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The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-07
AMERICAN IMPERIALISM

There is some ground for the charge of
Imperialism against the American people.
after all. Let anyone pick up morning
paper and read the headings, and he will
understand it. A ship has just reached
ure, and from across the country another
cache of gold has arrived from the Klon-
dixie. On it's face THERE is not mucn in the
announcement, but thinking deeper it
means that some of these conquering i'm
perial Americans whom We read about,
have been up within the Arctic circle, and
there fighting the cold, the ice-foes, the
frozen soil, they have won the battle and
stream back, one set through icy seas and
one over the crest of the glacier, bearing
their spoils. And they did not do that as
difficult feat, but just as a matter of
course, and in that is revealed the char
acter of the race.
But the next heading announces the
coming of ship from the Philippines. and
the story that it brings is of increased tri-
umphs there. The seven or eight millions
of natives are quiet and have begun to
look up to the flag, and In a little way
comprehend the power that 1t symbols.
And the story continued tells how the reign
of order and of peace Is setting over that
island empire: how new schoOlhouses are
being prepared. how six hundred American
teachers are on their way there, and we
realize that the imperial school book Is
going to fill the land with a new nobility.
But we need not go to the tropics nor yet
up under the abutments of the gates that
guard the entrance to the Arctic sea.
1t is the same all over this inter-moun-
! tain region. Going further east the dull
| iron ores under these sovereign's blows are
| being converted into shining STEEL The
| CONQUEST goes on perpetually.
Another army Is just now charging Upon
! the golden wheat fields. and they claim
more booty than was ever before obtained
| in war. On the west coast host Is
| charging upon the vineyards and growing
ruddy under the wine of the pressed
grapes. Still yet another host Is preparing
to storm the limitless cotton f1e1ds. t.
seze upon the white fiber that clothes the
world The restless host is everywhere
and they are carrying on an imperial in
dustrial war such as the world never looked
upon before. An imperial people. SUR
enough imperial in power; in energy, II
clear-sightedness. in mercy to hungry ant
naked world. 1t is good imperialism 7
! cherish, and to be proud of-Salt LAX
! Tribune.
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AND THE FAN WENT On.

The thermometer was doing business at
the new stand 1t had taken up at number
one hundred and something In the shade.
and, with the electric fan in the corner,
was about the only object in the room
which showed special evidence of life.
Pop" presently came in a small voice
from the sofa. Pop. doesn't motion pro-
duce HEATH"
Yes. my son. SO keep Quiet.'
There was silence for a moment; then
Pop, doesn't all motion produce heath"
Eyes, my son. all motion; even the mo-
ton Of moving my lips to answer your
questions causes more heat than is nee
essary this weather."
Once more the silence was broken.
Motion causes friction, does 1t not?"
Eyes"
"And friction causes heat?"
Eyes,"
A pause of several minutes.
THAT electric fan over there Is in mo-
ton. isn't 1t. popper?"
Yes. yes: don't bother me SO much"
Another pause.
Say pop, II that fan Is in motion, and
motion produces friction, and friction
causes heat. why don't you stop 1t? It's
hot enough. isn't it, without any more mo-
ton than is necessary"
But there was no reply, and the fan went
on. boston ournal.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-07
PULLMAN PORTERS AND THEIR FEES,

While the photographers are poking fun
at the Pullman porters organization, re-
Gently formed at St. Louis, the truth is
it is deserving of every encouragement
and the heartiest support. The porters
threaten no strike, but 1000 strong they
appeal to the public to help them.
In their circular they do not specify
the process by which they desire to have
public assistance extended. so it will
suffice to assume that moral sympathy
is what is chiefly sought. This is rem
dered all the more apparent by the man.
sented. After having made the state
ment that the standard tip has dWindled
from % to 10 cents, they ask from the
generous travelling public no restoration
of gratuities, but simply assert the
crying necessity of an increase of sala-
ries. If this means anything, it is that
the public should help to persuade the
Pullman company to pay the porteis
what they are entitled to as wage
earners.
The public can do this very justly and
gracefully by declining to pay any tips
at all. AS long as tips are given the
porter will remain a beneficiary Of the
| Pullman system rather than a workman
in it.
If the porters would distinguish them
however, resolved on enjoying just CON-
pensation for their labor, now that they
, are organized they should make it a
prime requirement Of membership, with
an attached penalty for violation OF
their constitution and bylaws, not tc
accept fees. An adjustment of salary
proportionate to the labor and en-.
durance involved with the varied Pull
man runs throughout the country, woltlG
follow.
The Pullman fee system works many.
sided injustice. The company impose:
on the porters, and the porters learn t.
discriminate in their treatment Of trav
elers. Porters' salaries are graded &C
! cording to the estimated volume ant
Tip" value of the runs on which the,
!. instructed to show no Partially to oc
, cupants of the sleepers, he is human am
, not only caters to the highest bidder TO
favors; he cultivates the instinct of Sc
lection. He learns to pick out the like
lest clippers" Honest folk, who dislik
to first pay for service and then to brib
it.. are the sufferers. Others who inter
nally resent the practice from motive
of morality and decency. are constraine,
by example. and often by the necessit.
of satisfying their wants. to support ;
system which is wholly indefensible.
One of the most pernicious effects o
the Pullman fee business Is its retardinl
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USEFUL COLLEGIANS.

The man of millions looked up at the
neatly attired youth who stood hat in hand
on the porch steps.
''Well?" he said.
II am looking for employment" re-
marked the youth.
college MANI"
ayes"
There was a brief silence. The man Of
millions yawned.
I'm using all the college men can give
employment to-" he said and turned back
to his paper. AS the youth YEARLY moved
away the millionaire looked up.
You can call again." he said. zone OF
them might resign or something"
'And may I ask what line Of work you
offer them?" inquired the youth.
The man of millions grimly smiled.
"You can see 'em over In yonder corn
field" he said. I'm using 'em all for
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Plain Dealer.
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of this state. For years our politics
have been advertised the country over
as corrupt beyond description, but If.
now, an impression is to be created that
the courts, too, are corrupt, that the
goddess with the scales has been de-
throned and replaced by an Imported
adventures, we'll may the people de-
eide that it is about time for them to
take a hand in the game and do little
purifying on their own account.
When the courts are open to suspi-
cion; when judges. by their official acts.
give color to rumors of undue influence;
when, on flimsy and ridiculous pretexts,
they make rulings and give instructions
obviously against the dictates of COM
mon sense and public policy. as we'll as
in contravention of the plain meaning
of the statutes, it is time for every
honest man to take alarm. When such
decisions are not only lacking in law,
but have their origin in corrupt bargains.
and are bought and paid for according
to sworn testimony filed by reputable
litigants, then the judge so accused owes
it to himself and to his party and to
the public to proceed Immediately to free
himself from suspicion by the speediest
means within his control. The people
demand that the accused judge adopt
such course without another hours
hesitation, or they will reach unpleasant
conclusions as to the delicacy OF his
sense Of official honor. We repeat this
suggestion because Of the supreme im>
portance OF the issue and the need Of
prompt work to forestall possibly ad-
verse comment.
The people of Montana for thirty-f1ve
years have been proud of the respect
which all classes have accorded to
the courts. In the best sense they have
been law-abiding people, realizing that
the courts could always be trusted to
dispense justice regardless of every
| question of politics or wealth Or section
were regarded as the only guardians Of
the rights and property Of the people.
and so implicit was the public confidence
in their integrity that instant resent
ment followed any suggestion of irregu-
larity on their part. Errors Of Judgment
sometimes occurred in the lower courts
but until lately no man ever attributed
them to anything save inadvertance
What will be thought, however, if d
judge on the bench may be openly ac-
cused of shameless intrigue without
eliciting in reply anything more con-
vincing than plea for time, or counter
charges about the methods Of the &C,
cusers, without basis Of fact or reason:
Not only will the court suffer in repu.
tation, but the community in which the
court does business, and the state itself
will be in disgrace until the Delinquent
official either exonerates himself, re
signs or leaves the commonwealth
Until Judge Harvey shall adopt on
of these alternatives the citizens of thi
town will view the situation with chic
regard to it's public features. They, an
not the owners Of the Minnie Healy, arr
the chief parties in interest.
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EXPENSIVE. LIVING OR DYING.

Two tramps were trudging along a dusty
road in New Jersey.
I'm goin' to New York." said one.
"Fool!' cried the other. you'll be
ruined. Don't you know what it costs to
live there? Five cents to sit in me shade.
g to spit in a car and II you travel on the
ferries there is danger of a bath. which
may cost you your life. Life preservers
out Of reach and free seats ir the sun are
all the rage there now. you know. The
sight of that last wood pile has made you
mad."-New York Mail and Express.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-07

Robert Watson of Chicago has learned
that virtue is it's own reward. Recently
he restored to the careless owner $1O.0 900
worth of jewelry she had lost, and re-
ceived SO as reward for his honesty.
It should be stated that the ten-dollac
bill was not a counterfeit.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-07

It Is lamented by the Omaha Herald
that when Nebraska raises full crop
of corn, storage ground has to be rented
outside the state after the shocking.
This would seem to be a needless outlay.
possible of avoidance by the enactment
of a reciprocity treaty with the great
corn consuming state Of Kentucky.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-07

In a recent bombardment of the sky
in Nebrask a battery of "a mortars
pegged away As hours without gener-
ating a cloud on the horizon. The Ne
braska skies refuse to weep so long as
Colonel Bryan insists he is not a can
didate for the presidency. A
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-07

The pure food crusade at Washington,
D. c., is progressing with great success.
Impure milk is said to have been ban
ished from the city. but the reports are
silent as to the present quality Of the
'tea" dispensed at the capitol building.
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eur GLASS


In Our Window We Show
10 styles of water tumblers from
$500 to $500 per dozen.
8 styles of whisky tumblers from
$500 to $27.00 per dozen.
styles of champagne tumblers
from $3.50 to $4,000 per dozen.
3 styles Of claret glasses from
$4,000 to $27.00 per dozen.
2 styles of wine glasses from
$500 to $500 per dozen.
3 styles of sherry glasses from
$500 to $1,000 per dozen.
styles of saucer champagnes
from $500 to $4,000 per dozen.
2 styles of saucer champagnes
with hollow stems. from $1,000 to
$1,000 per dozen.
styles Of sherbet glasses from
$500 to $500 per dozen.
style of goblets $500 per dozen.
Hight & Fairfield
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-07

A speedy method of plucking fowls has
been devised in Germany. TIE dead biri
is placed in a receptacle and subjected to
several cross currents of air from electric
fans turning at the rate of 5000 revolutions
a minute. The bird has every feather and
Quill blown off In few minutes.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-07
FACTS AND FIGURES.

One inch of rain equals 100 tons to the
acre.
FIFTEEN thousand two hundred and sixty
feet }, the height of the snow line on the
equator 1t is about 5000 feet in the lati-
tude of London.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-07

A period Of five seconds between a flash
of tightening and thunder means that the
flash was a mile distant from the observer.
Thunder has never been heard over four
teen miles from the flash, though artillery
has been heard at 120 miles.
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CHOICE MISCELLANY
Novel elias. B,owlnn,

Up to the present time the art Of
blowing glassware by means of COM
pressed air has been limited to bottles
and similar articles of small size, but a
process is being exploited in Germany,
the Invention of Paul Sievert of Dres-
den, by which bathtubs and other
large tanks can be made with the
greatest ease. Mr.. Sievert says that
there is almost no limit to the size of
the articles which can be made by his
process. He has already made a num-
Der OF bathtubs which are said to have
many advantages owe those of metal
and porcelain, the principal one being
the economy Of the glass. The tub is
5 feet 6 inches long and about 2 feet
wide and consists Of one piece Of solid
glass about 2H inches in thickness.
This thing was made complete in about
five minutes. The other things shown
are made for special manufacturing
purposes, and Mr.. Sieyert thinks that
he will soon be able to supply all the
anks and watts used in the various arts
and Industries for which clay, wood,
cement and metal are now used.
The method of manufacturing these
articles is said to be very simple. The
glass is taken from the furnace while
at red heat and in a liquid form and
placed in a mold, which may be readily
swung into any desired position. Com
pressed air is then admitted through
a flexible tube which connects with
the bottom of the mold, the flow
through which can be regulated by
means of valves. AS soon as the article
is finished it is carried by a mechan-
fcal device to an a%nnealing chamber,
where it is again heated and then al
lowed to cool, after which process it
is ready for use.-Patent Record.
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Rubber Shod Horse..

1t is claimed in Chicago, where the
rubber shoe has been widely intro
duced. that the general condition of
horses feet has improved 30 per cent
and the danger from cracked hoofs,
sprained tendons and rheumatism has
decreased fully SO per cent among the
i.orses experimental with. AS "a kind
master Is kind to his horse" this con-
siGnration alone should prove a strong
argument in favor of the adoption of
the rubber shoe. Humanity likewise
would be benefited by the change. If
the gathering iron horseshoe should
disappear from the streets, the relief to
suffering human nerves would be al
most incalculable. Rubber on the hoofs
of horses that are driven over asphalt
pavements would serve a much more
humane and useful purpose than it
does in the necks of curious people or
on the feet of sinuous politicians
Kansas City Times.
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Rubin Has a TEMPER.

Gus Rubin, the Akron giant, who is
training to fight Jeffries. recently tried
to knock out Tim Heggerty, the clever
Australian featherweight. who was
visiting his quarters. Madden induced
Heggerty to put on the gloves with
Rubin. and Heggerty landed some hot
ones on Ruhlin's face and wind which
made the big fellow angry. Then
Rubin started in to punish his oppo-
nent and in the third round floored him
twice. When time was called, he re-
fused to stop. and a friend of Heg-
gerty's, who interfered, was knocked
down twice by the Infatuated pugilist.
Madden expressed sorrow for Ruhlin's
act.
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the national tourney, held on the "a.
nous Baltusrol course at Morristown
N. j., fulfilled predictions that she
would n day corral the highest hon.
ors in her class.
Miss Hecker is only nineteen years
Old, but she is engaged to be married.
She is the daughter of John Y. Hecker
a millionaire flour manufacturer. Miss
HecEer early developed a penchant for
golf. n placed herself in the hands
OF the famous Scotch professional.
George Stahl, who taught his apt and
comely pupil all the tricks of the
game, including his famous st. An
drew swing. The picturesque links at
Wee Burn, Conn. have been her ia
vorite course. and she twice won the
Metropolitan championship.
Miss Hecker is a blond, has blue
eyes and is very graceful. She is a
thorough athlete and can ride, sail and
swim almost as well as she can play
golf.
The showing of the western golfers
was a great surprise to the spectators
at the tourney at Raltusrol. They play
ed remarkable golf and barely missed
carrying the coveted title away with
them. Miss Anthony, the champion OF
the west, was slightly out of form. but
Miss Lucy Heron qualified for the
finals and made Miss Hecker play her
best,
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Original Home of Golf,

The Scotsman contends hat golf is a
Scotch sport to which poetical refer
ence was made in Adamson's ''Muses
Threnodie,' published in Perth as long
ago as 1888. The terms used in the
sport are for the o part Scotch. But
the Dutch assert that it was first play
ed in Holland on the ice. and before
1898 the Dutch poet Bredero described
how 1.-The golfer, with ice spurs on,
stands ready to smite with ashen club
weighted with lead or his Scottish
cleek of loaded box" But while this
may be the earliest poetical reference
to the game it does not show that Hol-
lane is the original home of golf. The
reference to the Scottish cleek" seems
at first sight to point rather to Scot
land.
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Rubin In Poor Form.

Report has it in Los Angeles that
Gus Rubin has showed such poor
form in his only public appearance in
months that his prospects for winning
the bout with Jeffries are counted light.
Rubin boxed with Jim and Ben Trim
BILE and was clumsy and slow. He was
to have met "Denver Ed" Martin, but
it was announced that hat fighter had
sprained his thumb. California sports
say that Rubin won't do" in a fight
against Jeffries.
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Thc farmers Boy and Success,

A banker, a lawyer and a preacher
sat IN a parlor car on the Hudson River
railroad, enjoying the beauty of a cen.
tral New York landscape after a June
rain. ION that farm" said the banker.
pointing out of the car window. "a
years ago DR.. James F. McNernon,
then a farmers boy, tended a sick
sheep. He was skillful, gentle and pa
tent. The suffering animal got well.
There were vague dreams of another
life, OF study and struggle, on his mind,
n the young mar borrowed some
money the following autumn and came
to New York. Eleven years ago he was
graduated at the Columbia Medical col
leee, after three years Of work and reci-
tatlon from Z a. N. until II p. NJ, study
until l a. m. and as scant time for eat
Ing as for sleeping. In six weeks after
graduation he was supporting himself
examining applicants for insurance in
an industrial company. In five years
he was able to study a speciality in the
treatment Of the throat and ear. He is
making $4,000 a year now and works
just as hard as he Eve did. He is one
instance of the farmers boy who
comes to the city and conquers fame
and fortune, but there are not so many
now as there used to be-"
And there seems to be considerable
food for reflection in this last state
ment. Perhaps II hears less of these
ambitious country lads than in the old
days.-Harper's Weekly.
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Delicatessen ver.u. Entrees.

AT a recent dinner given by a FASH
1onable German society in Baltimore
they had the following menu:
Kramnetsvogelsuppe auf Elsaesserart.
kraftbruehe NIT Schildkroetcncinlage.
Lammsmilcher-Cotoletten
Rheinsalm mach "Joinville."
Hanover kalbsruecken auf Fruehligsart.
Fasanenflets mach "Radziwill."
Mittelmeer-Langaustern mach 'sPrinz KARL"
Getruffeite Masthuehner gebraten NIT Wachteln
umlegt.
Salat-Compot.
sachsenhauser Reisentaugenspargel nit Deutscher
Sauce.
Gefrorene Sahnenspeise mach Victoria"
Backwerk.
Kaseslangen.
Nachtisch-Obst,
So, after all. It would seem that
there are more formidable things than
some of the French they have on the
cards at Chicago restaurants. It must
take a long time to get through a menu
like that.-Chicago Record-Herald.
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Timber For Matchmaking.

Not many establishments are requir-
ed to turn out the matches this country
needs. Over in New Jersey only a few
miles from New York city there are
two factories with a capacity together
OF 9O,OOO,OOO matches a day. The lar
gest factory in the country, 1t Barber
ton, o., a turn out 100, OOO, 900
matches a day, probably a seventh of
the entire consumption. This country
has a great advantage in the album
dance of aspen, which tree is superior
to all other timber for matchmaking
on account of it's natural qualities and
the ease with which it. is worked. 1t is
light, spongy and splints easily, and
though pine, linden. birch and other
woods are also used in this and other
countries aspen is preferred to them
all. European match manufacturers
have been engaged in a scramble for
years past to secur a sufficient guam
tity Of aspen. Germany is importing
from Russia every year about $500, 900
cubic feet of aspen to supplement- her
own suDplies.-New York Sun.
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PEOPLE OF THE A
Lfentenant Vanderbilt.

Young Cornelius Vanderbilt, the third
to zeal the name so closely interviewer
In the history CT ~railroading and big
financial schemes in this country, has
been elected a second lieutenant in
Company G Of the Twelfth regiment,
N. 9. S. n. Y. 1t is not doubted that
Mr.. Vanderbilt will successfully pass
the examinations required before he
a qualify.
There is a story current that a lieu
tenancy is a stepping stone upon which
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Won wa1dersce,. welcome.

On the arrival Of Field Marshal
Count Won Waldersee at Homburg EN-
peror William and the Grown Prince
Frederick William met him at the rail
way station.
When Count Won Waldersee alighted
from the railway carriage. the kaiser
hurried forward and embraced him.
he also kissed the count on both
cheeks. The party then drove to the
schloss. where the emperor and Field
Marshal Won Waldersee had a long
conversation. Count Won. Waldersec
was presented to Empress Augusta
Victoria.
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California Players For nroo.slyn

w. A. Lange of San Francisco has
exhibited two signed contracts he had
received from Ned Hanlon of the
Brooklyns for two of the best players
of the California league. Hanlon has
bis eyes set on Henry Krug Of San
Francisco and has instructed LANCE to
get Krug's signature to one of the con
tracts. The other player wanted by
Hanlon is an outfielder, and he has de-
termined that George Hildebrand will
fill the bill. Lange will make an effort
to engage these two players for the
BrOoklyns.