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The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-10-27
What Iceland Is Like.

Mr.. Il. Thoroddsen is an Icelandic
gentleman who has spent his summe,
vacations in the past 10 years in explor.
ing the geographical and physical fea.
lures OF his own land. 1t is a land where
there are frequent SHOWS in August,
where there is not n wagon road and
where thirteen-fourteenths of the coun-
try are uninhabitablo by man, beast or
vegetable. There is absolutely not a blade
of grass upon these dreary, tremendous
lava wastes. Tho 10000 people that still
inhabit Iceland live in the craggy val
leys and lowlands where the lava has
crumbled away and washed down suf-
fcently to make a little productive soil.
In the midst Of snowstorm and rain
storm, mountain torrent, falling ice
masses and boiling, bubbling mud and
sulphur springs, that fumed like sheol
pots, T~horoddsen has pursued his nature
studies. All the p%rovender for his horses,
food and clothing for himself and COM
panions, his instruments and utensils,
''i' " WI Nv btlIkN u llit queer,
hardy little Iceland ponies. Sometimes
the path was 50 narrow and dangerous
that the ponies had TO be unloaded and
ledin the most careful manncr. Whether
such n region was worth exploring will
be answered in the negative by the indi-
vidual who is always and only ION the
make
For the man of science, however, the
discoveries Of ThorOddson are full of
strange interest. lie found vast lakes
OF black water which were merely the
filled up craters Of extinct volcanoes.
The water was blackcned by the lava
which forms the mountains. One lake. |
surrounded by basalt walls, lie found
that was no less than 37J feet dccp.
T~horoddsen believes that if the moon
had any water OF its surface its land
scapcs would look Ike those of Iceland. I;
He judges this from the lunar photo.
graph.
Perhaps III" most interesting discov.
cry OF all was that millions Of years ago,
III the tertiary period, before the age Of
man on this earth, Iceland was a warm
country filled with semitropical vcgeta.
ton. The climate he supposcs to be like
that Of northern Italy today. This may
perhaps give some data as to the rate at
which the globe is cooling off and the
number Of years that must elapse before
all the earth shall be as desolate and
as Iceland is today. The explorer
believes that i'll the tertiary age Iceland
was the neck that connected Europe and
by land.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-10-27
Apologize ROBERT BENSON.

THE best regulated newspaper in the
world will some times make mistakes il
the matter of publishing rumors withou,
thoroughly investigating them. To use
a trite saying, accidents will happen in
the best regulated families, and in news.
papers too. 1t is often a difficult matter
for IA paper to verify every bit OF "news'
which a member of the staff hands in for
publication. An item may be run down"
with considerable degree Of accuracy and
to the horror of the whole staff, turn out
to be false. When such proves to be the
case an apology is due to the person or
persons upon whom reflection is cast.
That is just what the TRIBUNE proposes
to do this neutrality-suspicious. to Mr..
Robert Benson, of North Great Falls, for
an article rejecting on his reputation as
an honorable man which appeared in
this paper October ,, 1893. The article
in question stated that on the previous
day he had deserted his wife and family
and left for Chicago with another WON
an. The local editor OF the TRIBUNE
who wrote the same, obtained what pur-
ported to be the facts in the case, from
Officer Talgo and two other reliable
parties whose names he cannot now
recall. The officer in particular said
he was certain that Benson was
about to elopo and TO impress the
newspaper man with the idea called
attention to the fact that be (ralgo) had
stopped Benson at West Great Falls and
collected from him "A little bill due "a
Central avenue merchant. whether
such was the case cuts no figure now.)
The officer related several incidents in
Benson's career in this town which had
a tendency to confirm the newspaper
man into the belief that the elopement
story was an ~iDdisputable fact.
These are some of the reasons why the
article was ever written. Had the re-
informant been any othcr than a
policeman We feel pretty certain under
circumstances the story would never
nave been printed in this paper.
As stated at the outset we have cast
Undue aspcrsions upon Mr.. Benson, and
ask his pardon. He has returned to
us family and never had any idea Of
them. Mr.. Talgo is no longer on
he police force, being, we are told. in
laiden. We don't want to appear as
hough trying to make a scapc-goat
I him, but we submit to our read ;
RS he is to blame for ever telling such
n outrageous lie to the city editor of
his paper and whom he returns we will /
be slow about telling him so, either. t
hope Mr.. Benson will accept our 4
.ology in the spirit in which it is given, ,
his paper has no grievance against him
nd trusts this will set him right before i
10 community. .
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-10-27

l,oLFE's attitude toward the Townsite
company is like the story about the man
and the snake. The serpent, nearly dead
from cold, was carried inside by the man.
When the reptile became warmed and
had been fed it rewarded its bencfactor
by biting him. But, thank goodness, in
the present case the irony of fate has
rendered the serpent practically harm
less. His fangs have lost their cunning
and his stock Of poison is about en-
haustcd. His snakeship has shrunk in
size from a RATHER to a garter and pretty
soon nothing will remain but his dried
and withered hide, the toughest part
being the last to succumb.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-10-27
At HIS OLD TRICKS AGAIN,

hoife IN his cowardly, serpentine way
resorted TO his old tricks again last night
IN reporting tho board OF trade meeting.
As usual he distorted the statements Of
everyone WHO spoke and then had the
Immaculate gan to make himself say
'o'hsS he never Thought Of until he got
'a'N |" ms '.''' and set his s]plcnetic
''"ir u" work 20 ih" presence Of the
aI'Ina"i u"'.a. 'l 'Hn hoard hc aid
..' "''' .' -". j.N' ""'''.aI hal b.o"
.'' ny 'a' !4'a''r about The board Of
.'7.' ".'". Was not strictly 'ro'. Un
+'" l""l "H- .H >. 'ua. 'a" gentle
..' HI'-.n, "ou'I sent 10 and tell
A." p.i'htt mat ae It'p. Hiding him
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-10-27

The Leader lies when it says that Mr..
Shores failed to get a second to expel
Rolfe for the simple reason that he
(Shores) never made a motion to that
effect, though we will wager a months
subscription that if somebody had it
would have secured a second and have
been carried. A motion to that effect
would lave gone through with only
about two dissenting votes after Mr..
Dunn got through with Role.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-10-27

Hon. Amos j. Cummings of New York
a been the first nan in any nation to
offer a remedy for the large number Of
floating wrecks and derelicts that are
beginning to be a serious menace to the
safety of ocean steamers between Europe
and America. Representative Cummings
has introduced into congress a joint res
olution empowering the president to
make an international agreement with
other countries for the purpose Of locat-
ing, marking and removing or destroy.
ing these dangerous estrays.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-10-27

TnE Evening Maligner gloats over the
fact that this paper is defendant in a
libel suit. We hope tho same will af-
ford it plenty Of malicious satisfaction.
Such Il thing as journalistic courtesy is
unknown in the eanctum Of the anti
Great Falls sheet. Green-horn newspa,
per men may think last nights slurs
were true journalism, but we believe the
people have formed a different opinion.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-10-27

BUTTE MINER: The vacant seat to
Gov. Richards: "Allow me to express
my gratitude for the appointment which
| have received at your hands. ! will
endeavor to represent Montana on the
silver question in accord with your wish
es, and knowing that you are a mar
after my W heart / am not saying a
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-10-27

The TRIBUNE was fair enough to pub
lish almost all Rolfe SAID at Wednesdays
board Of trade meeting, when be was TAX
en- to task for slandering the board, but
the Leader could not give space to any
of the speakers except its boss.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-10-27

Many American securities have been
sent home to us during the past summer,
but from the best information obtain
able $f7, 900, 900 worth of American
bonds are still held in Europe. In Or
binary times it is believed that alto
gether not less than 800, OOO, 900 of Brit.
ish capital alone are invested in the
United States in ranches, mines, rail.
ways, manufacturing and real estate.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-10-27

France has belonging to her navy 81
torpedo boats that are capable of MAX
ing 81 knots an hour or over, Italy has
70 and Germany So. Even Russia has
Ia torpedo boats that can make 81 knots
an hour, some Of them more than that.
This knowledge is calculated to take the
starch out of u pride in the achieve
ments of our few little torpedo boats.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-10-27

WE hope Mr.. Dunn and Mr.. Myers,
especially the former. will take the Lead
or up and give it an opportunity to pub.
lish their remarks" made at the board Of
trade meeting. We are inclined to think
u contemporary is making a bluff.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-10-27

eff the nation is determined, it will
not be bafied by a phalanx of 500 peers"
says Gladstone. 1--WE have the will of
The country to execute and cannot sub
NIT to the house of lords, although they
bean high sounding titles and sit in a
gilded chamber"
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-10-27

We challenge the Rolfe organ to cite
a single case of injustice on the part Of
the TOWNSHIP company against any per-
son by reason of its contracts. If the
conditions of an instrument have been
violated the TOWNSHIP company or any
other company has a perfect right to
protect itself.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-10-27
NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO DIsINCoR-

NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO DISINCOR.
y porate. In the matter Of the application of
The Great Falls Water company to dissolve
and disinc0rporate. Notice is hereby given that
formed under the laws of the state Of Montana,
has presented to the district court of the city Of
Great Falls, Cascade county. state of Montana,
a petition praying to be allowed to ,disincorpo-
day Of October. 1893, at 10 o'clock in the fore
noon, or as soon thereafter as counsel can be
heard, has been appointed IN tho time, and the
court room of the district court, in and for the
city Of Great Falls, county of Cascade, state of
Montana, as the place at which said application
il to he heard.
In witness whereof l have herennto set my
hand and affixed the seal of the district court
this the 18th day af September, 1893.
". M. COCKRILL, Clerk.
LESLIE a DOWNING,
Attorneys for Petitioners.
First publication Sept. 10. 1893.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-10-27

There is one thing engineers do not al
ways remember when there is danger Of
a collision. 1t is that reversing an en-
glne going at full speed makes it go fast
or at first than it did before. The mo-
mentum is still ON, and the driving
wheels slide like skates.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-10-27
H WEEKL TRIBUNE
FRIDAY. OCTOBER. q, 1893.

WHEN Gabriel blows his trumpet to
indicate that time is no more We pre-
sumo Rolfe will yell ITS a TOWNSHIP
scheme"
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-10-27

WITH its usual malignancy the Role
ruin organ seeks to asperse the charac
ter of the Hon. Paris Gibson. Its froth-
ings are too transparent to mislead any
body.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-10-27

MoNTANA's silver statue of Justice"
goes to Brooklyn after the fair to serve
for thirty days as an lad" for a dry goods
house, says the Inter Ocean.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-10-27

Congress will soon have to adjourn in
order to be measured for its winter over
coat.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-10-27

why BED Ut 'hHl W.'It The rt.u .a!.,.
man wishes 10 yir.im,ze ANYBODY by
menus 81 TIC mciou; and lishy smelling
device of palmiu% oil Il tin box Of green
papcr under the lclHsion that il CON
talns yl,"tG worth Of good counterfeit
bank Hills, he always selects n farmer?
A trio Of lascals were recently captured
with ~ boxes Of green Paper, cut in the
shape of bank bills, and all their other
effects. Among those effects were books
marked on the outside, Select lists of
farmers" from the neighborhood Of
Springfield, o. Ohio, too, of all states
i n the Union-Ohio, that next to Mass;
chusetts prides herself on her gener
intelligence and wide awake condition!
Is it any wonder that sharks and sharp
ers of all classes choose farmers for their
prey, when the average ruralist can be
imposed on by the superannuated device
OF a box of green paper in lieu of coun-
terfeit money? OF course it serves a man
exactly right if he should lose all the
money he has while no is engaged in
anything so dishonest as traffic in coun
terfeit money, but the exasperating part
is that any man is left in this Union who
is such a fool.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-10-27

IT. the Leader continues it's attacks on
this town much longer public patience
will cease to be q virtue.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-10-27

For accident insurance call on Phil
Gibson,
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-10-27

Send the children to Calkins =
store for school bOOks-Dunn blN'
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-10-27
The Three Cent Empcror.

Two years ago the emperor of Ger
many evolved "a scheme on which. when
he wakes up in the night to think about
it, he doubtless congratulatcs himself AS
additional evidence Of the wisdom of
enc and the Almighty"
IL is nothing less than II plan for the
help OF lone working females, so that
they may remember their emperor looks
after them like n fathcr. Every lady
who keeps a domestic servant is Obliged
to buy OF the government II blank book
IN which to paste certain stamps. The
government thus turns its little honest
penny. Further, every week fine yirl
stays in her service the lady must paste
into that book a stamp worth 3 cents.
Thus she lays up 3 cents Il week for her
hired girl. Week after week, wear after
year, the suli accumulates. Iii meant
to take care Of the domestic in sickness
and old age.
In one year it amounts to %I.jG-all Of
$i.1G. II after 10 years faithful scrv-
ice the girl falls i'll and stays SO for six
months, say, 81" cau go and take a yac.-
ton and be H"n care Of on $3.50. She
loycHr5 have LAID ptlat aoouut.
!. e'" has been in service 30 yrnr- and
i''' '.'. sul nriIruaJrd. She viii hl,e
,1'r 70 laain'a.u her the r.,t IL her
IL. '.""r good aDd eryat this idea it,.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-28
SHE BECAME A COUNTESS.
A st. Paul Heircss Married to a German
 No5lpman.

A st. Paul Heircss Married to a German
 No5lpinan.
 ST. PAUL, Minn., March 2S.--The upper circle of society is greatly inter estcd in the announcement made yesterday of the mar riage of Marion LaEprey to Count Carl Hines, of Elbvr.!eld, Germany.
 Though the ceremony was performed at Milwaukee one week ago, it was kept a profound secret until yesterday Miss Lamprey is great belle amt heiress, and only recently returned from abroad where she met the count.
 A marriage was proposed. but the family feared that the German noblenan was sim ply fortune hunter and colr,''..t was with held.
 Time passed and 1t W;* supposed that Miss Lamprey had otlt.rp"n tlS in.atua tiun but suddenly the count appeIIr! in St. Paul and pre sstd his SUI: with renewed fcrvor, only to meet the same opposition. The next heard of the young pair ".,.' from Milwaukee where it was ann'i,t.'''rI that the St Paul belle had been tr.:.. .o."ned into a German countess.
 The parents very srnsibly ma la the D st of it, and they themselves made the an nouncement to the world.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-28

-Domg Anytnlng.-A snarp boy struck a Jefferson avenue merchant the other morning for a job. 'So you want to be an office boy, eh?" queried the merchant good naturedly. "Yes, sir.'' What can you do2" Anything" ''That's the same old answer" said the merchant Do you expect to get paid for doing anything9" "You bet do," snapped the boy. "You don't expect me to do anything without pay, do youq That's what the other man expected, and got out" The boy took the job
 Detroit Free Press
 Early in December, 1776, a British fleet with 5000 troops on board, ap- peared off Newport. R. l. The few troops stationed there evacuated the town without attempting to defend it Commodore Hopkins had several Conti- mental vessels lying there with num- Der of privateers With these he es- capped up the bay and was effectually blockaded at Providence. When Wash ington heard of this invasion he sent Generals Arnold and Spencer for the defence of Rhode Island. This posses. sion of Newport, the second town in size and importance in New England, | produced great alarm and annoyance to the inhabitants east of the Hudson.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-28

ALMOST as many missthtements have
 been made concerning the status of the
 extra session of the senate as about the intentions of President Cleveland. Long stories have been written, and editors who knew no better have printed
 them, about the senate remaining in
 session against the wishes of the presi- dent, and about the annoyance it was
 causing him. As a matter of fact, the
 extra session only continues at the pleasure of the president, and as soon as
 he shall notify the senate that he has
 no further communication to make to it, adjournment will follow, unless pre- cedents are all set aside. So powerful is precedent that at this writing it seems probable that the democratic officers of the senate will not be elected at the
 extra session, although they have been nominated by the caucus and a resolu tion adopted to proceed to elect them.
 The republicans entered protest
 against this proceeding on the ground that it would be violation of pre-. cedent, and the indications are that the democratic senators will not act against
 that protest.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-28

A DECISION which is of interest to every city in the country has just been handed down by the supreme court of Missouri, in the suit of the City of St Louis against the Western Union Tele- graph Go. The city taxed the com- pany $5 apiece for each of it's telegraph poles within the city limits, which it re- fused to pay on the ground that the streets and public places were post roads under the control of the United States; and also that the city was tax ing their privilege to carry on business and was therefore unconstitutional The case was carried to the supreme court, which fails to sustain the com, pany, saying that municipalities ir granting permission to telegraph ol telephone companies to erect poles ir the streets, practically gives them the exclusive use or lease of so much reaI estate for which the giver has the right to exact compensation, which is in the nature of a rental.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-28

would prostrate me for hours.
 "Yes, I had several physicians but they all said no help was possible.
 "I was in dIspair until took Dr Greene's Nervura, blood and nerve Fem- edy. By the time had taken the first bottle found that had been greatly benefited. continued it's use and have now gained my original health again."
 And she looked it, for she is a picture of health and beauty. ., .-,.. .
 By the by, did you ever hear of . failure of Dr Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy to cure? We never have, and can assert positively that this won. derful medicine, the prescription and discovery of the well known and suc- cessful specialist, Dr Greene of 35 W. 14th St, New York, will cure more cases of disease than any other remedy in the world. If ou are sick try it, for it will cure you. Especially should you use it at this season of the year; as 8 spring medicine is absolutely necessary to the maintenance of good health, and doc tors recommend this as the best spring medicine, for it will surely invigoratf the blood, strengthen the nerves and re store the organs to natural and healthy action. You can get it of any druggist for $1, and we know it is purely vege table and harmless. Besides you car consult Dr Greene free of charge con corning your case at any time, personal ly or by letter.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-28

ECONOMY is the watchward in every department of the government and it will not be changed as long as demo- crats are in control. One of the very first things that President Cleveland i'm pressed upon the mind of the members of his cabinet was that each of them should be liberal in the use of the prun- ing knife in cutting off sinecures and useless employees under them. Some thing has already been done in the cut ting of line, but what has been done is nothing when compared with what will be done. President Cleveland wishes the heads of the departments to antici. pate the findings of the congressional joint commission, which has already organized, for the purpose of investigat. ing the work of the government depart ments, with view to a reduction ir the number of employees and an i'm provement in the present slow and ir many instances cumbersome methods oi transacting business, wherever possible To change the methods will in many cases require change in the law, but to compel every employe of the govern ment to render an honest equivalent fol the salary received, and to dismiss all the drones and shirks, is within the power of the heads of the departments under present laws and unless some
 body weakens it is going to be done.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-28
ON March 21st the Allan steamship

ON March 21st the Allan steamship Pomeranian was lying disabled 1SC miles south of Halifax. She was sighted by the Red Star steamer BeIgen' land which hove down and communi cated with the disabled vessel. The captain of the Pomeranian asked to be lowed into part, but this request wal refused on the ground that the Red Stal company's rule prohibited. If Captain Eboff of the Belgenland has been cor rectly reported the rules of the Red Stal company need revision and they vii undoubtedly be modified. Public opin ion will have nothing but condemnation for steamship company that refuses tt allow it's vessels to assist others in dis tress.