Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-03
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

"iiaueiphia Record: Many are the
strange sights / see, and one of the
s.rahgest was not long ago. at Cramps
shlpyard. There was an enormous pile of
soft coal. and a crowd of cultured locking
men We're going over it and selecting GER
tam Jumps. 1t amazed me to see these fell
lows. with their high collars, eyeglasses
and pointed boards. picking coal in hat
way, and I demanded an explanation. I
was told that the coal was being gone over,
ana the very best of it being selected for
use in the trial trip of a new man-of-war
wise and talented men were choosing the
coal. because it was to be used in the trial
OF a new Warship. the contract for which
caled Tor q certain speed. Success de-
and so 1t is no wonder, after all. that there
was SUCH a picking over of the coal heap
oy the well. dressed experts, who did not
intend TO take any chances of failure"
The Cannibal and His Captive.-The cam
ment.
I'm a hot country" he urged. "strictlv
vegetable diet is conducive to longevity
Whose longevity" demanded the can.
nlbal. with a loud, insulting laugh.
IN the native state mans sense of humor
Is often stronger than his sense of pro-
priety.-Detroit Journal.
Philadelphia Record. has mourned such
losses as the death of General Lawton.
there have been many pathetic incidents Of
unheralded and unnoticed. The closing
chapter of one of these will be marked at
the schuyikill arsenal on Thursday morn
ing. When the personal effects of a Phila-
oelpnla boy who served as a private in a
cavalry regiment will be sold at public auc-
he fought in a number Of %" battles ione aroa and
Manila until he was stricken with fever.
ne l1Ved TO return to this country, but died
IN a hospital. The poor fellow had no rela-
tives, or at least none can be found, SO his
little stipend Of back pay and the trife that
VIII be realized from the sale of his effects
outht consists of a canvas telescope, four
photographs of scenes at Manila. which
were probably bought as keepsakes: a copy
OF the Manila Freedom, a pair of scissors,
q razor and strop, a few sewing needles
and two or three trinkets and relies picked
up during a six months campaign"
General exclaimed the Filipino. II
ery."
that the world is round.'
What do We care?'
~. .Meli; general, it might be we'll to take
we will make a complete circle and unex-
pectedly collide with the enemy's rear
guard. Star.
The Indianapolis Press publishes a letter
10 a friend from an American business man
in johannesburg. in which he says: II do
not agree at all with the statements / see
IN some American papers about England
having no real cause for war with the
Transvaal.. 1t should have come to this
point long before it did. England took slap
after slap from the wretched little coun-
try which she would not nave taken from
any other, l am sure, and had the United
states been SO treated by another nation
our whole people would have been up in
arms months ago and the question settled.
l have heard many Englishmen say this.
fnO and many nf thnv1 d,
said they wished the United States had the
settling of affairs. The great mistake Eng
iand made was in ever giving the country
pack to the beers. l have heard people say
ever since l have been here, Never trust a
Boer,' and l am afraid I must believe it.
mean they are individually untrustworthy, !
They have been greatly misrepresented as
a tGod-fearing people, There is an over
whelm1nE amount of lip service to be |
sure, and the speeches of the Volksraad
members Were sickening to us living here. |
as we knew the hollowness of it ALL"
A man was discussing literature with a
secondhand bookseller In Paternoster row
yesterday, and a bystander overheard the |
following conversation:
by the by, who is the author of 'Ecce
The bookseller paused for a moment and
rubbed his chin reflectively.
We'll" he said. that's hardly a fair
question. There's only a few of us as have
the secret. and it's not supposed to be
The inquirer Immediately apologized for
his rash question and the bookseller for
gave Globe.
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