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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-15
LUXURY ENJOYED
BY BUT FEW

Corn bread worthy of the name is an
unknown quantity to at least half the
people of these United States, says the
New York Sun 1t must remain UNI
known, more's the pity, to a good moiety
of them since it is to be made in perfec-
ton only by the fortunate help who can
get corn meal straight from the mill. The
meal of commerce, ~kiln-dried, bolted and
ground together too fine, is very much
of a delusiOn and a snare.
| But If it is possible to ecure meal
freshly ground from white fiint-hard
Little Willis corn, whose particles are
round and even as fairly hail. it is well
worth anybody's while to know what to
do with it. Such meal can be bought
for so or GO cents a bushel in almost any
town or hamlet along the Ohio river or
throughout the middle south. the middle
superstition that underground meal
has a different n more delicate flavor
than that from steam mills, but then the
natives are cOnnoisseurs in corn pro-
ducts of every sort from roasting ears
to Bourbon whiskey. Freight charges
east or north will probably bring the
price uD to IS cents a bushel. At that
rate corn meal is still far and away the
cheapest food stuff in existence.
The drawback is it's knack of getting
musty ii kept for any considerable time.
To get around that a dozen families
, might send for a barrel and portion it
out anon themselves. Not a few New
York families order it thus directly from
the mills or else in half-bushel packages
at slightly higher cost. Besides, there
are several shrewd and somewhat en-
terprising old darkies who fetch in the
fresh meal in bulk and peddle it among
a round of Customers In quantities to
> suit. Meal from sound grain unsifted or
! unbolted, will keep for six weeks in a
dry, airy place, free Of odors. It is very
susceptible to contamination, particu-
larly from such things as salt fish, ground
' coffee, spices, onions n pickles con-
tanning mustard. 1t should never be put
into a metal or all earthen vessel. In
stead have a bag or a sweet wooden re-
ceptacle, plentifully ventilated. Sift the
meal only as wanted; the bran serves to
ventilate it in mass and keep it sweet.
! HOW HOECAKE WAS MADE.
: Corn meal. like ioveliness, needs not
the foreign aid Of ornament, but is when
unadorned, adorned the most. That is to
say, the very best sort Of corn bread is
the dodger. otherwise pone bread and the
hoecake. People who do not know con-
found hoecake with Johnny-cake. an
abomination made Of corn meal, rye
meal. molasses. eggs and heaven alone
knows what. 1t may be worth while ia
say that the name hoecake was in the
beginning a rendering OF literal fact
Hollow ware was holoW ware amoul
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-15

, Major Frank A.. Armstrong. Thirty
second infantry. December 4, 1899.
Volunteer
First Lieutenant Frank II. Adams,
First South Dakota, March 81, 1899.
First Lieutenant Alfred c. Afford,
Tentieth Kansas. February 7, 1899.
Second Lieutenant Julian l.. Davis.
~Ihirty-sixth United States volunteers,
November II, 1899.
Major James w. brennan, First Mon
tana. June "a, 1899.
Captain d. S. Elliott, Ten,ieth Kansas.
February IS, 1899.
Captain George H.. Tolston. First
Washington, March o6, 1899.
Second Lieutenant T.. s. French, First
Montana. February 23, 1899.
First Lieutenant Edwin A. Harting.
First South Dakota, February IA. 1899.
First Lieutenant NJ. G. krayenOuhl.
Third United States artillery. March 26,
1899.
First Lieutenant Jonas H.. Lien, First
South Dakota, March u, 1899.
Major John \. Logan, 1hirty-third
United States volunteers. November II.
1899.
First Lieutenant Maximilian Luna,
Thirty-fourth United States volunteers.
November II. 1899.
First Lieutenant John l.. Moore, Fifty
first Iowa. July IA. 1899.
First Lieutenant Frank A. Morley.
Thirteenth Minnesota. February Is, 1899.
Second Lieutenant Sidney f. Morrison.
First South Dakota.
Major Edward M~cConville, First Idaho,
February 5, 1899.
Second Lieutenant William A. McTag-
CART. Twentieth Kansas. May 4. 1899.
Captain Reinho!d Richter, First Cali
fornia. August 1, 1899.
Second Lieutenant Lester T.. Sisson,
First Nebraska. April %. 1899.
Colonel John NJ. Stotsenburg. First Ne
braska. April %, 1899.
Captain George II. Tillcy, Signal corps,
May 80, 1899.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-15

naturally peel off, but which is most care
fully stripped a year or so earlier by cut
ting with carved knives into squares of
three feet, the bark varying in thickness
from one to three inches. The cutting
is done during July and August, and,
after a process of d~rying-boiling and
then pressing unde heavy weights for
tiat~tenins-the pieces of cork are packed
IN square iron-bound bales for home
manufacture and shipment.
The first cutting from the trees Is
coarse ard inferior. as is that grown in
wet. low districts, but every eight or ten
years of its later life the tree yields a
better quality, that arriving latest at
maturity. under best conditions of soil
and climate, being OF the finest. frmest
grain.
The largest cork factories in the word
are those OF the Armstrong company in
Lancaster and Pittshurg. But at one OF
the smaller ones down on busy Old Pearl
street may be observed. the passing of
the sheets OF cork from the bales to the
quaint foreign-looking baskets filled with
beautifully finished shoppers in various
sizes.
The machines for cutting the strips. for
punching the shape, and for smoothly
taperins them Uhis last at the rate OF As
per minute) are a great advance upon the
old methods Of hand work, and it was
only after many trials that machinery
could be kept sharp, as the soft substance
dulls it much more rapidly than many
harder, tougher materials.
The corks used for bottling champagne
are still cut by hand. The best material
is used. and they are not tapered nor cut
quite round, thus swelling and fitting
more perfectly in the bottles.
When a cork is tossed into the waste
basket that is by no means the end OF its
usefulness, as it is probably picked out
of the refuse by a man who CLEANS his
best harvest from hotels and saloons. He
sells the contents of his bag to dealers
in seconds on the east side. These old
corks are washed, dried, recut by hand
at every stroke the workman running the
knife across a leather strap-and then
sold again for bottling backing and other
liquids.
The Understandings, etc.-was for
meIly hard to dispose Of, as it does not
burn readily. but it is now ground, and as
a ~non-conductor of heat enters into the
manufacture of artificial limbs, bicycle
handles, soles Of boots, etc. Impervious
to water, it is quite Indispensable for
life-preservers and buoys, and Is one Of
the ingredients of asphalt pavements.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-15
BALES OF CORK,

On the sunny slopes of Catalonia, in
Spain. there are groves of cOrcho, where
the trees Ga species of olk-Quercus Su-
ber) are evergreen, bearing an acorn
which tastes like our chestnut, saws the
New York Evening Post. They live well
into the second century, attaining a
height of 40 feet, with a diameter of three
feet.
During the first so years of the trees
life the outer bark loses its vitality, be-
coming an remembrance which would
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-15

OLDEST PIECE OF FURNITURE.
What is probably the most venerable
piece of furniture in existence is now in
the British museum. 1t is the throne of
Queen Htsu, who reigned in the Mile vail
ley some 1900 years before Christ.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-01-26
Medicinal so.p.

The use Of soaps containing a disin-
fectant of some kind has become so
general, says the Medical Press, that
such combinations cannot fall to be of
interest. DR.. Reithoffer has recently
published the results of some expert
ments carried out by him with various
kinds Of soap. having for object to de-
termine their value as microbicides.
He used the ordinary notified soap.
white almond soap perfumed with no.
trobenzine, and hard potash soap. He
found that these soaps were very In
imical to the cholera mivrobe, al per
ent solution killing them in a short
space Of time, while 8 per cent solu-
ton Of the potash soap killed them In
FIVE minutes. We are, therefore. at
liberty to infer that, as in washing the
hands the strength of the soap solution
is never less than 5. and may &c. as
high as As, per cent this method of
disinfecting the hands, as well as the
clothes, ETC., is fully trustworthy. Most
stronger solutions are required. how
ever, to destroy the bacili OF typhoid.
the coli-bacillus, etc. not less than 10
per cent being sufficient. None OF the
soaps experimental with appear to
have any effect on pyogenic microbe.
The practical result of these investiga-
tions is that it Is always preferable
to use soap and water first OF all, rims
ing the hands in the disinfectant solu-
tion afterward. This is an important
point, which merits to be generally
made known.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-01-26
what Bloom Is For.

The white powdery coating seen on
some fruits and the leaves of many
plants is known to botanists as bloom
II ia of a waxy nature. and, according
tn experiments recently made at ober-
lin College, its chief purpose is to
prevent water from passing too read
ily out Of the leaves. When the bloom
was removed the Transportation Of
water was greatly Increased. the loss
in some cases being in given time
two and a half times as much as bo-
fore the removal.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-01-26
Henri cnnia N. sp.r.a.

He had struck up an acquaintance
with tho man who was sharing with
him the seat in the smoker. He had
talked trade and politics. and now he
wns talking religion. My father" he
said. rolling his cigar about In his
mouth; my father was very pious and
used TO have family prayers every day.
He had large family-nine boys and
girls. and he always prayed for us.
His prHyer was something like this;
% Lord. We pray that thou mayst nnd
II In Thy heart to spare all our chill
dren. But II 1t needs be that Thou
shouldst take one. we pray Thee let 1t
be Henry "Umphl' said the other.
"Ycs. I never could understand why he
singled out Henry. Fact is. I'm Hen
ry."--New York Commercial Adver-
tiser.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-01-26

CLARA" SAID THE FAINTEST
WHISPER IN THE WORLD.
then for her husband to be at his club
while she amused herself successfully
elsewhere-and now this was the nor
NAL state of things between them.
There had been no quarrel, no dis
pute; they had simply drifted away
from each other in those 10 years OF
married life. until now they were COM
parative strangers. Neither could
have told how or when the division
began.
She looked at the uncomfortable
corner again, and with new eyes. That
pale little face was the happiest In
the room-the only contented one in
sight. And when the boy-husband
came near, always with a glance and
smile in that direction, what a radiant
look was foated back at him! They
really seemed to be enjoying their
evening.
Mrs. Trelawney reflected; and then.
with an indescribable sensation, 1t oc-
CURED to her that she. the admired
and petted society beauty. was actually
envying that plain, badly-dressed, pen
niless little girl.
Mrs. Trelawney breathed long sigh
of relief when the brougham door was
shut upon her, and she was on her
way home. She had long way TO
drive; plenty OF time to follow out her
present train of thought. and to be
as unhappy as she pleased.
She told herself that she was de-
spicable little wretch. a mere society
butterfly. and It was no wonder
Horace was tired of her. Il only
Horace had been poor. SO that he and
she could have worked and struggled
together. II only their one child had
lived beyond babyhood! But that she
could not bear to think OF even now.
II only all the past 10 years could be
lived over again. how differently she
would use them!
Now 1t was too late, and then she
suddenly sat up straight. with fast
beating heart It was not too late, 1t
could not be too late. She would be-
gin this very night and try to restore
something OF the old loving relations
of 10 years ago. She would call for her
husband now at his club; she remem-
bered having done SO once or twice In
those bygone days. when something
imperative had prevented him from
coming with her, to their mutual dis
appointment.
She gave the necessary order TO her
coachman and then sat tense and up
right, her eyes bright. her cheeks
flushed.
All. they were not far from the club
now-fve minutes more, and her new
life would have beguni
She had no idea what the time was
but II could not be SO very late. Tor
the pavement was thronged with peo-
ple-alI going the same way. oddiy
enough, as 1t occurred to her after
moment. There we're SO many oil them
that presently the carriage was
blocked and Obliged to go slowly sne
beat her little hands on the seat IN
her impatience and looked out again
A policeman appeared. shouting IN
audible directions and pressing ior
ward through the crowd. which save
way reluctantly on either side. In her
unrovernabie impatience she let down
the window and beckoned him to com
nearer
Cant we get on~ she cried. ) am
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-01-26
NERVOUS DEPRESSION.
1. r.Ir wlrn nss. rrrEuzr.l

IA TALK WITH MRS. rrxKu4hl
A woman with the blues Is very mn
comfortable person. She IL illogical.
unhappy and frequently hystcricaf.
Tho condition OF the mind known a.
the blues. nearly always. with wo-
men. results from diseased organs Of
generation.
1t is source OF wonder that In this
ngc OF advanced medical science. any
person should stili believe that mere
force OF will and dctcrnin alton will
overcome depressed spirits and nerv-
business In women. These troubles sro
Indications OF disease.
Every woman who doesn't under
stand her condition should write 10
Lynn, Mass, TO Mrs. Pinl<ham for her
advice. Her advice Il thorough COM
mon sense, and Is the counsel of a
learned woman Of great experience.
Read the story of Mrs. +. s. BENNETT,
Westphalia, Kansas, rs told In the fol-
lowing letter.
" DEAR Mrs. PfSKsfAM.-f have suf-
fered for over two years with falling,
enlargement and liberation OF tho
womb. and this spring. being in such
n weakened condition. caused me "a
flow for nearly six months. Some time
ngo, urged by friends. wrote TO you
for advice. After using the treatment
which you advised for n short time
thnt terrible fiow stopped.
Il am now gaining strength and
flesh. and have better health than
have had for the past ten years
wish to say TO all distressed. suffer.
Ing women, do not suffer longer, when
there is one so kind and willing "a
aid you"
Lydia Y. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is a womnn's remedy for wo-
mans Ills. More than u million wo-
men have been benefited by IL
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-01-26
TREES.

Tie gum trees OF Australia are the
tallst trees in the world. They aver
age 900 feet In height.
One OF the largest forests In the
word stands on ice. 1t is situated be-
tween Ural and the Okhotsk sea. A
wei was recently dug in that region.
and at depth OF $50 feet the ground
was still frozen.
A German authority on forestry an
nouaces the discovery in India of a
tree having leaves so highly electrical
that whoever touches one OF them re-
ceiyas severe electrical shock. Even
upoi the magnetic needle this tree.
with has been given the name Of
phibtcea eiectrica, has a strong infu-
encs causing magnetic variations at
distance of seventy feet The elec-
tried strength OF the tree varies ac-
cordng to the time of the day, be-
Ing most powerful at noon,
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-01-26
Great Men.

Everyone. who goes about the
world. at last comes to know that
there are few great men He finds that
the great man OF fame on being met
is only ordinary. Here and there is
seven-footer. and here and there is
four-footer, but this difference Is
small. He finds that Browning's
prayer. Make no more giants. God. f"
Is unnecessary. He comes to say.
After all. the difference between men
is not worth boasting over" This dis
covery has important bearings. 1t
mnkes one democrat. a socialist and
a Christian. democrat. for all are
equals; a socialist. for the rights OF all
outweigh the privileges OF the few; a
Christian. FOR there is none good but
One. that is God."-Christian Advance.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-01-26
Asour PEOPLE.

Paul viliars, the correspondent in
London of the Paris Figaro. has re-
ceiyed the order OF the Legion d'Hon-
neur.
King Humbert OF Italy has conferred
the title OF duke OF Apulia upon the
infant son OF the duke and duchess OF
Aosta.
Mr.. Watts. r. A.. who is over so. Is
going to devote himself to sculpture
for time. the subject to be life
size statue OF the late poet-laureate.
Lord Tennyson.
Mr.. Walter Roper Lawrence, C. /. f..
who has been appointed private sec
one Of the most brilliant men who
ever passed into the Indian civil ser
vice. He passed In first and rose from
one high position to another. until In
a few years time he became officiat-
ing secretary to the government OF
India He gave up his splendid pros
poets in India to become agent-in-
chief to his grace the duke Of Bedford.
with whose consent he is accompany
Ing LORD Curzon. The duke. the VICE
roy and Mr. Lawrence were all con-
temporaries and friends at Baliol.
Sergey Friede. the explorer. who Is
buying all the supplies for the build
ing OF the great Manchurian rail-
road in China, came to America not
long ago with orders for more than
81. .000.009 worth OF materials to be
used in the construction Of the rail-
road. He believes that the United
States will supply all the materials
that will enter into the construction
OF the great railroads that will be
BULL in Siberia and European Russia
He also predicts that San Francisco
will be one of the great commercial de-
pots Of the world.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-01-26
sIDMEl, rHE oprIMlsr.
Ia na.lnsz for HI...els.

-
A friend of mine recently set up an
estAhlishment for himself. He had
been for fifteen years man under au-
thorny- He totd me q few OF his
troubles while we were standing At the
counter. He said. Il put an 'ad' in
the pape- last night and by six o'clock
this morning l had over a dozen ap-
piicants. can't tell you how hard II
was to weed them out and send all
away but one have done II lots of
times before now. but knew some
body stood back of me. l can't tell
you how heavy the load OF response
biiity has become. get ten tlmcs as
tired as when under Mr.. k" Every
one learns this lesson sooner or later.
When one learns to make God his
Lord he has learned the great lesson
OF life. He has somebody back OF him.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-01-26
Chinese Tsierraphy.

The Chinese, owing to the multiple
ity OF the characters In their written
language, have solved the problem Of
telegraphy by using numbers for trans
mission over the wire instead of char
acters. The numbers have to be re-
interpreted into characters when re-
ceiyed. To facilitate the operation.
types are used. On one end Of each
type is a character; on the other end
is a number. BY reversing and i'm
printing the types upon sheet OF pr
per the change is readily effected. With
a high degree of accuracy.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-01-26
L Prevents and \
cures BdIdneSS

Ayers Hair Vigor will
surely make hair grow on
bald heads, provided only
mere is any life remain
ing In the hair bulbs.
1t restores color to gray
or white hair. 1t does not
20 this in a moment, as
viii a hair dye; but in q
J, snort time the gray color
Of age gradually disap-
pears and the darker color
OF y, youth takes its place.
would you like q copy
VI our book on the Hair
and n ScalpF II is free.
vaa !. You DO not obtain an ~. n.,.e,.
Grsts bseted from the nee q ~ Viaor
Dostor about Il.
address. DR. J. O. AYR,
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-01-26
y,s,y-on. pr,ax.. for Is. . O. n. n.

Baltimore. Jan 2s.--one of the largest
bridge contracts that has been award
ed In many years has been let by tho
receivers of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad. In order to place the lines
west of tho Ohio river in proper shape
to handle the heavy freight equipment
that Is being used east OF the river
the receivers found It necessary to re-
build 81 bridges between Benwood, w.
Va. and Chicago. That the structurea
might be rapidly pushed to compile
tion II was decided TO divide the work
among three companies. The Youngs-
town Bridge Company OF Youngstown
will erect 81 bridges on the Central
Ohio division between the Ohio river
and Newark, Ohio; the Pencoyd Bridge
Works was awarded the II bridges on
the Lake Erie division. Newark to
SandusKy, and the Edge Moor Bridge
Company of Wilmington, Del. viii
erect the Q bridges needed ON the Chi
cago division. Tho total cost OF these
bridges is In the neighborhood of $780,
900 and II is expected that all will be
In place by September. Nearly elk
thousand tons OF steel will be needed
for the structures.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-01-26
o,ol. rrrch Is : nnt.i.

The new Hotel Great Cenlral. con
ncctcd with the new railroad entering
London on the north. II approaching
completion and will be ready 70 receive
the summer influx OF visitors. one nov
city that seems to he worthy oi com
ment is the large cycle track which oc-
cupIes the greater portion OF the fiat
This innovation, II l. hoped. viii allow
guests to take their usual exercise In
comfort and safety when The streets,
ns Is generally the ease are inipnss-
able, owing to mud. This IL said TO he
the first arrangement OF the sort ever
seen In any hotel in the world.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-01-26
HER OBJECT LESSON,

bhe was very pretty, very witty. very
Garcastic-her world had a vhoIesome
dread Of Mrs. Treiawney's tongue. She
had just intimated desire for an ice
and her attendant satellites had dis
appeared at once. each eager to be
foremost In the quest
She had had busy day, and II was
pleasant and cool there behind the
palm. she only wished that people
would not whisper somewhere near. II
only they were aware how much far
ther a whisper carried than an ordi-
nary tone! And while she meditated
an epigram on this subject. she opened
her eyes and looked round impatiently
for the whisperers.
There was a particularly ineligible
corner near Mrs. Trelawney's snug
retreat-a three-cornered. low-backed
seat. in the full glare OF the light, and
unpleasantly close to an intrusive and
spiky cactus.
Hither had retreated a poor cousin
of the hostess, little girl OF II, under
dressed and pale-faced. conspicuous
only for new and shining wedding
ring. She had been alone most of the
evening. and now 1t was she and her
boy-husband whose whispering had
disturbed Mrs. Trelawney.
Darling. are you enjoying your
self?" whispered the boy-hasband.
so much, dear!" answered the little
pale girl enthusiastically. Its all so
pretty and amusing to watch. I've
never seen anything SO pretty in my
life!"
I've been helping Lady Lucy; she
asked me to take some ladies down to
supper" the boy-husband went on.
with comical Importance. You're
sure you are not dull here all alone?"
Dull? Oh. dear. mol" cried the little
girl. opening wide eyes OF amaze
ment. "Oh. there's Lady Lucy looking
at us, dear; I expect she wants you
again"
The boy hurried of again. proud
and elated. and his little wife sat smil-
ing after him from her corner. Mrs.
Trelawney looked sharply from one to
the other. II wonder how long that
state Of things will last2" she medi-
tated cynically.
She knew certain amount about
the affairs OF the foolish couple-Lady
Lucy had conflded various details in
the course Of her apology for their
presence there at all. The boy was a
journalist. with microscopic income
and very limited talents, and the little
wife was penniless; and they had a
tiny fiat somewhere in the east-some
uncivilized locality, the bare thought
of which sent shudder through Lady
Lucy. I'm 10 years time" she said to
herself. what will have become of
them?" And at that point she paused
aghast.
1t was exactly 10 years since she her
self. girl OF II. had made runaway
love match with handsome Capt. Ire
lawney.
She sat curiously white and still,
while that dead and half-forgotten
past flashed vividly before her. She
would never have thought it possible