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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-25
THE HALL OF AME

4, Jean de Reszke has been made a
member Of the Legion of Honor.
W. u. Hepburn, the new senator
chosen In Idaho, was born in Delaware
county, Pa, In 1852.
Will Jordan, a nephew Of Red Cloud.
the famous Indian chief, has just ar
rived in Omaha TO study shorthand.
DR.. Robert +. Weir has retired as the
president Of the Academy of Medicine,
New York city. and DIR. Andrew III.
Smith succeeds him.
Professor Hans Virchow, son of the
late Rudolf Virchow and professor Of
anatomy In the University of Berlin,
recently celebrated his fiftieth birth.
day.
There are three living ex-secretaries
Of war In the United States senate
Mr.. Proctor of Vermont, Mr.. Elklns of
West Virginia and Mr.. Alger Of Michi-
gan.
The largest individual landholder in
the United States is said TO be John $.
Billy OF Mitman, Mo. In seven states
he holds property aggregating 10000
acres.
DIR. ii. f. williams of Nashville,
Tenn, has been elected editor and busi-
ness manager OF all the foreign period.
icals OF the southern Presbyterian
church.
Bishop Lawrence will shortly appear
as a blographer, having just finished q
life of Roger Wolcott. The two men
had been intimately associated from
their boyhood.
One man ut least now lives who
knew De Quincey-and only one, 1t Is
believed. This is Professor Mason,
who has lately celebrated his eighty.
eighth birthday.
Henry Austin Adams. who seven
years ago left the Episcopal church, Of
which he was a rector, and embraced
Catholicism. Is now In a retreat In
Europe broken in health.
A dispatch from Mombasa says tina,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain trav'
eled part Of their journey on the Ugan'
da railway on the cowcatcher, Mrs,
Chamberlain taking snapshots with O
camera.
Professor Henry A. Ward. collector
Of meteorites, Of Chicago has just add.
ed an interesting specimen that fell
near Bath Furnace, Ky. on Nov. 10.
His collection ranks fourth in the
world, and he has N meteor presented
to him by the shah of Persia
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-25

HOW BALLOONS ARE MADE
An Interesting story of the Con-
struction of Great Airshfps.

An interesting story OF the Con-
struction of Great A~irships.
Mr.. Chauncey McGoyern in Pearson's
gives a detailed account Of the construc.
ton Of those wonderful ships which
sail through the air. He says:
"The silk used in balloons Is of vari-
ous grades, but the best balloons. such
rs are used by the var department and
the United States weather bureau, are
made OF the coarse silk which the Eu.
ropean peasants obtain from the wild
o Ordinary balloons are made
Of cotton only, but of the most eSpen.
sive kind. II is that known in com.
merce MS long fiber south sea island
cotton
"And when a balloon IL TO he made
a machine, whose construction is secret,
where II receives from thirteen 10 TWEEN
ty-one different coats Of varnlsh. This
is the only place In the world where
balloons are vanished by machinery.
Hand labor is employed elsewhere, and
a double coating Of varnish Is about
the limit. Machine vanishing has this
great advantage in that none Of the
coats is thick enough to be detected
by the sharpest eyes. II takes 10000
coats TO make a single inch In thickness.
after the rolls OF silk and cotton
have been vanished enough they are
hung up on lines to dry. Next the rolls
are cut into segments and sewed TO
gether by the women of the ncighbor.
hood. A final vanishing Of the seams
only, and the balloon Is ready for ship
ment.
at does not take long TO make n big
balloon. Not 30 long ago Mr.. Myers re-
ceived n telegraphlc order for twenty
large balloons for the United States
government signal service. The whole
batch OF them was finished within the
~phenomenally short time OF three days.
II Is interesting to compare this with
that required to build a single balloon
for Andre. And his balloon was var
nished only thrice.
"And, besides these twenty balloons,
Mr. Myers has made hundreds of 9th
ers for use by the United States govern.
ment In the war department and In the
department of agriculture"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-25
Had One Saving Grnce.

President Edwin A. Alderman Of Tu-
lane university, In New Orleans, used
10 do much speechmnking for educa-
tional causes when h" was a citizen OF
North Carolina and tells this story of
an experience In the home OF n noun
tain woman where he had been in
vlted to take dinner:
AT the dining table with us was the
hostess son, n sullen looking, morose
sort Of Il chap. lie did not seem to
know exactly how to behave himself,
and his mother, after he had acted in a
boorlsh fashion once or twice, took II
upon herself To make for him.
She said 10 me: 'Dr. Alderman, there's
thing the boy never has done; be
never cussed his pa at the table,
New York Times.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-25
A Great Steamship.

The new German steamship. the
Kaiser Wilhelm H., is to be more than
700 feet in length and Y feet In beam.
This leviathan is to have imperial"
sets Of rooms on the upper promenade
deck. for which $1,000 a trip will be
charged, and In many ways the latest
word in luxury Of ocean travel will
have been spoken when this colossal
vessel takes its place upon the ocean
ferry. And 1t is expected to keep up a
uniform speed Of twenty-five knots an
hour. New Workers may well regret
that so superb a boat will find its
American home in Hoboken, In the
state of New Jersey, and not at a spa
cious pier on the Manhattan side of the
North river.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-25
WONDROUS ~ELOQUENCE.
Il So Surprised q Barber That He
ColIuu.ed CompIeteIy

IL So Surprised q Barber That He
Collapsed Completely.
As 1t sometimes happens, the barber
was disposed to talkativeness, the pa
tent to silence. After several frultless
attempts to extract more than a grunt
or two from the one In his care, the
tonsorial artist made a final effort to
arous the mans conversational pow
ers. Patting the top Of the head gen.
tly. he ventured the remark:
der hair on der top, sir, it is a bit
thinning out-yesT"
"Yes."
"Of der tonic, den, n ~leetle, ehT'
mo"
After another long pause:
'Have 1t been bald longf'
The man smiled YEARLY. Then, after
taking a long breath Of preparation for
his effort, he replied:
IL came into the world that way.
Then | had an interval of comparative.
ly hirsute luxuriance, but 1t was not
enduring. I have long since emerged
from the grief of deprivation. 1t no
longer aflicts me. Do not permit II to
weigh upon you"
The German pondered over this for
awhile without, however, appearing to
apprehend the meaning of the mans
words.
"Der hair I'd look peter. sir, II Der.
haps you keep 1t long in der back llkeT'
he suggested after another period Of
silence.
The man removed his gaze from the
floor, fastened 1t upon the ceiling,
cleared his throat again and spoke once
more.
"Let me assure you, my t~onsorial
friend" said he, shat the appearance
of my hair as | have been accustomed
to dress 1t Is very satisfactory to my
self and, perhaps l might also say, to
my friends. What little hair still
adorns my head l have possessed for a
long time. | know It well. | have been
on familiar terms with 1t for many
years. l have inadvertently mingled
spruce gum and chewing tar with 1t In
my years of extreme youth. ! have OF.
ten sun dried II In order to present a
proper nonguilty appearance ut home
after surreptltious swimming expedi-
tons. l have had 1t pulled the wrong
way by boys whom | learned to lick
afterward. At the same period OF my
life | even endured the ignomlny OF
having 1t cut-in ascending tlers-by
experimental maiden aunts. The con-
sequence Of all this is that that bit OF
remaining hair and / are old and, I
trust, inseparable friends. / Indulge
the hair, and the hair INDUCES me. The
hair INDUCES me by permitting me to
wear II after my own conception OF the
way II ought to be worn, and indulge
the hair by firmly declining to have II
trihed with by gentlemen OF the scis-
sors who possess artistic ideas more
bizarre than my own. l fear I'll have
to ask you to indulge US both-the hair
and me. Cut |. the way / directed you
to cut It."
The barber collapsed.-Philadelphla
Ledger.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-25
The Carnegiea and aLa Tosca.,

They tell n story Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Carnegie being invited to dinner by a
box holder at the Metropolitan Opera
House, the party going oil to the per-
Torrance afterward. As the dessert
was reached the guest OF honor asked
his fashionable hostess what opera
they We're to see. la Tosca," was the
reply. "Ah," said Mr.. Carnegie. NOV.
ing away his chair, that's immoral.
We cannot go to It." And Immediately
the ironmaster and his wife ordered
their carriage and departed.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-25
He Was Posted.

Shakespeare had a way Of putting
wit and humor into the mouths Of
clowns and fools. This was forcib!y
impressed on me a few days ago.
I was walking down Beacon Hill.
Coming up the hill was n man who
had a little more of the 'life sustaining
fiuid' than he could well take care Of.
He came stumbling, staggering along.
Just as he got to me he ran point blank
into an electric light post.
"Look OUT. ! said loosely.
"Ah. th-thank you" he replied. IL
was p-posted before you spoke"
l went down the hill as fast as !
could walk.-Boston Evening Journal.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-25

The best physic. once tried and
you will always use Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets" says vii.
liam a. Giard, Pease, VI. These tab.
lets are the most prompt, most pleas.
ant and most reliable cathartic IN use.
For sale by c. II. Williams. Lewis
town and Gilt Edge.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-25
A Mothers Reeommendatlon.

have used Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy for a number of years and
have no h~esitancy in saying that it is
the best remedy for colds, coughs, and
Group have ever used in my family.
| have not words to express my con-
idence in this remedy.-Mrs. J.. A.
Moore, North Star, Mich, For sale
by C. II. Williams, Lewistown and
Gilt Edge.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-25

pusily engaged with their newspapers.
i am sorry" she said grimly, there
Is no room for me among the reading
matter"
And accordingly she proceeded TO get
next TO the displayed ads. that lined the
upper portion OF the car.-Chicago
Tribune.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-25
Adam and the Tailor.

This" said the guide, "is the grave
OF Adam"
Historic spot! With reverential W
may, with n feeling OF deep thankful
ness-the wealthy merchant tailor on
his first trip TO the orient drew near
and cast II flower on the tomb. Err.
ing ancestor" he murmurcd. IL should
be- the last man on earth TO reylle your
memory To your sin | owe my pros
pprity. Chicago Tribune.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-25
He Took the Watch,

1t is told OF the late DIR. Parker that
when a very, very, very good young
man came TO him asking whether he
should accept for certain special serv.
ice a gold watch from an agnostic EN-.
ployer he replied: Take It, my lad;
take II. II be had been a Christian,
perhaps be would not have offered 1t TO
you,'
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-25
His Conclusive Question,

ado you think that Shakespeare
wrote his OWL playsr'
"Of course | do" answered the man
who IS always positive however Ill in.
formed he may be. III Shakespeare
didn't write his own plays, whose plays
did he write y"-Washington Star.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-25
His Experience.

Wederly-That old adage about mar
rying In haste and repentlng NJ leisure
Is the rankest kind Of nonsense.
Singleton-Because why?
Wederly-Because a married man
has no leisure.-Chicago News.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-25
NJ Takes Two.

doctor" she said archly. some
physicians say kissing isn't healthy.
you know. What do you think Of III"
"Well, really" replied the handsome
young doctor, IL don't think you or |
should attempt TO decide that ofhand.
Let's put our heads together and con.
slider. "-Philadelphla Press.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-25
Can't Help Tint.

Street Car Magnatc-You patrons
are a mighty narrow lot, | must say.
Patron-How can we help Il? We
were broad enough until we were
pressed into our present width by be-
ing damned into those human sar
dineries.-Baltimore American.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-25
still In Doubt.

"fll bet that Beware nv the Dog
sign" said Wandering Michael, IFS
nOthin' but a blum
''That's what Clancy said" responded
Tattered Dolan, IAN he whit in about
wan month ago to see."
San wuz utf"
"Oi dunno: he has not yit returned
from the tour av inyistigation."-In-
dianapolis Sun.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-25
Great Labor Saver.

Customer The metal in that knife
you sold me Is as soft as putty. It got
dull the first time ! used II.
Dealcr-Y-es, but think how easy It
will be TO sharpen.-New York Weekly.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-25
III Tn, Hrutef

DIR. Pellet-I hate to twit on facts,
Mr.. Pharmer, but how many persons
do you suppose you have killed by put
ting up the wrong medicinef
Mr.. Pharmer-Can't soy; but think Of
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-25

Men who mind their own business
are usually successful because they
have very little competition.-Chicago
News.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-25
A Mun.

Mrs. Casey-I hear your son Mike
has gone into literature.
Mrs. Clancy-So he has. He's got a
Job as janitor In a library Judge.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-25

The most reliable preparation for
kidney trouble on the market Is Fo-
ley's Kidney Cure. McKechnie & AL
Ian. lIXNMR1
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-25
Found Her Place.

The tall, angular woman who had
entered the car found 1T full OF men
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-25

ne lives | navo saved by falling to fol.
low your prescriptlons.-Bosto Even.
ing Transcript.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-25

sent. postage paid. to any address by
mail, Immediately upon receipt Of or.
der when accompanied by cash. money
order or stamps.
We aim to keep a complete stock
OF all blanks in general use In the
county and II the blank you desire be
not above listed we will be pleased
to hear from you.
+. We do not extend credit on blanks,
the percentage OF profit being SO ex.
ceedingly small that 1t does not war
rant II.
Fergus County Argus.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-25

The Crow-You look familiar.
The Snow Man-Yes, I'm the same
old last years scarecrow, only I've got
on my winter clothes.-New York
journal.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-25

Self mixing daters, v. s. line daters
kept In stock at this office and orders
for special kinds taken and promptly
filled.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-25

lEMXUENW
The Holly chieftain., 1903-12-04
STEEL PLANT is
ENTIRELY CLOSED

Pueblo, Colo, Nov. 29.-With the
closing down of the wire mill of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company's
steel plant and the blast furnaces the
last of the producing departments of
the steel plant has ceased operation.
Not another pound Of steel or other
product will be made at present.
1t is understood that the company
will take advantage. of conditions in
cident to the strike to rejuvenate the
entire plant. With all the departments
shut down, only few hundred men
will be employed where short time
ago 5000 men drew wages. The ma
chinists, the watchers, a few gangs of
roustabout men cleaning up the yards,
engineers and firemen who will keep
the blast furnaces warm, are about all
the men who will find employment in
the great plant.
An effort was made last night to
learn Just how long the departments
will be closed down, but the superin-
tendents of the different departments
would not commit themselves and said
that they did not know when.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-12-04
COAL MINERS VOTE TO RESUME
WORK IN NORTHERN COLORADO

Denver, Nov. 29.-By an overwhelm-
ing majority the local unions in the
northern coal fields yesterday decided
to accept the proposition of the oper-
ators, and the strikers will return to
work tomorrow morning on the new
schedule with an eight hour day. The
meetings Of the unions were we'll at
tended and the men seemed perfectly
satisfied by the vote, which will be
canvassed to-day by the sub-district
board. The vote. which was STA in IA
vor of returning to work to 112 against
was the direct result of telegram from
strike headquarters in District Is,
signed by President Howells and the
national organizers in Colorado. The
telegram is supposed to have resulted
from peremptory telegraphic instruc-
tions from President John Mitchell of
the United Mine Workers of America
to settle the stllke in the northern
fields.
All the northern plants will resume
Monday, everything being in readiness
The district produces 5000 tons of coal
per day, seventy per cent OF which is
shipped to Denver. and this amount is
fully ample to supply the demands Of
the city. No attempt will be made to
regulate the price of coal until the men
4 4 q A - 81 =
The Holly chieftain., 1903-12-04
PRESIDENT REVIEWS REPORT
REGARDING POSTOFFlCE FRAUDS

York postofice. August, 1886: re-
moved October 81, 1903.
Charles Hedges, superintendent city
free delivery service; appointed as
sistant superintendent free delivery
service July /, 1893; removed July
20, 1903.
James w. Irwin, assistant superin-
tendent free delivery service; ap-
pointed postofiice inspector June ~,
1887; removed September 16, 1903:
indicted once.
Nv. Scott Towers. superintendent Sta
tion C. Washington, d. c.; appointed
clerk. Washington postoffice. Novem-
ber, 1890; removed October l, 1908:
indicted three times.
lotto F. Weis, assistant superintend-
ent registry division, New York post
Office: appointed clerk, New York
postofice. June, 1890; removed Octo-
ber 21. 1903.
'T. w. McGregor, clerk. free delivery
division, in charge of supplies; ap-
pointed postofice inspector March
II, 1891; removed June 5. 1908; in
dicted twice.
&c. e. Upton. clerk, free delivery d.
vision; appointed July l. 1900; re-
moved June 5, 1903; indicted once.
IN. w. Louis. superintendent supply
division; appointed Kansas City
postofice April Z. 1897; removed Oc-
tober 21. 1903.
Charles B Terry, clerk, supply divis-
ION; appointed September 20, 1900;
removed October 21, 1903.
"As shown in Mr. Bristow's report,
and as partially indicated by the ac-
tions in the several cases, these cases
show widely varying degrees OF culpa-
bility.
Among outsiders, indictments have
also been found against:
III. J. Barrett, formerly in the Post
Office Department from May II, 1889,
to September 20, 1893, and from June l,
1897. to December 81, 1900; George e.
Green, Diller 3. and Samuel A. Groh;
William C. Long, formerly in the Post
office Department from April II. 1890,
to August Is. 1898; Isaac s. Mcclellan:
George H. Huntington; George E. Lor-
enz, formerly postmaster at Toledo.
Ohio. from August 8, 1886, to July 9,
1890: Martha j. Lorenz; John T. Cup
per; H. c. Hallenbeck; w. D. Dore-
mus; Eugene D. Scheble; William g.
Crawford, deputy auditor Postofice De-
partment from June 70, 1893, to Sep
tember Is. 1897; Maurice Runkle; Nor
man R. Metcalf; Leopold J.. Stern; Ed
mund H. briggs: George F. Miller; Jo-
seph M. Johns.
Several of the above have been in-
dicted two, three, or five times eaAA.
"The three chief offenders in the gov
ernment service were Tyner. Machen
and Beavers"
The Holly chieftain., 1903-12-04

have returned to work and the operat-
ors determine the increased cost OF
production under the new management.
John L. Campbell at Lafayette re-
ceived the telegraphic message to settle
the strike at 2:27 yesterday afternoon.
This telegram read as follows:
Trinidad, Nov. 28.-John l.. Camp
bell, for Local Union, Lafayette Colo-
rado.-We, the undersigned, after a
careful discussion Of the general situa-
tion, believe that 1t would be wise for
the men to accept the scale offered to
them on November 21st and return to
work next Monday. (Signed) John F.
Ream; William Howells; John Simp-
son; James Mooney: James Kennedy"
John F. Reams is the personal rep
resentative Of President John Mitchell
of the United Mine Workers of America
and had been contending for settle
ment of tho troubles in the northern
coal fields ever since the operators con-
ceded all the demands of the miners.
William Howells is president of Dis
trict Is, and, with Mother" Jones, Wig
orously opposed the plan to return to
work and prevented the ending of the
strike week earlier. Simpson is the
secretary of the District union, while
Mooney and Kennedy are national Or
ganizers.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-12-04
Riot Of smeIter Strikers.

Denver, Nov. 29-Anger against the
strike breakers at Globeville, the site
of the Globe smelter, heightened by a
mass meeting of the strikers wives
yesterday morning in Max Malich's sa-
loon at Globeville, and by the arrival
of forty strikers from the beet fields,
where they had been thrown out of
work, resulted yesterday evening at
$3.50 O'Clock in concentrated attack
on one of the wagons bringing men
employed at the smelter from their
work. A general melee ensued, during
which Policeman Cannon, the only Of
ficer on the scene at the time, was held
by a man, while woman filled his
eyes with red pepper. Peter Swanson,
smelter employe, was dragged from
his bicycle and probably fatally beaten
and John Chopyack. striker, was
struck on the head by Sergeant Dougal
for resistance.
Seventeen arrests were made. Chief
OF Police Armstrong stated last night
that as a result Of this riot and others
which have preceded it, all the saloons
IN Globeville will be closed and the DO
lice force there will be increased to
nine men. The saloons are considered
as the hot-beds where trouble IL In
cited.