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TH1. I)AIIh .I1 .-INALJ MILI', ('ITi. MeoT.\ 1. E:v,.ry Mo lo ninaKg Fi'-,.. .. 1lonel.sv. MlY Mai.., IN% I 1 . it; i. T . yl " E.liti1.,. t.o ,'t-,sri .. . l - TO C'IT i1 ii'i iEttLR Dg earrir. ivetry - or a ir, .c. at '.: cn.t'. .,-r 'wee'k. WEEKLY icaTIri. 1*EI.Ii 'I'EUR. O Y r ... . ... .. . ... I Ie/ll1h . .. .. .... .'i Friday. Feblruary 24. l.8rt. WILE 'l'ITrY's PRIZE. The reform stchitl bill lo.'ating the school at Miles City passed the house yes terday without a dissentinLg vot carrying as one of its provisions. an appr opriation from the state of i it.'tKl. The next step after the signing of the bill by the governor will be the applintment bi him. before April Ist lpt1 . of three trustees, who when qualified. will Ibe authorized to prt~'ceed at ont.,' with the work of construi'tioll. . In this re.gard the bill provides that as simn as al.lit ed the h.,ard of trustees shall! l.et at Miles ('ity and prit-.,.,Id to orLaniize by p h*le"cting.one of their Inunmltr president and another secretary. The ioard will then Ii' empowered to select ,1 site of not less than five or More than 'one hun dred acres within three miles of the city. and proceed with the making of such ~-ontracts fr material iand con1 struction lus wil enibhl the constructi,n of the nec.ess.. r hiuihlingsto commtncnce byTune 1st 1il: .Tihe trustees are required to give lxlnds ai the sum iof K1t.(tti each and receive f, Ir their services. the s.m. of tive dollar Iwr day for each day nec essarily spel t in the service. .\As the ap~c.priati- n cannot lp-ssibly tie avail able this y, ar it follows that all obliga tions incn -.ed by the bhard of trustees in the pu,' hase of land or the construe tins of buddings must te on a basis of payment when the appropriation be comes available, which will be not later than Decemher next. six months after the work commence. If the bill for the semi-annual payment of taxes b.etwnmes a law. as is pjrobablle and becomes olwra tire at once. then there will be noa ac omimiclations to Iu tasked. as one-half the appropration woull te uhaiilahll in June. We' certainly have reason to con gratulate ourselv'es and to thank liour Senator .wvift a:dl Rtleresentatives I intf lanan ani McKay for ge'ttilng tlith till through withiut laving the apl.ropria tion iut down or wholly illintnati I. i. there as atnd is a sat.ring and .rowinl oplfslition, in tiih l-gialatutre' t, th. atp propriation of a single ipei:ny that is Iot absllutely nIle'sur. . Ti tihei gioiod work of our deliegati.li in thie legxislature. thei outside inttlii'n'e o' many .itizens ,of Miles ('it.. and thie unialeiiable fact that the reforml, shul t l is tihe lis.t urlgellt need of the state. is due the. saving of the appropriation. .1 hill ,=kingt for. $i5.t(X1 for the other state. instittutin': located at this t ss;,lni.wvlil it is thought be def,.ated,. a h. the -t, .,t ,,r. ,,,1 Saturdat tan,'a t"-,iirt ti thett hisli ture that was soi, Uilirnnllll it, its dislo,,1H ures of the exce'ss of tpproplria'ilris over antiipat.,I r,',xlnue. thati it is ;i metit sure thuat ;I hit will le ii.lled up ot all f rthis r ,li-l , i If the state f,'lls at t.is . ,sioi. .\ r I.,.,"it isi.s " .f tn l .. lb.* y .' illlthg i Hluslhau.mani saks of the nily suei cesIful atte.plt a' 'rapI. tr...' in in this state as. ha.i.ti Iuln."n r:ile b- It ranlcher tnear .Milts ('ity. a, hose name the writer did n,,ot rn ti,,n. The .ifusbl nandni is cnrrect. the.r a;ie se eral thrifty vine yards in the nei.lhbrhu.,al of Miles City. hut tihe ln, referreld to is ualrtulte.ly, that ,r th,. i y.,,s lihre. which wa s startell iii sinl l l y illle five or six years atgo. arwl which. fnrIu litk fI waaer did but ii.litfTeretlty .ell until two years at;" whin the ..anuit .,f the Miles City ditch g.avei marked inletetus to thelicltiv. tito. if all pr.,d.,cts of the soil. Thi Vines that ha. Ibeen hbarely existingi' fromn .ar to year. took on a vigorous rrouwth ld last .,,ar yiel.le. a plentiful haarvest. Tie .ridinal wine yard .consists nouw of about 1one thln and settings of tihe (',on.ord ariety. all hardy and thriftsu ad hi .to give i a hig yield this ..ar. In a.litiron to this. the Haynes have from ttings of orne,. two. and three ye"ars past. a tine groiwth of other and more de.licate vines. which thus far hate shown a go.al growth aml warrant the lelief that o.eioai-y care will carry theim throiugh in this climate as well ns the tmore hardy ('onords. These other varities are the tves. Seed ling. Moxre's Early. and Moore' laia mood each of which will h.r recognized by grape growers as of delicate constitu tioUs The Husbantlman is probablyt correctly informed that Miles City is the only place in the state where grape cul ture is successfully carried on. And still our wise legislators voted to locate the agricultural college at Bozeman. ADu now roies a coomnumunication to the tlegislature from the (. A.. RIt. in ShiLch that IFsly di mlai.isl any dlesire to, Abtre he sold.iers hometn located at ;len dcR-. insinuating that the 'hnre" ii more m a scheme tno henetit Glerdiae than t.o nirfuort the e..; sidier. who re gqle a less rigorous clirLat than that yolsd by the baronial posaes.ns of Joe A.llen. Joe claims to have ediscov Bred a provisi(on in the enabling act which authorizes the estallishment of :in institution of this kind and forthwith ,put up the sc.henme to hatve it loeated at I ;lt,live. As J.Io owns all the land thereidiuts. and is the only tol loldier in eastern .Montana. it is plain to ie seent that his intention was to have the state erect a mansion for hinm on his own crrounds. and furnish the service and spplies to maintain it. at least during the term of his natural life. Joe is like his namesake. Mr. lBagstock. "devilish .A .LEE states now. coyote or wolf. The house concurred in the senate amend ment to the bounty bill. fixing the Isiunty on coyotes at five dollars, the same as wolves. and it will undoubtedly paes in that shape. The presumption that few it any clerks of the court could tell the difference between a coyote and a wolf. no doubt led to this action. Shot Whitit ,itog for e s ector. It was in Pittsbhrg some seven years ago that my wife woke me up one night and said that our little boy was very sick and would I go for a doctor. I said of course I woni'., and slipping into tiy clothes I grabl)bd my hat and started out. When I reached the first corner. I passed. a .trlng, r wiln was running the utlier wnv. I cuitd;;t:onally acr.se tl:, ,treet anil rafl towa.rl the center of town Pretty soon I heard footsteps siole distance bark. and then sever.:l sh,.ts wenrt fired I felt as though some one wil thrown a stone and struck ute ots thle ieg, Iult I coildn't run any tmore worth t cent. I stumblled down and then drawmng myself tip put my hat:ld wlhre I felt the pltin and found that Ity leg was Itt,.st withi blood. I easily real tzed that I was lot. The peIsessor ol the revoiver dtrew tp before use panting for breath andl exctlaimed. "Yon will rol ,opli. whil yonu It was a t dhicetmn:t I b.gal to np~lrnid hint nmt.t thoroughly Expl:h,.tilns tr e:ectrations did not tlIp the iatut r any. cind I was taken iin a patrol to the station. I repeated my story anId insisted that a doctor should be sent to my house. The desk sergeant finally did as I wished. and our family doctor called at the house, and later came by tihy station. it did not take mle long to convince the station officers that I was not tle party. and was set at lib. erty and remtoved to my home. When I was able to get around again, I sued the city for t$i.iit). and I got it.-Interview in St. Liouts (t lla'-DUemwnorat Alielle Itrves' Newi.ns. 'There is a young man n n Mobile, said Co,!:lnel Ro!iert McE~lhachui of \Win hlester. Vu.. "'who has calnue to relui';- - Ihar Airelie Rives twice a year. When :he niw distiugutshed lady was a littre girl and livedl in that city she lIen ii' foully itac .ihed to ia newsti. v who cri. , out ins Iap'r s every miorniltg in t!, eigini,Irhi u I nsl which she lived S , miet himt oine day and it friendship slpr i up between them that has lasted to ti:' present tihe. After the boys stock of papers were sold in the morning he w oul call for the pretty little blue eyed ntiui andl they would take long strolls down frosen.te road. plucking the orange bluhi sIins and the magnolia blooms They w ,m goit to Iw familiar fignres on Gu .rtinllent street. as they would walk along that busy thoroughfare with the y, ,ung girl's hnad rarlanded with wreaths off li ntttilil t.,owers and the little boy's lslll. tilled with vines andl ev.ergreenl Thn n aliss it yes moved far away into Vir m;iuia. but sire never forgot her newsboy friend. for it was her custom almio t daily to write him The Iby net with t iilsfortune soime years ago which cri,. plh'1il him for life He is poor. but h. !,uri- is twiot it yiear replenished by . postuieice orl r from Mrs. Chaluler. 0!.a of these arrives in Mobile on his birt i day, which is in June, and the other in Christmas dtay "-St. Louis Republic , Eºueer Performanu.e. Seve-ral years i.go a Hampshire baront was amazt1l to find that, although he went to bed clothed as is customary, y t he invariably awoke naked in the morl. mig and could not find any trace of his imissing garment. A great numlbr o' shirts disappieared in this ilexpli: -able uInlllner, and as every nook and a'rller iln the room was searched with.,it re sult the baronet at last toll one of his intimate friends, and reqluested him to sit inl the room all night and watch deo velopmenits. This the friend did. and after the baronet had for some time given I audible evidence that he was asleep the waithir was surprised to observe him get out of bed, open the door and proceed with a quick pace along a corridor, doe scend the stairs and emerge into an oplen yard. Su dbleily the baronet, divesting h:ii self of his only garment, .izel a pit -it tfrk and Iuried the linen in a dunghýil. Afterward lie proceeded leisurely bick to, his bedl i thlo morning the bi ronei, incr.-,ulous at what his friend r,.latdl. repaired to the dtlunghill, and after dig ging for some tiou found several shirts stowed away in this anything but plea.s ant receptacle.-- oston Globe When Travellag Was Deagrous. Hounslow heath, Fincbley common and Gadshill. in the neighborhood of London. were celebrated haunts of the highwayman. and the secluded roads of Eppiung forest, on the roate to Cam bridge, were often the scenes of plunnder in broad daylight. These desperate rob bers at last became so dangerous, and the peril of their attacks so seri,ous to travelers of all kinds, as well as to the postmen, that the government pajwed a law making highway robbery an off, aire punisha:ble by the death of the cri;:ti.il and the confiscation of all his pt,,pi. ~r Dlun rblL:ri..s still occurred. In l t uita:l coaches. protect-ed by armed talmrdsl. took the placo of ls't boys ' ithe co.aicha earricil pasi:ug.m : also. anid as these ginerally crriedl arumis the m:.ilW were Iatter protected. ,but still d:larmig and oftentimes srce-esftdl I attacks were made upon thern.--t INicholas MOUNTAIN MISSIONS. THE TRUTH ABOUT THE "POOR WHITES" OF THE HILL COUNTRY A ineatheri Cl(rgyman Retfltes the Chat-ge That .gnoraisae aaId .utalior Are 'rests lent io Any tteemarkable Segree In the Mountain Ilstrlets. Section:lists who desire to create for thetnsely s a field of operations and anll income tu a charmling and healthful southern clilmtate not infrequently write very tontcltg articles for the northerl tre, on the deplorable condition of the *-munntam whites" of the south and the seea of 'nistiion work" among them. tuch lserans, in descriptions of life iutiong the mhountains of western North Larolina and east Tennessee. pile on theagny" in a marvelosa manner. Some times they do it with an ntter disregard for the truth They represent the excep. non to It the rule. and picture scenes and conmditions conmmon enough In parts )f the north and west perhaps, large fItles as well as country places. but very rare anong the people of the Appalachian region of the south. One would think fromn their acscounts that the southern monntains were swarming with cave !wellers The an seeims to be to per petuate the ideas of that class of philan thropists who find a pa-euliar pleasure inl onutemplating Iaverty. ignorance and leguadation' in the south aince the civil was Not long since The SIlun noticed an a:-p leal of this strt tfor aid to "tisaion work for nimlnntain whites.a shlowintl that it was mn effect a libel ntawln thlle lpople it protessetl to d.. arilte Any persont fat miliar with the A.palahtciian regi on of the month would see at a glance how alt surd the whole thing was. Ti.e Christian Union for lthc. 3II, I:',l2. contalins a letter from Rev. U Atkins. a Methlodist mlinis ter of Henderonnville. N. C.. which colm pletelydemolishes the "nmoauntain white myth. Mr. Atkins will be conceded t, nuow what he is writing about. He was born and reared in the allegetd God for taken region of Ipoverty ignorance. vice. and degradation He entered colleg-. there. entered the mlinistry there at l spent 17 years there as minister anl teacher 'As a Methodist unnister." he says. "" nave gone into the nmost out of the way plac andi mingled freely with all sort' of people in 2L counties of North Carro lina and Virginia and in nearly all the worst parts of east Tennessee. I have visited these people at their homes. have eaten with them. slept in their hoises and seen them in every condition." V Mr Atkins has not once beheld the slnui *scenes Mrs Padlock descrilbel in a re cent number of The Christlan Union .Vour correspondent." Ile says. *"nmllst nave fountl sttlo.e s,-cltded spat I ntev! saw. for in all iuy travels I never saw the things she writ's ot. and it sel,.. strange that I saonld tat eve'n lhav neard of such thtigs in all these ye.-:!: There is poiverty hiere and igniorance. tio out neither is in that ireavatlenlt forml vyi l would sull.re fronm the article of air.. Paddock You might live here an age I and never hear of such savage and weir: funeral customs as Professor ILllitis. an other correspondent writing from the ,south. told your readers about."' The situation is not such as was ,,d! scribed by Tile Union's corretsamdtittits Putting it in a nutshell. Mr. Atkins say.. of Mrs Paddock'a picture: Siohe has pre tunted the very worst possible case that could be found in the remotest part andt made it a saimple of all the 2.000.000. hlere so that it any olne should receive an ilu lpre ilon tlrot such writiing lhe would sup pose no other kind of people could bhe tlunud Ihere As at lmatter of fact. the "mounta.ln wlhites are noit a distinct class. Their auetolr. R:.ys .sMr. Atkins. weru not ult laws, but pion"l'-rS from the co ast conll try They generally own their farms and make a cotuifortable living. To say th,+ uunt for a living is absurd. There is lit, tie wealth and not as much luxury u:" might be. but the people live decently There are some log houses. three-fourthl of which have windows. None are plas tered with mud, as alleged, or without wooden floors But few have only one room (enerally the houses are quite comfortable. All have good open fire places. Fuel is abundant and Costa noth aug. no that the correspondent's story of tebildren"covering their limbs with warm aatcs to keep from freezing" is specially abtnrd The people. Mr. Atkins affirms. are already religious and moral. They ob serve Enoday and attend Sunday school T'here is scarcely a district where there is not a school for at least three months in the year. Few persons are unable to read and write, and such cases are so rare as to excite surprise among the neighbors. As respects the girls who were de esribed as overworked and vicious. 1Lr. Atkins says not one in a hundred would know herself by that description. 'The. common virtues.' he says-"clasti.y thonety. trathfulness. etc.-are rathet nmore prevalent than in other sections I have seen The girls are healthy. strong and full of spirit They marry at a good age, make esccll.nt wives and mothers and do much less hard work than their assters of the north and west." and MIr Atkins spent four years in the west They do not work in the field. "It is by so meazs." says the writer, "the custom of the country. Home life is as pure as at is anywhere I have been." In a word, the "mountain white." with his abysmal degradation. is a myth and needs no "mision."-Baltimore Son la Nemory of Calambes. A public library has been founded in Panama in cominmemoratin of the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America. Three hundred volumes were provided to start the lIbrary. and :X10 more were donlated by ti., .Society Progr~ian d,, istmu,.-- New Y,,rk Evening Sun ti. st Try It. i r. 8,:- . . believe that estrt its '. it e ! . 11nall swallowing , ..e i.:.. >ellt. I du tno. Perhe . ,.,'.t, , ;,!,l h,.r that razors were goo., t r "h,..,,q lextun.- New York Weekly. A MINISTER'S WARNING. Dr. T,.es|I ep* 1.ntphl oni+.'{ 1+. |w.-rice, Ihe' .n 11n lt wttlelln a' I -ntg itriveti to detst rut itii. tihe. tt s. t rough extesiu's in work aind living. Fearful picture of a iidniiht spce5 in it a uillitonaire'. house- : hold. Riches unaltle to brighten a wr'tellttl life. There are few nmn in .\merica who are so well known as l)r.Talnmage. of the lrieoklyn talernacle. He weekly ail dresses. through the newslpaperr. nearly :)t.(Ntt.tWlt ijople. who are iimlwree.id by what he says. because it is the result of continuous olservation and deep study. l)r. Talmage has again and again called attention to a danger that menac es every man and woman in this coun try. In a re.cnt sermon he once nmore repeats those words of warning. In speaking of the evils of over-work in business or social duties. he says: "Oh. what an altar. what a msarifice of btldy. mind and soul. The physical health of a great multitude is Hung on this sacriticial altar. They cannot sleep' and they take chloral. morphine and in toxicants. -",iomie of them strlggleh in I night mnuar of st~cnks. and at one tin cltek in the morning sudlhenly rise up "lhoutitg. ".L thousand shares of railrnal stock onel' hundred and ,eight antd i half: take it. until tthe whole faidly i altfrighted. a:nd the s!!tth.ulatirs fall back on their 1pil lows lanld sleehp until thel atre awakenetd again ,by a *o(',m.r' or a smhldn "rise. in itnetthing els,'. Their nerves goune. their digestion gonc. th,,ir lbraiiin gone. they dic'." At first thought tihis ,hdesriptior teetis overdrawn. ltint is it .1re we not too it tive. tott intlense° I? o we not exhaust to, rapidlyl IDo we get the plehasure out of life tlhat we should ? Is there not pnsoe meatlll Iby which we 'ran make life easier ' Thinking that the statements madel. Iy l)r. Tmirtge merit edl investigation, a reliable reporter has 'ollected the following live facts which will Ito found of great interest. MIr. Whiting. well klnown ini cnnltection with telephotnes. when toll of the remark numald hy Dr. Talmage'. said: "Yes. we do live tim rapidly. We sue, ceeld anll at'lnllilllate waltlh. but we ex hauslt oturseilves in doing- it. Thit aver age ..\ merictia ste.ds t i, first part of his life in an'.luiring health and Losing heaIlthil and in the last half hie sl.ndis his ,..,alth t,, regu. i his health. I k iow this frim n i xpelty ii m , xlsrie.net.. Thei pat-. Pt which I dlid Ihuitoss tearly killh- 'i,'. .. few Iears agot I wits nir volt-. irritable aitld riu dlown. I longed for' if,' yet did not care for it. I dread e'd d,.ath. h.nt living was unlwearhlle. Wh~t: In tlarfect hea(lth now . Y.-s. I mull. I rtlve IIIy stretlgth. use t.iatl jadIg ment. :lln take ~Vrtlner's Safei' (.ure reg ularly. I am not ashamtd of this. but rather proud of it. I have found it in dispensible to IIn health andtl happiniess. l)o I work ? Yes. hard every hday. aintl I ielieve all Ame.\ ri:atn an ' it. thlet same thing. regardless ,t tlintite,. tomlttition or sotial demanlds. :' they will act uitnt -%- " ....r.a, tion " Mr. C. E. Lawreree.. the lbaker and iemtlwr of the Ne. York $twisk Ex change. khen approul hedup1n this sul, i.'t. said: "Any ar. who laas ever btIee in the New York NSt,'k Exchange. or has witnessed th,. amounlll t of mental pressure which it involves. l|ses. not need to te told that .\Aleric.ans live rnp idly. and yet nma? ,f our (in) aindl wolll en live to as green aI, old age as .Europe ans. but in addition to working hard they recuperate andkl use proler tonics. I think. by experie.l-t-. that Warner's Safe Cure is an excell.It tonic. R. C. A. Harve. I). I).. Washington. 1). C.. cheerfull; made the following statement: "I take pleasure in stating that I have for kany yekars been ae quainted with 1h,h well-known \Warner's Safe ('ure, and with its remarkable eur ative etfels. In s.,ime eaUss of sickness which seem to I. il the last stages. and whien had been given upll practimoners of ioth schools. the slwedily chainge wrought by this rk.mkely s.AIniel but lit tie less than mira;alo,us." An interestinc Ia\- erince was reliated by Mrs. Nealti. N,,. 245 East Eighty siecknd street: "'l'i.e years agie." she said. I hbieine run dowk by sickness. which finally ended in kidney disease. I was daily plai'ed lter a st1:.:e alpplru Ills for hours at a thlike wit Ihout effect. si-veral physicians attendedl Ini andi used ail known mnetlis-l t ciausl me to a r spire. I had heart i ,nsiderall, about a I.iwedy tlhat had Ibeen r,-'einni-ndedi tol me and tinially Iwtbain to use it. It really did work wonders il nl my ias. ;,and I would not lie withliut it for an)'y mIoney. Personally I feel that I owe it to hu manity to publicly mention that it is to Warner's Safe cure that I owe my re covery ? With these plain truths in mind will you neglect the 'ininister'a warning ?" W.F. SCHMALSLE, REAL ESTATE AND COLLECTIONS 3exlnkza1 xBror..aer Opes Main ptriet. ihs. ('City. a-xt to StrveUl & Porter. INVENTORY SALE! ;I.ORSCHELI u-BR08 1 I, ORSCHEL & BROS. Wholesale Dealers in Wines, Liquors and Cigars. ONE DOLLAR EVERY HOUR L -easily carnel by t one of eithe sex It ay part out tie ountry, ho I wlllua to wor tl indu. trtou+ly it the eunplsoslmnt which we turtlul. tl habor it light aisl ler t-alt, andsm run m umo rtl+k waltever. We lit you out hcOumiPtei-, o that vi outan ive thI buin.er* a trial wituhut repei-n uo 'surh.lf. For tisi wliln to do a little work, tilts I te ralsle-t udfer ldlu -. Yius t n work all siy. o r ir t it- rvFulig only. . If you are rlm. loyir. aiit luivni a Imfow lsrr m hours It yogr di~ issa, utilit Ith emi., iit ad iid oo tour iimso., - o ir bi+ns..- will liot intesrfere at all. Yo. will I." amlllnll1 Oit tfie -t:lrl att ih raldild tand easl h" whtclieh yomm milllii. tlhiitr ufan dlmlardaylaanl lit s ou mm. Imml'll hisgielrar i urs -IIIs-rUtbII from the lir+t Ilhar. Aiv~, ll ~ll rlsm nun tle bausios- -- tise tull. You mihuls" try noltilsig slats untiil yoa wse ihtr vywle alir wt ou. ut lio at the buIto«in, whirlh we offer. N'0 capltal ri.krd. 'onmen are gratnd worker-: nowadavm sl-vy make amlll ril Ia men. Th«s -isolll iry tlit. hasins-l.n as i- --" w:Ill mispti.I ml tosllmsi. Writ- at onreand see tsr vsur.elf. Ailresm, H. HALLBT t CO.. Bix ai@, Por.a.d, rMw DR. SAIIDEN'S ELlO RIO BELT ýý '-.y t .rm ..'.--'l lisa; _ wmmnrnrwafns.tknn,.tw" nk PM. JObsAn & cu· GREAT US IESSUE O? AAT-1 IJtAl HlarL.4t 1I..M.,nl Iranciae. . 'bet.. (Ue' a" &. * 1;n ain. I n:i l-.w '.'.i"re uu a1C made al huow tIc, l.,.. Sonrs and diaea.,±o. Museum. cnls geo uith ah.usan lsof n'v ii ,jy . Admission 25 cts. i"ritavraw (/m,. "tt (tarry' lt. biaernc. .: ,r. ·II: slrll ý.l w."I !4...,,lnw .l. diaenaeta, , ; ~" mI f .il ahi' aa -lieyroI wLthout I as "i )t ranCllr. Treatmwnt personaliy or v .at,- rn't to: bo.-xw MILES CITY Iron and Pump Works. B. U~man Proprietor.