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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-07-19

and Mrs. b. L. Vinson broke her arm
Monday afternoon by falling from a
chair and catching her arm in the
rounds. The little one bravely with
stood the pain and is in a fair way
to entire recovery.
Johns should have consulted his
town committee before bringing
the school board record and light
ming rod deal into this contest. Tho
Democrats don't like it a bit and say
1t is hurting them in every ward
many people knowing the facts.
Mrs. Dwight, mother OF Mrs. j. l.
Corbly, Mr.. Wilsey and wife, the lat
a sister of Mrs. Corbly and Miss Bes.
sic Dwight. niece, all of Hornellsville,
n. Y, r visiting at the C0rbly
home and will shortly take a trip
through the Yellowstone park.
Rev. Joel Vigus will complete his
allotted time here next Sunday and
shortly after will leave to attend the
annual conference at Great Falls.
After five years Of service the ever
end gentleman leaves many friends
who have admired his persistency
and fruitful Christianity.
Charles Denges of Butte, arrived
last week to accept the position of
bookkaeper with the Montana Hard.
ware Co., to which for some time
past Mr.. It. j. Weir has given his
attention as well as acting as mana
ger of the telephone lines.
w. A. Lacock and "DOc." Shufelt
left this week for Billings with about
l25 head of horses which they will
ship to Wisconsin and place ON the
market. Mr.. Lacock has been en-
gagged for some time past in break
ing the horses to the saddle and
harness.
Many letters from the soldiers boys
were received yesterday and are full
of interest. Dispatches have not yet
announced the date when the Mon.
tana regiment will leave but the
welcome intelligence that they are
homeward bound may be expected
at any time.
j.. l. Corbly and family and party
Of lady relatives from the east expect
to go to the park next week for q
months outing. Rev. Kenneth Brown
aud wife, Miss Main and Roy Long
will accompany the party, the Pres
byterian church being closed during
the month OF August.
Some admiring friends have pre-
scented to w. ID. DeatoH a beautiful.
scarf pin, the work of L. W. Warren
The design IL that of a w. A. Wood
neck yoke and the material of ivory
mounted in silver and gold. Alto
gether the pin In very artistic and the
design peculiarly appropriate.
The plastering at the high schoo
building has been completed, except
ing necessary patching after the car
penters are through. Contractor
Green has done an excellent job. on,
which reflects credit upon his work
manship. He has put every trOwe
of mortar on himself, only being as
sisted by a carrier. The job hal
taken eve weeks. The carpenter
are almost entirely through upstair,
and much work downstairs has beer
done. All will be in readiness for tn,
use of the building for the next term
tho the heating plant may not be Ell
tirely installed by the opening day.
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companied by James Dunno, came
in Monday evening and last night
the archdeacon held services in the
Presbyterian church. Thegentlemen
came on their wheels as far az Wolf
creek. from where they took the
coach, Rev. Robbins wheel having
broken down.
The school board Saturday even
ing last appointed William Hortop,
j. w. Luton and Frank Day Judges
for the high school election tn he held
in each district of the county Aug. 3.
The board of each district Is expected
to appoint judges. Poll books. tally
sheets and ballots will be forwarded
by the county clerk this week.
g. W. Morgan, formerly a well
known freighter and travelling part
ner for years of Press Lewis, died
at his ranch near Flatwillo'v Satur-
day last and the remains were in
TERED i'm the Chatholic cemetery at
Lewistown yesterday. For two
years past he had given his entire
attention to ranching and ~stockrais-
ing.
Benson ii. Bowman and wife, for
marty nf nuif,un ratnr,aJ Loot
week from Dakota where they have
spent a season. This week they will
leave for Alabama, Georgia, and
other southern points looking for a
new location, but If not satisfied
shortly, Mr.. Bowman says he will
return to Pennsylvania, the state of
his birth.
Mr.. Paris Dougherty of Grundy
county Missouri. brother OF Judge
Dougherty of Maiden and an uncle
of Mrs. l.. p. Slater, IL visiting in
town with his niece. Mr.. ~Dougherty
has brought his family to Montana
and contemplates remaining. He re.
ports farming quite az back ward IN
Missouri this year as In states fur
ther west.
So the Democrat has found 9
Clique" which it can allege is run
ming Republican politics in town
Well, the "Wright-Argus-Smith fac
ton" has three spokes to the whee
anyway, while doc and Jeff's'' only
has two and when doc" goel
away-as he says he is-only on,
will be left. Won't 1t be nice to hav,
JEFF" run the town.
Some contemplate miscreants
not satisfied with having the stree
dogs put out Of the way, have, dur
Ing the past week, thrown poison t,
harmless home pets tied or fenced
about their masters homes, ant
grief has been brought to more thar
one little child or fond lady in conse
qaence. II caught in such a job
shot gun would be the proper weapon
to use.
j. NJ. Austed and w. W. Inglman
experienced laundrymen Of Grea
Falls, were in town last week an,
made arrangements with G.. w. An
dersOn for the purchase Of the steam
laundry plant. The gentlemen hav'
returned to Great Falls to attend t,
the purchase and shipping Of add
tional machinery necessary to tn
successful operation OF the laundry
and intend to be ready for work a
the earliest moment possible. Tn
purchase price Is understood to hav
been 800.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-07-19
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One hundred in the shade yester-
v day afternoon.
The Sam Tyler wool clip from Nc
Donald creek passed through town
last week en- route to Great Falls.
Mrs. w. e. Cort expects t oleavefor
the east shortly, accompanied by her
q children, for IA visit with relatives.
Rev. Gustave Lehman, who has
been visiting his parents for a Tort
night, left yesterday morning on his
return to his station at Pueblo, Col.
Choteau county's sheep assessment
y is 4S5, sol, being s. ,723 less than that
of Fergus, which is 6,524. Fergus
is the banner sheep county, without
doubt.
G. j. Wiedeman il an energetic, en-
terprising and conservative business
= man, Just the kind OF a man Lewis
town needs for it's first mayor.
Give him your vote.
The COM issioners r this week
sitting ms a board of equalization and
onthe 10th, 18th and 18th Of August
will reconvene to hear any protests
which may be made.
1t Is a glorious knitting that is go
ing on. The Democrats amt doing
a thing to Landt in the first ward
and Williams In the third is 'up
against it" sure enough.
~ Do you want school board meth.
DDS in Lewistown municipal affairs?
The Democratic ticket stands for
that variety. They are running on
their record, you know.
Every candidate on the Republican
ticket is a tax-paying freeholder, and
~ If you want to prove it just look AT
the assessment book. Don't be mis-
led by any yarns OF "Jeff's."
Finally "Doc and JEFF" have deter
mined that there are 'cliques in the
/, Republican party. They don't recog
nize any in the Democratic-they
claim to be the whole thing.
Mrs. NJ. w. Holloway of Kenosha
Wis. is visiting with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. j. w. Powell Of the Judith
Mr.. j. ID. Powell of Livingston II
also visiting at the family home.
John w. Arthur Monday pur
chased of ID. A. Meagher the two
lots and residence on the point OF thu
= hill, occupied by Mr.. Arthur for 4
= year past. The consideration wal
$1,000.
Next Saturday is election. Tn,
polls will be open at 8 a. m. in eacl
ward-court house, t'ulver's hall ant
=, school house. All day long the ma
jority will be piled up for the Repub
lican ticket. Help it along.
John War;, manager of the Mon
tana Hardware Co. left last weel
y for Hunters Hot Springs for tn,
benefit of his health. 1t il not i'm
probable that Mr.. War;. will go eas
before returning to Lewistown.
Robt. Jones, the maj who wa
shot by George Shepard at Flatwil
-. low about three weeks aRO and 1
was feared would die, has quite re
covered. Shepard's examination vii
be held before Justice MACEDONIAN OF
the first proX.
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change at Corumba do not draw over five
1t takes about twelve hours to reach the
San Lorenzo river from Corumba, and you
sail day and a half upon ii before y1u n
ter the Cuyaba river, up which you steam
to the city.
The steamers are always crowded. 200
often being taken in one little boat The
whole journey from Corumba to Cuyaba
Qures six days. and the fare is 81 in gold.
1t is one of the cheapest steamship trips of
the world. This price includes your meals
coffee in the morning. breakfast al 10 am.
and dinner in the evening
The scenery of the San Lorenzo and Guy
aba rivers is very tropical. There are many
palms. There are cotton trees which have
balls of cotton upon them as big as oranges.
Others have blossoms of a silky fiber which
hangs down in great cones of white. This
stuff is used by the people for making pill
lows.
Cuyaba has about 10000 people 1t is sur
prisingly good city for its location and very
much up-to-date. 1t has newspapers. hos
pitals and schools. 1t has water works. a
street car line and a cathedral In its col
lege French. English and Portuguese are
taught. and in its orphan asylum there are
800 boys. The town was founded in l722
being laid out in Portuguese style with a
very pretty plaza and park. 1t is situated
about two miles from the river and YOU can
ride TO it on one of the tame cows or you
may go on street car drawn by mules.
The country surrounding CuyaDa is rich
agriculturally. and am told there is much
gold in the hills about the city. The ca
Is Saiu 10 StdHu over Il SOlO lOUe,
and on the edge of the town there are
mines which are still worked by the Portu-
gueSe. / have met several Americans who
have been mining gold in this part of Bra
Zil, bGt so far none of them have struck il
very rich. 1t does not need very sharp eyes
to that gold exists, for after a heavy
tropical rain the boys go out and search
for grains of gold in the street. 1t is said
that they often well paid for their
trouble. There are also diamond mines not
far off in the interior, but / am told that
the best diamonds have so far been found
much further north.
The ChacO.
In going to Matto Crosse you skirt one
of the least known parts of South America
This is the vast region known as the Chaco,
lying west of the Paraguay river and south
of Bolivia. The northern part of it belongs
to Paraguay and the rest to the Argentine
Republic. The part belonging to the Ar
gentine lies south of the Pilcomayo river
and comprises territory bigger than Cali
fornia and Massachusetts combined, and
enough to make three states as big as
Ohio.
The only settlements in this vast region
are along the Paraguay. They consist of
here and there an estancia or farm and
few scattering villages. The chief town In
the Paraguayan Chaco is Villa Hayes
which is in sight from Asuncion and which
has now about ninety-one families of for
eigners. They are chiefly Swiss, French and
Italians. who are engaged in raising sugar
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cane and sweet potatoes and in manufae-
turing brandy.
There are two large rivers which run
through the Chaco. The Pilcomayo winds
about like corkscrew from the Bolivian
Andes to the Paraguay river. II Is full OF
rapids and can never he naVlgahle. The
Nerme1o or the Nermillion river enters the
Paraguay further south. IL is at just about
the bottom Of the country. Its waters are
so red that they disco,or those uf the Para
quay for semc miles. The Nermejo is about
l.2o0 miles long and is navigable for only
short distance.
Just what these countries contain I'm the
way Of resources is yet 10 be discovered
have met men who have tTaVo led over parts
of them. They tell ne that the forests have
much Ene timber, ana that there are good
pastures scattered among cm. The lard
will hardly he developed before railroads
are built and today there are not. ven
ture, 5o,00o white people " The whole terri
tory.
The Hairless Humans of the Chaco-
The inhabitants Of the Chaco are thus
almost altogether Indians. There are said
to De more than 10000 Of them. They are
among the most curious Of the Indians of
the world. and some tribes are practically
unknown to our enthnologists. Sc:ne Of tho
Chaco indians go naked from one years
end to tha other. and some are 50 opposed
( to any covering that they viii not even
allow their hair TO grow. They pull out
every hair on their bodies except those on
I their heads. Their faces. arms, hosoms and
legs. are kept as hairless as they were when
they were born. ] have heard il often
stated that the people OF a certain tribe are
: naturally hairless. 1t is said they are born
so. and the hairs never grow except on
their heads. This has been often reported.
but until see an Indian grown To order 10
test the matter | shall continue 10 doubt
whether the reports are correct.
Some Of these Indians are fine looking.
/ Take tho TOBIAS. FOR instance. ! have seen
many of them during my travels on the
Paraguay river. They are fine looking
/ as any of the Indians OF North America.
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thrift to be observed among the merchants.
The city does large business, the most of
which IS managed by French, Italians and
StraSbOrg Jews.
Goods are sent out from here to different
parts OF the interior. There is a mule route
to Bolivia. the nearest town being San Jose
de ChUquito. which is $50 miles away. The
journey takes fourteen days. and it is very
expensive. Mules are costly. and you cam
not get good one for less than S1Go in
gold. You must lay in a good supply of
canned goods for those who try to live off
the country fare poorly. There are few
horses. They are subject to peculiar dis
ease, which affects their hind quaT1e GERS, and
their place has been largely taken by cows
and bulls. Bullocks are used for carts and
also for riding. a good riding bullock bring
ing a good price The bullock is not a bad
saddle animal. Its gait is a ii lmbiH:s
trot or pace. and. after you become used to
it. it is not at all unpleasant. The animals
are directed by reins which tied 20 their
horns. They often used to pack gooIs
ard. indeed, take the places that horses
have in our country.
The Brazilian Town Of Cuyaba.
1t is shortly after you leave Corumba
that you pass out of the Paraguay river,
and enter the San Lorenzo. The San LO-
renzo is not big the Paraguay. In the
Paraguay proper steamers draw as much
as nine feet. while those to which you
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A Change i'm Shoppiux.

From Pearsons Weekly.
Shopping is very different TODAY from
what it was a generation ago, or 1 might
say, even half that time" said a shop
keeper in Ludgate Hill recently.
What is the most noticeable difference."
I'm the independence of the shopper.
Time was when people came in here and
asked for some article, and / served them
with something in that line which had in
stock If they wanted the best then they
had the very best / carried, and, IL a SIM
liar article of less cost, l could always
suit their needs. Nine times out Of ten the
same people came again and again for an
article of the same kind, or to supply some
other need. and so 1 found myself with a
very extensive custom, many of whom i
knew, in business sense, quite we'll
But 1t is very different nowadays. A
man woman will enter, and one I'm every
five, at least, will ask for some particular
article that L have not got. and, instead Of
permitting me to serve them with the best
L have OF such goods as they may wish
outrhey go to some other shop where they
can get what they want To be sure, some
times there is something about the shop
which they may fancy, and they buy but
this Is not making customers OF them as
one would If he could supply their special
needs.
TO what do attribute this change? To
modern advertising methods II a really
good article is put on the market and well
advertised. 1t can hardly fail, especially IL
II is necessity of some kind. People are
willing TO be told-not by q shopkeeper.
mind You, for his telling them might seem
IKE laying bare their ignorance-but by
the silent advertisement, which they see
over and over again everywhere, and which
they can think about and settle for them
selves whether they care to try 1t or not"
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CATCHING COLD,
Result of Microbiaf Infection and Not
of Exposure.

Result of Microbiaf Infection and Not
of Exposure.
From the Medical Press and Circular
The oId-fashioEed cold has been ousted
to some extent from it's former position in
domestic medicine by the modern influenza.
An attack of influenza is a much better
excuse for non-attendanee at the Office or
shop than a cold, the latter being COM
monty regarded as an"accemmodation bill
drawn by laziness Or idleness There is
unquestionably such d tliingcas a cold-that
is to say, deviation from health obviously
consequent upon and due to exposure to
cold and damp The initith sensation of
cold is followed up by more or less pro-
Dounced physical discomfort, possibly by
more definite signs and symptoms of bron-
chitis or other diseasea frigore. With that
prediction for inexorabIe logic which
characterizes the undiscerning the average
citizen regards every Illness beginning with
chill as cold, losing sight of the fact
that there are chills-i.e., sensations of cold
which are in nowisd due to the action Of
the low temperatures This vulgar error
has been productive Of serious consequences
in more than one direction.
Nowadays, and rightly, we are all for
fresh air We fear no foe save the ubiqui-
tous microbe. and we fight him with fire
and poison, with results that amply suffice
TO justify this war a outrance. 1t may, on
the other hand. be person with weak
chest who experiences a Chill" and, as it
is theoretically impossible ever to exclude
the influence of cold, he or she attributes
the symptoms which foloW-the cough, the
sweating. the expectoration. etc.-to incau-
tiOus exposure, whereas the chill merely
heraded a rise of tempera ture incidental
to an outburst of tubercu!ous disease.
1T would surprise many intelligent people
to be told that a chill is a sign that there
md bot tt,,rr ,n11,
sign that the fever is abatinG. Yet such Is
the unvarnishcd fact, and 1t would be well
for it to be generally known. Cold is
merely q debilitatfng agent, the effects
whereof will vary according to the indi-
vidual. 1t throws a strain on the organic
machinery and the weakest part gives. If
the machine as whole Is in good trim,
nothing happens beyond a little temporary
discomfort. In rheumatic person it may
determine pains in the Joints: in another,
bronchitis, in third, kidney trouble; and
so on-in short, it picks out the weak
spots, and converts weakness into disease.
Colds are notoriously infectious, and the
places where colds are most frequently
caught are places where ventilation Is de-
fective and where microbes abound, as in
certain theatcrs, churches, railway car
riages and the like, so that even the symp-
toms Of the old-fashioned cold are for the
most part the result Of microbial infection
and not of exposure.
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rest of Brazil, and its people rely for their
supplies upon the steamers of the Parana
system. Every bit of imports is brought
over 200 miles by river boats. and the
officials, who as a-rule come from Rio
Janeiro, must travel a thousand miles fur
ther.
Leaving Asuncion on your way to Matto
crosse. you first pass Villa Conception.
the biggest city of north Paraguay. There
is a white custom house on the banks and
back of this the town. Conception contains
ABOUT 1000 people. 1t is maGe up Of stuc
coed buildings and matched huts. 1t is a
business center. exporting large quantities
of Mate or Paraguayan tea, and hides.
There are more Indians and negroes there
than in Asuncion, and you find that the
Indians and negroes increase as YOU so
north
At CoImbra, Brazil 1.S10 miles from
Buenos Ayres, you see upon the west bank
of the Paraguay the first village OF any
size for a distance of TD0 miles on that
side of the river. So far all the settlements
have been on the east bank of the river.
the country TO the west being almost en-
tirely wild. At CCimbTa there is a Brazil
ian fort Further on you come to the little
village of Albuquerque, with low. wooded
mountains behind il, and about 1TJ miles
further the steamer stops at Corumba.
The Chief Port OF South Brazil.
Ccrumba is over zoe miles from the Al
lantic. 1t is almost as far inland by water
as Salt Lake City is from New York by
rail. 1t is the chief port of Matto Crosse.
Here is located the only custom house of
the province, and the officers come on board
and open your baggage
The steamer stops long enough for you to
get good view of the city. 1t is situated
on mi, commanding the country for
miles. There are woods about the city and
the place is picturesque. 1t has the usual
spanish buildings of Stucco and tiles with
palm trees growing here and there in the
garden.
There is a beautiful plaza in the center OF
| Corumba, about which are some OF the
principal stores There is a great deal OF
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Beauti' al Pictures Wr,uEhJ in Print
ers' Ink on Glass.
TALENT And SKILL REQUIRED
Mr.. Chandee's Marked Success
With Vitreographs
DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK

The exhibition of vitreographs, a style of
the monotype transferred from the glass,
drawn and proved by Mr. VIII H. Chandlee
of this city. which opened today in the
veerhoT galleries on street, is one of un-
usual interest and will attract general at
tention. Not alone is it the first of the
kind ever held in Washington. but the spec
linens on view are perhaps the best exc
cuted and withal the finest examples to be
found of style Of art which is
claiming the attention of many landscape
painters Of renOwn. a work which tas
heretofore been regarded simply as a studio
diversion is here treated seriously. The
results that have been attained through
a careful study of the process
coupled with the natural talent re-
CURED in the conception and developma Mt
Of the picture. are truly remarkable, com
manGlng in their artistic worth the respect
of the tTained worker with pallet ard
b1ush, the admiration of ali lovers Of na-
ture as depicted through the impressionist' $
eye. AiI. ChandleA is or Of the latest
students OF the monotype school His eff
forts have been successful from the very
first He has gone into the work 4nthusias-
fcally- and has already come to ba re-
garded among the very few artists who
have reached position of eminence in this
lire.
simple. but Artistic.
Few proofs from glass dra wings. care
fully wrought and finished. have been ss.n
In Washington To those who have never
had the privilege of viewing work of
this kind the exhibition will prove Il
revelation. especially when the simplicity
OF the method is taken into consideration