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London, April ia special dispatch
from Singapore says that the steamship
Leo Kill. from Manila. has arrived there
crowded with Spanish officials and we'll
to-do Spanish families. who are escaping
from the REBELLION. which is spreading
rapidly In the Philippines. They report
that Manila is panic-stricken.
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4 Seeming Paradox.

Paradoxical as Il may seem. money can
be made sometimes by burning IL In the
form Of powder. The financial argument
Is one that need not be argued against
war.
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Grim aud Growing s..r. ei.n.

There Is a grim suspicion In the minds
OF a good many that the so-called bust
mess interests OF the country would ac-
cept peace at the price of national dis
honor.
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Rome. April E.-Senor Bovio. chief of
the republican group in the OF
deputies. was invited TO unveil a bust to-
day at the Roman Antonio Maceo club.
He was unable to attend. but he wrote a
letter in favor OF Cuban independence.
defending the action of the United States.
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Powers NAV Vet Act.

Rome. April 1.-THE Puneolo Parlamen-
tare publishes an interview with Baron
Fava. the Italian minister to the United
States. who will leave Tor Washington
next Thursday. In the course of which
he declares that he does not believe there
will be war. and that he considers the
possibility of action by the powers 10 stay
the decision of congress as not excluded.
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Globe Steam Dye Works,

Ladies' and gentlemen's garments dyed.
cleaned. pressed and repaired French
securing and chemical dry cleaning pro-
cess A rpeciaIty. Kid gloves. lace curtains.
silk dresses. etc. cleaned.
}. n. MEYERS. Prspssetsr.
zoe e. Brea1way. o~tses issetsess
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The greatest show ever given for the
money at Maguire's tonight. Only %
cents admission.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-18

: Last chance to see Corbett n FitZ-
simmons at Maguire's tonight. only
rs cents admission.
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Organs sold on s. payments at orion
Bros, 305 North Main street.
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Firmly Warlike.

Madrid. April 1.-THE usual Sunday
bull fight absorbed h people, over
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-18

Ticket No. PSI win piano at Monte
Cristo saloon. Call at sl1 South Mon
tana-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-18

London. April 1.-THE gold premium at
Lisbon at closing yesterday was IS.
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M. r. MAYER. Assayer-Samples by
mail or express will receive prompt and
careful attention. Gold and silver bullion
a speciality. No. 40 West Park street.
Butte. p. o. Box sic.
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DIR. G. LEO HAGENBURGER, Deutscher
Arzt. IS w. Park. Shodair Blk. Butte.
Special attention to obstetrics. women
and children. Skin and rectal diseases.
Tel. 400. Office hours. 3 to IL a. m. 2 to 4:3O
and Z to $50 p. m.
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OCULISTS.
DIR. T. A. GRIGG-
OCULIST.

Practice limited to Eye. Ear. Nose.
Throat and Chest. ONCE Tostonce ouiio'
ing % East Broadway. Butte. Mont.
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{

E. f. CUNNINGHAM, III. ID.
Rooms % and Is Bee Hive building. &c f.
Broadway. Telephone 60. Office hours. 2
to 5 p. m. Z to s evenings. Night calls an
swered.
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Leading Business Firms Of Montana.

ONCE half a block north of p. O.
$50 North Main ST.. Butte.
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SPAIN TAKES FIRM STAN[

CONTINUED from Page One.)
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-19

body get the gimiet, or maybe / IAN
drive themin with a hammer. Johnny,
you run down cellar and get the ham
mer.
II don't know but a chair will ba bet
ter than the step ladder for ms TO stand
on. Somebody go out into the kitchen
and get me a chair. l don't want TO
stand on n Of the parlor chairs.
"Got that cord9 Just measure off
about the right length and fassen it in
those li6tle things at the side.
There, now, there's your picture all
hung in good shape, aud no fuss about
it. The difference between us men and
you women is that when we have any
thing to do we go right ahead and de
it, and no talk about is
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-19

loTdship; sometimes falling fat on the
door and sometimes instead of the gen
Gle touch meant for their foreheads,
they would slap themselves several
times real hard. All of this was funny
and we laughed But please remember,
that we always paid for it, and woe
0etlde him who caused US to Taught
Our teacher was q peculiar man
For instance he was as much afraid of
a lizard as WI were of snakes. sus
pect that many q little Innocent liz ard
has found a warm resting piacein a
Dad boys pocket until a convenient
time TO loose it near the teachers chair
was found. Then all of US were free to
chase il. Sometimes whole mornings
or afternoons we're spent in looking for
it. Do you ask where this teacher
was while we chased the intruderG
Well sometimes standing in his chair,
sometimes on a desk, or bench, and
one time | remember he mounted the
door, for the lizard seemed determined
20 run under his feet and the big boys
were 80 busy all around him that the
top of the door seemed the only safe
place.
He knew nothing of electricity for
when q storm burst on our little log
school house in the woods he would
have the doors on each side of the
house thrown wide open and the
benches PUT straight between those
doors and there we we're compelled to
sit until it was all over. Tnere was a
dirt and stick chimney at end Of
the house, and a very large fire place
which was reserved for himself during
storms. When he would the fret NUT
terings of distant thunder he would
very quietly take his chair, walk back
to thaT fire place put his chair inside
where the fire in winter was wont to
be and deliberately take his seat. None
of US dared laugh, for We knew where
we would have to sit, if the storm came
nearer. Mrs. N.
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THE POPPY LAND LIMITED tx
PRESS.

The first train leaves at 6 p. m.
For the land where poppy blows;
The mother dear is the engineer,
And the passenger laughs and crows
The palace car is the mothers arms;
The whistle, a low, sweet strain;
The passengers WIuks and mods and
bllnks,
And goes 20 sleep in the train!
At 8 p. m. the next train starts
For the Poppy Land afar,
The summons clear falls on the ear
"All aboard for the sleeping carr
But what is the fare to Poppy Land7
l hope it is not too dear,
The fare is this, a hug and q kiss,
And 1t is paid to the engineer!
So I ask of Him who children took
On his knee in kindness great,
Take charge, I pray, Of the trains
each day
That leave at six and eight.
Keep watch of the passengers, thus 1
pray,
For to me they are very dear,
And special ward, O gracious Lord,
Ger the gentle engineer"
Edgar Wade Abbot.
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HER SAD

Nov" said the lawye r who was con
Quoting the cross-examination, will
YOU please state how and where you
first me- tais mani"
II THINK" said the lady with the
sharp nose, 'that it was"
Never mind what you uhink," in
terrupted the lawyer. I'VE want facts
here. We don't care what you think,
and we haven't any time to waste in
listening to what you think. Now,
please tell US where and when it was
that you first met this man."
The witness made no reply.
Come, come" urged the lawyer, 81
demand an answer to my Question"
Still no response from the witness.
your Honor, " said the lawyer, turn
ing to the court, II think I am entitled
to an answer to the question 1 have
put"
Toe witness will please answer the
question:" said the court in impressive
tones.
Cant" said the lady.
why not9'
The court doesn't care to hear what
think, does it3"
'No."
Then there's no use questioning me
any further. 1 am not a lawyer. 1
can't talk without thinking"
So they C lied tho next Witness
Cleveland Leader.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-19
HG DID IT.

The ~helpfulnees Of a good man, when
it comes to assistance in DOMESTIC at
fairs, says an exchange. is apt to be
very much like that of the Mr.. Barker
whose exploit is narrated below:
His wife had asked him to hang q
picture she had purchased for the par
lor. and he had said that he would do
it "in ajufy."
"You just get ms the cord and q pic
ture hook" he said to his wife, land
tell the servant girl to run down cellar
and bring up the step ladder and carry
it into the parlor; and where's those
two little screw thing-a-ma-jigs that go
into the back of the frame at the sides
to put the cord through9 Look them
up for me; and TII need the gimlet to
bore a little hole for the screws. Some
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5ooia1 Chat
EDTTED Br>AUNr JENNIE. RALEraH. n. c.

Here Is a column for ev~erybody-ladies. gen.
SIemen BOYS, girls fathers and mothers
Everybody Is invited TO Wit ON subjects OF in
CartSG 20 them. Never mind If you are not
PefIeGG asa wItt-r give us your thoughts and
We Will see that they are In good shape before
they are pubtisHed,
tHE PROGRESSIVE FARMER l. paper for every
member of the family and young and old alike
are It's patrons and its friends. We hope to
unite these JbOu~ands of our friends lin q bond
or friends ip that will be q help and an inspira.
ton TO each ONE of u.s." The friendship OF each
of our readers the confidence of the OLD NoIt til
states 8 urdy sons, and the trust of each or her
daught RS, Is what this paper aims to win by
helping each one of them to do more, to be more
anu TO enjoy more In this beautiful world" We
nope this 8 1rit Will animate each let er, and
breathe through every page. Address letters to
aunt Jennie" care Of TaR PROGRESSIVE FAR
N ER. Raleigh. N. c.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-19
RATHER LITERAL.

A country man wandering about q
church yard cameu upon the inscription:
''SIc transit gloria mundt."
what does it mean9'' he asked Of
the sexton, who had been explaining
the inscriptions to him.
Tue sexton peered toward it, and not
Wishing to show any ignorance, re-
piled: well, it means that he was sick
Jransiently. and went to glory Monday
morning ."-Harper's B8zar 1.
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LOST H SUBJ c

Anew days ago Rev. DIR. Mcintyre
delivered a lee ure in a new theatre at
washington, Iowa, says the Chicago
Times Herald. 1t was a fine building,
and the company which built and ope
rated 1t also owned a private electric
hight plant which lighted it. A large
audlenc9 was present, and the lecturer
mad his suoj ct wellin hand, when sud
denly every light went out. The thea
ter was pitch dark.
few words from the speaker pre-
vented a panic, and the lecture was
resumed IN the dark. Just at the eli
max OF a fine period the lights suddenly
aasned up again, throwing the audi
enee into disorder and disconcerting
Sle lecturer After a few minutes of
oAnklng, DR.. Mcintyre settled down
!? work egain and was warming up
IceIy when another plunge into dark
uess Interrupted him.
ne was nearing the peroration and
SOpea to faish in the dark without
uef interference Patience" he
Is absolutely necessary for sue
ID the daily aft .irs Of life. Never
your temper. It is foolish to dis
V'1y such Weakness"
s,so Ia' 'ae0toe tights flashed up. The
in Laser walked to the wings, and shak-
4'' LIST at q brawny Irishman who
a0perlng with wires, cried out in
L. "alen could have been heard q
ki3io., away: "Confound you, you
II VIII you ever have sense enough
1'e those wires aloneF"
D1' endad the lecture on Patience"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-19
NEGLECT OF seLF-CULTURR.

In a thoughtful paper IN "a Waste
of Education" in Woman's Home
Companion, Brand Bunner Huddles
ton speaks OF the tendency of women
90 permit their talents to rust out:
Mental culture may be the most
costly or the most valuable gift of par
ents to their children Just as they care
for it after they get it. 1t is certain
that few would equally neglect a ma
Eerial property Of like monetary cost
as they often d their educations. This,
zoo, when money is the very shortest
tape line by which a msntal gift my be
measured. Perhaps it is due in part
Co the mistaken idea that when we
nave quilted the school room we carry
with US a stationary fund of knowledge
chat will, or ought to be sufficient for
our future. .
Look at the piles of hard dollars and
the ilIimitable hours of time spent
every year in the study and practice
of music alone; except for the good they
are to teachers and to makers of muei
cal instruments, the half might as we'll
Oe wiped out of existence at one clean
sweep. A decent little eternity might
oe made out of the time. And this
continues to exist and repeat itself
generation after generation in the very
face of the fact that music is an iucom
parable addition to home life, and on
that account, if for no more lofty or
selfish reason, ought to be perfected
and never neglected by women. 5
How many of your women friends
will undertake to entertain even the
family circle with a creditable perfor
manceG Usually their pianos stand
idle from the period Immediately u
ceeding their marriage until their
daughters are old enough to be put at
lessons; then the old folly will be re
peated. What folly7 Not the placing
of children to study music or any other
accomplishment that ia for their good
or that the purse will permit. Let
them have all the advantages within
r ach, but also teach them apprecia-
ton; the folly consists in fostering
through example, and by a tacit ac-
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M ANSWERS.

The lecturer Of heath had finished
his discourse and invited his auditors
to ask any q lestions they chose con
corning points that might seem to need
clearing up, when a lean, skinny man
rose up and asked:
Professor, what do you do when
you can't sleep at night"
Il usually stay awake" replied the
the lecturer, although, of course,
everybody should feel at liberty to do
other wise, it he chooses. Are thera
any other q1estions2"
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SAD TALR.

The year had gloomIly begun
For Willie Weeks, a poor mans
sun.
He was beset with bill and dun,
And he had very little
MON
This cash." said he, won't pay my
dues,
I've nothing here but ones and
TUBS
A bright thought struck him, and he
said,
THE rlcn Miss Goldrocks I will
WE'D "
But when he paid his court to her,
She lisped, but firmly said No, -,
''Alasi' said he, "then I must del"
His soul went where they say souls
FRI
They found his gloves, and coat and
hat;
The Coroner upon them
SAT
Carolyn Wells, in Life.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-19
ECOND HANDED.

"John," said Mrs. Harkins, 81 heard
a nice compliment for you to day"
Mr.. Harkins put his paper down,
twisted up the ends of his mustache,
looked pleased and said:
"Well, that's nothing remarkable.
I receive compliments nearly every
day"
Mrs. Harkins went on slipping her
tea, and her husband waited for her to
resume. Finally he said:
well, why don't you tell me what it
vast Who was it that complimented
me9"
'O1, you couldn't guess in a week. ="
MIR. Deering9'' he ventured.
mo"
mot Bessie FallingtonG" he rather
eagerly suggested.
mo"
Goa, we'll, of course, if there's any
secret about it, I don't care to hear
what it is or who said it."
"There isn't any secret about" Mrs,
Harkins sweetly replied. Mr.. Hanna
ford told me that every time he and l
met he became more thoroughly CON-
WINGED that you were a man of excel
lent TASTE"
John Harkins then showed his hands
down into his pockets and walked out
side to think it over.-TI5 Bits.
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Then you absolutely refuse to allow
YOUR daughter to marry meG"

"Then you absolutely refuse to allow
your daughter to marry mes"
81 positively dol" reared the father.
"Uml l expected as much" muir
INJURED the young man, as he edged
towards the door. II merely went
through the form9lity of asking you
in order to avoid the possibility of a
suit for breach of promise. THE Phil.
adelphia N )rth American.
A young wife, a graduate Of Vassar,
went to make her first purchase at the
market. When asked what she would
have, she ms Wered: 81 want 10 pounds
of paraly zad sugar, 6 cans condemned
MIXED, 8 cans c~onsecrated lye, 1 sack
fresh sal5."
The clerk then asked if she would
not take some horse radish9
She replied: mo, it would be of no
use, as we do not keep a horse."-Ex-
change.
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ceptence of the existing state of things,
the idea that it can be other than a
sinful waste of time to acquire a good
thing and then neglect it. No one has
any business to learn a thing that is
not worth remembering Il is foolish
rom, a merely utilitarian point of
view. Thus it may not be possible or
desirable for every mother to teach
her own children, though some count
1t a sweet privilege to do so, yet it pays
them to keep thoroughly posted, if
only to ldge Of the quality of work
being done by the teacher and to sup
ply that home CO operation which is so
needful to the conscientious student
and the teacher.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-19
BACHELORS COLUMN.
A BAoHELol's CLUB

A number of the mosG prominent
young nan Of Atlanta. we learn from
an exchange, have organized a BachO-
Tor Band. The motto of the cluO 10
from the Proverbs of Soloman: sit iG
better to live in a corner Of the house
top than with a bra wling woman in q
wide house." The objects of the club
are to oppose m atrim Day, to fight for
che liberty of man, to encourage the
manufacture of devices such as bache.
lOr buttons and check the movement
i~naugurated by Mrs. Charlotte Smith
to require bachelors to wed. Any mem-
Der who marries will be fined 81, 900.
The club will attend the funeral" in
a body, dressed in black, wearing long,
mournful faces, with an abundant sup.
ply of crepe In addition to this they
will emit groans during the whole csre-
mony. When the fac is paid the mem.
Der shall b9 declared legally dead. TaerO
are a few bachelors about hare, but
We are sure they C 3uld no5 be induced
to join a socieEylike this. The 1ne In
zoo heavy.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-19
VIII the flights b@WRite ?
BY CY wARMAN,
of Tales Of an Engineer"

,-s+sd 1897. bv the s s Nc lure Co,
COP i9Iure's Ma tazlne F1OlisAeA mere ny
Pap: smpo1cial permisslon'
+w,so | feel nv engine swerve,
OF Ger strange rails We fare,
As nv yes around the curve
! so FOR what awaits Us there.
svfft aud free she carries me
WInsroIoh wards unknown, at night,
- along tne line Co see
! That all the lamps are white.
,,,,o light (rep track crippled car
Tpe green night signals SLOW"
o. red light Is a danger light,
~ Tbe white light Let her CO."
AGAIN the open fields we roam,
ASnd when the night Is fair,
Iogo no 10 the starry dome,
and wonder what is there.
rr who can speak for those who dwell
Rshind the curving sky3
M man has ever lived Co tell
lust what IL means TO die.
svift towards life's terminal I trend,
The run seems short tonight.
d I'd only knows what's al the end;
hope the lamps are white.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-19
BOYS.

Dear AUnt Jennie:-Here comes a
boy of seventeen t 10 join the circle Of
Social Chatterers Now, I fancy that
as l enter some woman is whispering:
''Oh, boys are a nuisance"
"And especially when they are seven
teen" some one adds.
"Yes, and more especially when they
are from town." says another.
But as / have b" Il in town only q
short while I suppose this lady will not
obj set.
/ see from last weeks PROGRESSIVE
FARMER that letters to Aunt Jennie are
not going in very rapidly now, and 1
think this is q good time for me to say
a few words.
Boys will be boys and though we are
careless and forgetful, we are glad to
see that Aunt jennie overlooks our
faults and welcome Us to a place in the
circle Sometimes there seems to be
no place for the awkw ward, careless, fun
loving, freckled faced-to sum it up in
one word, the 'Goyish"-boy. He seems
to be a kind Of supplement. appendix,
or something of that kind, that nature
made while thinking of something else
I'll admit she dIdn'G make him perfect,
but boys are not TO b:ame for that.
Boys are not angels but we don't
think it is exactly fair to say that we
are nuisances. In fact, We boys are
vain enough to think that the woman
tnat says this is the identical woman
who Will cIy when that nuisance"
leaves for a four years stay at college.
We can't imagine why women Cry and
women can't imagine why we r so
careless and awkward. Again old
mother Nature ia to Llame.
Aud though boys may not be OF any
other use, yet it has been demonstrated
Oy scientists that they are the only
material Of which men a be made,
and hence, a great responsibility is
resting upon each boy and upon each
boys father, mother, brothers and
sisters.
20 noble work of toll and careI
o task most beautiful and rRreI
0 simple, but most arduous plan,
To build up an immortal mani
Manhood is above all riches, over
tops all titles" The boys Of to day an
the men-of to morrow. And for this
reason the ''nuisances" claim your at
tention. Not all of us can become Presl
dents or Senators, but when we get to
be men there will be a place for all
who realize that the world owes US a
living and who have the energy to col
lect 1t.
''The task most beautiful and rare"
is to learn how In u respective places
to ''ac5 well our part" for there all the
honor lies" OF course there are worth
less boys-plenty of them, some of
them rich, some poor, and numbers OF
them who are leading lights in society.
But this is not a plea for the boys who
" = = lie.
Unmindful on LIES d0wery strand,
OF Gods occasions drifting by"
Il is a plea for the boyish boy who will
become the manly man; a plea for the
boy who realizes the granduer OF his
task, and knows that youth is the block
OF marble and hal each law in it will
BE- ''seen and read by all men" when
old Fasner Time shall chisel from it the
q statue-man.-One Of the Nuisan
ces, Raleigh, N. Q.
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DESIRE OF THE DRUG CLERK
AParting Request to a Customer in
Search of a Mixture to Cure . Cold.

The Long Acre drug clerk was cough,
ing and sneezing when the young lady
with the astrachan cape hung careless
lY over her arm stepped in.
II want something for a cough" she
said.
The clerk sneezed and shifted and
then wiped the tears from his eyes.
81 see you have a cough, too," she
ventured.
20 yes. horrible" he replied, and
then he showed her a bottle labeled
Our own cough mixture, guaranteed
to cure the most stubborn cases of cold
or cough Of years standing"
us that good7" she asked.
BEST in this market, " he answered T..
When he had flashed another attack
of coughing and sneezing she asked
the price.
"O1e dollar a bottle
You may wrap me up a bottle"
He did so, and after she had paid the
money and emerged from the door he
called her back.
Madam" he said, eff that should
help you any I'd be pleased to have
you come back and let me know"
And then he began coughing again
New York Sun.