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people, and it has substantial business
blocks which pay better interest on
their investment than the average of
business property anywhere in the United
States. Rents are high in Butte and business
buildings bring in from Is to 25 and 40 per
cent on the Investment. There is probably no
city IN the Unite! States that does so large a
business in proportion 20 its population as
Butte and there IS none which has 80 big paw
roll. Nearly a million dollars in wages are paid
here every month, and the lowest wages are
e25O a day for eight hours work. The
pmelters turn out about $50 600 600 worth of
ore in wear. and day and night. week day
and Sunday, the streets are damned with
people. The majority Of them are miners,
but you see many well-dressed men and fine
looking women. Butte has very cultured
society, as well a. decidedly wicked one aud
there are churches and Sunday schools, literary
societies and Chautsuqua circles as well as
the mining accomplishments.
SOMETHING ABOUT MONTANA MINES.
Direputable places are, however, decreasing
every year, and Montana will eventually come
down TO . solid business basis. The mines are
rapidly going into the hands of big capitalists
Placer mining could be done BY any one and
the millions that were taken out Of the state in
the latter part Of the sixties and in the seven
ties were largely PANIED ont of placer diggings.
Right here at Butte City about IS. 900 900 were
taken out in this way before they began to work
the quartz, and one claim which sold for 600
Melted the purchaser $3.50 900. Another claim
near this produced 81, 900 a day for a long
time, and one man found a nugget which
was worth 500. At this time water was very
scarce IN some OF the claims and fortunes
were made in selling water. / talked with
An old miner yesterday who said that he
bad TO give up q mine because it cost him
e24e day for water to work it. and though it
eventually PANIED out well he could not afford
70 VISIT Another man told me that he used to
get Is day for working in the mine at this
tim and that he thought he was doing we'll
until he found he had to pay a dollar apiece for
eggs and 600 for sack of -four The most
Of the placer mining Of today is done by China
men and you find these pig tailed, almond-eyed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-29
The Engaged Girl.

From the London Daily News.
seasoned bridesmaid makes bitter COM
plant i'll Woman of the behavior Of engaged
girls. 1t is an old grievance of the unengaged
but has rarely been set forth in such minute
ness of detail The engaged ring finger plays
considerable part in this remonstrance. 1t il
always being Haunted in the face of the unen-
gagged. II you tell the engaged person that she
has "A hairpin sticking out, up goes that finger
to push it in. Every Office that can possibly be
done with one digit is sure to be done with the
obtrusive engaged finger. Sometimes the en-
gagged girl will drop in for a chat, but it is gen.
orally when her friend is tired and sleepy, and
the chat is always about''h him. and how he pro-
posed, and how delightful it is to think that he
has never cared for any other girl before, and
how charming and sweet Ibis people" are. This
remonstrant who has been bridesmaid more
than the fatal number Of times, is beginning to
sigh for place where there will be mo mar
riages or giving in marriage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-29

other state in the Union. and this city of Butte
makes about go, 900 900 annually out of mining
II is Of the queerest cities have visited.
If you could sail mp into the air a mile above
the sea level YOU would be within GOO feet of the
altitude at which these people live the year
round The town is located right up in the
mountains. and on all sides great peaks rise
upward and the sides of the hills arc lined
with vast smelling furnaces. which pour
out day and night sulphurous smoke.
A large part Of the production here is cop
per. and the copper ore has to be
roasted in order to get the sulphur
out of il in its reduction. The result is that
the air is filed with birthstone.
These sulphurons fumes are sogreat that they
destroy the vegetation The grass never grows
here. The flowers never blossom and the trees
have long since shed their leaves for good
Until a few years ago one supposed
that Butte would be permanent city. and the
people built houses only With the idea of leav-
ing them when the mines were played out. OF
late. however, it has become evident that this
will always be great mining center. The
Anaconda mines. the largest copper veins of
the world, have enough ore in sight to last for
ninety years, and the other copper and silver
mines here seem inexhaustible. The result is
that Butte City is now founded on a substantial
basis IL has population of about 10000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-29

yeliov>skinned nortals washing gold every-
where You 90. They herd together in little
cottages and every one Of these Rocky noun
tain towns has Its Chinese quarter There are
soout thousand In Helena and great num-
Der IN Butte City. While was in Great Falls
one attempted 70 enter the town and was put
out by mob
oCARTZ MINING.
The chief mining now done is quartz mining,
and 1t takes a fortune to develop these mines.
The result Is that the best mines are owned bv
wealthy men or by large corporations, and min
tne Is as systematically done here a. any great
business of the east The very best of machin-
cry snd the most costly is used and every mine
mas skilled scientists connected with it, High
wages are paid and you viii find finely cut
tured men at the head of these mines as YOU
can md In any Of the clubs of Boston or New
York Thinz Of . mine like that of the Ana
eonda, which has actually expended $40 900 900
IN ten years, and you get some idea OF Montana
mining The smelters of Butte turn out about
s2o.o00.O00 worth Of metal q year and the
Butte mines during the last ten wears have
turned DOT considerably more than SlOO 900 600
and have paid more than $50 600 900 in divi-
dends.
BANKING AND INTEREST IN MONTANA
You would think with all this that there wa.
plenty Of money in Butte and that you could
borrow IL FOR nothing. The truth is that the
bankers get from 10 TO II per cent throughout
TN. whole region with gilt-edged security anC
That 10 per cent is not Uncommon The mos
OF the men i have met claim to be making
money. and quite a number Of the eastern mer
told me that they would not stay here unless
tney could make 10. 1 find the necessaries Of
NE which are sold IN the stores not muei
dinerent than those of the east and the cost Of
tne same things in the east, and the only thin5
mat seems to be high is labor. l saw pAnta
ioous In store in Anaconda the other dAy
With The price mark of s1.50 on them, and il
YOU'D seem To me that = place where
man can make ease q day and can buy hi
Eousers Tor t1-50 ought to be = good one
servant girls GO, from go 10 ESQ month hers
md u eosss yea . cent? fos shave. chAsset
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with a barber here yesterday while he was
shaving me. He was the head Of the shop and
he told me that he guaranteed his men s25
week. Said he: "I give them so per cent of all
they make. and this nets the shop 10 cents on
every shave and Is good pay for u.s. In the
last year or so some 15-cent barber shops have
been established in Montana. but the majority
still shave for quarter and that is little enough
for this part of the country
They have queer lot of millionaires out in
this country. The greatest ambition Of the
rich man here seems TO be to build a hotel
The Broadwater Hotel has the biggest SWIM
ming bath in the world. and one of the lead
ing politicians of Helena calls is ''Broadwaters
folly" 1t Is said to have cost about $500. 900
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IS CONGRESS- SEVENTY YEARS AGO.
some Interesting Points About Washington
Recorded by Maine Representative.

The recent issue OF the Maine Historical
Magazine publishes some interesting extracts
from the diary OF William u. Williamson Of
Bangor. Me-, while he was n member OF the
Seventeenth Congress of the United states
Some Of the entries respecting the Journey
from Bangor to Washington and life In this
city are given below:
Thursday. December Is. (ls2il Arrived at
Baltimore nj am Left baltimore in the mail
stage at an. took breakfas; after riding
12m.. 90. so. Reached Washington CITY at
past twelve atnoon. fare "a 90. and went into the
State House. The House of Representatives
had adjourned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-29

They were chatting together one fair summer even
ing,
And touched on all topics from coffee to salad,
To dances and operas and favOrite actors,
And lastly new and anonymous ballad.
He was critical, young, and moreover, poet,
Defects in the ballad, of course he detected,
And laughed at the faults in the wording and M
ing;
But she warmly defended II, "Why, tits expected.
"a few imperfectiOns," she cried. "and most surely
Its errors 'poetical license will cover"
He smilingly gaZed on her sweet Indignation.
{Haye mentioned that he was half friend and
half loyerD
Then from her red lips snatched kiss on a sudden
And answered her frowning with, ~ could but
try, since
simply need say, dear, to meet your objection,
Twas really merely 'poetcal license"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-29

tOlu Nun cOulu not 90 H. lie tlen wanted me
to buy some of the stock and finally offered it
to me at so cents on the dollar. 1 took it and
the next day they struck a big lead. The ore
assayed at 300 per ton and it was thought we
had a great find. | sold out nv stock for
$500 profit and went off and got married. The
lead panned out well for u few DAYS and it was
then found to be only a great boulder of silver
and when they went through that that, was the
end Of it, The result was that when | came
back from my wedding journey you could bay
the stock for nothing and l was the only man
who made any money out OF it,"
LOOK AT GREAT FALLS.
1spent several DAYS at Great Falls. Montana.
Have you ever heard of it! 1t is half days
ride north of here at the head Of navigation of
the Missouri river. and it is the newest Of the
promising cities Of Montana. 1t is only four
years old, and ii contains about 10 900 people
1t covers enough ground fo- a city of 80 900,
but II grows like a green bay tree and il promises
to be the largest city between Spokane and St.
Paul. The town has one of The greatest water
powers of the world. The Missouri river here
jumps downward in n series of falls more than
500 feet i'll distance of ten miles and goes
seethiDg and foamiug on TO the sea. II has great
coal beds near il. and these are. I am told owned
almost wholly by.JiIn Hill. the railroad maguate
who has made the town his pet and is pushing
il for all he Is worth. His town-site company
laid il out. ar as they have reserved a certain
number of lots n all parts of II they are bound
TO make a fore. ne out OF their sale. The coal
fields aIread, not Mr.. Hill. | have been told
something Ike ia quarter of A million doIIars
yearly. and he is Interested in many OF the in
stitutions of the CITY Great TaII. has a rich
agricultural region about it. 1t is near the
richest mines and ii has two railroads and ex-
meets a third This summer b,bv ci,v ~ 60
ysars !, has n ba,L bu;Iai,o, ,b,t q, $40 onn
The ipterior Of Which l. Iva ~
- no. an |,,,sra bn,,s. ~, o,,i ma az
cn.t IN 0oo and viii g., 30 All W. -
bcrses s,e Iicb,ed nv .,ectr;.i;,. ,,,a;liaa i<
tbs 49, T.i7s al /, - 80 - 49, ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-29
NEW FLOWER WAS

NEW FLOWER WAS
named after Mrs. Cleve-
land last week. 1t was
a rose-colored amsryllis
of a hue never before
obtained by any gar
dener and ii grew in one
of the White House hot
houses. Attached to
the Executive Mansion
are twelve glass houses
which, together. cover
an acre of ground.
They ara filled with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-29
WEALTH OF FLOWERS
Blossoms Which Are Grown Beneath
an Acre of Glass.
ALL ARE MRS. CLEvELAND's.

Named After Her-Orchids Worth Their
Weight in Gold How the White House is
Decorated - Blooms for the Presidents
Table.
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Not q City.

FROM Good News.
City boy-"You don't call this q city, do
your
Town boy-''Of course this is a city-got a
reg lar mayor and everything
City boy-'IOh, come off! I havel't seen
an ashbox or garbage barrel since I got
here"
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A BIG MINING CAMP.
A Look at Butte City, the Wealth
lest Town in the Union.
BIG ONTANA MIN E S

A city of 10000 with = Pay Roll of &c.
100000 = Year Placer Mining versus
Quartz Mining Stories of senator Sanders
and Tom Carter-A Look at Great Fails.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-29

Chimmie-''I wonder why dem swell dress
coats Is cut away SO in front fer?'
Chonny-''So's Teller kin gifts his hands in
his pockets easy, spose."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-29


UTE CITY Is THE
greatest mining camp
in the world and there
is no city like ii in the
universe. Montana has
given more than $780,
900. 900 worth of
precious m tails to
humankind, and in the
neighborhood of Si0,-
600, 900 a year are
shipped away from this
state. 1t has more min
erals perhaps than any
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-29
GIFTS FOR DEER MEN.
Treasures offered by this Govern
ment to Siberian Natives,
CONGRESS GAVE THE MONEY.
How Rewards Were Bestowed Upon People
OF the Arctic for Rescuing shipwrecked
sailors-The Icy Graveyard of ships-story
Of Visit to the Frigid Northern Ocean.
, FF THE BLEAK ICE

skirted shore Of far
northern Siberia near
Cape Nevarin the
whaling bark "Na-
poleon" was caught
and crushed in the ice
May 5. 1885. The crew
took to the boats, four
in number. two of
which were picked up
by another vessel. The
eighteen men on the
tyxn 4, nov hoa4s ,,NJor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-29

oSk OF 1nE wv BIRDS THAT WILL .Sswru
BACK "hkN RENnEp-YKr IT CAN siSa vrRr
"tErif AND n cLcsKlr RELATED TO TEN
MocKISa BIRD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-29

Special Correspondence Of The EVenins star.
BUTTE CITY, April Is. 1898
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-29
A NATURAL REFRIGERATION.

One place visited by the Bear on this trip
was Cape Blossom. in Kotzebue sound. The
cape was named by Capt Beechy Of the British
ship Blossom, who was cooperating with Sir
John Franklin in 1896. While there Cspt.
Beechy buried cask Of -four. In July. lSjO,
three ships sent by the British admiralty in
search Of Sir John Franklin arrived at Cape
Blossom, and the -four. buried nearly quarter
Of century, Was dug up. II was found in
good condition and cakes and pies were made
from it. A remarkable elf in that neighbor.
hood was found By d.. jackson TO contain
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1893-07-13
Consumption Cured.

An old physician, retired from
practice, having had placed in his
hands by an East India missionary
the formula OF a simple vegetable
remedy for the speedy and perma-
nent cure of Consumption, Bron,
chltls, Catarrh, Asthma and all
throat and Lung Affections, also a
positive and radical cure for Nervous
Debility and all nervous Complaints.
after having tested its wonderful cur
alive powers in thousands of eases,
has felt 1t his duty to make 1t known
10 his suffering fellows. Actuated
hthis motive and a desire to re-
lIeve human suffering, l will send
free Of charge, to all who desire it,
this recipe, in German, French or
English, with full directions for pre-
pairing and using. Sent by mail by
addrssIng with stamp, naming this
paper. w. A. Moves, $40 Powers
Block, Rochester, N. Y.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1893-07-13
GREETING TO AEL.

Blossom d Blossom invite you all
At their mammoth store to call.
None with them in Battle Mountain
can compete
Nor show u stock of merchandise as
complete.
Ladies at their store will always find
Dry goods and novelties Of every kind.
In clothing, hats, caps, shoes and
underwear
None with Blossom & Blossom in
prices can compare.
Economic houseke eepers at all times
will see.
Theirs is the great emporium OF
economy.
Blossom x Blossom the most fastidious
can please
In groceries, canned goods, fruits, aud
teas.
1t matters not what you may desire
Step to their store and then inquire.
Most everything you here can buy
At prices that will always satisfy.
So bring your friends and to them
show
Blossom & Blossoms is the placeto 90
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1893-07-13
The Verdict Unanimous.

WI Suit, Druggist, Bippus, Ind,
'estldes: 81 can recommend Electric
bl'ters as the very best remedy. Every
oottle sold has given relief in every
case, One man took SIX bottles, and
was cured of rheumatism OF 10 years
standing" Abraham Hare. druggist,
De,iieville, Ohio. affirms. "The best
selling medicine I have ever handled in
ny ~ years experience. is Electric
D,tiers. = Thousands of others have
s aaaed their testimony, so that the ver-
uctis unanimous that Electric Btters
~ ~, cure all diseases of the Liver,
says snaneys or Blood. Only half dollar a
0ouie at Blossom & Blossoms.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1893-07-13

Il, Ay0ur children are subject to Group.
'ss Keep a bottle of Chamberlain s
SA remedy at hand. 1t Is a
..s SA'p' and certain cure, If given as
IN '' the croupy cough appears it
Rla. prevent the attack. For sale by
'''0m d Blossom.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1893-07-13
Well Recommended.

, MI John Caraghar, merchant of
~ Sa'agher, Fulton Co., Ohio, says that
W. ratnck's Pills are the best selling
su's M ne handles. The reason is that
10y .n produce h pleasant cathartic effect
.o.; aa are certain and thorough in their
,sl;.s n' Try them when you want a
isOle Ps cathartic. For sale by Blossom,
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1893-07-13
puBLtsHED WEEKLY BY
Chicago Fire.

The most remarkable art produc
,ion Of modern times is said to be
,be new Cyclorama of the Chicago
Fire located on Michigan Avenue,
in that enterprising city. The great
work is reported TO have cost nearly
,ouarter of a million of dollars, and
shows in a very realistic and wonder
nj manner the great fire Of 1871.
The observer is placed in an ele
yted position on the site Of old Fort
Dearborn, immediately south of the
Rush St. Bridge, and from this his
,orjc spot views this grand and awe
inspiring scene. To the southwest
lies the business portion of the city,
asmouldering mass of red hot ruins,
the great north side is a sea OF
flames, while along the lake shore
are two or three streets that are
doomed, but not yet destroyed. Civ
,ns here a glimpse OF the old Chi
cago Of ante-fire days. The scene
along the lake shore in and about
the old L. S. Marine Hospital and
the Rush Street Bridge Is one OF in
s descrlbable coniusioa thousands Of
HELPLESS and homeless III a wild and
hriaus flight for safety. The whole
effect is sublime and awful in the
ty.reme.
Unusual care was taken to make
his grand Norl; worthy OF the sub.
ect, and above all. 10 have il his
nically correct. Professor David
Sang and other eminent authorities
pronounce the whole a faithful por-
lrayal OF this great historic event. 1t
will remain as one OF the sights ot
she city until after the Worlds Fair.
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Caveats. and Trade-Marks obtained
and all Patent business onoucled fo
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in less time than those remote from
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Send model, drawing or photo, with
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A pamphlet, How to Obtain Pat
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The World Enrich cd.

The facilities oft,e present day for
the production of everything that will
conduce to the material welfare and
comfort Of mankind are almost unlim-
tied, and when Syrup of Figs was first
produced the world was enriched with
the Only perfect laxative known, as it
is the only remedy which IS truly
pleasing and refreshing to the taste
and prompt and effectual to cleanse
the system gently in the Spring-timc
or, in fact, at any time, and the better
it is known tie more popular it be-
comes.
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p.rEs OF ADVERTISING.

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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-06-09
HOW TANY STAND,

Congressman Favor the Repeal of tho
Sherman Law aud Dodge other ImpOr-
tant Issues.
NEw YoRK, June S.-Tho World pre-
sents the answers OF a majority Of the
members OF the next Congress to these
three questions:
/. Do you, with present information,
favor the repeal OF the Sherman silver
lawP
2. Do you favor an income taxi
8, Do you favor the repeal of the state
bank tax?
Those questions were answered by
every congressman by telegraph on
tuesday, To the first question there
are eighty-siX representatives who say
practically ''Yes," while only eighteen
say NO." OF the rest many qualify
their answers so strongly that they cam
not fairly be placed in the affirmative
column show plainly that their inclina-
tions arc in favor OF repeal.
On the income tax forty.tivo say
sQuarely that they favor it and forty.
two that they do not, Southern and
western congressman are the most
numerous advocates OF such tax.
On the state bank tag question opin-
ion is almost as one sided as in regard
to thesherman bill. Many dodge it Gu.
tirely, but sixty say positively that they
are against repeating the tax while only
thirty favor the repeal.