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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-17
COOK rs r.

Tho Importance of a chief cook becomes
evident when the time for his departure
arrives. One day last week the propri-
etor of a popular restaurant on Fifth
avenue decided for reasons Of his own
to part with the services of the man
who had for some years looked after
his kitchen. The chef retired and with
him more h twenty of his assistants.
This number included his assistant cooks
and every man in the kitchen, even to
the unirnportant functionary who pre-
sides over the refrigerator. This d
did not surprise the proprietor. The
chef had brought the others with him
and they were in a way more closely
attached to his service than to the pro-
prietor who paid them their wages.
When a substitute was hired, he also
brought the same complete corps of as
s%istants. who are supposed to know the
methods of their chief better h any
assistants not directly employed by him.
This name of employment exists in all
the large restaurants where the head
cook is absolute master in the kitchen
and controls all the branches Of his de-
partnent down to the most unimportant.
He is held responsible on this ground for
all that may happen under his direction,
even If he was not personally concerned
in the matter.-New York Sun.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-17
CLUB HOUSE FOR THE SOLDIERS.
HOmelike Place to Be Opened for the
Boys in Blue at Manila

One of the practical results of the
vigorous defense of the American SOL
der made in so many pulpits during the
recent visit of Chaplain Pierce in the
states is tine authority granted the chap
lain by the bishops of his church to APP
peal for funds ito build in Manila a first
class clubhouse for soldiers. Trough the
generosity of friends at home he has
been enabled to purchase a suitable site
for this purpose at a cost Of $40, COO, and
pans for the building have been pre-
pared by Philadelphia architects and do
mated by George c. Thomas of thai city,
who also gave 81, 900 toward the work.
/, In the plans a cha pei has been pro-
Vided, but this, too, is to be paid for by
friends at home. SO that the subscrip-
tons yet to be secured are. to be used
solely for the gymnasium and amuse-
ment hail, game room, library, class
room, etc. 1T is designed to make these
departments of the building so inviting
that men of all creeds will enjoy their
use at all hours and on every day of the
week.
Ihe enterprise has received the hearty
approval OF the president of the United
SAtates, 70 whom a sketch of the building
was submitted, and General Macarthur.
General Bell, Judge Taft, General
Wright and others in Manila are patrons
Of the enterprise. 1t is desired to per-
petua'te the name Of contributors by
placing Chem upon the tiles with which
some Of the rooms are to be finished.
ana Ter this purpose Inscriptions are to
be divided into share 81 (gold) each
each. Each contribution Of 81 (gold) will
therefore entitle the donor to have his
cWn name or that of some friend whom
ne may designate placed upon one of the
tiles. For instance. one person proposes
TO take a sufficient number of thesa
shares to place upon these tiles "a. roll
or honor the names of all the men of tha
foarteenth Infantry who have laid down
their lives in the Philippines.
AS 1t Is to be "a building for the SOL
dlers use We do not believe that the en-
treprise VITA fail for lack OF support from
'he men. Some good man ought To he
iouho III every company who will bring
the matter to notice his comrades
ana forward their subscriptions either to
US or TO Chaplain Pierce. Separate GER
tlncades are to be made out in each case
ana WEI be duly forwarded. The Hong
kong and Shanghai bank will be the de-
Posltory or funds. We hope and believe
uiat the men of the division OF. the Phi,-
lppines will give their hearty s,1pport
IN pehalf OF an enterprise so broad in ne
scope and SO valuable in every feature.
me building Is needed. Let every man
DO his share toward securing
la Freedom. 49,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-17
AN ARIZONA BALLOT BOX.

Cdconino Sun: The baHot box for
Bellemont precinct was left in charge
of a proper person at the last election.
who stored it in a proper place, Or sup
posed he did. Now the ballot boxes used
in Coconino county are made OF steel
and are handsome to see. A Mexican
woman saw the box, and not knowing
Tits use concluded that it would be just
1.-THE thing to store her finery in. She APP
proprtatted it and had lit shipped to Flag
staff. n intended gcing to New Mex
ico on a visit. The ballot box, on trunk.
as 1T had become known under it's new
ownership, was taken to the depot,
where l.. L. Burns. thinking it a Little
too early to be sending out election para
phernalia. made inquiry about it. He
notified the county officials. who sum-
marty took possession Of it. much to the
Inconvenience Of the fair %senorbta, who
was proud of her handsome ana con-
venient trunk.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-17
DOCTORING RANCID BUTTER.

Process butter is one of the new
substances which seems to hold a half
way place between o~leomargarine and
butter. Virtually it is butter without
it's glycerine constituent, and the rea-
son of the absence Of the glycerine in
wolves a story.
Process butter aid DIR. ]. A.. Wer-
ner of the Columbus food laboratory,
lis one of the most subtle of butter
frauds, for the reason that it is butter
with a difference.
I'm the beginning. much of the good
butter made becomes rancid for lack of
a ready and favorable market. II ad-
dition to this, thousands of pounds Of
butter is bad when it is new-made.
These are the bases for the process
butter maker. He buys this rancid
butter in large quantities and ships it
to his plant in the country. He may
nave a dairy or small in con-
necticn with this plant. If SO, it is all
so much the easier.
Watts filled with sweet milk and
having machinery for working butter
are ready for this rancid stock, and it
is dumped into the mixers, where it is
washed II mixed and worked thor
oughly. This sweet milk bath removes
the rancid flavor from the butter, but
incidentally it dissolves the glycerine
that is in fresh butter. This glycerine
element is that which causes butter to
hold it's shape when nodded, and it
is there that the person using the coun-
terfeit can detect the imposition.
After this bath in milk, the worked
over butter has only fatty acids in it
and these are subject to the slightest
degrees Of heat. The normal temporal
ture of a dining-room in winter will
cause the process butter to lose it's
shape. while a ummer warmth makes
1t melt fiat into a dish. There is a
general lack of flavor in his butter, but
except for the readiness to melt in low
temperatures the ordinary person would
be easily deceived.
On the market, as a rule, this butter
sells only two or three cents under the
best In the shops. 1t is inferior in ev-
cry respect, and most persons eating it
would turn from it if they knew it
came from the cast-off stuff from
diaries, creameries and the retail and
wholesale Shops
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-17
WAS IT MIND r
Algstration of a Well-Known Physiologi-
cal Phenomenon.

n "a Journalists Notebook Frank
II Moore tells an amusing and significant
n of the influence OF imagination
MOT health, says the Medical Journal
- youns civil servant in India, feeling
ragged from the excessive heat and from
Dong hours of work, consulted the best
doctor within Zach. The doctor ooked
him over, sounded his heart and lungs,
ana then said gravely: Il will write you
tomorrow"
Ihe next day the young man received a
letter telling him that his left lung was
gone and his heart seriously affected and
advising him to lose no time in adjusting
his business affairs. "Of course, you may
live for weeks the letter -ali, III you
had best not leave important matters
undecided"
Naturally the young official was Dis
mayed by so dark a prognosis-nothing
less than a death warrant. Within
twenty-four hours he was seized with an
acute pain in the region of the heart.
He took to his bed with the feeling that
he should never rise from it. Turing the
night he became SO much worse that his
servant sent for the doctor.
What on earth have you been doing
to yourself?" demanded the doctor.
''There We're no indications of this sort
when ! saw you yesterday"
1T is my heart, | SUPPOSE" weakly
answered the patient.
your heart!" repeated the doctor.
Your heart was all right yesterday
MY lungs, then"
What is the matter with you, man?
You don't seem to have been drinking"
your letter." gas'ped the patient.
you said l had only a few weeks to
live"
care you crazy?" raid the DOCTOR. II
wrote you to take a few weeks vacation
in the hills and you would be all right"
For reply the patient drew the letter
from under the bedclothes and gave it to
the doctor.
"Heavens!" cried that gentleman, as
he glanced at it. This was meant for
another man.! Ny assistant misplaced the
letters.'
The young man at once sat up in bed.
and made a rapid recovery.
And what of the patient for whom the
direful %prognosis was intended? De-
lighted with the report that a sojourn
in the hills would set him right. he start
ed at once, and five years later was
alive and in fair health.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-17
A A s

Il have implicit confidence in my
wife," said the young man with the glad
countenance. Somewhere, once, I real
that no person is proof against evil
that everyone is vulnerable and likely ia
fall. For each of us this philosopher
maintained. there is some form of temp.
tation hat cannot be resisted. But
am convinced that he was wrong. I be.
lieve my wife is immaculate in spirit"
What makes you feel so sure of her?s
well. in the first place, when we START
ed on our wedding trip there was one
point at which I had to buy railroad
tickets. and, not caring to get off the
train, I teleg1aphed ahead to have them
delivered to the conductor. saying
would give him the money for them. 1t
seems that the general manager of the
line knew somebody whose name was
the same as mine. and, happening to be
where he got a glimpse Of my telegram,
that official just put two passes in an en-
velope, with his compliments for the
sake of old times and left them for me.
My wife and I both saw that there had
been a mistake, and it didn't take us long
as my name is a common one, to figure
out how it had happened.
Now, a chance to beat a railroad COM
pduyl Is SeHGIdNy ldldl W Oile VIZ Is lily
ing to lead a blameless life. The person
who will not take advantage Of any and
every chance to- sneak a free ride is gen
orally worthy of almost any trust. My
wife insisted hat l must pay my fare
and send the passes back with an eX-
PLANTATION. which 1 did"
well, it must be admitted that that
was a pretty strong evidence of honesty
But wait till o hear he rest. I do
not think anything like it ever happened
before. AS you know, We went to Europe
or our wedding trip, took in the Paris
exposition. ~journeyed through Switzer-
land. Italy. Germany, and around, and
say-she didn't SEW a solitary piece of
point lace to her petticoat or have a
single diamond put in an old setting for
the purpose of beating the custom office
at his side when we should get hime!
l tell you there's a woman who is worthy
of confidence"
Perhaps that's the way you look ia
it," replied the sallow-faced cynic, but
If 1 were in your place I'd get some
specialist in brain disorders to make q
study of her On the sly
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-17
KNIGHTS OF THE KEY.

I have lost my grip
This phrase is applied by men to all
kinds of failures. One Of the technical
usages Of losing ones grip is in the case
of telegraph operators.
Many Of the most skilled operators suf-
fer at times from a loss Of the grip
and are compelled to give way temporar-
lily to a substitute. This grip is the
hold on the key, and the moment the
operator begins to lose the control of
this grip he realizes a rest, although
for only a brief time, is due him.
Another but unpleasant term applied to
this loss of grip is photographers par
alysis.' 1t shows itself in many curious
ways, all showing that the muscles
brought into play in working the key are
badly worn.
One of the most skillful operators in
Louisville, who is subject to these at
tacks, cannot send ''P." The Morse man
uel calls for five dots for this letter. The
operator in question has by some hook
fifth dot, and it is a common thing for
him to warn the taken to look out for his
'.Ps."
Recently he asked a fellow operator to
watch him send 'Ps,' and to stop him
at the end of the fifth dot. 1t resulted
THE fourth dot, the fingers. no longer
mastered by the brain, would continue
dotting beyond the fifth.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-17
OVERWHELMED THE ORATORS.

Professor TAFT of Edinhurg, after hav-
ing subdued a lady pianist who annoyed
him by taking to the bagpipes, was
troubled by an amateur eiocutionst in
the house. One day, the story goes, when
the house was flied with oratory, a vol
ley of explosions came from Tait's room,
followed by smoke and unearthly smells.
The lessons in oratory We're suspended,
and every one in the house collected to
find out h the trouble was. TAFT,
with IN nlcs ed countenance, said to the
landlord: "As a',ere seems to be no re-
straint on the nature Of the studies pur-
SIZED in these lodgings, I have begun a
series of experiments in high explosives,
from which L expect to draw much aS.
vantage" The elocution ceased.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-17
CATHOLIC VIEW OF MIR. MOODY

In the spirit of one who loves to Goa
a human soul on fire with zeal for G,d
a Catholic can read the life of Dwight
l.. Moody and be moved deeply with the
same enthusiasm of religion that moved
thousands OF souls to forsake their liyas
OF sin and devote themselves to a right
conscience with God under the spell of
r:s powerful personality and pleadings
fer faith. 1t is refreshing at all times
and especially in this superficial and arti-
ficlal age. to come in contact with a gem
uine soul; a nature so sincere, SO simple.
that 1t seems a mirror of nature her.
self-fresh. like the ~springtime, breath
ing perfumes of flower and grass, vet
prayed upon and swept by forces of wind
ana storm that one may easily compare
1t with a summer landscape in the throes
of a tempest.
Doubtless his energies and thrift would
have quickly made him a rich man had
he SO desired. but his religious nature
became so awakened that he spent every
SCARE moment gathering the waits of the
streets where they could be fed, clothed.
and taught religion. This work was the
turning point of his life. BY and by he
abandoned all secular business and de
voted himself entirely to religious work,
He called upon the then bishop of Chi
cago during these early laibors, who said
to Moody:
Your zeal and devotion are most COM
mendable. All you need to make you a
great power for good is to come within
the fold OF the only true church."
But" replied Moody. II ould no long
er work among the Professionals" The
bishop assured him that he could; that
he could pray with Professionals as much
as ever. Would o bishop, pray with
a protestant"
Yes, l would"
"Well them replied young Moody, 81
wish you would pray for me now that ]
may be led Alright in this natter"
They knelt in the hall where they were
standing and prayed. They We're life
long friends thereafter.
Many Catholics who knew and loved
Mr.. Moody, may, perhaps, have wondered
why SO religious a man was never at
tracted to the Catholic faith. The answer
is doubtless to be discovered in many oil
his published sermons, where he avowed
such strong repugnance to all bonds OF
faith made by creed or dogma. He be-
lieved that a simple promise to be loyal
to Christ was all sufficient.-Cathol:c
World.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-17
THE COLLEGE FRATERNPTIES.

All of the presiderSs since the admin
Of Garfield have worn the in
SIGMA of one of these societies, Presi-
dent Cleveland being the only one nj
diated after he reactred prominence.
Garfield was a member Of Delta Upetqon.
Arthur was a Psi UpGfron. Harrison was
one of the early members of Phi Delta
Theta, Caeveeand was elected a member
of Stigma Chi and Mckinley wore the
rhcmbic pin of Sigma Alpha Epsilon at
n time of his inauguration. Il aids-
tton to these, hcgts of men prominent
in pubNHc !ffe are Included in fraternity
menSbership.-Saturday Evening Post.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-17
IN LOVE WITH A WOODEN STATUE

Failing in love with an image seems
not to have been a passion peculiar ID
the ancient Greeks. In Cleveland, O..
Mrs. August Huletts has brought suit
for divorce against her husband because
of jealousy of a statue which MI. HUI
let's had carved from wood and upon
which he lavishes entirely too much
affection.
Mr.. Huletts Is a master mechanic, but
he has the artistic temperament and a
hand and eye that work together. Some
time g he conceived the idea of cary
ing a female figure from a solid block Of
wood. The figure was to be according to
his ideal, and, unwisely, he did not even
ask his wife to pose for IL.
After several months of indefatigable
work the figure was finished. The more
unlike Mrs. Hulett it became the less
satisfied was the wife. Now that the
statue is done. Huletts has clothed it in
. the finest garments, and his wife charges
that all the affection that once was hers
has been transferred to the image. She
says that Huletts at times locks himself
into a room with the wooden woman. re-
naming there for hours at a time. She
has never concealed her jealousy of the.
wooden interloper, and Huletts has taken
the precaution to keep the figure locked
and bolted in while he is away.
Some of Mrs. Huletts' friends have
tried to make light of her alleged griey-
ance. They have recommended that she
get a wooden Indian from some toha p.
conist and make love to it with desper-
ate ardor. But her troubles are too real.
She will force her suit for divorce to the
end.-Chicago Tribune,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-17
OFFICIAL KILLER OF VIFERs.

In the prefecture of Haute-Loire,
France, vipers and other yenomous rep
tiles are SO plentiful that a bounty of
five cents a head is paid for all killed
by the official wiper killer" NJ. Courtol.
This snake killer. according to La Ma
ture. is an authority on snakes and their
habits. Especially familiar is he with
the viper, which is his chief quarry. 1t
takes sharp eyes to see the snake when
it is at rest. Tor it has a way of imitat-
ing the action of the plants around 1t.
and it chooses resting places which har-
monize with its own color. However, for
many years NJ. Courtol has destroyed
an average $500 vipers, his highest score
being 2,502. He has two suits CT clothes
made from the skins of snakes which he
has slain.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-17
DECLINE OF JACKKNIFE ARTS

Just returned from the little town
where was born" said Brown. 'sSame
Old place 1t was forty years ago, and II
1t hadn't been for a little incident that
came under my observation l should
nave come away with the ssion
that the little tow was identical will,
the one I left In search OF my fortune,
II CHANGED to break the point of NV
pencil one day while I was there and.
having left my ~jackknffe in my other
clothes, I asked a small boy who was
standing nearby, with the utmost conf
dence, for the loan of his. He said he
did not have one. and five other small
boys who were with him said the same
thing, although one of them admitted
that he did have one some time ago, but
had traded it for a lshhook.
|1t"NoW, in my time, a Barlow knife was
the dream Of every boy. and seldom did
sthe dream go unrealizsd, as a boy with
out a iackknife lost caste.
"The incident started a line of though
and | looked around for the village loaf
err. He was still there. sitting on a dry
goods box. chewing cheap tobacco. and
shifting at a mark, the same worthless.
Good-for-nothing mortal that 1 had
known forty years ago. But, strange to
say, he wasn't whiting. and the box
upon which he sat SHOWED no signs of
his art as a whittier.
h. .'Since my return to the city I have
been trying to discover nos many men
carry jackknives, and I find that, with
the exception Of a few, mainly among
men of my own age, the jaczknife is an
unknown utenal. 1 am afraid tina the
gentle art of whiting "a pine stick is
rapidly becoming a lost One."-Detroit
Free Press.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-17
ROU CF THE BOY.

"No," said Farmer Corntossel, ST don't
begrudge a cent OF the money I spent on
my hoy Josiar's education. He's done me
proud"
He doesn't display his learning much"
Doesn't, eh? Well, hes the only man
in the township that kin walk up to his
Australian ballot an scratch the ticket
an then be dead sure he hainft voted
fur somebody that he was agin."-Wash-
inston Star.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-17

TWenty-seven Japanese and seventeen
Chinese officers are attached to the Ger
nan army for instruction, besides rep
resentatives of other foreign armies.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-17

Never has there ben so little marrying
and giving in marriage in inc as
within the last year.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-17

Immigration returns show that "a, 0fO
people settled in Canada in the past six
months.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21
A Greusome Tale.

"Dracula' is a ghost-story by Bran Sto-
ker. who has evidently allowed his imagi-
nation full play in its wild and weird Incl
England, and is now published in book
form in America. 1t will soon appear as a
newspaper serial.
The wisdom Of putting this story into the
newspapers may be questioned, from hui
manitarian point OF view, for the ordinary
reader Will have TO take nerve tonic after
fits perusal. especially If inclined TO timidi-
ty, and the newspaper public numbers
thousands Of nervous and superstitious
people some Of whom are imbued with the
particular legendary lore from which the
conception Of "Dracua" originally sprang
The author claims that the idea OF the story
came TO him in a dream and IT is perfect
IN safe TO conclude that the dream was
nightmare.
The central figure Of the tale is a hu-
man vampire. Count Dracula. Czech
nobleman. who died several hundred years
ago, and was a remarkable personality In
his time. BY the uncanny and grewsone
processes attributed to the vampire in the
folk Joe Of various nations. he is sup
posed to have survived until the present
day, and the story begins with the en-
trance of a young English lawyer into his
castle. After seeing some blOod-chilling
sights, the young man escapes, and re-
turns TO England 10 find that the foul
hend has migrated to London, and is there
engaged in his grisly pursuits, in eonnec-
ton with Nina Murray, the lawyers
sweetheart. and a friend OF hers named
Lucy Westenra. Lucy eventually dies
through this means, and a new character
comes into the story. German physician
and scientist, who speaks broken English.
and whose language lends a disagreeable
air Of realism TO the incidents. being filled