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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-27

fest in the election held last year This
is in fact the true way to raise money
by taxation. In Massachusetts and other
Eastern States where free schools have
reached their present high standard the
money is raised and expended by the
town township Local pride and Local
interests will stimulate each community
and make it rival of its neighbor.
With tens of thousands of ignorant
voters being led to the polls by selfish
politicians and casting their votes as the
trained animal performs in the circus;
with the constant dread of the power
of this ignorance; with the open threat
that it will sometime govern: with the
sad experiences of their past domination
and with the absolute certainty that
nothing but the education of the masses
can save us from these ills, can any man
who loves his State refuse to lend his
inhuence to accomplish this. end? But
some will say this is too radical. We
must be conservative and come to these
things gradually. Usually this is right,
but this is a radical case. A few men
have for years plead for better schools.
They have been patient, conservative.
faithful They have accomplished little
save to create public sentiment. Great
reforms have always come through radf-
cal action. and so must this. The legis-
lation we have had on the school ques-
ton has generally been to pOpularizc GER
tain features of management. We have
been pulling at the wrong end of the rope
Our first care should be to provide mon
ey. and though our people are poor, they
are willing to pay for schools. School
legislation should he prompted, not by
party policy, but by necessity. am
not pessimist, but | am candid enough
to say that l see no great future for
North Carolina so long as more than one
third of her citizens cannot read or write.
Ignorance is the nursery of poverty, and
poverty is the mother of crime.
Il. NJ ROBERTSON.
Washington, ID. c., November "a,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-27
GODS THOUGHTS IN FLOWERS
Some Reflections on Receiving Flowers
From a Lady.

some Reflectl0nS on Receiving floWefs
From a Lady.
&c. 4. Yates.)
All beauty has its home i'll God.
Truth in His body-perfect-righ
While wisdom is the magic rod,
That forms His shadow of the light
All flowers are the thoughts of God
Their form and beauty are from Him
AS gorgeously they flame and nod,
On graceful stem and beautious limb
God thinks, and every flower blooms;
He thinks again, and planets shine;
And every rainbow tint that looms,
Reveals the beauty of His mind.
Gods only work is thought. And lines
Go out and spread from Him afar.
His beauteous thought at once combines
The glories of flower and star.
What can convey from mind to mind,
The tender friendships of the soul,
So well as flowers, that gently bind,
The head of thought to heart of gold
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-27
Headquarters tor
FEED, FUEL, ETC

One car load Rust-Proof Oats.
One car load Winter Seed Oats.
One car load Mixed Feed Oats.
Two car loads Coarse Wheat Bean.
Two car loads Prime Mixed Corn.
Two car loads Prime Timothy Hay.
Two car loads Prime Mixed Hay.
Ten car loads West Virginia Soft Coal.
Forty car loads Pennsylvania Anthra-
cite, all sizes.
Ten car loads Pocahontas Steam Coal
from best mines in the Pocahontas field,
which is the best in America, if not in
the world. These all on hand and on the
road.
One car load Shaved Heart Shingles.
One car load Sawed Heart Shingles.
One car load Seasoned Laths.
Seasoned Pine and Oak Wood cut aay
length wanted. Order Of
Jones s. Powell.
49, NW -
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-27
FROM NEW ZEALAND.

Reefton, New Zealand, Nov. %, '96.
/ am very pleased to state that since
/ took the agency of Chamberlain's med
icines the sale has been very large, more
especially of the Cough Remedy. In
two years / have sold more of this par
ticular remedy than of all other makes
for the previous five years. AS to its
efficacy, have been informed by scores
of persons OF the good results they have
received from it, and know it's value from
the use of it in my own household. II
is so pleasant to take that we have to
place the bottle beyond the reach of the
children. ss
e. J. SCANTLEBURY.
For sale by j. III. Bobbitt, Henry r.
Hicks and North Side Drugstore.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-27
THE BEST PLASTER.

Chamberlain's Pain Balm and bound on
to the affected parts is superior to any
plaster. When troubled with a pain in
the chest or side, or a lame back, give
it a trial. You are certain to be more
than pleased with the prompt relief
which it affords. Pain Balm is also a
certain cure for rheumatism. For sale
by J. III. Bobbitt, Henry T. Hicks and
North Side Drug Store.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-27
tIL NIIs 'III IIIN HVN
BILL ARP.
THE APPETITE OF A GOAT

Is envied by all poor dyspeptics whose
Stomach and Liver are out of order. All
such should know that DIR. Kings New
Life Pills, the wonderful Stomach and
Liver Remedy, give a splendid appetite,
sound digestion and regular bodily
habit that insures perfect health and
great energy. Only 25c. at any Drug
store.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-27

Constipation prevents the body from
Kidding itself of waste matter. De
Wits Little Early Riscrs will remove
the trouble and cure Sick Headache
Biliousness, Inactive Liver and clear the
Complexion Small, sugar coated, don't
grippe or cause nausea. j. Hal Bobbitt
and Henry L. Hicks.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-27
Rrp Says ne'8 a Boy.
That Is He Makes Himself Useful About the House Like
One-He Tells What He Has to Do,

rather mOnOtOnOus to my Folks. 1t suits
me very well financially, for Ben Frank
lin said that Il penny saved was two
pence gained" and as l paid Aunt Ann
two dollars week / now gain four dol
lars a week The trouble is that nobody
pays me for my work and nobody pays
my folks for theirs. When the cotton
picking is over we can get IL cook with
out begging. Cold weather will run them
in, but they are the same uncertain crea-
lures they always were. They come
when they please and quit when they
please and don't care Il darn for the
future. There isn't a race upon earth
that so enjoys to-day and has so little
concern about tomorrow. "Carpe
Odiem'' is their maxim. Enjoy to-day
Sufficient unto the day is the evil there
Of" | think we are getting along SPLEEN
didly without them, for we have less
cooking done and things last longer.
Warm breakfast and supper and n cold
lunch for dinner is enough unless you
have company and my opinion is that
during these hard times and scarcity of
cooks company ought not to circulate to
any alarming extent. 1t is an awful mis-
fortune to be poor and have rich man, =
IL
aised in luxury to have to come down
md go from the parlor to the Kitchin-
! As for me it doesn't matter. | was
raised poor and had to makes the fires
and chop the wood and go to mill and
ride the mail and so | am only being Il
boy-that's all. | am the boy.
BILL ARP.
p. S.-Mr. j. W. Gardner writes me
from Tilers Ferry, $. c., and says
AS ! returned from the army
in 1896 and was looking over the ground
where Sherman's forces and Wheeler 5
cavalry had fight / found IL lone grave
with neat little headboard marked.
"'W. J. H. Mahaffey, supposed to be
long to company H. Cobbs Legion
II made Il note of it in my memoran-
dunn book"
!. Maybe this concerns some friend or
relative
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-27

Hon. Robt ID. Gilmer, of Wayncsville,
is here to join in the great Democratic
Jubilee.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-27

1t is from contraries that all the har
mony in this world results.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-27

The title often sells book-and it in
varably catches the American hciress.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-01-05

dustries and branches of business
the later months of this year have
surpassed all records.
The iron industry has been greatly
encouraged by an increased demand
during the past few weeks and
while a slight improvement in pig
iron at Pittsburg has been main
tained. Notwithstanding the grea test
output ever known, the new con-
tracts for finished products have
been unusual for the season.
After the great excitement at Chi
cago, wheat still goes out of the
country as largely as before, from
Atlantic ports 3,57O.7S3 bushels. flour
included, against 1. .542, $40 last year,
and from the Pacific ports ZIP ,625
bushels. In four weeks the Atlantic
exports, flour included, have been
$l5, ,O6O, ,O47 bushels against $500, 161
last year. Heavy western receipts
are only rejecting the temporary
conditions in the Chicago market.
But the extraordinary exports oi
corn, II, ,404 ,905 bushels against 9, ,444
S53 bushels in four weeks of last year
show how sorely foreign markets
are pushed by the increasing demand
for breadstuffs.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-01-05
Inter Ocean.1

For the most part the Democrats
base their demand for free silver
upon the ground that the country
needs a larger circulation of money
The Hypocrisy of this plea ia shown
strikingly by Washington dispatch
published yesterday.
1t seems that the volume of money
in circulation is steadily increasing
at the enormous average rate Oi
over $12, ,OOO, 900 a month. The dates
ON which this statement rests are
July 1, 1896, and Dec. 1, 1897, seven
teen months. The last national
Democratic convention met the first
week In July. 1896. The exact figures
for the two dates named are 81 $685.
434, ,966; $1.721 .0S4 .53S, a difference OF
$2l4. .e49,572
There are no less than nine kinds
of money enumerated In the details
which make up these aggregates,
and even then the list IL not com.
pletc. for there does not appear to
be any account taken of nickels and
pennies. The only kind dofcirculatins
medium showing q decline IL gold
certificates, a circulation almost ex.
clusively confined to New York city
We have in circulation Just about
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-01-05
Boston Wool Market.

Boston, Dec. ga good demand
for territory wool was the feature
of the wool market here this week
some very large lines having been
cleared up at current rates. Fleece
woods are yet quiet, but prices hold
steady. The demand for Australian
products has been quieter but prices
are very hard, and are being ad-
vanced ON many cheap lots. The
following are the quotations for the
leading descriptions:
\ Territory woods: Montana-Ffne
medium and fine, 16@1S cents;
secured price 4s@5O; staple. 52955.
Utah. Wyoming, etc.-Ffne medium
and fine, 15@l7; secured price, 4Stg5O
staple 52055.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-01-05
SKETCHES FROM GRASS RANGE.

We wish the Argus and its readers
a happy new year.
W. E. Bean is building on lower
Elk Greek where he intends to reside
this winter.
We are glad to see Robt. Sullenger
among us again. He has been very
ill but is now much improved.
A large number went to Lewis
town from this vicinity to attend
the masque ball new years eve.
The new year starts with fair
weather which is encouraging to
stock men. So far stock have
wintered well.
We understand there is talk of a
telephone line from Lewistown to
Grass Range and Cruse's ranch Oh
Flat Willow via Spring Creek and
Forest Grove. An enterprise of that
kind should be heartily endorsed and
pushed by people in this vicinity.
The old year slipped away so quiet
ly and peacefully, that we, out here in
the bad lands were not aware of the
change until it was too late to cele-
brate; but, nevertheless, we wish
you a welcome new year and may
you continue that which the old
year started.
Mr.. and Mrs. ] John Charters, form
erly of Ekalka, Custer County, are
visiting at Grass Range. Mr. Chart
ers who made a tour of the west last
fall and stopped at Spokane, WASH
ington, for some time, is more favor
ably impressed with Montana than
before.
The Christmas tree was well at
tended and happy hour was spent
In distributing and receiving pres
ents, which were both numerous
and large as the modern Santa
Claus forgets no one. A speech was
delivered by Mr.. Dan1 Bean, and
singing by the Grass Range Quartet.
BAD-LAND BILL.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-01-05

$9O, ,0OO, 900 more actual gold now
than we had a year and a half ago,
SIC. ZOO, 900 more in silver dollars,
over $40, ,OOO, 900 more in silver certifi-
Gates, over $45 ,OOO, 900 more In green
backs and treasury notes. and
nearly $4,000. 900 more i'm national
bank notes. There is thus expansion
all along the line. practically, which
keeps pace with, ii 1t does not out
run, the general increase of the busi-
ness of the country.
II Bryan had been elected there
would have been an appalling con-
traction. The gold circulation is
now $5A, ,594, ,743, or, adding the gold
certificates, just about 5000, ,OOO, 900,
about one-third of the grand total.
The election Of Bryan would have
driven every gold coin In the country
into hiding. No man of sense would
pay 1t out in the ordinary transac.
tiOn Of business for anything which
he could pay for in silver or paper.
1t would be kept to pay foreign
balance and forms of Indebtedness,
such as leases and bonds calling for
gold. The amount of silver coined,
with all our mints running at full
speed, would have been small ar
compared with this instantaneous
contraction. Landlords like John
p. Altgeld, whose leases call foI
gold, would get some of the seques
tered yellow metal, but they would
take good care not TO pay any of i,
out In the ordinary course of bust
ness.
| In the light of these statistics it i,
obvious that the six million voter.
who cast their ballots for Bryan
really voted to bring upon tn,
country. and that before he could b,
inaugurated. or even elected by tn,
electoral college. a panic more appall
ing and far-reaching than this coun
try has ever experienced.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-01-05
Thousands are Trying 1t.

In order to prove the great merit OF
EIy's Cream Balm. the most effective cure
for Catarrh and Cold in Head, we have pre-
pared a generous trial size for 10 cents.
Get it of your druggist or send 10 cents to
ELY BROS, &c Warren St, n. Y. City.
Isuee-el from eitarrh of the worst kind
ever since a boz, AMI 4 never hoped for
eure. but Ely's Cream calm seems to do
even that. NJ say a laintances have used
II with excel.ent rcsultS--Oscar Ostrum,
as Warren Ave, Cn.cago, ILL.,
Ely,s Cream Balm is the acknowledged
cure for catarrh and contains no cocaine,
mercury nor any injurious drug. Price,
go cents At druggists or by mail.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-01-05
Notice to Stockholders.

holders of the Fergus County Agri-
cultural. Mineral and Stock Associa-
ton, will be held on Saturday. JAN
nary s, 1895, at O'Clock p. IN. at the
Bank of Fergus County in Lewis
town, Mont. for the purpose of elect
ing nine trustees for the ensuing year.
and tor the transaction of any other
business that may properly come be-
fore meeting.
q. w. Cook, DAVID HILGER,
Secretary. President.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-01-05

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
TEN effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in so
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIc SNRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL
LOUISVILLE KY. NEW YORK, N.Y.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-01-05
THE VOLUME oR noNeY.

Circulation Is Now Over Two Hundred niiiiens
Greater Than Seven Months Ago.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-01-05
That Which Has Just Closed
Witnessed the Rapid Com
ing of General Prosperity.
BUSINESS ON THE BOOM
The New Year Opens With Conditions Very
Favorable and Indicating nuch Inn.
provement.

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-R. G.. Dun x
Co.'s weekly review of trade will say
in it's issue tomorrow: Failures for
the year, which closed last night,
have been smaller than any other
year except in 1893, and in average
liabilities per failure, smaller than in
any other year in the last q except
four.
The new year opens with condi-
tions radically different from those
which prevailed a year ago. Great
financial distrust existed then, but it
has passed away. After whole
year of entire. freedom from distur-
bance or alarm, in which the coun-
try has paid a heavy foreign indebt-
edness, has taken and paid many
millions for stocks sent abroad, and
has accumulated credits against
other credits represented by mer-
chandise balances more than $780,.
OOO, 900 In it's favor, for the past five
months, with deferred exchanges for
more than go. 1000, 900 held by New
York banks alone, while the great
industries have been pushing their
way into foreign markets with un.
precedented success, the monetary
situation is no longer a matter oi
anxiety. More than half a million
men In q few states, according to
official reports are employed now
who were idle a year ago and a gen
eral advance In wages for those EN-.
ployed has gone far to restore the
rates prevailing before the panic
The volume Of business through the
clearing houses for the week was
14.2 per cent larger than In 1892, has
for the month been per cent larger
than In that year, and In many In
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-01-05

b. NJ. Bean and W. f. Bean, doing
business under the firm name of Bean
Bros, have this day dissolved
partnership. Either of the above
named parties will pay any bills con-
tracted prior To this date by Bean
Bros.
Dated, January ,, 1895
B. NJ. BEAN,
W. +. BEAN.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-01-05
Dissolution of CO. Partnership.

SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Kr. NEW YoRk. MI.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-01-05
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Yo.r Iif. AVA,

Don't Tobacco Spit and snoke NocF lie Away.
To quit tobacco easily and fJrever. be mag
netic. full OF life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-
| stroug. All druggists, 5oc or o.. Cure guaran-
teed Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-01-05
Fergus County Officers.

District Court Sessions. 1881 March 22nd'
June 7th August 23rd. November eth.
County Commissioners meet in regular ses-
sions on the first Monday of March, June sep
trmber and December.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-01-05
SCHOOL BOARD.

w. f. Cort, Chairman; +. E. Wright, John
Vadnais, J. B.Thompson, X. q. Jackson, II
Mackey. w. II. Culver. r. u Worden' Sletk
Regular meetings first Saturday Of each month
nj D. m at Cort & worden's office.
The record-union., 1898-06-26
PASSED AWAY,
Madame Routier De Bullemont
Died Yesterday Afternoon.

Another of the pioneer women Of Sac
ramento County has crossed the dark
river.
Madame Routier, whose full name
was Louise Leonide Adrienne Routier
de Bullemont, died yesterday after
noon after long illness. She was the
widow of the late Senator Joseph Rou-
tier, who only preceded her few
months, dying last February. For
over forty years they had resided at the
old homestead on the American River,
near Routier's Station. She was 80
years old and since her husbands death
has failed rapidly, her one wish SEEM
ing to be to follow him as soon as pos
sible.
Madame Routier was born in Paris
and her recollections went back to the
days of the monarchy, her father hav-
ing been senior member of the Royal
Guard to Charles X. and accompanying
that King in 1880 in his exile to Cher
bourg. Her family were Royalists and
her grandfather wore the cross Of St.
Louis on his breast, as well as the
decoration of the Legion Of Honor. Her
relatives were famous in art, she being
the niece of Godfrey Jadin, celebrated
French artist, and the granddaughter
of Louis Emanuel Jadin, the celebrated
Versailles musician. She herself was a
musician of great skill and had the
honor of playing for Louis Napoleon
Bonaparte at the Elysees.
Her only son, George Routier, died
The record-union., 1898-06-26
JAPAN HEARD FROM.
Modelling Her Highway Legislation
unou Our LAVE

The Department of Highways has
received letter from the Engineering
Bureau of the Home Department, Toxic,
Japan, which shows the appreciation
this department receives abroad
Chief Bureau of Highways, Sacra-
mento, Cal. u. S. A.-Sir: The small
book, California Road Laws" which
you kindly sent us two years ago is
now being greatly used as reference in
drawing up our highway legislation. If
you have similar publications concern
ing rivers, harbors and other subjects
in the domain of civil engineering lex
cepting railroads), you would greatly
oblige US by sending us few copies of
each.
Thanking you for and expecting your
courtesies, I am yours very respect
fully, K. FOUROUITS,
Director
The record-union., 1898-06-26
Weather Reports.

The Weather Bureau reports show
the highest and lowest temperatures
yesterday to have been SO and 20 de-
grees, with gentle to fresh southerly
winds and clear weather prevailing.
The barometrical readings at a. m.
and 8 p. m. yesterday were 1887 and
1913 inches, respectively
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday We're Il and 55
degrees. and one year ago to-day 13
and 81 degrees.
The average temperature was S3 and
the normal SO, showing yesterday to
have been IA degrees warmer than us
ual for the 25th day of June.
The lowest temperature at a. m.
yesterday was - degrees, when a fresh
southeasterly breeze sprung UP which
reduced the temperature degrees by
q a. m., showing the lowest to have
been 20 degrees. Friday night was the
hottest night since the 18th Of July,
1897, when the lowest temperature re-
corded was ~ degrees