged triumph of their
theory of long-distance test Of walk
ing endurance, TO miles, in Germany,
The p starters included eight vegeta-
rians. The distance had to be covered
within Is hours.
The first six to arrive were vegetS-
rians. The first finishing in 144
hours, the second in 144 hours, the
third in l5t, the fourth in 16, the fifth
in l64, and the sixth in III. The last
two vegetarians missed their way and
walked five miles more. All reached
the goal in splendid condition.
Not until one hour after the last
vegetarian did the first meat enter
appear, completely exhausted. He
was the only one. Others dropped of
after 80 miles.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-07-26
Don'ts for Mothers of Boys.
Don't keep nagging your boy.

Don't keep nagging your boy.
Don't treat your boy as hardened
criminal if you discover him in sin.
Don't be above apologizing to your
boy if occasion arises. He will honor
you for it.
Don't forget that If you make your
boy think he is going to the devil he
won't be apt to disappoint you.
Don't forget that by treating your
boy like gentleman you will de
much toward making him one.
Don't deny your boy the healthful,
restraining influence of plenty of out
door sports and athletics. There ia a
whole sermon in the phrase "muscu-
lar Christianity
Don't make his room sort of junk
shoop for all the odds and ends of fur
niture too shabby or old-fashioned to
be used anyw here else in the house.
Don't have a thing in the house too
good for him to enjoy aud share with
you, and don't make him use the back
Stare in order to save the front hall
carpet,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-07-26
Fowls in the Orchard.

The orchard is never injured by
fowls, but on the contrary, excellent
work is done by poultry in destroy
ing insects. Everyone who has an
orchard and does not keep a flock is
losing a profit that is more easily Sc
cured than in any other manner with
poultry, as there is no additional in
terest on land to add 10 the cost. The
free range of the orchard, with the
trees for shade, will assist in greater
egg production, and when the hens
have broods OF chicks there is no bet
ter location than to make each hen
comfortable in a little run under tree
where the chicks can be permitted to
have their freedom. 1t is not we'll TO
have the grass too high III an orchard
II fowls are to use the ground. A
well-kept orchard is the one to use
and a combination of poultry and
fruit gives the farmer a profit from
the fowls while waiting fer his young
trees to come into bearing,-Exchange
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-07-26
What | Have Seen.

81 have heard the wall of children
crying for bread, and their mothers
had none to give them. 1 have seen
the babe pulling breasts as if the
starved mother had been dead. /
have known a father turn q step
daughter into the street at night, bid
ding the sobbing girl, who was just
blooming into womanhood, earn her
bread as others were doing. l have
bent over the foul pallet of a diving
lad to hear him whisper, and his fs-
Their and mother--who were sitting
half drunk by the fireside-had pulled
the blankets off his body to sell for
drink. / saw the children blanched
like plants growing in cellar; for
weeks they never breathed mouth
full of fresh air, for want of rags to
cover their nakedness, and they lived
in continual terror of a drunken IA
Their or mother coming home to beat
them 1 do not recollect ever seeing
a mother in these wretched dwellings
dandling her infant or of hearing the
little creature crow or laugh. These
are some drinks doings; but nobody
can know the misery suffered amid
those scenes of wretchedness, want
and sin.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-07-26
Bankrupt Law.

lam now prepared to file petitions
in Bankruptcy for parties desiring the
benefit of the new bankrupt law also
to give advice to those desiring infor-
nation on this subject. Only United
States Courts have Jurisdiction and
the District Court at Frankfort is
most convenient to parties in Eastern
Kentucky, Address,
Q. Z. CHENAULT,
Lawyer,
Lift. ... Frankfort, Ky.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-07-26
Contract Lei for Transporting
Spanish Prisoners.

The Government has contracted
with the Spanish Transatlantic
Transportation Company of New
York to convey to Spain from Cuban
ports the $4,000 prisoners.
The cost is $40 each for the $4,000
privatee, and $55 for each of the l,OOC
officers. They will be carried under
the Spanish flag. The cost will be
$535,000. The highest bid was $780,.
600.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-07-26
Hon. Waller Sharp.

]. H. Williams, Representative
from this district in the State Legis-
lsture, has in the Bath County Demo
crat OF last week half column article
advocating the candidacy of Hon
Waller Nha p i)r Congress in the
Ninth G...u.. He is very compli-
mental! t. " Sharp, as a represent
alive Of the true interests of the whole
people, as man we'll and favorably
known foY liz broad views on all
question. Ihit re now before or are
likely to some before the American
Congress.
The ed''or g the Democrat strong
ly urges t!,s loIuination of Mr.. Sharp
at the C!u;his.-4 convention August
10Th.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-07-26

The largest map in the world is the
ordnance survey map of England,
containing los, GOO sheets, and costing
100000 a year for twenty years.
he scale varies from ten feet to one.
lghth of an inch to the mile. The
etails are so minute that maps hav.
g scale of twenty-five inches
how every hedge fence wall, build
9, and even every isolated tree in
) country. The plans show not
ly the exact shape of every build
!, but every porch, area, doorstep
ap post, railway and fire plug
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-07-26
MORE PRISONERS
Than in Skaters Aarmy-Ten
Million Ronnds Of Am
munition.

The War Department has been off,
ciaIly informed by Gen. Shafter that
more Spanish soldiers had on Monday
of last week been surrendered than
there are soldiers in his army. The
, official list was then 22,7s9. he also
reported the capture of 100000
rounds OF ammunition. The good
work has continued. Seven thousand
rides had been turned over the first
day of surrender.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-07-26
A W0man's influence.

Mr.. Gladstone was another man
who owed much to his wife. His de-
velopment from narrow toryism to
broad liberalism lie said TO have been
chiefly due to her quiet, steady infia-
ence. Boston Herald.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-07-26
Large Contract for bay.

A st. Louis firm has contracted to
furnish to the government 9,000,0
pounds OF hay, delivered at Chicka-
manga. More than 400 cars will be
used in the shipment.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-07-26

The greatest size to which a horse
has been known to grow is 204 hands
high. This is the record of a Clydes-
dale which was on exhibition in 1880
in New York. The animal weighed
nearly 5000 pounds, and although on
ly five years old measured 80 inches
round the arm, 45 inches round the
stife or knee joint, SO inches in girth,
"a inches round the hip and eleven
feet four inches in length. 1t was of
perfect proportions, with head SO
inches in length, or eleven inches
longer than an ordinary -four barrel,
A British dray horse has been known
to stand eighteen hands high and
weigh nearly 1:SO0 pounds, while one
of Wom5well's menagerie horses was
once shown at fair at Oxford meas
uring seventeen hands three inches
high. 1t is stated that a resident in
Illinois has a horse that has never
been broken in or shod. 1t weighs
$500 pounds and is twenty hands
high.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-07-26
A. 0. y. W.
Lit.

Recently lodge of the A. o. U. W.
was organized at Owingsville and
starts out under favorable conditions
Among the officers we note the names
of J. d. Mcintyre, M. w. editor OF
Bath County Democracy; DIR. J. H.
Taulbee, Recorder; Rev. T. S. Tins
ley, one of three trustees.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-07-26

Brocamsn and Rev. G. W. Briggs
were among the speakers.
The entire Conference was a time
OF great Intellectual as we'll as spirit
ual development and justly deserves
its ever increasing prosperity.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-07-26

The man with weight on his leg
CAM hope to win in the race. A man
with weight on his health can't
expect to compete In life and business
with those who are not handicapped
If his brain is heavy and his blood
sluggish because of constipation, he
will not succeed in doing anything
very we'll. Constipation is the cause
of nine-tenths of all sickness. Symp-
toms of it are sallowness, listlessness,
poor appetite, bad taste in the mouth,
dizziness, biliousness and lassitude.
Constipation can be cured easily and
certainly by the use of DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets. They are not at all
violent in their action, and yet they
are more certain than many medicines
which are so strong that they put the
system all out of order. The great
advantage Of the pheasant Pellets" is
that they cure permanently.
Send 81 one-cent stamps to cover
cost of mailing only, and get his great
book, The Peoples Common Sense
Medical Adviser, absolutely free. Ad'
dress Worlds Dispensary Medical As
ISOLATION, No. 663 Main street, Buffa'
10, N. Y.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-07-26
,fers an American PrOteCtorate
I TO Cuban independence.

A Madrid dispatch states that the
opinion prevalent in the Senate and
Chamber lie, that Spain prefers an
American protectorate to Cuba indie
pendent under the insurrectionists.
The Spanish think their possessions
In Cuba will be thus more secure.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-07-26

The funeral service of Mrs. Mary
Weathers, of Lexington, occurred al
the residence Of her daughter at sun.
down on Monday of last week.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-07-26
A Strong Nation

Consists OF strong men and healthy
women, and health and strength de-
pend upon pure, rich blood, which 10
given by Hoods Ssrssparills. A ma
ton which takes millions of bottles Of
Hoods Sarssparilla every year is lay
ing the foundation for health, the wis
dom of which will surely show itself
in years to come.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-07-26

On every Dollars worth you
buy we take off zoe. So on.
The SC Counter Goods, cost
you &c.
The 1oc Counter Goods cost
you SC.
The 25c Counter Goods cost
your zoe.
And so on.
SI.oo Worth cost you Soc; 81
50 cost you 500; $500 for So. 90;
SIo.o 90 for $500.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-07-26

Hoods Pills are prompt, efficient,
always reliable, easy to take, easy to
operate. 25c.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-07-26

Happy homes are those in which
Christ's authority is recognized,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-07-26
Pugh Renominated
in the Ninth District.

AT. the Congressional convention
nd sreepup on Tuesday Con-
us Pugh was nominated by
bn, as he had 1854 instructed
III of total of 220. The names
~ Jason, and Logan, of Carter,
sJa moi nresanted
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-07-26

Now this sale continues for a
few days only.
Recollect this is no advertising
dodge, but FACTS. So call at
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-07-26

" A mans church home should be q
kcef the greatest earthly happi-