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oted to the Development of Eastern Montana and the E
noourncrement of all Industrial Pursuits.
Vol. 8. JSTo. t G.
BOZEMAN, MONTANA, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1879.
AVhole 1STo., 380.
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the Following Lines" " in Kacb
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Ladies' Goods, Fancy Goods,
STAPLE A.YD F AY Cl GROCERIES,
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Dry Good#, Carpets, Qiieensware, Cutlery , and all
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HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS,
AND
Agricultural Implements !
We have, in fact, everything needed by th«
Far, Mit Ml Miner.
CALL AND EX AMINE OUR IMMENSE STOCK. AND IF YOU DO NOT SEE j
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WK HAVE HUNDREDS OF ARTICLES IN STOCK THAT WE CANNOT
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CALL AND EXAMINE GOODS AND LEARN PRICES.
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Is at
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appreciated.
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FOREIGN & DOMESTIC GOODS
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ted States, and purchased for cash and consequently at
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Poetry.
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The following i» oil* of ilio latest perpetrations
of Mr. Eitretic Kidd. ill« poeti«nl pointer of the
St. Louis Timet-Journal:
''Suppose," said lie, in accents soft,
"A felloe, ju-t like me,
Should axle little girl to wed,
W hat would the answer lie?"
The maiden drops her iii.uid eyes;
Her smiles with blushes mingle;
"Why seek the I, ridai halter when
You may live oa, s..r, einjfl«:"
Anil t'i*-n be p ike —' "Oh, be my brido,
) a-C yo-i once again;
You ate the emp'-e-s of my août.
And there si.ail ever rein.
"I'll never bra of kindly deeds
To win your gentle heart.
And saddle lie the -hail that rende
Our happy live, apart."
Upon lier cheek» tiie mai '.en felt
Th: mantling blitdia» glow;
81.« took him i r h-r t»i:hful hub.
To share his wheel or w hoa
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i * y uei.cn men.
If only mother» knew, .«he said,
How hungry children were lor lova,
Above each Hole virgin bel
A mother's lips would prove
How sweet are kisses that »re given
llctvreen a rosy men'll nud heaven.
Ifonty my mamma would kneel.
As your dear mamma, every uight,
lieside iter littia girl, to lari
If all the wraps are folded tight.
And hold m- lianU, tier -Hnut fat.*
Betw een my cheeks »ml e • soft lia ir.
Amt looking in my dreaming eyes
As if she saw some lovely thing.
And smiling in sm li fond siirjiri.se
On all my hopes of life that spring
I.lke (towers beneath her leader gaz«,
I could not stray in evil ways
I would not wound the gentle hreaet
That lieU me warm w ithin its fold;
My mother's love would still lie host.
How ever ad, or plain, or old ;
Aud, even when the world forsake,
I'd love her for her lore's dear sake
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I ailed by certain smart people, it is in re- j
! ality one of tiie most dangerous institu -1
Our Selected Story.
(THE RECENT GREAT FRENCH DUEL
i tion» of our day. Since it is always fought
1 in tiie open air. the combatants are nearly
I sure to eatch cold. M. Paul de Cassagnac.
j the most inverate of the French duelists,
j has suffered so often in tnis way that lie is
: at last a confirmed invalid; and the liest
j physician in Paris lias expressed the opii -
lion that if lie goes on dueling for fifteen
j or twenty years more, unless he forms tiie
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where damps and draughts cannot intrude. :
1 he will eventually endanger bis life. This j
I ought to moderate tiie talk of those people j
[ who are so stubborn in maintaining that
that the French duel is the most heathfnl !
of recreations because oi the ojien-air ex
ercise it affords. And it ought also to mod
erate tiie foolish talk about French duelists
and socialitt-hated inonarchs being tiie
only people who are immortal.
But it is time to get at my subject. As
soon as I heard of the late fiery outbreak ;
between M. Gambetta and M. Fourtou in j
tiie French assembly, l knew that trouble j
must follow. I knew it because a long ! [
personal friendship with M. Gambetta had j
revealed to me the desperate and implaea -1
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blc nature of the man. Vast as are bis
physical proportions. I knew that the
thirst for revenge would penetrate to the
remotest frontiers of his person.
I did not wait for him to cell on me, but
went at once to him. As I expected, I
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found tiie brave fellow steejied in a pro-j
found French calm. 1 say French calm, j
because French calmness and English |
calmness have points of difference. He j
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was moving swiftly back and forth among
the debris of liis furniture, now and then
staving chance fragments of it across the j
room with his foot; grinding a constant j
grist of curses through his set teeth, and J
halting every little while to deposit another ]
handful of 1rs hair on the pile which he j
bad been building ofit on the table. I
He threw Ids arms around my neck, bent.
me over his stomach to his breast, kissed
me on both cheeks, hugged me four or on
five times, and then placed me in big own
onn-chair. As soon as I had got well j
again, we began business at once. j iy
I mid I supposed he would wish me to j
act as his «econd, and he said, "Of course." !
I said 1 must be allowed to aet under a j
French name, so that I might be shielded i
from obloquy in my country, in case of ! of
fmtal poults. He winced Itère, probnMy at !
the suggestion that dueling'was not re-j
ganled with respect in America. However,
he agreed to my requirement. This ar
; counts for tlie hurt 1 ! ta t in all thenewsp:i|»cr
I reports M. Gambetta's second was appar
ently a Frenchman.
j First we drew up the principal's will. I 1
j insisted upon thi«, and stuck to my point.
! 1 said I had never heard of a man in his
right mind •join«' out to fight a duel with
out first making his will. He said he li.nl '
■ never heard ot a man in his right mind '
j <Joinff anyUûng 0 f,he kind. When we had j
finished the *i!l. he wished to proceed to j
a choice ot his "last words."
to know how tiie following
dying exclamation, struck me
*'l die for my
I freedom of spe
! universal hrotlicrhood of man !"
I objected that this would require too 1
God. for my country, for
ech, for progress, and tiie
He wanted j
.vends, as a !
linger
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ivc, T»iit not suited
to the
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pencil
•s oi t
lie field of honor. \Vi
e* wr .n
gied
over :i
1 many antc-mortcm
ontbiî
rats.
hut I finally got him to cut his obituary
down to this, w.iich he copied in his mem
orandum book, purposing to get it by
heart :
"I die that France may live."
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j I .suivi that this remark seemed to !a< k ,
j relevancy; but be said relevancy was a
matter of no consequence in last words— j
what you wanted was thrill. |
i Till* next thing in order was tiie choice
of weapons. Mv principal said he was not '
feeling well, an t would leave that anti the !
oilier deuils of t ht* proposed meeting to I
me. Therefore I wrote tiie following note)
land carried it to M. Fourton's friend: :
Sir::— M Gambetta accepts 'I. Fourton's
challenge, and authorizes me to propose }
Pie.
eud,
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Piquet as liie place of meeting; to
morrow morning at daybreak as tiie time;
and axes as the weapons.
I am sir, with great respect,
M M!K T\\ AIN.
M. Fourton's friend read this no
shuddered. Then lie turned ton
said willi a suggestion ot severity in his
tone:
"Have you eonsideied, sir. what would
be tiie inevitable result of such a meeting
as this?"
"Well, for instance, what would be?"
"Bloodshed !"
"That's about tlw* size of it,
'"Now, if it is a fair question, iv
your side proposing to shed ?"
I had him, there. He saw be li
a blunder, so lie hastened to explain i'
away. He said h** iitul spoken jotingly.
.Then lie added that he and his principal
would enjoy axes, and Lideed pieicr tiiem.
Mint such weapons were birred in the
French code, and so I must change my
proposal.
I walked tin- floor, turning tiie tbim
over in my mind, and finally it occurred to
me that Gatling guns at fifteen pad
would be a likely way to get a verdict on
tin* lii-ld of honor. So I framed this id< :
into a proposition.
But it was not accepted. Tiie code \va>
in tin* way again. I proposed rifles, th *:i
double-barreled shot-guns; then Colt'.*,
navy revolvers. These I icing all rejected,
l reflected a while, and sarcastically sug
gested brick-bats s' three-quarters ot a
mile. I always hat: r < fool away a humor
oils thing on a person who has no percep
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ness when this man went soberly away to j it
last proposition to his prin i-,
(submit thi
pal*
He came back presently, and said lus
principal was charmed with the idea ot
brick-bats at three-quarters of a mile, but
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must decline on account of the danger to
disinterested parties passing between.
Then I said :
"Well, I am at the end of my string.
now. Perhaps you would Ik* kind enough
*o suggest a weapon ? Perhaps you have
even had one in your mind all the time?"
His countenance brightened, and he said
with alacrity :
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"Oh. without doubt, monsieur."
So lie tell to hunting in his pockets,—
pocket after pocket, and lie bad plenty of
them,—muttering all the while, "Now.
what could l have done with them ?"
At hist he was successful. He fished out
of his vest pocket a cbtiple of little tilings
which I carried to the light and discovered
to be pistols. They were singl *-birrcled
and silver mounted, and very dainty and
pretty. I was not able to speak tor emo
tion. I silently hung one of them to iny |
watch chain, and returned the other My I
companion in crime now unroll«! a post- [
age-stamp containing several cartridges. !
tug weak and confused under tiie strain
which had been put upon it. He named
sixty-five yards. 1 nearly lost my patience,
said :
"Sixty-five yards, with these instru
menta ? Pop-guns would lie deadlier at
and gave me one of them. I asked if he I
néant to signify by this that our men J
were to be allowed but one shot apiece. ]
ile replied that the code permitted no j tend
more. I t lieu I »egged him to go on and | Gin,
suggest a distance, tor my mind was grow-j
' self
fifty. Consider, my fi iend, you and I are
banded together to destroy life, not make
eternal."
But with all my persuasions, all my ar
guments. I was only able to get him to re
duce tiie distance to thirty-five yards; and
even thi.. concession be made with relue
tance, and said with a sigh :
**I wash my hands ot this slaughter; on
your head be it.
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fact
frii
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but
riage
ond;
tiiese
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There was nothing tor me but to go j
home to my old lion heart and tell my Gases
humiliating story. When I entered. M. I
Gambetta was laying his last lock ot hair ( then
upon tiie altar. He sprang towards me 1 T he
exclaiming : ting
"You have made the fatal arrangements. I
see it in your eye !" \ these
"I have." | long
His face paled a trifle, and be leaned up- ! «*ns
tiie table for support. He breathed thick j and
and heavily tor a moment or two. so tu-; l*ad
multuous were his feelings; then lie hoarse- j
whispered : j
"The weapon, the weapon! Quick ! j lie
What is the weapon?" .
"This!" and 1 displaveil the silver
mounted thing. He caught but one glimpse
it, then swooned ponderously to tiie 1 *nd
floor. 1 Jot
When he came to, lie said mournfully: i but
"The unnatural calm to which I have I were
subjected myself has told upon my nerves. ;
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But away with weakness! 1 will ei
my fate like a man a d a Frenehma
He rose to his feet, and assumed :
Hide which for sublimity has nevi
appro.-n-hed hv man. and has soldo
Then lie said, in his
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surpassed by statues,
deep hass tones :
"Bebohl. I am calm. I am ready; reveal
to me the distance."
"Thirty-live yards."
I could not lift him up, of course: hut
;nd poured water down
his hack. lie presently came In. arid said
"Thirty-five yards—without a res; ? Hut
why ask? Sin«*<* murder was that man's
intention, why should he palter with small
details? But mark you one tiling : in my
fall the world siiail see how the chivalry
j rolled him over,
a ! his b;
for
! Fr:iru*<
1 * nice:« death."
Mu
■r a long silence lie
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;s noticing said
about that men
standing up uilii
him. as all ofist
by
tu my bulk ?
stoop to make
not noble eno
is welcome t<
hit no matter: I would not
such a suggestion ; it lie
gh to suggest it himself, lie
Ilfs advantage which no
! honor ibic man would trie
k , lie now sank into a sort of stupor of iv
a flection, which lasted some minutes ; after
j which he broke silence with:
| "The hour—what is the hour fixed for
3u: coili- um V
' "Daw n, to-morrow.'
! He seemed greatly surju. .*'.!, and iinme
to I diatelv said :
"Insanity! 1 never heard of such a thing,
: Nobody isahroud at sueii an hour."
* * 11 1 : : t is the reason I name:! it. Do you
} s:, . v . v °" " :,nt !in audience?"
"it is no tiiiu* to handy words,
tonished :hal M. Fouriott should
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n< c and require a later hour."
airs, threw open (ip* fror:
t plunged into the anus o
coud. He said :
i I ran down
I door, and aim
M. Fourton's
"I have tiie honor to say that my princi
pal strenuously objects to the hourchost n.
and bogs that you will consent to change
it to bait-past nine."
' "Any courtesy. :
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hicii
it is it:
i our
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to extend is a
it the
S('|-V
ice of
your
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-nt principal.
We
agree
to th«*
! poseii
change of tint
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eg you to acn
ept i!
ic th;
inks 0
1* my
! client.'
" Then lie turned
t:> a
per. 0 ;
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-Voi
a hca
M. ?
'Coir.
] tlx* hour is altered
to ha
if pa:
<: niix
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upon M. Noir
• how»
*' 1. expresse.
! his'
«iinnks
.and went a
way.
My
accomplice
1 continued :
"Ifa
gree.abie to y.
mi. your t hi
vfsurgeons
in«l ours shall proc»H*d to
the
field ill til»
-'111 H* C
arriage. as is :
ustoniMiy.
"li i:
s entirely agr<
cable
to Xlt
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I :.m
obliget
1 to you for
inentiouin
g the
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goons.
for 1 am af'ra
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flux e
tliong!
J oi' tiie, 11 . !{.
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ant i
1 snppi
ose two or three wii
noiigh
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0 is the customary :
iriinh
er for 1
Pticfl
parly.
1 rei -r to eiii
cf sur
»r^oiis
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con
siderin
g (he exalt'"!
posilit
>:is ocuupiut
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our clit
•nts. It will ! )«*
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and 1 Î 1
.von is
t.h-at
"Bless my stupidity. I never thought of
j it ! I will attend to it right aw ay. ! must
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seem very ignorant to you; but
\ try to overlook that, because I )
had any experience of such a sw
this before. I have had a good
with diu I- on the Pacific coast,
now that they were crude affairs.
voti must
do
11 duel
leal to
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A hearse
| <"n>i , >le of so base a treachery"—
I "Tut, tut! What words are thés»
[ friend ?
! forgive me ;
my
Have I wounded you? Ah,
I am overloading you with
I labor. Therefore, on with tiie other de
J t-iils. and drop this one from your list. The
] bloody-minded Fourtou will la* sun* to ut
j tend to it. ür I myselt—yes, to make cer
| Gin, I will drop a note to my journalistic
triend. M. Noir' —
"Oh, come to think, yon may save your
' self the trouble; tiie other second has in
formed M. Noir."
It is just
! each of us appoint several consulting sur
j geons from among t ! if* highest in the pro
j icssion. These wiil conic in their own
j private carriages. Have you engaged a
.heals«*?
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around loose, and let anybody cord them
tip and cart them off that wanted to. Have
you anything further to suggest ?"
"Nothing, except that the head under-■
takers shall ride together, as i» usual. The
subordinates and mutes will go on toot, as
is also usual. 1 will see you at eight o'clock
in the morning, and we will then arrange
the order of the procession. I have the j
honor to hid you a good day."
I return'll to my client, who said:
"Very well : til what hour is the engage- '
ment to begin?"
••Half past nine."
"Very good indeed. Have you sent the
fact to flu* newspapers?"
"Sir! If after our long and intimate
frii ndship you can fora moment diem me
"H'm. 1 might have known it
like that Fourtou, who always wants th
make a display."
At half past nine in the morning the pro
cession approached tiie field of Plessis
Piquet in the following order:
First came our carriage—nobody in it
but M. Gambetta and myself; then a car
riage containing M. Fourtou and bis sec
ond; then a carriage containing two poet
orators who did not believe in God. and
tiiese tiad MS. funeral orations projecting
from their breast pockets; tlien a carriage
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containing the head surgeons anil their
Gases of instruments; then eight private
carriages containing consulting surgeons ; j
then a hack containing the coroner ; then
T he two hearses ; tlien a carriage contain
ting the head undertakers ; then a train of
assistants and mutes on foot; and after
these came plodding through the tog a :
long procession ot «imp-followers and ein - 1
«*ns generally. It was a noble turnout,
and would have made a tine display if we ,
l*ad had ttiinner weather. j
There was no conversation. I spoke j
revend times to my^principah biff I judge j
lie was not aware of it, for he alw ays re- •
terred to his note-book and mattered ab- ;
sently, "1 die that France may live. 1
Arrived on the field, niv fellow-second j
*nd I pa**d off thirty-five yards, and drew j
Jot 8 for choice ot position. This latter was
but an ornamental ceremony, tor all choices
were alike in such weather. These prelim- :
ioariet being ended, I went ro my principal
his
reveal
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down
said :
Hut
man's
small
my
of
not
is
lie
no
! rnd asked him if he w as ready, lie spread
himself out to his full width, and said in a
stern voice: "Ready! Let the batteries be
charged."
The loading was done in the presence of
duly constituted witnesses. W<> eonsid
ered it best to perform this delicate ser
vice with a lantern, on account of the;
state of the weather. We now placed our
men.
\t this point th<* police noticed that the
public had massed themselves together on
the right and left of the field : they there
fore tiegged a delay while they should put
these poor people in a place of safety. The i
request was granted.
The police having ordered the two mid-j
titndi.* to take position« behind the dud-;
■ is. we were once more ready, d lie :
weather growing still more opaque, it was
agreed between my.-clf and the oilier see-!
ond that before giving the fatal signal we
should each deliver a loud whoop, to t-n- :
aide tli« combatants to ascertain each;
others whereabouts.
1 now returned to my principal, and was
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after
for
you
Ut
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distressed 1
0 observe t
hat
lie
Ii;k
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good deal 0
f his spirit.
1 tr
ied
i»y
best to !
hearten him
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■I ml
ee«l.
sir.
, tilings
are mit as b,
,xl as they st
L-CÜI.
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OILS
idcring
tiie ciiarat ti
r of the v.c;
ipons, 1
[ht
limited
number of
shots allow
pt 1,
lllf*
^('livrons j
distance, tli
e imptn.tr:.
i>lo
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dit V
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fog, anti tiie
added fiict tl
ait »
me t»t tiie com
liatar.is is 0
ne-eyed and
till
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her
cross- j
eyed and ne
ar-.-igiitt ii. it
see
Ills
to me that 1
this conflict
need not 11
eccs
sarily lie (atal. !
There are cl
laticcsiimt botii
of
yo
ti may
survive. T!
iiereforc, chi
?er
up ;
do
not be :
down-heart;
•d."
This spec.
:li had so g.
)Oll
an
effe
ct tliat 1
my principe
1 iltmit (liait !
y sî
; nu
died
I forth ]
his hand am
1 said: -1
aiii
my
sell
again : !
givenn tiie
weapon."
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ill alo
f the.
oil!
n.
mu! forlorn, in the een- j
ado of Lis palm, lie j
shuddered. And still t
dating it. he murmur- i
ith l
our
your
my
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V—
his'
til»
:.m
in
e j
i
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hy
;
but uiiitil
and with
•c more
< si ntly said :
gin. Stand at my ;
me in tin's solemn
of
do
j
a j qq,,, surgeons swarmed around
j their probes in their hands, and
i their microscopes to the wiioli
; Gambotta'.s p< rsori, with the happy result
if finding nothing in the nature of a wound.
Then a scene ensued which was in every
, way gratifying and inspiriting.
Tic.* two gladiators foil upon each other's
! necks, with floods ot proud and happy
tears; that other second embraced mo; the
surgeons, the orators, the undertakers, tiie
police, everybody congratulated, every
body cried, anti llie whole atmosphere
was filled with praise aud with joy un
speakable.
It seemed to me then that l would rather
Ik* the hero of a French duel than a crown
ed and soeptered monarch.
When the commotion bad somewhat
subsided, the body of surgeons held a con
sultation. and alter a good deal of debate
decided that with proper care and nursing
there was reason to believe that I would
survive my injuries. My internal hurts
were deemed the most serious, since it was
apparent that a broken rib bad penetrated
my left lung, and that, many of my organs
had been pressed out so tar to one side or
fbe other of where they belonged, that it
was doubtful it they would ever learn to
perform their functions in such remote and
unaccustomed localities. They then set
my left arm in two places, pulled my right
hip into its socket again, ami re-elevated
my nose. I was an object of great interest,
and even admiration, and many sincere and
warm-hearted persons bad themselves in
troduced to me. and said they were proud
to know the only man who had been hurt
in a French duel tor forty years,
j I was placed in an ambulance at the very
I head ot tin* procession; ard thus with grati
fying eclat was marched Into Earls, the
I most conspicuous figure in that great spec
tacle. and deposited at the hospital.
I The cross of the Legion of Honor has
been conferred upon me. However, few
escaped that distinction.
Such is tiie true version of the most
memorable private conflict of the age. My
rcc*.*' ery is still doubtful, but there are
hopes. 1 am able to dictate, but there is no
knowing when I shall be able to write.
I have no complaints to make against
gazed tit it and
mournfully ronton
eu. i;i a broken voi
"Alas, ii is not
ation. "
I heartened him on
-iti li success that be pi
"Let the tragedy hi
back. Du not desert
hour, my friend."
1 gave him my promise. I now assisted |
him to point Ids pistol toward the spot
where 1 judged hi- adversary to be stand- 1
big, and cautioned him to listen well and
limber guide himself by my lillow-sec-1
ond's. whoop. Then I propped myselt!
i.^iiinat M. ^-jiinljoUa's ttii-k, and raised a !
rousing ••Wlmop-ee !" This was answered
from out tiie fir distances ot the fog. and I
l immediately shouted:
inc—t wo—three—lire !"
Two little soumis like spi-'.' spit.' broke I
upon my ear. and in the same instant 1 was i
crushed to tlx* earth under a mountain of
flesh. Buried as I was. I was still able to j
catch a taint accent from above to this ef
fect :
"I die tor . . . for . . . perdition
take it. wh it a it I die for? . . . Oh, j
yes, Fkanci: ! I die that France mav I
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:
as j
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applieii j
ina ot M. (
of
anyone. I acted tor myself, and l can
gtan( ] t !, c consequences. Without boasting,
t l ,. inL I llla y say I am not-afraid to stand
; j a in( * Jern p^nei, «ïuelist hut I will
neyer cotm . m to gtan ,j M , hu , one again .
____ a ^ ,________ .
A Bridgeport <-at was in the cellar one
( j av< an ,j *rej nf r a crab, went up to exam
: J{ A moiue nt later the «it was help* !
- 1 tbe cnib U p stairs at a rate of a mile a j
. ltltp To a crab 8 , lcll a rite of 81)ml j
, umst havp appearKt ^ xtn * lut . ly ursl que. !
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j Variety is the spiee of life. An Irish -1
j Ilian w |, 0 had notliing to live on but pota
of
1
the
ing
but
• toes, for the sake ot variety ate the large
; an ,j sma n ones together. That son of t lie
1 sod understood tiie philosophy of common
j | b |ngs.
j * •
Women ir. England did not acquire the
right of choosing husbands for themselves
: until the tenth century, andio other Eu- j
ropean countries, much later.
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WORK OF THE LEUMLATI BE.
llllts, Memorial» and Resolution»
Fassetl and Approved.
Fran th« Helen» Herald.
An act to protect quail.
An act in relation to swine.
An act relating to escheated estates.
An act in relation to insane convicts.
An act for the relief of A. C. Botkin.
An act to incorporate the town of Butte.
An act providing tor a count▼ jail at
Butte.
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to establish courts in Custer
!
t to provide for the printing of
An act to prevent animals trepassing on
private property.
An act to encourage the manufacture of
sugar in Montana. 1
An act to amend an act concerning i
crimes and punishments. I ; '
An act
county.
An act requiring certain officers to re
port.
An act to authorize Assessors to appoint
a deputy.
An act to establish and regulate the fees
of Assessors.
An
marks and brands
An act to amend section 48 of the Mon
tana School Law.
An ret to change the name of Sing On
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t
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An act to provide for the redemption of
Gallatin county indebtedness.
An act to provide for tiie maintenance ot
the l'hilipsburg Fire Deptirtiuent
;
An act to consolidate offices in Beaver
head aud Custer counties.
An act to amend an act to provide for
the collection ot revenue.
An act to establish a public highway in
Lewis and Clarke county.
An act to provide payment to Cullen and
Sanders for legal services,
An act to provide for tiie funding of tiie
bonds of Jefferson county.
An act to change the name of Sarah A.
Mcrril to Sarali A. Murdoek
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of religious, benevolent and other associa
tions.
An act to correct errors in reference to
sections of the Code of Civil Procedure.
An act to enlarge homesteads, making'
lfib acres exempt from execution and sale.
An act to pay the Fire Warden of Helena
by levying a tax of one-tenth ot a mill. j
An act to prevent unlawful interference
with private rights and private property.
An act to provide compensation to Ker
ley. McQuaid & L Croix for certain print
ing.
ed
to
An act to enable the county of Gallatin
to erect a court liotiao und jail in said I
county. j
An act to authorize the circulation ot |
Canadian money in the Territory of Mon- 8 *
* j
An act to pay Saint John's Hospital for !
the maintenance of certain Territorial!
paupers. on
An act to pay Judges of tiie Supreme lil
Court mileage tor holding courts iu distant 1 8 '
counties. j
.In act to provide for the incorporation I
reliirinus hi*rw»vr»l<'nt unit nfliar »canoia.
ot
-An act to provide for the transportation i
convicts from county jails to the peni- j on
tentiary. I *
An act to provide compensation for the j
clerks of District Courts at a stated stdary a
of SI ,650. I
An act to amend the Helena Incorpora - 1
tion Act, and tor its submission to a vote !
of tiie people |
An act to repeal section G of an act to i
provide for the collection ot revenue, ap - 1 se
proved January U, 1872. j
An act concerning diseased animais. It!
pertains to sheep, and prescribes the ranges
and drives of the same. |
An act requiring all corporations to file 1
otlieial organization and officers, etc., in ! ber
each county where doing business. j
An tict t- prevent cattle stealing by fix-1
int line and imprisonment for tiie same, |
anil making the theft grand larceny.
An act fixing tiie rate ot toll for grind- j
ing grain—one-sixth for wheat, and one -1
eighth for other grains and peas chopped. !
An act to provide lor the payment by ! to
Deer Lodge county of certain expenses in- ; of
curretl during tiie Nez Perre* war of 1877. j
An act concerning tire insurance com- j
panies anil agents, imposing a license of | **f e
a?4G on eacli company and repealing that on ! hunl.
agents.
i tail
An act to authorize the Probate Judge j
of Deer Lodge county to convey certain i tail."
property to tiie Montana Collegiate Insti-1
tute, i lm«l
tail,
rtoati (lebt aIi( , tor the „.fundin- of the
. T . . . f , , ,,
other mimosea
* n .re to amèml in »et in relation to irri
rights Itreimlr!^ the
Himroorintor to us# no more water
7 ' JJL * fo _ the Lin( , ( . uhivHtwl
Y , » „Lteet bison or mountain
intnit»i«iinHM «f Mm lefler
J
An act to provide tor keeping tiie re
cords of district courts at the county seats
of tiie counties where such courts may be
held.
An act to authorize the Governor to con
tract for tl:e maintenance of convicts in the
United States penitentiary at Deer Lodge.
An act in relation to Notaries Public. It.
provides that tliey may take their oath of
„ .1 a,'. . ,. „ tliat
office before other officials than tke Gov-J
ernor. j
An act for bounty for the destruction of j
certain animals, offers a premium ol $5 ! mare
and $3 for tiie killing of bears, lions and j *°™l
7 " ' •
I»anttiers. mare
An act to provide for the codification of ;
the general laws of Montana, and appoint- i
ing Harry R. Comly a commissioner for 1
he purpose i
An act to provide lor the taxation ol the*
proceeils of mines. It exempts ttie mine,
but levies a tax npon the net proceeils and,
improvements. ! to
An act to provide for the bonding of the ;
* 1
Montana to become a state.
the
say
son. Deer Lodge and I-ewis and Clarke for !
v 7»_ ... .„„j.«™...i er,
ten years by fine and imprisonment foi ^
killing the same. | T(M
.you
! what
memorials AND R08OLCTIOX9. j
J. M. 8. I» «lb. to tho Miliar, m. ;
Srraph. .
J. M. To Congress to pass an act enabling 1 t hen
1 to become a State. j
J. M. In relation to enlargement of the!
V. S. Penitentiary at Deer Lodge.
J. EL To pay certain clerks employed for
engrossing and enrolling hills.
J. 1L Appointing committee to accept
proposition for public incidental printing.
J. K. Declaring valid the organization ->l
Custer county, and acts ot officers therein.
J. M. Remonstrating against any radie 1
change in the present system of land stir
i FC.VS.
! J. U. Providing for the purchase of ten
thousand copies ofStralionfs Information
of Montana. To tie distributed without
cost to the Commissioners of each county
:,n( * ,l> P'dd* 1 ' institutions.
! J. M. Relative to additional improve
ments on the Yellowstone ami tipper Mis
souri rivers.
J. M. Asking the transfer ot the manage
ment of Indian atTairs to the War Depart
ment.
J. M. For a modification of laws so its
permit stock to be driven across Indian
Reservations.
J. M. Relative to the improvement an 1
repair ot the Mullen wagon road from Fo:t
Beaton to Walla Walla.
J. M. Asking Congress to make further
appropriation to pay tiie expenses ot tlx»
eleventh session of the Legislative Assem
Montana,
1 memorial asking the establishment of
i Montana as a separate Military Department
I ; ' n 'i tl,e appointment ot General Nelson A.
Miles as commander thereof.
1MC I'ATI SCI AX ITEM.
How the Amateur K«port«r (old It,
Tiie following little story teaches can
tion in the use of pronouns:
Mr. Tucker came into the editorial room
of a loeal paper, and siding up to the re
porter's table, took a seat ami moved uy
close and said :
"Just take it down now. and I'll give
you a first-class item. Ready?"
"Yes. Go ahead."
"Well, this morning, Mrs. Tucker —ir.y
wife ' >' ou know-anil her daughter Bessie,
j
were driving out with a bay mare nam
ed Kitty along tiie river road to see her
aunt."
"Whose aunt?"
"Mrs. Tucker's aunt. To see her aunf.
Bessie was driving thy mare, and u little
after they had passed Stapleton Place she
threw one ot her shoes."
"Bessie did?*.
"No. Kitty the mare. And Bessie s:*' J
to her mother that she thought (tie w .*
I k^'tlV illg^ueei li'.
j "Mrs. tucker was?'
| "The mare; and she felt so worried that
8 * le * m 'l kalt a notion to turn back.
j "Are you sjieaking of the mare or of
! Bessie:
"I mean Bes.-ie of course. But she kept
on Iknpiag ami going kinder uneven, un
lil the >' were down by the gas works, when
1 8 ' iP kdd hack lier ears and
j "You don't mean Bessie's ears?"
I "Certainly not.
"Go on, then. MlS. i Ucker laid back ItCT
ears."
The mare's ears. And just as they got
i
j on the b, ill k' c ' over the creek the mare g»**
I * Mt to one side, and as Mrs. Tucker
j screamed, she lei drive w itli both himl leg«
a fT''*ust tiie carraige."
I "Are you referring to Mrs. Tucker or
1 '
! "Kitty, the marc and snapped both
| shafts off short. The next moment, before
i Mrs. lucker or Bessie could save tiiem
se i yes * R i' e "ent over the side, turning a
complete somersault. '
"Yes, the mare turned a complete soin
ersauit into the water. One m tiie traces
remained unbroken, and of coil; v*. as Kitty
wei,t over she dragged the carriage after
ber * iin, | Mrs. 1 ticker and Bessie went,
floundering into the creek. Ihe mare at
once st, 'dck out for shore, and Bessie for
tunately had presence ot mind enough to
grasp her by the tail. She had the blind
staggers, but it passed oft— '
"Not Bessie? '
"No, the mare; and as she was being
to weil past Mrs. 1 'ucker, she caught hold
of ker dress—'
"i ke mare's dress?"
"Bessie s dress: and it seem«] for a min
**f e l k® marc would bring them safely to
hunl. But Mrs. Tucker's hold on tiie mare's
tail loosened somehow, and—'
"Y ou said Bessie bad hold of the mare's
tail."
"J>id I? 'Veil so it was; and Mrs. fucker
lm«l hold ot lier dress "
"Whose dress?"
"DMn't I say Bessie's dress? Well, then,
somehow Mrs. Tucker's hold loosened,
and—"
"Her hold ot what?"
"Herhold of tiie mare's —no I must b>s
mistaken. Bessie hail hold ot ttie marc's
tail, while tiie mare was swimming, and
tbemaretiail bold o. Mr*. 1 m-ker 9 dr—
tliat is. Mrs. lin ke: had bold ot—Well,
llow . 8 i ie u*t « 0 — "
'-Mrs. Tuckei 7et go?*'
"Oh. I duuno; whoever had hold oi the
mare let go. and she went to the bot
*°™l ! 1 *;® a stone.
"if I follow vour meaning, it wa* the
mare that went to the bottom."
..yjy gooilness. man! i*an't you uniler
stand? It wasn't the mare. Tiie mare swam
ashore."
"What did voti say that she went to the
Bis-sie."
-ltessie never said a wo'nl about it."
"Y'ott know what I meant. Bessie went
to the bottom.('
"-V'* 1 * } l ,c K er swain a »kore.
"No she dkln t."
Tucker went to
"No she didn't."
"Very well, tlien Mrs.
the bottom, too?"
"No, she didn't .either."
"Mrs. Tut*k *r flew up in the air. then?"
"You think you're smart, don't you?"
••Well go on and tell your story ; we'll
discuss that afterward«. What did Bessie
say when .«tie got to tlx* bottom?"
"I've a notion to wollop you."
"What «lid slie sav that for?"
"Y'on mud hewled idiot." said Mr. Tuck
"give me any more of your iusolen«*.
er, "give me anv more 01 your lnsoienc.»
^ fl |y . yoH alive . t , u
T(M . M uo<mJ item ntauit tliat mare, an*!
.you a a,—
what Mrs. Tucker said about her turning
somersaults all the way home, but now I'll
Püi„l thetlNlï. UtK
,,p a chair to ward off a inissle, and
t hen he said «*:dmly.
"What was Mrs. Tucker's object In tun? ^
somersaults all the wry bomrir