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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28

Sendaiko, in the northeast part of
Japan"
And when they had all gone Takao,
trembling and frightened, sat down at
the window of her tea house and looked
for her sweetheart, Shimada, to rescue
her.
But he did not come, for he had been
sent on a mission into a far distant
country by the influence of Sendaiko.
Suddenly the door of the tea house
was pushed open and some men crept
stealthily in.
Before Takao could utter a cry of
alarm, she was seized, her head was
wrapped in a scarf, and she was car
ried out of the tea house to the sea
coast: there was placed On a ship an
chored in the harbor of Toxic, and
owned by Sendaiko.
When the ship was we'll out at sea,
Sendaiko had the beautiful Takao
brought before him on deck, and hold
ing a sword to her breast, he demanded
if she would marry him, for he wed
her greatly, and would make her his
wife.
Takao, true to her sweetheart, again
refused.
The attendants of Sendaiko tried their
best to restrain their master, but in a
passion of rage he plunged the sword
into Takao's heart. and her body was
thrown into the sea.
AS all Japanese stories ave a moral,
the moral of this one is to show h a
love in the heart of a Japanese girl is
greater than fear of death.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28

man was Tuzeburo Shimada, a knight
and a soldier.
He was poor compared to the other
suitors for Takao's hand, but he was
the handsomest, biggest, finest Japan
csc man of them all, and Takao loved
him.
h had never told him this, because
in Japan women are not brought up to
be demonstrative in their love affairs,
out she knew that Shimada loved her,
for he had told her that some day.
when he was rich. he would make her
his Wife. and what could he say more?
But still Takao was much troubled
for where love is in the heart there is
often sadness, too.
So she was thinking, wondering if her
sweetheart would ever become rich
enough to take her to his home.
1t takes a long time and one can
think a long while about these things,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28

would say a woman in her sixties was
too old for such bright colors but
faint for them, it's for Jim, n I shall
never wear it until they lay me beside
him over there in the old cemetery"
Early mex morning one might have
seen Miss Lorinda setting out for town,
twelve miles distant.
Jogging along behind the old white
horse Miss Lorinda fell into a reverie
and almost fancied herself a girl again
going to buy her wedding dress, when
suddenly she heard a scream.
1t came from a dilapidated cottage,
to which Miss Lorinda drew up.
On entering, an emaciated, peak-fac-
ed woman, holding a tiny morsel of hui
manity in her arms, confronted her.
The wOman's story was brief n
fearful. 1t was one of awful privation
and as she finished it she pointed to the
farther corner, where, upon the apol-
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
NUGGETS.

"would you rather be born lucky or
rfch?"
erich. Then I wouldn't have to trust
to uck."-Philadelphia North American.
"Don't you ever worry, Billy"
"Never."
'How do you get out of it?"
''In daytime, I'm too busy, and at night
I'm too sleepy.'-Indianapolis Journal.
"Let's go in here and get something to
eat" said one out-of-town visitor to an
other, as he stopped before a restaurant
with the sign "Homelike Cooking"
mo" replied the other. well try
some other place."-Detroit Free Press.
"Strange, how nature equalizes all
things" said the philosopher. II mean to
say that nothing is lost in nature. What
may be lacking here is given twofold
there"
"Ah!" remarked h novelist. chow
about the loss of sleep?"
Just the point I was going to make.
The sleep you lose over the writing of a
novel. is frequently gained by those who
attempt to read it.'-Philadelphia Press.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28

soon as I was on the surface I explained
to them about the chests.
Well, if you will believe it, the owners
of the vessel claimed them, and l thought
we would have to go to law to get them
out of their custody. Finally, however,
the people from Rome came and identi-
fled the contents as the cases they had
lost a year before, and were allowed to
depart with the treasure chests. The ex-
PLANTATION was this: The Turin on going
down a year before had struck upon a
deep sea ledge, where she had cooked
until she split. Subsequent gales had
carried her pieces off into the Gulf Of
Genoa, while the chests, being caught in
a deep sea current, drifted over to the
coast of Nice.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28

ogy for q bed, lay her dead h,,shara
consumption's victim.
No money for burial. food mr. cloth.
ing. oot'
Miss Lorinda listened wifi n;t,,;,.
tears running down her W face.
Her hand went to her pocket where
the precious $50 lay, the fruit of much
nard labor and ~self-denial; then it
came away again-empty.
NO, she couldn't give it up; she could
never save 1t again; and the lilac silk
had been Il cherished dream too long:
let the town help her.
Ihen the thought of Jim came once
more. suppose they had been married
and some one had found her TODAY az
she had found his woman.
Her hand sought the pocket once
more, and this time it did not come
away empty.
Later. as she drove home through the
sunshine, she dreamily to
herself:
i dunno how it's, but I feel as if Jim
knew and was happier about our an
niversary than as if l had bought the
lilac silk"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28

III QUEENS Observation-Disclosures
The queens desire to respect the reli-
glous feelings of her Roman Catholic
SUBJECTS during her visit to Ireland in
Lent, reminds me, writes a correspond
ent' OF an incident which ccurred at Bal
moral some years ago.. One of the game
Keepers married a Roman Catholic. and
the new bride vas much concerned that
she could not co~nscientiously attend
Crathic church along with the other de-
pendents of Balmoral castle. This came
to the ears of the queen, who settled the
dllnculty by presenting the gamekeeper
/ with a horse and trap in which to drive
his wife an Sunday mornings to Brae-
mar, where the nearest Roman Catholic
chapel is Standardization Chronicle.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
A GIRLS ESSAY+ON BOYS.

n MIMI TNSAEr ON BOYS.
New York Ledger: At asrecent school
examination for girls this composition
was handed in by a girl of u:
THE boy is not an animal, vet they
can be heard to a considerable distance.
When a boy hollers he opens his big
mouth like frogs. but girls hold their
toung til they are spoken to, and then
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
MATCHES.

MATCHES.
The largest match factory is in Aus
tria, and each year it uses $4,000 pounds
of PHOSPHORUS, turns out $500, 600, 900, 900
matches, and, for the boxes. 100, 900 feet
of wood.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28

they answer respectable and tell just
how it was. A boy thinks himself clever
because he can wade where the water is
deep. When the boy grows up he is
called a husband, and then he stops wad-
ing and stays out nights, but the grown
up girl is a widow and keeps house."
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
SPANISH Divers
CURIOUS TRIPS
Most Daring Man in the Service Tells
of His Adventures at the Bot
tom of the Sea.

Lisbon, April 2O.-A divers life is one
on his helmet and steps off the wooden
stairs into the water until he is hauled
up, dazen and painting for breath, his
life is stranger than any ale of fiction
ever told.
Fifteen years ago I entered the diving
service in the Mediterranean, off the
coast of Spain, and for ten years dived
at different points along the banks of
France, Corsica and Sardinia. The winds
here are treacherous; for II months of
the year there is clear sailing; then
winds suddenly arise end vessels are
wrecked before they can realize their
danger. Many strange things nave hap
pened in my career. Once a gale caught
the Dark Turin, coming from Rome to
Marseilles around Corsica. The Turin
struck on the rocks. just off the island of
Elba, and went down. It's cargo was
supposed to be gold, locked up in strong
boxes. and / was sent down by a party
from Rome to get four tin chests, bound
at the corners with metal strips and pro-
tected by an iron grating. To the top
was attached a curious antique handle
for lifting. This was the description fur
nished me.
The Turin had gone straight down, ap-
parently off the western coast of the
island: but, though / searched and
searched the water. and made many
trips down, I could not locate her. Finally
I found her over in the Gulf of Genoa, so
miles away. But the cases were not in
her. She lay in a big hole. where the air
and water pressure upon a diver were 70
pounds to the square inch. The currents
here We're fierce and fairly lifted me off
smy feet, weighted though ! was With
my suit; and though I persisted in my
search until sure that the cases were not
in her. I knew how useless it would be
to search further in the neighborhood for
the lost cases.
A QUEER DISCOVERY.
The quest was finally abandoned.
The next year I was hired to go to
Nice and search for a cargo of watches
that had sunk while on the way from
enoa to Cadiz. The waters here We're
calm. the depth not very great; and the
vessel lay undisturbed at the bottom of
the sea; so I anticipated a peaceful time,
not at all like the adventurous trips of
other days. What was my establishment
however, OF descending. to find, resting
on the deck, three tin chests bound with
metal and encased in an iron lattice work,
and with a curious handle for lifting.
In ar instant I recognized them; they
We're the lost treasure of Rome.
1 left the chests until I had explored
the vessel. M sent up the cases of
watches. not at all damaged by their
deep sea voyage; then signaling them to
lift. I sent up the heavy chests one after
another until all were raised. Then
sent w word for them to lift me: and as
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
AN ROLE

"See here, children, what's all this
noise about?"
why, papa, we're playing South At
RIGA, and now Karl won't be Cecil
RhOdeS!
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
A WILD RUN.

I finally got the contents and sent up
30 boxes of curios and the silver bars.
During this time I worked four hours
c~onsecutively under water, and when
hauled up was absolutely exhausted. I
had never worked so long at such a great
depth, and when I n I oun that
there was not a drop of fresh water to
be had. The diving apparatus had been
located on a small island on the top of
which was a spring.
We ALL for the pleasure Of walking
on land-clinbed the hill and were just
about to drink the water when we saw
a quantity of white sails bearing down
upa.l us. We knew at once hat they
were pirates: or, as they are called
nowadays, sea m~arauders: and we real
lied that our treasure was exposed to
great danger.
We buried down from the hill, but did
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28

tilllhtlOl q llliS. lIe luilll oll SO1IS
down a year before had struck upon a
deep sea ledge, where she had rocked
until she split. Subsequent gales had
carried her pieces off into the Gulf Of
Genoa, while the chests. being caught in
a deep sea current, drifted over to the
coast of Nice.
DIVING FOR VINE.
The highest price ever paid me was by
an American gentleman who commits
stoned me to &c down, % miles from Glib
raltar, in search of a part of the cargo
OF the sailing vessel Cyclades.
Ten years before, this gentleman had
purchased almost the entire vintage of
a certain years Italian chant. and was
about to ship it to America when the
captain of the Cyclades suggested to him
that the wine would be greatly improved
If it could toss on the Mediterranean for
ten years or SO. The American, who was
always loking for a chance to improve his
wine cellar, decided to store the cases in
the Cyclades, with the understanding
that each spring the captain of the YES
sci must ship one case of the wine to
America. leaving the rest to churn in the
stern of the light craft.
For several years this was faithfully
done; but on the sixth year the Cyclades
met with an accident and went Town.
though the captain and his men escaped
III Il Slldli DOdI.
The American desired me to recover
the wine at any cost. I soon located the
Cyclades n raised the cases. 1t was
all done in a days time, but I got 81, 900
for the job and a souvenir in the shape
of a little naphtha launch which the
| American had bought at Gibraltar, so as
to be able to accompany me on the diving
tour to the scene of the disaster, as he
anticipated a long hun in the sea for the
little boat.
A difficult search was one of my first
Ones. 1t was after a cargo of Roman
curios, near an island in the Atlantic.
There We're also Is bars of silver in the
cargo, valued at c2.0OO. The ship was
the Barcelona, and when she went down
off Cadiz she rested in a ledge. then part
ed amidships and rolled into deep water.
1t took me a long tim to get into her
treasure room, and some idea of the diff
Guilty in gaining access may be obtained
when I tell you that l was compelled to
blow the deck away with dynamite. The
air and water pressure was great. and,
in one place I was compelled to crawl
into a space of two feet in order to get
access to the room in which the silver
was known to be.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-21

After l landed In Algiers," said q
Pittsburg man who Is visiting Detroit
friends, II went out for little walk
to see the town and incidentally to
md barber shop.
After spending some time In fruit
less search l accosted a man and DO
utely asked him to direct me to the
nearest place where could get shaved.
Monsieur did not comprehend, and
repeated my question. What he said
] do not know, as he understood no
English, and I am equally ignorant Of
French. We parted.
Il walked on until l met an intelli-
gent looking chap whom l stopped.
Slowly, distinctly and in loud tone
Of voice l again stated my request.
Anybody ought to have understood,
but he did not. He threw a Volley
OF French at me, gesticulated madly
and left me standing there.
with the third man l changed my
tactics. l did not attempt to talk to
him In a foreign tongue that he was
too stupid to understand. l clutched
him by the arm and held him while
performed pantomime shave. When
l finished, looked at him inquiringly.
Yes he said, 4 can see that you
are a desperate man. 1 suppose you
want me to take you to secluded
spot where you can cut your throatY
"Never did the English language
sound sweeter to me, and, learning
what wanted to know. 1 was sooI
happily vending my way to the near
est barber shop."-Detroit Free Press
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-21
What Old Sawyer Said.

Senator Sawyer considered himself
personally responsible for a Republic
an majority in Wisconsin and was
quite sensitive on that subject
During the Garfield campaign / was
sitting one day In his simple Office at
Oshkosh when a gentleman, then IN
known, but now occupying prominent
position "a public affairs, appeared
with letter Of introduction from Mar
shall Jewell Of Connecticut, chairman
Of the Republican national committee,
who stated that the bearer had been in
structed to visit Wisconsin for the pur.
pose Of making a report upon the po-
htical situation and the prospects Of
the Republican ticket. This pricked
the old mans pride He resented, In
his good natured way, the invasion Of
his territory, and ! noticed that his
face flushed as he read the letter. Aft
er looking out Of the window for few
moments he looked at his watch, hand
ed back the letter Of Introduction to his
surprised visitor and remarked with
elaboration:
There's train leaving here at 5
o'clock that will get you into New York
day after tomorrow morning, and III
send up one Of my boys to see that you
get aboard. When you get to New
York, you tell Jewell that old Sawyer
read that letter and said there was
nothing for you to report on. You
might add. however. that old Sawyer
asked you who was looking after
things in Connecticut Chicago Rec.
ord.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-21
The stock Exhausted.

At one of the great department stores
the other day q young man was in
dulging In airy persiflage with the
pretty shopgirl behind the counter
while waiting for his change.
What a wonderful place you have
herew he said. What do you sell"
Everything" was the reply.
"Everything" was the incredulous
comment. What do you mean by ey-
erythingY
"Just what l say" responded the
girl Anything you want we can
supply you with here"
"Oh, you can, ehY commented the
pretentious Alexander. well, let me
look at some family ties"
Without remark, but with demure
countenance, the girl went away, but
In moment returned and said: II am
sorry. but the manager tells me that
we are just out Of family ties owing
to the great demand. Perhaps you'd
like to look at some family Jars?"
The young man decided, however,
that the latter was an undesirable com
modify. and he would have none OF it.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-21
A Question of Clocks.

Which is the best, a clock that is
right only once year, or a clock that
Is right twice every day? "The latter"
you reply. "unquestiOnably.
Very good, reader; now attend. |
have two clocks; one doesn't go at all
and the other loses a minute day,
which would you prefer? THE losing
one" you answer, without doubt"
Now observe. The one which loses
a minute a day has TO lose II hours, or
720 minutes, before it is right again;
consequently it is only right once in
two years, whereas the other is evil
IDENTIFY right as often as the time it
points to come round, which happens
twice a day. So you've contradicted
yourself once. "Ah. but" you say,
whats the use of it's being right
twice a day, if l can't tell when the
time comes"
Why, suppose the clock points to 8
o'clock, don't you see that the clock is
right at 8 o'clock? Consequently when
o'clock comes your clock is right.
Eyes. see that" you reply.
Very good; then you've contradicted
yourself twice. Now get out of the diff
ficulty as you can, and don't contradict
yourself again If you can help it,
Lewis Carroll Picture Book"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-21
Cedars Twenty Centurie. old.

Some cedars are undoubtedly more
than 1000 years old, for, though on
good moraine soil they grow about as
fast as oaks, on bare pavements and
smoothly glaciated overswept granite
ridges In the dome region they grow
extremely slow.
One on the Starr King ridge, only 2
feet II inches in diameter, was 1,140
years old. Another on the same ridge,
only foot ~ inches in diameter, had
reached the age Of S34 years. The first
Is inches from the bark of a medium
seized tree~-6 feet in diameter-On the
north Tenaya pavement had $50 layers
of wood, or 81 to the inch. Beyond
this the count was stopped by dry rot
and overgrown wounds.
The largest l examined was SO feet
in girth, or nearly 10 feet in diameter,
and, though 1 failed to get anything
like complete count, learned enough
from this and many other specimens
to convince me that most Of the trees
8 to 10 feet thick, standing, on polish
ed glacier pavements, are more than
20 centuries of age rather than less.
Barring accidents, for all I can see,
they would live forever. When killed,
they waste out Of existence about as
slowly as granite.-JOhn Muir in At
lantic.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-21
LincOIn's Goodness.

Thomas +. Prendle, for 35 years a
doorkeeper at the executive mansion,
used frequently to accompany Presi-
dent Lincoln on his walks about town
and has many interesting things to tell
Of that great man, whom he believes to
have been one Of the bravest men the
world has ever known.
On one occasion Prendle was walk
ing with the president down a flight Of
steps at the navy department when
they came suddenly upon man who
was evidently endeav6ring to hide him
the staircase. Observing the stranger
and fearing he meant harm to the
president, Prendle essayed to place his
body In a position to protect his com
paniOn.
Mr.. Lincoln, however, brave and
fearless as always, stepped forward
and closely scrutinized the man, who
ran rapidly up the steps and, turning
squarely around when he reached the
top, looked down upon the president,
who did not falter, but continued to
gaze sharply at him. On their return
to the White House Mr.. Lincoln said
quite calmly, "Prendle, do you know
/ received a letter last night warning
me against a man who exactly an
swered the description Of that man
we met ON the steps T'-Leslie's Week
w.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-21

She sat in car with little smile Of
satisfaction on her face, for she was
well and tastefully dressed, and that
means Il great deal to a woman. AS
she moved up to make room for a new
conner a man entered, and as he sat
down he said to the comfortable one:
"Why, Jane, this isn't your afternoon
off! How did they come to let you out
today"
The young woman grew very red in
the face for all the occupants of the
car were looking and listening, and
stammered out as she half rose and
then fell back in her seat:
"Now look here
"How we'll you're dressed, too" con-
tinued her tormentor. They must
give you 500 a month. Eth? Is your
mistress about your sizew
"Now, do be quiet" cried the uncom-
Portable one. "If you think
Diamonds, too," went on the miser-
able man as he caught fash from her
waving fingers. cor are they artifi-
cial?'
The tormented one sprang up, stop
ped the car and made rapid exit,
followed by the cause of the trouble,
whose farewell remark to the inmates
of the car was:
"Well, well, but some people are too
sensitiver'
They were husband and wife, and
this was his weird idea of taking his
revenge for a curtain lecture.-Phila-
delphia Times.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-21

Among the many wonderful freaks
In nature there can be none in the geo.
logical line that can possibly excel
that known as 1.-THE Giants Head"
1t stands, or, rather, reclines, against
the face of the cliff at Point Pinos, in
Monterey county, Cal, and all who
have viewed the wonder declare it to
be the most colossal as well as the
most marvellous freak in natural sculp-
ture in existence.
All portions of the ''head" except the
back, which appears to be ''blockeR'
into the metamorphic rocks against
which it seems to be so naturally re-
clining, are as perfect as though fresh
from the hands of some giant sculptor.
The chin, mouth, nose, eyes and brow
are all perfect, as is also the hair,
which appears to be gracefully drawn
back from the forehead.
The ears are not so true to life" as
the other features are, but even in this
respect no stretch of the imagination
is required in order to see tolerably
perfect auricular appendages. The
bold features, backward wave of the
hair, massive forehead, mustache, fine
ly chiseled nostrils and deep set eyes
are all reproduced on a natural yet gi-
gantic scale and with wonderful exact
ness.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-21

"Why do you think the plaintiff in
sane" a witness examined as to some
body's mental condition was asked by
counsel at trial.
Because" replied the witness, "he
is continually going about asserting
that he is the prophet Mohammed."
"And pray, sir" retorted the learned
gentleman of the wig, "do you think
that when n person declares he is the
prophet Mohammed that is a clear
proof of his insanity"
II do"
"Why"
Because" answered the witness, re-
garding his questioner with easy COM
placency, Il happen to be the prophet
Mohammed myself" - London An
swers.