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In Command for Once.

A man-o'-war was lying off Gibraltar,
and permission was given to the men
to go ashore for the day. The sailors
amused themselves in various ways
among others by riding about on dom
keys, and their want of experience in
this line caused much amusement. An
officer observing one of the men sitting
back very far on the animal called out:
Il say. Bill, get up more amidshipsw
With an injured air he replied:
"Well, sir, this is the first craft I
have ever commanded in my life, and
it's hard indeed if l can't ride on the
quarter deck If like. ANSWERS.
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Fighting the plague with fire and
death-quick obllteration of human be-
ings at the gun muzzle and the utter
extinction of dead bodies In the ashes
of funeral pyres-is an excess of horror
in connection with the progress of the
dread black bubonic scourge. The GUS
tom of the disposal of bodies of plague
victims by the Russian army officials
in Manchuria is invariably that of in
cineration. Between July 6 and 15 last
over 300 coolies employed on the rail
road work near Newchwang, who be-
came infected by contact with coolie
laborers shipped from Hong Kong, and
who disclosed unmistakable evidences
of having the plague in its first stages,
were rounded up and shot by the Cos
sack soldiers employed in guarding the
camps. Their bodies were piled on logs.
saturated with petroleum and burned.
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general belief, the disease is not infec-
tious or contagious in the ordinary
manner. A person might even sleep in
u bed occupied by plague victim, or
wear clothing taken from his body, and
yet escape infection, provided there
were no wounds or abrasions on the
skin In which the disease germs could
get lodgment. Even the breath of n
patient Is not necessarily poisonous,
the greatest source of danger being in
the discharges from the swellings.N All
this being granted, the question will
naturally arise, Why, then, should the
disease rage so among the Orientals !?
The assertion that the plague Is not
usually infectious or contagious in the
ordinary way applies only to people
who are ordinarily cleanly in their hab-
its. To those acquainted with the
Oriental no further explanation is nee
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among Europeans is attributed to bet
ter blood and stamina, and to the sue
cess of treatment in the early stages
of the disease, the intelligence of the
European leading him to call in physi-
clan at the first sign of trouble, while
the ignorance and prejudice of the Ori-
entails prompt them to conceal them
selves and reject medical aid.
An interesting suggestion as to the
cause for the great prevalence and NOR
tality of the plague in India and China
is offered by DR.. Charles w. Dabney,
Jr, who attributes 1t to the fact that
the people, when fed ut all, live almost
entirely upon rice and other grains
which contain very little protein, meat
or fish being rare articles of diet, while
wheat, oats, Indian corn and rye, all
of which are richer In protein than rice
are unknown. In other words, the
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Substitutes for Perfume.

The various devices adopted to serve
as a substitute for liquid perfume has
never been entirely satisfactory when
it comes to the necessity of imparting
IN enduring scent to a gown. The lit
lie silver hearts. perforated and con-
tanning the solid pellets Of perfume,
were rather ornamental than useful,
even when there were no substitutes
for them. They are still in use and
dropped into the deepest recesses of the
corsage, eXude faint and not very en-
during perfume. Most of the Paris
dressmakers put into convenient places
In gown the small bags of sachet
powder Of the scent affected by the
wearer. Nearly every woman, who
makes an effort to keep up with these
novelties In daintlness, has her set of
little sachet bags to be worn in the
corsage, even If she does not have them
sewed in every dress.
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Ing the plague are similar to those that
encourage typhus fever, namely, dens-
ity of population, bad ventilation and
drainage, impure water imperfect
nourishment, and inattention to sani-
tary requirements.
1t is said Of this disease. as Of yel-
low fever, that human habitations and
the soil may become so thoroughly in.
fected as to establish endemicity, or
regular recurrence of the disease. The
bacillus will infect food and water,
though how long 1t will retain its viril-
ity In water is as yet undetermined.
Heat and moisture, darkness, and the
presence of organic matter, vegetable
or animal, especially If in a state of de-
composition, furnish the ideal condi-
tiods for the propagation of the plague
bacilli. Light, dryness and heat are
fatal to the germs. The bacilli are killed
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WHEN WOMEN VOTED.
Privilege Extended to Unmarried OWL.
ers of Property.

Privilege Extended to Unmarried OWL,
ers of Property.
Kentucky, which in 1915 made voters
Of widows and spinsters who were
holders Of real estate, only followed
the footsteps of Maryland, which had
done the same thing thirty years be-
fore. 1 have not the authorities at
hand which would enable me to give
exact dates, but about the year 1920
unmarried women who were holders Of
real estate to given amount were en-
titled to vote, and did very generally
exercise the right Of franchise.
In colonial days the States of the
South generally made the ownership
Of property a requisite to the exercise
of the right of franchise, while the
New England colonies generally made
church membership necessary quail
fication of the voter. Following the
idea that only property holders should
vote, it was natural step to conclude
that all property holders should vote.
Maryland, therefore, decided that
where the ownership Of property was
vested in a woman who had not hus-
band to represent her she should be a
voter.
have many times heard my grand
mother tell of voting during the days
Of her widowhood and describe the
manner of exercising the franchise in
those days. There was but one voting
place in the county, and all electors
were required to go to the county town
to cast their votes. She lived in the
county of Talbot, and the voting place
for the entire county was Easton, the
county seat. There was no casting Of
a ballot nor was the system like the
viva voce vote which prevailed in Ken
lucky until a few years ago. But the
candidates for office sat in the election
room, and each voter was expected to
look them over and select one for
whom he or she desired to vote, and
the clerks made a record of the decis-
ion. Candidates for State offices were
expected to have representatives In
each county. These were leading peo-
pie of the party to which the candidate
belonged, and each one was expected
to be well qualified to discuss the mer-
its of the candidate he represented. In
those days the elections lasted four
days in order to give ample time for
every one to get to the voting place.
Some time late in the '40s the spirit of
progress required a sweeping away of
the barriers which the property quail
fication had set up, and a constitutional
convention decided in favor of giving
the ballot to every white male voter
who had reached the age of 81 years.
AS the right of a woman to vote was
based on the idea of property qualifica-
ton, when that was swept away she
lost the ballot.
merely recall this fact to show that
Maryland, which was the first colony to
guarantee religious liberty to all her
people, and which took the first steps
toward securing the present Constitu-
tion of the United States, was also the
first to give the ballot to woman.-Bos.
ton Transcript.
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Plague in Last Decade.

1890 and 1S91-Sporadc cases in Ton
quin and Hong Kong.
1S92-Carried to Lang-Tchu and Yum
Nan.
1898 and 1S94-Epldemic at Tonquin,
Hong-Kong, Canton, Lapg-rchu
and Yun-Nan.
1895 to 1s97-Sporadc cases at Yum
Nan and Lang-Tchu and along the
Manchurian frontier; also in varl-
GUS parts of India.
1S98-Plague becomes epidemic in
Bombay and Calcutta, and famine
paves the way for it's renewed in
roads along the Manchurian from
tier.
June, 1S99-Pestilence spreads rap
Idly In Hong-KOng, Bombay and
Calcutta, and many cases appear at
Rangoon and Singapore.
Newchwang, 'CrefOo and Tien-Tsin,
ana plague spreads to Australia
and Shantung
August, 1S09-Diseasc appears at To-
kio and Kobe, In Jnpnn. and at Che
mulpo, in Corea; also spreads to
Vladivostock and through Siberia,
and becomes practically epidemic In
Russian Province Of Astrakhan.
November, 1S99-Plague reaches Ma.
Mia, and two cases are brought into
port at New York.
December, 1S99-Appears I'm Valpara-
iso and other Pacific South AmerI-
can ports, and breaks out in Hon
olulu and NOumed, New Caledonia.
January, 19O0-Pestllence appears I'm
Sydney, New South Wales and
Nagasaki, Japan; also passes Cape
Horn and reaches Rio Janero and
Santos, Brazil; Rosario, Argentine,
and the island of COzumel, off the
coast of Yucatan.
February, 1900-Epidemic breaks out
afresh In Honolulu after being once
almost stamped out; also spreads to
other Hawaiian Islands.
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essary. Once the plague gets foot
hold among East Indians or Chinese
coolies it is almost impossible to check
it, except with the determination of
the population affected. Russia has
adopted heroic methods in dealing with
the plague in its Chinese colonies. All
those affected are taken out and shot.
1T saves trouble and other peoples
lives" the Russian grimly remarks.
The conditions of environment favor
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The Plague in History.

The plague prevailed in Athens In
432-429 b. c. and reappeared eight
cen months after 1t was thought to
have been stamped out.
In the third century B. C. pestllences
swept away countless numbers in
Egypt.
Livy records a great plague that de-
stroyed millions in various parts of
Africa In the third century b. &.
In $40 A. D. the plague spread over
Egypt and reached Constantinople,
where 10000 died in a day. In the
same century 1t ravaged Italy and
Northern Africa.
In the seventh century the plague In
vaded England and claimed scores
of victims.
In 1910 it appeared in Cairo and Con-
stantinople, spread, and became cpl
demlc.
In the fourteenth century the pcsti-
lence came from Arabia and swept
Egypt, Armenia, Asia Minor, North
ern Africa and nearly all Europe.
Hecker, the historian, estimates that
1t claimed 25,000,000 victims in Eu-
rope during the century
In 1466, 10000 died from plague in
Western Europe.
In 1872 pestllence swept away $4,000
people In and near Lyons, and in
1876 more than 10000 died In and
around Venice.
In 1916 the plague depopulated Ma
pies, claiming 100000 victims in five
months.
In 1654-55 London suffered ravages
by the pestllence and 100000 died.
In 1920 one-third of the people of
Marsellles died and the following
year $4,000 died in Toulon and the
whole of Provence.
T.,
In 1771 the plague destroyed $4,000
lives in Moscow.
In 1885 Cairo again was visited by
the plague and one fifth of the peo-
pie died.
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Soil.

The pilgrim did not conceal the COM
passion he felt.
How" he exclaimed, do you man.
age to wiring living from such a poor
soil?"
"Oh, our soil makes an excellent
sandbagg protested the dark, sinister
lnhabltant, regarding the other narrow
ly.-Detroit Journal.
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Vacation Arrangements.

II can tell womans age by know
Ing what she takes to the seaside in
her trunk"
How do you tell?"
"Well, If she's under 80 she takes
more clothes than books; If she's over
30 she takes more books than clothes"
Art in Dress.
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bodies of these natives lack proper
nourishment.

Methods of Contracting Plague.
Medical scientists have determ ned
that bubonic plague may be contracted
in three ways-by incubation through
an external wound or abrasion, by res
piratlon breathing air laden with the
plague germs), and by Introduction
into the stomach of food or water that
has become infected. Contrary to the
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81 UBONIC plague - the dreaded
IS "black death" of the Orient-will
never get a foothold in the Unit
ed States, or in any other civilized coun-
try where modern methods Of santa
ton prevail. This is the assertion of
Surgeon General Wyman Of the United
States army and it is indorsed by medi-
cal experts generally. So far as known
only two cases Of genuine bubonic
plague have been found in the United
States. These were brought into New
York last fall on a steamer from San
tos, Brazil, where the disease Is now
epidemic. There was considerable
alarm when the fact of the presence
of the plague was known, but this
quickly passed off when it became evil
dent that the quarantine regulations in
this country are such that it is almost
impossible for a disease of this nature
TO spread. Since then vessels have been
continually arriving from Santos, but
no new cases of the plague have devel-
Oped.
80 far as the United States is con-
cerned," says Surgeon General Wyman,
there is absolutely no danger of bu-
bonic plague invasion. The plague is
essentially a dirt disease; it cannot
thrive where the people are cleanly,
and well-nourished; or where modern
methods Of sanitation prevail 1t is
found In It's worst stages in lands like
India and China, where the natives are
dirty in their personal habits; where
the very soil is saturated with filth;
where there is an utter lack of anything
like sanitation even of the crudest kind,
and where the peoples bodies, weaken
ed and emaciated by lack of proper
food, invite disease"
Most Deadly of Diseases,
Under the conditions obtaining in the
Orient the bubonic plague is the most
vlrulent and deadly of diseases. The
symptoms manifest themselves in from
twelve hours to twelve days after the
system absorbs the disease; the usual
period being about four days. At first
the patient complains of high fever, n
swelling of the glands of the thigh and
groin, and sometimes of the neck, and
finally becomes delirious. The crisis Is
reached in from two to eight days, gen
orally In forty-eight hours. If life can
be prolonged for five or six days the
chances of successful treatment are
greatly increased. AS n rule however,
little can be done to save the natives
of the countries where the plague Is epi-
demic. A few of the well-nourished
ones escape; OF the rest death claims
an average of from 80 to 100 per cent
of the total number of cases. This fear
full mortality Is best shown in the fol-
lowing figures, furnished by DR.. WV
man: Bombay, cases 220,907, deaths
4,OS3; Hong Kong, cases 1,GO0, deaths
1,54l; Formosa, cases 2,46S, deaths
1866 Strangely enough this death
rate varies greatly according to nation
alities. From statistics obtained during
the prevalence of the plague in Hong
Kong the following official showing is
made, the percentage being based on
the total number of cases reported:
Chinese, 93 deaths out of every 100 per-
sons attacked with the disease; East
Indians, n out of every 100, japanese,
90; Eurasans, 100; Europeans. IS. This
small relative percentage of mortality
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the same effect.
Treatment of Plague Patients.
The consulting committee of public
health of the French Government has
framed the following rules for the
treatment Of patients:
A patient stricken with plague should
be isolated and kept in a state Of the
utmost cleanliness, the persons charged
with his care alone to have access to
him. The attendants should observe
the following precautions: To take
neither food nor drink in the sick-room; !;
never to take food without washing
the hands with soap and disinfecting
solution: to rinse the mouth from time
to time, and always before eating, with
disinfecting solution; carpets, cur
tains rugs and other furniture to be re-
moved from sick-room; cloths, cover
ings and mattresses to be disinfected
by steam or boiling at the conclusion
of the case, or as often as they accumu-
late; the floor of the room to be washed
daily with disinfecting solution.
TO French physician, DR.. Yersen,
belongs the honor of having discovered
remedy for the plague. DR.. Yersen
was a student Of the Pasteur institute
and believer in the serum treatment
At Annoy, China, in 1896, he first put
his theories into practice by using the
serum from an immunized horse upon
cases of severe type. He treated
twenty-three cases in this manner, all
of whom recovered excepting two.
whose cases We're desperate from the
outset. Since that time the Yersen
method has ben tested until it's efficacy
is now incontestable. A French COM
mission which has been investigating
the plague at Oporto. Portugal, reports
that in cases treated with the serum
the mortality was only IA per cent,
while in those not treated it was at
least 70 per cent. In case In Bom-
bay European family resided, with
numerous retinue of native servants,
in an infected portion of the city. The
little daughter of the family was
stricken with the pest in a virulent
form; was treated with the serum, and
made a rapid recovery. AS precau-
tionary measure the whole family were
subjected to incubation, and the same
measure of treatment was offered to
the native domestics. Some accepted
and escaped infection, while six who
declined on the ground of religious
scruples were all stricken and five
died. A more crucial test could not have
been devised.
The bubonic plague, DR.. Wyman as
serts, is the same old plague that for
centuries past has made it's appearance
at intervals in various countries to
claim its tribute of thousands upon
thousands of human lives, and which
has been known in turn as the Levan-
tine, Oriental and black plague, and
black death. The mere index to the lit
erature on the subject-a simple emu
meration of titles with authors-covers
forty pages in the index catalogue Of
the library of the surgeon generals
office of the United States army.
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There is some wonder that particu-
larly good brand of cigars is not named
the Don't Worry"
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by direct sunlight in three or four
hours, and in a dry room at ordinary
temperature in three or four days. A
temperature Of 176 degrees Fahrenheit
kills the germs in five minutes, and So
lutions of corrosive sublmate, sui
phuric acid, or hydrochloric acid have
the same effect.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-25

HELEN NElLL suite -. --7i
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MlNNlE REYNOLDS. Butte. ."...... ...-.....104
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NOTICE TO

To John Thomas Maggie and Elizabeth
Ann Maggie: You are hereby notified that
George Abram Free n John Edgar
Free, co-owners. have, in accordance
with section 1924 of the revised statutes
of the United States. expended in labor
and improvements upon the Chequito
quartz lode mining claim, which Is
bounded on the east by Assay mill site,
on the west by the Enterprise quartz
lode mining claim, IN the south by the
| Oberman quartz lode mining claim, on
the north by the Sphinx quartz lode MINI
ing claim, and located in Summit valley
mining district, Silver Bow county, Mon
| tana. and notice of location of which Is
recorded on page 1853. book E OF quarts
, lodes of said county. You are hereby
notified thai unless o contribute your
proportion ($35.35l ihirty-three and thir-
lty-three one hundredth dollars Of the
one hundred collars $1,000 annually ex-
penditures 10r the year 1899, together
| with Interest and costs within ninety
days after h COMPLETE service of this
notice by publ; cation, all your right,
title and interest in n to the above
described Chequito Quartz lode mining
claim win become the property of the
undersigned, your co-owners, who have
performed the work and made the re-
ouired expenditures thereon.
GEORGE ADRIAN FREE,
JOHN EDGAR FREE.
Butte. Mont. June Il. 1900. -