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ORIGIN OF THE MARsELLAIsE.

In the garrison of Strausburg was
quartered young artillery officer,
named Rouget de Lisle, native of
Louis de Sslnier, in Jura. He had
a great taste for music and poetry,
and often entertained his comrades
during their long and tedious hours
in the garrison. Sought after for
his musical and poetical talent, be
was lrequen, and familiar guest at
the house of one Dietrich, an Alsa.
tian-patriot, mayor OF Strasburg.
The winter of 1892 was a period
of great scarcity at Slrausburg. The
house of Dietrich WAS poor, bis table
was frugal, but seat was always
open to Rouget de Lisle.
One day there was nothing but
bread and some slices OF smoked
ham on the table Dietrich, adj
dressing the young officer, said,
abundance fails our boards; but
what matters when enthusiasm fails
not at our civic tetes, nor courage in
the hearts of our soldiersg l have
still last bottle of wine in my eel
lar. Bring it, my daughter, and let
us drink France and liberty! Strauss
burg should have its patriotic sol
cmnity. De Lisle must draw from
these last drops one of those hymns
which raise the soul Of The people.
The wine was brought snd drank,
after which the officer departed. The
night was cold. De Lisle was
thoughtful. His heart was moved,
his head heated. He returned stag.
gering to his solitary room, and
slowly sought aspiration, sometimes
in the fervor of his citizen soul, and
anon in the keys OF his instrument,
composing now the air before the
words, and then the words before
the air He sung all and wrote
nothing, and at last, exhausted, he
fell asleep with his head resting on
his instrument, and awoke not till
daybreak.
The music of the night returned
to his mind like the impression of
dream. He wrote it, and ran to
Dietrich; whom he fonnd in the gar
den digging winter lettuces. The
wife and daughters of the old man
were not up. Dietrich awoke them,
and called in some friends, all as
passionate as himself for music, and
able to execute the composition of
De Lisle. At the first stanZa cheeks
grew pale; at the second tears flow
cd; and at last the deliridm of en-
thusiasm burst forth. The wife of
Dietrich, his daughter, himself, and
the young officer, threw themselves,
crying, into each others arms.
The hymn of the country was
found. Executed some days after
wards in Strausburg, the new song
few from city to city, and was play
ed by all the popular orchestias.
Marseilles adopted it to be sung at
the commencement of the sittings of
the clubs, and the Marseillaise
spread it through France, singing it
along the public roads. From this
came the name of Marseillaise.
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Sores ON LIMBS
gwo Years. Had Eaten into Bone.
Wore Slippers All the Time.
Doctors, Medicines no Help.
Cured by cUTICURA.

had cores on my limbs, around my ankles,
for two years, 20 bad that / had To wear slip
pers nearly all the time, for the sores bad eaten
into the bone. i tried doctors, and good many
things, but nothing seemed TO help me. ! saw
CUTIcuRA remedies 20 highly recommended was
determined 10 try them. Three bottles of CUrI-
cuRA REsoLvEET, and one cake CUTIcURA SOAR
cured me- MRs. WM. WINTERS, Media, Kan.
CJrIoURA RKsoLvENT. the new blood purifier and
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while bzths with CuTIcURA Soar and gentle anoint
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akin euF cleanse the skin and scalp Of eruss and scales,
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international Sunday School Lesson for
January 8, 1899.

JESUS FIRST DIscIPLEs.-John, /: So
46. Read the whole chapter.
GOLDEN TExT-"Behold the Lamb
Of God" John l: SO.
When John the Baptist saw Jesus
coming to him, be said, "Behold the
Lamb of God, which taketh away
the sin OF the world" We can un-
derstsnd something of the alteration
which John felt as he looked on Him
of Whom he had been witnessing, as
he testified, 81 saw the Spirit de-
scending from Heaven like a dove,
and it abode upon Him." The
Father also testified. "This is My
Beloved Son, in whom l am well
pleased"
As John stood there in holy awe
and reverence, two of his disciples
heard him speak, and they followed
Jesus. When Jesus saw them fol-
lowing Him He asked them, ''What
seek YET" and they said they wanted
to know where He lived. Then He
said, "Come and see." We can i'm
agine what dwelling place it must
have been, for He said later, foxes
have holes, and birds of the air have
nests, but the Son of man has not
where to lay His head" These two
men where in earnest in their wish
to be with Him, for they abode with
Him that day.
One of the two men who followed
Jesus was Andrew; the Brotherhood
of st. Andrew is named for him.
The first thing that he did was to
find his brother Peter and tell him
that he had found the Messiah, and
bring him to Jesus. When Jesus
saw Peter, He told him he should
be called a stone. He alterward ex.
planned that Peter was a rolling
stone, and on the solid rock, Jesus
the church should be built.
The next day Jesus went into
Galilee and found Philip and said
to him. Follow Me-" This was His
call to service. Maybe some of us
mistake the Gala servant, waiter
a minister; serving, waiting on, min
istering to the children of God in
jesus name; waiting on Jesus, wait
ing for Him now; and soon to wait
on Him and on His children forever
There was another man, named Ma
thaniel, that Philip must have been
very much interested in, for he took
the trouble to hunt him up and tell
him that they had found Jesus ci
Nazareth, the Messiah, the same that
Moses and the Prophets had written
about centuries before, and fol-
whom the people Of God were wait
ing.
Perhaps Nathaniel did rot know
that the Messiah was to be man,
suffering and tempted like US, though
without sin; and knowing all ahou!
men because He YVES one of them
SO he said, "Can any good thing
come out of Nazareth 2" The only
answer to such a question was
"Come and see.' What blessed
thing Jesus said to Nathaniel when
he came to Him to be one of His
followers forever! How enthusias.
tically we say, like one of old, when
we take the time or trouble TO come
to Him, "As for me, I will behold
Thy face in righteousness / shall
be satisfied, when I awake with Thy
likeness
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sIBEoJ{ NJ
" OoSfESsAtsS ~tfe Independent
~ by ". G.
nYgoN's MArmMoNIAh cAnnEA.

BYRON > aiAIRlMuNiti NsARAfe'-
Byron's second proposal for his
future wife, Miss Miilbankc, was
made under circumstances, not by
any means the most poelical. The
circumstances were as follows:
A person who had for some time
stool high in bis atieetionate conf
drnce, observing how cheerless ard
unsettled was his mind and pros
pets, advised him strenuously TO
marry. This person was Lady Mel
bourne.
She suggested 10 him one lady,
Lord Byron mentioned another, and
that other was Miss Millbanke.
No. said Lady Melbourne, Miss
Millbanke viii not suit you. In the
first place, she has no fortune now,
and you want money Immediately.
In the next place, you want person
who will have great admiration
for your genius; and che has too
great an admiration OF her own
well" said Lord Byron, "as you
please And, sitting down, he
wrote o letter to the lady recon-
mended by Lady Melbourne. He
received a refusal. Nov YOU see,
said Lord Byron, that after all
Miss Millbanke is to be the person;
| will write to her.
He wrote to her on the moment
and as soon as he had finished, his
friend demonstrating still strongly
against his choice, took up the let
ter, but on reading it over, observ-
ed. well, really, this is very
pretty letter; it is a pity it should
not 90. l never read prettier
one" Then it shall go, said Lord
Byron; and in so saying, sealed and
sent it off on the instant, this fat of
his fate.
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trueln be replied, and shortly alter

irueln be replied, and shortly alter
united the place.
He Immediately returned To tue
Office, grasped a pen, and 10 half an
hour, the FOId Oaken Bucket was
ready in manuscript, one OF the
most d~Iightful compositions, to be
embalmed in the me molies OF sue
ceeding generations.
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Willie had overheard his father
call certain young lady coquette.
When the young lady called ore
day, Willie lost no time to speak TO
her.
$40 you know what my papa
says you are?"
"Nc, Willie. What did he say |
VAST"
HE SAYS you're q regular Gro
quet. "-Y onkers Statesman.
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"Timmins. do YOU know anythino

"Timmins, do you know anything
about literature?n
"No.'
'.Kaow anything about art?"
Nothing"
"Know anything about music2n
mot rap.n
"Goodl Come over to my room,
pick out q pipe and let's enjoy our
selves. Chicago Record.
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YES, 'tis true;
Foley's Honey and Tar
Is the best Cough Medicine.
For sale by e. c. Williams.
What. - incurred the psycholoei

what inquired the psychologi--
cal student, lido you regard as the
chief end of mani"
"Well," answered Mr.. Blykins,
sit depends on what you want the
man for. If you want him TO do
brain work, it's bis head, and if you
want him to run crrands it's his
feet. - Washington Star.
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Two Well known Statesmen

'alked for months, from front
porch and rear end of car. Per-
haps the use of Foley's Honey and
Tar will explain why they could do
this without injury to their vocal
organs. 1t is largely used by speak
ers and singers. For sale by E. c..
Williams.
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Do You Feel Run Down.

If you are miserable, feel rundown
and have no energy, take that great
invigorator, DR.. John w. Bulls Pills
Mrs. Jennie Black, of Angola, Ind.
writes that many Of her acquaintance
speak very highly of the pills and s.
does She She took DR.. Bulls Pills as a
tonic, and they did her much good. "
Dr.JohnW. Bulls Pills (sixty in box)
costbut25 cts; trial box, 10 cts. at deal
ers, or by mail. A. c. Meyer & Co.,
Balto., Md. Leave substitutes alone.
For sale by Nj. A snodgrass, I'm. Queen
street.
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All Free.

Look at mel" exclaimed the lead
ing lawyer warmly. II ne7er took
a drop of medicine 10 my life, and
I'm as strong as any two of your
patients put together
aWell. that's nothing" retorted
the phy stefan. II never went to
Law ia ny life, and I'm a. rich as
any two dozen Of your clients pat
together. Brooklyn Life.
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RacIslen's Arniea SAVE.

The BEsr SALvR III tas Nvslt i cuts,
bruises. sores. ulcer. salt rneum. fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, Chisbiafns
congestion, erupti0ns, and II positively
cures piles or no pay required. II IS guar
anteed to give satisfaction or money re-
funded. Price - cents per box. a. =. q.
Matthaei's drug store.
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Lawyer--Are you married man?
Witness-No, but I was run over
by a trolley car once Chicago
News.
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TUFTS Pills
Cure All
Liver Ills.

twenty Years Proof.
TUFTS LiverPills keep the bow
Observation-Disclosures cleanse
the system of all impurities An
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stipation and kindred diseases.
Cant do without them"
R. P. Smith, Chilesburg, Va,
writes don't know how could
do without them. | have had
Liver disease for over twenty
years. Am now entirely cured.
TUFTS Liver Pills
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OYSTERS
Brace Up.

You are fcclins depressed, your appetite
Is poor, YOU are bothered with Headache,
you are ndgetty nervous and general on
OF sorts and want to kRtCEup. Brace up
but not with stimularts, spring medicines
cheap. bad wkiskey. and which stimulate
you for an hour, and Chen leave you la a
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renewed health ana strength. Such medi
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only 80 cents bottle, at l.. G.. Matthaei's
Drug Store.
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"Do You know" said the snake
editor, shat it is all a mistake to
say that Roentgen discovered the
Cathode rays?'
IF be didn't, who did?n asked
the horse editor.
1.-THE author of the Baker ballot
law
"Nonsensel'
sIll show You. When q voters
enters the booth and takes his pen
ell to make his mark, he raises his
arm doesn't her.
HYes.n
aWell, that is an Y raise. Pitts
burg Chronicle Telegraph.
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Every third Italian family has
some one ID the army.
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Incontinence of watax during sleep
stopped immediately by Dir. e.
DETcHoN's ANTI DIURETIo. Cures
children and adults alike. Price 81.
Sold by L. G.. Matthaei, Druggist,
Martinsburg, W. Va.
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Constipation

Causes fully half the sickness in the world. 1t
retains the digested food too long in the bowels
and nrndnceS biliousness torpid liver. indi-
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nERFEcT and permanent are the

- u y sffId PIT lldIlCIit aIG TIC
Z cures by Hoods Sarsaparilla, be
cause 1t makes pare, ricIl, healthy,
life and health-giving BLOOD.
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Nailea, Nerve sR.Liyer Pflls

Act on new principle regulat
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through the nerves. A NV dis
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liver, piles, constipation. Unequal-
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est, mildest, surestz so doses, 25
cts. Samples free at A. NJ. Gilbert's
Drug Store. Jan l6ly
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A White Mark.

Vienna policemen are required to
be able 10 swim and row a boat.
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TRY tue INDEPENDENT.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-27
- . - ~~ WIZ t9sr --v~t
THREE MEN DROWNED.
Boat Capslzed In the Yellowstone Rive
Near Big Timber.

Boat Cap.lzed In the Yellowstone River
Near Big Timber.
Big Timber. June PA party OF
five men started from this place about
$ O'Clock this morning by boat down
the Yellowstone river, intending to go
as far as Bismarck by water, but only
succeeded in getting as far al Grey
Cliff, about twelve miles east Of here,
where the boat capsiZed and three of
the party were drowned. The other
two reached the shore in an exhausted
condition and were unable to assist
their friends.
The party were strangers here, and
while building the boat yesterday were
repeatedly warned Of the danger of
making the trip at this time of the
year, but unmindful Of the warnings
made the start this morning with the
above results. One man claimed to
have been recently employed as switch.
mar III the Northern Pacific yards at
Livingston and another to be "A sewing
machine agent. 1t is reported that the
men left the addresses with a gentle.
mar here of persons they wished mott.
fled in case Of any accident to them,
but the report has not been confirmed
as vet,
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Glittering generalities and misstate'
ments are evidently to be the stock in
trade of the silver democrats and popu.
lists in the next campaign. They have
already marked out their programme in
their recent semi.official utterances.
These indicate that details are to be
avoided and that the only hope is that,
BY a constant reiteration Of the oalam.
ity CRY and a vociterous shouting Of
meaningless charges, people oan be con
fused into believing that things are not
going right. Every man who makes
these charges knows that people
are employed, wages are better and the
purchasing capacity Of a dollar greater
than ever before; hence the anxiety to
avoid details and the recourse to gen.
eral assertions.
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Ing as attractive as was at first hoped,
seeing that the administration is going
ahead and following the only rational
course open to it; the trust question is
not eliciting the enthusiasm and blame
against the administration that was
expected; silver is looked at askanoe by
most Of the old wheel horses of the
democracy, and the tariff is, of COURSE,
as dead as Hector. What is wanted ia
a real live earthquake, or something
else that WILL sweep the country and
the three.mile shore limit and wipe the
republican party out Of existence. No
issue has appeared as yet. but the dem
leaders are hopeful.
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FOR A SECOND TERM.

A canvass OF the Fifty-ffth congress,
just before it's adjournment, brought
forth the opinion Of about 80 per cent
of the senators and representatives that
President Mckinley would be- the next
republican nominee for president, pro.
vided he desired to serve a second term.
While this unanimity of opinion is not
conclusive by any means, it is a straw
which serves to show the way the wind
blows, as it voices the sentiments of rep.
resentatives from every state IL the
Union and comes from men best in.
formed III political tendencies and
probabilities. Nor is there anything
surprising i'll the supposition that the
Office will be rendered the president for
the second term.
The success of the Mckinley admin
istration is astonishing when the condi-
tions OF the country at the close of tho
preceding democratic regime are con.
sidered. Although tho country was
Hat on it's back as a result Of low tariff
and democratic misrule, with factories
closed, labor idle and industries para
lyzed in every section, she has been
brought rapidly, surely and safely to Il
high state Of prosperity. Industries
have revived. factories have opened,
labor has found employment and wages
have Increased. And this, too, in the
face Of a foerign war, which it was
feared by w the most sanguine could
have only q demoralizing effect upon
the country, The broad and liberal
views Of the president and his fearless,
wise and able enforcement of them,
will have the strongest possible sane
ton Of the people aud of history.
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Manager Nix, it appears, has sue
ceeded in getting together a baseball
club that is just as good as Billings,
which is saying a good deal. This be.
ing the case, the city should give the
club liberal support. 1t will be u
good advertisement for Billings, to say
nothing Of the fine sport it will afford
her people to see our baseball boys
those Of the neighboring towns.
None Of them. we believe, has a club
equal to ours. And Miles City Is taken
into account il the estimate, even with
the reform school and Fort Keogh to
draw from.
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The Dingley tariff law, thank you.
is doing pretty we'll for Billings wool
this year, Notwithstanding the demo.
cratic contention that it would never
raise the price. Most any kind Of wool
will bring Is cents cash in Billings to-
day, while three years ago, under DEM
ocratic free trade, it could not be sold
for one.third Of that figure. The best
clips will bring from Is to 20 cents in
Billings this season II the present de-
mand continues, and the signs are that
it will increase rather than diminish.
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The County Free High School cleo
tion occurs a week from next Saturday
and it is high time the people were Civ.
ing this important matter %considera.
ton. An institution Of this character
will not only benefit the city Of Bill.
ings, but will give the country people
al opportunity to educate their sons
and daughters, practically without
cost, to a point where they can enter
any college in the land.
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Call for Bids.

Notice to Bridge Contractors-Sealed
bids will be received by the board Of
county commissioners of Yellowtone
county, Montana, up to 10 O'Clock a.
M. of the 18th day Of August, A. d.
1899. for a four (4) span Howe truss
bridge to be constructed ACROSS the yell
lowstone river at or near Laurel, in
said county. Bidders must furnish
plans and specifications for the pro.
posed bridge. Address all bids to the
undersigned and endorse same "Pro
posals for the Laurel Bridge The
board reserves the right to reject any
and all bids.
By order of the Board of County
commissioners. .
15.t.4 Nat. G. Carwile,
County Clerk and Clerk of Said Board.
Billings, Montana, June ~, 1899.
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IRRIGATION.

The subject of irrigation, $ Ions
ignored by our stookmen, is gradually
forging to the front and attracting
more and more attention as its import
anoe to the west is beginning to be re-
allied. The last congress made Oil i'm
portant step forward in appropriating
funds for and authorizing the collection
from agricultural colleges, ~agrioult.
ural experiment stations and other
sources, including the employment Of
practical agents, of valuable informa.
tion and data Oh the subject Of irriga.
tion, and publishing the same in bulle.
tin FORM" Prof. Elwood Mead Of
Wyoming, who is recognized rs the
highest authority in this country Oh
practical irrigation, was elected by the
agricultural department as expert
agent, and the work Of collecting the
data contemplated by the act Of con.
gress and the publication Of bulletins
is being done by him and his assistants.
The first bulletin. issued last December.
is a comprehensive and elaborate article
upon the irrigation laws controlling the
diversion and use Of water from the
Missouri river and its tributaries. The
second bulletin, issued III Jauanry. ia
a compilation Of abstracts Of laws reg.
ulating the acquiring Of titles to water
from the Missouri river and its tribu.
taries. Other bulletins are in course Of
preparation, and a large amount Of val.
liable data is being collected, from
which congress and other Legislative
bodies may gather information Oh
which to formulate Intelligent legisla-
ton in aid Of irrigation. In addition,
as the work progresses, irrigators will
receive ccurate information as to
the use of waer, soil values, etc.
The Guzette is pleased to see the III.
terest taken in irrigation by some Of
the leading senators and members OF
congress, who recognize it as an issue
which will in time become a vital one.
Senator Garter has taken up the study
of the subject, and is prepared to as.
sist legislation for the conservation and
intelligent use Of the waters Of u
mountain rivers. His address to the
cattle convention at Miles City, which
is published in this issue III supplement
form, shows q profound comprehension
Of the subject. which will make itself
felt in future legislation.
Prof. Mead, who passed through
Billings Saturday night, is impressed
with the great value Of the Yellowstone
river as an unfailing source Of water
supply for irrigation. and no doubt
some future bulletin will deal with
that river.