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Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-23
THE FATHER OF TR AMPS.
Veteran Reveals Some of the netl
 0da of the Profession,

A Veteran Reveals Some of the Meth
 ods of the Profession.
 From the Indianapolis News.l
 Are the railroads demoralizing? A great Englishman has answered that they are. Any one looking at the army of tramps that somehow or other are indissolubly associated with railroads must also answer ia the affirm ative.
 "Did you know that water tank along 8 railroad line is the tramps' libraryg" asked 8 veteran of the road.
 Rather moist for manuscripts, isn't it?"
 "Yes, but all the knowledge that we com init to writing goes on the water tanks. I have made records on more than two hun dred water tanks in my time. You see, if we are put off train the first thing we look for is sign of some of the fraternity that have already passed that way. This we are sure to find on the water tanks. Is there food to be found in that neighborhood. The tank will tell us. Are there dogs at the nearest farm house? The danger is fore known to us from the warning some brother has inscribed with his name on the water tank"
 "But can all tramps write?' 1 ''The surprisingly large majority of them ean-or once could. Don't you know how easy it is to forget all one ever knew about reading and writing! Why is it that so many l good people that you personally know can write their own name and perhaps nothing else. Because they have practiced that and l allowed all other writing to become irksome l to them. That explains the whole matter | with the tramp fraternity. Of the many | who could write, all that remains to them oi | the art is an ability to put their names down with 8 few characters that are in constant use among the tribes"
 "What characters, for instancer'
 "Oh, you will go tramping if I tell you l all; but will give you glimpse of the Ian guage: That no one may know one is talk l ing it is the custom in reformatories and prisons where inmates not permitted to | converse at the dining table to practice g | sign language that makes known what is want l ed. Two fingers held up in a V shape signi. fes meat; one fger, salt; the hands rubbed | together, bread, etc. Likewise @ pictorial representation of one or all of these on g | sign post, together with crude picture of g house and 8 map leading up to it, tell the l whole story. A bread sign would indicate | that only bread, without butter or molasses, could be had. A salt sign means to steer l clear of a certain premises, as the owner | may administer salt in an unfriendly man. | ner."
 "Why do tramps follow the railroadsr
 "Because of the quick transportation. | The railroads are the father of the present generation of tramps. Suppose we want to escape from justice? We take the train, and | are in few hours landed in a community where our troubles and names were never | haerd of ''
Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-23
CHAMBERLIN < CO.,,
 FURNITURE DEALERS, Orange and Crown Streets.
SNEEzING CATARRH,

The distressing sneeze sneeze, sneeze, the acrid, watery discharges from the eyes and nose, the painful inflammation extending to the throat, the swelling of the mucous lining, causing choking sensations, cough, ringing noises in the head and splitting headaches,-how familiar these symptoms are to thousands who suffer periodically from head colds or influenza, and who live in ignorance of the fact that single application of Sanfords Radical Cure for Catarrh will afford instantaneous relief
 But this treatment in cases of simple Catarrh gives but faint idea of what this remedy will do in lhe chronic forms, wheree the breathing is ob- structed by choking. purrid mucous accumula- tIons, the hearing affected smell and taste gone ening itself upon the debilitated system. Then it IS that the marvellous curative power of Sanford's Radical Cure manifeSts itself in instantaneous and grateful relief. Cure begins from the first appli- cation It is rapid, radical permanent, economi- cal, safe.
 Sanfords Radical Cure consists of one bottle of the Radical Cure, box of Catarrhal Solvent and an Improved Inhaler; price $1.
 POTTER DRIyo ASp CHEMICAI Co. RosToN
Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-23
PRoPOsEB WHEN TIPsY.
A Philadelphia Bachelor of Fortune Becomes Engaged to Society Belle.

A Philadelphia Bachelor of Fortune Becomes Engaged to a Society Belle.
 Correspondence New Orleans Picayune.l
 Nothing the worse is thought in local socie- ty of young bachelor of fortune here on acc count of little scrape of rather humorous description into which he got himself at par ty one night, and, inspired by the tipple, pro- posed to one of the daughters of his host.
 The girl-not unnaturally eager to capture an acknowledged beau and a man of birth, position, money and good looks-promptly accepted him, as probably four out of every five marriageable maidens would have done under like circumstances.
 Next morning the bachelor woke up and began to dimly recall the occurrences of ths night before. He had become unduly stimu. lated-though certainly he was far from be ing intoxicated-and had offered himself te the daughter of his host. Worse still, hs could not marry her. He did not want te marry any girl-certainly not her. Thers
Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-23
9r1J Gnuds.
Howe & StetSOD
 3 GREAT DRIVES BLEACHED COTTONS.

Drive No. |.
 ONE CASE short lengths at 7o, worth Sc. Drive No. E.
 ONE CASE short lengths at Sc, worth 10c. Drive No. 5. ONE CASE short lengths at 9c, worth 11c.
 These Cottons are put up in lengths from 10 to 20 yards, and ara sold only by the piece.
 We call attention to a lot of 55s Bleached Linen Napkins, the finest and handsomest goods we ever saw, at $1. 50 per dozen; regu- lar $2.00 quality.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-23

Such Merces Havoc Clothing occurred in this city
  Being Without particular Take advantage NOW of this
 GREAT HALF-PRICE SALE. Dollars Bargains great
 
 
  to red fde. "0ur goods marked one day to be marked down the next" prices Black; prices you'll will worth avins many  $4 Vermont Gray Ulsters reduced from $1o $5 Blue Chnchila Overcoats, reduced from SIC. $8 Keey Chincha and Beaver Overcoat reduced from SIG $7 All Wool Victory Cassimere Suits reduced from $I4 S8 All Wool Fancy Cassimere Suits reduced from S15 $o All Wool Scotch Cassimere Suits reduced from $1o S1 All Wool Mems Pants reduced from $2.5O. $25O all wool Mems Pants Scotch reduced from $5 S2 Chldrens Suits, reduced from $4 25c Childrcns Knee Pants reduced from 75c soc Chidrens Knee Pants reduced from ST. Cardigan Jackets Underwear Hosiery, Gloves etc., etc. Prices cut as deeply on Clothing. ew- No discounts from these reduced prices.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-23
MCINTYRE, NAGU|RR < co. BEFORE TAKING STOCK
 OPPORTUNITY BUY
 DRY GOODS CHEAP. IN FEW DAYS INVENTORY WILL BE HERE.
 EVERY PIECE, EVERY YARD, FALL AND WINTER GOODS, IS GOING TO BE SOLD AT ONE PRICE OR ANOTHER. We have reducing prices every day, going from counter followed by crowds of buyers who Immediately took advantage of generous mark down.
Fur Counter.
Silks and Dress Goods,

Remnants and whole pieces; prices cut i half
Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-23
SILK BARGAINS.

Black Surah Silk soc, worth 65c.
 Black Guinet Gros Grain Silks $1.35 per yard, regular price $1.75.
 Black Guinet Gros Grain Silks $1.50 per yard, regular $2 quality.
 Faille Franchise Silks, in all the desirable oolors, at 73c per yard; same quality is sold at most stores at $1.00.
 Black Gros Grain Silks, 24 inches wide, GE warranted, ,-@ at $1 per yard; this quality is offered in New York as an i'm mense bargain at $1.25.
 Black Gros Grain Silks at 75c per yard, e warranted; -&s regular 99c quality.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-23

The St. Louis Republic, which in the past has opposed international copyright bills the
Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-23
EDITORIAL nOTES.
Ben Butler smokes twenty cigars day.

Ben Butler smokes twenty cigars day.
 Texas has it's own idea of the marriage ceremony. Judge Fruit, of Csnterville, re- gently performed a marriage ceremony, which was in substance as follows: "Do you and each of you solemnly swear that you are in earnest about this business, and that you will stand by each other as hus band and wife through thick and thin, sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish," Both parties nodding their assent they were pronounced man and wife.
 Several of the big buildings of Philadel- phia have recently had placed in them scales with hopper receptacle capable of holding several tons of coal. They are situated un- der the sidewalk chutes, and the coal is dumped directly into the hopper from the cart and then weighed. The engineer of one of these buildings says that thus assuring full weight in the coal he buys, he saves the value of the scales many times during the year. This is sad commentary on the hon. esty of Philadelphia coel dealers.
 Massachusetts settlement with the West- ern Union for unpaid taxes still hangs fire. The Circuit court, and subsequently the United States Supreme court decided in fs- vor of the State, the sum allowed being $10,619. The law allows twelve per cent. interest on unpaid taxes up to the time ot judgment. and six per cent. afterward. The State now contends that the twelve per cent. rate runs to the time of the decision of the Supreme court, while the telegraph company contends that it formulated with the decision of the Circuit court eleven months earlier.
 At Point Labas, near San Francisco, there is suspended out in the waters of the Pacific big wooden pendulum, so arranged that 8 surface six feet by twelve is exposed to the waves The action of the waves causes the pendulum to swing, and the swinging of the big pendulum works a huge pump, which raises the sea water to height of one hun- dred and fifty feet. It is proposed to con- duct this water to San Francisco and use it for running turbine wheels and other motors, driving cable cars, supplying salt water baths, sprinkling the streets and flushing the sewers.
 Occasionally man who sues for divorce is 6ugltlea IO SympdeAys 1hEs 4AoAA HAnA Dlc3 W WAO sets forth in his complaint that he is poet, ayers that while he was making poetry it was Mrs. Marbles habit to stride up and down ! his study, interrupt his flow of thought with ! reproductions pitched in shrill and ear- piercing key, and on bitter cold nights she | would invade his shivering dreams, drag the
 blankets from the bed and compel him both \ fN 1iafaD fn yUha aha had fn
 dance away the sad, darF hours in blue
 and loathsome chill All this, he declares
 has perturbed his fancy, and made his imag
 ination bilious and impaired his sense of eu'
 phony to degree little short of absolute
 ruin, and he therefore prays for relief.
 The St. Louis Republic, which in the pas has opposed international copyright bills tn
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-27
THE MONTANA UNION.

1t is an open secret that several gen
tlemen OF prominence in local railroad
circles have been summoned east. 1t
il u secret not SO very wide open h n
they were called to meet i'm %consulta-
ton regarding the affairs of the Mon
tana Union railroad. II is history that
this line has had to subscribe literally
out of its legitimate earnings to make
good the losses sustained by divisions
of the two lines which il connects, and
il is "a practical fact of the hour that, u
few days ago. under orders not issued
through the usual channel, the rate on
ore from Butte to Anaconda was
nearly doubled at a single jump.
Taken by itself. the Montana Union
is as thrifty "a piece of railroad property
as the country affords. In hauling
coal and other material the percentage
allowed il for it's share of work i'm de-
livering freight to Butte and anaconda
is laughably small. The lions share
goes to the other lines and the percent
age allowed to the Montana Union is
ridiculOusly small. Managed in the
general offices thousands of miles away,
local interests have had nO favors and
local traffic. large as il il. has not been
able tn get its fair share of recogni-
ton. With rare exceptions the man.
agement of the line have been worse
than Indifferent. at times it has been
culpably careless. Yet the road has an
immense business and the policy of the
eastern management now is to give the
lemon an extra hard squeeze.
The Montana Union ought to be
credited with a larger share of earn
ings i'm all the freight passing over it.
and which is handled Jointly with
the connecting lines. For instance. it
should be credited with u decent share
of freight earnings on coal brought into
its territory over the Union Pacific. es-
pecially i'm view of the large expense
involved in switching over heavy
grades.
Ii is evidently not in the policy of
the management To give the road its
fair share of these earnings. yet il
is to be forced to add tn it's contribu-
ton. and this is tn be done by the start
ling advance in rates To which We have
referred.
1t is altogether probable that the
imposition will not he tolerated and
that the schedule which to an
advance of nearly one hundred per
cent on the haul from Butte to Ana
conda will be subjected tn very serious
revision.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-27
A MARVELLOUS STORY

Ha- the Great white Dr~gon Itesppeared.
F~Ortending = General s~snash-Up?
A story which savors strongly OF the
marvellous comes to us from the interior
of Asiatic Turkey. Three Mussulman
travellers were lately j~ourneyinR tn n point
near Poulank. On arriving at a spot
called Ahlat, on the Lake of Van, one of
them approached the water and began his
morning ablutions. As he was dipping
his feet for the last time he suddenly ut
tered a scream and informed his COM
panions that he was being dragged into
the lake by some unseen marine monster
friends rushed to his assistance.
and taking him by the hands
and arms succeeded i'm bringing
him ashore, but what was their surprise
to see the monster also emerge from the
water firmly attached to the mans leg by
it's teeth. II was n h~orrid-lookinR crea-
ture, with the legs and body of am alli-
eyes of a serpent. Between it's fore and
hind legs, ON either side, were large,
ribbed, MISUNDERSTANDING wings: The tail
the picture of the typical dragon. With
the exception of the under part OF the
throat and the tips of the wings. feet and
white and it's skin soft as velvet.
Knives. sticks, stones and everything
Sis a which ,Ss w %sns,a brought asove to bear snr
availing, and at last he ingenious travel
ers bethouEht themselves of n heroic
pulled the neck and belly of the beast,
bird. or fish across IT,. taking good care
not to burn the leg of their coInrade I'm the
operation. After u. while the scorchinR
heat aroused the animal from it's torpor.
II began To move it's body and to stretch
out it's leathery wings after the manner OF
n bat, and suddenly flew into the mir, still
holding the man by the leg After arising
to the height Of about 3OO feet il took a
'.header" downward toward the lake. into
which il plunged with n mighty splash,
buryinR itself and victim out OF sight
The natives are greatly excited, believing
that the great white dragon. has reap,
peared and that the end of the world IL
near at hand.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-27
WHERE NICKEL COMES FROM.

Four Thousand Tons Ser Year the Pro-
dact or ~ single Mine.
In the Copper Cliff mine near Sudbury,
Canada. il is said more nickel il being
produced than the entire market OF the
world calls for at current prices. says the
Youths Companion. A little branch rail-
way of the main line of the Canada Pa
cilc railway, four miles i'm length, leads
ont to the mine, which opens into the face
of u Gag of he brown, oxidized
Laurcntian rock characteristic of
this region. The miners are now mt
work at n depth of about 100 feet be-
low the surface. As fast as the nickel and
copper bearing rock 10 hoisted out IL Ii
broken up and piled upon long beds or
ricks of pine wood to he calcined, or
roasted, for the purpose of driving out the
sulphur which il The roasting
charcoal-burninv. Each great bed of ore
requires from ono To two months to roast.
When roasted the rock goes to the princi-
'.jacketed'-in mining phrase-with rum
ming water to enable il to retain the
great heat requisite to reduce he crude,
obduratc mineral to fiuidity.
The dross of the molten mass is first al
lowed to flow off land afterwards the near
~ pure nickel and copper: blended to-
0ethcr i'm an alloy called the "mat," or
matte. is drawn oil at the base of the fur
mace vat into barrow pots and wheeled
away az. stu u, ' ,5a "nn merry rh not, TO %"oi IN
about ~ per cent. of the remaining
ID per cent. being mainly copper. When
cool the conical pot loaves of mat can
easily he cracked to pieces by means of
heavy hammers. The fragments are then
packed i'm barrels and shipped to Swansea
i'm Wales and to Germany. where the two
constituent metals are separated and re-
fined by secret processes which are very
jealo,isly guarded by the manufacturers
So jealotisly Is the secret kept that no one
i'm America has yet been able to learn the
process, although one young metallurRist
spent three years at working as
- common laborer i'm the factories, in or
der to- procure il. At present there are
produced daily at the Copper Cliff mine
about ninety pot-loaves of mat, each
weighing near 45O pounds, An outpu
which yields an aggregate of more than
4.OUO tons of nickel n year.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-27
THE SPeAKeRShiP CONTEST.

New York Press: Either Mr.. Reed, Ma
jor Mckinley, Mr.. Burrows, MIR. Cannon
ar General Henderson will bc entirely ac-
ceptable as speaker,so far as protection is
concerned.
Omaha Bee: Congressman Reed and
his friends open the speakership cam
paign by claiming everything, BY tho
time the western cyclones get down to
business there will be some broken Reeds
in the Maine camp.
Ns,r York Worlds Estimate. Vote i'm
republican caucus. 1853; necessary To "a
choice. ~. Reed, 80; Mckinley, a.; Cam
non. 81; Burrows. IL; Henderson. II. But
''there's many u slip 'twixt the cup and
the lip" and nobody can tell what the
next ten days may bring forth.
San Francisco Chronicle: One thing is
certain. that whoever may he the speaker
he will find his work cut ont for him,
There will be u very strong and very au-
gressivc democratic minority. and none
but IA vigorous hand can hold the rcius
over such n turbulent body as the house
is very likely To he.
NeW York Herald Washington Special
There are several arguments which the
western are able to- use against
Mr.. Reed, and some of them may have an
influence before the caucus meets. One.
which has not been much alluded to as
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-27

pet. b b. attitude Of New England msm-
beers on tlse tariff.
PAaoaselpAsa ~Ingsirsr: Mr.. Reed h en-
titled tn election. This would be just ~
true Of any one Of The other candidates u
he were In h position OF having bccn the
caucus nominee Of his party I'm the two
precssiing congresses. We do not believe
that any one very seriously that
Mr.. Reed will mot he elected. And he will
make q great speaker.
BxHako Courier: Mr.. Reeds election
would IN. the triumph OF thc extreme pro-
~tectionists, the neutrality-suspicious., and the
Pacific railroad lobby. He has brains bat
he has n tongue that has turned many
friends into enemies. In debate his chief
weapon is recklcss sarcasm. and he ts not
regarded as n trustworthy authority ON
amy public question ON important
branch of congressional Legislation.
Cincinnati Com nssrciaf-G Ga ~ff~: Major
McKinley's chances for the speakership
seems sufficiently promising, IL Judged
solely by the which some ut his
opponents are using. One Of these IL that
his cause has been injured by the recent
democratic success i'm Ohio. becatlss, the
chances are that he may be thrown out of
congress two years hence. In other words,
since the democrats are likely tO Kill him
after two years. the republicans OF the
house of representatives will improve their
opportunity to butcher him now. Men
whc use that argument must themselves
have n very slim show for the speaker
ship.
Indianapolis Journal Washington Spec
iaf: II is a misfortune to the country that
n man thoroughly equipped with good
qualities as Colonel Henderson In, should
he so geographically located as tn he ut n
disadvantage i'm n national contest. There
in no man i'm the House who is possessed
of stronger friendships and more sterling
manhood He has shown by his career i'm
three congresses how strong he can he
and how fortified against the many sur.
priscs Of n Legislative warfare. A coup
d'etaf Of the enemy would fall flat before
his magnificent honesty, for David Hen
derson il positively incompatible; no job
or outside scheme has ever yet had his
sanction.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-27

Grand Master Workman Powderly Of
the Knights of Labor has come out Hat
O in v of tariff reform. In an
interview at Atlanta the other day he
said: lit seems to me that the policy
OF protection is a wrong on labor. The
b classes are not protected only
the manufacturers. The American
manufactures adds the duty To what
should he the natural and fair price for
his product. The burden of the tariff
rests its crushing weight upon the poor.
The tariff needs reforming. 1t is the
poor, IN great mass of the people. who
need protection, and they will never get
IL under the so-called policy of protec
ton" Mr.. Powderly change of heart
since h last presidential election de
serves to he classed with other noted
assertions from the protection" ranks
Harrison's administration is not doinl
much toward keeping thinking meI
within the party corral.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-27
JhE FIRES

This city has not forgotten how the
smelling works were tOrmented last
winter by the failure of the railroads
TO deliver coal. 1t has not forgotten
how the supply was limited by the lag
gard action of the Union Pacific. n
how, when the needed . was within
sight Of the smelter. engines cultivated
the cOm~paniOnship of the ditch n
cars spent more hours OH ties than on
the rails. That was i'm syndicate times.
The suspicion was then entertained
tina back of the accidents and delays
was a plot to cripple h Anaconda
works, and that suspicion never was
entirely removed.
1t cannot he that a great transconti-
mental roa is 80 poorly equipped with
rolling stock that the demands for coal
in this city are beyond its ability. yet
the Anaconda works. after persistent
effort, nave found il simply impossible
tn keep cOal ahead. and the smelters
were shut down last night when the
scant stock i'm the bins Was barely suf-
ficient to bank the fires.
1t should he clearly understood that
h break in work across the creek In in
no way due to the fire i'm the mine mt
Butte. On that score their need have
been no interruption, In view of the
88tlSe measures tdkeu ny tue IiltildSe-
ment to keep business in motion
i'm that city and Anaconda.
During h year large expense
has been incurred at the smelling
works to provide for the storage of
coal, SO that no cheek to business might
follow a snow blockade. On the score
of weather there certainly is no excuse
for the present failure Of the Union
Pacific. whose managers are too busy
i'm Omaha and Boston to give thought
to Montana and who. i'm the face of "a
failure that needlessly throws hundreds
Of men into idleness. politely come
forward with the information that.
hereafter. Anaconda must pay nearly
n hundred per cent. advance on all
ore shipped from Butte.
If the Union Pacific keeps mp it's ca
reer of failure. and if the wheels of the
Montana Union spend half their time
i'm the ditch for months to come, il will
not surprise us. The hardship is that
hundreds of men To whom the works
would like to give constant employ
ment are forced into seasons Of idle
ness by a railroad corporation which In
30 feeble and SO pusillanimous that il
is not tit to live a week.