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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-29
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COM
PANY.

Will make the following rates. and tickets
will be placed or sale u 9Th and 9Th:
To Omaha, Kansas City. St. Joe
Council Bluffs and Sioux City and
iCtuiH s.... .... .....sssssssss s....pfA.VV
To st. Louis and return .............. 49.5o
To Chicago and return ........ 49,. $3.50
Tickets good returning until September
4th. Parties going via Union Pacific have
option of route via Salt Lake and Denver
on going or return trip. Solid vestibu led
cars Ogden to Chicago without change.
For further particulars, apply No.. so
North Main street.
CHARLES CLIFFORD, Gen'l Agent.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-29
OF MERIT.

Major Marchand, the explorer, has re-
ceived from the French Academy of Moral
and Political Sciences the Audiffred prize
of Il. 200 francs for the greatest act of de-
votion of any kind" About the same time
the Franch government bestowed upon
his sister, Mile. Marchand, the right to
keep 4 tobacco shop in the Rue de la Tour
d'AuVergne in Paris.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-29
SUMMER EXCURSIONS.

Great Northern railway. commencing
May 13:
Boulder n return ............... 81 30
Sold Saturday and Sunday; good until
Monday. -...
Basin and return 81 90
Sold Sundays only: good returning
day.
j. r. DAWSON,
Genera Agent,
Al North Main street.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-29
}. D. McuREOo2
VETERINARY sURcEow.

Honorary graduate Of the Ontario Vet.
e!!nary College, Toronto, Canada. Treats
all diseases Of domesticated animals &C.
cording t. scientific principles. Office at
Marlow'a Stables. 104 9. Main street
Telephone 293. All cases promptly at.
tended to.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-29
"Cann0t Praise 1t Enouxh.s
Miss GERTIE DUNK1N,
Franklin, Neb,, writes:

II suffered for some time with pain.
full and irregular menstruation, falling
of the womb and pain in the back. /
tried physicians, but found no relief.
"iwas at last persuaded to try Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and cannot praise it enough for what
1t has done for mt. I feel like a new
person, and would not pavt with yous
medicine. I have recommended IL q
several Of my frienda."
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-29
THE REVERSIBLE LANDSCAPE.

You never saw the sun rise in your
life, Helen; how did you paint that pic
ture you call DAWN"
Il painted a sunset-it looks just the
same"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-29
LONGEST WORD.

The longest word in the English Lam
guage is Proantitransubstantiationist,"
a jointcd word Of IS letters. '"Transub-
stantiationableness' is TIE next longest.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-29
DR.. HUE POCK
227 s. Main ST

The only pure root and herb treatment
In Butte.
specialist In Chronic Disease of long
banding. Permanent cures made In all
Erlvate disease. The Diseases Of Wo-
men have been made a study Of for
years. and are successfully treated.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-29
TOPEKA & SANTA Fl
Santa Fe Route.)

East via Ogden or Denver to Kansas
City, Chicago and st. Louis. making close
connections in union depots with trunk
lines to all points east and south. Also
the direct line to Galveston, Texas, City
Of Mexico and points in New Mexico.
Arizona and California.
For particulars call on r. G. W. r. r.
or c. s. L. agents. Butte, or address
c.. +. WARREN,
General Agent. Sail Lake.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-29
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO.
CHEAP RATES TO EASTERN
POINTS.

On June 5 and 6 the Northern Pacific
Railway company will sell round trip
tickets to the following points:
st. a and Duluth $40 M
Omaha, Kansas City and all Mis-
souri, river points .........,.. AZ On
~. Louis 40 SO
Cnicaso ......... ................. SO so
Tickets sold at the above rates will be
good to return III to and including Sep
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-29
EAST VIA THE GREAT NORTH
ERN RAILWAY.
June 5th and 9th.

June 9TH and 9TH. -
st Pau and return .$42. 90
Minneapolis and return ............ Il. 100
Duluth and return ................. 200
Sioux City, Iowa, and return ...... AZ. 90
st. Louis and return ................ $50
Chicago and return ................ $53. so
Tickets good returning until September
4th. For particulars apply at office, Al
North Main street.
j. e. DAWSON,
General Agent.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-29

Colonel Parker, the mining operator,
is back from the east and is accom-
panied by his eldest son who has been
to Manila as a volunteer.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Gilmer spent
Sunday and Monday in Butte. Mr.. Gill
mer is one of the officers of the Warm
Springs asylum.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-29

Mr.. and Mrs. L. c. Gordon are again
at home in this city after an absence of
two months near Garnet. where Mr.. Cor
don has been engaged as engineer of the
Mitchell g. Mussigbrod mill,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-29

For tickets. sleeping car reservations
and further particulars, call on or Id
dress No. 10 East Broadway, Butte. Mont.
II. O.. WILSON,, Gcner Agent.
D. E. Burnley. G.. p. & 4. Agent,
Salt Lake. Utah.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-29

John G. Evans, A. J.. Colcott, George
S. Miller. Charley Joyce, John McMahan
and d. j. WEIGH are among the Butte
and Anaconda people who enjoyed Sum
day at their homes in this city.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-29

B. F. Brown, Garrison: G. E. Hayner,
Miles City; Mrs. Thomas Brennan, Butte;
L.. M. Hughes. Helena; Charles Blom,
Duluth; &. S.. Sheen, Helena, and Chas.
Tubert, Valley, are at the McBurney.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-29

John Basher, Harry Eads and Thomas
Scaddon, well known mining ~leasers of
Butte and Centerville, were guests of
Joe Lodge in this city Saturday. The
gentlemen returned home Sunday.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-29

Reece Lewis and James King, we'll
known among the sporting fraternity of
Butte, were here Sunday, having come
M. company. The gentlemen were look
ing for a saddle horse and will probably
make a selection here in a few days.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-29

Miss Evelyn Van Gundy, one Of the
newly elected teachers for this city, who
has been attending the Butte Business
college for the past three months. IS home
on a visit. The young lady left yester-
day for Dillon, to take 4 course in the
State Normal school before taking up her
duties in the school here next .Septem-
Der.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-29

A. B. Smith has sold his pretty home
to John Welton of Race Track, and Mrs.
Welton is here making preparations to
occupy it. Mrs. Smith and the little folks
will leave this week for a visit in Ne
braska.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-29

j. f.. Marcunl, the Helmville merchant,
has decided to S.. r. Larabie, N. j. and
JOHN ~Bielenberg, Conrad Kohrs of this
city n John O'Rourke of Butte a M
half interest in the Hobby Horse and
Mayflower quartz claims, situated in the
Nevada valley.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-29
Short Line
Southern and Best Route
to the East and West.
Dining Cars, Pullman Palace and Tourist
SlceperS Via Salt Lake and Denver.

l.1 49, LEAVE BUTTE
t'49 ~" For the East and Wess.
,.~~ an FIRST DAY OUT "
l'NS o'U Arrive Ogden, Utah. con-
Meeting with the Union
Pacific. Denver & Rio
Grande. and Southern
Pacific.
Q.@~ an SECOND DAY OUT
wv GU" Arrive Denver, Colo,
Queen City of the West.
A.Ar nm SECOND DAY OUT
H4'f0 H' Arrive Omaha. Neb.
-.A- am THIRD DAY OUT
IT'D ~" Arrive Chicago. only one
change of cars from
Butte Cat Ogden).
Q.l- NM SECOND DAY OUT
VIA r" Arrive San Francisco.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-29

Mrs. A. H. Mitchell, accompanied by
her son Will, We're guests in town Sat-
urday. Will is just back from Califor-
mia, where he has been attending school.
His many friends were glad to enter
tain him.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-29
EAST BOUND

EAST BOUND
No. ll?, TO Garrison, via
Anaconda connecting at
Garrison with No. 4 to
Helena ana St. Paul 49,.
No. 2, Twin City Mail the
through train to st. Paul
No. ia, From Garrison,
connections with No, 3
from Helena and oil east
ern points 49,. ........
MINED to Whitehall ex-
cept Sunday; Twin
Bridges Tuesday. Thurs
day and Saturday; Pony
and Norris Monday and
Friday
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-01

1t is not easy for the hearts in
darkened rooms today, mourning sons
and brothers to see Gods face in the
gloom, and if we give thanks for
brave men and brave deeds, for the
heroism that faced death unflinching-
ly in the trenches or on the seas, 1t
should be in humility, that the world
has not progressed far enough in Gods
way to be relieved of the curse Of war,
but we can be unreservedly thankful
for thu voices that have rung out in
all the land for peace. Let us be thank
full that never before have so many
men aad women been pleading for the
right tn defiance of the wrong. Never
before have so many thoughtful ones
faced The evils of the times, the great
underlying causes of sin and misery,
and sought to solve the knotty Ques-
tons of our modern civilization
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-01
AS ON EARTH, so IN HEAVEN.

Queer ideas some people have of the
next world. There can be no doubt
that many persons expect that st.
Peter will wear livery when he opens
the door to take their cards.
Think of the rage of a certain mon
arch II the angels fail to salute and
doff their halos as he passes.
Imagine how miserable Mark Hanna
and Rockefeller would be in place
where there was no money, soldiers
or police at their command.
Would 1t be heaven for the English
Mr.. Astor to greet his ancestor, the
butcher, with the eyes Of all heaven
upon him?
And just think of it! II the present
fashion Of ladies' headgear exists in
heaven, any angel with decent pair
of wings would be hunted to death by
the plume hunters!
/ do not consider these thoughts as
irreligious. They are the natural con-
sequence of the acts and sentiments
we see and hear around us, and We
conclude that if heaven is place
where there is no pomp or vanity, and
where justice reigns, it behooves us
to throw aside our false pleasure in
social distinction, and to learn to love
justice for Justices sake SO that we
may be happy in heaven.-Dan Beard.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-01
AN OBJECT LESSON.

Last spring, says the World-Herald,
Nebraska farmer, having some
wheat in his bins and needing some
barb-wire to fence in a pasture, went
to a hardware dealer in his market
town and said:
Il want to get 600 pounds of barb
wire, but have no ready cash. How
ever, l have some wheat, which is
worth so cents a bushel. How many
bushels of wheat must bring to town
to sell for enough to pay you cash for
the wire?"
Barb wire is worth $3.50 per hun
bred. If you want to trade wheat Tor
that much wire you must haul IN
twenty-seven and six-tenths bushels
of wheat"
Circumstances over which he had
no control prevented the farmer from
hauling out the wire at that Time.
But last week the same farmer went TO
the same hardware dealer and said:
81 couldn't get around to that wire
deal last spring, but I'm ready for 1t
now. LII maui III luC eWSheJ w.
and six-tenths bushels of wheat to-
morrow and get that 600 pounds OF
WIRE"
"Ah, but you'll have to haul in more
wheat than that" replied the hard
ware dealer.
"Why?" queried the farmer. Wheat
is worth as much now as it was last
spring"
Every true" replied the dealer, "out
the wire is worth more. 1t has gone
from $3.50 per hundred to 1910 per
hundred"
"Why has wire gone up and wheat
remained DOWN." asked the farmer.
"The wire trust"
The farmer walked out In
thoughtful mood. He was thinking
how prosperous he was when what ne
sells remains stationary or decreases
in price, while the prices of what ne
must buy keep going up.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-01
HIS THANKSGIVING.

-Tinkle- tinlsle. tinkle-tinkle, tinkle-
tinkle.
The leading man engaged in an at
tempt to remove a black spot from his
;. dress cravat by means of an applica-
ton of white grease paint, paused and
listened
"It's l. mandolin" he said. That's
a new wrinkle. We've had all kinds of
fiends in this company since we started
out. everything from cigarettes to BIZ
cycles. Who's the musician, wonder?
oh. I say. jerks! jerks! Who's the
band wagon?"
There was a step in the narrow pas
sageway that led to the dressing
rooms, and jerks, the property man.
appeared in the doorway. "Sh!" he
said. mot so loud. The old man'll
hear you"
The leading man started. 1.-THE old
man, did you say-not Merriam"
Eyes, Merriam" in whisper.
The leading man sat on his trunk.
That beats me-" he said. "The An
sfent Mariner tinkling mandolin.
Now I'm prepared to see Father Time
slaying sentimental ditties on jews
harp"
jerks did not laugh. fact which
helped to sober the other man. ITS
no surprise to me-" said the property
man, gravely. 81 says to Mrs. jerks
5ust before left the hotel, says l,
Mrs. jerks, you know what night this
Is? Thanksgiving she says. Why,
right says l, and it'll be hard night
Dor Merriam
"'Poor old man. says Mrs. jerks.
a-wipin of tear. Poor old man,
suppose he'll be playing of his mando-
fin again That he WILL says !.
He hasn't missed it, as near as
can Judge, for thirty years. AS sure
as Thanksgiving night comes, just SO
sure he gets out that old mandolin oil
his and tinkles away. And it's always
the same tune. God! But it does
.srake my mind go back. III never for
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| get the first time he played it. You
see, me and Merriam have been to-
gether. off and on, so long that knew
| his Story most as well as he does him
self. Not that he ever talks about It,
| Tonight, after the show, that instru-
ment II go back to the bottom Of his
trunk, and 1t won't come out again till
! this time next year."
The leading man was all ears.
Thirty years ago I was stage door
keeper at the old California theater.
Now, the stage doorman amt so I'M
important as some folks think. There's
mighty little goes on that he don't
know something about. He gets the
flowers first, and he usually sees the
cards. He's a good friend to the actor
when the actors friend to him, and
he can do a favor now and then that's
worth the while.
Merriam was just beginning to
climb up the ladder in those days. He
had come into the stock three years
before rs utility, but he was hand
some Cap, with brains and ambition
to back his good looks, and 1t wasn't
long before he got to playing leads.
Say, when Merriam went on AS Romeo
at the matinees you couldn't see three
rows in front Of you for the bonnets.
Mrs. jerks used to live in a regular
garden those days, for Merriam
wouldn't have none of the flowers
the silly girls used to send him. When
I'd offer to bring them home to him
he'd laugh, and tell me he reckoned
my wife cared more for flowers than
he did.
But | often noticed that he came
into the theater with big bunch of
violets or roses that he'd bought him
self to give TO the little woman who
played opposite parts to him. | asked
him once why he didn't give her the
flowers the girls sent him, instead of
spending money that way. I took a
kind of fatherly interest in Merriam in
those days. Lord bless you, to look
at him now you'd think he was my
grandfather. He looks that old.
wen, oGCh hOW IElhSo wac SOiheo
with him and Nellie Moore, and every
body else seen it, too. When she was
on the stage he stood in the wings,
and his eyes followed every move she
made l remember one of the women
saying that it was worth while to have
man care for you like that, and GER
tainly Nellie seemed to like it. She
came to me one afternoon-that
Thanksgiving I'm telling you about
and said that she was too tired to go
home after the matinee. She asked
me if I'd run across the way and order
dinner for her. Then she whispered
in my ear that she wanted it served
for two, and asked if 1 couldn't fix a
bunch light on the stage, so she and
Merriam could have cozy Thanksgiv-
ing dinner all alone.
"Of course | done it for her, and
while they were eatin' l went over to
my boardin' house. There was to be
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-01

real reason for the change. but in the
tomb scene I don't see how they coald
help feeling it.
"Those of us who saw It from che
wings will never forget it. The women
were in Mysteries and the stage hands
and fymen were nearly as bad. donV
know how Merriam ever lived through
it, but this I do know. He was DIFF
ferent man from that night. He
seemed to lose all his ambition and he
withered up so, that when l met him
at a rehearsal two years later, hardly
knew him. He was bent much as you
see him now and was playing char
acter old men. Every year he dropped
down further, until they wouldn't trust
him with anything better than bits
and servants. Yes, sir, and that old
man has played Romeo with the best
of them"
The story was finished, but the man.
dolin still tinkled. The leading mans
face was drawn, and jerks sat think
ing. Perhaps the former was thinking
of his own high tide of prosperity, and
of what the future had in store for
him.
But sympathy and curiosity are
closely allied, and soon the two men
were tiptoeing through the passage
way. They paused before the old act
ors room. A ray Of light filtered
through crack in the thin pine door.
Merriam was dressed and made up for
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-01
WANT YOU TO LEARN IT.


a change of bill that night, so l came
back early to get my props in shape,
as had them to attend to as well as
looking after the door When / came
hack to the theater l heard Nellie
Moore playin' a mandolin. She was
always fond of music and carried the
instrument around with her.
CHOW you try she said, and Mer-
Ram answered that he didn't know
note.
"I'll teach you she said. There's
an air | want you to learn and remem-
ber.'
"'All right said Merriam, and he
took the mandolin from her. She
showed him where to place his fingers
and kept humming the tune until he
could play it with only one or two
breaks Then she went to her dress
ing room to get ready, and Merriam
sat there drumming until the half
hour was called.
"Thac night there was good deal
of Misunderstanding, and the word went
around that there was to be weddin'
at Christmas.
"The next night on my way to the
theater l noticed crowd around the
stage door, and heard talk Of run
away. I hurried up, and as did so
Merriam came out, his face as white
as a ghosts.
For Gods sake, get a doctor,
Jenks!' he cried.
Il rushed to the nearest drug store,
and. luckily, found one there. When
we got back to the stage door Merriam
was waiting, and, without word, he
led us to a sofa in the wings on which
Nellie Moore was lying. The doctor
bent down over her for minute, shook
his head and said he was too late.
can understudy played Juliet that
hight and Merriam as usual was the
Romeo. The audience didn't know the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-01

BUT WE'RE EATING EN- ALONE.
any more'n a mile er so;
They I'D take things twas given m,
an they'd settle thar an stay,
An they'd fill the homestid table when
it come Thanksgivin' Day.
Law me! yes, them times is ended!
Little Sary married fust,
An Jim Medders lowed he'd take her
out to Idyho err bust,
An he bustid, an I've ben a-sendin'
money ever sence,
Though it's more fer little Sary tibet
care than the expense.
An then Chrissy went to Texas
Chrissy alw'ys was our pride,
But he headed off some cattle, an he
hurt his spine an died.
An now Sammys in the city, an that
amt so fur away,
But he's writ us that a baby's brought
'em their Thanksgivin' Day!
So we narrered down the table, bein
by ourselves, you see,
An the turkey'll las forever, jes' fer
Sary an fer me;
An the raisins in the mince pie.
bought fer Sammy's special
taste,
6ence he didn't come to eat 'em, sortor
Aeem to be waste.
Yep, the railroads tuck 'em from us,
an we're all alone at last,
An Thanksgivin's like 1 told yeh, jest
a mem'ry of the past;
But we're countin, me an Sary, on
better place, an then
We will have big Thanksgivin', an
the childr'n home again.
A. B. P.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-01
uNCLE EzRA'S THANKSGIVING.

Yep, Thanksgivin' Day is plsyin out,
er so it seems to me,
Etsr it don't make no comparison to
what it use to be;
Though the turkey and the mince
pies is the same we've aiwys
known,
An I'm here, an Sary Ellen, but we've
eatin' 'em alone.
rs the buildin' of the railroads th.e
hes made it hathaway
Tibet hes tuck our children from us az
hes split our holiday
EEoldin' out their wild shameeriSts
about lan's that can't be beat
SBut whar cyclones digs the taters, an
whar chinch bugs mows ttN
wheat
why, it use to be tibet youngsters dldf
seem to want to go
From the homestead of the oil folks
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-01

Prosperity has not struck the state
OF California with both feet" the pro-
fessional Republican papers to the con-
trary Notwithstanding. The man
with the hoe" is left. The rise in
prices of trust goods has had to come
out of somebody's pocket. A little in
vestigation will show anyone travelling
over the state that the laboring agri-
cultural worker and actual farmer Is
one who is left in the wave OF pros
perity" to an extent hardly realized by
the boom editorial writer on the city
dailies.
Wages are low. In the harvest fields
and canneries men are, or have been,
working for less than has been paid in
the states of the Mississippi valley.
The writer has seen men working in
the harvest fields of the Sacramento
valley sixteen hours day for the
prosperous sum of one dollar and fifty
cents; sleeping on straw, fed on SOW
belly" and withered potatoes, hardly
given time to eat that, and working
in the delightful and invigorating tenn
perature of ITO degrees until Nature
has frequently stepped in and called
a halt. Men have been glad to work
for fifteen cents an hour in the can
neries, overtime over ten hours at the
same rate. Hundreds of girls and
women have worked in canneries for
te,,I h,,k hQinQ
piece work, it is difficult to estimate.
Their earnings did not average prob
ably fifty cents day, but, as in all
piece work, some skilled workers, I'M
der exceptional and favorable condi-
lions, made more. Tales are told OF
such workers making a dollar and
even two dollars day for few days.
Such prosperity" has always resulted
in readjustment of rates to the point
of endurance by the workers. That
point is very low.
The worst feature about the can
neries and fruit and raisin packing
establishments is the absence of seats.
This alone shows the necessities of the
people when women will work for
hours-sometimes for fourteen hours a
day-standing at the reeking tables
earning few cents an hour and every
nerve strained to make a record en-
titling them to keep their place, hec-
tored and driven by sharp-eyed female
BOSSES and gruff- talking men over
,eers. Laws? There may be laws to
,nforce seats for women employees.
but, If SO, they are fraud. Necessity
knows no law. The mother and
daughter and growing children. when
driven BY the fear Of want, dare not