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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01
IN. a. r." AND up. A."
Explanation of Mystic Letters sug-
gested to Facilitate Correspond

enCe.
From the London Graphic
IN A. R. What does N. A. r. mean?
Wen, listen and l will tell you. We all
know what r. S. V. p. means, but N. A.
r. indicates quite the reverse DO not we
all write a number of absolutely unneces-
sary letters and do we not all of us re-
ceive a quantity of letters which are alto
gether useless? This is sometimes the
result of custom and sometimes of polite
ness, but in both cases entirely superfluous
Up to the present time we write 10 a
tradesman giving him an order He re-
plies that our esteemed order has been
received and win be attended to. He
probably again writes when ne has exc
cured our commission, and he has the
trouble of writing two letters and we Of
receiving the same, whereas if we head
Cd our communication N A. R.-which.
being interpreted meaneth NO answer
required'-we should both have been saved
q great deal Of trouble. Probably. until
people become accustomed to these mystic
letters, it would be well TO write the SER
tence in full, but in little while YOU
frequently than r. S. V. r., and viii cor.
daily bless the inventor of these simple
and time-serYing characters. BY the way.
with regard to the group of four letters
referred 60, why should we use the initials
of a French phrase? Would not r. A.
Please answer"-be shorter and more
satisfactory as well as more appropriate
for English people, usually speaking their
own ianguage-or at any rate, getting Ms
near TO it as education and the continual
use Of slang will allow?
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.GBORCIqA END o
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fn. q sim I'm. him a. III, iT7-tires. as
~ -- nc - ~ i1l mir5 seeii2'. 9et"een pay
1rt-b r,,'.,, Ia an a.. ,..r,,, 80. ,,is
SPRING.
-'uiiltI0H9 Iop'eti'S nave "F-" commit
ted IN Jacksonville Wit4n thu past two
weeks onltt U.s. evident ,iata gang, Of pro-
f4ssionsl u,i..es .preet the city ana are
carrying OF their operations nightly
J. Bandet was arrested "a Tampa on
charge of omhezz CEMENT and several other
like. cor,p1ic,tiora The sum involved is
500. and il was obtained from W. b. Cam
ming Banded is kiqd of wandering ~ o.
toeraphle artist
ne cross II" ihdus'Iy III A''chu' eouH-
ty is on the wdnc. A year ago there were
several Iarao cross lie, CAMPS in the coun-
~ while to-day there are two This is
due TO the scarcity of timber. Those who
nave lumber lanes are IneHned TO pre-
Herman Hun OF orlando VINO was
brought 10 Tltusville last week from Or
angc county charged with stealing an In
dams horse. gave bond i'm the sum Of 500
for appcaranc. al the regular spring term
Oh CIRCUIT court III AiJII next anu iHAAill-
ed to Orlando.
i"e DdP''S' Nnuie" oi ''''''o mas
ctded to extend CAL to Rev Ciaude ha-
boteau. Of Portland. Ore, to became their
pastor. Rev. Raboteau. Is forced to come
SCUM on account OF ms health re -
,hiri(er ar5 "a "a 49,, Of ono Of he
largest churches i'm the civ of Portland
Jasper News SeeieV Fdsan iei' ''7pSi
Wednesday for pullman, Ga, where ne
went to be one of the star actors in
beautiful evcnt-the marriage of himself
TO Miss Minnie Jones Seeley is one of our
most popular young men and in Miss
Jones. his bride. he has captured one who
win be a truo belpmeot through life's Jour
new. She is wen known ana universally
esteemed IN JASPER. The happy young
couple came home 10 gasper Thursday
morning and are located al Mr.. Fagan's
home.
Gainesville Sun: Alexander Holmes, an
old negro Of Palatka, was at the United
states land Office in This city Thursday
The old negro homesteaded two small lots
near the railroad shops in Paltaka and is
Of the opinion that he homesteaded the
land upon which the shops were located
For wears he has been a source of great
ANNOYANCE 10 the owners of the nronerfv
and has repeatedly been under arrest for
trespass. He has numerous documents
surveyors notes etc. which he claims
proves his title TO the land. The land Of
flee clerks declare that he is insane.
Ia'npa lrlouhe' AS result OF the re-
cent Investigations Of the grand jury of
the recent dam explosion, four persons
have haan tias41 ,lt+
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td4h' the ANIMALS which play tricks and
the various other mechanical tovs afford
her endless amusement They are all nut
through their PAGES" for the Queens
ueiectaron and right merry place the
private sitting room at Windsor becomes
for no one enjoys a good hearty laugh more
than her majesty. Purveyors of meehani-
cal toys rack their brains each year 10
get a new and original consignment OF
goods for Windsor. THAT will be Just the
thing for Prince Edward" SAYS grand
mamma when a horse that eats his food
at a manger is displayed or "Put that on
one side for Russia-how it viii please
httIe olga when a dolls house, with
fine ladies and gentlemen walking in and
out. is set on the table. And so the Sc
lection goes merrily forward, until her
majesty's private apartments are verb
table bazaar. Next to mechanical toys,
Illustrated books of fairy stories find ia
Vor with the Queen as presents to child
rem, for she loved them dearly herself,
when she was a child. To the ladies' of
the household the Queen invariably gives
Christmas presents of jewery-usuany
rings or brooches; and here again careful
selection takes place, and the royal MEM
DRY is called into requisition lest a pre-
vious style of gift should be repeated. The
task if selection becomes each year more
arduous, as there are numbers of her
household to whom the Queen has given
Christmas presents for twenty and thirty
years past, and l have never heard that
she has stock present for the festive
season.
Then there are the old and infrm de-
pendents, and for these there are comfort
able wooden goods, something made by the
queens own hands, for she is fond of a
little plain knitting. She uses large bone
needles and double Berlin wool IL
amuses her to make comforters and cuffs
ready for Christmas present, but it IS
only special favorites within the royal
family circle or among old retainers VINO
are honored with these gifts.
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QUEEN VICToRIA's CHRISTMAS.
Trouble She Takes for Her FamiIy's
Pleasure.

The Queens Christmas if we take prep
aration into consideration, says Mrs. Sarah
A. Tooley, in the Young Woman, begins
about six weeks before the actual ami
versary. Directly her majesty returns to
Windsor from her autumn in the High
lands she begins to select articles for her
forthcoming Sits. A large assortment of
the latest novelties is brought to Windsor
for her consideration, and she spends
many days in choosing for her large fam
lily circle just the thing which viii suit
each individual taste, as the Queen Is no
perfunctory donor. Nothing pleases her
so much as the juvenile presents. Among
the toys the royal grandmother becomes
a child again in feeling; and the dolls WHICH
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Yes. George" whispered the maiden. a
rosy blush stealing over her sweet face.
Il think [ shall be satisfied with love
IL a cottage have always lived in a
dat. Chicago Tribune.
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tude of making himself particularly
agreeable and pleasant in the company
of women and for the past few years he
has been one of the most eligible men
represented in the Swedish nobility.
To associate the name of Baron Ceder-
strom with that Of Madame Patti is al
most incomprehensible, as the fair diva
has My been a widow less than a twelve
month and Mrs. Grundy in her official
capacity of general gossip mongcr, has
declared time and time again that the
queen of prima donnas would spend the
remainder of her days in a state of single
blessedness within the stately portals of
Craig-y-nos, content to rest in Self
adulating ~retrospectiOn.
A Mrs. Rowland, q prominent society
woman of London, who is a frequent visi-
tor at C~raig-y-nos, has said recently that
Nine. Patti Nicolini told her last sum
mer that she intended to marry again,
but Mrs. Rowland does not believe that
the event will actually be celebrated so
soon after Nicolini's death as the London
dispatch intimates. Sir Arthur Roth
schild, the head of the English branch of
the family, a already been refused by
the great prirna donna, so report says.
Mrs. Rowland added that Patti told her
she did not care for wealth although the
man to whom she is married will nave to
be wealthy. Then she would know that
he was not marrying her for her money.
Title was not essential either. eff I
marry the Prince of Wales" she is quot
ed as saying, Il would still be Adelina
Patti. That is my title-I need no other"
All this sounds charmingly fresh and
delightful but when one considers that
with Nine. PATHS So years of worldly
experience there is tackled on a trifle like
two and a half million in American
money and thus Baron Cederstrom with
his 35 years has a fortune estimated at
about 500, 600, the consistency of the fair
diva's utterances is not very apparent.
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One-ifth of the tobacco is wasted.
Careless smokers lose much more. The
scientific smoker loses nothing, and
thereby saves a mint of money. He
lights his pipe, smokes longer than the
careless smoker and incinerates the en-
tire contents of his bowl.
h makes a scientific smoker? In
the first place, he must be careful. in fill
ing his pipe. He determines how Ions he
wishes to smoke, and measures the guam
tity of the tobacco he places in the bowl,
accordingly. He takes pains not to pack
the tobacco either too hard or too loose.
And he exercises necessary precaution
in the matter of lighting his pipe.
One thing above all: He must suit the
character of his %favorite style Of weed to
the material of his pipe. GRADUATED to-
bacco is the only fit thing to put into a
meerschaum or a fine churchwarden
clay. Longcut should be used only in
briars and other wooden pipes. sGranu-
lated tobacco tastes best when drawn
from meerschaum or clay, although it
does not color the former as quickly as
the long-cut. But who cares about that?
Few lOng-cut tobaccos reach the smoker
in an unadulterated shape; therefore it
is the best for outdoor smoking. The
graduated gives more delight, when it
is incinerated between four walls.
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WILL TEACH HOW TO SMOKE.

A batch Of Harlem men are going to
teach a country full Of people how to
smoke. 1t is safe to say that the average
American is not a scientific smoker, as he
is not a scientific eater or drinker, says
the st. Louis Republic. The average
American is too quick about all those
things that make up the luxuries of life.
One must go to old Holland to learn how
to smoke a pipe, AND from a Flemish
town the Harlem boys have imported the
idea.
These Harlem boys have started a new
club the object of which is to determine
who can keep a pipe alight the longest
l. e., get the most and the best out of a
smoke" The membership is naturally
limited, for few men know the art of re-
duclng the fragrant weed to ashes in a
pipe. The membe who shows the great
est proficiency at the end of IL months
is to be elected president of the club, and
will serve the ensuing year.
Pipe smoking alone is allowed in the
club, which has pleasant quarters fitted
with smokers paraphernalia. The club
meets officially once a week, and the OBJ
ject of each meeting is a p~ipe-smoking
contest. To sustain his fire the longest
is the aim of every member during these
contests. From week to week a record
is kept, and by this the presidency of the
club is determined.
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The Loves of
a Song Bird
THE ROMANCE BY WHICH MADAME PATTI NOW BECOMES A BAR
oNEss-w1LL BE HER THIRD VENTURE.

later became hers by all right apparent.
The Marquis was a jolly, gOod-natured
man who was desperately in love with
his beautiful young wife and who oblig-
ingly died a few years after the marriage,
much to the relief of the diva, as she was
fast becoming tired of the %garrulous old
individual, whom she, according to the
sacred rites of the church, was obliged to
love, honor and obey.
In the requirement, however, of Signor
Ernest Nicolini, Madame Patti discov-
cred that she had jumped from the frying
pan into the fire. for her new lord and
master was a man given to a super
abundance Of ~forethOught and shrewd-
ness which he Immediately exercised in
the accumulation of numerous golden
nuggets through the medium of his wife's
wonderful vocal powers.
According to all current runors con-
corning Baron Cederstrom, it is generally
understood that he is not given to either
looking after the interests of other people
or his own, as he has not had the ambi-
ton to even foster the wealth which came
to him through titled Inheritance. In
social circles. however, he is all that
could be desired. He has the happy apti-
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From across the seas comes the an
nouncement hat Adelina Patti, prlma
donna, star all important and acknoWl-
edged Queen of Song, is about to enter
the matrimonial sphere for the third time
in her eventful history. Dame Runlor,
ably seconded by the effervescent Mrs.
Grundy, has decided that Madame Patti
shall become a baroness and has selected
for the suspicious event Baron Ceder-
strom, a Swedish nobleman of high social
position, and enormous wealth.
Adelina Patti has this time selected a
man whose tastes turn to music, and if
current rumor be true, he belongs to that
class of ethical "la-la-la's" whose prin-
cipal industry in life lies in wearing a
huge chrysanthemum and looking pretty
while in the company of ladies.
milk Signor Ernest Nicolini, who
took his departure from Europe for the
place where it is hoped angels sing, and
where milk and honey flow by the buck
etfuls-the prospective groom of the fam
Gus singer is non est as far as personal
ambition and individual success is con-
cerned.
To Nicolini Madame Patti of the silvcry
voice and golden lined pocket-book, can
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-07

well cast a passing glance backward, for
it is to him that the great prima donna
yves all, or nearly all, of the fabulous
wealth which is now hers. ,
Again to Nicolini must Adelina Patti
pay tribute as her husband, he was her
keeper, her manager, her thinking cap,
and her slave. On him fell all the re-
sponsibility and burden, and by his judi
cious management the great songstress
was enabled to carry her tour of riumph
throughout two continents for two gen.
eratiOns.
Like all great p~ersonases Of stage land,
Adelina Patti, although advanced in
years, has followed the footsteps of her
predecessors, and untold successors, in
playing for a degree of questionable no.
toriety in superfluous matrimonial VEN
lures. She claims, however, to have given
up all idea of ever again singing in public
and yet the fair diva, now in her 5Sth
year or her age, has announced her in
tention of marrying a decidedly hand
some chap who is nearly a quarter of a
century more youthful.
From her latest photographs the passe
Queen of Song is pictured as a fair,
plump, handsome woman of perhaps so
years of age, but then she has wealth,
reputation and unquestionable social
prominence, and why should not the fop-
pish young Baron Cederstrom take
advantage of the golden opportunity pre-
sented so alluringly to him..
At a great social function held in Lon
don two weeks ago, and where Madame
Patti was a guest of honor, she freely
discussed her approaching marriage and
appeared to be as freshly delighted at
entering upon her third matrimonial adj
venture as if it were her first and she
was only twenty.
Marquis de Camp Caux was the first
aspirant to successfully win Adelina
Patti-she was only a girl then and had
not reached the heightened success which
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DO NOT LET IT SCARE YOU,

at the grip before it hits you, says the Bos-
ton Transcript. Take all proper precau-
tons (and among these is to keep UP your
courage) and the grip may and probably
will pass you by. To be frightened at il is
to encourage it's attack. The New York
papers,, with their policy of gloating over
disaster and distress if excitement and cir
culation can be increased thereby, seem to
be bent upon soaring their readers to death,
and 1t is doubtful if the danger even in the
unsanitary metropolis is nearly so great as
they are trying to make it out.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-07
Attest: Chalrthih.
JOHN WESTON, County Clerk.
Butte, Mont, Tuesday. Dec. 6, 1889

Rutte, Mont, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 1893.
BOARD met pursuant to adjournment at
10 O'Clock a. m. Present.: Commissioners
Clark, Mathews and Terrell, with John
Nelson deputy county clerk.
Meeting called to order by Chairman
Clark.
The minutes of the previous days session
were read by the clerk and ordered APP
proved.
Bill of Barney Shanahan for Sli5 for de-
Iivering ballot boxes. having been reduced
by the auditor to $S7, was so passed and
allowed by the board in the latter sum.
Clinton C. Clark appeared before the
board and asked to be allowed extra help
in his office for purpose of getting out a
transcript of proceedings in the Shadwell
case. The request was granted.
Communication was received from Wiley
Mount 10y. the superintendent of the State
Orphans' Home at Twin Bridges stating
that Mrs. Sagcser's boy had been admitted
to the Orphans Home.
Sundry bills against the county were eX-
amined and allowed and warrants ordered
drawn for the several amounts.
1t was ordered that G. +. Bretherton be
refunded S31.5 the amount of taxes paid
by him on a 81, coo mortgage, as said mort
gage was foreclosed in June, 1896, and sat-
isfed by judgment.
1t was ordered that Charles c.. Terrell be
him on the independence and York lodes,
as it was proved to be a duplicate assess
ment.
1t was ordered that s. F. Fitchett be re-
funded S9.45. the amount OF taxes paid by
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Attest: ,Ila'iiiaiA'
JOHN WESTON, County Clerk.
Butte. Mont. Tuesday, Dec. 10, 1898.

Butte, Mont, Tuesday, Dec. IL, 1898.
Board met pursuant to Adjournment at
10 o'clock a. m. Present.: Commissioners
Clark, Mathews and Terrell, with John
Nelson deputy county clerk.
Meeting called to order by Chairman
Clark.
The minutes of the previous days session
were read by the clerk and ordered ap-
proved.
w. X. Quarles made an application for
contract to post real estate transfers in
the Present Ownership Books for the sum
of $50 per month.
Bill Of w. +. Kirkwood for 81 for swear
ing in Judges and clerks of election, having
been disallowed by the auditor, was also
disallowed by the board.
Bill Of Andrew GUILTY for So for delivering
ballot box, having been disa1lowed by the
auditor was also disallowed by the board.
Bill of B.. f. Calkins for SS6 for station
cry having been reduced by the auditor to
So. O5, was so passed and allowed by the
board in the latter sum.
Bill of Mrs. NJ. j. Mcdonald for SS3S. 80 for
care of the county poor having been re-
duced by the auditor to $Ss4.64. was SO
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Attest: Chairman.
JOHN WESTON, County Clerk.
Butte, Mont, Monday, u

Butte, Mont, Monday, Dec. 5, 1898.
Board met pursuant to adjournment at
10 o'clock a. m. Present.: commissioners
Clark, Mathews and Terrell, with John
Nelson deputy county clerk.
Meeting called to order by Chairman
Clark.
The minutes of the previous days session
were read by the clerk and ordered APP
proved.
1t was ordered thai a warrant be drawn
on the por fund of the county for $2SO.S3
in favor II. r.. Kinds, county treasurer, for
the payment of taxes for divers poor people
of the county.
1t was ordered that a warrant be drawn
on the general fund in favor of J. w. Nc
Lean for $50. 81 as refund of taxes paid on
50, 500 OF erroneous taxation.
1t was ordered that the assessment of
Bernard McGroder for a mortgage of $2U0
be stricken from the assessment roll for
1898. said assessment being erroneous.
1t was ordered that a warrant be drawn
for 50, 500 in favor of b. G. White, the super
intcndent of the reform school, for trans
portation of Catherine Werle from Miles
CITY to Lewistown, where employment has
been secured for her.
Sundry bills against the county were cX-
amincd and allowed and warrants ordered
drawn in payment of some.
At 4 o'clock y. m. an adjournment was
taken to Tuesday, December 6, 1898, at 10
O'Clock a. m.
WILLIAM d. LARK,
Attest: Chairman.
JOHN WESTON, County Clerk.
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The wedding is scheduled to take place
in February, just thirteen months after
Nicolini's death; and it is safe to say that
were it possible that irascible little Ital-
ian will turn over in his grave when he
discovers that q dandified member of
nobility is covering himself with the
glory which usually goes with a fair wo-
man and q well med notebook.
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Attest: CHalrlllHH
JOHN WESTON, County CLERK.

Butte, Mont, Saturday, Dec. 10, 1893.
Board met pursuant to adjournment at
10 o'clock "a. m. Present.: Commissioner
Clark, Mathews and Terrell, with John
Nelson deputy county clerk.
Meeting called to order by Chairman
Clark.
The minutes of the previous days session
were read by the clerk and oraHred ap-
proved.
Sundry bills against the county were eX-
amined and allowed and warrants ordered
drawn for the several amounts.
Mrs. f.. l.. Mahoney appeared before the
board and asked for aid for her child, Ruby
l.. Mahoney, who was sick. Inc BOARD
issued an order for groceries and sent a
letter to e.: l.. Mahoney to appear before
the board and show cause why he should
not support his own child.
AT 4 o'clock y. m. an adjournment was
taken to Monday, December II, 1898, at
10 O'Clock a. IN.
WILLIAM d. CLARK,
Attest: Chairman.
JOHN WESTON, County Clerk.
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Attest: CHAIRMAN
JOHN WESTON, County Clerk.
- Butte. Mont, Saturday. Dec. 2, 1898.

Butte, Mont, Saturday. Dec. ?, 1898.
Board met pursuant to adjournment at
10 o'clock a. IN. Present.: Commissioners
Clark, Mathews and Terrell, with John
Nelson deputy county clerk.
Meeting called to order by Chairman
Clark.
The minutes of the previous days session
We're read by the clerk and ordered APP
proved.
Sundry bills against the county as APP
pears on page 40l under this date were eX-
amined and allowed and warrants ordered
drawn for the several amounts.
The remainder of the day was spent in
general routine of business.
At 4 O'Clock p. m. an adjournment was
taken to Monday, December 5, 1898, at 10
O'Clock a. m.
WILLIAM d. CLARK,
Attest: Chairman.
JOHN WESTON, County Clerk.
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Attest: Chalri
JOHN WESTON, County Clerk.
Butte. Mont. Friday, D

Butte, Mont, FRIDAY, Dec. ., 1850.
Board met pursuant to adjournment at
10 o'clock a. m. Present.: Commissioners
Clark, Mathews and Terrell, with John
Nelson deputy county clerk.
Meeting called to order by Chairman
Clark.
The minutes of the previous days session
were read by the clerk and ordered APP
proved.
Sundry bills against the county We're ex-
amined and allowed and warrants ordered
drawn in payment of same.
In the matter of the assessment OF
the Montana Power company whereby said
company was assessed at a valuation of
$48, lis on their power plant, franchise,
poles and wires, etc, and as said company
was in the hands of a receiver and could
not pay it's taxes till an order should be
granted by the court. and thereby became
delinquent, and as said company IS now
ready to pay it's taxes, it is therefore Or
dered that the treasurer be empowered to
accept the same without penalty or inter-
est.
At 4 o'clock p. m. an adjournment was
taken to Saturday., December 10, 1898, at
10 o'clock a. n.
WILLIAM d. CLARK,
Attest: Chairman.