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tables and writing materials, and in
short a good place to meet, talk wool,
and get the benefit of each others ideas.
The secretary would be of use to grow
ers living a! a distance by giving them
information as to state OF market, stage
of water, rates OF shipping, receive wool,
ETC., etc.
In order that the above matters be
properly carried out, it was moved and
unanimously carried, that the secretary
be paid a salary Of $500 and allowed his
travelling expenses.
1t was moved and carried that the sec
rotary be requested to collect such data
that was to be had conveniently and any
suggestions concerning amendments to
the scab law desirable, and proceed with
them to Helena, and after consultation
with. wool growers there, see that the
matter was put into shape to be brought
before the legislature.
The following articles Of incorporation
were adopted and signed by the mem
bers present:
ARTICLE II.-The name Of this asso-
citation shall be 1.-THE Montana Wool
Growers Association"
ART. II.-Its object shall be the pro
motion and protection OF the wool and
uluLtOu Interests OI MOllldI1d.
ART. III.-The officers shall consist Of
a president, a vice-president, a secretary
and a treasurer, together with an execu-
tive committee Of three members in adj
dition to the above mentioned officers
who shall be ex-officio members OF said
committee.
ART. IV.-The president, %vice-presi-
dent, secretary and treasurer shall be
elected annually. The term Of office of
members Of the executive committee
shall be three years, n member being
elected at each annual meeting.
ART. 5.-The meetings shall be held
semi-annually at such time and place as
may be designated by the association;
and special meetings may be convened
at any time on the call of two members
of the executive committee, counter
signed by the president and secretary, or
a majority of the executive committee.
ART. 6.-The association shall have
power to make any bylaws not conflict
ing with the articles of this constitution.
Adjourned to meet at she call of the
executive committee.
T.. w. PECK, Sec'y.
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by Al. Brucket, who is a most obliging
artist.
Messrs. Wilson & Koehler, the propri-
etors of the meat market, are doing q
fine business. MI. Wilson is kept CEN
tinually Oh the prairie after beeyes,
while Mr.. Koehler attends to the wants
of his customers at the shop.
Billy Coates, the driver of the Mar
tinsdale coach, has returned from a trip
to tbs states. ] guess somebody. did
not treat Billy very well as he made a
flying visit.
e. A. Kyse, Bobbie Graham and two
by'' four otherwise known as Jumbo,
started for Livingstonelas week. Soon
after leaving it began to storm, and they
were unfortunate enough to be caught
in it. AS they have not been heard
from since, it is surmised by all thatthey
had a hard trip.
The contractors of the court house we'll
have failed to reach water at a depth of
lAo 1tGG. II tASy hSCp oA 4 VIII al
expensive well before they finish it.
Mrs. Arthur Sias has a small conseIv-
atory in the parlor Of the hotel. Among
the numerous plants in bloom is a Gala
lily. The room is quite a contrast to the
dreariness outside.
We have had some very cold weather
but at present it is quite comfortable.
The stock men have Leen looking blue,
and predicting all sorts Of losses in cattle
and sheep. Mr.. Robert Ccburn comes
up smiling and says there is no snow on
his range at Flat Willow, and his cattle
are doing well.
Spencer, Mayn & Hoffman are rush
ing business. They are kept busy wait
ing on customers and putting up orders.
Mr.. H. expects to 60 east about the first
of March to purchase a large stock OF
goods for their rapidly increasing trade.
FL. S. 3.
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HOW TO MAKE MONEY.
The Result of Tour Years Experience i
Wool Growing in Montana.

Line Result OIL FOuT ears IApGIlGuCe LII
Wool Growing in Montana.
The history of the operations of the
Sayre Bros, wool growers OF the Mus
selshell valley, is we'll worthy of p~erusal
by all who would gather information OF
that which has and may be done. In
the fall of 1878 these gentlemen organ
lied a stock company with a capital OF
$1,000, seventy shares at 500 each, in
vesting the same in sheep, which they
took charge of for one-half the profits,
they paying taxes and all expenses OF
managing the iocks. In the start
enough bucks for that season were fur
nished by the company, but afterwards
the Sayre Bros. supplied the bucks nee
essary, increasing the number as needed
each year. In the fall of 1879 they de-
clared a dividend Of S16.0O on each share
upon wool sold. In 1880 their dividend
as paid over to the stockholders, was
S2S,34 per share. The third year, 1881,
the dividend was S23.11. This was the
wear OI JIC SGNG1G WI11lII Ill N1ilC1l tIICJ
lost some sheep, which accounts for the
decrease Of dividends. At the close of
the fourth year, 1882, 1892 per share
dividend was declared. During the
whole time the sheep subsisted upon
grass, no hay being fed them. To close
up the business the fourth year, the
Sayre Bros. bought the entire stock OF
the company, paying S116.67 per share.
Thus it will be seen that the $1,000 prin-
| cipal paid at the end Of four years a
| profit Of S1,173.3O. This amount added
to S6, 998. so, the dividend of the four
wears. makes a grand total Of So, 171.SO,
the profits on the original investment.
After purchasing the company's stock,
estimating the value of the sheep at
1926 per head, they organized a new
company, selling to it 1000 ewes pur-
| chased of the former company at an adj
vanced price. The stock of the new
company was all taken and paid up in
October last. The Sayre Bros. have
since bought a lot Of stock in the new
company, paying a premium OF S8.5C
per share. They keep the sheep a term
Of four years on the same terms as with
the former company. During the foul
years passed they have made comforta'
BILE and extensive improvements or two
ranches, which are now about as vel
equipped with fences, dwellings, barns
and sheds as any wool growers homes
in the country.-Husbdndmnn.
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WOOL GROWERS MEETING
Important Proceedings Of the Association
in this City Yesterday.

The Montana Wool Growers associa-
ton met yesterday afternoon in the office
Of Griffith & Caldwell.
The meeting was called to order by the
vice president.
Minutes of the last meeting were read
and approved.
Letters from prominent wool growers
deploring their inability to be present at
the meeting, but heartily endorsing the
objects Of the association, giving many
valuable suggestions and promising their
support, We're received.
1t was moved that the executive COM
mittee prepare a set Of bylaws to be
presented at the July meeting for the
action of the association.
Motion carried.
Moved and carried that the matters OF
drawing up amendments to the present
| scab law, and Of a memorial opposing
any reduction in the tariff on wool, be
referred to the executive committee with
power to act.
Moved and carried that the secretary
be requested to send copies of the scab
laws to all growers in the territory whose
names can be obtained.
Questions regarding the scope Of the
association and of the duties of its secre-
tary were discussed at length.
The d~esirability Of his corresponding
4 ry.f1 aarfioc 0hrnod in u. lafInn tn wool
growing in general, with growers in
Montana and with growers and associa-
lions in other states and territories upon
questions relating to diseases and their
treatment, management, legislation, ex-
listing laws, proposed laws, ETC., was
thought to be beyond question.
Also to correspond with manufacturers
and buyers upon questions relating to
improvements desired in style of wool,
methods Of packing and shipping, meth
DDS of shearing and tieing up feeces,
injurious dips and times Of dipping,
effects of different dips on wool, and any
other matters hat they may propose to
enhance the value of Montana wool.
To correspond with officers Of the n
tional, state and territorial associations,
in order that this association may assume
it's proper relations to other similar or
CARNATIONS.
To gather statistics from all sources in
regard to feeds, effects of feeding salt
and sulphur, etc. Poisonous weeds,
what they are and where found in the
territory. and other matters Of interest
and profit to the business.
To prepare a report for publication
pon the above and other matters that
may present themselves to be submitted
to the association at their winter meeting
of 'S3 and '84.
To gather the above information as il
should be done the secretary it wa
thought would have to give two or three
months OF his time exclusively to this
business.
1t was the opinion Of the member
that II Of the best ways to get much O.
the above information, and at the SAM
time give sellers and buyers a conven'
fence much missed heretofore, would bt
to open during the months Of June ane
July a room in Benton at which buyers
and sellers could communicate directly
with the secretary and with each other
The members Of the association Woulf
have u place to meet each other, expos
samples OF wool to buyers and get thei
bids, have conveniences in b way 9
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Weary.

Oh, weary heart and weary brainl
Oh, weary hours of grief and pain
Oh, weary days and weary years,
And wearing store of bleeding tears!
Oh, weary life thy lease nisspent!
Oh, weary shrift of discontentl
Oh, weary hand and weary eye
Hope blossoms but to fade and die.
Oh, weary, grim, remorseless fate!
Oh, weary and disconsolate-
Oh, weary chains and weary bars
That leaves me naught but wounds and scars
Oh, weary when the morning light
Disperses all the clouds of night,
And weary when the sapphire ear
OF Ph@bus leaves the evening star.
Oh, weary, footsore, trayel-worn!
Oh, weary night, and noon and morn,
Oh, weary lands and weary seas,
And calm, and storm, and evening breeze.
Oh, weary dreams of buried years!
Oh. weary doubts and weary tears!
Oh, weary longings underlined
Oh, weary world, untrue, unkind.
Oh, weary signs and weary prayers
Oh, weary load of weary caresi
Oh, when this weary life is past,
May one so weary rest at last!
v u. p Harrison.
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Vick,s Floral Guide

THOR 1888 is an elegant book of $50 pages,
ID Colored Plates of Flowers and FegistAe
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choicest Flowers, Plants. and Vegetables, anil
Directions for growing. Its handsome enough
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Send on your name and post office address,
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postage paid. This 10 not "a quarter Of lts cost
Il IL printed In both English and German "
you afterwards order seeds deduct tire 10 eenfse
Wick SEEDS are the best in the world The
Floral Guide will tell low to get and grow
them.
~ IcISs Flower and Vegetable Garden, 10
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In German or English.
ssVick's Illustrated Magazine''-32 Pages, y
Colored Plato in every number and many tllie
Engravings. Price = % a years Ave copies or
$500 Specimen numbers sent for 10 cents. 3
trial copies for IS cents.
JAMES WICK. Rochester, n y.
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Prospectus for 1883.
A First Class Family Magazine.
L6pptMcOtt's Magazine,
A Popular Monthly of General Lite
. erature.

gTIhe distinctive reputation of Lippineotts
Magazine as ''eminently readable WIZ
it is trusted, be confirmed and extended dur.
ing the coming year. The. special aim Of ~
conductors is to secure such treatment Of tho
great variety of topics embraced within fts
scope as shall render it attractive to the gen
erai mass of intelligent readers, q fayorite m
the family circle, and means Of euitHFe as
well as of entertainment.
While fiction, in the form OF serials ana o.
short stories, holds prominent place ~ itS
pages, it has gained particular notice by re
sketches Of travel and adventure, studies ef
life and character, and articles on natural hls'
tory aud other scientific SUBJECTS, written WITH
the freshness that comes IRON personal obser::
walton and experience, in lively style, alta
with abundant anecdotal illustrations.
One of the chief attractions will DC iase's
Mating Serial Story. TO commence IN the dAhu'
airy number, entitled -
1.-THE JEWEL IN THE LOTUS.
by Mary Agnes Thicker, author OF 'Signor
Monadldini's Niece, !" "IIy the Iiber, ETC., if
which the interest win be found to centre OH
three finely contrastsd female characters,
Italian, English, and American, and which, het
sides many exquisite pictures Of Italian lie
and scenery, embOdies the writer's f1atnrsd
views on some Of the leading questions OF she
day
In the other features of tho Magazine ths
union Of literary excellence with popular at
Effectiveness will be steadily maintained
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The New Orleans Times Demo-
crat says: "The Atlantic and Gulf
Coast, Canal and Okeeshobee Land
and Drainage Company, composed
entirely of Philadelphia capitalists,
has received from the State of Flor
ida an award of 535.3S5 acres of
land located in the southern portion
of the peninsula for the reclamation
operations in that State. This CON-
pany has reclaimed nearly $1,000
acres of land in Florida, and work
is still being vigorously pushed for
ward"
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II The Shreveport Standard of
the 18th says: "Knowing that our
citizens feel great interest in the
completion of the bridge over Red
river, we sought Mr.. j. r. Patton,
the foreman in charge, last evening,
and learned from him the following
particulars: The high water has
greatly retarded progress of work
on the piers, but the decline has
been such that the engineers in
charge has ordered work to be com.
menced on Monday next, and Mr..
Peter Scully, who is now in Saint
Louis, has telegraphed that a full
force of experienced masons will be
here in time to commence the work.
One of the caisons on the opposite
side of the river will be f1oated
down and placed in position for a
general commencement on the pier
nearest the Shreveport side on the
day named. This pier, Mr.. Patton
informs us, will be completed by the
10th of next month, the weather
| E
permitting, and nothing unusual
happening. With its completion the
first span viii be ready for the iron,
all of which, for the entire bridge, is
now ready, and will be shipped for
ward as rapidly as possible. By
the first of October all the piers will
be in readiness; and by the first of
January the bridge will be complet.
ed and ready for trains to pass over.
Mr.. Patton further informs as that
by the systematic way in which the
work on the piers will be conducted
it viii only take about twelve days
to have the stone laid in each above
the high water mark, except the
round, or pivot pier, which will take
somewhat longer. The stone viii
be fioated out from the Shreveport
bank on fat, attached to which
will be well-rigged derrick for the
speedy handling of the heavy blocks
of stone, of which the pillars are t.
be built.n
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for Preaching.

Appointments of Req. g. B. Folsst for Preach
ing on the South BOssier Circuit:
At Bellevue on third Sunday in each month,
at Ii o'clock A. NJ, and at night, and every
Wednesday night.
At Fillmore on first Sunday in each month,
at IL o'clock A. NJ. and third Sundays at P. M.
At Pleasant Valley, Webster parish, on
second Sundaysin each month, at IL A. NJ, and
Saturdays before the fourth Sunday, at II A. N.
At Cotton Valley, Webster parish, on fourth
Sunday in each month, at II A. a., and second
Sundays at Pm.
At Gum Springs, Webster parish, on first
Sunday in each month, at A Pm.
Appointments of RcU. W. W. Crawford:
At Caney Greek Church, two miles south Of
Rocky Mount, on the first Sunday and Satur-
day before in each month.
At Red River Church, four miles east OF
Benton, on second Sunday and Saturday be-
fore, in each month.
At Radclifss School House, Webster parish,
on third Sunday in eachmonth.
At Bellevue, on Saturday night before fourth
Sunday in each month, and on fourth Sundays
at III A. n. and at night
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Tha marion fAla. ) Trna nemoorat.

The Marion (Ala.) True Democrat
says: "The act of the boys of the
Six Mile Academy, in hoeing out
the crop of Mr.. Jones, aninvalid, is
deserving of the highest commenda-
ton. Such boys grow up to be the
best men of any community" The
New Orleans Picayune says "the
hoodlum students of Princeton Col
lege might learn something of the
Six Mile boys"
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- Julius A. Jacobs, Shreveport,
10 never ont Of any useful or fancy
article in the dry goods and notion
line or in any of the thousand and
one articles which people expect to
and in a tirst.class dry goods store.
10 Ill who purchase, not one win be
vscuged or disappointed, for Mr..
Jacobs never misrepresents any.
thing.
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Rest.

Out from the great world g crush and din;
Out from the pain, and wrong, and ain;
Out from ambition cruel strife;
Out from the bitter race of life;
Out from its honors and affairs;
Out from it's horrors and its cares,
Again, child, he lay at rest,
In holy peace on bis mothers breast.
Her gentle hand toyed in his hair;
Her sweet, dear voice dispelled his care;
Her loving eyes shed light divine;
Her very presence made shrine;
His throbbing arteries ceased to TEEN;
The maddening world sad, past dream;
Again, child, he lay arrest,
In holy peace on his mothers breast.
TAaqus.
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A Little Queen.

Could you have seen the, yiolets
That blossomed in her eyes;
Could You have kissed that golden hair
And drunk her baby signs,
You would have been her firing maid
As joyfully as I;
Content TO deck your little queen
And let the world go by.
Gould you have seen those violets
Hide in their graves of snow,
Drawn all that gold along your hand
While she lay smiling so,
You would tread this weary earth
AS heavily as /;
Content to deck your little queen
And let the world go by.
Mrs. M. e. Rcyne.
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" We would like to publish the
births, marriages and deaths occur.
ring among the white population of
Booster parish. Our friends in the
various neighborhoods of the parish
will please furnish US with the par
ticulars Of such events, schen pabh-
cation is desired. B,Sef mention of
the same will be made free of charge.
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Iiyew books afford more genuine entertain
Is1ept than Elk. Gov. Walter HaTrimau's
..TravcIssand Observations Ia the Orient, ritz
a Hasty flight in The Countries Of EaroPe =,
Price ~ So
The author visited the Holy Land IN ths
sumner of 1882, IN company with son IT
Secretary Chaneler. His book Is an accirrlev
but thoroughly nnprete1tiOn revelation of life
as he found il there. What he saw and he;sr.t
is graphically described bis matter is irrea
and exceedingly interesting, and the book eisi'e
not but please all classi,s Of readefss
Sold by all booksellers, or mailed ON reeeii's
LEE g. SHEPPARD, Publlshers,
iulv 10 Ft BOsi pn.
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Died

On July a, 1888, at the residence of J. W.
Payne, Lynchburg, Va, of congestion, EMMA
Roy OGDEN, infant daughter of Harry w and
Mary Scott Ogden; aged 6 months and 26 days
1t is we'll with the Child
Lynchburg Vsrgimidm.
We sincerely sympathise with the grief
stricken parents in the loss of their dear little
girl baby. ''Those who have gone are those
who have entered into life' 8f
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SheriH,s Sale.

b. F. Oneal VS.. j. W Onley and Il. W. Turner.
No 1928 In Bossier District Court, Louisiana
NV virtue of a writ of fieri faeias issued in
D the above named suit, and TO me directed,
1 have seized and will proceed TO sell at public
auction, to the last and highest bidder, at the
residence of J. w. Onley, Bossier parish, La,
within the legal hours of sale, on the first
Saturday, the 18th day of August, 1883, the fol;
lowing described property, to-wit:
seven head of mich cows, Z head of calves,
6 vearlings, 20 head of hogs on range and in
fields. briddle and saddle, and iron safe.
Seized as the property of the defendant,
j. w. Onley, and will be sold to pay and salts
fly said writ.
Terms Of Saie-Cash, with the benefit Of
''pP 1-so RE. WYCHE, sheriff.
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~ "Our Little Onesm for August
has been received. Il is the finest
monthly publication for the little
oneethat visits our Office. It is issued
BY the Russell Publishing Company
Of Boston ae OIL 80 . year. No
money expended of the same amount
will win afford so much pleasure to
the little sons and daughters of our
readers.
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~ The August number of Der,

~ The August number of Dem.
orest's Monthly Magazine repays
perusal, the articles being we'll writ
ten and of an interesting nature
Demorest's Monthly is well suited
for the household, and the August
number fully justifies the reputation
It has acquired as a good family
magazine.
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- Our Police Jury, acting as a
board of Reviewers, last week in
cressed the assessment rolls of this
parish . little over 100000 The
revenue law provides that a notice
W hve days must be given to all
sax payers whose assessments have
eeen Increased by the Board of Re
uesera Fogty-one of these notices
save been issued by order of the
Beard.