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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-02-18
BILLBOARD SOLDIERS.
Omcer Protests Against Army Being
Used as Advance Agent OF New
Preparations.

"Nfy command was in the Indian bat.
ties. But there are some things worse
than fighting Indians. l have had a
little experience in everything that
makes up soldiers life. I was in
Cuba. 1 have had all sorts of creep
ing things for companions. have he'd
the Cravings of hunger. appreciate
the gratitude of this country for it's
soldiery. There is no better country
on earth to fight for, to die for, if Que
must"
Thus spoke an officer Of the regusez
army as he walked about Governor
island with Sun reporter.
"But there is one thing that makes
an army man feel like getting out OF
the business" he continued. "Don't
misunderstood me II it is this thing
of everlastingly picturing the Amer
,can soldier along with every new
article that is offered for sale to the
public.
Every man in business has the un-
disputed right to sell his wares. But
the soldiers of this country are lined
up before the country on every bill
board in the land. The wounded axe
represented as beseeching an angel fol
some new decoction or some article
that is sold. A company is represent
ed as rallying from panic by TIT
arrival of Sister of Charity with al
armful of new liniment. A patien
is in hospital. his cot surrounded b,
his family-nobody knows how tbs!
got there--and while the family weep
| a band of cherubs break through tn
tent or the roof as the case may lie
each loaded with a newly-discoverc'
panacea or balm, which fetches the dy
Ing man out of his cot. A whole reg
iment is represented as going on tn
double quick for Niger Nanny
buckwheat cakes. 1t is strange tina
some of the imaginative chaps haver'
thought of havinga soldier for SAINTS
Claus. Soldiers do not like these rep
reservations. We know the object, ant
we protest. / know many who thin
as 1 do. The principle is the same a
that which adopts the flag as an advez
Using Medium. Y. Sun.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-02-18
How's Thief

We offer One HundredlDollars Reward
BY Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. Cheney 4 Co., Props, Toledo, Q.
We, the Undersigned, have known +; u.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac.
tons and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
West l. Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
Waiding, Kinnan L Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price Use. per bot
tie. Sold by ali Druggists. Testimonials
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-02-18
CounterfeitInw stamps.

Counterfeiting of current stamps ia
becoming quite common. Among
late counterfeits are the ten pfennig
Germany, and various Belgian, Egyp-
tian and Turkish stamps. AS conse-
ounce in Turkey new issue will short
ly appear of higher artistic value.
There may be two issues-one for do.
mestic and the other for foreign post.
age.-Harper's Round Table.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-02-18
wanted q Cyclorama.

Mrs. Fatpurse-You paint pictures to or
der, don't you?
Great Artist-Yes, madam.
sWell, l want a landscape with lots OF
deer and bucks, and quail, and partridges,
and pheasants, and cattle, and sheep, and
and an ocean in--fresh and salt water, You
know; and be sure to have plenty of fish
swimming around, because it's for the din
ing room'-Bostoh Globe.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-02-18
A Dainty GIT.

DR.. p. Harold Hayes, the well-known
success in curing these diseases has been so
remarkable as to attract the attention OF
physicians all over the world, has issued .
dainty Calendar for 1899 which he Is send
ing to his many patients. Any sufferer from
either OF these diseases can obtain copy
free by writing 10 DR.. Hayes for 1t, pro-
vided this paper is mentioned.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-02-18

A curious character in Paris is man
who makes his living by strolling along
the boulevards and making wagers at
the cafes that he can answer correctly
any question that relates to the history
Of France. He is very successful. Lon
don Spare AomsHtA
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-02-18
From baby in the High Chair

TO grandma in the rocker Grain-O is good for
the whole family. 1t is the long desired sub
stitute for coffee. Never upsets the nerves
or injuries the digestion. Made from pure
grains it is a food in ITSELF Has the taste
and appearance of the best coffee at ! the
price. 1t is genuine and scientific article
and is come to stay. 1t makes for health
and strength. Ask your grocer for Grain-O.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-02-18

Never be at your place of business when
4 person wants to borrow money OF you.
because if you are in You will be out, but
Country Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-02-18

'sMr. Johnsin, does you know whar de
sailors got dot name 'tars' applied to dem?"
"Sure; in some pitched battle; OF course,
sub. Princeton Tiger.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-02-18
For what Cuba II Noted.

Scuba" said an urchin at the foot of the
class, ''is that place what used to be sur
rounded by water, and now is surrounded by
warships. 1t is noted for its tobacco and
war bulletins. Adams (Mass.) Freeman. :
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-02-18

A scientist, looking for microbes,
says there are absolutely none on the
Swiss mountains et an altitude Of s.QoQ
tset
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-02-18

This must not go on. Joseph is I'M
comfortable. / must manage to clear
up matters soon. Ireally wish it wasn't
necessary. / shan't be half so happy"
and she began to sing.
Jane came in for some milk.
"You don't seem to mind, ma'am."
Jane couldn't for the life of her help
calling her "ma'am," and that made her
hate her.
mind what, Jane?"
"Why, that Mrs. Norton won't speak
to you."
"Oh! but I do mind, because-be-
cause of Joseph"
do you mean to say you care for
him?"
Scare for him, Jane? Why, of course
do. love him very much" and then
she turned crimson-at having thus to
express her feelings aloud; yet she
knew I. wss not the moment for reti
cence.
"Well, don't understand how {
woman like you married him. Yor
didn't know much about him, did you !?
"Jane, there are some people yog
know all at once. You find out more
of their real nature in half an houl
than you do ofothers in a lifetime. Ant
you know Joseph is good. All! / sool
found out he was good"
"D'ye mean to say you only knew
him for half an hour? Well, can
say that you behaved like decent
j we'll brought-up maid"
"pHhsps J dida't.. But yes tae'
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

When I received an assignment from
the editor Of this newspaper to visit the
shore of South Carolina, where a masto-
don had been washed up, 1 accepted the
commission, not on account of the nov
slty Of the phenomenon, but because /
hoped to secure the remaining bone of a
skeleton in my collection which has long
been complete except for one leg.
The animal, which has been put to-
gether in my laboratory and now stands
in my geological hall. is a horned mon
ster, known to science as the agatlaunus
sphenocerus. Parts of it We're discovered
off Marblehead. The back. which consists
of a horned plate, was collected in three
parts on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
The great tail was found on the beach Of
Alabama. The ribs and other parts of the
body were discovered in a specimen of
miocene strata where it had become ossi-
fled.
The leg zone was lacking, and this 1
hoped to obtain.
The discovery Of great ZONES along the
Atlantic coast prove beyond dispute that
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27
PAIR OF

Berlin has a magic pair or scales' they
have been using them on flies. The aver
aee weight of the common fly is, roughly
speaking, 114-10O, 000th of an ounce; tnat
is to say, 1900 flies would just about bal
ance a one pound weight in the scales
The wing of a fly weighs 1-14th OF It's
total weight, II one leg but 1-3l5th. The
instrument which made this minutes
sinai calculations is a large lever weigh
~ing-machine in Berlin, which is one OF
the wonders of the age, for sucn sfada-
toms AS the 1-9OOth part of a milligram,
or about 1-225, 600, 0O0th of a pound, are
registered by means of it's magic.
It's accuracy is so terribly uncompro-
missing that if a hundredweight We're
placed in each scale and a house fly
CHANGED to alight on n of them the
scale would Immediately u by the
mere weight of that insect.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27
DEATH FROM ANTHRAX.

London Leader: Edward Gleeson, a Ia
.borer, aged 19, has died under e~xtraOrdin-
airy circumstances at Liverpool. The de
ceased was employed in Messrs. Joseph
Shakerley and company's tarnery. He
was at work on Saturday week handling
dried China hides and pulling wet hides
with a hook. In handling the dried hides
he used gloves supplied by the firm for
the purpose.
Z. The deceased left off work in the after
noon, and was married next day. The
next night he complained of a small PIN
pie on the back of his neck, which grew
larger and caused him pain. On Tuesday
a doctor pronounced him to be suffering
from anthrax. He was removed to the
hospital, where he died. The manager
of the tannery said the men were caution
ed rot to use their naked hands in un-
packing the hides, but to wear the gloves
! supplied for the purpose. The medical
evidence showed that the business was
highly dangerous. but that everything
| possible had been done to minimize dan
ger.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27
MUST PRAY FACING THE EAST.

One day at Constantinople I saw a
humble deyotee spread his rug on a flat
barge which was moored at a pier. He
set the rug and began his prayer, but be-
fore he had proceeded far the barge was
swung around by the waves and he dis
covered, to his horror, that he was say
ing his prayer, toward the northwest. He
stood up and moved the rug began again
and was again compelled to shift. -Four
times he had to readjust that rug so as
to continue to face to the east. A Mo-
hammedan would have a busy time If he
started to deliver his daily prayer on a
Baltimore & Ohio train going through
West Virginia.-Letter in Chicago Rec
ord
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27

a closer relationship with the mastodon
of the strata, but even his enormous
bulk makes him too small for such rela-
t~ionship.
The pa~chydermota are. as near as can
now be ascertained by studying their
skeletons, a race OF mammalia, now eX-
J tinct, which resembled the thick skinned
animals very closely. They were not able
to Craze, and probably lived upon fruits
and nuts. Like the elephant and the
kangaroo, they subsist upon vegetable
life, but are unable to Craze like the goat,
the sheep, the oxen and the horse.
Their teeth are more fitted for grinding,
being very broad, with fiat surfaces,
fitted with grooves. Their dental form
ula is similar to that of the elephant,
their molars and pre-molars being abb
normally developed. They lack the long
sharp ineisors of the carnivorous or flesh
eating animals.
1t is supposed by man, scientists that
man was formerly a giant. ranging in size
from II to Is feet. and the women were
proportionately large. Human giants
have been found, the Cardiff being a ia
nous specimen.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27

The discovery of a bone of a mastodon
generally leads to the discovery Of an
other. which points to the theory that the
bones of these animals lie together in a
certain part Of the sea. They are turned
by fate into a mastodon burying place.
An upheaval by certain tides disturbs the
mastodon one cemetery and sends speci-
mems to the surface, where they are
caught by the wave and washed ashore.
Their discovery usually follows a severe
or unusual wind at sea. The bone which
I have examined is a greyish white in
color; it is long and very round, like the
bone Of an elephants leg. Strange to
say, it is heavy for it's size, instead Of be-
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27

there did exist at one time, either in the
sea or on land, a family Of mastodons
which, according to the best scientific au-
thority. We're or were nearly amphibious;
being, like the ducks, able to live either
upon the lar or in water. The croco
die may also be called an amphibious
animal. and so with the water snakes
and water rats. Seals are partly am
Iphibious; they will neither die on the land
tnor drown in the water; and so with these
mastodons.
The finding of them in the miocene,
pliocene and pleistocene strata Of North
America proves that they at one time
1ived upon the land. and that the forma-
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27
%azIIIiu15l1
MONTANA CENTRAL RAILWAY

MONTANA CENTRAL RAILWAY.
New fast time between st. Paul, Mime.
apolis. Helena. Butte, Anaconda, Spo.
zane. Seattle ena Portland. Close coo.
and California points, Alaska. :Tapan ana
emma. Connections at Twin Cities Tor ain
points East and South.
LEAVE BUTTE.
great Northern Flyer. daily....s:3o D. m
Local for Great Falls, daily....o:45 a m
ARRIVE BUTTE.
Great Nort1er Flyer, daily....1o:s D. m
Local from Great Falls, daily. ..4:Eo n. IN
Though sleepers going East.
City Tickle: Once, No. Al North M,:,
street. Butte. J. E. DAWSON. Gen. A.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27
Railway Time Tables
Butte, Anaconda & Pacific RAILWAY
c TIME TABLE.


1rains leave B., A. & p. depot. Butte.
a.. - !ollo"s: 10 a. M, 1:05 p. m, 4:45 y. m.,
Trans leave Union passenger station,
anaconda, as follows: $40 a. M. HAS
d. M, ) p. m., 1920 p. m.
Great Northern Trains Leave Anaconda:
o:4O a. m. Great Falls and Helena loca.
via Butte. ~"
cao p. m: Through train for all points
East and West.
Northern Pacific Trains Leave Anaconda.
1O:4o a. m. Pacific Express for Portland
and all points West.
t:4o p. IN. Through train for all points
East and West. A
conda: e 1Ana-
South. "' "ee' anu
llcAets for sale for all points, local and
through. on the Great Northern railway
Dleson snort Line railroad and Northern
i"cihc railway, and their connections.
steamship tickets for sale to all noints
IN Europe via the above lines.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27

ing lighter, as though it had absorbed
the lime and salt of the sea water, thus
adding to the weight of the natural bone.
This bone. which was at first supposed
to weigh 600 pounds. is probably much
heavier. If placed upon q scales it
might weigh a thousand. showing that
the animal to which it belonged must
nave weighed several thousand pounds
in it's thick skin, and the great fatty SUBJ
stances which always accompany such a
hide.
ARTHUR HITCHCOCK FURNISS.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27

tior of the rock which Is marked by the
action of the water demonstrates that the
rock was either at one time submerged,
Oh subjected to the flashing of the waves
upon the coast.
We have not now any living animals,
with the possible exception of the ele-
plant, as large as the skeletons show the
mastodons to have been: and this fact
proves that the pachydermota have de-
teriorized in size, gradually coming down
10 the kangaroo. the camel and the bear.
II the elephant were larger he could claim
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27
T TO CREDITORS.

Estate of Winnifred Dolan, deceased.
Notice is hereby gwen by the under
signed executor of the estate of Winni-
freGt Dolan deceased, to the creditors of
and ell persons having claims against
the said DECEASED. to exhibit them, with
the necessary vouchers, within four ()
months after the first publication of this
notice, to the said administrator at the
offices of Mediation and Cotter 51S-522
Hennessy building, Butte, Mont, the
same being the place for the transaction
of the business of said estate, in the coun-
ty of Silver Bow. State of Montana.
CON HAYES,
Executor CT the estate of Winnifredt Do.
Ian deceased.
Dated Butte. Montana, this Goth day Of
May. 1899.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27
ATCHIS0N, TOPEKA & SANTA Fl
Santa Fe Route.)

East via Ogden or Denver to Kansas
City, Chicago and St. Louis, making close
connections in union depots with trunk
lines to all points east and south. Also
the direct line to Galveston, Texas, City
OF Mexico and points in New Mexico.
Arizona and California.
For particulars call on r. G. w. r. r,
or G. S. L. agents. Butte, or address
c. F. WARREN,
General Agent, Salt Lake.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27
SPANKED HER MAID.

New York World: 1t should be sale
in the beginning that Aileen Russell is as
pretty as her name. She is small ant
blonde and 10 years old. Mrs. Rose 10.
ME. who employed Aileen as a maid, is
large, dark and comely. She is "a years
old.
Mrs. Komie spanked Aileen. There isn't
any question about it. And she spanked
with such skill and vigor hat the bodily
pain was as great as the girls mental
anguish. which is saying a great deal.
This was why Aileen had Mrs. Komie
| arrested.
The maid told Magistrate Brann in the
Morrisania police court yesterday that
\ she had been working for Mrs. homie at
l No. $40 Willis avenue, for two months.
and during that time she had never had
a Sunday off-not a single one-which. as
every n knows, is against the law of
! the back stairs.
Last Sunday Aileen decided to take a
holiday without leave. She arrayed her
self in her best frock and sailed forth.
Aileen confessed she had q grand time.
She didn't return to her employers house
until late.
Aileen was in her night robe when
Mrs. Komie burst into her room. If she
had known what was coming Aileen
would not have been so p%recipitate in pre-
pairing for bed.
Mrs. Konlie was angry. She asked
what Aileen meant and made a few gen
eral remark of an ~inf1ammatory nature,
ending up with the sweeping assertion
that no decent girl would go out on Sun
day.
Aileen was indignant. She announced
that she was a respectable girl. and any
one who suggested anything to the con-
trary was no better than she should be.
Mrs. homie slapped Aileen's face. She
followed this attack by selling the girl
and deity throwing her across her knee.
The mistress held the maid and spanked
her. Mrs. Komie's hand is large and
heavy and her arm powerful.
1t should be remembered that the maid
was Only clad in her night robe. She told
the magistrate she had to sleep on her
face all night.
In the morning Mrs. Komie refused to
pay Aiieen her wages, so the servant
had her arrested. In court Mrs. homie
charged Aileen with assault, and SO COM
| plants We're made by each. After the
| court officers talked with them both be-
! came meek and anxious. Mrs. Komie
even offered to take Aileen back, and
they were both paroled until May %.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27
IN FLOWERS.

Paris fashions In %buttonhole flowers
for this yea demand, according to the
Westminster Gazette. for al early walk
Russian violets. for afternoon calls red
carnation. for the theater white carna-
tions. for dinner parties orchids and for
balls gardenias.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27
WHEN KAUTZ WAS AFRAID.

Before Rear Admiral Kautz left for
Samoa a young woman asked him
whether he had ever "felt afraid in bat
tle." "Once," he answered. "A stray ball
knocked my cigar out Of my mouth and
there wasn't another aboard."-New
York Tribune.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27
TIGER.

= A white tiger was shot lately In the Dl-
.brugarh district, of Assam, according to
the Calcutta Englishman. He vas nine
feet long and in the prime Of life. The
Calcutta taxidermist who prepared the
skin states that in Is years he had neither
seen nor heard of such a thing as a white
tiger
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27
DR.. HUE POCK
2 S. Main ST.

The only pure root and herb treatment
In Butte.
specialist in Chronic Disease of long
standins. Permanent cures made in all
Er'vate Disease. The Diseases of Wo-
men have been made a study re for
years. and are successfully treated.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27
}. D. McuREOO7

Honorary graduate OF the Ontario Vet.
e:!nary College, Toronto, Canada. Treats
all diseases Of domesticated animals &C.
cording t. scientific principles. Office at
Marlow's Stables. 104 8. Main street.
tended to.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27
LETTER LIST.

The following is the list of letters ad-
at Butte, Mont. for the week
ending Nav Is. 1899:
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27
EAST BOUND

No. 112, To Garrison. via
Anaconda connecting at
Garrison with No. 4 to
Helena and st. Paul..
No. 2, Twin City Mail the
through train to st. Paul
No. ia, From Garrison,
connections with No, )
FROM Helena and all cast
ern points ...... .......
MIXED to Whitehall ex.
ceDt Sunday: Twin
Bridges Tuesday. Thurs
day and Saturday: Pony
and Norris Monday and
Friday
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27

X SILVER BOW LODGE Nc. u,
~ A. F. & A. NJ. Regular meeting In
w Masonic Temple second and fourth
Thursdays Of each month. Sojouin ming
brethren cordially invited to attend.
Dan Yarcey. Secretary.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27

BUTTE LODGE NO. q. A. y. n
~ A. n. Regular meeting in Ma
M sonic Temple. second ana fourth
Tuesdays Of each month 9oj0urEin4
brethren cordially invited to attend.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-02-11
A A OF MATING.
st. Valentines Day, as Celebrated By
the Romans, Was the Time
to Choose Mates.

Mr.. Donce, in his illustrations OF
Shakespeare, says, regarding St. Val
entine's day: at was the practice il
ancient Rome. during a greater part o.
the month of February, Il celebrate
the Lupercalia, which were feasts in
honor of Pan and Juno, whence the lat
ter deity was named Februata. Febru-
ais and Februella. On this occasion,
amidst a variety of ceremonies, the
names of young women were put in a
box, from which they were drawn by
the men as chance directed. The pas
tors of the early Christian church. who
by every possible means endeavored
to eradicate the vestiges OF pagan ST.
perstitions, substituted in the presen.
instance the names of the particular
saints instead of those of the women,
and as the festival of Lupercalia had
commenced about the middle of Feb
ruary. they appear to have chosen ST.
Valentines day for celebrating tie new
feast, because it occurred at nearly the
same time. This is, in part, the opin-
ion of the learned compiler of the lives
of the saints. 1t would seem. however.
that it was utterly impossible to extir-
pate altogether any ceremony to which
the common people had been much ac-
customed. a fact which it is easy to
prove in tracing the origin Of various
other popular superstitions, and ac-
cording the outline of ancient ce-emo-
MES vas preserved, but modified by
some adaptation to the Christian sys-
TEN. 1t is reasonable 10 suppose that
the above practice of choosing mate,
would gradually become reciprocal in
the sexes. and that all persons so chosen
would be called valentines, from the
day on which the ceremony took place"
Pittsburgh Dispatch.