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The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-10
A JARDy vlNojCALlON

When the late lamented Peter Nc
Mahon, affectionately called "Seven-U Up
Pete" used to tell inquisitive strangers
that he prospected silver Bow creek
when the Big Butte was hole In the
ground. they frequently disbelieved him
and denied the possibility of the geologic
phenomenon which liked in his memory
the date of his arrival. An Associated
Press dispatch dated Vancouver. Sept. 5,
and published in the Inter Mountain yes
terday, notes the arrival Of steamer
from Yokohama bringing authentic in
formal ton that a huge mountain peak.
rising from a plain in northern Japan to
a height Of 300 feet. had sunk out Of
sight. Owing to some subterranean dis
turbance it's foundations gave way and
it gradually disappeared into Mother
Earth, leaving only a vast depression in
it's place, to the great terror and mysti-
fication of the natives living near. who
thought the world was coming to an end
If, in Japan, a mountain can vanish
from sight. leaving only a hole to mark
the place, who shall presume to say that
in this country, where mountains enjoy
quite as much latitude as those of any
nation on earth. if located the same dis
lance from the equa tor-who shall deny
that a mountain can not come out of a
hole, as Mcmahon said the Big Butte did.
and rest on the earths surface as long
as it pleases? We mention this geologic
event in Japan only for the purpose Of
vindicating the character Of poor Old
Peter and showing that when he packed
his blankets through this country the
Big Butte, which stands like sentinel!
guarding the greatest mining camp on
earth, might have been hole as he
said it was. 1t all goes to prove that
sooner or later truth will score VIM
ming bracket, even though i CONFUSION
of nature in far-off Japan is required
to do the trick. Hereafter let no pilgrim
in this town refuse instant credence 70
any legend Of the early days when told
by an Alder Gulcher or a Deer Ledger.
The legends of the camel hunt, Colonel
Thornton's 6O-mile horse race, John
O'Rourke's first political speech, General
Warrens capture of jesse James-they
are all more or less true. and history
will do them justice.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-10

The Philadelphia Inquirer is of the
opinion that the tipping system is get
ting to be a bigger nuisance in this
country than in Europe. where any sum.
however small, is gratefully accepted.
Here it is impossible to get service in
a barber shop Or a restaurant Or hotel
without numerous good sized tips, which
are a large percentage of the actual cost.
No man, the Inquirer says, objects to
paying we'll for extra service, but 1t is
wrong to have to pay for what is al
ready sufficiently charged for in the bill.
That is all true. The tipping system ia
the most un-American thing in America.
1t has a tendency to destroy the pride
of the man who accepts gratuities. The
employer who can not pay his men
wages enough to obviate the necessity
OF tips should 60 out Of business. That
is a valuable Tip" in ITSELF 1t must
be confessed, however, that the MAJ
who doesn't tip starves or goes through
the world an object Of scorn to some
people.
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American Workmen III India.

The American workman proved SO eff
cient, as compa ed with the natives. that,
Roughly speaking. I should consider one
Ameril an equal to at least four natives.
Divided into cas- es and subdivided into
trades, the natives were able to do but
enc kind of work; dough in an American
rivet gang there are but three men. all
capable of dong any part of the work,
the Indian natives are obliged to have in
their gang hammer man. snapman-
to hold the form on the rivets-a man to
hold under the rivets the big iron dolly
lar, man to heat the rivets, and one
|; to pump the bellows. The bellows men
cannot heat rivets; the rivet heater can
not swing a hammer; the hammer man
cannot hold the dolly bar-and when the
sang are Obliged to move they have to
wait for the khallassies. riggers, to rig
litheir stagings When the painting began
! on the viaduct, found the painters, too.
| quite useless without the khallasslcs.
! Good workers at their trades they were.
! however all of them. the riveters from,
| Oudh and Punjaub. used to bridge work,
and the khallassies, sailors mostly from
coasting vessels or Peninsular and Orien-
| tai steamer.
Usually, on Indian bridge work, the
| British engineers put 1000 or 1000 Of
these natives under one or two Euro
and have the same respect for European
overseers that sheep have for collie; bu
we introduced the innovation of having
white men work. On the traveller, on the
| material as it went up. on the topmos
peans for they are as docile as sheep
points of the rising towers to connect tn
new places as the crane swung them up
the Americans-and few British AM
\ German sailors had picked up, with on
North Carolina negro who spoke Hindus
tani-worked hard, to the measureles
surprise and admiration of the coolies, s
that as soon as the construction of tn
yiaduct got we'll under way operation
went on with tremendous rapidly, som
of the 20O-foot towers. much like Ne'
, York skyscrapers, going up in three q
,, four days. When one thinks of the slo'
, progress of an Office building, risin
, gradually week by week, the speed
, these Steelton workmen with their trail
. of coolies may be comprehended.-Th
. | Worlds Work.
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Water for London.

The water companies, as we know by
painful experience, find it harder and
harder to meet the ever increasing de-
mand. Their draughts on the Thames
cannot go on indefinitely augmenttng.
seeing that in June. 1899. only 1890 900
gallons were left by them In the river
to pass over Teddington Weir. though
legally POI, 00O, 900 gallons is the minimum
permissible. The population In the
Thames valley and the demands upon
that river for water outside the London
area are increasing every year. yet now
the Thames in a dry summer below Ted
dington Weir is little better than NAL
odorous sewer. Nor can deep wells In
the chalk be drawn upon indefinitely
The pumping operations in the Lea and
Colne valleys are steadily lowering the
levea Of the wells in the Chhterns. and
depriving a poor agricultural district OF
its water, Streams which used to run
all the year have now vanished, or only
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flow internationally. 1t Is the same to
the south Of the Thames. Yet 1t Is
neither wisdom nor justice to deprive
poor country districts Of their water. At
the same time water famines in the me-
-tropolis are becoming more frequent.
and the quality Of the water supplied
leaves much to be desired.
The proposed scheme Of going to
Wales is not satisfactory. In the first
place. it Is very doubtful il the water
is there in the quantity that will be re-
quired. The best water producing areas
have been already appropriated by Liv-
erpool and Birmingham. In the second
place South Wales Is an industrial coun-
try with a fast multiplying population,
and unless it's manufactures suffer a
great set hack 1t may need all the water
it possesses. The instinct Is perfectly
sound and rational which leads the
Welshman to oppose the scheme. The
only moral justification for London, in
taking the water, would be that 1t would
never he needed by the Welsh them
selves.-Natfonal Review.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-10

The probable result of the attempted
assassination of the president will be a
congressional enactment rigidly ex-
Guiding and deporting anarchist imm:-
grants, prohibiting the holding of an
archst meetings and the delivery of an
archst public speeches, and disqualify-
ing anarchists as to the privilege of nat
uralization. The preparation of such
law, so that it will cover anarchist cases
without interfering with the perfect lib
erty of all men not anarchists will be
very difficult, but the statesmen OF the
nation WILL of course, succeed in draft
ing the required measure. News from
the east already is to the effect that TIT
members of congress, without singh
exception, have pledged themselves t
vote for any bill to exclude foreign an
archists or stamp out the Wretches al
ready here. Perhaps "a law could b
passed making anarchy a treasonabl
offense, punishable as treason. Unde
such a law few thousand of tn
miscreants could be hanged to make a
American holiday.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-10

The talk in the democratic organs
about the political tyranny of the big
mining corpora tons is all moonshne,
and may be the result Of moonshine
whisky. Didn't the men all vote as they
pleased last fall? Has anything hap
pened to them? Are they not all at
work, happy and prosperous and salts
fed: Do they not laugh when they hear
of the terrible Indignation of the demo-
cratic press less they be deprived of their
political freedom by the terrible money
power, especially when they stop to con-
sider that the whole demagogue exhibi-
ton is merely scheme to secure their
votes for the democratic candidates for
office and nothing else? 1t makes nc
difference to the man who tolls, and he
cares nothing. whether he works for 9
private citizen or big corporation, ex-
cept that in the latter case his wage:
NAV be surer and his employment mor'
certain and the precautions for hi.
safety more perfect. What would thu
state do without the capital OF the cor
,orat.ons to keep things going? 1t i
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delivering Coal in London.

A proof of the conservative ways Of
the English people is the manner In
which Goals for the household hres airs
distributed and stored. Instead of the
American coal cart. which is loaded in
less than five minutes from an elevated
coal bin, the American visiting LONDON
finds an ordinary wagon made to carry
about a dozen large bags of coal, whsch
are filled one by one at an expense o.
much time and labor. and then h1'ei
into the vehicle like so many milk CANS
When an American coal cart reaches
the house where it's load is to be dumped
the cart is backed up against the sioe
of the pavement, the chute Is drawn
out like the barrel of telescope anu
the end inserted in the coal mole IN
few minutes the entire load. with the
rush of water falling over small cata-
ract, runs down into a heap on the hoo'
of the coal csslar. In London, on TIE
other hand, each bag Of coal has 70 DC
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BAbylonian Inscriptions.

London Special: The trustees of the
British Museum have just issued two
volumes of Inscriptions which throw an
astonishing light upon the literary &C.
tivity in Babylonia, both in the Middle
Ages (B. c. 1900 lC00) and during the Per-
sian rule. The first Of these volumes con-
sist OF a series OF pathological and lexi-
Geographical tablets: the first series, from
the Royal Library at Nineveh dating
about b. c. &c., are copies of old tablets
in the libraries of Babylonia, the second
series Is y carefully compiled dictionary
in forty tablet books dated the tenth and
eleventh years of the reign OF Artaxerxes
(B. Z. 4o5-4.)
In these we have the words arranged
under their roots. followed by their deri-
5vations, ami short examples of their use.
a tablet dealing with the numbers or
multiples of ten. the names OF fractions
on the sexiSesimal scale. thus thirty
half forty wo-thirds. &C.. list OF the
numbers sacred to the various gods. and
more important than any. tablet giving
more than d hundred explanations of the
sign for God and its compounds. The
value of this tablet to Biblical students
will be immense. Among the equivalents
We have Yatru OF Yaveh and feminine
foim, Yati.
The seconl volume will prove more in
teresting to the general reader. for 1t
gives the oonpie te text of the Babylonian
Creation Lesiors. We have here the AZ
syrian copies first made known to the
world by MI. Geo sc smi h. III S Ill moe
important are the fragments from the
University Library at Borsippa. These
tablets belong to the same age ss the die
tionaries Il. c. ass. They show the le-
sends then current and accessible to the
learned Jews. and it is impossible to
doubt their influence on the post-capu-
witty writers. No, only is the first tablet
almost an exact counterpart OF the open
ing lines OF Genesis, but the whole are
permeated VITA the Messanic idea. 10
he Son. Mirodach. We find the epithet.
the Restoler of Peace" the Avenger.
constantly applied. 1t is he who crushes
the head of the woman serpent. "Fia-
mat" The meeting between Mirodach
ana his father. the Lord II Hosts (An-
sar) is given in a new fragment discoF-
cred by MIR. King. from which we make
this extract
Thou are my son. who maAe;h valiant MS
heart.
Ia To the attic tEou shalt draw near.
He that shall lcok upon thae shai'
have rest 20, e.rD.
! The lord rejoi ed st the word of his IA
| Their
He drew near and stood before Ansar.
| Ansar tehe cid Kim, and his art was fill
| ed with JOY.
He kissed him on his lips, and fear de-
| parted frs m him.
| The son t!ea asks his father the cause
| Of his trouble and says:
| Let me so that I may accomplish that
| which is in thy heart
| What warrior has caused thee TO go forth
to battle?
, (No); it is Fiamat. the woman who Is
armed, that attaketh thee!
| Tie neck of Fiarat swiftly shalt thou
trample under foot.
| 1t is impossible rot to see the Baby
! !onian version CT Genesis, ill.,, 10: II vii
| nut enmity between thee and the woman
and between thy seed and her seed; II
shall cruise thy head, and thou shall
| Lruise his heel
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-10

Those who know the character of
Theodore Roosevelt will not hesitate to
agree with the Inter Mountain in the be-
lief that of all the men in public life he
most deeply regretted the assault on the
president, and is most anxious for his
recovery. OF all men he is the only one
who would personally profit by the pres
ident's death, but for that very reason
de would most deplore it. Such is the
Inter Mountains estimate Of the nobility
of Roosevelts character. He may de-
sire to be president, but never through
accident, never through crime, never
through the agency of death.
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What universal rejoicing there will be
if the news soon comes that the presi-
dent is safe. What peans of praise and
tina nkxgiving will ascend from hamlet
and mansion, from workshop and bank.
from factory and farm all over this
broad land. What heartfelt gratitude
will be expressed, what tears of joy will
fill the eyes of patriots everywhere. How
the young and the old, the men of peace
and war, the wives and mothers-how
all will praise God from whom all bless
inss flow, if President Mckinley shall be
spared to the nation!
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-10
MRS. NATION FINDS An ANGEL
Kansas Ratchet Wielder Expresses
Admiration for Gotham's Police
Chief

Mrs. Carrie Nation made study Of
William S. Devery. deputy commissioner
CT police. yesterday, aria being a woman
OF independence of thought and having
the courage of her Conk,ctiuus, che
dumfou1ded the yellows by speaking
honestly concerning him, says the New
York Journal.
Il IKE him. she said. II think he's
very far. I was pleased with him. He
seemed to be frank ard to try to do
what ne Thought was right IN these
cases.
She referred to the trials of policemen
ct police headquarters yesterday before
Mr.. Devery. She wrote later a very
fair account OF the trials, and 1T was
I all shed In an afternoon newspaper-a
paper. Ey the way. which never heforo
has confirmed an unprecedented report
of The police trials under Devery.
Mr.. Devery Was Amused.
Mr. Devery was greatly amused at the
appearance of Mrs. Nation in his court
l. m, but, of course, he received her
pe'itety and treated her as an easy
i going man of the world always treats
womnn-wtth gallantry and courth-
ness Gree or twice the woman from
Kar,3crs seemed disposed TO take an act
i've part in the trials, hut the big depu-
ty commissioner merely smiled good
naturally, and treated her efforts to
draw attention to herself with an easy
tolerance.
Mr.. Devery has had a vast experience
WITH eccentric persons of all kinds and
10th sexes, from victims of mania a
potu right Gown the line to soi-disant
reformers, and he knows how to take
Them Mrs. Nation was a new species,
but the deputy commissioner had no
o1r fV+y hny md
he seemed to enjoy her presence as an
a.ra.ing advertisement to the dull rou-
tine of trial room proceedings.
She Seemed Astonished.
With perfect good nature he answered
the many questions put to him by the
curious hatohet WELDING woman from
the west, and she seemed little as
torished at his courtesy. So did the re-
. pe.ters. They had persuaded the woman
. to go to the pol.ce trials I'm the expec-
, tation of putting Mi. Devery out Of
temper, but they We're woefully disap-
pointed They learned that when
: woman Us in the question. even Il she
an eccentric one, the big chief" is ur
E bsrity personified, however re may
+ be when he is annoyed by some cram
= of man.
a Only once did the deputy commissions
L
= enthusiasm. and then The did it SO gentl!
e that she felt ccmplimented. When tn
t trials were at an end Mr.. Devery turned
, to his guest and extended his hand.
. Said She Liked Him.
}, "Good-by," he said, laughingly.
d am awfully glad you kept so nice AM
e quiet. You are real sweet"
!. IT did not wish to raise disturb
80 ance." said Mrs. Nation, looking lit
N tie confused.
10 Certainly not" smiled the deput
- commissioner, land l always shah
"a glad to see YOU"
-, She attempted to detGfn him to tie
:" him that all men are brothers and ar
-. fellow travellers to the grave. but he ma
business Of more importance to atten
Is to and politely EXCUSED himseH.
~ Hes an angel" murmured Mrs. Ma
IN ton. as she watched MIS- broad back as
he apear through the doorway. Il hk
| him."
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taken separately from the wagon ana
-emptied as near a. may be in the coat
hole; and when the task 10 at last nm
ished the coal Which has fallen on the
pavement has to be laborlously shoveled
into the coal cellar.-Ninetsenth Cen
fury.
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1901.

The news from the bedside of the
president today is all reassurlng. he
was able to read a newspaper this
morning, which is certainly favorable
sign He must sti1l be very weak, how
ever, and is not yet out Of danger. Bat
in the mercy Of Providence, the portents
are all good and the hearts of the Amer
lean people are filled with fervent hope
and solemn joy.
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perhaps of less importance to inquire
what the democratic press would do
without them, for it would then have
nothing to abuse, nothing to ghost" the
.neOple with,
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Flees From Sultan's Wrath.

Constautinople, Sept 10-Admiral
Faik, past chief Of the general STAN OF
the Admiralty, has made his escape from
Constantinople. going by steamer 10
Malta Fear OF the consequences OF mas
memorial to the sultan caused his night.
His property has been declared 1or-'
feited
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-10

OF the Russian language and literature.
he was placed in charge. This chair
he continues to MI, occupying a leading
place among linguists.
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added to his fortune by inventing new
devices of his own, and buying those OF
other inventors. The result, In life saw
ing. has been simply enormous.
| Some years ago a young RUSSIAN slu-
dent. Leo Wiener by name, was COM
relied to flee from the cars empire IN
order to escape Punishment to Siberia.
He tramped through Germany ana
France, to Spain, where he took snip
FOR Cuba. sailing thence to New Orleans.
| 1,h. end of a series of hardships f0un0
him a penniless wanderer in the streets
If Kansas City. There, with the aid OF
men of his own race. he supplied hlmselI
With a modest stock of fruit which ne
sold to passers-by. Each night. when
his davis work was done, he hasteneo To
the public library, there to pore over
some English volume until the hsnts
were put out. The library attaches soon
grew familiar with the shabby. sen
absorbed foreigner who never missed
night, and, through them. Wiener was
brought to the notice of the superlnteno'
emit Of public schools. An interview
proved to the astonished superlntehoen.
that the fruit peddler was q master o.
creek and Latin, and several moderI
languages. Gail upon me-" said he
"from time to time. think can Obtain
for you a position in which you VIII y
. enabled to give to others the benefit O
your knowledge" Wiener went back q
his peanuts and bananas with Ign
heart, and ere long he was informed tina
a position as teacher had been obtain
ed for him in the little college at Odessa
| Mo. After a season 1t Odessa no return
, | ed to Kansas City. to teach language
, in the Central high school. Six year
. later he was called to q chair in the Uni
yersity Of Missouri At Columbia. and
when Harvard founded it's department
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-11
ABo11sHING RAILROAD PASSES

TF'rom the Chicago Tribune.l
The action of railway officials looking
toward the abolition of the free pass
system is entirely commendable. The
railroads will be benefited if they carry
out their proposed plan of placing their
passenger traffic wholly upon d bust
ness basis. There is every reason why
the recommendation of the committee
should receive the Endorsement of the
various traffic associations and be put
into force without reservation or excep-
ton The roads have much to gain
and nothing to lose. By acting united
ly and impartially they can rid them
selves of an abuse that has grown to be
expensive and mischievous-
The free pass system is unjust to the
passengers who pay fares and is a
source of loss to the roads. 1t is un-
businesslike and is a cause of perpetual
annoyance to the companies. The larger
the number of passholders the greater
the pressure for more free rides and
the bitterer the feeling of legitimate
passengers toward the deadheads. How
extensive the abuse has become may
be seen in almost any Pullman car
where the conductor is as likely as not
to find as many passes as paid tickets.
The roads could increase their divi-
dends and give better service to the
general public if they would carry out
absolutely their proposition to make
everybody pay a fare. They could at
ford to increase the pay of employees to
the extent of necessary transportation
for which passes are now issued
The pressure upon the various offices
for passes is enormous and perpetual
At the time of the passage of the in
terstate commerce law there was a gen
era1 movement to abolish both local
and long distance passes The new law
mffcrded the railways a good opportun-
isx to make a fresh start on a Rounder
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-11

basis, and for a while it resulted IN a
considerable lessening of the pass nuts
ance. but of recent years the abuse has
grown again to formidable proportions
If the railways merely repeat this nalI-
hearted operation they will accomplish
nothing. It would be unjust to cut on
the free passes of some and continue
those of others, or to abolish all Tor
short time and then begin issuing them
again to the most persistent apph-
cants.
To be just and effective the action
should be comprehensiv and final 1t
should be so comprehended thateven the
president of a railroad, when travelling
in his private car over other lines, viii
give them due bills on his corporation
for the proper amount of trackage
charges, thus eliminating the last vest
ige of the free pass system The Off
Gals of every road should refuse abso-
lutely to be under obligations to other
lines for courtesies that have 8 money
value. If the smallest root or rem
nant of the old system be allowed to
remain it will grow and spread as be-
fore.