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REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

The Republicans Of Montana will meet by
their Delegates in Territorial Republican
Convention, at Bozeman, on the I'll day OF
May, 1884, at twelve o'clock, noon, for the
purpose Of electing two Delegates and two
Alternate Delegates TO the Republican Ma
tional Convention, to be held mt Chicago,
June 81, 1884, TO nominate candidates for
President and Vice President OF the United
States.
The several counties of the Territory will
be entitled 10 representation in the Terrific
rial Republican Convention as follows, TO-
wit:
Beaverherd, three delegates.
Choteau, two delegates.
Custer, four delegates.
Dawson, one delegate.
Deer Lodge, four delegates.
Galiatin, seven delegates.
Jefferson, four delegates.
Lewis and Clarke, seven delegates.
Madison, four delegates.
Meagher, five delegates.
Missoula, three delegates.
Silver Bow, ten delegates.
Yellowstone, two delegates.
The County Republican Committees OF the
several counties will proceed to call county
conventions In their respective counties. to
elect Delegates and Alternate Delegates from
each Of said counties to the Territorial Con-
vention hereby called.
1t is desirable that sufficient notice of such
county conventions be given, and the Terri
toTial Republican Committee respectfully
advises that the said county conventions be
held at some time during the last ten days OF
April; but such date should be fixed therefor
as after giving due notice 10 the Republicans
OF the counties, will be most convenient. TO
the end that all counties in the Territory, re-
mote from or near 10 the place of holding the
Territorial Convention, shall have oRportn-
nifty 10 be represented therein fairly, and to
prevent any extraneous interference with the
deliberate desires of the Republicans of each
county, the following rules have been pre-
scribcd by former conventions for the gov
eminent of the Republican Territorial Con-
ventiOns in the Territory Of Montana:
]. Delegates and alternate delegates shall
BE- elected in the future TO Territorial Con-
ventions, and in the event OF the failure OF
delegate TO attend, the alternate delegate
shall Caht the vote of the delegate whose al.
.ternate he Is.
2 In the absence of a delegate and his
alternate, a majority Of the delegates from
that county shall cast the vote OF the ab-
sentee.
s. In the absence of all the delegates and
alternate delegates from any county, no vote
shall be cast for such county.
T. In the county in which the Territorial
Convention shall be held, when any delegate
and his alternate delegate are absent, there
shall be no vote cast In their behalf.
B. Delegates and alternate delegates must
be Republican residents Of the county which
they represent.
SO many circumstances cOnspre TO make
political action during the present year OF
great consequence TO the Territory and the
Republic at large, that the Committee ex-
presses the hope that there will be full, free
and deliberate action by the Republicans in
their primary meetings and at their political
conventions.
BY order of the Republican Territorial
Committee.
w. i. SANDERS, Chairman.
NJ. A. MEYESDORFF, Secretary.
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The Cattle disease.

NEosHA FALLS, Ks. April 19.--Dr. Law,
Of Cornell University, who has bsen here the
past week investigating the cattle disease,
leaves for Topeka Monday. He IL not very
communicative concerning the results, pre-.
erring 10 give them to the public in the
shape Of formal report. He does not say
enphstically, however, that the trouble IL
not European foot and mouth disease, nor
any other contagious affection.
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FL Mahdi DefAns~<s

NEW York, April l8.-A cable special to
IN evening paper from Cairo says Sir Evelyn
Barring, the English minister TO Egypt, to-
day received letter from Gen. Gordon At
Khartoum. who says serious revolt against
81 Mahdi has broken out amongst the Flag
alIc: tribes. Two hard battles were fought
In which I'll MahdI was defeated.
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A DISPATCH from Washington last Satur-
day says: For several days the Territorial
Delegates have been at work on Randall and
Carlisle TO procure day on which 10 con-
slider Territorial business not reported from
the Committee on Territories. Randall has
agreed on behalf Of the Committee on Rules
to allow May 18th to be set apart for that
purpose, and 1t is expected most Of the i'm
portant business Of the Territories can then
be passed through the House. The first bill
that will come up Is The measure segregating
the Clear Creek coal fields In Arizona from
the White Mountain Indian Reservation.
Its purpose Is to open up those mammoth
coal beds by allowing the original locators
10 sell or lease them. This operation, b.
furnishing supply OF coal TO Arizona mill
owners, will reduce the price from 500 per
ton, as at present, to $40. This, II Is calcu-
lated, will allow Arizona mines 10 mill the
lower grade ores, and open up many mines
now lying idle because their product will
not pay for working.
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TIE House Committee on Territories, q
few days ago, by vote of seven to five,
adopted the substitute offered by Alexander
to Cassidy's bill providing for the appoint
ment by the President of q commission to
govern Utah. The provision relative to mar
riages requires they shall be solemnizsd by
. minister, judge, or justice of the peace, and
any person SO officiating shall file certifi-
cate of marriage with the county recorder of
lands within thirty days after the ceremony.
The failure to file or record is punishable by
fine Of $500. The substitute makes the
solemnization of marriage, when either party
to be married has husband or wife living,
q misdemeanor, punishable by Imprisonment
In Jail not less than six months nor more
than twelve.
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In THE discussion of Merrison's tariff bill
In the House Monday, Wellborn (Dem.) of
Texas offered IS bis principal objection "that
it would reduce the price of labor-and in
conclusion appealed to the Democratic party
not to take leap in the dark by the passage
of this bill. If 1t was party necessity en-
force discipline. II the little segment Of the
wait, then clear the deck of the mutineers.
In some other way let the ship be saved anc
its insuhordinate members punished without
danger to the interests confided IN the care
Congress"
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THE London Standards correspondent at
Cairo says General Gordon has sent tele-
gram to Sir Evelyn Barring, expressing the
utmost indignation At the manner in which
be has been abandoned by the British Gov.
eminent, and saying henceforth he will cut
himself entirely adrift from those who have
deserted him, on whom will rest the blood.
outlines Of oil the lives hereafter lost In
Soudan. 1t Is believed the Government has
determined to dispatch the utmost available
force of the Egyptian army to Khartoum. 1t
Is hoped the force will be ready to start In
six weeks.
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THE anti lvercoinage politicians now
admit that Congress will not give favorab
ear TO their demand that silver coinage shall
cease.
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TAKEN UP.
Ranch For Sale.

i.ns shss ior sale ranch Of 500 acres Of excel
viiie - -. snG9f Senee, ave miles from Edwards-
s-si,;.ss.. ts lVo tens o. hay. One four roon
n"ns.a e. ss,vs !s corrsls. agricultural lmpla-
49, s., $50 val y sold q reasonable price o.
"s" tdwaTdsviiis. jsiy Il. iiss
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JAMES H. MILLS. PUBLISHER.

WHEAT few days ago sold at 90 cents,
cash, In New York, the lowest price 1t has
been in many years.
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HARDWARE!

Tin, Copper, sheet Iron
and Granite Ironware,
Bla clksmiths' and Wagon
ma kers' Material, Carpen-
te~s' and Farm ers' Tools,
House Furnishing Goods.
The Best Make of Wagons
and Plo VIZ. Also, the Best
Brands Of Cooking and
Heating Stoves.
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STEERS, rood blood, well matched, good color, well
breksn 70 carriags, single or double, very styiish
and will weigh eleven hundred pounds each.
purchaser who wants No. reliable team viii
do well 10 see and try tham before buying.
\ pHIL. =. EVANS,
704-sf Deer Lodge City.
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Topeka, April 19.-Reports from n arly
all the Republican county conventions, held
o.day TO choose delegates to the Congress-
ional District and State Conventions TO be
held next week to elect delegates to the Ma
ever Presidential preferences were expressed,
they were generally for Blaine and Lincoln,
although Logan has many friends.
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AFTER THE HARVEST.

--1 BY o. c. AURINGER.
The scythe is rusting in the tree,
The rake lies broken on the glade;
The mower, in reverie,.
Is stretched at ease within the shade.
A godly man the mower is,
With sinews tough as twisted rods;
A form of manly grace is his.
A head as trenchant as god's.
A man of thought; the harvest DER,
Its heats and triumphs left behind.
He rests, and gives himself once more
To pleasures of the heart and mind.
Sncb pleasures All the glorious skies
Their happy deeps, their lines, their forms
That f1oat-are wonders to his eyes;
He glories in their fires and storms.
The sweet green earth he deems most fair;
He knows her moods of ease ana TOLL;
He walks abroad, and everywhere
Sees blessings springing from the SOIL.
The woods and pastures, near and far,
To him their secrets yield he knows
The shy spot where the berries are,
The corner where the sweet mint grows.
His friendships lie on every hand,
In man and cattle, bird and bee;
And he is wise to understand
The language of the flower and tree
The free air and the light he quaffs
Are turned to sunshine in his veins;
His speech is cheer, and when he laughs
Great natures joy is in the strains.
For him the cloud shall break and pass,
And show behind the shattered bars
The splendor of it's fields and grass.
The glory of the sky and stars.
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industry sacrificed, the shame and pauper-
ism, the waste of financial resources, the
only wonder is that the American people
do not say this curse shall not longer exist.
81 LO1iiS Mdouzine
HOW CLAY TOOK DEFEAT.

The following interesting incident was
related many years ago by Mrs. Robert
Todd, of Kentucky, the step mother of Mrs.
Abraham Lincoln, and has never before
been printed, according to the st. Louis
Globe Democrat:
The Todds and Clays were always on init
mate terms, and in 1874 were living near
each other in Lexington, Ky. Henry Clay
and James K. Polk were then rival candi-
dates for the Presidency, the chances, as was
generally supposed, being strongly in favor
Of the great Whig leader. AS it turned out,
however, the contest was much closer than
had been anticipated, and finally advices
from other States showed that the result
hinged upon the vote of New York. There
was no telegraph in those days, and news
had to come by the slow course of mails.
The New York mail was due in Lexington
about 10 o'clock in the evening Of a certain
day, and it was known would tell the story of
victory or defeat. AS it happeneda young
lady relative of Mr.. Clay was to be married
on the same evening, and insisted upon
his presence, though under the circum-
stances he would much rather have remain
ed at home. Mr.. and Mrs. Todd attended
this memorable wedding party, which was
not large and composed almost exclusively
of the family connections and intimate
friends, all ardent Wings, and of course
deeply interested in the pending political
event.
AS the hour for the arrival of the mail
approached, Mrs. Todd saw two or three
gentlemen quietly leave the room, and
knowing their errand, watched eagerly for
their return. When they came in she
knew by the expression Of each counte-
nance that New York had gone Democrat
ic. The bearers of the bad tidings consulted
together moment in a corner, and then
one of them advanced to Mr.. Clay, who was
standing in the centre of group and hand
ed him paper. Mrs. Todd, aware of what
it contained, fastened her eyes upon him.
He opened the paper and as he read the
paragraph which sounded the death knell
of his political hopes and lifelong ambition,
she saw distinct blue shade begin at the
roots Of his hair, pass slowly over his face
like cloud, and then disappear. With
out saying a word upon the subject which
must have monopolized all his thoughts,
he laid down the paper, and turning to
table, filed glass with wine, and, raising
it to his lips with pleasant smile, said:
Il drink to the health and happiness Of all
assembled here" Setting down the glass
he resumed the conversation as if nothing
had occurred, and was, as usual, the life and
light of the company. But Mrs. Todd said
that as soon as the contents of the paper
were known "a wet blanket fell upon every
body" and in half an hour all the guests
had departed with heavy hearts-feeling
that gallant "Harry of the West" had
fought his last Presidential battle and lost
the prize forever.
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INTEMPERANCE.-HoW many are send
ing up prayers for help to save some dear
one, that liquor is dragging down to the
lowest depths of misery and despair! How
many bright ornaments Of socity, substan-
tial business men, kind husbands and faith
ers, have sunk so low, one bushes to know
them!
Think of the blasted lives of the wives and
little children, who live lives of torture, be-
cause their fate is linked with one who
loves liuuor, better than the wife he has
sworn at Gods altar to love and protect.
How many woman hears with terror the
footstep, when at one time made her heart
leap and thrill with pleasure inexpressible.
Oh! that once bright little home replete with
happiness. The dainty curtains, boun-
tifully supplied table and tasteful furniture.
The neatly dressed children waiting for
happy wife, waiting for the central figure
of her little world, the author of her COM
plete womanly life. Now see that other
picture, telling of misery without and with
in. See those trembling children and that
doWn-hearted wife; hear those words of
abuse heaped on the "fesh Of his flesh, and
bone of his bone." Strife has usurped the
formerly happy abode, shadows becloud the
sunlight of smiles. The flowers are with
cred, the carpets are full of holes, the larder
is empty and the children turn to the moth
er for that support she begs or earns. We
draw our conclusion. That man has become
drunkard. This is the home view. Now
look at its effect on society at large. Testi-
mony furnished us by our daily papers,
Judges, philosophers and all keen observers,
proves that the most dreadful crimes are
committed under the influence of liquor.
When we reflect on the life destroyed, the
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SLOW, BUT SURE.

The old Hebrew idea of a man of honor
is set forth in the Psalmist's words: HE
that sWeareth to his own hurt, and cbangeth
not" We express the same idea by our
phrase: Ellis word is as good as his bond"
A man who would merit the application
of these epithets to himself should be care
full to heed these old sayings: snake few
promises" and: "Never promise more than
you are able to perform"
There are men of business, men among
those that scorn to tell lie, deliberately,
who seldom heed this wise advice. They
allow the press of business, or the desire to
retain an impatient customer, to tempt them
to make promises which they are unable to
keep either to the ear or to the hope. Such
men generally find that their eXpedients
stamp them as unreliable. In the long run,
the man who is cautious in promising, but
faithful in performance, is the one whom
success .Ielcomes.
A few years ago, a lad entered a printing
office in England, as an apprentice. He
was slow in his movements and the irritated
foreman often scOlded him for not working
rapidly.
During rush of work, the foreman would
call out, impatiently:
"Bob, how soon will you have that job
done? ?"
"In an hour, sir" would be the calm but
provoking reply.
The other boys, when asked a similar
question, would reply:
"In few minutes, sir" and thereby
soothe the impatience of the hurrying fore
man.
But the overseer was not blind, though he
was nervous and "driver." He noticed
that Bob's job was always finished at the
promised time. The other boys, on the con-
trary, were never up to time for their "al-
most ready, sir" meant nothing more than
their anxiety to avoid scolding.
The result was that Bob became the trust
ed boy of the Office, and was allowed to take
his own time in working out his task. He
carried out this plan of doing exactly what
he said he would along with him when ne
was promoted. To-day the slow boy of ten
years ago is the foreman of the office and
oversees one hundred men.-Y Youths Com
1)1niOn
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pa~ Oh, how great a task is it for a poor
soul that comes, sensible Of sin and of the
wrath of God, to say in faith but this one
word, Father! The spirit must be sent into
the heart for this very thing; it being too
great work for any man to do knowingly
and belevingly without it.-Bamydn.
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BRAVE SAM HOUSTON IN ALABAMA
The fire of the Indians was deadly, and
thus muzzle to muzzle the combat ragged
for some time. HOustOn's major, l.. +.
Montgomery was the first man on top
of the works, where he was instantly kill
ed. Young Houston, who had a short time
before been promoted to ensign, seeing his
major fall, sprang at once to the spot and
received a barbed arrow in his thigh. With
the arrow still in the quivering flesh, the
young ensign calling on his men to follow
him, leaped down into the mass Of Indians,
and by his vigorous strokes soon had a
space cleared around him.
The works were soon carried, the Indians
fleeing before the troops into the underbrush.
Houston now sat down, called one of his
lieutenants to him, and told him to pull the
arrow from the wound. Two strong jerks
failed, when Houston exclaimed in agony
of pain and impatience: "Try again and
if you fail this time, l will strike you to
the ground" Throwing his entire weight
against the arrow, the lieutenant drew it
forth, but with fearful laceration and loss
of blood. While the wound was being
dressed by the surgeon, General Jackson
rode up and spoke words of praise to his
young friend, giving him an order not to
enter the battle again, which Houston beg
ged him to recall; but the general only re-
peated it more peremptorily, and rode on.
In a few minutes Houston was once more
in the thick of the hand-to-hand struggle,
which closed only with the fall of night
Century.
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RSg~ We should not forget that "the King
dom of Heaven is within that it is the
state and affections of the soul, the answer
of good conscience, the sense of harmony
with God, condition of time as well as of
Observation-Disclosures.
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THE WONDERFUL PLANCHETTE.-Int the
year 1868 q gentleman named Kirby, who
is now living in Kansas City, invented
contrivance which he called "planchette."
1t was an ordinary board of walnut, shaped
like an easel and supported by four small
rollers. 1t was in size about as large as
a woman's Gainsborough hat The plan
chette would be placed on atable overasheet
of Virginia white fools-cap. A man would
be told to shut both of his eyes and think
of something he held dear. His fingers
would rest on the easel and he was to forget
all about them and about it. In a few min
utes he would be in sort of reverie. The
thoughts in his mind would gradually be-
come absorbed on one point In another
minute the planchette would begin to move
mechanically on it's rollers. And then,
without any apparent volition on his part,
the pencil which was held by the easel
would slowly trace over the foolscap the
name of a sweetheart, or the date OF some
engagement, or whatever thought was up
permost in his mind.
This revelation of a latent power was
thought at first to be most surprising. But
after some 10000 planchettes had been solo
for one dollar each it ceased to be so much
of a wonder, and Mr.. Kirby retired in 1870
to the West. At the same time the discu-
cussion to which the planchette gave rise
for craze it was-established two or three
things. The first was that some tempera-
ments possessed the electric force to much
greater extent than others. The second
WAS that, as a general rule, women were
more largely endowed with it than men.
The secret Of the planchette was that the
electricity which the mind could generate
could be exercised through the hands. The
secret of Miss Hurst's "inexplicable poWer'
is that magnetism in a strong,, robust but
not intellectual person may adhere in the
hands themselves and thus be used muscu-
larlV
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SANTA ANNA.-General Santa Anna, of
at Washington early in 1887. He was ac-
companied by his secretary, Colonel Almon-
ia, and by COlonels Patten, Bee and Hack
ley, of the Texan army, who had escorted
him from this Texan prison. General Santa
Anna was a man of ordinary height, forty
years of age, who probably weighed l6O
bounds. He was somewhat round shoulder
ed, but had soldier-like gait and courte-
GUS manners. His hair was glossy black,
shaded with pomatum, his round black eyes
were somewhat sunken and he had small,
communicating nose. He dressed rather
neatly, smoked almost necessarily, was very
polite, but could not or would not, speak
word of English.
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A CHAPTER ON CoRNs.-Nearly every
body in this country has corns-young, old,
high, low, rich, poor; and there appears to
be special crop of them at this season of
the wear. This corn ailment is assuming
serious aspect as the population is coming to
be full of cripples. How many men could
do days march, say of twenty-five miles,
in the Shoes they wear and not be complete
ly used up at the end of the journey? How
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is it that men and women may exercise
good judgment in everything else and be
altogether astray in buying pair of shoes :?
What is to blame for all these corns and the
human misery they entail? The response
bility is equally divided between the shoe
maker and the wearer. Corns are caused by
friction-not direct and immediate, but
gradual; and here it is that leather of light
texture causes cOrns. When man buys a
pair of boots or shoes of light material, no
matter how disproportionate they are, how
tight, the pressure at the time is not sutti-
cient to cause any direct uneasness, owing
to the pliability of the leather The foot
fits the shoe, and not the shoe the foot. AT
ter week or two of wearing the foot has
come in contact with the several sinuosities
of the shoes-the corn has been growing
gradually-and the cuticle becomes thicken-
ed, and circulation is impeded, and hence
the pain. Cutting the hard and thickened
cuticle restores the circulation, and gives re-
lief for the time, only to be aggravated
again by friction with some surface. Heavy
leather is the best remedy for corns, and for
this reason, having greater power of re-
sistance, the wearer is at once made aware
of the pressure on any particular part OF the
foot, and he instincfively throws them off,
when finer texture would delude him into
wearing them, until the gentle pressure pro-
duces corn. Firm, pliable leather, with
sufficient toe room, and to know "where the
shoe pinches," is the panacea for corns.-
London Free Press.