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Fergus County argus., 1890-11-27
A STORY OF THE DAY.
Death Of Nine. Roland on the Guillotine.
Nov. Q. 1893

One OF the most pathetic incidents
OF the French revolution was the exc
cution, on the Sth OF November, 1898,
OF Nine. Roland. She and her hus-
band were Girondists, and when the
Jacobin rabble obtained the upper
nand she was thrown into prison.
Her husband was away from Paris at
the time, and she never saw him again
After her death he committed suicide
While in prison Nine. Roland preserved
firm and admirable demeanor. She
advocated national and individual
freedom, but at the same time de
nounced the bloodthlrsty deeds OF the
ultra ra-revOlutionists. All her iailers
became her friends, but they could do
nothing to save her. While IN prison
she devoted most of her tina to writ
ing her memoirs. At one time she
almost determined to take poison,
like many Other unhappy companions,
but she regained her courage, and
determined to meet death bravely.
After being successfully imprisoned in
the Abbaye, st. Pelagle, and the
Concisrgerie, she was brought to trial
as an accomplice OF the Girondists
She refuesed to allow her advocate
to make a defense as it might endan-
ger his life. At the trail she appeared
dressed in white, with her beautiful
black hair decending to her waist.
Though subjected to insult and igno-
miny by the brutal judges she main
tained her dignity unrufiled. Her
fate was sealed, and the sentence of
death passed upon her. When two
or more persons were to 20 to the
guillotine together it was considered II
privilege to he the first to die, those
remaining having to endure the agony
OF seeing the Others perish. A man
was condemned to die on the same
scaffold with Nine. Roland, and before
her, but she entreated the executioner
to let her die first. IL is said that as
she passed to the scaifold she gazed
on a statue OF Liberty erected near
it, and exclaimed: ooh, Liberty, how
many crimes are committed in thy
name" Thus died one OF the most re-
markable women OF the French revo-
luton.
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-27

From an advance statement of year
ly operations OF the Granite Mountain
Mining company is learned that the
gross expenditures of every kind, ex-
cept dividends from the date when the
operations were commenced, Oct. 8,
1880, have been 50, ,5i2 ,4SS.94, and
the total gross receipts have been 81 L.
1928, 1866 during the same period.
Including dividend No. 20, which was
paid Oct. 10 last, the stockholders
have received So, 800, 900 i'm dividends,
being 9S per cent of the capital stock.
The receipts exceed tho g OF last year
by S54O,3OO, and the disbursements :
exceed those OF last year by $632 :
45O.SS, while the balance i'm bank July
81, 1890, was SIPS, ,69O.4S less than
a year ago. On that same date, how
ever, the company had 3O4 bars oi
bullion en- route and unsold of the es
timated market value of S49S, ,222, OF
$2l2,S93 more than the estimated
market value OF bullion EN- route and
unsold at the same time the year pre-
vious. Concerning the future OF thu
property, the president says there il
every reason to expect the perma
nency OF the ore bodies already devsl
oped, and that many OF the NOR
promising claims are yet to be devel
Oped.
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-27
Their Idea of Citizenship.

was rather amused II few days ago
just on the eve of the day OF registra-
tion, to listen to some OF the quaint
answers returned to the questions
asked of applicants in the court OF
common pleas before admission to
citizenship, says the New York Star.
In many cases they were more anus
ing than stupid, and unconsciously
ontained no little truth, as when an
Italian defined the business oi an
assemblyman as making money in
Albany. The most amusing case OF
all, however, was that OF an Irish
man. lie had answered every ques-
tion correctly until the court asked
Are you attached to a republican
form OF government
"lndeed, and I'm not
But You must understand that
except you are attached to this form
OF government you cannot he natur-
allied. Why are you not iavorably
disposed to the republican from oi
government
"Because, your honor, I'm a demo
crat.'
When it was explained TO him that
there was n wide difference betwe a
citizen OF II republic and Il member o.
a republican party he duly qualified
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-27
NOT 0vER $50 ACRES.
The Commissioner Of the General Land
Once Makes Ruling.

At the Helena land office it is said
that there is a miscOnception OF the
force OF the act of congress OF Aug. 30
last. That act prevented any one
from acquiring title to more than 800
acres OF land. 1t applies equally to
mineral, deserts and agricult ural land,
according to ruling of the commits
siOner OF the general land Office just
received in Helena. Under the law
as it stood previously it was possible
to get ,l2O acres by pre-emption and
homestead entries, and under the
desert and timber-culture acts COM
bined. The impression had gained
ground that the new law did not
affect entries under the desert land
act and that GAO acres could still bs
taken up. The decision of the COM
missioner settles that point. The
matter may he OF great interest to
those intending to take up claims as
applications foy more than 800 acres
have been received at the Helena Office
since the act OF Aug. 80 went into
effect.
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-27

Tie queen of England's savings, in
! round numbers, are So, ,OOO,ODO.
Gen. BOulanger spent about $24O,-
600 in seven congressional elections.
The heirs of John Ericsson have pre-
sented the inventors models to the
Metropolitan museum in New York.
John Milton was an expert fencer
and tells us in "DefensiO Secunda''
that he held himself match for any
man OF his own stature.
James Lick, the philanthropist, left
81 5O,O 900 to San Francisco for free
baths-a real wash-hOuse for he work
ing poor who have no baths at home.
FrOude says, in his biography OF
Disraeli: mo public man in England
ever rose so high and acquired power
| so great SO little OF whose work has
survived him."
l.. W. Miller, congressman from the
Sixth district OF Wisconsin, is "a Greek.
lie knows nothing OF his family. but
was picked up on the battlefield OF
Missolopghi and adopted by an Amer
lean.
John q. Whittier has attended the
small church OF the Society OF Friends
in Amesbury, Mass, where he lives, for
fifty years, and it is said he has never
once been induced ITO speak in meet
Ing"
Count Won Moltke is the first landed
proprietor in Germany to adopt the
eight hour rule for the peasants work
ing for him upon his estate at Crisan,
and is well satisfied with the result OF
his experiment.
The greatest doers OF things in mod
ern times-Oliver Cromwell, Frederick
the Great, Napoleon Bonaparts, Otto
Bismarck, and, after a long interval,
Henry NJ. Stanley-have been men of
colossal egotism.
OF eightyfive Irish members OF par
lament no less than twenty-six have
been imprisoned for political offenses.
The lord mayor OF Dublin, the mayor
oi Cork, the mayor OF Clonmel and the
mayor OF Sligo are among the number
OF distinguished prisoners.
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-27

The Pekin Gazette existed in til,
tenth century.
The first European newspaper was
the manuscript Acta Diurna days
Doings) of Rome.
The first printed newspaper was
issued at the city OF Nuremberg IN Ger
many in 1451.
The oldest newspaper now in exist
ence is the Frankfurter journal oi
Frankfort on the Main, founded III
1913.
The first newspaper published III
America was Public Occurrences, which
appeared i'm Boston in 1859.
The periodicals OF the state OF New
York have a circulation of 10000. .oOO
copies per issue and all Others in North
America of l5,OOO,OOO.
The circulation for the entire world
is 81 100000 copies, OF which Euro
pean sheets issue 3o ,000.0 900.
There are 1000 daily papers in the
world. Nearly every quarter of the
globe is supplied. Even Iceland has
ten newspapers and two other period
icals.
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-27
THE TROUBLESOME SIOUX.
Troops Gathering to Quell Any Outbreak
That Might Possibly Occur.

OMAHA, November S.-According tC
orders issued this morning, Compan
les A, B, c and ID, of Second United
States Infantry, at Fort Omaha, left
for Pine Ridge Agency this afternoon
with IA full complement OF mules and
wagons. The other four companies
We're notified to be ready to move on
short notice. The troops at Fort
Mckenney, also ordered out, and left
this morning for Douglass, Wyoming
The troops at Forts Niobrara and
Robinson, which is not far from the
scene OF the difficulty, will march to-
morrow.
1t was stated that two reliable Brule
Indians, now in the city, had stated
to the army officers that there was no
Messiah craze among the Indians just
north OF the Nebraska line. Private
dispatches from Valentine give a differ
ent origin than that OF the Messiah
craze to the Indian unea asiness. Since
August the Indians at Rosebud have
been restless, claiming the agent was
not giving them "a square deal on sup
plies. Some families living northwest
OF Valentine have moved away.
Mounsean, an Ogallala Indian and
Government scout from Fort Robin
son, who is i'm the city, said to-day
referring to the Indian craze, that
some think it is so, and some don't
know what to believe.
kilograms from Valentine and Craw-
ford, Neb., and Cheyenne, Wyo., say
that troops have been ordered from
the forts to proceed to Pine Ridge
Agency to keep the Indians in check.
GEN. MILES TALKS PEACE.
CHICAGO, Nov. 1S.-On receipt of
dispatches tonight announcing the
movement OF troops in the depart
ment OF the Platte toward Pine Ridge
Agency, the Associated Press reporter
called on General Miles. lie said:
Newspapers really ought not to
publish this sort OF thing, for it will
be in Indian camps in less than
twenty-four hours. There is nothing
to the vicinity of the reservation to
prevent, il possible, any outbreak,
and to encourage the local element
among Indians; also to protect agen-
cies, which report the Indians as tur-
bulent and past control. 1t was hoped
this excitement might pass without
serious trouble, and up to this time no
Indians have left their reservations.
The cause OF this threatened trouble
are IA failure OF their crops, delay OF
Congress in making appropriations
for their support and subsequent delay
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-27
CLEVELAND NOMINATEs DEPEW.
Mutual Pleasantries at the New York Cham.
Der Of Commerce Banquet.

NEW YORK, Nov. 1S.-The one hun
dred aud twenty-second annual ban
quet OF the New York chamber OF
commerce was held tonight Presi-
dent Smith, i'm his address said he
was profoundly convinced that re-
ciprocity is the key which will open
wide the door OF commercial inter-
course, and give to us a natural out
let for surplus products. Chauncey
DePew spoke at length on recent
events in the financial world. In the
course OF his speech he said: within
the past few weeks we have stood the
STRAIN Of the repurchase of all of our
bonds and stocks which Europe
desired to sell. 1t was fearful test.
but has superbly demonstrated the
strength OF our financial situation,
the sOundness OF our credit, and the
permanency OF our prosperity. The
breaking Of the dam OF tins European
reservoir may pour upon us a stream
of securities which will reduce values
20 to so per cent. Such contrac-
tiOn would at certain times suspend
the business of the country and bring
about bankruptcy and ruin. These
possibilities will be avoided as we
grow rich enough to absorb our securi-
ties. But to increase our available
resources We must enlarge the area
of the market for our surplus pro-
ducts. The solution OF the dangerous
problem and of our future prosperity
lies largely i'm the direction of COM
mercial reciprocity among the nations
OF all America"
Ex-President Cleveland was called
on to say something. Depew had
mentioned that Congressman Springer
had nominated Cleveland for the next
democratic presidential campaign, and
said he hoped the republicans would
nominate that champion of recipro-
city, James q. Blaine. Mr.. Cleveland
was not on the programme to speak,
and on arising made only a few re-
marks. He said he had heard 10 good
deal tonight about reciprocity with
the Spanish speaking people. Now, if
it is good for them, why isn't it good
to have reciprocity with our own
people? We have heard about France
helping out England and the United
states financially, why cannot they
do SO commercially? "Tm sorry friend
Depew mentioned what Mr.. Springer
said, for it does not seem to me OF
much Importance, and of no interest
to you gentlemen" Mr.. Cleveland
iocularly referred to the banquet at
Albany few years ago, when Depew
had nominated him for the presidency,
and hoped the republican party would
nominate that grandest OF statesmen,
hn ,..l,i
rises to your lips, not to mine"
Cleveland added that he had reason
to believe it was put up that way
owing to Depew's extreme modesty.
He had said at the time that he
would, when he got a good chance, put
in good word for Mr.. Depew's candi-
dacy, and asked if this evened up Mr..
Sprlnger's remarks.
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-27
He Knew Proctor Knott.

"DO you happen to think OF any
instance in your own knowledge where
man won enduring fame by one
act?"
"Well, yes. An instance occurs to
me i'm which one speech made not
only a man, but a city famous"
"Oh. yes. You are speaking OF J
Proctor Knott and Duluth. Well,
III admit that Proctor Knott is al
exception. There are just twoeharae-
ters in history that made themselves
famous by one speech"
"Indeed? Who are they?"
~. Proctor Knott ard Balaam's
ass"
The man i'm the skull-cap smiled Q
rather sickly smile and went away
presently to the other end OF the car
"Do you know who that chap isl
inquired the man in the salt-and-peppel
suit OF the passenger on the seat IN TIN
'front.'"
"Yes. That is J. Proctor Knott" =
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-27

The largest bell in the world is the
great bell OF Moscow, which weighs
l4O, 900 pounds.
A mortgage on a railroad for SD
100000, the largest on record, has
Just been filed at Pittsburg.
The largest room in the world under
one roof and unbroken by pillars Is
at st. Petersburg 1t is 62O feet long
by 12O in breadth.
The largest tree in the world is in
Fresno county, California. 1t has II
circumference of l2o ieet ) inches fouf
feet from the ground.
The longest tunnel in the world Is
the CrOtOn aqueduct tunnel, from
CrotOn dam to the reservoir in New
York, thirty-three and quarter
miles, most of the way through solid
rock.
The fifty largest libraries in Ger
many possess about twelve million
seven hundred thousand volumes
against England with about six mil
lion tour hundred and fifty-thousant
and North America with about 81,
million one hundred thousand vol
umes.
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-27

When quite young at school Daniel
Webster was one day guilty OF viola
tion OF the rules and called up by the
teacher for the old-fashioned ferruling
OF the hand. His hand happened to
be very dirty. Knowing this, on his
way to the teachers desk he spat
upon the palm OF his right hand wiping
it of on the side OF his pantaloons.
Give me your hand, sir" said the
teacher very sternly. Out went the
right hand partly cleaned. The teacher
looked at it II moment and said:
"Daniel, II you will find another hand
in this school-room as filthy as that
! will let you of this time" Instantly
from behind his back came the left
hand. Here it is,sir, was the ready
reply.-Graphic.
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-27
A Work Of Art.

"Now, madam, said the bric-a-brac
dealer, here is an elegant bronze vase
in genuine repousse work. The nauti-
cal scene on this ssiderepresents' Jonah
and the Whale
81 only see the whale; where's Jo-
nah?"
tail?"
YES"
"Well, that S Jonah"
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-27
Struck II Lengtkways.

Gen sherman, during his march to
the sea, used to 90 out of his way to
avoid bridge. At any rate, some OF
the solliers thought so. lie was very
fond OF wadins. One day the army
was to lord a river, and for several
miles before they reached 1t they
wadrd eedeep in swamps. IL say,
Bill, said one fellow to another, II
suess We struck this river length h.
ways
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-27

Ambitious youth-Father, ! am un-
willing to 90 through life a nobody. ]
wish to leave a name. Hong o breathe
the sweet atmosphere OF tame. ] am
resolved to become great. Will you
advise me?
Wise Father-With pleasure. The
foundation OF greatness is good edu-
cation.
Ambitious YOUTH am layin: it.
Wise Father-Next, you need indus
try and good habits.
Ambitious Iouth-Ies, what else'
Wise Father Always be polite to
newspaper men.-Good News.
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-27
The Result in Pennsylvania.

HARRISBuRG, Nov. lS.-The com
pleted returns, finished this evening.
show that Pattlson DEM, for GOV
ernor, has 1854 plurality over
Delametter (Rep.1. Water, Rep.
for Lieutenant Governor, has plural
lty OF 22,365 over Black Dem. B.
Stewart Rep, for Secretary OF State
has a plurality OF %, i9l over Bar
clay DEM. The Prohibition vot,
reached Il. 200, while the Labor
ticket polled about 25,ooo votes fol
their candidates.
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-27
This Was Mean

Miss Gadder-"Why is it that Miss
Longout is always going to the chiro-
podist'
Miss Gossip don't know, but
she has been in society for ten seasons
now, and ] suspect that these visits
you speak OF from her only oppor-
tunity OF having man at her feet -
America.
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-27
TEXAS TRAIN ROBBERS.
They Meet With Warm Welcome Several
Wounded.

FL PAso, Texas, November IS
The eastbound Texas X Pacific train
was held up last night by four men
at Kent. One OF the robbers named
smith warned the station agent AT
Kent and guards were placed on the
train. The intention was to kill the
trainmen, if necessary, to accomplish
their purpose. When the roDber-
appeared, the guards opened lire on
them. Forty shots were exchanged
before the robbers fed. tine of the
guards and it is believed two oi the
robbers were wounded.
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-27
An Interesting Contest.

Conn O'Taff-Did yez hear who won
the beer-drinking match2
Sylvester Finn--Oi did. 1t wur "A
dhraw. The beer guv out.-Charles-
ton News
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-27
Mr.. McKinley's Wealth.

Congressman Mckinley is by no
means "A rich man. lie owns a small
farm in Ohio and "A modest residence
in Canton. Aside from this he is worth
about $50. .oOO.-N. Y. World.
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-27
Not Johnnys S Fault

Ashland Press, II m afraid, johnny %
said the sunday school teacher. 'that
! will never meet you In Heaven"
Why What you been doin' now
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-27
This Lays En- All Over.

Berkshire News The latest regarding
a lazy man is that he worked all
night because he was too lazy to quit.
Fergus County argus., 1890-11-27

state Directory.
Governor...........Joseph X. Toole. Helena
Lieut.. GovernOr....John T.. Richards, Butt,
Member of Congress, T. II. Carter. Helena
Secretary Louis Rotwitt, Helena
Treasurer ............R. q. Hickman, II elena
Auditor. ..-....E A. kenney, Helena
Au'y General, Henri J. Haskell, Glendiye
hief Justice Supreme Court..........
Henry n. Blake, Helena
Associate Justices Z; N; Harwood
lerk Sup. Court, W. J. Kennedy, Helena
! Slperint-ndent Public Instruction.
.........John Cannon, Helena
Federal Directory.
Us. Marshal .......... Thomas Irwin, Butte
REGISTER U. ). Land Office, s. A. Swiggett
Receiver u. S. Land Office. q. n. Bourquin
Surveyor General. ID. Eaton
L. 8. Attorney. ney........................E. u. Weed
All of Helena.
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