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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-06-29
UNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Mrs. Roomer-"What measures 90
you adopt to get rid of boarders who are
bad pay?" Mrs. Board-"Oh, / just givs
them a little cold shoulder."-Philadel
phia North American.
Il notice the exclusive people of New
York amuse themselves getting up
family trees" "Yes, and their simian
forefathers did the same thing
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Mans Inhumanity.-Mrs. Reader
what are the dead languages, my
dear?' Mr.. Reader-"Oh. they are
probably the ones that women have
talked to death."-Chicago News.
Senior Partner-"We must discharge
that traveler of ours. He told one of
our customers that | was Il fool" Ju-
Nor Ditto-"ITl see him at once and in
sist upon his keeping the firms secrets"
-Tit-Bits.
"By .Jove. old man. you sat your
horse Ike a Centaur." Thanks. Glad
to hear il. ! was afraid ] didn't ride
very we'll" "Oh. you didn't. You
we're right up on the animals neck all
the timc.".Cleveland Leader.
Hazardous Sport.-There are haz-
ards in the game of golf. are there not??"
asked the ignorant one. "Hazards!"
exclaimed the veteran. "Well. | should
say so. Why. no less than three mar
riage engagements were announced
after the last match.'-Chicago Even
rng Post.
She (whirling around on the piano
stooD-"What a wretch that Nero must
have been. to fiddle as they say he did"
He-"It wa "a mean thing to do. but let
us be charitable. He might have made
it even more disacr2cabie for the Ro-
mans by compelling one of the ladies'
of his household TO play the piano.
Cleveland Leader.
Wasted Opportuuitv.-"I don't say as
how We amt sincere in gettin' up an
clamorin' fur war" said Farmer Corn
tossel. 81 may be naturally of an un-
duly suspicious nature" Il hev allus
been fur war on the slightest rrovoca-
ton" replied the eXcitahl" ~r"i~hhor.
$50 We hev. But ! mus say it Ind o.
makes me doubtful 70 find we wastin'
all this time talkin' bout fightin' when
We might be practicin' at a target
Washington Star.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-06-29
We Have Territory Enough.

Every day since thecommencement
OF the present wal with Spain the op-
position press OF the United States
has been filed with double-leaded
leaders and editorial squibs casting
reflections upon or boldly condemn
ing the administration for what that
portion Of the press has seen fit to
term delay; or in belittleing the pres
ident and his advisers for this, that
or the other act done in f%urtherance
OF the military and naval operations
OF h war. Not content with criti-
cism of acts done and OF alleged fail
ures to act, many Democratic editors,
and some who are not editors, but
who pose as inspired statesmen, are
losing much sleep lest our country
has entered upon a war of conquest,
and they pretend to see dangerous
in the taking of the Philippines, the
proposed capture of Porto Rico. and
the annexation of Hawaii. They
profess to believe that there is danger
that the administration of President
Mckinley is paving the way to an
extension OF the great American re-
public into the eastern world, and
they talk about this being a war for
principle. That there is danger that
the other nations OF the world may
have reason to point to our flag and
say that our protestations of disin-
terestedness, except from the stand
point OF humanity and freedom, was
hypocritical. All such talk is the
merest demagogy and has the basest
sort of p~artisanship for its only mo-
tive.
Viewed in the light of events which
have since t~ranspired, it is now quite
evident that the Teller amendment to
the resolution declaring that a state
of war exists between the United
States and Spain was deliberately
planned to give trouble to those who
will be charged with the active man
agement of the war, and with then e
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-06-29
A iii of LadinH-

A bill of lading for slaves is a curios-
ity in its way. The following extrac,
is from one dated February 1, 1766:
shipped, by the Grace of God, in good
order and well conditioned. by James
-. in and upon the good ship called
the Mary Borough. whereof is master.
under God, for this present voyage.
Capt. David Morton, and now riding at
anchor at the Barr of Senegal, and by
Gods grace bound for Georgey, in
South Carolina, to say, "a prime slaves,
six prime women slaves" etc. 1t ends
with the pious wish that "God send the
good ship TO her desired port in safety.
Amen" However impious it may APP
pear to us to associate the name of God
with the Ubiquitous traffic, still it was
looked upon by many as a divine insti-
tuition, directly sanctioned by the Bible.
The famous slave-trading captain, John
Newton, afterward to be Rev. John
Newton, of Olney, hymn writer and
friend of Cowper, did by no means see
it to be his duty to change his profess
sion Immediately after his conversion,
though ne ultimately became an aboli-
ZIONIST; he carried on slavetrading for
years after he was a devout Christian,
giving thanks in the Liverpool churches
for the success of his last venture, and
%imploring Gods blessing on his next.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-06-29

The people who think that Amer
who think that the vast army of
workingmen + not lovers of their
country-should do a little investi-
eating. They would find that some
where about the home of nearly every
laborer there is displayed the Ameri-
a flag, and i'll thousands Of in
stances right by its side is the Cuban
flag with its single star. They would
find that in the thousands upon thou
sands of public schools the children
from the homes of the laboring lei
are foremost among the enthusiastic
and patriotic children of the land.
Those who think that this govern
ment is in danger of being overthrow
by anarchists, socialists or any other
class of dissatisfied. restless spirits
are far wide of the mark. This gov
eminent is founded in the hearts OF
the people. and they are intelligent
better government has never ben or
ganized. They believe in it, they love
it, they will seek to make it stronger
and better, and their hands will al
ways he raised against every effort
to destroy it. The United States was
stronger than it is today. and
it was eve growing stronger faster
than it is in these days.-Chicago
Timps-HpralI
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-06-29

gotiations of a treaty of peace, after
the var shall have ended.
While it is true that we entered into
this war primarily and solely through
sympathy with Cuba's cause, and in
support of a high ideal; and, while it
is true that we are bound by a sol
emn pledge in writing, and a still
more solemn unwritten pledge of
honor, not to lay hands upon a single
foot of Cuban soil, except in aid of
this struggle, it is no less equally true
that this war cannot be most effect
lively waged without striking the
enemy at every exposed point which
we can reach. All Americans have
shouted until they are still hOarse in
praise of the great battle fought by
Admiral Dewey, and yet the man
who would praise Dewey for his great
deed and at the same time condemn
the administration forfollowing that
victory up with the capture of Ma
Mia and the Philippines as soon as
practicable, would be justly counted
a fool and drummed out of town, be-
cause such a curse would simply
leave our seamen there exposed to
another fleet which might possibly
concentrate there. That the United
States would be perfectly justified in
capturing and holding Porto Rico is
nnraIlx- ax-ilant tn tho mind of a ro
tional, unprejudiced man. The an
nexation of Hawaii, from a military
standpoint, is a nc less strategic
move than the capture OF the Philip
pines and Porto Rico would be, be-
cause it's annexation at this time
amounts to a practical military ne
cessity. From present indications
Hawaii will be annexed; Manila will
be captured; the entire Spanish pos
sessions in the Philippines. and Porto
Rico as well, will be held by us when
the war closes. In the words of Pat
rick Henry, IF that be treason. make
the most OF it."
All of this does not mean that we
nave citCiCh upon a VI conquest.
but simply that when we are at war
we must strike such blows as will be
felt most keenly by u opponent. 1t
does not necessarily mean that we
shall attempt to COLOMBO those dis
tant islands of the seas, but simply
that we can make our blows felt
o keenly in this way; and by
turning the islands over eventually
to native governments of the respect
i've islands, the same as we shall do
withCuba. We have territory enough,
and it is not at all likely that there
will he any disposition, much less at
tempt, to hold any of the islands cap
tured after the war shall have ended.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-06-29
Life and the Liver.

Success in life depends upon the
liver" is the way Charles Lamb, the
poet and punster, put it. Medical
science has proven thatnine-tenthso OF
the ailments of the living have their
origin in the liver and in constipation
caused by it's arrangements. Keep
the liver lively and all will be well.
Modern science points out Cascarets
as the only perfect, gentle, positive
liver regulator fit to be used in the
delicate human organism. All drug
gists sell Cascarets, Toe, 25c, SOC, and
we recommend them most heartily.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-06-29

The people of this state will be glad
to learn that Hon. w. +. Sanders has
undergone a successful operation for
tie removal of a cancerous growth
upon the left eve, which has given
him trouble for years past. DR..
Knapp, the eminent New York spe-
cialist, performed the operation. AL
though the colonel's eyes may be de-
as ever.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-06-29
Notice for Bids.

Bids will be received at the county
superintendent's office in Lewistown
up to and including Monday, July Ii.
1898, for the erection OF a school
house at Forest Grove. the plans and
specifications for which can be seen
at the county superintendent's office.
All bids to be sealed and marked IBID
for School Building at Forest Grove
The board reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
J. f. FRYE, Chairman.
MARY Z. FROST.
AUGUST WEsTvELT,
Trustees School Dist. No. q.
JOHN SELLERS, Clerk.
Forest Grove, June 30, 1898.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-06-29

Cervera probably thinks Fort Nor
no safe as long as it is reinforced by
Lieut.. Hobson and his comrades.
That is the Spanish way of holding
cowardly.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-06-29

Cornell wins the boat race over
Yale and Harvard, but the country
is more concerned about boats with
heavy guns these days.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-06-29
Or. LONG, DENTIST, lEWISTOWN HOTEL
Keep Quiet

And use Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrh9a Remedy for all pains
of the stomach and all unnatural
looseness of the bowels. 1t always
cures. For sale by c. F. Little.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-06-29
Notice.

Notice.
Having disposed of our interests in
the Lewistown hotel to E. j. Fay,
who took possession on the 18th inst.
we request all those indebted to us
to call and settle at once and save
costs of collection.
T. r. CARSON,
DAMAs TAILLON.
Lewistown, June q, 1898.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-06-29
LEwISTowN, MONT, June %, 'ss.

Should the United States send a
flying squadron to Spain, it will not
get bottled up a la Cervera.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-06-29

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has
saved the lives of thousands of
croupy children. 1t is also without
an equal for colds and whooping
cough. For sale by C. F. Little.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-09-01
The Age Of Animals.

Selected.
AS far as naturalists have been able
to discover, the elephant lives to the
greatest age of any of the animals with
which we are familiar. 1t takes twenty
five to thirty years, and sometimes
longer, for elephants to complete their
growth. 1t is recorded that certain
animals have lived more than 15C
years, but the statistics on subjects OF
this sort are necessarily incomplete
and therefore unreliable.
The lion is supposed to live forty
years, although it is claimed that one
kept In the Tower of London attained
the age of seventy years. It Is not sup
posed that he would have lived to tina,
age in his natural condition.
The horse is short lived animal
bat when carefully Kept and allowed
to spend great deal OF time in pasture
it has been known to live past the age
OF forty years. The trouble with horses
is that they are fed for hard work, con
sequently their feet and their digestion
wear out. Eighteen to twenty-four il
very high average age for horses tt
attain.
Cows live eighteen or twenty years
but they have very little value toward
the latter portion of this period, save il
exceptional cases.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-09-01
TRAINS GOING NORTH.

Italy except Monday. tDaliy ex-
cept Sunday.
Train on the Scotland Neck Branch
Road leaves Weldon rs p M, Halifax
80 p. NJ, arrives Scotland Neck at
30 p. M, Greenvllle 6 81 p. m, Kins-
ton Z :55 p. m. Returning leaves
Klnston 80 a. NJ, Greenyille 80 &.
NJ, arriving Halifax at II :l8 a. M.
Weldon IL :33 a. M, daily except Sun
day.
Trains on Washington Branch leave
| Washington 20 a. m. and 2 80 p. m.
arrive Parmele 8 10 a. m. and 4 100 p
M, returning leave Parmele 8 :35 a. m
and $50 p. M, arrive Washington
IL 90 a. m. and Z 20 p. M, daily ex-
cept Sunday.
Train leaves Tarboro, N. c., daily
except Sunday 5 80 p. IN, Sunday
is p. No., arrives Plymouth 40 p
M, 6 10 p. M, Returning, leaves Ply
mouth daily except Sunday, Z 80 a. m !.
and Sunday 8 100 a. m, arrives Tarborc
10 :O5 a. M, II 100 a. m.
| Train on Midland N. G. Branch
leaves Goldsboro. daily, except Sunday
2 :1Qa. M, arriving Smithfe'd s 80 a
m. Returning leaves Smithfeld 8 :OC
a. m. arrives at Goldsboro 10 20 a. m
Trains on Nashville Branch leave
Rocky Mount at 4 80 p. M, arrive
Nashville 5 :C5 p. M, Spring Hope
5 80 p. IN. Returning leave Spring
Hope 8 100 a. M, Nashville 8 :35 ii. m.
arrive at Rocky Mount 9 :O5 a. IL.
daily except Sunday.
| Train on Clinton Branch leaves War.
saw for Clinton daily, except Sunday
IL 20 a. m. and Is p. m. Return
Ing leaves Clinton at Z 90 a. m. and
2 :45 p. m.
Train No. IS makes close connection
at Weldon for all points North daily
all rail via Richmond.
H. M. EMERSON,
GenI Pass Agent
J. R. KENLY, Genl Manager.
T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-09-01
The Late-Staying Caller.
Robert J. Burdette in Ladies Home Journal.

Robert j. Burdette in Ladies Home Journal.
Friend Staylate makes call in the
evening. Conversation biithe and JOY.
Gus, and repeated requests for him to
remain yet little while, lead him, not
at all unwilling, to prolong his visit
He looks at his watch with a gasp Of
genuine disnay, and hurrles away slow
IL at last with profuse apologies fo1
keeping us up until such an unearthly
hour. 'Oh. indeed, no !" choruses the
entire family. "This Is early for US
We never think of going to our rooms
until an hour later than this" Friend
Staylate loiters moment after he gets
outside the gate. Slam goes the door
bang wang slam go the shutters
calling harshly to each other, Though
that fellow never would go" Bang
"Why didn't he stay all night? Slam
And the rattle of the chain cries, "Gont
at last ~ The darkness of the dungeon
settles down on the house the tamil,
has gone to bed, having relieved it
mind by doors and shutters that art
ready to tell the truth any time the!
are given chance.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-09-01
Bad Roads---A Lawsuit,

Wilksboro Chronicle.
Mr.. Henry Higgins, with his wife
and s;ster-,n-law, Miss Gorrell, passed
through Wilkesboro last week return
Ing from Blowing Rock to his home
ut Winston. Friday morning just be-
low town. Just this side OF Cub Creek
his surry and horses mired up and
stuck IN the mud. The mud holes
hereare terrible, aud the attention OF
the authorities have frequently been
called TO the matter. The horses mir
cd up to the neck and had to be taken
loose. Mrs. higgins and Miss Gorrell
had to get out and walk to the bank iE
mud knee deep. 1t required consider
able help to get the horses and surry
out, and took nearly three hours time
MIR, Higgins will bring suit against the
county for damages, and somebody il
going to have trouble. 1t is time.the
overseers aud supervisors would do thei,
duty about road matters. Perhaps {
few indictments and fines will wake
them up.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-09-01
Danger! Danger.

Selected.
Miss Francis E. Willard recommend
ed every young person to learn and
speak these verses.
Write 1t on the workhOuse gate,
Write it on the schoolboy's slate,
Write it on the copy book,
That the young may look,
"Where there's drink, there's dan
ger"
Write it on the church-yard mound,
Where the rum-slain dead are found;
Write it on the gallows high,
Write it Tor ali the passers-by,
"Where there's drink, there's dan
ger"
Write it on the nations laws,
Blutting out the license clause;
Write it on each ballot white,
So it can be read alright,
"Where there's drink, there's dan
ger"
Write it on our ships that sail, =
Borne along by storm and gale;
Write it large in letters plain,
Over every land and main,
"Where there's drink, there's dan
ger"
Write it over every gate,
On the church and halls OF state,
In the hearts.of every band,
On the laws of every land,
"Where there's drink, there's dan
ger"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-09-01
A Remarkable Fact.


It is remarkable fact that while
the Christian churches of the United
States are sending missionaries to the
far East to convert the people of the
lana that was the cradle of the Aryan
races, that same land is sending to this
country the philosophy that has there
been nursed and preserved for thou
sands.of years, and its teachings are
finding adherents among the most en-
!ightened of our Christians, who say
that it is nothing but more light shed
upon the teachings of the great Mas
ter, whose principal and oft-repeated
maxim is that only through the love
OF humanity and the exercise of charity
and self-sacrifice can the kingdom oil
heaven be gained.
Every kind act toward your suffer
ing or ignorant brother carries with i,
its own reward, because 1t makes you s
better man.
Surely there is something divine In
the idea that Il noble thought lives or
forever even if not uttered, and that
these noble thoughts and impulses
come to him who fits himself for thei,
reception through his own actions and
life, and as the thought is the begin
ming of all action SO our lives are as.
sisted by noble thought.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-09-01
Not the Wisest Way.

It is not always best to wait until il
is needed before buying a bottle O!
Chamberlain Colo, Cholera and Di
arrhoea Remedy. Quite frequently the
remedy is required in the very busiest
season or in the night and much in
convenience and suffering must be
borne before it can be obtained. i
costs but a trifie as compared with its
real worth and every family can wei
afford to keep 1t in their home. 1t il
everywhere acknowledged to be the
most successful medicine in the woEl6
for bowel complaints. For sale by E
T. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-09-01
Mem oral to a Great Life.

Youths Companion.
The best witness to the influence of
Gladstone is the passage Of the Irish |
local government bill by the British
Parliament without so much as pas
sage of arms In debate. This measure
does not create a new parliament in
Dublin, but it transfers power over To-
cal affairs in town and country from the
landowners to the tenants. /. is not
Gladstonlan home rule, but it is close
approach to it.
This important measure has not ex-
cited opposition from any quarter of
the house. Conservatives, Liberals,
Radicals, Nationalist and north-of- Ire
land Protestants have welcomed it and
helped it along. No speeches have been
against it in the commons. The busl-
ness of the house has not been blocked
by obstructionists. Good nature has pre-
vailed whenever this question has been
discussed. There has been an era OF
good feeling, after many years of polit-
lcal warefare.
| The explanation OF this remarkable
cessation from bitterness ana excite
! ment is found in the influence exercls-
ed by the great statesman, whose grave
is in Westminster Abbey. He failed
In his final work of establishing a
home rule parliament, but he succeed
ed in reconclllng England and Ireland.
The Unionists, who had defeated home
rule, were compelled to justly their
course by producing the largest meas
ure of local self government, and by
enabling the Irish tenants to rule the
)island.
The Irish faction, which had quar-
relied over every other important re-
form measure for the island for gen.
Grafton, laid aside their arms and &C
, cepted this scheme of local government
as treaty fpeace. There was good
| feeling because opposition to this meas
ure had been disarmed bya great states
mans sacrifices, generosity and la
/; bors.
: For the first time in quarter-centur.
there has been a session of the British
t parliament DEVOTED almost exclusivel
/ to Irish questions, without single az
Q cry word, and without scenes of organi
zed obstruction.
A bill as intricate as the church di'
8, establishment ard land acts and tn
. home rule bill, which we're fought owe
clause by clause, has been enacted g
o. quietly and as peaceably as thong
! there had never been any bad feelln
+ between England and Ireland.
TO those students who have followe
the recent political history of Gres
h Britain, this seems little less than
miracle. 1t is the browning memoir:
+ to a great life The Irish local govern
ment act passed without resistance {
, criticism because rival races we're
peace
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-09-01
Good Enough to Take.

The finest quality OF loaf sugar is
used in the manufacture of Chamber
laln's Cough Remedy and the roots
used in its preparation give tia flavor
similar to that of maple syrup, making
IT very pleasant to take. AS medicine
for the cure of coughs, colds, Ia grippe,
Group and whooping cough it is un-
eonaled by any other. 1t always cures,
aud cures quickly. For sale by F. T.
Whitehead & Go.