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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21

est as follows: Agricultural college, 81
ee4. SO; reform school, s1+,614.41; school Of
mines, $40, GA. 0S; state capitol. S4b2.6':
deaf and dumb asylum, $,150.5S capitol
building interest and sinking fund, $2l,-
900; deaf and dumb asylum interest and
sinking fund, s2,472; arid land commits
sion, s., 164.4 6; total, s105, 1924.
A number Of warrants We're issued on
November 80 which had not been regis
tered with the state treasurer on that
date and which increases the total
amount of outstanding warrants, as
shown by the state auditors report, to
$40, 295. 95.
The receipts of the state were 81 ,200,-
$50. 60 in 1900, as compared with Sl,4'6,-
293. 4 in 1899. The decrease was mainly
due to considerable bond sales for state
institutions in 1899, the only other item
in which the figures for that year ex-
ceeded those for 1900 being miscellaneous
receipts, while the tax and license reye-
nue. received from the different counties
increased S54,S17.50.
The state has no general bonded debt.
Bonds nave been issued for the con-
struction of the state educational, penal
and reformatory institutions, but these
are secured by the respective land grants
anu not Dy the SeieIdl cIGull y L lic sldlG.
The amounts are as follows: Agriculture
al college, 800, 900; normal school, $50, 900;
university, 500, 900; leaf and dumb asy-
UNI $40, 900; capitol building $l20, 900. All
these bonds bear six per cent interest,
except those on the school of mines,
which bear five per cent.
1t was estimated by the state auditor
that after making all deductions for out
standing warrants to be redeemed, a cash
balance of $50, coo would remain to car
ry forward to the fiscal year 1901. His
estimate of revenue and expenses for the
two years 1901 and 1902 is shown in the
following table:
Estimates of revenue and expenses,
fiscal years 1901 and 1902:
REVENUE.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21

The total amount of money PAID out
by the state of Montana for ali pur-
poses during the year ending November
1900. was $3.50, 355. Is, as compared with
$3.50. 359. SIS in the fiscal year 1897, an IN
crease on the face Of the figures OF
$50. 995. 50.
This increase did not occur in the
regular running expenses OF the state
government, but is due to several spe-
ciic causes. The erection of the state
Capitol has been in progress throughout
the year, and the first interest ana SINK
ing fund of $21 900 has been
made in 1900. This item alone shows
an increase of So, 500. 40, but the money
has not come out of the pockets of the
~raSpayers, for it was obtained by the
sale of bonds secured by the land grant
for public buildings, and the interest
is paid out of the proceeds OF the sale
or lease of this land.
\ second cause of increase is the larS-
err amount taken from the school IN
come fund for distribution among the
school districts of the states. This m
crease is really a sign of prosperity,
for it proves that the state has been
able to derive an increased revenue from
the sale or lease of school lands. The
increase in this item is $39. .33, but
this also did not come out of the pockets
OF the taxpayers.
The increased revenue which the scalp
bounty fund has derived from the spe-
cial tax imposed for the purpose has
enabled the state to pay a large pro-
portion Of the warrants issued under the
old law. This accounts for the increase
of So. SS1 paid out under this head.
The state school OF mines has beer
opened during the year 1900, involving al
increase of $22, 663. p under that head.
There have also been increased in Other
items of expense, the largest of Which
was $9325.23 in the cost of care of pris'
pners. $3619. 80 in the cost of the Soldiers
home, due to the building of a hospital
and s4492. so in payments from the stool
inspector and detective fund.
The most material decrease is in thu
cost of the legislative department., tn
item of $50, 6S6.11 for the session OF lS9
having no equivalent in 1900. The item
of SOS, $50. Sc, for relief bills passed by thu
Legislature for the payment of a humble
of claims, also appears against 1s9
alone. The supreme court made a saw
ing of $3.50. 60, and there was a decreas
of s11,476.04 in the cost of the. deaf an
dumb asylum due to the fact that TIL
outlay for building did not extend int
the year 1900.
All the departments kept within thei
appropriations during the two years
and a number of them had a fair SUI
plus. This aggregates 500, SS9.57 in 1Ss
and 500, 694. go in 1900.
Under the head of the executive d
partment are included the salaries al
expenses OF the state officers and the
assistants, the state examiner. boai
OF pardons, medical board and board
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21

inches long and eleven inches deep. M
ether or chloroform. They We're afraid
of my heart. AS I'm told, I've got part
of the skin of the tail of a kangaroo sew
ed into my insides. also a lot of fiddle
strings. They can't say John l.. isn't full
of music now, can they? o can bet
your last dollar on this-there are 120
stitches inside of me.
Then they kept me flat on my back in
one POSITION till the soles Of my feet were
full of pins and needles. But I wouldn't
move. I stuck to the rules of the game
as DR.. Bodine gave them to me. You
can't kill a good man you know"
Mr.. Sullivan says he has now ADAM
doned the rum habit for good and all.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21
SENATOR H. C. HANSBROUGH,
THE ELOQUENT SWEDISH
ORATOR
Will Address the People, etc.

s..........
Swedish orator!' sail Heitfeld to
himself. "Hansbrough doesn't know a
word of Swedish. What sort Of a game
is this"
Investigation showed that the posters,
When originally printed, bore the name
of Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota.
Senator Nelson vas taken sick, or for
some reason could not keep the appoint-
ment, and Mr.. Hansbrough was substi-
tuted. His lame was pasted over Nell
sons, but "the eloquent Swedish orator"
was above to remain.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21
"CANNOT KILL A GOOD MAN."

John L.. Sullivan's description of a sur
gical operation recently performed on
him at the Polytechnic Medical school Is
most interesting. According to the pa
tient, his trouble arose from a slight
sastronomic indiscretion in the shape
of seven broiled chickens eafeen inside OF
-four hours. John continues:
They cut me open in the side. fifteen
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21
TIFF E ORATOR.

Senator Heitfeld of Idaho, says that
during the campaign he heard that
was schudeuled to speak in
three little towns in northern Idaho,
mostly populated by Swedes. He Won
dered why his colleague had been sent
into that particular section, and SO he
tool a train and went up to hear him
speak. The first thing that met his
eye as he alighted at the depot was q
huge poster With these words:
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21

Adding together the balance carried
forward from 1900 and the estimated rev.
enue for the w years makes a total of
81, $3.50, 900. The total estimated expenses
for the same period are 81, 1i3, 1SS, which
leaves an estimated surplus of $276, S12.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21

There We're outstanding, on December
I, registered warrants on the general
FUND for 1924, 970.07, with $3.50 accrued in
t~erest, as an offset to which there was
due in unpaid taxes and licenses $3.50, 600;
cash on hand, ST.. %, leaving a balance Of
SIP, 6O1. 81. Against the state institutions
there were outstanding. November 30,
registered warrants, with accrued inter-
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21

al Nv 49,
N 1899, So, 6 SO in 1900. There was ex-
pended in acquisitions and rewards for
the arrest of prisoners $1,501 in 1899, and
81, 249 in 1900.
The cost of caring for the insane has
been almost stationary, having been
$115. 219.95 in 1899. $114, $50. IS in 1900.
The purely charitable work of the state
cost So, $4,000 in 1899, SIS. 1899 in 1900.
OF this the orphans home cost $16.427.11
in 1899, SIG, 1890 in 1900: the soldiers
home $s,SS7.O7 in 1899, $12, 566. 81 in 1900.
On the important work of protecting
fish and game there was expended only
$4S4.o2 in 1899. s276.61 in 1900.
The state historical library, in which
are preserved many valuable records of
the early history of the state, has cost
50, 1919. IS in 1899, 50, 247.2 81 in 1900.
The sixth legislature passed bills in
1899 appropriating $3.50, SO for the relief
of various persons having claims against
the state, which could not legally be paid
without such action. 1t also expended
$500 in the purchase of maps of the state.
An expense of s1.S10.79 was incurred
in connection with the representation of
Montana at the Trans1Mississippi con-
gress at St. Louis in 1899.
There has been expended on the actual
construction of the state capitol during
the two years 1912. $3.50, Of which $75,-
492. 20 was paid out in 1899, $137 ,295.60 in
1900. This money was raised by the sale
of bonds secured by the lane grant for
the erection of public buildings, and an
additional expense of S21, 900 was in
CURED in 1900 for interest and sinking
fund on this loan.
The annual report of the state treas
urer for the fiscal year 1900 shows that
the state carried forward from 1899 a
balance of $637, 1862 and received during
the year 81, 200, 933. SO. leaving a balance
on and December 1, 1900, of $514, 627 .16.
This was divide among the various
funds as follows:
Funds Amount.
Permanent school s119, All 81
School income ................ 80, $40 SO
University bond .............. 10, e67 "A
Permanent university .......... 81 ,295 19
Normal school bond ........... 80, 444 9G
Agricultural college bon 49,. 1,12O 81
Deaf and dumb asylum bldg. 1873 Is
Reform school building ........ 473 "a
State capitol building .......... 7S,461 81
school of mines building ...... GA ,615 Al
General .......... ............. II 2s
Stock inspector and detective. is, 700 19
Stock indemnity ............... Sab II
Sheep inspection and indemnity 6,247 SO
State bounty ................. 1894 4s
Fish and game ................ 4S %
State law library ............ 116 "A
Medical board ................. AS A
Escheated estates .............. 1852 &c
Soldiers 2,SS2 IA
Capitol bldg, int. and sink'g.. 1,725 4C
Beautifying capitol grounds. ISL q
University building ............ GA As
Agricultural college income.... AL 5;
Total ssh, 627 II
1Ehere Mare QutStandinm ON nacamhnl
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-27

one male fox Is turned loose, the finest
ANIMALS being selected for breeding
purposes. The killing age is about Is
months, although fox skins may be
had as young as 8 months, and IL espe-
cially well grown the animals are
sometimes killed at that age. The
semi-domestication of the fur-bearing
animals affords the only possible es-
cape from the early determination of a
large part OF those species which now
provide the most costly and luxurious
of wearing apparel. 1t seems reason
able to suppose that the Alaskan fox
industry, In which 100000 is now in
vested, may be. the beginning OF
great and profitable business, the ISL
ands of Alaska being particularly fit
ted for the experiment. and very few
of them are OF the least value for any
other purpose. 1t is thought by expe-
rienced fur men that 1t might be en-
tirely feasible to introduce the Russian
sable and other of the more valuable
martin species into Alaska for propa-
cation on the same lines as the fox
experiment, and whatever the govern
ment can do In the direction of en-
couraging the development of fur
raising will be step well and wisely
taken. In one island bears are being
raised, and the proprietor of the bear
range has a dozen or more animals
Utica Globe.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-27

THE strangest thing In the Paris
Exposition Midway 10 the upside
down house," said guest at one OF
the hotels, who has just returned after
O visit to the other side of the pond,
says the New Orleans Times Democrat.
Nobody but Frenchman would ever
have thought OF such a thing. 1t Is
big, old-fashioled three-story manor
house, apparently resting on Its gables.
with the foundation lty feet In the
air. One goes in through dormer
window through the attic, and finds
everything upside down. Under foot
are what appear to be the ceilings,
spouting chandeliers like giant toad
stools, and overhead are chairs and
tables and all the other ordinary furni-
ture of a house, miraculously clinging
to the reversed floors. There are even
books and small articles scattered
about on the carpets, and sticking to
them as If by magic, and on some of
the tables lamps are burning, top
down. Everything about the place con-
tributes to one of the most bewilder-
in6 AliuolOho Dut thC ACdiiy
amazing feature of the house Is the
view through the windows. They COM
mand considerable expanse of the
exposition grounds. and, incredible as
1t may seem, everything Is upside
down. One sees all the familiar build
ings standing on their heads, throngs
of reversed people walking to and fro.
and the sky yawning where the earth
ought to be. The effect is indescrib-
ably startling. | puzzled over those
windows for a long time. but finally
discovered their secret. The illusion
is produced by means of two mirrors,
both set at angles in the casing and
one rejecting the other BY that means
the outside scene is turned about top
sy-turvy and cast back into the room
with all the realism of an open-air
view. Visitors are not allowed to go
very close to the windows for fear, as
the attendants say, that they will fall
into the sky A man should be per-
fectly sober before he inspects the
upside down house
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-27
THE ITALIAN WOMAN.
Gcntisx Sex of That Nationality Rec
but Little.

Gcntlex Sex of That Nationality R@m
but Little.
The rather low standard of her cul-
ture tends to keep the Italian woman
behindhand in the march of emanci-
patton, though one comes across re-
markable exceptions among those CO.
cupied with education of literature and
and even in society, says The Contem-
porary. The Italian has a very acute
traordinary promptitude anything pre-
sented to her mind, but she does not
cultivate it; once her studies ended
she closes her books; "adieu paniers,
vendanges sont faites!" That most
useful help to feminine intellectual
development, reading, has not yet be-
come habit with her. There are
countries where books are more used
by women than by men; rich, they
buy them; poor, they have the lending
library; In their yearly expenditure.
no matter how small it be, literature
has its place. There is nothing like
this In Italy. With the exception of
small minority. the women do not
read, and have no wish to read. Their
celebrated ancestresses of the six-
teenth century must look at them with
reproachful eyes. If the shade of the
President des Brosses recrossed the.
Alps he would find no Maria Gaetana
Agnesi, called the oracle of seven Ian
guages and the servant of the poor.
and declared by him to be more mar.
velous than Milan Cathedral. Benedict
XIV. granted permission to this
learned Milanese lady to take her faith
er's place as professor of mathematics
at the University of Bologna during
an illness of the father. The tradition
of feminine learning is lost in italy:
indeed, it was lost long before the
time of Maria Gaetana Agnesi The
Italian of to-day may yet prove her.
self capable of emulating her great
forerunners, but in the meantime il is
certain that modern ideas have made
so much less way with her than with
the women of other European conn
tries that she offers a more formida-
BILE resistance than even the men of
her own land to any effort at reform
in favor of her sex. This inferioritv
of culture has the double effect of
greatly limiting the number of women
capable of taking any part whatever
in public affairs, and of creating an
utter want of sympathy with the
emancipation movement in general.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-27

We'll, | paid the rent to-day, and
open confession is good for the SOUL
/ forgot all about that window"
His wife looked at him with re-
proachful brown eyes. "oh. George.
am SO sorry"
$50 am |. Marble, If 1t worries you,
but | don't see that few days can
make much difference"
But, George, it is really danger
Gus, besides the risk of breaking that
glass and having to pay for 1t. Don't
you remember how the sash fell when
Jane was washing the window? 1t
might have killed her If hadn't
caught it."
Eyes, but you did, and now that she
knows the danger. there is no longer
any risk. If you want the window
open you can put a stick under the
sash; but we don't use the room, you
know"
mo, we don't" sighed Marjory. 1t
was one of her grievances, carefully
kept to herself, that they could not
afford to furnish their drawing room.
She and her husband had left
the boarding house in the city, where
they had lived for three years, and
moved out to the suburbs, chiefly on
account of the baby. They were
charmed with the change, delighted to
have home. The pretty two-storied
cottage, with veranda and ha%-acre
lot, was great improvement on the
one room at the boarding house, where
Marjory had Quaked If her child So
much as whimpered. She and George
took much satisfaction in gardening
and studied horticulture with zeal.
No earthly paradise is perfect;
George and Marjory had determined
not to run in debt, and the drawing
room of their house was bare, except
Ing for a few chairs and the window
curtains The window. occupied the
whole front of the room. and was
merely two huge panes of plate glass
The owner had built a row of similar
cottages, commodious villas he called
them in his advertisement, and these
front windows were the pride of his
heart. Marjory detested them. She
declared they made the houses lool
like shops, in spite of the verandas
and she was in continual fear lest the
costly glass might be broken. Since
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-27
A FORTUNATE FORGETTING

ooh. no." answered the policeman,
cheerfully, there is good deal OF hhe
in you yet. Here, put on the brace
let's, first" He drew a pair OF haho-
cuffs from his pocket and fettered MS
prisoner before he went around on Tue
porch to raise the sash.
George followed him and held the
window. while the officer pulled the
thief to his feet and removed ms
mask. AS the blaze of light from tne
chandelier fell on the mans race the
officer gave a low whistle OF surprise
and pleasure. slippery Dick, by an
that is good and holy" he exclaimed
well, that is a good haul"
"Oh, no." sneered the captive, "Pm
Jolly Jim. Ring for my carriage;
tell you my back is broken with THAI
cursed window. I'm half dead ali
ready, SO you may shoot IL you hke-
/ won't walk"
"Oh, WE'LL" said the policeman, the
reward is for you, alive or dead. bus
you'll live to be hung. don't you fear
guess this gentleman will help me TO
support you to the nearest drug store.
it isn't far off, and don't mind riding
from there to accommodate you"
Two days later, as George and Mar
jory sat on the veranda in the tws-
light, the policeman came up the walk
and stopped at the door. Its Slippery
Dick, sure enough" he said. Il sup
pose 1t will be the square thing IL we
go halves on the reward. He was
wanted for burglary and murder In
town, and the figure is $780,"
Marjory's eyes danced with delight
Now we can furnish the drawing
ROOM" she thought. but she held her
peace while her husband signified his
consent to the proposal.
"Of course, you will have to appear
as a Witness" said the officer. II
think your wife will be excused. And
now, If you please, would like to go
inside and take good look at that
window" George led the way into tho
drawing room.
The policeman raised the sash.
caught it as it fell, repeated the oper-
alton, then turned and took leisurely
survey of the unfinished apartment.
That's first-rate burglar trap, and
no mistake" he said thoughtfulIy, but
hang me If / see any bait. And to
think it caught Slippery Dick, ofsall
men In the world. Chicago Tribune.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-27

The first national gypsy convention
ever held in the United States has
been concluded at St. Joseph, Mo.
For days almost innumerable wagon
trains rolled into the city and the
camp there was one of great size. A
great struggle for election of chief
took place. Gene Fernando OF Indiana
and Gala Marcuie of Kentucky were
nominated The balloting, which last
ed all day, resulted in the election OF
Fernando. Fernando, when interviewed,
stated he has been trying for years to
unite the various gypsy trains, but I'M
til now had failed. Each member un-
der the charter of the organization
is under solemn obligations to solicit
funds to defray expenses during the
winter months.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-27

Success is more than probable for
Maude Adams in her coming produc-
ton of "L'Aiglon" at the Knicker-
booker theater, in New York, In the
autumn. If Charles Frohman even APP
proximates the grandeur of scenic
mounting and brilliancy of costuming
with which Nine. Bernhard has
dressed Edmund Rostand's poetic
drama, he will have accomplished the
finest achievement of his career and
will have given New York playgoers
visions of theater pomp and splendor
commensurate only with Ben Hur,"
and not excelled by the production OF
Sir Henry Irving.
At first 1t is difficult to imagine the
mischievous, impish Lady Babble as
the melancholy and distraught Due de
Reichstadt-the pale, sensitive, weak
ling prince-endowed by Inheritance
with the impulses and ambitions of
Napoleon, but, by inheritance, too, de-
void Of the physical power to give
them force. The name "L'Aigion"
(the Eagle) fits the play and the char
acter to perfection. It's essence is the
temper and fire of the eagle held in
restraint by the weakness of the
hedgling. The eagles impulse and
ambition is to soar; it's impotence per-
mits it only to futter feebly in it's
prison nest
The American version of "L'Aiglon"
will be quite as different from the
Bernhard version as will the in
depreciation of the title part. Indeed,
1t is doubtful If "L'Aiglon," as it Is
now being played in Paris, would find
even a moderate degree of favor in
New York. Bernhard herself would
carry 1t to success, but such an achi We
act translation with an American ac-
tress in the title role.
The play is in six acts and requires
four hours and a quarter for it's per-
Torrance. It's action begins slowly,
and the incidents do not gather dra-
matte force until well into the third
act. 1t abounds in long, fatiguing
speeches and monologues, which are
mere rehearsals of history and French
politics OF the time OF Napoleon, and
do not bear directly on the story. Its
cast contains forty-eight characters,
twenty-four of which are distinct and
concerned with the complications OF
the plot. All have their say, and while
what they say is said well, the mass OF
verbiage would be exceedingly firing
to New York audience accustomed
to go to supper and catch the last sub
urban trains.
In the American version. prepared
by Louis N. Parker, which Charles
Frohman now has In London. at least
an hour of surplus recital of history
and rehearsals of Napoleonic achieve
ment have ben cut out. The result will
| enhance the value of the play in New
York, although In Paris where French
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-27

Obviously the Japanese do not agree
with Tennyson that ''the woman,s
cause is mans" for the Tokyo corre-
spondent vof The Nagasaki Press an
nounces that there will appear shortly
weekly paper entitled the Fuio
shimbun (womans paper), under the
auspices of well-known men and wo-
men. The prospectus just issued
says that the paper will be devoted
to the promotion of interests affecting
the fair sex in Japan, and will also
conduct warfare against social abuses
to which no quarter will be given
Editor, reporters and other membera
OF the staff will consist of women