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The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-11
THE
name.

Mr.. Cleveland is too big aman to make
a graceful appearance a-straddle. His
message, much as we would like to be
pleased with it, reminds us of the "sum-
mel girl who, with an aunt for com
panion, came to a fence in the way while
returning from a country walk. "Oh!'
exclaimed the aunt. IL don't see how we
shall ever get over that fence" Il do
replied the summer girl" but hope no
one else will see." One can easily inn
agine how the 'sumrler girl got over
the fence, but it is hard to realize how
Grover Cleveland could have written
such a message as he has. lie says:
The people of the United States are
entitled to a sound and stable currency
and to money recognized as such on
every exchange and in every market in
the world.
Their government has no right to in
iure them by financial experiments OPP
posed to the policy and practice of other
civilized states. Nor is it justified in
permitting an exaggerated and unreason.
able reliance on our national strength
and ability to jeopardize the s%oundness
Of the peoples money. This matter rises
above the plane of party politics. 1t
vitally concerns every business and call
ing and enters every household IN the
land.
Why, bless you, Grover, that's what's
the matter" Tho other fellows have
been trying experiments to the injury Of
the people and the people elected you to
help them to return 10 the measure of
money established by the founders of the
republic.
Worse than all else, friend Grover, you
ring in the republican clap-trap about
the practice Of other civilized states. In
the language of campaign days, "Where
are we att" Is congress supposed to be
in session for the purpose of legislating
for 'othcr civilized states" or for this
the greatest nation the world ever knew?
Grover, Grover, we must believe your
heart is in the right place, but you have
gone fishing too often with the gold
hDvG
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-11

In this catalogue Of books which are
no books-biblia-abiblia-l reckon court
calendars, directories, pockctbooks (the
literary excepted. draught boards bound
and lettcrcl Oh tie back, scientific treat
ises, almanacS, statutes at large, the
works OF Hume, Gib1on, Robertson,
Beattie, SCainc Jcnyns and generally all
those volumes (which no gentleman's
library should be without the histories
of Flavius Joseph,s Chat learned jew
and Paley's Mora Philosophy" With
these exceptions, | can read almost any
thing. ibltas my stars fOra taste 81 cath
Ole, 50 nnoXoluding.- Cnarles Lamb.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-11
CONCLUSIVE

An account of a recent interview with
young George Gould has been going the
rounds Of the papers. In an attempt to
measure the length and breadth and
height and depth OF the great panic, Mr..
Gould declares he is in doubt whether
he could raise ten millions of,dollars at
a days notice. lie also says: Il do not
want silver. Nobody wants silver. Gold
is the only honest and equitable cur
rency for the people, This ought TO
settle the question. How unreasonable
in the people TO think they know better
what they want than young Mr., Gould.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-11

II there be any darkest side to the
most prodigious fraud ever foisted upon
a free people, that feature Of cur national
banking law which permits bankers to
expand and contract the circulating
medium at will is the darkest side.of our
national banking system. Just at pres
ent it suits their interests to increase
their circulation. Acting Secretary Cur
It's has ordered the force of the bureau
Of engraving and printing to work an
extra hour each day in printing national
bank notes. Ir a few months. or posi-
bly, years, these same bankers will see
their interest III a contraction Of the cur
rency. They will then reduce their cir
culation. II is hardly necessary TO say
The TRIBUNE does not blame the bank
ers for their action in either case. So
long as the people see lit to leave it to
the option Of self appointed agents to in
crease or contract the volume Of money.
II Is but natural such agents, being
bound by no pledge or obligation of
honor to the people, should act as seem-
eth best for their private interests.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-11
TOO GOOD TO BE LOST.

IN the absence of the edltor-in- CHIEF
the lowly individual who has had the
honors Of the sanctum sanctorum chair
thrust upon him for u single day gcner-
ously gives the readers Of The TRIBUNE
the benefit of a doubt IN reprinting the
following inimitable bit of humor from
the Butte Miner. If in his too daring
effort to turn the thoughts Of a panic
depressed public from the sere and yell
low subject of real and imaginary imam
cial misfortunes. the editor for day IN
fortunately rullle the placid minds of
either of the estimable gentlemen whose
names appear in striking Editorials"
he feels assured the public will come to
his aid in case any worse fate than de
caritation shall threaten him:
striking HditoriaIs,'
another great literary event must be
set down to the credit Of Great Falls,
For some time past Editor MacKnight
Of the Tribune. and Editor ROlfe of the
Leader, have been entertaining their
readers with d war of words as dark and
Ominous AS ever threatened a community
with disruption. 1t has been a war Of
perpetual danger and chronic crisis.
In the morning the people were enter
tanned at breakfast by the information
that ltOlfc was an allrouEd william with
a generous supply Of malice. dupi;clty,
dishonesty ard iniqulty.
In the evening the Leader would en-.
daavur 10 do its share Of entertaining by
intimating that MacKnight was a cross
between a Mormon and a rOai agent.
with goldbug leHGinGs and an insane dc,
sire to ruin the city Of Great Falls and
bring blight upon tine state If Montana.
This literary feast was continued IN
coursCs-twO IA day-unt,i last evening
when. owing TO the recommendation Of
the Leader that MacKnight be appoint
ed to an Office in which the olfactory
nerves would perform the important
duties, there was a literary meeting in
An alley. The meeting was called to or
der by Editor Macknight who issued 1t
few spicy editorials from the shoulders
and received a prompt and e~pigrammatic
reply from Editor ltolfe, The contest
was one Of the most brilliant in the his
tory Of Great Falls, liberal extracts
being made from sacred and profane his
tory and the fists fairly closing from
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-11

THERe is Just one great reform which
could bring about the benefits which
the populists who have been meeting in
Chicago demand. That is the establish
ment of principle Of the single tax on
land values throughout this republic.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-11
SAW THEM At LAST.

One summer day, with pensive air,
! wandered 10y the sea-bea shore;
| saw sorne lady bathers there
"A score there must have been, or more,
] gazed upon their graceful forms,
And heard their voices, ct Ms flutes,
And then when | had drawn quite near
saw their pretty hathing suits
ST, Lnni- Icunb!ic.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-11

That is a serious loss to the stock In
terests Of this county which is brought
about by the destruction of ex-Nice-
President Morton's splendid herd Of
Guernseys at Rhinecliff, n. Y. Nobody
can read the story of this calamity
without the deepest regret.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-11

CONGRESS will probably be up to its
old tricks, and no business will be done
for several days. lie is to De regretted
that the presidents message was not
presented yesterday in view of the strain
the country is undergoing.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-11

From Kansas comes the following bit
Of news: "Dn account Of the tiuauciai
stringercy the members Of the seven re-
ligious denominations at Ashland have
agreed to sit in one church, listen to one
minister and drop their mites into one
box. This will add six ~clergymen to the
great army Of the unemployed. Other
drought-stricaen communities will adopt
the same plan This may be rough on
the ministers, but what else could the
people do:
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-11
so .;IGIOCS.

She's AT the beach. where ! At present stay,
And / am happy for the simple reason
That | can sec much more Of her today
Jhsn ! saw OF her ia the winner spasu'.
New York Press.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-11

Patronize home industry 10y buying
your harness and saddles Of J. B Steffen
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-11

Screen Windows - cents ans upward
at the Hotter Lumber Co.'S.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-02-03
The stormy Petrel's Endurance

During recent trip across the At.
lantic the passengers on one steamer had
q vivid illustration of the endurance OF
the stormy petrol. Shortly after the
ship left the Irish coast two or three OF
these birds were sighted at the stern of
the ship. One had been caught at some
previous time, and its captor tied bit
of red flannel or ribbon round its neck
and let it go. The bit of red made the
bird very conspicuous, and it could be
easily identified. That bird, with others
that could not be so easily distinguished,
followed the ship clear across the ocean.
Rarely, during the day time at least.
was it out of sight, and if for an hour OF
two it was lost to view while feeding on
the refuse cast overheard, it soon reap
peared, and the last seen of it was with
in few miles of Sandy Hook, when it
disappeared, perhaps to follow some
outward bound steamer back to Ireland.
When the fact is considered that the
ship, day and night, went at an average
speed of nearly twenty miles an hour,
the feat performed by the daring traveller
can be better appreciated. When or how
1t rested is inexplicable.-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-02-03
A Strange Canyon.

George W. Dunn, the veteran natur-
alist of California, has returned to San
Francisco from strange canyon in the
Tantillas Mountains. Lower California,
where he went recently to secure some
rare plants, nolanas and seeds of the blue
palm. He says that the canyon has never
to his knowledge before been explored
by white men, and that its declivities are
altogether more rough and frightful than
any he has seen on the Pacific coast,
though he has travelled much. About
two thousand Cocopah Indians were
there gathering the fruit of the palms
and pine nuts. They reached it, as did
Mr.. Dunn, by going down the almost
perpendicular sides of the Tantilias
Range. The drop is 5240 feet in three
miles. Dead Indian ponies and horse
skeletons lined the way. The formation
from the bottom of the terrible canyon
to the saw-toothed backbone is clean and
pure granite. Along the canyon is
tumbling cascade of pure mountain water,
and ON either side for miles are groves OF
the pretty blue palm. boston Transcript.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-02-03
House Plants and Health.

An interesting experiment was recently
performed at Harvard University, says
the Boston Herald, for the purpose of
finding out just how much carbonic acid
is exhaled by plants at night. A num-
Der Of plants were put into a glass case
from which all air was excluded except
such as had first passed through chemi-
cal which freed it from all traces of car
bonic acid. A constant stream of
purified air was made to flow among the
plants all night, and pass out through
another chemical which absorbed what
carbonic acid the air had taken from the
plants. By testing the second chemical
1t was easy to find how much carbonic
acid had been discharged by the plants
during the night. 1t was found that the
amount was much less than had been
supposed. The quantity of gas given
off by a room full of plants is actually
less than would be generated by can
die burning the same length of time.
It Is proved then that so far as car
bonio acid is concerned, plants, instead
of being harmful, are on the whole bene-
fetal, since during the day they help to
purify the air by absorbing from 1t the
carbonic acid which is so harmful to
people. In regard to the kind of plants,
though, little care should be used,
especially If any person in the house is
very susceptible to odors. Heavily
scented flowers in sleeping room are
apt to cause headache and sleeplessness,
and to sick person strong odor is sure
to be disagreeable. Aside from this con.
sideration, house plants are desirable
wherever they will thrive.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-02-03
LAPoRTE, PA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3. 1898.

After he had waited for some time the
door suddenly opened and Jack Hobur-
ton entered.
Mr.. Merivale rose to his feet with an
angry scowl. "Young man," he
blurted out, "I cannot have you follow
ing me about like this. What do you
meant"
The Office boy stood staring at the
two men with eyes and mouth wide open
with astonishment. At a motion from
Mr.. Hoburton he disappeared into a side
room, where he sat for some time with
eye and ear alternately at the keyhole.
'.Mr. Merivale," said Hoburton, "you
are laboring under a mistake; this is my
place of business. had no intention Of
following you, although, to be sure,
expected to meet you here in accordance
with your letter of last week. Here it
is now," said he, picking out a bit Of
correspondence from pigeon-hole.
"D.do you mean to say that you are
Joel @. Hoburton, President of the
Arapahoe Mining Company9" cried Mr..
Merivale.
"Why, yes," replied Mr.. Hoburton:
81 am that individual. People back
East refused to call me anything but
Jack, and as thai seemed to be an i'm
provement on my right name 1 let 1t 60
at that"
Sand you must be rich, 5hen2" in
quired Mr.. Merivale, rather red in the
face.
81 have been quite Fortunate" re-
piled Mr.. Hoburton, "for own the con-
trolling interest in the Arapahoe mine,
as you may learn on investigation; but
things can be evened up on the score.
love your daughter, and if you. will give
us your blessing l shall try to maintain
the family station"
Though somewhat chagrined, Mr..
Merivale made no further opposition and
the nuptials were finally celebrated amid
all the pomp and dignity opposite to
such an occasion.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-02-03
Our Degenerate Little Toe.

The whole history of the organism
bears testimony to the marvellous per.
sistence of parts in spite of contumely
and disuse. Take, for example, the pres
ent position of the little toe in man. We
know not the condition of this digit in
prehistoric man, and have but little In.
formation as to its state among savage
tribes at the present day, but we do
know that in civilized peoples, whose
feet are from infancy subjected to con-
ditions of restraint, 1t is an imperfect
organ
''of every function shorn
Except to act as basis for a corn"
In one per cent. of adults the second
and third joints have anchylosed, in
three per cent. the joint between them
is rudimentary, with scarcely trace of
cavity, in twenty per cent. of feet the
organ has lost one or more of its normal
complement of muscles. But though
shorn of some of its elements, and with
others as mere shreds, the toe persists,
and he would be a bold prophet who
would venture to forecast how many
generations of booted ancestry would
suffice to eliminate it from the organiza-
tion of the normal man.-Popular Sci.
ence Monthly.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-02-03

The Cherokee Commission, which has
just concluded an agreement with the
Pawnee Indians for the cession to tn
United States of 2S3, 900 acres of land,
bears this emphatic testimony to the
good influences of education among
these people: "The Pawnee schools
are we'll attended, and the older and un.
educated Indians are manifesting an in
terest therein, not common to Indians
generally in that they defer to the judg-
ment OF their educated and English
speaking young men. In our councils
they would submit matters to their
judgment and be guided by them"
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-02-03

The report now going the rounds, in
which it is stated that Northwestern
New Mexico has been without rain for
two years, that nearly one hundred
thousand cattle have perished and that
the water courses are dried up, is all q
mistak e, declares the New York World.
As matter of fact, the northwestern
portion of New Mexico is one OF the very
best watered sections of the whole Rocky
Mountain region. 1t is traversed by
several rivers and is essentially farm
ing and fruit growing country. San
Juan County last year produced 500, 900
pounds of peaches, 250, 900 pounds of
apples and at least 10000 pounds of
other fruits. This isa good record when
it is considered that the orchards are yet
young. There are farms there which
produced 500 tons of alfalfa hay. It
has not infrequently happened that SO
great has been the rainfall that the roads
between Junction City and Aztec have
been impossible,
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-02-03
Bed of Peat in Canada.

There is an enormous bed of peat on
Canadian island in the Bay of st. Law
renee, and the people of that part of the
world are beginning to use it as fuel.
1t has one popularity, however, which
cost the discovers something to find out.
When cut and heaped in large masses it
undergoes process of fermentation
which heats it often to the point of
spontaneous combustion. When it
takes fire the whole interior of the mass
seems to become aglow at once, and no
water can put it our. If dried in single
blocks or very small piles no phenomc-
non of this kind is noticed, and rs n fuel
is little inferior to coal. Boston Tran
script.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-02-03
NO. IL.
WHICH WAS RIdHrS

a small, clear brook set out one day
To search for the dark blue sea;
1t babbled and sparkled, 1t rippled and sang.
And cried, 'Just look at me;
For I have started. dear neighbors and
friends,
To find my father, the Sear'
''Oh dear little brookp urged the NOISY
bank,
As the stream slipped singing by AZ.
81 beg you most earnestly give it up;
Ifyou'll wait, / will tell you whyr'
But the brook would not listen, and ran
away
Beneath the smiling sky.
"oh, where are you going you gursling
brookr
Asked a pollard-willow tree,
Which leaned where the brook formed q
limpid pool,
Itstresses green to see
Pm going, dear madam" sang the brook
40 find my father, the Sea-"
20 dear, small brookr' cried its pollard
friend,
'Great danger will meet you this day;
There's an awful thing which will swallow
you up
Before you go half the wayl"
Il don't believe it, }" rippled the brook,
"Pm going, for all you sayp
And the brook and the pollard both were
right,
AS you will presently see;
For great dark river hurried along.
And swallowed the brook and its merry
song;
And carried it off to Sea.
-Annie T. Hannah
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-02-03

The Harrisburg Independent says that
the glory, luscousness, richness of
flavor and solidness of the old varieties
of Pennsylvania apples are becoming
luxurious more in the memory of the
oldest inhabitants than in the appetizing
enjoyment of the epicures of the present.
The famous Rambo, Imperial, Golden
Pippin, the delicious Roman Knight,
rich in its cider producing fragrant
juices; the unrIvalled Belehower, the
odor of which perfumed the palate long
after it was eaten; the mellow Smoke
house that had poetic qualities in Its
flesh, though its name was unsavory;
the Greening, which retained its flavor
during the entire winter, as did the
Grindstone-all these were, an1 are still
in degrees, peculiarly Pennsylvania
apples, each of which had a taste
peculiar to its variety, but they are be-
coming extinct.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-02-03
''of every Junction shorn
Except to act as basis for q corn"
Care of Street Trees.

Street trees sometimes need pruning.
If, however, they have been originally
we'll selected a small knife will be all
that is necessary for a few years to re-
move an occasional branch that starts
out in the wrong place. There is rarely
any necessity of cutting off a large limb.
Is this necessity ever does come the limb
should be cut off close to the trunk and
the place smoothed over and painted, so
that the wound will be ultimately
covered with healthy bark. We have
often explained that wherever stub is
left this must inevitably die, and as the
trunk grows about it there will be
plug of rotted wood where the branch
originally grew, and the disease will eat
inward aud downward as the water
soaks in from without. After street
trees have attained mature size pruning
is rarely needed beyond the occasional
cutting away of dead branch or the re-
moval of one which interferes with an
other. and Forest.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-02-03

In the child-garden buds and blows
A blossom lovelier than the rose.
II all the flowers of all the earth
In one garden broke to birth,
Not the fairest of the fair
Could with this sweet bloom conpare;
Nor would all their shining be
Peer to its lone bravery.
Fairer than the rose saw
Fairer than the sun-bright day
In whose rays all glories show,
All beauty Is all blossoms blow.
What this blossom, fragrant, tender,
That outbeams the roses splendor-
Purer is, more tinct with light
Than the lily's flame of white?
OF beauty hath this flower the whole
And its name-the Human Soul
While beside it deeply shine
Blooms that take its light divine:
The perilous sweet flower of Hope
Here its hiding eyes doth ope,
And Gentleness doth near uphold
Its healing leaves and heart of gold;
Here tender fingers push the seed
OF knowledge; pluck the poisonous weed
Here blossoms Joy one singing hour,
And here of Love the immortal flower.
r. w. Glider, in the Century.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-02-03
Treatment of Coffee.

Guatemalans believe there is no better
coffee than that raised on their own
plantations, aud Central America has of
late years acquired a high reputation
in the markets of the world. 1t IS us
ual for wealthy Guatama,ans to make
sure of good coffee in travelling by TAX
ing along store of their own. A long
glass tube, several inches In diameter,
but tapering to funnel at one end, Is
filled with ground coffee, and through
the mass is poured cold water. A strong
solution of coffee slowly drips from the
narrow end OF the tube, and this liquid
is carefully put up in air-tight vessels, to
be warmed up in small quantities and
drunk on the journey. New York Wit
ness,
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-02-03

The Vermont State Board of Agricul-
ture reports that during 1891 there were
sold in that State 1884 farms, of which
252 were Of the class known as aban-
doned farms. Most of the purchasers of
these farms, says the New York World,
were, as was the case in Massachusetts.
young men born in the State who be-
lieved that these farms properly handled
would make better homes than could he
secured in the Far West, and bring in
fair living,
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-02-03
A Talking Watch.

M. Swan, Geneva matchmaker, has
informed the Society of Arts of this
town that he has forwarded to Berne,
with the object of taking out a patent, q
sample of repeater watch which speaks
tie hours and the quarters instead of
striking. The mechanism of this watch
is an ingenious adap, 81 of the phon-
ograph.-Le Tribune e ueneve.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-02-03

The Army Gazette of Vienna an.
nounces an addition of 5000 men to the
peace standing of the Austrian army.
The measure is commented upon as
indicating that the Emperor of Austria
is disposed to follow the policy of the
German Emperor.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-02-03
member:

In addition to rocking horse, the
young King of Spain gets $75O,O0O a
year as salary. 1t is fat job for the
fat little rascal, omments the Atlanta
Constitution.