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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-07-05
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Sober up!
Fine music, that.

Fine music, that.
Watermellons, yum yum!
Well celebrate again-when th'
boys come home.
Wool has sold at Big Timber al
high as IL cents a pound.
BoRN-To Mr.. and Mrs. Il. M. Con.
way, June 9th two boys.
The rag doll man, with "thret
throws for ten cents" was on deck
az well as the shooting gallery shark
s. Butcher OF Helena was the sue.
cessful young man in the recent com
petitive examination as a West Point
cadet. His alternate is John Corrett
of Butte.
Rev. Geo. Edwards, formerly oil
Lewistown, but who has been sta
toned at Great Falls for several
years, has taken charge Of the Cen.
trial Presbyterian church at Helena.
Walter LARSEN Of Great Falls,
brother of w. Wallace LARSEN of the
ARGUS, accompanied by Louis Tellef-
son, also of Great Falls, have been
visitors in Lewistown for a week
past.
Rev. Gustave Lehman, eldest son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Lehman, arrived
from Pueblo, Colo. Saturday and
will remain afortnight. From Great
Falls he %journeyed with his brother,
A. b. Lehman.
Gus Johnson, a peddler, was
brought before Justice MACEDONIAN
last week and fined $22 for peddling
without a license. He was also CON-
PEELED to take out a license; amount
ing tn $50 more.
Father j. NJ. Vermaat, arrived
from Benton last week and assumed
charge of the Catholic parish. The
new charge IL a highly educated gen
tleman and one who promises to be
of much good in the parish.
Henry Simons returned from the
Crow reservation last week. MIR,
Simons says the report that he had
accepted "a position in the employ Ul
Maj. Edwards, agent for the Crows,
is a mistake, tho he may do 80 later,
Several interesting communica.
tions, correspondence and other mat.
tiers are unavoidably left out this
week, owing to the crowding oi
space and the delays incident to the
celebration Of the Fourth. They
will appear next week.
James Hopkins met with n painful
accident ON the night Of the 4th. A
reckless lad threw a giant frecrack'
er which exploded in Hopkins face,
For a time it was thought the sight
OF the right eye was destroyed but
later reports indicate a more forum
ate result.
Camille HOgue and wife returned
Saturday from Canada and points In
the eastern states, where they have
spent about a year. Mr.. Hogue says
that he has visited many towns and
cities and seen many places where
good opportunities were offered for
business enterprises, but Is entirely
satisfied to return to Lewistown,
Mr.. Hogue will engage In the meat
business with Irene Desy.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-07-05

treat dllS HnC LOT three udys tneTe'
after was constantly engaged in tell
ing his friends about thecircus. How
the elephant played the piano, the
buffalo rode a barrel and the came
sang a song were all aptly described
as well as the taste OF the red lemon.
ade.
The "Silver Dollar" opened it's new
resort Saturday evening last. s. Z,
Weaver & Co., proprietors, now have
a most attractive place, fitted far
more handsomely than any like re.
sort In town and promise to do q
big business. Absolute good order
will be positively insisted upon and
the Silver Dollar made a place where
gentlemen can congregate and enjoy
a pleasant evening free from an
noyance.
The peace officers made another
roundup one day last week. Jailor
Nichols and Deputy Ridell gathering
in an even dozen before breakfast
one morning. Several of them paid
$40 each to the school fund while
Others served out their fines, being
thus deprived of the celebration.
The officers have been doing excel
lent service and even on the 4th and
9Th few violations of the peace and
dignity of the law were noted.
Chairman Symmes yesterday ap-
pointed the following executive COM
mittee to act with himself In taking
charge of the reception to Company l,
and has called a meeting tn be held
at the land office Friday at 4 p. m:
X. Won Tobel, Edw. Brassey, j. p.
Barnes, II. NJ. Shaw and Jas. Weaver.
Mesdames Wiedeman. Cheadle, +. L.
Wright. Shaules and Worden The
Montana troops will leave Manila
next week, 50 latest dispatches indi-
cate.
Irene Desy returned from Great
Falls last week, where he spent sev
eral months. Mr.. Desy and Mr..
Camille Hogue, both well-known for.
mer tOwnsmen, have formed a CO.
partnership and as soon as accom-
modations can be arranged will open
a meat market and endeavor to sup
ply the wants OF the public in this
line. While it has been said that two
retail meat markets cannot live In
Lewistown, yet 1t is hoped that such
Is not the case, for the public seems
better satisfied when competition ex-
ists-in the meat business, as In all
Others.
Martin Gunderson, an employee OF
| Wright & Hobson on the former
Huson property OH Warm Springs
creek, was arrested last week, upon
a charge filed by A. Myers alleging
that Gunderson had threatened to
kill the complainant. Gundcrson
gave bail nnd will appear tomorrow
for examination. 1t appears that
the trouble grew out Of the use OF
water from the HusOn ditch, Myers
having interfered with the water,
and, upon orders from Senator Hob
son, Gunderson on the next occasion,
'interfered" with Myers, with re-
suits as aforesaid.
The Judith Basin bank moved into
is new quarters opposite the ARGUS
office Saturday and sunday, and
Monday was open for business, tho
some time must elapse before they
will be entirely settled and the in
The Winslow mail., 1899-10-26
TO FIGHT TRUSTS.
Democrats SOIidly Aligned Against
the OppressOrs of the


One thing is settled. There is to be a
campaign against the trusts.
Indeed, if Mark Hanna is to be cred
tied, there will be two campaigns
against the trusts.
With optimism exuding from every
pore land Mark Hanna's corporosity
gives ample verge for this sort of thing)
the republican boss returns from Eu-
rope and alleges that democrats VIII
derive no advantage from making the
trusts a political issue, for the repub-
licans will take an advanced and ag-
gressive position in favor of the regula-
ton of these combines.
Truly the trusts are placed in an en-
barrassing position.
With the democrats solidly aligned
against them, and the republicans, ac-
cording to Hanna, to take an ''aggres-
sive position" what will the poor trusts
do.
But, of course, the managers of the
trusts are not alarmed at Hanna's die
tum. They know that he is talking for
buncomb.
Mckinley owes his election to the
trusts. The trusts owe their prosperity
largely to McKinley's protective tariff.
The two are inseparable friends.
AS political expediency the repub-
licans may fire a few blank cartridges
at the trusts. AS a practical experience
the trusts will suffer no molestation
from the republicans.
They believe in protecting the people,
and that is why there is to be a cam
paign against the Chicago Dem
Ocrat
The Winslow mail., 1899-10-26

he went away l slipped the crown into
my pocket, intending to keep it as a
curiosity. But later in the day, when
Mr.. Blakely was in the office, L showed
Il to him.
"Curious!" he murmured. "One of an
experimental mint, no doubt, for it's
dated 1896. Do you think we've any
others similar?"
mo; have been through them"
Strange! Well, I'll keep it. It's
probably unique"
1 was disappointed with his decision,
as 1 wanted the coin myself. 1t was
against my principles, however, to pro-
test. 1 forgot it entirely until some
weeks later, when Mrs. Blakely, to the
utter astonishment of the banks staff,
turned up an hour or so before luncheon
time.
Up to that time, although she had
been married more than ten months,
Mrs. Blakely had never been inside the
bank. Now she drove up in her car
riage, came in proudly and asked for
Mr.. Blakely.
I replied that if she would step into
the waiting-room 1 would summon him
in the usual way.
mo. Show me into his private room.
/ am Mrs. Blakely," she said, hastily.
Il recognize you, madam" replied.
''But the rule is that all visitors. who
ever they may be, are to be shown into
the waiting-room, where Mr.. Blakely
will interview them"
''Nonsensel" she calculated. "Such
rules do not refer to Mr.. Blakely's wife.
The room is at the end of the passage.
is it not?'
''You are putting me in an awkward
position" replied. Il am not allowed
to let visitors approach the green baize
door"
"Ah!" Her proud eye. flashed. $50
there is green baize door which no one
approaches?"
When Mr.. Blakely came, he did so in
his habitual leisurely manner; and he
walked into the waiting-room, leaving
the door ajar.
Mr.. Blakely." she said, haughti.y, 81
have been insuited by one of your
clerks. Since when has your wife been
denied the right to enter your private
room?"
Ever since she wrongly assumed that
she had such right, Mary. My clerks
have their orders; they obey them. You
cannot blame them for upholding rules
L myself nave framed. What do YOU
want? / am busy this morning. The
market is unsteady just now"
Tell me, Richard; had you known
wss coming would you have allowed
The Winslow mail., 1899-10-26
A UNIFORM VALUE.
Our Currency Can Only Obtain 1t by
the Operation of the Bimetal-
lie Principle.

Our supreme court has repeatedly
held that under the power granted in
the constitution: ITO coin money and
REGULATE the value thereof" congress
can lawfully endow treasury notes,
commonly called "greenbacAs," with
the function of money; in other words,
as Jevon says, coin notes and make the
impressions of the government upon
paper the exact equivalent of that made
upon the metals. The work of COM
merce must in the main be performed
by paper representatives., and they
would in every sense of the word be
ideal money but for the difficulty, never
yet overcome, of properly regulating
their quantity. The function of metal
lie money is to limit the quantity of
these papers representatives, and no
safer or more stable currency can be
found than that issued upon the actual
deposit in the government vaults of the
two metals, gold and silver, or of the
coins struck from them, practically
linked or tied together as they were cen
turies prior to 1878, by the operation of
the bimetallic principle. 1t is indis-
pensable that our currency should have
a uniform value throughout the union,
and this can be accomplished only
through the agency of the general GOV
ernment.
The Winslow mail., 1899-10-26
M'HANNAITES FRIGHTENED
Mckinley's Secretary of State Makes
a Grand Stand Play for the
Administration.

The condition of the campaign in Obio
is such that the McHannaites are bad-
ly frightened. The German-Americans
OF that state are not III love with i'm |
perlalism and still less with the evil
dences that there is no understanding"
between the McHanna authorities and
the English government. So badly is
Mr.. Mckinley scared that he had his
secretary of state, Mr.. John Hay. write
letter to the chairman of the Ohio re-
publican committee semiotficially de-
nying the existence of an Anglo-Ameri-
can alliance. MIR. Hay assures this re-
publican chairman that they have moth
ing to do with England and are friendly
to Germany. This statement must be
taken with several large grains of salt.
There may be no open treaty or alliance
as yet between England and the United
States, but the McHannaites and the
English jingoes are closely connected
in spirit and principles. McKinleys
administration has been a mere copy
of England's policy. 1t was for the
benefit of England and to get American
assistance in the eastern question that
the Philippine outrage was begun. An
open door policy would enrich English
commerce. Our policy toward the Phil
ippines was identically the same as that
of England against the Beers. 1t was
conquest and robbery of weak people
that animated alike the English and Nc
Kinley traitors to liberty. But all was
done with American blood and money.
At Samoa the English caused the
trouble, because they wanted the is
lands which Germans had been culti-
waiting since 1929. The American tool,
Chambers, openly advocated the an
neXation of the islands to England.
Another English tool, Admiral Kautz,
bombarded the Germans and native set
Elements for eight days, and the Nc
Kinley administration most Justify
preached war against Germany. The
course of the McHanna administration
in the Samoa trouble was a most con-
temptible one. 1t did everything that
England wanted in that dirty and
cruel affair. American sailors and two
prominent officers were butchered un-
dCA CAV llCdShCIJ anu SONo1OlJ SOAA
mand of British officers, who ran away
and forsook the Americans after put
ting them in trouble in most stupid
and inefficient manner. The English
false dispatches, fostered and uncon-
tradicted by the administration, raised
great storm of indignation against
Germany and Communications were
placed in false and unpleasant posi-
ton.
1t is too late for Mr.. Hay to coun-
teract the effects of the record by de-
nying in a letter to political boss IN
Mr.. McKinley's own state that the
McHanna administration has surren-
dered American principles and adopted
an entire British policy.-Illinois State
Register.
The Winslow mail., 1899-10-26
VERSUS M,KINLEY.
WiscOnsln's Republican Governor Is
Not in Accord with Inn
periaIisn,

Gov. Scofeld, of Wisconsin. is not an
imperialist. He is not in accord with
the recent declaration of President Nc
Kinley. In his address at the Wisconsin
state fair Gov. Scofeld said: IF the
papers have quoted the president cor
rectly as saying that the Philippine is
lands belong to this country by right of
purchase, and by this is meant that
when the insurrection is suppressed
these islands shall become part of the
United States territory, and if the pol
icy of the war while it is in progress is
to be shaped to that end, believe a very
serious mistake may be made. l do not
think that this country should attempt
to attach to itself territory thousands
of miles away and an alien race that it
would take centuries to amalgamate
with ours"
Proceeding, the Wisconsin governor
added: ''We are under sacred obliga.
tions to those people growing out of the
progress of events up to this time, but
L cannot believe that these involve the
attempted assimilation of a people and
territory with whom we have nothing
in common"
This is exactly the position of leading
democrats and of a vast number of
thoughtful men in the republican party,
including Senator Hoar and eX-Speaker
Reed. We have had enough trouble
with a colored race. The trouble is not
yet ended. 1t would be idiotic to bor-
row more trouble.
Gov. Scofeld is a radical republican
and has always appeared on the front
lines in party campaigns. But in sepa-
rating himself from the policy of Pres
ident McKinley's administration no
doubt he represents the opinions OF
many republicans, though they are
limited minority, in the state of which
he is chief executive.
Wisconsin is largely settled by Ger
man population. For many years past
the German votersh have given their sup
port to the republicans OH financial
questions. They opposed the local DEM
ocratic adoption of a greenback plat
form 2O-odd years ago, and they are
hostile to the silver platform of sixteen
to one. They are now arrayed against
imperialism and the policy of establish
ing an American imperial colony in the
tropics on the other side of the globe.
In this respect they will find themselves
in harmony with Gov. Scofeld. But he
is not likely to be followed by the re-
publican party of that state, which will
adopt platform supporting McKin-
ley's policy.
This is the democratic opportunity in
Wisconsin. When the Germans support
ed the democratic party on the school
question in 1890 George W. Peck, the
democratic candidate for governor, was
elected by 26,32O majority. By the aid
of the German vote Grover Cleveland
had 6,544 majority in the state in 1892.
On platform that will meet German
opinion on financial subjects and on i'm
perialism doubtless the democrats could
carry Wisconsin in 1900. = Chicago
Chronicle.
The Winslow mail., 1899-10-26
PLAIN SPEAKING.
Examples of the Gruffness of Eng
Iish NOtabIes-The Truth I'm
DisaEreeabIe Form.

To an American who avoids rudeness
as vulgar and unbecoming in social in
tercourse the not infrequent gruffness
of his English cousin and his habit OF
forcing the naked truth upon friend or
foe, in season or out of season, is often
quite incomprehensible.
Mrs. Oliphant, in her autobiography,
gives an example of this gruffness in
her account of visit paid by her to
the Tennysons. The poet apparently
had not the least interest in her and
did not hesitate to show it. When she
was taking leave his wife regretted that
her visit had been so short, and Mrs. Oil
phant declared that it had given her
great pleasure. The poet, who stood
glowering down on them both, sudden
ly exclaimed:
Lord what liars you women are!
Archbishop Temple, clerical head OF
the Church of England, is noted for his
brusque sincerity. y lady told him .
remarkable ghost story, for which he1
aunt was authority.
rs not that proof of the existence
of ghosts, your grace?" she asked.
Il really can't say. don't k,low you1
aunt" was the reply.
\ clergyman who wished for a bish-
opric was consulting the primate, anc
said, with an evident desire to show
that he did not overestimate his qua\
fications for the place: Il know that !
am no preacher"
mo, you are not" was the prompt
and startling reply. Il have heard
you"
Another clergyman who had boasred
of his parish reforms and talked inces-
sanity of himself said, at last: What
do you think of my work, my lord?
''Oh," said DR.. Temple, its much the
same as other mems; only they don
talk about it, and you do"
1t is Il duty TO speak the truth, but
it is not the duty of any man to tell
when it is unnecessary. all the truths
that he knows. "--BlacK and White
The Winslow mail., 1899-10-26
1 Beyond the Green Ba ze Door
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THERE was mystery behind the
green baize door; tangible or in
tangible, nobody knew, since no one but
Mr.. B.akely ever saw the inside of the
door which shuts his private room at
Messrs. Blakely G. Stephens bank from
the narrow passage connecting it with
the general offices.
the bank, which was the only one in the
town, and showed every semblance of
the soundest financial basis.
Mr.. Blakely was man strangely de-
void of eccentricities. The chief faults
the bank staff found with him were his
indefatigability, and that whenever
there was business to be done in London
selling or buying stock, buying cash,
etc.-he invariably attended to it him
self
l was seated at the desk of the head
cashier, who was away on short holi-
day, one morning in September, when
one of our clients entered the counting
house.
''Mr. Boyton, look here,'' he said, slip
ping a crown piece upon the counter.
"Where did you get it?"
whats wrong with it?' 1 inquired,
examining it closely without noticing
any defect. did l give it to you?"
Eyes. Look at the edge; it's quite
smooth"
] passed him two half crowns, and as
The Winslow mail., 1899-10-26
AN AUTUMNAL REVERIE.

Just an humble, plain-faced woman,
Middle-aged aid somewhat gray;
True and wholesome-like and human
Kind o. grave and kind o. gray.
Makes me think O. early autumn,
Grapes a-purplin' on the vine,
Where the first faint frost has caught 'em
Caught and kissed 'em into wine.
Deep-voiced boys now call her "mother' -
Baby boys that's grown to be,
BY some magic trick or other,
In a year tall as she;
Girls that yesterday was clingin'
To her skirts, I've seen o. late
With the neighbor boys a-swingin'
At the rose-wreathed garden gate.
While across her brow Times finger
Writes the palmer tales o. truth,
In her heart there still must linger
All the fiowery dreams o. youth
Fields are sweet with bloomy clover,
Life is crowned with blissful joys;
Loves pure gold she's coinin' over
In her happy girls and boys.
Seems as though the cup Fate brings US
Is a sort O. bitter-sweet,
Kind O. soothes an kind O. stings us
Mirth and melancholy meet
Grief comes hushin' all our laughter,
Fairest skies are clouded Ger,
But the sunshine foliers after,
Always brighter than before
Spring may fade and summer vanish,
Autumn yield to winters sway,
Yet the years can never Danish
Beauty Love has crowned with May.
In the chimney-corner, cozy,
Dreamin' in the firelight's glow,
! shall see her cheeks blush, rosy,
AS saw them long ago.
Nixon Waterman. in Elliott's Magazine.
The Winslow mail., 1899-10-26
OZARK AGRICULTURE.
How Farmers Practice Rotation of
Crops in That Prolific
Region.

Ozark humor appreciates the story that a
scientist was quite amazed the other day at
observing farmer, after killing nest of
snakes turned up by the plow, arrange the
dead snakes in the furrow before he went
back to the plow.
:, why did you do that, my good man,"
the scientist asked.
The farmer looked curiously Mt the
scientist and, seeing that he was really In
search of information, replied:
do that so the plow will cover the
snakes on the next round"
Seeing that the scientist was still mysti-
hea, the farmer continued:
Il cover the snakes so that they will de-
compose. That is what you call it, isn't t!'-
"le es" said the scientist, with rising in
fecticn.
WELL" continued the farmer, "the de-
composition of animal matter furnishes
nourishment for plant life, believer"
Yes?" again said the scientist.
Then, snakes will make corn grow, won't
they% triumphantly asked the farmer.
Ies?' said the scientist.
And more corn will make more whisky,
won't it?" said the farmer
"Yes," said the scientist
"And whisky will make more snakes
won't it? Mister, that is what we call rota-
ton in the agriculture of this region st.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Winslow mail., 1899-10-26
A RARE INSTANCE.
An Unusual Experience Which the
Bicycle Dealer Would Like
to Have Repeated.

A heavy man with square jaw walked
into a bicycle exchange the other after
noon. The proprietor advanced to wait
on him.
Gimme bike" said the square -jawed
man.
ITO buy?"
Yep"
'Nhat make?"
"Any old make"
Here's our specially machine
"All right, is it?'
Good as any made"
'How much?"
FIFTY"
Dab little graphite on the chain and
pump her up"
The proprietor dabbed little graphite on
the chain and pumped her up. The square
jawed man pulled out wad of the size of
his wrist, skinned off fifty and handed it to
the proprietor. Then he ran the machine
out to the curb, got on it and rode off.
When the proprietor got over being
stunned he went to three or four friends on
the block to get their opinion as to whether
the $50 was counterfeit or the real thing.
The bill was genuine, and the proprietor has
been more or less dazed ever since
Il can't understand such swift action as
that in the bike business" he says, with
puzzled air.-Washington Post.
The Winslow mail., 1899-10-26
OPINIONS AND POINTERS.

Mckinley is reported to have de
termined that Otis shall stay at Manila
But the people are in no wise deter
mined that Mckinley shall stay a
ngton.-Chicago Democrat.
The democrats need not worry
about the outcome of the next presi
Dental campaign. Just give the re
publican imperialists rope enough anG
they will hang themselves. = Illinois
State Register.
The Sulu sultan is said to desig.
nate President Mckinley His High
Mightiness of the Rising Sum-" His
high mightiness pays his annexed
polygamous and slaveholding majesty
the subsidy; but the American tax
payer has to raise the wind d.-Albany
Argus.
Senator Hanna was a very suc-
cessful boss for short time, but he
ran the business too hard and made
too early an exhibition of all his meth
DDS. He has not that preeminent quail
ity that enables a man to sustain him
self as director of politics through the
year. He is not satisfied to win with
out having it always appear that he is
the inspiration of victory. He is con-
stantIy making a display of his owner
ship of the patronage.-Cincinnat En-
quirer.
1t is said that Secretary Gage,
who knows the absolute emptiness of
the administration financial policy.
and who was reported to be thoroughly
eight years ago to the absurd
tiles of the protective system, should
be won over by mess of pottage also
TO the defense of Imperialism and lingo
sm, and all the other constitutional
heresies with which the administration
is beguiling the people under the guise
of patriotism in order to gain the votes
of honest but supplemented citizens
who love their country. - Pittsburgh
Post.