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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-04-03
A WILL EARNEp VICTORY.

y WILL Gtnthb 'tNtVhs
The triumph of Republicans at the
polls Monday was not an unanticipatet
victory, but it was well deserved
1t was a vote of Endorsement o
the acts of the town officers for the pas
year and a vote of confidence in theil
ability to do as well for two years more
The Republicans were enabled to wiz
because they put up their best men fol
the places and because after being
elected these men had redeemed every
pledge made to the people.
The Democrats lost because they pu'
up such men as Jos. Jackson anC
Mackey and Stoudt for aldermen ant
Parent for treasurer. The result
proves that a good man will get a big
vote, no matter what ticket he is on,
John Laux, though ineligible in the
Third ward, succeeded. Justice Mac.
Gowan won and Walter Knight ran q
tie race with Peter Shields. But Laux,
MacGowan and knight had to carry
Jackson, Mackey, Stoudt and Parent
and the load was too heavy.
While it was a political victory, and
that phase of the matter should not for
a moment be ignored, it was a victory
for good men, and so long as Republi.
cans confne their nominations to that
character of citizens the majority should
and doubtless will be with them,
The defeat of Alderman Brassey in
the Third ward is much 10 be regretted;
he is one of the best men now in the
council; a conscientious worker, an in
telligent administrator, and why he
should have Il behind il is difficult 10
understand, except on the theory that
he was pitted against an especially
strong opponent in the person of John
LauX.
Alderman Shields, while not elected,
is to be congratulated on the fight he
made. From early morn till late at
night Walter Knight worked like a
beaver and directed his efforts especially
against Shields. Mr.. Knight is a popu-
lar young man of many good qualities,
and that he only succeeded in making
an even break with Mr.. Shields is equal
to a victory for the latter. Both Bras
sey and Shields should be elected to the
vacancies which will ensue.
The Republicans are now charged
with the conduct of affairs for two
years more. They have much TODD and
little to accomplish it with, for the rev.
enues are by no means equal to the de
mands. Careful scrutiny of the bills
and care in all expenditures should con-
tinue to he the watchwords of the adj
ministration.
Petty jealousy between officers should
not he allowed TO prejudice the fair en-
forccmeut Of the law nor cndanger
party interests.
The work Of the past year, 50 well
performed, may safely be the guide for
the future. and what few mistakes have
been made the reelected mayor and
councilmen are in better positions to
avoid.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-04-03

The capture Of Aguinaldo by Gen.
Funston. his associate officers and in
surgcut allies, was a daring piece of
work and the account of how it was ac-
complished is positively thrilling. Such
an act vas very appropriately led by a
Kansan a volunteer officer and one who
has previously shown himself not only
as brave a man as ever faced bullets but
brilliant in strategy. To have entrust-
ed their lives to the mercy of a party of
Filipinos, well armed and out number
ing them fifteen to one, was an act of
exceptional daring, and to have sue
ceeded in their mission and without a
mishap or loss Of a nan have trapped
the rebel leader, surrounded as he was
by intrepid followers, places Funston
in the front rank of military leaders of
the day. His promotion to be a briga.
der in the regular army is well de-
served While the littlc-Amcricans
down in Boston may d~enounce Funston
as a traitor, may point their puny
fingers at him in dcrision and O for
having captured "Aggy. their modern
George Washington, the millions OF
American patriots will consider Fun.
ston a hero and applaud his act. Its
an old saying that ''all is fair in loYC
and war, and while the Filipinos wh,
accompanied the expedition may b,
likened to Judas IScariot. for the Amer
lean officer who riskcd hisall upousucl
a daring expedition ii can only iustl,
be said that he proved himself a pa
triot. 1t is TO be hoped that Aguinul
dos capture viii bring the war TO
speedy close. Deprived Of their leader
scattered into small bands and bein,
constantly pursued, the outlaws cor
tinuing the fighting should shortly SC
they have little chance left and may L
induced 10 lay down their arms and r,
sumo the occupations ofpeace. Alrcad
Il Is announced that no more enlis
ments in the regular army are deeme
essential by the administration. whic
is very gratifying.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-04-03

ADVERTISING RATES FURNISHED ON
APPLICATION.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-04-03

LEwISTOwN, MONT. April 3, 1901.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-04-03
NEBRASKA SENATOR'S.
Leaders Withdrew and Let Dark Horses
Win the piums.

Lincoln, N"b., March 2s.-Aitcr a
deadlock oftwo and one-half months
the Republicans OF the Nebraskal egis-
lature today nominated j. II. Millard
OF Omaha and Governor Charles
Dietrich of Hastings for the long and
short term, respectively, In the United
States senate.
A Joint session of the legislatu re
was held at noon and the caucus
nominations were ratified and the
senator's elected, each receiving 40
votes.
Mr.. Willard will succeed Senator
Thurston, while Dietrich Is the sue
cessor OF the late Senator Hayward.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-04-03

dangerous. Law and order has been
upheld by the people, and if I. G. Mel
sen be not retained by the incoming adj
ministration another man as fearless
and as conscientious of his duty should
succeed him.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-04-03

The editor Of the Democrat now
knows what II is to run up against the
real thing. His law book may console
him, however.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-04-03

If troubled by n weak digestion,
loss of appetite, OF constipation, try
n few doses of Chamberlain's Stom-
ach and Liver Tablets. Every box
warranted. For sale by {. II. Will
liams.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-04-03

The new pilot on the Democrat is a
fearless leader. Like a flock of sheep
the Democrats followed him into the
slough of despond; while Jeffy smiled
and jingled the coin in his pockets.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-04-03

The Democratic rooster had his wings
clipped Monday.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-07-25
One of Browns Young Men.

Some years ago there was a man
who was a figure in the upper social
life of New York. He was the sexton
of Grace church and his name was
Brown. He was a sort Of grand cham
berlain to New York society of that
day and employed in every social func-
ton from the christening of the babe
of a~ristocracy to the marriage of the
damsel. Dancing men then, as now,
were scarce, but Brown was equal to
the occasion. He organized a band Of
p~resentable young fellows, who knew
how to dress, how to dance and how
to behave themselves, whom he mar
shaled at houses where they were need
ed. These were known as Browns
Young Men," and not a few of them
danced themselves into good positions.
One of these young men was Hubert
O. Thompson, who, in later life, be-
came so prominent a politician as lead
er of the county democracy. He used
to say that when he was young he led
the german; when he grew old he led
the Irish.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-07-25
9y
May Riley Smith

feelings of joy, shame and anger. It
was joyful to know that a rescuer was
at hand, but she was too womanly to
forget for an instant the sad spectacle
she presented in her drenched condi-
ton, and the faint trace of a smile
she saw on his lips angered her.
Reaching down toward her he com
manded her to give him her hands,
and she hesitatingly obeyed, and the
next moment he drew her up to his
own level.
81 hope you are not hurt" he said,
looking at her anXiously.
mot in the least" she replied,
shrinking before his gaze. 81 am very
we'll now, and need not trouble you
further. I am very grateful to you for
your kindness"
Which means" he said, chat I may
go as soon as 1 like"
Don't feel that am ungrateful and
unappreciative," she answered. But
you"
81 know" he said. sit is your ap-
pearance., I am not cruel enough to
take any notice of that. Isn't there
COI1C OI1ICL Del WIG L COAAu AOAOS JS0s
Can't I see you to your homer"
Il thank you, but I prefer to go
alone"
"Then I'll bid you good day"
Good day."
AS Joe continued on his way he re-
called her features, and the more he
thought Of her the more eagerly he
wished that he might know her. She,
too, thought of him and wished she
might know him.
But it al never be-" he said to
himself, "for tomorrow l leave for my
home, back East"
Perhaps 1 shall meet him again.
she said to herself, for one can never
tell what may happen"
She was right. One can never tell
what may happen. Joe discovered the
truth of those words sooner than
might have been expected. And he
discovered it in a way not to be read
lily forgotten.
He had gone but a short distance
when he met a man on horseback
The man had been riding hard, fol
his horse was wet with sweat and was
well blown.
"Are you going to town, ~stranger?'
he called eagerly, bringing his horse
to a stop.
st am" Joe replied. "Why?"
81 thought you might be willing tt
do me a favor" the other answered
quickly.
Certainly. What is it?"
"My brother has Just been severel!
hurt and must have the attentions o
a doctor at once. There is no one witt
him and 1 hate to leave him alone, 81
I thought if you would just take m,
horse and ride to town you could sen
the doctor out"
1t all seemed reasonable enough t
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-07-25
The Events Of a Day,
BY THOMAS P. MoNTFoRT.

d l.
(Copyright, 1901, by Daily Story PUP. Coz
"By George! but l wish l had a
chance to know her! She's about the
prettiest girl I ever saw"
Joe Martin ended with a sigh, for,
although he was not aware OF 1t, ne
had already taken the first step TO-
ward falling desperately in love with
Susan Meade.
He had seen her for the first time
in his life while walking slowly along
a trail that led across the cattle range
of western Texas. Hearing a woman's
screams, he had turned off to the east
a few yards where he had FOUND MISS
Meade in great distress.
In reaching out over a little slough
trying to get a choice water lily, she
had lost her balance and tumbled into
the water. She had quickly regained
her footing, but the bank was so high
and steep that she could not ascend It..
So, drenched from head to foot, and
standing in water waist deep, she was
compelled to wait for some one to
come to her rescue.
When two long hours had passed,
and she had called, time and again,
without attracting notice, she lost
hope and began to wonder If she
would have to spend the night there,
or whether it was not possible that
she might remain there until she died
of starvation. Just as she had sue
ceeded in c~onjuring up the very gloom
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-07-25
LONG TOW BROKE HIS FAsr.
HomesIck Python Forced to Take . a1eal
of Two Rabbits.

SACA G4A0C~ ~ A@AO -
of Two Rabbits.
Sometimes when snakes are taken
out of the jungle they become home
sick and commit suicide. 1t is a ter
ribly tedious process, for they always
select the same method, starvatton;i
and starvation with a snake is a mat
ter of months. A reptile can live q
long time on his own base of supplies.
1t was undoubtedly through homesick-
ness, then, that Long Tom," a big
python from India, had not up to yes
terday tasted meat since November,
says the Boston Evening Transcript.
He lay behind his glass window In a
Boston dime museum, and grew thin
and peaked. Yet his length is twenty
eight feet four inches and his weight
$50 pounds. His eyes are small and
yellow and evil looking, and his mus
cles strong enough to crush a man to-
death. 1t took twenty-one men to-
hold him yesterday while he was
forced to break his fast. Two snake
experts from the New York zoo were
summoned to Boston to do the trick,
and half the attractions of the museum
were on hand to see this notable ban
Quet. Trixie Roderico, the snake
charmer, in a cotton morning wrap
per, helped to wait on the big fell
low. One of the New Workers, Dit,
mars, put two rabbits, f1ayed and
dressed. at the end of a long pole; the
other, Snyder, got at the snakes head.
Then the big reptile was pulled slowly
out of his cage until his whole length
was stretched out straight. The at
tendants kept tight hold on him that
he should not coil up and crush any
one. Snyder forced open the wicked
looking jaws and Ditmars started the
rabbits on their inward course The
men holding the snake could feel them
pushing in. Tom squirmed and strug-
gled, but the score of attendants held
fast and he did not succeed in making
a kink. At last the rabbits were push
ed in SO far that Tom could not force
them out, and he was hurried back into
his cage. There he coiled up against
the glass door, closed his eyes and
started on his ten days Of digestion
He is good for several more months Of
fasting.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-07-25
MAY BE SMALLEST ENGINE.
Minute Piece of Mechanism Weighs Only
Three Pennyweights.

Minute Piece of Mechanism weighs only
Three Pennyweights.
A. G. Root of Danbury has just COM.
pleted what is undoubtedly the small
est engine ever made, says the Hart
ford Daily Times. 1t is a horizontal
engine and stands on a piece of metal
exactly the size of a ten-cent piece.
Mr.. Root has been working at this nil
mute piece of mechanism during his
leisure time for several months. The
quality of the workmanship On the tiny
machine is indicated by the fact that
when completed and put together and
connected with the power it started
off as nicely as the most accurately adj
justed engine that eve was built. The
materials of which the engine is built
are gold, silver, copper and steel. The
band of the fly wheel is solid gold. 1t
will be interesting to note some of the
dimensions of the parts of this very
small machine. 1t being such a tiny
affair, the measurements are all made
in sixty-fourths, thirty-secondsand six
teenths of an inch. The steam chest
measures 6-32 1882, and the cylin-
der 8-32x9-32. The stroke is 6-64, and
the extreme length of the main shaft,
which is of steel, is 5-16. The dame
ter of the fly wheel is 7-16, and the
width of the fly wheel band is 1854. The
diameter of the main shaft at it's larg-
est point is 1854. The extreme length
of the crank shaft is 4-16, and the d.
ameter of the crank wheel is 6-32. The
extreme outside diameter of the cyl
inder, which is sheathed with ebony,
is 3-16, and the boer of the cylinder Is
5-64. The diameter of the feed pipe,
which is made of silver, is 2-32; that Of
the valve rod is 1-64, and that of the
piston rod is less than 2-64. Complet-
ed the engine weighs three penny
weights. Mr.. Root built the engine en-
tirely by hand. The power that is now
used to run it is compressed air, of
which only an ininitesimal amount is
needed.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-07-25
Huge White AFFAIR.

An odd hat just turned out by an
artistic milliner was a huge white af-
fair, with a very slight indication Of
a crown, bordered with a wreath OF
blue ribbon loops, and having hydran-
geas, a pet flower of fashion. under
the hrim.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-07-25

The crow is the evil genius of the
turtle Just as of the d~iamond-back and
other ~terrapins. When the warm days
of spring come and the female terra
pins and turtles leave their beds IN
the marsh, the crow goes on guard,
knowing that a season of teastlng is at
hand. Both ~terrapins and turtles seek
the warm, sandy uplands near the
shore to deposit their eggs. A hole
is dug several inches deep and from
twenty to thirty inches oblong, white
eggs are deposited and then the nest
is filed or covered with sand. Having
neatly piled the sand over the eggs,
the turtle raises herself just as high
as is possible, then comes down with
a heavy thud on the sand. This is
continued until the sand is quite hard,
when the eggs are left for the sun to
hatch. In the meantime the crow has
been on guard, and by means of his
sharp bill and strong claws the work
of breaking into the treasure house of
the unsuspecting turtle is quickly ac-
complished and the feast is soon over.
The crow is considered by many to be
the greatest enemy the diamond-back
has. 1t is an easily established fact
that the crow destroys thousands Of
the eggs of all kinds of terrapins, not
making an exception of the diamond
backs.-Baltimore Sun.
Astronomers figure out that the di-
ameter of the earth at the equator va
ries 3,04S feet, so that our planet is
not only flattened at the poles, but
slightly squeezed in the middle
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-07-25

lest of prospects, and was having a
hard struggle to keep back her tears,
Joe Martin appeared on the bank
above her.
She looked up at him with mingled
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-20
THE COMMISSIONED BOY.
An Inquiry About Missing Type Made at n Dinner of Olde
 Timers.

At little dinner of few old-timers in this city the other night, reports the New York Sun, one of the speakers said:
 ssWhat has become of the old-fash- toned boy? The one who looked like his father when his father carried the sort of pomposity which was like the divinity that hedged king in the time when knighthood was in it's break O day. The boy who wore hat which threatened to come down over his ears. The boy whose trousers were made over from his fathers by his mother, pr aunt, or grandmother The boy whose hair had a cowlick in it, before, and was sheared off the same length behind. The boy who walked, with both hands in the pockets of his trous- CTS, and who expectorated between his teeth when his teeth were clamped to- gether. The boy who wore boots, run town at the heels The boy who never wore knickerboNkers or roundabout coat The boy whose chirography was shaped by the gymnastics of his tongue The boy who believed his fa- ther was the greatest man in the world, and that he could have been president If he wanted to be. The boy who was his mothers man when the man was away from home"
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-20
ARE NOT IMPETUOUS
Spanish Lovers in Manila Display
 Patience of Job.
Frequently Do Not Have an Oppor- tunity to Converse with the Ob- jects of Their Alteration for
 Many Weary Months.

"One of the most curious customs among the social upper tendon of the Spanish at Manila" says Harry K. Montgomery, late secretary of the custom service in the Luzon capital, s'is their method of courtship. If Kansas City judge had jurisdiction there he would have jail full of high toned youths before he was on the is land half a day. I understand he IS fning men $500 apiece for ogling and making remarks about young ladies. When the young Spanish grandee wants to do the thing about right he dons faultless suit of clothes, gets out light bamboo cane, and waxes his mustache. Without this his case would be hopeless. He goes to the home of his lady love and takes his station on the walk where she can see him from her window. He struts up and down for her inspection, twisting his idolized mustache, twirling his cane, and go- ing through gestures calculated to set off the offering to the best ad- vantage. The lady may not even deign to look at him. In fact, he hardly ex- poets her to until he has gone through his monkeyshines a number of times to prove his sincerity. It may be months before he receives the encour- agement of smile, but when it does come his raptured heart repays him for his labor.
 "After awhile. say six months, the sonora may drop a rose, a fan or her perfumed lace handkerchief. He l. | 4 1 half-starved miner reaches for golden nugget where he expected none. But the bird is notsyet within the suitor's grasp. Not by long ways. At this point the, dutiful parents of the young lady appreciate the fact that matters may become serious some time in the future, and they begin.lookng up the young mans pedigree = and
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-20
THE EXPERTS. IN WAR.
Military Training Alone Not CaIcu- lated to Develop Originality
 of Thought.

The truth is that military men in England did not show themselves one whit more competent to estimate the military problems of the Boer war than civilians. They relied, like civil ans, on tradition, and laughed at the dea that any such changes had taken place in the art of war as were pre- dicted by theorists, who declared, among other things, that offensive warfare was much more difficult than formerly, says Jean de Bloch, in National Review. The cause of mili- tary blindness is in no way obscure. Military training is itself antagonistic to original thought. It is no wonder, therefore, that nowadays when rifles and artillery are a hundred times more powerful than before, when ar mics are five to ten times larger, and when railways have changed the whole art of war, that we find the system of instruction differing very little from that employed in the days of Napoleon, or, for the matter of that, in the days of Gustavus Adol- phus. Yet even among military men themselves the more enlightened feel as many doubts as Marshal Sake. That the methods to be adopted in the future wars are a matter of grave doubt has been declared by writers as eminent as von Rhone, Janson, Mul- Ter, Pellet-Narbonne and Skugar- ewslSy. It is expressed excellently in the words of Gen. Luzeux: "Let the instructors first agree among them- selves." Nor can soldiers nowadays claim that experience has given them B right to dictate to civilians. Nine out of ten 'experienced'' soldiers have at most shot or hunted saw ages, and the majority have seen no lighting at all.