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The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-03
TASTEFUL BRIDEGROOMS.

Brides Are More Self Possessed Than Their
 Partners in Facing the Minister.
 Ministers declare that in nine cases out of ten brides are much more self possessed than are bridegrooms when the marriage ceremony is being per formed.
 A shy, modest looking little creature robed in white will stand perfectly erect, looking the minister calmly and squarely in the eye without for an in- stant losing her self poise, while the biz, blunt six-footer of a bridegroom by her side is pale and nervous and trembling. His fingers are likely to twitch nervously and he may even hitch at his trouser legs or twist a cor ner of his coat skirt.
 was once ''best man. to a stalwart, middle-aged bridegroom, noted for his courage and feats of daring, says a writer in the Philadelphia Call, and when the time came for us to go down stairs to meet the bride and her attend ants he nearly had fit, and he looked like walking corpse all through the ceremony. had to keep saying: Brace up, old boy" and ''Come, come, you've got to go down. to get him started at all, and at the door he was idiotic enough to clutch at me and say:
 ''Say, Fred, how would it do to have Mary and the preacher slip in here and have it all over with before we go down at all? I can't go through it before all that crowd"
 ''Idiot!' I said briefly and pointedly enough to leave no doubt as to my meaning. ''Mary won't come in here and you will go down this instant"
 He got through at last without doing or saying anything ridiculous, in which respect he was luckier than another stalwart bridegroom of my acquaint- ance. who was so dazed and overcome that he held out one of his own fingers for the ring when the minister said: ''With this ring 1 thee we'd"
 Another bridegroom know lost his head to such a degree that when it came time for him to say: II, Horace, take thee, Annie, to be my lawful welded wife," he said, in an unnaturally loud tone: 1T, Annie, take thee, Horace, to be my lawful welded wife, and when the time came for him to introduce his bride to some of his friends who had not yet seen her he did it by saying, awkwardly: "Ah. er-Miss Carter, this is ny wife, Miss Barton, calling her by her maiden name.
 Few men say ''my wife" easily and naturally the first time they use the words in public.
 A funny case was that of badly rattled bridegroom who stared blankly at the minister until asked if he took ''this woman to be his lawful welded wife," when he started suddenly and hastily, and said, in the blandest man. ner:
 ''Ah! beg pardon, were you speaking to me?"
 4 village preacher says that he once married q rural couple at the home of the brides parents in the presence of @ large company of invited guests. The bridegroom was big, bony, red-faced young fellow who looked as though he could have felled an OK with his fist; but he shivered and turned pale at the beginning of the ceremony, and at it's close he fell down in dead faint, to the manifest annoyance of his bride, who had been as cool as Q cpcumb Der through out the ceremony.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-03
NAMES WITH PRESCRIPTIONS.
Druggists Might Savc Lives by Insisting
 on This simple Precautlon.

on This simple Precautlon.
 Said St. Louis druggist to a Globe Democrat reporter: You ask me why I inquired your address when writing out the prescription for your cough. The reason will at once commend itself to every sensible mind, and is simply this: There have been cases innumera- ble where lives might have been saved had the number of the residence of the party for whom tho prescription was put up been known to the druggist. For, as we all know, mistakes are made even in the most reliable drug stores through the carelessncsS Of clerks. Not long ago druggist found, on returning from supper, that bottle Of strychnine was on the counter and asked the req son why. The clerk replied that he had just been putting up prescription and was mortified when he found that he had made use of strychnice instead of some less harmful drug mentioned in the prescription. The frightened young fellow did not even know the name of the person who had come in for it or for whom 1t was intended and after hours of search on the part of the distracted druggist the unfortunate victim was traced to his home. but too late, for the first dose had killed him. That is why place the name oi the patient both on the prescription for the druggist and on the stub left in my prescription book"
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-03
THE BIGGEST OF FLYING BIRDS.
The Wandering Albatross and the South
American Condor Arc the Ones.

The Wandering Albatross and the South
 American Condor Are the Ones.
 The biggest of all really powerful fly ing birds are, believe, the wandering albatross and the South American con- dor-for the roc I reject outright as worthy only of the most restricted Ara bian and nocturnal ornithology. Seen on the wing, says writer in the Chica- go Globe, or even with the wings ex- banded merely, both these great exist ing birds have a most majestic and colossal appearance. But feathers in such cases are very deceptive; they make fine birds out of very small bodies. For example. our well-known little Eng fish swift, which looks so imposing in flight as it passes overhead with pinions poised, is hardly as big when plucked as a mans top thumb joint and weighs only half an ounce. So, too, the alba tross, though its expanse of wing is said to exceed that of any other known bird, amounting sometimes to nearly ten feet from tip to tip, does not average in weight more than fifteen pounds, which lis just exactly the poulterer's statement for my last family Christmas turkey. AS for the condor, while he spans from wing to wing some eight feet, his length from beak to tail is only three and a half, and I doubt if he would pluck into anything corresponding to his magnif- cent outer show-though am bound to admit that have never personally tried the unpleasant experiment.,
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-03
The Slavcs cr C-,,srss.

A system of peOlagc, or slavery, is extensively carried on in Chiapas, Mex ico, and its workings are novel and in teresting as described in the Philadcl- phia Times. The slaves nearly all come from the middle class of SDaniards. and are not Indians, Gs is generally SUD- posed. The usual custom is for a fam fly who may have Q boy or girl ten or fourteen years Of age to take the child to some plantation owner or family of the first class and propose that it shall take a position as servant on condition that an advance Cf ten or fifteen dollars is made to the parents. The contract also generally stipulates that the child Shall receive a certain amount as wages, and the sum shall be placed to its credit until the money advanced has been paid, when the child will again be free. As the child grows older and becomes able to earn more money its parents. so it happens in nearly every case, apply for more money, thus bling up the debt. When the child becomes Of age 1t gen. erally asks for money for its own per GOnal use, and thus bound to it's master it must continue in slavery until the eebt is paid.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-09-03
Not to Be Rluced.

A merchant in Syracuse offered a young woman twenty yards of silk for D dress if she would saw half a cord of wood in front of his store. She bor- rowed saw, spit on her hands, and went through that woodpile in just three hours, and the admiring crowd bought her a twelve-2ollar hat to go with the dress.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-02-21

until 10 o'clock midnight the last day.
Nearly every town in the state is in
the field for one of the institutions,
aud the contest must necessarily be a
a long one. to the decided detriment
Ut the state. Besides, in two years
the state will develop rapidly; there
will be new centers of population and
new conditions. As there would lie
no money to apply to their establish
ment we can not see that anything is
to be gained by locating the ins'itu'
tons now, while much valuable leg,
islative time would be lost.
BY all means let the matter of To-
eating the state institutions 60 ovel
until the next session.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-02-21
MEET,
The Great Northern and Northern Pa'iIH
Come Together.

The Northern Pacific and Great Nor3b-
ern surveyors have come together 10,
East Foster Creek. The former makiyyG
the permanent location, and TIE lattev a..
preliminary line,-Coulee City News.
There are now two parties runn!UGs
preliminary lines for the Great Northe,I e.
one on East the other on West Fosla 3.
creek.
Engineer Stevens, IN charge of f@s
party IN East Foster creek, reports 49,
grade there TO be much lighter thar 90
any previous surveys made on the Colgx
bia river.
In view Of the saving III distance acs
cost OF building, not to mentiOn the ~
minlshed cost of operation, there seem
hut li'tls doubt that the East FOe9f.7
Creek route will he chosen. This w&I,
place Ruby within f.'rtv-tve miles ~
two trans ontin MA rlilroals." En.HsE
Miner.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-02-21
AN OPER.i-HOUSE

There ought to he no further delay in
providing Great Falls with a suitable
opera-house, one that would serve he
of the present and until a ma
jestic monumen to Thespis may be
reared here. 1t is well understood that
an opera-house will not pay enormous
dividends from the beginning, and there
fore private capital is naturally slow to
seek investment in such an enterprise.
inducements must be offered by our pub
lic-spirited citizens, and If the proper
steps are taken this "long-felt want may
be soon filled. 1t is not creditable to our
city of 5000 people, with a widespread
reputation for push and enterprise, that
there is not Il public hall in the city ca
pable CT holding 200 people. 10 the
opinion of the TRIBUNE the board OF
trade could not do a better work than To
grasp this problem anG devise ways and
H.. means to provide an opera-house for
Great Falls at the earliest possible day
II Il StOCh 'blh pohs = 80" vs."
portion of the necessary funds
subscribed some one would doubt
less be found who would put in the majol
portion of the capital and carry the prof
ect to speedy completion. The house
might be built on First avenu north
where ground is comparatively cheal
and We have no doubt the investmen
would prove "A good one. With II suitable
hall or opera house every company o
merit that to Montana would ap
pear in this city. which would stand to
day, GeXt to Helena and Butte, the hes
show town in the state. The board o
trade will meet tomorrow evening, an
why not take up this question and stan
the opera house ball running?
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-02-21

CLOSE friends of eX-President Cleve-
land say positively that the efforts to con
strue his anti free-coiuage letter as an e
plicit and deliberate declaration of hos
tillty to silver Legislation in any form are
not justified by his real sentiments on the
silver question. IL is now stated upon
reliable authority that he has declared
emphatically and unequivocally that he
merely intended in his letter TO express
his judgment as to the particular bill now
pending in congress; that he is not hostile
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-02-21
NEW COU Mites.

There are two bills before the legis-
lature providing for the creation of
new counties in northern Montana.
and both are founded on merit and
justice.
The Valley county bill has been ia
vorably acted upon in the senate and
will go the house at once, where like
consideration should Je accorded it.
This bill asks that all that portion OF
Dawson county lying north of the
Missouri river be set apart rs a new
county to be called Valley. The req
uisite population and wealth to sup
port IA new county IS claimed. and
there is but little objection to the di-
vision on the part of the parent conn
ty. Glasgow will be the county seat
if the measure prevails. 1t is well
known that this portion of Dawson is
remote from Glendive, the county
seat. and that at certain seasons of
the year the latter con only be reached
by making an S0O-miie trip via
Helena. This is a hardship and a
missituation that should not obtain
longer.
Teton county is the second propo,
sition, and if created it will be II near
Ieignbor of Cascade, adjoining this
county on the north. The bill has
been Introduced in the house but has
not yet received consideration. With
out question the proposed county
would have ample taxable property tc
make both ends meet and in the
course of time will grow into a ricl
and important county. 1t has
rich agricultural lands, unsurpassed
ranges, and an abundance of coal ant
: perhaps other minerals. Railroad
1 now penetrate the proposed count,
) and it's development will be rapid
, This section of Choteau county is re
mote from the county seat and it /
: but a matter of justice that the neS
| division be made at the earliest da,
possible. There is some question a
to boundary lines between the rep
resentatives of Choteau and the pre-
motors of the new scheme, but tina
( ought to be speedily settled on n
g equitable basis and the bill passed
q All familiar with the situation mus
: admit that it is a just and meritoriou
4 measure.
Y Northern Montana is bigger tina
all outdoors and new counties shout
be created as fast as wealth and poE
!, ulation will warrant it. Valley an
Y Teton counties should be given e'
J. istence before the present legislatW
M. a1iOurns.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-02-21
UNDUE MISREPRESENTATION
CORRECTED.

The following telegram appeared IN a
recent issue of the Regina, Alberta,
Leader.
"LETHBRIDGE.Ja .3l.-In consequence
of the surly seltishness of the Great
Northern, things are in "A bad way here.
The company has any amount of coal at
Great Falls but there 1t sticks, jim HITS
line refusing them cars. saying they have
a coal mine OF their own"
This brought forth the following reply
from the Lethbridge News, which is GER
tainly in II position to ascertain and
announce the exact facts:-"As o as
we noticed the above report a representa-
tive of the News visited the office of the
company, and found out that it was
entirely false. So far from things being
in IA bed way here, the daily output OF
coal is in the neighborhoOd of 1000 tons,
and is greater than at any previous time
in the history of the coal company. Two
train loads of coal goes each day to Great
Falls, and the balance is shipped to the
Canadian Pacific railroad at DunmOre
The company are making arrangements
for securing several large contracts fol
supplying shelters in Montana, and are
adding extensively to the rolling stock
on their lines of railway, in order to NEE
the increasing demand for their coal
Neither is their any truth in the report
that the company are refused cars tt
move their coal from Great Falls, Th'
most amicable relations exist between thu
A. II. u c. Co., and the Great Northern
railway. In nearly every town and city
in Montana, Gait coal Is in the marke
and finds ready sale. The market is a
present only limited by the capacity o
the rolling stock on the road"
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-02-21

MIR. PORTER, superintendent of the al
legged census of 1890, unites with Mr..
Clarkson in the opinion that the demo-
cratic press of the country is far superior
to the republican and has II much wider
circulation. Tnis undoubted fact he ad-
mitted with sorrow and regret a. the To-
ledo blowout in honor of Mckinley.
Mr.. Porter also pointed out the fact that
not only are the democratic papers more
enterprising and more successful, but
that several of the ablest republican pa
pers are unsound on the tariff and thus
are giving aid and sustenance to the en-
envy. at is almost safe 10 say" rem irked
the census man, who ought to know,
that the circulation of the FREE. trade
democratic newspapers is twice that of
he republican newspapers" Neither
Porter nor Clar son have yet su. sesred Il
means of turning the tide of popularity
of the democratic press.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-02-21
TIE LEGISLATURE.

The legislature is now diligently at
work and Il strong pull will be made
to enact all essential laws before the
close of the session on March 5, SO as
to avoid the necessity of an extra
session. 1t is believed generally
among he members that this can be
done. The senate with it's member
ship of fifteen is making much better
progress than the more unwieldy
house where there are fifty-four mem
bers. and each of course has n or
more pet schemes for which he de-
sires to secure precedence. In the
senate the work is up to date and
there is not a single bill on the cal
endar, while in the house the general
orders file is loaded down, with spe-
cial orders made for nearly every day
of this week.
The only way in which the neces-
sary legislation can be enacted before
the close of the session is to begin at
once upon measures OF that class to
the exclusion Of all others. Senator
Becker's joint resolution for the APP
pointment of a committee OF three OF
the senate and seven of the house to
act in the way of a steering COM
mittee to determine the order of bust
ness from this time until the close OF
the session is a good n and should
prevail. 1t would insure tho enact
ment Of all needed laws.
If it is hoped to accomplish the re-
suits sought the matter of the location
of the state institutions must be post
poned for this session There is
nothing TO be gained by their location
at this time in any event, as there is
no money with which to enter upon
the construction of buildings or tc
, make g, en- & beginning toward found
/ ing any of the required institutions
: The constitution limits the indebted
+, ness that may be incurred by thu
. state, and we must wait until the STATE
t treasury is il better condition, or
: special election for that purpose l
: held. before we can enter upon til
work of building colleges, asylums
/ etc.
4 If the task of locating these severa
S institutions is entered upon now, wit
only a few working days left, on
f solons need not expect to accomplis
S much if anything else. 1t woul
: p~recipitate "A contest that would las
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-02-21

IT is said that "A monster petition has
been signed by Great Falls people and
sent to the Legislature praying for the
annexation of Neihart and Barker dis
tricts to Cascade county. Il this is true,
it is indeed "A queer proceeding. 1t seems
to us that after the people of these dis
tricts absolutely refused to sign IA pc
tition to annex, that that should have set
tied 1t. Neihart has zone but the kind
lest feeling toward Great Falls. but she
does not banker after being tied to her
apron strings. Some day we want a little
county of our own, but If we once get
hooked up with Cascade, our name is
Dennis forever ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Her
aid.
The Herald need not be alarmed, as
no such petition has been sent to the leg
islature. However, we believe that Mel
hart and Barker naturally belong to Cas-
cade county, and that it would be to the
decided interest of the people of both
districts to be attached to this growing
and progressive county.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-02-21

TIE Greet ,ui., TRIBUNE, n new>y and
enterprising democratic m"r''r- :"'""r
in Montana's future great manula',,.
ing city, has increased lis size from four
to eight pages, and makes a very neat ap.
pearance in its new form. Long may il
wave if it fights fairly, is true to it,
friends, just to its rivals and in harmony
with its constituents, as it 50 far seem.
to be. 1t is Il pity that AZ much canno'
be said for any other paper in Great Falls
Helena journal.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-02-21
THE SALARY l.
adjour'ns

One of the subjects receiving much al
tention ut the hands OF the legislature Is
that of regulating the compensation OF
county officials. This is certain to be a
subject of eng?osstng interest at every
session. If the salary system obtains an
effort is sure TO be made to change to
fees. and vice versa. In Montana's bret
career this "switch" has been made sew
eral times, and we venture to say the
settled policy will not be adopted at this
session. Prior to the meeting of the last
territorial legislature Il salary bill was in
force. 1t was eminently unsatisfactory
and a salary and fee bill, which was
thought to he justly based, was enacted
at that session. Now there is a clamor
for salaries without fees and the house
has adopted Il measure of that kind. II
bids fair to pass the senate as well and
become a law.
For the purpose of apportioning sal
aries. the counties are divided into three
classes. on the basis of property valua-
ton. In the first class are counties hay
ing an assessed valuation of more thar
$4,000 900; second class, $4,OOo,OOo and
less than IS, 900; third class, belo"
S4,O0O,OO0. This brings the division ~
follows: First class, Lewis aud Clarke
Silver Bow, Deer Lodge, Cascade, MIS-
soula; second class, Choteau. Custer
Meagher, Park; third class, BeaVerheaa
Dawson, Fergus, jefferson. Madison
Yellowstone and Gallatin, placing Cas-
cade, the youngest county in the state II
the top category.
The salaries agreed upon for the va
rious officers, according to the count.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-02-21
endorsement of the house.

nous endorsement of the house.
One question remains to be passed
upon and that is whether the bill
shall take effect At once or upon
the expiration of the terms of the present
incumbents. In justice to the officials
the latter proposition should prevail.
They were elected under the present
combined salary and fee system and to
make the change during their term of
office is virtually Il breach of contract on
the part of the state. Besides we doubt
if the counties will be much the winner
If the proposed liberal saleri-s, with
allowances for deputies, prevail. 1t Is
clear to us that the Cascade county officials
have no vigorous kick coming.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-02-21

t" bi-metalism, and meant only to express
his dlsapproval of free coinage as pro-
posed n the Vest bill. He especially dis
approved, 1t Is claimed, Of such extreme
Legislation Immediately preceding the
projected international silver conference,
as it would undoubtedly increase the diff
ficulty of agreeing upon an international
silver coin should the United States large
ly increase its stock Of silver dollars by
free coinage. Mr.. Cleveland ought to
write another letter and more fully eX.
pound his ideas on this subject.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-02-21

RrIslA is pushing forward that great
railroad enterprise, the Siberian railroad,
and it is to be completed in W or three
years. A writer familiar with the country
says it will be 1000 miles in length, and
the eastern terminus will he hut five days
from Japan. 1t will give Russia the trade
of Japan aud China with Europe and en-
able 1t to compete With the Pacific roads
of America for the traffic not derived
from China, especially in the carriage of
tea, which ."sns its best quality by sea
transportation.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-02-21

CONGRESSMAN ELECT JOHNSON of North
Dakota wrote the auditor AT Washington
asking to have his salary for March, when
his term begins, advanced to him. Fail
ing in this he went on to Washington and
sought t have his salary for a year by
pothecated. johnson is evidently in con-
gress for his salary, and he wants 1t right
off in fact a year before it is earned.
North Dakota ought to be proud of him
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-02-21
In WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
WEEKLY TRIBUNE.

IN account of the change OF form OF
Ia TRIBUNE, and the larg" increase In
| amount of available space, a weekly
kion will hereafter be issued instead
the semi weekly. While our sub
kbers will receive the paper but once a
ek, the one paper will contain as much
hot more, reading matter than the two
Retofore issued. The change. we be-
be. will give general satisfaction.