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The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-13

time on details when I have no means
at hand of confirming them. / gave you
the essential facts, and now ask you to
lend me the money on faith purely
He said all this in simple, straight
forward fashion that impressed me with
its TRUTH continued the lawyer, land,
acting on one of those fantastic i'm
pulses that occasionally seize the most
level-headed of us, I stuck my hand in
my pocket and gave him the sum he
wanted. He thanked me quietly, took
a memorandum of my name and adj
dress and was about to write his own
when I stopped him and remarked that
as long as it was purely a faith tram
saction any data of that kind would
be highly superfluous. If you don't
send me the money said I, 4 shall GER
stainly make no effort to collect it,
r. He smiled blandly and walked out,
and that was the last I ever saw or
heard of him; but he left a souvenir in
the shape of small work of reference
called Blair's Synonyms which l found
next day on the table. I remember
seeing the book in his hand when he
came in, and he forgot it, no doubt, in
his eagerness to decamp after he secured
the cash. l threw it on the top shelf
of the library, so it wouldn't remind me
of the episode, for by that time had
come to my senses and realized what
a first class donkey 1 had made Of my
| self. OF course the money was never
returned. and the story as it stands is
rather commonplace instance of cum
| ming and credulity. but 1t happens to
| have a curious little second chapter.
In 1885 I changed the location of my
office, and when the books were being
moved 'Blair's synonyms forgotten and
! covered with dust, fell out of one of
! the cases. / picked it up, opened it at
! random and for the first time noticed
| the name of the owner, scrawled at the
bottom of the back fly leaf. The name
| was Charles ]. Guiteau."-New Orleans
Times-DemOcrat.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-13
Miss McAndrews' Dawson City Home.

ped from the Inter Mountain and came
into the counting room by two and threes.
Then the great public seemed to grab
for the novelty the paper held out to it.
Favorites leaped into the contest, lines
were drawn and the campaign of cOu-
pons began in earnest.
Early in the coupon balloting Alice Nc
Andrews secured a place among the lead
ers Of those who We're the acknowledged
candidates. She was girl well known
in Butte, Anaconda and in other parts of
the state. She had friends by the thou
sands. but arrayed against her were pow
erful opponents at whose command re-
sources a hundred times greater than
Alice McAndrews could control would
help them in the fight.
Many a faint-hearted girl would have
faltered not SO plucky Alice McAndrews.
She was born in little mining camp,
Henderson Gulch, near Philipsburg, was
child Of the west and knew the way to
the hearts Of the western people. The
pluck and pride and indomintable will
she bent to the work Of winning the vic
tory We're superb
In a few days the state was ringing
with her name. 1t became known that
she was western girl, the only support
Of an aged mother and the warm-hearted
men Of Montana opened their purses to
help her. Wherever the Inter Mountain
went the coupons We're eagerly seized
upon and the receipts came pouring in
upon the corps of clerks in the counting
room until the tide Of ballots almost over
whelmed those who We're counting night
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-13
INTER MOUNT ;::;: r. e $ e;;; 81: s: PAGE OF g.:
MONTANA GIRL DIGGING GOLD IN alaska x x

Miss McAndrews sailed for Alaska at
the end of June of last year. She landed
at Skagway and later went ., Dawson.
where she Is now located.
The courage with which she won her
way in the Inter Mountain contest has
stood her in good stead In the north, and
her tact and ready wit have given her
wide opportunities for udvanceln cnt in
the fascinating pursuit of gold.
To the Inter Mountain Hiss Mean
drews has written ofteA4 OF her l.lans.
her success and her prospects for the
future. Her letters sparkle with the wit
that made her a favorite h are at home.
and she takes a bright view Of the world
as it is spread out before her in the
undulating landscape of Nome. She has
several mines and employs men to work
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-13
FAMOUS WIND CAVE TO BE
OPENED ONCE AGAIN

Washington, May 13.-Commissioner
Hermann, of the general land office, has
instructed the special agent of the inter-
ior department to reopen 1.-The wind
cave" in the Black Hills, in South Da-
kota, for inspection by the public.
The cave comprises about 1000 acres
1t gets it's name on account of the strong
rushing current of air through the en-
trance. The ceilings are pendant with
gems of stalactite formation. Speci-
mems of deftly wrought statuary, formed
by the action of the water, fragile foil
age, chaste columns of the most elaborate
architecture and forms resembling birds
and animals adorn the walls.
The closing of the cave was ordered to
stop vandalism.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-13

the victory brought. There was rejoi,.
ing that the victor was a girl and was
at the bottom Of fortunes ladder. The
people felt that the gates of opportunity
had been swung open to allow Miss Mo-
Andrews to go into the land Of gold in
search of whatever wealth was hidden
In the frozen hills Of Nome.
The plucky girl thanked her friends ia
an interview published in the Inter
Mountain before she departed for the
north.
Where did I get all the votes?" sho
asked in reply to q question from a re.
porter. "You will have to ask me some>
thing easy. Why, they came from
everywhere! I received fully 500 a day
from the school children of Butte. Then
I received hundreds of votes from Boxe-
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-13

Billings, Red Lodge, Miles City. Great
Falls. Missoula, Hamilton, Lima. Dillon,
Helena and other places that l never
heard of before. Then they came from
out of the state. My best town out of
the state was Rossland, B. C. Votes
came from Chicago and San Francisco,
New York. Washington and other places.
It seemed that the Inter Mountain went
every place.
II am going to Alaska and am
going to try to make my fortune. If /
succeed l will come back 70 Butte to
spend it, and in that way can, in a
measure, get even with the people for
their kindness to n.y."
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-13

had challenged the admiration Of the
state.
The contest had to end as all things
must. 1t ended May 10Th and Alice Nc
Andrews Won She had 31,009 votes out
of the hundred thousand that We're cast
and she was the happiest girl in Mon
tana.
The closing night will mot soon be for
gotten by friends Of the contestants. The
contest was close until the last minute
Of the balloting and the suspense was
breathless until the count was over.
Then everybody was glad.
Pluck and energy had won the day.
and the wide sympathies Of the West
were touched at the cheering evidence
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-13

in mining have been ample to enable her
to pay her way in the costly markets OF
Dawson and support her r,ther, wn,
lives at Great Falls, this state.
Accompanying Miss McAndrews' las:
letters to Butte were pictures of her
Dawson cabin, and what she gaily calls
her "dogomobile." She has cir: part
ner,'' and together the two :tra Dllnnips
to take from the grasp Of the frozen
soil Of Alaska sufficient gold to ill their
cups Of happiness to the brim all their
lives long.
nit is the earnest wish Of the Montana
friends Of Miss McAndrews that she will
succeed.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-13

and day. Miss McAndrews was not idle.
While her opponents We're putting forth
every effort to land the prize she was
organizing her forces with the tact of a
trained politician and reaching out over
the state to claim her share OF the little
coupons upon which the contest hung. She
enlisted the county officials and the
school children, the miners and the men
of business; all who admired grit and
buoyant courage gave a helping hand to
the daring girl whose skill and audacity
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-13

John Kilcullen, an energetic waiter
shouted for the police, and Tramper was
conducted to cell. He had prepared
to make valiant defence, but the mag
istrate gave him no time, and after de-
livering his little speech, ordered that
the prisoner be released.
There is a section in the penal code,
however, that protects the restaurant
keeper by making any one who tries to
defraud him guilty of misdemeanor.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-13
Alice McAndrews,


The name brings back to the people of
Montana memories of the exciting contest
in which this young lady won trip to
Alaska while the whole state rejoiced at
her plucky battle for the prize.
1t was year ago. The contest had
been started by the Daily Inter Mountain
April 9Th, and toward the middle of the
and the interest was at fever heat. For
month of May the battle waxed exciting
the first few days the coupons We're clip
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-13
D r u ~ K e N N e s s
Drug and Cigarette Habits
Cured

No confinement. no publicity, no eb.
rupt shutting of Of either liquor or
opium. The only treatment adopted BY
the United States government for use
In national and state homes for soldiers
and sailors.
The only Kelley institute in the state.
All others claiming to use Kelley reme-
dies are frauds and initators.
Ladies treated a. privately as at their
own home.
For terms and literature address thin
KELLEY INSTITUTE. 1874 East South
First street, or Lock Box $50. Salt Lake
City, Utah.
Missouri Valley times., 1901-11-07
Parental Economy

"Papa," said Dicky, "all the other
boys are going to have torpedoes or
firecrackers or something for the
Fourth Of July. Can't have anything
at ally"
"Dicky,' said Mr.. stinjey, beckon-
ing mysteriously. "comc with me, and
Ill show you something"
He took hlrl out to the summer kitch.
en and showed him large package.
neatly folded and tied with string.
"There," he said, "arc all the paper
bags that have been brought into the
house for whole year from grocery
stores and other places. l have had
your mother save them for you. Every
one of them will make MS much noise
as firecracker IL you fill 1t with air
and pop it right"
1t was not exactly what Dicky had
set his heart on. but it was all the
Fourth Of July he got.-Youth's Com.
panion.
Missouri Valley times., 1901-11-07
DYNAMITE AND MINERS.
Long Immunity From Accident Re
suits Ia Contempt of Danger.

Long Immunity From Accident Re-
suits ln Contempt of Danger.
after miner had handled dynamite
for eight or ten years without a serious
mishap 1t is good idea to put him to
doing something else about the works."
said u gentleman Of this city who has
had Il great deal Of experience with high
explosives. 'rhc chances are a hundred
to one that his long immunity from ac-
cident has given him such a contempt
for danger that he Is an unconscious
menace to everybody on the premises.
He will do things that not only imperil
his own life, but the lives Of oil his
comrades. To give you an illustra-
ton, once had IN old Cornishman Mt
work Mt a mine In which was inter-
ested and had intrusted him with a
general supervision Of all the blasting.
He had been handling dynamite for
twenty years or more and was justly
regarded as an expert. During that
entire period he had never had an acct
dent worth speaking of, and by de-
grees the care and vigilance that were
responsible for his excellent record had
worn away until he was beginning to
entertain the delusion, common to old
hands, that the danger Of the stuff was
very much exaggerated.
"One day was passing through a
cut where some blasting had been go
ing on and noticed the old Cornishman
hammering drill into what seemed to
be boring In the rock. asked him
! what he was doing, and he told me
coolly there was cartridge in the hole
that had failed to explode and he was
Just knockin' out the tampin' to re-
prime It, was Mortified, for ut every
blow he was liable to explode the dyna-
mite, and ordered him sternly to stop
and never repeat such performance.
The proper method would have been to
have drilled new hole near by and
exploded the first charge with a second
blast. He obeyed sullenly, grumbling
to himself, and less than month after
ward was blown up while doing exact
i ly the same thing. He lost his left arm
at the shoulder, his left eye and part of
his left ear. He also lost his contempt
for dynamite, and when he finally
emerged from the hospital gave him
j back his former Job. never had q
more scrupulously careful employee
than he was from that time on. II
seems n brutal thing to say, but there
, is nothing that does an old dynamite
hand as much good as to get blown up
once or twicc."-New Orleans Times
i Democrat.
Missouri Valley times., 1901-11-07
"To the Public .

We, the Retail Clerks Union,
Local No 70 desire to show our
appreciation due to the fair and
just merchants of our city who
have been SO loyal in closing their
places Of business evenings and
Sundays, thus allowing their
clerks a few hours to enjoy them
selves as other human beings.
Below we take pleasure in men,
tioning the names of the fair and
just business firms of our city and
we appeal to the public to help
us in this cause. When making
your purchases choose from the
list of fair and just firms we here
with present:
The Peoples Store,
The Globe Clothing Co,
M G Burbank,
K and M Dolan,
j b Lyons,
A 81 Heath & Son,
I'M Gilmore,
VIM. Reese,
W G Fensler,
CS Hoar & Co,
L N Goodrich & Co,
johnson & Co,
j w Senseney,
Fensler & Whitworth,
s B Shields,
Wick Bros,
Jno Sullivan, Jr,
III M Cramer. 3dlw
q. w. Ford, plumbing. tf.
Missouri Valley times., 1901-11-07
willlns to Take Chances.

$50 you're going to marry Mixer
said the mistress inquiringly.
"Yis, num-"
care you sure you are not making q
mistaken"
WELL" returned the cook thoughtful-
~, "he's not the best man in the world,
to be sure, but IL l lave him go how
kin be sure Of gittin' another wanl
I've been thinkin' about 1t, an 1t looks
to me like it's right an proper to take
what ye kin git when ye kin git It
Them that holds Off for the big prize
has been known to lose the little vans
think I'll take Chicago Post.
Missouri Valley times., 1901-11-07
9. w. Ford, plumbing.
To the Public.

Allow me to say few words in fav-
or of Chsmberlain's Cough Remedy. 1
can recommend 1t with the utmost
confidence. 1t has done good work for
me and will do the same for others. 1
had very severe. e.cough and cold and
feared would get pneum onia, but af-
ter taking the second dose of this med.
icine felt better, three bottles of it
cured my cold and the pains in my
chest disappeared entirely. lam most
respectfully yours for health, Ralph
s Myers, 64-37th st, Wheeling, w. Va.
For sale by Elliott Il Harvey. n3O
Missouri Valley times., 1901-11-07
.rhe Usual way.

from your latest invention?" asked the
capitalist.
no." said the inventor, II don't real
ly expect to. had some hopes, but
suppose it will be the usual programme.
I'll imagine the fortune and some one
else will realize t."-Washington Star.
Missouri Valley times., 1901-11-07

I have lived to know that the secret
of happiness is never to allow your en-
ergies to stagnate.-A. Clarke.
Adolph Bluner, Grand Mound, Is.,
writes: II have used Foley's Honey
and Tar in my family and think 1t is
the best cough cure In the market.
would not be without 1t in my home,
as there is nothing so good for coughs
and coldI. G S Osborne. n3O
Missouri Valley times., 1901-11-07

WI shively, bstesville, o., speak
ing of Banner Sslye, says, II used 1t
for piles, and 1t has done me more
good than any salve l have ever used,
and I have tried great many kinds"
G $ Osborne. n80
Missouri Valley times., 1901-11-07

Makes assimilation perfect,
healthy blood, firm muscles,
strong nerves. Quickens the brain
makes and keeps you we'll. Great
medicine, Rocky Mountain Tea.
$50. Elliott g. Harvey.
Missouri Valley times., 1901-11-07

An English association regard
ing woman's happiness has
offered a reward of $500 for a
greater blessing to woman than
Rocky Mountain Tea. Sensible
move. Elliott & Harvey.
Missouri Valley times., 1901-11-07

In the way of stylish and up-to-date
millinery The Leader is prepared to
serve you with one of the largest stocks
to select from ever exhibited in this
city.
Missouri Valley times., 1901-11-07
Recommends it to Train men,

G II Haussn, Lima, o.. engineer L..
f. u w. r.. r., writes: 81 have been
troubled great deal with backache. l
was induced to try Foley's Kidney
Cure, and one bottle entirely relieved
me. gladly recommend it to anyone,
especially my friends smong the train.
men, who are usually similarly af-
tlicted." G S Osborne. n3O
Missouri Valley times., 1901-11-07

Geo n Points, Upper sandusky, o.,
writes: 81 have been using Foley's
Honey and Tar for hoarsness and lind
it the best remedy ever tried. 1t
stopped the cough Immediately and re-
lieved all soreness. Take none but
Foley's. G S Osborne. n3O
Missouri Valley times., 1901-11-07

Ifyou consider both quality
and style, you will patronise the
Leaders millinery department.
Missouri Valley times., 1901-11-07

A business lot, 3oxloo feet, near Erie
street, for sale for 5000 Good seven
room house Enquire at TIMES office.
Missouri Valley times., 1901-11-07

Fall underwear aud hosiery for la
dies and children at the Leader.
Missouri Valley times., 1901-11-07
For Hoarsness.

Benz. lngerson, of Hutton. Iud says
he had not spoken q word above q
whisper for months, aud one bottle of
the Honey and Tar restored his voice.
BE sure you get Foley's. G 5 Os-
borne. n30
An extensive line of ladies aud
childrens underwear at the Lead
Missouri Valley times., 1901-11-07

The angel answered: ''Nay. sad soul; go higher!
To be deceived in your true hearts desire
Was bittcrer than thousand years Of fre!''
john lIay.
Missouri Valley times., 1901-11-07
Millinery at the Leader.
To Cure q COUGH.

Stop coughing, as it initiates the
lungs, and gives them no chance to
qesl Foley's Honey and Tar cures
without strain in throwing off the
phlegm like common cough expector-
ants. G S Osborne. n3O
Missouri Valley times., 1901-11-07

She sobbed: 81 found him by the summer sea
Rcclined. his head upon maidcn's knee.
She curlcd his hair and kissed him. Woe Is me:s
Missouri Valley times., 1901-11-07

She wcpt: Now let my punishment begin!
have been fond and foolish. Let me in
To expia,e my sorrow and my SIM
Missouri Valley times., 1901-11-07

But soon a,own the dying sunset sailing,
And like wounded bird her pinions trailing,
She duttcrcd back, with broken hearted waiing
Missouri Valley times., 1901-11-07
\ Violent Attack of Group
Cured.

'I4ast winter an infant child of mine
had Group in violent form" says Ell
der John w Rogers Christian Evan
gellst, of Fllley, Mo. II gave her 9
few doses of Chamberlain Cough
Remedy and in short time all danger
was past and the child recovered. :"
This remedy not only cures Group, but
when given as soon as the first symp-
toms apper will prevent the attack. 1t
contains no opium or other harmful
substance and may be given as conf
IDENTIFY to a baby as to an adult. For
sale by Elliott & Harvey. n3O
Missouri Valley times., 1901-11-07

New patterns IN fancy dress goods
at the Leader.
Missouri Valley times., 1901-11-07

Seymour Webb, Mora, N Y, writes:
81 had been troubled with my kidneys
for 25 years and had tried several ply.
sicians but had received no relief un-
til bought bottle of Foley's Kidney
Cure. After using two bottles l was
absolutely cured. earnestly recon-
mend Foley's Kidney Cure" Take
only Foley's. g s Osborne. n3O
Missouri Valley times., 1901-11-07

upon ito spiritual vitality. The conse.
quence is that suclal retinements make
headway, literary activity f,urishes,
and the Commercial spirit thrlves
apAce and the churches take on more
and more of the quality of respectable
tty; tut 1t is fund that in the mean
tins 1t is more diilicult to rally
promptly to the deeply spiritual ex-r-
cises OF thu revival m etlnp, aud for
want of it the season passes with re-
suits below expectation
8 What is to be d me? Is the blttle
lost? Must the church give over its
spec ii: mission of soul winning ard
ievnte its Ell 'rt to soul nourishine?
Bs II means But some other things
must be done 1t must give more
specific attention TO suul n"urishing.
1t must attend M re carefully to the
children commltied To its care. 1t
should make mare of childhood re-
ligion. 1t should see greater oppor-
tunity IN is Sunday schools aud
young peoples societies And TO reach
these ends IL must emphasize tie OPP
portunity uf religious duties in the
home life The h"m., aud the sunday
school and church should mutually
aid aud supplement each other. Then
he prayer and class meetings will he
maintained with greater interest and
more widely extended profit.
Religious work should he not merely
aggressive, nor spasmodically snch.
IL should entrench its gains in thor
oughgoing manner. La other words 1t
should ac inst itself to new conditions.
Regulation forms and e,hods may
have to be modified at times. More
work may have to be wrought by con-
tact of soul with soul, outside the re-
v;val season as we'll as during its pro-
gress. 1t Is the writer's firm convic.
ton that in the Word of Truth and
the age enduring principles itembodies
| in the aboundlng grace of God and the
ever viyifying agency of the Holy
Spirit, we have the equipment for the
successful forward movement 80 much
to be desired, if we utilize it.
4
Missouri Valley times., 1901-11-07
A WoMAh,a Loxx.

A sentinel angel sitting high In glory
Heard this shriil vail ring out from purgatoeyl
Have mercy. mighty angel; hear my story!
II loved, and blind with passionate love. fell.
Love brought me down to death and death to hell,
For God 10 Just, and death for sin is we'll.
81 do not rage against his high decree
Nor for myself do ask that grace shall b.
But for my love on earth who mourns for me.
Great Spirit, let me see my love again
And comfort him one hour, and we're fain
10 pay thousand years OF fire and pain"
Then said the ptying angel: NAY! Repent
That wild vow! Look! The dial fingers bent
Down to the last hour of thy punishment"
But still she walled: II pray thee. let me goi
l cannot rise to peace and leave him SO.
Oh. let me soothe him in his bitter woel''
The braxcn gates ground suddenly ajar.
Aud upward joyous. like rising star.
She rose and vanished in the ether far.
But soon a,own the dying sunset sailing,
Av,.( "a hnr,, int
Missouri Valley times., 1901-11-07

Get your Athletic Goods of US. We
carry the line you need.
I'D. BROWN 4 Son
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1901-06-06
(1'o be- coptIuued.l
NO WONDER ne WAS Baked.

Difficulties the Frenchman Expert
enced In Learning English.
A frenchman thirsting for linguistic
superiority recently began course Of
English lessons with teacher OF lam
guages. After tolling conscientlously
through good many exercises the fol-
lowing dialogue between the pupil and
his master was overheard:
II find the English very difficult"
complained the Frenchman. How do
you pronounce t-o-u-g-h?"
1T Is pronounced 'tuif.'"
''Eh, bien, tuff;' snuff. then, Is spelt
s-n-o.u-g.h, is 1t noty"
"oh, no; 'snuff Is spelt Snuff. As
matter of fact. words ending In
o-u-g.h are somewhat irregular"
II see; a superb language! Tough
is 'tufr and cough is cuff have
a very bad cuff"
mo: 1t is 'coff,' not cuff"
VERY well; cuff. tuff and coff. And
dough is 'duff,' eh?"
mo, not dun"
"'Doff,' thenY
''No: DOH"
"Well, then, what about h-o-u-g-hT
"That Is pronounced hook"
"'Hockr Then suppose the thing
the farmer uses, the plough is
'pluff. or is 1t 'phlock, or ploT Fine
language-'plo.'"
mo. no; It is pronounced plow.'"
II shall soon master English, am
sure. Here we go. 'Plow.' 'coff,' 'tuff,'
hook and now here Is another
rough; that Is row. | suppose?"
"0h, no, my friend; that's ruff
again"
And bo-u-g-h is 'buff?'"
mo; that happens to be bow"
"Yes, wonderful language. And /
have just enough of 1t; that's 'enou,'
Is 1t notY
mo; 'enuff. Sheffield Weekly
News,