The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-12-21
THE CAPITOL AT BISMARCK.

Population started in the northeast and
southeast corners, and spread towards the i'll
terror, leaving a broad, unsettled tract be-
tween. For many years travellers from one
Of these sections to the other. came and went
through St Paul, Minnesota; and from the
very start the legislature has made laws as if
for two separate common nwealths. There is
a Dakota university at Vermillion, and
University of North Dakota at Grand Forks;
penitentiary for the south at Sioux Falls
and one for the north at Bismarck; and
normal schools, agricultural colleges and
other institutions in like duality, and all of
fine modern finish and appointments. At
Yankton s215, 900 were expended in erecting
hospital for the insane, and in 1883 another
was erected at jamestown, for North Dakota.
Both are models in their way, and that Of the
north, under the administration of DIR.
Archibald, has acquired world wide reputa-
ton for its success in the non-restraint sys-
tem The visitor would think, unless other
wise informed, that he was at pleasant
rural retreat, country hotel Oh scientific
basis.
ONLY Texas and California have larger
areas than Dakota; the former reserved the
right to divide into five states, while in Cali
fornia there is a strong movement i'll favor OF
a division in two, and one of her representa-
tives has introduced into congress a bill to
that effect But it takes much more than
mere area to make state. Nevada has no.
600 square miles and fewer people than she
had in 1870, not 10000 whites, if her vote is
the test. The line of the forty-sixth parallel
is popularly accepted in Dakota as the bound
ary of the two states to be. In population,
wealth. ETC., the region south Of that line is
to that north about as to 3. This ratio
will servo fairly for most of the following
statistics:
Dakota as a whole has 1890 miles Of rail-
wav. more than either Of twenty-six states
and eight territories. She has tat tho least)
COO. 600 people, being ahead of nine states and
any other territory. Also, 299 banks, exceed
ing two-thirds of the states; and in schools,
colleges, churches, and other iidices OF civlii-
zation she ranks far ahead Of many states,
and is almost equal to all the territories
Her product of wheat in 1887 was greater
than that of any other state or territory; in
oats she exceeded all but Iowa and Illinois;
in corn she was ezcelled ny only nineteen
states, and in rye, buckwheat and root crops
she fell but little below theaveraGe OF all the
states.
twas suggested that with division on the
liuc of the forty-sixth parallel, the north
should tako the name Of Lincoln; but tho
neople do not favor it. ''PeiEbiia' and
t.Huron'' met with some favor, but the hearts
of the people seem to be set OH the name
Dakota. it is an intensely local name-the
designation Of all the Sioux Indians, and IS
said to mean 'salliance," ''union," u league OF
kindred or friendly ones. So the two states
will probably lie North Dakota and South
Dakota
The Railroad I:ralscman's Risks.
The danger Of sudden accidental death or
manning is constant and great, and the bare
record of the numerous cases is acutely sug-
eestiye of inexpressible suffering; but,
Strange to say, it does not worry the average
brakeman much. Though probably thou
eond trainmen are killed i'll this country
every wear and four or five thousand injured
hv collisions and derailments, in coupling
cars. falling of trains, striking low over head
hr;dres. and from other causes, no one brake
man. from what he sees in his own experience,
realizes the danger very vividly. AS IN
NJ; ne, dangers which are constant but lnevl-
+ohc familiarity breeds carelessness which
is closely akin to contempt. Falling from
trains is really q serious danger. because the
,,nst censclcss caution-next to lmpossaole
f,r t,,e average man to laaintaln-'s neces-
sorv to avoid missteps This will be pr1ctl-
c.lIv abolished when the long wished for ar
lroi.o comes into use, as that will ooviate the
...ooss;tv of riding on the tops of the cars
n n Adams. Jr, il Scribners Magazine.