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The Yale expositor., 1895-10-25
Says He Has Had &c wives.

J. e. Barber came to Lothair, In
Montgomery county, about a year ago.
with q handsome young woman and
baby whom he claimed as his wife and
child, says a Dublin, Ca, special. He
came we'll recommended and procured
employment as blacksmith. AS soon as
his business became somewhat monoto-
nous he came here, and, in company
with another man, embarked in the
barrel stave business. The work
proved profitable. While here he Wis
!ted the house of an old woman named
Gray. The household consisted of the
mother and four daughters. BARRIERS
visits were quite frequent. He at once
became infatuated with one of the
women, Mrs. Betty Gray, buxom
young widow, and the love was recipro-
Gated, Barber asking her hand in mar
rage. To-day a large crowd Of specta-
tors assembled at the Gray domicile
and witnessed the nuptials. Squire
James Jones performed the ceremony.
As soon as the contracting parties were
made man and wife, Barber called the
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-25
AMERICAN TUROUOISES.
One Gem which Ages Ago Was MtDs~-
by the Aztees.


by the Aztees.
Although the United STAGES cann0s
claim to be considered ones of thel
great gem-producing countries Of the
world, almost every known variety Of
precious stone has been found within its
limits. Few gems, however, are conf
mon, enough to be of decided BONNER,
cial Importance and systematic mining
is rarely carried on. The only .gxceptions
to this is afforded bysthe4turqAeise. The
last edition to the Mineral Resources
of the United States" gives the value OF
the rough gems OF all kinds produced
here during 1898, as amounting to 1924,
041--of which S143, 1876 goes 70 the credit
of the turquoise mines.
Almost all of the American turquoise
come from Santa Fe County, New Mex
leo, or Mohave county, Arizona.
AS in Persia, the turquoise, both i'm
New Mexico and Arizona, occurs in.
veins permeating volcanic rocks, yell
lowish brown trachyte,y being the cOm4
monest matrix. TheNPueblo,1 Indians
find them an easy way Of ,smaking
money, as they can be obtained"with lit
tie trouble, and, after being subjected
to rough grinding, can be readily sold
to travellers. Formerly, when the In
dian was more unsophisticated, choice
stones could be obtained from them at
the outlay of few cents, but of late
years the sellers have begun to realize
the value of their goods, and now few
real bargains can be secured.
The ancient inhabitants OF Mexico
mined the turquoise extensively, and
the invading Spaniards found 1t large
ly used to incrust human skulls, and
also to inlay mosaics and to decorate
obsidian ornaments. Traces of the old
mines can be found TO this day, and
rubbish heaps are common in the tur-
quoise district. In the Arizona mines
they tell how, ON tunnel being run
through turquoise deposit, the miners
came across the remains of a more
ancient tunnel, It's top and sides rent
and caved in as If by an earthquake,
while in small space, three or four
feet each way, was the skeleton OF the
unfortunate Aztec, who had been inn
prlsoned there by the falling in OF the
roof. In one hand the skeleton still
clutched the handle of his old mine
hammer, and at his side was leather
bag containing, as the discoveries
found, several choice stones. II only
shows that in the old days men would
take as big risks in search of treasure
as they will now.
Another tale of turquoise drifts up
from Yucatan. 1t tells of an idol in an
ancient temple around whose neck,
arms and ankles are hung strings OF
magnificent turquoises, while each OF
its eyes is a SINCE large stone. The
narrator, a Mexican MINOR, claimed
that these eye stones were about three
inches IN their largest diameter. There
is something in this story irresistibly
suggestive of Rider Haggard's idols.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-25
When MRS Waa InhnhIfed.

There are many reasons in favor of
the supposition that Mars is more like
ly to have been inhabited in asst ages
that at the present time, in spite of its
atmosphere, or water, or clouds. Mr..
Proctor, for instance, has pointed out
that globe of the size of Mars would
cool rather more than two and a half
times as quickly as one the size of the
earth. If the earth and Mars were in a
similar condition 100000 of years
ago, Mars would have attained accord
ing to that rate of cooling) to the
earth's present condition in 1000. 900
years, |. e., 100000 years ago: and
the earth woulc now require rs, 900. 900
euture years in which to cool as much
as Mars has cooled during the last H.
100000 years. So far as regards that
consideration, therefore, the probable
ity Of the present Availability of Mara
must be compared with the probable
ity Of the earth's being inhabited when
2S,000,000 more years will be past and
gone.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-25

ministering official aside, and in IN
audible tone. said:
Squire, l am happy to inform you
that this woman is my twenty-second
wife, and in few days 1 will have my
twenty-third in tow"
Judge Jones was astonished. He
hastily informed the witnesses. and an
investigation was directed. Before any
legal steps could be taken Barber and
his wife had taken French leave for
parts unknown. Mrs. Barber, No. Il,
Is left in a destitute condition, having
neither money nor friends. She says
that her marriage was mock AFFAIR,
she being under the influence of opiates
during the performance of the cere-
mony, and that the official was an i'm
poster. Her maiden name was Willy,
and her home is in Marion county, Fla.
She comes from respectable parents.
Barber is from Orange county, Fla, and
somewhere in those regions several liv-
ing wives would like to hear from him.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-25
yAoARIES OF SMOKERS.
Queer Tastes and Fads of Men Who
Know What They Want

Know What They Want.
cts a queer fact" said a Broadway
cigar-dealer to New York World re-
porter, how tastes differ in the matter
of smoking materials. / really believe
no smoker enjoys trying a new brand
of tobacco and that solid contentment
is only secured when the smoker has
become thoroughly used to some partic-
ular brand.
"One of my customers, a wealthy
man, who buys a large quantity OF
highgrade cigars, always smokes sto-
gies himself and carries a supply in his
pocket for emergency. have seen him
when treated to a genuine perfecto sly
ly slip it into his pocket and light one
OF his stogies. 8hother man. who
can only afford a small sum for his
tobacco, smokes but one cigar day,
and that a choice one. He declares
that no other kind will satisfy him.
and that one good smoke after dinner
is worth six cheap cigars spread over
the day. Some cigarette smok-
ers, who can afford to buy
the best, always ask for a par
ticular brand Of fve-cent vari-
ETY., and will take no others. One GUS
toner insists that i send to Texas for
a special five-cent cigar that is made
in Fort Worth. He has tried about ey-
erything in my stock, but can't find
anything that pleases him. He lived
for several months in Texas and got
so used to the particular favoring used
in that cigar that he is almost az bad
as a morphine fiend when the supply
has given out. OF course there is q
great variety of tobacco grown and this
gives much choice for individual tastes.
but the fact remains that smoker will
see so great a difference between diff
ferently shaped cigars made from the
same leaf that one is delightful and
the other distasteful to him. Some.
men want a box of cigarettes. and ten
minutes talk for five cents. We have
men who squeeze and pinch every cigar
in the case before selecting a 'two-fer'
and then the women-but it would take
too long to tell you how they buy cigar
cites. Women are far worse htan men
in the variety of their smoking va
garies."
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-25
Growth of the Aluminium Industry.

The growth of the aluminium indus
try, and presumably of its use, is
shown by the fact that the total output
of the substance has increased from
223 pounds in 1885, worth at the fac
tory $3.50, to $4,000 pounds in 1894.
worth sS16,25O. The cost has been re-
duced from nearly $40 a pound to less
than GO cents pound. Hitherto Pitts
burg has had practically monopoly OF
the industry, but the establishment OF
an aluminium plant near Niagara Falls.
which will utilize the new electrical
power developed there, will materially
increase the output.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-25

With all her beauty, Ayesha had 10 toii
in the fields to help her parents to exc
out a modest living, as they were very
poor. She was we'll satisfied and
thought herself sufficiently rewarded
when. from time to time, her father be-
slowed few piasters upon her, which
she boarded up until she had sufficient
to purchase a silver bangle or two with
which to adorn her person on holidays.
Numerous suitors, attracted by her
diligence as we'll as by her beauty, pre-
sented themselves, but none was looked
upon with favor; Ayesha preferred
she was only in her sixteenth year-to
remain with her aged parents.
1T is time, daughter mine" said ner
mother, that you were thinking OF get
ting married; you have rejected many
good offers without any reason. Your
father and are getting old. Were we
to die, you would be left alone In the
world with none to care for or to pro-
tect you! l was married when l was
but twelve years of age"
"Tirae enough, mother dear" would
reply the young girl. II am not In any
hurry to leave you; besides, If l have
to work, prefer that my labor should
benefit my parents instead Of man
who may, as likely as not, make me a
drudge and a slave. You know that
nearly all my suitors have been men
in our condition, whose only reason for
taking a wife is that they may have
someone to help them in filling their
fields, besides preparing their meals
for them"
This reply generally closed the dis
cussion, and the mother sighed to think
how different Egypt's daughters were,
to what they had been in her time.
With her father, II was different!
Ayesha was his only child and of too
much help to him that he should in
any way attempt to influence a decis-
ion which would deprive him o. her
valuable assistance.
So matters went on, and by degrees
the suitors, perceiving that the girls
mind to remain single, at least for the
present, was not to be changed, fell
off.
Yes, all except one named Nassau.
He was the bailiff of a wealthy land
owner who lived in Cairo, visiting his
estates at rare intervals, and then for
as short a time as possible. Few of the
tenants had ever seen him, but all
agreed that he was a harsh landlord,
and that his riches had been amassed
by usury and by grinding down the
poor peasantry for miles and miles
around. 1t was not to be wondered at
then, that be was cordially hated by
all, and that Nassau too came in for a
full share of the odium cast upon his
master. Yet his love for Ayesha was
sincere, and might perhaps make a
better man OF him.
He pressed his suit very earnestly,
pointing out to Ayesha how much bet
ter would be her lot as his wife, than
her present position. "As my wife"
said he, there will no longer be need
for you to toll in the fields, carry heavy
jars of water and help to prepare meals.
On the contrary, it is you who will be
waited upon, have servants at your
beck and call and be decked in silks
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-25
Turning Deserted Houses Into Builio' .

Turning Deserted Houses Into Bullio'
Among the greatest mines of Arizona
was the Vulture, now the property OF
II. A. w. Tabor, says a Phoenix special.
1t Is fifteen miles southwest OF Wick
enburg, whence the ores were taken by
wagons to be milled on the bank OF tho
historic Hassayampa. The mine pro-
duced over $10,000,000 in gold, and tt e
richest of the ore was found on the SUI
face. OF course, in the early days moth
ing save the best was milled, and in the
great waste dumps around the miLe
was found the building material for the
town Of Vulture. The mine worked on
for a score of years with varying fol- =
tune, the town maintaining a largH
population, when the pipe line from the
Hassayampa was washed away by tbe
flood that followed the breaking OF the
Walnut Grove dam, the 100-stamp mill
was closed down, and the camp was de-
serted. Three years ago T. E. FarisE,
the well-known miner, secured two
years lease of the property, fitted up
ten Of the stamps, put In a gasoline en-
CINE, got his water out of the mine,
and started to "cayoting" on the lower
levels. Near the end Of his lease he
ran out of really good ore. In his ex.
tremity he bethought himself of the
scores of tenantless houses. Every one
was constructed of free milling iron
oxide gold ore, and specimens Clipped
from the corners assayed an average Of
$40 to the ton. The last three months
his stamp mill ran solely upon build
ing material, much to the profit OF Its
owner.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-25
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends TO personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products 10
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-25

II was completely covered with
sores. Every muscle in my body
ached. Had been sick for five years.
Doctors could do me no good. Most of
my time was spent in bed; was COM
plete wreck. Burdock Blood Bitters
have completely cured me in three
months" Mrs. Annie Zoepen, Crooks
town, MINI.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-25

If your dealer tells you that some
Il ing else is Just as good" as Doan's
Ointment for Hives, Pin Worms, Itch
ing Piles, or other itchiness of the
skin, tell him you want the original
1t is safe; never-faihng.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-25
STORY OF AYESHA.
BY MAURICE WOLFE.

Y ESHA was the
only child of an
old couple named
Ali and Fatma
who lived near the
village of Abassah.
She was a lovely
girl with eyes Of
the deepest black
and limbs that
would not have
shamed a Venus.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-25

A Connecticut man is about to begin
a lawsuit against young man Of his
town for selling him dog that was
deaf in both ears.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-25

The Joneses lunch the Greens and
Smiths
In manner fitting queens;
The Smiths then give a dinner to
The Joneses and the Greens;
The Greens then give an old-gold tea
To Mesdames Smith and Jones,
And that's what's called society
Upon those gilded thrones.
Society on Cherry Hill
A funny thing it is.
Not quite so bong-tong, to be sure;
And beer instead of fizz;
But, tell me what's the difference
Between them? I can't see.
'Tis nothing more than tweedle-dum
Changed into tweedle-dee.
This evening Mrs. Callahan
Will rush the growler twice
For MesdaEes MacAdoo and Toole-
If she has got the price.
Tomorrow Mrs. Toole will send
The other two a cake,
Then Mrs. MacAdoo will hold
Next Sunday night wake.
So Newport Town and Cherry Hill
Are not so far apart
In matters of "excloosiveniss,"
If so in wealth and art.
Go where you will, the world is small,
And each one thinks he's swell;
But which is the" society
I'm dashed if l can tell!
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-25
Hoods
Sars parilIa
The One True Blood Purifier.
Hoods Pills i i9s n5'e ssshaP;icp is e

Mudge-"Another man called me a
liar last night" YabsIey-"What did
you do?" well, as he was three sizes
bigger than /, asked him why he
couldn't say something original. In
Gianapolis Journal.
why in thunder don't this train
proceed?" cried the passenger. Be
cause there amt none o. you got tickets
to eternity" said the brakeman. eff
We went on with that danger signal up.
that's where you'd fetch up."-Harper's
Bazaar.
II don't think Trilby and Little Billee
would have been happy even If they
had been married" "Why not? She'd
have made model wife" That's just
the trouble. A man gets tired of a
woman who is always posing. "-Kar-
per's Bazaar.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-25

Make people happy and there will not be half
the Quarrelling or "a tenth part OF the wicked
ness there is.-Mrs. l.. NJ. Child.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-25

Those who reason only by analogies rarely
reason by logic, and are generally slaves 70
iIndgination.-C. Simmons.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-25

All widows had to wear mourning
caps In the days Of Tiberius, under
penalty of fine and Imprisonment.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-25
CORNER OF ODDITIES.
SOME QUEER AND CURIOUS
FEATURES OF LIFE.

Society In Newport Town-Rlverhead
Against Bloomers-A Man Who Claims
TO Have Been the Husband of TWEEN
ty-two Wives.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-25

and
Blood

Are inseparably connected. The for
mer depend simply, solely, solidly
upon the latter. II 1t Is pure they are
properly fed and there is no nervous
ness" If 1t is impure they are fed on
refuse and the horrors Of nervous
prostration result. Feed the nerves
on pure blood. Make pure blood and
keep it pure by taking
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deur and was plainly addressed to Gre
gaire Bessetti. AS Lograndeur had
previously had some correspondence
with Mrs Bassett, the postmaster at
Whitehall supposed that a mistake had
been made I'm the address and he de-
livered the letter to Bassett. who re-
ceipted for II under his right name
He afterwards got the draft cashed
and Endorsed IL first with his own name
and then with that of Bessetti. after
the person cashing IL refusing to ad-
vance the money unless IL was in
dorsed with the name OF the per-
son to whom 1t was made pay
able. a couple Of hours after the
letter was delivered to Bassett the
postmaster at Whitehall received
telegram from Lograndeur instructing
him to hold the letter and he then
called Bassett's attention to the ar
ference in the names. Bassett assured
him that IL was all right and that MS
French name was Bessetti.
Lograndeur testified tonight that he
had directed the letter to Bessetti and
that he had never seen Bassett before.
Bessetti testified that he never re-
ceived the letter. Bassett did not deny
that he opened the letter and appro-
pr.ated the draft. but claimed that he
thought the money was intended for
his wife and he said that he gave 1t all
to her except 81 or 81. His wife had
some correspondence with Lograndeur
in regard to going to Missoula to work
for him, and as the latter's letters
were all written in French. he turned
them over to his wife, as he was UNI
q BILE to read them. The letter I'm qucs-
ton was also written i'm French. and
he gave IL to his wife. together with
S37 or SIS otter he got the draft
cashed. Mrs. Bassett. who was for
merly a well-known character I'm Butte.
corroborated her husbands testimony
and claimed that she thought the
money was intended for her. Mr.. Les
lie attempted to prove completely Oh
the part OF the woman. but he was un-
able to make out n strong enough case
on which to hold her also She talked
in broken English and her disjointed
talk was difficult TO understand.
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veloped that he is still here and is
giving the police authorities the laugh
in a manner that is very aggravating.
Notwithstanding the fact that Is or 20
citizens and officers who are acquaint-
ed with Graham have been on the
lookout for him ever since Saturday.
they have been unable to get their
hands on him so far, although there is
no doubt that he has passed in very
close proximity to some of their noses.
The forger coolly walked into the bar
Der shop in the Owlsley block this
morning and got a shave, and then
walked out again as unconcernedly as
though he was at peace with all the
world. The search for him is being
prosecuted with great energy tonight.
and the officers promise that he will
be in jail before morning If he has not
left the city.
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GRAHAM's CHECKS.
The Latter shows Up Frequently. but the
Former Keeps AIoft.

Butte. June Another forged check
which was passed on a well known
business man Saturday evening by
John w. Graham, an account of whose
misdoings was published in this morn
ings Standard, turned up to-day and
is now i'm the hands OF the police along
with the other forgeries that have
been circulated by that enterprising
individual. The check is for SIS, and.
like the others. is drawn on the State
Savings bank and bears the signature
Of ; J. Hamblin. Graham is a very
nervy rascal. and instead of having
left the city, as was supposed. it de-
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FROM THE VANOUISHED.

The salt Lake Football Team Acknowl-
edges Courtesies Received.
Butte, June 3D.. Gay Stivers, manager
of the Butte football team to-day received
the following letter from tho manager
and captain of the Y. NJ. c. A. football
team of Salt Lake city, which played here
Decoration day:
salt Lake. June I, S9j.-Dear Mr., StveTs
In behalf OF our team and personally we desire
TO thank you most heartilv for the splendid re-
ceptiOn accorded us. We wish 10 express
special gratitude 10 you personally, because we
believe It was principally due TO your efforts
that we were so royalty entertained. Cordially
yours, JOHN j. AAION, Manager.
j. q. CROSS, Captain.
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To the National Park For Fifty Cents.
ON Tuesday. ednssday and thur sday, June
4, . and 6. NJ. l.. Streator will give series OF
lectures on the Yellowstone National Park at
the Christian church, each lecture being ac-
companled with 100 stereopticon views or 300 in
all Inc entire programme viii be changed
each evening, the lectures covering a different
part OF the park. The Anaconda Standard
stereopticon. which is known to the Butte pub
lie as the best instrument ever seen in this sec
ton. will be used in these lectures Course
tickets 80 cents; single tickets p cents Chit
dren under II years. half price.
Doors open ut 7:i5 Tho lectures will begin
at $3.50 p. m. Tickets for sale at Evans book
store. corner of Broadway and Hamilton
streets.
1855 sold in Butte within two years
NoMbrOs witch hazel cream.
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MIXED UP MESS.
bat the Letter Was Opened and the
Check Cashed.

Butte. June 3-GeOrge Bassett of
Whitehall. who was arrested few
days ago for opening "A registered let
ter that was addressed TO Gregaire Bes-
setti and appropriating a draft for Sal
which il contained. had hearing this
evening before United States Commits
sioner McMurphey and was bound over
Il the ciEcuit court in the sum Of $500.
in default Of which he went TO Jail.
District Attorney Leslie conducted the
prosecution and GriCe * McClernan APP
% AIRED for Bassett. The letter con-
tanning the draft was mailed al Mis-
soula on May - by Theodore logTan-
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Butte. June 3.-Ellis Il. Passmore re-
ceived telegram to-day from Phila-
delphia announcing the death of his
mother in that city yesterday at the
advanced age of % years. Mr.. Pass
more is himself ~ years of age. His
mother has been in excellent mental
and physical health. until last fall.
when she fell and sustained a fracture
of the hip, which injury was the direct
cause of her death.