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you do: Has she such thing as a
soul?' No; they do not look for soul
in me. am bloodless. regal thing;
superb piece Of art, a chef d,cHUre OF
civilization. which they admire and
hang diamonds upon to display to their
friends. Besides, what would they do
with such cumbersome thing as soul?
1t would become embarrassing. But
you-you could revive it and give it
wings, and teach it TO soar with you. |
would strive with you in every ambition.
mitigate every sorrow, and lustre to your
success, or bear unfiinchingly every
crose, just TO bear it with you. TOgeth-
er We could make life glorious thing
and you do not dream it,
Yes, | am clever; would to God were
thought stupid. stupid. stupid, that you
might know me genuine. With distrust
in your heart, what does life mean to
me now? 1t means to have every pleas
ure poisoned, every grief doubly keen;
to shun the ghastlinesss Of solitude,
only to meet the exhaustion OF forced
and strained animation 10 society: TO
have one lorgiug-your presence-and
that the sharpest pain Of all. IL means
to face future void of all else but
these. And you will never, never know.
An imperious woman must love i'm
periously; she can not bend and sue.
she can not seek relief in one cry Of an
guish TO human soul; she must ever
push grief down in her breast, there u
le. it coil and coil round a writhiug
heart. All, God. this should not be!
just one word from you. just once
your arms stretched out to me-
My maid is knocking. must be
dressed for the evenings pleasure. In
few hours shall meet you. Not as now
oh, no! Not trace OF tears and lines
and pallor beneath my powder and
rouge; not a sigh from a heart laced in
too tight to throb or bound. The gown
| shall wear is stiff and stately, and gilt
ters with icy trimmings. 1t is the in
carnation of hard brilliance; it crsckIes
The courier., 1901-01-12
OUR MASQUES.
\ woMAN's UNwRITTEN LETTER.

\ NoMAN - UNIV
We meet in the world, and your
masque says: Il almost loved you once.
but have recovered entirely"
Mine from the heights OF its serene
Indifference: "And pray. sir, what is
that to me?'
They are gooi Mosques; disciplined,
experienced, Mosques = OF the world,
mine especially, being a woman's. Yours
is thinner, and through it, I-being a
woman-sometimss see you! What
bitterness in your soul, that man such
as you, Injured to the shams and tricks
and mockeries of the world; stung
thousand times by its monster selfish.
ness; understanding so we'll the environ.
ment that trains a woman from the era
die, to stIfle heart and humanity as at
tributes OF commoners and fools-that
you should have been so easily tricked
by my consummate art. A worldling.
you style me. as others do, clever, soul.
less worldling; ambitious only fer social
success, for wealth, for power-the pow-
er ito drain from mans soul its exu-
berance, and leave it a hard, warped,
perverted thing" Your great love was
too loyal for my deserts; too constant to
be Of value, even to my vanity; too ex-
alted, you think, even for the compre-
hension Of such as l,
Your pride, your manhood, have taken
arms now. Never shall my false SYM
pathy wrest from you one more word,
one more sign of love. Once life held
other interests; real, vital ones: you will
take them up again. though they be
savorIess and irksome now. In the daily
exertion and responsibility of action,
you may crowd passion out-who
knows?-and in the long years there
will emerge from the strife stern,
prosaic being eminent, perchance-
who, looking back over the past. will
scof: ITO have bled for a woman
ridiculous"
Now, here in my bOudoir, locked and
curtained from the world, | will take of
my masque. Only look into this heart
of mine! You think me artificial, what
other role is there for me? My lot is
cast in the glitter Of life, mid smiling
insincerity. gilded coDmonplaceness.
cynical, apathetic selfshness. Never
befors have l known one to whom |
dared show warmth, and fidelity. Never
has the ideal frightened my life. /.
like the rest. unable to force the bars
that held me, have struggled on for the
empty triumphs yielded within my
sphere. BY regal pride, by spIendor.
by constant diplomacy. by apparent IN
to thrusts and slander. they
are won. ! have been the most proud,
the most diplomatic, the most insens
ble. have played my part well. III
have conquered; and being victorious. I
have starved. Then, among the false
and ephemeraI, found you-true, as
bring, rock OF strength, a refuge from
'ordidness. / soon realized that your
'rave heart would give its best to me.
The courier., 1901-01-12


boeg. Dean and Mrs. Fair, Mr.. and Mrs
Barns, Msior end Mrs. Hathaway, Mr.
end Mrs. Lowe. Miss Emily Wakeley
Mr.. Charles George, Mr.. Clark Redick,
Mr.. Chat Redick, DR.. Nelson Mercer,
Mr.. Arthur Cooley and Mr.. and Mrs.
Barkalow, Mr.. and Mrs. Buchanan, DR..
and Mrs. Anglin and Mr.. and Mrs.
Brogan.
The dinner given by Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick H. Davis in honor OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Fairfield on Wednesday at eight
o'clock was one perfect in its appoint
msnts and charming in every particular.
The guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Fairfield.
Mr. and Mre. Cowgirl, Miss Peck. Miss
Emily Wakeley. Miss Hamilton. DR..
Bridges, Mr.. Frank Hamilton and Mr..
Thomas Davis. At each plate were
pink roses for the women and violets for
the men and place cards with dainty
pen and ink sketched heads. On a cen.
tfepiece of white and green embroidery
feeted a bowl of narcissus and steria,
and four silver candlesticks crowned
With flower like shades of white silk
completed the effect, which was alto
Rether exquisite and bride like.
Mrs. Edmund Minor Fairfield is send
ing out cords for the afternoons Of the
18th and 24tb as her days at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Redick spent
Sunday 10 Kearney with Mr.. and Mrs.
John l. Redick.
Hor. John l.. Webster. who has been
confined for the past four weeks with an
attack OF pneumonia, is rapidly con-
valescing.
Mr.. Wing e. Allen returned Tuesday
from Washington. where he spent
Christmas with Senator and Mrs.
Thurston.
Mrs. Heth gave an informal but
charming luncheon Thursday. Ferns
and carnations on an exquisite drawn
work cloth made the table attractively
dainty and red shaded candles lighted
it. Mesdames E. Wakely. A. L. Will
liams. T. J. Mackay, Everett, Lyman Of
Council Bluffs, Philip Potter and Law
ton were the guests. Mrs. Lawton has
gone to Cripple Creek to make a short
visit.
A meeting OF the members Of the
Creche board on Thursday morning to
elect new officers for the coming year
resulted as follows: Mesdames I. L.
Kimball, PRESIDENT; Julia Van Nostrand,
vice president; Guy G. Howard, secre-
tary, and P. o. Hawes, treasurer. The
report OF the matron showed that about
3S3 children have been in the Creche
during the year, averaging about thirty
daily.
On Monday in the gallery at Balduff's
Mrs. Wakefield gave beautiful lunch
eon for sixteen in honor Of her daughter.
Miss Jennie Wakefield, who was home
from St. Margaret's school for the holi-
days. The colors of the school, yellow
and white, were used in the table dec
oratioue, all the doylies and the centre
piece of drawn work being over yellow
silk and tall vase Of white carnations
sent out runners of yellow ribbon to
each plate, a place card being attached
to each ribbon. The guests were all
school friends Of Miss Jennie. most OF
them home only for the holidays. The
guests were Misses Margaret Wood,
Ianet ROGERS. Bessie Brady. Mary Lee
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-04-04

Devils Lake, N. D., March 31.-Emil
Segerlin, a well-to-do farmer living
eight miles northeast Of town, yester
day Killed his three children and
stabbed himself to death.
He went to the barn, accompanied by
his little daughter, Della, aged seven
and Lilly, aged five. AS he did not
come to dinner his eldest daughter.
Esther, aged nine, was sent to can
him. It is thought that before she
reached the barn her father had killed
Della and Lilly, and Immediately killed
her. Esther was strong girl and evil
IDENTIFY offered resistance. as she was
stabbed in several places and horribly
mutilated. Both the other children
were killed with knife. The mother
has been an invalid and has scarcely
left her room for eight years.
Segerlin was sent to the insane
asylum about ten years ago. but he was
soon allowed to return home, apparent
~ fully recovered. He was a hard
working man, bore a good reputation
and was in an excellent financial con-
dition There is no question that he
was insane when he committed the
deed,
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-04-04
CuDAnY KIDNAPrnRs.

Mr.. and Mrs. Jacobs, lows People.
Are Arrested for COmpllcity.
Sioux City. Iowa. March 80. = On q
warrant sworn out by Detective Glad
win Of Omaha. Sheriff Strain arrested
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. l.. Jacobs at Onawa,
Iowa. charged with completely in the
kidnapping Of Eddie Cudahy. The ia
cobses have been at Onawa the past
ten days representing the Bonewell
Nursery Company OF Des Moines. They
live in Council Bluffs, where Mrs. ia
cobs owns several buildings. Jacobs
denies any knowledge of the kidnap-
ping, and declares he is at loss to
know why he and his wife are arrested
The prisoners were taken to Omaha for
preliminary hearing.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-04-04
KILLED IN A COLLISION.
Open switch Causes q RaI Wreck m
the NOrthwestern

open switch Causes q Rad Wreck ON
the Northwestern.
De Pere. Wis.,. March 90. - A bad
collision between passenger and a
freight train occurred on the Chicago
& Northwestern at Little Rapids, Ave
miles south of here. resulting in the
killing OF one and the injuring of sew
ell others. The. wreck was caused by
an open switch. The north bound
passenger crashed into a heavy freight
standing on side track. The passen-
ger train does not stop at that station
and was going at nearly full speed
when the collision occurred. Both en-
gines were completely wrecked. The
passenger engine, falling on its side,
crushed out the life OF Engineer JONES'
Fireman Donnellan Of the freight es-
capped by jumping. Both engines were
completely wrecked. the baggage and
smoking cars were thrown sideways
off the track. the front end of the bag.
gage car being wrecked. Most of the
injured We're taken to ST. Vincent's
hospital at Green Bay.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-04-04
NEEDS A LARGER JAR.

FEE wus County Has Too Many Crfsn-
inala for Accom- M Odnti0ns.
Fergus county has advertised for bids
to be submitted to the county board.
and new jail Is to take the place Of
the old structure now used for that
purpose. The present county Jail In
hardly adequate for a county Of the size
and population Of Fergus county, ana
n new Jail is sorefy needed. ACCORDING.
to the present plan, the new jail. when
built. will be much larger than the one
now in uce and will be heated by a hot
water plant. The upper floor win be
used as a residence for the sheriff and
jailer and family. but this will still
leave room to confine persons accused
of petty offenses like drunkenness. The
cost of the building cannot be deter
mined until later on.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-04-04
Paid for Indian Depredations.

Paid for Indian Depredntions.
Sioux City, Iowa, March. 80. - Mrs.
Flora George of this city has just re-
ceived a settlement with the govern
ment for the loss of many thousand
bushels of wheat and q herd of cattle
by the Indians in the New Ulm, MIMI.
massacre in 1862. She received several
thousand dollars and has just returned
from New Ulm, where she visited her
son-in-law, State Senator S. D. Peter
son, and family. Her husband was a
member of the Fifth Minnesota cav
airy and was fighting in the South
when the massacre occurred.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-04-04
WILL BE NO STRIKE.
Coal MincrA Issue Stntemel
Which Causes Rejoicing.

Coal Nincrs Issue n Statement
Which Causes Rejoicing.
WiikesEarre, Pa, March 81. - There
will be no strike in the anthracite re-
gion next Monday, and there is no
danger of a general strike for year
at least. AS result of the conference
in New York between representatives
of the miners and the mine owners the
officers of the miners union yesterday
issued statement calling off the pro-
posed strike for April 1. There is great
rejoicing throughout the anthracite re-
gion. 1t is safe to say that large ma
jority of the miners were opposed to a
strike, but it is certain that they would
have followed the order of their leaders
had a strike been ordered.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-04-04
State News Ia Nrlef.


There will be lots Of buildings erected
at the new town of Foundation within
the next few weeks.
Under Sheriff Evans of Missoula had
struggle with an ugly stallion which
had been left tied on Higgins avenue,
and had attacked some other horses
near by. AS soon as he could get the
horses separated the sheriff turned the
stallion loose and drove him out of the
city.
The government tow boat, Col. Rob
erts, which has been In the Missouri
river about Great Falls, will be loaded
upon fiat cars and shipped to Fort
Benton, where it will again be placed
in the Missouri river. and will proceed
on d long journey Of 1,400 miles down
the river to Sioux City.
All Of the excavating for the base.
ment of the new court house at Great
Falls has been completed, and the con-
tract for the work of building the
foundations for the new structure will
be taken up by the county commits
sioners. The estimate on the cost Of
the excavations is $1,000.
discovery has been made which.
will cause the health authorities Of
Missoula to act at once and have it re-
moved. While trying to strike level
at the corner Of Cedar and Stevens
streets from which a sewer to the man.
hole was to be located. the manhole
was found to be three feet deep with
filth.
For the week ending March Is tho
Rosslsnd mines shipped $9,174 tons Of
ore, which breaks the record, not mere
ly for ROssland, but for any mining
town in British Columbia. or this ag-
gregate, 4,976 tons were taken from the
lie Roi: 2,196 from the Center Star; 7A
from the War Eagle; 729 from the LIE
Roi No. 2.
Hubert Hastings recently complained
to the chief Of police OF Missoula that
he had been robbed in the Bad Lands
by two women. They were arrested,
but there was no evidence against them
and Justice HOutc hens dismissed them.
The two men arrested on complaint OF
w. Mannheim. charged with stealing
Junk, were also discharged for lack OF
evidence.
Alexander and James Glass. the well
known mine operators, were defend
ants in a suit brought in the district
court at Butte by John A. Mckenzie.
on a number of assigned claims for
miners wages. The claims are: ]. A.
McKe nzie, 3SO7.75 WI. Hollingsworth.
1897; Samuel Taylor. $3.50: Chris john
son, 3242; William Williamson. $lSo.Sb;
John Harris, $40: Jack Harris. Sis:
Ed Spellum. 3116: John w. Lusk, @SS.25;
Charles Olson, $14.
Another strike has been made In the
Yogo district. This time 1t 10 copper
discovery, found by Andrew GOWNS
and George Hartley. The lead 10 To-
Gated in the Tolgate gulch. on the road
to the old Yogo and is Of porphyry and
limestone foundation. There Is no doubt
that there are immense values In ores
in this section of the Belt mountains.
which will some day be discovered, and
cause this promising country to be
opened up in the right manner. wv
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-04-04
CONVOY CAPTURED.
Company of NatnliaMs Are Oper-
atlnE i'm Swaziland.

Company of NatnliaMs Are Oper-
atlng i'm Swaziland.
Durham, Natal, March 31.-The Sec
ond Imperial Light Horse, which is
made up of Natalians, is busy in Swa-
ziland. The regiment has captured
1000 head of Boer cattle. Some of the
men met a Boer party consisting of
comnlandant and several other officers.
They ordered the Beers to throw up
their hands. Two who were slow in
obeying the order were winged, where
upon the party surrendered. Later
number of snipers were captured. The
regiment then captured a convoy OF
twenty-six wagons and number of
cattle. sheep and horses. Later anoth-
er convoy of ten wagons was captured.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-04-04
MONTANA NEWS


Receives Over e-Slxth Of Fam oua
$sO.OOO Roll:
The county of Silver Bow will receive
$5.7O9.08 from the famous roll Of $40, 900
flashed up when Fred Whiteside scat
tered the Clark forces on the first days
OF the balloting In the legislature two
years ago. The number Of school chill
dren in Silver Bow county between the
ages Of six and twenty-one Is 1O,97S.
and this will give So cents towards the
purchase Of educational advantages for
the boys and girls who attend the
schools. There are ten districts I'm the
county, and Butte district will get S.
5lS.24 Of the amount. This involuntary
contribution to the school fund is re-
ceived with rejoicing by many Of the
districts of the county where funds
have been very low for the past year.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-04-04
Fears an Epidemic.

Sioux Falls. s. D., March %. -
Through fears of causing an epidemic
among the 600 members OF the state
hospital for the insane at Yankton
Supt. Ross of that institution has de-
clined to receive twenty-five applicants
for admission to the asylum. None of
these applications will be considered
at present owing to the fact that near
ly all of the subjects come from dis
tricts in the state where smallpox has
appeared. Supt. Ross fears that the
admission of new patients would result
in too dangerous an exposure Of the
unfortunates now in the asylum.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-04-04
Ninety Days for a. Gum Play.

Ninety Days for u Gun Play.
Harry l.. Smith, a disorderly char
Acter. was sentenced at Great Falls by
Justice Stafford to ninety days In the
County jail for making gun-play IN
the Fashion saloon recently. Smith
had been drinking, and became in
volved in a quarrel with F. j. Trues-
dale. In the midst of the scrap Smith
pulled big gun, and was about to
perforate Truesdale, when the revolver
was taken from him and he was put
under arrest.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-04-04
M1L11ox-DoLLAR FIRE.
Jefferson Hotel at Richmond, Va.
DESTROYED.

OcuCE9OA at H1CnmOn0, Va.s
Destroyed.
Richmond, Va, March 31.-The Main
street front of the Jefferson hotel this
city, erected and furnished by the late
Louis Enter at a cost of 81, O00. 900, was
destroyed by fire last night. The mag
nificent structure covered half a block
in the ultra fashionable part Of the
city and was built Of buff brick with
granite foundation. The flames were
discovered in the upper part of the
Main street side at midnight and in a
short time that part of the building
was a roaring furnace. As far as can
be learned no lives have been lost,
though there was great difficulty in
getting out some of the guests. There
were in the hotel many works of art,
including Valentines statue of Jeffer-
son, which stood in the Franklin street
court
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-04-04
Insane Man Kills Himself.

Phillips, Wis. March 30. A man
who is supposed to be George Miller.
committed suicide in the county jail
while temporarily insane by getting
upon his bunk and diving headlone
against the steel floor of his cell. He
was brought here from Prentice. A
letter was found on his person directed
to Peter Miller, Baraboo, ILL.,. whom he
addressed as 'Dear Father"
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-04-04
FOUND SACK OF DYNAMITE.

Nes idcnts of Hamilton Discover =
Quantity Of the Exploslve.
Marshal Kramer of Hamilton found
forty sticks Of dynamite in sack un-
der tub back of the q. N. Walden
place about two hundred yards. What
the explc sives were cached there for Is
a mystery which may never be ex-
planned. The dangerous stun was de-
posted over night in the city hall, and
the next day was sent out to the pow.
der house. Whose IL 1t?
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-04-04
To Organize n Farmers' Elevator.

Fargo, N. D., March S0.-The farmers
of Harwood are plarring great mass
meeting to organize a stock company.
II the meeting is successful farmers
elevator will be erected with a capacity
of $4,000 bushels. A similar elevator
was erected at Gardner, a few miles
north, two years ago and paid it's
stockholders Is per cent the first year.
It got greater portion Of the grain,
and the farmers were we'll satisfied
with the grades received
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-04-04
Hypnotism Forbidden.

Budapest. March SO.-In consequence
Of the number of crimes committed of
late in Hungary, which have been at
tributed to hypnotic influence, the gov
eminent has forbidden the practice of
hypnotism except by medical men and
under special permission.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-04-04
CAPITOL CONSTRUCTION.

Cause Of Delays Being Removed.
Rapid Work II Expected.
Helena, Mont, March 20.-The state
capitol commission has received notice
that Joseph Soss has been removed
from the managership of the company
building the state capitol. Soss was
charged with dilatoriness in the work,
but all previous efforts to secure his
removal proved futile. Work viii be
rapidly pushed hencefOrth.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-04-04

New Paynesvil!e, Mimi, March 81
At the last NEE sing of the school board
the salary of the superintendent was
raised from 5000 to $1,000 and the sal
aries Of all the grade teachers raised IS
per month. making the lowest salary
now paid in the schools SIS per monah
All Of the teachers have served during
the past three years, and the action of
the board in making the raise will meet
with the approval of all interested in
the welfare of the schools.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-04-04

New York, March 3O.--Joseph O. Con-
lin. the postofiice inspector who was ar
rested recently in San Francisco.
charged with the $4,000 robbery Of
registered mail last fall. appeared be-
fore Judge Thomas in the United
States circuit court and changed his
plea Of mot guilty. to that of guilty"
He will be arraigncd for sentence to.
daE = ~ = - 49,
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-04-04
Found to he SMALLPOX.

Faribault. Minn., March 30. For
some time b. c. Marot has been quar-
antined in the engine house here for
chickenpOx He was seen by DR..
Bracken, OF the state board of health,
who pronounces it case Of smallpox.
There are several other similar cases
in town.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-04-04
Damage Suits Settled.

Davenport, Iowa, March 30. - The
Glucose company has made a PROPOSE
ton which will be accepted whereby
they will pay $4,000 in four damage
suits brought for the death of men
killed by the explosion of the boilers
of the plant on Nov. "a. The suits were
for $4,000 each.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-04-04
woULD-BE IYNCHERs NERVOUS.
Sheriff Swcarx Out Warrants for
Some Of rh e,n.

Sheriff Swca-s Out Warrants for
Some of Them.
Galesburg. ILL.,, March 31.-Conster-
nation prevails among those who led
in the attempt Wednesday night to
lynch Ed Jackson, the murderer of
Charles r. Rowe, because the sheriff
has sworn out a number of warrants.
The first is for T.. c. Gross of Madison
Vile, Ohio, who, during the riot, it is
alleged. urged the crowd to kill the
sheriff. Gross was arraigned before
Judge Post, who fined him 500 and
gave him a years term in the county
Jail. Gross has a wife and four chill
dren at Madisonville.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-04-04

Riccville, Iowa, March 29.-The prop
ostion to establish, maintain and ope-
rate waterworks was submitted to the
people at the general election, and the
proposition carried by one vote. The
ladies voted against the proposition,
but not affecting the result, however.
F. c. Cutting and l.. NJ. Washer were
reelected to act as councilmen for
full terms. Much improvement is ex-
pected during the coming summer.