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Rumors of War and Resultant Duties.

Having outlined the nature of the
first line of defense, namely, the navy
increased by a national naval reserve,
and that of the second line, which
should be an enlarged naval militia,
acting within its own district, we come
next in order to the question of forti-
fications and harbor protection. 1t
would seem superfiuous at this late
date to draw attention to the vulnera-
BILE condition of our great ports; every
rank from general to lieutenant has re-
iterated again and again the need of
adequate protection. Fertilization
boards have reported and congressional
committees have visited each defense
less locality: the sum and substance of
all inquiries being that we are power
less to resist the first onslaught from
even second class navy. Suffice IL to
say those who are clamoring for war
that SIPS, 000, 900 must be invested in the
building of forts and their equipment
with modern ordnance. II this seems
large, let IL be remembered that IL is
no greater than the annual pension ap-
preparation. Certainly. safeguards for
the future are as much a patriotic ne
cessity as gratitude for military SER
vices of the past. As in the case of bat
tleships, the element of time here faces
us, and We must prepare some crude
means for warding off any sudden blow
Which, bt DcloTt the COIl-
pletion OF the new forts. Again the
question, What can we do?" And
once more the answer is. Fall back
upon the mechanical ingenuity of our
people and create at least a flimsy COW
ering for our military nakedness." In
default of the immediate formation of
the general stan. and enlargement of
the duties of the war college and off
ces of intelligence" would result i'm col
lecting much diverse information con-
| corning the commercial plant fitted for
building earthworks. blockading chan
I nels. placing submarine mines and for
numerous other purposes. Each state
/ should also establish an office of in
[ telligence and the governors should re-
I place the ornamental civilian members
[ on their STATS with officers who are
I competent To collect and tabulate mill
tary and naval data.-Commander ].
/ W. Miller in the April Forum.
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Guests at the Ho els.

Missoula. April 4.-Guests at the local
hotels are:
At. the Florence-T. o. Hilbourn, Chi
cago: H. T. McGarvin, ~ & T. comany;
George F. Train, jr., San Francisco; ".
r. Roman, agency; +. Hartman, Horse
Plains: John Purtle, city; Dan Angevine.
Missoula: w. NJ. O'Brien, Chicago; s. IL.
Greenwood. St. Louis; c. l.. Beach, De-
troit: j. r. Williams. DR.. II. c. Higgins
and family, Stevensville: George w. Nc
Caskey, Butte: l.. l.. Waxham Milwau-
kee; c. S. Huffman. St. Louis; s. Bender,
Butte; f. w. Stetson. city; A. Solomon,
San Francisco.
At the Rankin. III. Underwood, Bon
ner; w. T. Cratic, Perma; John Hogle,
Coloma; Henry Pfeifer, St. Joseph, Mo. {;
s. A. Barns, Norfolk. Neb.; Mrs. 5. H.
Wilkinson, San Jose, Cal; John Boyd,
Philipsburg: Mrs. S. w. Moore. Hamilton;
S. b. Baldwin, Victor; J. E. Smith, Hope;
John Morris, Iron Mountain; Mack
Mowatte, Iron Mountain; f. w. Mead.
Ogden: Frank Austin, city; George HUFF,
Helena: John Mcleod, city; A. f. Guinan,
city; Leonidas +. Power, city; A ID.
Raleigh. Helena.
At the Kennedy-E. c. Drum, Chicago;
A. r. Fraser, Rossland b. c.; Scottie An
derson, Nine Mile; John Lynch, Spur; Joe
BRADLEY Cabinet, Idaho Mrs Ida Muir
ply, Stevensvile; w. G.. Seymour, Cleve-
land
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this sort must be very far between, and
that any author who should rely mainly
on his ability to guess at the kind OF
book the public was going to thirst
after six months or a year later, would
be very likely to go hungry himself. L
venture to believe, also, that there is
fallacy concealed in the phrase which
speaks of the taste of the public" for
il assumes that there is a public-one
public, having taste in common with all
it's members. / am inclined to think
that, so far from there being only one
public, the number of publics have
widely divergent likes and dislikes is
indefinite, not to say infinite. These
smaller publics are no two of them the
same size;. and no doubt the member
ship of them is too limited for an au-
thor to hope to make his living by
pleasing IL. There are in fact as many
different publics as there are separate
authors; and there must be, since no
two writer's ever made precisely the
same appeal to their readers.-Profes-
sor Brander Matthews, in the April
Forum.
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MIS- SOULA NEWS.

Missoula, April 4.-Miles Mix is at home
again, after an absence in the East of
two years. Miles heard that there is to be
a city election here and couldn't keep
off.
The last of the framework of the iron
warehouse near the depot has been loaded
for shipment to Hamilton, where IL is to
be erected again. The work of demolish-
ing the big brick warehouse will begin at
once. The grading for the new railroad
track and yards will be under way as
soon as the buildings are removed.
The bicycle club will hold a meeting
Tuesday evening to complete the arrange
ments for the construction of the new
track at the athletic park
L. ii. Brewster left to-day for his home
in Eastern Montana, with a lot of cattle
purchased in the Bitter Root valley.
Subscriptions for the athletic park have
been made so generously and willingly
that the managers expect to be able. with
the receipts from the ball which they will
give next week. to construct the fence
grand stand and other buildings at once
The engine drawing No. i yesterday
broke an eccentric blade east of Thomp-
son Falls and was delayed for half an
hour. The delay also held back the east
bound train for IS minutes.
p. b. Clark of Helena left this morning
for the Iron Mountain mine.
oOlit SptNliutuS OF copper ore
are being brought in from the Lou Lou
district.
Vincent Roman came down from the
agency last evening and returned this af-
ternoon, accompanied by w. Q. Ranft.
who was wanted at Jocko on legal bust
ness. Mr.. Ranft returned on to-night's
train.
J. NJ. Page, state land agent went west
on No. to-day.
The Bitter Root train this noon was one
OF the heaviest of the year Besides the
passenger coaches there were 81 loaded
freight cars. This is a pretty good indi-
cation that business is not slack in the
Bitter Root country.
Master Harry Murphy OF Coloma is Wis
iting friends in Missoula this week.
Professor +. b. warman. who has just
concluded a series OF lectures in Butte. is
in Missoula for the purpose OF arranging
a course Of similar talks here.
Rev. A. ID. Raleigh. formerly Methodist
pastor here. came over from Helena to-
day.
J. 4. Williams and DIR. II. c. Higgins
and family OF Stevensville. are registered
at the Florence to-day.
John Boyd Of Philipsburg came in on
No. ! yesterday.
This has been one OF the best business
days of the year In Missoula. Scores OF
ranchmen have been in town disposing OF
produce and making purchases and the
branch railroads have brought in an I'M
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1Western Montana Mews

usually large number of Saturday buyers.
All lines of trade have been benefited and
there has been a rush at all the stores.
Z. Winslow Stetson came over from
Helena to-day and will remain until after
election.
George w. McCaskey of Butte is
guest at the Florence.
A special dispatch from Horse Plains to
the Standard says: r. L. Menifee de-
clined to run for school trustee and c. c.
Willis and c. Il. Gibbs were elected.
Messrs. Davis and Harlem were the other
candidates. The vote was: Willis, %;
Gibbs so; Davis, 81: Harlem, 30.
Charles Jewett a wood hauler, fell from
a load of wood this afternoon and dislo-
Gated his hip. He was taken to st. Pat
ricks hospital. where the dislocation was
reduced. Mr.. Jewett will be disabled for
some time. The injury is more serious
because the man was alone when the ac-
cident occurred and was unable to sum-
mon assistance. lie lay on the ground
some time before he was discovered.
The executive committee Of the board OF
trade to-day opened bids for building
fence around the university grounds. The
bids ranged from $50 to $500 The contract
will be awarded Monday.
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HE'S MADE ELIGIBLE
Candidate Grill Holds a Deed for a
Piece of Ra. Estate.
PLOTS OF EVANS ENEMIES
Anything to Beat Evans" is the
Cry In the bird Ward Mr..
Darbee Finds a Strong
Opposing Line.

Missoula. April 4.-The republicans
have made Julius Grill eligible for the
office of alderman, for which he is their
candidate in the Second ward. AFTER
they had nominated Mr.. Grill, the re-
publicans discovered that he was ineh-
gible by reason of the fact that ne
owned no real estate in the city. This
was remedied by r. w. Angevine, who
decided TO Mr.. Grill city lot for an al
legged consideration of 5000. Mr.. Grills
position is identical with that of Alder
man Darbee when he was a candidate
two years ago. At that time w. IL.
Brooks decided Mr.. Darbee lot, which
he still holds.
The aldermanic contest i'm the Third
ward continues to be hot and lively.
A. r. Cook and d. ID. Bogart, who came
over yesterday TO assist in beating j.
NJ. Evans in this ward for alderman
found that they had hard fight on
their hands and last night telegraphed
TO T.. w. Stetson, who arrived on NO. l
to-day and has taken hold of the wires
to relieve the aching arms of his su-
perior officer, which had suffered from
the strain of yesterdays work. Any
body in Helena having business with
the auditor or the state bank examiner
can find them in Missoula. All commu-
nications addressed to them at the
Florence hotel will receive as prompt
attention as possible. Mr.. Bogart to-
day registered in the First ward and
Messrs. Cook and Stetson in the Third
ward. There is some doubt expressed
as to whether they can legally vote
here, under the codes, but they seem
determined to vote anyway.
In other wards both parties are hard
at work, but the contest here Is not as
exciting as in the Third. Here the cry,
Anything to beat Evans" Is being
sounded up and down the ward and is
being taken up by the adherents of Mr..
Darbee. The South Missoula people are
making a fight against Mr.. Darbee on
the street Improvement tax and on the
laxness of the authorities in enforcing
the COW ordinance. They claim that Mr..
Darbee has failed to properly represent
them in these matters, and they want
somebody in the council who will do so.
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An absence OF caution has led later
writers TO ascribe the broad success of
this or that author to the skill with
which this or that author has guaged
the popular taste at the moment Of
publication. artfully preparing his lit
erary wares to meet a widespread de-
mand he has shrewdly forseen. This is
most unsatisfactory and most I'M
scientific attempt to explain away what
seems often ineXplicable-the interest
sometimes shown by the book-buying
public i'm the writings of the author
whose works are not esteemed by his
fellow-craftsmen. As IL is hard 10 prove
a negative I will not maintain that no
author has never been clear-sighted
enough TO guess at the probable dura-
ton OF the next swing Of the pendulum
but l am certain that the lucky hits of
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FOR EASTER SUNDAY.
The Weather Perfect, the Churches Dec
GRATED and the Hats 90 sweet.

GRATED and the Hats 90 sweet.
Missoula, April 4.-Everything to-
night promises a beautiful Easter Sun
day for Missoula. The day has been
perfect one as to weather and the
bright spring sky has been the cause
of much rejoicing among the fortunate
possessors of spring bonnets and
Easter suits. At the milliners', dress
makers and florists there has been a
rush all day and much impatience and
anxiety as to the completion of dazzling
wardrobes At the churches, too, there
have been busy throngs astir, decorat-
ing font and altar, until the sacred
edifices have been transformed into
bowers of bloom.
At all of the churches there will be
appropriate services tomorrow and
the attendance bids fair to be larger
than usual. At the Church of the Holy
Spirit and at st. Xavier's elaborate
musical programmes have been ar
ranged and at the other churches there
will be special music. The sermons
will all be upon the grand theme of
Eastertide and the day promises to be
a memorable one.
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Missoula, April 4.-Matt Coleman was
in town to-day from his ranch in the
lower valley and to a Standard reporter
said: For a week we have been
blowing and farmers all over the lower
end of the valley are doing the same
In a few days, If this weather con-
tinues, we will get our grain in. Every
thing looks better than IT has for years
and we ought to have a good season"
Mr. Coleman's brother, Charles Cole
man, of Chicago, with his family, has
recently arrived and will reside here
permanently.
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Instruments Filed,

Missoula, April 4-The following instru-
ments have been filed with the county
clerk:
Warranty deed-Henry o. Hollenbeck
and wife to Mrs. Jennie Sticht, lot in
Park addition, being parts of lots 10 and
II, block 5: 81.
Warranty deed-IIenry O. Hollenbeck
and wife to Charles NJ. Wilson. parts of
lots and 10. block 5. Park addition: ST.
Notice of water right-C. T. Morrell and
others. 240O inches of the waters of Hell
Gate river
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Chicago, April 4-Cattle-The cattle
market now practically closes for the
week on Friday. There was no business
to-day, the arrivals being only 800. The
week closed quietly at an advance of 15q
zoe on beef cattle over last week.
Hogs-Common to choice droves sold at
s.. 45G3.SO chiefly at s3.60d3.7O while
lightweights sold at SO. SOFAS. 80 for choice
to extra.
Sheep-The 1900 sheep receipts to-day
were readily sold at unchanged prices.
Light and medium weight fat sheep and
lambs OF handy weights sell better than
wooded fiocks. Exporters are buyers.
Sheep sold at s3.15di for common to
prime. some going above $S.s5. and lambs
sold at $3.s5d4.75 for poor to fancy. chiefly
at A.4Od4.65: spring lambs brought S6g
& %
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Leaving Anaconda, Butte and Helena BY
either the Northern Pacific or Great
Northern lines, whose trains arrive In
Minneapolis and st. Paul on the evening
of the second day. direct connections are
made in Union Depots of these cities
with fast trains over The Northwestern
Line. c., st. p. Nj. o. Railway as fol-
lows:
Leave Minneapolis 6:45 p. m, st. Paul
e:25 D. m. and arrive Chicago 500 a. m.
making connections with early morning
trains out of Chicago for the East and
South, or II you miss this train. you can
take the Northwestern Limited. the
finest trains that runs. Leave Minneapolis
7:3O %. m. st. Paul $40 p. m, arrive Mil
waukee $50 a. m. Chicago $3.50 a. m.
III going to Omaha, trains leave Mime
apolis 20 .. m. st. Paul $50 p. m. ana
arrive Omaha $40 a. m, st. Joseph l:40
o. m. Kansas City $3.50 p. m.
Be sure and ask your agent for tickets
via. THE NORTHWESTERN LINE and
YOU will get the cheapest rates for the
best service.
For Map Folder and any Information
YOU cannot get from your home agent,
address either OF the following:
NJ NJ WHEELER,
Travelling Agent. Miles City. Mont.
T. W. TEASDALE,
Gen. Passenger Agent, St. Paul. MINI.
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THE RkETS.

New York, April 4.-The resumption OF
business on the stock exchange after hol-
idays was characterized by fairly active
and advancing market. The foreign ex-
changes were closed on account OF Easter
holiday and the local dealers had the
speculation entirely to themselves. me
distribution of business was Indifferent,
but important gains were scored in many
instances. The industrials attracted the
most attention.
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Chicago WHEAT Market.

After the first hour the wheat market
did good business. The market, after
hating awhile. advanced to 649sG642sc.
changed some and closed at the top fig
ure. The firm tone was due in a measure
to the steady tone of private cables from
Liverpool and the more moderate weekly
Argentine shipments.
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Reduced rates to Austria, Germany,
sweden and all points in Europe. Tick
cts TO Chicago, New York. Boston. Phil
adelphia and all Eastern and Canadian
points. Call at Butte, Anaconda Pacific
passenger depot for rates, maps. etc.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-05

The Western Montana once OF the
Standard is at Room l. DAILY block. MIS-
soula. Telephone No. us Advertising
rates furnished on application
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ahicacn General Market

May wheat. 64isc; corn, 2s%c; oats
1850; pork. $50: lard. 81. O5: ribs 81. SIS. Re
ceipts: Wheat. IS. 900 bushels: corn, 26l. 90
bushels; oats, III. 600 bushels.
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stones In a Br~akwater.

The great breakwater AT Plymouth.
England. contains exactly the same
quantity Of stone as the great pyramid
$500, 900 tons.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-05

..Brown's Bronchial Troches" give relief in
ALI Bronchial affections A simple and sate
remedy Avoid nnila tlons
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rs, s;on MIning saocSs
ON Pleasing the Public Taste.

Boston. April 4.-Boston & Montana
757s: Butte a Boston. 2is.
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\. oney Market

Money easy at 3is per cent; sterling ex.
change firm at $4.S9di.S9A for demand
and 81 .Ssd4. SS14 for GO days.
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CHICAGO MARKETS.

Silver. 6S; pig iron. easy; copper, stea
lead, steady.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-12-11
The Desert Mirage.

Ono of nature S true wonders-one upon
which much has been written, but which
is yet not understood when its varied phe-
nomena are considered-is the desert mi
rage. Travellers in the arid regions of the
western and southwestern United States
tell wondrous tales concerning the spectral
pictures which the desert mirage has pre-
sented for their inspection. Cool sheets of
water and waving trees and grassy swards
appear where all is known ~ be parched
earth and burning sands. Occasionally a
mountain range will appear on what is
known to be "a boundless stretch of level
plain, or herd of deer, cattle or other ami
mails will be seen apparently contentedly
grazing on the CLASSY surface of the atmos-
phere Cities are occasionally seen hun
dreds of miles from civilization, and phan-
tom ships have been known to loom up
against the sky and appear as real vessels
to persons who lived so far away from the
waters that they had never taken the trou-
BILE to visit the seacoast, and who had
never seen real ship.
The explanation of the mirage, as usual
ly given, is as follows:
The sand, being intensely hot, causes
the layers of air which rest upon it to be-
come greatly rarefed, and under certain
circumstances this layer is quite distinct
from the deDser stratum few inches or
feet above it-just as if 1t were sheet OF
water upon which oil rested. 1t is this
rarefed stratum of air which acts as a re-
flector and pictures to the eye those curl
Gus inverted images. ST Louis Republic,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-12-11

gold standard, and is In favor of re-
tracing In due course and with careful
regard to the national honor the steps
taken in the decentralization of silver un
til both gold and silver shall be admitted
to free coinage at the ratio of 15d to
AMI made the standard money of the
world, and the measure of the values of
the worlds proposition which would
our voters, If this proposition alone
could be fairly presented to them, even
without further debate.
"They have sufficiently informed
themselves to believe that the quantity
of real money, and not the money which
must be redeemed in some other money,
determines the prices of the worlds
commodities, that the decentralization of
half of the worlds real money is slowly
reducing prices and crushing debtors,
and that the use of only gold as non-re-
deemable money Is placing the great in
strument of exchange in commerce upon
such narrow basis that the present de-
preston in production and trade will
continue, with occasional and temporary
reactions, for an indefinite period, and
with manifold evils to the human race
the world over.
ITO such convictions entertained by a
vast majority of American voters CON-
mitted to blmetallsm, the friends of
such monetary system may confidently
appeal. The question is not one of four
years, nor yet of decade. 1t may take
as long to remonetze silver as it has
taken to realize the paralyzing influence
of decentralization. But the fact that
six out of thirteen millions of American
voters have gwen their ballots for the
wild project of immediate free silver
coinage by the United States alone
shows that the question is one which
must be compromised and adjusted in
some way.
The advocates of gold monometal.
lism are crying out that the silver ques-
ton is dead. They hope, but do not
really believe, that this is true. Never
was it more important for bimetalists
to exert themselves. Mr.. Mckinley is
pledged by his own words to co-opera.
ton with us
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-12-11
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS,

Mrs Wlnslow's Soothing syrup mas Deen us
ed by millions OF mothers tor their children
while teethlng. If disturbed at night and
broken OF your rest by a sick child suffering
and crying with pain OF cutting teeth, send al
once and get a bottle OF Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup for children teething. 1t will
relieve the poor little sufferer Immediately
Depend upon it, mothers, there is no mistake
about it, 1t cures diarrhRa, regulates the
stomach and bowels cures wind collie, soft
ems the gums and reduces Inflammation, and
gives tone and ergy to the whole system
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup tor children
teething is pleasant to the taste and is the
prescription and discovery of one of the old
est and best female physicians and nurses in
the United States. Price twenty-five cents o
bottle. Sold by all druggists throughout the
world. Be sure and ask for "MRs. WINsLow's
SOOTHING SYRUP"