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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-14
Proof of What We Have Been Telling You
Butte. Mont, Jan. 81, 1899.
Prof. r. F. Shadduck,

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NOTICE TO TEACHERS

The regular examination for teachers
certificates will be held at the county
superintendent office February II and IS,
1899. B. p. DOWNEY.
County Superintendent,
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AT LYNNDALE.

If you want to go to Lynndale call at
Chas. LaEglois' stable Big sleigh, 800;
band-wagon, $500; dance hall free; sup
per Use. Dancing every Sunday. Stage
leaves at 2 p. m. Sundays.
c.. LANGLOiJ.
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lTO BE CoNTINrEDl
NO ENNUl AT GUAM.
There win he Plenty of Games and
Books To Interest Our Marines
while There,

Officers and members of the marine
corps probably will not be troubled
greatly with ennui at their far-away
post in the middle of the Pacific. The
novelty of life at the isolated little gov
eminent station will keep them con
tented forseveral months. There will be
many thiags to see and hear. To guard
against discomfort and WEAKNESS OF
spirit the government will have care
for the amusement of it's servants prac-
tically cut off. as they will be, from
communication with home and coun-
try. OF course there wall be swim
ming and boating. but the sports
which the men enjoyed at home they
will also enjoy at the island of Guam.
For outdoor sports the government
wsl see that there is supply Of balls
and bats. footballs and tennis racquets
and balls. During the long days when
the weather outside is iuclement and
there are no drills the men will be able
to play checkers. chess. cards and 9TH
er indoor games. Col. Percival c. Pope
has secured great supply OF such out
fits, says the Boston Transcript.
There will be men who do not care
for sports and games. For such as
these there will be well-stocked Ii
brary. The government has provided
large stock Of books. In addition.
there are many thousand volumes of
books and periodicals given privately
Some time ago Col, Pope made II re-
quest through the papers for dona-
tons of books and light reading mat
ter the response was immediate, and
80 generous that Col. Pope now re-
navy yard, as it will be impossible to
take them TO Guam. From Boston and
vicinity came over 1000 volumes and
periodicals. aud New York sent al
most as many more.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-03-31

Although standing isolated ~ an
open elevated savanna or plain. Rorai-
ma is really the termination of the
Pacaraima mountains. The savanna it,
self is something of an elevated table
land being 2.5GO feet above sea level.
Above this the mountain proper rises
1000 feet. 1.5OO feet Of which presents
formidable mural pr,cipce more per-
feet i'm form and wonderful in aspect
than anything like it to be found else
where, and which has made ii the cen
ter of the great Indian legend and tradi
tions. and not less the object of modern
scientific interest.
The exploring party left Georgetown
on August 20 and returned November
Is. the journey each way occupying 40
days OF incessant toll and hardship.
while nine days were spent on the sum-
init Of the mountain in eXploring-or
rather eXploding-its" mysteries" The
results are asperatingly negative.
| Not an chronological relic was found
and evidently the foot Of man had never
rod its heights. The alleged mystery
| Of that summit resolved itself into an
| almost arid waste of rock of most sin
gular and not uninteresting formation,
interspersed with scanty vegetation,
the highest tree not exceeding 20 feet
in height. No animal life was found.
except an abundance Of beetles aud in
sects. \ large number of birds was
secured, but of these only three were
new to the colony, and may not prove
to be Unknown. A detailed scientific
report of the exploration will shortly
be presented to the government of
Guiana.-N. y. Tribune.
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English Poets of Foreign nirth.

Many OF England,s leading poets had
very mingled strains in their blood.
Tennyson's extraction was Danish,
French and English. Robert Brown
ing had brown" blood in his veins for
his grandmother was a creole lady.
of English blood. Algernon Charles
Swinburne has both Scandinavian and
French blood in his veins. Austin Dob
son is French as well as English, and
the late Coventry Patmore was 'frac-
tionally German"
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81 am" nasTiiy ansy,c.5-. '-c-- ---.,
God that you seem TO be, also!"
"And this thing that you were tell.
ing?" he went on, ignoring my ex.
clamation. as it true that Panama
is in the hands of the buccaneers?"
at is, sir" I said, most restrainedly.
"The city is taken and sacked"
He drew long breath.
"You are little like to know themat-
ter / would ask" he resumed, "but ]
will put the question. Did you hear
any mention Of one Dona Carmen Con
zales? She lived in Taboga."
My amaze at this question may be
imagined.
As soon as I could put my tongue
to the words | cried:
Heard? Why, sir. she is at this
very moment in your cabin! Indeed,
and DO believe you must be Mr.. Jere.
miah Hope!"
ain the cabin" he only exclaimed,
as in wonderment. "And is your com.
panion who went below she? Nay. but
this almost passes belief! What, that
poor tattered creature. and in mans
attire! My God, what must she not
have suffered"
yet she is well. sir" I said, eagerly
"and has come out of that hell without
seattle, But you must, indeed, be her
uncle"
"I am Jeremiah Hope" he said
with anoth her long breath. though now
with a changed air, 81 will go dowr
at once" he went on. But stay, | an
exceeding grateful to you and your
companions. I will say more of thi'
anon. am the owner of this ship, ant
am glad that it is in ny power to dc
something for your present comfort
! Capt. Tclatrava.' he went on in Span
ish, and speaking again authoritative
| ly, 81 desire that you have these
senores below and do all that may b,
| done for their welfare. Shortly | will
return and we will confer about tn,
course of the ship
He gave us a kindly nod and mad,
for the companion, and in much won
dcrment and not little iumbled il
my thoughts | turned and prepared tt
follow the Spanish captain.
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MYSTERIOUS RoRAIMA.
PeriIous Ascent of the Famed SOuth
American Mountain Success
fully Made.

kdvices from British Guiana bring in-
teresting details of the final scaling and
exploration of the famous Mountain
of Mystery" the table-capped Roraima,
which stands on the borders of Brazil,
an object of fetch veneration to the In
dian tribes of that nation and hitherto
a source of wonder and keen specua-
ton to geographers, biologists, botan-
lists and naturalists. All previous at
tempts to scale and explore the elevated
table land forming the summit of
Roraima proved abortive until E9erard
f. Thurn, magistrate and commissioner
of the Northwest territory, found a
practicable ridge along the southwest
wall. He, however, merely gained the
summit edge. Some years later-in 1896
-Messrs. Quelch and Mcconnell, two
officials, did as much, but failed to PEN
citrate the mysteries of the mountain.
Last year they made second attempt,
in which they were completely sue
cesSful ..
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A TERROR TO SNAKES.
The Secretary Bird of Africa iNills
and EnIs the Most Poison
GUS Reptiles.

The secretary bird. a native of NJ
rica. and also found in some of the
West Indian islands. is the king of
snake destroyers. the lordliest bird
that walks. 1t is about four feet from
tip to tip. as swift on foot as on the
wing. IT is wonderful boxer and as
quick as the mongoose itself. 1t likes
to play with reptiles. to get them thor
oughly reused and then to swallow
them at leisure 1t has long neck,
slender body. strong legs and power
full beak. Its color is clear light gray
along the sides Of che head and throat
wings a Blown black. thighs and alb
dumen black. breast and tail coverts
white. The cere and bare skin about
the eyes are yellow and the legs and
feet dull flesh color. The bunch of
feathers behind its ears gives it ITS
name The South Africans have do
mesticated il and made much of its viz
tues. 1t eats all sorts of things. as
stomach analysis shows. This was
| found in one stomach: Eleven lizards,
II tortoiscs. three snakes the size
| of mans arm and several bandfuls Of
assorted insects. When il is ready for
bout it walks around the snake and
plays on the reptiles nerves Of irrita-
| ton. When the snake strikes the sec
rotary bird does side step and re
! ceiyes the blow on its powerful wing.
After few strikes the reptile is tired.
Then the bird uabs ii by the back OF the
neck aud shakes the life ont of It. If
il is particularly tough he flies up
with II a few hundred feet and drops
II kerU'pnli in n way that is always
| fatal. Then he eats IT,.
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RUSS1A'S SEASICK NAVY.
The 'Mcn Are big Enough. But They
Are Unable TO Navigate In
Rough weather..

Any man who believes in the Russian
navy should keep his eyes off the Rus
sian bluejacket A real sailorman has
fingers bent up like fishhooks, from the
lifelong habit Of gripping things The
Russian sailor carries his hands like
a soldier and cannot possibly be han
dy." A sailors gait ashore has n slight
roll. This arises from the need al sea
of keeping up the windward side of
rolling ship And the rolling gait
marks one of sailors finest qualities
balance. Unless the body poises and
balances to meet every motion of
ship the result is seasickness. says
London Answers.
Now. the Russian bluejacket does
not roll in his gait ashore, butmarches.
Neither has he any sense of balancing
at sea, and seasickness in the Russian
feetis a source Of actual weakness and
danger. The Black sea squadron can
only be put to sea in the three calmest
months of summer, and the so-called
maneuvers takes place ashore on the
Kenai peninsula. consisting merely of
battalion drill.
One more trait Of the real sailor is
his self-reliance. which makes him fit
for facing emergencies single handed.
But the Russian bluejacket has none OF
this He is not machine in himself,
but only n little bit Of machine which
cannot work without the other bits.
lie is huge in stature-a giant com
pared with our men--but in his winter
o,ercoat it is impossible TO distinguish
him from a soldier Unhandy, seasicll
and reliant only on drill discipline, lie
| is utterly unfit for active service.
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SOME GREAT EXPLOSIONS.
IL One seven Tons of Powder Were
Used to DislodGe 3oO,0oO
Tons al Rock,

Among the many incidents which are
On record, one of the most notable is
that OF the explosion of IS ous OF blast
ing gelatin which was being unloaded
from railway tram at Braamfontein.
800 yards west Of Johannes burg. in
South Africa. on February 49, 1896. and
which was exploded by an eud-on col
lisiou. The result Of the explosion of
this enormous quantity of one of the
most powerful explosives used was to
produce u crater $50 feet long, 81 feet
wide ard 90 feet deep in solid ground;
or. taking a cubic foot of earth as
weighing 100 pounds, the superficial
explosion of this 50 tons of explosive
gelatin eNcavated about 10000 tons of
soft earth. Resides this there was II
total destruction of all buildings with
in radius of $50 yards. while from that
distance to GEO yards all the buildings
were shattered and the roofs We're bat
tered i'm up to about 1000 yards. But
all these buildings were built chiefly of
corrugated iron and mud, and there
fore were of n most unsubstantial char
acter On the other hand, we have in
the United States the blowing up of the
Hudson river Palisades at Fort Lee in
1898. when the explosion of two tons of
dynamite, placed in a chamber in the
rock, brought down 100000 tons of
rock; the blasting at the Dinorwic
quarries, Lamberis, in the same year,
when 2b tons of gelatin dynamite,
placed in chambers in the dixie, over
threw 100000 tons of rock; and the de-
struction of the famous Talcen Mawr
in 1895, when seven tons of powder,
poured into two shafts, dislodged n
mass of rock computed TO weigh from
| 1875. 900 to 100000 tons. From this we
find that the dynamite on the interior
at Fort Lee was over 40 times as efficient
as the explosive gelatin on the surface
at johannesburg, while the powder at
| ralcen Mawr was over AZ times as eff
| fcient. 1t is, hence, not surprising that
the superficial explosion of the 300
pound charges of gun cotton thrown
by the Nesuvius' guns at Santiago dur
! ing the late war between the United
States and Spain produced no serious
structural damage, and simply ha-
raised the enemy by their frightful re-
ports, which occurred at intervals and
.--- ~-.-,oo+od times -CnsSier's Magazine.
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the business of continuing the voyage.
We had decided, ! should say here, to
run first for Buenaventura, which Sell
linger thought wa not much above
hundred leagues distant. From there,
should need require, we could make a
further voyage in the boat, but we
hoped to light upon some way of con-
tinuing in larger craft. Once in one
of the important southern ports, and
we could not fail 10 find ship sailing
to the Atlantic side of the continent.
The next day and the next passed
without incident, and we continued to
work slowly but steadily south. The
third day something rather important
happened, for the wind, which had
hitherto SO greatly favored us, quite
abruptly changed. 1t was now almost
dead from the southwest. and at once
reduced our speed at least three parts.
In fact. with our shoal keel and high
bow we could make no more than n
knot an hour. This was rather dis
couraging, but the captain said 1t was
to be anticipated, for we had now come
to the region where there were pre-.
vailing southwesterly and southerly
winds, and these, we should find. con.
tinued to the equator. This was more
philosophical than comforting, but we
could do no otherwise than make the
best of it, and so the noon of the third
day drew on. was at the helm, which
had recently taken, and was shak-
ing out kink in the mainsheet, when,
happening to glance to wirdward, !
saw that which instantly suspended
my operation and brought me with q
leap to my feet. Low down on the
water line, but perfectly distinct, was
| The white, unmistakable canvas of a
ship.
l did not wait for second look, but
bawled out, as though l had been at
the masthead, Sail ho!"
They all sprang up, like so many
puppets in a show.
where away?" cried the captain
and Mac Ivrach together.
Mr.. lynn, who was on the other side
of the boom, scrambled under, and we
all stood in a group,
"Yonder,' | said, pointing at the
speck. Thank God, she is not from
the direction of Panama."
mo, she cannot be a buccaneer, com
ing from that quarter" said the cap.
tain, with a breath of relief.
THE next thing is to determine her
course" said Mr.. lynn. Would we had
a glass!"
1--WE maun max it up in patience,
observed Mac Ivrach, ''whilk is no q
satisfactory substitute"
We agreed with him, and sat down tc
wait for the Unreasonable speck tc
grow.
Very slowly, as it seemed to our i'm
patience. it swelled and whitened. Al
last we got the square of the upper
sails, and could be sure she was bounC
our way. She was coming down exact
~ before the wind.
~ suppose" said Mr.. lynn, speaking
with that composure which scarce evel
fcrsooll him, that we are of one min(
what we should 40. Our case, tnougl
not a desperate one, is undesirable
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Sensitive CIncIk.

A Lewiston (Me) merchant has in
his store an old-fashioned clock which
is peculiarly sensitive. 1t sometimes
stops, and if anyone steps into the store
or goes by, it will start again, and if
horse steps on a certain spot in the
street it viii start. A man who hap
pened to notice it, and who had one like
il himself. said that his would not run
after he had started his furnace in the
fall, In the spring, after he ceased to
keep a fire, it would run all right.
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Holton, Kan, March rs. H. b. Elk.
cam, a swindler who has achieved
almost national reputation by the
daring of his operations in Ohio, New
Mexico and Kansas, escaped from the
Holson Jail yesterday and has disap'
peared as though the earth had opened
up and swallowed him. Ekcam was
with firm that had big store in the
Pottawatomie Indian reservation. His
populations from the government and
individuals will aggregate about $27,-
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EDUCATION IN SPAIN,
IsTor1 the Following Account Ir
would Seem Its CHIEF Feature
IL Its Absence.

contributor to the Revue Inter
rationale de rEnseignement describes
in a few pages the farcial system of sec
ondary educationin Spain. The schools
in question are the so-called provincial
institutes. where boys between the ages
Of ten and sixteen are instructed and
examined in 30 subjects. seveh of which
have Been added to the list by a recent
decree Of the minister of education
viz: Political economy. common law.
history of Spain, literature, history of
art, bookkeeping, and Industrial and
agricultural technics. The minister
also recommends visits TO the museums,
but. as the writer remarks, in nine
times out of ten. where the institutes
are situated, the only museums are the
churches with their wax images. The
boys work from three to four and half
hours day, and the newspapers are in
a rage over such outrageous disregard
for the life and health of the Spanish
youth. The deplorahe condition of ele-
mentary education in the kingdom may
be inferred from the status of the COM
mon school teachers as depicted in a
recent number of the Pad0gogischeZ lei
tung. Out Of $4,000 teachers, in round
numbers. included in the last census,
nearly 5000 were receiving $50 or less
annually. 5000 were paid from $50 to
500, aud the salary of only 1000
amounted to more than $3.50. But the
worst of it is that thousands of these
poor men and women were not even
paid the pittance to which their con-
81
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~ nas 'nSt"nuiy clear 20 me. VI
course | had heard the name, and it
was wonder had not recognized it
before. | FASTENED to explain why /
had asked the question, and added
what the senorita had previously told
me.
Naturally my companions were as
greatly surprised as I, and we
all agreed that we had seldom heard
of more singular circumstance.
"Then." said Sellinger, as we con-
cluded, sit may come to it that we
shall carry Mr.. Hope his niece as well
as his letter, for otherwise it would
be much the same as cutting her
adrift."
ITO which l say amen" said I, very
heartily. At other times l had been
wont to let Mr.. Tym speak first, but
now ] did not wait
Both Mr.. lynn and Mac Ivrach, as
might be expected, were prompt to
agree with us.
This being our decision" said ],
greatly pleased, 81 will make it known
to the senorita. she cannot fail to be
relieved by it,"
| returned to her with the news ac-
cordingly. and had the great satisfac-
ton of finding her as rejoiced and
heartened as | had anticipated In
deed, she was deeply moved and CRATE
full and in her touching manner of
saying so fairly brought the tears to
my eyes.
This matter, then, being so well set
tied. we addressed ourselves anew to
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GnIIic nenrt-scnrehings.

France is an admirable country, load
ed with the gifts of nature; the French
man is diligent, intelligent and thrifty;
we have resources superior to those of
other countries, but one may arrive at
the end of the most substantial for
tune. There are spendthrift sons who
dissipate in few years the richest pat
rimonies, the richest and most favored
people may be ruined by their faults,
their stupidties and those of their gov
eminent. We are on the road to this
ruin, and it is not ourselves alone who
say so; all the world is agreed upon
the point, But nobody provides the nee
essary remedy.-BordeauN va Giroude.
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Miss Sillygirl (sobbing)-I think it's
awfuly mean. That horrid Jones girl
has been saying that paint.
Miss Meanness--Neyer mind, dear,
expect If she had your complexion she'd
pants too.-Stray Stories.
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snain,. OnIy NaynI vIetory.

Only once in their history as ma
ton have the Spaniards achieved a
naval victory. That was at the battle
Of Lepanto, in 1874, when. with the aid
of Venetians and Geuoese, they an
initiated the Turkish neel.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-03-31

The healthiest spot in the world
seems to be a little hamlet in France
named Aumonc. There are only 40
inhabitants. - Of whom are 80 years Of
age. and one is over 800.
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CHAPTER XXI.

OF THE STRANGE AND EXCELLENT
MENDING OF OUR FORTUNES.
The evening times., 1899-10-09
POSTAL CARDS STOPPED.
No More Such Notices to BE Sent out
by the Courts.

The practice heretofore in vogue by the
clerks of the criminal branches of the
Supreme Court of the District of notifying
attorneys by postal card of the date of
trial Of case in which they are interested
has been abandoned, and hereafter attor-
neys and bondsmen must keep posted on
these affairs by reference to the assign
ment" cards. The notification of the time
and place of the trial of criminal cases
is compulsory, and list Of the cases to be
tried is posted by the chief clerk in the
District Attorneys Office two full days be-
fore the date fixed for the hearing
These notices are always posted in the
corridors at the entrance TO the clerk of
court.
Notwithstanding this notice it has been
the custom of the clerks OF the criminal
branches of the court to notify tie attor-
neys for the defence of the time set for
trial of cases in which they are interested
The failure of these postal car1'' notices
to reach the defendants attorneys have
been taken advantage of in some stan ces
as an excuse for delay or continuance, and
caused much inconvenience and expense.
For this reason JUSTICE Clabaugh today
to attorneys and bondsmen was in the post
ed assignments, and not in the postal
card" notices, which were merely sent
them through the courtesy of the clerk of
the court.