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The age-herald., 1899-12-28
SHORT STORIES
 OF THE DAY
On Board of a Man-of-war

q think that, all things considered my most memorable Christmas was my first one in the navy" said Admiral John G. Walker, of the United States navy, to writer in the Buffalo Express. Christmas on board a man-of-war far out at sea is quite a novel experience to landlu'bber. Nothing that I had or have ever witnessed in the way of religious observances made such a deep and lasting impression upon me as did the service aboard ship on my first Christmas in the navy. saw tears on many a bronzed cheek while the chaplain dwelt on the wonderful story of chrlst's birth and life and His infinite pity and compassion for us all.
 Jacks Christmas dinner at sea depends for the character and variety of its viands largely upon how long the vessel has been absent from port, and upon whether he and other members of his mess have had suffi- cient forethought to put aside fund to insure them a good Christmas dinner. Af- ter everything has been made snug for the night the men who are not on watch smoke and exchange "reminiscences of Christmas days long past, and thus Christmas in the navy comes to an end.
The age-herald., 1899-12-28
THE FRISKY AUTOMOB

George H. Benjamin in New York Com
 mercial-Advertiser:
 It IS only question of time when a num- Der of serious accidents will call attention to the fact that the majority of automobile vehicles employing explosive hydro-carbons, such as benzine, gasoline and naptha are, as at present constructed entirely unsafe, and should not be intrusted to the manage ment of ordinary individuals. In the case of launches using these substances a num- Der of serious accidents have taken place, notwithstanding the fact that the fluid tanks are placed at a considerable distance, i. e., the whole length of the boat, from the engine in which the fluid is utilized
 Tn automobile vehicles it is now the prac- tice to put the fluid tanks almost immedi- ately in contact with the engine device, thereby immensely increasing the danger. While it is not possible to entirely over come the danger of explosion, safety will be increased if the following conditions are observed:
 The tank should be located as far away from the engine as possible. q
 The tank containing the fluid should be boxed, and ventilated at the most distant point from the engine.
 The ventilating opening should be covered by wire gauge.
 That part of the motor engine where ignition takes place should be covered by wire gauge.
 Every vehicle should be provided with two controlling valves, the one nearest the tank to be used only in case of emergency.
 The injector for the fluid should be cleaned and adjusted at least once month, and, if 1t shows any signs of wear, should be immediately discarded and e new one substituted.
 To prevent the frightening of horses and the destructive effect upon the varnish of the vehicle from escaping gases from the exhaust of the motor, the exhaust should not be permitted to take place directly into the atmosphere. but into a smotherer. [ am aware that automobile manufac- turers will howl loudly at the suggested restrictions, but the safety of the innocent automobilist demands that every precau- fion be taken
The age-herald., 1899-12-28

was engaged for a fortnight in legal busi- ness.
 State Auditor Walter s. White was in town yesterday.
 Jesse A. Adams. of the state agricultural department, Montgomery, is in the city.
 Fhares Coleman, the reporter of the Ala bama supreme court at Montgomery, is in Birmingham, visiting his father, Circuit Judge A. A. Coleman MT. Coleman has taken a deep and intelligent interest in the much discussed sale of the university lands. He is a very scholarly, very gifted and very popular young democrat
The age-herald., 1899-12-28
COMFORT FOR ALAKMiGD FINANCIERs

From the New York Sun.
 The latest news by mail from Paris dn- forms us that the price there for napoleons has risen to a per mille premium, and Tor bar gold to 61a per mille, or five-eighths or 1 per cent. The reason is that the Bank of France has suspended, temporarily, gold payments, and pays its creditors exclusively in silver coin. Nevertheless, as we see, gold has gone to only trdfling premium, and France, so far from having been put on silver basis, remains close to that Of gold.
 We commend this fact to the considera- tion of alarmists in this country, like MT. Overstreet of Indiana, who fear that if some future secretary of the treasury should pay the creditors of the government dn silver dollars, he would at once change our standard from gold to silver.
The age-herald., 1899-12-28
From the Nashville Banner.

From the Nashville Banner.
 Politics has taken on very acrimoni- ous cast in Alabama, and the personal equation is outweighing all other factors in the senatorial contest. The sale of the university lands and the action taken by the trustees of the university to annul the sale brought Governor Johnston in very strong light before the public, with bit- ter controversy between his friends and the critics concerning the alleged fraudu- lent character of the sale and the gov- ernor's personal culpability in promoting the job. This has been enhanced by the accusation brought against the governor by Senator Morgan in a speech in the fed
The age-herald., 1899-12-28
OPPORTUNITY OF THE GOVERNOR

From the MoDlle Item.
 The governor certainly knows that the people of Alabama are looking to him for an explanation of the serious charges that have been made against him. They are not depending upon General Fucker. They are looking to the defendant in the case. Ad- hitting that the Alumni association was prepared to make biased report after hay ing made an investigation, the governor should have made MT. Wood a respectful statement without adverting to matters that had no connection with the subject of discussion. We maintain that we acted fairly in declining to publish the let ter of the governor to Mir. Wood We were not permitted to see the letter to which it was reply. Both letters should have been published simultaneously.
 The News must understand that we owe no allegiance to Governor Johnston or any other man or set of men. We are entirely independent of partisan politics. We have championed the cause of the governor sole ly because we believe in his ability, his in- tegrity and his wisdom. We feel the land scandals have been trumped up to do him political injury. As his friend we are not satisfied with the explanation he has made to the public. He must not lose his temper and say ugly things. He has the opportu- nity to make a complete explanation of the sale of lands. He must not let the opportu- nifty pass.
The age-herald., 1899-12-28
Wholesale Bribery in the Clark Case.

". A. Clark, now holding down seat in the senate from Montana, claims to De a democrat, but as he is an advocate ol a robber tariff his claim in that respect is about as good as is glis claim to the seat that he bought The case is notorious one. and the fact that he is fully as good as his republican opponent, Marcus Daly' whom he outbd, ought not to help him. 12ot, are multi-miRionaires and the pur- chase of votes that preceded the sensational election was the continuation of corruption of that sort in this country.
 The supreme court of Montana has called attention to. the case. By an unanimous decision they have dlsbarred Attorney John E. Welcome, who handled Clark's money. The evidence of bribery in the particular case, the court holds, was ample and un- controverted It was proven that in room in a hotel in Helena, the capital he bought the Voc of a legislator. paying him then and taere $16,OO0.. The court does not con sder the evidence in other similar cases, but for dis52rment purposes 1t considers the evidence in ehe case named sufficient.
 There is now SSoOoo Nhica remains impounded without a claimant. This money was turned into the legislature by four members lha. Clark haa attempted to buy. rbat money Is ia tae state treas ury unclaimed. The voses that Clark got cost from $a.O9Q Co S25.0oe apiece. and it is reasonably wcl. esla o.ished that she cost
The age-herald., 1899-12-28
REFLECTIONs OF A BACHELo R.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 At thirty marriage is a feast; ct forty dts the bill.
 The main wish at the bottom of every woman's getting married is the wish not to get left.
 Most of what women talk about when they go calling on each other tastes a lot of the can.
 Some women have to do about as much work making their husbands get up in time for business as their husbands have to do all day.
 As soon as one man finds that another man can beat him two strings at billiards he makes up his mind that he has had e uisspent youth ft , A
The age-herald., 1899-12-28
THE LAST DESIRE
Pail Mall Gazette.

From the PaH Mall GaZette. Out of the ultimate silence cry to me, Out of the deeps whence all thy waves do
 come; Mother to child, come forth and whisper me The things whereof thy wonted songs are
 dumb
 From each dim valley, each untrodden peak Of thy dark world, remote and fathomless, Come, and with liquid utterances softly
 speak
 Sibylline words that only I may guess. Kiss thou my face and feet as mothers do, And murmur low above my bending head The mysteries hidden away from mortal
 view,
 The secrets none unravel but the dead Then, these being 'soCd, oh. take me to thy
 breast Fold me, thou Sea, to thine eternal resti
The age-herald., 1899-12-28
THE MOTihis OF Ss TORS
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Ohio still stands at the head of the list IS the mother of senators, but she has lost one since last year, and now has only ten of her sons in the senate. New York has nine, while Virginia and Massachusetts each have five, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Tennessee each four; Alabama, Kentucky, Maine, Mis- sssippi and Missouri each three; Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, North Caroli- ma, South Carolina each two, and Connec- ticut, Delaware, Rhode Island, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin each has one.
The age-herald., 1899-12-28
A CHRISTMAS SONG

Clinton Scollard In the Criterion. Der the wastes the crows are calling
 Cav Caw! In the hedges of the haw, Cheep and chatter Naught's the matter! Marry! marry! naug'ht's the matter!
 Then it's ho! heigh-ho! All the waking worlds aglow! And the mirthful bells of Christmas!
 Ring across the snow! Down the garden Collins calling
 Molhe! Mollie! In the thickets of the hony Choruses the hidden startling, Saucy darling! You're behind her! Kiss her, kiss her, when you find her
 Then it's fo, heigh-ho! Who's for worry? who's for woe? When the wooing bells of Christmas
 Ring across the snow?
The age-herald., 1899-12-28
In the Days of the Confederacy

"We had some memorable Christmas days in the South during the war; said Mrs. Zebulon B. Vance, wife of the United States senator from North Carolina. That of 1861 was different from any that had preceded it, because we were in arms against the federal government and many of the male guests at southern homes thal day wore Confederate uniforms Much of the talk at the Christmas dinner table was of sieges and battles and marches. But we were all full of hope and confidence.
 Christmas, 1862. found us but poorly pre- pared to celebra te it. Our supplies were few and Confederate money was at a heavy discount. Then came the bitter year of 1863, with the fall of Vicksburg and the de- feat at Gettysburg. With sad faces, har- monizing well with their dresses of coarse black stuff, the women of the south devot- ed themselves to picking lint and spinning and weaving for husbands, fathers, broth CTS and sweethearts in the field.
 Christmas 1S64-the last Christmas of the war-dawned, and what a gloomy festival it was for the people Of the south. Of man. ufactured products we had practically none Our hairpns were made of long, black thorns, with a ball of sealing wax on the end. We had made into dresses every scrap of available material, while our feet were encased in homemade cloth shoes The slaves, having heard of de 'mancipa- tion proclamation knew that they. were free and were all scattered away. Desola- tion seemed to reign over everything Of all the Christmas days I have known that last Chris tmas in the south in wartime is the one of all others that I am most cer- tain never to forget"
The age-herald., 1899-12-28
AN EXTENSIVE ITEM

From the Cleveland Leader.
 Thirty-two miles of snow sheds, costing $64 foot or total of $1O. 40, represents the price one trans-continental railway had to pay before it could run its trains over the Rocky Mountain division of its road. That was merely the first cost; since that outlay fully $1,OOo.OOO has been spent annu- ally in keeping the sheds in repair and the exposed tracks free from snow.
The age-herald., 1899-12-28
GRIM HEATERS

From the Kansas City Times.
 Dom Paul is the boss joker. All these years the British have been Shinking he was having harvesters and steam blows shipped into the Transvaal, His Whiskers was filling his forts with improved cannon boxed and Tabled Agricultural machinery"
The age-herald., 1899-12-28

The middle-of- -the-roaders decline to play second fiddle in the court orchestra.
The age-herald., 1899-12-28

The panic in Wall street was panic of promoters by promoters for promoters. No one else paid much attention to it.
The age-herald., 1899-12-28

When Winston Churchill, half American, stepped unbeknownst into Portuguese ter rtory, he simply said, "This beats the Dutch!"
The age-herald., 1899-12-28

In modern warfare one must either fight like Dom Paul or run like Aguinaldo in or der to keep out of the hands of the enemy
The age-herald., 1899-12-28

Miller, the Brooklyn financier, is still a free man. After all, he only did what all the Wall street crowd are doing in other forms.
The age-herald., 1899-12-28
Christmas in n Hospital

You know, of course, that I was a nurse prior to my marriage to Senator Hawley, and I think my most memorable Christmas was one that I passed as a nurse in the Philadelphia hospital" The speaker was Mrs. Edith Hawley, wife of the Hon. Jo- seph R. Hawley, United States senator from Connecticut. "The hospital had known no Christmas worthy of the name for several years. I determined that it should have one and l interested all the visiting physicians and their wives, and through them many society people, in my purpose. Long before the day we devoted ourselves to making presents. I made near ly one hundred with my own hands. No one of our charges was forgotten. Each one received something.
 "One poor little girl of years of age, a waif from the worst slums of the city was asked if she would like to have a flower. "A flowerl What is a fower?' she asked, wonderingly, and when beautiful Jacque- minot rose was placed in her hand the sur prise and delight of this child, who had never before seen a flower brought tears to the eyes of all who witnessed them. Thank God for such Christmas thisl' said one poor old bed-ridden pauper to me.
 It's the first ray of sunshine that has come into my life for twenty years And simi- lar expressions were heard on every hand"
The age-herald., 1899-12-28

General Butler is doing less talking now, and he may be doing more work in the way of observation and preparation.
The age-herald., 1899-12-28

In time MT. Goebel will ascertain that his true appeal lies to the people next time.
The age-herald., 1899-12-28

J. Pierpont Morgan is now engaged in holding Wall street up by the tail, instead of the republican party.
The age-herald., 1899-12-28

Governor Wood, of Cuba, has already accomplished one great revolutionary re- form-he has abolished proclamations and pronunciamentos.
The age-herald., 1899-12-28

Lord Methuen has subsided. His baptism of blood seems to have taken the conceit out of him.
The age-herald., 1899-12-28

Quay's own vote in the Corbett case has settled his hash. He is to be turned down.
The age-herald., 1899-12-28

Tommy Adkins, in Ladysmith, got only a shell or two by way of Christmas pres ehts and these came from his esteemed friend Dom Paul.
The age-herald., 1899-12-28
ALABAMA POLITICS

Things are simply coming down to a cash basis in Wall street.
The age-herald., 1899-12-28

The retirement of Sol Smith Russell amid the regrets of a grateful people is an honor that comes to few men on or off the stage and to no politicians.
The age-herald., 1899-12-28

Ohio now boasts that there are not one hundred silk hats in the state.
The age-herald., 1899-12-28

The right place to market the Pratt seam is at Cape Nome, where coal is worth $125 a ton; and 1t would be marketed there if the Nicarauga canal were built.
The age-herald., 1899-12-28

The secretary of the navy goes on plan ming new ships, never thinking of the in- ternal quarrels he is breeding over the se- lection of persons to christen them.
The age-herald., 1899-12-28

The Barker and Donnelly campaisners resolutely decline to recognize prosperity in any form as an existing fact, The fool killer is camping on their trail.
The age-herald., 1899-12-28
Alumni Report Stands Unanswered.

IL IS most remarkable fact that the re- port prepared by Chairman Bowie and his associates stands today unassalled, al- Alabama nearly ten days. Not line or statement in 1t has been pronounced by any one untrustworthy. No one has attempted to refute one of it's statements or conclu- sons-certainly not one of its statements of facts; and yet it has been connected with current politics of a very hot order. It is doubtful ideed if a similar case, involving very tangle of facts. many of which were hidden or half revealed, can in point of ae- ceptance be found.
 So far as the report of the committee goes it confessedly stands history of the case Its exposure of the utter irregularty of the alleged deed for the university lands is accepted in all quarters. And all the facts connected with that secret document, scientous committee, stands as they were written.
 In such a long document relating to an underground transaction it is indeed strange that not a sentence nor phrase has been challenged. The fact that 1t abso- lutely stands as written is a tribute to the capacity, to the fairness the impartiality and the justice of the committee that made it. It is a monument to them that will en- dure in the history of the state much longer than brass or marble would. The want of invecsive or of passion in 1t is perhaps its best feature It stands model to all who have to handle public cbusiness-comprehen- sive and just but searching and unfinching. Now that the rebellion is crushed for the thousandth time, the attention of Secretary Root is called to the nature of the trans ports that he considers good enough for United States soldiers.
 The secretary of the navy goes on plan ming new ships, never thinking of the in- ternal quarrels he is breeding over the se- lection of persons to christen them.
 
 The Barker and DonnelIy campagners resolutely decline to recognize prosperity in any form as an existing fact The fool killer is camping on their trail.
 The right place to market the Pratt seam is at Cape Nome, where coal Is worth $l25 a ton; and 1t would be marketed there if the Nicarauga canal were built.
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 The retirement of Sol Smith Russell amid the regrets of a grateful people is an honor that comes to few men on off the stage and to no politicians.
 Tommy Adkins, in Ladysmith, got only a shell or two by way of Christmas pres
The age-herald., 1899-12-28

Now that the rebellion is crushed for the thousandth time, the attention of Secretary Root is called to the nature of the trans ports that he considers good enough for United States soldiers.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
Second Judicial District of the State of
Montana, within and for the County of
Silver Bow-ss:
In the matter Of the estate of Grace e.
Gaylord, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of An
drew j. Davis, the administrator of the
estate of Grace d. Gaylord, deceased, pray
ing for an order OF the court allowing him
to sell hirteen-fifteenths of one hundred
and fifty-three shares of stock of the Parrot
Silver and Copper company, upon the re-
quest Of the heirs, who are entitled to the
same.
1t is ordered that all persons interested
in said estate appear before the under
signed, the judge of the district court Of
the Second Judicial district of the state
OF Montana, within and for the county Of
Silver Bow, at the court room of said court,
Department /. in said county and state, on
the 21st day Of January, 1899, at 2 o'clock
p. M, then anC there to show cause why
such order Should not be made.
And it is further ordered that a copy Of
this order be published in the Daily Inter
Mountain, g newspaper published in the
city of Butte, county of Silver Bow, state
of Montapa, and also be posted in three
public places in said city and county, at
least ten days previous to said 21st day of
January, 1899.
Dated this 9Th day of January, 1899.
JOHN LINDSAY,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21
NOTICE TO OWN

To Benjamin Armstrong, your heirs or
assigns: You are hereby notified that we
have expended during the year 1893 one
hundred dollars GlOo. CO., in labor and i'm
provemcnts upon each of the following
quartz lode mining claims. situated in the
Divide Creek Mining district, Silver Bow
county, Montana. a more particular de-
scription of which is found in the location
The Silver King, recorded in Book +, page
POI; the Tacoma, recorded in Book J, page
All; the Golden Bell. recorded in Book l.,
of Silver Bow county Montana; that the
provements were made for the purpose of
holding said claims under the provisions
of Section 1924. Revised Statutes of the
concerning annual labor on mining claims
for the year 1898. when said labor and i'm
provements were made. If within ninety
tice you fail or refuse to contribute your
twelve dollars and fifty cents ($l12. 500. of
terest in the said claims will become the
owners, who have made the above de-
quirements of the said section.
PAT KIRLEY.
JAMES KIRLEY,
FRANK KIRLEY.
Dated this 9Th day of January, 1899.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21
SHEHIFF'S SALE.

American National Bank of Helena,
plaintiff, VS.. Eli D. Bannister ct al, de-
PENDANTS.
To be sold at sheriff's sale, on the 26th
day of January, A. D.. 1899, at 2 o'clock D.
m at the front door of the court borSa IN
the city of Butte. county Of Silver Bow,
state Of Montana, the following described
real property, to-wit:
That certain mining claim or premises
known as the valley Lode Mining Claim"
designated by the surveyor general as lot
number PIG, embracing a portion of Sec
ton "a, in township three. north of range
eight. west of the principal meridian in the
Summit Valley Mining district. in the
county OF Silver Bow. state Of Montana.
n moce particularly described as fol
lows:
beginning at Corner No. /, a granite
stone, 2Oxl2xS inches. marked 2 NJ. c.
III, l-2l4 and l-2l8. with mound Of earth,
being also Corner No. 2 of Lot No. III, the
Tecumseh Lode claim and Corner No. ]