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The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1886-05-06

jeff Davis, minus his hoop skirt and
white pantaets, has been making "A
iour of the South and shooting of his
mouth in hewailnent of the lost cause.
The old fossil should he cmbalmed and
placed in the archives of the defunct
confederacy
The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1886-05-06

secretary Lamar having ruled that
all fences must be removed from
school lands in this territory, the INDIE
pendent says it will cause weeping and
wailing and gnashing Of teeth among
the many who have enclosed much
lands for cultivation or to retain them
As ranges.
The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1886-05-06

;. +. Meyers, the American cham
pion runner, defeated W. G. George,
The champion Of England, in Madison
square Garden, New York, last week
Distance, 1000 yards. Meyers, won
casilv
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With strikes and tornadoes stirring
up things throughout the East, Mon
lana seems tolerably decent region IN
which to live.
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$4,000 REWARD!

Strayei from my ranch. about March
18th, issij, one team of bay horses. ) and :.
years old; weight. about l 900 pounds each;
both have white stripe in face and white
hind feet. One branded l. |. and the other
l.. both ON left shoulder
Also one brown horse, q years old
weight, $50 pounds; white stripe in face
and both hind icrt and one front foot
white; j. slightly saddle marked End brand
ed l. an left shoulder.
FORTY DOLLARS REWARD
will be paid for their return to my ranch
or for Information that leads To their re-
coyery.
FRANK Il. SroDDARD,
FoEr MAGISNIs, NJ. +.
The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1886-05-06

Natural gas ha, been discovered in
Dakota.
The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1886-05-06

1t is claimed tie Knights of Labor
are losing confidence in Mr.. Powderiy.
No doubt that gentleman .rech>-,-es q
1hr li>,r,,-t Ik
The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1886-05-06
Spectacles and Eye Glasses

In large variety, comprising Double Con-
vex, Brazilian and Periscopic LENSES just
received n;
4. BoIs-OSNEsrLTs.
The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1886-05-06
FORT MAG,NNiS NEWS.
Mr.. Mcnamara * expected home next

Mr. Mcnamara is expected home next
week.
Religious services are held every Sunday
at the post library.
Mrs. NJ. :. Stone has returned from her
visit at Lewistown.
Capt. Maize is expecting his little son
from TT. Assinniboine.
The field targets are being repaired and
practice will soon begin.
\ celebrated case. in which many wero
interested, is reported convacscent
Mr.. Wm. Meyers, of the post traders
store, arrived mt the garrison with his bride
on Monday, the Sd inst.
The garrison gardens are all planted. We
had radishes large enough for the table
about the LIST of May last year.
Freight for the post will be received via
Custer station during the summer. thus de
priving the young officers Of Rocky poin,
details.
Hospital steward Miller has gone to
Washington in charge of an insane patient
- -ls 9S,it~h to the government insane
<tSrumored that Il system of water
T~6fks has been approved for Fit. Maginnis,
which is 1T present practically without Ia
ciites for distinguishing fires.
Have you noticed the improvements
about our garrison? Young Maple trees
along officers row; cvergreens in the front
yards, and paint on the buildings.
DIR. W. w. Gray. our new post surgeon,
lately from Governors Island, New York
harbor, has entered upon his duties, and
viii, we trust, find this "a pleasant station.
Dr. Woodruff and family left the garrison
on Monday, the I'd inst. for Fl. Missoula.
DIR. and Mrs. Woodruff carried with them
the best wishes OF their many warm friends
in the post and vicinity.
The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1886-05-06

Mrs. Wendell Phillips j. dead She
had been an invalid for Il number Of
years
The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1886-05-06

Geronimo - again on the war-path.
numbering settlers in Arlzuna and New
Mexico. Where is Paddy Miles,
The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1886-05-06

The Panama canal scheme has al
feady cost SlGUNo,uUO, and s2iooOo.-
ta0 vill t." needed Ia complete it.
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TIE ei5.T HOUR MOVEMENT.

WOv6s3CRs.
For months II has been known that
on the first day Of May considerable
number Of working men throughout
the east ,represe niins the various trades,
would make Il demand for eight hours
of labor to constitute days work.
But We hardly believe that such de-
manl and strike n now prevails
throughout the east was anticipated.
In every large city men are striking
for a change in the hours OF labor. In
some instances the demand il Just and
reasonable, in others decidedly the
reverse. Some have asked for eight
hours work with corresponding reduc-
ton ia wages, while others demand ten
hour- pay FOR eight houfs Of labor.
There is u great difference in the
character of the labor performed in
the manufactures Of large cities, also.
IN the profits Of the business. Some
were operating ON IL small margin Of
profits and II required close figuring to
stem the THE of business DEPRESSION
and when the demand came upon
them Cor reduced hours ut former
prices, there was only one thing to do,
close down their works until the de-
mand for ;hei: goods would enable
them to meet this new condition Of
things. In few trades the demand
has been conceded, in others compro-
misses were made on nine hours. As n
general thing. however, the demand
,4.'s~zi,ees 'laily. ggfused, and there may
~.,ss-er5ro en- are idle, on TIC Streets
and in the saloons, and great percent
age of these will remain idle during the
summer. business is greatly depressed
IN the Eat and with this new element
of danger, idle men, one may well
inquire. whittier are we drifting
There is no question but the condi-
ton of lahorlng men should be i'm
proved, and his burdens lessencd rs
much rs possible. but the eight hour
system Is something that cannot he
brought about in day. 1t should
have been approached cautiously, in IA
conriliatory spirit; achieving little at
II time until the goal was attained.
Especially should the strike been
avoided during IL period of financial
depression when, in some instances,
prorrietors kept their works in opera
ton for the purpose of giving them
employment. As usual, the man who
works for his daily bread will be the
sufferer. The operator has bank
account and can stand the strain " -
out "a murmur. \ good cause ~ Isl
defeated by ill-iimed and unwise-1
The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1886-05-06

The Chicago < Northwestern railroad
:. looking with anxious eyes toward
Montana
The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1886-05-06

samuel J. Til,irn i reported (, have
made II jnHnuut Of II Lake superior
ron mime.
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The Townsend Road Contract.

At special meeting OF the county com
missioners held on the 29th ult., the only
business OF Importance transacted was the
letting Of the contract for the improve
ment of the Townsend road. The CON
tract WAS awarded to W. +. Tierncy * Co.
for 81 200. The other bids were as fol-
lows:
q. w. Robinson, bid on hill below
Hlr hou~e....-..--.-.............. 40 w
Brick n Mcpougal, whole road.... 300 90
BcarF x Panky - 800. $500 90
Upton II Fowler, portion ........... 40 90
The commissioners in having the Town
send road put in the best oi condition de-
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The 3%li,,eral argus

MAIDEN. THURSDAY, May 6. lssc
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FELL & vscomss. stiicrs & prcprieicrs
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-07-29

The only means of which we can con
teive with human power for the preven-
ton, or at best the rendering less fire.
quent, of cyclones, is in the covering of
the face of the country as much as pos
sible with trees and verdure. Let there
be ascending moisture instead of ascend
ing currents of heated air. In the great
timbered valleys of the Amazon cyclones
are unknown; yet when we look at
the formation of the land, it is probably
one of the most monotonously level
regions on the face of the earth. In the
vast area drained by the Amazon and its
tributaries might be packed the whole
United States and not one of its boun-
daries would anywhere be touched.
Seen from any of the eastern spires OF
the Andes, this whole region is sea of
verdure. The boundless and unbroken
forests give it the appearance of an il
limltable meadow. From the grassy
steppes of Venezuela to the treeless pampas
of Buenos Ayres expands this sea OF
vendure. In it we might at almost any
point draw circle of eleven hundred
miles in diameter, within which all
would be an unbroken evergreen forest.
And so matted, corded, and festooned
with vines are all the trees of this forest,
and such is the exuberance of the under.
growth, that ''macheta" must be used
with which to hew way into the wall
of vegetation the moment the voyager or
one of the rivers puts foot ashore from
his canoe Such is the steaming moisture
within these great forests that salt soor
becomes brine, the best refined sugar
becomes syrup, epson salts and many
other kinds of medicine deliquesce, and
the best gunpowder becomes liquid in t
few days, even when inclosed in
canister. Take away the forests anc
verdure, and leave this region-a vas
desert plain, and it would no doubt a
once become very play ground o
| cyclones
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Patriotism and Rum,

A gentleman who has been looking up
the early history of Albany assures me
that patriotism and rum were about the
same those days as at the present time.
At the time of Washington's prospective
visit to Albany, he was to be entertained
at a hotel standing on the corner Of
Beaver and Green streets. Great prcpar-
ations were made for the occasion, and a
gentleman was delegated to deliver the
welcome address. How long he labored
in writing out his remarks, history does
not state. 1t intimatcs, however, that
the orator "enthuscd" to q considerable
extent, and when the distinguished guest
arrived was in condition that untitled
him to perform his delegated office. In
modern pariance he was "knocked out, )"
and his essay, burning with cloquence
and patriotism, was read by a substitute,
and Washington never knew the differ
ence. "Thosc were great days" contin-
ued our historic friend. "Why, the price
of beer at the present time would buy
enough rum to keep maa drunk for a
week. ."-AbdRy ArJus.
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Marine Monsters Fighting.

The crew of the British ship Humboldt
from Rio de Janeiro for New Orleans
were witnesses of remarkable comba'
during their last voyage. The vesse
was plowing ahead off San Salvador;
Brazil, when the attention of officers ano
crew was attracted by a furious com
motion of the waters short distance
ahead As they neared the spot the.
saw that terrible combat was going or
between monsters of the deep. The SET
was lashed into seething foam. II
fairly boiled within circumference o.
1C0 yards. and myriads of mad white
caps floated away beyond this circle
Moving closely up and slowly down they
stopped to watch the battle. 1t was ore
to the death. Aswordfsh and thrashel
had attacked tremendous sperm whale
The strength, size and force were with
the broad backed sperm, which, wheeling
round and round as if working on
swivel, swung its huge tail with mighty
power. 1t would raise its IF aloft, c'eat
out of the water, blow spray through its
nostrils and make frantic efforts to an
hilate its foes; Tut science, skill and
manruvring were on the side of its ene-
ME-. The thrasher is supplied with
"sucker" that enables it to stick to what.
ever it attacks. The tactics adopted by
the pair were successful. The thrasher,
springing upon the back of the whale,
clung there, at the me time lashiug the
unfortunate creature with its Ia |, actually
whipping it to death. The great sea
animal, with its most gigantic efforts,
was not able to cast it off There it
held and lashed, while the swordfsh
drove his sword tine after time into the
side of their big antagonist. Tie waters
were dyed with the blood of the leviathan,
and in the course of short time he had
su cumhed to the effects of the b atino
and the >tabbing, and foated on the ae
lifeless mass.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-07-29
A Losing Business.

There are hundreds of small cigar
factories where one man is employed,
and, Notwithstanding that they generally
lose money, their seems to be no decrease
in their numbers. A cigarmaker who is
earning $12a week and has managed to
saSe little money, starts out for him
self. He buys tobacco by the pound,
and pays handsome price for it, too;
he makes the cigars, his wife helps him,
while his children strip. He does not
pay factory rent, nor for packing, strip
ing, the large expense of labels, insur-
ance, and lithograph advertising, which
amounts to good deal, costing a large
manufacturer from S., 900 to $40, 900.
This small manufacturer sells his cigars
on the basis of cash actually expended,
not counting in his labor, worth $l2 per
week, beside the other incidentals. The
result is that in short while his money
is all gone and he returns to his bench.
This is the result in ninty-fvc cases out
of one hundred. These small shops arc
known in the tobacco trade as "buck.
eyes. - Chicago Tribune.
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Beautiful Australian Caves.

Anumber of large and beautiful sta.
lactitc caverns have en- discovered near
Queensland, Australia. In one, the
walls, according 10 an exploring party,
were beautifully white while the stalac-
tites and stalagmites joined in exquisite
tracery, reminding them of Chinese
carved ivory. Another, fifty feet by
thirty feet, with plain walls broken only
by inches, and meeting in a vaulted roof
of immense height, they called the ca
thedrd In some of the dark passages
their candles were extinguished by the
host of bats. From others they de-
SC nled sixty feet into lowe caverns, but
everywhere the ground sounded hollow
beneath their feet, so that the whole
mountail appears to be travered by sub
terranean passages and caves in every di-
rectlon excavated in the limestone rock
by the action of hot springs.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-07-29
SleeDing in Church,

A physician who was aske d for rea-
sons why people became drowsy in church
and if there was any remedy for chronic
cases, said that the drowsy feeling in
church was often due to bad construction,
to over heating and to the general quitet
and composing surroundings. 81 have
often" said he, "advised patients of
mine who are troubled with insomnia to
try quiet church were the preacher was
not too energetic in his manner, and in
most cases the result has been gratifying.
The poor man who has become almost
wild through want of sleep generally
obtains relief and falls off into a gentle
and refreshing slumber. Many people
suffering in this way take a ride in
railroad train for relief and often get it,
but nothing has succeeded so well as the
Sunday morning service in quiet church.
If those people, however, do not need to
sleep in church and do not want to would
drink very strong tea or coffee before 60
ing to church, they might find it effec-
tive, but by no means healthy. Why do
you see the baldheads nodding most
in church, Because the old are more sus-
ceptblc to the influence of such sur
roundings. The women seldom go to
sleep, because they are so dressed that
to sleep would be almost impossible. If
the men would lace the themselves up
tight they might keep awake, too but,
in the words of General Knickbocker,
'they cawn't do it, you know
PHILADELPHIA Record
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Rather an Old Game for Fast Riders.

"We don't have much time for play
out on the road," said railway mail
clerk, ''but we are little stuck on base
ball, and we manage to carry whole
nine with us. There's the catcher there
the iron thing that catches the bags
from the crane as we 60 by at the rate of
fifty miles an hour-and it has to stop
some hot ones, too. The man that
throws the bags off we call the pitcher,
and he is up on all of the curves, drops
and twists. The mail carriers who pick
up the bags on the fly and hustle them
to the postoffice are our fielders. The
man who takes care of the bags and gets
them ready for the local station is called
the short stop In every railway mail car
in this country. Our letter case clerks
are called the basemen, because they are
continually passing letters from one to
the other. Whenever one helps another
decipher bad address he is given credit
for an assist and if a man fails to
handle one of the tough ones and some
body else can do it for him we give the
second man credit for put out Our
basemen are deadly throwers, let me tell
you. On our line are nine important
postoffices, and we call each one an in
ming. We are always in dread of our
error column, for all of our errors are
carefully scored against us in the super
intcndcnt's office. If we make too many
errors we 60 into the captains office some
fine day and find that our names have
been Struck out from the pay roll.
That's a part of the game that isn't fun
n.y. Chicago Herald.
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EnIarQed Hearts.

Why does the heart sometimes be-
come enlarged 2
For the same reason that the muscles
of the blacksmith's arm become enlarged
--unwonted work, that increases the
blood-supply and the power to assimilate
nourishment. In one case of the dis
ease, an enlarged heart weighed nearly
three pounds-the common weight being
rather less than three quarters of pound.
What is the cause of the hearts undue
action2
Some obstacle to the circulation which
compels the heart TO work harder to pro-
pei the blood. A small increase in the
force of each heart beat involves i'm.
mense additional work.
What are the causes Of the obstruc
ton
The following are the most common
% Disease may have narrowed some
one or more of the heart valves, so that
the heart has to force the blood through
smaller opening-in extreme cases not
larger than the diameter of quill.
(2) A valve may have become so
affected that it leaks, and the contraction
forces the blood backward as well as
forward, the backward flow thus dis
tending the rear cavity, which is mean,
while filling from the valve in the other
end. The latter cavity must do extra
work to propel the superiluous blood.
(3) A certain condition of the lungs,
or of the arteries leading to them, may
constitute the obstruction.
az Distractions may be due tc
tumors, or to aneurisms, pressing against
large artery.
(5) The obstruction may be due to .
roughening eff the internal surfaces of the
arteries-a condition not uncommon in
old age.
(6) Bright's disease is apt to be fol.
lowed by cardiac enlargement. How il
comes about Is not certainly known.
(7) Such enlargement may be due tc
over-physical exertion. All long con.
tinued muscular strain results in it, as
in case of soldiers from long forced
marches. Boating and some other priz,
contests are frequent source of enlarge
ment.
Enlargement of the heart is not il
itself an immediate evil 1t is that by
which nature overcomes a serious OBJ
STAGE. But the enlargement tends to &C
on increasing, until it results in dila
tion and thinning, at some weak point, o.
tie walls of the heart, in which case som'
slight extra exertion or excitement may
cause fatal rupture. Youths Com
pahion.
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PRICE THREE CENTS.
A Kings Private Circus.

Among the follics of Bavarias late
king not generally known was the erec-
tion of circus on the first floor of the
royal palace at Munich. The ceiling was
made to initiate the skies at night time,
with the moon and stars lit up from be-
hind by electric lights. On the walls
were series Of colored frescoes, repre-
senting various country scenes, including
an Italian capanna, French auberge and
Swiss chalet. The monarch and his
guests, twenty in number, first went to
the theatre; they then returned to the
palace and supped. About . in the
morning tho king ordered his favorite
charger, and mounting, invited his
friends to follow him. Their horses
were brought up, and as soon as they
were all in the saddle, his majesty rode
off into the circus. The royal party gall
loped round the ring several times; the
king stopped, descended, and tapped at
the door of the capanna. Suddenly the
door opened as if by magic, and crowd
of persons emerged from it. They were
dressed in the different country costumes
of Italy, and bore baskets of fruit, cake
and wine, of which the guests partook.
During the repast an invisible choir sang
Italian airs, accompanied by brass
band. His majesty again mounted his
charger, and followed by his friends, rode
round the circus once more. He now
knocked at the door of the aubergc, and
French peasants came out with more
wine and eatables, which the poor guests,
already surfeited, were bound to con-
sumo rather than offend their eccentric
host. The musicians here executed ia.
vorite French songs. The same perform
ance was gone through at the chalet, and
then the king, at 4.30 IN the morning,
abruptly withdrew, leaving his compan-
ions moro dead than alive. MaH
Budget.
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Settling Old Scores.

Smith:-Robinson was looking fol
you to-day, Brown. He leaves for the
West tomorrow morning, where he in
tends to remain, and he wanted to col
lect that twenty-five dollars you owe
him.
Brownies, l saw him little while
ago. promised to forward him the
money next week.
Smith: In what part of the West does
he expect to settlef
Brown:-I don't know. didn't ask
him.-Life.
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Origin of Agriculture

NJ. Koth, before the British Anthro-
biological Society, gave it as his opinion
that agricul turc grew out of the lazness
of woman in primitive times, when it was
her duty TO collect vegetable food.
"They would cut off the useless parts OF
yams and similar tubers, and would grad
ually discover that the rejected parts
left on the ground produced new crops.
In like manner the sowing of seed might
have been learned by the accidental
scattering of seeds when the women were
bringing home food of the nature ol
grain.n