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Butte's Former Experience.

In instances, fires in Butte have
been attended with loss of life. Years
ago when the old Centennial hotel. at
he corner of Main street and Granite,
was destroyed, one man lost his life.
Our memory is that, later, a fire in a
lodging house in lower Main street,
involved loss of life. At the time of
the burning of the Council store and
the Hennessy block, DIR. Gleason was
caught by the flames while trying to
rescue his property and he died about
fortnight later of the terrible in
juries he sustained.
In the annals of Butte, however.
there is, prior to the disaster of last
Tuesday, the record of only one de-
structive conflagration. That was the
fire of Sunday, Sept. 90, 1859. In this
instance, high wind was the destroy
ing force. At noon of that day flames
were discovered in the Bowes build
ing which stood on the site of the
building now known as the Lewisohn
block. The corner used to be known
as Butte's unlucky corner. On the
spot where the Bowes building stood.
Mrs Bowes had lived in a small brick
house. To meet the changes in grade
the house was lifted, Mrs. Bowes in
sisting on remaining in the building
while the work was progressing. The
house fell, and its unfortunate occu-
pant was crushed TO death.
The fire on the September Sund ay
could not be checked until hundreds
of thousands of dollars worth of prop
erty had been destroyed. The Bowes
block, the property opposite, the Hen
messy store, the First National bank
and, in part, the Connell building were
involved in the ruin. In this instance.
however, the only fatality was the
death of DIR. Gleason.
1t is noteworthy, perhaps. that.
while Tuesday nights explosion in
volved the death of nearly three score
people and the woundlng of as many
more, no woman was a victim-the
dead roll is made up exclusively of
males. That is a sufficiently curious
fact If it is remembered that the fire
occurred at an hour when women
might naturally be moving in the
vicinity or in answer To the alarm
might leave their homes in the neigh
borhOod merely TO look at the fire
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ment of the state which is opposed to
the political charlatanism which now
controls the Palmetto state and which
favors a dignihed government, such as
characterized the ante ellum days
and produced the statesmen of whom
he whole nation is proud
1t remains to be seen whether an
election can be obtained which will be
uninhuenced by the ulldozing
methods which have characteriz ed the
Tillman regina. If this is possible,
the state will be freed from the control
of the element which has taken ad-
vantage of the New South movement
to introduce methods which are pro-
nounced ultra-radical. Not long ago,
a prominent Georgia democrat, pre-
dicted that the South would before
many years be the scene of new po-
hticdl mOveme INT, which would result
IN the coalition of the conservative
elements of both parties, as a measure
of protection against the political
mountebInks who are gaining the as
cendancy in the states of the Solid
South. Perhaps the South Carolina
movement Is the beginning of the end.
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SATURDAY. JANUARY 10. 1895.
Carried TO Their Graves,

More than a dozen funerals on
Thursday; thirty of the dead carried
yesterday TO their burial; new graves
as many as ten of them-to receive
their consignment of mortal dust
to-day. Nearly three score mounds to
be accounted for in all; the somber
marches to the cemetery must be pur-
sued till they seem fairly ghoulish.
Over the area of Butte the winter
sun shone all day yesterday, but the
frightened skies seemed almost like a
mockery. The city was wrapped in a
pail. Seven hearses in procession
Back of these a vehicle with a single
coffin in which was laid what is sup
posed to be the remnant of four
human forms; then a catafalque upon
whose drapery nine collins had been
piled. These filed slowly through the
crowds of people who, in respectful
silence, stood massed, block after
block, on either side of the highway,
while the music of dirges filled the air
"ANA NNSNANNAbS duu luc
tuneless clang of the alarm bell Jared
from the tower of the town hall in it's
harsh heralding of the gloomy pill
grimage.
1t was day of crepe and tears, of
clods and grief and tenderness. Its
solemn offices were made the more in
tense because of the melancholy Incl
dents of which it was the climax. 1t
was day which those who looked
upon it never will forget: and the
prayer of Butte will be that hence
forth the city may forever be defended
from visitations so deplorable
Far from the gaze of yesterdays
multitudes were the aching hearts and
the desolated firesides where the men,
DRY of the lamented dead will linger
longest. Willingly, and to the utmost
of its ability, Butte will have charge
concerning these. For the living; may
the ministry of Infinite Mercy attend
them! For the lamented dead; God
rest their souls!
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The Standard has branch offices a
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The New South.

Recent reports from South Carolina
announce that movement has been
inaugurated in that state which has
for its ultimate object the overthrow
Of "Illlmanism IL seems that the
conservative element of the demo-
cratic party has effected a union with
the republicans IN order TO obtain con
tro. OF the constitutional convention.
the delegates 20 wh.chare 10 be elected
by popular vote this year If this
movement is successful. the conveu-
ton Will represent, II Is said, that eIe-
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PROMINENT o. PECULIAR.

\ monument is 10 be erected 10 Bis
marck IN Dresden, Germany. King Albert
of SaNony has taken an active interest in
the project.
Though Professor Mommsen. the his
torian. Is now very old, he is about 10 60
10 Rome to continue hls researches in
Roman history.
lhsen SAYS his new play is full of
devils Il may, therefore, be called
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The career of Mr.. Patton in the fed.
eral senate is brief and not eventful
In April of last year Senator Stock
bridge died and Mr.. Patton was APP
pointed senator until the legislature
should appoint a successor Mean
while Mr.. Burrows has been making
an earnest campaign for The Office and,
after a stirring contest, he has won.
In the house of representatives Mr..
Burrows is veteran having served
term after term there. He has served
twice as speaker pro tempore of the
house, and has been mixed up gen.
orally in Michigan politics.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-11-01
Ducks That Won't Swim.

Boston Journal.-Many things are
said to be as natural as that ducks
take to water. But a writer in a
French magazine tells Of ducks that
actually hated water. There were
three Of them, and they had lived some
years in Paris. where they had a small
basin and their daily bath. Their own
O. finally took them to the country 10
live beside a fine lake, thinking II the
ideal place for the amphibious. What
was his surprise. on putting them into
the lake, to see them instantly
scramble ashore and waddle Indian Ale
to a neighbOring stable, whence they
v came out save to feed. Never
could they be induced to remain in the
water save by force or fear, and when
there they always drew close together
SO as to occupy no more space than
their. bath basin in Paris. They were
thoroughly afraid Of the lake, and thew
eve became used to Ii. In Picardv
1t seems, young ducks are often kent
from the water In order to protect them
from water rats and prevent them from
eating things that might injure their
flavor when they appear upon the table.
Ducks thus brought up until their full
growth OF feathers is acquired refuse
to enter the water, and, IL forced In.
sometimes drown. After all, what does
instinct amount to?
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tea In a Satsuma cup Such ill-sup-
ported beauties are like those limited
editions de luxe OF intolerably empty
literature published In velvet and gold
at tho authors expense.
! am very far from meaning to say,
by all this, that beauty Is vanity. Every
fair face. every symmetrical form, is
a benson to thank heaven for. The
passing OF a beautiful woman along
q staring street is like the soul cheering
progress Of a ravishing melody. Beauty
should be allowed to cover a multitude
OF sins. 1t is very much like genius.
Both are the gifts Of a mysterious Prov
sdence. or chance, or luck. or whatever
you may happen to believe In Just now.
Neither Is a deserved reward for any
thing creditable to the possessor, unless
for good deeds In a previous life-if
you accept Metempsychosis. Both gen.
ius and beauty are apt to get their
possessors into trouble. Each requires
Q vast amount Of ,studious care and la
borious improvement. Beauty, in fact.
is physical genius. And ugliness Is
physical idiocy.
As men have the cursed craving for
gold. go the feminine characteristic is
pu~lchritudinis sacra flames. When too
partial Fortune has lavished on one
m both beauty and brains, then
trouble is brewing for unlucky man
kind. The two-fold ambition of such :
woman is formidable. indeed. and tire.
less. Not even governments are be-
yond her aspiration. and she becomes
the power behind the throne of a Peri
cles. or sets n world-ruling empire Mt
odds. orders such a naval battle az the
fasco at Actium. and drags down her
lover, and all Egypt in her own wreck
She rises from poverty to the scarlet es-
tate of a royal mistress. and dispeuses
, lavish favors as one to the manner
born. Her fair fingers do not fail 10
meddie with the wheels even of re-
publics.
But the widest field to-day. for n
woman both fair to sec and good TO
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-11-01
THE PoTosI. LARGEST SAILING VESSEL ON THE OCEANS

5,511 500 pounds OF iron were used in its
construction, and the vessel, which will
make regular trips to the Western coast
OF South America for saltpetre. can car
ry about 1927 bags of this salt. For
the transportation of the same quantity
by rail 600 double cars would be re-
quired, which. IL coupled together, would
make a train more than three miles
long.
The Potosi carries 80 sails, that are
made OF canvas nearly two feet wide,
and II all Of these pieces of canvas were
sewed together they would make a strip
nearly m and one-half miles long.
The vessel a carry as many people
as there are In a city the size of Bremen.
The Potosi excels other sailing YES
sells not only in size. but also In the ell
egance of its construction and fitting
The Maria Rickmers was built in an
English yard. but, as we have said, the
Potosi was constructed In Germany and
Is a specimen OF shipbuilding of which
all Germans may well be proud. May
good fortune attend her in all her yoy-
ages.
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fame n she is blest with unsuuai
beauty. This is not. after all 30 Ia
mentable as some would have us ho-
lieve.
IL 1t lie a virtue to hide away a no
Bile poem or a superb novel in perpetual
manuscript, or in an expensive or lin
tied edition; n It is one Of the human
tiles. to lock up art treasures in private
galleries; IL II Is generous to build high
FENCES around flower beds and parks;
u 1t Is benevolent to keep music I'M
prisoned in the hush Of a grim library,
n to allow no street pianos down the
aisles OF tenement forests. then 1t Is
not miserly or churlish to hide beauti-
fui woman away from the benediction
OF grateful eyes in the Jail OF a seraglio,
sen her forth only under heavy
! wells.
II 1t is a picty to thank heaven for
iair meadows and rare skies. the grace
OF trees and the color of flowers, It is
surely not %heathenish to be more CRATE
ful for the superior shapeliness and the
richer hues of a beautiful woman.
therefore. blessings be on the theater
mat gives us a sight of women who.
whether orthodox or not, and whether
artistic or not, are at least q rest and
o banquet for eyes weary Of gray
pavements and glum office buildings,
stingy Of the sky. But all this fine writ
ing has precious little bearing ON the
French type Of beauty.
When l said that actual physical at
Effectiveness is rarer among French
women than their general effectiveness
would lead n to believe. l had no
Idea OF denying the existence Of such
beauty altogether. Far be 1t from ne
to speak with so little gallantry; and,
further. to speak with SO little truth,
But Sara Bernhard is a somewhat sub
lined type Of French charm. Endowed,
with neither an imposing form nor ex-
cellent features, she is so imbued with,
nre. 80 restless with activity, SO acute
In foreseeing effects, and SO dramatic
In realizing them, so full OF that ques-
tion-begging thing we call magnetism,
That she takes on a beauty of express
sion and carriage that lifts her above
1900 !" Seoscsici' many q idICT WOuIdus
Modern France is not without heir
esses to the feminine beauty that has
always played about her history with a |
flame too frequently baleful. In the
Bots dc Boulogne, boiling, like Juvenal's |
Rome, with carriages. one can see many !
a regal beauty lacking only the oppor-
tunity to add a kings scalp to her tuft-
crowded belt. At the Gymnase, at the
Opera. all about all Paris, and all
France. stride potential Aspasias.
Among the languid incidents may be
a Duchesse de L%ongueville, in~actively
serene only until some opportunity for
political trouble occurs. Many a latter
day Ninon de Lenclos. reigns in the
salons, consulted between amours, by
respectful philosophers, and taken ms
critic by young Molieres. This gor-
geous arbltress OF %elcgancies, wasting |
her time on gowns and small firtations,
needs only a chance to become as veri-
table a prime minister as n Marquise
de Pompadour. Those three rival
graces are as we'll endowed to be tho
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Beauties OF tho Material Life.

All the hymns, all the prayers. all the
scripture reading are as nothing I'M
less you make their beauty come into
your daily life, writes Ruth Ashmore.
Take some of the care off the shoulders
Of the busy mother: make life seem
more pleasant by your gracious thought
OF that father who tolls all day long.
Make 1t easier for a sister to dislike
the rom and do the right: show a
brother the rosy side of the cross and
so make 1t lighter for him to carry.
And do all this. not with loud profess
tations. but quietly and gently, letting
Gods name be whispered In your heart,
and being OILY the sister and daughter
without forcing the knowledge that you
are the Christian. Then, very soon
some one will realize that your beauti-
full life Is lived for Christ's sake, and
then you will represent Him as all
women should, not by speaking from
the pulpit, not by giving commands.
but by living every day the life that He
would wish should be yours.
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successive rulers OF a court as any Mile,
de la Valliere. Marquise de Montespan,
or Nine. de Maintenon. Modern France
could quickly scrape up a Marion De-
lorme, an Agnes SOrel. or a Diane de
poictiers. o n another Belle Ferron-
Mere, IL need be. Beauty did not die
with Nine. Recamier. Doubtless an
admixture of bravery and beauty would
be forthcoming II there were occasion
for a faithful Princesse de Lamballe or
an a%venglng Charlotte Corday. The
modern stage has women as fair as
Adrienne Lecouvreur or any of her RI
walls.
But alas! the modern French woman
is so timid OF the notoriety OF the cam
era. that II is quite impossible to buy
her picture, unless she Is an actress.
Fortunately. the English and American
women are not SO timid OF their
beauty, and T. is possible to get types
OF the beauty of all walks In life. So,
while I maintain that the characteristic
French charm Is rather vivacity of man
ner than perfection of feature, and
rather grace Of intellect than spiritual
ity OF flesh, there are surely more than
a few who satisfy all the canons OF
sheer physical charm.
The French themselves, admit the
superior beauty OF the American girl.
even though they may be borrifed at
the freedom OF her life and her igno-
rance of the shoulder Struggling nu-
ances deemed the end of all refinement
over there. But they are beginning TO
feel the genial influence OF liberty
among our women, and II Is l~eayenine
their immemorial idolatry of the chan.
eron as the preventive Of all evil and
the warder-off of all temptation. A few
centuries OF the worship Of convention
ality and good form have left 80 much
to be ashamed Of in French social his
tory. that they are reluctantly admit.
ting the possibility OF safety In self.
dependence and self-respect, says q
writer In Godsy's.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-11-01

Only one sailing vessel OF similar d.
mansions has been built since( we re-
fer to the French five-master, La
Franco; but now Germany has become
the possessor Of the largest sailing ves-
sci In the world. On June s of this
year, the fivc-master. Potosi. was
launched from the yards Of Tecklcn-
borg, n a short time ago started on its
hrst voyage to Iquique. says the Illus
trated Zeitung. The vessel is owned BY
the well-known Hamburg house OF +.
Laeisz, and Its command was given to
captain Hilgendorf. who has made re-
markably quick voyages with other
vessels built in the T~ecklenborg yards
n enjoys a very high reputation for
ability. The POtOsi Is so enormous
that other sailing vessels which have
been considered large appear like
dwarfs beside 1t. 1t Is about 426 feet
Q inches long. SO feet 5 inches broad and
~ feet D inches deep. 1t has a capacity
OF $3.50 tons. or $50 tons more than that
OF La France. The uninitiated NAV
OBTAIN a better idea of the great size
OF this vessel from the following figures:
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A Cable Quarrel.

The cable was one the medium for
a lovers quarrel, which took place be-
tween a lady In New York and a gen.
tleman in France. The heroine was
no other than that divine French ar
tiste whose genius We all admire. The
gentleman was a dramatic author, now
no more. This curious quarrel took
place n Sunday, the cable being
Joined through direct. 1t bristled with
passionate reproaches, bitter. singing
sarcasms, couched in picturesque
French. The scene was Intensely dra-
matte. Both the actors, so near and yet
30 far, trembled with jealous passion
as their bitter sarcasms were flashed
through the coils OF this gigantic sea
serpent. Mutual complaints. re-
proaches and threats continued. until
a last singing sarcasm from France
reduced the excltable artistic to q state
of nervous excitement which culmina-
ted In Mysteries. The cable was then
restored to Its normal condition and the
artistic to her senses. -London Stand
ard.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-11-01

Are you now in feeling as we'll as
judgment glad that you are married as
you are" From anybody but me this
would be an imprudent question not to
be tolerated; but know you will pardon
1t In me. Please answer 1t quickly, as l
am impatient to know
Mr.. Lincoln's object in asking this
CLOSE question" is manifest. Mr.. Speed
gave the answer quickly and satisfac-
torily. and on the fourth of November
us42), one month exactly after the
question had been submitted, Mr.. Lin
coin was married.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-11-01
A QUEER
a Whiskbroom 10y Got IIis lnstruc.
Ions Badly Mixed Cp.

tions Badly Mixed Up
From the Buffalo Express: In one of
the hotel barber shops a small Italian
boy named Joe %officiates with the whisk
broom. The other day the hotel house,
keeper sent down to the proprietor OF
The shop and asked him to fix her IN a
bottle Of shampoo. He fixed II and told
Joe to take 1t up to the h~ousekeeper.
you tell her." said the barber. ito
take half a teacup of the shampoo and
put 1t in two teacups OF water and ap-
ply"
Joe look the shampoo and went up to
the h~ousekeeper with 1t. In a short time
he came back, and the barber asked
GIVE 1t to her all right?"
Yes" said Joe.
with the d~irections?"
YES" said Joe. again.
Halt an hour later the barber noticed
the ~housekeeper out in the hail. look
ing c~uriously into the shop. He walked
out to where she was.
Hello she said. Which is it? Are
you drunk or crazy?"
What do you mean?" asked the bar
Der. with much dignity.
You must be one or the other. iudg-
Ing from the message you sent up with
that shampoo"
What message did / send?"
Joe told me o said to tel! me 70
take a cup OF tea and put 1t in the bot
tie and lie about IT,"
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-11-01
A BrONn Leaf.

In tie woods today a leaf fiuttered
down,
1t was wrinkled and old and bent and
brown,
But II met the wind and began to play,
And watched 1t until 1t whirled away.
And could but wonder. when time and
grief .t
Should have made me old and bent as
the leaf,
Would my heart be as young and full
of glee
AS the brown leaf playing in front Of
me?
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-11-01
LINCOLN AND MArRrMo
A~pprehensive That the Pathway Was
Not One Of ElOMere.

A~pprehensive That the Pathway was
Not Ono Of Flower.
Letters from Lincoln to his closest
friend, Joshua Fry Speed, subsequent
to the latter's marriage, betray a anx
ious and impatient desire to learn II
marriage Is q pathway Of flowers and
sunlight, and not OF darkness and pain
the two had morbidly feared II to be.
John Gilmer Speed presents these hith-
erto unpublished letters bearing upon
"Lincoln's Hesitancy to Marry" in the
Ladies' Home Journal. In one Lincoln
says:
1T cannot be told how It now thrills
me with Joy to hear you say you are
Tar happier than you ever expected to
be- That much l know Is enough. /
know you too well to suppose your ex-
pectations were not. at least sometimes,
extravagant. and II the reality exceeds
them all. l say, enough, dear Lord. I
am not going beyond the truth when l
tell you that the short space 1t took me
to read your last letter gave me more
pleasure than the sun total Of all I
"'S NbJoyNu otuCC tuC ldtdi uIbI VI
January. 1S41. Since then, 1t seems to
me. I should have been entirely happy
but for the never-absent idea that there
Is one referring to Miss Mary Todd
who Is still unhappy, whom I have con-
tributed to make so. That still kills my
soul. cannot but reproach myself for
ever wishing to be happy while she Is
otherwise. She accompanied a large
party In the railroad cars to Jackson
vile last Monday. and on her return
spoke so that / heard Of 1t, OF having en-
joyed the trip exceedingly. God be
praised for that. One thing I can tell
You which | know you will be glad to
hear. and that is that I have seer Mary
n scrutinized her feelings as we'll as
1 could. and am fully convinced she Is
far happier now than she has been for
the last fifteen months past"
Eight months after Speed had mar
ried Mr.. Lincoln wrote him:
But want to ask a close question:
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-11-01

conquest. Lips that are neither full
nor rosy. take on a charm Of their own
when they are the portal,if not Of a bon
bon. at least OF a bon mot. Engaging
smiles are a good substitute for peach
bloom on a woman's cheeks. Even the
lucky possessor Of a fine figure Is often
more clumsy than majestic, and at a
manifest disadvantage against a
~sprightly and nimble woman Of less i'm
posing architecture.
There Is, after all, nothing that pals
10 soon on admiration, not to say af-
lection. as a beautiful body devoid Of
mental charm. It Is like serving "yarb"
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-11-01

hear, Is the stage. Here beauty. with
the minimum support OF ability, will
speedily afford her opportunities. The
best actress can hardly succeed without
. good measure OF physical attractive
ness. The most unskillful follower Of
Thespis may ind a primrose path to
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-11-01

LITTLE o than
three years have
passed since the
proud German FIVE
master. Maria Rick
mers. started from
an English port on
its first voyage,
from which II never
returned. IL disap-
peared W 1t h o u t
leaving trace.