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North Park union., 1901-07-05
The Best of 1t
A Juvenile Sketch
for
Independence Day

The Crosspatch Man was sick again.
and this time 1t must be pretty bad.
for all the morning Meredith had been
watching the servants spread straw
before the house and muiiie the big.
shiny doorbell.
Poor mani" mamma said. pitingly.
HE Is sick 80 often!"
But he's a Crosspatch Mani" NUT
tered Meredith stifiiy. Then he re-
pented and looked as shamefaced as a
very little boy with a very round, dim
pied face could look. I'm SO sorry
he's very SICK" he said slowly. II
s'pose 1t hurts even Crosspatch Men"
Mamma did not notice. She was
having her little noon gossip" with
papa. and they were still talking about
their invalid neighbor.
ut isn't quite SO bad us 1t seems.
you know" papa was saying. He al
ways has the straw laid down and
things mufiled when he has one Of
his worse nervous attacks. 1t doesn't
mean all that 1t does in most cases.
He Is terribly afflicted by noise at al
most any time
Noise! l should think sol" That
was from Meredith. who prioked up
his ears at the word. Didn't he know
how the Crosspatch Man felt bout q
noise? Didn't he belong to the Rudd
Street Second? Wasn't he captain?
And oh, my. the times he'd seen the
Crosspatch Man a-scowling and a
fuming when they marched past his
window!
But Fourth of July will be terri
BILE day to him-poor mani" went on
mammals gentle voice. That made
Meredith start a little. He had been
thinking about Fourth O. July, too.
(Did he think of much of anything
else nowadaysD He had been going
over in his mind all the glorious pro-
gram of the day. For the Rudd Street
Second was going to celebrate In a
worthy manner. They were going to
even outdo themselves this year-and
hadn't they had the proud honor of
being the noisest street in the city for
two Fourth O. Julys a-running? Let
'em Just wait till they heard this
Fourth o. July!
1t was three days on. That would
give the Crosspatch Man time to have
the straw taken up and the bell un-
muffied, for his worst times" never
lasted more than two or three days.
Then he'll have to cotton up his
North Park union., 1901-07-05
x,No ssrs Doo FASHION. !.

2sssAsA A.sss's Toy B.ii I.isassA ~ xsa-
don's anArt So
Tho most noted pet dog In England
u King Edwards bulldog. Peter. whose
portrait has recently been painted By
Atss Naude Earl. Peter 10 the ansst
bred toy bull In the world and holds
the championship OF Great Britain
He frequently attends his royal mas
ter In his walks and drives. Toy dogl
are the smart" womens dominant
erase this season and toy dogs have
doubled In price in consequence
Many women who have them merely
to be up to date or ''twen cent" In cur
rent slang. systematically drug and
dose the unfortunate animals TO rem
der them quiet and inonensive. The
dogs last only about ninety days under
this treatment. There Is also = new
pet dog doctor In st. Jones street. who
spurs up their jaded nerves with IN
electrical apparatus.
North Park union., 1901-07-05
Novel w.ddl.e G,ft.

Novel Wedding Gift.
A clever young American girl re-
Gently found a new way of using her
luck. Last summer she was In Ger
many, In a place where four-leaf clo-
vers seemed to grow as thick as au-
tumn leaves that strew the brooks In
Vallombrosa. She wanted to give a
wedding present and the truth OF the
matter was that she couldn't afford
a very magnificent one. So with her
adaptable American way she resolved
upon simple remembrance that she
could prepare herself. She gathered
a number OF the most perfect German
clovers. and. having pressed them
carefully between blotters. brought
them back to this country with her.
On her arrival she had them framed
between two pieces of glass. In a sort
of passe-partout. 1t was much the
same Idea as that Of the lucky clover
that used to be carried In crystal
or a watch chain. Nothing among the
brides numerous gifts gave her more
pleasure than this quaint wedding card
that came from over the seas.
North Park union., 1901-07-05

HE MADE A LITTLE SPEECH.
close the window. He was little
chap himself once. the Crosspatch
Man was! And how kind his voice
had sounded, too. 1t made him sorry
for the crasspatch Man-sorrier than
he had ever been before.
Hes a-dreadin' 1t like sixty. He's
'spectln' to perish" Meredith said
aloud. IT'S goin' to make him sick,
of course-that's what he said to the
turban-man. An he was little chap
once, an his voice was kind an tired
out"
Then Meredith went home and
perched himself up on the banister
post In the hall. to think. That was
where he always thought things-big
things. you know. This was. oh my.
such big thing!
I'm cap'n.' mused Meredith. knit
ting his little fair brows. Il can say.
Go. an thou ghost" like the man in
the Bible; but they'll be dreadful
dis'pointed, the Rudd Street Seconds
will be. Still-well. he sick an he
had kind spot in his voice. an he
used to be little chap. too, so Of
course he used to bang things an
make noises. I don't think he sound
ed much like Crosspatch Man."
In little while. after a little more
tough thinking. Meredith slipped
down and out of the door. up the
street. He got together the Rudd
Street Seconds and made little
speech. as a captain may. to his men.
The next day the city and all Amer
lea celebrated Fourth O. July. and
Rudd Street was famous again, but
this time for being the very quietest
street in all the city. There were Just
as many boys in 1t. too. as ever.
The Crosspatch Mans white. ner-
vous face smoothed and calmed as the
day wore on. and at last 1t actually
smiled in gentle way. as II he was
thinking about something pleasant.
And the captain Of the Rudd Street
Seconds and his brave men. drilling
and popping and banging In distant
street. were happy. too.-Annie Ham
ilton Donnell.
North Park union., 1901-07-05
Modlsh bathing c,o,h...

Though it is perfectly safe to predict
that white bathing dresses will out
number all others, none the less will
many colored ones be worn. Startling
bright red and Yale blue, black and
orange, scarlet and white are some OF
the fiamingo and parrotlike studies in
color that the fair amphibians will pat
ronize. and there is very marked
inclination toward the adoption Of
Vivid Roman stripes and bold Scotch
plaids In the more snowy gowns. says
the New York Sun. Roman stripes are
prominent in the majority Of the fan
mel and Turkish towelling bath wraps,
without which no well equipped bath
er pretends to consider her sea going
toilet complete.
North Park union., 1901-07-05
Arr.,,. ON Railroad Premises.

The police department Of the New
York Central railroad, in its last an
nual report, shows that $500 men have
been arrested on the premises of the
company. OF whom 1.700 were sent to
prison for terms of one to six months.
North Park union., 1901-07-05
1,.,n.Amsr,e.n Countries.

Mexico is the largest OF the Latin
American countries except Brazil. and
IT is a much more prosperous country
tban Brazil. Mexico's population is In
the neighborhood of 100000. while
Brazil's is about 100000.
North Park union., 1901-07-05
ACcIDENrLY KILLED.

Did he leave his family anythingr II
badly hurt or sick, are they provided
for? Those are vital questions. The
Western Life and Accident Co. writes
the best policy In the world-Life. Acci-
dent. Health. separately or all combin-
take chances. a policy for either sex
from eighteen to sixty. Bend age and oc-
cupation for particulars. Agents wanted
In every town. No experience required.
Write to-day. WESTERN LIFE. AND
ACCIDENT CO. Denver. Colo.
North Park union., 1901-07-05

The admirers of Eugene Field will be
interested in u new volume of verses by
him published by Tandy. Wheeler 4 Co.
on Denver. The verses were originally
Field was on Its editorial stnff. Many
OF the. poems have n local interest to
merit All of them nre pernentcd with
TINT sympathy and pathos which was
such q marked characteristic of his later
work. We understand tho advance sale
of this book has been very large. and It
Will undoubtedly run through several
North Park union., 1901-07-05

Thou. too. sail on. o ship of State,
Sail on. . Union, strong and greati
Humanity. with all It's fears
With all the hopes of future years.
is hanging breathless on thy fate!
We know what master laid thy keel
What workmen wrought thy ribs of steel.
Who made each mast and sail and rope.
What anvis rung. what hammers beat,
In what forge and what a heat
Were shaped the anchors of thy hope.
Fear not each sudden sound and shock
'Tis of the wave and not the rock!
'Tis but the Tapping OF the sail,
And not n rent made by the gale!
In spite OF rock and tempest's roar.
In spite of false lights on the shore,
Sail on. nor fear to breast the sea!
Our hearts. our hopes. our prayers, our
Our faith triumphant DER our fears,
Are all with thee. are all with thee.
tears,
-Iongfellow
North Park union., 1901-07-05
rhe H.x niaxe,a

Bicycle manufacturers state that the BIZ
cycle for this year will be practically the
same model as 1900. az Improvement seems
to be impossible. Precisely the same IL
true OF Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. II
impossible TO make a better medicine for
the stomach, liver. kidneys and blood. Try
It for dyspepsia. indigestion. constipa tion,
Be convinced. Never take . substitute.
North Park union., 1901-07-05

Mrs.. Winslow's Soothing Syrsr.
fof children teethiAg. softens the gums reduces fn
0Ammatioo. AAys pain. wind collie 80 bostlo
North Park union., 1901-07-05

OF evil money Is the root.
And yet mankind won't stop.
We all turn farmers. and We try,
To raise another crop.
North Park union., 1901-07-05
English Admiral
Had Little Respect
For Clerical Ciubmen

What, sir-what, sir? Not to be
found. sir! Why not. sir?" Il am
afraid, SIR" replied the hall porter.
that some gentleman has taken 1t by
mistake" Taken It, Taken it,"
roared the admiral. now fairly apoplec-
tic with rage. You mean stolen it
yes, sir, stolen 1t! might have known
what would happen when we let In all
those id bishops!"
North Park union., 1901-07-05

hrst days of Dr. Kline Great Nerve Rsstorsr.
ssnd for FREE $500 trial bottle and treatise.
North Park union., 1901-07-05

After a man gets ahead to the extent
of n million or two he throws away the
pocketplece he carried for luck and
claims he won through sheer ability and
perseverance,.
North Park union., 1901-07-05
Halle Catasrh Cure
Il . constitutional cure. Price, TO.

''Did you say that n man never dyes
hfs hair Till he is about to die7' mo,
said. TIL he Ii ready to dye"
North Park union., 1901-07-05

Long Live the King! The King Il
Wizard OIL: pain his enemies, whom
he conQuers.
North Park union., 1901-07-05

There can be no doubt that men get
bald sooner than women because they
don't wear their hair so long.
North Park union., 1901-07-05

Some Kansas stntistician has figured
that every baby is worth 81 600 to the
state. II is safe to say he didn't accept
the parents figures.
North Park union., 1901-07-05

MY principal objection to water ms n
beverage. said Mr.. Treatem. "is that 1t
North Park union., 1901-07-05

! have to say to him. have been com
ing here 30 long. She-I am afraid he
has given up ali hope,
North Park union., 1901-07-05

.Johnson--Do you mean to in.inunte
that can't tell the TRUTH Parkinson
By no means. II is impossible to say
what u man can do till he tries.
North Park union., 1901-07-05

II you wish to have beautiful. clear
white clothes. use Russ Bleaching Blue.
the famous bag blue.
North Park union., 1901-07-05

The desirability Of the things we
haven't got is enhanced In proportion
to the improbability Of our getting
them.-Indianapolis News.
North Park union., 1901-07-05

OF the 1900 convrc;s In Tennessee
twenty-five claim to be college grad
yates.
North Park union., 1901-07-05

A. lat tho tavcrn)-Why don't you have
another glass? B.-oh daresn't! My
wife makes me thread a needle every
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-07
C0PPEROPOLIS IS SHUT UP
Busy Click of the Pick and Drill
flushed for the Time
Being,

What is the matter With Copperopols.
is the common question in Meagher
county says the Copperopolis correspond
ent of the Helena Record. Nearly every
possible opinion may be found in regard
to why the camp. so lively and prosper
Gus during the spring and summer. has
has now closed entirely. Indeed. at the
present rate of migration, the camp will
soon be deserted.
The fault is not in the mines them
selves, certainly, for there was never
better prospect for rich ore than at
present. The whole trouble then rests
with the capital. Money is badly needed
at present to get the ore to smelters.
The whole camp was run and payments
made on the private check of Marcus
Daily before the death of that magnate.
After that newcomers We're unable even
to buy property in Copperopolis because
they could not set deed to it. This in
fact is the only obstacle to active work
in the camp. The water level has been
reached in the shaft and pumps are con-
stantly at work keeping the lower levels
in shape for work. The pumping process
alone is an expense of over $50 day.
A demand was recently made upon the
DAILY property for 100000 to be used in
enlarging the shaft of the mine and put
ting in new machinery, the present ma
chinery being unable to sink the shaft
lower.
Owing to the fact that the property
is in court. the money could not be OBJ
tanned For this reason. Copperopolls,
one of the richest copper mining camps
in the state. lies dormant. waiting 1or
capital. Prevalent opinion among the
miners seems to be that work will not be
resumed in the camp before the opening
of spring and it is probable that it Will
AGAIN be transferred to the hands of w.
w. Mcdowell, the former owner.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-07
Debts Of the States.

The following states have no debts
no funded obligations which have ma
tured and ar unprovided for or remain
unprovided for before maturity, says
the New York Sun: Illinois, Iowa
Montana, Nebraska, and Nevada The
following states have only nominal
debt: California, $1,000; Michigan, $3.50,
900; New Jersey, $4,000; Oregon, $685.
900, and Vermont, 1904 900. In 1890 the
debt of Illinois was 81, 900: Iowa.
$245, 900; Montana, $167,OOO; Nebraska,
$3.50, 900: Nevada, $509, 900; California
$2.522O, 900; Michigan, $5,3OOO0O: New
Jersey, 81 o22, 900: Vermont, $14S, 900. New
York has debt of $4,000, 900 of which
tn obligations incurred by the canals
represent about 100000. Outside of
that item of disbursement New York
has practically no debt. Pennsylvania
owes $s35.oOo, Ohio 100000. Maryland,
$4,000, 900, of which only $7400 is aloan
outstanding before 1900. Massachusetts
has large debt. $16O0O,OOO; Indiana a
large debt. $4,000. 900; Colorado consid-
cradle debt. $2,700.000. and Connecticut
fairly large debt of $2,10O.000. With
these exceptions all the heavystate debts
are in the Southern states which went
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-07
WONDERS OF THE coMsTocK
The Con Virginia Yielded %, O00, 900
Per Month for Three
Years.

Virginia City. Nevada, will probably
I for generations to come have a peeuissaS
interest as the center of mining dis
trict which at one time threatend. ~
the magnitude of is silver productions
to disturb the financial system a tH
civilized world. writes T. A. Ridlkard
The story of the Comstock runs b biz
figures. The output has been varsOusty
stated. Statistics give it inaCeQuAtely.
because the losses in milling ana the
sum stolen represent enormous ad1tion-
al amounts which are unconsidered in
department. records. 1t is probable that
the gross yield of gold and silver. sfrom
tie beginning to this day, will apprcNi-
inatea value of s450,O0O.O00. The con-
solidatei California and Virginia Min
ing ,compeny, generally known as tn,
Consolidated Virginia, had produced
$l21 759.329 up to the end of 1899. and
had paid out in dividends the sum of
$7S.14S,S0.
When the bonanza began to be pro-
ductive, in 1874. it made the Con. VIZ
glnia a marvel among mines. The
average yield for three years was
sS.000.o00 per month. The dividends
were at the rate of S1,0S0,000 per month.
In 1876 John w. Mackay. who was thea
superintendent. took out 100000 in
enc month in order to make an exhibit
OF bullio for the Centennial Exhibit IN
at Philadelphia. You can visit the as
say office at Virginia City and NJ.
Fielding, who still has charge of it, viii
tell you that there was melted in that
office $125.00O worth of bullion per day
for three years. and that one night
there was taken from the strong rooI.l.
Cor shipment to San Francisco, bullion
valued ut 100000.
These figures make the ordinary dig
cling for gold seem tame enough. 1t is
rot surprising that under such condi.
tons human nature should have as
serted itself. and that the prolific pro-
auction Of the mines should have he'd to
a reckless extravaganza of ideas and Of
expenditures. The mony paid in con-
missions to superintendent, the stells
perpetrated by the reduction works,
The tricks played with the stock market
we are all mean and despicable, asisuch
performances in their nature must be;
but they were perpetrated on the Conn
stock with such magnificence of pro-
portion ard with such grand ducal I'M
pudence that their true character was
Cbscured by a glamour incopreheHsible
to those who have kept out of the ? {
mosphere of insonsate speculation The
Price of The shares of the Sierra Ne
vada mine. for example, rose in eight
months from so cents to S215 per share
This was in 1882. One thousand dollars
became more than half a million in less
than one year. This is unheard of in
Crement with a vengeance!
No wonder the people of San Fran
cisco tumtled over one another in ithair
eagerness to buy stocks and the serN-
rrf,.1e 0fEa J,l.x ,JJ
they pos sessed in the mines Of Virginia
City, which. save for the absence of the
glitter Of splendid salons and the suavo
voices of hitting croupiers. was a great
er Monte Carlo than the one which
suns itself on the Mediterranean shore.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-07

for an importation of millionaires to en-
liven things once more. Some $50 per-
sons can be found in Castle and two
fairly we'll stocked stores still make it
a small business center for the sur
rounding stockmen and the few re
naming miners
The Cumberland is the only mine in
which active work is going on. few
men are at work there mining and
freighting the ore to the Leodboro sta
ton, about two miles below. Eight
cars are standing on the siding, they
are being filled with ore from the yell
lowstone and Great Eastern mines.
This ore has long been mined and lying
il the chutes at the mines. All of the
mines are being worked by lessees and
the cry is for capital. The inhabitants
insist that there is pay in the mines if
there ware only enough capital ex-
pended to put in new machinery and
ge them upon a paying basis.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-07
ORE ON EAST SIDE
SEVERAL STREAKS OF COPPER
ROCK CUT ON CARLISLE.
CONTENTS CARRY GOOD VALUE
Mineralogists Claim the Water Level
Has Shifted From a Higher
to a Lower Point.

I Some ore Is being taken from the Car
lisle claim north of Columbia Gardens,
but it cannot be said that a regular body
OF mineral has been struck. In the work
of sinking the shaft Sereveral large
stringers of solid copper ore have been
cut and there contents assay we'll up in
the red metal, but whether they are the
off-shoots of a large vein which it is pre-
suned will be found below is not known.
That whole section is mineralized and in
two or three places we'll defined veins OF
copper ore have been found. but they
have not been opened up and therefore
no one knows their extent. They look
good, however, and it is the opinion of
men who have made mining a life long
etudy that depth will give them a stand
ing sufficient to warrant the prosecution
Nf development work throughout that
section on a scale commensurate with the
surface showing. There is hardly a claim
in the district that does not show seams
Of copper ore above the water level.
These seams are found in the granite and
stain the latter several inches at either
side. One popularity of them is the fact
that they contain mineral in its solid
form a long ways above the water level.
Mineralogists claim that this is due to
the shifting Of the water level from
higher to a lower point within the period
Of time necessary for the surfact waters
to leach the metal from the rock and
carry it below.
The Carlisle Is owned by Charles Mat
tison John E. Lloyd and William Thorn
ton, but a corporation known as the
Butte Anaconda Mining & Development
company has charge of it under the terms
of deal recently contaminated. 1t Is on
a direct line east of the Butte & Boston
placer, Bertha and Pacific in two Of
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-07
COPPER ORE IN LEXINGTON
Butte Correspondent of the Kalispell
Bee Says So-Rock Being
Quietly Hoisted.

Some Of the state papers that make
their appearance once week have
some queer bullets fired at them from
Butte once in a while. One day las.
week the Kalispell Bee caught a hot
number and secured a scoop" On all
OF the Butte dalies. The article, which
areared under Butte date, says that
sinking is being secretly carried on in
the Alice. 1t then mentions the Lex
lngton a:1G adds that copper ore as fne
as any that ever came from the depths
OF the Anaconda has been struck on
the 15000-f foot level of the property. 1T
is now being brought quietly up the
main shaft" says the item land the
Anaconda has never produced finer ore.
And if in the Lexington the copper is
OF of course in it's neighbor. the Alice.
Not a word has ben said in the papers
Of the Lexington st.'ike nor is it to be
made nuh'ic until the owners have ali
the stock just where they want it,
The article then says: "a funny thing
happened last week. A big strike was
made on the Gem, owned principally
by Jim Murray. It was on the 500-foot
level and was magnificent. OF course
the daily papers got hold of it and told
of it. 1t did not suit Mr.. Murray's
plans at all so he was interviewed and
declared the. reported strike a myth.
He had to acknowledge that the ore
veins hai been struck. but he said the
assay was 'disappointing.' That "a
fortune had been spent on the mine
and not a cent taken out. Your cor
respondent strolled around the dunn
and the magnificent ore there would
make anyone open his eyes,.
1.-THE reason for this denial of the
strike is that Mr.. Murray is quietly as
possible. buying leasing and bonding
all the property he can in the vicinity.
Two he cannot get hold of-the Jessie,
owned by the Lewissohn brothers and
the West Gem, owned by the Davis
estate. He has a cinch on everything
else This district will be one Of the
greatest IN the district. The grea:
Spectator is a near neighbor, 400 yards
from the Gem"
A Fake Scoop.
When Mr. Murray was shown the
portion of the scoop" referring to the
Gem he smiled and remarked: well.
wouldn't that rasp you! Say, that Is
great isn't it? BY gosh that is funny
when you take a good look at 1t. But
III. l.. Frank owns hree-fOurths of the
Gem. We did have an option on q lot
of property around the Gem, but threw
It up when we found we had nothing
to warrant us in holding it,
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-07

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