Fergus County Democrat. [volume], March 14, 1905, Image 3

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5 Daily Trains
St. Paul to Chicago
And each lias a good'connection for St. Louis,
also for New York and all Eastern points
They leave St. Paul at 8.30 a. m., 4.00 p. m.
7.20 p. ra., 8.35 p. m., 11.00 p. m., via the
Chicago, Milwaukee l St. Paul
Railway
Three of these are electric lighted; all of them
thoroughly equipped. The Fast Mail goes at
7.20 p. m. The Pioneer Limited at 8.35 p. m.
W. B. DIXON
Northwestern Passenger Agent
36S Robert St.. St. Paul
Write for Rates to St. Louis
REMEMBER
W HEN you are thinking or repairing
your house that The Big R.ed Shed is
there with the goods at the very lowest
prices, and can fill your wants on short
notice. ::::::::::: : :
The Big Red Shed
MONTANA LUMBER CO., Telephone 77
Fresh Fish From Salt Water
W E are receivihg daily, besides oysters, clams,
lobsters, etc., and all the delicious tidbits that
the epicure likes to tickle his palate with we are
preparing to his order whenever he likes to drop
in for a meal to delight his dainty appetite. Ev
erything that is good and toothsome that our mar
kets can afford is served in an appetizing manner
at the SILVER MOON CAEE.
G. E. HIRSCH & SON, Props.
Main Street Lewistown, Montana
Absolulaly the Best
Coal in the county
Delivered to any part of
the city in any
quantity
Brine in Trial Order
Telephone No. 9
Office corner 4th
and Main
ARCHIE HARRIGAN. Manager
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DAVID IIILGEK
E. O. BUSENBURG
Hilger Buscnburg £
The Pioneer Real Estate and Live ^
Stock Commission Agents
an d Office Attorneys
Conveyancing and Life,
Accident and Fire In=
surance Agency.
£ LAND SCRIP FOR SALE
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Phone 81
LEWISTOWN, MONTANA
J
'temperament ana rood.
For bilious persons a chart of life
published by Professor Boyd Laynard
gives emphatic warning of dangerous
rocks in the shape of sausages, pork,
turtle and other commodities. Eels
must not be eaten by brain workers,
chilly persons should cultivate a taste
for sardines, while irritable people are
warned away from ginger, and the
melancholy man must not touch bacon.
Whitebait, it is suggested, Is inadvis
able for persons who are of an amor
ous nature, asparagus is forbidden to
those who suffer from excitement, and
languid persons are told to be careful
when they indulge in peas, potatoes,
arrowroot and macaroni. Duck for
some mysterious reason is described as
unsuitable for the bashful, the irate,
the pale, the drowsy and the inebriate.
—St. James' Gazette.
Only One Wny to Save Him.
"While the religion of some men is
Intellectual," said a well known New
York clergyman, "the religion of many
is a thing of emotions.
"Back in my boyhood days I remem
ber a man in the country who used to
go to camp meeting. After singing a
few inspiring hymns he would become
to outward appearances the happiest
and most pious man in the camp. But
his emotion would always die out and
his religion wouldn't tide him over to
the next meeting.
"A cynical neighbor of this man
once remarked that the only way to
save his soul was to get him happy and
pious in one of the meetings and then
kill him."—New York Press.
Too Mncli IVnnie.
A Maryland congressman tells of a
baptism in a village in the black belt
of that state. "What is the name?" ask
ed the minister of the child's fnther
"John James George Washington Fitz
Hugh Lee Blaine Harrison Smith," an
swered the father. The old minister
Jotted down the names, and then, walk
ing to the baptismal font, a crockery
wash basin, said to the janitor; "Mose,
get some more water. There ain't half
enough to baptize this child if wd have
to take in all his names."
If you are pleased with our
work, tell others, if
not, tell us.
Red's Place
THE POPULAR
BARBER SHOP
Bath Rooms in Connection
Vancleave's
BUS and
DRAY LINE
Always at the disposal of the
public.
Piano Moving a Specialty
Telephone 50
W/V\. JENKINS
BARBER
All barbers employed are
First Class Workmen. Ilot
and Cold Baths in connec
tion........................
Main St.
Lewistown, Mont.
GO TO —
St. Louis
...VIA...
The
North-Western
Line
and Chicago
Four Fine Fast Trains
Daily Minneapolis and
St. Paul to Chicago
Direct Connections at
Chicago witli 12 Trains
for St. Louis......
Stop-Over Allotted at
Chicago
For rates and other information
regarding World's Fair, address
A. M. FENTON,
General Agent, Helena, Mont.
T. W. TEASDALE,
iGen. Pass. Agt., St. Paul, Minn.
SPENDTHRIFT BALZAC.
ExtravuKin,cv oC tlie Man Who Ilntl
a Mnuiitnin of Debt*.
'A"rth Balzac's rising fame rises the
mount: iii of bis debts," writes 11 critic.
"Tla s,>. starting from bis two disas
trous years of printing and publishing
in Paris, accumulated until at the top
ot bis literary renown lie bad to bide
from bis creditors in a garret under the
name of his landlady or bis washer
woman. In 1SJ7 Balzac, at that date
the best known and the most debated
novelist in France, owed 102,000 francs,
about 8:12,500. Then lie must needs buy
a etitie which was the talk of Paris,
some gold buttons for a new coat, a
'divine opera glass' and a dressing
gown beyond words and give a dinner
to the dandles of the opera respecting
which ltossinl said that 'lit' had not
seen more magnificence when he dined
at royal tables.'
"Balzac three times a millionaire
would still have buried himself in debt,
for the mental exaltation of his crea
tive hours was reproduced when lie
broke loose from the galley hcivrh. lie
lavished in anticipation the wealth he
had dreamed would be his. This gone,
he borrowed anew or devised another
of those schemes that were to enrich
him beyond the possibilities of litera
ture. His schemes were essentially a
part of Balzac, the sovereign, uncon
querable visionary.
"lie would transport oaks from Po
land to Franco; nothing like oaks from
Poland to make your fortune three
times over! Behold him again gravely
working out his plan to make a corner
in all tin 1 arts and putting up the Apol
lo Belvedere for competition among the
nations—to act as auctioneer to Eu
rope—the 'child man,' as his devoted
sister, Mine. Surville, used to call him."
CHAINED BOOKS.
The CnNlom at One Time Kstrndrd
to Liincoln'M Inn, London.
When one looks in bookshop windows
nowadays and contemplates the be
wildering abundance of volumes of ull
kinds of literature offered at the low
price of $1.50 or less he linds it difil
cult to realize that time was when
a Bible cost as much as $10,000 in our
present money. No wonder it was kept
chained in churches. The Black Books
of Lincoln's Inn, London, show that tills
practice of chaining obtained there.
There is an entry during the reign of
King James I. "that decent studies be
provided and that moveable desks be
also made and chains for the book,"
and a few years later the Inn payments
include 20 shillings for twenty dozen
of chains and rings for the library, and
there is a fresh order made that "ull
considerable bookes be cliayned."
It appears that none of the existing
books in the library retain their chains
or any part of them, but a considerable
number—about forty—still have riveted
to the binding the ring or hasp by
which the chain was attached, and
many more show the mark left by
rings now removed.
The "moveable desk" and the "de
cent stoole" were essential uppurte
nances of a chained library of any size.
Even tlie zeal of n mediaeval student
was not equal to holding a chained
folio. In the accounts of the Middle
Temple "cliayns for the bokes of the
librarie" is a constantly recurring Item,
and a reader in Gray's Inn in bequeath
ing his library gives 4H shillings to the
intent that lie—the trustee—"male by
chaynes fasten so many of them In the
librarie at Gray's Inn as lie shall tbinke
convenyente."
Mrx. GuuanililfCP.
We have her with us always. Her
nose droops, her mouth turns down at
the corners, her complexion is generally
sallow, her eyes lusterless, and when
small tribulation or great calamity hap
pens to the family she "feels it more
than the others." Wonderful is Dick
ens' delineation of Mrs. Gummidge,
whom little Davy found such treasure
trove for bis interested observation;
wlio, when the chimney smoked or the
potatoes failed, wept silently, because,
forsooth, "I feels it more than others."
She is the girl at school wlio forever Is
having her feelings hurt. "Very sensi
tive," say lier friends; "very self con
scious," sniff lier critics.—Philadelphia
Telegraph.
I'iii-Ih Court Trliiln.
The demand for scats at a Paris
court trial is utilized by the poor to
turn an honest franc. The courtrooms
usually admit of but forty visitors
other than the regular court officers. It
is common for a crowd to collect in
front of the court many hours before
the door is open and wait patiently in
line. Just before the trial begins, when
the doors are open, these men, who
have perhaps been standing all night
in the rain, are glad to sell their places
for a few francs.
Her Conclusion.
"I've got my opinion of a woman
that can't cook," growled William Do
Klkkur, glaring at his better half. "I
suppose that if our cook would get
married I'd starve to death!"
"You needn't worry about that. Wil
liam," said Mrs. De K. gently. "Our
cook has been married once, and I don't
consider it at all likely that she would
care to"—
But her irate spouse had slammed the
door behind liim.—Cleveland Leader.
llonrKlaNM WhImIm.
"Doctor," said a fashionable belle,
"what do you think of tight lacing?"
The doctor solemnly replied, "Mad
am, all I can say is that the more a
woman's waist is shaped like an hour
glass the sooner will her sands of fife
run out."
The head of a theological school once
said, "I've seen so many fools succeed
and so many geniuses come to nothing
that I have ceased to prophesy."—
Christian Register.
SCIENCE OF LIVING,
An Ounce of Good Cheep In Worth a
I'ouml of Melancholy.
"It lias been said that It is better to
be hot v. lucky than rich," said Dr.
George P. Butler, "but it is in fact ltot
ter to lie born tough than either lucky
or rich. After forty eat less and elimi
nate more. Drink more pure water and
keep the peristaltic wave of prosperity
constantly moving down the alimenta
ry canal. Many people suffer from too
much business and not enough health.
When such is the case they laid better
cut out business and society for a time
and come down to imtsli and milk and
first principles. Don't be foolish. Eat
less and play more. Indulge in less fret
and fume and more fruit and fun.
There are people too indolent to be
healthy literally too lazy to live. Work
your brains and keep in touch with
people. Do something for others and
forget yourselves. There is nothing so
inane and detrimental to mind and
health as the conversation of people on
tlieir aches and pains and troubles.
The froth of whipped eggs is i tonic
compared to it. All our appetites are
conditional. Enjoyment depends upon
tho scarcity. A worker in any field
whose afce is near either the shady or
sunny sido of fifty should consider him
self In his prime, good for another half
ciilury of temperate, judicious work.
Let grandma wear bright ribbons and
gaudy gowns If the colors become her,
and let grandpa lie as dudish as he
uses, with llasliy neckties mid cheer
ful garl). Both will be younger for It.
and, besides, it is I11 harmony with 11:1 -
ture. Gray hair is honorable; that
which is dyed is an abomination bo
fore tin 1 Lord. Cultivate thankfulness
and cheerfulness. An ounce of good
cliecr is worth a pound of melancholy."
—Medical News.
DON QUIXOTE.
The Plill»N»|»liy of Hnnrlio PniiKii anil
Hie Fume of Cerviinti'n,
The enormous number of proverbial
sayings I11 "Quixote" liad much to do
with the success of the book, especially
In England and France, at a time when
the apothegm and maxim were a favor
ite literary form, and, quite apart from
the inexhaustible fund of humorous ac
tion contained in the work, Sanclio's
sententious dicta made the nova I as a
collection of proverbs alone worth pres
ervation.
As in the ease of so many of Shake
speare's apothegms, hundreds of Sanoho
Panza's saying have become so much a
part of our common speech as to sound
almost trite when we stumble across
them on the printed page. "Diligence
is the mother of success" seems obvious
enough, but the man who first enshrin
ed It in speech was a genius. "lie
whom God helps is better off than the
man who gets up early" Is a hit of
worldly experience that comes home
even now to many a doubter as to
whether we "get our deserts," while
Grom well's "Trust God and keep your
powder dry" was anticipated by San
clio's "l'ray to God, but hummer
away." Another shrewd piece of ob
servation from the same source might
save many a tradesman from loss to
ibis day, "lie who does not mean to
pii3' does not haggle about price," and
the homely serai) of philosophy In
which Sanoho warns the world against
stretching out the leg farther than the
sheet that covers it Is as necessary and
pertinent now ns It ever was.—London
Chronicle.
.Mlntuken Identity.
Senator Proctor of Vermont, accom
panied by Mrs. Proctor and a party of
some fourteen persons, was once mak
ing a tour of the west. A stop was
made at Salt Lake City, and the party
started out for a walk about the city.
Senator Proctor and his wife headed
the procession, and the ladles of the
party brought up the rear, going in
pairs. That very same day another
party of easterners was making the
rounds of Salt Lake City, and when
they encountered the Proctor party In
the main street they stood aside to let
them pass. "Well, well!" exclaimed
one of the second party. "There's a
sight.! Look at that old Mormon and
his wives. Out for a constitutional, 1
suppose. I wonder," he added, "if lie
has an\' more."
Fellow Worum.
Before Longfellow bought the house
In Cambridge so associated with ills
memory it was owned and occupied by
old Mrs. Crajgle. Mrs. Cralgie was a
woman of many eccentricities, Moncure
D. Conway says in bis book of "ltem
inlsccnces."
Some one once tried to persuade lier
to have her trees tarred to protect them
from caterpillars, which also invaded
her neighbors' trees. She refused to be
so cruel to the caterpillars. "They are
our fellow worms," she said.
Ilnchelor I.oirlc.
"Old Mr. Batchelor thinks lie has
proved that there is no such tiling as
a good husband."
"How's that?"
"He says that if a man's got sense
enough to be a good husband be has
too much sense to get married."—
Cleveland Leader.
Intellectual.
"Every household ought to have an
encyclopedia," observed the professor.
"I think so, too," responded Miss Flut
terby brightly. "They are so handy
to press crumpled ribbons and flowers
ami letters and things."—Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Aiipreoliit imI Ills Danner.
Canvasser—You know how uncertain
life is. Business Man—That's so. I
might kill a life Insurance agent any
time and be executed for it.—New
York Press.
Make not thy friends too cheap to
thee nor thyself to thy friends.— Fuller.
SCABBY STOCK
TO BE DIPPED
New Law an the Subject Being Seit
Out Over the State—Import
ance to Stockmen.
WORK OF THE COMMISSIONERS
One of the Principal Duties of the
Stock Commission is to Eradi
cate Scab.
Helena. March s \V. G. l'reuitt,
secretary of the state board of stock
commissioners, is busily engaged send
ing old copies of the law passed at,
1 he recent session of I he legislat lire re
lating to tin* prevent ion and eradica
tion of scabies among horses, mules
and cattle. The new law is of much
importance losloekmen and Ural they
may know Us contents, copies are be
ing mailed to all cattlemen whose
brands are recorded. < >1 hers can ob
tain them by applying to the secre
tary.
SHALL ERADICATE SCAB.
The law gives the hoard of stock
commissioners (lie power to eradicate
seal) and prescribes that it, shall l>e
one of Hie duties of the 1 ward to do
so. The board is required to make
such quarant ine and sanitary regula
tions necessary to attain'that end.
It is also empowered to create and de
fine districts in which the disease ex
ists. The board is required to co-op
erate with the department of agricul
ture in stamping out tho disease. A.
majority of the board of stock com
missioners is required to give notice
of it by publicat ion once a week for
three successive weeks in some news
paper published within the district,
telling of the creation of the infected
district and defining its limits. After
the district has been designated the
persons owning cattle or other live
stock within its borders arc required
to dip ilium or such parts of them as
the lwai'd determines necessary. It:is
provided that the dipping must lie
done in strict, compliance with the
regulations of l.he board and within
such reasonable time after tlie com
pletion of the publication of Ihe crea
tion of t he district, as 1 lie hoard may
prescribe. The hoard is also required
to publish the dipping regulations.
Little Rocky Mining News.
/oilman, March 5: H. 1). Phillips,
(.'lias. Whit,come and Bob Coburn took
out, seven bricks of gold bullion from
t lie Ruby Gulch mill Thursday morn
ing in I wo rigs and from underneath
t he robes could be seen the muzzles
of Winchesters, which were conclus
ive evidence that these crack shots
intended to see the $10,000 worth of
bullion safely over the (id miles of un
settled country to Malta.
This is approximately the amount
of bullion turned out in a 28-day
run, making a total of 43 days' run
since the commencement of t lie cyan
ide process and a total output, of $18,
3oo in that time. The probable cost
t,o mill this output, was about, $7,000.
A visit to the Independence property
workings shows an unlimited body of
ore ranging from $8 to $200 per ton.
A cross cut, was run 60 feet, long and
30 feet wide t o discover Hie width of
ore hut no limit was ascertained.
The ltuby Gulch mill has a capacity
of about Ho tons in eight hours'run
with five 120-ton tanks and will have
t wo more 120-t ons as soon as possible.
The Alder Gulch mill will start in a
few days and lias loo tons capacity in
eight hours and will soon have an ad
dition of five 120-ton tanks that will
enable them to handle 300 tons in 24
hours.
Mr. Phillips will construct another
mill this spring. The ore bodies in
l lie Pole gulch, Alabama and Inde
pendence properties are something
wonderful and are worked from the
grassroots and with cyanide in its in
fancy there is no doubt that very low
grade ore can lie worked at a profit
and that low grade ore is plentiful in
t iiis dist rict.
Bids Wanted.
Sealed bids for the stone work and
excavation for the new flouring mill
will he received up to March 1*. 1005,
at the office of the Judith Basin Mill
ing Co., Lewistown, Montana. Plans
and specificat 1011s may lie seen at the
office of the company at the mill. A
certified check of lo per cent of the
bid must accompany all bids. Bids
will he opened at 4 p. m., March 20,
at the office of the company. The
company reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
Judith Basin Milling Company.
For choice neats, fresh tisli, oysters,
poultry and new vegetables come to
tlie new Central meat market, Abel
Bros., proprietors.