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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-06-04

The fact that and morals
form a very small part of the curri.
culum In u public schools seems to
have dawned upon the members of a
school board of a town In the west,
and they have prepared a manual con-
tanning ten rules OF p~oliteness that
the teachers are expected to teach
and enforce. II would be a very good
thing II all boys and girls whether in
or out of school would adopt this ad-
mirable code of manners, and II the
code could be taught in all Of our
schools a good many of our boys and
girls would be less rude than they are
now. The rules of ~politeness adopted
by the school board of Santa Barbara,
California. are as follows:
1. To be polite is to have a kind
regard for the rights and feelings Of
others.
.. Be as polite as your parents,
brothers, sisters, and school mates as
you are to strangers.
3. Look people fairly in the eyes
when you speak to them or they speak
TO you.
g.. DO not bluntly contradict any
one.
5. 1t is not discourteous to refuse
to do wrong.
6. Whispering, laughing, chewing
gum. or eating at lectures, at school
or al places of amusement, is rude an |
vulgar.
Z. Be doubly careful to avoid ans
rudeness to strangers, such as calling
ont to them. laughing or making re
marks about them. Do not stare a!
visitors.
S. In passing a pen, pencil knife
or pointer. hand the blunt end TO
ward the one who receives it.
8. When a classmate is reciting dc
not raise your hand until after he has
finished.
10. When you pass directly In
front of anyone or accidentally annoy
him, say. Excuse me-" and never fai
to Thank you" for the smallest fav
or. On no account say Thanks"
These are admirable rules and the
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-06-04

Pennsylvania, from Montana, from
Tennessee. and other states north and
south, met and fought side by side in
Luzon and in Cuba, it demonstrated
to Il own satisfaction and to the
amazement, perhaps. of the world,
that the American fraternal feeling
had not been destroyed in the throes
OF the civil war. but that we were ole
nation in feeling as well as in name
in heart as well rs in territory. 1t
proves that the bitterness generated
by the mighty conflict of the civil war
has passed away: 1t proves that the
Americans, north and south, regard
as dearer than all else ON earth the'r
country. And so may it ever be.
Il cannot close my address better
than by tho repetition OF a few words
written By a southern poet on the &C.
casion OF the decoration of northern
and southern graves jointly by some
ladies uron a certain Memorial day
] hope YOU may carry the ideas of this
poem with you from this hall, because
they ere worth remembering:
BY the flow OF the inland river whence
the fleets of iron have fed,
Where the blades of the grave-grass
culver, asleep are the ranks of the
dead.
Under the sod and dew, waiting the
judgment day,
Under the one the Blue, under the 9TH
er the Gray.
These in the robings of glory, those
in the gloom of defeat,
All with the battle-blood CORY, in the
dusk of eternity meet.
Under the sod and the dew, waiting
the judgment day,
Under the laurel the Blue, under the
WILLOW the tray.
From the silence of sorrowful hours,
the desolate mourners go,
Lovingly laden with flowers. alike for
the friend and tine foe.
Under the sod and dew, waiting the
judgment day,
Under the roses the Blue, under the
lilies the Gray.
No more shall the war-cry sever, or the
winding rivers be red.
hey Danish our anger forever when
they laurel the graves OF IL dead.
Under the sod and the dew, waiting
the judgment day,
Love and tears for the Blue, tears and
love for the Gray"
At the conclusion of the judges ad.
dress, America" was sung by the
audience and the exercises were
brought to a close with the ~benediction
by the Rev. Quickenden. The big pro-
cession was lined up in front of the
school house; Lieutenant E. A. Fos-
ter was in command. The Lewistown
band fell into line at the head; next
came the civil wal veterans under
Lieutenant ALI. J. Stephens and were
followed by the veterans of the Indian
and other wars, upon the heels OF
whom came the Spanish-American wal
veterans. The teachers of the public
school and a large number Of children
laden with flowers, came next and
were followed by the mayor and city
council and a large following Of citi
zens in private rigs and afoot.
Upon arrival at the cemetery, the
flowers were distributed by the white
robed little ones; taps were sounded
and three volleys were fired over the
graves of the departed comrades ant
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-06-04
DENTISTRY.

DR.. M. E. Curtiss, formerly of Min.
neapolis, Mimi, a graduate of the Chi.
cago College of Dental Surgery, and
now located permanently at Lewis.
town, Mont. Office over Judith Basin
Bank. Night calls will be answered
and the work done by electric light IL
necessary. Teeth will BIO examined
free Of charge, and all persons desir.
ing soft or gold filings, gold or porce.
lain crowns, bridge work or plates, or
correction Of irregular teeth, will do
well TO consult him. Gas given for
painless extraction. Only the best
work will be done. Telephone No. 131,
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-06-04
W. {. I. u. Department.


;dited by the judith Basin w. c. T. u. who are responsible
for what appears In this department.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-06-04

friends: a soldierly tribute to the
memory of the gallant dead.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-06-04
Placed on the Unfair List,

To all Whom it May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that all of
the non-union Austrian stonemasons
and laborers of Lewistown and vicin-
ity have been placed on the unfair
list by Lewistown Labor Union, and
anyone employing any of the afore-
said n%on-union Austrians, or assisting
them to procure employment, will be
considered unfair to organized labor.
BY order of
LEwISTOwN LABOR UNION.
(SeRl.)
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-06-04
Notice to Builders.

Notice is hereby given that the Board of
County Commissioner of Fergus county,
State of Montana, will receive bids for the
building of a pest house on the county poor
farm, in said county. Plans and specifications
for the building may be seen at the Office OF
the county clerk. Bids will be received until
5 p. IN. June 6, 1902.
c. NJ. KELLY,
County Clerk
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-06-04
Buy and Try a Box TONIGHT.

While you think of it, 60 buy and
try a box of Cascarets Candy Ca
thartic, ideal laxative, tonight. You'll
never regret it. Genuine tablets
stamped c. c. c. Never sold in
bulk. All druggists, Ioc.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-06-04

Doctor NJ. NJ. Hedges has located in
Lewistown. Office over Judith hard.
ware store. DR.. Hedges has been in
practice over thirty years. does crown
and bridge work, porcelain inlays.
continuous gum plate work and in fact
performs all operations pertaining to
dentistry according to the latest i'm
provements Of the art. All operations
whether on the natural teeth or arti'
fetal substitutes, assured in point OF
excellence and permanence. Tele
phone No. So.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-06-04
For Sale,

One Pony + sawmil, capacity 5000 per day,
with l6 II. ?. Aultman Taylor engine. All
complete and in good running order. Will
sell very cheap for cash or will trade for live
stock. Apply to
SLOUGH & MITCHELL.
Stanford, Montana.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-06-04
free Public Library,

The library, in its new quarters in the schoo
building, is open to the public every Tuesday
afternoon from 2 until 5, and on Saturday even,
ngs from 7 until Q.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
Mining for soap.

Natural soap mines are the latest
discovery in the northwest. Consul
General John Bittinger at Montreal
writes to the state department that
several soda lakes have been found
in the foothills near Ashcroft, British
Columbia Their bottoms and shores
are incrusted with a natural washing
compound containing borax and Soda
Tests prove the substance to be equal
to the washing powders in common
use. Trial by blacksmiths and farm
hands shows that it will remove
grease and dirt quicker than soap. A
syndicate of British Columbia men
has been formed to put the product on
the market. About 275 tons Of the
material have been cut and taken
from the lake.
1t is handled precisely as ice is
handled. The blocks are more than
nine inches in thickness, are sawn
into pieces of fifteen by eighteen
inches and weigh fifty pounds each.
1t is estimated that this lake alone
contains 10000 tons, indicating that
the industry, if successful, will reach
large proportions.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05

sufficient vitality, an operation for
ovarian troubles. Not a very cheerful
prospect, to be sure. 1, however, was
advised to try Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and SAM
alive Wash; 1 did so, fortunately
for me. Before month had passed
felt that my general health had i'm
proved in three months more was
cured, and have been in perfect
health since. did not lose an engage
ment or miss a meal.
Your Vegetable Compound is GER
tainly wonderful, and well worthy the
praise your admiring friends who have
been cured are ready to give you I
always speak highly Of It, and you
will admit 1 have good reason to do
so. "-MRs. G.. BRUCE, Lansing, Mich.
$4,000 forfeit If abOOs testimonial fs not ssa9fas-
The fullest counsel on this
subject can be secured without
cost by writing to Mrs Pinkham,
Lynn, Mass. Your letter Will be
entirely confidential.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
A River That Disappears.

In the borderland between the
Rocky Mountains and the great plains
of America a number of streams be-
have in a remarkable manner. The
water runs for time over sandy bot
tom and then disappears. 1t is be-
lieved that it continues 70 now, very
slowly, of course, some distance be-
low the surface.
A unique instance is now reported
from Utah by the United States Geo
logical Survey. There is creek
which rises in the Uinta mountains.
and which in the summer time loses
itself in rocky opening, or sink,
fourteen miles from its head Mr..
Prall, one of the photographers of the
survey, says that on almost all sides
the walls rise from the surface of this
pool about seventy-fve feet or one
hundred feet. The water has slow,
circular motion, such as might be
produced by inflow at less than a
right angle or by suction from below.
Measurement above the pool shows
that the amount of water in the
stream is ninety-six gallons per sec
ond. The only apparent outlet is a
narrow channel, through which very
little water passes, and even this en-
tirely disappears ater a few hundred
yards. About sevsR miles away a
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
A Remarkable Ross nush.

There is in Ventura, Cal, a magni-
fcent specimen of white La Marque
rose. 1t was planted from a cutting
in November. 1875, and has been
trained over large arbor. Its main
stem, Immediately above the ground,
measures two feet nine inches in cir
cumference. Two branches start
from it, and each is two feet one inch
back and pruned heavily each year.
and last year over a wagon load of
prunings was taken from it. For sew
eral years the boys and girls Of Ven
tura have counted the number of
blossoms every March and April. For
five years they have averaged over
$4,000, and last April they numbered
21,64O Botanists say they can dis
cover no sign of degeneracy due to
old age or rare fecundity in the won
derful plant.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05


On, here's 10 the man with a hand like
a ham.
And fist just as big as his heart
10 the big, manly chap, be he banker or
drudge,
Owning railroads or driving a cart;
10 the man who looks steadily straight
in your eyes
And gives you a grip like a wise
such men as decided long since. once for
all.
That they'd rather be men than be mice.
He may have a skull like the crust Of
the EARTH
And jaw like the Terrible Turk;
His hands may have spread on the helve
of pick.
Or at some other mental work;
But his heart you'll find good as nugget
of gold,
And twill always be faithful to you
Then here's to the man with hand like
ham
And soul that is loyal and true.
He may not be versed in the dining
rooms ways,
He may never have donned dress suit,
But he will stand fast while you're true
to your trust;
Your honor he'll never dispute.
For he's just the friend that will fight to
the end,
Till there's no further use to resist
God bless him, this man with the hand
like a ham,
And heart just as big as his fist.
S. W. Gillian in Los Angeles Herald.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
Big Tree in Iowa.

All of the big trees in the country
are not in California. One of pretty
good size was grown on the Bigelow
ranch near Salix, Iowa, at the south
east end of Browns or Horseshoe
lake. The tree was sold to the school
district near by by A. F. Bigelow, and
it furnished enough fuel to do the
school all winter, and there is more
than enough of it to do it another
season.
The monster tree was five feet and
five inches in diameter at the butt,
and. Notwithstanding it had a large
hollow space in the heart of it, it has
yielded thirty cords of wood, valued
at $51. 1t is not all reduced as yet.
This is thought to have been the
largest tree in Woodbury. county and
perhaps one of the largest in this
part of the country. 1t has attracted
a great deal of attention in past years,
especially among hunters ana Usher
men who have visited the lake near
by to enjoy their sport.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
HAVE GOOD ROADS IN GEORGIA
1000 Miles of Them Built in Ten Year
Largely by Convict Labor.

1000 Miles of Them Built in Ten Years
Largely by Convict Labor.
In improving its highways the state
OF Georgia cow leads the rest of the
South. Nearly 1000 miles of graded
roads have been built in the state in
the last ten years and under law
passed in 1891 the various counties
now raise $500, 900 annually for road
making and mending.
The stats now permits the employ
ment Of chain gangs of misdemeanor,
convicts on road making as relief to
hired free labor. The convicts are
CHARTERED in movable camps and dur
ing the winter in county barracks.
which have all the conveniences of a
well regulated prison.
The only persons in the state who
object to this method of improving the
highways are the convicts and the
opinion does not count.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
FASTING FOR ooRpuleNT PEOPLE
Doctor Declares u Is the Natural
Remedy for Too Much rat.

Doctor Declares II Is the Natural
Remedy for Too Much rat
In the restaurant nearly everybody
was too fat. and the physicians, in
Guiding all those pendulous paunches
and double chins in a sneering glance,
remarked. why will men and women
be disfgured with corpulence when the
remedy is so simple and sure? What
is the remedy? Why, it is, of course,
the natural one that would occur to
an animal OF savage 1t is fasting.
Let the fat man or the fat woman fast
a week, two weeks, three weeks, or a
month-fast till he or she be thin
enough-about once a year, say, and
corpulence, that most unsightly and
unhealthy condition, would vanish
from the face of the earth.
81 suppose these fools are afraid to
do this" the physician continued, ac-
cording to the Philadelphia Record
''They think, probably that before they
would get sufficiently thin they would
starye to death. But the picture Of
the Cuban and the Indian famine vic.
tins answer that fear well enough
None Of those folks died of starvation
till there was nothing left Of them but
skin and bone. Fasting would be &
very good thing for fat people to dc
regularly. They would then keep al
ways shapeiy. During their Abstinence
they would live on and consume theil
own fat as alternating animals do.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
King Edward,a Oak.

There are probably very few per-
sons in New York who are aware of
the fact that in Central Park stands
an oak which was planted by King
Edward VII of England.
This interesting tree stands on the
west side Of the Mall, near the bronze
statue of the Eagles and Goat. 1t was
planted by the king more than forty
years ago, when, as the young prince
OF Wales, he made his first and only
visit to this country.
The royal tree is in an excellent
state of preservation, although it is
crooked and stunted in growth, des-
pite the particular care which the
park gardeners have devoted to it.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
penudsd by Lightning.

W. w. Reed. a wealthy land owner
and oil operator, was walking along
a public highway in Indiana recently
when a severe storm was passing
over. He was carrying an umbrella,
which was struck by a bolt of light
ming and torn to pieces. His clothing
was torn into ribbons and scattered
about the road. He was found short
time later in nude condition and
thought to be dead He was carried
into a neighboring farmhouse, where
he recovered, and does not seem to
suffer any bad effects from his
strange experience.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
FrsIburg to Be Flower city.

The inhabitants of Freiburg, in
Baden, seem determined to make
their town, if not the most beautiful
in the world. at any rate unique as re-
CARDS floral decoration. The town
council have decided that all owners
of balconies shall be provided free of
charge by the town gardener with
trailing creepers, such as ivy, Virginia
creeper. ETC., in order that the town
may assume the character of the
flower city"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
A Wonderful Clock.

To the list of remarkable clocks in
the world, that just completed by a
Bohemian in Chicago, who has been
at work on it for nineteen years, will
have to be added. 1t is more than
eighteen feet high, and is fifteen feet
square at the base. A miniature earth
circles around the dial, and turns on
its axis every twenty-four hours,
while the sun, moon, Venus, Mars, Sa-
turn and other planets are represent
ed in their proper places. When the
clock strikes door opens, and pro-
cession of all the presidents of the
United States issues, followed by fig
ures which symbolic its growth.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05

A remarkable arrangement for in
terviews between solicitors and clients
prevails at Holloway Prison, England
The interviews take place in a glass
box within large room. The solicit
ors and the clients are seated at q
table, where they can discuss the case
with the utmost freedom, without risk
of being heard. The warder who
promenades outside the glass box car
see everything and hear nothing, and
he can especially detect any attempts
to convey correspondence to or from
the prisoner.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05

While boring for oil the other day
at Engle, N. NJ, in the heart of the
famous Journey of Death Desert" an
artesian well of water was struck
which will be more valuable to the
region than an oil well could have
been. During the Mexican war a
detachment of soldiers had to cross
this arid region, and out of 165 all but
fourteen persisted for want of water.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
1lSI q ) rj7RgzR

number of springs have been dlscov-
cred. One of them comes up in a
hole twenty feet deep and twenty
five feet across. The opinion is ex-
pressed by the geological survey ex-
perts that the water which disappears
In the upper pool flows underground
deep below in the gravels which form
the bed of the stream, and in times of
rainfall heavier than usual appears
again in part in the large springs be-
low.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05

Sydney, the capital of New South
Wales. is working for a greater Sgd
ney through the annexation of out
lying suburbs and towns.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
SURGICAL OPERATIONS
How Mrs. Bruce, a Noted Opera
Singer, Escaped an Operation.
Proof That Many Operations
for Ovarian Troubles are Un-
necessary.

"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM Travelling
for years on the road, with irregular
meals and sleep and damp beds, broke
down my health so completely two
years ago that the physician advised a
complete rest, and when had gained
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05

head and lungs in its worst form, until
the doctors fairly gave me up, and /
despaired of ever getting well again.
"Inoticed your advertisement and the
splendid testimonials given by people
who had been cured by Peruna, and de-
termined to try bottle. Ifelt but little
better, but used second and third
bottle and kept on improving slowly.
at took six bottles to cure me, but
they were worth a kings ransom TO
me. I talk Peruna to all my friends
and am true believer in its worth. !"
---Mrs. Col e. j. Gresham.
Thousands of women owe their lives
to Peruna. Tens of thousands owe their
health to Peruna. Hundreds of thou
sands are praising Peruna in every state
in the Union. We have on file great
multitude of letters, with written per-
mission for use in public print, which
can never be used for want of space.
Address The Peruna Medicine Co.,
Columbus, o., for book written espe-
cilly for women, instructively illus
trated, entitled Health and Beauty"
Sent free to women.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
Velocity Of a Rins Bullet.

1t appears that the greatest veloc-
ity of rifle ball is not at the muzzls,
but some distance in front An aver
age of ten shots with the German in
fantry rifle has shown a muzzle veloc-
ity of 1908 feet per second, with a
maximum velocity of 2,132 feet per
second of ten feet from the muzzle.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
An Enormous Tusk.

One of the largest tusks ever found
in Africa was recently brought into
Zanzibar, and since then has been
shipped to London, where in due
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05

1t is difficult for nations to get away
from the aboriginal idea that the sur
est way to have peace is to jar the
enemy into a comatose condition.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES do not
stain the hands or spot the kettle lex
cept green and purple). Sold by drug
gists, 10c. per package.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
Books in Germany.

Books in Germany.
The total number of books issued in
Germany was for 1895. 23,607; 1895.
1889; 1897. 2S,S61; 1898, 2S.7ss; 1893.
23.715: 1900. 23.792.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05

Effects of big feast are almost as
bad as effects of big drunk.
Each experience a man has makes
him either better or worse.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05

rRnching lands OF Manitoba, Assniboia, Alberta
and Saskatchewan. Exceptional advantages
Gus OF inspecting the fan grant lands The
handsome forty-page Atlas OF Western Can.
ada sent Tree to all applicants. Apply to F..
Pedley, Superintendent Immigration, Ottawa,
Canada, or to w. v. Bennett, Canadian Gov.
eminent Agent, sol New York Life Bldg.
Omaha. Neb.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
the C0KTERTED FARMER

has a failure In crops,
for his labors, and has
best social and relig-
ious advantages, to-
gether with splendid
climate and excellent
health. These we give
to the settlers on the
lands of Western Can
ada, which comprises
the great grain and
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
If s st55' ssss T ass ThOmpSOnS Eye Water
RELIABLE ASS

RELIABLE ASSAYS.
Gold..........S so Gold and Silver. ........s rs
Lead ..........., so Gold, Silver and Copper $50
PROMPT RETURNS ON MAIL SAMPLES.
OGDEN ASSAY CO. p 1aaS 1et 66 st,'
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
MILLIONS USE CUTICURA SOAP


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