Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-31

straight that If they couldn't keep pets
we couldn't neither. That very night the
cat disappeared, and we hain't got no
track o. him since. I lave strick orders if
one of them Blanks git on our side O.
the fence to throw him right back ag'in,
and whenever any O. their kids see me
they go 'M-e-o-w!!' You jest say we're
living in a powder magazine right round
here."-Detroit Free Press.
On one of the recent hot nights a young
| woman of Manayunk was suffering from
a violent headache, which made sleeping
impossible, says the Philadelphia Record.
To avoid the heat. and thinking the fresh
air might ease her head, she sat out on
the front doorstep, using a bottle of am
monia frequently as smelling salts. A
willy policeman of German extraction
espied the woman at an unseemly hour of
the morning and imagined that she was
drinking heavily from a bottle, or else
Intending to commit suicide. After watch
ing her awhile he emerged from his hid
ing place, walked up to the supposed sui
eide, and asked her why she slept on the
steps. She replied she was not sleeping,
and answered truthfully as to what she
was doing with the bottle. Still the willy
bluecoat was not satisfied, and insisted
on examining the bottle. He took a long,
stiff Whit at the ammonia, and was near
,ly knocked down. He spluttered and
then swore. The young woman laughed
so hard her headache was cured.
Bill-And you say that they won't allow
a fellow to throw himself head first from
the East river bridge? Jill-That's what
I said. 1t seems to be the only KIND or a
| dive that the police interfere with around
New York.-Yonkers Statesman.
In the course of a speech in the house
of m about a week g Mr.. Angus
| tine Birrell told the members that if they
looked INTO Russell on Crimes" they
| would not find a "single crime, however
! outrageous; a single felony, however
shameful: a single misdemeanor, how
ever discreditable and disgusting, that
had not at one time or another been COM
| mitted by a member of the house,
She Cat the depot)-It must be awfully
hard for those poor foreigners who come
to this country to find themselves strang-
| ers in a strange land. He-Oh, they don't
| mind it. You see, they are used to it.,
having been born and raised in foreign
lands. She-True; I never thought Of
that.-Chicago Record.
A curious old custom is building up a
| L III tS
Oakham castle, in ~Rutlandshire. England.
At this place, whenever a peer of the
realm rides by ne is required by the con-
stable to contribute a horseshoe in lieu
| of a fee. These are then hung upon the
walls of a room in the castle, which Is
thought to have been formerly used as a
chapel. The custom still obtains, though
nowadays noblemen who pass through
the town generally contribute shoes Of
some precious metal, richly decorated,
and bearing their coats Of arms. Quite
lately the earl of Onslow forwarded to j.
r. Whitehouse, the constable IF Oakham
| castle, a new horseshoe, richly decorated,
bearing the inscription, civilian Hitler,
fourth earl of Onslow." Another noble
man, who was driving a tandem through
the town a short time ago, was called
upon for the customary shoe. When 1t
arrived it was found to be of pure gold
and beautifully chased. 1t is now one of
the most interesting objects in the collec-
ton.
The outlook in Kansas is for a phenom-
enal corn crop this year. The July pros
pect was never better in any year since
the organization of the state, n if the
favorable conditions continue it is prob
! able that the record will be broken with
a product in the neighborhood OF 800, 000,-
900 bushels. And this eminds us of a
most remarkable coincidence In the his
tory of Kansas corn crops. From the
very beginning the years ending in the
figure SO" have been good corn years,
while the years following or those ending
in 'O,'' nave been the poorest. Probably
the greatest corn yield per acre the state
has ever had was in 1859, and this was
followed by nearly a total failure in 1850.
In 1869 there was another good corn crop,
with a great falling off in 1870. In 1879
n 1880 this coincidence was repeated,
and in 1889 the state raised the greatest
corn crop of record. The total yield of
that year was 273, 1888, 1921 bushels. as
against only 81, 64S. 900 bushels in 1890. To
find this coincidence recurring through
out five successive decades is, to say the
least, a little singular.-Kansas City
Journal.