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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18
HUMAN BUTTERFLIES
That Is What the Filipino Women
Are Called.
ARE BEAUTS WHEN YOUNG
But at Thirty Years They Become Passs
and Are OF the Battie-Axe Order.
What a Soldier Says About
Them.

Some OF the Butte soldiers at Manila
have been writing abou the alleged
beauty OF the Filipino women. One OF
the boys writes to a friend in this en-
thuslastic manner about them:
'The greater part Of the natives
probably 20 per cent.-on the island OF
Luzon. in and about Manila. are of sew
eral mixtures. Their original ancestors
we're the Tagals and Spanish. Some
times there is a strain OF Malay in
these people. They are know In Ma
Mia society as Mestizos. A few Mesti-
eos are rich. The Mestizo women from
Is TO 25 are positively about the most
bewitchingly attractive in the world.
They age early n are blase at 30.
The English call them human butter
flies. I a v heard visitors In Manila
for the first time 20 wild over the
striking beauty Of the Mestlzo girls that
sees on the promenade OF the Lune-
ia. The eyes Of the F1lipinos are great,
languishing. dreamy. shaded by long
lashes and set on by a profusion of
the blacklist hair that ever grew. Hair
is the chief glory OF the Filipino beau
ty. 1t Is long. rich. thick. made glossy
by the care bestowed upon II. Often IL
Is cleaned and washed with lemon juice
and oil made fragrant with perfume.
Some of the women wear their hair
hanging down their backs. entirely I'M
adorned, while others. especially the
matrons. build II up in a coil or knot
held by a golden comb ornamented by
pins. or adorned by a bright. fragrant
flower.
THE Mestizo young women are
graceful and ~coquettish. They love
music. and I never knew one not lame
who could not dance beautifully. The
Mestizo women dress In bright colors
and go b~areheaded. Their garb In
cludes a little shirt made OF the ia
nous pima cloth. having wide. short
sleeves. This Is worn loose, quite I'M
bound 10 the figure. Around IL at the
waist il grit a p~etticOat. called saye.
made Of silk. either striped or checker.
but always OF gay colors. Sometimes
IL is also Of pima cloth. the quality of
coloring frequently very beautiful n
sometimes cheap n m out OF
doors another article of dress, a tapiz.
or shawl. is wrapped tightly around the
loins and waist above the ava and
generally |. Is black or dark blue with
narrow white stripes. a profusion OF
bracelets and chains and earrings. all
of beautifully worked gold or silver.
usually completes the toilet Of a Tagal
beauty. The more opulent frequently
possess valuable Jewels. n are seen
with necklaces and bracelets Of dia-
monds and pearls"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18

on his clearing on the AXE and use his
l4xl6-foot tent. saying Nothing is too
good for boys that have worked as hard
as you have" Mr.. Howe lives at Lake
Mcdonald. He is a guide and hunter
by profession. Several other guides are
at the lake also. but II any one can OBJ
tain Mr.. Howe's services they will be
well pleased and will never forget him.
He is a whole-souled mountaineer.
The load packed, we started. hut had
not gone over but a few stumps when
the back end OF the wagon box came
apart. A little stop while We wired il
together, and we were of again. In
crossing the railroad ooh pulled off
n of her shoes i'm catching her heel
on the rail and trying to pull. Some of
the boys went up the river to fish.
Wynne came back early. bringing an
old shovel which came in very useful
later in the day. The road ahead of us
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18

During the first night a large timber
rat annoyed us and made a meal of
the tongue of one of Clayton's shoes.
Tonkin threw a gum in the direc-
tion in which he thought he heard the
rat, but the boot was attracted to Hop
kins' stomach. OF course the rat was
scared away. but by Hopkins.
Next day we all aid for hat rat. At
first he would only show his head above
the but o o he became quite
bold and came out to n X a good look
at us. Wynne threw his hunting knife
at him, but the rat lodged the missile.
Tonkin hit him in the neck with a ball
from a 22-caliber rife. II almost sew
cred his head from his body. The rat
was abo eight inches long. his fur
light gray and very clean. Tonkin held
him up by the ear for the crowd TO view
and. turning to me, said: Jim. / will
cook him IL YOU will eat him" "All
right. Bert. that's a go; cook him right
now" Tonkin left the stable with the
rat. In about Is minutes he returned
with a large frying pan. whose contents
sent out a delightful smell of fried
onions. In the frying pan we saw a
large cornmeal hot cake and the rat
fried with onions in grand style. The
frying pan was set down and all waited
to see what Jim would do. I was rot
long, however. in grabbing a large
piece OF rat and a good share of corn
meal cake. in which / was followed
by Tonkin. Gum. Wynne and Holley.
all that were present. The rat was
soon devoured and we smacked our
lips over the delicious little meal.
When the rest OF the boys returned
they were angry at US for not saving
some OF the rat for them. Next morn
ing while some Of US were hunting tie
horses the boys fried and ate an
ivory billed w~oodpecker. which the
zoologist had killed two days before.
Holley ate some Of both rat and wood
pecker. He says the rat was far the
more delicious. From here on every
animal we killed with the exception
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willow switch. Mcmillan drove and I
rode beside him. while Sherlock, Pax
son. Wynne n Holley were in the
wagon box.
When in the deepest water one
balky wheeler laid down.
We kept the other horses going. but
soon the feet of one esteemed baker
mixed up with the feet of the horse Ton
kin rode. so down he went and gave
Tonkin a ducking. At this point we
waited until Gum could take a photo
OF this ~predicament, a feat which Clay
ton delighted in telling. The boys I'm
the back Of h wagon passed the time
in toshing. as IL they were safe on land.
j called Hopkins from the LAND with
the saddle horse. He rode up to the
wagon. We gave him the end of the
long rope, with which he rode ashore
About this time one of the hunters
with a heavy load of hal~f-and-half on)
cams out in a small boat to save Ton
kin's life" as he said. AS we did not
want him around the horses Tonkin
went down the river with him.. l jump
ed out into the water up to my shout
ders and made my way around to the
upper side by holding on to the horses
and by leaning up stream managed to
stand in the current. / hooked the
blocks onto the tongue and by aid of a
rope Mcmillan threw out made my
way back to the wagon. BY encourag-
ing the leaders and by the aid the men
on shore gave us We made good prog
ress. All this time the balky wheeler
refused to try to regain his feet, so as
soon as We We're i'm shallow water we
stretched the block n tackle. hooked
the leaders to the pull rope and pulled
the wagon high and dry on the bank.
Still the old cayuse refused TO get up.
Finally after every strap Of harness
had been taken off him he got up. We
Immediately saddled him. for we were
going to have some use of him. Bert
mounted the old baker. but he again
laid down and tried to roll on Bert.
This was his first play under the sad
die.
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Creeping Toward a Competence.

First Billionaire-Make much on the
deal?
Second Bllionaire-No. not over a mill
lion.
First Billionaire-oh. well. every mil
lion counts
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10 o'clock p. m we bade our new friend.
Mr.. Howe. good night. went back to
our camp among the tall cedars and
turned in. feeling amply paid for our
long weeks OF hard travelling and Ions
hours Of preparing by a few slOr
hours we had already spent on the
shores OF Lake Mcdonald.
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The Planetary Pencil
Pointer.

Not a toy. u a machine. Needed in
every Bank. Once. School. Store.
Draughting and Counting Room. Never
breaks the point. Preserves the softest
lead. Saves Its cost in the saving of
lead. Cleanly. convenient. useful. Price.
e. 90
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18

]. s. Sargent Is painting the portrait Of
Lcrd Chief Justice Russell.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18

On the morning of Sept. 10 we were
only three miles from Lake Mcdonald.
after just four weeks travel Dur
stock OF provisions was getting low. and
besides we saw It was impossible To be
back in Butte by the LIST Of October.
After a late breakfast we wrote letters
home, asking that money be forwarded.
and In general tool our time about
packing the load. We a bought "A
few articles at the little store. which
Is the only business house I'm Bolton. |
called for our mail at the station and
talked with the agent about shipping
our load through the pass to Blackfoot
and then go home by way Of Helena.
But the price was a little too steep.
unless all our folks were very liberal
and prompt in sending the money we
had asked for.
When our buglers played assembly
to call the boys to camp, an old noun
taineer was attracted to our camp. We
at once saw he was greatly interested
so we knew we could depend on him as
a friend.
We learned his name was Howe. /
asked him II he was the Howe Profess
sor CLANCY n DIR. Sperry talked
about. When I showed him some of
Professor Charey's letter he took more
interest i'm us and saw we were not
trying to make dime novel heroes Of
ourselves. From this on our crowd be-
came "a study" to hir as he expressed
IL. Wynne. in his eye. was a typical
little deacon. Mr.. Howe furnished US
with all the Information we asked Tor
regarding the country north OF Lake
Mcdonald. We knew IL was authentic,
too, for Mr.. Howe was the first man TO
explore the country about the lake. He
discovered the Sparry glacier and ava
lanche basin. He told us we could camn
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OF the skunks. went into our frying
pan or pot.
The news of our eating a rat had
quite an effect on our parents IN Butte.
One boys father said To another boys
mother: Il am afraid those boys were
awful hungry when they ate that
rat" The rat story had a good effect,
however. for when we sent home for
money the thoughts OF their boys eat
ing rats made them open their pocket
books very literally.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-12-09
Horticulture.

Do not permit peach tree borers to
winter in the trees. The trees may
be examined as late as the weather
holds good, and il they have not
been attended to they should yet re.
ceive attention.
Where ordinary crops will not
grow trees may be made to flourish.
After time they will shade the
ground, the soil will become more
fertile, aud the fallen leaves will
add to the plant food and preserve
the moisture; the trees will soon be
growing as if in virgin forest.
Ii bands of paper or cloth are put
around trees the cOcaons of the cod
ding moth will be deposited under
them, and can be easily destroyed.
These Larvae always spin their CO.
cOons in sheltered places.
Sprouts from cherries are often of
more value than grated varieties,
and if saved we shall not need to go
to the nurseries for supply. These
sprouts are usually from the scion,
and if of a valuable variety will
make valuable trees.
The manure should be applied to
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SIOck.

Do not be in hurry to get rid OF
your lean stock in the fall as soon as
the cost of feeding begins to run up;
you sell at price which gives no re-
turn for that which has already been
fed.
Do not take unnecessary risks
with the lantern in the barns.
When feeding, one of the best de-
vices for securing the lantern is an
overhead wire securely fastened and
running the length of tho stable, one
end of which can be easily unlocked
and the lantern slipped on. Then
the light can be slipped along to any
part of the stable required.
Young stock are more sensitive to
sudden change in temperature than
animals which are older and better
seasoned they should, therefore, be
well cared for in advance of severe
weather.
The stock represents the wealth of
the farm, and little time can not
be better spent than in looking after
and studying their needs these short
days There is but one way for Il
farmer to continue having fine stock
Sheep are better than cattle or
hogs for the small farmer. They
need the kind of feed which brings
a rotation of crops, and system
of sheep farming, properly carried
on, makes it unnecessary to sell any
thing off the farm, except it be
wheat in wheat growing regions.
Sheep husbandry and rotation of
crops will maintain the fertility of a
farm forever.
There is a sequence to the keeping
of more and better live stock; there
will be desire and need for more
and better pasture; there will be
more and better manure to apply to
the land and soon there will be a
better farmer, with more money and
better farm.
1t would be hard to induce some
farmers to use corn for fuel, yet
some do worse than burn it when
they stint fattening stock, when
they feed it to poorly bred animals
when they try to make it take the
place of shelter, and when they
carelessly handle it. 1t is worse to
waste it than 10 warm ones self by
1t on winter day.
1t is a fault when the fodder is
shredded before it is dry and well
cured. If treated right it will keep
in the NOW and be free from musti.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-12-09
THE MAHRATTA METHOD.
Queer Devices by Which Some Debts Are
Collected In India.

Queer Devices by Which Some Debts Arc
Collected In India.
Many queer stories arc told of the per-
sistenCe and clever devices of the collectors
Of bad debts, but even a professional hui
morist would find it hard to invent any
thing more absurd than the method actu-
ally in use among the Mahrattas-at least
If travellers tales are to be trusted.
In that country, so they say, when q
creditor cannot get his money and begins
to regard the debt as desperate he pro-
ceeds to sit "dhurna" upon his debtor
that Is, he squats down at the door of his
victims tent and thereby in some mystic
rious way becomes master of the situation.
No one can 90 in or out except by his
sanction. He neither himself eats nor al
lows his debtor to eat, and this extraor-
binary starvation contest is kept up until
either the debt is paid or the creditor gives
up the siege, and in the latter case the
debt is held to be Cancelled.
However strange it may appear to Euro
peans, this method of enforcing demand
is an established and almost universal
usage among the Mahrattas, and seems to
them mere matter of course. Even their
sOlhulauj UT CultlUdln, Is DOG exempt
from it.
The laws by which the" dhurna" is reg
ulated are as well defined as those of anv
other custom whatever. When it is meant
to be very strict the claimant takes with
him number of his followers, who sur
round the tent and sometimes even the
bed Of his adversary, to make sure that he
obtains no morsel of food. The code, how
ever, prescribes the same abstinence for
the man who imposes the ordeal, and, of
course, the strongest stomach wins the
day. After all, We have little right to ridi-
cule this absurdity, for our own laws still
provide, nominally at least, for starving O.
jury into verdict
"A similar custom was once so prevalent
in the province and city of Benares that
Brahmans were sometimes Systematically
put through a course of training to enable
, them to endure a long time without food.
They were then sent to the door of some
rich person, where they publicly made a
vow to remain fasting until certain sum
of money was paid, or until they persisted
from starvation. To cause the death of a
Brahman was considered so heinous an
ottense that the cash was generally forth
coming, but never without resolute
struggle to determine whether the man
was likely to prove stanch, for the average
oriental will almost as soon give up his
life as his money Boston journal.
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ness and be relished by the stock as
long as it lasts.
1t is not "a surprise that stock rails
ing has received new impulse in the
Southern STATES. Mild winters and
perpetual grass, in a green stage,
give an advantage over the farmers
living further north who must stab g
and feed their animals half the year
There are incentives to the growing
OF improved stock all along the line.
1t some colonies in the apiaTy are
short OF stores, there may be others
which have more than is necessary
to carry them through, and frames
OF comb may be exchanged. 1t is
certainly the proper thing to have
frames OF honey stored away for just
such emergencies. In other circum
stances they must be given artificial
food, of course.
The introduction of fresh blood
will help maintain the vigor of the
stock, if fully equal or superior to
that already procured. With nearly
all classes of animals the cOnstitC-
tional vigOr can be increased thus
if at same time the weak and un-
thrifty are culled out.
A COW turped into field in which
clover. peas and corn are all grow
ing will not cOnfine herself to one
only, but will partake of all. This
lesson in nature should be hint to
US how to feed in winter.
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There are some who favor picking
the chickens before the moulting
season begins, and think they do
much better; and then the feathers
are saved. 1t is cOntended that they
get over the period quicker and go
to laying sooner.
Poultry houses need not be elabo-
rate, but they must be wind and rain
proof. 1t is the stormy and cold
days which must be guarded against,
or the hens will stop laying and not
begin again until spring. After we
have learned our lessons in poultry
farming little by little our reward
will come in good egg supply.
If at any time your fowls or chicks
are not doing as we'll as they should,
nine times out of ten it will be b. =
cause the red mite or lice are al
work among them. The longer they
are neglected the greater will be
your shrinkage in profits.
When breeding fowls of uncertain
character We can expect only chance
birds, but if we handle thorough
breds only we can count on OuI
chicks before they are Matched, and
we can know just what they will be
good for when matured.
Chicks Matched in an incubator
and reared in brOoder are better
in every way than those Matched by
the hens, because the owner has
them under control and can give
them every advantage. The incuba.
tor is always ready to go to work
and there is no waiting for tardy
hens. The chicks are hatched early
in the spring, and will be ready fol
market or to begin laying before
those under a mothers care are half
grown; and then it is more satisfac
tory to have them of one size, fol
they will be all out of the way at the
same time.
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If you can so arrange as to have
liquid manure to apply literally 20
the early potatoes, next spring, 1T
will so stimulate their development
that there will be marketable tubers
week or 10 days earlier than by
the ordinary method. Early pota
toes, if you can have them very
early, are a profitable crop.
Better select the plot and begin to
manure now if you intend to have
sweet potatoes next season; they
draw heavily upon the soil, and re-
quire much feeding.
When all parts of township and
neighboring towns are connected by
telephone wires it is a wonderful i'm
provement over the old, slow way of
communications II all farmers
really knew the amount of cOnven-
fence and comfort, the saving of
time and of horse flesh, they would
all soon belong to some system of
telephone communication. There is
not day when they would not be
found of valuable use.
Manure spread and plOwed under
in the old way seems to do no good
in the first year, often. If coarse
manure or green crops are plowed
under in the fall the ground should
be turned again in the spring to get
the fertilizing matter near the sur
face, that it may quickly ferment at
a higher temperature and become
plant food Immediately. They
must have sufficient heat to pro.
duce fermentation and notification
before their product can be utilized /;
they will sour when kept too cold.
Many farmers seem to think they
must idly live in the winter upon
what they have accumulated in the
summer. To these unfortunates the
winter represents but so much lost
time; but it need not be so If they
will but get out of the old rut and
spend more time with their think.
ing machinery.
The farmer will not deal with the
merchant nor mechanic who is be-
| hind the times, and the same rules OF
prosperity apply to himself. Ever
| though he must do less, let it be
done right. There is no farmer whC
i call llDJ duOIu W uoC lhplpNVN lliCbli
DDS or keep good stock; if he thinks
differently he is mistaken.
Experience is the best school, bu
by studying the experience OF 9th
ers a man can be greatly benefited
in advance of that which he car
gain by his own trials. How many
farmers will apply themselves fol
one hour these long winter evenings
to the science of their profess IA
If you have even little money
! laid by it may be you can not atforc
to longer pay rent for farm
While lands are so low it may b,
the wise thing to venture on you
own account, and be all the mor'
saving for few years. If unusua
misfortune visits you there will b.
but little doubt that you can so sci
as to save the investment made; We
there are two sides Of the debt ques
ton. for debt often rObs uS OF boil
peace and hope. In any event. IL l.
better to be content with a small
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the strawberry beds in the late fall
for the plant increases its growth
even in cold weather, when the
ground is not frozen, and ripens Its
fruit early in the spring. AS "a top
dressing its value is doubled, to +,
for its fertilizing properties are most
effective, and the mulching is pro-
lection from cold.
AS an item for the early spring, it
is said that to get rid of the currant
worm insert branch of the com
mon pine in the middle of the cur
rant or goosberry bush, and the
worms will not modest it, and ifthele
they will soon take their leave.
This would be better than the use
of hellebure.
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Dairy.

The Jersey COW seems to be adapt
ed to all climates. The summer heat
of the South and the rigorous win
tiers of Canada alike seem to have no
effect upon her.
Without any question, all cows
need rest. They will give more
milk and make more butter in 10
months, after an intervening rest
spell, than, if MIXED continuously.
If we are keeping a dairy for profit
it will be well to satisfy ourselves on
this point.
Even at present prices for butter,
dairymen make greater profits than
in other days because Of the real i'm.
provement in methods. Better cows
are kept and better crops are raised.
Look out for the COW which grad
ually declines in her yield while her
mates under the same management
do lot. You have no use for her in
your dairy. Pedigree counts for
nothing when the milk yield will
not respond to good food.
The dairyman's reward comes as
much from good farm management
as from the care of his cows. He
runs dairy with most profit who
gives most attention to making his
farm produce large crops of grass
and grain upon which to support his
cattle.
A man who has not the gift o:
punctuality would bet er stay out of
the dairy business, for his failure
will be certain, In nothing is more
method required. Every part of the
work must be performed every day,
and at almost the same hour.
Your cows will either pay for their
keeping and leave a margin for pro,
fit, or you will be out this cost for
their Keeping, whatever that may
be. They can be fed this winter on
straw and poorly cured corn fodder
but they will not produce much,
Feed literally, and keep in the line
of production.