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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-02-16

them awake Since the introduction of the
kirmess into the United States, five years
ago, some Of the most brilliant and successful
have been held in st. Louis. 1t has had the
effect, as in many other large cities, Of I'M
popularizing masquerade balls, and it is quite
certain that in st. Louis much higher class
of people become interested and take part in
the somewhat doubtful antics of the mas
querade.
A large hall or stage, with the floor as
smooth as glass and as slippery as ice; from
three to five hundred young men and women,
Enthusiastically decked out in impossible cos
TUNES, imagined to be the national dresses Of
all the civilized people on the face Of the
globe, and outcoloring the aurora borealis or
q morning rainbow in brilliance of hue-all
of these radiantly attired figures fitting
about to the sound of music, grouping them
selves with the precision of outline of tho
punched glass in n kaleidoscope-this is the
general effect of that old festival, which has
grown >astly in popularity in the past few
years called the kirmess. 1t was originated
in Holland over century ago, but since that
time it has developed, especially in America,
to the proportions of an indoor carnival, and
bears but little resemblance TO the unre-
strained routs Of the plump Lenas and yod-
ling Fritzes of the Eighteenth century. In
most of the large cities of the United States
and in Montreal and Toronto there is usually
grand lirmess every season, in which every
dancing member of the respective Four Hun
dreds takes part. For it must be remembered
that a kirmess, being an exceedingly Gxpen-
sive affair, is an amusement of the wealthy.
The costumes are costly, and none Of the
money that is received at the door there is
usually an admission fee of s. for visitors is
used to defray expenses. The proceeds are
devoted to some charitable object.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-02-16
THE SPANISH BoLERo.

ing dance TO music pitched in a minor key.
The effect is wonderfully picturesque al
though the design is planned in too dark
colors to be altogether brilliant. But the
next dance is usually the antithesis to the first
one. 1t is probably a dance of Hungarian
girls--a wild, rapid, altogether indescribable
affair." with swinging rhythm, and accom-
panied by the accentuated but richly toned
music Of Hungary. The girls, of whom there
may be from forty to sixty, are clad in short
loose skirts as many colored as Josephs coat,
which afford a good view of dainty clocked
hosiery and impossible French heeled shoes
(such as no Hungarian girl ever wore). Most
Of them have large sash, representing the
colors of the Hungarian flag tied i'll ire
mendous knot at the back of their waists, and
reaching to the bottom of the skirt. This
dance may be followed by dance of Italian
girls of the Seventeenth century, which is
one of the most beautiful in the set. Unlike
the Hungarian dance, it is slow, dreamy, and
the music is like one of Verdi's ornate love
songs 1t is full of the languorous graceo of the
south, and its lazy sinuousities are in marked
contrast to the precise steps and confident
measurement Of some of the more active
dances of the north
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-02-16

The kirmess is usually begun by some
unique dance of children. They are revealed
attired in the skins of foxes bears, dogs or
wolves, and they go through weird. bound
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-02-16
A DESCRIPTION OF A FESTIVAL
NOW VERY FASHIONABLE.
The Kirmess In st. Louis-Some Of the
Striking Features of the Gorgeous Spec
tacle The Spanish Bolero-The Grecian
Dance and the Dance OF All Nations.
Especial Correspondence
ST. LOUIS, Feb ~

IRMESSl What n ire
mendous lot of mean
ing there is in the word
for that large class Of
fashionable people who
are ever on the lookout
for something that is
nnyal ennnnh 10 Eaan
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-02-16

Probably the most gorgeous kirmess that
has ever taken place in the United States was
the one which occurred two or three seasons
ago in Washington Some of the most promi-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-29

hand.~ she sAid. s.aud you must bs sure "a
keep IL out OF sight, though there isn't
much danger OF his ever coming here. He
thinke I'm Roine 10 give him . eold-hea<led
cane, but I've found out that he must run
for Office and be elected for something to
have that. He'll he tickled to death 20 get
my picture: He's going. 10 give me . pair
of ear.rtnQs. i know he will"
a. he took the order.
"Mrs.-." He nearly dloppesl the pen
a. ne heard 70. IL was her husband who
bad sat for him in the morning.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-29

From the Chicago Times.
A young man 10 whom . Manhattan
cocktail 10 sometimes q thing of beauty
and u Joy for q minute, went up 20 o little
Connecticut town the other day, and i'm
the course Of his wanderinRs he drifted
into the only hotel the place possessed.
II was not much Of n ~hotel-just a little
frame house, a big front room with q big
stove i'm IL, a dining-room. and n WON
drously constructed apartment called a
''bar." There were several persons sitting
about the room, and when the young man
saat.d f nn m . am air nf s"rs.n.s on ,"t heal a.,
bucolic cou~ntenances. The bartender
seemed daxed for a oment. hut, gathering
that a doscn eyes werc watching his every
action, started to "hll his order" He
was evidently i'm deep water, but he was
by any young man who wore glasses.
Into n large, heavy glass. OF the quality
technically known as "~schooners," he
put three or four humps of white sugar.
and saturated them with n liberal supply
of bitters, enough for a dozen cocktails.
Over this he poured some whiskey: added
n gill or SO of rum. put in n dash Of
brandy. and poured over all n wineglass-
full Of gin. Then he squeezed half a
oethcr and poured the whole foaminR
liquid into a beer glass. The prematurely
tende young man had seen the orer-
scocktair" would act upon him. hut with
the interest of the town conferred upon
him he could not back down. He had
called for q Manhattan cocktails; there
was n Manhattan cocktail on the bar, and
he closed his eyes and drank it. Then the
went out into the front room, sat down by
the stove and mesiitated upon the wicked
ness Of the world. Then lac heard the
bartender DISCOURSE.
: / tell You l know n thinG or two" the
bartender said. "Did you see that Teller
from New York come in here aud ask me
for a cocktail 2" Tryin' e.
guy me. Thought I was green. But
was ON to him like n fly. l fixed him,
Gave him everything in the place. Gin,
whisky. rusn. everything. Mixed II all
up, aud gave il to him. Set il on the bar
the difference. These fly fellers cam
beat me. Manhattan cocktail! Huh
ain't no such thing"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-29


A busy citizen of Detroit, says the Free
Press. ran up the stairs of n photogrn-
piers office the other morning. and pull
ing out his watch looked at the time as he
said h~urriedly:
"want m picture taken IN five minutes.
big card for n Christmas present to my
wife: features touched OH IN Injy ink IN
much?"
''Only SIS, seeing you've taken Il in
t~imc-charge $40 usually; sit right down."
The man sat down and the photogra-
pher screwed his head up to an acute
angle and put a cold iron brace on the
back of his neck. Then lie told him to
think of a sweet and soothing subject and
smile when he said snow" The picture
was taken and the man went away charg-
ing the photographer to keep mum and
not let any one see IL.
"My wife is going to give me a gold
heads cane. and / know sbc wants a
good picture of me more than anything
else in the world. and it'll be n big sur
prise tn her about them"
That afternoon the photographer had n
call from three ladies. One of them said
she wanted "a large picture of herself. and
il was tn he tinted. and framed. aud fixed
up in tip-top shape
"lt's for n Christmas present for my hus-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-29
One Way to Find Dat.

Young Mr.. Brown one day invited a
friend i'm Boston to GO with him to the
country next day to pay a visit to his
native place, says the Youths Companion.
We can go tomorrow and spend our va
cation in my native place." said he. my
old aunt keeps the house my father left
me. and il you're agreed I'll just telegraph
the dear old lady to look out for us. Wen
have some fine fishing"
Mr.. Peters accepted the invitation and
Mr.. Brown rushed away to telegraph to
his aunt. When Peters went to his beard
ing house that night he told his landlady
that he was going with Brown to--his ma
.what place is it ?" she asked..
"why. Il don't know, l declare"
a,ghcd Peters. II never thought to
ask"
A messenger boy soon after brought a
note from MIR. Brown. He wished Mr..
Peters tn meet him at the eastern station
next morning at 10 o'clock. Business
would prevent his seeing Peters until
they met at the station. ready for the
Journey.
few minutes before the appointed hour.
Mr.. Brown met him.
"Come, hurry up!" he cried. "Our
train starts in three minutes. This II the
car. Get in. ! have our tickets"
Mr.. Peters got into the car, and had n
pleasant journey of two hours. That
night he wrote this letter to his friend
.DEAR DIcK: I arrived safely i'm Browns
native place about noon. It's q very
pleasant place. There was no ~si0n-board
on the station. Write me at once and tell
me what the postnlark is on this letter
Yours, j. PETERS,"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-29

SsSHbuS ~ W. SH~~
A congressman was overheard to tell
the following by a correspondent of The
PittsburR dispatch: 81 happened by nc
cident some time ago to make the ac-
q~uaintancc of n Frenchman who had been
steward mt one time to a foreign minister
stationed at Washington. The minister
was transferred to- mother post after n few
years and there was n sale OF his personal
effects at the legation. The steward had
attended similar sales ard seen what n
craze there was to possess something that
had belonged toa foreign minister of rank
and title, and concluded to turn the
knowledge to his own profit. Gaining the
consent of the minister To sell for his own
benefit a lot of things that had been set
aside as not ". rth putting up, he added
to them from his own store and 10y pur-
chase at the auction rooms of the city.
He quietly let il be known that these
things had been given To him by the min
lister to sell privately on Ills own account
and he disposed of everything at even
better prices than were got by the auc-
tionccr. Cigars for which he paid 81 per
1uU lie sold by the handful at SO cents
apiece. and whisky and brandy which he
had purchased for 81 "a gallon he sold for
$40 and $l5, the purchasers feeling certain
they were getting something very choice.
With the enormous profits from his share
of the sale the stewars was enables to re-
turn to Paris and go into business i'm good
style on his own account"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-29

Count Herbert Bismarck, during his
s~ojourn in the Orient, learned "a new
proverb, which he repeated in a recent
spccch: here are three things with
which no man should play: the fire, he
cause il can burn him; the viper, because.
il can sting him; q woman, because she
can love him."
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-29

Newspapers are publishing ccipe how
not tn have your watch stolen. They can
not improve much on ike old rule: He
that "a watch would keep his must he do:
pocket his watch and watch his pocket.
too.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-29

Ladies' all wool scarlet underwear at
Estes & Councils for ~ cents.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-29
M. s. l..

The MONTANA STATE LOTTERY viii hold
its FINN Monthly Drawing, Class a" In pub
lie. AT Butte City, Saturday. Dec. 81, 1853.
Tickets Sion each. n tickets fpr sio.00.
This lottery gives more and larger prizes in
proportion to the number Of tickets issued than
any other ldtery In the world. AGENTS
WANTED wHERE II you have not
been lucky In other lotteries try the Montana
state. For tickets, circulars and other inforrna-
ton. address j. j. JACOBS,
Butte City, Mont.
We pay express charges on all orders for tick
cts az &,.0n ar over.
Al =. JACOBS, Agent, Annconda, Mont.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-04
j. e. Lloyd,s uIay Bank.

John E. Lloyd has a bonanza in the
shape OF a clay bank, located on Willow
creek about two and a half miles from
Garrison. Mr.. Lloyd has shipped consid.
cradle OF the clay to both the Boston and
Montana and Colorado smelters and so
far it has given very satisfactory returns.
The clay heretofore extracted from the
bank wal of q dark color, but a stratum
almost as white as chalk and of q finer
grain was encountered last Friday. It
carries SO per cent. silica, some aluminium
and 1 per cent. iron. There are now
twenty-five car loads on the dump, and it
can be extracted at the rate OF twenty car
loads per day. The clay is not only first
class for furnace use, but is also good
brick material Mr.. Lloyd intends to erect
brick-making machinery on the property
early next spring and ship the product to
Seattle, Spokane Falls and other places in
Washington and the coast.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-04
The Boston and Montana.

The Boston and Montana company's
works are running f~ull-handed in all de.
partments, notwithstanding the fact that
a report was circulated to the contrary a
few days ago. This report was no doubt due
to the fact that the company was not re.
ceiving it's usual amount of Rock Springs
coal, and that in consequence a shut down
OF some OF the furnaces would be newt
able. Tie management OF the works, how.
ever, saw the approaching difficulty in time
to preclude the possibility OF q loss OF time
and ordered enough Sand Coulee coal to tide
over the present inadequate supply from
Rock Springs. II it were necessary to do so,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-04
then adjourned until 10.
Sportsmen.

SPOKANE FALLS. Nov. 29.-lSpecial to
the Miner.l-The Spokane Rod and Cur
club tournament began to-day. The
weather was perfect for good shooting.
Two thousand people were in attendance.
The first match for a purse of SIS was
won by Herrick OF Spokane; Monroe Smith
OF Tacoma, second.
The team shoot for a trophy cup was
won by Spokane by a score OF II out of
100 live birds.
The thir match with twenty-five en-
tries was won by Glover of Montana with
ten straight birds; Tisson of Hope, Mont,
second; McBroom OF Spokane, third.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-04

the works could run on Sand Coulee
Q 2 alone providing the mines there are
able to meet the demand which would be
made upon them in ease the Rock Springs
mines should fail to furnish the works with
fuel.
Another item has been going the rounds
OF the state press to the effect that the
boston g Montana would erect q large
brick building at the corner Of Utah and
Granite streets, on the site OF the burned
Bowes building, for the purpose OF opening
q savings bank therein. This lot, it will be
remembered, was purchased by Leonard
Lewisohn, one Of the stockholders in the
Boston d Montana, only q few dsys ago
for $4,000. This purchase, it is thought,
caused the Helena Independent to
imagine that it was for the Bos.
ton d Montana company, and vague
outlines OF q savings bank began to float
through the sanctum. These outlines were
placed in print, which would not have been
SO bad had not Superintendent COUGHS
name been placed alongside Of it as author.
ity for the item. In conversation with a
MINER reporteryesterday Mr.. Couch stated
that the property in question was not pur-
chased for the Boston and Montana com.
pany; that the company did not want q
savings bank as it had no use for one, and
that he gave no such information to the
Independent. sit may be true" said Mr..
Couch, shat a Michigan syndicate will es.
tablish a savings bank on that corner. but
a neutrality-suspicious. and the Boston and
Montana Copper company are two dis
tinct corporations"
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-04
Among the Rumps.

The Republican rumps met this after
nooon at 2 and adopted memorial to thu
president OF the senate and speaker OF the
house of congress praying for immediate
action to prevent TIE issuance OF patents
to the Northern Pacific Railroad company
whereby said company may acquire title
to any OF the mineral lands of Montana
other than those containing iron and coal.
The speaker appointed a committee to re-
quest Of Auditor Kinney that he lease and
furnish suitable rooms in the Granite
block for the accommodation of the mem.
bers in which they may hereafter hold their
srssions. ..'
They then adjourned mill IN
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-04
A Matter of Authority.

Virginia (Nev.,) Enterprise: The Chron'
icle says E. Miller is its authority for say
ing that the formation outside OF the wall
in the east wall OF the Alta is photographic
slate" The facts are the authority oil
The Enterprise for saying that there is no
slate in this district, backed by Becker,
Clarence King, W~escoatt, Keyes, Wrinkle
and every man who can tell the difference
between manure and augite or hornblendic
andesite. E. Miller and the Chronicle
local don't know the difference.
The formation of the Comstock lode, as
laid down by Becker, commencing at the
mouth Of the Sutro tunnel, going west, is
conglomerate. andesite "a character of
lime), trachyte, propylite and syenite-the
propylite and syenite forming the contact
Of the Comstock lode proper. The so-called
Cole and Burnside lodes are in syenite and
all the seams or veins east Of Comstock
lode are in propylite. The Comstock lode
is the contact vein in this district, and
there is not q single true assure vein in the
entire state Of Nevada-so far as known.
On Northern Flat there is some lime found.
You may put both Miller and the Chron-
icle local in a sewer. They will make
filling for it.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-04
THE USUAL
An Alleged Artist in An Eastern Flash
Paper Portrays a Scene in Butte.

An Alleged Artist in An Eastern Flash
Paper Portrays a Scene in Butte.
Considering the mixed population and
the inducements offered. for infractions OF
the peace. Butte is certainly one of the
most orderly cities OF the great Northwest.
Yet, in view Of this cold fact, the last edi-
ton Of the Police Gazette contains a pic.
ture which implies that everybody in Butte
goes "heeled." The picture is supposed to
portray a scene in the district court room
at the time Judge Mediation donned the
judicial ermine. The judge, as also "Judee'
Hamilton, his opponent, are represented
with guns in their hands, while the tough
looking mob outside the railing is placed
in an attitude OF open hostility.
Ii the imagination of the artist
had not collapsed it is probable that the
pictured court room would have been
strewn with the bodies OF dead men and
the circumambient atmosphere redolent
with saltpeter. To anyone who was pres.
the contrast between the actual oc.
g. d the pictured portrayal OF the
Gazette is certainly amusing, and demon |
strates the erroneous ideas entertained in |
The east OF western means and methods. !
The eastern idea of western justice is often |
more ludicrOus than accurate.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-04
perfeotlv

To be assaulted by the three imps, dys
pepsia, constipation and liver complaint
q trio OF satanic births perfectly iendish,
This often happens. The hateful three,
however. soon Whisk away to the neither
inferno when Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
Is employed to evict them. Az 9 stom.
.ochic and Alternative OF disordered condi-
tions OF the bowels and liver, it is speaking
within bounds to say that there is not In
existence q medicine so widely known as
this, and few indeed which have received
such positive and authoritative sanction
from the medical fraternity. The TACT that
IL promptly relieves, then extirpates, the
three maladies OF most common occur
renee, ought and does make it the most
popular OF family medicines. But, in ad-
dition to that. it has achieved the fore
most reputation as a preventative OF and
remedy Tor chills and fever, rheumatism,
nervous and kidney trouble.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-04
Another New Company.

Tbs 'iBaby" Mining company 10
the high so unding title of an incorporation
which is about to be launched into the
mining arena. The property which the
company proposes to work is located in
Pipestone district and was formerly
owned by Abe Heyman. So far only $11O
worth OF work has been done on the pros
pect, but it is said that the Indications for
a good-paying property are immense. The
mining experience OF some of the incorpora.
tors has been confined principally to
digging deep wells in Kansas, but they have
firmly made up their minds that they will
never become rock sharps unless they 60
into the rock sharp business. Following
are the names OF the in~corporators and
the amount for which it is to be incor.
porated: Joseph r. Grismer, Phoebe
Davies, Louis Villemalre, E.A. Kilday, John
O'Rourke, John McConville. Jack Kennedy,
Barney Raudebush, Abe Heyman, G. II.
Fitzgibbon, Teddy Quinn, Dennis O'Don.
nell, L.. Smith, Gould Bros, Charles
Swanson. Mulvane Kennedy. A. w. Moore,
Hugo II. Leland and Harry F. Band. The
amount for which it is to be incorporated
is 5 1000, 900, divided into 500, 900 shares
OF a par value of 50 each.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-04
The Pulpit and the stage.

Rev. F. M. Short, Pastor United Broth,
rem Church, Blue Mound. Kan, says: 81
feel it my duty To tell what wonders DIR
Kings New Discovery has done for me. My
Lungs was badly diseased, and my parish.
ioneers thought I could live only a few
weeks. I took five bottles of DR.. Kings
New Discovery and am sound and well,
gaining 26 lbs. in weight"
Arthur Love. Manager Loves Funny
am confident DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, beats 'em all, and cures when
everything else fails. The greatest kindness
I can do my Thousand friends is to urge
them to try it. Free trial tottles at H.A
D'Acheul's Drug Store. Regular sizes Soc.
and $1.OO.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-04
TALK OF THH mines.
Lessees of the Ophir in a Fair
Way of Striking 1t Ex-
ceeding Rich.
The Park Canyon Company
Securing Promising Ground
Mine of Fire Clay.

Kelly, Kennedy and Waldron, lessees Of
the 0phir, south Of the city, are in a fair
way to make considerable money out OF
their lease. The main shaft ON the prop
erty is about go feet deep. At that depth
the ledge, which pitches southwark at an
angleo OF about 40 degrees, was encountered
and a level run west on the ore body which
is a black manganese. At a distance OF
about 200 feet west OF the main shaft q
ditch about IA feet deep was dug for the
city sewer pipes. This ditch cut a vein Of
high grade ore, and as a consequence the
lessees commenced q new shaft q few
feet west of the ditch. This shaft is now
down Ia feet on the vein, which dips to the
southwest and carries considerable horn
silver. So far about 40 tons of ore have
been taken from this shaft, the space be-
tween the sewer ditch and shaft having
been gouged out from the bottom of the
shaft to within a few feet OF the surface.
It liz the intention OF the lessees to sink 100
feet on this high grade ore, which near the
surface runs from 100 to $50 ounces in
silver.