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THE WAY TO TELL FORTUNES WITH CARDS.

T F there is one thing more than an
other that fascinates women, and
men, too, for the matter of that, 1t is
L having their fortunes told. What
like hearing is that 'the dark gentleman
with the black eyes is dying for love OF
them" that "a large fortune will shortly
be left them" or something equally de-
Iightful They do not shrink, or pretend
not to, from listening to representations
of evil, but on the whole are naturally
more inclined toward the sybil VINO
promises them a rosy future. Fortune
telling by cards is now the absorbing
pastime Of certain smart sets or society
and many a maiden is achieving a sur
nrising popularity because she can read
cleverIy the mystic signs and symbols
shown by the black and red spots.
The systems in vogue are the Partisan,
the Italian, the Vingt ct Un and the Et-
teiIIa We propose to describe and follow
the Partisan as being the least compll-
Gated. 1t is the system most frequently
met with. and is familiar to the Sypsles
of all nations as the 'Sevenfold-
II NAV be remembered that no small
cards are necessary for card-laying; the
I.al,,e of the cards is rated thus: Ace.
highest, then king, queen knaVe' ten'
nine. eight and seven the lowest l.
The general character OF the SUITS Is
Ci,ibs stand highest, and denote every
thing that is good and lucky; whatever
+beir nosition or surroundings, they pre-
SAGE good fortune, and no environment OF
evil can alter this altogether
Hearts are next in good odor; they oe-
note love. kindness, family affections,
Measure and the genialities and beauties
Of life but they may be tempered by rel
alive cards and untoward situations.
Diamonds signify quarreling, opposltlon'
hindrance and every possible drawback
of a militant character
Spades presage sadness, illness, loss Oh
money and reputation and death.
These are the general characteristics Of
the four suits: it must be clearly under
stood that the best cards may be modi-
fed by the circumstances of their posi-
tions. Happily, too, the worst cards are
capable of improvement in the same way.
For example, the king of hearts may be
cited as man of good fortune. OPEN
heatred and oper-handed. and endowed
with plentiful means to indulge his gener-
Gus qualities. but If the card be drawn
upside down it signifies that all his good
luck will be of short duration, that his
very good qualities will be the cause Of
his ruin If he be placed Gn dealing out
the cards. between two lesser cards of
the same suit, he may lose his source Of
income, his friends or his reputation, ac-
cordtng to their individual significance. 1t
is necessary, therefore, to weigh very
carefully the juxtaposition Of the cards
as they drop from the dealers hands.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-23

T HROUGH the kindness Of F. W.
Peters, secretary Of the Vigorit
Powder Company, I am enabled to
present TO the readers Of The Sun
Il day Call one Of the strangest de-
cislons ever handed down by any
court IN the world.
Mr.. Peters, as an exporter Of powder
and heavy importer Of Indian stuffs and
condiments, is in correspondence with
many of the great East Indian houses.
Among the lot none are more prominent
that the old and highly respectable firm
Of Manockjee, PoOnjeajee & Co. OF Bonn
bay.
During the month Of January 1898, my
friend received a letter from the Bombay
house TO the effect that a certain order
was Cancelled on account Of a disastrous
fire which had destroyed thei- principal
warehouse It was stated that the firm
was in no way involved. but that it was
necessary that a friendly suit be insti-
tuted in the Indian courts to decide which
member or members of the firm should
be held responsible Tor the condagration
which had cost the house a loss Of at
least 2,g000 rupees $1,000 000
i was stated in the letter that the fire
was caused by the overturning Of lamp
in the countng-house and communicated
TO the warehouse through the agency of
a cat
1t was quite easy TO understand that a
FIRE might have been caused by the over
turning OF a lamp IN the counting-room.
and even that It might have been carried
into the warehouse by a cat. After
sitting the COrrespOndence the curious
story may be told as follows:
The house Of Mauockjee Poonjeaiee &,
Co. IS one Of the oldest in all India It's
members are all Parsees. Now to the
Occidental this fact may seem very insig-
nificant, but not so TO one who has ever
resided in the Orient. For in all the four
quarters Of the globe there are no greater
merchants than this most peculiar sect.
The wary Turk, the sly Chinese and the
clever Armenian all nave their claims as
shrewd mercantile men. but none should
be mentioned IN the same breath with the
Parsee; he is the Acknowledged king of
merchants.
One Of the peculiarities of their busi
ness methods is the fact that all propertv
owned by firm must be carefully des-
ignated, and, II possible, segregated. in
order that If a loss occur through the
negligence Of any member of the firm the
rest may not suffer for the faults Of the
others.
To give an example. one member Of the
firm desired 10 take a flyer at the DOW
der trade, the other members of the
combination considered it an unsafe busi-
ness; so it was agreed that the house go
into the business, but that the Individual
who had proposed this innovation was to
be responsible for any damage that might
accrue in case of explosion not due to
the negligence Of the other members. In
order that this particularly bold mem
Der might be properly recompensed for
his great risk, he was to have one full
half Of the profits from the sale of the
powder, while the three timid members
were to divide the remaining one-half.
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The Pride Of Genius.

MODERN scientist assures US that
n men of real genius are always
II proud, and he gives the following
L 4 examples as proofs of the truth OF
this statement. When Mirabeau was dy-
ing he said to his servant: Prop up my
head carefully, for it is the most remark
able head in all France"
Michael Angelo wrote in 1912: 'All the
differences between me and Pope julius
arose from the fact that Raphael and
Bramante were jealous of me and tried
to overthrow me. Yet everything that
Raphael knows about art he learned from
me-.
Rossini addressed some of his letters to
his mother as follows: ITO Mrs. Rossini,
the mother of the distinguished master"
Finally, Schopenhauer, when he was
asked where he would like to be buried,
replied: THE place does not matter, as
posterity will know we'll enough where
to find me-
These are certainly striking examples
in some respects, but it would not be diff
ficult to find others quite as striking of
real men of genius who were noted for
their modesty. After all, the entire mat
ter evidently hinges on the crucial ques-
tion, What Is real genius, and how can it
be unerringly distinguished from the pre-
tentlous talent2
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Ex-superior Judge Sanderson was asked
his opinion Of the decision Of the learned
Indian Judge. He said:
''I quite agree with his Lordship. It was
impossible for the wounded animal to car
rv itself into the building without the as
sistance Of three sound limbs, consequent
1v the other three proprietors of the other
three legs were responsible for the dam
age
"Contributory negligence is an express
sion rather hard to understand it does
not always mean exactly what it says.
However, the other partners were guilty
of contributory negligence in this In
stance.
II read the decision in one Of the nu-
merous foreign legal journals short
time ago, but 1t was only a synopsis OF
the Judgment and at the time 1 considered
it simply a legal joke. But now that I
come to think of it the article was in an
English publication and as a rule they
are not given to joking on such serious
subjects.
superior Judge ]. c. B. Hebbard
concurs, and is positive that If the
same case were presented to one of our
local courts the result would have been
the same except, possibly, the Judge
might have been tempted to throw the
whole thing out of court. Still. If the
ownership of the cat were entered on the
books of the firm, with the segregation Of
the property as here represented, it would
probably become the painful duty of the
court to listen to the case.
81 know that the courts of the Indian
empire are noted for their knowledge Of
technical law, and many of their deci-
sions hinge on the same minute principles.
However, the court decided wisely"
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Letter to a San FRANCISCO Merchant
Teffing low the SINGULAR Case
Was Started

BOMBAY, W. Esq,
December would that house involved
cally, obliged
business until shall settled
pa
rupees A friendly
suit
the fire
longing
The fire carried from the counngroom to the
adjoining by the aforementioned animal
with
weeks
Hoping to be honored
respectfully, MANOCKJEE POONJEAJEE & co
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ture entered our counting-room I was en-
gagged in deep meditation, possibly I was
half asleep, the weather is very warm. so
this may be a day-dream. But this 1 did
see in the dream or vision, whichever you
wish to call it, a black cloud hanging
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this assertion outright, still he asked for
time to reflect before assuming the entire
responsibility.
At last he asked his partners If they
would object to a friendly suit in the
courts to decide for a certainty just
where the blame should be lodged. I'm
this manner" said he, I'VE may settle the
matter for all time and it will leave nc
room for hard feelings"
This was agreed to. with the following
somewhat strange result:
The case was presented fairly and with
out prejudice. Manockjee had retained
one of the brightest pleaders before the
Indian bar, and through his shrewd ef-
forts the Judge handed down the follow
ing remarkable decision:
A cat being owned severally by
four men, each being proprietor Of
a designated section of the animal.
overturned a lamp and set fire to
a bandage on the left foreleg. The
cat in fright ran into the ware
house and communicated the fire
to the goods stored therein.
Held, that the owner of the sec
ton of the cat which included the
bandaged leg is not responsible for
the damage caused by the fire, be-
cause the three other owners, pro-
prietors of the three other legs,
were guilty of contributory negli-
gence in that it was by the assist
ance of the legs owned by them
that the cat was enabled to run
into the warehouse and spread tho
flames. Judgment for defendant.
W. c. BUNNER. ,
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over our house. This means that we are
to sustain a great loss. From out this
ominous cloud there came a beautiful
white dove, which 1 read means peace
and prosperity after the misfortune
When | awoke this little white kitten was
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15
NARROW ESCAPE
FROM COLLISION

New York, Feb. 15.-The Tribune says:
The passengers of the Cunard liner Etru-
ria, which arrived yesterday, had the
exciting experience on Monday morning
of narrowly avoiding a collision with the
| United States cruiser Marblehead. At 10
o'clock on the morning named when
about 70 miles from Sandy Hook, the off,
GERS on the bridge of the Cunarder were
startled by the appearance of large
vessel looming out Of the thick clouds of
driving sleet and snow on the port bow
only few lengths ahead of the Etruria
and making directly across the bows Of
! the latter vessel. 49,. -
Chief Officer Barr was the officer on the
watch and was on the bridge with Cap
tain Ferguson. Instantly Mr.. Barr, di-
vining the danger that threa tened, sig
nailed to reverse the engines. Then, when
the Etruria had slowed down to a stand
still, the order was given to go full speed
ahead, and with the helm hard to star
board the CGnarder passed closely under
| the stern of the Marblehead, so close, in
! fact, that despite the mist the officers on
the bridges shook their hands to one an
other, in thankfulness, no doubt, Of the
escape from the collision which for few
minutes seemed so imminent. Al the
time the cruiser was passed by the Etru-
ria she was northeast from New York
She left Boston the middle of last week.
On Friday, however, the Marblehead,
covered with ice, was reported to have
sought shelter at Provincetown, Mass.
! That she was in the path of the in-com-
ing liner would seem to indicate that she
had resumed her long journey southwark,
but had been caught in the blizzard and
was riding it out on the Long Island
coast.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15
TELECRAPHlC BRIEFS

Hastings. Penn, Feb. 15.-No quorum.
Quay 81; jerks 4; Dalzell l.
Boston, Feb. 15-Ralroads have brok-
en- the snow blockade. A few passenger
trains are running.
New York, Feb. 15-The outlook on rail-
roads west is better today. Several roads
have started few passenger trains west.
Freight traffic is not moving.
Queenstown Feb. 15-Arrived Majestic.
The Majestic kept sharp look out but
failed to see anything of the disabled Bull
garia or the over due Pavonla.
Washington, Feb. 15.-The president
has definitely decided to nominate Rep
resentative Samuel BarroWs of Boston,
Mass, for librarian of the congressional
library.
San Francisco, Feb. 15.-The Southern
Pacific freight transport Transit collided
with the Pacific Mail dock today and is
now hanging in perilous position on the
end of the pier.
London, Feb. 15.-The Filipino agents
here have received a cable from Agoncillo
the agent of Aguinaldo saying: The
statement of Gen. Otis that he has copy
of the telegram from me advising Agun-
aldo to attack the Americans is an abso-
lutte falsification. l challenge Otis to pro-
duce the telegram"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15
Miners Arc on Strike

Fort Smith, Ark, Feb. 15.--Only 1850
miners are at present on strike in the
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf mines In
the Indian territory. The prospects are
that general strike in the mines in the
territory will be declared in a few days.
The situation is critical and the results
depend upon the outcome of today's con-
ference between the miners and operators
here. Should the operators refuse to con-
cede the demands of the miners every
mine in the district will be closed. The
trouble began last Thursday, when a
number of men We're discharged at Hart
shorne. Seven hundred men went out
there and about 600 have since gone at
Wilburton. The miners primarily de-
manded only the reinstatement of the
discharged men, but they now want
other concessions. The company threat
ems to import men to replace the strikers
and an attempt to carry out that threat
will result in serious trouble.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15
Infringed on the Patent

st. Louis, Mo, Feb 15.-Judge Adams
in the circuit court handed down an opin-
ion in the patent suit of McConway and
Torley against the Shickle, Harrison and
Howard Iron company. The plaintiffs al
legged that the st, Louis company infring-
ed their patent on the Jenney freight car
coupler on which the complaints claim a
patent was granted Feb. q, 1882. Judge
Adams ruled that the complainants had
a clear patent on this novelty and that it
has been infringed. The opinion stated
that a decree will be entered granting a
perpetual injunction against any further
infringement and referring the case to
Judge James A. Seldom for an account
ing of the damage sustained by the COM
plainants from the infringement.
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FilipinOS Driven Out of the
Houses Today.
HAD FIRED ON AMERICANS
A Watch1ul Sentry Shoots Some Ma
tjves Who Try to Slip by Him
--COnditiOns There.

Manila, Feb. 15.-11:55 a. m.-Col. Pot
ter and Lieut. C. L. Poster. of the Signal
Corps, arrived from Iloilo yesterday
evening with dispatches from Miller to
Otis. Sunday afternoon Miller ordered
reconnaissance in force to ascertain the
enemy's position. Major Cheatham's
battalion of Tennessee volunteer regi-
ment marched beyond Molo without find
ing the enemy and returned to Iloilo.
kellar's battalion of the 18th United
States infantry with two Hotchkiss guns
and one Gatlng gun, marched towards
Jaro. Midway between Iloilo and Jaro
this battalion encountered a large body
OF the enemy, occupying both sides Of
the road, who met the advance of the
American troops with a severe and well
directed fire The Americans deployed
and returned the fire with a number of
volleys. The troops advanced steadily
supported by the Hotchkiss and Gatling
guns, and drove the enemy through Jaro
to the open country beyond. The town
of Jaro was found to be deserted and all
portable property removed. When the
Americans entered the place there We're
| only a few Chinese there.
Captain Griffiths raised the American
| flag over the presidencia. During the
! fighting outside of the town, Lieutenant
Frank Bowles of the 18th infantry was
shot in the leg. In addition one private
was seriously wounded and two We're
slightly injured.
All was quiet on Monday when Col
| Potter left Iloio.
| Two natives attempted to slip past the
United States cruiser Olympia during the
night in a boat. They failed to respond
when hailed but kept padding along.
After warning shot a sentry fired at the
boat and killed one of the occupants and
wounded the other
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15
Shove|ing
Out Sale
Not Profit
But Friends

To be sure every merchant
is in business to make money
yet we declare, as we declared
at our removal sale, which Gre
ated such a distinct sesation:
; "This sale is not a money
, making sale. We do not desire
profit. 1t is friends we desire,
and friends we will make by
the remarkable intrinsic values
offered.
Have you seen our display
"of Trousers'' in the Granite
street window? They are all
new and desirable pantaloons,
, made by the best pants-makers
in the country and the prices so
little that you can afford an
extra pair.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15
BICYCLE RIDERS
STILL PLOD ALONG

Sdn francisco. FEB lo.-All night long
the riders in the six days bicycle race
in Mechanics pavilion have continued
the rounds of the eight lap track AS the
hours wore on the attendance dwindled.
but the interest of those who remained
never tagged and at intervals the leaders
were heartily applauded. Burns Pierce
and Charles Ashingcr were the heroes of
the first day. After "a hours the former
had ridden seven and a quarter miles
farther than the previous record for that
length of time, which was established by
himself in the recent race at Madison
Square Garden, New York. The "a hour
record for endurance was beaten by Ash
niger, who remained on his wheel for "a
hours and q minutes without dismount
covering in that time 465 miles and three
laps. Gimm and Miller also exceeded
Pierce'S former record, Gimm covering
4597s miles and Miller 45S3s miles. Dur
ing the first "a hours Pierce was only off
his wheel one minute and this was the
result of a collision with Lawson. Dur
ing the night Fourner rode a mile on his
motorcycle in 1:54, Michael made a mile
in 1: so and Elkes mile in :55 Is. Eddie
Bald covered a half mile in SO 25.
Betting on the men for first place is as
follows: Miller, 3 to 2: Pierce, to l;
Gmm and Ashinger. each to 1; Lawson
S to 1: Hale, Z to l; Alberts, 10 to 1; Nawn
Aronson. Frederick and Barnaby, each 70
to /: Stevens, rs to 1; Julius, 80 to l; Han
nant and Pilkington. each so TO l.
| Score at a. M. Miles and laps: Gimm,
/ 513.4: Pierce, 511.6; Miller. 50S.3: Stevens,
1898: Ashinger, 499.1; Nawn, 1889; Barn
aby 4957 Lawson, 1880: Hale. 491.5; AL
bert, 491.O; Julius, 4S4.0; Frederick, 479.5;
Pilkington, 477.3; Aronson, 474.6; Han
nant, 41S.7.
The bicycle score at 3:54 a. M, the 18th
hour of the contest, was as follows:
Gjmm, 5471; Pierce, 545.3; Miller, 539.2;
Nawn, 53O.5; Barnaby, 5292; Ashinger,
514O; Stevens, 52S.2; Lawson, 52O.3; Hale,
5234; Albert, 516.1; Frederick, 5l2.4;
Julius, 5000; Aaronson, 505.6; Pilkington,
45S.3.
The sensa ton of the day in the six
DAYS race was the rank quitting OF
Stevens, the Buffalo boy. Stevens with
drew from the race in the early morn
ing hours His trainer whipped HIM back
to the track once, but he Sneaked out
again, and when examined by competent
men and found perfectly sound ana IN
excellent shape to go on with the race,
actually laid down on the floor ana wouio
not be carried out. Stevens claimed that
he was going all to pieces, but during his
STAY on the track, outSprntcd any one on
the track.
Another feature of the early morning
was the superb riding Of Barnaby, who is
rapidly becoming a factor in the contest.
Hannant also quit, but his quitting was
due to poor stomach. Waller is broken
hearted over being forced to withdraw on
account of his eyes. Ashinger's stay on
the wheel for 469 miles and seven laps
without a dSmOunt. strained the old man
and he has not kept up his record.
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mechanic in the arsenal at Cavlte repre-
senting the middle class, who formed the
strongest part of the insurrectlon and
who like himself prominent among them,
sad: 1 wonder whether Aguinaldo will
continue to feed us This shows the at
tltude of the people. Our success at llo-
no, with only man scratched will, / be-
lleve, have great moral effect. The Pet
rel, during the fight, went within easy RI
f1e shot of shore. | understand the troops
in llollo will move on the outlying towns
of 1loilo and Jarox.'
Brig. Gen. Hale today said:
The insurgent attack was the natural
outgroWth of their nagging and over
bearing tactics during the last month
They We're looking for trouble and they
found It. The remarkable patience Of our
troops was about exhausted The crush
ing defeat of the insurgents impressed
the natives in Manila and the surround
ing villages with the force of American
arms and it has turned their insolence
INTO respect. Agulnaldo and his othcers
represent to the ignorant people that our
troops are exhausted and that the insur-
gents are concentrating in force and can
pierce our line and can take Manila.
There is little probability of any such ef-
forts beng made and none at all OF their
success. While the insurgents make
strong defensive fight under cover our
artillery and infantry rob them OF their
courage and they do not dare to expose
themselves. We shall soon break the in
surrection and when that is done the
United States can afford to adopt most
liberal policy consistent with good safe
| government"
| Brig. Gen. King said:
The insurgents were assured by theil
leaders that we would run sooner than
! light. When the word came to advance
the 1nsurgent works We're carried. with
rush despite their plucky fight. AS fol
! my volunteer brigade, their enthusiasm
and spirit were fine to see. But the END
is not yet"
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AguinaldO's Cousin KILL

New York, Feb. 15.--A dispatch to the
Herald from Manila says: A Spanish
prisoner, who escaped from Malolos, re-
ports that Baldomore Aguinaldo, a
cousin Of General Aguinaldo, and Fill
plno minister Of war, was killed in the
fighting at Caloocan on February TO-,
when the Kansas, Montana and Pennsyl-
vania troops and the Third artillery We're
heavily engaged. Confederation of this
report was given by the finding of a gen
erals sword beside the railway sheds.
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Her Cargo Shifted

London, Feb. 15.--A dispatch 3
Lloyd's agent at St. Niahaels, AZ 9
announces that % women and chill (
were taken off the disabled Bulgari,
the American tank steamer WeehlV
and We're landed a st. Michacls yester-
day. The rescued passengers report that
the cargo of the Bulgaria shifted, throw
ing the steamer on her beam ends. Al
through quantity of her cargo was jetti-
soned, the crew were unable to right her.
During the gale $50 horses were lost, and
a boat with five men on her went adrift
1T is not believed at St Michaels that
the vessel is lost.