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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-18
MONEY AND CREDIT.

Some writer in an eastern journal has
brought General Warner, the old wal
horse of b~imetallism, to his feet by de-
c~laring hat ninety or ninety-five per cent
of the business of this country, or of any
money at all. 1t is doubtful if there is
any error pertaining to monetary science
that is at once so comlmon and mlslead-
ing, says General Warner. Though the
assertion has no foundation in fact it has
gained wide acceptance because it has
been promulsated by writer's of eminence
both in this country and in others. For
instance a Harvard college professor has
said that 'the business done by credit
devices is probably thirty times that don
by money, and an English authority has
stated that ninety-nine per cent of the
business done in England is done without
money. The impression, apparently in
tended to be conveyed by such statements
is that as so large q part Of all business
is done with credit devices and without
money, that money after all, is of little
Importance in the trade of the world.
These statements are so f~agrantly
wrong that General Warner hurls an as
sortment of figures at their authors which
| requires too much space in a newspaper
article of reasonable length to reproduce.
| After showing them their general
| contents he holds that the money
part of the entire volume of cred
it and money is never e~xtinguish-
! ed, and hat part of it outside the
| banks and in the hands of the people is
constantly passing up and down the
country doing the every day work OF
trade. It pays the wages of labor, and
in a large measure, for the t~ransporta-
ton of passengers and freight on rail-
ways and steamboats,, does most of the
retail tradt and works constantly, while
hank credits are extinguished with every
transaction and must be recreated by
new deposits. When, therefore, the rela-
! tive efficiency of money and bank credits
is taken into account, as it must be, it is
doubtful if even fifty percent OF the trans
actions of this country are done by bank
| credit,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-18
TgE CONGRESS OF MOTHERS.

Just why the delegates, now in session
at the national capital, should style
themselves 'The National Congress of
Mothers does not appear so plainly as
if would if the men who are taking part
in the proceedings were not so much in
evidence. But no one feels inclined to
quarrel over their presence. They are
probably there to help out the women in
their deliberations over the subjects dis
cussed.
1t is gathered from the initial speech
made by the president of the meeting
that home influence and the education Of
children are matters very near to the
hearts of The delegates, and that to eX-
tend the one and prepare the others for
their life duties, are the causes which
brought them together, Notwithstanding
the inclemency of the weather.. These
| objects are praiseworthy and commend
themselves to every parent in the land.
1t is to the influence of a we'll regulated
home that the world owes it's ~law-abidins
men and women, it's leading statesmen,
it's ph~ilanthropists, it's houses of wor-
| ship, it's bright scholars and its pure wo-
men and self-denying men.
The remark of one of the speakers is
| so pertinent to the subject matters treat
ed hat we cannot refrain from noticing
it. 1t was this: children should not be
forced into maturity" That is true
When forced beyond his capacity to alb
sorb, the child fails to become the strong
healthy man; he seldom leaves the do
main of his precocious childhood, n il
he does leave it he succumbs before hi
passes to mans full estate. Forced men,
tally, like a dollhouse plant, is unable
to face a cold world. Give the child The
freedom of a child, treat him as a child
and the law OF his being will do the rest
They pass to manhood soon enough
They become good men, good citizens, i
the influence of a good home follow then
in the world.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-18
day, and so do February, March and No

NemDer.
The first day Of May, June and August
never fall ON the same week day on which
any other month begins. April and July
always start on the same day of the week.
This year January and October start on
a Sunday; February, March n Novem-
Der, on a Wednesday; April and July, on
Saturday,; September and December, on
a Friday; June, on Thursday; August,
on Tuesday, and May on Monday. Leap
year, though always upsets this little ar
rangement. Christmas always falls on
the same day Of the week as New Years
day.
This veal began on a Sunday, and thus
we shall nave SO Sundays III the year, an
occurrence which can only happen La
times in a century, and occurred last in
1898. Very rarely, indeed, is the number
of a year a square. 1t was so in l'o4,
when it was the square of AZ. me neNt
instance was in 1S49, when it was the
square of 43, and in 1886 we shall nave
the square of Al.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-18
QUEEN FIGURING.

Have you ever noticed when Juggling
with figures how remarkable are Some u
the combinations that can pc Worheu oue'
They are quite amazing at times. Take,
for instance, the calendar. There are
some very curious facts connected with
the days of the week on which centuries
and months begin.
The new twentieth century will dawn
on a Tuesday, and it would be impossible
for it or any other century to begin on a
Wednesday, Friday or Saturday. The
month of October commences always
with the same day of the year as jan
uary, except in a leap year. September
and December also start on the same
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-18
Democracy and Silver.

The Standard is one of the
newspapers that have felt that
an exact statement of the ratio
is not a vital factor in silver's
restoration. The ratio is a mat
ter of law; 1t has varied slightly
in our own currency our ratio
has also varied Slightly from the
one that has ruled In some other
countries. The worlds ex-
changes practically fix the ra-
ti0-AnaConda Standard, Janu-
airy 9, 1899.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-18

The Nicaragua canal bill will gain a
new lease of life by being attached as an
amendment to the river and harbor bill.
Senator Morgan, who was probably in
strumental in lacking it on that measure,
that the amendment would not be detri-
mental to the interests of the river and
harbor bill. the latter being an excellent
vehicle to carry the canal bill. The canal
bill seems to be a hard measure to down.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-18

this issue of the Inter Mountain, a "Citi-
zen of Montana takes strong grounds
against the repeal of the a~nti-gambling
law, and incidentally criticises the vo-
ciferOus silence Of our esteemed Ana
conda morning contemporary. The writer
stands the subject matter of his COM
perusal.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-18

President Mckinley made a couple of
speeches in Boston yesterday, one before
the Massachusetts department of the
G.. A.. r., the other before the Legislature
of the state. They were made upon about
the same lines followed in his speech be-
fore the Home Market club and were at
tentively listened to and warmly Up
plauded. The presidents visit to Boston
seemed to be one continual round OF
Measure.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-18

Seattle earnestly protests against the
cession of any part of the Alaskan ter
ritory to Canada whether under the guise
of a cession of territory, or of the de-
l~ineation of a boundary line, or of the
yielding or division of jurisdiction. The
people of that place condemn such sur
render as permanently injurious to the
commercial interests Of the whole coun-
try and especially of the Pacific coast,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-18
~TREACHEROUS WORK.

During his entire term Senator Mantle
has labored increasingly to secure a pub
lie building for the city of Butte. The
senate has repeatedly given its approval
to his efforts in this direction, only to be
resentatives. To the ordinary observer of
passing events it would appear that the
subtle influences at work in the latter
body to thwart Senator Nantes purpose
to secure a public building for Butte,
We're based on a desire to rob that gentle
man of the prestige of success.
Political jealousy did all in it's power
to rob Butte of its just deserts in order to
credited with having accomplished the
end he had in view. Men who should have
supplemented the efforts Of Mr.. Mantle
to secure the concurrence of the house,
treacherously stabbed the proposition to
death in that body. The movement to
give Butte a public building had many
friends in the house who co-operated with
Mr.. Mantle, but indifference and treach-
been friends to the measure prevented it's
adoption.
When the senate bill, fathered by Mr..
Mantle, was adopted by the house of rep
resentatives sitting as a committee of the
whole, thereby foreshadowing it's success
erously worked against the interests of
Butte We're the first to claim the credit of
victory. But their coarse, vulgar work
against the metropolis Of Montana had
been too effectively done-their efforts to
neutralize the splendid work accom-
plished by Mr.. Mantle in the senate had
been too carefully planned, and as a re-
suit the endorsement of the house ac-
tOluGo III as lclldSItu l1lCl-
fective by democratic filibustering when
the bill was to have been placed on its
Small passage. AS has already been stated
4 these columns, democrats who could
defeat the measure in no other way re-
sorted to flibustering tactics to prevent
a vote being taken, until its right of way
was lost under the rules governing the
house of representatives.
The temporary defeat of Mr.. Mantle:
bill to place a public building in Butt,
may be charged to democratic influence!
inimical to the interests of this city. l
is not difficult to locate some of those in
fiuences. Like the man who derails
passenger train, and kills hundreds o
persons, because he is after an enemy o,
board, there are men who would rol
Butte of it's ~unquestioned right to a publ
building in order to prevent Senator Man
ate from having the prestige of victory.
France is doing much better than wa
expected. Nominations for Faure's sue
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-18

The government is taking steps to send
four vessels to the Philippines to be
loaded with freight of all descriptions.
The vessels are being loaded at San. Fran
cisco and will sail for Manila within a
week or ten days. This looks like bust
ness, and is evidence that the troops 10Y
at the Philippines will remain there for
some time at least. III
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-18

and hold that such cession would be in
of the traditional policy of the United
states. The grounds of the professionals
seems to be we'll taken as just at present,
at least, Uncle Sam seems disposed to
take and keep the goods the gods pro-
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-18
pleasure.

The court martial to investigate the
ing the food furnished the army, organ
lied at Washington yesterday, and will
probably be ready for business this week.
These charges are getting to be some
what m~onotonous, but if the rascally
contractors be caught and punished for
tial will not be called in ain. t 1H
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-18

The five states, California, Utah, Ne
braska, Pennsylvania and Delaware, are
still trying to elect United States sena-
tors and wiggle out of the deadlock in
which they have been foundering for a
long time.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-18

Most Chinese mandarins pass the Whoie
of their lives without taking a sihgle
yard of exercise. Under no circumstances
whatever is a mandarin ever seen on foot
in his own jurisdiction.
A substitute for emery powder mas peeh
produced by a Russian inventor. ne
burns fire clay at a temperature OF 2,3Ou
degrees Fahrenheit and the resulting
powder is equal Is a polishing material
to emery.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-18

Gradually but surely the Americans
pines, the Filipinos giving way Upon the
approach of danger. The ancient city
Of Cebu, the third in size in the Philip
pines, is about to fall into American
hands. And all this is being done with
out serious casualties upon the American
side
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-18

The Powell county bill is developing
about as much bitterness of feeling as
was shown in the late senatorial fight
From this distance it appears that the
advocates and opposers Of the bill are
about equally divided.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-18

The new bounty bill, prepared by the
stockmen of the state, has passed the
rush. 1t will doubtless pass that body,
go through the senate and be signed
by the governor before the end of next
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-18

Senator Mantle yesterday presented the
credentials of w. A. Clark, elected sena-
tor from Montana for the term of six
years from March 4, 1899.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-18

"Mr. William Born Dead" was the
somewhat deceptive heading of an OBJ
tuary notice in a Kansas paper last week
The heading meant to announce that Mr.
Born was dead
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-18

Ropes thai will not sink when thrown
into the water are proving very usetul.
They are made of a core composed OF
pieces Of cork, covered with cotton.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-18
Peculiar and Pertinent,

A Partisan has invented a machine by
which, among other things, he can split
a human hair lengthwise into 90 strips.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-18

France is doing much better han was
expected. Nominations for Faure's sue
cessor are being peaceabE made, NJ.
bouber being considered the strongest
candidate.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-18

vide.
The Denison review., 1899-09-08
A BAD MISTAKE TO MAKE.

He made pitiful mistake some
where. for when he found himself
alone in the world at 60 he told us
that not in single one of the homes
of his six children. who were married
and settled. was there place for him.
He had enough SO that he did not have
to go to the poOrhOuse. 1t is true. but
this in no sense mitigated the pitiful
fact that his own children would not
give grandpa place at the fireside
and the table. Who was to blame?
Let us be merciful and say that he did
not realize in the years lost and gone,
when the little folk were all his own,
was the time to have so cultivated
their love. friendship and respect that
all doors would have been wide open
all the time for grandpa. Honest now.
you men who read this. it will pay you
to have the love and respect Of your
boys and girls. have their friendship:
and II you think that by just feeding,
clothing and educating them you have
done all they have right to ask of
you, you have made the worst mistake
you ever made in your life. The day
will come for you when the love of
your child will seem worth more to
you than all your land. all your stock,
all your bonds and mortgages. T6
have this priceless blessing when you
grow old and feeble you must lay the
foundations for it with those little folk
now in your home.
The Denison review., 1899-09-08

farm for us little first cost as pound
of beef or pork. In selling value the
mutton holds its own with either. If
we add to this fact the wool crop
which, even at low price, will pay
for the food eaten by the sheep, and
the value of the sheep as farm fertil-
izer and utilizer of otherwise waste
products, it proves beyond doubt that
a flock of sheep. say IS ewes on a
quarter section farm, is one Of the
most profitable investments which can
be made. We know there is the dog
and the wolf and the lack Of proper
fencing with so many. but by yarding
at night near the house the first may
be avoided. and flock Of the size
named will justify the employment OF
q boy for a herder during part of the.
year when it is desirable to give the
flock the range of the fields outside
regular pasture. ALI the territory
north of 40 degrees, lying in the north
west, is especially adapted to the
sheep.
The Denison review., 1899-09-08

Is the best hay for horses. Timothy
hay is heavier than that of other
grasses and contains large quantity
of nutritive matter in small bulk. If
left till it be overripe, 1t becomes hard
and woody. 1t is more digestible when
cut rather on the green side and makes
better horse food. Many farmers feed
far too much hay to their horses. They
might very well take few lessons in
this matter from the liverymen. who
find that their horses do better and
keep healthier on small allowance of
hay. Race horses in large stables are
fed on 6 to s pounds Of hay and
from 15 to 90 pounds of the best oats
per day, and, If needed, bran mash
once week-one-third of the hay aft
er exercise in the morning, the balance
at night and the oats fed at four feeds.
For hunters more hay is given up to 10
pounds per day, pounds loose and 4
pounds cut and mixed with his oats, 1G
to is pounds per day. Any farmer can
see how much this differs from his
feeding, and yet these horses are re-
quired to do hard work and sudden ex-
ertions, taxing all their powers. In
Scotland favorite winter food when
horses are only at moderate work is
cut Oat sheaves.
When horses are in the stable much
Of the time, the feeding needs to be
carefully managed. In many parts of
Canada roots are favorite winter
feed. Swede turnips Guta bagas) are
relished by horses and seem better
food for them than the carrot. They
do we'll on roots when idle or at
moderate work. Cooking food for
horses has not been found generally
profitable. Elaborate and careful ex-
periments made years ago showed that
horses did better on raw food. Crushed
or ground oats are much used Some
horses have a tendency to bolt their
feed half chewed, and some of the
grain Is voided whole in these cases.
Grinding helps any such tendency. In
England some Of the large companies
which work a great many horses give
mixed food and use considerable guam
titles Of American corn. The NORTH
Metropolitan company London) allows
for each horse per day about the fol-
lowing rations: Corn, 13 pounds; oats,
3 pounds; peas, / pound; beans. I
pound: hay, z pounds; cut straw, 3
pounds; total. % pounds. The South
London Tramway company gives corn.
Z pounds; oats, pounds; beans.
pound; hay, II pounds; straw. 3
The Denison review., 1899-09-08
!, FEEDING 5
5 HORSES. s
circumstances which should
Govern the Quantity md
) Variety of Eations.

Farmers generally do not give tue
feeding of their horses the attention
it deserves, writes Colonel %. McCrae
in The Breeders Gazette. Balanced
rations and food mixtures for the dairy
COW and the feeding steer are
carefully examined and discussed,
but the feeding of the horses is
usually all the hay they can eat and
varying quantities of oats, according
to the work being done. Sometimes
even the latter part is neglected. If a
horse is required to do extra hard work,
he should be literally and frequently
fed. The amount of food given should
be regulated by the size and breed of
the animal and by the amount and
kind of work he is required to do. The
horse has a small stomach in proper
tion to his size; hence frequent feeding
when under hard work is necessary.
The human stomach can bear hunger
far better than that of the horse II
driving on journey you feel hungry.
you may be sure your horse has felt
it before you did and is needing his
feed more than you do.
Opinions differ good deal as to the
watering of horses. Some prefer to
have water before the horses in the
stall at all times. Others prefer water
ing only as the horses come in from
work or before feeding. Horses should
not be watered after meals, as the
stomach, being small, is liable to be
partially emptied Of the undigested
food, causing trouble in the bowels and
partial loss of the food.
Oats and hay are the ideal horse
foods for our country, but because
they are the best is no reason why
they should be exclusively used. Va
riety is often much relished by the
horse, and with this variety cheapness
and economy may be introduced. Good
timothy hay, early cut and well cured,
The Denison review., 1899-09-08
SOUTH :;::: =: :;: !: ;;; ;;;;;: s;;;; = =

NIII6 run Home seekers Ex-
OOOIIli cursions to points in the
South on the lines of the Illinois Cen
trail and Yazoo & Mississippi Valley
Railroads from all their stations west of
and including Alden and from points
on the Lyle and Cedar Rapids branches
on July 18TH and 3Ist, August 18th,
September 4th and 18th, and Octo-
Der I'D and 10th, and from all points
east of and including Williams ONE
DAY LATER than the dates named.
The new Southern Home-Seekers
Guide" describes in detail the agricul-
tural advantages, the soil and products
at all points south of the Ohio River on
the lines of the above mentioned roads,
For copy address the undersigned.
For information concerning Railroad
Lands in the fertile Yazoo Valley of the
Mississippi address E. P. Skene, Land
Commissioner I. G. R. r., at Chicago
ll1fnTl Home Seekers Excursion
wfNI tickets will be sold from
U1OJi stations in Iowa east of
and including Cedar Falls, and from
points on the Lyle and Cedar Rapids
branches July 18th, August Ist and
18th. September 5th and 10Th, and
October Sd and 18TH, to points on the
Illinois Central Railroad to which the
one way rate is $500 or over, in South
Dakota, Minnesota and in Iowa to
points west of Ackley inclusive, except
points west of LeMars
Home. Seekers Excursions to Points
On Other Lines of Railroads.
The Illinois Central will also sell on
the third Tuesdays in July, August,
September and October, Home-Seekers'
Excursion Tickets to points on foreign
lines of railroads in many of the West
ern, Southwestern and Southern states
For rates, routes, etc, inquire of your
nearest Illinois Ceutral Ticket Agent
All Home Seekers Excursion Ticket
are sold at rate of
ONE FARE. PLUS 50.
flor the round trip. Tickets limited to
81 days for return. J. F. MERRY,
A. g. P. A., Ill. Cent r. R.
Dubuque, Iowa.
The Denison review., 1899-09-08
ADAPTATION 70 CHANGED
CONDITIONS.

1t Is interesting to note how birds
and animals will change their habits
In the effort to adjust themselves to
changed conditions wrought by man.
For instance, the bats have found out
that the best place to get harvest
OF insect food is in the glare of the
arc light. and so, Notwithstanding they
are especially designed to seek their
food and perform all the functions OF
life in the dark, we find them frequent
ing the vicinity of every electric light
and darting through and through the
swarm of insect life which on every
warm evening gathers around the arc
They seem unable to seize their prey
close to the light, the brilliance and
Intensity of the arc probably binding
them, but catch the bugs in the shad-
ows of the circle some 20 feet away.
The swift Invariably builds it's nest in
an unused chimney. and still the time
was, not SO very long ago either, when
there were no chimneys. and we are
left to suppose that hollow tree trunks
were used instead. The martin always
seeks building erected and occupied
or an imitation house erected for its
use in which to nest; yet still there
were martins long before there were
houses, and no one knows just where
they then built. The sparrow, by pre-
empting every available nook and cor
ner in buildings in the cities, has COM
PEELED an entire change in all forms
of exterior architectural ornamental
tion Of buildings, such as cornice. win
dow trimmings and the like, no design