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contrasts day by day. After one has
wandered through the magnificent
museums for week the objects begin
to merge into a few. The Greek torso
of Venus and the dancing Maenad
mingle unblushingly in ones mind
with sculptured julius Caesar, Zeus
and Athene. while a Parthenon relief
with imagination's aid mixes up most
amfably with the sword and orders of
Field Marshal Moltke. Even an old
cannon, better as an example of filagree
work than as an implement of war,
assumes the outlines of a bronze Gus
tavus Adolphus. Old Museum, New
Museum. the first lieutenants of huz-
ears, the Royal Arsenal the National
gallery, the hotel bill. the Egyptian,
Industrial and Ethnographical Muse
ums, the statue of the great Elector,
the Panopticon. all become one mag
nificent whirligig. Ones impressions
become mental hash-or to be more
elegant, as De Vile Boggs would put
1t, percepiency saute
II is a hideous way of broadening
ones mind. this tumble of indiscrimi-
nate highly educational sight .seelng. 1
expressed my feelings In this direction
TO 'Boggs. and he chimed in by reply
ing: Yes. this complex coalescence.
thiSfncoherent vet mosaic condition of
ones brain cells. has Its parallel, mir
rored more deliclouslv in its mental
aspect when considered in connection
with the uncomfortably necessary
grosser success
"Devvy. would YOU mind pausing a
stretch while l drop into this Buch-
and see II they happen to
have a secondhand edition OF the
Quotidian Dictionary. l quite agree
with you. but l fail somewhat of COM
III YOU are trying with
your block system stvle OF language to
simply convey to me that your opinion
Is the same way. only more so, in the
matter of eating and drinking, you
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him?
To tell the truth he looks doleful.
Everything looks doleful.
1t is raining dolefully. ~.
Even my delectable friend De Vile
Boggs is in a decidedly doleful mood
this wet afternoon. He does hate to be
taken down a peg and he has taken
down a hatrackful. After breakfast,
he went, under my escort. into an ad-
jacent cigar store to lay in a stock of
cigars for the dav. The weed merchant
could talk English fairly well, even IL
the sign outside did read Cigarren
Import. Berlin is great on variety in
cigars, even IL the quality generally
is worthy of the deepest reproach, not
to say indictment Mr.. Boggs pur-
chased three Berlin cigars Ito give
away, two Uruguay. two Mexican,
and one each from Sumatra, Havana,
Qll), Bolivia, Guatemala, Brazil. Con-
necticut, end Venezuela. besides an
odd half dozen from Africa and India.
The 20 came to two marks and 80
pfennig. He rendered a ''thaler' in
payment, and receiving a 10-pfennig
piece in change was about to walk
out. when he espied a drop-lo-pfennig-
in-the-slot weighing machine. Here
was an opportunity for finding wheth-
er his fail diet had reduced his flesh.
So he stood on the scales. dropped in
the 10-pfennig piece. and the indicator
flew around-and stopped at 20.
Mr.. Boggs STAMPED his feet on the
platform. His eyes blazing with an
ger he turned round to the cigarman.
This thing is a fraSd! 1t won't go
any further"
"Pairshops VI has far enough ge-
gone"
Now don't get funny with me. You
nr Inns
the stuffing out of this machine. / don't
care anv more for 10 finnegans than
George Gould does for million, but
1 won't stand being robbed of red.
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1RAUELERS' GUIDE.
ANACONDA TIME CARDS.

Butte. Anaconda g. Pacific r. r.
CTSme schedule)
All trains arrive and depart from Butte,
Anaconda a Pacific depot.
ARRIVE IN ANACONDA
No. g. Butte express. daily 1905 m
No. !. Butte express making con-
uecron at Butte with Great
Northern railway through
trains from East and West, ar
rlves daily ............. .......... 5:l5 p m
DEPART FROM ANACONDA
No. 2. Burte express. departs
daily ............... ................ 500 a m
No. 4. Buute express for ST. Paul
and all Eastern and Western
Points. departs daaiy ............. $500 m
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see?"
NOW. mein liebes Herr. You was
got geweighed. und den you want YOUR
money back. Ach. but you America ms
was queer peoples. Rather also loose
quite customer ] gif you zehn pfen-
mig. Here II Is. but vot Is der trou-
Trouble. nothing. Keep your half
nickel and buy buns for your family
with II; but do YOU mean to say don't
weigh more than 20 pounds?"
Severhenty pounds / don't"
NO. know YOU don't. You seem TO
think It's all right for me to believe
I've lost nearly 90 pounds in less man
a month. and you think it's all right.
put u amt. and I'll make you think ii
aln't!'
De vile was getting excited.
offered TO arbitrate.
Perhaps II II all rlght."I suggested
IN an atmless bu: amiabie way. ~
Oh. yes. take his part. That's right
ferhaps I'm the Living Skeleton. Per-
haps-"
But severheDty kiiogramnes Is not
such lide weight" fnterposed the cigar
dealer. with the courage OF despera-
ton A crowd was eathering. and tha4
would mean the police In a few mo-
ments
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only porters who open the doors auto
matically and from a distance. They
perform no other duties worth men,
tioning. There are no letter boxes or
Individual bells at the entrances. In
short, the tenant gets nothing except
bare rooms when he rents a nat in Ber-
lin. He pushes the button and does
the rest himself.
The fiat resident Is not free from the
beggarly tipping system. He is ex-
pected 20 tip the man that brings up
the coal. the grocer's boy. the man
that brings packages from stores and
generally everybody Of that sort; even
the letter carrier expects TO be tipped
frequently.
Rents. considering the accommoda-
tions, are excessively high.
Furniture is dearer than IN New
York or CHICAGO. but Il Is more solid
unwieldly. in fact. You cant go out
and buy an outfit OF furniture at a
moments notice. The furniture dealers
will show you models" as he calls
them. and you can order from these
samples. The order is sent TO the fac
tory. and the goods can generally be
dellevered in from three TO six weeks.
Just think OF this condition OF chings
in a civilized city OF nearly two mil
lion Inhabitants? And yet these peo-
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can take 1t for granted that / quite
agree with vou."
l know what De Ville wanted TO saw
and l simply shut him off. II was
merely that the sensation OF sameness
becomes even more noticeable in the
matter OF restaurants. After a so5ourn
or a couple OF weeks in Berlin II makes
little difference where one eats and
drinks. Everything begins to taste
alike like the soups az an American
railway station eating house. II doesn't
matter much IN a fortnight where one
goes. It's the same old samey feeling.
whether the place Is one OF those stun
nngiy gotten uD resorts Unter den
Linden, with gilt and many-colored
succeed ceilings and frescoed, picture
hung walls. with a profuslon OF costly
plate and Immediately attired wait
ers. or the little joint up the alley
where a square meal. quite well cook
ed and neatly served. can be had FOR
a mark and haif-about the size OF
the Zee one IS expected to tender the
waiter OF The grand restaurants.
As i was saying. one gets weary Of
seeing monkeys In uniform, and even
ne noble German army wearies one
700. one sees too much OF &. And how
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LEDERER IN BERLIN
Comments on the Ways Of the City
on the Spree.
PRETTY WOMEN. RUDE MEN
The Soldiers Happy Lot-Furniture
Ordered From Samples Leis-
urely Bank Methods Exploit
ing a Weighing Machine.
Copyright. 1895.


Berlin on the Spree. Nov. 5.-"The
women are pretty. the men are rude.
That sums up the general character OF
the people in eight words-from the
lips OF my friend. De Vile Boggs, who
Is an eminent authority on every sub
Ject under tho sun. in his own opinion
He may be right in his brief. but
sweeping summary. but l don't agree
with him. though the women certainly
do seem to average up in great shape.
and the men do 1ostle you off the side
walk worse even than the women do
In State street. Chicago. on a bargain
day. And speaking Of the latter makes
me think OF stores. 1t Is an awful
custom that the men here have OF
taking Off their hats in all the stores
they go into. The Berlin men know
that 1t Is a nuisance; they acknowl-
edge It openly. but they don't know
how to stop Ii. 1t takes from 300 to
400 years 10 get out of the way of do
ing things they've once got into the
habit OF doing In Berlin. That's why
people call IL a slow town.
Living is dear in Berlin. There are
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or course some things that are cheap
er than in the States. With careful
management man could. for instance,
drink himself to death cheaper than in
America. If person isn't going far
ne can get ride on a horse car for
IA cents But he must wait for a car
with a seat that Is vacant. or where
only two persons besides the conduc-
tor are standing on the platform. That
Is TO say. only as many as can be COM
fortably seated "a stated number) are
admitted, and two passengers In addi-
ton are allowed on the rear platform
RMS Is all very nice in theory. but
after you've seen three or four "fulp'
cars pass by. and observe the compIa-
cent smiles of the fortunate passen-
gers, you'll begin to sigh for cars on
the American plan. where II is catch
on as catch can.
Nearly everyone in Berlin, rich or
poor, iives In apartment buildings. and
the best of these flats are destitute OF
modern improvements. None of them
10 more than five stories high because
elevators, except in one or two hotels.
are unknown luxuries. Hot and cola
running water are also unknown. Some
OF the bath rooms have little boilers
that VIII heat enough water for a hath
In one or two hours. Ice chests are
seldom seen because there are no ice
wagons from which to get a supply.
Gas and electric lighting for apart
ments and residences may became
common In time. but the popular plan
Is Tor each tenant 20 bring along his
own lamps and candles. This is gem
orally true even of the swellest places.
heating by steam or similar means
ISN'T so much as dreamed of-with a
rev exceptions. You wouldn't in a
huhored years wean the Berliner from
his sepulchre. though II Is like stone
that never gets much above the freez-
ing point. There are no janitors. but
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KIN a whatr' from Mr.. Bosss.

XIII a whatr" from Mr.. Boggs
'Kilogrammes. you weigh severhenty
kilogrammes."
light. A kiiogramme he knew well
enough was about two and a half
pounds.
You get the metric system of weights
and measures chucked at you every
where in Berlin. Boggs now declares
he h going to try the metric system at
Monte Carlo. He has tried every other
system in similar places.
But II Is a nuisance 20 have to re-
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pie think themselves so everiastingly
superior When they speak of things
here being different from things in
America. their reference Is always In
favor OF Berlin.
The stores here are on a shabby
scale. Outwardly they make a great
show with their really magnificent
window displays. all OF a most seduc-
tive character. But 1t is all on the
outside. It's all thin veneer OF
store fronts and fine fixtures. There
are no complete stocks of goods and
there isn't a single large store in the
city. The great proportion of the
goods in the stores are clap-trap. gim-
cracks and gegaws.
The hotels are old fashioned barns as
a general thing. only three or four at
the most having ordinary conven-
fences. And vet the Berlin hotel man.
ager will say TO YOU: "You have moth
ing better than this in New York. have
your or II presume this reminds you
Of the Auditorium. doesn't it?" Audi
torium. indeed. Yet there Is this to be
said in justice to the Berlin hotel man.
ayers: Personally they are ever po-
lite and courteous to visitors. I know
some American hotel managers who
would feel insulted. humiliated, IL such
imputations were made regarding
them. The Berlin hotel man may be
primitive in his methods. but he Is a
in his bearing.
Besides soldiers. art galleries. muse
ums. geological garden. and some
statues. there isn't much TO be seen
here; and soldiers become tiresome in
t.me-about four days is a dose.
The German capital is lamentably
short on relics of an historic-architec-
tural character: but II strives to make
amends by being long on historical
collections and eating and drinking
places, more particularly the latter.
Variety. which at first seems limitless,
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Montana Union Time Card.
BUTTE TIME CARDS.

Butte. Anaconda g. Pacific r. r.
AL tra-ls arrive and depart from Grea;
Northern depot at Butte.
ARRIVE IN BUTTE.
No. 2. Anaconda express, arrives
dasly .......... ................ s:a5 a m
No. T. Anaconda express. con-
needing with Great Northern
railway through trains for East
and West, arrives daily ........ Ais m
DEPART FROM BUTTE.
No g. Anaconda express. leaves
daily .............. ................. 1888 q m
No. l. Amaze onda express from 81.
Parl. Helena and intermediate
points. leaves daily ......... 500 m
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A trip from Montana TO the East can
he made a pleasure In stead OF a bur-
den by travelling a route rich In resour-
res- and lined with prosperous cities.
Time and service via the Union Pacl-
nc system are unsurpassed; only two
chanres from Butte 10 New York city,
and no vexatious delays at desolate
junction points. All trains are lighted
with gas and fitted with modern appli-
ances-
way. Butte.
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AN EXTRA SESSION.

IL Seems to BE Inevitable and According
to the Codes.
The Northern Pacific has inaugural
ed q change that will be appreciated by
a large section OF the travelling public
by running a tourist sleeper through
from ST. Paul to San Francisco with
out change. every week. This car leaves
81. Paul every Wednesday and will
pass Garrison every Friday at 1880 a.
m. The car connects at Portland with
the Southern Pacific. and lays there
onlv 80 minutes.
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NJ ontana Union.
NORTHERN PACIFIC.

TRAINS AtSkIvE All BUTTE
No. Z, from st Paul. Chicago
and ali Eastera points. arrives
Northern Pacific local depot
NJ. u. No. i. from SPOKANE. Ia
coma. Seattle. Portland and all
Coast points, arrives Montana
Union depot daily st:.......-.. :u:e n
TRAINS LEAVE BUTTE.
n. u. No. I, foa Spokane. Taco
ma, Seattle. Portland aid all
Coast and California points.
daily at .."......,................ - $50 . N
all Eastern. Southern and Ca
madam points, leaves Northern
Pacific local depot daily at..-..1o:s0 . m
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SOMETHING NEW.

Meals Served q Ia Carte on the Great
Northern Dining Cars.
The Great Northern through train.
leaving Butte At S:1o D. m, carries q
dining car and win serve supper leav-
ing Butte a Ia carte hereafter. This Is
Butte. Buffet and library car on every
through main line train
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SpeefAI ExcursIon 10 EuTJpe TOT tue HOT
fdays.
The Northern Pacific. in connection
with the leading steamship lines sail
ing from New York. have arranged to
make a very low rate to all European
points for the HOLIDAYS. Before making
your arrangements for tickets call on
or write w. M. Tuohy. general agent,
N. p. r. r.. Butte. for rates. routes.
etc.
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Great Northern.
TRAINS LEAVE BUTTE.
Train No. "a. Atlantic express.
east-bound. for St Paul, Chi
cago, New York and all east
ern points. s............... $40 m
Train No. 2. Butte and Helena,
TRAINS ARRIVE BUTTE.
Train No. 2. Pacific express.
west-bound from st. Paul, Chr
cago and all eastern points,. $50 m
Train No. i. Helena and Butte
express.-...... ....................ll.OO m
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/ caught Boggs lust now in the act
OF dating "a letter TO a friend in Brook
lyn -"Berlin-on-the-Bu Bum"
The authorities II get after him
again IL he doesn't look out.
Charles Lederer.
The Forrest City times., 1895-07-19
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

On the night of the 10th the face of
an unknown negro was found in Way
cross, Ga. 1t had been severed from
the head, and the body could not be
found. The face wore smile, and
the peculiar fate of its owner is mys-
terry.
On the 18th the governor of Penn
sylvania respited Albert w. Woodley.
the Allegheny county murderer, until
October %. He was sentenced to be
hanged on the 18th.
On the 12th the American steam
yacht Yampa, belonging to Chester w.
Chaplin, capsized in the drydock in
Fay's yard at Southampton, and was
completely wrecked. The yacht was
just about to be launched, all prepare
tions having been made, when she sud-
denly fell over with great crash. Sew
eral men were injured, two of them,
employees of Fay's yard, fatally.
Much excitement was caused ut
Marion, Ind, on the 12th, when it was
discovered that number of mail
boxes throughout the city had been
pried open and rifled. The loss is not
hs cut ohS III Vic OSOOTu dDeT
CO., reports loss of Ss26 in money and
drafts The boxes were all on bust
ness corners, and the loss, it is thought.
will be heavy.
AN explosion occurred in a powder
magazine at Tivoli, Italy, on the l4lh,
in which five persons were killed and
several injured. The cause of the ex-
plosion is unknown
Mr.. Ii. TIrTswoRTH took his new
yacht, Artist out from South Haven.
Mich. on the 14th. for her trial trip in
company with the builders, Messrs.
Coats and Stillson. When miles north
OF the harbor, about p. M. squall
struck and capsized her. and all three
were drowned.
On the 18th the British ship Inch
cape Rock, Capt. Wilson, from San
Francisco March l6, arrived at Queens
town with the crew of the brig Gerda,
which was sunk by collision with the
lnchcape Rock off the Irish coast.
On the 18th, in the federal court at
Keokuk, Ia, Judge Woolson sentenced
ex-State Senator T. r. Cassett, the
Pella bank wrecker, to nine years in
the Anamosa tIa-) penitentiary.
The Forrest City times., 1895-07-19
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
Personal AND POLITICAL

THE Associated Pioneers of the Ter
ritorial Days of California have issued
call to the late Gen. John G. Free
mont's friends for funds to erect a suit
able monument over the soldiers grave.
The committee having the matter in
charge is headed by Rear-Admiral
| Richard w. Meade, u. S. N, retired.
! OK the night of the 18th the London
season closed with state ball at Buck
ingham palace. The princess of Wales
and her daughters. the Princesses Vic
toria and Maud, were present.
! Mr. EDWIN +. UHL, assistant secre-
tary of state, was a passenger on the
| Hamburg American line steamer Co
lumbia, which arrived at Southampton
on the 14th He did not land there,
but proceeded on the Columbia to Ham.
burg.
| II is stated that marriage has been
arranged between Prince Maximilian
of Baden, heir of the grand duke of
Baden, and Princess Victoria of Schles-
wig-Holstein. daughter of Prince Chris
| tian. Tie pair met at Windsor recent.
ly, and Queen Victoria gave her con-
sent to the betrothal.
On the 18th a lawn tennis tourna-
ment between German army and navy
officers opened at Hamburg, under the
patronage of the emperor. Prince Al
bert of Schleswig- Holstein and Vice
Admiral Valois. The emperor has or
dered the construction of a covered
lawn tennis court at Potsdam, so that
the game may be played in winter
His passion for the game has set the
fashion.
A. M. KENNEDY, of Delavan, Kas,
died, on the 14th, after fast of sixty
eight days. Kennedy was taken i'll
several months ago, his malady baf-
fling the skill of physicians. Then he
became paralyzed, and from that day
until his death he took no food, sixty
eight days in all. Deceased was ~
years of age.
Mrs. ELIZABETH RANKIN, wife of
Hugh Rankin, mill worker at Pitts
burgh, Pa, gave birth, on the 14th, to
four large babies, three boys and girl.
One of the boys died soon after birth,
but the remaining three were reported
doing well.
the best.known Presbyterian divines
in the west, died at his home in Craw-
louisville. Ind, on the 14th. of typhoid
fever. He was As years of age. HEY
pastor of the Center Presbyterian
church, and doctor of philosophy in
Wabash college.
PROF. NORTON S. TowNsHEND, of the
Ohio State university, who had held
the chair of agriculture in that insti-
tuition ever since it was founded. died
at his home in Columbus, O., on the
night OF the 18th. He was born in En-
gland m 1915, and came to this coun-
try in 1880.
Hon. j. STERLING MORTON, secretary
of agriculture, has been visiting
Adams, n. Y, the place of his birth
and the scene of his boyhood days,
for the first time in fifty years.
On the 18th VIM. Allyene Cecil, third
marquis of Exeter, died in London,
aged IS. Lord Burghley succeeds to
the title and estates.
On the 18th the khedive of Egypt
sailed from Alexandria for CONSTANT
nople.
The Forrest City times., 1895-07-19
CONDENSED KILOGRAMS.

Gov. Clarke Proclaims Against Mob Law.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, July 17.-Upok
learning of the lynching of the Ware
negroes in Calhoun County Governor
Clarke Immediately issued proclama-
ton offering a reward of $500 for the
arrest and conviction of each one of
the mob, and dispatched the following
message to the sheriff of Calhoun
county:
Little Rock, Ark, July l6 1896.
10 Sherif OF Calhoun County, Hampton:
Gazette reports that a mob murdered
Jack and Jim Ware, prisoners in your
county. l have forwarded to you pro-
clamatlon offering reward of $500 for
arrest and conviction of each person
engaged in the mob | enioin upon
you the necessity of prompt and dill
gent efforts to bring these parties to
justice. The affair is disgrace to the
civil administration of your county and
you owe 1T to yourself TO clear yourself
OF all possible appearance of conniv-
ance or sympathy with this outrage bv
energetic and sincere efforts to viudi-
cate the supremacy of the law. If there
Is any power lodged in this office which
can facilitate your efforts you have
only to indicate that you are in need
% It, JAS. L. CLARKE, Governor.
The Forrest City times., 1895-07-19

The new rules for the army in deal
ing with mobs, which President Cleve-
land has approved, give to the COM
mander of the troops the decision of
the question of when to open fire, this
being tactical matter. Troops are to
act in conformity with the constitu-
ton and the laws of congress, though
In case of sudden invasion, attempted
robbery or interruption of United
States mails, or other momentous
emergency, an officer of the army NAV
act without waiting for instructions.