The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-01

regularly used at the hours Of Z in h
morning, nOOn, N q In h evening.
The method employed vas this: A
captive of war. a tramp, or some other
malefactor, was impaled on the pole.
the point being inserted In the small of
the hack, 30 hat none OF the vitals
would be injured. The weight of the
victim would slowly, but steadily and
surely cause him to settle toward the
earth, and he would then begin to howl
and yell with such energy hat he could
be heard Over the entire city. The
alarm would generally last Is minutes
before the victim fell short of breath,
and gave mp the ghost. Ladies', Of
course, were preferable since their notes
penetrated TO a farther distance. and
they were always used when plenty
were o~btainable.
We have made this depression simply
to show the straits to which people
were put before they began to conceive
Of seals and bells N dinner gongs and
chambermaids and like improvements
with which moderns are blessed. The
seal began to attain something like a
degree of perfection i'm the first century
Ii. G. In the British museum is a well
preserved seal of Julius Caesar, which
he is said to ave used when he took a
blanket mortgage on all the property of
the Helvetii, whom il will be remem-
bered he defeated with great carnage
forcing the sturdy barbarians back
across all Gaul until a great portion of
them went like the Hon. Mr.. Mctiinty
several centuries later, to n bottom of
the sea. The motto on this sea has re-
ceived Il great deal of attention from
the most eminent scholars, and even
yet they are not agreed as to its precise
significance. 1t reads.
Nahum videte meum 1T sieilium, q canium
nlii.
Signum
C. J. a. e. CESAR
The ease and elegance of CAESARS die
ton will be recognized at u glance,
however much controversy there may
be over the exact meaning the writer
intended to convey. At the bottom of
the seal appear u few more words,
probably not added by Caesar. Indeed,
there is reason to believe that they were
tackled on after Caesar had departed for
Rome by some person unfriendly to h
great general. They read:
4 AL intern iIn, % Caesar.
Coming down to M~ontana's seal, the
Herald rightly says:
IL is conceded that our present motto IL not the
best ar most suitable. As "A mining state some
suitable reference to our fundamental industry
might he always appropriate, but there is no rea-
rtt WHY " upttu Sl"Niy my Goiu ahu ShStE
and these i'm the spanish tongue. Tie use Of the
Spanish terms wound be more suitable in New
Mexico, but We have never had moe than an in
significant element of citizens Of spanish descent.
Our state motto should either he good English ar
Latin. and expressive Of AN idea, purpose ar am
bition. IL should he one that IL not only appro-
pirate now, hut will he just AS appropriate "a
century hence, when all our resources ars<kcvei-
oIsrl.e
A peculiarly appropriate motto for
this state would be "Montani semper
liberi," but that has already been
adopted by West Virginia. As the
most fitting substitute hat comes to
mind at the present moment, We re-
specially invite the attention of our
esteemed contemporary to- the follow
ing, which. although the Latin may be
"a tritie strained in it's effort to accom-
MEDIATE itself to modern thought, is
nevertheless very good Latin We assure
you:
Civitate Montana.
Wilbero T.. Sandero.
lille l'uer Bullyis>imus Frat
Cum Gl.psi Octlo.