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Real, Old-Fashioned Love Story
Butte Inter- Mountain.

Forty .eigut years ago John Saunders
one OF the wealthiest cattle kings of
Montana, who was then poor youth
with nothing to recommend him but a
spotless. reputation and a brave heart,
became enamored OF Kentucky belle
whose father was rich man. His ten
derness was reciprocated, but the parent
of the young lady refused bis consent
TO the marriage aud was inexorable.
Young Saunders was too honorable 10
press his suit in a family where his pres
erce was uEwelcome. He sought an in
tervew with the girls parent, WIN, for
the twenty third and last time, told him
to abandon, all hope of marriage as far
as his daughter was concerned, as the
difference in their social positions was
an insurmountabIe barrier
"How much are you worth?" asked
the young lover Transfer my prop
erty into 81 900 000 cash." was tue
naughty reply Very WE'LL" answered
young Saunders. '..to- morrow morning |
leave for the West 20 carve out for
tune, ana Wnen can size your plle VIII
return aud claim my bride, for ku w
she will he true
The young man kept his promise after
long and sorrowful interview with his
inamorata, and with small outfit struck
oat bravely for the Western Territories
Since that time forty eight ears have
elapsed, during which, with varying sue.
cess, lie has dipped into numerous enter
prises. from the British line to Sonora
He came to Montana in eacly DAYS and
EN- 5arked in the cattle business with y
firm at Helena, with such success tha'
the firm now owns nearly twenty thous
and head on the Toton. About a m onth
ago Saunders figured up his assets, con-
cll ted he was worth 81 100000, and left
for kentucky. He fonnd the love of bis
young davs waiting for him, c.n, fl,ienl
and hopeful of his final arrival. The
two were married with as little ceremo'
ny as possible Thev arrived In Butte
this evening. and after a short visit viii
Irocepd to their home in the TOton, Val
ley, where the groom is greatly respect
| od 3
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-05-23
Decision OF Character.

We don't know the author of the fol
lowing, but it will bear reading twice:
| have lived long enough to know
that a man makes his own fate, and that
the strongest in character, the most sim
gle in aim and purpose, and the most
direct in act, are the happiest from these
very causes. The only real misery is
weakness. Regret Lwavering, that kind
of puerile idealism which demands all
before it is satisfied, and which can no,
End happiness or sutficiency 10 that
which it has Indecision, weakness in
any shape, is unhappiness; strong,
bold, determined. energetic nature, mus
and does conquer events, and. make life
and all that surrounds it slaves to its
own will. And when j hear men oI
women lament their tate, i often draw
down their indignation by turning the
balance, and showing them how, by theil
own want of nerve and muscle of char
acter, they have made their misfortunes
heavier or transformed what in other
hands had proved blessing, by weak
ness into curse. Oh above all would
inculcate On people these words -
Make your decision irmly, act prompt
ly, and never look back toregret impos-
sibilities, or waste life so valuable and
precious in re-arranging the past and9in
fu'ie reveries over now impossible
condition. 8Tt 80 4e1pct
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-05-23
Fishing in a Cornfield.

In Colorado is ten-acre field, which
is no more nor less than subterranesn
lake covered with soil about eighteen
inches deep. On the soil Is cultivated a
field of corn, which produces thirty
bushels to the acre. II any one will
take the trouble to dig hole to tue
depth of spade handle he will fad ii
to fill with wster, and nv using hook
and line fish four or Ave inches long
NAV be caught. The fish have neither
scales nor eyes. and are perch-lke in
shape. The ground is black mari in
nature, and in all probability was st one
time an open body of water, on which
accumulated vegetable matter, which
has been increased from time to time
until now it has crust sufficiently
strong and rich TO produce Fl lie corn, al
though it has to be cultivated by hand
as it is not strong enough to bear the
weight of horse. While harvesting
the hands catch great strings of fish bS
making hole through the earth A
person rising on his heel and coming
down suddenly can see the growing corr
-shake all around him. Anyone havin:
sufficient strength 10 drive 8 rail througl
the crust will fina on releasing it tha,
will disappear gether.- Territorial
Enterprise
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Sepse and nopsense.


WhaG religion Is most prevalent in
spring2 Buddhism.
Ben Butler is said to be recent con-
vert OF Spirtualism.
May not the jury be said to be selfish
when they have a greed 7
Calling for division of the house
Filing petition for divorce.
Cadet Whitaker has turned up in
Chicago looking for employment.
Words are the adultera ed skim milk
of life, while example is The pure cream.
Drink, says" an exchange, "week.
ems the system, but strengthens the
breath"
The saddest consequences of a great
mans death are the verses that are writ.
ten to his memory.
Cleveland salooners pIacarded theil
4sindows last Saturday as follows: "Fil
your bottles for Sunday"
.'Can you f,rt fan 2 asked a coqnettt
of her partner "No." he replied, 81
cannot; but can fan flirt."
1t you are Sd terribly nervous tha
every stupid thing you see frightens
you, avoid the looking glass.
A rews note saws: "Chinese womer
are delivered ct Sidney, Australia, a
$3.50 head, or $3.50 pair"
We shonld he more satisnad with ouy
prayers if we worked little harder 10
! help the Lord to answer them.
What word in the English language
possesses the greatest number of one
particular letter. Possesses.
IT, ln..
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-05-23
THE LOVE OF CRIMINALS.
Mutual Affection of Condemned
Murderer and Female Horse
Thief.

The City of Bloomington is just now
enjoying tirst-class romance, which finds
publicity through the Quincy Herald. a
Patsey Devine, the condemned mur
de, er, is lying in Jail there awaiting exc
cution, aud Lzze Barton, a charming
girl of seventeen, who has served one
year in the Penitentiary at Joliet for
horse.stealing, is an almost daily visitor
at his cell. The romance budded while
they were in Jail at Clinton together
about year and halt ago. She was
at that tine awaiting trial for horse steal
ing, and he was awaiting the decision OF
the Supreme Court on his first tra'
During this three months they were to-
gether an affection sprang up between
them, which soon ripened into burning
love
Finally Lizze's trial was concluded
and she was taken to Joliet to serve oat
years sentence, while Patsey was taken
To Bloomington. and during that twelve
months separation their previous vows
of fidelity we're carried out TO. as full an
extent al possib e Sweet little love
letters passed between them, declaring
that nothing but death should separate
them. Finally the time-twelve months
passed which was to liberate Lizzie,
when she wended her way back to the
field of her former labors, first stopping
at oomington, where she called at the
Jail to console her lover and wish him a
speedy liberation. Here the confessions
OF love are understood to have been mu-
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-05-23
Licking an Elder.

~
One summer in the years agone while
a camp meeting was in progressin Eaton
County there arrived on the grounds q
bully named Miller. who had made a
VOW 10 lick Fl Ter johnson and break
up the whole business. The Elder heard
the news with calm composure, and as
soon as at liberty. ne hunted upa world.
Ay friend OF his o wn and asked:
s'Friend Smith, didn't you used TO
fight in your younger daysf'
{ "Ah! Elder, have had many turn
with the boys" e
"And what is the effect OF sudden
blow between the eyes 2" ,ss-
sit astonishes and humbles,"'t
"Is there any danger of killing man
by such blow?" As
ssNever knew case of H." sfz
The Elder went his way with serene
smile on his face. Miller had his coat
of and was looking for him, and they
met face to face as they turned wagon
Miller started TO crack his heels and
crow, hut he never finished The Elder
took him one sqnare bl w between hht
lockers without stopping his pace, and i
took twelve rowdies, three dippers o
water and two quarts of whisky TO re
vive the patient and get him off thu
grounds. One day, a year atterward
he met the Elder and seriously asked
ELDER, some of the boys say wa
kicked by horse and others stick Il
il thatI was struck by lightning, bu
I've .alway had q suspicion that you hi
lme with q provision stand. How wa
liz, anyhow r. Detrei. Free Press
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N, Y. Herald, 18th irst.
DE LONG.
DIR. Talmage Upon the Fate Ct the
Arctic Explorers.


in his FridaY evening lecture in tbe
Brooklyn Tabernacle, upon secular tops
ics as viewed from religious stand
point, Dr.. Taimage said :. 10y
w bile, we were vel rejoicing oyer Dal
nenho~er's a4ttering and agnifcentre-
certion by the Cz,r aud Czarina in the
palaces of all The Russias, our Americar,
pride gratifed by the reception such as
has been given to no private cit zen, and
our Arctic misfoftanes were having this
bright alleviation, we we're struck back
by great calamity, and the scene was
changed from one over which presided
an emperor of the earth TO scene pre-.
sided over by, The King of Terrors.. It
went through US like sickeping chill of
an Arctic blast when we read in last Sat.
urday mornings paper:
81 have found Lieut.. De L ing and his
party; all dead. -- MELyLLE..-
Ordinary travellers perished in the
snow ares pectacles .ghaslly enough, but
hereIare eleven.heroes stretched on tIIeit
fr' Zen bier. 1t takes bravery to face sa4
ber and baYonet, but greater prowess is
demanded in such couaic5 as this.
Bayonets sometimes get bewiIdered and
run; but eternal winter never falls back.
Other enemies may get out OF ammuni.
tlon, bat the Arctic always has cutting
blast Insheathed and shot of heilstorni
and great fleets of icebergs laundering
in the siege. From year to year and
rom century toreehtury the great battle
OF storms gees on, Armageddon of cold
and hurricane. Dead in the snow. .AH
!" No neurology to tell which per-
lshed first, leaving message for loved
ones with others if they ever saw New
York; nor which perished last, himself
alone with none but God and the ice.
domesick we're they, until the tears
troze on taelr peeled and bleeding
cheeksf Yes, all of them homesIck.
Messages for wife and child and friend.
but none to take them. But suppose
at such time God gives especial grace.
They were rot unbelievers. BY Gods
help De Long says aga Ii and again ia
his letter; "by Gods help We will do SO
and So" And then, what story Noros
tells OF the day he left De Long and, bis
men to go ahead forssupplies He says:
1T was Sunday, and Captain De Long
led in divine, service, the men seated on
he banks of the river" God is no moro
with thuse who worship by the warm
fe of the hearth in the snug home than
10y those who kneel at an altsr of iciole,
nor so much, nor so near. Where God
is needed the most he .is.,..present The
most.
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chershes Win ali NuU wv anu auecLIoI
at her command. She has also express
Ell desire.to be with him on the da,
of his execution In word, ftfs love
young dream" under many difficulties
Lizzie is smart intelligent-looking girl
and. doubt, is honest in her love fo
Patsey, which We believe Is duly return
ed by him
1t is a fitst-class romance in real life
and il is really touching commentar.
on human life that the circumstances o
the case will not permit them to carr,
out their designs of mat:imony, and set
tie down to the peaceful pursuits Of life
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-05-23
Pigeons as Articles of Dress.

A Paris milliner has just concluded q
contract hy which dealer in game in
Berlin undertakes to deliver the skins
of eighty thousand pigeons dufing the
season, for the adornment of hats and
bonnets. The birds are to be caught in
all parts of Germany and taken to the
railroad yard, and there killed and i'm
meiiately skinned, the skins, being for
warded to Paris, and The carcasses being
reta.led for small sum each on the
spot. Perhaps reading these details on
the subject OF so CHASTITY fashion may
serve to deter some few gentle souls
from following the example OF, theil
more hard hearted sisters in wearing the
plumage of birds as ornaments.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-05-23
ANGUS. MACDONALD's FARM.
He Sells it Once and Is Sorry; He
Sells it Again aud is Very Sorry.

nc SoltS OhCC IL
Sells it Again aud is Very Sorry.
Angus Macdonald was farmer from
Chsrlotteburg, County -Glengarry, who
arrived in Winnipeg few days sgo.--
Angus, in-his own estimation and in tht
estimation of his friends, was shrewd
man. He was hardly in the place be.
fore an old acquaintance of his ran up
against him, slapped him on the back in
friendly way, and said:
''I'm glad you've come up. l was
just going to send for you" After their
greetings. he continued by the way,
Angus, You own farm out near, Min
nedosa2" A f''s,
"Yes."
"How much wiltvou take Tor itf''
II don't Know" said Angus. Il
thought of settling on it myself"
"Well, I'll tell you what; I'll give you
So 900 for it,
Angus thoughtrbefnre, leaving Glen
garry that if he got $4,000 for it he
would be doing well, hut he was now in
the land of booms and so be asked for
it $4,000.
"Well, here's $50 on the bargain and
we'll sign the papers Tomorrow" And
the purchaser rushed off.
Before two hours had passed Angus
ran against another old acq ,aintance.
Glad to see YOU, Angus; glad you
came up. There's splendid chance for
you. BY the way, see you registered
as owning farm near Minnedosa -
How much do you want for that farm p
"Pve just sold it," said Angus.
"How much did he give your"
"Six thousand five hundred dollars :"
''The dickens he did. Why, Ill give
you $4,000 for it You 60 to the puf-
chaser and get him to, release you, and
III give you the $l5,O09" ~ss
Angus wished that he was back In St
Raphaels or anywhere else, since be had
made such a fool of himself Howev.
er, all he could do was to try and get
The farm back SO VINO does he run
across within fifteen minutes but pur-
chaser NJ. l..
Says Angus: "Im sorry 1 sold you
my farm. I'd like 10 getit back Here's
your $50, and we'll be where we were.' u
oh, /, can't do that. ] bought 6
farm, and will have the papers ready to-
morrow"
After further higgling Angus offered
him $500 to break the bargain.
With great reluctance the first purcba'
ser took The s5oc-100 new S5 bills o
The Bank of Montreal-snd gave back
to Angus the temporary agreement Of
sale
Angus was happy again and set gu
to fad buyer No 2 a.
He found him not. No. l and No
were pal confidence men. Angus wa
the sucker from Ontario, and $3.50 wa
the net amount that they stung him for
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How to Catch Crows.
Montszuma (Ga.) Weekly.

A gentleman writes US that he has
succeeded in catching several crows
from his corn-field in the following nov-
el manner: II arranged a number Of
large twine strings, with a slip.noose ID
each, and placed them on stumps in the
fields intsuch manner that when pulled
the stump would not Interfere with the
closing of the moose. I stood hidden
at such convenient distance and would
almost invariably catch the crow when
he alighted on the stump / caught
eleven in one morning in this manner"
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+. a,1uthp
L Have SfHned aud l Have Suffered.

The first line in the folio wing is the refrain
of an unwritten poem recited to friend BY
JOHN HOWARD PAYNE, author of Home
Sweet Home" just before his death in Algiers:
I have sinned and have suffered,
Yet the world will never know
How tried to do my duty
In the long, the long ago.
l have sinned and have suffered
Human nature is so weak
Yet my tongue cannot be tempted
To disclose, betray or speak.
l have sinned and I have suffered,
Who has not, through blood and bone'
If there is mortal living
Let him bravely cast the stone.
1 have sinned and have suffered
Just the same as other men, ss
But my heart cannot be conquered,
Nor the soul that burns within.
have sinned and have suffered.
Mournful memories come to me,
Yet beyond the clouds of sorrow =
Riffs of sunshine can see
have sinned and have suffered,
He can sink and be can save
All the human hearts that wander
q To the cold and silent grave. -
-RttMington Republican.
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asyaRosalipd, NV DEAR said ,he

"Rosalind, nv dear" said her
mother, who was sweeping out the front
hall way, '.Does this. button belong to
your fathers overcoat ?" "Let IN see
it. o., dear no, ma! 1t comes from
Georges overcost. Isn't it splendida'
81 don't see anything so very splendid
about it," "Oh, why, ma. If you were
only young and such very nice young
man like George shouli-should---'
''Well, / shaD't have any more snct
works in this house. I've no objection
to little moderate hu9ging in tn
house, but young men can't hug thei
overcost buttons of in my hallway, no
much" Aud Rosalnd went 10 her bou
doir 10 indulge in 8 weep.
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Anold Indlan Gem etery.

More than forty skeletons of Indians
have been disturbed BY workmen dig.
ging up hill in Oneida village, New
York. Eighteen oil. the skeletons wer.
In sitting posture, in row, resting OF
bricks, the feet of one TO the back OF thu
next. Daniel Sconondad, present chic
Of the Oneidas, says that these are war
riors killed in battle or the chsse. =. II
saws he knew there was a burring pIac
there and that there are others al Wamn
vile and Oneida Castle. Under an olr
spple tree four women and two childre
were found wrapped in blankets
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-05-23

WY is tue birch rod in school like
the food furnished to bruin In a menag-
erie ? 1t is now and then brought 10
bear. nj
Miss Belle Braden is, perhaps, the
only lady in the country who is rail.
road officer. I. She has recently heea
elected for the second time Treasurer OF
the Wayneshurg and Washington Rail-
road In Pennsylvania MISS Brafen also
acts as paymaster, and makes regular
trips ever the road in the pay-car,
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A Boston Dogherry.

"A Boston justice discharged man
guilty OF assaulting q, woman in that
city, on the ground that tue assault was
committed al O'Clock at night, and .
woman has no business to be out at that
hour. There are sometimes emergens
cles that require a woman 10 traverse
the streets at night, but even we're she
in search of a physician for "a dying
child, this slmpleton's decision would
debar her from protection. If they had
that justice out in Montana they would
hang Linn sa asai -
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-05-23

ut rains. ma" said Esiella, 81 don't
think l will sttend church today. 81,
rains,' said Estella's ma a few nights
subs qnently; "you had better not al
tend the theatre tonight" :" 'Oh, ma,
said Estella, II can wear my rubbert
and waterproof"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-05-23

Rg "Lor', missus," said an old dar-
key, "w5at mex YOU paw money fur 10
send de chile to schoolf got one
smart hoy, Jonas, hut ] lsrns hIm nv
self "Bdt, Aunt Charlotte" replied
the lady, show can YOU teach the child
wheo you, don't know ore letter from
another 7" "How / teach him p said
the soman, 81 jis mex him TEX de book
an. sci down or de 40, and den ] say
rJonss, tex xeseye from dat book, much
less legso him, an skips you alive!"
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EB A man was once asked how. he
and his vile got along with so little fric-
ton in he'family machinery. "Weil,"
said he, "when we were irst married We
both wanted our own way. | wanted to
sleep on linen sheets, my wife preferred
cotton. aand we couldn't agree. Finally
we talked the matter over, and came to
the conclusion that it was unchristian to
live in constant bickering; so we COM
promised on linen, and have got along
alright ever since."- Quiz
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A Ffenchman says: "A pretty wo-
man has not always youth, it i, true,
hut an ugly woman.is never yonng. =
He has never seen Brigham Young's
widows. They are all Young and nearly
all ugly.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-05-23

At a wedding reception the other dav
Il check for $4,000, signed by the father
of the brides was among the presents
displayed. The cashier of the hank
upun which the check wss drawn hap
pened To be present, and he was Gisa-
ereeahle eaougb to tell the gentlemen in
The wine room that the brides father
had not half that amount Q! money to
! his credit ct the bank.
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