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The Mineral argus., 1886-02-25

Col. W. +. sanders, Of Monian,-,
nave Just returned from WASHINGTON
where ! find the sentiment for the ad.
mission of Montana and Dakota very
strong. 1t l. not 80 much of a partisan
question as it has been reprc.euieJ
clther. 1t l. assumption TO claim thai
There J. a comprc mise with "a uolitieaI
bias at the bottom of The deal Tho
question of population and material
resources of the territorial app,iraut.
enter more generally into the question
than has been generally admitted.
nov. liau-or and Delegate Toole of
Montana, with myself, regard Mon
tana', Prospects for Statehood a, nlIitr
promising. OF course Dakot, wnuld
he admitted I'll the same time n, Mon
tana. y to the pending legislation y.
To The forfeiture Of the Northern Plritic
itnd grant, can but -ay that il i, a
question for the courts rather ,han for
congress or Commissioner Sprak, To
determlne.->t. raul Globe.
The Mineral argus., 1886-02-25

a Helena correspondent Of the st.
Paul Globe writes as follows:
Tommy Cruise, the famous million
aire of Helena, who has resisted the
plercings of Cupid's darts for sixty odd
years, has at last succumbed to the
inevitable, and will set sail on the sea
OF matrimony the last of this month.
Uncle Tommy is AN Irishman by birth
ana has been a miner and prospector
for many years. In 1860 he discovered
lead twenty-six miles from Helena
and christened it Drum Lummon i'm
honor Of his birthplace on Erm's soil.
For twenty odd years he worked hi,
claim taking out gold enough to pay
expenses, until he was induced to name
price for his property by an English
syndicate. He fixed $1OO,OOO cash as
the value, and when the money wu.
rendered him, hesitated, declined and
demanded $2jO,UW. This was finally
rendered him. Again he refused and
placed the value at $JOO,UO, then
S1U,OOO, increasing $3.50, 900 at a iump.
and each proposition accepted 6y the
company and refused by Tommy. Al
last 81 ,6OO,OOO was offered and accented
ana the trade was scOnsumnated; SttW.-
OoO Of this was paid in cash and the
balance in stock. The shares were
worth at the Incorporation so. and
they are now rated on the market i'm
England at $50. Mrs. Cruise to bc is a
charming young lady Of "a and sister
OF Thomas IL. Carter, u leading lawyer
OF this place. Miss Carter is Of a pre-
possessing appearance and endowed
with the characteristics natural to a
lady of good breeding and education,
1t Is reported she will receive as a we'd
ding gift check for 500 900 from her
aged lover. The bridal couple after
The ceremony will enjoy u Journey
through the East and may possibly
visit the birthplace Of Mr.. Cruise in The
Did country. The young lady who is
soon to become u millionaire's wife.
las lived here nearly all her life, and
or several years has made her own
iv'ng hy dress-making. She says she
las had rather n hard time to make
Ter way in the world, and now that She
as an opportunity to become indie
Iendently wealthy and live q life of
'ase and comfort she is going to take
advantage of it. She will doubtless
make Il good wife for the aged magnatc
md take good care Of him in his last
lays. MIR. Cruse's income from his
mines Is said to be nearly half a mil.
lon II year.
The Mineral argus., 1886-02-25

All debts are payable in dollars. and
the first dollar known to the American
people was the silver coin of that name.
II contained 4l2! grains of pure silver
when 1t was first coined in 1885, and il
contains the same amount now-ro
more, no less. And there has not been
an hour since 1885. one hundred wears
ago. when these silver dollars were not
iiiil legal tender for all obligations.
Indeed, IT could not have been other
wise; for from 17s5 to 1919, period Of
sixty-fonr years, silver dollars were the
ohiy dollars IN existence. There is not
banker or bondf older in New York
or anywhere else who ever saw gold
dollar tll lsio, and there are probably
u,ooo,oo Of the people of this country
who never saw one at any time.
And yet people are told that they
are dishonest if they insist on paving
the enormous aggregat' Of debts they
owe the East" in these original stand
ard dollars and lawful silver coins.
they would violate no law in doing
this, nor would they violate any moral
obiigation. But the creditors do not
""e oiNti. boiu II worm ~ per cent
more, and, Of course, they would rather
have il; and because the West and
south, the debtor regions, claim their
lawful option, they are charged with
seeking to defraud the creditor class of
"ne-liflh their honest dues.
In point of fact, the case is lust the
reverse. The silver dollar is the real
par and gold is ~ per cent. premium.
because 1t has become comparatively
scarce; and when the creditor cl,,,
demand gold for the $1,000 600 Ws,
aggregate Indebtedness of the ,ountrv
they are simply demanding ~ per cent,
pr 81 l,2O0,UUOOO more than they arr,
Justly entitled to.
All the National debt, nineteen
lwentieths Of the State, county and
:iiy debts of the West and South and
hree-fourths of the railroad debts were
incurred when the currency green
ack> and National Bank notes. was 10
% 30 per cent. below the value of cold
'nd silver too. by the Resumption Of
pccie payment, in 1879, and the CON
equcnt appreciation of currency Ia
he par of silver. these debts were in
'reascd 10 la 30 per cent: and n. if
his were not enough to satisfy IN,
Icbtor classes, they now demand am
ther increase of 20 per cent. by hay
ng their claims paid in gold.-St. Loui,
The Mineral argus., 1886-02-25
Found the Fighting Editor In.

I'm Albuquerque editor who expected
u gang of lynchers to come for hin,
about the middle If the night. took
himself to the cellar, leaving pet
grizzly bear IN his place in bed. The
lynchers didn't bring any lights. hut
made a plucky attempt to get the bear
out and lynch it. but gave it up after
three of them had lost an eve apiece
two had suffered the loss Of thumb,
rhrwed oil, and the other six wer.
more or less deprived of skin. That
man now ha, II tremendous reputation
- a tighter, and the bear didn't mird
the Work one biz.
The Mineral argus., 1886-02-25
Overstocking the Range.
Bill Nye. !

Let me warn the amatr,Ir co,y,,,,
That IN the great grazing regions /, take.
II great many acres of grass 10 main
tam the adult steer in ailuence for
twelve months, and the great pastures
at The base of the mountain, are pretty
well tested. Moreover, believe thai
these great conventions of cattlemen
where free grass and easily acquired
fortunes are naturally advertised. will
tend to overstock the ranges at last.
and founder the goose that laws the
golden egg. This, of course. is none of
my business, hut if | didn't now and
then refer to matters that don't concern
me | would he regarded as reticent.
The Mineral argus., 1886-02-25
MONTANA ITEMS.

y""SS oiidiu opened court Al Mile
City on the 10Th.
The Vulcan mine. of Butte. was sol,
recently for $4,000.
Helena will have a population q
10000 inhabitants in two years.
The railroad to Rimini will possibl,
be completed by the 4th of July.
y. Leggatt, who was largely in
terested in Montana mines, died sud
denly at St. Louis.
Dr. Clutter, the pioneer doctor o.
Dillon, and member of Legislature
Tor Beaver Head, in 1888, Z. died re.
Gently from blood poisoning.
Anticipating the retrocession of the
reservation, the Crows are taking up
the choicest lands they can find all
over the reservation.
Northern Pacific coal mines at TIM
berllne will produce 1000 tons dav
as soon as the shaft opening the 800
and GOO foot levels is completed. The
production at present is between 900
and 500 tons.
W. ii. Oliver, of Birch creek, in this
county, came to what is now Montana
IN the year 1854. He was at Fort
Benton In that year at the time the
lirSt treaty was made with the Black
ieet Indians. Is there an older pioneer
IN Montana ?-Dillon Tribune.
The Benton Board of Trade have
forwarded a memorial to Delegate
Ioole in which it is claimed that the
amount recommended for the Mis-
sour above Bismarck is entirely mad
equate, and further hold that work
should commence at the head of ma Vi
CATION where permanent improvements
can be made.
Inc capital stock of $3.50, 900 of
the Montana Hot Springs company
has all been subscribed, and consists
mostly OF eastern capital. The North
ern Paclhc railroad is interested in the !
enterprise of the improvement and
of Hunters Hot Springs
TO the extent that as soon as the new
takes control of them
Inc railroad company will supply
guests for the hotel sufficient to make
t paying institution from the start.
t Enterprise.
Two Butte boys are Frightening
themselves for the competitive exam.
nation soon to take place at Helena
o determine what Montana boy is to
De sent this year as our cadet to West
'olnt. Slngularly enough they both ,
'ear the same name-Willie Tbomn-
on. They are both as bright boys as
he territory can produce and if one
i them does not get away with the {
ppolntment we greatly miss our guess. I
he examination will take place on a
he 18th Of April, we believe. and il is a
'id there are over twenty aspirants !,
READY in the field.
Crow Davis met with a mishan Tie. 5
'her night which would have killed o
ny ordinary man. but didn't kill him. y
bile he was under his wagon repair i
6 a defective reach, the horses b
arted. Crow stuck his head out "
tween the wheels to yell "whoa."
I'd the hind wheel passed over his a
,ad, raising a ridge across from his u
e to a point Just north of his left
r. The wagon is of very heavy r
axe, and was loaded with 1000 lbs =,
coal, yet Crows skull was moi ol
nsed IN the slightest. \ similar iii
cldent beiell him a few weeks ago IN
h.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-09-17
A DIFFERENCE.

ne play was done, and toward the stage
impatient to be gone.
The pleasure-l0vers turned their oacKss
With many . smothered yawn-
The hour was late, and each man strove
To make his exit through
The crowded door, with tooth and nail
Al WELL bred people do.
And one, husband. as he pushed,
Was aided in the strife
By her whom he had sometime made
HIS lawful, welded wife,
whose xeal-a woman's xeal-outran
Her reason ~ she wrought,
Who lost her husband In the crowd,
Nor found him when she sought.
But he, all painting from the frays
Espied Q slender form,
> Arrayed in robes whose cost he knew;
He seized her by the arm,
And. being somewhat worsted In
The competition past.
With angry words he greeted her.
And gripped her hard and fast.
She answered not as some might do,
But with Q timid grace.
She lifted toward his Redeemed phf8
A sweet, reproachful face,
A face that made his conscience sting
His manhood like q knife;
sForgive my rudeness, miss" said no.
II thought Il was my wife,"
-Ptssbsrgh DispotcA
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-09-17
A YOUNG NIMROD.
The Adventure Of = Fifteen-Year-Old Boy
with Huge Mountain Lion.

The Adventure of . Fifteen-Year-Old Boy
with . Huge Mountain Lion.
There is . young Nimrod living on
ranch near Helena who is quite an ex.
pert with the rifle, and who has, in ad.
dition to his experiences with powder
and ball. very large amount of in.
domitable pluck, endurance and good
sense. His name is Ole Synnes, and he
is just fifteen years old. On the 18th
Of February last father and son were
out in the mountains near their ranch,
taking out timber for fencing The
boy. who had been sent on q short err
rand, came running back. saying he
had seen the track OF large mountain
lion and was going to follow out the
trail "Reminiscences from the father
were useless and in few moments the
plucky boy started out with y forty
four caliber Winchester rifle
to hunt the fiercest wild beast
in the Belt mountains. After
following the trail for mile and half
the boy lost 1t at the entrance of .
wood. When about to give up the
search he cast his eyes upward and be-
Held the beast couched upon the limb of
. large fir. The head Of the creature
was hidden from sight, so the
boy aimed at its fore-shoulder
and fired. The animal upon receiving
the fire sprang upward and climbed
still further up the tree. when from his
elevated perch he sent forth series of
roars that made the mountains resound
with their echoes. Not in the least de-
TERED by such fierce expostulations on
the lions part, the boy fired again and
this time brought the beast crashing
down through the branches He lay
for . few minutes partially stunned
upon the ground, and the dog, which
had hitherto kept in the background, so
to speak-perhaps because he couldn't
climb tree-now rushed forward and
attacked the wounded lion. A power
full blow with one of the immense paws
sent that dog on an exc ursion through
the atmosphere that had wonderful
effect In cooling his enthusiasm. In q
moment the lion sprang to his feet and
was going up the nearest tree like .
rocket He got on the Hottest limb and
endeavored to conceal his body behind
the friendly shelter; but he LETT por-
ton Of his head exposed, and the boy .
second later Alged bullet in his brain.
Tho father ID heard the uproar from
whore be VI working. and Fastening
to the spot Ame upon the scene Just in
time to Be g the death. This big fellow
measured cant ten feet, and weighed
nearly thr5 hundred pound.-Fx Kseqk
m IN n. n~.x.~ M.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-09-17
4 True WIfe's Great Duty.
TClevelsud Plain Dealer.J

Above all things she should read shs
papers and keep up with tie times, % -
to be able TO talk intelligently with De-
husband on TONES Of the hour.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-09-17
A SAD CHOICE.

A SAD CHOICE.
An Artists Love of Ease Blights
His Manhood.
The evening was warm-the sort o.
evening that makes one think of green
fields and placid meadows and the moon
rising over towering hedges.
Bell. watching BY the window from
whence she could soonest hear q steT
which came not smothered sigh. She
was not much addicted to signing. sure
". Her days were too busy. But this
particular day had been so long and
trying and the children had been Sc
troublesome. Aunt Bells hands had
been more than full; not Large hands,
either. Rather very small and delicate,
though the fingers were little rough
ened by contact with this and that.
Vane Stephenson had resented the
amount Of helpfulness volunteered by
those small hands more than once.
..Why do you drudge soa" he had
said. angrily.
Then Bell. patiently, would explain
Jessie 50 delicate, and poor Tom out
of position, and the children-what
else could she do7 Vane would be ST.
fenced.
you're little SAINT, Bellr'
This, or any other word of endear-
ment from him. was almost enough to
bring the roses to her cheeks, even
though the charming face might have
looked tride pale and wan before. The
color came now with sudden rush, as
the welI-known form turned the corner
-At last!
Vane was absent minded tonight. He
took no notice of the pretty dress, made
by her own deft fingers, in colors his
artists eve approved. 1t had cost her
many deprivation, that dress, cheap
and simple IS it was; and it had been
made only that she might be pretty in
his sight Poor little Bells eyes sank.
But she sat down by his side in the small,
shabby parlor in silence.
whats made you late. Vane, dearf''
she said. softly, at length. It was rare
" she even questioned him thus far.
Her reserve and reticence amazed and
incensed her sister. It was not that
Jessie was unkind wilfully. only she did
not believe in these long engagements.
ssOh, I've been harrassed in hun
dred ways" replied Stephenson, If.
ritably. The whole thing is beastly
grind Ny Francesca do Rimini' has
been sent back from San Francisco.
Eely thought he could sell it 50 easily!
Well, this Is the result. And-oh, well,
the usual troubles. No use retailing
them over to You. Bell. We ought to
talk q something else beside filthy lucre
-or the want Of II"
He laughed, though . tri6e harshly.
Il am very sorry. murmured Bell.
by the way" he continued, chang.
ing to = lighter tone, in which there was
perhaps the least little sign of embar.
rassment. not unnoticed By Bell 8 gentle
ears. Il am going of to leave you for .
few days-out Of town. NV brain.
what there ID of them) are fairly dry
ing up. Unless give them . soaking
Into some refreshing fluid by change d
scene and atmosphere that great picture
which i to make one person immoral
and two eternally happy win never gel
ttse!f done. Do You mind my goinga'
Il think It will do you good and b,
better for your work, too. An arts
en- not drudge in one groove forever
No. 1 do mot mind And il Il 9ettins
% hot now also in the city"
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-09-17

frankincenses. and the spring ell its BIOS
SONS. and the harvests all their wealth,
and Heaven all its grandeur, and eternity
all its stupendous realities, and that since
then poets and orators and rhetoricians
have been drinking from exhausted foun.
tsins. and searching for diamonds in .
realm utterly rifled and ransacked.
am also amased at the variety OF this
book. Mind you, mot contradiction or
collision, but variety. just - in the song
you have the basso and alto and soprano
and tenor-they are not In collision with
each other, but como in 20 make ND the
harmony-sa It 10 In this great book; there
are different parts Of this great song Of
redemption. The prophet comes and "a es
one part, and the patriarch another part,
and the evangelist another part, and the
disciples another part, and yet they all
cnme into the grand harmony-"the song
OF Moses and the Lamb, lfGod had in
sptred men Of the same temperament to
write this book II might have been monot.
onous; bat David snd Isaiah, and Peter
and Job, and KsskiaI, and John were men
OF different tsmpsrsmsnts, and %, whom
God inspirsd then TO write, they wrote n
their own style.
0od prepared the book Tor all classss Of
people. For instance, little children
would read the Billie, and God knew that;
20 be allows Matthew and Luke 70 write
sweet stories about Christ with the doctors
Of TIE law. and Christ At the we'll, and
CArist at the cross. 20 that any little child
can undsrstand them. Then God knew
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-09-17


needed since the blood Of Jesus Christ
cleanseth from all sin.
/ am preaching this sermon because
there are 80 many who would have yos
believe that the Bible is an outlandisn
book and obsolete. II Is fresher and Dofe
intense than any book that yesterday
came out Of the great publishing houses
Mako IL your guide in life and your pillow
In death.
This book will become in your last dsyh
when you turn away from all other ooo.s'
solace Tor your soul. Perhaps Is van "
your mothers Bible, perhaps the one gwen
You on your wedding day, its cover mo-.
worn out and its leaf faded with age, pus
its bright promises will fash upon sss
opening gates Of Heaven.
How precious is the book divine.
BY Inspiration given;
Bright - . lamp Its doctrines shine,
To guide our souls 60 heaven.
This lamp. through all the tedious nigns
OF life, shall guide our way,
TN We behold the clearer light
VI m eternal day.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-12-06
SCIENTIFIC TEMPERANCE
I'm THE SCHOOLS.

The act relating to scientific tenn
perance education in the public
schools, as it was finally passed, pro-
vides that in addition to the branches
heretofore required to be studied, in
strnction shall be given as to the ma
ture of alcoholic drinks and narcotics
and their effect upon the human sys-
ten and such subjects shall be taught
all pupils in the public schools as
thoroughly as arithmetic and geogra-
ply, and be given orally to pupils
who are not able to read, and by the
use of textbooks to such pupils as
are able to read that one fourth of
the space be devoted to the subject,
and that the text book used in the
highest grade contain at least twenty
pages on the subject of scientific tenn
perance. Each teacher is required to
certify on the official register of her
school whether instruction has been
given as required by law, and no pub
lie money shall be paid to school un-
less certificate to this effect is made
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-12-06
WHY NOT FEMALE SUI
FRAGE.

The failure of the female suffrage
proposition IN the senate, after it had
passed the house was quite a disap-
pointment to some who are interest
ed in the matter. The question was
quite ably discussed by the friends
of the measure. notably by Senator
Hale of Essex county, and there
was nothing said against the bill on
the abstract proposition of female suf-
frage, but when the record of votes
was taken the measure failed.
We watched the movement with
considerable interest, and doubt not
the failure of the project was due to
a conviction on the part of the sena-
tors that few women desired the
privilege of voting, and that it
would be time to grant woman suf-
frage when women ask for it. 1t
was fact that among a very large
class of intelligent women who visit
ed the capital, only one, or at most
very few, believed in the policy OF
propriety of admitting women to the
ballot box and the domain of politics
Had there been as active an effort
in the behalf of this measure. by the
women of the state, as was made
for scientific temperance instruction,
we doubt not the bill would have
been successful.
We made quite extended inquiries
among the women present and learned
of only one who favored the project
while large number in private an(
in public opposed the idea of femal,
suffrage. When the women of Yer
mont ask the Legislature of the state
for right to vote and hold office
we have no doubt the privilege will
be granted.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-12-06
bly make final attempt TO have his

bly, make final attempt to have his
tariff bill considered, but will un-
doubtedly be unsuccessful. 1t is ex-
pected that both President Cleveland
and Secretary Manning will urge the
passage of the Hewitt bill, and the
same measures of success will be
theirs that is promised Mr.. Morrison.
Other subjects to provoke discussion,
and which will doubtless fail of adj
justment in this session of congress
will be found in the silver coinage
question, the fertilization bill, and
other measures already before both
branches. The conference commit
tee might be able to agree upon the
interstate commerce bill, if il was
not for the short haul question. On
this last the members are disagreed
with no probability of agreement,
and the whole subject like the rest
will probably be passed over to an
other congress.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-12-06
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
,IAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MONITOR

Washington, Nov. 3Oth.
Congress is only one week off.
When it convenes it will begin work
on the appropriation bulls which keep
the government running. 1t will
probably do little other work during
the short session, for these money
bills will beep it busy. They invar-
iably give rise to volumes of debate,
and it will be the same old story.
The forty ninth congress, like others
that preceded it, has been too lazy
during the long and too busy short
session to answer any of the great
questions before it.
Indeed, the business of this great
and growing country demands con-
tinuous sessions Of congress. With
so much pressing legislation there
should be no congressional vacations,
and The new congress should convene
the day after the old one expires.
Annual reports ale coming in now
as thick as falling leaves, and they
contain great deal of useful infor-
nation. There are cabinet reports
and reports of their first, second and
third assistants, and scores of bu-
reau chiefs. That of Commodore
Wilson, chief of the naval bureau of
construction and repair, is anything
but complimentary to the navy of a
great government. In a detailed
description of the present condition
of the new cruisers and other vessels
he says the number of serviceable
naval vessels has been reduced tc
two first rate, ten second, twenty
third rate, and seven fourth rate, in
Guiding two torpedo rams. Thirteen
ironclads and five other vessels arr