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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-02-07
sEEoRE MATCHES CANE.


III. Flint and Steel and Rnshiights and
Tallow Dips of Our Ancestors
To the present generation it may seem
next door 10 the incredible that in the
first years Of the reign Of William ~
there were no lucifer matches. In lieu
thereof there were only long matches or
splints of wood tipped at each end with
melted sulphur. and before the compli-
Gated system OF dipping the sulphuret-
ed match in concentrated sulphuric
acid came into use these matches were
kindled first by striking a light with
flint and steel and then causing the
spark to ignite small quantity of tin
der, an inflammable substance usually
composed of partially burned linen.
This simple adjunct to the process Of
obtaining a light had been in use all
over the world from time immemorial
The French finder was called anna
dou, !" word the etymology of which
has been fercely contested, some phi
lologers deriving it from the old French
adjective ''amadou, equivalent to am
orous. and conveying the moral idea of
the sweetly agreeable sensation of the
hand coming in contact with very soft
substance, while others trace it to the
Latin lad manum dulce. The French
finder was often made of the spongy
portions of mushrooms and other fungi,
and prior to the introduction of lucifer
matches the manufacture of amadou
was one of considerable Importance.
The cryptogamio substance was beaten
on block somewhat after the manner
of felt until it became homogeneous,
and it was then impregnated with a
solution of salts Of inter or simply pull
verified gunpowder. The Germans still
fabricate delicate kind of amadou
which is used in surgery for stanching
hemorrhage. AS for flint and steel. they
have as completely faded out from our
domestic economy as they have from
firearms, and the finder box is so rare
~ seen that it might well be included
in an exhibition of old social curios-
With finder and finder boxes has also
/, vanished the rushlight which, when
! William Cobbett was boy, English
cottagers used to make for themselves
(, by gathering rushes and dipping them
SUCCESSFULLY in melted tallow until suffi-
cient thick adipose matter was obtained
In houses where refinement was sup
posed TO prevail the rushlight was
/ invariably placed in a japanned tin
shade perforated with circular orifices,
and the insomnolent invalid had the
! pleasure of contemplating a large
number of round spots of light on the
! ceiling, reflected from the rushlight
screen. "Dips," another form of tallow
candle, much given to sputtering. which
smelled abominably. have also died the
death, and mold candles" which
strove to emulate wax ones in their
form, but hardly succeeded in doing so,
have been superseded by cheaper can
dies. almost as shapely and az light
giving as the old and costly spermaciti
Seventy years ago gas was little used.
There were no railroads. few steamboats,
and no lucifer matches; yet as Mr..
Walter Besant might put it. the world
went very well then Tele-
graph.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-02-07
APoLoelzED FOR lNTRuDlNc.
The Bashful Student Thought the venu
Of Mcdioi Was \ Living Bather.

The Baehful student 2nouNuu tine venus
Of Medici Was = Living Bather.
A funny story Of . modest man is
told by Aubrey de We're in The Century
Magazine. After 90 years seclusion
within the walls of his college certain
venerable fellow Of Cambridge univer
sity thought it was time for him to see
little of the world, and he accepted an
invitation from an early pupil who was
entertaining large party in a great
country house. At dinner he sat next
to the young lady of the house. Their
conversation fell upon baths, and she
happened to mention that she took a
shower bath every morning to invigorate
her system, adding. when he inquired
what shower bath was, that it resem-
bled very small round room; that the
bather took his or her stand in the GEN.
ter of it, and upon pulling string was
drenched by sudden food Of water from
above.
Next morning the recluse rose at bis
usual hours o'clock-and being of an
inquisitive temper thought it well to
explore carefully what he had never
seen before-a large country house On
pulling open door he found himself at
the entrance Of . very small circular
apartment, one OF those In which house
maids store away old brushes and house
hold articles past their work. In the
center Of it stood . plaster cast Of the
Venus Of Medici. The venerable man
recoiled, closed the door and walked in
the park till summoned by the breakfast
bell he took his seat. and the host ask
ed whether he would have tea or coffee.
But he had reflected on what good man
ners imperatively required. and his an
gwer was:
my lord. can neither partake OF
tea nor coffee, nor any other rejection
until have first rendered my humblest
apologies to the interesting young lady
| whom now see dispensing the choco-
| late and on whose sanitary additions
this morning as abe stood in her shower
bath was SO unfortunate as unwilling
| " to intrnde. /"
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wearing Of olss. Eyes.

1t is a fallacy to suppose that people
who wear cork legs and glass eyes are
inditferentto their personal appearance.
They are often vainer than ordinary in
dividuals
A rich man, for instance, who is
obliged to wear an artificial eye will
wear three different eyes every day-an
eye for morning. when the pupil is not
very large; an eye for afternoon, when
the pupil is smaller; an eye for evening.
when the pupil has extended to its full
size.
A London eyemaker, who gave this
information, said he made about an
equal proportion Of glass eyes for men
and women. Some people keep quite q
stock in their possession. In fact, no less
than 10 eyes have been made by my in
formant for one gentleman within three
months
His son had got one eye made from
measurement, and that eye fitted so PER-
fectly that the old gentleman, in an out
burst Of gratitude, wrote of fcr ! | ctl
er eyes. The eyemaker admitted thar
this was an exceptional INSTANCE.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-02-07

The ancient use Of the mace intro
duces rs to . remarkable instance Of
ecclesiastical casuistry. The clergy was
forbidden to shed blood. and as thus tho
sword was inhibited this might have
been thought sufficient to keep then
from the battlefield. But not 20; they
adopted the mace. Though they could
not cut mans throat. jet might they
break his head So Bishop Ohio, hall
brother Of William, fought alongside Of
the conqueroF- at The bitter battle oi
Hastings with great effect, the brothers
being. As you may sag. - pair Of nut
crackerR Notes and Queries
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-02-07

Pz $780, P'1La "one cent dose AZ dTussisss
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-02-07
DOES THIS SETTLE IT2
HAS THE SOURCE OF THE MIssIS-
SlPPl BEEN POSITIVELY FlxEDf

The story OF the Search For IL During
Two CcnturIes-Laks ItascA and the Lit
tie Stream That NIcolist Christened the
Graded Achilles"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-02-07
ne CONFIDENTIAL PAPER.
The BritOn Complains. Praises and scsl
In His Daily journal


The newspaper is member Of the
family in England and regularly comes
to breakfast with the other members.
The London Times is q kind of oldest
son among newspapers, and Punch the
jolly bachelor uncle, who makes COCA
sionai visits. Englishmen take their
newspapers into their confidence and
have half way Of writing to them on
all sorts of subjects II an Englishman
rows down the Thames and stops for
luncheon at an inn and is overcharged,
he writes to his newspaper, just as a lit
tie boy runs in to complain to his
mamma of the rough treatment of his
playmates, and later on the first letter
is followed by others, In which the COM
parative merits and cost Of light lunch
cons on the continent, in Seringapa-
tam, in Kamchatka and everywhere
else where Englishmen have eaten and
drunk-and where have they not done
these?-is discussed an fond. II horses
stumble and fall in Rotten row. there
are letters on the subject which go into
the matter Of roadbuilding, modern
horsemanship and the like. with quota
tions from Virgil and anecdotes of acoi-
dents that happened half century ago.
Not only the more serious weekly, but
also the daily newspapers, give one the
impression that they feel themselves to
some extent responsible for the contem-
porary auditing of the accounts of the
day of Judgment On the other hand,
the better class Of English newspapers
do not indulge in rash suggestions,
hasty CONGRATULATIONS. uncertain guesses
at probable future happenings and the
daily exploitation of the personal affairs
of notorious nobodies And one may
be permitted to say diffidently that per-
haps this is preferable. Ii Mr.. Balfour,
for example. were to go abroad for a
holiday, it would be considered vulgar
to chronicle his doings and dinings and
absolutely brutal and boorish to write
particulars of the dress and behavior Of
his sister. or his wife. II he had one
The sense OF fair play Of nation OF
sportsmen does not permit an editor to
torment even his enemy from behind =
woman's petticoats. Price Collier In
Forum
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-02-07

Nood,s plss are hand made. and perfect
IN proportion and appearances. sc. box
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-02-07

Rubinstein once declared to some one
that he was descended from one Of the
crusaders who accompanied Richard
Cmur de Lion to Palestine .'On the
piano presumably, was the smiling re-
Spouse San Francisco Argonaut-
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-02-07

Tie Mississquoi, in Vermont, took its
name from the abundance of waterfowl
The word means many duoks
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-02-07

The Indians called the French Broad
river Tockyeste. the Little Roarer.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-03-15
SCHOOL TRUSTEE LESLIE.

supt. Swan Appoints Jere Il. Leslie as
Trustee to Succeed Judge Pomeroy.
County Superintendent Swan Mon
day appointed Jere B. Leslie as school
trustee to succeed G. w. Pomeroy, pres.
ident of the board who placed his resig-
nation in the hands of the county super
intendent as soon as he wss officially no.
titled of his appointment as judge of the
Eleventh judicial district. Speaking to
The TRIBUNE reporter, Mr.. Swan said
that he had a good many names recon-
mended to him for the position and
there seemed to be a very general inter
est taken in the appointment. Mr.. Les.
lie was in no sense an applicant for the
position, however, and was, indeed, re-
~luctant to consent to take the office. 1t
was not till last night after the county
superintendent and several leading citi-
zens visited him and urged on him the
duty of accepting the office hat he
he finally gave hls consent. The ap-
pointment gives general satisfaction, not
only IN account of the personal character
of Mr. Leslie, but because the services
of a lawyer on the board at this par
ticular time will be peculiarly valuable
to the board. The term will be a very
short n however, as Mr.. Pomeroy's
term expires at the next school election
which comas just after the city election.
Mr.. Leslie could not be induced to
promise to run for a reelection after the
present term expires.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-03-15

New ORLEANS, March ll.-At 1920
O'Clock today a large number of white
men appeared on the le wee at the head
OF st. Andrew street and by threats and
violence drove off the colored laborers.
The police dispersed the whites, firing a
number of shots. Thirty or forty shots
were fired by the whites.
Two negroes, John Parker and Philip
Fischer, were fatally wounded. First
Officer Shain of the British ship Akafar,
who witnessed the riot, says: ''Three
vessels lying between jackson and st.
Mary streets were being loaded by mem
oers OF the White Shoremen's Benevolent
association. They had quit work. There
was a crowd Of darkies away down the
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-03-15
VISITED THE FALLS.
Mr.. Debs Thinks Great Falls viii Be "A
Grear Industrial Center.

Mr.. Debs Thinks Great Falls viii Be II
Grear Industrial Center.
Monday morning Mr.. Debs and Mr..
Goodwin, with several members of the
local lodge Of the A. r. U. and a repre-
sentative Of THE TRIBUNE, visited the
Rainbow falls, the Giant spring, and the
smelters before the former gentlemen
took the west-bound train.
The Giant spring was especially ad.
mired by Mr.. Debs, who remarked that
he had never seen a more wonderful
piece Of natures work. Interested
as he is in the welfare of labor, the great
smelter at the falls, the we'll appointed
Touring mills, the power yet awaiting
use and the cheap fuel a few miles away
at once convinced him that this city ir
the natural movement of events can
hardly escape becoming a very important
Industrial points. On this lecture toul
Mr.. Debs will GO through to the coas,
visiting Spokane and Seattle, her south
to San Francisco. Los Angeles and al
far as Santiago. 1t is possible that he
will come to Great Falls again in a few
weeks, and if Sc a free lecture will b.
given at that time.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-03-15
TO IMPROVE CENTRAL AVENUE
j. ii. Mcknight Will Commence W0rk
Monday ON a New Two-Story
Brick Building.
1t Has Been Leased by A. 2. Curtin
Il Co.-William Roberts Will
Also Build at Once.

Central avenue Is to have another
handsome brick block located between
Third and Fourth street, next to the old
Strain Bros building. Architect White
has prepared the plans for j. II. Nc
knight and work on it's construction
will be commenced at once. Indeed it
may be said that it Is already COM
menced, as men were at work yesterday
tearing down the old wooden building
formerly occupied by ]. H. Mcknight n
Co. as an agricultural warehouse, which
covers part Of the site. A contract has
been let for the excavation and work on
this portion of the job will commence
Monday OF Tuesday.
The plans contemplate the erection OF
IA two.story block with a good basement
The block will be o0xl00 with a pressed
brick front trimmed with stone. The front
will also have two large plate glass show
windows and will make a very hand
some improvement to the street. The
whole building has been leased to A. +.
Curtin 4 Co. who will occupy 1t as a
furniture store. The building is to be
finished ready for their occupancy by
July l. In the interior Of the large store
room, a stair case goes 40 to a balcony
or platform in the rear. and from thence
to the second story thus giving the whole
frontage to the show windows. and max
ing a very desirable store. The cost of
the new block will be about $4,000.
VIM. Roberts will also m work
very soon on his new brick block on the
of Central avenue and Sixth
Already the stone for the found
is on the ground and the city
engineer has been surveying the property
and giving the lines Several other pro-
jects for improving Central avenue are
we'll under way and 1t is safe to predict
the erection of two or three other brick
blocks on Central avanue this season.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-03-15
GREAT FALLS BANKS,
The Recent Statements SHOW Il Very Strong
Condition.

The Recent Statements Show a Very Strong
Condition.
The bank statements of the three ma
tional banks in this city were published
recently in the columns of The TRIB-
UNE. and to anyone who has studied the
figures contained in them they tell a
story of solidity and strength which is a
tiattering commentary Oh the financial
condition Of Great Falls. Shortly before
the call for a statement from the ma
tional banks the two state banks made
statements equally tlattering. From the
last statements of all five of the banks
doing business in this city the following
figures are complied:
The amount of loans is 81 ,5S2.143.60:
overdrafts, sl,43l,6S; United States
bonds, S190,S15; other securities. $780,
STATE: real estate. S79,l0l.59; redemp-
ton fund, s6,70S. 80: cash, SS53,0SO As.
This makes a grand total CT assets
amounting to s3,274,2l5.76. The
total liabilities are as follows:
Capital stock. SS25,000; sur
plus. $4,000; undivided profits,
55O,0ll52; circulation, 5l3l, $50; deposits,
81, 1913 .l34 81. AS the three first items
are matters that concern the stockhold-
ers alone, the practical fact is hat the
banks of Great Falls have s3,274,215.76
in assets to pay their circulation, and
deposits amounting to 81. 9,2O4, p.
Another remarkable fact is that the
cash or hand amounts to within a frac.
ton of fifty per cent of the deposits or
several times the reserve required by
law. In some respects this may not be
a feature altogether desirable in its sig
%niticance, as it would indicate a lack of
desirable loans. but so far as showing
the solidity of the financial institutions
of Great Falls is concerned, nothing
could speak better. 1t is evident that
the bankers do not propose to be caught
where some of them were in the financial
panic of eighteen months ago, and are
keeping very large reserves of cash within
reach and doing a conservative and safe
business, The insignificant amount of
the overdrafts. compared to the total
deposits. is another indication of the
same tenor. They amount in all to
~Sl,43l.S6. and one bank report (the Cas-
cade) shows no overdrafts whatever,
while the largest is only about $500 on
deposits. %aggregating more than S2l5, 900.
Certainly the bank statements of Great
Falls show a very strong financial condi-
ton in every instance and the aggregates
make a showing that few cities OF this
size can duplicate.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-03-15

New YORK. March 1l.-Barsilver, G0l
cents; lead, S2.9o.
Pioneers of Civilization.

A hundred and foul years ago there
was born into this world, in a quiet
country parish OF England, one of the
souls that became conspicuous as lights
to end leaders of m%en-John Wesley.
He was the founder of the religious sect
of M%ethodists, and seldom has any
mortal obtained such IA following as he
in less than a century from bis birth.
In the great west the Methodist
preacher has always been abreast of
the settlements; in fact he has been a
pioneer of civilization, and much more
than will ever be written down is due to
him for the development of our country.
Among these pioneers the preachers of
other creeas have not been laggard; and
earliest of them all were the Catholic
fathers who visited the far northwest
more than a century ago-thelr names
preserved in the Applications of towns and
counties. In the last forty years the
great pioneer force of the west has been
the rallroad-often not waiting for the
woOdsman or farmer, but pushing far
ahead Of settlement and making it d pos
sibility. Such a force has been
the great Burlington Decentralization,
development and prosperity has followed
its steps as it crossed the mississippi,
the Missouri, spread itself over the plains
of Nebraska, touched the foot of the
Rockies at Denver. penetrated the Black
Hills. and is now in the Mountain State
(Montana), besides paralleIing the Mis-
GiSSirpi frop, CT Tn,,i, =, c. D,,l H.,
information about the system, or tickets
and maps, apply to your home agent, or
write to W. j. G. Kenyon. st. Paul, Mimi.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-03-15
CAUGHT IN A BLIZZARD.

Two Cinnamon who Rode While the
White Men Walked in the storm.
1t is not often that a blizzard wan.
ders so far away from it's home as to
etrike northern Montana, but when it
does it m%isbehaves itself very badly.
The following account of the experience
of a stage coach party is given by the
Lewistown Argus:
From B. II. Vinson of the Ubet stage
line. we learn that the coach from La
zard of last Saturday afternoon and that
the passengers and driver barely es-
capped with their lives. Besides George
Holmes, the driver, Jack jolly of La
vina, and two Cinnamon were aboard
the coach. About five miles south of
Okla the storm came suddenly upon
them, and in a few minutes it was i'm
possible to see the the road. The driver
got out and went ahead but could not
be seen 20 feet from the team. 1t
was then determined to camp and the
team was unhitched and turned loose.
party and as one of the horses had
GU uCu w IL "uSot IL q ICCIOCu
to move on toward Okla. The two
Cinnamon were placed astride the horse
which was led by Jolly. After strug-
Cling in the snow for several miles it
vas suggested that the Cinnamon walk
but not much! The Celestials
were rot built for walking, one of
them crying out, me no walkee!'
me no walkee.' One of the China
men having lost a shoe jolly tied his
handkerchief around his foot to pre-
vent it from freezing. 1t was nearly
10 o'clock at night before they reached
Okla, and Jolly and the driver we're so
nearlp exhausted that they could not
have gone one hundred yards further,
the Cinnamon were tenumbed
with cold. When able to speak one of
them remarked, twenty millets more
dead Chilamen." 1t is said that if
Jolly had not been along the other three
would have persisted as the driver was
BADLY ratified. The other horse and the
wagon were found the following morn
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-03-15

levee walking up. When the two crowds
met | heard several shots and noticed a
panic among the blacks.
Mounted Officer Miller, the only po-
liceman on the upper portion of the
wharf at the time, heard the fusilade of
shots, when he dashed around the corner
of jackson street and saw the negroes
running in every direction, chased by
the blue and red shirted white men, fir
ing AS they ran. The crowd of whites
quickly yanished.'
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-03-15
AT THE BELT MINES.
Events of IA Week in the Busy Coal

Events of ii Week in the Busy Coal
Camp.
From the Belt Valley Times are
CLEANED the following items:
"Mine No. l started up Tuesday. They
are now getting out about fifteen car
loads of coal a day and this mount will
be increased az fast as men can be put
to work.
'Supt. Kinney has finally decided to
lay new track over the dirt which fell
and blocked UP the entry in No. . mine.
rather than attempt the long and tedious
task OF removing it. There is ample
room between the new bottom-which is
as firm and hard as the oid-and the
roof to permit the passage of the mine
cars, AS soon as this work is completed
the work of getting out coal will be
resumed. A new pump has replaced the
one buried by the cave,in and the work
is being pushed as hard as men can do it
1.-THE washer has resumed and will gel
its supply of slack for coke from No. l
mine. This slack will be dumped into
railroad cars and hauled to the hop pers
INTO which it will be shoveled by hand
Fire has been kept up in fifty ovens
and they will be charged at once, there
now being ample water from No. 2 mine
to keep the mine running. The new nut
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-03-15
TIL SUGAR TRUST.

RecaltitIant Witnesses in the Investiga-
ton May BE Prosecuted.
WASHINGTON, March II. Secretary
Smith said today that no one from the
interior department had telegrAphed or
written E. F. Kibner offering him the
position of governor of Arizona. Charges
have been filed against Gov. Hughes,
but as yet the secretary has not had
time to look into them, though he in
tends to do so. District Attorney Rod
ney said today that he had decided to
call up next month the cases of ~recalci-
trant witnesses of the Sugar trust in
vestigation.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-03-15
The y nIiInn Mnn.

New YORK, March 1l.-,Tudge Freed
man today handed down a decision in
the case of William S. Wyse against his
wife, giving judgment in favor of Mrs.
Wyse. Wyse sued to recover property
of $4,000, which he said his wife OBJ
tanned from him when he was mentally
unsOund.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-03-15
stranger in Tansiers.

TANGIERs, Morocco, March IA
violent storm prevailed here last night.
fishing boats and other crafts
were wrecked. Snow fel! for the first
time in many years.