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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06
IS HE A WIZARD.

Here is a yarn that has ben picked up
by the Society of Psychical Research.
DR.. r. w. Felkin. who had accompanied
Emin Pacha on a tour through Uganda
and adjacent territory, is responsible for
it. He says that some time last year his
party had got back to Lado, about a
Thousand miles south of Khartoum, and
that he had been without letters from Eu-
rope for a year. Naturally, he was impa-
tient for tidings. In that part of Africa
he had often come across wizards, who
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06
THE MOONSHlNER EXPLAINED.

Atlanta Constitution: A Georgia rev.
enue man had a novel experience recently
with q moonshiner in a suspected dis
trict.
Early one morning he discovered an old
man standing near a grave in the noun
tain region.
Rut the trouble about this grave was
that the eVenu man had observed
smoke issuing from the place where the
headhOard should have been.
lie surprised theold man, who imme-
AlatrlN felgned great sorrow, explaining
his presence there by the statement thaS
his brother was buried there.
ANA the mention of his brother he feign-
ca great grief, and said he 'ncver would
get oyer tit wuz SIGH a hard DISPENSE
:iun Of pros;doncc.'
"l:ut ,sn't it peculiar" said the revenue
man. THAT ! see a stovepipe at the head
of hts grave. and smoke issuing there
from"
"~Stranger,' replied the weeping moons
sinner, nc died in his sins, an hits my
opinion they're a-roastin' of him down
there"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06

pers for you. He is starting overland to-
morrow, bringing the papers with him,
and he will be here about thirty days
from now"
pr. Felkin says that thirty-two days
later the Englishman did arrive at Laao,
ann tina he brought letters for the party.
Inc newcomer was Lupton Bey. OF the
wizard DR.. Felkln says that he is salts
fled that the man was never outside his
native village in his life.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06

"Two hundred and f ourteen pieces,
your majesty"
"Heavens!' cried the astonished custo.
dian. How can it be possible that you
have preserved them all this time""
ooh. that's very easily ~ccounte for"
said the king. You see, i'm Sweden we
don't have any executions"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06
RINGS TRUE.

'The flowers that bloom on a hat ira To-
Have nothing t. do with the earth,
For :heN'r% made by a mi!liner's girl
ira la.
For he's charged fifty times what they
aye worth" Il
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06

sss ri s %as So Ss; ss sMi e: ! ss'E %% = s %i rs; T SS5s : !. ssSSsaa:a'ef ss1s business
TIE Won M0HL COMPANY. 81 .. Cincinnati. o. s~@sss GisSS ~ r.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-21

Iponse. He had beens::::caiied yesterday
also, but failed 20 respond then. Mr..
Moss declared that hs was unable to get
any explanation Of MIR. Whalen's alb
renee. Secretary Lamont Of the RamapO
water company, was also missing, and
rs be is declared to have In his possession
the books and important papers Of the
company, which the committee are anx-
ious to examine, IL is considered impor-
tant that he should soon put in an ap.
pearance. All Of the officials OF the COM
pany thus far examined have been un-
able TO give the information desired by
the committee on account OF Mr.. La
mont's having the books. The commit
tee today also went into some Of the
affairs Of the dock department. and the
fact was ELECTED that many thousands
Of dollars worth of asphalt pavement had
been given out to one or another compa-
ny without bids being asked. the con-
tracts being marked under the head Of
emergency.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-21
TO BE PREPARED


Hon. Sir William Vernon Haroourt. lib
eral member of Parliament for West
Monmouthshirs and former leader Of the
liberal opposition in the House Of Com
mons, In the course Of an address to his
constituents this evening in Nav
Tredegar said he could not read the per-
sistent attempts of athe war press to ag-
gravate the Transvaal situation without
Indignation and reprobation.
"dreat Britain" said the speaker.
cannot claim general sovereignty In the
Transvaal whe she has only partial suz-
erainty and President Kruger cannot
claim Tor the Transvaal the position of an
international sovereign state. Both sides,
therefore have made allegations which
cannot be maintained by sither."
Sir William declared that there was no
casus tell and expressed the hope that a
shameful catastrophe might be avertsd.
wARLIKE SPEECHES IN PARLIA-
MENT.
London, September 81. Several warlike
speeches were made yesterday by men,
bers Of the House of Commons.
Mr.. William Hayes Fisher, a Junior
Lord Of the Treasury and formerly score.
tary Of Mr.. Arthur Balfour, the govern
ment leader now representing gulham in
the consecutive interests, In the course of
an address last evening at Kenilworth
said:
1.-THE sands have already run through
the glass for President Kruger. We must
have enough troops in Africa when the
ultimatum Is presented, to ensure tie
achievement Of our object.
"Then, perhaps, the Beers will l',ten
to reason and not enter upon an unequal
contest nor invite us to inflict crushing
defeat and to take their cherished country
from them."
Mr.. George Wyndham, parliamentary
under secretary of state for war and
member Of Parliament for Dover, address,
ing his constituents last evening, Iikened
himself in official knowledge to full
bottle but said he must not allow the
contents to escape. He proceeded to de-
clare TINT the governments duty was
plain and that m inisters would not shirk
their responsibility.
4 Sir Walter Pace, agent general fer
Natal, addressing the Australian mining
fficials Mt Earlscourt, London, also
referred to the probability of war. He
said he hoped peace was still possible but
that II war came, be prayed the sword
might never be sheathed until Great
Britain had gone to the root of the evil
which had caused the present difficulties.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-21
ARTHUR sEwALL SUED.

Wichita. Kansas, Sept. 20.-The David
son Investment Co., has failed, owing
$4,000. The receiver has sued Arthur
Sewall of Bath. Me-, candidate for vice
president on the last National Silver
Democratic ticket, on account of his
liability as stock holder. He owned
ten thousand dollars worth of stock.
Under the Kansas law he is liable for
double that amount.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-21
THE STRIKE GROWS.
1t Is Becoming Pretty Serious Matter
Ina Havana.

Havana, September 20.-The strike here
has assumed serious proportions. 1t is
now estimated that there are $4,000 strik.
ing masons, painters, carpenters, cart
men and laundry workers, and II. MS is
threatened. the hackmen, ssevedores and
cigarmakers strike within the next few
days, there win be another 1000.
The oartmen went out today, thereby
paralyzin the Wholesale business houses
They give as reason for their action
the unfair treatment they have been re-
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-21
esivina at the hanas of the police. e ma

osivine at the hanas OF the police. 3 ma
jority being Spaniards
Many reliable business men say this
strike of the oartmen is the only legiti-
mate strike. IL IL asserted that the po-
lice shnmefully abuse their authority over
the oartmen, endeavoring to get them to
talk book. 90 rs to have . pretsxt 70 take
them to Vivac, the tonbs OF Havana,
and to accuse them next day Of insulting
the police. Gen. Rafael Cardenss, chief
OF police, and Mayor LaCosts. deny that
the police are guilty OF oppressive con-
duct,
The strike of the laundry workers ID
also serious matter owing 10 the large
amount of clothing that requires regular
washing IN tropical climate.
Considering the large number Of men
now out of employme 1t is remarkable
that there are no disorders. Strikers and
employers are apparently equally apa-
thetio.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-21
A BURGLARY AT READFIELD.

Readfield, Sept. 20.-The farm resi-
dence of F. ]. Small, two and one-half
miles from the postofflce, was burglar
lied Monday night. The burglars en-
tered through the outside cellar door
and secured as booty one gold watch,
one silver watch, a pocketbook con-
tanning SS5 in bills and three notes
aggregating $3.50. Mr.. Small or his wife
who were sleeping in an adjoining room
from which the property was taken was
disturbed. Mr.. Small thinks that the
theft was committed by someone having
knowledge of the premises.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-21
TYpHOON AT MANILA.

Washington, September a0.-The war
department has received the following
despatch:
Manila. September 20, 1859.
To Adjutant General, Washington:
TyphooR prevailing; rainfall in As hours
eight inches, last "a hours, $40. Delay
shipment OF volunteers. Iowa probably
sail this afternoon; Tennessee detained
south by storm. Otis.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-21
Manila. Septem be
DROWN UNIVERSITY OPENED.

Providence. r. l., September 20 -Presi-
dent W. II. P. Faunce formally opened
Brown university this morning for its
l35th year. Chancellor William Goddard
introduced and commended DIR. Faunoe
to the students. President Eaunce spoke
of the ''life together" of the students and
of the distinctive Ideals of Brown uniyer-
sity
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-21
KILLED HIS FATHER.

William son. Va, September 90. Elijah
Hall shot and killed his father. Henry
Hall, Clergyman In Pike county, KY,
ON Peter Greek. for abuse of his mother.
The father was very quarrelsoms and
abusive an the son interfering In one of
these scenes and receiving some abuse
from his father, shot him dead ANA fled.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-21
a 0uIek Turn.

"Yes. my foot caught as jumped from
the car, and made Santo Domingo"
whats that?"
"a revolution. "--Cleveland Plain Deal
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-21
He saved Room,

"Little Dick ate no dinner. Is he
sick?'
mo; somebody told him we were going
TO have ice .cream."-Chicago Record.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-21
PICTURES OF OFFICERS WANTED

PICTURES OF OFFICERS WANTED.
= Washington, September 90. -SecretaIy
Root has sent out circulars requesting
photographs of every commissioned Off
Ger Of the army to Tile with the efficiency
record In the war department. These
photographs are to be all OF one size, I'M
mounted. and to have the name of the
officer, his rank aud thu date the photo
graph was taken described ON the back.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-21
NOT A CANpIDATE.

Capt. George A. Dow wishes it under
stood that he IS not candidate for the
position of dIill instructor at the High
school,
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-21
N. GUERIN I'M JAIL.

Paris, September 20.-On his arrival at
the prison M. Guerin, the president Of
the anti-semite league, after having sur
rendered to the police this murning, was
subjected to brief examination for the
purpose of establishing his identity,
the president of the high court being
Its secret examination of the documents
in the conspiracy cases.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-21

Take Laxative Bronze Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money II IL fails to cure.
4. w. Groves signature Is on each pox. 25c.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-21

The earth makes revolution every "a
hours, and Santo Domingo is a very cioss
second Chicago Journal.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-21
NEW INE PosTMAsrERs.

Washington. September 20.-Among
the fourth GLASS POSTUM sters appointed
today were the following:
Maine-H. III. Thomas, Andcysr; K.
K. Orff, Orff's Corner.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-21
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Catoctin clarion., 1899-12-14
A Mechanic Al StOker.

The first application of the mechani
cal stoker to a loc. motive has been
made on the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail-
road The coal is put into a hopper by
the fireman; from W iere it feeds down
into n six-inch cyii1ller, and a piston
operated by steam throws small
charge Of coal--from :our to SIX pounds
through an openilg in the tire-box
door This coal ca l be given force
enough to go clear t., the fue sheet or
drop at any part Of his distance, even
close to the door. A the same time it
is spread out evenly over the surface
of the CRATES from lide to side. The
supply of steam and coal can be regu-
lated for light or heavy work by the
crew
II it can be perfe. ed so as to work
on locomotive til, smokeless firing
broad citizen FROM ldiana, and while
ders of the fireman, for small charges
of coal scattered cv inly over the fire
at short intervals il the ideal smoke
preventive Mechas.cal stollers are
nothing new, but so far their field has
been limited to statit nary boilers. Most
of them handle tine .,al only; this one
can handle moderate sized. Jumps.
Catoctin clarion., 1899-12-14
THURMONT Frederick County, Maryland Thursday December "A, |899

effects Of the Local Government act.
It has been In operation only few
months and yet it Is succeeding we'll
It gives us larger measure Of free.
dom and allows us to manage our own
roads, drainage and the like, and to
elect our own county officers. But we
haven't the power to refuse tax i'm
posed upon us by England, but 1t is
coming some day. Redmond. John
Dillon and Healy are working togeth
er for Home Rule, and we will win
yet"
The Lord Mayor thinks New York
Is a great place. He admits frankly
that he thought it couldn't hold
candle to London, but now says Lon
don isn't anything in comparison. He
uses a green silk handkerchief. He
thinks the Irish wonderful race.
"An Irishman," said he, lis quick
impulsive, generous. He is more In
telligent than an Englishman and
quick to understand. A thing enters
an Irishman's head as quick as light
ming and leaves it as quick. But 1t
takes long time to get anything into
the brains Of an Englishman; once
there it sticks forever"
His Lordship was getting enthusias-
tic now. He declared that the Irish
man is cleverer, quicker, wittier, more
lovable than anybody else in the
world
Are the Irish a handsome people?"
asked the reporter.
'Ah," whispered His Lordship, you
Catoctin clarion., 1899-12-14

Since 1919 the imperial taxation Of
Great Britain has been decreased by
nearly two-thirds, while that OF poor.
Ireland has been doubled.
while the springs of English manu-
featuring have been let loose, the two
chief manufactures of Ireland have
been heavily Notwithstanding and!
tobacco making. The cultivation of
tobacco up to 1920 was valuable in
dustry. Now 1t Is prohibited. The av-|
erage income of the Irishpan Is ELS;
per annum; that Of the average Eng-|
lishman 942. Yet while the Eng-l
lishman's taxes arH reduced, the Irish
mans has been Erebled."
Getting Nearer Homo Rule.
The Lord Mayor had all the statis-
tics at his fingers ends, and he quot
ed them impetuously. Figures flowed
from his mouth with every puff OF to-.
bacco.
And 80 think we are getting near
er home rule every day. Ireland al.
ready has her fair share of represen-
tation in Parliament. She has 1903
members out of $40 odd. We don't
want to be separated from England
We don't mind the levying Of soldiers
on us, and we don't want the right to-
declare peace or war, and we don't
ask a hand In colonial affairs. All we
want is to have something to say
about taxing ourselves. We oonsid-
er ourselves better able to manage
our own affairs than outsiders.
To-day home rule is stationary. 1t
Is neither advancing nor retrograding.
The split in the Irish party Is to
blame for this. This prevents us hav.
ing the influence in Parliament that
we ought to haze. When we were
a solid party and ell voting together
we were occasionally in position tc
turn out Minister. This caused
them to legislate more quickly than
they otherwise might. Then, too, 1t
had a great moral effect And | am
glad to say that tn sre are Indications
that the party Ia coming together
again.
"All England Is now looking at the
Catoctin clarion., 1899-12-14
THE DANGEROUS AGE.
Time at Which Men and Women Get
Entanqled in Matrimony.

The most dangerous age for a bach
elor Is under 26ia, to be accurate, 26..
So, as the registrar general dryly puts
1t in his statistical return just issued,
says the St Louis Republic. The
most joyous and delightful age for
woman is something over 24l2-24.5O.
That is to say, that it was at those pre-
else ages that the average bachelor
of last year and the average maid be.
came one.
The bachelor, however, becomes
moTe wary year by year. He was older
in 1898 than in 1897, when he fell in
to the tolls. The average bachelor was
married In 1897 at $3.50 years of age,
quite .05 less. The girl, too, has to walt
longer now than she used to. She was
.05 of a year younger in 1897 when she
became a wife than In 1893. AS tor the
people who marry as minors, they are
rapidly becoming q vanishing number,
among men, at least; eighty-fouf out
Of every 1000 husbands IN 1874 were
married under the age OF 2l, and so
were 237 out of every 1000 women.
The boy husband has come down to
nfty-one per 1000 now; the girl wives
have dropped to ITO per 1000. There
have not been 30 few boy and girl
marriages at any time since 1851.
OF the total marriages in 18S8 A.
ISL persons were minors. OF these
there were 2 girls Ii years; 10, 10;
15S, 16, five boys, 16; 664 boys, II; l..
1876 girls, II, and 3,303 boys and 8,GS4
girls, 1S; over Is the girl-wives run In
to tens of thousands, and actually
nearly 10000 youths Of 20 were mar
ried.
There has been decided slump in
widowers and widows Of late. In 1871
1873 husbands and 100 wives In every
1000 were widowers and widows re-
spectively. Things have changed since
then; there were but SO widowers and
SO widows in every 1000 In 1898. The
widower, by the way, Is obviously
more dangerous to the susceptible
heart of the opposite sex than the
widow. 1t Is to be noted, however,
that when the widow selects bache'
lor as her husband she takes man
nearly two years her junior; when
she chooses widower her husband Is
nearly tve years older than herself.
Catoctin clarion., 1899-12-14
OFFICE-MASON BUILDING.
East Man Street.
Church Directory.

Reformed Church-Rev. G. Whitmore
7os or. Services bi weekly alternating
morning and evening Services " ednes
day, 7 D. IN, Sunday School 2 p. m.
Guild each Lords Day 6 BOP m. other SER
vices announced from the pulpit.
Lutheran Church Rev. W s. T. Metzger,
nas.or Services Sunday 10 A. NJ. and 800 p.
m. Sunday School, 2. Pm Prayer Meet
ng, Wednesday, 7p. IN.
United Brethren Church-Rev. William
Daugherty Pastor. Regular Services by
appointment from the pulpit.
Glass Meeting every two weeks at 1O a. M
Prayer Meeting every Thursday evening
Sunday School PM.
Mite Society s mi-monthly. "Wednesday
evening at s o'clock. W. Mis-. Meeting
MontAly at Parsonage.
Moravian Church Rev. M. F. Oerter, Pas
tor. Sunday School every Sunday, Il. m,
Preaching services will be held every other
Sunday as heretofore. alternating morning
and evening at 10 ard $50 respectively.
Methodist Episcopal Church - Rev.
w, Orem Pastor. Services every alter
nate S ,nday at 10 A. NJ and 700 p, M.
Sunday School at 8 A. NJ Prayer Meeting
every Wednesday evening at 7,3O PM. Ep'
worth League at $50 evcrv Sunday.
81. Stephens Church, Protestant Episcoal
-Rev. Ernest McGill, Rector. Services
every Sunday at 400, p. M, at Walkers
Vile at $50 a. IN. at Thurmont,
Service SATURDAYS at 400 p. III.
Catoctin clarion., 1899-12-14
.LOVED HIS FELLOW MEN.
Proof That Our Early Ances-
tors Were all Cannibals.
HISTORIC BONES DUG UP.
A Report That Has Caused Great
Sensation in Scientific Circles.

Marks of the Teeth-The Use They
Made Of the Aged-The Cooking
Utensis-Beliefs of the cannibaI-
Dining off a Wise Mans Brain.
Prehistoric man dined off his par
ents, says the Vienna correspondent
of the Chicago Herald, when the lat
ter had outlivcd their usefulness; be
cooked and ate his friends when he
got the chance, as we'll as his enemies;
he considered the flesh of infants and
Of children the dainticst of mOrsels;
he would punish the one who injured
him, first by Staying him and then by
eating him. All this has been proved
conclusivcly by the discovery in pre-
historic caves recently unearthed near
KnoviZe, in Bohemia of great col.ec-
ton Of bones, which DR.. Mateigka,
who has made a careful examination
of the relics declares to be the unmis-
taxable debris of the cannibalistic
feasts Of prehistoric man.
In his report on the subject, which
has caused a great sensation in scien-
titic circles In Europe, DR.. Mateigka
Catoctin clarion., 1899-12-14
No ) 6
friends and relatives and parents.

friends and relatives and parents.
When they had outlived their allot
ted span of life and had become a bur.
den upon the younger generation 1t
was not ut all an unusual thing for
the old folks to be killed, cooked and
eaten. But the principal supplies for
such horrible feasts as those of pre-
historic man were the remains of enc
mics killed in battle. 1t was looked up
on as adding terrors to the fight when
it was known that the killing of an
enemy was not the end of him. hut
that he would be aftcrward cOnsignt d
to the pot or spread on the ashes Of
the cooking fire and eaten with ayi1i-
ty by the victors.
Another inducement to eat his fell
low that had weight with the preEG-
toric man was that certain portions
of the human makeup, if eaten by an
other, were supposed to supply miss
ing attributes that were coveted by the
eater. Thus the heart of a brave man
was eaten by one who had slain him
or could carry off his body, after he
had been slain. for the reason that the
eating of his heart was supposed TO
give additional courage to the one who
devonred it.
TO dine off wise mans brain inn
parted additional wisdom to the diner,
and to make meal of a man of mus
Gle and sincw gave strength to the
cannibal who satisfied his hunger with
the strong mans remains.
To those parts Of the world where
cannibalism is still in existence some
of these theories are believed in to
this day, which proves that the pre-
historic man was very little different
in his likes, dislileS, tastes and diSpo-
sition to the modern savage. 1t is not
surprising to find that prehistoric man
was a cannihal. The interest in the
matter lies largely in the fact thaE
the discovery of the bones gives to rs
the actual remains Of canniba!istic
feast at a time so far removed as ~
be lost in the shadows of antiquity.