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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-05-24

but laugh he would not have given us
shoulders with which to lift and hanas
with which to work and brains VIII
which to think. The amusements Oh
life are merely the orchestra playing
while the great tragedy of life pluhges
through its five acts-infancy, chilu-
hood, manhood old age and death'
Then exit the last earthly opportunity
Enter the overwhelming realities Oh an
| eternal world!
go further and say that all those
amusements are wrong which lead INTO
bad company. II you go to any pace
where you have to associate with the
| Incorporate. with the unclean, with
| the abandoned, however well they may
be dressed, in the name OF GOD quit
it. They will despoil your nature
They will undermine your moral char-
acter. They will drop you when you
are destroyed. They will not give one
cent to support your children wnen
you are dead. They will weep not one
tear at your burial.
The FiInl scene
was summoned to his deathbed.
FASTENED. entered the room. | found
him. to my surprise, lying in fuli
everyday dress on the top of the couch.
l put out my hand. He grasped 1t ex-
citedly and said, "Sit down, Mr.. TAI
mage, right therc." ! sat down. lie
said: Last night l saw my mother,
who has been dead twenty years, ana
she sat Just where you sit now. 1t was
no dream. ! was wide awake. There
was no delusion in the matter. | saw
her just as plainly as see you. wire,
wish you would take these strings OH
me. There are strings spun all around
my body. l wish you would take them
off me-" | saw it was delirium. "Oh,
replied his wife, my dear, there Is
nothing there" He went on and SAID;
Just where you sit Mr.. Ta!mage, my
mother sat. She said to me, Henry, l
do wish you would do better got
out of bed and put my arms around
her and said: Mother, | want TO 90
better. have been trying to do better.
w on you HSlp Iut " Wv pSN'N' -
used to help me- No mistake about 1t,
no delusion. | saw her-the cap ana
the apron and the spectacles, just as
she used to look twenty years ago. But
| do wish you would take these strings
away They annoy me so! l can
hardly talk Won't you take them
away" | knelt down and prayed, con-
scious of the fact that he did not reail-
ize what | was saying. ! got up.
said: "Goodby. | hope you viii be
better soon. He said, "Goodby, good
by"
That night his soul went up to the
God who gave it. Arrangements were
made for the obsequies. Some said:
Don't bring him in the church; he is
too dissolute" oh" | said, bring
him in. He was a good friend of mine
while he was alive, and | shall stand
by him now that he is dead. Bring
him to the church"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-05-24
Avfu, Slaughter of British.

From the latest Official reports in the
British war ONCE it is ascertained that
the total killed, wounded and missing
among the army during actions in
South Africa up to March 81 was 1893
officers and 1882 noncommissioned
officers and men. In addition III off,
GERS and 1881 noncommissloned Of
ficers and men have died of wounds or
disease, making the total casualties
foot up to the enormous total Of 47,6S7.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-05-24
Astronomy Gains Human PASSIONS.

At a meeting of the Astronomical
Society of France, the well-known as
tronomer M. Flammarion, said that by
calming the human passions, the study
of astronomy seemed to have a very
beneficial influence. At any rate the
French Astronomical Society. COM
posed of aboxt $500 members, pos
sessed one member of lO5 years Of age,
a dozen over ninety, and a very large
number who had already seen their
eightieth year.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-05-24

The microscope is a sighting device
for rifles an cannon. 1t consists OK
a metal tube about foot long and an
inch square, with a small reflector, in
clined at an angle Of 40 degrees at
each end. The soldier. instead Of aim
ing by the rife sight, LOOKS into the
lower mirror OF the microscope, which
reproduces the reflection of the upper
mirror and shows also the sight liue
Of the rifle.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-05-24
Like Those In America.

The slot machine has been adapted
in England to the directory. This use
full volume is held fast in closed po-
sition by the arms Of the machine I'M
til you drop penny into the slot: then
the arms relax and you can consult
the directory. The book is kept open
as long as required by J lding one
cover, but as soon as this resistance
is withdrawn the directory closes au-
tomatically.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-05-24
puk, OF A,vy,l,, MEMOIR.

The memoirs of the lates Duke OF
Argyle will probably be published next
winter, edited by the dowager duchess,
to whom all her husbands papers were
bequeathed. The Duke had been wri-
ting his memoirs for several years be-
fore his death and he left the work,
nearly finished, and careful directions
and ample materials for its compile
ton.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-05-24
Pilots Are Not WorrYIng.

Owners of Atlantic liners trading to
New York are moving for the repeal
of the compulsory pilotage bill. They
claim that with the East river channel
1000 feet wide and forty feet deep they
should not be compelled to engage pi-
lots. 1t costs $3.50 to bring the giant
Oceanic in and take her to sea again.
The pilots are not worrying over the
matter. They say that a single acci-
dent to one of the big ships would be
so costly as to stop all such attempts.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-05-24
currew In Ensll.h Towns.

The curfew bell is still rung at Kirby
Stephen. also at Shifnll, in Shrope-
shire. England, at a. n. and p. m.
A traveller who was once lost in the
dark heard the curfew bell and was
enabled to find his way to the town.
At his death he left sum of money,
which realized e3 per annum. to cover
the expenses of ringing the curfew bell
from November to March.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-05-24
si.nhiew:o, Like, tn. Chase.

The Polish novelist, Sienkiewicz, IS
very fond of the chase, especially boar
hunting, and the walls of his home
In Warsaw are decorated with his
trophies. some OF them from Africa.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-05-24

Your sports are merely means to an
end. They are alterations and helps.
The arm of toll is the only arm strong
enough to bring up the bucket out of
the deep well of pleasure. Amusement
is only the bower where business and
philanthropy rest while on their way
to stirring achievements. Amusements
are merely the vines that grow about
the anvil OF toll and the poisoning Of
the hammers. Alas for the man who
spends his life in laboriously doing
nothing, his days in hunting up loung-
ing places and loungers. his lights in
seeking ont some gsslight fooieryl The
man who always has on his sporting
jacket. ready to hunt for game in the
mountain or fish in the brook. with no
time to pray or work or read. is not so
well of as the greyhound that runs by
his side OF the fly bait with which he
whips the stream. A man who does not
work does not know how to play.
u God had intended us TO do nothing
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-05-24

Never make money today that will
cause your arrest tomorrow for coun-
terfeiting.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-22
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY .. 1901.
A DISGRACE TO THE CITY.

There exists in Dublin Gulch an organ
tied gang of young ruftians who for
months past have terrorized that local
ity. One night last summer priest. who
was making n sick call there was
brutally assaulted by these scoundrels
fact that he was on an errand of mercy
fact that he was on a nerrand of mercy
saved him from a terrible bea ting. The
matter was reported. vet nothing was
done. AS a natural result. outrage sue
ceeted outrage. and the reports of these
attacks upon peaceable citizens became
almost daily occurrences. a few nights
ago Miss sullivan was made the victim
of an assault by the same gang. an affair
which in some communities might call
for. summary punishment. The shtriffs
office then took hand in this game. and
one arrest Was made. However, il was
found that the gang had a secret retreat
with an underground passage and suit
able dime novel surroundings. The
sheriffs office has done Well. but what's
the mater With our usually active and
Vigilant police? This sort of thing has
been going on for months and that de-
partment has scarcely lifted hand
against the gang whose existence is Il
disgrace to the city of Butte and a re-
proach to the police department. There
are some splendid men on the police force
and one Of the most skillful detectives
in the west. They have a brave man at
their head and are backed by an able
and fearless judge. How comes it. then,
that this gang is allowed to terroriZe
community for months? Has General
Apathy been promoted to the command
of the police department.?
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-22

TO ATTRACT CAPITOL.

The legislature did we'll in refusing
$50 900 appropriation for a Montana ex-
hihit at the Pan American exposition at
Buffalo. The state needs advertising
ana it needs capital. but the best way
to obtain both is through such action
by the Montana Legislature as will adj
vertise it as a safe place for capital. A
million dollars expended at Buffalo
would do no good should the law makers
at the capital enact a single measure
contemplating injustice to any interest
in the state. The passage and executive
approval of some of the incendiary and
anarchistic bills now in process of incu-
baton would not only keep capital away,
but drive out much that we already
have. If the law making. judicial or
executive power is to be perverted in
Montana for personal ends or political
revenge: if the rights of the humblest
citizen or the Wealthiest are to be denied
in the slightest degree by vicious work
at Helena. ali the eXpositions in the
world could not induce the investment
of enough eastern mining capital In this
state to pay for location notice. No
law can be passed to injure one man Or
one corporation unjustly that will not
prove equally dangerous to every other
man and every other corporation For
this reason is appeal now made for the
conservative men of all parties in the
legislature to defeat all measures that
are not perfectly just and actually
necessary. In no othe. way can they
SO effectively advertise Montana. The
protect what is already invested amons
our people in good faith.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-22
srarEPREss COMMENT
MERCHANTS LICENSE.

NIissoula Democrat Messenger: In the
adoption of license law the Legislature
can confer no higher service on the state
than to afford adequate protection to
business men, for they are the men who
maintain the city and state governments
pay the bulk of the taxes, and make the
commonwealth a representative one. AL
ready these business men are taxed to
the limit in various ways, and no prop
osition that will add to their burdens
should be entertained, for upon their
prosperity in the aggregated must rest
the real values of the community in
which they live. Destroy or cripple the
capacity of business men to conduct
their affairs at a reasonable profit on in
vested capital and you bankrupt the city
in which they operate, which in turn
cripples the state and disastrously affects
the entire body of the people.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-22
THE APPcRTIONMENT.

Great Falls Leader: Why should Cas-
cade county, the second county in the
state and Great Falls. the second city in
the state, be made to play second fiddle
to Lewis and Clarke county and to Hell
ena which has fallen back in the race
for supremacy? Cascade county is EMIT
led to larged representation than it now
has and the fair-minded people in the
legislature should see that it gets it.. If
Lewis and Clarke county has fallen back
it is not the fault of other counties in
the state. nor should they be deprived of
their proper representation because OF
that fact. At any rate. let us have a fair
apportionment and let the legislature
give to those counties which have in
creass d in population that representation
which is their just due. There can be
no fault found with this. 1t is only fair
and proper. Neither can there be any
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-22
CONSERv ALIVE STATESMEN.

The state senate seems to contain
some excellent men of all parties. They
refuse to be stampeded. They will do
their duty to the state. They will act
according to their consciences. not ac-
cording to orders from political bosses.
They will support good bills regardless
of their origin and defeat bad bills re-
CARELESS of their objects. The house.
too, contains many such men. They are
patriotic and incorruptible. They vote
on all bills as their sense of justice die
tates. They are the balance wheels OF
the Legislative body. They have regard
to the future. They expect TO live
among their constituents when the legis-
lature shall adjourn. They propose to
go home in the light of day. They may
have ambitions for future honors. or,
what is more valuable, a desire to enjoy
their own ant the public respect On
party questions these men in both
senate and house are republicans or
democrats. as the case may be, and loya;
on other questions they are citizens OF
the state, determined to maintain its
honor and prosperity and to frown upon
every scheme that smacks of oppression
injustice or lawlessness.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-22
IS WORTHY OF A TRIAL.

Libby News: The proposed new road
law that was introduced simultaneously
last week in the Legislature by Senator
Geiger and Representative Faust. is a
measure that commends itself for the
careful considera ton of every person
who is interested in good roads. A COM
plete synopsis of the bill is printed in an
other column, and should be read care
fully by all. ... ..r
While the new bill may not. when put
into effect, come up to all the eXpecta-
tons of those who are fathering the
measure. the present road laws are in
such a tangled condition, and in opera
ton so unsatisfactory, that some new
law is absolutely necessary. Some OBJ
lection has been made to the bill ON the
ground that considerable expense will
be involved, and that the 500 in each
district that will be paid in salaries to
the trustees is a useless outlay of mon
ey. Experience has proved, however. that
for the most part, the money that has
been paid out for road supervisors has
been to men that would walk up and
down the highway. look wise, do moth
ing. and then send in good round bill
to the county for their services.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-22

The Inter Mountain notices with much
qualification that Judge Clancy has de-
cided to examine further into the mat
ter of the Comanche case, and that the
subject win be taken up in his court
again tomorrow The fact that Il large
number Of deserving men have been
thrown out of work for long time is
subject of great concern. and we feel
sure that On a further examination into
the details of the matter the court will.
If possible. reduce this evil to the small
est possible point. The rights of all par
ties in litigation must, of course. be
jealousy guarded. but this can usually
be done i'm such cases without inflicting
great loss and suffering on others. We
trust that some way may be found by
which the miners in Butte and Smelter-
men at Great Falls may resume their
work and wages.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-22
FROM WAR TO PEACE.

Indirectly but none the less surely
this present congress will begin the
work of creating a civil government for
the Philippines if the Spooner bill, now
added as an amendment to the army
appropriation bill, goes safely through
both houses. -
The democratic minority does not
seem to be disposed to offer facious
opposition. If there is any dangers il
comes from the little group of irrespon
sible and vindictive populists, 4 The
Spooner bin has been revised since il
was first presented. 1t reads nov, Jas
favorahly reported by Senator Lodge
committee on the Philippines:
That all military and civil powers
necessary to govern the Philippine isl
ands. acquired from Spain by the
treaties concluded at Paris on Decep-
Der 10. 1898, and at Washington or No
vernber !. 1900. shall. until othefWise
provided by congress. be vested in such
person and persons and shall he eXer-
cised in such manner as the president
of the United States shall div ct, for
the establishment of civil government
and for maintaining and protecting the
inhabitants of the islands in the free
enjoyment of their liberty. property
and religion:
provided. That all franchises grant
ed under the authority hereof shall
contain a reservation of the right to
alter. amend or repeal the same
This version of the Spooner bill shows
the effect of the influence of the Philip
pine commission. Indeed. it is the COM
missions earnest appeal which has
brought the bill SO sharply to the front
after it once seemed to be aba ndOned
On pages and 6 Of the commission
report, as transmitted by the president
to congress. cable dispatch from the
commission to Secretary Root is quoted
stating that passage of Spooner bill at
present session greatly needed to secure
best result from improving conditions
Until its passage no purely central civil
government can be established. no pub
JIG franchises of any kind granted and
no substantial investment of private
capital in internal improvements pos
sihle."
And again: 'Ursently recommend
amendment Spooner bill so that it's OPP
Grafton be not postponed until complet e
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-22

authority and assuming to represent the
decent people of Ohio falls back on the
law and cites it's provisions against prize
fighting. shows the calibre OF the Buck
eye executive. He quotes the law against
prize fighting. ignorantly overlooking the
fact that the contest between Jeffries
and Rubin was only intended for a box
ing match or a sparring exhibition for
points. Such sophistry is disgusting. Both
Jeffries and Rubin have been compelled
to return to the stage until some club
shall not only guarantee expenses but
official sanction for the settlement of the
championship controversy. 1t has not
Vet occurred to these ambitious
radiators that they might pull off
the affair in i back alley or a private
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-22

suppression Of all instruction, but only
until in presidents Judgment civil gov
ernment may safely be established"
AS the Spooner bill in it's present
draft. shows this amendment was
promptly adopted. When the bill passes
the way will be open. as the commits
sioners desire, for Judge Taft and his
colleagues to so to work upon their
civil government at once. 1t is under
stood in Washington that judge Taft
himself will be nominated as he first
civil governor of the Philippines--a
most appropriate selection. NJ other
man has such grasp upon the Philip
pine situation. or has Il more thorough
equipment for the task or enjoys to a
greater degree the confidence of the
country. Judge Taft is now forty three
years of age-a relatively young man
and vigorous, but seasoned in the public
service. with which he has been con-
nected in one capacity or other almost
ever since his graduation from Yale in
1878. He is stalwart physically. fine
example of American manhood and he
comes of sterling Ohio and NV Eng
land stock.
AS civil governor Judge Taft will take
precedence over Gen. Macarthur. The
home. will be supreme. This fact of
itself it is believed. will make nightly
for peace throughout the archipelago.
1t will go further than anything else
to convince the insurgents that the
United States has come to stay as long
as may be necessary, and that armed
resistance is a waste of blood and
treasure. Moreover. the abruptneSS and
sternness which always accompanies
military administration, even military
administration by a republic. will he
considera bly, Softened by Il civil gov
ernor. The Fiipinos at first will have
small share in the central government
at Manila. Judge Taft reports that
with few exceptions they are unequal
to great responsibilities. But in the
towns and provinces it is planned to
give them a very large measure of self
government. even at the risk of occa
sional failure
Leonard Wood, Charles H. Allen.
William Howard Taft-how such APP
rointments as these to the governor
ship of our new dependencies do spike
the guns of the ''anti-imperialist" OPP
Decentralization Journal.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-22

Truly il may be said in view of the
situation at Helena that Governor
Toole's notions about political fusion be-
tween populsm and democracy We're
accurate and timely. Such fusion is i'm
poSS bile without an abandonment or rele-
cation of principle. Thus the short term
senatorship. within the fusion ranks.
seems to be a scramble for an office in
total disregard of the character of the
candidat e or the views he entertans on
public issues
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-22
DRAWN FROM THE WOOD.

l thought I could see It all. now.
your inspiration is drawn from ma
ture!" l cried. From the Skies the
woods-!" tti
THE wood" interposed the painter
coughing slightly. Fi'
From this l rightly conjectured that he
had in some way become aware Of the
square black bottle in my portmanteau.
1t was not the first occasion l had for
observing that the truly artistic soul
is gifted with superior powers of divina-
tion-DetrOit Journal. F~
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-22

The charges made by De Wet against
the English generals to the effect that
they have willfully violated the rules of
civilized warfare is but a reiteration in
a more nebulous form than usual of
statements previously disproved. 1t does
not add to their strength, either. that
these charges come from the man who
recently caused the peace commissioners
ENJOYS to be shot to death.