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day sunshine the smile that lightened
up the grim face of Uncle John Sedg
wick as he grasped the hand of Meagh-
er. / saw them again in that pictur
esque ana bloody advance at Antietam
"a most creditable feat of arms-and
the noted episode of that eventful day.
| was witness of every detail of that
most desperate charge acress the slip
perry and bloody field of Fredericks-
burg-the foolish battle of an incom-
petent chief-up to the very foot of the
stone wall above the sunken road at
Mary's heights. This was the sacrifice
of the brigade and it's crown of glory,
though to the last it was ever ready,
efficient and reliable. There were 20
times as many of Meagher's country
men in the war than there were in this
brigade; but the fact that Meagher or
ganized it under an especial name and
stamped with the individuality of its
leader, gave credit to the race of which
it was composed and honor to the land
of their birth and their adoption.
Happily that sectional war and all it's
hatreds are buried The memories of
it's sacrifices and it's glories alone re-
main. The result is as much a boon to
the vanquished as to the victor. The
blood and treasure are the cement of the
eternal arch of the union. Its heroes
are honored and remembered. Among
them all are none more deserving than
the one to whom this days remem-
brance is devoted.
After the war General Meagher was
appointed as secretary and became
acting governor of this territory. He
came in by Portland and the west. He
wrote for Harper's Monthly a series of
most delightful papers describing the
beautiful scenery and wonderful re-
sources of this Klondike of the time.
These were copied everywhere and, at
tracing great attention, became one of
the sources of the early immigration
to the territory.
The dangers of an Indian war were
upon us. The red men were not going
to give up these crystal streams and
timbered mountains and grassy wales,
the ideal land of the hunter and the
warrior. to the white men without a
struggle. The governor called out the
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them contest for prizes, and thus bring
the best they produce where others
may view it. There is no doubt but
that Bozeman should have a similar
fair. 1t ought to be more successful
here than at any other place in the
state; but it seems hard to work up al,
interest on the part of The farmers
who in former years took part to a
considerable degree; but whel the Sc
called fair degenerates into :. Ii rse
racing contest, and in some instances
cat-hop at that. they quit the fair
cold. If horse racing could be made
an incident. instead of tire main fea-
ture of the fair and jobs frownai uron,
Bozeman could have fair which in a
few years would be a feature of cur
fall season, if held at a tine when
farmers are not too busy. But here
comes another difficulty. The season
being short, the farmer during Sep
TENDER is pushed night and day, and
has no time to attend a fair. Earlier
he would have nothing to exhibit. The
successful fairs in the East come at a
time when the farmer has his grain in
the stack or housed. But we are not
inclined to throw any obstacles in the
way of fair that Is. really such. But
to the one which pretends to be a fair
and is really horse racing match for
the benefit Of the few. we shall con-
tlnue to offer a protest
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volunteers. Arms and munitions of
war were expected by boat. Fort Ben
ton was the head of navigation. Thence
he went to receive these arms. He went
on board the steamer 1t was crude
affair. 1t had no guard rails. In the
darkness he went over the side, and
his body was lost beyond recovery in
that rushing river. which seldom gives
up its dead. This grand river of the
world received him in it's embrace,
wrapped him forever in its golden sands
and over them it's rolling waters chant
his perpetual requiem.
Thus persisted this noble and gallant
gentleman-orator. poet, patriot and
soldier. He had escaped the rope to
which he was sentenced for the love of
his land, the dangers of the exile to
which he was reprieved. the bullets of
score of battles; and thus he died in
the service of Montana. 1t was one of
the events of our history. The eyes
of friends, admirers, sympathizers all
over the world. wherever the human
heart beats with aspirations for lib
erty, wherever the human mind recog-
nized and rejoiced in the creations of
genius, were turned towards the al
most unknown spot in the west where
Meagher sank beneath the wave.
Among the orations with which he
delighted the pioneers of this state was
one on the great liberator, Daniel
O'Connell, in which, after mentioning
the rewards for a life of devotion to the
people, he said that one of the greatest
tributes that could be paid in return
to any patriot was a statue to his men,
DRY. Meagher suffered much, but he
achieved a great deal He won the
admiration of a world, the sympathy of
the noble and the good, the envy and
malice of the mean, the applause Of
multitudes, the gratitude of two ma
tons. Now let us fulfill his last as
riration-a statue to his memory. / am
glad to hear that you have done so
much-to see the good work go on. /
sincerely hope you may accomplish
your worthy purpose; and when you
do SO, admiring people in every quarter
of the globe will say that in remember
ing Thomas Francis Meagher you have
done honor to the state of Montana.
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Great Northern Work.

Improvements on the various divis-
ions of the Great Northern are of an
extensive character, says the Helena
Herald. These improvements cover
vast stretches of the main or trunk
line across Dakota, Montana, Idaho and
Washington to the Puget Sound coun-
try. Innumerable working parties line
the way through Montana and west to
the coast. The varied work in prog
ress consists in the evening of grades,
the reducing of curves wherever posi-
BILE, the substituting of fills for tres
ties wherever that can be done, the re-
placing of wooden by steel bridges, etc.
A vast deal of labor is being expended
in improving mountain approaches and
the same as to elevated plateaus in the
ascent from river courses. East of the
Columbia river many miles of entirely
new roadbed have been built or are
now in course of construction. The
same applies to one or more divisions
along the course of the Wenatchee.
Here within a distance of about a dozen
miles improvements of the estimated
cost of 100000 are going forward. On
the Cascade tunnel uninterrupted night
and day work is in progress and the
puncture of the great range is booked
to take place before the end of 1900.
The "switchback" operates in the
meantime for the passage, back and
forth, of all trains daily scheduled
over the road. 1t is probably the best
engineering feature of the kind in op-
Grafton in this or any other country.
To a great extent the new Great
Northern work is intended to realize
the shortest tranSContinental road and
to make the grade the lowest possible
that can be reached.
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The Price of Cattle.

Stockgrowers and consumers of
meats have to keep their wits alert
these days, or they will get befogged
and muddled by those who are inter
ested in sustaining the cause of the big
packing trusts, says the Stockgrowers'
Journal For instance, it is said for the
benefit of consumers that the packers
are constantly doing all they know how
to do to keep down the price of cattle.
The truth is that the packers would
Ike to buy cattle cheaply and sell beef
and its by-products at the very highest
figures. That seems to be the goal at
which all American business- aims-to
buy as cheaply and to sell at as high
prices as possible. The idea sought to
be conveyed by the statement that
packers are constantly urging lower
prices for cattle is that these packers
would give us cheap beef if they could,
but they fail because cattle are so high
There may be merit in this claim, but
very little of it probably The history
of commercial dealing demonstrates
that when labor and raw material both
are high priced, the manufacturer,
packer or merchant make their highest
profit. So it is that now in the reign
of high prices for cattle the packer and
butcher make larger profits than when
beeves bring $3.50 to $3.50 per cwt. An
other thing is said by sales solicitors
affirm that the advance in prices of the
different cuts has greatly lessened the
general demand for beef. This state
ment may be characterized as only half
true, at most. In f1rst-class boarding
houses and in first-class hotels the
greatest demand is notably for the
highest priced articles of food. This is
true when eggs and oranges are scarce,
and it is also true when beef is high,
but this rule fails when one reaches the
home consumer, who usually studies
economy. With this class, If beef is
high, then the demand for mutton or
pork or any cheaper meats is increased,
and the beef demand is measurably
curtailed, but the call breaks so nearly
even that the difference is hardly no.
ticeable, especially if the country is
generally prosperous. The hunters for
beeves and feeders have variety of
songs to sing this year, but the burden
of every entertainment they give stock
raisers is a rag time on cattle are held
too high
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WHAT The PRESS Of MONTANA
FINDS 70 TALK ABOUT

The mines of this state are suppos-
ed to be assessed on their net output,
and on the actual value of their eX-
ternal improvements, but as matter
of fact they practically escape assess
ment altogether, says the Townsend
Messenger The deposits in the banks
likewise escape taxation. The railways
are even now complaining of too high
assessments, and are considering the
feasibility of getting bill through the
next Legislature changing the ASSES
ment of railways from actual cash
value to tax on net earnings, which
would mean the practical exemption
of the roads from taxation-as the
books of any company can easily be
so kept as to show no net earnings
whatever. But how about the ranch
man? Where is he at? That poor
devil is assessed on his land--assessed
at its top value. improvements and all
and then he is assessed on the i'm
provements beside, thus making double
assessment. That is, the valuation
placed upon our farm lands is entirely
too high for the lands alone; the valu-
alton of these lands as placed by the
assessor, is the value of improved
lands-lands improved by fences, build
ings and bitches. But these same
fences. buildings and bitches are not
only assessed with the land, they are
assessed again without it, the value
of improvements being, therefore,
assessed twice on all the ranches in
this county at least, and we presume in
other counties as we'll But this is not
all. The ranchman is also assessed
on his gross receipts-that is, on his
crops-that portion of his crops which
he sells.
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The Blessings of Irrigation.

When we hear of extreme drouth in
the older states east of us, and even
in Montana this season, where no pro-
vision has been made for irrigation
and of the great loss in consequence
of it, we are more thankful every day
that we live in a country whore we
do not have to depend upon the I'M
certain rainfall for the watering of our
crops, says the Montana Fruit Grower
Our Montana agriculturists ought to
realize what boon we have in the
numerous mountain streams and the
grade of the country which render ar
tificial irrigation possible. Think of
this. brother, when you become discon-
tented with Montana and wish, IS We
have often heard people do, that you
lived in a country where you would
not be compelled to irrigate. 1t is
one of the greatest blessings that We
have. No extremes of flood or drouth.
When a farmer plants a crop he can
count, with some degree of certainty,
on a reward for his labor. The streams
of people coming from the states east
of us to settle in Montana and further
west, who have been literally burnt
out" the past hot, dry season, should
convince any one who is discontinued
or skeptical on this point.
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BARRETT AT PORTLAND.
Opportunities of the Pacific Coast in the
Orient.

Portland, Ore, Sept. 11.-Hon. John
Barrett, ex-United States minister to
Siam. addressed a large audience to-
night at the Marquam theater, under
the auspices of the Portland chamber
of commerce, on the opportunity of the
Pacific coast in the Orient. Mr.. Bar
rett laid before his audience very forci-
bly, the necessity of opening up mar
kets in the Orient for Pacific coast pro-
ducts. Speaking of the moral and po-
litical status in the Philippines, Mr..
Barrett said:
There would be more ignominy and
more disgrace and more disaster from
conditions that would follow from haul
ing down the flag and withdrawing
from the Philippines than there can
possibly result from keeping the flag
where it has been placed. There never
has been a time since Dewey sailed into
Manila bay that we could have left the
Philippines with honor"
On Sept II Mr.. Barrett will leave for
San Francisco, where he will address
the chamber of commerce.
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Mauser pistol is the most deadly weaD-
on of it's kind ever invented, and that
up to the maximum range tried it is
practically as good in the hands of
marksmen as a Krag-Jorgensen, a Lee
or Mauser rifle. The pistol fires 10 Shots
without reloading and can he emptied
with accuracy of aim in less than three
seconds. The cartridges are so cnliber
and are propelled by smokeless nitro
powder. The bullets weigh So grams
each and have a lead core, surrounded
by a nickel-plated copper jacket. 1t is
said to be probable that as a result of
DIR. Griffiths tests the government will
adopt the Mauser pistol
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The Old Timers.

There were such a large number of
old timers al Virginia City during The
past week that. it was remarked, the
streets of that town resembled a field of
dandelions gone to seed. says the Sheri-
dan Chinook. We might remark, in
passing, that there We're a good many
dandy lions of the glorious old Alder
gulch days among them. However, like
the veterans of the civil war, their
ranks are gradually becoming deeimat-
ed through the ravages of time and dis
ease so that, by the time the next re-
union of pioneers shall occur in Vir-
ginia City. the silvery-haired proper
ton of the throng will be sadly dimln-
ished.
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Philadelphia, Sept 11.-Cramp's ship
yards resumed operations to-day, hay
ing been closed from Sept. l, when work
was stopped at the plant.
The $50 blacksmiths and machinists
who struck on the day of the shut
down did not return to work to-day.
About so employees of various depart
ments failed to appear also.
The pattern makers last night mailed
to the firm a letter demanding nine
hour work day and the reinstatement of
recently discharged employees.
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Court of Appeals.

Seattle Wash. Sept. 1.-THE Septem-
Der session of the United States circuit
court of appeals was commenced to-day
Judges Gilbert, Ross and Morrow being
on the bench. Sixteen cases will be heard
here. The court opens next Monday morn
ing in Portland. The case of John Nc
Fadden VS.. the Mount View MilMng and
Mining company was reversed and the
cause remanded for further proceedings
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EuREKAi

As you travel through southeastern Kan
sas about one hundred and twenty Eve
miles south of Topeka and eighty FIVE
miles east of Wichita, the brakeman
sticks his head in the doorway and wells !:
Hreeky " and couple of minutes later
the train pulls into Eureka, the prosperous
county seat of Greenwood County.
One of the happy inhabitants of Eureka
IS Mrs. Sarah E. Taylor, and the reasons
Tor her present happiness are set forth in
the following letter addressed to DIR. R. v.
Pierce, chief consulting physician to the
inValids' Hotel and Surgical Institute"
of Buffalo, N Y.
Mrs. Taylor says:
y" had been sufferer for ffteen years and in
august 1890 was taken with severe crampng
PAIN IN my stomach. hard lump about the
SIZE se OF goose egg formed in my right side. 1t
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Havana, Sept. 1.-THE carpenters held
a large meeting to-day and agreed to go
on a strike tomorrow for day of eight
hours The secretary of the stevedores
organization, who attended the meeting,
promised the support and cooperation of
that body. The meeting sent commit
tee to the railway shops to endeavor to
persuade the men working there to join
them. The strike of the masons is still
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Pellets l had not taken more than half bot
tie of each when l began to feel better, and my
appetite came back, and for little over a year
since began to do my work"
DR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery il
a medicine that cures on rational, scientific
principles. II is the discovery of regu-
larly graduated, practicing physician of
high standing 1t tones up the stomach,
stimulates the liver and regulates the bow
els. II brings all the digestive organs into
healthy activity. 1t neutralizes and eradi-
Gates all poisonous, effete matter in the
blood and fills it with the rich, vital, red
corpuscles of health and vigor
The " Discovery" is a temperance medi-
cine. 1t contains no alcohol in any form.
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No Clue to Robbers.

Wilcox, Ariz.. Sept. 11.-No clew to
the identity of the men who held up
the westbound express train at Cochise
Saturday night has yet been found.
There is a report that five men rode
past Wilcox an hour after the robbery
at a rapid gait going north. 1t is
believed the robbers are residents here.
Officers Alvord and Stiles left Wilcox
to-day in pursuit. Scout White, the
sheriff is also following.
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Horse That Weighed 5000 Pounds.

The weight of the heaviest horse ever
known was 1900 pounds. This Clydes-
dale horse was exhibited at New York
in 1889. 1t was twenty and One-half
hands high. and. although only five
years old, measured 45 inches around
the stifie or knee joint, 50 inches girth,
34l2 inches around the hip and II feet
inches in length. 1t was of perfect
proportions, with head SO inches IN
length.
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Giving 1t to Him Straight.
From Tit-Bits.

Il rom lll-bltS.
Sister II be down n bout an hour, ="
announced little Bobby Virgins, as he
ushered his sisters beau into the par
lor.
AN hour?" repeated the young man,
in surprise.
'Oh, well, she said ter tell yer shed
be down in a minute, but yer know how
that is, yerself"
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Dividend Declared.

Washington, Sept 1.-THE comp
troller of the currency has declared a
third dividend of 3 per cent. in favor
of the creditors of the Merchants Ma
tional bank of Seattle, Wash, making
in all 40 per cent.
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To Withdraw Support.

New York. Sept. 1l.-Congressman Levy
announced to-day that as soon as con-
gress meets he will introduce resolutions
in the house Withdrawing the support of
this government from the Paris exposi-
ton on account of the Dreyfus case.
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Marseilles. Sept. 1l.-Extensive fires
are raging in the woods near Marseiles
and Toulon. at least 10 miles of forest be
ing in flames. A number of ChateauX
have been destroyed and others are
threatened.
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Fleeing to Sapetewn.

Capetown, Sept. 11.-Four trains con-
tanning refugees from johannesburg have
arrived here. Four hundred refugees
have also arrived at Durham. During the
past week the relief committee of Jo-
hannesburg assisted 1000 cases of dis
tress reported throughout the Transvaal.
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Deaths in Cuba.

. Washington, Sept. 11-General
Brooke cabled the following death re-
port:
decentralization Sergeant Major
William F. Daniels, Sth infantry, died
Sth, dystentery.
Matanzas-Artificer James Caserly,
l., 10th infantry, died Sth. drowned.
Havana-Las Anmas hospital Albert
]. Adams, Y. NJ. C. A. died Sth, yellow
fever
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As to Fairs.

Billings will soon present to the peo-
pie of Montana the opportunity of
viewing its fair. where there will be
big squashes, spuds, corn and all the
vegetables and cereals grown in this
region, says the Bozeman Chronicle. 1t
is a laudable undertaking and we cen
graduate the people of Billings pTCn
being able to stimulate the farmers ard
stockmen to degree which will make
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The Mauser Pistol,

Kansas City, Mo, Sept. 1.-Dr. ]. d,
Griffith of this city has just completed
for the government a test of the
Mauser pistol, in use by German cav
airy. and under consideration for adop-
ton by the United States. The test
was made not only with targets, but
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Leaves for Alaska.

Seattle, Wash, Sept n.-United States
Senator Shoup of Idaho, chairman Of the
senate committee on territories, will leave
here tomorrow for Alaska to study the
needs of that territory in the way Of leg
iSlation,
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STARVATION FEARED.


Halifax, N. s., Sept. 11.-Fishermen
who have returned from the cod fishing
grounds on the Labrador coast report
serious condition of affairs. The cod
fishery has been almost an absolute
failure and all vessels are returning
with small fares. AS the fisheries are
the chief support of the people it is
feared their failure will be followed by
starvation in many parts of Labrador
unless assistance is forthcoming.
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At the Park.

There is but little excuse for the ave-
rage Montanan, pleased by travel and
capable of enjoying nature, in not visit
ing the park, says the Bozeman Chroni-
Gle. He ought to hang his head in shame
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schooner Wrecked.

Victoria. B. G., Sept 1.-THE bark Theo-
pold reports ale wreck of the schooner
Woodbury. on Wood island near the
Alaska coast. No lives lost
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Yellow Fever Cases.

Key West, Fla, Sept. 1.-THE total
number of yellow fever cases up to date
is 1888; reported in the past "a hours 70.