Great Falls tribune. [volume], March 26, 1887, Image 2

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GR EAT FALLS, MONTANA.
GREAT FALLS is located at the Falls of the Missouri which furnish the greatest available water power on the Continent. Is within seven miles of the most extensive COAL
and IRON district in the West, immediately beyond which are rich GOLD, SILVER and COPPER districts. It lays tributary the best agricultural and grazing part of
the Territory, and the pineries of the Upper Missouri and tributaries. It is especially adapted by its natural resources and geographical po ition to become the leading
MANUFACTURING CITY between Minneapolis and the Pacific, and the principal RAILROAD CENTER of Montana.
The trip to Great Falls will amply repay tourists by the beauty of the scenery on the way, and they will find here the most magnificent series of waterfalls in the world,
while the surrounding country is rich in picturesqe scenery. For further information address H. O. C HO WE N, Agent.
GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE.
WASHII7NGTON LETTER.
Froem Our Regulr Corresp..ondetl. 1
WAu scNCTro, March 11, 1887.
There was a time. not many years ago,
when the adtjournment of congress was a t
signal for 1Washington to fall into a coma
tose state until the dawn of the next ses
ion. It is not so now. The growth of the
city and the fact that it has become a erat j
Mecca of travel, visited by thousands every
week in the summer and winter, have
made the plresence of congress quite un
necessary to the maintenance or activity. I
You may come here now at any season l
of the year you prefer and there will be c
something for you to see or hear or attend, c
something to interest you, either of a po
litical, scientific, religious, artistic, educa
tional or social character, and perhaps all i
at the same time, for Washington, as the a
capital of a great nation, is the centre of
many national interests. But all this does
not reconcile its citizens to the departure I
of the lawmakers. Their absence is al- t
ways regretted, and their return joyfully c
welcomed. t
The beauty and desirability of Wash- c
ington as a place of residence is rung on i
many changes, both by citizens and visi
tors. lIon. Arthur MacArthur. justice of t
the supreme court of the District of Col- i
umbia, who had just laid aside the ermine
expressed himself enthusiastically on the a
subject. "Washington will continue to be
my home," said rhe. "It is the prettiest and I
pleasantest place I know. In fact a resi
dence of a few years here disqualifies a 'J
man for residence anywhere else." Judge c
MacArthur has served on the district I
bench seventeen years, and retires under 5
the statute which allows a federal judge 1
to resign on full pay for life at the age of v
seventy after lie has served ten years. lie
said he would retire while he knew how. f
Hle did not want to stay until he got so old i
that people would say, "why don't he re
tire?" f
Washington has been called the most
polite of American cities, the most intelli
gent, well bred, hospitable and graci( us,
but it is also understood to be the most
immoral. So much has been said to its
discredit in this last particular that many
people of the country are of the belief that
no good can come out of the National Cap
ital. The character of petitions and mem
orials relative to the district that are laid
before Congress also ihow the existence
of erronious impressions on this subject.
Again, Washington does not consist of
congress as in times past, and there is
probably no American city now where
church life is so intensely active as here.
Agencies for reaching and improving the
condition of the working classes, mentally
morally and spiritually, are busy at work
in every quarter of the city. Chapels for
special purposes are springing up, meet
ings are held for workers of different
kind, homes are being made for friend
less children and fallen women who want
to lead better lives, and careful work is
,done in hospitals and asylums.
These are only some of the forms that
the church work takes, and all is done
systematically and thoroughly and with
an earnest zeal that is making itself felt
for great good. It is creating an influence
that will exert untold power on the
thoughts and lives of the people of the fu
ture capital.
One peculiarity of Washington life is
the fact that so many of the society peo
ple find time to interest themselves active
ly in church work, not merely by becom
ing patronesses of this and that thing, but
by giving personal attention and labor to
them. It is usual to find those whose
names are daily reported as being socially
distinguished, working with the clergy
among the poor, in relief associations, and
in the many forms of charitable work,
making their influence felt for good, and
doing good in a most self-denying way.
Congress, the cabinet, army and navy,
bench and bar, can each show a list of the
names of noble men and women who are
zealous in good works of which the out
:side world knows nothing.
A Funeral in Alaska.
Letter in Juneau, Alaska Free Press:
haying had information recently of a cre
jmation to take place at the Indian village,
1 bethought me to stroll down the beach wh
and witness the same. tiol
The defunct siwash was known around fac
Juneau as Frank, and was formerly em- tha
ployed at Martin Bros.' store in the ca- rea
pacity of Indian clerk, and the kloock- the
man (it being a double cremation of one stal
of each sex) had been called Jennie; both, alt,
as it happened, having died of consum.p- fac
tion. ch
The morning service consisted of the the
ancient cereimony knon as a "potatich," wit
which is always custo:mary among the In- oth
dians of southeastern Alaska on the occa- his
sion of a death of one of their number. rca
The "potlatch" is a division of what- wrr
ever temporal goods the deceased mnay wri
have possessed, such as blankets, dry -
goods, etc., among his or her relations, ac- -
cording as the merits of each individual
case may justify.
In the services of the morning, which
are very long and to the Indian mind very
impressive, the first in the order of the
day is a eulogistic discourse by one of the
old men, which, being delivered by him in
sections, so to speak, is taken upi: and sung
by the rest in a monotonous sort of chant:
the old man is then superseded by an
other venerable buck who goes through
the same service, and he in turn by an
other, until all the old men have had their
individual say.
The chanters keep time by continually
thumping the floor with sticks and beat
ing on a drum. ca;
This performance being gone over for a
day or two, the "potlatch" takes place. ab
The body of the deceased is first wrap
ped in a matting, woven from split roots,
and in appearance resembling coarse straw.
They then convey the body to the place U
of cremation, which is always on the
beach at high water mark. On this occa
sion they had on hand for the purpose of
burning the two bodies, about one cord of
wood, some split and some in small logs. Wi
First a platform of small logs is laid a T
foot from the ground, find a space of four tba
inches between each log. On this pyre, for
which was about seven feet long by five T
feet wide, the two bodies were placed, the:
about three feet apart, and around them a
miniature log hut was built to a height of -
four feet: the inclosed space is then care
fully filled in with split wood and fine
kindling, and now, everything being in
readiness, the fire is lighted from the bot
tom. The native diet being chiefly sal
mon, an oily substance, the bodies of the
Indians seem to contain a considerable
amount of oil, as they burn readily. While
the corpses were charring, the friends of
the deceased continued to poke them with
long sticks, occasionally raking the frag
ments of burnt flesh from the fire and H
wrapping them in skins, blankets, etc.
Returning from the cremation of the two
natives, I heard singing in a native house,
and dropped in to see what was going on.
There was quite an assemblage of natives
squatted around a small fire in the center
of tha room, and at one end of the house
the corpsa of an old woman lay, covered
with sheet and blankets. All around the
room was strung up muslin, pieces of -
calico and a few blankets; also, three um
brellas, etc., all of which will be distribu
ted among the relatives and near friends.
Then the process described above will be
gone through.
The Newspaper Man.
"lie writes for the paper."
The speaker apparently regards the
subject of his remark as on a par with
some sort of an automaton. It is too true
that the newspaper man istoo often forced
to be a mechanic. To often required to
respond to the call of "more copy" regard
less of his physicial or mental condition.
Too true, that when like other mortals,
quiet, rest and silence would to him be a
happy "consumation devoutly to be wish
ed for" he is compelled to write some
thing. Not the something which person
ally interests him, but the catchy some
thing which will interest and enagage the
casual reader. "Give us something fanny"
says the public, and from out of the depths
of the dreary, melancholy frame of mind,
emerges that quaint or comical conceit
which in the paper causes the reader to
smile. Oft times harrassed and worn
must he describe scenes of quelt and com
fort. In spite of indigestion or nausea
must he describe groaning banquet tables.
Hungered or athirst must he revel in the
portrayal of feast and rioting. Bring
vividly into verbal being deeds and acts
h wholly at variance with his chosen condi
tion of being; dress bare and uninviting
d facts in the garb of such attractive fashion I
that the disguise conceals the stubborn
- reality; put onthe mask of novelty over
the countenance of that which is old and
e stale; transpose words and letters, invent
, alterations, insutrdt and divert minds, in
fact be "everyvthinsg to all men." Change
character motmecntarily from sublime to
e the rediculous: be ready in-tantly to say
with polish,,'ffect and precimion that which
o- other men say cir may half s Wy. When
his work is done, when the type stare the
reader in the face, who cares to know who L
wrote it or under what conditions it was
" written.
G EORGE W. TAYLOR.
1 Attorney-at-Law.,
NOTARY PUBLIC
Special Attention
Giaeu to Real Estate and Land Entries.
H. II. CHANDLER,
ASSAYER,
Great Falls, Mont.
Samples sent by mail or express
carefully assayed and returns
a promptly made. Charges reason
able.
e URSULINE CONV ENT
e --OF THE-
At Saint Peter's Mission Near Fort
Shaw, M- T.
Will Reiaen Wednesday SeDtcbller 1, 1886.
a This institution is situated in one of the most
beautiful locations in Montana, nunder the direc
tion of the Ur:uline Nuns,. for the purpose of af
fording the young girls every advantage for ob
taining a solid and useful education.
e Tuition free. Bo.ad $10 per month. For fur
ther yarticulars address
iMOTIHER SUPERIIIOR,
a Fort Shaw. M. T,
f
Jackson's
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BROADWAY,
Helena, - Montana.
G. W. JACKSON, Prop.
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With Freight Added.
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Great Falls Blacksmith Shop,
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