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The Mena star., 1899-05-25

I have been sufferer from chronic diarrhoea ever since the war and have used all kinds of medicine for it. At last found one remedy that has been a success as cure. and that is Chamb- erlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. P. E. Grishan. Gaars Mills, La. For sale by F. 0. Savage. 5-1
The Mena star., 1899-05-25

We see it suggested that the Czar of Russia's proposition ap- plies to the Cubans who are so 10th to give up their arms to the United States authorities. We suggest that it should apply to those who are in the habit of car rying guns ready for use on short notice and on small provocation.
The Mena star., 1899-05-25

following strong points and in-
 cidently gives the public pro-
 phetic warning:
 "Now, take the very question
 that you have seen advocated
 and which you will see advo-
 cated some more during the
 next ten days. the question of the
 taxation of franchises. On the
 one hand, we have the perfectly
 simple savage who believes that
 you should tax franchises to the
 extent of confscating them, and
 that it is the duty of all railroad
 corporations to carry everybody
 free and give him a chromo. On
 the other hand, VIC have the
 scarcely less primitive mortals,
 who believe that there is some
 thing sacred in a franchise, and
 that there is no reason why it should pay it's share of the bur dcns at all.
 "Now, gentlemen, remember that the man who occupies the last position inevitably tends to pro- duce the man who occupies the first position, and that the worst enemy of property is the man who, whether from unscrupu- lousness or from mere needless ness and thoughtlessness, takes the ground that there shall be something sacred about all prop erty, that the owners of it are to occupy different position in the community from all others and are to have their burdens not in creased, but diminished, because of their wealth. The rich man who buys a privilege from q board of aldermen for a railway which he represents, the rich man who gets privilege through the legislature by bribery and cor is committing an offcnse against the community which it is possible may some day be con- doned for in blood and destruc- ton, not by his sons, but by you and your sons."
 The man who is doing the public the greatest service at this time is he who warns wealthy corpora tions-and the public-of the dan ger they are in from pursuing the policy of seeking to escape their share of the public burdens, sim ply because they are rich and powerful or influential. There is no gam saying the fact that the most efficient teachers the people have to educate them to abolish evils, are the unscrupu- lous and dishonest, greedy and grasping, individuals or corpor- ations who are not willing to con- cede that the public has any rights they arc bound to respect. The solution of the problem the governor seeks to solve will be found in municipal or public ownership of all public utilities now operated under franchises, and the agitation that will follow the enactment of laws to tax fran chises will tend to hasten the day when the people shall share in the profits, as well as the burdens, of all enterprises established and operated for the benefit of the public.
The Mena star., 1899-05-25

The Michigan Senate has passed a bill providing for tax on gross in- comes. On all incomes of 1000 and less than S2, 500 the rate is one-fourth of one per cent; between $2, 300 and S5,0O0, one-haif of one per cent. The bill provides that person making false return of his income shall be deemed guilty of perjury and liable to imprisonment of from five to fifteen years. Fort Smith Elevator.
The Mena star., 1899-05-25
Elegant Berries.

Mir. r. E. Cherry is now marketing his Candy straw berries and those left at this office by Mrs. Cherry give evidence that they are very fine, being large, very solid and of good flavor. He is now shipping south. and cannot fill half the orders received, being offered Si.5O crate for them on cars here
The Mena star., 1899-05-25

The Wisconsin legislature has made travelling on a railroad pass by any state or county officer q felony. punishable by fine and imprisonment in the pcnitentiary. We are a little curions to know by what means this law will be eyaded.-Tcxas Farm and Ranch.
The Mena star., 1899-05-25
The Natural Supposition.

An Ohio man has just spoken after being dumb for fifteen years. 1t Is supposed that he spoke for an office of course.-Kansas City Journal
The Mena star., 1899-05-25
The School Election.

The election for school directors held Saturday resulted in the choice of D. J. Cavitt and ]. w. Cunningham as directors. The five mill school tax carried, there being but one vote against it.
The Mena star., 1899-05-25

The man who expects to get rich out of poultry the first year had better start a peanut stand, and he will be as rich at the end of the first year. It takes time to build up q business. Interstate Poultryman.
The Mena star., 1899-05-25

Pneumonia. la grippe. coughs. colds, croup aud whooping-cough readily yield to One Minute Cough Cure Use this remedy in time and save doctors bill--or the undertakers. Hanes & Egolf.
The Mena star., 1899-05-25
Mining Property Sold.

The mining exchange of Durham & Batson sold Monday four good mining claims to parties of investors from the North, making cash sale, but we are unable to quote prices.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15
A KISSING NATION.

In no other part of the world is kiss
ing SO much in vogue as in Russia.
From time immemorial it has been the
national salute; indeed, it is more of a
greeting han a caress.
In public affairs, as in private, the kiss
is an established custom. Fathers and
sons kiss; old generals with rusty nous
taches kiss; whole regiments kiss. The
empero kisses his officer. On a review
ing day there are almost as many kisses
as shots exchanged. If a Liliputian corps
of cadets have earned the imperial APP
prevail, the imperial salute is bestowed
upon the head boy, who passes it on with
a hearty report to his neighbor, he in his
turn to the next and SO on, through the
whole juvenile body.
On a holiday or fete day the young
and delicate mistress of a house will not
only kiss al her maid-servants, but all
her men-servants, too, and if the gentle
man does not venture above her hand,
she will stoop and kiss his cheek.
To judge, also, from the number OF
s~alutes, the matrimonial bond in these
high circles must be one OF urinter-
rupted felicity. A gentleman scarcely
enters or ave the room without kiss
ing his wife, either on her forehead,
cheek, or hand.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15

a that placed within the keep of our
republic the oriental gems of Spain.
lined pathway of time that has evolved
Havana a new course of empire for the
American flag and new fields for the
genius of American craftsmanship to con-
quer with reverence for the past, hope for
the future and honor for the cherished in
situations of our beloved republic. Re-
member The Maine.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15
FEBRUARY Is, 1899.
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-
tio-Anaconda Standard, Janu-
airy 9, 1899.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15

Butte will contain 6, 1000 people before
snow shall fly next winter and if the peo-
pie here now would have an orderly COM
munity they must see to the laws en-
affecting conditions in Butte and the
election of honest, Jealous and patriotic
men to all positions under the city gov
eminent. Now is the time for the busi-
ness men to assert themselves, or they
will be ruinously taxed as a punishment
for their apathy. NJ
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15
A WARNING TO CLARK.

Hon. w. A. Clark is a ~financier of con-
spicuous ability; he is an orator not de-
void of power; he is a linguist, who can
read a bill of fare in Paris, Berlin, Rome,
Constantinople and st. Louis; he is a
metallurgist and chemist; he is a. ON
noisseur as to wines, and can tell the
difference between Chateau Y QUEEN and
Bass Dogshead ale by taste alone and
without regard to the label or the bottle;
he knows something about pictures. and
his enemies say, recently paid S42 for a
painting by Schatzlein, with F%ortuny's
name in one corner; he is an architect,
having himself planned the magnificent
editice in which Alex J. Johnston now
loans money without interest or security
since the election; he is a generous host,
a fashionable dresser and a brilliant con-
versationalist-his one great weakness is
that he cannot sing, and yet he thinks
he has a better voice than Jean De Resike.
His favorite selection is the Star Span
gled Banner an air beautiful in itself
n which appeals to the intense patriot
ism of the senator-elect, but his rendition
Of it is atrocious, and all that the Inter
Mountain asks him is that he refrain
from singing it in Washington during his
senatorial term. should he be seated. We
ask this in the name of Montana and the
goddess of music and the Butte Philhar-
monte club. 1t is strange that the Ana
conda Standard overlooked Mr.. Clark's
vocal shortcomings during the recent po-
litical upheaval and cataclasm. If that
gentleman, whose other accomplishments
we concede, will only suppress his in
clination to burst forth into song during
the coming six years at Washington, all
will be forgiven. He should remember
that he has been elected as a statesman,
not a vocalist. One verse of the Star
Spangled Banner" from w. A. would be
regarded by the senate as a confirmation
of all Whiteside's charges.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15

With wide-open gambling on both sides
OF Main street between Broadway and
Park, it will soon be impossible for re-
spectacle women to pass through that
thoroughfare on either side without hav-
ing to face the insolent stares of crowds
of rough characters who block the gam
bling house entrances. Is the city adj
decency and duty? ="
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15

Samuel Newhouse, one of the most
progressive mining men in the mining
states, has a great copper bonanza in the
Lucky Boy mine of the Bingham district,
Utah. Every miner in the west will re-
joice to hear of the gentleman's fortune,
which is the result quite as much of good
cures good properties, then engages good
men to run them, and the natural conse-
ouence is success.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15

for spanking a baby 4 months old. He
been a boy instead Of a girl and as the
little one smiled, which the brute called
giving him the laugh he resorted to
personal chastisement. In extenuation
drunk at the time. If he was, the man
who sold him that kind Of whisky ought
to be hanged.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15

His public and private life was repre-
hensible, his language in response to the
charge of General Miles was that of a
low BLACKBOARD. The discipline of the
service required that such a man be
given the limit of punishment for his
rank OffpnSp-
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15
RENEE BER THE MAINE.

One year ago today the American
battleship, The Maine, was destroyed in
the harbor of Havana; one year ago to-
day the machinery of destiny set in mo-
tion the inexorable arbitraments Of fate
that have made history for a new era in
the progress of the world; one year ago
today the nuffled rumble of a Spanish
torpedo moved the latent energies
of empire and kindled upon the altar of
the American heart a patriotism that be-
girdles the world. To look backward over
the events of the past year-to COM
memorate the anniversary of thai his
toric crime of, the Antilles-is to keenly
realize the meaning of the modern quick
step in the march of history. The world
moves more rapidly than or yore.
When the battle of Marathon turned
back from the soil of Europe the civiliza-
ton of Asia and Persian generalship was
dethroned, centuries were required to
future greatness and give to the CONT
nent of the Teutons and the Celts an in
dividuality of it's own. Today the forces
of civilization keep pace with the i~rresist-
ible energies of modern life.
Within one year from the moment that
the electric spark guided by the treachery
of Spain flashed through the murky
waters of Havana harbor on it's mission
of death, another electric spark conveys
to the world that the American congress
has rung down the curtain on the finale
of it's wal with the broken empire by out
lining it's policy of control for the richest
gem wrested from the crown of CASTLE.
Today the news is published throughout
public has defined its policy for the treat
ment of the Philippines, twelve hours
around the globe.
Since the destruction of The Maine the
flag of Spain has fallen on the richest Of
her possessions in the Antilles and the
Orient. Cuban independence has been es-
tablished, Porto Rico has become an
American colony and the stars and stripes
wave over the rich islands of the South
Pacific. The United States waged no war
Of conquest. No ambitious dreams of
title estates in the autonomy of nations
inspired the zeal of the American people.
They fought for humanity and the honor
of their fag-they led a modern crusade
against the tyranny of the dark ages per-
petuated in the policy of Spain.
In the discharge of the highest and
hottest of duties than can fall upon 1.-The
brave unlocked for responsibilities were
acquired. Among them was the pos
session of the Philippines and the enun-
citation of a policy for their control. 1t
was not the heraldry of power and the
pomp of pride, but the circumstance Of
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15

1t is reliably reported that the knights
of the green cloth nave emissaries ac-
lively at work in Helena laboring for
These agents are well supplied with
money, and if there are any crooked men
in the legislature several tricks will be
turned, and the infamy of the law
making body now in session will be again
advertised to the world.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15

The severity of the present winter in
the western states will prove an expen-
sive lesson to those men who have failed
to provide ample foo and shelter for
their cattle and sheep. But the brutality
infiCtiOn of pecuniary loss.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15

Faro playing is not the worst form of
gambling which is demoralizing the
Young men of Butte. Bucking the tiger
is a legitimate pastime compared with
going against the New Orleans and San
Francisco races. Do the excellent gen.
tlemen of the Butte Ministerial associa-
ton know that?
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15

Didn't you steal hat hog?" asked the
rural justice in Georgia.
''Well, sub, Mister JedGe, I mus admit
dat | outrun him."
And didn't you kill him"
9 well, sub, he did run g'ainst de butt er
de aXe, en- got his DEATH"
+" And you ate him, of course?'
"Well, Jedge, hit Wus this away; De
weather wux mighty hot, en- after he wuz
dead hit look lax a pity to let him Spite,
so 1 des sailed him down en- smoked him,
en- de fire wuz so hot dat TO 1 could turn
round he wuz cooked done; en- SEEM
him in dat fix, dar wuz nuttin' lef' ter do
,Dut ter eat him up. Hit WuZ all done in
self-defence, Jedge-all in self-defence!"
Atlanta Constitution. .E .A s.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15

A%guinaldo and the Montana democratic
organs agree in opposition to the acquisi-
ton of the Philippines and would like to
see the troops Withdrawn and the islands
relinauished for the nations of Europe to
fight over. The Montana boys at Manila,
however, propose to help teach Aguin-
aldo to respect the authority Of Uncle
Sam before hauling down the stars and
stripes.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15

Now let some good man in the city
council rise and inquire why it is that
wide-open gambling is allowed under the
noses of the city officials, and why such
men are retained in office.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15

The managers. of the Butte Smelters
will doubtless do all they can to abate
the smoke nuisance-they will build high
stacks or construct long fiues, but they
will not be run out of business by the
organs of a rival concern in
the Deer Lodge valley.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15

A councillor of an English town was
present at a meeting when the subject of
planting trees in the borough was under
discussion. He objected to the scheme in
these words: Il will never vote for the
granting of a sum of the ratepayers'
money toward planting a revenue of trees
in the streets of this own" On another
occasion the same man was discussing
the question Of education with a friend,
when he made the remark that he was
going to give his daughter a good educa-
ton, and should send her to a first-class
cemetery to be finished off.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15

President Mckinley has not shown
good judgment by his display OF mag
nanimity towards General Eagan. Tit
latter was deserving OF no clemency.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15

At a certain royal function in England
the queen had occasion to inscribe her
name in Commemoration of the event.
Her Majesty-who was accompanied by
the Princess Notwithstanding written
"Victoria," was followed by the princess,
who, of course, inscribed her name. "Bea-
"trice,'' Noticing this the wife of a mayor
who was present inscribed her name,
Emma"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15

Yeast-I understand that seats in the
New York Stock Exchange are now SELL
ing at $50, 900.
Crimsonbeak-Yes, and they are almost
as hard to get as one in a street car
YonkerS Statesman.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15

The celebrated preacher had just fin
ished his sermon, when the reporter rose
from his seat at the back and started
down the aisle.
'Ah, brother" spoke the minister in a
voice hat trembled with emotion, 'have
you come to be saved?"
mo, sir; I've come for a copy Of your
sermon." -Pittsbulg Chronicle.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15
lVRY TOME.

Clancy-Phwat do yez t'ink av thot fer
a parade?
Casey-Shure, an it beats tn Dutch!
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15

Here are some orders recently received
by a druggist in a neighboring city:
This child is my little girl. I send you
five cents to buy two sitless powders for
a grown up adult who is sike."
Dear Dochter, pies gif bearer five sense
worth of Auntie ToXyn for to gargle
baby's throat and obleage."
You will pleas give the lettle boi five
cents worth of epacac for to throw up in
q five months old babe. N. B.-The babe
has a sore stummick."
Il have a cute pain in my baby's dia-
gram. Please give my son something to
release it,"
My little bailey has eat up it's fathers
parish plasther. Sen an antedote quick
as possible by the enclosed girl"
Il hat a hot time in my insides and
witch | wood like it to be eXtinguished.
What is good for to eXtinguish it. The
enclosed money is for the price of the ex-
tinguisher. Hurry pleas"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15
The Talk OF the Day.
infiction of pecuniary loss.

THE British Medical Journal" says
that the invention of spectacles is often
attributed to Roger Bacon, who died in
1894. Further research, however, has
shown thai in 1885 Savrino degli Armati,
a Florentine. worked glass into the form
of a lens as a help to vision. For him,
therefore, may justly be claimed the hon
or of having invented spectacles. He died
in Florence in 1917, and vas buried in the
Church OF Santa Maria Maggiore. On his
is the following inscription: F.
Giu Giace
Savrino degli Armati,
di Firenze.
Inventore degli Ccchiali. Dio gli pardoni
lie peccata.
AMMO D. MCCC\VII.
(Here lies Savrino degli Armati, inven-
tor of s~pectacles. May Goo forgive him
his sins. A. D. 1919
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15

In her agony the miserable sent
her hated iva by post a can of corned
beef containing arsenic.
The latter being passionately fond of
food, partook of the beef.
Thereupon her complexion was much
beautified.
Here( again, we have villainy confound-
ed by what some people are pleased to
term f%ortuitous circumstances.-Detroit
Journal.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15

In the settlement of the Alaskan bound
airy question the American commission
ers have scored a decided victory in that
Canada has conceded their original con-
tention that the boundary lines at Skag-
way should be 80 miles from shore and
follow the sinuosities of the coast. The
Americans, however, conceded to Great
Britain the untrammeled use of the port
of Skagway, and the right to transport
goods from that port to their lines 30
miles distant without the payment of
duty. Details of interest concerning his
matter will be found in the Geographic
columns of the Inter Mountain today.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15

Corner Main and Park Streets, Butte.
Under State Supervision and Jurisdiction
Interest Paid on Deposits.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-09-30

TO the creditors % Louis Harris aud Ben.
janin Harris. cp. partners. under the firm name
Of T. 4 b Harris. OF Crystal FaDs Ia the
county Of Iron, Michigan, aud district afore
said, Baukrupts
Notice h. hereby given. that on lie 9Th day OF
September, A j. 1899 the said Ions Harris
ana benjamin Harris, Do-partherS under the
firm name oi l.. a Is Harris, wer, duly adiud
Gated Baukrupts. aud that the first meeting ~
their creditors will De- held al the sOnr1 house in
crystal Falls. Michigan. on the second day Of
October - 1899 ~ O'Clock Ia the after
noon. At which time the said creditors may
attend prove their claims. apI o pt trustee,
examine the baukrcpt. aud tra. kact such other
business As may properly cosie before said
meeting.
sept 2lst, 1880
BENJAmN o. pBARI.
Referee ln Bankruptcy.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-09-30
THE TAX Levy.

The city council at its last
meeting made the annual tax
levy for the coming year. The
total levy amounts TO S33O7 90
apportioned as follows: General
fund $4,000, electric light fund
$4,000, general street fund
$4,000, interest S552 90, street
district No. /, $4,000 street
district No. ,, S1s5.O0 street
district No. 3, $4,000. The
total valuation of the city is
1874, 671.00 which will make a
percentage for the city taxes of
about .019. This is. Of conrse,
independent of school, county
and state taxes.
The important question with
many of our citizens is. How
does this tax compare with that
of last year," The amount is
about the same as far as we can
see. Last year we paid village
tax Of OF per cent upon an as
sessed valuation Of 1924 600. CO.
The difference in the valu-
atoms makes a decrease in the
percentage OF about 3 mills thus
reducing the actual increase TO
about 6 mills, The property
in the city escapes paying its
share Of the following to wnship
taxes; 100000 contingent, 80,
600 poor, $4,000 bridge and
$4,000 highway on that part
OF the city not included in the
old village. Thus it will be
seen that the taxes this year
are about the same as they were
last, as far as the city is con
cerned. If any increase comes
in the amount Of taxes TO be
paid it will accrue from the in
crease in state county and
school taxes.