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The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1885-11-05

some munitions of war, and the Con
federacy might get the ammunition
from him. The idea took and, and a
telegram was sent to Governor Brown
Immediately. He replied at cnce
that the government could get the
powder and balls, if it would also
take the muskets and blankets that he
had purchased for the Georgia troops.
A message was sent requesting him to
state the number OF muskets. He re-
Piled 10000. The general said that
when this reply was received it pro-
duced CONSERVATION in the camp.
Nobody could imagine what the Con-
federacy wanted with as many as 3o,-
900 muskets. No such number of
men would ever be put in the field
the South would secede quietly, and
all the guns would be left on hand to
represent the folly OF the purchase.
Ii was useless to talk about accepting
such proposition, and this decision
was about to be telegraphed to Gov
ernor Brown, when some one remind
ed the assembled chiefs that Cover
nor Brown appeared to be the only
man in the South who had the pow
der, and even if it was foolish and
extravaeant to buy SO many guns, it
was evidently necessary at the pres
ent stage Of the proceedings. The
force Of this observation was quickly
recognized and the offer was re-
luctantly accepted. The general re-
lated this circumstance to show what
little preparations for war had been
made by the South, and how little
even the most prominent actors in the
bloody scenes that followed believed
tnat war would be the result OF seces
sion.
The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1885-11-05
MONTANA ITEMS.

Great Falls has a new roller process,
Touring mill.
The journeyman tailors Of Butte
are making an effort to have the scale
OF prices paid them RAISED.
Hunters Hot Springs have been
eased tor the winter TO Wn. Officer
DR. Hunter and his family will proo-
ably 90 South for the winter
At a meeting of Northern Pacific
directors, in New York CITY, on the
e2i ult, they confirmed the sale OF
So,o acres of land to an American
syndicate at about 81 per acre.
Gov. Hauser has pardonci young
Magee, of Silver Bow couAty. who
killed Charles Studer, one nigat last
fall, because he believed him guilty vi
Criminal intimacy with las motaer.
Magee was sen ,enced TO serve on year
1t Deer Lul sc. tor mansiaughtcr.
In his charge To the BJul Ter grand
jury Judge Hdic dirrctc.l special
a,lcniiJn Ia tic laYs asain,t carry na
concealed weapons, a.a.Ist i,eGni.t.H,
minors To enter gambling houscs, re
Atine 10 unlawful interference with
The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1885-11-05

Before the war camels were inn ported
from Egypt To New Mexico and Ari-
zona by the war department, which
intended to employ them in the SER
vice of the army in the western deserts.
The experiment proved failure and
the cimels were turned loose ON the
stony wastes To shift for themselves.
ihey have multiplied in the last
twenty-five years and now wild herds
of hundred camels roam through
the CHA valley. Hunters chase them
for sport, and many u backwoodsman
has IA family camel tied up in front Of
his cabin. Some of the menayrrics
send quietly out to Arizona for their
camel,, Instead Of bnying them Of the
kh.dive Of Egypt, as they claim to.
rie future of the Arizona camel is u
problem. lie will probably be- used to
plow up the desert.
The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1885-11-05

Hon. James Fergus, in II communi.
cation to the Avant Courier, thanking
the oditor for his defense in behalf of
free speech, referring to his address
before the Old Saltlers' Association)
among other things says:
You write Of my cOmll,ativeness be-
ing stirred up. am aware that harsh
treatment has its influence Oh the hu-
man as well as On the animal, and that
the cruel treatment received from u
scotch Presbyterian father in my
infancy soured my temper. made me
often wish l were dead, and ponder
why l was ever born. But the kind
and generous treatment received from
all Glasses since has s,Iftened my dis
position, and together with old age,
made me look more kindly on the
whole hu'pap famiiy-; SO that what |
wrote was hot written u.lder the infiu.
ence Of the organ of cOmibativeness,
but simply for the purpose of telling
the truth, AS l understand it, IN my
own way. Whatever feelings l have
for religious friends are those of sOr-
row, not Of anger /; sorrow that many
well educated men and women should
hold on to the old myths and supersti-
tiuns, some because IL was part Of their
education, others because it is popular
or would affect their business.
Again, | have no pride of opinion
about my religious beliefs, and no de-
sire to appear in print in their behalf,
tor when We think Of the millions
upon millions that have lived and
passed away, of the millions that now
exist, and vi the millions upon millions
that are To come. and how few names
IN all the past have come down to us,
We may well exclainI that Fame is hut
AN empty bubble" Al best il leaves
but Il name behind, a combination Of u
few letters. "rne ashes of Caesar
could not be- distinguished from those
Of his meanest soldier My ..ilv am
bition is if possible to leave the human
family no worse than | found it.
Your Friend,
JAMES FERGUS.
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Reverend Doctor Hanson, Of Chi
cago. lecture'l recently at Chaltauqua.
his subject beng "Foo.s." Reverned
Doctor Vincent, who is somewhat Of a
wa, introduced h IN as follows: "We
are now to have a lecture ON fools, by
oyc- long pause and loud laughter
of the wIsest mea IN the countft.
The lecturer advanced to the 'tesk
and responded As follows: II am nut
halt So biz a fool as Doctor Vincent
-[iong pause and loud laughter -
would have YOU suppose" - Boston
Traveller.
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Sen.incnsalmism Taken Out.
f.ixant Courief.l

Secretary Lamar takes the position
that the citizens uf the Territories are
not suitable persons to appoint To ln-
dian agencies, becar,e they are preju-
diced agains tine Indians. The emf
nent secretary, perhaps, overlooks the
fact that the result Is substantially tho
same whether he appoints AN Eastern
or "A Western man. Any Eastern man
of character will have twO-thirds Of the
,entanentalisn taken out of him in
one weeks solourn among the Indi-
ans. and will of necessity toe compelled
Ia study Indian character "a year or
two to KNOW how To comprehend and
max" the most uf II. In this respect.
hy reason u: their long and intimate
ku,x.,dsc nf lndan lite and character.
tu. residents, uf the Territories have
l.;'--...,iiient advantages over the best
'ui'rlne'i and bes, Wishing residents Ut
ti.y El.t.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-08-13
Business in Maine.

Inc Maine correspondent of the Boston
journal reviews the condition of business in
this State as follows: Cotton manufacturers
say that this year Is the hardest one they have
experienced. the prices OF manufactured goods
ruling lower than ever before, yet there is
a smaller amount of manufactured goods on
hand now than a year ago and a further effort
will be made to get rid of the surplus by some
OF the mills shutting down next MONTH The
wooden business IS in better condition than last
Year. The mills of this State are largely en-
poyed upon epecialities, and this summer have
observed perceptible quickening in the mar
ket that Indicates better prices in the future.
j he shoe business Is very good. As the manu-
facturers work wholly upon orders no extra
stocks are carried over from year to wear, and
The business Is one OF the most stable carried
on III Maine. Last year strikes occurred in
some places in the State among shoe factory
help, but this season has been free from any
such disturbing influence. The manufacture
OF scythes and edge tools is in IA very hard con-
ditlon. with little prospect of its becoming any
better, because of The active competition
among the manufacturers OF The country
The lumber business is perhaps a little better
than last year, the demand for spruce and
hemlock being quicker and prices somew what
more favorable, by reason of freights having
been reduced from last year. A larger amount
OF second growth pine than usual is in the
hands of manufacturers, with but a light de
mand for the same. There will probably be
about the same amount of tonnage built in the
shlpyard> of the State this wear as last Prices
however, are Il little closer, but materials are
somewhat lower, and the margin Of profit re-
mains about the same. There will be no re-
vlval of ship building till something occurs to
advance frelghts. Grain shipments from the
Pacific coast are said to be somew what more
sal iStactOrV iron than in unIS
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-08-13

Mirth and cheerfulness are but the due re-
ward of innocence of life. [Sr Thomas Moore.
The innocence of the intention abates moth
inc of the mischief of the example. Robert
Hall.
The faWning, sncakng and tlattering hypo-
crte, that will do or be anything for his own
advantage. [Stillingtleet.
There is nothing 50 sweet as duty. and all
the best pleasures of life come in the wake of
duties done. Jean lngelow.
On the diffusion of education among the peo-
pie rests the pre>crN alton and perpetuaiion of
our free institutions. Daniel Webster.
Ideness i, Il constant sin. and labor is a duty.
ldicnes> is but the devils home for temptation
and Improbable, distracted musings. Baxter.
Whatever makes the past or the future pre-
dominate over the present. eXats Us in the
scale of thinking beings. DE- Samuel john
son.
Things look dim TO old folks; they need have
some young eyes about EN- to lei 'em know the
worlds the same as it used 10 be. iGeorge
Eliot.
There is a beautiful moral feeling connected
with everything III rural life. which is mol
dreamed of in the philosophy of the city. Long
fellow.
The devil, when he would enirap caution,
person, assumes an angel form till he carries
his point, when the cloyen foot appears. Ger
Vantes.
There can be 10 surer way to success thar
by dsclaiming all confidence in ourselves. ant
referring all things to God with an implicit af
tiance. fAtterbury.
Every man who rises above the common leve
! receives two educations. The first from hi,
instructors, the second, the most personal ant
important, from himself. lGibbon.
II always grieves me to contemplate the mi
/ tation of children into the WAYS of life whcl
they are scarcely more than infants. Ii cheek.
their confidence and simplicity. two of The best
qualities that Heaven gives them. and demands
| that they share our sorrow before they are
capable OF entering into our cnjpyments Dick
ems.
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Daisies.
BY MARGARET f. SANGsTER.

BY MARGARET T. SANGSTER.
Ripping and tossing at every breath
OF the random zephyr that passes by,
The daisies sway like sea beneath
The deep blue vault of the cloud tlecked sky
Over the pillows of gold and white
Flicker the shadows and falls the light.
There's never daisy in all the host
Was here in the summers of long ago.
And still the fancy which charms us most
Is haunting whisper, sweet aud iow,
Stirring our hearts with its tender strain,
Here are the daisies back again.
The same dear daisies we used to Gull
When hands We're tiny and hearts were gay
Gathering them till our laps were full.
Many and many summer day,
Softly repeating a magic rune,
bringing the petals to time the tune.
Ana here, in the midst of the white and gold
Old as Eden. yet ever new.
Is the same sweet story of gladness told
Under the sky 50 wide and blue.
Her face on the daisies shyly bent,
His eyes on her with a proud content.
There may be. far from this hu>hed retreat
Din and tumult and sordid care;
Somewhere, perhaps. j, the drums harsh beat
And woman kneeiing in fearful prayer;
There is only peace where TO and fro
In the silent meadow the daisies blow.
There are always dreams in this tolsome
world.
Pure rs heaven and true as God.
W no SENDS u> daWns with the dews impaired
AMI >cattcr> the glory Of bloom abroad.
May the story that's ever both old and new
For the lovers here be a dream come true.
Harper's Bazaar.
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Uncle ,Siah,s Lament.

This vale O. mis'ry's ben my hum
Fur over sixty year;
An seems ter me things never wuZ
- So 'tarnal out O gear.
Ye hear o. sich disasters naow,
An sich grist O crimes
1t never warn't like ter this
In them ole fashund times.
Aour polytiX hes cum ter be
A nasty kinder mess;
The scrap NV honor left in trade
Is growin' less am less.
The bosses cheet, the servants steel,
Men seem ter think it's rite
Ter take jist all tibet they kin grab,
An then ter take thar flite.
The people lined the churches oncet,
Fur tibet they'd pious harris;
But naow it's oftin jist ter hide
Thar wicked aims an arts.
One half the preachers isn't sound
In doctrine an belief,
An longs they're paid, the growth o. sin
Don't seem ter Civ 'em greet.
Folks ulster think the nupshil tie
WuZ like band O. steel;
But naowerdays it's rottin TIRED,
An them thet's merried feel
Tibet eff they hev Il leetle snarl
They'll try Their law, Nv coarse,
An ack like fools thet's all puzzest
In gittin' divorce.
Thar's allus sum big scandal naow
Afloatin' threw the land,
An vice an seltiShness hev got
Al raound the upper hand.
'Twan't no SIGH thing when wuz young
The world went ruther slow
But goin' fast an goin' bad
Amt no rite way ter 90.
Thar's got ter be rousin up
Wv vartue fur an near.
Or else this country can't git on
Another sixty year.
Brooklyn Eagle
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-08-13

The New York Prohibitionists appear to be
out openly as allies of the Democracy The
Chairman of their Executive Committee says
1T will do the Republican party no good to
put prohibition plank in its platform this
year, for we shall not believe it; and it will do
the Republican party no good to nominate as
candidates for the Legislature men who will
support the prohlbitory amendment. as we
shall not vote for them" This is equivalent to
saying that what the leaders, at least, in this
movement desire is not to elect men who be-
leve in temperance or even 10 prohibition, but
to defeat Republican candidates. This policy
would elect whisky-soaked, lquor-selling Dem
ocrats in preference to temperance Republi-
vote as they lke-in the North, at all events
but it is a mockery to urge such a movement
as this in the interest Of moral reform [Bos-
ton Journal
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A BOYS Estimate Of his Mothers Work,

My mother gets me up, builds the fire, ant
gets my breakfast and sends me off," said
bright youth.
"Then she gets my father mp, and gets hi,
breakfast and sends him off. Then she gives
the other children their breakfast and send.
them to school; and then she and the baby have
their breakfast
How old is the baby?" asked the reporter
''Oh, she is most two, but she can talk ant
walk well as any of u.s.
care you well paid -
81 get s. week, and father gets 81 day.
''llow much does your mother get -
With Il bewildered look the boy said Mother
why, she don't work for anybody"
Il thought you said she worked for all OF
YOU
"oh, yes, for US she does; but there amt nc
money into it,"
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The Broncho.

A broncho is a horse. He has four legs like
the saw horse, but is decidedly more skittsh.
The hroncho is of gentle department and mod
est mein, but there isn't "A real safe place about
him. There is nothing mean alb out the broncho
though. He is perfectly reasonable and acts on
principle. All that he asks is to be let alone,
but he does ask this, and even insists on it. He
Is firm IN this matter, and no kind of argument
can shake his determination. There is a br0n-
cho that lives out some mites from the city.
We know him right well. one day man rop-
ed him and tried to put "A saddle on him. The
hroucho looked sadly at him. shook his head
and begged the fellow AS plain could be to
90 away and not try to interfere witt. a brOncho
who was simply engaged in the pursuit of his
own happiness, but the man came on with the
saddle, and continued to agrees: Then the
bronche reached out with his right hind foot
and eXpostulated with him SO that he died
/ When thoroughly aroused the broncho is fatal
| and II you can get close enough TO examine his
cranial structure you will find cavity just
above the eye where the bump of remorse
| should be.
The broncho is what the cowboys call ''hgl
strung" If you want to know just how hiel
he is strung, climb up on to his apex. We rode
Il broncho once. We didn't travel far, but the
ride was mighty eXhilarating while it lasted
We got on with great pomp and IA derrick, hui
we went to get off. The beast evinced consd
cradle surprise when we took up our location
upon his dorsal lin. He seemed to think a mo-
ment, and then he gathered up his loins and de
/ llvered volley of heels and hardware straight
out from the shoulder. The recoil was fearful
We saw that our seat was going to be contest
ed, and we began to make motion TO dis
| mount, but the beast had got under way by thi.
time, we breathed silent hymn and tight
| ened our grip. He now went off into a spasn
of tall, stitf-legged bucks. He pitched us Sc
high that every time we started down we would
meet him coming on another trip. Finally be
gave US one grand farewell boost, and we clov,
the armament and split up through the husheC
ethereal until our toes ached from the lownes
! of the temperature and we could distinct,
hear the music of the spheres. Then we cam,
down and fell. in little heap, about one hun
dred yards from tie starting point. A kline
samaritan gathered up our remains in ciga
box and carried Us to the hospital. As the,
/ looked pityingly at us the attending surgeon
marNelled as to the nature of our mshap. ON
said it was a cyclone, another said it was Il rail
road smash up; but we thought of the calico
hided pony that was grazing peacefully in TIN
dewy mead and held our peace. santa Fl
/ Dtmotrat
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20 Mai" St. 20
Belfast, July 6, lSS5.-2m2s
FREE10M ACADEMY:


VHE FALL TERM OF THIS INSTITUTION
will open MONDAY, AUGUST 3lst,
and continue ten weeks under the instruction OF
the following teachers Prince 4. Luce, Prin.,
teacher of Higher Eng. Adv. Mathematics, Latin
and Natural sciences. Miss Jennie p Flood, A. NJ,
let Assistant, teacher of History, Eng Literature
Rhetoric, French and Grammar. Mrs. p. H. Luce,
~ Assistant teacher Of all common Eng. branches
Tuition ranges from $3.50 to $3.50 per term, and
board hom 81 so to $3.50 per week GOOD con
veniencrs for selfboarr!ing at 25c. per week. This
presenting three courses of study, Normal. ACade
mic and College Preparatory, in each of which
thorough systematic instruction is given hy expert
tnccd teachers amt thorough systematic work is re-
quire of all students. Special attention given to
those wishing lit themselves fuf teachers. Any
students not Wishing to take the prescribed course
may select and pursue such studies as they may
committee. No students taken tor less than tuH
term tuition, unless by consent of the executive
committee No better school advantages at SO small
expense can be found in the state. The main study
room is lifted with patent iron standard desks and
chairs newly ShChdcCd and varni.h"i and is capt.
hlt of seating 50 students The room ha, been pa
ptrGd and painted, inside blinds fitted to the Win
0oWs and mating the isles, thus making pleas
ant place to study could he desired. An reel
tations are conducted in recitation rooms above
Ihc total expense for term at this School, inc uH
ing board, tuition, books. &c. Will not exceed $40
or $50. Many students hOard themselves at great
reduction in expense. send for catalogue contain
Ing cour7e- of study, rules, regulations, Nc. Adj
dress the Principal Vrany mcmhcr OF the executive
committee
DIR 4. J. BILLINGS, r,..,,,,;..,
EDMUND \. FULLER, rtNrrn;tNt
DAVID b. JOHNSON, N'''''''''o'
Freedom, \ ti.r. D. l~S5.-}1
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Listen to Your Wife.

The Manchester GUARDIAN, June Sth, 1883, says:
At one of the
Windows"
Looking on the woodland ways! With clumps
of rho.lodendroms and great masses of May
blossoms!!! "There was an interesting group
1t included one who had been Cotton
spinner but was now so
ParaIyzed.!
That he could only bear to lie in Il reclining
position.
This refers to my case
was Attacked twelve Years ago with "Lo-
comoter Ataxy"
"a ayc disease of nerve fibre rarely ever curcd
aud was for several years barely able to get
about.
And for the last Five years not able to attend
to my business although
Many things have been done for me.
The last experiment being Nerve stretching.
IWn years ago was voted into the
Home for lncurables, Near Manchester, in
May 1882.
! am no ''Adv0catp''; "For ANYTHING IN the
shape Of patent Medicines:
And made many objections to my dear wife's
, constant urging to try Hop Btters, but finally
to pacify her
/ Consented,
| ] Had not quite finished the first bottle when
| | felt a change come over me. This was Satur-
day, November 30. On Sunday morning | felt
50 strong / said to my room companions, Il
was sure could
',Walk!
50 started across the floor and back.
! | hardly knew how to contain myself. was all
over the house. ! am gaining strength each day
ami can walk quite safe without any
Or support.
/ | now at nv own house and hone soon % boz
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Spray from Old Orchard Beach,

a young gentleman from Portland visited the
beach yesterday, and partook so heartily of
steamed clans and other decacies that he spent
The entire evening in giving vent to the most
dolefui bowls and groans of pain We will not
give his name, but his initials are 7. B. NJ.
SIS she married?'' is the general question put
by strangers. The lady referred to is staying
at the Old Orchard House, and We're she on !,
throne would drive twice AS many to destruc-
lion, as did the lovely and unfortunate Scottish
queen, whom she resembles in form and feat
ure.
One of the premalurely bald headed boarders
at the Old Orchard House sported a pair of
eye Protectors yesterday morning during the
log. Some of his friends quiZZcallv inquired
the reason. He galantly replied that it was
as protection from the bright eyes of the
lovely creatures who throng the hotel. Some
OF them have eyes as Byron describes:
"Now brightly bold, now beautifully sly"
A married man at hotel on the beach, has
been deserted for a few days by his family
Slowly and sentmentally walking along the
moist fringe of the sand during the bright
moonlight nights of last week, he broke forth
into the following eXtemrore:
"Oh, my earliest love, (hic) who, ere numbered
Ten short summers, made my bosom thrill;
VIII swallow, or a swift-(hic) or some bird
Fly to her, and say love her stli?"
MT. EDWARDS, VINO manages the Ferry Park
pavilion, noticed man last evening standing
on the beach with his hands behind him, ap-
parently much engaged with something going
on out at sea- AS he still stood there at the
expiration of half an hour, Mr.. Edwards in.
terviewed him. 'What do you see which in
terests you sop he asked. 81 am watching
that fellow trying to light that lamp in the
light house. He has struck twenty matches
and they have all gone back CD him." He bad
been looking at the revolving light on Wood
Island. Rambler.