davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-05-22
Mrs. Miedeman Entertains.

A very pleasant "At Home was
given at the beautiful residence of
Mrs. G. j. Wiedeman last Saturday
afternoon from 3 to 6 O'Clock. A
large number Of invitations were
issued and the prettily arranged
rooms OF the hostess were filed to
their utmost capacity. Miss Eu-
phemia Campbell greeted the visitors
at the entrance and ushered them
into the presence OF Mrs. Wiedeman,
who was assisted in receiving the
guests by Mrs. Vrooman, Mrs. Cheadle
and Mrs. Fletcher. The main dining
room was decorated In a most elab-
crate and tasteful manner with flow
ers and evergreens of every descrip-
ton. The center table was fairly
loaded with blossoms Of every vari-
ETY., while pendant from the ceiling
were festoons of ribbons entwined
with trailing vines, presenting n Wis
ion og floral loneliness which held the
visitor %enthralled. Hot houseplunts
In full blossom were scattered
throughout the suit of rooms where
small refreshment tables were placed
at which the guests were regaled
with n dainty lunch, which was
served by Miss PEBBLES, Miss Ward
and Miss Clara Main. Chocolate and
coffee were served by Mrs. Weydert
and Mrs. Lehman which would tempt
the daintiest epicure, whilst sweet
strains OF music floating from an
inner room lent an air of enchant-
ment to n scene OF luxurious beauty
seldom seen in Il western city.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-05-22
rrespondenee
GILT EDGE NUGGETS.

j. f. WATSON returned from the
Moccasins last Saturday.
Frank Goss, n brother OF II. j..
Goss, is sojournlng in town for a few
Gays.
y. j. Littlejohn Is the owner OF an
extra fine pair Of blacks, OF which he
Is very proud.
A. Is. Lehman, the longest repre-
sentative In the last legislature, was
in town Sunday.
Hugh Tully returned from Great
Falls last Tuesday, where he has
been for two weeks.
The funeral of 4. d. Clark last Mon
day was very largely attended. Sew
cral beautiful wrcaths OF flowers
were placed ON the coffin. Rev. Van
Orsdcl preached the sermon and the
body was buried in the Gilt Edge
cemetery.
Last Saturday DR.. AttiX vas sent
for to go in haste To the miners hos
pital to attend Frank Roberts, he
having been found on his bed in an
uncunstitious state. Roberts lived
about an hour after he was found.
Roberts had his ankle broken several
weeks ago and was walking with
crutches. He was the only occupant
of the hospital and carried one of the
keys himself. lie had been suffering
considerably with his ankle OF late.
Beside the bed on Il chair were found
n morphine bottle and beer glass,
and ON the floor was an empty beer
bottle. The doctor said death was
caused by morphine poisoning. An
inquest was held Saturday evening
by ActingCOroner Sawyer. Attorney
Belden and Court StenOgrapher Glib
son came up from Lcwistown for the
examination. Fourteen witnesses
were examined and the verdict was
that deceased came to his death by
morphine poisoning and that the
drug was administered by his own
hand. Roberts mother lives at Hell.
cna aud he has n sister In Belt and u
brother in the boot and shoe business
in st. Paul. His sister from Belt is
expected here Monday, when the
funeral will be held.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-05-22
MOST PEOPLE LOPSlDEO.
Differences Between tho Legs, Eyes
aud Ears OF Men and Women.

Differences Between the Legs, Eyes
and Ears OF Men and Women.
The two sides of n persons face are
never alike. The eyes are out of line
in two cases out OF five, and one eye is
stronger than the other In seven per-
sons olt of ten. TIL. right ear is also,
as a rule, higher than the left.
Only one person in Is has perfect
eyes, the largest percentage of defects
prevailing among fair haired people.
Short sight is more common in town
than among country folk, and of all
people the Germans Lave the largest
proportion of shortslghtcd persons.
The crystalline lens Of the eye is the
one portion OF the human body which
continues to increase with the attain
ment Of maturity.
The smallest interval of sound can
be better distinguished with II ear
than with both. The nails Of two
fingers never grow with the same ra-
pidity, that Of the middle finger grow
Ing the fastest, while that Of the thumb
grows the slowest.
In 81 cases out of 100 the left leg
Is shorter than the right. The bones
of an average human male skeleton
weigh 90 pounds, those of n woman are
six pounds lighter.
That unruly member, the tongue OF
a woman, is also smaller than that or
a man, given q mar and q woman Of
equal size and weight. 1t may be APP
palling to reflect, but II Is nevertheless
true, that the muscles of the human
jaw exert n force OF over 800 pounds.
The symmetry which is the sole in
telligiblc grouivl for our idea of beauty,
the proportion between the upper and
lower half of the human body, exists
In nearly all males, but is never found
in the female. American limbs are
more symmetrical than those Of any
other people. The rocking chair, ac-
cording to an English scientist, is re-
sponsible for the exercise which In
creases the beauty Of the lower limbs.
The push which the toes give to keep
the chair in motion, repeated and re-
peated, makes the instep high, the calf
round and full, and it makes the ankle
delicate and slender. -Eychange,
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-05-22
DOGS ON HI STAGE.
Leapins For the villains Neck-A
Very Sentative Animal.


Four legged animals In drama are of
course a very common sight today. Al
though they are often of far more I'M
portance than the mere super, they
have an affinity TO that class, for theirs
Is pQ speaking part, unless n counts
the bark Of a dog as such.
A little time ago the writer met an
motor who was taking the part OF a VII
lain In n play wherein a big mastih
seizes him at the back OF the neck just
as he (the villaln) was about TO murder
the heroine. NASTY part, that OF yours.
How do you manage to escape nightly
being bitten by that big brute Of a
dogf" "Not a nice part, II is true" he
answered. "but the dog Is well trained.
He is kept without food for a few
hours before the show. \ piece OF cook.
ed liver is tied 10 my neck. lie Is held
In the wings till the cue comes, then
he rushes on to me for his supper, and
the curtain goes down on a very effect"
I've tahleau. | don't object to the dog.
It's the liver"
The mention OF stage dogs brings to
mind an amusing incident that occur
red In a well known theatrical agents
office last summer, In came a rough
looking little man wearing a check suit
that once used 10 speak out for itself,
but was now sllcncCd by the heavy
hand Of time. The mau was followed
by n dog of attractive appearance. The
visitor said he did a tramp act as
sisted by the animal. Then they gave
nm exhibition OF themselves and were
certainly above the average. What are
your tcrms?" the agent qucried. Ten
pounds n week." "Ill give you two"
The imitation tramp-hut he was not
far from the real thing-looked with a
sad, rcproachful eye at the agent and
silently backed out Of the Office, the
dog meekiy following. However, within
n few seconds the man returned, quick
ly closing the door to exclude his part
ncr. who clamored TO get In. I'll take
it," he said in a hurried whisper.
"Where's the contract? I'm real broke,
so it's n clear casc If push; but, for
heavens sake, don't mention the price
where the dog can hear you."-Cham-
bcrs' Journal.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-05-22
Millinery.

We invite your inspection of our
new line of Millinery.
Misses and Children'S Elaborate
Trimmed Hats, from IS cents up
wards. Ladies Trimmed Hats,
from Sl.00 upwards.
We have in stock Flowers,
Feathers, Braids ana all kinds OF
Trimmings.
We will make hats to order on
short notice.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-05-22
freiqht Conditions at RarIoNton.

There has lately been heard among
Iewistown business men much COM
plant ui the difficulties encountered
In getting freight out Of Harlowton,
aud also in receiving response to let
tiers and kilograms addressed TO the
Hgent OF the Montana Railroad Co.
ut that point. criticism OF his quulili-
cations not being lacking.
The past week Mr.. Watson, bust
ness manager OF the AEGrs, visited
HarlOwtOn for the purpose of look
INK after large shipments arriving
there for this Office and upon his re-
turn told OF affairs there, which
places the responsibility upon other
shoulders than those of the agent.
Mr.. Watson said that after spending
II full day In ilarlowtOn and person.
ally assisting In loading freight, muv-
Ing ears, noting the amount Of
freight on the tracks, the packedcon-
Gition OF the warehouse, the steady
stream oi frcighters arriving, loa ing
and departing, and the large amount
Of office work, he was really surprised
to think that the agent even got time
To do anything properly. The agent,
Mr.. Haynes, had but one helper, a
good man but quite incapable OF at
tending to many OF the responsible
duties required of the agent. The
work about the warehouse and
yards was so great that Mr.. HAYNES
had practically no time whatever fer
his desk work, except when required
to be there between the arrival aud
departure Of the afternoon train. No
switch engine was in the yard and all
kinds Of work, from adjusting dili-
%cultics overtickets anu freightcharges
to moving airs with a crow bar and
sorting out freight from way cars,
fell to the lot OF one maii, good
natured. capable, obliging, anxious
to please, but quite unable to do
thirty-six hours work in the space OF
twelve. Freight matters were very
much congested, said Mr.. Watson,
and additional help was what was
needed rather than Il change in
agents.
In the past few days 1t is learned
that the company, realizing the con-
ditions, has decided to take steps to
obvlatc the difficulties. A sufficient
number OF assistants will be employ
ed, additional switch tracks laid, n
covered platform hundred feet in
length erected, an engine be at hand
when 1t Is necessary. and so soon az
these plans arecarried into execution
the present troubles should cease.
Within n very short time the wool
shipping season will open and as
Billings Inst year proved n very good,
II not the best market in the state,
shipments over the Harlowton route
to Billings will be much larger than
could reasonably have been antici-
pated n year ago. II take care Of
this business every prccaution Willie
taken, so that there may be no de-
lays or losses. A large proportion OF
the freight now being received into
the Basin is coming via Hnrlowton
and with the out goingcrop Of ieeces
the terminal Of the Montana Railroad
will he n lively point for the next few
months.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-05-22
Ladies Can Wear Shoes

one size smaller after using Aliens Foot. Ease
tight or new shoes feel easy; gives instant re-
lief to corns and bunions. It's the greatest
comfort discovery Of the age. CUES and pre-
vents swollen feet. hllstcfs, callOus and sore
spots. Aliens foot Ease is a cert ain cure for
sweating, hot. aching feet, ~ all druggists
and shoes stores. 25c. Trial package FREE by
mail, Address, Allen 5, Olmsted, lie Roy, NY.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-05-22
&c" With a Tail.

The &C" with a tail is the trade
mark of Cascarets Candy Cathartic.
Look for it on the light blue enameled
metal boxl Each tablet stamped
c. c. C. Never sold in bulk. All
druggists, Ioc.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-05-22

Try the new remedy fore ostiyeness
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. Every box guaranteed.
Price, % cents. For sale by C. H..
Williams.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-05-22
Dry Goods.

Our stock Of Dry Goods is new
and stylish; consisting of Shirts,
Waists and Children's ready-made
Dresses, Boys Suits in cotton and
wool.
Just received, 100 volums of
Books and a large assortment of
Blank Books. CALL AND SEE THEM.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-05-22
METHODIST

Lewistown Services at II a. m. and 1870 p.
m. each Sunday; Glass meeting at close of
morning service; Prayer meeting, Thursday
ior League at $50 and Saniur League at $3.50
each Sunday. w. a. WINTERS, Pastor.
Beaver Creek-Seryices at 3 p. II. every other
Sunday; Sunday school every Sunday at .
D. M.
Garneill-Services every other Sunday at 10
a. m. and $50 y. M; Sunday school every Sun
day at 10 a. m.
Cbet-SeTvices every other Sunday at 3 D. m.
Cottonwood-Serviees every other Sunday
AT II a. m.
Trout Creek-Srrvices one Sunday a month
at I 80 p. M.
Rock Creek Services one Sunday a month
at 80 p. III.
c. /. ST.. HnI. Pastor.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-05-22

Are you going to be marriedf We have a
beautiful line of wedding invitations, an
nouncements. cards. etc, at this Office.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-05-22

When you forget there are others,
you are nearing a burned bridge.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-05-22

our FIRST regular factory Tor manu-
featuring glass was established at
Temple, N. H., in 1TS0 and was oper-
sted by imported German glassmakers.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-05-22

TIC Dill OF Tue I.eWIHtOWn FutI co.
for Sj0 was laid aside on account
OF not being cOuntersigned by the
janltOr.
The clerk was instructed to procure
from the principal n list OF non-resi.
dent pupils and how long they have
been attending school.
The meeting then adjourned.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-05-22

.o,, .,oy. binks will be- sent, hostage paid, to IN address by ml imme-
a.nnny,p on scelt Of rider when accompanied by cash, money uMMS OF m S .ns oScs
ad send you such quantity as you may order an "ee''
io handle every blank desired by 9Mt patrons
fergus County Argus,
Lewistown, ~rIontana
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-05-22

Amended Deelaratory Statement. -.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-05-22

Public Administrator ....... W. 7. Mcfarland
County Commissioner meet in regular SEES
stons on the first Monday Of March, June, Sep
TENDER and December.
District Court meets during 1901 as follows:
Wednesday, March %; Wednesday, June 81:
Tuesday. September 3; Tuesday, December 3.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-23
-
BOULDER CANON AVALANCHE
CARRIES AWAY LOCOMOTIVES

Boulder, Colo, April 1S.-Denver
News Special.)-NNhile bucking snow
near Frances, thirty-four miles west
of Boulder and one mile east of Ward,
two locomotives of the Colorado *
Northwestern railroad We're en-
quilted in a snowslide at 2:3O o'clock
this afternoon, lifted bodily from the
rails and carried 100 feet down pre-
cipitous gorge. With them went the
snow plow and all found lodgment on
the switch of the Big Five tunnel, 100
feet down the hill
The avalanche of snow and rock COW
cred TIE engines and four of the crew.
burying the human and mechanical
mass beneath hundreds of tons Of
these materials. Three dead bodies
and one badly injured man have been
dug from the slide. and there is no
hope that the remaining victim is
alive.
The three married men have fami-
lies residing in Boulder. and the city
is in mourning for them. Hannah
was engineer, Milrer and Fitzgerald
We're 1iremen and Bair brakeman.
Engineer James Marks was dug out
from beneath the snow after an hours
hard digging. his body being not en-
urely covered, and was found alive.
ohe al III WIS broken anu an IRON rod
had penetrated one Of his feet. He
Will recover.
Manager Culbertson started his only
available engine from Boulder mt I
o'clock last evening to bring back the
survivors and the bodies recovered. \
large force of Big Five miners is at
work tonight digging for the buried
men, who are undoubtedly dead. At 6
o'clock they brought to the surface
the bodies of Hannah and Fitzgerald.
Hnnnan's face was badly torn and
fftZSerald's left leg was broken.
Oliver Sellers, a young man residing
In Boulder, was on the side of the
track taking photograph of the
scene. He was caught by an edge of
the slide and his back was bruised.
not seriously, however.
OF the dead men. Miner was an odd
Fellow and an Elk, Hannah a Mason
and Knight Templar and member of
the Locomotive Engineers organiza-
ton, in which he held certificate for
S1,5oO. and Bair was an odd Fellow.
Miner had only few weeks ago Civ
en- up his accident policy, and it is
thought. his certificate in the Locomo-
tive Ffremen's benefic " fund.
AT O'Clock this afternoon Agent
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-23
FABULOUS FORTUNES MADE
SINCE JANUARY FIRST

New York, April 19.-The New York
Journal says:
The week ended Saturday was the
most remarkable in the history of the
New York Stock Exchange, and
marked n climax in the bull market
beginning with the election of Presi-
dent Mckinley and to end. maybe, as
broker expressed it yesterday, in
the Clouds"
Fortunes as great as any gathered
by old-time millionaires in lifetime
have been snatched up in n few
months; and since January 1st twenty
men have won sums that would buy
cities.
New York has become at last the
financial center of the world with j.
Pierpont Morgan as its king.
Some figures, notably those in bank
clearances, are well nigh inconceiv-
able, but some notion of the gigantic
scale of Wall street doings these days
may be gathered from the statement
that one bank, the National City Bank,
the pet of the Rockefellers. sent 500
100000 in checks to the clearing
house in one day, which was approxi-
mately twice the size of the clear
ances in Chicago or in Boston or Phil
adelphia.
ances, the total being far larger than
for any other week in the history of
New York. The clearings aggregated
S2,14S,241 ,459. The highest previous
record was made this year, on January
18th, S1,SS9, ,927, ZIG. The clearings for
New York alone We're greater during
this week than the total clearings of
the entire United States in any week
of any previous year.
Stock sales for the week also
reached the record. and the New York
stock market is the cynosure of all
eyes, not only in America. but in
Europe. London has sent buying or
ders for as many as 100000 shares in
single day.
The number of shares sold during
the six days was S.T64. .1T2. as against
2,SO4,44I shares of the same week last
year.
Wiseacres in the street will quickly
concede that $50, 100000 is n conserva-
tive estimate of what j. Pierpont
Morgan has made since the first of the
year. He is reputed to have made at
least S25,oO000o in the merging of the
steel companies into the United States
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-23

Republican city from henceforth, Nc,
by any means. 1t proves simply that
the majority of intelligent people were
tired Of machine Democratic rule. and
thought that the ticket put up by the
business men and adopted by the Re
publicans was put up in good faith. to
give the city n genuine business ad.
ministration. If it had been simply
n partisan matter-a matter of substi-
tuting one machine for another, the
city would not have been carried by
the Republicans. But the result of a
good Republican administration of city
affairs cannot help being good for the
Republican party and helping it to re-
gain and retain the confidence of n
majority of the people of the city. Such
an administration Mayor Wright
seems likely to give and if he does,
the Republicans may retain control of
the city for some time TO come. But
it is no walk-over, by any means; and
it will take the hardest kind of work
to carry this state for the Republican
ticket at the next general election.
w. A. Z.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-23
ENGJAND'S IMMENSE
WAR BURDENS

London, April 19.-"The budget" said
Sir William Vernon Harcourt in the
House of Commons today, was but
n chapter in the disastrous incident of
the war. 1t was purposed to borrow
altogether 1927 ,O00,OCG more. four
times as much as was borrowed for
the Crimean war.
I'VE are living in an age of news
paper finance" continued Sir William.
"and of increased expenditures. We
cannot go on without involving this
country in financial ruin. The fash
ionable doctrine of the day is CON
scription and protection; does anybody
believe that this increase of expendi-
ture is not to 90 on?"
Sir William argued that England
was not as strong now as she was at
the close of the French war, and de
clared in conclusion that it was the
most disastrous statement that the ex-
chequer had ever made.
The exceptional interest taken in this
years budget statement was evidenced
by the crowded condition of the House
of Commons when it reassembled to-
day. The attendance of members was
unusually large. while the appearance
Of the galleries testified to the deep in
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-23
Let the Axe Fall Hard.

OF the reported disclosures of dishon-
esty in the commissary department of
the American army in the southern
Luzon district it should be said, as in
the case of the Neeley peculations in
Cuba, that they were discovered from
the inside and promptly made known.
1t is unpleasant that there should be
evidences OF corruption to mar in any
mind the impression of the splendid
efficiency of our army in the Philip
pines or to qualify its creditable rec
ord. But alongside of the rumored
and exaggerated revelations of wrong
doing should be put the fact that the
machinery to discover it and the i'm
pulse to punish it come from the cir
cles in which it raised its head. 1t is
an ugly incident, but it serves to ac-
centuate the wholesome fact that the
cure exists in the very organism on
which this excrescence has appeared.
The only thing to do is to get to the
bottom of the charges with no prede.
termined purpose to shield or condemn
and then let the axe fall hard.-Ari.
Zona Republican.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-23

Among the old letters addressed to
George Washington, now collected in
the State Department library, is one
from a lady who writes in the post
script that she is sorry not to be able
to use note-paper worthy of his royal
station, but had she used gold that
would have required an outer wrapper,
and it would have been too much to
ask one in his position to open two
wrappers in order to get at so unwor-
thy a note as her own. This polite
speech" suggests that even in paying
compliments there are fashions" as
in other things. 1t is not certain.
however, that the letter to Washing
ton typifies the fashion of that day.
Doubtless President Mckinley would
be greatly surprised to find such a
compliment in a letter addressed to
him, and perhaps Genzral Washington
himself was surprised and amused by
his effusiYe correspondent. The things
done in jest or in eccentricity in one
generation are often taken as wholly
serious by those who read of them N
a later one.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-23

A woman was recently arrested for
begging in the streets of New York.
She was well known to the police, and
when her case was called some curious
Information about her was brought
out. She always had a thin, fretful
baby in her arms, and the baby con-
stantly cried. That was her capital.
and to keep 1t unimpaired and produc-
tive, she made practice of pinching
the child whenever 1t seemed inclined
to settle into quiet. The ruse was so
successful that the beggar had a COM
Portable bank account and we'll
furnished home. All of which bears
out the wisdom of little investigation
before bestowing charity, even when
the case appeals strongly to the sym
pathies.