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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-19
AN APOLOGY.

Milwaukee Sentinel: In the midst Of
one of the numerous showers of Wednes-
day afternoon a man entered a crowded
Lake park car, and after some difficulty
secured standing room several feet in
side the door. He was without an I'M
brella. and consequently the rain, after
thoroughly dampening his garments, had
formed numerous little streams which
were merrily coursing down the sides Of
his overcoat and finding their outlet on
the floor via the lap Of a well-dressed and
not very amiable woman seated directly
beneath. For several moments the wo-
man in question ruefully surveyed the
material Of her new skirt assuming the
iridescent appearance of "watered silk"
and finally she could control herself no
longer.
you are dripping all over my dress"
she said, with some show of indignation.
The luckless man was quite taken back
by the ~suddenness Of the charge, and he
looked even more uncomfortable than his
moist clothing had already made him.
He recovered himself, however, and,
drawing back the skirt Of his offending
coat, he said c~ourteously:
Il really beg your pardon"
AT the same moment he lifted his hat
and with dire results. The miniature
pools Of water which the rain has a way
OF forming on the crown OF a mans
Fedora, came tumbling down in regular
freshets upon the wretched woman be-
low. MOI did they confine their work of
devastation to the new skirt alone, but
the hat and new shoes, including all in
t~ermediate points, were likewise treated
to a bath.
Apologies were simply out of the ques-
ton. and as the unfortunate mar escaped
al the neNt crossing, and the enraged wo-
| man glared at his retreatlng figure. the
passengers laughed and made merry. All
of which shows the frailty of human ma
ture and the destructiveness of rain
| storms.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-19

The State Medical association closed a
successful two-days' session in this city
last night with a scheme for the promo
ton of digestion that required several
hours for it's proper demonstration in the
dining hall of the McDermott hotel. The
visiting physicians carry away with them
pleasant memories of how they felt be-
fore the banquet was held. While a
number of new members We're enrolled,
the chief growth of the association is
said to have been located Immediately
under the hat. It was an intellectual
body of gentlemen, so trained to look pa
tiently upon learned papers when they
are read. that many of them looked upon
the wine when it was red. Their visit
to Butte will be long remembered, not
only for the good accomplished for the
cause they represent, but for the breadth
and depth of goodfellowship that bios
SONS in the heart of the doctorial artist
of the old school.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-19

enter he newspaper profession and
want YOU to tell me how to begin"
Angels and ministers of grace defend
u.s." the newspaper woman exclaimed.
Huh?
II didn't speak-that is, I didn't-say
anything. I couldn't, you know. What
makes You think you want to be a news
paper worker?"
Oh it's so lovely!"
"Um-m! Is it? What do you want to do
Space or local work?'
"Huh? Oh, I don't know. Anything
I'd just as soon write the dramatic no.
tees SO l could go to the theaters all the
time"
That's modest to begin with. Have
you ever written anything for publica-
tion?'
NO; but 1 could. I can write lovely
letters. Jack says She paused in
sweet confusion.
An inspiration seized the woman edi-
tor. She knew thai the way into news
paperdom was harder to travel than the
traditional Jordan road, but she hadn'
the heart to discourage this confident
Young aspirant to the throne of the dra-
I'll tell you,'' she said, with a side
glance at the unsuspecting young chief
Of the local staff. you write a nice letter
to the city editor. He is too busy to see
you now. for the first edition is just going
to, press; but you write a nice letter-the
kind Jack likes-and maybe he will find
a place for YOU"
THANK you so much. It's so sweet of
YOU. Which is the city editor? That one!
Oh, isn't he handsome! Good-by.'
She tiuttered out. The typewriters
stopped their wild clatter for a moment.
and the first copy-reader began counting
letters over again for a six head.
1t was six months before she came into
the office again. But then it was with an
air of proprietorship beautiful to behold.
II wrote the letter just as you said,''
she explained to the wonan editor, 'and
Harry came right up to see me. He said
it was customary for editors to teach
young reporters all about the newspaper
business before they came down to the
office. And when 1 had learned all about
it he-I-well, I am not going to bother
with writing after air.
"U-m, l see! And Jack?"
"Jack!" Her voice ran up the scale to
the note of contempt and down again to
the caressing tone Of happiness. "Why,
I'm going to marry a city editor!"-Chi-
cage Journal.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-19
ONE ROMANCE.
EVERYDAY LIFE.
FROM

The unfamiliar rustic Of silken skirts
startled the woman editor and she looked
up to see a GIN coming between the lit
tered desks of the city room toward her.
Good morning." Her voice rose like a
bell above the click Of the typewriters.
The city editor started to scow!, but
thought better of it. The first copy read
er forgot the word he needed for the ton
line Of a scare head and began anew. Tit
m editor acknowledged her salu-
tation and motioned her to a chair.
II came" she said, with a smile Of most
engaging confidence, "to ask you a uues-
ton. You won't mind, will you? You are
sure? And you will answer?"
81 will if I can"
"Oh. you can. You see I am going ia
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-19

and act for himself. One must recognize
! these inevitable conditions of civilized
life, and forsee in the progress already
attained in the matter Of liberalizing the
relations of men that approaching era
when the evolution Of u industrial
civilization will make each man a part of
one great whole.
The great objection to the trust does
not rest in the danger pointed out by
Governor Smitl-the creation of the mas
ter and the servant--but in the departure
from conservative methods thai may for
a time at least seriously affect business
to the new order of things. The toiiing
millions are today working for wages, and
the organization of trusts and combina-
'tions of capital will in nowise alter their
status as factors in the civilized world,
until another step in the industrial evolu-
ton of the age brings the association Of
labor and capital to a point where a COM
munity of interest leads up to the eGuable
distribution Of capital through the
natural channels of business, to the profit
of all concerned.
AS paradoxical as it may seem the SO
called concentration of capital in trusts
and combines, is in fact it's diffusion over
larger areas of usefulness. This diffusion
is the natural sequence Of speculative in
estmen on a large scale. When this
condition Of affairs becomes general, in
an g of trusts, evolution will rapidly
unity capital and labor in the enjoyment
Of the fruits of human energy and the
higher civilization of man.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-19
CURIOUS OFFER.

A firm of English tea merchants offers
to every married woman who buys a
pound of it's 50-cent tea for five con-
secutive weeks a pension of $3.50 a week
IN case Of the death Of her husband, pro
vided he was in good health when she
began to buy the tea. The pension is to
continue as long as she remains a widow.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-19

In discussing the horrible effects of
trusts and combinations of capital upon
civilization, Governor Smith says: 1.-THE
professional man must either be in the
service of or employment of the trust, or
go without clients Or patrons able to
support him." His excellency is far
sighted. He knows that his present job
will give out after awhile.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-19
CAR A HUMANITARIAN.

Car Nicholas II is said to have an
aversion to the needless slaughter of ami
mails Of any kind. He has recently fore
sworn the pleasure Of the chase, and the
shooting of game, and the birds and
beasts in the imperial preserves live in
undisturbed quiet.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-19

1.-The Invasion Of Montana by Armed
Forces; or, How the Governor Was Flam-
bustigated and Squelched," will be the
title Of a new chapter in the history of
his state.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-19

A recent Helena event was the selling
of a dead prostitutes diamonds at auc-
ton. 1t is said to have been a brilliant
affair.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-19

An intense rivalry is now going on be-
tween the Anaconda Standard and the
Helena Independent as to which can say
the least about the military invasion of
Missoula county.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-19

Governor Smiths telegram ordering
General Merriam to return at once the
men taken out of this state illegally, has
not as yet been written.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-19

Today's dispatches indicate that peace
is about to have another dawn in the
Philippines.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-10-19

But you are not all disillusioned by
Capt. Pabst's bulky purchase. You
start out impressed by the scintillating
price he paid for it, and the fact that it
is really the most costly volume in the
world, at least without age to back it;
you stumble at the first egotistic biog-
raphy, and then fall down over blot
ted platitude above an ideal signature;
then you find Church's little sketch of
a fair woman and a tawny lion, or the
girl Gibson drew on purpose for it, or
the bit of sword motif notated by De
Reszke, and life gets presentable again.
To go back just for minute to its
reason for being: The sum paid for it
by Capt. Pabst completes fund of $780,
600, which Mrs. Lydia Ely, of Milwau
kee, raised alone for the soldiers monu-
ment. The bronze, completed in Rome
last June by John Severino Conway, to
whom the work was intrusted, was
unveiled in June, and is one of the fin
est monuments in the United States
commemorative of the soldiers of the
civil war. The raising of the amount
for its purchase by Mrs. Ely was prob
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-10-19
RICHES OF THE TRANSVAAL.
Some Idea of What England in the
Event OF War Would Try
to Secure.

Just now, when the eyes of the world
| are on the Transvaal and various re-
ports are being put forward as to just
what reason exists for pIunging that
country into war with Great Britain.
a report furnished this government by
Consul Macrum at Pretoria is interest
ing. He says:
according TO report just published
| the output of diamonds in the Pretoria
district during 1S9S amounted to H.
025 carats. valued at .S67 ISIS. 151.25}
In December, 1897, the output was 1G6
carats, valued at e146 ($710.5D. and
for the same month in 1895 the out
put was 3.100 carats. with a value OF
92,3S9 ($11.626.97). The largest stone
found in 1898 was 3S1% carats. Although
the diamond industry is not develop
ing with abnormal rapidity, there is
every cause for satisfaction. the first
stone having been discovered at Reit-
fontein only in August, 1897. The
average value of stones found in this
district is Is shillings (S3.S9) per carat,
the average value of Kimberly dia-
monds &c shillings (S6.33) per carat, and
those found at Jagersfontein. in the
Orange Free State. 81 shillings ($S.21)
per carat. The diamonds in the Pre-
toria district are found in pipes, as IN
Schuller's mine and on Montrose. y
similar formation has been found on
Roodeplaats. on the Pienaars river. and
another is also reported at Kameelfon-
tein and Buffelsduff.
Ion the De kroon farm. about &c
miles west of Pretoria, diamonds have
been found, but, according to the state
geologist, not in a blue ground forma-
ton. At ByrneSpoort an alluvial de-
pcsit is being worked: also one on the
adjoining portion of the Elandsfontein
farm. The area of diamondiferous
ground is very extensive, though its
thickness is not considerable.
The total quantity of diamonds
found in 1895 in the TransvaaI was o.
S43 carats, valued at 43,73O ($212,-
s12.OD.
AT the alluvial diggings 12.2s3
carats, valued at { S.5G2 (S41, 3749S).
were obtained. The difference between
alluvial and pipe diamonds consists in
the fact that river stones are of far
better quality ar: J are generally larger"
N. Y. Sun
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-10-19

pidiest; with bits of uncommonly con-
ceited biography, and tremendously
trite echoes, and exceedingly clever
saws. 1t is an edition de luxe such as no
printers establishment in the world,
from Kelmscott down, could put out,
and Dewey and the De Reszkes. Charles
Dana Gibson and Kipling, and Clara
Barton, have touched the leaves, and
said their say within.
Upon the slips is some of the worst
handwriting, some of the most astonish-
ing scrawls, and some of the neatest
chirography one ever saw. Only pretty
writing, you notice, is ever called
chirography, and then only when you
are either fond or tolerant of the writer.
When you have worshiped water-color
woman or revered supreme-court
judge all your life, it gives you blank
feeling to see blot or soily thumb
mark below his handmade name. II is
like finding the Bengal tigress you were
dreaming about, only the cat on the
bed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-10-19
PITH AND POINT.

Don't let fool annoy you; laugh Al
him.-Atchison Globe.
The world wags easily for him who
has time to wait for the waggin'.-El.
liott's Magazine.
great many people live according
to their convictions-especi those
who reside in the penitentiary.-Chi
cago Daily News.
He-'I never give up my seat TO lady
in street car" She-'Why?" He
I'D rather keep on thinking she's a
ady--Town Topics.
Blobbs-''I heard a lecturer last week
who gets $500 night" Slobbs-''That
so? What was his subject?" Blobbs-
Free Speech philadelphia Rec
ord
The Absent Minded Girl. And
you're sure you'll not forget me, dear
est?'' Quite sure. George. I've tied
a knot in my handkerchief cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Disapproyed.-Putt / want
to know. sir. is if you referred to me as
a born iar?" Terr-''No, sir. L don t
believe you learned to talk so soon as
that. brooklyn Life.
4 Loser.-'rm going to quit gam
bling. 1t costs too much" Why. you
know you win more than YOU lose"
Yes, but to keep even, L would have
to win twice as much as lose. You see,
whenever l win. l have to give half to
my wife. '-Minneapolis Journal.
On the Safe Side.-''You know, I'm
always nervous when you go sailing"
she said. ''Oh, there's no danger" he
returned. Maybe not she replied,
with a shake of her head, but 1 shall
feel a good deal more comfortable if
you leave your watch and pocketbook
with me. '-Chicago Evening Post.
The Final Touch.-Ready for all that
might 'befall, the female detective pre-
pared to venture forth on the track of
the desperate criminal. At the thresh-
old she paused and cast one more
look back. rs my disguise on
straight?" she asked.-Philadelph
North American.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-10-19
The Monetary Problem.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS esssseessssessssssseeE

ton of our mint in 1892, up to 1S13-74.
The three phrases, purchasing power,
purchasing value, or the exchangeable
value of these two dollars, mean the
same thing, but it was constantly
changing, and with either dollar citi-
zen of the United States could always
settle debts named in dollars under our
flag. This function is fixed by statute
law, hence, we had two standards of
payment or two agents of payment for
| So years. This function was taken away
from silver in 1S73-74, by law, and only
partially restored to silver in 1878.
/ Please note that this important legal
function of gold has never been tam
| pered with under our laws. This tam
/ pering with the legal tender function
| of silver is the main cause of our silver
| trouble to-day. We have a great many
| silver dollars, but most unfortunately
they are not money, but only legal sub
stitutes for money, and will thus re-
main and tend to cause gold to appre
ciate in eNchangeabie value, until all
faint, either by statute law or by usage
as TO their full legal tender power, shall
be removed by statute law.
The silver franc is the monetary unit
under the French law. The French peo-
pie do not chatter as we do about the
silver standard or the gold standard,
simply because both silver and gold un-
der their laws are absolutely on par
as debt payers, although the silver
franc is their legal monetary unit.
More than this, France has furnished
her people with an abundance of both
these kinds of coins, but she is not free
from financial difficulties.
Following our vicious example, on
July 9, 1873, Germany adopted the gold
standard, but that great empire has
never dared, even to this day, to de-
monetize about 10O,OOO,0OO silver thai
ers, yet in existence in their country,
absolutely on a par with gold as debt
payers.
There are a great many gold advo-
Gates who know, and are most openly
saying, we are not on a gold standard
by law. Their efforts are being concen-
trated to have congress put US on a gold
standard by law. This move we de-
nounce as one of the most mischievous
pieces of unj Just and revolutionary leg
isIation. Our financial difficulties have
been, and are still. bad enough for tbs
producers or workingmen of America
but this proposed financial revolution
would make them far worse. 1t is your
question, think it over seriously. Each
individual has a certain amount of in
fiuence; use it. This is all you can use
now; you cannot utilize your ballots
generally before the fall of 1900. With
out precise information and the use of
all the faculties we can command we
are liable to get mentally confused or
this momentous and complex issue
John y. Grier. in National Rural.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-10-19

/ IA viii keep her milk IN 1t. No, ex
pect to get the bowl at bargain, and
my conscience won't trouble me if l
take it"
That's matter between you and
your conscience, Ellice said, quietly,
and changed the conversation.
Nelly was correct in thinking the
bowl would soon be in her possession.
In less than a week Mrs. Graves sent for
her She found the old woman in bed
in cold room and suffering terribly
from rheumatic fever. On little table
by the bed was tumbler of water and a
plate of food. sent in by some plying
neighbor.
Seems as if that turns my stomach, -
she said, pointing to the food, but it
was mighty good in Mrs. Ives to send it,
Jenny" to Il little girl who had come
in. won't you pick up some chips and
make blaze. so you can boil some wa
ter and make a cup of tarragon tea?
I'm just parching with thirst. Miss
Nelly, l sent for you to tell you if you
want that bowl III sell it. I'm too sick
to work, and l haven't got a cent to buy
medicine or firewood'
NeIly's heart beat high with delight.
Certainly. Mrs. Graves" she said. Il
meant what | said. and FL give you
what you ask for it,
do you think dollar is TOO much ~
Nelly glanced at the abject poverty
Of the room, the poor old woman's pain
drawn face, and for very shame at her
self blushed deeply. But the bowl must
be hers.
Mrs. Graves" she said, hUrriedly,
III give you five dollars for the bowl.
and here's the money" She took il
out of her pocket.
Five dollars." exclaimed the old
woman, in establishment. Miss Nelly.
honey, | reckon it's because you want TO
give me the money. 1t amt certainly
because the bowl is worth half that"
ITO me it is Nelly said. hastily. with
a sudden twinge of conscience, and If
l had more money I'd give it, but this
is my last cent
'Oh, I'm afraid you're paying high
for just a within. Please bring me the
bowl, Miss Nelly, so l can tell it good-by
before you take il away
Nelly brought it to the bedside, and
the tears were in the old creatures eyes
as she took it in her trem billing hands.
1T is all that is left me of the blessed
old time. When l look at it 1 see them
all-father, mother, husband and chill
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-10-19
THE NATURAL RATIO.
Mr.. BOies Mistaken When He AssertA
That the Coinage Ratio Is
Not Essential.

Horace Boies has been interviewed
again, and he informs the public that
he is a ''bimetallist.'' He would have
to be that or quit being democrat.
The principles of democracy declare as
positively for gold and silver as the
basis for the nations monetary system
as they declare against high protection
and its products, which are Industrial
monopolies, and discriminating laws
in the interest of capital combinations.
But Mr.. Boies is mistaken when he
says the coinage ratio is not essential,
says the Harrison County co. Dem
ocrat. He seems to be under the i'm
preston that the ratio should conform
to the commercial value of the metals
| in the arbitrary way. The history of
coinage does not justify Mr.. Boies' con-
clusion. If gold were demonetized and
silver made the only metal money of
| final redemption, the present difference
between the coinage value of gold and
the commercial value of silver bullion
would be reversed. The arts and sci
ences and mechanics could not find use
! for nearly all the gold production, and
the market price for it would certainly
be made by a surplus in its anxiety to
sell. But having a fixed value for coin
age purposes. and its coinage being free
and unlimited. naturally and necessar-
| lily its bullion value would be its coin
age value. The same thing would be
true of silver, but of no other metals.
because gold and silver are the only
metals that possess all the constitution
al and other requisite qualities for
money metals. The experience of COM
merce and money-changing for thou
sands of years proves this to be true.
But merely possessing the requisite
qualities does not make either one of
the metals legal tender money. That
is done by the fiat of the government
coming it. and the fiat fixes the quality
and the quantity-that is the fineness-
that shall constitute legal tender for
a specified purchasing and debt-paying
power. Less than so cents worth of
silver, bullion value, now has 100 cents
worth of debt-paying and purchasing
power because the fiat of the govern
ment makes it legal tender for that
many cents, and the government itself
receives it at that value. After all.
therefore, it is the fiat of the govern
ment and not the qualities themselves
which the metals possess that makes
them money. Hundreds of years of
experience shows that the difference in
the quality of the metals produced fluc-
tuates from fraction below TO a frac-
ton above 16 pounds of silver to l
pound of gold The ratio of production
is 10 to 1. Therefore that is the natural
commercial ratio. Thirty-tvo to one
is the bankers ratio. The difference
between the bankers ratio and the
natural commercial ratio represents the
amount subtracted from the purchase
price of wheat and other products of
the farm, by an act of government
1s731 hostile TO the producing millions
and friendly to dealers ii money, bonds
and interest
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-10-19
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of Admiral Dewey, written when a COM
modore in the navy.
The statesmen contribute not only
their names, but in many eases some
trite saying in support of their various
platforms, or maybe quotation for the
same purpose.
An interesting portion of the book
is that devoted to the artists, for many
of them have added 10 their signatures
some bit of their work that is charac-
teristic of them, as for instance the
Gibson girl.
The authors have added to their sig
natures the name of favorite book or
quotation, and many of them bit
of biography. The pages devoted to
the musicians are filed with bits OF
music or quotations from favorite conn