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ALECK STEPHENS AS AUTHOR AND jour-
NAHTsT.-Few men have been more fortu-
nate as bookmakers than Alexander H.
Stephens, whose Constitutional Views of
the War;" two volumes, has sold, it is said,
to the extent of fully 1900 copies He
has received a royalty of % cents volume,
and has, in consequence, made $35, 900 from
the work-more than most professional
authors make in lifetime. All this and
more he lost by his partnership in the At
lanta San, of which he was for some time
political editor as well as co-proprietor. He
is not man to keep money, for which, in
deed, SO far as independence goes, he cares
nothing. Although for many years in re-
ceipt of handsome income from his law
practice, and notwithstanding his simple
tastes and habits, his unlimited hospitality
and constant giving to all who needed or
assumed to need help, have prevented his
acquisition of anything like fortune. In
fact, to-day. he is ranked as poor man.
largely owing to the Atlanta Sun. Journal
ism is always an expensive experiment, and
has been consumer of boundless capital
N. 7. Times.
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THE RAINBow's TREASURE.

Where the foot of the rainbow meets the field,
And the grass resplendent gloWs,
The earth will precious treasure yield,
AS the olden story goes.
In a crystal cup are the diamonds piled
For him who IAN swiftly chase
Over torrent and desert and precipice wild,
To the rainbow's wandering base.
There were TWO in the field at work one day,
Two brothers, who blithe1y sung,
When across their valleys deep winding way
The glorious arch was flung.
And one saw naught but sign or rain.
And feared tor his sheaves unbound
And one is away, over mountain and plain
Till the'mystical treasure is foundl
Throueh forest and stream, in blissenl dream
The rainbow lurcd him on:
with sirens guile it loitered awhile,
Then leagues away WAS gone.
Over brake and brier he followed neet-
The people scoffed as ne passed
Rnt ia thirst and heat, and with wounded feet,
He closed on the prize at last.
It IL closer and closer-hs wins the race
One strain for the goal in sight
It's radiance falls on his yearning face
The blended col0rs unite
He layes mis- brow in the iris beam
He ereaehes--Ah woei the sound
From the misty gulf where he ends his dream
And the crystal cup ie found!
,T;a the cid. old story. One man win read
! His lesson of toll in the sky;
while another 10 blind to the present need.
But secs with the spirits eye
yo-, NAV grini their souls I'M the self-same mill,
Yon NAV bind them heart and brow
Hut the poet win follow the rainbow stills
And his brother win follow the pioW.
--Josa Boyle 0'Rsiiiy:
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The San Francisco CAronicZe enumer-
ates as follows the sets of furs owned by a
lady OF that city who is on the eve of de-
parting for European tour: "The very
finest and darkest Kamschatka sables dol
man, fifty inches deep with long flowing
sleeves, very elaborately trimmed with tails
OF the animal, forming very dark border
ing-worth $4,000. A dolman of the same
shape as the above, made of the finest
South Shetland seal-skin, trimmed with
darkest sea-otter fur, ,silvered naturally with
white hair =; loose garment easily thrown
on or of-worth $1,000. A jacket made of
superior South Shetland seal-skin, trimmed
with sea-otter, a garment fitting very
closely to the figure. 1t is forty inches
deep and worth $500. An Alaska seal
jacket, without trimming, lined with fur,
for driving purposes-worth $780, An
opera cloak of Royal Siberian ermine, of
most novel shape, somewhat resembling
the dolman, 65 inches deep, SO as to per-
fectly cover the longest trail dress. This
cloak is flounced in an entirely new method
with the tails of the animal. in addition to
the usual method of placing them in rows
1,500 were used in it's manufacture, each
tail costing fifty cents. The cloak is worth
$500. A Royal Siberian ermine Jacket
for carriage use, fifty inches deep, worth
5000. A silk circular of the finest Sici-
liam the garment is seamless. the silk
being woven of extraordinary width, es-
pecially for such circulars. It is lined
with Siberian ermine, and is trimmed with |
a heavy bordering Of dark silver fox fur.
The hood is also lined with ermine and |
with the fox fur. The garment is
made SO as to be worn either with the silk
Or fur outside. It is so inches deep, and is
worth $500. A silk circular, the exact
of the foregoing, only lined
with the white and gray part of the Siberian
squirrel, worth $500. Each of the above
tboye garments has muff and boa to
match. A Danichieff' hat, made of seal.
Helmet hat, made of seal. A Lon
lon walking bat, made of seal. A hat
made of ermine. somewhat of the helmet
shape, trimmed with seal, cut so as to re-
emble punches Of grapes. Seal robes,
ined with satin. Arctic white for robes.
med with satin. German fitch robes,
med with satin. Seal riding gloves and
oots. Foot-muffs, to be used in riding in
arriage, made of seal ard lined with Arctic
7olf."
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YELLOW FEVER HORRORS.
HOW CANTON, MISSISSIPPI, SUFFERED FROM
THE sCoURGE.

Mr.. Charles Handy, one of the members
of the Howard Association who has been at
Canton, Miss, and is now in Philadelphia,
gives to the Times of that city the following
account of the panic there and the scenes
of suffering:
"When the panic began, people fed in
every conceivable way-in vehicles, on
horseback, afsot. They fed by night and
they fled by day. Dwelling houses were
closed, stores were closed, workshops were
closed, churches were closed, the trains
stopped running, every form of communi
| cation was either cut off or rendered diff
cult. In less than "a hours after the death
OF old DR.. McKie, the town was almost de-
populated. You could not call it fleeing, it
was more of a stampede. Physicians fed
with the rest. Some tried to get away in
the night, but were stricken down helpless
before they got out of town. In two days
not more than 200 people remained in the
town. These would have left if the fever
had not taken hold Of their families. Per-
sons who had made every arrangement to
60 at late hour of the night would find
either themselves or some of their family
attacked with it before daylight and would
be compelled to remain. Ten days later we
were without any assistance, with the ex-
ception OF about ten citizens who remained
to nurse the sick.
"The condition of things at this time
was terrible. With no female nurses, Young |
men were compelled to lay out and prepare
for burial the bodies of young women. The
undertaken and colored man conducted
the burials. The supply of coffins ran out.
Dry goods boxes had to be substituted.
Only two physicians remained able for
duty. The rest were sick, dying or dead.
The ministers had left or were leaving.
Twelve men cared as we'll as they could for
over 15O sick Or dying. At the end of three
weeks the death rate had run up to so.
Even dry goods boxes became scarce, and
any kind of box that would enclose a
corpse became in great demand With the
and surrounding towns quaran-
lined against us, medicines and the COM
honest necessares of life were hard to pro-
'ure. Up to the end of the second week
We had made no call for assistance. The
2 volunteer nurses bad organized them 4,
elves into branch Howard Association. :
t looked as though nurses as we'll as pa
tents should die for want of food At this
tage set to work to make appeals to nv
riends and acquaintances throughout the
ountry. Responses came literally in the
'rm of supplies, both of food and medl-
inc. If we had had proper supply of v
ledicines at first there would have been C
,wer deaths.
" In the fourth week things were at their s.
orst. People, not only in the town, but q
grounding it, had fed. Some took to rs
10 woods. As many as six and eight fam
es sought refuge in one country church. =,
very farmhouse was crowded. Toward :
9 last of the week some returned to nurse =,
cir friends. Numbers died who would
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WHAT THE WITS SAY,
1t is mournful to see man more'n full
Whitehall Times.

1t is mournful to see man more'n full
Whitehall Times.
Butler says. 'He laughs best who laugh
last" Heis in favor of grinbacks. GrGpAic
Argument of the wine-bibber-"A littl,
liquor for the stomach's ache. .''-Bufa1
Erpress.
we would rather meet "a horny-handet
farmer than handy-horned COW .n-Haeh
ensaek Republican.
A kentucky woman has married a Mr.
Caico-has welded prints, as it were,
Neao Hauen Courier.
THESE trapeze performers are desperate
persons. They are bound to make liyino
if they have to swing for it.-Keokuk Com.
stitution.
What's the use of your trying to lie
about it so clumsily ?" says the magistrate.
DeneVolently; "haven't you lawyer }"
Nes6 York World.
49," Harmony for what9' inquiries the
Neao York EUening Post. Hominy for
hogs.-Br0oklyn Eagle. All right; help
yourself.-Burlington Hasokeye.
Imperious Cesar, dead and turned to clay.
Might stop hole to keep the " ind away
But clay to stop themouth of Dennis Kearney
Cant be found from Maine to Californey.
-IphitehaA Times
Ihe grocery stores now hang out the entic
ing board marked "Fifteen fat mackerel
for quarter" And yet men complain of
hard times.-Rochester Democrat.
An agricultural paper tells ssHow to
Dress Hog" But what's the use of dress
ing hog? 1t would ruin it's clothes before
it had them on two hours
Herald.
Who said the making of fried cakes was
a lost art?-Free Press. Nobody. The
remark that Wendell Phillips made was
that burnt pie was lost-tart. -PAsladez-
phsa Bnlletin.
The Burlington Hawkeye has noticed that
from the time boy is years old until he
is IL he devotes two solid hours of eyerv
day of his busy life to learning how to make |
a new kind of noise.
Zach. Chandler thinks of going into news
paper business. He might, with great
propriety, become the editor of the Cork
Examiner, if he only took time to examine
the cork .-PhtladeIpAia Chronicle
An exchange declares that man who
will read newspaper three or four years
paying for it will pasture goat on
he grave of his grandfather. Free
Press Read and passed in concurrence
Boston Post.
A Carson City Justice of the Peace asks
he bridegroom in deep bass voice, "Do
'ou, sir, as a citizen of Nevada and law
ul voter of Reno, solemnly declare that
'ou will forsake all other evils and cleave
'nly to this one?"
A skeptic, who was badgerng simple
minded old man about miracle Balaam's
IS, finally said How is it possible for
n ass to talk like a manp" "Yell.n re-
lied il ID ths se eqD9est &c st pla heleEesE EesE With III h
nan to talk like an ass"
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vagaries Of Costume.

In the time of Queen Mary the people of
England were SO partial to square toes that
they were obliged to issue . proclamation
that no person should wear shoes above six
inches square at the toes. Was this GUS
tom one iot more absurd than the hoops of
the last century or the crinolines of the
present century, the enormous bonnets of
forty years ago, or the ladies' head-gear of
the present days The wearing of great
breeches in the reign of Queen Elizabeth
was carried to most ridiculous excess.
They used to stuff them out with wadding
until they resembled wool-sacks and it is
said that scaffolds were erected in places
of public resort on purpose for beaux. Still
more ridiculous were the boots of the reign
of Henry VI. and Henry w., with long
pointed toes taperng for nearly two feet
into a peaked toe. After all we have
gained in simplicity and convenience,
though fashion still plays strange freaks.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1878-11-01

THE LOWEST TAXES IN THE WORLD.
Detroit boasts of being the least taxed city
in the United States. With population
of 13O, 900 it has gross debt Of 81, ,201, 400,
with sinking fund of S40O, 152. making
the net debt 1910, ,247. The tax valuation
is 1866, 6s5, and the taxation on 800 is
only 90c. Hartford has a tax of 95c, and
this is probably the next in order that can
be found. AS an example of what may be
done with good management and economy,
Detroit has seventy miles of paved streets
and alleys, seventy miles of public sewers,
aud eighty miles of lateral sewers, and such
public improvements are constantly on the
increase. The promptness with which the
taxesDare paid is plain when it isnoted that
of the tax levy OF 1877 amounting to $685..
999.10, there has been collected 1886, 1858,
or 96 per cent. OF the whole amount, and
of the remaining four per cent. but one
per cent. is considered worthless, and this
is a tax on personal property.
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CALIFORNIA AND OREGON.
HOW THE NAMES OF THE TWO STATES or
IGINATED.
Washington Capi..l.

But few people, even natl .e Californians,
understand the meaning Of the State name.
There is u dim idea extant that it is some
Indian term associated in some vague way.
With gold. A correspondent explains lucid
ly the etymology OF the STATE, tracing it di-
rectly to the Spanish. When the Spaniards
arrived first in Mexico they called the
moist, warm country near the coast la tier
ra cdIisnta, the interior Ia terra tenn pluda,
and the cold, mountainous region la tserrG
fria. When they struck Lower California
they were compelled to coin wold to dis
tinguish il from the other sections and SO
they termed it La terra California the
latter being q eopjuncted word, made up of
ealsente (warm) and horno, hornilla or
fornelo--a furnace, California meaning as
hot as furnace. In the progress of travel
and time the same name-though not ap-
plicable in an atmospheric serse-was ap-
piled to the Golden State, that being Alta
or Upper California, in contradistinction to
Baja California. In the same way does
Oregon owe its name to the Spaniar1s. AS
they travelled further north they found in
that country q tribe OF Indians with ex-
ceedingly long ears, induced by appended
weights OF bones and wampus, SO they took
their cue from these ears and called the
country La terra de los Oregones-- Oreje
meaning ear in Spanish and the termina-
tion con " representing exaggeration OF
size. Thus "Oregon means " big ear.n
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He Knows IT ALL.-He stands in the
store with his back to the stove, and tells
how he could run a newspaper, how he
could be hog on ice, and call things By
their right names; how he would expose
corruption in high places; how he wonld
write good common seEse, hand none or
your frivolous, try-to-be-funny stuff. Then
he criticises other peoples methods of con-
Quoting newspapers, and just wishes some
one would give him a chance to show his
journalistic abilities. The way to cure one
OF these chaps is to get him to write SEN
sible article every day for week. Before
one week is out be is sure TO be pumped
dry, and will cape worse for an idea than
chicken does with the pip.-GoaoaHda En-
tsrpYiss
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EARLY the other morning two New Ha-
Haven (Conn } policeman discovered sus-
picious looking person passing by the col
lege buildings, and, taking him fol thief,
at once overhauled him. The man turned
upon the officers, knocked one down and
wrenched away the club of the other and
then took to his heels. The policeman
pursued, firing twelve shots at him, but
none of them took effect. Soon after a col
ored waiter appeared at the police station
and complained of having been chased by
two men in uniform, whom he supposed
were students. 1t afterward appeared
that the mans fears had been worked upon
him by companions who told him of the
Western grave robberies, and said the Yale
students intended to catch him, kill him,
and deliver his body to the doctors.
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Sir Garnet Wolseley is only IS. He
has never handled large army. At school
near Dublin be was close student of en-
gineering. He was wounded while in Chi
mea, and fought bravely in India. He
visited the Confederate army, and formed
the opinion that Lee was the greatest mill
tary genius since Napoleon and that be was
greater than the German generals OF this
generation. For the Ashantee expedition he
was knighted and given 500, 900. IN z
Herald.
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AMERICAN HoPs.-It Is admitted by
London brewers that American hops have
greater strength, as We Il as the property OF
retaining their aroma aud bitter principle
longer than any other .rowtb. The brew
ers find that they can get larger extract
out Of smaller d antity. 1t is claimed
that our hops have Lot the delicate flavor
of the finest English and German growth,
but it is quite certain that the best growtbs
of American hops ant making an exceed
ingly favorable impression abroad this
year, and the day is not far distant when
Europe will give our hop growers remu-
merative market for their surplus crops.
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A REMARKABLE HEAD OF CHRIST.
Gabriel Max, Of Washington, has painted
remarkable head of Christ. It has been
photographed in England, and excites
much curiosity in the shop windows. At
first view the face seems to be that of a
corpse, and the eyes are shut. AS you con-
tinue looking, the eyes, of q sudden, seem
70 open and TO be gazing iatently at some
point above or behind you. The effect is
perfect in the large sized photographs. In
the smaller photographs the eye does not
SO readily accept the delusioD. If you be-
gin looking at the chin and then gradually
looking upward, the eyes appear shut and
the whole head corpse-like but il you be-
gin from the highest point and travel down
ward the eyes appear open and the head IL
Illuminated. In the middle ages this weird
picture wonld haYs beer readily accepted
as miraculous. - WasAiRstoa Post
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Who Fcand Pixies Peak.

A correspondent of the Railaoay Age
gives the following interesting reminis-
cences !:
A few weeks ago I stood upon the sum-
init of Pixies Peak, in Colorado. For days
before and during many miles of travel
that snowy peak had loomed above the sur
rounding mountains, commanding involun-
tary admiration and homage, and the ques-
tion often arose, when and by whom was
this o'ertopping island in a sea of towering
heights first located and named ? in
quired of history, aud this is what learn
ed:
Pike Co., Mo-; Pike Co., Ill. and forty
other Pixies in the United States. are
named after the now almost forgotten hero.
who fell in the attack upon Toronto (then
York;, Canada, April s5, 1918 9e was in
command of 1,7C0 men. In the moment
of victory he ana 232 of his men were
killed by the blowing up of the British
fort.
Born April 81, 1879, at Lamberton (nuw
Trenton), N. J., the son of a soldier, he
early entered the service. In 1906 he made
search for the sources of the Mississippi
without success On July Is, 1896, he left
Belle Fountaine, near the mouth Of the
Missouri river, with command of twenty
men and some Indians, to explore the land
we had bought from France for the noble
price of 100 acres for cen
October 28th, while on the arkansas, he
was left with only Is men by the return of
his Ii utenant and four soldiers. Novem-
Der Is, 1906, he first saw Pixies Peak. For
more than one month that mountain re-
mained in sight.
Pushing south he reached the Rio del
Norte and built a stockade. He was there
captured by the Mexicans, was treated
kindly, anG arrived at Natchitoches, La.
July /, 1907.
He never came nearer that peak than IS
miles, estimated it to be over $4,000 feet
high, and thought it to be inaccessible. His
name-Zebulon Montgomery Pike-should
not be forgotten by the American people.
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Six THOUSAND LIZARD HIDES.
CORD. N. c., Oct. 1.--One of the most re-
markable of lawsuits was begun in the su-
preme Court of this (Cabarrns county, to-
day. A few months ago John M. Tngraham
was applied to for work by John Forst. He
told the applicant that he had nothing to
do, but he would give him $l2, 900 for the.
hides of 6,00) lizards, Tngraham giving the
man his hute for that amount. Forst,
with his wife and five Children at once
started for the mountains. There they
established themselves III camp and began
. war upon the reptiles. The result Of the
first days work was SO encouraging that
they worked with renewed energy and
within twenty days had the 6,0O0 lizard
hides. The family marched into town
yesterday and offered the reptile skins to
Ingrahanl, and were told that his offer was
ajest.
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If an assortment is ordered lesser guam
titles than one hundred will be furnished at
same rates. Cash must accompany order.
Postage will be prepaid. Address,
NEW NORTHWEST
DEER LODGE.
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-. Yes. remarked agfriend of General
Grant, it would not have done for big
man 20 stand historically between Grants
second and third term, !,
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A SAN FRANCISCO LADy's ruas.

sKINs-A FORTUNE IN WRAPS AND
ROBES.
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Blanks for Sale.

We have in stock the following Justices
Blanks, adapted for any township or county
in Montana. and in conformity to existing
laws. The following are the prices:
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GSrfoa 10 uSes
Butte City, Montana.
Robert cirton, Pr oprietor

Good accommodations for dodgers. No Bar in nor
Saloon near the House.
Guests WI Recetve Good Attention.
Board per Week. .......... 5000
Board per Day. Observation-Disclosures. -. 100
LoaSlNg per Daf.- 10y
The travelling public viii find this pleasant hotel,
and their patronage is respectfully solicited.
349f ROBERT GIRTON.
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Mont1na.

Good Single Hoises or Teams and buggies Furn shed
promptly tor drives excursions or jour-
neys al reasonable prices.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-02-14

The emperor of Germany has civ
il list Of about $3,O0O,000 per annum;
and private income from landed
property of about 81 100000 per an
mum more. He, however, makes no
allowance to his son, the Crown
Prince. The old gentleman does not
believe in allowances. He is not
stlngy; Fritz can have what he
wants if he likes to ask for it; only he
must ask. Fritz has a spirit Of his
own, and for years after his marriage
the modest menage Of the heir
apparent was maintained without
indenting on the parental funds, but
of late years the expense entailed by
an increasing family has forced the
Crown Prince to ask subsidies from
his father. 1t is not generally known
that no Prince of the Prussian blood
royal draws the pay Of any o1icehe
may hold in the state, whether civil,
military or naval. Pluracies in the
imperial are only honorary pluracies
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CONGRESS-, &c.

Congress is still discussing the s'l-
yer question, one party denounclng II
MS 4 cheat and fraud while the other
as vehemently advocate its passage as
necessary to save the country from
bankruptcy and ruin. Senator Blaine
proposes silver dollar of 425 grains
equal to gold. Some sixty million Of
our bonds are said to have been sent
back from Europe the last week, anc
gold has risen to over lC2. The com
mercjal failures in January show
fearful increase of bankruptcy. a
heavy movement of grain from the
west is now going on, but prices show
no advance. A general war IN Eu'
rope is still among the possibilities