The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-08-19
DIR, mussrcBRoD INTERVIEWED.
y. p. Finnerty in Chicago Times.

y. r. Finnerty in Chicago Times
srIssoULA. Montana, July 27.-When re-
tnrning from Butte City to Deer Lodge, /!
mel. NJ The hot sprinss-halfw sy or there |
abo,,ts between the plaees-Di. Mussisbrod,
an accomplished Russian exile, who invied
me to dinner and also to have look al the
ueculiar formations around the boiling wells. |
The day was mu,deronsly hot, so was glad
Ia :. Law Inv $ for d few hours, especially AS
Deer Ledge is not u particularly lively place
10 hasten back To. The institution nj the
springs Is half summer resort anu nan IN
sane Asylum. The latter fratare fnateriai'y
damages the other but, after few years,
when the railroad affords more facility toi
tr,yel, the insane will be moved 10 another
locality, ard only invalds or pleasure-seek-
ers viii be- accommodated at the baths.
These. springs were once, beyond question,
peysers Of the most intense heat. Around
the principal one there uprses cone, conf
u4,srd chiefly of iron rock-the accumulation
If ages-abou. Thirty feet high. The well
in the centre has low temperafure-about
Is degrees and is of great depthi SO great
that ordinary apparatus cannot souhu IL.
Around the base there bubble thirty springs,
or nearly that number, varying III degrees OF
heat sr.m 100 TO 95, and all strongly iinpreg-
mated with iron and other minerals-sul-
phur alone being lacking This latter want
some hat Impairs the value Of the baths as
regards skin diseases but for rheumatism,
neuralgia, and other acute ailments they are
said to be highly efficient.
THE LUSATIcs-
many of whom are quite herce ana uhmah-
ageable under ordinary circumstance
seem to he pacated by bathing i'll the hot
water. 1t has the effect Of promoting
languor, although it does not seem TO deblii-
tate, as in the case Of non-mnietaized baths.
Matt people, of whatever sex, are almost IN
yariabiy filthy ia their habits-nere animals
/ in fact-and The swimming bath, an institu-
| tion several yards square and OF very safe
depth, Is the most efficient means OF keeping
them inoffensive as 10 odor.
The view from the summit of the crater Is
very commanding, embracing all OF Deer
| Lodge valley, with its irregular wall OF
| mount aims, which sometimes approach, II
they do not reach, sublImity. The most
prominent of these great landmarks are the
peaks of Cable mountain and Mount Powell
tile latter called after the distinguished
aud eloquent explorer of the great canons OF
| the western territories.
alt must be a lonely life for you here,
DOCTOR" | remarked TO my host as we
smoked cigar, post prandially, under tile
canopy erected OH the top of the geysei
| uuitt
Mot at all,'' he replied. 81 am VI years
of age, within three years Of the commonly,
ALLOTTED life of man, aud am healthier, aud
perhaps happier, tnan was some twenty Oh
thirty years ago. came into this Territory
when IL was regular wilderness, twenty
years since, and have recovered here my
health and strength. used TO be dreadfully
afflicted with asthma. Now my breath is as
free and strong as that of a young man."
The doctor then told me something of bis
private history, which is quite romantic. lie
had sympathized with Poland, although a
native Russian, and had extended to that
unfortunate nation a helping hand during
the reign of the tyraut Nicholas. He was
without trial, condemned to the SlberiaA
mines for life, but received a friendly warn
ing from disafeeied official, and, after i'll
credible exersion and risk, succeeded IN es
Gaping to Germany. Even there he was
HUNTED BY DETECTIVES,
and, In order to avoid further prosecution
he came 10 the United States, where he ha:
since continued to live in peace.
"What do you think If the killing Of
Alexander III. ?n asked uT the doctor.
"Alexauder was naturally good mali
the best of his house." was the reply. I" II
did no good to kill him. Murder will never
succeed. IL Is revolving III any shape
great revolution can alone effect the liberty
: If Russia. With that every freeman coui,
not fail 10 ssmpathze. am, however,
deadly enemy of assassins. They only
smirch noble cause, and SO far from doini
good cover it with eouiempt. l admire TIN
Poles because they were never assasslns
They always fought openly aud maufully
For tins all Europe honors thV'n-esen III,
three nat ions who pre- their enemies aud OPP
piessors. Russia will yet arise, but IL vii
De as France arose. There will be pulitica
| earthquake, but assassination can have M
part IN il. Were my cotlutrympD, or tia
part of them known as Nihilisis, to mitr.ie
the whole house of Romaneii--or, rather
that house which is heir To the old Romanoi
line. now extinct--ano,her family woult
seize the throne. and things would 20 on a
before. Ii Is the autocfaiic system tina
must be destroyed, and not the mere repre-
sentatIves of that system. All this, how
ever, will take time, labor, and, above al
and before all, education of the masses"
"Are YOU perfectly contented away from
your country for SO long?" | asked.
why not ?" the old man quickly inter
rugated. - This is now my country. all
dead to Russia. Like the Venetian exile
when his nation groaned under the foreigi
yoke Russia. destitute of liberty. is to m
, but water and stone. Yet love her. too, IL
my own way, but have here fixed my hom
among these grand hills. | am happy here
The very air is freedom. | am occupies
with my patients. Friends visit me ever.
day. | can ride on horseback. own land
There is plenty Of fish in those stream
! (pointing to the long fringes of cottonwood
: opening from near where We stood like tb
, prongs Of hay-fork and indicating wher
) the Warm Springs and Deer Lodge river
met. to rush on unitedly and ally themselve
to the Little Blackfoot at the month, OF
rather, the nucleus of He'll Gate). There
GAME AMONG THOSE WOODED HILLS.
That herd Of cattle In the valley Is mine
, and the horses on the slope belong TO d.
Mitchell, my partner, and myself. Wha
more could want? Oh, yes-a drama o
: an opera, these | could enjoy. But villa
then? know l can't have them, and there
II all end Of it," 81 ~
The doctor had worked himself up to
condition Of eloquence. | let him talk o
aud he was very Interesting, and, when Ii
had concluded, suggested that il was time fe
: me to depart.
: The old gentleman ordered his team an
! plaeton aud drove me himself TO Dee
! Lodge. A storm had been brewing all th
day, and i; burst upon us In fury when ha
). way down the valley. There had been
!, Water-spout III the mis-, anu all tue hit
!, !, brooks rolled down in angry torrents.
y terrific shower of bail and rain fell upo
our pathway, but We managed TO escape i
full effects by the use Of rubbers. Then n
q suddenly cleared off, anil the sun came OF
! with malignant energy, licking up the wat,
|, with an angry thirst, and seemed to score
!. back into wilted hideousness the vegetato
= so recently drencI.ed and revived by u
9 mercifui rain.
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