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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-25

never was around where things hap
nened. He was too slow to ever catch
up with a hurricane.
A newsboy threw the evening paper
over the hedge as he ran past. Size took
it up and glanced at the headlines.
Zone of the victims from Los Angeles!
Jack Morland killed-'
She threw dcwn the paper and sank
upon the ground under. the rose-tree, Gov
ering her face with her hands. AS she
sat weeping, the sct1t voice Of Ramon
drifted through the darkness that, seemed
to have fallen over her.
"Why do YOU cry Senor.ta MA? VIII
you not tell me?"
"oG away! hate ycu!"
THAT is a reason that I should cry.
not vou.'
She threw out her hand p~assionately.
If it had not been for him and his hate
full gopher she might not have been so
bad to Jack the last time she could ever
see him.
What made you come around with
your old gophers, making me wretched?
Go away! I don't want you!"
He looked at her with eyes flied with
woe
Il am so sorry. I did not know tina
you loved the gopher. I know where
there are many gophers. Oh, .mu-he-
d1uln'bre! 1 VIII catch them and turn
them all loose in you garden. oYu shall
have heaps of them higher Thar San
Bernardino."
II don't want gophers. I hate them
and YOU, too"
you will not let me comfort you? But
I ann very sorry for you. Remember. you
have always a friend in Ramon"
She would not look at him as he went
sadly away.
The sun dropped like a ball Of fire be-
hind a distant mountain and it's reflected
rays struck amethystine s1parkles from
Old Baldy and his Brother peaks, but
she did not see. A silver star tWinkled
out a rose-tinted cloudlet and looked
down softly and sympathetically but it
met no gaze of grateful admiration in
return.
Suddenly the handkerchief was pNucked
the ewes of Jack.
"Oh, Jack, l knew you would come
back to me ever if you wer dead"
But I'm not dead, Sylvia"
ooh, yes, you are. I nave read that
they do not know ait first. Sometimes
it takes several days. But you are dead.
The paper said So"
"Then the reporter killed me. I can't
blame him. He has to make a niving. I
lived such an exemplary life when I was
in flesh that I could better afford 10 die
than he could. Besides, am rather
Coli ed to him for killing me. Otherwise
l should not have found cut that you
loved me so mull.'
II don't hove YOU, Jack, of course. But
| ppo TAI have to spend the rest OF
my life in looking after you. You could
not take care of yourself even when you
were a live man, and of course you can't
now that you are a ghost.'
'nf had known how delightful it is
to he a ghost said Jack, taking her in
his aims, Il would ave become one long
ago"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-25
WOMAN'S LONG WALK.

A remarkable journey was accom-
piished not long ago by a Norwegian
woman, Nine. Alma keldseth, who tray
eled on foot from Christiana to Paris.
The adventure was the outcome of a
bet. She was to go without money or
food, except what she could arm by the
wayside, and after almost insurmount-
able difficulties she accomp,: shed the
task.
Mime. keldseth is a journalist and will
no doubt make good copy out of her ex
periences.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-25

Emperor William. of Germany, has
conferred on George G. Ward. Of New
York, vice-president of the COrImel cial
Gable company, the Order of the Crown
of the Second Glass. to commemorate the
opening of the cable to the United
States.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-25

A steady diet of sulphur and molasses
is said to be a perfect protection against
mosquito bites. The insect is declared to
be a~ntagonistic to the atmosphere that
surrounds a person who INDUCES in that
method of driving the impurities Of his
blood to the surface.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-25

In Colorado wild ducks have become
SO numerous that they are regarded as
a nuisance, n some counties are Of
fering premiums for their destruction.
In nearly an other states, these wild
owl are protected by game laws.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-25

when you marry, my son, be sure You
take a wife who's SO rich that you'd
marry her even if she was ugly, and
who's SO beautiful that you'd marry her
even if she was poor!"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-25

MISS stlggins-Ah, my friend! I can see
you're a poor, erring sinner. Here is food
for reflection.
famp-Ihank you all the same. mum.
put don't yer think a little food for d.
sestion I'D do a chap like me more coodp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-24
TELEPHONE ETIQUETTE.
BOme Punishments That Should b.
Melted Out to TransgressOrs.

BOme Punishments That Should he
Melted Out to Transgressors.
From the New York Herald.
If heaven sent meat and the devil sent
cooks. 1t is also a popular belief that man
invented the telephone and the "old boy
devised Central"
The vexations and annoyances which
that invisible locality can inf1ict upon an
mourning public pass all understanding
Well brought-up young women who never
heard "cuss word" In all their childhood
have complained that they have been edu-
Gated In all the varieties OF swearing dur
ing brief engagement at q switchboard
They have only themselves and that eter-
nal word Busy to thank for the re-
marks OF an exasperated clientele of sud
denly cutoff and angry subscribers.
However. there Is another side to the
question OF telephone morals, which deals
more directly with telephone etiquette.
Half the telephone Ills of life are the in
yention Of central but the balance are
brought about by the subscribers them
selves. who prey on each other In a man
Der that Is little short of criminal II the
statutes properly dealt with them they
would get anywhere from $40 to ten days
at the hands OF the nearest magistrate
There Is the man who rings your bell
and. deciding afterward that he doesn't
want you, unhooks his machine so that
you won't bother him with your oft-re-
fcdltl "Hdt - II. WHEN you answer QlS
call Ten dollars
There Is the unknown fellow who calls
your number and asks you to go upstairs
two flights to Jones and get him to your
phone. as he hasn't ona Ten dollars and
ten days.
There Is the "rounder'-heaven bless him
.s-who calls up your private residence at
Q. NJ and gets you out on the carpet In
Your slippered feat to ask you IL this is the
Paprika Turkish baths, and Is Brown
there. and will he-but let US respect our
leaders,
There Is the angry shrill-voiced lady
from an uptown fat who calls up your
hitherto respected banking house and asks:
US this the American Ice Company? And
are you trying TO rob her?" Ten days in
the reformatory.
There is the simmer Of sinners among
the business men-the ''hold-the-wire' ma
rwho. being busy himself doesn't seem to
think you are, too. He tells his boy to call
You up. and being called up you are told
TO Hold the wire" You are left there
With your ear glued to the phone while the
youngster goes off after his employer, who
may be upstairs around the corner and
who arrives when he is good and ready
Ten dollars and ten days, with hard labor
fnd without benefit of clergy; to be taken
thence and hanged blythe neck until he Ia
dead.
These are only a few of the EXAMPLES
which might be quoted to demonstrate that
the telephone Is largely subscribed to by
moral degenerates who are inducer. OF
profanity by wire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-24
Overlooked,

From the New York News
She-"What! Marry me? You silly boy"
He-"But / mean IT,"
You don't know what you would get
One never knows about a woman-so they
say"
Il don't want to marry you to know YOU :"
'Oh. But my hateful ways Have you
considered that?'
I've thought of that"
hatefuI?"
Il didn't. You were merly arguing against
the alliance, and / was on the other side -
You were arguing by admission"
No By patience. Proceed
Well, then, 1 am tickle"
That Is all right.
And selfish
Very we'll"
And cepricious."
All women are"
And you"
"Welip''
We'll. have had you at your best, I SUD-
pose but even then there have been ttmes
when you WERE
Stupid. Granted"
And obstinate"
True"
And irritating"
Right"
And exactins. Think of all these differ
ences. Why. you goose. II would never do.
We married. Absurd!'
But, my dear girl. you have overlooked
one thing" ,- :
And what may that be, sir?''
why, you know. IL we were married we
shouldn't see nearly 10 much of each other
~ We do now
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-24

thing was as quiet as a lamb. But what q
change for the worse had been made in
thar short time! We had but one weak.
Wobbiy sail left with which to got back to
San Francisco. The worst danger we feared
was from the mainmast floating alongside.
We knew We must all work for our lives
In cutting the wires and ropes that held the
mast and yards to the bark. The sea was
running very high and the mast knocking
against the ships side rendered 1t difficult
for US to keep our feet. Our axes soon
becams blunt, and we made little head
way. In the meantime we expected every
minute to have hole knocked in our side
and all go to the bottom. Should she begin
to leak we would be helpless as all the
pumps had been knocked to pieces. Two OF
the lifeboats had been smashed by the fall
ing rigging and these were lying on the
afterdeck. The two lifeboats that were
left We're standing on the forecastle, and Ii
was hard work to swing them beyond the
broken ropes and twisted wires so they
would be In position to be manned at a
moments notice. 1t took nine hours OF the
most diligent work to get US free from the
masts and spars with their broken sails.
The sea was still rough and dangerous.
The deck was under water all the time, and
we were in a tight fix all round. Finally,
when she Quieted down bit. we set about
the work Of getting back to port but 1t
was awful slow. We could not go to San
Francisco; 1t was too great a distance We
would give out
1T was very strange, but the good. old
ship was still as sound as a NUT and there
was no leakage. At first. when I saw the
helmsman knocked over the wheel,
thought the rudder was broken, but 1t was
not Well. we steered for Santa Barbara,
and on July IA We made Port Conception.
At l o'clock in the morning of July 10 we
encountered the steam schooner Green
wood. which towed us into port at Santa
Barbara Teegraphing to Frisco for a
tug. the Relief came and took us to San
Francisco. So here we are. and here we
shall remain at least three months to get
in good repair. You can put 1t down as
typhoons."
How do you account for the singular
mishap, captain?'
mo one will ever know, but In my opin-
ion 1t was whirlwind that took our masts
away. The wind was in the upper sails
and not felt on deck at all. There was no
sign Of wind or weather before or after
ward 1t was one of the most curious sea
experiences on record. and give 1t up
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-24

Capt: Hoover Tells of the Dire Harm
1t Did His Good Ship.


San Francisco CORES. Cincinnati ENQUIRER
Those who go down to the sea in ships
are beset with many perils, but none ex-
coed in horror and dramatic intensity the
effect produced by the wrecking Of a ship
In dead calm. This unique experience
fell to the lot of the good ship T. C. P1u-
ger under Captain Hoover, who, with q
crew OF sixteen men and a cargo Of $4,000
bags OF flour. and bound for Queenstown,
was overtaken In typhoon at sea of the
coast of California on the 18th day Of July
last. Although captain and crew dncluding
q pet pig came out Of the tangle alive, the
wreck of the bark, as she lay out In Mission
Bay, gives eloquent testimony to the terror
OF the experience In detailing the Won
derful escape from disaster and death Cap.
tain Hoover said:
I'VE were going along finely at ten knots
an hour. 1t was about o'clock in the
morning. and the second mate was on
watch. The sky was fight. with few
breeze that sent US along in great shape.
There was no suspicion Of danger from
any quarter. We were steering south by
west, half west, with the yards braced up.
All at once, while the second mate, Mulleit-
ner, was standing on the quarter deck,
there was an awful crash and noise, which
sounded louder than ten-pound cannon.
The mate looked aloft and saw the
mainmast was dropping toward him. and
everything above twisting and turning and
ny1ng In all directions with a terrible clat-
ter On the deck there was no indication
OF trouble Of any kind, but a most terrific
rumble and roar In the midst of all this
hubbub and confusion out ran the ships
pig. Up and down the deck the pig ran
all the time sQuealin9 at a great rate. He
was as badly scared as we were for all Of
US thought that our time had come. The
masts were falling and splinters were fly
Ing all around the deck. Finally l gave or
ders to man the lifeboats, as 1 was certain
the bark would go to the bottom in very
short time. The matnmast had fallen into
the water, and was humping against the
bark, and 1t looked as though 1t would not
be long before she'd bump q hole in The
hull Pretty soon the mizzenmast came
breaking in two. pieces. The lower. part
was left standing The mainmast below
the deck was also splfntered. II was twisted
two topsail yards came down, and the
royal yards were parted and hanging aloft-
The breeze on deck had not increased bit
gan. not enough wind to blow the hat OF
your head. But In the rigging there was a
hurricane that twisted and pulled and
yanked at everything. The twist began ct
the gallantmAst and swept the whole 1ea8th
Of the bark Well. thought the old Pdu-
ger had met her match at last.
The destruction. a. tell you, took no
longer than moment or two: no longer
than yUu can think-not longer than two
seconds, am sure. In four minutes every
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-24
Ind uatriOus Crows.
From the Minneapolis Times.

Not all the good Indians are dead In
dams. There are the Crows Of Montana,
for instance: some Of them have the vir-
tue OF industry. They have been taking
grading contracts on q railroad. have en-
tered Into an agreement with the United
States to furnish the Cheyennes with -four.
The Crows have irrigated farms and a
flour mill. herds OF cattle many ponies,
and as q rule are In fairly comfortable CIR
cumstances. In morals. however they are
not improving as rapidly as could be d.
sired, and while many OF them are indus-
trfous. few save money. Nevertheless II is
somewhat refreshing to learn OF Indians
even as well advanced In material welfare
Is they are.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-24
The Mean Thing.

There were two typewriters In the ROOM
One was In use and the other was not. The
young man sat down near the one that was
not In use and watched the young woman
who was busy with the other.
inadvertently the young man touched the
bell OF the machine near him, whereupon
the young woman yanked the carriage Of
her machine back and started a new line.
The young man chuckled. and q minute
later he touched the bell Of the machine
near him again The young woman started
another new line.
The young man laughed and tried II
again with equal success
willie" cried the young woman to the
Office boy when she had taken the sheet ONT
of her machine, telephone to the type-
writer people to send a man over here right
away to fix this machine. It's ali out Of
order, and can't for the life Of me see
what's the matter"
The young man laughed some more and
then made his escape. He has not return-
ed. He is afraid to go back.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-24
!; WONDERS OF sNATL's MOUTH.
Animals Tongue In a Band Saw With
10000 Sharp Teeth.

Animals Tongue In d Band Saw With
$4,000 Sharp Teeth.
From the Chicago Tribune
ut is a fortunate thing for man and the
rest Of the animal kingdom" said the nat
uraist, that no large wild animal has a
mouth constructed with the devouring ap-
paratus built on the plan of the insignifl-
cant looking snairs mouth. for. that ami
NAL could outdevour anything that lives.
THE snail itself is such an entirely un-
pleasant, not to say loathsome, creature
to handle that few amateur naturalists
care to bother with 1t, but by negiecting
the snail they miss studying one of the
most interesting objects that come under
their observation.
"Any one who has noticed a snail feeding
on leaf must have wondered how such
a soft. fabby, Shiny animal can make such
q sharp and clean-cut incision in the leaf
leaving an edge as smooth and straight as
IL 1t had been cut with q knife That Is
due to the peculiar and formidable mouth
he has.
1.-The snail eats with his tongue and the
roof Of his mouth. The tongue is ribbon
which the snail. keeps in a coil in his
mouth. This tongue is in realty band
saw. with the teeth on the surface instead
of on the edge. The teeth are so small that
as many as 10000 Of them have been found
on one snairs tongue.
They are exceedingly sharp and only
a few of them are used at a time-not ex-
actly only a few Of Them but few of
them comparatively for the snail will
probably have 1900 or 5000 Of them In use
at once He does this by means of his
coiled tongue. He can uncoH as much of
this as he chooses. and the uncoiled part he
brings into service The roof of his mouth
Is an hard as bone.
He grasps the leaf between his tongue
and that hard substance, and, rasping
away with his tongue, saws through the
toughest leaf with ease, always leaving
the edge smooth and straight.
by use the teeth wear OF or become
dulled. When the snail finds that this tool
u becoming blunted he uncoils another Sec
ton and works that out until he has come
to the end Of the coil. =,
Then he coils the tongue up again and Is
ready to start In new, for while he has been
using the latter portions Of the ribbon the
teeth have grown In again In the idle por-
Hons-the saw has been He'd and reset, %
To sDsak-ands Noatls hs to using thezn the
teeth In the back part Of the coil are rs-
newed.
$50 I think I am right in saying that
II any large beast OF prey was fitted no
with such q dsyouring apparatus a. the
snail has It would 80 hard with the rest
OF the animal Kingdom"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-24
80 Homelikeg

From the New York News.
The fender of the trolley car caught h.sn
amidships.
First he was hurled hfty feet into the air,
In landing he fell against pile Of cob
bles, which fell all over him.
Finally be rolled down q Coal pit
They carried him to q hospital, and Sster
an hour or so he opened his eyes
THAT was % like home" he sighed. s.s
"Home. cried the physicfan. Where the
deuce are you from7"
Brooklyn"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-24
A Special Lot of Bargains
The Saks Kid Glove.

The first 100 dozen of our
brand of French Kid Gloves for
fall have arrived and we shall
put them on sale at once. Here
are the latest shades, in quality
maintained at the high grade
usual in $I.5o Gloves. warrant
ed and fitted as always. ST.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-24

and that by reason Of the existence Of the
hereditary Manchu army, which Is at its
call. The power Of the purse h in ths
hands Of the great viceroys and In only
available to the central government by their
concurrence r
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-24


well as for the support Of the imperial
household itself. must be drawn from the
provinces. The customary practice has htth-
erto been for the boa9d-ef revenue in Pc
finances OF the empiref tesindent annually
for such sums as wereIfeduired for the use
OF the central government IS certain amount
being assessed on each province according
amount did not vary greatly from year to
year 1t was paid with reasonable punctual-
lily. but as more and qfore was asked for
1t was only got with ftncteastng difficulty.
na hs snge ths q hs
exchequer and Pekin dsmands could not be
met only by increased faxafion, with its at
tendant unpopularity And ifsk Of rebellion
the strength and weakheM Of the imperial
government. So far as legislation goes the
central government can impose taxes to any
extent An imperial deersa being the high
sst aaerss Of ans Sss to Rn issue
carry such a law intRs execution Is a diff
ferent matter. 1t can only be done through
the constituted provincial authorities, and II
be impossible. It cannot be done at all. The
particular governor or viceroys % refusing
may, OF COURSE be dismissed, but the soli-
darity OF interest that pervades the service
thing and for the same reasons. though per-
maps In q more guarded FORM
To apply these ramarks to tina present POI
sitfon Of adfaira In Pelzin, the pay OF the
Aanchu troops and the large bodies OF Chi
ness troops now surrounding Tisn Tan
must be drawn from the provinces Of the
YanG-tse basin and OF the Canton river. II
this money 10 not forthcomins. al under
the present temper Of the viceeoy Il 10 not
likely TO be- the troops now opbosin9 the
allied advance MUST Id no long time dissolve
for want OF food. or break UP into preda-
tory bands OF the tWo forces which lie
e the back Of all goyernments--ths power
q the purse and the power Of the sword
ne Fektn government can Only WELD one,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-24

And In all this there was no feryor no
excitement, perfectly contained emotion.
logged doing Of something which they
had set out to do. They had come from
all parts of Russia, walking all the way,
and they had come simply to kiss the relies
and then to go home again. because 1t was
their duty. They were all good humored,
cheerful, contented. They accepted discom-
fort as they accepted poverty labor their
bodies, which had never known happiness
or beauty. Contentment in them was
strength. but 1t had In 1t also something
lamentable. Here. In this placid and vigor-
Gus herd OF animals, were women who had
never discovered that women could be beau
tiful. human beings who had never discov-
cred that life could be desirable thing in
itself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-24

From BFooklyn Life -.
summersirI CAMPFIRE Ike good
novel," - stte
Harold DRygoods posing a. "clnbman,"
absently)-'Third Ao0r-second counter to
the right"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-24
On to HIS job.

From the Chicago News.
Census Man-"What Is your occupation?
Loznngtonr-Oc
Census Man-''YesL What do you do for
q living?"
Loanngton-"Oh. ! solicit washing for my
wife," : - 49,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-06-13
WON'T FIGHT THB TRUST.

New York. June 1.-The organlza-
ton Of the National Sugar Refinery
Company Of New Jersey was completed
today in Jersey City. The new COM
pany Ia . combination OF the National,
NollenhAuer and Doscher companies.
The stock is divided into $4,000. 900
of common and $10,O00,00 Of preferred
shares. The assets comprise the plants
Of the three companies In the combi-
nation and several million dollars In
cash. The articles OF incorporation
will be fled at once.
It was announced that all the plants
owned by the company will start up at
once at their full capacity. 1t Is also
stated that there is an understanding,
although no definite compact, between
the new concern and the American SUI
gar Refining Company, and that no
rate war will result from the organiza-
ton OF the new company.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-06-13
NOTICE..

Under the United States law ON and
after June 18th. 1900. all shipping re-
ceipts must bear 1-cent Documentary
War Tax Stamp on the original, dupli-
cate and triplicate.
Shippers are requested to afix the
stamps according to law as freight
cannot be received otherwise.
Shipping receipts must contain a
statement OF the contents of packages.
lNTER-lSLAND STEAM NAVIGA-
TON CO., Ltd.
Jas. L. Mclean, Vice President.
WlLDER'S STEAMSHIP co.
G. l.. Wight, President.
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