Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-24

y bone collar stud was recently fo,,d
in a Sakkarhian sarcophagus resemh,in,-
almost exactly in appearance those sol3
by hawkers. Yet the man WHO mazda If
has been dust and ashes thousands of
Years. about the time the Patriarch
Aura nam fed his fiocks on Hebron.
thlldren playing with matches caused
Mn2tN-one fires last year. Cigars and
cigarettes caused 9l2; electric wires and
lGhts, 40; boilers and engines. $50: in
g ndlaFism. d.I4f: lightning, o.700 spon-
taneous combustion. lea: six were due
/" the suns rays. The causes OF 1927
We're not discovered
The Hambledon cricket legend. which
makes England's national game take its
Use in the little Surrey village scarcely
here than hundred Years ago, has long
since been exploded. The game was
played by the Vikings, and is certainly
identical with the club ball OF the four
ttenth century,
one OF the suitors for the hand of
Queen Nilhelmina of Holland and one
who was considered two Years ago to
have very good chance of success. has
just died. He was Prince Bernard Helm
rich of Saxe-W elmar. He was only ~
Years old. His death was the result of a
cold taken while hunting.
An amiable mule named Jim has for
Years been employed in a coal mine al
Dalton. o. The mine boss lately decided
to transfer Jim to another mine. Four
hundred miners objected and struck
no ;.,,
scene of his former labors. the miners re-
fuse to handle pick or shovel.
At the birth of Japanese baby a tree
is planted which must remain untouch ii
until the marriage day of the child
When the nuptial hour arrives the tree
l. cut down and the wood transformed
into furniture, which is considered by
the young people as the most beautiful
uf all the ornaments of the house.
During the year 1899 there were 90,
strikes among workmen. against 9s5
during 1898 In the strikes of 1899 the
number of workmep participating was
| lo6,''?, and Ills establishments Were. in
| VOWED. Nineteen hundred and TWENTY
light We're obliged to shut down COM
pietely, while the rest We're able, at least
rarity, to continue operations.
! The ashes Of Dante. Enclosed in an
! ION urn, are about to be Transported Il,
! With great ceremony, to the library pal
, nc. at Florence. The urn was long ago
/ stolen from church in Ravenna and Sc
I oteted in the outer wall of chapel It
/ seems that q sculptor named Pazzj ha :
/ Tor years possessed this extraordinary
/ treasure. and has but recently handed it
over to Florence, where Dante was born
and whence he was eXiled.
| y peculiar incident was witnessed in
/ tn bethany Presbyterian church of
: trenton. N. Y. The sermon had So
p"tlhc effect upon member of the con-
sfesatlon and he fell asleep. While still
in slumber, he arose. removed his coat
vest and collar and was about to further
d'srobe when the women in his vicinity
screamed. An usher aroused him and
led him out of church.
\ new federation is in prospect. 1t is
rumored that following upon the forlna
| lion of the Australian commonwealth
the long talkcd-of federation of the Brit
ish West Indies is to become an accom-.
p'ished fact The imperial government IS
credited with the intention of weldinc
the whole of the Leeward and Windward
sands into one confederation, with Bar.
h;dos as the seat of government.
TWcnty-one Culifornians the advance
guard of 800. have sailed from New Yorl
for the Argentine republic. intending t.
settle there. The delegation already OF
voyage is headed by four brothers named
iailett from Los Angeles. each six fee
tall. and each having wife and fou
daughters The colony, which has con
siderable cash capital. will go into cattl,
raising in the valley of the Platte river
Heathtield. a village near Tumbrids
Wells says the London Chronicle. ha
been looking for water. and discovered
gas. 1t was announced some time ag
} that the workmen at the end Of the arte
sian tube We're astonished by squirt o
| gas which on being lighted. burned wit
Il flame several feet in height The rail
way company has accepted this unex
rected Gift of nature and applied it to h
lighting of the station
In London a sleeps head stewed wit
onions IS called a field lane duck" Pc
tatoes are Irish apricots' and Nun
/ ster plums \ herring is called in differ
( ent localities of England a 'Digb
} chicken" a Norfolk capon.' "Dunba
4 wether." or ''Gourock ham," In Franc
it is customary to call herring ''peu