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The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-02-17
Brutal Murder.

CHARLESTON, S. c., Feb. 16.-A terri
BILE crime is reported from Berthe county
Jacob Fawcett, wife and child lived neal
Mount Olive: They had three negro scr
wants. Last Wednesday they had row
with their neighbors about trivial mat
ter, in which Fawcett and his wife and q
negro woman took part. Wednesday
night Fawcett was compelled to be away
from home, and during the night several
masked men entered their cabin and split
open the heads of mother and child with
an axe and then killed two of the negroes.
Inc third escaped and brought the news
here. After the killing the cabin was
hred, and yesterday the charred remains
OF the four victims were recovered from
the ashes.
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-02-17


OF the Knights of. Pythias will be cele
brated by the members of the Ordel
throughout the Union and throughout
the world, on the 10Th of February, i,
being on that day quarter of centur,
since the organization of the Order, Feb
10, 1864.
At Butte the knights will commemor.
ate the occasion by an anniversary ball in
Renshaw hall on Tuesday evening next;
and the composition of the various com
mittees Of arrangements, reception and
invitation give assurance of one of the
finest banquets of the new year.
At Boulder the coming silver anniyer-
sary of the Knights is looked upon as the
social event of the season.
At Philipsburg the knights and their
friends, without distinction, will cele-
brate the silver anniversary by grand
ball in Morse's hall.
now on the rampage, the knights are
preparing for a commemoration of the
silver anniversary that shall be worthy of
the gay capital of Montana and to be re-
membered in all time to come.
The knights of Cataract Lodge No. IS.
Great Falls, not to be behind the very
chiefest of the chivalrous devotees of the
Pythian Order, are preparing for re-
union that shall eclipse everything of a
social character previously occurring
here. The Order is large and influential
and will accomplish all that it essays.
The order of dances, including the names
of the various committees, has Just been
issued from the LEADER press and is one
of the neatest and most unique specimens
of the topographic art. The floor com
mittee are: Messrs. w. P. Wren. E. A.
Jno. NJ. Stanton; Reception
Committee: Messrs. +. f. Shur. i. p.
Atkinson, c. NJ. Webster, r. P. r. Gordon.
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-02-17
The Panama Canal.

PANAMA, Feb. 16.--A large number OF
laborers have been discharged from the
canal works. majority of whom left for
the West Indies, Costa Rica and Chilli. A
limited amount Of work continues on all
sections of the canal and a total suspen-
sion Is not expected until the middle of
March. On the 11th inst the contractors
and employees were paid ali egate of
between three and four hundred thou
sand silver dollars. A great many peo-
pie are leaving the isthmus Perfect
order prevails.
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-02-17
GREAT FALLS CITY,

. Located at the Great falls of the Missouri
winch furnish the mightest available
7 water power OH the Americancontinent |
7 not on the globe, is the Queen City of the
Northwest. '''>
She is within ten miles of the most ex
tenslve Coal fields and Iron district in thu
West, beyond and almost contiguous t,
which are eXhaustless mines Of Gold
Silver, Copper and Lead.
She ls i'll the very heart of a vast Agri
cultural and Grazing country of uneuual
ed fertility and capacity.
She is destined by her natural resour-
ces and geographical position to become
the leading Manufacturing City between
Minneapolis and the Pacific, as well as
the Railroad Center Of Montans.
She is already the terminus of three
railroads, the St Paul, Minneapolisand
Manitoba, the Montana Central and the
Sand Coulee Coal Fields Branch.
She has population of nearly 1900
enterprising and intelligent Americans
and is growing rapidly.
She made $1,0OO,0OO worth of i'm
provements in the year 1888, though only
two years old.
She is possessed of one of the most
healthy, delightful climates on the earth.
the mean winter temperature being abOut
the same as Southern Ohio or illinois.
and the summer nights being rendered
cool and bracing by gentle mountain
breeZes.
She has the most magnificent Iron
Brldge across the Upper Missouri. costing
$5O,00O. ~'s
She has magnificent Railway Bridge
spanning the broad, sparkling Missouri
ana connecting the East and West diyis
ions OF the City, the former the busi-
ness and residential, and the latter the loca-
tlon OF the railway machine shops. round
house, car works and other extensive ter
minal establishments
She has the largest FIGURING Mills in
Montana.
She has three solid Banking institutions,
She is the County Seat of the newly
organized County Of Cascade. which H.
ready ranks as the fourth in wealth and
population in Montana.
She has one of the most elegant, COM
modlous and comfortable School Houses
in the Northwest
She has in operation the extensive
Reduction Works Of the Montana Smelt-
ing Company which, when completed. will
bc the largest on the continent, employ
ing 1000 men and reducing 1000 tons Of
ore per day.
She has Coal Measures of sufficient ex-
tent to supply the whole Northwest with
the Cheapest and Best Bituminous Coal
on the Continent
She has facilities for providing the
of life-Flour, Meat and Veg-
etables cheaper than elsewhere on the
Continent.
She has unrivaled advantages for Rail-
way Transportation and connections with
the markets and business centers of the
East and West.
She is the natural Centre and Distrihut
ing Point between the headwaters of
Lake Navigation on the East and the
Ocean Harbors of Puget Sound on the
West.
She is also the natural Centre and Dis
Point between the Canadian
Pacific on the North and Union Pacific ON
The South.
She is destined in the near future to
become leading Centre for the Manufac-
ture of Iron aud Steel.
She has Daily Mail connection. over the
Montana Central, the Scenic Route of the
Northwest. with Helena, the temporary
Capital of Montana
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-02-17
THE MONTANA LEGISLATURE
A synopsis of Yesterdays PROCEEDINGS in
both Houses.

HELENA, Feb. 16.-CorSc1L: Council
called to order at TO o'clock a. III.
Council went into a committee of tho
whole with Hatch in the chair to ron.
sider Z. B %, an act regulating corpor-
ations. ~''poi
Thompson of Silver Bow made an elo-
quent speech in which he stated his
reasons for introducing the bill.
remarks were also made by Middleton
and Kennedy.
Middleton moved that when the conn
mittee arise that the bill be referred to a
select committee with instructions tn
make amendments. Carried. Recess.
Ihe house came to order at 10 o'clock
a. nj.
Davis moved the reconsideration of
II: 3. ., the bounty bill.
Hunt moved that the motion to recon-
| sider he made the special order for Mon
day at 2.3O p. nj.
itea amended by making it Wednesday
at II O'Clock a. Ill. Carried.
laws laws, OF committee Of the whole,
recommended that II. b. "a do pass
That H. B. 10 be placed at the foot of
the calend ar and on general orders
Committee on stock and agriculture
reported c. b. 81 and recommended that
it do pass. '''"'
ii. 3. "a, alimony and divorce bill. re-
1erred to engrossment committee.
q. b: 10, report in reference to bill
adopted and placed on calendar for third
reading. '''' 'o' '"''"
Report of committee of whole relative
to II. B. Is was adopted.
Hunt introduced a bill to improve the
act relative to the appointment of steno-
graphers by the district court, Re-
The military bill was reported and
correctly engrossed. Rules were sus-
pended and the bill was passed hv a Vote
of 10 to g. Recess.
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-02-17
some Objections to the Present Constitu-
tfon of the State of Montana.

e10n OF the State nf Mnufoma
r.o o.-........ 1''~"'''
ine CONSTITUTION OF the State Of Mon
tana was adopted In February, 1884, five
years ago, at which time the nomination
of the TERRITORY w.s o,,,, .to.,. ..a
+h;., ~ was onty aoout one
tn'rd OF one-fourth of what it is at the
present time; hence, the present electors
of the Territory. or at least two-th,rds ~
three.fourtbs Of them. NJ have have n.ye- as hss VI -.
opportunity OF passing upon this consti-
;.ani9 ;utl1n: Then again, the constitution
3.se!i Is imperfect. There is too much
!eg1slation In 1t, and too little is left for
'ng r. tteglsiatnfe to determine.
s.atae Inc provision for appeal to the United
states Supreme court is defective. A
tc,onst!tuion, especially written constitu-
.,on, nke tnat OF the United States and
IN tae various States, is difficult thing to
tnange: ~ a.s u Is indeed almost impossible
70 make change In them, although the
necessity may be great. This constitu-
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-02-17
Tho Mission of Woman.

| The Mission of Woman.
! That the resources of woman are prac
tically inexhaustible has become proven
bal. They must have them. They car
spend hours alone and enjoy themselves
l wonder how? Do they dream? Women
never seems to lose their fancy, and there
seems no age at which they cannot call
their sentiment to their aid. But women
have interests In the world that men. nc
matter how good, never have.
my little boy is quite SICK" the ia
tner says to his friend as he meets him,
"and am quite alarmed about him."
Ihe mother says but little, but she is
ny the bedside holding on to that little
life with all her might. No thought is
hers but to bring her darling back to
health; her soul is all in the sick little
one, and her eyes are fearless with the
effort to save him. The father feels. hut
the mother suffers. 1t is better SO. for
the man must weep. Everything in life
Is so much more to women then to men.
Death Is more awful: the life they bring
into the world more intensely dear. But
II they suffer, SO do they enjoy, and out
OF the world they seize more pleasure
then men; their happiness is deeper and
lasting, and this more subtle sensitive
ness gives them resources that the man
can never have.
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-02-17

"Were you in the war Mr.. Vacuum
"Yaas, indeed, NTH Twinket +,
Howably." "Oh!, isn't that delightful
Do tell me about it," "Thertainly. NTH
1t was thith way, Dontcher know en-
bawked in the Seventh Wegiment, an
when we ahwived at the theatah of woah
we were put in fawt, tho ath not to
fwighten the enemy too much at futh, an
one day, when we were on dweth pawade
the kyurnel came along an wemarked
that my collah wath thoilcd. The idea!
! wath nevah more tewibly woundedin nv
life.''
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-02-17
WHAT THE w1rLErs SAY.
Mother, may 60 out to swim ?"
TO out to swim ? GOOD land!
No!-D0n your nobby bathing dress
And ON ,S1No1 l., AH.x> co.-,

Principal-"What part of speech is
'klss'!" Chorus Of Normal School
Girls-"A conjunction"
Sunday-school Teacher COUGHING her
bosom --"Johnny, don't you feel bad in
here when you have been doing wrong?"
Johnny (bashfully)-"No'm, ma uses
the back Of brush and takes me over
her knee"
A lawyer, and especially a criminal
lawyer, studies to he a physiognomist.
One ofthe best men in Atlanta was heinr
examined for his fitness to serve in a mure
der case. The prisoner was content with
him, but his lawyer would listen to no ar
gument, as he said the man had bad
nose. He said he wouldn't trust any
man with such hooked nose, and tho
citizen was rejected.
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-02-17
Postponed.

In order that our citizens may do full
honor to Montana's Honorable Asse mbly
OF Lawmakers, during their visit to Great
Falls on Washington's Birthday, the
proprietors of the Milwaukee House
hereby announce that the Grand Mas
Ball, to he given there on the
evening OF the 22d inst, will be post
poned. Due notice will be published in
the LEADER of the time fixed for it here
after.
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-02-17

"Mary,' remarked the old gentleman to
the housemaid, as he went poking around
the parlor last night, "dii you see any-
thing of that Robert Elsmere' down
here? ''1ndade, sor" hesitated Mary.
"Oi couldn't say af his name wor that
same, sor, er no, but there's youn man
~ comes to say yer daughter, sor, as is
hoidin' behoind the sofy, sor."
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-02-17
Destructive Fire.

MONTREAL, Feb. ia terrible fire is
raging here. The Agilure elevator and
rolling mills of Peck, Benny l. Co., are
already destroyed. The fire is still spread
ing and loss now Is over one million
dollars
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-02-17

Final proofs can be taken before w.
NJ. Cockrill, clerk of the district court.
who has had much experience in this
line. dw-tf
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-02-17

"When you have a bad cold, cough as
little as possible says medical writer
in Chicago paper. His next advice will
be. when you have broken leg, don't
Jet 1t bother yon.
The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-02-17
PERSONAL COLUMN,

Job Printing
IF all kinds neatly and promptly executed at the
v LEADER office, "''--o
Morris tribune., 1889-11-13
The Size of Them.

The empire of Brazil is nearly as large
as the United States-larger, counting
out Alaska-but has only as many peo-
pie as the three combined states of New
York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. In fact,
all the Central and South American
countries put together have only sc, O00,-
900 inhabitants-10,00 900, 600 less than the
United States. 1t is no wonder. there
fore, that with their good climate and
marvellous undeveloped resources they
should use every inducement to attract
population The only persons to whom
the climate proves unhealthy seem to be
those who try to stir up revolution.
Mexico is somewhat smaller than that
part of the United States east of the Mis-
sissippi river. and has 10000. 900 inhabit-
ants. The Argentine Republic is half
as large as the United States and has a
population of 3,026, 900, less than the
state of Pennsylvania by a million and a
age states of this Union combined, has a
population of perhaps $3.50, 900. Bolivia,
Per Venezuela and Ecuador are not
Iferent from Colombia in size, and
each popui;, 7 ranging {spm
Lightly over 100000 TO 2,250,U00.
Ecuador is the most thinly populated,
having only little more thana million in
habitants. Chill is smaller, being only
as large as New York, Pennsylvania
and Ohio combined, but she has over g.
100000 people. The Chilians are called
the Yankees of South America.
Morris tribune., 1889-11-13

Why ''Bore?' could get no explanation.
One man said because it "bores out the chan
nell" another thought it was so called be-
cause it was a ''bore" to the captain whose
vessel is caught by it. The last strikes me as
correct, for vessels of 1000 tons burthen
come up to MoRcton on high tide, while mud
scows are grounded at low. Coming in, the
captains are at ease; going out they watch
every motion, for if they get aground they
must remain there till the next high tide
And then it is a chance, for they may 'stick
IN the mud" ''lie down." and get in bad
mess generally. BOT long ago small schoon'
err was caught away from the wharf, and by
the incoming food carried up against the
railroad bridge and knocked to pieces. So
they are quito correct in calling it the
"Bore."
From Moncton to st. John the country i'm
proved every mile, and the latter city was a
lively revelation to me. It may almost claim
to be the Liverpool of North America. Its
capacious harbor open all the year, presents
fine array of vessels, and the published fig
ures as to its commerce and the shipping
owned by its citizens are quite startling
''st. John owns more shipping than any other
city of its size in the world" so say its citi-
GEMS, SO says the gazetteer, and so we shall
have to believe till the contrary is proved.
In the city proper are perhaps $4,000 peo-
pie: in Portland, the big suburb, $1,000 more,
and the river St. John, which runs between,
is distinguished by "double cascade" A
rocky reef crosses the river there; when the
tide is in there is a cascade up stream; when
the tide is opt there are "falls" down stream
At high tide tbwenty-thrse feet high there is
smooth water and largo vessels pass safely
over the reef And all the rest of this sort
of thing you can find In any Canadian hand
book.
New York. j. Fl. BEADLE.
Morris tribune., 1889-11-13
The Fermentation Theory.

This new theory of life in death and
death in life is attracting much attention
among the scientific, and is being care
fully studied. Briefly stated, the idea is
that life is Instrumentation and death a
putrefaction. The fermentation is a
chemical action constantly going on in
our bodies. Digestion is a fermentation,
the oxidation of the blood is another fer
mentation. and thus life is maintained.
But the fermentation, chemical action
itself. is considered in the new scheme
to be carried on by millions of microbes,
infnitesimal living organisms. The re-
suit of fermentation is putrefaGssSasn,. But
the moment fermentation is ended, mill
ions of other living organisms appear.
From the putrefied mass new set OF
creatures are developed. getting their
life and growth from the dead remains.
Indeed, there can hardly be said to be
anysdead remains, 80 full Of infinitely
working microbes is all matter, in any
state whatsoever.
So, between these two forces, man
moves like planet around the sun. The
fermentive microbes build him up, the
putrefactive organisms disintegrate him.
Between the two the balance Of life is
maintained. IF either force is in excess,
death ensues. The fermentation pro-
duces heat, and is slow burning. AL
the universe seems organized on the
principle of two opposing forces in equi-
ibrium.
Morris tribune., 1889-11-13
Which Twin Is the Older?

There is one historic question nobody
will now ever be able to decide-that is,
whether North or South Dakota came
into the Union first.
Naturally the proclamation first re-
ceiving the presidents signature would
claim to take its state into the Union
first. But this question of priority was
got around in the state department in an
ingenious manner. The two .proclama-
lions announcing that North and South
Dakota were in the Union were brought
to Mr.. Harrison for his signature. They
were shuf1ed like cards, then laid face
downward upon table. They were
next turned face upward, the presidents
face being turned away, and all of each
covered except the space where the sig
nature was to be affixed.
The president signed The ink was
dried, then the two were shuffied again
The secretary mixed them babies up
so thoroughly that nobody till judgment
day will be able to tell which was which.
Thus we shall never know which is the
older state. President Harrison is a
Presbyterian, and good one, but in this
case he resorted to game of chance.
Morris tribune., 1889-11-13
ca hadian Lepers.

Apparently. it is true that loathsome
leprosy is spreading into countries where
It has been hitherto unknown. There
are cases of it in the United States.
Since 1898 it has been in Canada, and
there is q leper colony in New Bruins
wick.
In 1928 woman died of an unknown
and frightful disease in Tracadie. New
Brunswick Others were in time at
tackled in a similar manner and died.
but it was not for some years that the
terrible ailment was known to be lep-
rosy.
BY 1914 twenty persons were att1lcted
with the scourge. Then lazaretto was
established at Tracadie, and all afflicted
with the disease were taken thither. By
1S4S there were thirty-five lepers at Ira
cadie. There were no sanitary regula-
tons, however, and the unfortunates
were permitted to fall into frightful
condition of filth and misery. In 1856
some Catholic Sisters of Mercy petit
toned to be allowed to go to Tracadie
and take care of the lepers. Their re-
quest was granted. With their arrival
matters grew better. The sisters now
have full charge of the lazaretto. Eighty
one patients have been admitted to the
hospital since they took it in charge.
Seventy~six have died. One of the pa
tients still living has been leper fifty
years.
Eight years ago the nuns had twenty
seven patients under their care. Now
there are only eighteen. 1t looks as
though the scourge was diminishing.
But there are other leper colonies in
Canada 1t is to be Noted that not one
of the gentle sisters of mercy who volun-
tecred to n;:cSe lepcrs has been attacked
with the disease In this respect they
are mere f,,~:u1.atr t!:&A Father Damien
was il the ;lMdwi,'h Islands.
Morris tribune., 1889-11-13
Irrigable Lands.

The line of sufficient rainfall in the
United States is taken to be the Tooth
meridian of longitude. 1t passes through
Texas, leaving one-third of the state to
the westward, also through Kansas, leav-
ing one-quarter of the state west of the
line. Thence to the northward, it di-
vides Nebraska and the Dakotas nearly
in the middle.
All the land east of this line is sup
posed to be watere,l by rain enough not
to need irrigation. West of the line the
soil must be artifcially watered as far
as the Rocky mountains. There are also
spots west of the Rockies that require it.
The arid area includes 100000 acres
in Montana, $4,000, 900 in Idaho, 10000
900 in California New Mexico, Arizona
and Nevada are some of the other dis
tricts that will come in for their share
of benefits under the United States irri-
CATION acts
California has already 100000 acres
under irrigation.
Morris tribune., 1889-11-13
Cotton Seed.

The cotton oil trust could not keep
from the public that it had come short
in it's expected profits million dollars
this year. It was also obliged to admit
that it must be resolved into cotton
seed company instead of a cotton seed
trust, in order that the managers might
pump some of the water OUT of the
concern. This naturally disguised those
who had bought their stock with the
water in it.
Twenty years ago the last thing to
make a trust out of would have been
cotton seed oil. Forty years ago cotton
seed was drug and nuisance to the
planter, who abused it up and down. It
was burned as garbage, and ways were
devised to get rid of it.
At length it was thought of as ferti-
lizer. Happy thought The very thing!
Next some genius thought of feeding it to
cattle. Happier idea still. 1t was full
of oil, and made animals sleek and fat.
May be the oil in it was good for some
thing. Another brilliant thought. The
oil was found to be valuable for many
purposes.
A ton of cotton seed was soon valued
at S14. 1t contained thirty-fye gallons
of oil, which, after it was refined, brought
a dollar gallon. There was another
miracle. The cotton seed bulls were
found better food for animals than the
whole seed had been, while as fertilizer
and fuel they were unsurpassed. Final
ly, to complete the story of nuisance.
the ashes of the hulls make first class
potash, and the refuse of the oil is manu-
featured into an excellent soap.