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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-03-16
Random Shots.

There are great many popular
fallacies. Things are handed from
mouth to mouth until people come
to believe them; public opinion is
very often wrong and stands in
need of constant correction. There
was time when everybody thought
that the earth stood still in the
centre of the universe and every
thing revolved around it. All
manner of superstitions have had
a day, in which the multitude be-
lieved. The people have a
habit of accepting conclusions
without due investigation. 1t is a
deplorable habit, yet still it exists.
Very often it happens that some
thing is SAID to ''stand to reason" "
when a little thought upon the
subject will prove the contrary.
M
The quill driver has been lead to
these reflections by hearing man
remark that it ssstands to reason
that one who manages his own
business successfully is the best
man to elect to office. This is a
popular fallacy. A man who man
ages his own business successfully,
does So because he is always on the
lookout for his own advantage and
combines everything to that end.
He is continually on the alert tc
discover every possible method tc
increase his own gains. He cares
| nothing for the prosperity of his
neighbor. In fact, his neighbor's
loss is his gain. He strives to
make all things work together TO,
his own good, and cares naught if,
in so doing, he compasses his
neighbor's i'll.
When such man is elected tC
Office, he does not change his spots
He is still very solicitous about
number one. He prostitutes hi:
office to his own gain. He sells
his vote or his influence for what
ever it will bring in the market
He is so thoroughly imbued will
the principles of meum and tuum
mine and thine, that he looks at al
public business through the spec
tacles of selfishness. 1t is S,
much easier to spend other peo
ples money, especially as some o
it may be diverted through tn
home channel.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-03-16

GEORGE L. SHoUp was reelected
omitted States Senator from Idaho
on the 7th. 1t took So ballots to
decide the contest.
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[NOTE-The above prices are In accordance
with bids as presented allowing the Mon
tanian to charge legal rates for binding work
after printing. The ACANTHA's bid was to
do that work without cost.-ED.]
It does not take much of a
mathematician to see which bid
was the lower one.
The editor of the Mon ntanian: was
asked by the Chairman of the board
if he would not modify his bid. Of
course, he did. Prices under his
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-03-16
modified bid are as follows.

[NoTE-The modification spoken of was as
follows:-Under the law the county printer is
allowed to charge twenty cents per hundred
for blocking or binding eighth sheets, thirty
five cents for quarter forty cents for half,
and sixty cents for whole sheets. The ACAN-
THA proposed doing this free of charge. The
Montanian's bid was blank on this propo-
sition. Chairman Jones asked Mr. Corson, of
the Montanian, if he would not make his bid
on this work the same as was the ACANTHA's.
OF course, he did.-ED.l
Fully nine-tenths of the work
done is one-eighths on one side,
fourth, half and whole sheets print
ed on both sides. Even after the
bid was modified the Mon tanian on
ly beat US few cents on quarter
sheets, while on halves and who e
sheets we are several dollars under
him. If Mr.. Jones needs a tele-
scope to see that, we will try and
borrow one for him.
In addition to this the ACANTHA
proposed to furnish blank record
books to the county for 40 and 80
per cent-according to size-off le-
gal rates. The Montanlon pro-
posed to furnish them for cost with
expressage added. For the past
two years these books have been
furnished by the Montanian fol
"actual cost, plus expressage'
During the past quarter book has
been furnished. The Montan
was allowed $28 for it. Under the
ACANTHA's bid it would have cos
$15.60. Any one but the chair
man of the board of county com
missioners knows that S29 is more
than $3.50.
Now we propose to drop this
whole matter. We do not want t.
quarrel with the board about it
Under the present law they coult
have awarded the contract to thu
Montanian at full legal rates W.
had a ''hunch'' when we put in oul
bid that we had no show in winrins
the AoANTHA did not belong t,
the right" republican faction
We warn Mr.. Jones, however, tina
he must not say or insinuate tina
we have stated anything but tn
truth regarding the awarding Q
this contract.
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known many such. There is man
in Oregon who has been in office
continually for thirty four years
and the people will not let him go
who has made disastrous failure
OF everyt thing he ever undertook on
his own account. His itegrity and
ability are unquestioned. There
are men in Office today in Mon tana,
who have "busted up in every
thing they ever undertook; and
yet, these same men are unexcelled
in the offices which they are filling.
Our millionaires in congress are
successful business men. They
have amassed their fortunes by
good management. Men are not,
however, proud of the record they
have made If there is any job
berry or corruption, it is ten to one
that the successful business man is
into it, while the "business failure
comes out of the transaction with
clear skirts.
The reason of all this is very
simple. There is vast difference
between spending other peoples
money and spending ones own.
Men will drive borrowed horse tc
death, who are more careful of one
that belongs to them. One man
feels the responsibility; another
does not. A man may make an ex.
cellent overseer of anothers prop.
erty, and yet be complete failure
when he comes to manage his own.
1t is the feeling of accoun liability.
A man may be spendthrift, as
far as his own funds are concerned
When that same person is put il
charge of the property of another
he may guard it as faithfully as
Cerberus does the gates of the In
fernal regions.
No two men have precisely the
same mental development. Upor
attaining office one will sec only
the responsibility and be weighed
down by the sense of accoun liability
to those who elected him; while the
other will see only the opportunity
and will think and say-the public
be damned. Further than that, tn,
one who sees the opportunity, il
liable to be the same one who ha
always been Oh the lookout for hi
own gain, regardless of how hi
neighbors may fare.
The man who drives the quill
does not wish any one to think, fo
a moment, that he considers failur
in business should be an open Sc
same to Office. Nothing OF th
kind. He only wishes to conve,
the idea that success in ones owl
business does not necessarily quail
fy man for official life. In fact
if the sense OF accounta liability i
lacking, the shrcwd, keen, selfis
business man is the worst possibl
incumbent the Office can have.
We should never inquire whethe
a man has succeeded in cheatin,
his neighbors and amassing a for
tune. We should rather ask if h
is honest and capable; If he will
guard the public interests faith
fully; if he will protect the proper
ty of the country against the rapa
cious hawks which assail it; if h
will stand as a rock against tn
wave of corruption which will b
, dashed around him. If he answe
to these points, it matters nc
whether he has made a success O
} failure of his own affairs, put hil
} in and you will never regret it.
QUILL DRIVER.
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Monday. March 18th, '95.
TO the General Puh1icaA

just East where he pur
principally Manufacturers
profts full
vything that Merchandise Store
the 18th March will be
your prices that will
prise you Tncy embrace
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CHARLES W. PoMERoY has been
appointed Judge for the Eleventh
Judicial District. Tally another
one for Governor Richards.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-03-16

"THE largest and best petition
will win 1t did win-a place for
itself in the waste basket.
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If the reader will only summon
his memory to his aid, he will call
to mind a great many cases where
there have been honest and capable
officials who never could make a
success of their own business.
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Our Grocery Line will be complete.
If you want good goods at cheap
Prices, call On us. If you want
the best at Bedrock Prices, don't
pass US by; give us show to
quote you Prices. We are here
to stay and sell Goods. Our Mot
to Is:
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Our specialities in Gents Furnish
ing Goods; iii Gents Fine Dress
Shirts of all styles, we are in the
Lead Ii you want the latest in
Neck wear, we can be sure to
please you, from Four in Hand
down to String Tie, in all colors
and prices.
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Our stock Of Boots and Shoes will
be complete for Little Folks, as
we'll as for Ladies and Gentlemen.
In Hats, we have the latest in all
materials, including Straw Goods.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-17
Several Of the injured will die before

Several Of the injured will die before
daybreak.
When the people had carried the dead
and wounded into the old church and
quiet had to some extent been restored
among those who escaped the services of
corner stone laying were resumed. The
delay occasioned WAS not more thar thir-
~ minutes, and the ceremonies laid down
by the Roman Catholic ritual were. not
altered in any wise, except that they be-
came a shade more solemn and to the de-
vout hearers a trihe more impressive.
Father Boff delivered the sermon. 1t
was eloquent and impressive and was
tinged with the somber hue of the dark
tragedy that introduced it. Reference
to the disaster was frequent throughout.
The prayers and then the formalities in
which Father Boff was assisted by six
other priests also partook of the unwonted
sadness, yet they We're carried through
with imperturbable purpose, though the
audience was altogether unnerved and I'M
strung. Following prayers came the lay
ing of the corner stone. When the cere-
monies were finished the priests called ut
the extemporiZed hospitals and made in
quiry concerning the condition of the vic.
timS-their parishiOners.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-17
MALONE Is No MORE.
FAMOUS SOLDIER AND STATES.
MAN DEAD AT WASHINGTON.
as a ~FnvOritc in the Southern Army
ana Saved Petersburg When Appar-
entity Defcnseless After the Great
Mine Explosion.
Picturesque EigMre Conc.

General William Malone died at his
nome IN Washington Tuesday afternoon.
lie mad been failing steadily since he was
stricken with paralysis nearly a week
ago and it was known that death was
only a question of time. The veteran,
however, showed remarkable vitality and
MADE Il strong fight against the grim an
gel.
The country Will long remember Gen.
William Malone as one of the most pic
tnresIue characters in public life during
the last thirty years. Exceptionally slight
In stature and frame. he has been n
marked man in great ~asscmblages. His
ocular style of dress. and especially his
II +. attracted attention to him. This
'ad-brimmed, soft felt headgear SEEM
:eu out of proportion TO the tiny form be-
meath it. But beneath this shade spark
led a pair of the kecncst eyes ever pos
sessed by man.
Gen. Malone marks an epoch in the
history Of the United States since the
late war. He has been during the last
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-17
MUST ARBITRATE OR FIGHT.
Alleged UItimatum by OIney to En-.
gland in the Venezuela Affair.

xlanu IN the Affair.".
Nothing has been done by our Govern
ment with reference to the Venezuela
boundary controversy since Secretary
Gresham forwarded Minister Bayard a
copy of the resolution passed by the late
Congress urging Great Britain 10 submit
the disputed question to arbitration. 1t Is
said, however, that Secretary Olney has
prepared a note for Mr.. Bayard to lay
before Lord Salisbury that contains a
more forcible expression of the views of
the United States on this subject thar has
yet been officially uttered. This dispatch
is of a positive and most unequivocal ma
ture. AS soon as it shall be placed before
the British Government it will raise a
question which can be settled only by the
retreat of one or the other Government.
The stand taken by the United States in
this dispatch is one which involves the
oldest and most sacred tradition of the
Govcrnment-the enforcement Of the
Monroe doctrine.
Secretary Olney's dispatch is in sub
stance a declaration in the most positive
language that the United States will never
consent to British occupation of the dis
puted territory in Venezuela unless that
Il6tlOil IS IiSnl tutIclO IS HISl OtttTIllIfcu
by arbitration. While this declaration is
substantially the same as that which was
made some months ago, and to which the
British Foreign Office replied with n
statement that the English right to a part
of the territory in question could be sub
mitted TO arbitration, the right to another
part of the region in question could not be
submitted to such arbitration.
When Great Britain took this ground
the question which President Cleveland
and his advisers had to decide was wheth-
or the United States is bound by the Mon
roe doctrine and by her dignity to insist
that all the territory in dispute should be
submitted TO arbitration, or whether by
conceding England's contention we should
virtually abandon the field and leave Ven
ezuela to fight it out alone. Few more
seriou questions have presented them
selves TO the American administration
within recent years.
The decision of the President and his
Cabinet advisers, after careful discussion
and painstaking investigation. is that n
bold and consistent policy shall be adopt
ed, and this policy has been formulated
in the dispatch which Ambassador Bay
ard will lay before the British Govern
ment as soon as he returns from his pres
ent journey TO Scotland.
The dispatch meets England's rcjoinder
with a reafiirmation of the principle of
original contention expressed in phrases
which leave no possibility of doubt as to
the meaning and earnestness of the Uni
ted States. 1t does more. In polite, but
firm and significant words, Secretary
Olney declares it to be the belief Of the
United States that the territorial claims
which Great Britain has set up in Vene-
zuela are in the nature of an attempt to
seize territory on the American continent
to which she has no legal right.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-17
@ he IT, Side
&@G0%effS @
The News

Holmes has just finished his life-one
Of them; will justice finish the other?
Holmes says that the suspense is kill
ing him. He probably will be killed that
way.
1t strikes us that the bidding on the
Duke of Marlborough is altogether too
slow. Look him over, girls.
Yachting costs Willie X. Vanderbilt
100000 a year, and it is said that the
yacht isn't his most expensive plaything,
either.
A Pennsylvania man scared his wife
into speaking for the first time in seven
years the other night. No cause is as
signed for the rash act.
A current news note says that donna
Cousino of Chill, who is worth $500, OOO,-
600, is now well on in years" We should
say she is also pretty well off.
If this bfoomer wedding business con-
tinues, some Of these days a ne~ar-sighted
parsOn will probably hitch two bicycle
men or two new women together.
New York has decided that the new
woman may ride horseback man fash
ion" if she chooses to do so. This GER
tainly IL astride in the right direction.
In June Campos issued n proclamation
that said the war is now ended" in
August he said, Cuba cannot be con-
Qucrcd." Somebody must have told him.
The Princess COlonna. nee Mackay, has
got rid of her titled husband by paying
him $1,000 Il month for life. That's q
pretty stiff price. but it's worth every
rent nf il.
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quarter of a century the central figure in
Virginia politics, and ut one time he was
in the center of one of the most violent
political storms ever wagcd in Congress.
He was in his Goth year. Ills f~avorite
sobriquet was Hero of the Crater" won
by his wonderful courage in the attack on
Petersburg when the Federal forces
sprung a mine beneath the Confederate
defense He. fought like IA tiger, and
later historians give to him almost alone
the credit Of keeping Petersburg from the
Union hands by repairing before sunset
the shattered Confederate lines. He had
joined the Confederate army ut once after
the secession, participated i'll the capture
of tho Norfolk navy yard in 1861, and
raised and commanded the Sixth Itegi-
mcnt of Virginia. He was commissioned
Il brigadicr general in March. 1864, and
six months later became a major general.
At the close OF the war he returned
to his original work of engineering, and
became president Of the Norfolk and
Tennessee Railroad. He was elected to
the United States Senate in 1879. He
was like Il firebrand cast into Il mass of
dry finder. and from the peculiar attitude
that he ut once assumed he caused one
of the most bitter controversies and stub
born deadlocks ever known in the history
of that body. Malone ut last acted with
the Republicans and gave them the organ
ization of the Senate. His course brought
down upon his head the wrath of the
Democrats, but the Republicans received
him with open arms, and the Federal pat
ronage in Virginia was turned over to
him. Since that time he has been the Re-
publican leader in Virginia. He served
in the Senate until 1887, when he was de-
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-17
INDIANS AVENGE THEIR DEAD.
Banuocks XIII Three Men Who Have
Caused Them Trouble.

j. w. Wilson, a scout and courier for
the United States troops stationed in
Granite Canon, came into Idaho Falls,
Idaho, and reported the killing of Capt.
Smith and two companions by Indians,
In the lower end of Jackson's Hole, on
Thursday morning. Capt. Smith will
be remembered as the man who precipi-
tated the Indian fight last July in the
Jackson's Hole country. At that time
he killed one or two Indians, and was
himself shot in the breast, but recovered.
The Indians swore vengeance against
Smith, and as he was, with his two com
panions, prospecting along the south fork
Of the Snake River, at the outlet of Jack
sons Hole, he was ambushed and all
three were shot and their bodies left on
the river bank.
Wilson was scouting in the vicinity at
the time, and, with Constable Manning,
saw the bodies, and Immediately rode to
Capt. Collins command, in Swan Valley,
and reported the facts, leaving Manning
in Camp Granite to return to Jackson's
Hole with the military, who Immediately
left for the scene of the killing. Wilson
rode into Idaho Falls with dispatches.
Wilson says there are about sixty Indians
in the Hole. He believes that this will
settle the matter. md that the Indians,
having avenged the death of their braves
by killing the man they were after, will
return to the reservation. The Indians
are Bannocks from the Fort Hall reser-
walton. Troops G and ID, Capt. Collins
commanding, Immediately started into the
Hole. and will undoubtedly drive out the
Indians. if found.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-17
PVLsf@ Sfms
'pRE$s
Venezuela and Monroe Doctrine.

venezuela and n Doctrine.
The English press seems disposed to
ridicule the Monroe doctrine. But Eng
land may soon learn that it is 10 laugh
ing matter.-Boston Globe.
The question now for Great Britain to
consider is whether it shall be a Dun
airy dispute or ironciads and coffee
Washington Times.
The ST. James Gazette wants to know
what the blessed Monroe doctrine is"
When it actually finds out ii will probably
use II harder adjective to describe it,
New York Journal.
If. however, there be genuine ignorance
on this subject among intelligent English
men, we are inclined to believe that they
stand in the way of receiving ample in
struction on this point in tho near future.
Mail and Express.
Though there is no indication that our
diplomats nave lone anything in particu-
lar the people have prepared an ultimatum
and are ready to enforce it. 1t is that
England shall never control the mouth Of
the Orinoco or any other American river
south Of tho Canadian line.-New York
World.
To Americans generally it seems plainly,
evident that the British Governments
claim rests on a small foundation: and
If the British Government should send
an army to invade Venezuela, the justice
and prOpriety of the Monroe doctrine
would be brought in question.-Boston
Advertiser.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-17
China's Latest Disgrace.

There is some comfort In the reflection
that China will he compelled to pay a
heavy indemnity. Baltimore News.
The outrages upon the missionaries cam
not be condoned. Some means should be
found for teaching the barbarians a salu-
tary lesson.-Philadelphia Ledger.
In China. as every one knows. snch out
breaks never come without the encour-
agement and direction of the "li!erati," or
educated class.-Philadelphia Press.
The Ku Chcng murders remind us that
China is still a barbarous blot on nine
teenth century civilization. Tear down
the walls and let in the Iight!-BostOn
Journal.
The Topping off Of II few Celestial heads
and payment of II money indemnity are
but sorry satisfaction for barbarities such
as those inflicted OF the hapless Christians
in Ku Cheng.-New York Herald.
The policy of the Chinese Government
Of late has been to strike terror into the
hearts of foreigners and prevent them
from making use of the concessions guar
anteed by the peace treaty Philadelphia
Inquirer.
This Chinese people, which lacks cOur-
age to fight men i'll battle but can murder
and burn sleeping women and children,
ought to be wiped out or taught u lesson
that will start it in the ways of civiliza-
tion.-Louisvillc Commercial.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-10-17
" SANS MlTTS ON
l'rixe Fighters Will Not BE Allowed
70 Meet on FEDERAL Domain.

TO Meet on Federal Domain.
Commissioner Browning of the Indian
"tfice has taken prompt and decisive @c-
lion to prevent the Corbett- Fitzsimmors
prize fight taking place in the Indian Ter
ritory. He has prepared II letter OF in
>trIctions 10 Agent Wisdom ut Muscogee,
|. r., directing him to see that the laws
IRE enforced and to eject fOrcibly any in
iruders who may enter the Indian u
Try for The purpose Of creating a dis
'urbance OF engaging In anything that
htay be detrimental to the Indians. The
commissioners states that the statutes of
he United States are ample to cover the
situation and to prevent the fight The
agent Will have at his back not only the
indian police hut all the United States
'Toops necessary to eject the fighters.
Tho statutes give the United States
authority e keep out of the Indian Terri
'"ry all persons whose presence would
l." detrimental to the peace II pros
ferity Of the Indians. The commissioner
says there is no doubt that the presence
II the priys fighters and the gang that
would follow them into the Indian Terri
tory would be very detrimental to the
indian and that it is therefore the duty
~ the Indian Office to keep them out.
'Ae says that the agent at Muscogee has
i,ot as much authority rs the agents on
reservations. hut nevertheless has enough
4" prevent the fight taking place in the
Territory of the five civilized tribes. The
commissioner intends also to notify I'LL
The governors and head men of the i've
civilized tribes that they must not allow
he fight to take place and must assist the
Ipite0 States authorities in preventing 1t.