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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-07-04

London, June 20, II, m,-The casu-
alties OF the International forces at
tacking Tien Tsin were Americans
Killed. 8; wounded, .. British-killed
>; wounded, |. Germans-Killed, 10;
wounded. 81. Russians-killed, 10;
wounded, 81.
The gun fire OF the Americans and
British is described as beautiful"
After the relieving forces pushed out
to relieve Admiral Seymour, Chinese
regulars, under General Nieh, says a
dispatch from Shanghai, again at
tackled Tien Tsin fiercely and bonn
barded the foreign settlement with a
terrible fire.
Col. Dorward, British, commanded
the column which relieved Admiral
Seymour. American marines parti-
cipated in the achievement. The Ad-
miral was found entrenched and sur
rounded by masses of Chinese who
were driven of by the erelievingeoium
after brisk fight. His meE had made
brilliant resistance, never falling in
courage, for 10 days OF continuous
fighting. During ten days the men
were on quarter rations. They start
ed out with provisions for ten days,
and they could have held out day
or two longer. The column was a lew
miles beyond LO Fa. Deeming 1t
hopeless to attempt to break through
the hordes, Admiral Seymouressayed
night retreat toward Tien Tsln, but
he came into collision with strong
force OF Chinese. arriving from the
nm oil n Ia nn
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HINTS FROM NEW ZEALAND.

"a ENEST ENGLAND" HENRY LLOYD
established
of the world that has al
given to
a in reform
the
the light mil
pubics
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wealth by the juggling
fscture
discovered is that it
is public
of
the profits that usually the mid
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the premium that other
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speculative the
o
taxi $ nigher
arbitration the distinctive
rather than
called ad
giving satisfaction
found beneficial
in
this misspend their time they
citizen
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THOUGHTLESS SHOPPERS.

INAUGURATING
O
is
at
OF
gladly reform
the
is is
to look
a rule
"a to do
to
b e 81
of year when
the approach christmas doubling
hoped agitation club
- media succe
since the policemen VIII not let the
mud win not let to
S % IRISH
Massachusetts people Unu
naiey for his theory the doctor does beef
the through appropatng money that
full dinner Tal o awfuly SICK
m BEGINS to look as though Mr.
OF satire. ~
corgses. ~ - oo"'e' an -"'Ha7' ''o
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"TOHN MARSHALL DAY"

Of
rvar of the Marshall the of the
~ $
acive
states Of
H
committees of the and Of the
public
poma he
arus and patriotic watch will be
to do a moer.shahle
~ even if the constitution o
ents mankind until liberty shah to be
OH uma pursuits
o A
a p m "a
room Although invitation
nroro
in
f,ra attendance. and The Herald
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Mrs. Mckinley as Girl at Seminary.

that she was exactly suited to be a
presidents wife.
still. I would not have thought of
that then. There were others more
SNOWY, more queenly, more likely,
judging from their appearance and po-
sitiOn in life, to marry a president.
There was poor Kate Chase, for in
stance, she who was afterward Mrs.
Sprague. She was a pupil of Aston
Ridge when Miss Eastman had that
school; her sister. Miss Nettie. after
ward Mrs. HOyt. was a Brooke hall pu-
pill.
But if I was choosing one who
would afterwards be at the head of the
nation / would certainly have named
Kate Chase. She was so queenly, so
beautiful Then her father stood 50
high in the land; none higher in those
days.
But / would not have IL understood
that I think any the less OF the presi.
dents wife because there were others
more snowy among the pupils OF
Brooke hall. She was a girl whom
everyone loved.
She was not given to mischievous
FRANKS OF any kind. Neither was her
sister, Miss Mary y. Saxton. now Mrs
Barbour of Canton Indeed, the young
ladies In this school were all very wei
behaved
Miss Ida Saxton always wore the
most exquisite clothes Imaginable. Her
father was rich, and gratified her every
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Sharks Dinner Made Broker Rich.

could out of the haul, proceeded to
rob" the monster. They had often
read of diamond rings, gold watches
and pOcketSful of sOvereignS being
found inside sharks. for, while these
fish can digest a man, they are not able
to negotiate metal
Inside among other things, they
found the body of a German. and from
the papers in his pOCketboOk it was ap
parent that he must have been in Lon
don about three weeks before. Indeed,
in his overcoat pocket there was a copy
of a London newspaper dated twenty
days previously Il was in 1870, before
the cable was laid between Europe and
Australia, and the steamships took over
six weeks on the voyage between Lon
don and Sydney. The paper contained
news of the outbreak Of the war be-
tween France and Germany, and it was
apparent that the German, living In
London, had been recalled home to
serve in the army of the Fatherland,
had either jumped OF fallen overheard
in the channel and had been picked uD
by this great shark, which belonged to
the fastest of his species.
In the morning the immigrant had a
good wash and brush Up and a fun feed
on his ten shillings, having given FIVE
to his companion and sent him about
his business He had conceived a great
idea. and wished to have as few con-
fedeTates IS possible. Asking a police
man who was the greatest wool broker
in Sydney, and getting the address, he
went straight down to the Office. where
his peculiar earnestness soon got him
an audience Of the busy broker. 10 one
in Sydney at that moment dreamt of
war between France and Germany, and
wool was being sold meTrily at 8 pence
a pound.
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0.OudOn Free LanCe.)
TT HAS been arranged that Lord
Hopetoun, the new governor gen
eraI Of Australia, shall, on his arrival
in sydney. make his official landing al
the point in the famous harbor known
as Mrs. Macquarie's Chair" It is the
eastern point of the domain, and the
great natural seat in the rock facing
down the harbor is said to have been
a favOrite resting place of the wife OF
Governor Afacquarie. who represented
the queen-also as governor general OF
AustraIia-in Sydney in the early days
Of the century. Mrs. Macquarte's
Chair has long been the faVorite re-
sort of suicides and sweethearts, and
many murders have been committed
near the spot. Il was also tne main
resort for shark fishers in the days
when a reward was given for each
shark fin delivered at the water police
station. the object. Of course, being TO
thin out the dread man-eaters from the
harbor. where they became plentiful
and dangerous as the city OF sydney
grew in size.
II was there one night that d broken
down immigrant came to strange
f,,rn in his fortunes. Not able to obtain
-prOplOvment he spent his last shilling
i'm a fishing line and SnaTk-hOOk. and
cast off from Mrs. MacquaTie's Chair.
After patiently waiting for some time,
another tramp Joined him, and this
changed the luck, for he Immediately
got A fine bite" It took the two all
their time to haul the shark ashore,
but when they got him in he proved
TO he a beauty-tWenty- feet ten
inches long They cut off his hn-nt-
teen shfiings' worth in the morning,
and. being anxious TO make all they
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Fell in Love While Tied to a Bulls Back /

the fiddle down and got my gun ana
Joined in the defense. The red devils
were too many for US. and, after killing
four of cur boys, they set fire to the
cabin and succeeded in capturing me
as I was trying TO cut my way through
their lines with my bowie knife. I had
broken my gun and blood streaming
from a wound in my head had blinded
me, or I would not be here to tell the
story.
They bound me hand and foot and
tied me on a pony. After raiding the
settlement and burning the cabins they
started back toward Lipan village on
Devil river. When daylight came I was
congratulating myself that the red men
had not captured any of the wives or
daughters OF The settlers. The boys viii
soon be on their trail, and there will
be a chance for me yet. l thought.
AT that moment l heard a cry of dis
tress, and upon twisting my head
around I was amazed TO see a beauti-
full young girl whom I well knew dashed
to an old squaw who was riding mus
tang. The Indians had found dem
John of brandy in a cabin, and it was
not long before several of the war
riors were drunk. They began to yell
and cavOrt about on their ponies, ap-
parentIy indifferent to the likelihood
that they might be overtaken at any
moment by the enraged settlers. While
crossing the San Gabriel prairie they
circIed around a herd of wild cattle
and rOped several of the fat animals.
BY this time the old chief in command
was almost too drunk to ride, and they
halted in a. grove on the banks of the
San Gabriel and prepared to have a
feast. We were tied to a tree. and the
old squaw told us that we would be
burned alive later in the day. That girl
was the daughter Of Colonel MunrOe.
a noted member of Austin's colony. l
was close enough to speak to her. and
I babe her to be Of good cheer, telling
her that our friends would be sure to
rescue US soon. The Indians Toasted
and drank until nearly sunset, and by
that time many of the warriors were
furiously drunk and eager for some
fiendish work. They r0ped a monster
Mexican bull. and the old squaw said to
the girl: White face heap 'fraid of
bull. No like to ride him?'
The savages no sooner heard this
remark than they began to yell with
delight. They ran toward the girl, and
three or four drunken warriors seized
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-09
THE COMING OF CHRISTMAS.

yrI.F-TDE rimenta good
nd
with TOYS and Christmas presents all sorts The daily hong shoppers
counting
% @ f,nne NAV have favored
20
year its drawbacks to the people of this section
partially s
of that n
Clrn a
things
the O s
mostk times uoft
the hardest spend buy the He takes
sam
broke 20 thano lose
the received the
the he
I'D tbe the
ACQUISITION MAJ, a of 5cent carpet slippers
of nt-C hr
buying
nd when the turkey and plum pudding
55o casting internal all d
aror5ouS success.
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and dragged her 70 the bull. Other IN
dams cut me loose from the tree and
forced me along by the side Of the ter
rorized girl. They threw us on the
back OF the believing beast and dashed
US securely to his BODY.
By this time the whole camp was
aroused and eager to witness the tor
lures. Squaws ciaDped their hands,
and the drunken warriors hOWled like
incarnate devils. They cut the Gull
loose with US dashed to his back and
he sprang away. believing, with blood
and foam flying from his nostrils. The
Indians set out after the maddened
beast, raining arrows and musket Da4is
at US. The Girl swOOned with terror,
and for once in my life | abandoned
hope. Fortunately, It was late IN the
evening. and the frightened bull ran so
fast that the drunken Indians soon lost
sight of him. When 1 realized this all
my energy and courage returned to me,
and ] determined to make desperate
effort to save my own and the girl S
life. ] called to Sallie and was glad TO
find that she had recovered her senses.
Juggling with all my strength at the
ropes, 1 managed to get one hand loose.
At this moment a new terror sprang
up. The bull had been wounded, and
he was leaving trail of blood that
had been scented by a pack of-WolVes-
The hungry beasts howled and yeiped
as there were THOUSAND OF tneln'
and it was not long before | could hear
them crashing their teeth. knew that
the bull could not run long. and I felt
pretty sure | could whip a whole pack
of wolves if / could get hold OF cluD-
1T is likely that the bull would have
fallen on the prairie from exhaustion
and the wolves would have devoured
Us before we could have released our
selves. had il not been that the bull
had run back directly over the trail
The Indians had made. Animal instinct
led him lack to the. locality from which
he lad been taken. and he ran right
into column of settlers who were pur-
suing the Indians. Sallie saw the
horsemen. and when she began TO
scream her father. who was in, COM
mand of the pursuing party. recog-
nized he~ voice, The bull, being nearly
exhausted. was easily captured.
I don't think that I told Sallie that
1 loved her while we were on the back
of that bull, but I did fail in love with
her while the arrows were falling about
US. Not long after we were married
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lst. Louis Republie)

tEE- LOUIS kNEF 4AfA-N-t
TT IS thirty years SINCE Mrs William
Rerron of this city has seen Mrs.
L Mckinley. Thirty years ago Mrs.
Mckinley. who was then Ida Saxton,
offended Brooke Hall seminary, Media.
In those days Mrs. Berron was Mary
Gavin. a trusted employee Of Miss
Eastman. principal of the seminary
Mrs. Berron is so delighted that Mrs.
Mckinley is again the first lady of
the land that she is contemplating a
trim to washington to personally ex-
tend her congra tulations. Her only
fear is that the dear young lady may
have forgotten her. For her part, she
has very. vivid rec0llections Of Mrs. Nc
Kinlev in her boarding school days.
Everybody liked Miss Ida Saxton at
Brooke hail. says Mrs. Berron. but
of course none of Us ever thought then
she would be a presidents wife, and
would be called the first lady OF the
land.
..She was the dearest girl In the
world. and had the most beautiful
manners. but If had been guessing in
those days who would be the first LADY
of the land there were many another
would have chosen before her. Not that
she was not worthy; for she was in
every way. She had such good sense
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-09
Mark Twain Talks On Modern Literature

for several years. The fact is, my
friends. that the fashion in literature
changes, and the literary tailors have
to change their cuts or go out Of bust
ness. Professor Winchester. here, If
I remem Der fairly correctly what he
said, remarked that few, if any, of the
novels produced today would live as
long as the novels of Walter Scott
That may be his notion. Maybe he is
right. but SO far as I am concerned, |
don't care if they don't.
Professor Winchester also said
something about there being no mod
ern epics like Paradise Lost l guess
he's right He talked as if he was
pretty familiar with that piece of lit
erary work. and nobody would suppose
that he never read it. 1 don't believe
any of you have ever read Paradise
Lost and you don't want to. That's
something that you just want to take
on trust It's a classic. just as Profess
sOT Winchester says, and il meets his
definition of a classic-sOmething that
everybody wants TO have and nobody
wants to read.
Professor Trent also had a good
deal to say about the disappearance Of
literature He said that Scott would
outiive all his critics. I guess that's
have got to be one of two ages to ap-
preciate Scott. When you're is you
can read Ivanhoe' and you want TO
wait until you are 80 to read some of
the rest. 1t takes a pretty well-regu-
lated. abstemtous critic to live ninety
years.
But as much as these two gentle
men have talked about the disappear
ance Of literature, they didn't say any,
thing about my books. Maybe they
think they've disappeared. If they do,
that just shows their ignorance on the
general subject of literature. 1 am not
as young as l was several years ago.
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CNew York SUM


M ARK TWAIN was a guest of the
M Nineteenth Century club at its
first meeting of the season. He
talked 20 the members and their other
guests on The Disappearance Of Lit
erature." Dr.. EIgin r. L. Gould pre-
sided. DR.. Could said in introducing
Mr. Clemens that when he was III Ger
many he had to do a lot of apologizing
for an American literary man who was
taking what the Germans thought were
undue liberties with their language
Mr.. Clemens started in by saying:
1t wasn't necessary for your chair
man to apologize for me in Germany.
1t wasn't necessary at all. Instead Of
that he ought to have impressed upon
those poor benighted Teutons the ser
vice 1 rendered them Their language
had needed untangling for a good many
years. Nobody else seemed to want to
take the job, and SO / took it, and /
aatter myself that I made a pretty
good job of it. The Germans have an
inhuman way of cutting up their verbs.
Now a verb has a hard time enough
Of II in this world when it's all to-
gether. It's downright inhuman to
split it up. But that's just what those
Germans do. They take part of a verb
and put it down here, Ike a stake, and
they take the other part of il and put
it away over yonder like another stake.
and between these two limits they just
shovel in German I maintain that
there is no necessity for apOlOgizing for
"A man who helped in a small way to
stop such n1utilation.
we have heard a discussion tonight
on the disappearance of literature.
That's no new thing. That's what Ger
tain kinds of literature have been doing
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We'll, my man. what can I do for
your asked the broker.
Il want you to tell me" said the Door
immigrant. what the price of wool
would be in Sydney should war break
out between France and Germany. 1t
About three to four shiIlings," said
the broker.
Very WELL replied the visitor Now
the French troops are marching on BeT-
lin. and what promises to be a lonE
and bloody war has actually begun"
Nonsense said the broker; the
mail from London came in yesterday,
bringing news up to six weeks ago. and
there is no news of that wild Sort
The immigrant thereupon unfolded
the London paper. dated three weeks
previously. There was no humbug over
that; there could be no humbug about
1t, for such a paper could not be pro-
duced in Sydney, and, besides. its mat
ter gave abundant proof of it's genuine
ness. Wool was already four shilIings
pound on the London market
On the wool exchange people thought
that broker mad when they saw him
buying up all the wool on the market
and wiring offers all over the colonies.
he made corner at any rate, pur-
chased all the wool in Australia, and
looked happy. Sure enough. in a few
weeks time, out came the news by the
nailssteamer- and up went prices The
broker sold out for three shiIIings and
more a pound, and realized some ga
00,000 sterling on the deal
He gave the intelligent immigrant an
old suit of clothes and a e5 note for
his tip, and this set the poor chan,
up in the world He has got along 50
wen through the lucky stroke that he
Is now keeping a public house in Wool
Ioonlooloo,
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ATTAIN IKE JACKSON is prob
" ably the only man IA the world
who ever courted a girl while both
were tied 10 the back Of a believing
Dull That's how Captain Ike Jackson
won his wife. II was many years ago.
when Texas was even more undesirable
as place for quiet residence than it
was when it provoked the celebrated
comment Of Sheridan. Captain Ike. the
Oldest living native Texan. and the
most widely known member of the IA
nous Texas rangers and of the ve+ar-
ans Of the battle of san Jacinto. passed
LnIoush Del Rio few days ago on his
Way 10 san Antonio to attend a reunion
OF pioneers. He is rs wears old bur
yer modest and unassumine. and If is
only when he falls in With his ola cor7
Fedes that he talks much of his par
tiC quarry stirring life in the early DAYS
OF the southwest. At old Fort Clark
leceHtiy ne met some of the old ran
s', dHu 10 them he told over again
said. 'iii9' IL
1 was playing the fiddle at a dance
III a little log cabin in the Chrisman
settlement in Burleron county. on the
extreme frontier. There had been ru-
luis OF an indian raid, but the people
were FEARLESS, and everybody in the
helghborhocd was at the dance. There
We're not more than twenty people in
the capin, hut they were enjoying them
serves as If there were a thousand. I
mad Just called out, Promenade all
When an arrow Whizzed through the
open door and struck young girl on
lHe shoulder. Il was followed by a
shower Of arrows and few shots
omen shrieked. and the men seized
I thelr arms and began to barrieade the
mouse: kept or playing the fiddle as
IL nothing had happened.
That's right, Ike whispered old
Colonel Chrisnan, the bravest man
that ever saw the moon. PLAY as if the
deVlI was after you. and I viii save the
women and Children J turned loose on
Inc ArkansaW Traveller and 1 made
the old fiddle roar. While some of the
boys were popping away in the dark
IRON the front of the cabin the old
colonel managed to slip out the back
way and escape into the woods with
the women and children Then 1 laid
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and maybe I'm not so fashionable, but
I'D be willing to take my chances with
Mr.. Scott tomorrow morning in selling
a piece Of literature to the Century
Publishing company And 1 haven t
got much of a pull there either. Mr..
Clemens had been sitting beside r. w
Glider ] often think that the highest
compliment ever paid to my poor eff
forts was paid by Darwin through
President Eliot of Harvard college. At
least, Eliot said it was a compliment
and I always take the opinion of great
men like college presidents on all such
subjects as that.
II went cut to Cambridge one day a
few years ago and called on President
Eliot In the course of the CONVERSE
ton he said that he had just returned
from England and he was very much
touched by what he considered the high
compliment Darwin was paying to nay
books, and he went on to tell me some
thing like this:
DO you know that there is one
room in DarWin'S house. his bedroom
where the Chambermaid is never al
lowed TO touch two thingS2 One is a
plant he is growing and studying while
it grows cit was one of those insect
devouTing plants which consumed bugs
and beetles and things for the partic-
ular delectation of Mr.. Darwin) and the
other. some books that lie on the night
table at the head of his bed. They are
your books, Mr.. Clemens, and Mr.. Oar
win reads them every night to lull him
to sleep
My friends, I thoroughly appreci-
ated that compliment and considered
It the highest one that was ever paid
to me. To be the means Of soothing to
sleep a brain teeming with bugs and
squirming things like Darwin's was
something that l had never hoped for:
and now that he's dead 1 never hope
to be able to do it again"
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wish She was one of the prettiest girls
1 nave ever seen, her garments form
ing perfect setting for her pure pink
and white complexion, blue eyes and
golden brown hair. She had the kind
est heart in the world, and the most
gracious manner imaginable
The young ladies dressed so much
prettier then than they do now. l would
give anything to see those lovely girls
again. just as they looked thirty years
ago.
Their low-necked. short-sIeeved
gowns were so much prettier than any
thing worn by the girl of today Of
course, they did not wear those on the
street only in the house. And with
them the most beautiful jeweiry-
bracelets. chains and jewels on their
white arms and necks. Oh. they were
so much prettier than the girls today
and the most tastefuIly gowned of all
was Miss Ida Saxton'
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-05-27
THE TRACK EVENTS:

.s2 II. The FOLLOWING races will be run dur,ne
Sh h meet i, r r. two-mle national
atoh race. amateur one third. miis han
dipap. one-third -mile professional bandi-
4 3; ri Iamnsehr two.mile handicap profess
pEoPapty be motor paced profe ssional m mn
l flonai cnan ~ one-third mile: nma :
es isilss nandicap Professional han
one srnile one mile professional nirc,,i;
4 cnampionship. u; G. u. amateur two-miie
Sss1d p 2oiis. Y amateur one
l @niatetir one-mile open. 'io mile;