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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-21

The many black CARRIED Women seen
in the island impress the tourist with
a belief that some epidemic mas swept
the country. Such is tho habit tf put
ting on mourning ut tho least provo
cation. AT the death Of a wealthy Ice
dealer of Ponce recently, 100 persons
put on mourning.
From the necessity of other genera
ions the native Porto Rican woman
of today is the main support OF the
man. She works all day, and upon the
proceeds takes her sweetheart husband
out in the evening, paying all the ex-
penses, not forgetting to supply this
husband With money. tobacco ard ram.
This state of affairs continues until
money enough is saved to set up an
establishment of one or two rooms
somewhere wherein the wife may care
for the husband and little one.
This condition of common law mar
riage obtains throughout the natural
lives of the two Observation-Disclosures to
the bond as sacred as under any law.
True, the standard of morals would
hardly accord with American ideas, yet
the letter of the law is we'll preserved.
The point of the machete maintains
respect for women married by any rite.
The women initiate any kind OF work
with surprising dizziness and are excel
lent dressmakers. What is lacking in
originality is made up in skill.
Place in the Porto Rican woman's
hands the stove, sewing machine, wash
boards and tubs, and with the wise tui-
ton of interested American women the
future household conditions of the ISL
and will be changed like magic.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-21
BODY BLOW AT METHODISM.

Back in Pittsburg they tell a good
story on Parson Gibler, now a popular
preacher of Tacoma. He was
to preach at the house of correction one
Sunday afternoon. The warden, who
was a personal friend and somewhat Of
a wag, told him not to give them the
prodigal son racket, but something easy.
He preached a good sermon to the men
an impression and he would not have
been a consistent Methodist If he hadn't
tried to eXhort a little.
.How m of you men and women
here" said he, had good religious par
ents? How many of you We're Metho-
dists or had Methodist parents. Raise
your hands, those who had"
There was a little pause, and then,
as If by one impulse, every convict pres
ent raised his and
The parson is not easily knocked out,
but he confessed to the warden that this
body blow at MethOdism fioored him.
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brazier or upon a brick stove. A tour
of seven days recently made across the
island presented the same bill Of fare
at each meal:
Morning, black coffee and a roll OF
bread with butter.
Breakfast, at noon: Eggs. soup, beef
steak cooked in garlic, rice, dulce,
cheese and coffee. with milk or black
coffee or rum.
Dinner. at six O'Clock: The breakfast
bill, with fish. entrees n vegetables
and wine or rum.
The food is prepared in part by the
legion of servants. II the family is
well to do. or bought in part, but the
lack of effort in securing it leaves the
women without much ambition beyond
procuring one days necessities.
This lack Of motive ind the quiet de-
meanor of the native make h race
seem indolent.
Taxation upon marriag e rites has in
the past years changed the standard of
morals in this direction n, and %'hehind-
the-church" or cOmmO n law marriages
nave been the rule. These family ties
are well preserved. It is creditable to
the comma law syste m and to the
people that the mutual vows are kept
with great fidelity.
A story is told of a wealthy old a
tive recently giving a three days fete
in honor of his I'M church and civil
marriage to the loved and honored old
wife. A daughter had beeA sent to
New York for study. Upon her return
she urged the marriage rite upon her
parents. Under the la WIS then prevail
ing the wife inc childr EN- of a common
law union could not Inherit the prop
erty of the husband, and his death
would mean confiscatio n by the near
est male relative.
A HARD LOT.
The death of a native not long ago
was followed by eviction of the mother
inc daughter, and a nephew of the
dead man took possession of the home.
The daughter became a servant. The
death of the nephew placed the prop
erty in the hands of the United States.
Ainalia, the young woman referred to,
had a sweetheart W 10 cheered her
hours of recreation by permitting her
to buy him sweets and rum. In the
incidents of adjusting the affairs under
military occupancy, Maxine came in
contact with a native policeman, and
next day said goodbye to the girl wife
forever.
The household employing Amalia had
| another maid, Francesca. According to
the rule, not only Anna liza must resign
her duties for a term Of mourning. but
| also Francesca, as her nearest friend,
assumed the habiliments of. woe and
left her work for a tern not less than
that Of the widowed Amalia.
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THE WOMAN OF a DREAM.

II had an experience the other night
that was in every way worthy Of Senti-
mental Tommy" said the young man
who ives by making figures in a bank
ledger and who finds his pleasure in writ
ing poems that some few people read. II
had been feeling rather m~elancholy-a
really delicious Woodland had wandered
around to the Powers theater to see John
Drew in The Tyranny of Tears 1t
CHANGED that | got oneof the two seats
that constitute the rear row in one Of the
side sections.
1.-The other seat was empty when I sat
own and 1t was still empty when the or
chestra struck into a bit Of Strauss. I
closed my eyes and leaned forward to bet
ter catch the music. Gradually l became
conscious that a woman had entered and
taken the seat beside me. I did not look
about. but my mind shifted from the
waltz to her, and ] began to dream. I was
lonesome and sWeetly melancholy, you
know.
her upon some preteXt, and she nodded
her pretty head and replied. 1 offered her
my opera glasses; soon we We're talking
about the play.
This dreaming vas delicious. She was
fair-1 knew she was. The face I saw in
my dreams had in it the greatest charm
woman can possess. The eyes-you could
look into them and see her soul. 1t was a
symphony Just to sit beside her.
when the last note of Strauss had died
away. l turned about with quiet conf
dence TO gaze upon her who had set nv
dreams into such pleasant ways.
She was 50-and as black as an African
sun can burnt"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-21

It has it's cities, and beautiful ones
they are, well built up with low but
ornamental houses and with streets
paved in a way that would shame many
a northern city which boasts of en-
terprise. San Juan is the principal and
the only city on the island that was
fortified, up to the time that it's forth
fications were silenced by the gun of
American warships two years ago
Though the surface is diversified by
many hills and mountains, the ground
boast cultivation. Luquillo, which has
an eminence of nearly 1000 feet, has
the greatest altitude of any of the
mountain chains which form the back
bone of the island
Porto Rico is the southernmost and
easternmost of any of our tropical pos
sessions and it's great variety of prod
ant. Coffee, tobacco and sugar are the
principal growths of the island, but
there are delicious fruits I'M vegeta-
bles growing in the soil that in a few
years will be in great demand in Ameri-
car markets. In fact, at the present
time, Porto Rican mangoes, alligator
pears and mandarines are products
that bring substantial prices to the
American ~fruiters who import them.
The long term of Spanish rule in the
island has divided the inhabitants Of
the island into many separate and dis
tinct classes.
MANY CLASSES.
The wife End daughter Of some ma
tive sub-oficial may lounge all day in
greater elegance upon her second story
balcony than her less fortunate sister
who occupies the ground floor. yet both
women do lounge and smok cigarettes,
embroider a little, rarely read, and
have little to distinguish n from the
other.
The best houses are meagerly fur
nished-bare floor, a center table, six
rocking chairs arranged with military
precision on each side and facing the
table; a large mirror, now and then a
| piano, and the "best room" of the house
is complete.
Food is usually bought ready pre-
| pared from vendors. Among the lower
| classes food is taken at any time of
| day. There is no family gathering at
| table. The purchase of a roll of bread.
a mango, pineapple or bananas, with
, occasionally a cOcoanut, forms a feast.
| Now and then a few tcents)
worth Of the dulce-a native sweetmeat
prepared from c%ocoanut of pineapple
augments the days e
Coffee is almost unknown to the poor.
who depend upon cocoanut milk and
- juice.
| The weather. have kitchens of prim-
tive type, using a charcoal fire in q
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-21
THE HOME LIFE
. OF PUERTO RICO
A Very Pleasant Spot is This Fertile
New Possession in the Warm,
Tropical Waters.

Three small islands in the Caribbean
Sea LAY for the past two ear played
an important part In the great drama
which is spread out for the inhabitants
of the earth to view. Small enough to
be called insignificant, not too thickly
inhabited for homes of peace, rich
enough for plenty, these islands have,
through no faul Of their own, but by
the curious fate which brought warning
nations to their shores, been the scene
of as bitter conflicts as were ever
waged upon any mainland.
If there had been a story of poverty
to tell, then Cuba, Hayti and Porto
Rico might have been allowed to rot in
hunger and oblivion; but in the soil
which covers them there is wealth, and
the sons of man have not yet finished
with a struggle to get it.
Cub now belongs to itself; and Porto
Rico belongs to the United States.
The Porto Ricans want independence.
or at least representation TO them
selves, and that is the cause of the
struggle which Is going on among
them-a peaceful struggle, for they are
not Warlike people. but "A struggle that
causes many a bitter heart.
No more beautiful place than Porto
Rico can be found IN the tropical belt
which extends across the Western
Hemisphere from the Pacific ocean,
over the peninsulaofs Mexico, across
the Gulf of Mexico,,i and over the Carib-
bean Sea-all do4sfdA with islands and
jutting out withpeninsulas. Even
Cuba the garden spot of the world, is
mountainous, and Hayti has it's sterile
parts. But Porto Rico is fertile from
end to end, full Of all produce for the
delectation of man; n endowed nat
urally with sweet woods and growths
that yield sugar, syrup and all kinds
of delicacies that bring fabulous prices
In comparison with other products.
Nor is Porto Rico q garden alone!
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-21
the outside world during the long fall
and winter season.
WALLACE M. CRAIGIE, h
Seventh U. S. Infantry,
WRINKLES.

Why do you dread wrinkles? Chiefly, I
suppose, because they tell the world that
youth is fleeing from us; ana yet, if we
did but know it, it lies within ourselves
to make age almost as beautiful as
youth. There need be no such thing as
an ugly old age. 1t is absolutely impos-
sible to entirely prevent the hall-marks
of Time from making their appearance.
but we can learn the secret of inducing
them to appear in the right, instead Of
the wrong places. M
Have you ever noticed that the lines
and wrinkles on the face of an old per-
son whose nature is generous, genial, and
benevolent, are entirely different in char
acter from those on another, whose dis
position is irritable, mean, crafty, or sell
fish? F%retfulness, i~rritability, and petu-
lance carve their own distinguishing
lines on the features, while cultured
thought, an observant nature, serious
study, and a phidosophic bent bring lines
which show individuality and matured
character.
While, therefore. it is perfectly right to
exercise a proper control over the emo
tions, and also over facial expression, en-
tire self-possession would be a distinct
mistake. 4,
l once saw in a weekly journal a recipe
for keeping wrinkle at bay. The recipe
took the form of instructions to Il lady
correspondent who had evidently written
for advice on the subject: IF you wish
to keep your face free from
said the>oracle, do not laugh: nothing
is more productive of premature wrinkles
than laughing. Keep constant guard
over the facial muscles. and restrain
their movements. Crying is equally pro-
ductive of wrinkles. Endeavor always
to maintain as perfect a command over
the features as possible: do not indulge
in excitement or emotion of any kind,
avoid raising the eyebrows. or smiling
more than absolutely necessary. and
whenever you find the features in danger
of relaxing in this a check the inn
pulse at once" +
I can quite imagine that if the above
directions We're implicitly followed it
might be quite possible, given good
health and a strong constitution, to pre-
serve smoothness Of brow and regularity
of feature until quite late in fe-bu at
what 2 cost! Heart and soul must be
so disciplined, natural emotion 50
checked, every human passion 50 cut
away and chisele. down.. that only a
cold, eXpressionless marble statue re-
mains. The sympathy which prompts
one to "laugh with those that laugh and
Weep with those that weep must be en-
tirely repressed. Gould any but the shall
lowest Of natures conform to such rules?
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-21

Butte e.ove Repair company Tor hx.
lures aud Home Comfort ranges. Phone
629. ZIG Z. Park.
The Norfolk weekly news., 1900-11-01
Question Answered,

Yes, August Flower still has the larg-
est sale of any medicine in the civilized
world. Your mothers and grand.
mothers never thought of using anything
else for indigestion or biliousness. Doc.
tors were scarce and they seldom heard
of appendicitis, nervous prostration or
heart failure, etc. They used August
Flower to Clean out the system and stop
fermentation of undigested food, regu-
ate the action of the liver, stimulate the
nervous and organic action of the system
and that Is all they took when feeling
dull and bad with headaches and other
aches. You only need few doses of
Green's August Flower, in liquid form,
to make you satisfied there is nothing
serious the matter with you. Get
Green's Prize Almanac. Kiesau Drug
Hn
The Norfolk weekly news., 1900-11-01

Does 1t Pay to buy Cheap

A cheap remedy for coughs and colds
is all right, but you want something
that will relieve and cure the more
severe and dangerous results of throat
and lung troubles. What shall you do?
Go to warmer and more regular eli
mate? Yes, if possible; if not possible
for you, then in either case take the
only remedy that has been introduced in
all civilized countries with success in
severe throat and lung troubles,
"Boschee's German Syrup" 1t not
only heals and stimulates. the tissues to
destroy the germ disease, but allays in
fiammation, causes easy expectoration,
gives good nights rest and cures the
patient Try one bottle. Recommended
many years by all druggists in the world.
Get Green's Prize Almanac. Kiesau
Drug Co.
The Norfolk weekly news., 1900-11-01
ITO be continued next Thursday. J
Railway Farm Lands For Sale.

In northern Wisconsin the Chicago,
st. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railway
has for sale, at low rates and easy terms
of payment, about 400, 900 acres of choice
farm lands. Early buyers will secure
the advantage of locations on the many
beautiful streams and lakes, which
abound with fish and furnish never
ending and most excellent water supply,
both for family use and for stock.
Land is generally we'll timbered, the
soil fertile and easy of cultivation.
Chicago, Milwaukee, ST. Paul, Mime
apolis, Duluth, Superior, Ashland and
numerous other thriving cities and
towns on the line of the g., st. p, NJ.
& 0. railway and other railroads in the
same territory furnish good markets for
farm produce.
For further particulars address:
GEO. w. BELL,
Land Commissioner, Hudson, Wis, or
G. H. MAC RAE,
A. G.. P. A., St. Paul, MINI.
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Princess. want trust worthy man.

Princess. want q trnst worthy man.
who will take a long telegram to the
central telegraph Office, pay for II. and
come away quickly before any one can
ask him inconvonient questions "
"Would 10 not be better TO call
dienstmanner -
"A dienstmanner That Ia your com
missionnaire or telegraph messenger
No. think not. They are all numbered
and can be traced.
"Ob, | know" cried the princess. 81
will send our coachman. He will be out
of his livery now. and he Is most re.
liable man; he will not answer incon
vcnient questions OF any others, even II
they are asked
To her telegram for publication Jen-
ME had added a private dispatch to the
editor that II would be rather inconven.
lent for her IL he published the account
The Norfolk weekly news., 1900-11-01
"wheret When - exclaimed the old

"wheret When - exclaimed the old
man. placing his hands on the arms Of
his chair. as IL he would rise TO his feet.
"Sit where you are, ssid Jennie
firmly. land shall tell you all can
about it, The government, for reasons
Of its own, desires to keep the fact Of
this explosion secret. and 30 very few
people outside Of official circles know
anything about 1t. am trying to dis
cover the cause OF that disaster.
care you-are you working on be-
half Of the government" asked the old
man eagerly, tremor Of fear In his
quavering voice.
"No; am conducting my investiga-
tions quite independently Of the govern
ment.
"But whyH But why' That is what
l don t understand.
II would very much rather not an
swer that question. "
"But that question-everything Is
why you are here If you are not in the
employ of the government, in whose
employ are youH ?"
"If tell you." said Jennie, with
some hesitation. twill you keep what
say secretT'
"Tes. yes, yesl" cried the scientist
imputicntly.
"Well, am in the service Of Lon
don daily newspaper. "
81 see, see, and they have sent you
here to publish broadcast over the world
all you can find out of my doings. l
knew you were spy the moment I saw
you. | should never have let you in.
"My dear sir, the London paper Is
not aware Of your existence even. They
have not sent me to you at all. They
have sent me to learn, If possible, the
cause Of the explosion lspoke Of l took
some Of the debris to Herr Feltz to
analyze it, and he said he had never
seen gold. iron. feldspar. and all that
reduced to such fine impalpable grains
as was the case with the sample left
with him. then asked him who in
Vienna knew most about explosives
and he gave me your address. That is
why am here.
ITO he ooptinued nert Thuradav,
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A Thousand Tongues

Could not express the rapture of Annie
E. Springer Of Philadelphia. when DR..
Kings New Discovery cured her of a
hacking cough that for many years had
made life burden. She says: "After
all other remedies and doctors failed it
soon removed the pain in my chest and
| can now sleep soundly, something
can scarcely remember doing before, i
feel like sounding its praises throughout
the universe" DR.. Kings New Dis
covery is guaranteed to cure all troubles
of the throat chest or lungs. Price SOC
and g. Trial bottles free at the Kiesau
Drug Co
The Norfolk weekly news., 1900-11-01
ItHsppened In a Drug Store.

"One day last winter lady came to
my drug store and asked for brand of
cough medicine that did not. have in
stock" says Mr., c. r. Grandin the pop
ular druggist of Ontario, N. Y "She
was disappointed and wanted toy know
what cough preparation ! could recon-
mend. | said to her that could freely
recommend. .Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy and that.she could take bottle OF
the remedy and after giving it a fair
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Robi,ed The Grave.

A startling incident is narrated by
John Oliver of Philadelphia as follows ::
Il was in an awful condition. My skin
was almost yellow, eyes sunken, tongue
coated, pain continually in back and
sides, no appetite, growing weaker day
by day. Three physicians had given me
up. Then l was advised to use Electric
Bitters; to my great JOY the first bottle
made decided improvement. con.
tinued their use for three weeks and am
now a well man. know they robbed
the grave of another victim" No one
should fail to try them. Only 50c.,
guaranteed, at the Kiesau Drug Co.
The Norfolk weekly news., 1900-11-01

trial il she did not find it worth the
money to bring back the bottle and 1
would refund the price paid. In the
course Of day or two the lady came
back in company with friend in need
Of cough medicine and advised her to
buy bottle of Chamberlain Cough
Remedy. consider that very good
recommendation for the remedy" 1t is
for sale by the Kiesau Drug Co.
The Norfolk weekly news., 1900-11-01
Ouinine for Colds,

Manypeople who use quinine for the
cure Of coldsssay that the effect of this
drug is more disagreeable than the dis.
ease. Krauses Cold Curexis prepared
in a convenient capsule form, and will
cure the most deeply seated lcold in "a
hours without any interruption to bust
ness. They are pleasant TO take and
give you clear, fresh sensation while
operating. Price 25o. Sold by Geo. b.
ChristOph.
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THE NEWS Joo department. is con
plete in every particular

"For three days and nights suffered
agony untold from an attack Of cholera
morbus brought on by eating cucum-
bers," says M. E. Lowther, clerk Of the
district court, Centerville, Iowa. II
thought should surely die, and tried a
dozen different medicines but all to no
purpose. l sent for bottle Of Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy and three doses relieved me en-.
tirely." This remedy is for sale by the
Kiesau Drug Co.
The Norfolk weekly news., 1900-11-01

Men can be cured privately and posi-
lively at home Of all weakness and dis
ease. Write for new free book.
DR.. J. N. HATHAWAY.
81 Commercial Block,
Sioux City, Ia.
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A new remedy for biliousness is NO

A new remedy for biliousness is now
on sale at the Kiesau Drug Co. 1t is
called Chamberlain 8 Stomach and Liver
Tablets. 1t gives quick relief and will
prevent the attack if given as soon as
the first indication of the desease ap-
pears. Price 25 cents per box. Samples
fraa
The Norfolk weekly news., 1900-11-01
job Couldn't Hav. stood I,

II he'd had itching piles. They're ter.
ribly annoying but Bucklen's Arnica
Salve will cure the worst case of piles on
earth. 1t has cured thousands For in
juries, pains or bodily eruptions it's the
best salve in the world Price 25c, a
box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by the
Kiesau Drug Co.
The Norfolk weekly news., 1900-11-01
Bismark's Iron Nerve

Was the result of his splendid health.
Indomitable will and tremendous energy
are not found where stomach, liver, kid
neys and bowels are out of order. If
you want these qualities and the success
they bring, use DR.. Kings New Life
Pills. Only 25 cents at the Kie ssu Drug
%
The Norfolk weekly news., 1900-11-01

Ladies, If you want refined and
brilliant complexion free from blemishes
use Rocky Mountain Tea. Never fails.
Ask your druggist.
The Norfolk weekly news., 1900-11-01
What Shall We Have for Dessert.

This question arises in the family
every day. Let US answer it today.
Try Jell.O, delicious dessert Pre-
pared in two minutes. No baking add
hot water and set to cool. Flayors-
L-mop, orange, raspberry and straw
berry. At your grocers. 10 cents.
The Norfolk weekly news., 1900-11-01
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For Female CompIaints

and diseases arising from an impure
state of the blood Lichty's Celery Nerve
Compound is an invaluable specific.
Sold by Geo. B. Christoph.
The Norfolk weekly news., 1900-11-01

For sprains, swellings and lameness
there is nothing so good as Chamber.
lain's Pain Balm. Try it. For sale by
the Kiesau Drug Co.
The Norfolk weekly news., 1900-11-01

When you have no appetite, do not
relish your food and feel dull after eat
ing you need a dose of Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets. Price 25c.
Samples free at the Kiesau Drug Co.
The Norfolk weekly news., 1900-11-01
Licht,,s Celery Nerve Compoup

E1CHty7B Co1ory N6rVo COmpOubd
for all nevous diseases, neuralgia. rheu-
matism, nervous debility, paralysis,
biliousDess, dyspepsia, costiveness, piles,
liver complaint, kidney troubles and
female complaints. 1t goes to the seat
of the disease and cures thoroughly and
speedily. Sold by Geo. B. Christoph.