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The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-12-16

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past been waging war on one another
to the great discomfort of the treasury
department at Washington. Matters
by this time have become so compli-
eating that either the entire customs
staff in New York must go, or the So
cial season must suffer.
The lack of concord is due to the
privileges taken by plutocrats of
fashion when they import foreign hab-
iliments. With every steamer come
boxes and bales of fnery consigned to
the husbands of extravagant wives.
The wives absolutely refuse to obey the
regulations prescribed for such con-
tingencies, and when the officials as
sert their authority they are threat
ened with the direst consequences.
The extravagant wives claim to have
no end of political influence, and, in
truth, their claim is well founded. 1t
seems that by the time matters had
reached a crisis the women of fashion
caused letters of remonstrance to be
written to Washington, and Secretary
Carlisle obediently instructed the Off
cials of the port of New York to be
less strict with incensed fair ones.
This in time very much disgusted the
custom house men and although they
were compelled to pass baggage that
should have been strictly watched no
very long time since, they can still be
very captious in obeying slight re-
uuirements of the law. Among the
eminent families who have been ag-
grieved because the officials are over
strict are the Crugers, the Marquands,
the Wetmores and the Webbs, although,
as matter of fact, the whole of New
York society deems the custom house
shocking. Dresses and bonnets are
smashed, jewel boxes are pried open
and silks and satins are ruine' So a
formal protest was made to the depart
ment against the treatment of women
of social position as suspicious GRIM
inals.
The officials saw the approaching
storm and did their best to avoid it. A
counter petition was sent to Washing
ton But it availed nothing. There
was complete shake-up in the custom
house. Even Col. j. Henry Story,
whose record as detector of dutiable
goods has never been equaled in the
department, was relieved of the chief
tainship of inspectors and put in hum
bier place. The society women have
triumphed. They can do as they
please. If you are a ''swell'' your
luggage now passes unquestioned. As
the officials themselves put it, the fash
ionable set runs the customs service.
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here. Fer INSTANCE. there was . lot o

mean v-unC cuSSes M TO Boston that
WASH seadin the money tney ought
10 have sent home TO their folks Most
of 'en were so mean that they'd write
home on postal cards Wal, I'd kinder
sort the cards over, and get the BOYS
addresses. Then I'd write EN-. private
and confidential, saying thcjr folks
weren't gettin' along well I'd stir EN-
up that way. and by and by along
would come a letter. Then I'd say to
their folks when they came to in
quire fer the mail: How'd you Ike
to hear IRON johnny? What would Won
give for nice letter with money in itP'
Say, the mention of money would
bring tears to their eyes. Why | got
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-12-16
STARVE YET MERRY
How England's Wage Earners
Keep Christmas.
= Hroletarian Holiday-Wives OF Work.
angmen Who Make the Day Glad A.
though the Wolf Is Near-xmas
Charity in Britain.
rCCPYRIGHT, ISe4.1

John Burns looked wistfully at a
panoramic view of Battersea that stood
on the mantelpiecc of his room. The
hotel was not well heated and the
weather was cold. 1t was two o'clock
in the morning and the great prole-
tartan had been hard at work for
fifteen hours. Yet he showed no
WEAKNESS, in spite Of the half sigh
that escaped him when the Christmas
of the English workingnan was men
toned.
Its holidays" he said, that make
the great social contrasts sharper. Do
you not think so? Think of thousands
of brawny, honest Englishmen starving
In the slums and merry Christmas bells
ringing all around them. | have seen
that many time. English working
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0nIn iInrlAn Nafura.

The Mex: Door NeighbOr-Just fn-
ished painting your fence, eh? Why
don't you put a sign on It to warn peo-
pie?
The Housebolder-Sh. II ! did.
every passer-by would want 70 feel OF
the paint TO see II the sign spoke the
truth tn have Z chance % dry, now.
Puck.
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oO III -NCH " L Vi NJ
This is owing to
the great num-
Der of private
j n S t i t u tions
where those who
are but slightly
u n b a | a n C e d
N e mt ally are
kept in secret
b on dage. Is
cape from these
in 5 i tutions is
u S u ally very
easy and the
lunaticS walk at
will all over the
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-12-16

wants and get al Of II, and then keep
It away from him till his tongue
hangs out. That's what all these
trusts and combinations are fer, and
why the government lets 'em go on
maxim money right before its eyes
and doesn't take the hint is more than
/ can understand"
H0WARD EIFf DTSa
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-12-16
Something Wr1ur

Mrs. Cloon-What was the cause Of
that hideoUs hOwling and yelling in
the street, just as you came in?
Mr.. Cloon-lt was beGgar telling 8
deaf old gentleman that he was so near
dead with pneumonia that il was i'm
possible for him TO speak above a
whisper.
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ampllh II C a I / o n
that few persons
can now credit
the fact that fe-
male members Of
the Four Hun
d re- d ttattered
designation.) are
4 d IN j t t e dl Y
among the most
learned of their
S eX. Bo { o n
women of late
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-12-16
4 Business Move,

Friend-You have moved your Office
from the tenth floor TO the first, I see.
Divorce Lawyer-Hsd 20. Lost too
many customers.
Women often object TO elevators?"
at wasn't that; but the journey up
ward took too long. 1t gave them time
TO change their minds. y. Weekly.
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THE great advantage n Boston girl
has over Us" sighed Miss Wellalong,
laying aside the volume she was read
ing and taking up one with larger
print. ''is that the world never looks
upon her spectacles as a sign that she
Is growing oiG. CHICAGO Tribune.
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dence of worldly
wisdom has been
uns ring to
X ev. ID e W i t t
Talma ge, bu t
now a secret is
leaking out that
may win a new
renown for him.
The famed cler-
gyman's wife, it
seems, has been
the cause OF her
husbands ruin.
She is captious,
naughty, ungen-
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house. That is
{ h e opinion Of
all who are at
present in the
services and their
C a t que of
woe S Is more
than sufficient to
con S tt ut e a
really start ing
grlev a n ce. In
truth, tn e Gus
toms service and
the upper ten of
Gotham have for
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-12-16
Nnt.h,II Fl.lle.onhr.

Willie - What's the difference be
t-veen . crank au1 q statesman. pa7
PA crank - crank til be wins.
then he j. s'atea1nan- 4 r,at@srr4stl
is statesman til he loses. then he u =
c-auk.-N. y. World
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-12-16

Col. Terver-I bear. Ga.i'IN. ro,.
b.ve a r,e-T sgveethazrt = hen Is 10
vressa5zy going % coz1e OF
Matilda SOS t.zll-ils ain; Fvin:sr
be 10 -reddfn. he is o-Iy iooliz' -ss-
-Texas Stttls-rE
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s,ns.. =. Rad =. Is,1Br r1~..--.

Hr. Backbay Serving ~ dinner,-
Wiz sou hare roar tzEksy ~.ta ~
without dressinz7
The Boston Young Woman lhlushirsy
fu-iousiyY-I certainly want u fS.ly
dressed -CL5caz0 Ecccr1
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IHRoFf' celebrated. to a.
tract attention. and all that a. any
ate, she has lately been concerned IN
various serious disagreements among
the women reformers Of the metropo-
lis. One Of these ruptures has inter
fe-ed with an elaborate scheme for
holiday feast 70 the poor and for
Christmas celebration that has been
very much looked forward 20. Father
knickerbocker's tree viii have very
little upon il for the ~friendless this
year owing 10 the squabble.
The whole trouble appears 70 be due
TO jealousy Of Lady Henry. When she
same 70 New York . small clique ot
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-12-16

He lsressssslys-To :aia< Ala:
tramp as@ aoo' TAe Fr>stsss h.ackhrsA
Il tss ssoTld might have <ao7a essgasa
- Do lat
shs frrpsoaehfuIlyl zzsie' ~.
yoz wDzsd -3xirn life
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-12-16

Ihrse goss = messenger boy on his
VA home
Ho-T % yoa Know he's goary Ae'-ssl.
u. tie way nc hs-rlsz- - y -sAsaS-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-12-16

Y.z-r sr-ss -. =lst1sz lo1k vi ,a=s.
We Fzs -rr-<.rrF
~ -leEaT- e; s-r FTz.se=Es sr-ss
~sl TEA 80 sla~sss
-zs@z.x C1ty sszrs
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-12-16

Morton -a-e Fla s-Tr sh2, l'eansAss
81 rsAiiy Frocaesis4 Tith A.s nsse7
Cr.z1All-fss. I Asl ssre = Il. fr.-. ~,
-s2ds ~kss Re sF.tszs zaa ne ea.a "a.
-Ac eoc<a -Irz-A
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-12-16

much exercised
bv charges to the
effect that GER
tain women re-
form ers are
seeking for no
toriety. 1t is
alleged by en-
emies of Lady
Herry-and she
has a great many
enemies in New
Iork-that her
ambition is to
be merely pub
licly exploited.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-12-16
The Talmage Cactus.

That doubt of all things clerical
which seems to SO many minds an evil
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-12-16
Escaped idiots.

In no city in the world do idiots es-
cape from asylums so readily as they
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-12-16
The Poor VIII Go Hungry.

Lady Henry Somerset and the fair
philanthropists who work with her are
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-12-16
The SuIpicias of Gotham.

The frivolity of New York society
women has so long been a theme for
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-12-16
LITTLE TOO FLIP
Society Women Now Control the
Custom House.
Ruined by His Uifs-How Two Adventur.
esses Are Getting Themselves Taken
Ser!ousIy-Father knickerbockers
Xmas Philanthropy.
COPYRIGHT. 1894. ]

COPYRIGHT, ios7-l
The leaders Of New York society are
entirely too influential in the custom
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-09-17
Growing Rubber Trees.

From time TO time articles are print
ed in the daily and other press discours-
ing upon the advantage to be gained in
the cultivation of india rubber. One ad-
vantage would be in the respect that the
rubber tree does not grow in orchards OF
groves, but generally isolated, some
times not more than four or five being
within the distance of mile Ii is
urged that if they could be cultivated
in groups the labor could be more ad-
vantageously handled. Rubber growing
requires hot, moist climate, and the
trees cannot be grown elsewhere. The
annual rainfall on the Amazon is about
140 inches against one-quarter of that
amount in the United States. 1t rains.
as a rule, every day. The temperature
seldom falls below 15, its usual height
being about 80. 1t is the ideal climate
for growing rubber, which is so plenty
that hardly any set of capitalists would
undertake to plant trees and watch them
10 years before they receive the first
fruits of their enterprise. Hardware.
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-09-17
"FRENcH AS SHE is SPOKE"
Ms. Grossmith's Humorous skit Is but Lit
tie Exaggerated.

tie Exaggerated.
In one of his entertainments Mr..
George Grossmith, the English come
dian, extracts considerable fun from
French as she is spoke by the school
boy. In a clever sl1it ON the French
play that forms part of the inevitable
prize day programme all the dialogue is
Of the conventional first French course"
order-viz, "Have you seen the garden
Of my wife's uncle:" No, but / have
found the pencil of my fathers sister.
was remirNed of this the other day
when calling ON a friend whose three
small nieces had just arrived from
South America. The children's native
tongue was Spanish, but evidently a
first English course had been used to
prepare them for their visit to this coun-
ty, and their quaint high flown phrases
wore a constant source of mirth to the
household. They invariably prefaced
each sentence with, 1T is that
"Juanita, why haven't you brushed
Jour hair?" said my friend to the dark
eVed eldest girl of about 6. 1T is that
I failed to discover my brush, was the
stately reply. At that moment the baby
up stairs set up piercing yell, where
upon the second child, with hand up
sAised. remarked, with infinite solem-
nity, ''Hark, the infant walls New
York Journal
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Testing n Horses Wind.

While talking about horses the other
day an old farmer said: well, I'm a
pretty good judge of horses and can al
ways tell whether horse is short wind
ed or not.
Before 1 buy a horse" he contin-
ued, II Just borrow it for about an hour
q so. and then get out on some lonely
road and see what kind Of stuff he is
made of.
81 first let him choose~his own gait
for a couple of mile posts and finally
give him plenty of rein, making him go
for all he is worth. All the time just
keep my eye on his launches. and if I
50 any rotary motion there it's sign
he's thick winded, and Of course every
ne knows that kind amt much good :"
-Philadelphia Call
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assessment OF the First National Bank
be accepted as returned by them, the
amount so returned being s64 $500.
The motion being put Messrs. Hammond
and Watson voted aye, Mr. Harmon nay.
The motion prevailed.
The following motion was made by
Mr.. Harmon. who moved it's adoption:
Whereas, 1t has come to the knowl-
edge OF the Board OF County Commits
sioners of Custer County. Montana. sitt-
ing as Board Of Equalization. through
communication made by the State Board
OF Equalization to the Clerk Of this
Board. that the said State Board of
Equalization has by order increased the
valuation OF cattle in Custer County,
Or per cent and horses of said county
:los per cent for the year 1885,; therefore
be it,
Resolved, BY this Board. that in the
estimation and opinion OF this Board
such increase is wholly unjust to the
stock owners and taxpayers of Custer
County. and this Board desires to state
TO the Honorable State Board OF Equa
lIzation. that while stock cattle we're
assessed by the Assessor in the County
OF Custer fer the year 1894 at tsI6.OOl
sixteen dollars per head. it is represented
to this Board, on sufficient evidence.
which the Board wholly credits and now
believes, that such assessment was too
high. and that the same ought To be in
the matter of equalization decreased in
stead of increased. This Board has
abundant evidence now before il that
sales OF cattle have been made in this
County during the current three months
L s1f = Al - M
delivered by the seller The highest
price obtained for any cattle sold in this
County, so far as the evidence appears
before this Board is sl6.OO per head. and
the lowest price that has been given is
sli.50, the seller in every case to gather
and deliver the cattle. the cost OF which.
according 10 the evidence before this
Board, is from s2.00 To $500 per head.
! These are the prices for which cattle
have been sold in Custer county this
season. In no case has this Board been
Informed OF any sale higher than sl6.OO
per head. and 10 this price. as before
stated,ls attached the condition. the sci
Ter delivering the cattle at the cost as
above stated. 50 that this Board is en-
tirely convinced that the assessment of
$1,000 as made by the assessor Of this
county is too high. and that such as
sessment ought TO be reduced rather
than increased. In relation to the mat
ter OF horses. this Board can state TO the
State Board of Equalization. what is
perhaps generally known. that there is
almost no sale at all for horses in this
section OF the state, at any price; such
stock almost literally has no marketable
value at all.
In view Of these facts, this Board re
spectfully request the Honorable State
Board OF Equalization not to increase the
valuation on either cattle or horses in
this county. but To at least leave the
valuation OF such property where IT was
placed 10y the assessor Of the county.
which. IN the Judgment of this Board
as already stated. was too high.
J. W. WATSON.
NM. HARMON,
L. L.. HAMMOND.
County Commissioners Of Custer
County.
Minutes we're now read and approved
and no further business appearing the
Board adjourned NHe die.
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-09-17
ANTIQUITY OF FISHING.
0sw the Fair Cleopatra Fooled Antony
with q Salt Fish.


with Salt Fish.
The art of angling no doubt had its
oeigin in man s necessities. The earliest
record Of mankind makes reference to
- taking of fish for food. There are
fkeQuent allusions to it in the Bible.
~ In the oldest book Of all, says:
'Cmst thou draw out a leviathan with
. hook, or his tongue with cord which
thoa lettest down? Canst thou put q
hook in his nose?" Homer, in the
''uiad, speaks of fishing in these lines:
"A bsaring death in the faliaeious bait,
From the bent angle sinks the leaden weight.
And il is recorded in the Odyssey:
A. when the angler, his long rod in hand,
On projecting rock assumes his star
Casts to the fiery fry the baited snare,
Then nings the wriggling captives in the air.
Tho Romans, Greeks and other races
e early days around the Mediterranean
peacticed the art Of angling. Plutarch
tsals of prank played by the fair Egyp-
tian. Cleopatra, while out fishing with
Antony, ''They wagered on their an
Cling, and her divers did hang salt fish
on his hook. which he with fervor drew
up"
The ruined walls of Herculaneum and
Pompeii abound in frescoes of fisher
men. All along the track of history are
found traces of this gentle recreation.
showing the gradual improvement from
the hook If bone and rude equipment of
the cave man to the elegant accessories
and belongings of the modern angler -
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-09-17

Minutes were now read and approved,
and no further business appearing the
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-09-17

Teacher-Johnnie, didn't hear you
talking awhile ago with some other
beys about Gee Wash?
.JOhnnie-Yes'm
Teacher-Well, wish you would tell
- who Gee Wash is
Johnnie surprised)-Don't you know
Who he is?
Teacher-I think l never heard of
Inn before.
Johnnie-9oshi VIII G. Wash. is
George Washington, the papa Of his
country. first in
cher-Oh-ah-yes. but thought
= first il was Chinese laundryman.
Dotroit Free Press
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-09-17
STATE,
FEDERAL,
DISTRICT.

Judge Seventh Judicial District .........
........ Hon Geo. X Miiburn, Miles City
Official stenographer. :...:.......:
....... -. Fred W. kreidler Miles City
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-09-17

In the matter Of the increase Of the
assessment OF the Western Union Beef
Company for the year 1894. Mr.. Hugo
Donzelmann. appearing as agent and at
torney for said company, proposed as a
compromis on said increase on said as
sessment as returned for the year 1894.
Of 2OOO head OF stock cattle. The ayes
and nays were ordered by Mr.. Harmon.
In voting on the proposition Messrs.
Watson and Hammond voted aye, and
MIR. Harmon nay.
In the matter of the increase of the
assessment of the Miles City Irrigating
and Ditch Company for the year 1894 of
s4.65O. Mr.. Watson moved that the in
crease be abated. Mr.. Harmon called
for the ayes and nays. Messrs. Watson
and Hammond voting aye. Mr.. Harmon
nay.
In the matter Of the assessment Of the
First National Bank Of Miles City for
the year 1894, Mr.. Harmon moved that
said Bank be taxed on the value OF the
capital stock Of said Bank as returned
by them. viz: 100000. said capital
stock consisting OF the following prop
erty: Real estate, s11.970O0. personal
property. SIS, 10000. The ayes and nays
being requested by Mr.. Hammond, the
vote resulted as follows: Nays. Messrs.
Watson and Hammond; aye, Mr.. Har-
mon.
Mr.. Hammond nov moved xtha$sths
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-09-17
All 1T the Head.

Glam stands first of elastic substances,
psarl il the heaviest of animal sub
stnnces. mercury is the heaviest liquid,
- heaviest woods are pomegranate and
lignum vite, cork is the lightest wood.
enmeneite has the highest explosive
power of any substance yet invented.
and platinum il the most ductile metal,
capable Of being drawn so fine as 70 b
invisible. le.-lndianapolis News.
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-09-17
MAILS CLOSE.
Northern Pacific Time Table

LEAVE MILES CITY GOING WEST.
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-09-17
SYNOPSIS OF PROCEEDINGS
OF the Board of County Commissioners
From Aug. sth to the 18th. 1894.
OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK
OF CUSTER COUNTY.
Miles City. Mont, Aug. s, 1894. J

OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK
OF CUSTER COUNTY.
Miles City. Mont, Aug. s. 1894.
The Board of County Commissioners
for Custer county, Montana. met as a
Board OF Equalization at 10 o'clock am,
as per adjournment from Wednesday
July 25th, 1894, for the purpose of hear
ing any and all legal and valid obiec-
tions why certain parties should not
have their assessments increased. SAID
parties having been notified by letter Of
the proposed increase, also OF the time
and place of meeting Of said Board. as
required by law. All members of Boar ::
present. with the exception Of Mr.. Ham
mond. who was absent during the fore
noon of the 10th. Sheriff announced
the meeting.
The Board we're in ses Aug. sth.
9th, 10th and 1lth.
The following persons or companies
having appeared in person or by afiida-
Wit. their assessments were adjusted as
follows:
Increase stands:
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This Paper is kept on file at Z. C. DAKHB
Advertising Agency, ~ and IS Merchant tx-
hanse, San Francisco, Cal. where contrscts
or advertising can be made
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-09-17

The following persons and companies
having heretofore been increased in
their assessments and not appearing
either in person or by affidavit. their as
sessments we're allowed to stand AS fol-
lows:
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-09-17
Board adjourned sine die.
STATE OF MONTANA,
COUNTY OF CUSTER. ss'

l hereby certify that the above ana
foregoing is full. true and correct
synopsis OF the proceedings Of the Board
OF County Commissioners for Custer
County, Montana, sitting rs Board of
Equalization. Aug. sth, 9th, 10th,
and 1lth. 1894, also for the purpose Of
making the tax levy for 1894, sitting
Aug. 18th, 1894.
Witness my hand and the seal Of said
county this 10th day of Aug. 1894.
! srn A. ii. SwERDFIGER,
h Clerk of Board Of Eaualizs-
tion.
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-09-17

Ex-President Orton of the WOta1
Union Telegraph company declared that
H. English language was - - e0t
cheaper for telegraphic puDeno -
~ o<hse.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-13
TRIAL OF ERASTUS WlMAN.


The Prosecution Promises to Prove What
the Accused Admits.
NEW YORK, June l3.-Assistant District
Attorney Wellman launched the case
against Erastus Winan, after jury had
been obtained, by long speech in which
he charged Wiman with endorsing +. w.
Bullinger's name on a check and deposit
ing it to his own credit. THE question
in the minds of the jurymen will be did
Mr.. Wiman know that the signature was
forged when he uttered the checks" said
Mr.. Wellman. I'VE can show that he did.
for the law allows us TO show that Mr..
Wiman had uttered forged checks during
the year previous.
he was proceeding in this vein when
General Tracy, counsel for Wiman, inter
rupted and requested that the court order
the district attorney to confine himself to
the case i'll question. I'VE concede that
Mr.. Wiman wrote the name of Bullinger
on the back of this check and deposited it
to his own account. Commercial law
justified him in so doing" Justice Ingra-
ham allowed General Tracy to continue,
coutioning the jury that they must not
consider what Wellman said to be evil
dence, unless these facts should be sub
sequently brought forward as testimony.