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An Assured Success,

Without question is the grand Turn
fest and picnic to be given by the Turn
ers at Gregson Springs next Sunday,
July 16. For the past two months com
mittees have been engaged in making
the arrangements. They are perfected,
and amusements, games and sports will
be abundant. Train leave over B., A,
G. P. at 10, los and 4:45. Fare, round
trim 81
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ORDERED COMMITTED.
An Old Woman Who Has Made Life
Miserable Cor Others

Mrs. James Curtis, or, as she prefers
to be known, Mrs. George William Cur
tbs, the old, Vile-tongued woman who
has been a nuisance and terror around
the. city for several years, was exam
ined as to her sanity yesterday after
noon in Judge Lindsay's court by Drs.
Turner and Campbell, who ordered her
committed to the asylum. Mrs. Cur
tbs was examined about year ago, but
she told such straight story that the
doctors at that time were not convinced
that she was crazy.
County Physician Sheeran, Jailer
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Honor American Sailors.

New York, July IA dispatch to the
Herald from Brussels says: Great prep
arations are being made, in view of the
expected arrival of the Brooklyn at Ant
werp. The king will probably visit the
city and festivities will be organized in
honor of the American sailors.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-12

The various items of assessment and
their valuations this year are as fol-
lows:
Number of acres, 52,993; cash value,
1927, 420; value of Improvements on such
land, $1,027, 315.
Number of city and town lots in the
county, 1883; value of the lots $3.50,
$40; value of improvements on city and
town lots, $5,523, 045
Value of improvements on real estate
assessed to persons other than the own
ers of the real estate, $3.50, 1885,
Full cash value of all real property
ard improvements in the county, $A;-
244,65 'hV
Amount of taxable mortgages, coun-
ty, city, municipal and other bonds,
S282, 800 III" mat..
Miles of telegraph lines, 10S; value,
SSG35.
Miles of telephone lines, 10; value
$1s,995. ssaE srts
Value of railroad depots, grounds and
round houses, SAY, $40.
Miles of irrigating bitches and fumes,
81; value s45S75. t7- 4.
Electric light companies, street rail-
way, express and water companies, as
sessed value $26S2OO.
Bank stock, $262, O05. 1.s Il.
Jewelry, $16,e45. .1,r...
Household goods and furniture, s155,-
16D. ~ yraa
Musical Instruments, $42, 365. ia y,.
Merchandise and consigned goods,
81. 401 $50.
Solvent credits and bank deposits,
1886, 260.
Store, saloon and office fixtures, sl61,
TO
Farming utensils, $3.50.
Machinery, $610750.
Wagons, harness, etc, $57,260.
Horses-Thoroughb number, II;
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The Iynndale Hotel,

J. r. Boyce will assume manageme ut
of the Lynndale. First class accommo-
dations are offered by day, week and
month at reasonable rates.
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We have a 24-room, high-class lodging
house, modern, paying a profit of $3.50
per month. Can sell for $1,000, part
cash House was never offered before
for less than $4,000. Reynolds & Nc
Dowell, as East Broadway. Tele-
phone 49,
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Vapor baths of scientific construction
Just completed at Boulder Hot Spring.
Attendance to invalids is patient and
perfect. j. B. Reynolds, proprietor.
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Don't fail to see the worlds famous
picture secured by Dan Dewey at a
cost of Sc, 1000, now on exhibition at the
Southern bar.
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Grand ball will be given by the A.
o. H.. division No. 2, at Miners Union
hall, Friday evening, July a. Tickets
20 cents
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Repsold select vintage wines admitted
by the French to be equal to their best.
P. J. Brophy & Co.. sole agents, Butte.
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Big cut on ladies' and gents bicycle
shoes. Best bike shoes in the city. 20
West Park, Tasselps.
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For a perfect fitting pair of glasses
go to the Butte Optical Company, and
Owsley. Examination free.
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Schatzlein Paint Co., IA w. Broad
way, paint the signs that are read Of
tenest.
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Ladies. If you want comfort with
feet, buy pair of Julia Marlowe shoes
81. so and So so, Tasse'fs, 20 West Park.
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Established Business for Sale-Terms
Reasonable.

We offer to responsible party our well
equipped tinsmith, locksmith, bicycle
and general repairing outfit, including
new, secondhand and renting bicycles
also our stock of ammunition, reloading
machines, firearms, sporting goods, in
fact our entire mercantile business,
including agencies, now conducted at
Third street south, four doors from
Central avenue. Business already pay
Ing and capable of greatly increased
Importance if properly handled. Small
Investment required. Inquire l.. S.
Woodbury., president Great Falls Iron
works, Great Falls, Mont.
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w. L. Douglas S. $3.50. 81 and s.
shoes for gents. Best on earth. 25 W,
Park, Tassells.
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Northwest Coal company, dealers in
wood and diamond coal Satisfaction
guaranteed. Telephone No. sos.
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Rates reduced to $12 and SIS per week
at Pipestone springs.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-12

The Dorothy is the best family cafe
in the city. Granite and Wyoming SITS.
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16 pounds sugar, 81; 20-pound pail
jelly, 75e; 6 packages washing powder.
25c Cooks, 331 East Park.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-06-08

ring had slipped over my finger and re-
manned in the young lady's pocket. I
sprang out and ran in the direction in
which she had gone with the intention
OF picking her pocket once again. She
had disappeared, however; and from
that day till this have never set eyes
on her. To make the matter worse,
there was only four pence half-penny
in coppers inside the purse. sarve me
right for trying to rob such a pretty
girl; still, if had that two hundred
quid now should not be reduced to-
Good heavens, forgive me! What am I
saying?' W..
lie seemed inclined to relapse into
silence after this; but was deter
mined to draw him out little more, if
! could possibly manage it. "There is
less personal risk in the branch you have
been talking Of" remarked, than
there is in burglary"
''Ah!" he said, warming to his sub
ject once again, tit is the higher game
which is best worth aiming at. Talk
about sport, sir, talk about fishing or
huntingl why it is tame in comparisonl
Think Of the great country house with
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master ,ofothe art, who used to elec-
trify both his patients and his clinical
classes by long shots, sometimes at the
most unlikely of pursuits; and never
very far from the mark. "Well, my
man." have heard him say: II can see
by your fingers that you play some
musical instrument for your livelihood,
but it is a rather curious one-some-
thing quite out of my line" The man
afterwards informed US that he earned
few coppers by blowing Rule Brit
ANNA" on a coffee pot, the spout of
which was pierced to form a rough
flute. Though a novice in the art,
was still able to astonish my ward COM
panions on occasion, and never lost
an opportunity of practicing. It was
not mere curiosity, then, which led me
to lean back on the cushions and an
alyze the quiet, middle-aged man in
front of me.
used to do the thing Systematically,
and my train of reflections ran some
what in this wise: General appear
ance, vulgar, fairly opulent and ex.
tremely self-possessed-looks like a
man who could outchaf bargee, and
yet be at his ease in middle-class so.
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ciety. Eyes well set together and nose
rather prominent-would be a good
long-range marksman. Cheeks habbv.
but the softness of expression re-
deemed by a square-cut jaw and q
well-set lower lip. On the whole, a
powerful type. Now for the hands,
rather disappointed there. Thought
ne was self-made man by the look Of
him, but there Is no callous in the
palm and no thickness at the joints.
Has never been engaged in any real
physical work, should think No tan
ming on the backs of the hands; on the
contrary, thoy are very white, with
blue projecting veins and long, deli
cate fingers. Couldn't be an artist
with that face, and yet he has the
hands Of mar engaged in delicate
manipulations. No red acid spots
upon his clothes. no ink stains. no
nitrate of silver marks upon the hands
(this helps to negative my half-formed
opinion that he was photogra pher},
Clothes not worn In any particular
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til It rested il the garden below A.
first we hoped it might have slipped.
though that was bad enough; but we
soon had that idea put out OF our head.
Z. .Hullo, up therel' cried q voice from
below
I'VE craned our heads over the edge.
and there was man, dressed, as lar as
we could make out, in evening dress,
and standing in the middle OF the grass
plot. We kept quiet.
'''Hullo!' he shouted again. How do
you feel yourself? Pretty comfortable,
eh? Ha! hal You London rog1es
thought we were green in the country.
what's your opinion noW2
"We both lay still, though feeling
pretty considerably small. as you may
imagine.
"'1ts all right; see you, he con-
tinued. Why, I have been waiting be-
hind that lilac bush every night for the
last week, expecting to see you,
knew you couldn't resist going up that
ladder, when you found the windows
were too much for you-Joe! JoeP
"'Yes, SIR said a voice, and another
man came from among the bushes.
just you keep your eye on the
roof, will you, while I ride down to the
station and fetch up a couple of con-
stables?-Au re0o5r, gentlemen! You
don't mind waiting, suppose?' And.
Col Morley-for it was the owner of.
the house himself-strode off; and in
few minutes we heard the rattle of his
horses hoofs going down the avenue.
"Well, sir, we felt precious silly, as:
you may imagine. It wasn't so much
having been nabbed that bothered us,
as the feeling of being caught in such.
a simple trap. We looked at each other
in blank disgust, and then, to save our
lives, we couldn't help bursting into
laughter at our own fix However, it
was no laughing matter; so we~set to
work going round the roof, and seeing
if there was likely water pipe or any,
thing that might give US a chance of:
escape. We had to give it up as bad
job; so we sat down again, and made
up our minds to the worst. Suddenly
an idea flashed into my head, and I
CROPPED my way over the roof until
felt wood under my feet. I bent down
and found that the colonel had actually
forgotten to secure the paddock! You
will often notice, as you go through
life, that it is the shrewdest and most
cunning man who falls into the most
absurd mistakes; and this was an ex-
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!COPYRIGHT. 1895. !

"Who can he be?" thought l, as
watched my companion in the second
class carriage of the London & Dover
railway
had been so full of the fact that my
long-expected holiday had come at last,
and that for a few days at least the
gayeties of Paris were about to super
sede the dull routine of the hospital
wards, that we were we'll out of Lon
don before observed that I was not
alone in the compartment. In these
days we have all pretty we'll agreed that
three is company and two is none"
upon the railway. At the time write
of, however, people were not so NOR
bidly sensitive about their travelling
companions. 1t was rather an agree
able surprise to me to find that there
was some chance of Willing away the
hours of a tedious journey. there
fore pulled my cap down over my eyes,
took a good look from beneath it at
my vis-a-vis, and repeated to myself:
''Who can he be?"
used rather to pride myself on be-
ing able to spot mans trade or pro-
fession by a good look at his exterior.
had the advantage of studying under
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part. Coat made of tweed, and fairly
old; but the left elbow, as far as I can
see it, has as much of the fluff left on
as the right, which is seldom. the case
with men who do much writing. Might
be a commercial traveller, but the little
pocketbook in the waistcoat is want
ing, nor has he any of those handy
valises, suggestive of samples"
| give these brief headings of my
ideas merely to demonstrate my method
of arriving at a conclusion. AS yet
had obtained nothing but negative re-
suits; but now, to use a chemical meta
phor, was in a position to pour off
this solution of dissolved possibilities
and examine the residue. found N.Y.
self reduced to very limited numb Der
of occupations. He was neither law
yer nor clergyman, in spite of soft
felt hat, and a somewhat clerical cut
about the necktie. I was wavering
now between pawnbroker and horse
dealer; but there was too much char
acter about his face for the former;
and he lacked that extraordinary
equine atmosphere which hangs about
the latter even in his hours Of relaxa-
ton; so l formed a provisional dag
nosis of betting man of methodistical
persuasions, the latter clause being in
serted in Difference to his hat and neck
tie.
Pray, do not think that reasoned it
out like this in my own mind. It is
only now, sitting down with pen and
paper, that l can see the successive
steps. AS it was, Ihad formed my con-
clusion within sixty seconds of the
time when drew my hat down over
my eyes and uttered the mental ejacu-
lation with which my narrative begins.
did not feel quite satisfied even then
with my deduction. However, as a
leading question would-to pursue my
chemical analogy-acta as my litmus pa
per, determined to try one. There
was Times lying by my companion,
and thought the opportunity too good
to be neglected.
do you mind my looking at your
paper?" I asked.
"Certainly, sir, certainly" said he
most urbanely, handing it across.
glanced down it's columns until nv
eye rested upon the list of the latest
betting.
"Hullo!'' l said, "they are laying
odds upon the favorite for the Cam
bridgeshire But Perhaps" I added,
looking up, you are not interested in
these matters?"
''Snares, sir!'' said he Violently;
"wiles of the enemy! Mortals are but
given few years to live, how can they
squander them SO! They have noteven
an eye to their poor worldly interests, p"
he added in quieter tone, ''or they
would never back a single horse at such
short odds with a field of thirty
There was something in this speech
of his which tickled me immensely. I
suppose it was the odd way in which he
blended religious intolerance with
worldly wisdom. laid the Times
aside with the conviction that should
be able to spend the next two hours to
better purpose than in it's perusal
"You speak as if you understood the
matter, at any rate,'' remarked.
Eyes, sir" he answered; "few men in
England understood these things bet
| ter in the old days before changed my
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was only thirty-four round the chest,
and about twelve at the biceps; but
there is not measuring tape in Eng
land could have given the size of his
heart. He said we were in for it, and
we must stick to it; 50 agreed to stay,
and we chose Morley hall, the country
house of certain Col. Morley, to be-
gin with.
"Now this Col. Morley was about
the last man in the world that we
should have meddled with. He was a
shrewd, cool-headed fellow, who had
knocked about and seen the world.
and it seems that he took a special
pride in the detection of criminals.
However, we knew nothing of all this
at that time; so we set forth hopefully
to have try at the house.
1.-The reason that made us pick him
out among the rest was that he had a
good-for-nothing groom, who was a
tool in our hands. This fellow had
drawn up rough plan of the premises
for US. The place was pretty we'll
locked up and guarded, and the onlv
weak point we could see was a certain
trapdoor, the paddock of which was
broken, and which opened from the
roof into one of the lumber rooms. If
we could only find any method of
reaching the roof, we might force a
way securely from above. We both
thought the plan rather a good one.
and it had spice of originality about
it which pleased us. tbs not the mere
jewels or plate, you know, that good
craftsman thinks about. The neat
ness of the job and his reputation for
smartness are almost as important in
his eyes.
1--WE had been very quiet for a day or
two just to let suspicion die away.
Then we set out one dark night,
Jim and I, and got over the Avenue
ratings and up to the house without
meeting soul. 1t was blowing hard,
l remember, and the clouds hurrvinp
across the sky. We had good look at
the front of the house, and then Jim
went round to the garden side. He
came running back in a minute or two
IN great state Of delight. why, Bill
he said, gripping me by the arm, there
never was such q bit OF luck! They've
been repairing the roof or something.
and they've left the ladder standing
We went round together, and there,
sure enough, was the ladder towering
above our heads, and one or two labor
ers' hods lying about, which showed
that some work had been going on
during the day We had a good look
round, to see that every thing was
quiet, and then we climbed up, Jim
first and after him. We got to the
top, and were sitting on the states.
having bit Of q breather, before be-
ginning business, when you can fancy.
our feelings to see the ladder that we
came up by suddenly stand straight up.
IN the air, and then slowly descend I'M
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ample of it. You may guess that we
did not lose much time, for we expected
to hear the constables every moment.
We dropped through into the lumber
room, slipped downstairs, tore open
the library shutters, and were out and
away before the astonished groom
could make out what had happened.
There wasn't time enough to take any
little souvenir with US, worse luck. I
should have liked to have seen the
colonel's face when he came back with
the constables and found that the birds
were flown"
| Ibid you ever come across the
colonel again?" asked.
Eyes; we skinned him of every bit of
plate he had, down to the salt spoons,
few years later. It was partly out of
revenge, you see, that we did it. It
was a very well-managed and daring
thing. one of the best I ever saw, and
all done in open daylight, too"
How in the world did you do it?"
asked.
"Wen, there were three of us in it
Jim was one; and we set about it in
| this way: We wanted to begin by get
ting the colonel out of the way, so
wrote him note purporting to come
from Squire Brotherwick, who lived
about ten miles away, and was not al
ways on the best of terms with the mas
ter OF Morley hall. dressed myself upas
groom and delivered the note myself.
1t was to the effect that the squire
thought he was able to lay his hands
on the scoundrels who had ESCAPED
from the colonel a couple of wears be-
fore, and that if the colonel would ride
over they would have little difficulty in
securing them l was sure that this
would nave the desired effect; so, after
handing it in. and remarking that I
was the squire's groom, walked of
again, as If on the way back to nv
masters
After getting out of sight of the
house, crouched down behind a
nedge; and, as expected, in less than
quarter OF an hour the colonel came
swinging past me on his chestnut mare,
Now, there is another accomplishment;
possess which l have not mentioned
to you yet, and that is that can copy,
any handwriting that see. It is q
very easy trick to pick up if you only
give your mind to it. happened to
nave come across one of Col. Morley's
letters some days before, and can
write so that even now 1defy an expert
TO detect q difference between the
hands. This was great assistance to
me now, for tore leaf out of nv
pocketbook and wrote something to
this effect;
AS Squire Brotherwick has seen some sus.
ptcious characters about, and the house may
DO attempted again, have sent down 70 the
bank, and ordered them to send up their bank.
cart to convey the whole OF the plate to . Inlane
OF safety. It willsavo us good deal OF anxietv
70 know that 1t II In absolute security Hayeit
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principles, and l gave it up. l. have
tried everything. have been a bed
ridden widow with three young chill
dren; but I do object to physical force"
'You have been what?" saidI.
"A bedridden widow Advertising,
you know, and getting subscriptions.
/ have tried them all. You seem in
terested in these experiences" he con-
tinued; 80 l will tell you another
anecdote. 1t was the narrowest es-
cape for penal servitude that ever
had in my life. A pal and I had gone
down on country beat-it doesn't
signify where it was-and taken up
our headquarters in little provincial
town. Somehow it got noised abroad
that we were there, and householders
were warned to be careful, as sus-
picious characters had been seen in
the neighborhood. We should have
changed our plans when we saw the
game was up; but my chum was a
plucky fellow, and wouldn't consent
to back down. Poor little Jim! He
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profession. But that is all over now. ~
Changed your profession3" said 1,
interrogatively.
YES; changed my name, too"
'Indeed?" said l.
Eyes; you see, man wants a real
fresh start when his eyes become
opened, so he has a new deal all round,
so to speak. Then he gets a fair
chance
There was short pause here, as
seemed to be on delicate ground in
touching on my companions antece-
dents, and he did not volunteer any in
formation. I broke the silence by Of
fering him cheroot. 1872. =. .M.
mo, thanks said he; II have
given up tobacco. It was the hardest
wrench of all, was that. It does me
good to smell the Whit of your weed.
Tell me-" he added, suddenly, looking
hard at me with his shrewd pray
eyes. why did you take stock Of mo
80 carefully before you spoke7"
1T is Q habit Of .mine," said ]. II
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Its men servants and It's dogs and its
firearms, and you with only your jim
my and your center bit, and your
mother wit, which is best OF all. It is
the triumph of intellect over brute
force, sir, as represented by bolts and
bars"
People generally look upon it as
quite the reverse, remarked
Il was never one of those laundering
ife-preserver fellows" said my COM
panion. II did try my hand at gar
rotting once; but it was against my
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-24

1.-PIECE OF LAND situate
in Kuwili, Immediately makai of
the Oahu Prison and fronting on
the road leading to the Slaughter
Houses, being a portion of the
land covered by r. p. 1900, L. G.
A. 81, T. l.. This land has a
frontage of 1875 feet on the street,
and an average depth of 127 IL
feet. !:
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lowing

PIECE OF LAND at Aqua,
makai of Queen Street, and inn
mediately in the rear of the Ware
house of w. G.. Peacock x Co,
Ltd, ON Queen Street, being a
portion of i. G.. 4. 116, and hav-
ing an area of 176 3-S Fathoms.