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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21

The pilchard does not grow to it's full
size until after reaching more northern
waters, when it becomes equally as large
as the herring, but differing in color and
flavor.
The canning of sprats in Norway has
within the last few years become one of
the largest and best paying Industries, SO
much that the fish people of Great Brit
ain have taken it up themselves. The
sprat is much smaller than the herring,
only reaching five inches in length when
full grown. and is caught in enormous
quantities in the North and Irish seas.
The Norwegians, in preparing these fish
before canning, slightly smoke them,
which gives a peculiarly appetizing taste
and offers a distinct novelty in the sar-
dine line.
Probably no fish is better known to the
consumers in Northern Europe, Great
Britain, and America than the herring.
Fresh, sailed, picked, smoked and now
converted into sardines, it shows a high
er record in the novelty of condition on
the market than any other.
Although the American sardine indus
try only dates a few years back, it has
succeeded beyond the expectation of the
people engaged in it.
From q dietary standpoint there is no
fish caught along our coast that is more
healthful and useful thai the herring, and
we have nc hesitation in saying that This
American industry cannot help but grow
in magnitude and Importance if ordinary
care is given it by the packers, in adher-
ing to primary rules, selecting good fish.
having even-siZed packs, the use of good
oil, and sticking to a universal standard
of output.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21
AAx Aszz 2Me<1eN.

employ started from the station, early
last spring, to carry supplies to some
hunters who were collecting furs for the
company. About ten miles from the sta
ton, while travelling over the ice, they
discovered, accidentally, some foreign
substances deeply imbedded in one of the
foes, which looked like a flaw in clear
gum. They started to dig, and it took
three days Of aXing and chiselling to
reach the points of the huge tusks. Two
of the natives lost their lives before the
tusks were clear of the ice. One of them
stepped back and fell into a crev;ce made
by himself and his companions, one of
whom jumped to his assistance, and
went down INTO the sea, neve, to rise
again. The other saw that they would
share the same fate, and made no fur
Their attempt to rescue the two unfortu-
mates. After they had secured their find
the natives returned to the station. The
joy over their success was greater than
the sorrow over the death of the two
companions who persisted. Getting ad-
ditional men, sleds and dogs, they went
back and brought their treasure to the
station"
The enormous size and weight of these
tusks establishes the oft-asserted theory
of the immense animals which existed in
those regions in prehistoric times. An
animal that could walk about comfort
ably carrying POI pounds weight in it's
upper jaw must have been of immense
bulk and strength.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21
ENORMOUS MASTODON TUSKS.

San Francisco Call: A pair of masto-
don tusks, the largest and most perfect
specimens ever found were brought to
this city recently on the whaler Bonanza,
and are in possession of the Fl. Liebes
company. They measure 10S inches in
length on the outer curve, 91h inches on
the inner curve, and Is inches in circum-
ference about two feet from the base,
17h inches in the middle, and 14R inches
two feet from the point. They weigh a
little over 103 ponds or an aggregate of
POI pounds. The weight of ordinary tusks
is about twelve pounds a pair, and their
market value from SO to 60 cents a pound,
according to the size and clearness Of the
ivory.
The commercial value of these man.
moths is beyond computation, owing to
their rarity. They were found a few
miles from Point Barrow, where the
company maintains a supply station for
it's whalers and fur hunters, and two
lives were sacrificed in digging them out
of the ice in which they were imbedded,
| sixteen feet below the surface. The fol-
lowing account of the find was sent to
the company by it's agent at Point Bar
row.:
"A party of natives in the company's
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21
SMALL EN-

Henry M. Stanley, in describing his
journey through the forests of Africa,
says that the most formidable foes he
encountered. those that caused the great
est loss of life to his caravan and came
nearest to defeating his expedition, We're
the Wambutti dwarfs.
These diminutive men had only little
bows and arrows for so small
that they looked like children's play
things but upon the tip of each tiny ar
row was a drop of poison which would kill
an elephant or a man as surely and quick
ly as a rifle. Their defense was by means
Of poison and traps.
They would steal through the dense
forest, and waiting in mbush, let fly
their arrows before they could be dis
covered. They dug bitches and care
fully covered them over with sticks and
leaves. They fixed spikes in the ground
and tipped them with poison. Into
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21
FACTS ABOUT FISHES

Among the various small fishes that
swarm the Atlantic and Pacific shores
there are none more appreciated by the
fish lovers than the smeIt. For years the
erroneous impression has existed that the
smelt caught on the New England coast
was by far the finest known, but should
the investigator go as far as the Pacific
ocean, he would find that this little fish
assumes larger proportions and is by far
more delicate in flavor that that known
here.
1t is a curious fact hat smelt is an off
shoot of the salmon family, having all
the characteristics of that fish, with the
general formation Of teeth, and tongue,
etc. In Scotland 1t is called the s%pirling,
and in France the Sperlan. The beauty
and d~elicacy Of the fish years ago tempted
the would-be sardine packers of Cali
fornla to use them for sardines. Unfortu-
nately it did prove a failure, as they did
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21

In order to carry woman's suffrage in
a state it is necessary for the bill to pass
two houses, and this takes two years.
In '9S all the states into which the bills
had been introduced the previous year
passed them in the second house, thus
completing the work of establishing wo-
man suffrage. There is no state, now,
in which the bill has passed half way.
SO in 1899 the women suffragists cannot
hope to get a whole new state, but they
can pass their bill through one house,
leaving it for 1900 to complete the work.
This they will regard as a successful
year.
Alice Stone Blackwell, daughter of
Lucy Stone, and one of the best known
women suffragists, being the editor of
two wonlan's suffrage journals, and a
lecturer of note. hopes to get several ter
%ritories. BY getting a. territory she means
securing the right for women to vote in
that territory. New Mexico is the most
promising, then comes Oklahoma.
The woman suffragists look fOrward to
ndian as being the next state which
will give the ballot to women. They are
also very hopeful of New York, especially
since Governor Theodore Roosevelt Of
that state advocates woman's suffrage.
They do not necessarily ask for office
for women, although there have been
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21
SLEEVES.

The sleeves were composed of two
short full frills of pale yellow chiffon.
Flame colored velvet vas employed for
the narrow draped ceinture. There was
a brilliancy and air of dash about this
gown that suggested a Spanish senorlta.
Strange enough it had been designed for
a Spanish heiress who has made the jour-
ney from Chile for a Partisan trousseau.
a simple rich gown that could only
be worn to advantage by a queenly type
of woman was built of white broadcloth.
The cores of the skirt We're cut al
most straight at the front so that the
effect was especially clinging and at the
back the fullness merged into an ample
train. Around the upper part it was close
fitting and without fullness at the waist
band. A strip of royal purple velvet COM
menced at the ceinutre n following the
right seam of the apron broadened and
extended to the left side Of the skirt
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21

and co-operated so nobly with the move
ments of the army. Many secrets We're
entrusted to their keeping and they kept
them we'll.
Susan b.. Anthony, one of the pioneers
of Woman's suffrage, is most hopeful for
the year 1899. Miss Anthony was born
in February, 1920, and is therefore very
near her 10Th birthday. She is still very
sharp Intellectually, and is one of the
best preserved women in the world in
spite of her many years of work. To the
women suffragists of this paper she sends
her most hearty greeting, and begs them
to join her in the wish she expresses for
the year.
Alice Stone Blackwell, who has per-
suaded more prominent men to join the
suffrage movement than any other wo-
man in the world, is pulling wires all
along the line to secure general suffrage.
Her wish for 80 is best expressed in a
letter recently written to this news
paper:
Dear Editor
I Hon. Joh D. Long, secretary of the
navy, calls the opposition to woman suf-
frage "a slowly melting glacier of bour-
bonism n prejudice" l hope to see the
melting go on during 1899 as steadily as
it has in the past.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21

with Strass or the patterns traced in
stones. Chenille and fur too, play i'm
portant roles among the trimmings.
Cloth which holds a preference over
velvet or silk this season for the dressier
toilettes, has even been adopted for ball
gowns. One model that was exceedingly
rich, was of brocaded ivory cloth with the
design darned in gold threads.
A BALL GOWN.
A gown built of liberty satin in a soft
new quality called "Oriental" was rather
blush white in tint. The skirt was close
fitting at the top and had no fullness at
the waistband in the back. Around the
bottom it boosted quite a flare. 1t was
covered all over with butter colored gui-
pure, leaving only a pointed yoke of the
plain satin. Over the guipure there was
appliqued a sWirling pattern in chenille.
The corsage of the satin was close fitting.
1t was covered with a sort of cuirass of
the guipure that continued in a point over
the skirt back and front. In crossing over
the shoulders slight points dropped over
the arm, giving the effect of tiny sleeves.
The ceinture was a draped affair of am
ethyst velvet.
A ball gown designed for one of this
seasons buds was minus the usual train.
It was built of a very shimmery quality
of pale yellow taffeta powdered closely
with tiny dots of deeper yellow. The
skirt was composed of three frills zen
forme" of the taffeta slashed at the
front and bordered with flame colOreG
chenille. over the silk We're appliqueG
pale yellow velvet roses with the petals
in relief.
The corsage of the silk was plain anG
close fitting at the back, and at the from
was cut away to show quite an eXpanst
of vest. This was composed of narrow
bands of tucked pale yellow satin anC
guipure entre-deux. Failing over tht
vest at each side We're points of pale
yellow satin that gave a sort of bolert
effect. These were ornamented with tiny
amber buttons and were outlined will
narrow gold braid. Two rows of the fam
colored chenille bordered each side of tn
vest.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21
MR.. CLOTHES.

Representative Bennett of Brooklyn is
the fashion plate of the house. The latest
styles in %cravats headgear, shirts and
clothes may always be found in his pos
session. Mr.. Bennett is one of the hand
soonest men in congress, young, athletic,
rosy-cheeked and graceful, with a clear,
penetrating, g%ray-blue eye. He is one of
Speaker Reeds bosom friends. and when
the big mar from Maine a his throne
Bennett is often called to the chair.
There was a time when Dame Rumor
had it that Mr.. Bennett was about to be-
come Speaker Reeds son-in-law, but, like
many another rumor, it proved untrue,
AS a friend of the Reed family, Mr.. Ben
nett often accompanied Miss Kitty Reed
to theaters, .luncheons, etc, and this fact
gave rise to the report that he was be-
trothed.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21

not keep firm after canning.
The SWANS of young mackerel Off the
coast of California were then tried, re"
sulting most satisfactorily, and now
quantities of these little fish are PREPARED
and cured for the American market, and
sold Under the trade name OF sardines.
The true sardine of commerce IS the
young of the pilchard, found in vast
quantities along the north shores of the
Mediterranean and the Atlantic coast Of
Portugal and france.
1t is also curious that the name sardine
was taken by the French from hat APP
piled to a species of mackerel caught and
cured around the island of Cardinal, and
| known as the funny fish. So the name La
Sardine really belongs to another variety
of fish, having nothing in common or even
the right, except accident, of being so
called. No other fish than the pilchard
are used by the French people for canning
under the name of sardine.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21
THE NEW YEAR BALL GOWN
EXQUISITE CREATIONS THAT ARE A MASS OF SOFT FLUFFINEsS N
RIBBON-THE FANCY CORsAGES.

Paris, Jan. 12.-There is nothing especi-
ally new to record of this winters ball
gowns. Since last season they, of course,
have undergone the changes common to
all gowns. The skirts are narrower, and
much more clinging and they are seldom
if ever without a lengthy train.
The princess gown is very much in
favor, and eve if the corsage and skirt
are made separate, the trimming is ar
ranged to give an unbroken line that
preserves the princess effect. The en-
pire gown has made it's appearance again
among ball tOiletteS and the couturierS
insist that its popularity is on the in
crease. The new feature about the en-
pire gown is that it boasts a tunic this
season or if the tunic is not there in re-
ality it is counterfeited by all sorts of
clever arrangements of pretty trimmings.
AppliqueS of lace are very much in
evidence on these ball gowns and they
are often enriched by being spargled
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21

The brooches were caught through the
bretelles and the chains with tiny clasps
attached clasped the tops of the puffs
and held them in place. Along the bust
line back and front there was a trim
ming of heavy gilt passementerie. The
ceinture was of pale rose gauze. 1t was
knOtted at the left side and the ends
reached to the bottom Of the gown.
1t is marvellous to see how successfully
the c%Quturiers cover a glove fitting satin
gown with a tight yelling OF the sheerest
tulle. Trimmed with appliques of lace the
effect is stunning.
A SATIN GOWN.
A ball gown after this style was of
cream satin. The skirt fitted like a
glove in the upper part and began to
flare considerably about half way down.
1t was covered plain with the sheerest
tulle Cream guipure was appliuued or
in the form of a tunic that was cut
away at the 'front.'. Two full ruches of
the tulle' followed the line of the tunic
and a third ruche gave a finish to the
bottom of the skirt.
The corsage was of the satin covered
with the tulle and guipure. 1t was cut
square necked and opened over a vest
of gathered tulle. Two rows of the
ruching followed the edges of the vest
ana Joined line with the ruches on the
skirt to give a princess effect. The
ceinture was of broad coral velvet rib
bon. 1t was ornamented With a Strass
buckle at the front and was tied at the
back with long loops and ends reachina
to the bottom of the gown. The sleeves
We're short puffs of the tulle covered
satin. NINA GOODWIN.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21

these bitches n on these spikes man
and beast would fall or step to their
death. One of the ~strangest things about
it was that their poison was mixed with
honey.
The account of these small people and
their successful warfare influences one
to remember the small enemies we all are
apt to encounter in habits, seemingly
harmless, but dangerous to welfare and
happiness.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21
SOMETHING ACCEPTABLE.

Chicago Post: I'm looking for some
thing real nice for a young man." said
the young and pretty shopper.
why don't you look in the mirror"
asked the gallant clerk, and she was so
flustered that he managed to sell her four
different things that she did not want be-
fore she knew what she was doing.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21
ANXIOUS TO PLEASE.

o course you wouldn't think of saving
yourself at the expense of some one else
said the French soldiers friend.
well" was the answer, you know the
popular cry now is long live the army
So, as a part of the army, I feel it my
duty to live as long n comfortably as
possible"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21

eight women in the Colorado legislature.
two in Idaho, two in Utah and Is women
mayors in Kansas in the last Is years.
Still, the women suffra gists make no
point Of holding office. They merely
want, as Susan Burger Stearns expresses
1t, "to assist good men to elect other
good men to Offices"
The United States is far behind Eng
land in these matters. Although it is
considered more strong minded than
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21
WOman'S Suffrage For '99.

New York, Jam O.-Headquarters Ma
tional Womsn's Suffrage association:
TO the Editor:
l have only one wish for the year go
to see the National Suffrage association
successful in getting the ballot for wo-
men,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21

The women s~uffragists expect to carry
the Union their way during the coming
year. They have Is states Under per-
suasion. and hope at the beginning of the
year 1900 to have taken them as far as
possible.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21

England, the fact is that it Is far be-
him
The greatest stride woman's suffrage
has made for years was afforded during
the Spanish war, when women SO ably
assisted men in their care of the sick,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-02-22

FL elegante pdbco pucrtorriqueho podra encontrar
consanemene nuestrO eStableCmiento surtdo va
radsmo seecto de Cazado de todas clases tan compile
to como e que puedan oecer rano las mas repu-
tadaS de America.
Al cfecto hemos perdonado medic nj sacriicio al
8uno para que nueStOS nG1erOSoS acvos corresponsa
les mantengan sepre la atura de los umos ade-
anos de Ia moda de las exgencias el capricho mas
rehnados
Las mportantcs compras reazadas por de nues-
os socoS Europa haCen concebr la esperanto de
que e pubco de csta Isa segua dspensandonos pro-
tcCCon simpaas.
Desde el mas sencio zapato hasta el par de botas
mas chic, aqu Sc enCuenra toda Ia serie
Tn nueStrO ramO de peleterIa menos innensa Y
cscoglda la existencia que tehemos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-02-22
ESltA<i3.iNIAS

ElpublIco podrd encontrar
siempre en- cl 4" Bolctin Mer-
cahtll " TN extcnso y variado
surtido de las mismas. Las
hay de multitud de prccios,
desde Is ccntavos hasta 20
y IS pesos, muy elegantes y
lujosas. En- tintcros de cris-
tai dc roca SC pucde escoger
muCho.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-02-22
E7ILETES

Para cajas de tabaco, eIc-
{antislmos y en- papcl supe-
icr, a $3.50 el millar.
E-ltograha del BoLErfN,
lc \. Lynn { Hyos dc Pc
~CZ Morris. is.-puertO- Rico
Evening journal., 1899-02-20
The NEWS OF STAFFORD

Special Correspondence Evening Journal
AeaIOrd, Del, Feb. 20.-The recent
snow storm has not only been a great
detriment to business, but has been
the source Of much suffering and want
ON the part Of the poorer classes. The
oyster houses were compelled TO sus-
pend business on account OF traffic be-
ing closed both by rail and water, and
as this is the principal industry of the
town, the majority Of the laboring
dass was thrown out of employment
Many families were visited by citizens
and found to be in distress. Some We're
without food, others without fuel, and
some were without both, but these
necessities were soon supplied by a
charitable fund that had been raised
TOR the purpose. Three charitable and
industrious young men, Charles Fav-
inger, Charles Horsey and Samuel
FLelds. deserve great cOmmendation
for excellent services rendered in this
line. They started cut on their own
hook, and soon secured a large sum
Of money, with which to purchase
supplies for the needy. They convert
"a the money into articles Of food anc
i stTibuted them themselves.
On account OF the extreme cold
weather, the schools in the rural dis
tricts have dosed.
Owing to the pressure Of the snow
on the roof Of Hargroves iron porch
It subsided on Wednesday morning.
Robert e. Ellis, OF Camden, n. j.,
is spending a few days with his fam
lily here.
The funeral CT Miss Beatrice Rec
orls took place en- Wednesday after
noon at the NJ. E. Church. 1t was to
have taken place last Sunday but on
account Of the three-foot snow that
then lay on the ground. it was post
poned. Rev. r. K. Stephenson officiat-
ed. lnterment was made in Odd Fell
lows Cemetery.
Citizens who began filling their ice
houses before the blizzard finished the
task on Thursday. The ice is in an
excellent condition, measuring eight
inches in thickness.
The snow has been cleared from the
c. & S. railroad, and the first train
since last Saturday was run Thursday
evening.
Evening journal., 1899-02-20

educational purposes by the town Of
Harrington
Representative Short will introduce
another Indian river eel bill, aud il
VIII contain what he believes to be a
provision which will meet and over
come the objections which killed the
other bill, namely that a pod shall
be used in the centre Of the seines.
An act to reincorporate the town Of
Leipsic was given notice OF by Repre-
sentative O'Day.
Representative Wagoman gave no
tice of his bin regulating the employ
ment OF surveyors in laying out
ditthes, and providing that at least
three taxab-es shall be required to pc
tition for the review OF a ditch COM
mission.
The House passed the House bin TO
incorporate the town OF Delmar, apd
also the bill changing the time for
holding the Newark school election
and increasing from three to five the
number OF school commissioners, one
Of whom shall represent the district
lying outside Of the town.
Ail uHI0NAlduit ltIJAN Nho h4tAAN III
the House on the House bill in rela-
ton 10 the practice Of dentistry in Del
aware. the text OF which has been pre-
viously published.
The Senate joint resolution fixing
March 13 as the time for finni ad-
journment, was made the SPECIAL Or
der for to-day by the House
The House concurred in the Senate
joint resolution fixing February q as
the last day for the reception OF new
business.
These Senate bills were given their
first reading in the House: Senate bills
providing that employees at the State
Hospital at Farnhurst shall have re-
sided in this state at least three yeare
prior to appointment; changing the
name OF S. J. Horn to Stuart Jackson
Horn; changing the name OF Mary
Atwood to Mary Culbreth.