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, 1901-08-15
WORKS IN BIG WORDS.
City Official Who Uses Language lie Docs
Not Understand.

10y o'H''t VINO Uses Language lie Does
Not Understand.
There is Il certain city official who.
says h New York Times. although
capable enough in his business. is mo-
toriuus for his lack of knowledge of
the Kings English and for his fond
ness for big words.
lle came into his office one misty,
muggy day. and. noticing thai the air
waS foul. called out to one of his sub
~ordinateS: open that window and pu-
trefy the air.
TN another occasion. when called
upon to take action for an ~infractiou
of one of the city ordinances. he was
asked where he got his information.
oh. | got word through n unanimous
lc;ier that this work was being car
ried on superstitiously."
Speaking of his horse. n fine trotter.
which he drives almost daily on the
speedway. he remarked: Il can't drive
IL for some time because Jack the
horsel has a spasm on his Off hind
leg"
On mother occasion. speaking of n
storm in which he had been caught.
he said; 1T was Il perfect toronto"
once in speaking of his daughter,
who. he said, WAS inclined to be mu-
sicnl, lie remarked: Il am going TO
send her to the Controversy of Mu-
sic"
Once he felt i'll and blue. and to Il
friend he remarked: Il am growing
feeble and feel as if my working days
We're abou over. | am a poor man
and suppose I'll have to pass my last
days in some institution for indignant
old men,"
, 1901-08-15

The visitor to the Falkland islands
sees a number of what appear to he
wCuthcr-betItcn mvsS-covrred hOuldprs
of various sizes scattered here and
there. ON attempting Ia turn II owe
he * surprised TO tiud that it Is an
chOrcd to the ground 10y roots Of great
strength. These are not bOulderS;
they are trees, No other place in the
world can show such Il peculiarly of
forest growth The Falkland islands
are EXPOSED to a strong lulnr wind
which renders II impossible for trees
TO in the proper form: nature
has consequently adapted herself to
the prevailing conditions and produced
this strange form Of plant life. These
living stones as they are called. are
quite devoid Of grain" ana II Is next
10 impossible to cut them up and util.
lie them for fuel.
, 1901-08-15
RATES ARE
A Ease Impression Corrected Pam
American Exposition Railroad Fares
and Hotel Rates Low as Could be
Expected,

A Ease Impression Corrected Pam
American Exposition Railroad Fares
and Hotel Rates Low rs Could be
Expected.
Buffalo, N. Y, July 30.-A joint
meeting of railway passenger agents.
hotel and newspaper men was held
this afternoon with the view of adopt
ing some means for correcting so far
as possible the impression that ap-
pears to prevail at distant points that
railway rates to the Pan-American Ex-
position are high and that hotel rates
In Buffalo are excessive. The confer
ence revealed the fact that Buffalo can
accommodate two hundred thousand
visitors in its private houses and ho-
tells at rates ranging from fifty cents
to two dollars per night, and that no
need pay more than one dollar
for a frst-class lodging in a private
house. 1t was also shown that the
railroad rate is lower than for any
former exposition for a five, ten or
fifteen day ticket, according to dis
lance. being at the rate OF one fare
plus one dollar for the round trip,
from all parts of the country. The
Niagara Falls cheap. one-day special
excursions of former years, when
trains were overcrowded and everyone
subjected TO great discomfort. are re-
membercd only so far as the low rate
is concerned, and this is quoted as
showing what might be done. The
passenger agents assert that the pres
ent half rates are as low as can rea-
sonably be expected. An extension Of
the present limit has been looked for.
as 1t gives too short a time for anyone
to see the big exposition. but it has
not yet been modified. Other points
which the representatives, OF the pub
fishers association will lay stress
upo are that the Exposition is com
pleted in all details and that 10Th
Buffalo and the Exposition are well
policed and as free from dangerous
characters as any city in the country.
A joint committee was appointed TO
deal with questions affecting the Ex-
position and the proper welcome and
care of guests. The Exposition has
had in operation for some time a rree
bureau of information for the conve-
nience of intending visitors.
, 1901-08-15

l heard a rather good story the other
day about a conductor who was once
brought up before General Manager
Mcnamara on a complaint made by a
passenger. The passenger was a WON
an and her complaint was that the
conductor had stared at her. "A
woman complains hat you rudely
stared at her while she was riding on
your car" said the general manager.
Says | stared at herr" rejoined the
conductor. How did she know
stared at herr" The Judge, who loves
a bit Of humor, saw the point and told
the man to go back to his car.-Albany
Press.
, 1901-08-15
THEY COURT CAUTIOUSLY.
Lapiand Girls Must Have Parental
Consent to Marriage.

usr 70 "arriage
Getting married among the peoples
Of the northern nations is by no means
the off-hand, hit-or-miss affair which
it is with too many people in this
blessed country of the free. In Nor
way before a m can marry 1t is
necessary, under a law recently passed,
that she hold a certificate of house
wife ability. She must pass an exam
ination in cooking, knitting, spinning.
etc, and get her certificate OF prof.
cheney in these branches before she can
get her marriage certificate. Also both
bride and bridegroom must show gvi-
dence that they have been vaccinated
properly. In Lapland 1t is an offense
punishable with death to marry a girl
without her parents consent. No
elopements in that country! When a
pair of lovers apparently have reached
that stage of courtship which calls for
the official cognizance of pa" and
ma the friends of the lovers are in
vited to meet at a specified place to
see the enamored ones run a race. To
the girl is allowed in starting the ad-
vantage of one-third of the distance.
so that 1t is impossible for the young
man to overtake her unless she is will
ing. II the girl outruns her sutton the
affair is ended and she thenceforward
is only a sister to him. 1t is a
penal offense for the lover to enc his
offer of marriage. But If the girl Is in
the condition of mind of the immortal
Barkis. she pretends to meet with SOME
accident-stubs her toe or gets out of
breath-and ONE 10 a halt before
the course is finished, to be caught by
the Lapland swain and live happily
ever afterward.
, 1901-08-15
Goo Many Docfors.

The Journal of the American Med
ical association is of the opinion that
there is a surplus of doctors in the
United States. and regrets that the sur
plus is increasing. There is now one
doctor to every 900 of population. As
this Is not on the whole an unhealthy
country, one physician ought to
be abs to look after the aches and
pains of a thousand ordinary people.
Wherever more men are employed to
perform any kind Of service than are
actually needed, either the community
has to pay too much for services rem
dered or some Of the men employed
must be unable to make more than IL
oare living. If they make that.
According to the Journal 1000 doc
;ors die yearly. In spite OF their skill.
gut almost 5000 are born. The medical
colleges. although the requirements
are severer than formerly, are turning
out 5000 graduates a year. II this
keeps IN. how long will it be before
there is one doctor for every 100 OF the
population? Then societies VIII have
to be organized for the relief OF starv-
ing Nj. DIS.
, 1901-08-15
the World
ReDOLpeS
Wesroes A.Ded by P-oober.

Simon B. Needham. who claims to
be the Hebrew prophet referred to in
the Bible. the seventh child Of Judah,
born to be a priest and a king before
the Lord of Israel, is holding the ne.
groes and superstitious whites under
a spell by his street corner talks IL
Macon, Mo. He Is a remarkable per
sonage: He a hat his mother was
born at Richmond, Va. in the yea
1900. Her maiden name was Julis
Judah, the daughter of Emanue.
Judah. She was left an orphan at ar
early age. kidnapped by slave dealers
and sold into bonds ge. This enslaved
Jewish woman hen became the moth.
er o. thirteen children-eleven black
and two white. The prophet claims
to be n of these two white children.
The daughter was bought out of slav-
cry for the sum of $500 and he freed
himself in the twenty-fourth year of
, 1901-08-15

Among the most important of Chris
tian B.ndeavor specialties is the work
now found among the lifesavers, and
mons the lighthouse keepers along
our coast. and particularly interesting
development Is the Floating Society or
Christian Endeavor which is found os
our merchant marine. and upon the
men OF war flying the Stars and Stripes
and the Union Jack. The UniteG
States contains within its borders me1
OF so many different ~nationalities thai
nearly avery B~ndeavorer can find reS-
eign missionary work at his own dsSSa
-Honas Magazine.
, 1901-08-15
BURNING LIGHTS AT NIGHT.


"A man troubled with insomnia sees
a good many phases of the city's night
life that are unknown to those on
whom the blessings of sleep descend"
said the mar with the red mustache.
Il myself have not known what it is
to rest clear through a night for a
good many months. and in my pere-
grinations and gazing l have OBJ
served many queer things. One of
my curious discoveries is that a good
ly percentage of New York's popula-
ton burn a light at night. When l
first noticed those faint points of
light shining through SO many of the
windows in the block that backs up to
ours | was alarmed. for | thought that
every house must shelter three or folr
invalids, and hat made it look as if
an epidemic of some kind had strsrk
our part of the city. Indeed, so es-
riously did l consider the matter that
l made it a point to inquire into the
health of the neighborhood. and as a
reward for my pains | was informed
that out of a population of several
hundred souls there were not more
than a dozen people on the sick list.
Upon making a second and more
thorough investigation was Sur
prised to learn that these lights were
kept burning by V people, who.
although perhaps not exactly afraid
of the dark. fancied that they could
not sleep well in the middle of 1t.
Even in the hot spells a good many
shadow-fearing people have chung to
the midnight gas jet."-New York
Press.
, 1901-08-15
3a2ssSaNsr
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Under the Naples.
BY EDGAR wELToN COOLEY.

BY EDGAR WELTON COOLEY.
Copyright. 1901. by Daily Story Pub. Coz
A youth and a maiden stood under
the naples. The youth was holding
the maiden's hand. and his eyes and
the moonlight were looking down into
her upturned face. Her chip hat dan
gled from its strings. n her hair,
yellow as the moonbeams. chung about
her neck in riotous ~ringlets. Her eyes
were blue and wistful. but her lips
were as silent as the night.
The youths voice was low and
trembled. as though 4 sob. which he
had tried to swallow, was lodged in
his throat.
In babyhood these two had played
together; in childhood they had wan
dered, hand in hand. across the violet
dotted fields and along the clover-car-
peted lanes. Into each others hearts
they had grown. and to each the future
without the other. seemed uninviting.
But the youth vas about to depart
for a far country, and they were
standing together under the naples for
the last time. perhaps for years-per-
haps for ever.
was "a sOJoul Ou Tie DOE-
der land between youth and manhood.
He was ambitious. visionary, perhaps
and the quiet country town seemed
to possess no encouraging possibilities.
Stories of vast wealth wrested from
the rocks of Alaska had proven fas-
cinating to him and he had determined
to seek for riches in the frozen Klon-
dixie.
Il will return to you some day, my
Princess Mildred" he said, Il will re-
turn to you with love in my heart and
gold in my hand and will build for
you a palace of marble in the midst of
a thousand acres"
At this Mildred smiled sadly and
glanced up at a star in the heavens.
That is the North Star, JASON" she
said. Every night l shall look at it
, 1901-08-15

NNSsuth " aou, hlluiChs
with fearful heart as It hangs sus-
pended, like loves undying taper. over
the ice-bound northland, whence my
o v has gone. All other stars change,
Jason, but the Polar Star is constant
AS constant as my heart"
h pinned a violet on his coat and
he kissed her wistful eyes.
Then he said Goodbye" and she
stood quite still and watched his re-
treating figure a it passed down the
road and out of her sight. Thus Jason
started on his search for wealth: thus
Mildred began her weary waiting.
The brown cottage faced the coun-
try road in the edge of the village. 1t
stood in a little cluster of trees, and
from the south only the gable and one
chimney could be seen through the
heavy foliage. On the north a climb
Ing rose bush chung to the pillars OF
the porch, and the blossoms peeked be-
tween the leaves and through the open
door at their likenssses within. A
pathway. wandering amid the shadows
n the perfume from the porch to the
board fence. which stood painless and
gloomy, in front, stopped at the gate
where Mildred stood Of evenings in
the dusk aud the twilight.
Beyond the gate, the road stretched,
to the right, over the far fields into the
wearisome distance; to the left. into
the heart of the. village, past the four
stores. the ~postoffice, the tavern. the
meeting house, and on to the fields
again, and the hills. and the woods and
the sunset.
, 1901-08-15

"You have been so long returning.
Jason" h said. And did you find
no gold?'
The man tangled his hand in her
hair and held it out in the moonlight.
Yes" he answered her. at last ]
have found the brightest gold on
earth. See. it is dripping through my
fingers. You shall have a marble pal
ace in the midst of a thousand acres.
my Princess Mildred, and 1t shall face
to the north where the Polar star
hangs forever in the heavens"
The woman plucked a violet and
pinned 1t on his coat, and he kissed
her happy eyes.
, 1901-08-15

Jewish Prophet, Who Holds Negroes
in Missouri Under a Spell.)
his age by going to Windsor. Canada.
His mission Neednam announces to be
to deliver the natives and to establish
a universal brotherhood OF man and
fatherhood of God. and says the thing
is to be achieved in his day and gen.
GRAFTON.
While not progressing in appear
ance, the prophet" talks with some
fiuency and much animation. He an
nounced that he could repeat any
verse in the Bible correctly offhand
and his frequent use of the scriptures
to prove mis- peculiar teachings i'm
pressed his hearers. He says he is in
the seyenty-fourth year of his second
earth life and has lived a number OF
years in Kansas City, Mo, where he
opened a universal mission" in 1899,
, 1901-08-15
Du cHAlLLu AND THE BEAUTY.
He Stole n kiss and Was Ordered Imperi-
onsIy to Put II Back.

ousiy to Put 1t Back.
Paul Du Chaillu, the noted traveller,
who has a number of pleasant ne
q~uaintances in Chicago, was leading
man in an odd little scene shortly be
fore his recent departure for the old
world. He was spending n few days
at the house of n lifelong friend. whose
pretty daughter has lately made her
debut in society. One afternoon he
quietly entered the library for a book
and found the girl seated in n iarge
chair by n window humming an old
Scotch song. She made n pretty pic
ture and Du Chaillu stood watching
her until she sang
An a laddie brave he'd be
Who to touch my lips would dare"
The traveller decided to accept the
challenge. MS might Il man old enough
10 be her grandfather and who had
carried the singer in his arms when
she was in long clothes. Stepping for
ward. he gave an imitation of the lad
die who would dare.--~The tall
young beauty rose in apparent wrath
ana. towering above the Inundated
little man, delivered Il declaration of
independence and ~scathing rebuke that
brought saunterinG guests upon thc
scene.
"How dare you" concluded the
glowing grim. Du Chaillu had never
seen her look so bcautiful-"how dare
you Paul Du Chaillu, AXE advantage
or my helplcssness to steal n kill from
me-
Then with inimitable grace. sinking
upon her tnees so that her rosebud of
a mouth was just t%cmptingly below
the Ole travellers. she demanded with
Il bewitching smile: Paul Du Chaillu.
put II back
II startled traveller was not slow Ia
accept the invitation. though in doing
50 his manner lacked much of It's aC,
custoincd grace because Of his tenn,
porary cOnfuSion.-Chicago Chronicle.
, 1901-08-15

The Secret Service has unearthed an
other band Of counterfeiters and secured a
large quantity OF bogus bills. which are
so %cleverly executed hat the average per-
son would never suspect them OF being
spurious. Things OF great value are al
ways selected for imitation. notably Hos.
letters Stomach Bitters. which has many
tmitators but no equals for disorders like
indigestion, dyspepsia, constipation, nerv-
business and general debility Always go
to reliable druggists who have the repu-
tation of giving what you ask for.
, 1901-08-15

A unique feature Of Honolulu dwell
ings Is II provision made for light
ing the exterior as well as the in
terror. Electric lights are set in the
masonry Of the walls. thereby throw
ing a reflection both inside and on the
lawns, where the residents spend most
of their nights.
, 1901-08-15
.STenkiesvics on we.v Nox,eL

Henryk Sienkwiewicz, author of Quo
Vadis' and the greatest living Rus
sian author. is engaged in the prepara-
ton of a novel that promises to equal
if not surpass anything he has yet pro-
duced. Sienkiewicz is one OF those
few writers who can outline and per-
, 1901-08-15
HENRYK

feet work in a crowded summer hotel.
He spends much time at Ragatz.
Switzerland, where. as his translator,
Curtin, has written: There is a
great charm in the freedom and lone
illness of a crowded hotel with all com
forts of the century. 1t is also a good
place for work" sienkiewicz was born
In 1913
, 1901-08-15

1t is the only cure for Swollen.
Smarting. Burning, Sweating % Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot-Ease, n powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, Csc. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress, Allen s. Olmsted. Leroy. N. Y.
, 1901-08-15
There IS
NO DEATH

There is no DEATH The stars go down
To rise upon some other shore.
And bright In Heavens jeweied crown
They shine for
There is no desthl The dust we tread
Shall change beneath the summer show.
ers,
To golden grain. or mellow fruit,
Or rainbow tinted flowers.
TIL granite rocks d~isorganize
To feed the hungry moss they bear;
The forest leaves breathe daily life
From out the viewless air.
There is no death! The leaves may fall.
The flowers may fade and pass away;
They only wait. through wintry hours.
The coming of the May.
There Is no death: an angel form
Walks Ger the earth with silent tread;
He bears our best loved things away,
And then we call them dead.
He leaves our hearts all desolste.
He plucks the fairest. sweetest flowers;
Transplanted into bliss. they now
Adorn immortal bowers.
The birdlike voice, whose Joyous tones
Made glad the scene on SIN and strife,
Sings now its everlasting song
Amid the tree of life.
Where'er he sees a smile too bright.
Or soul too pure for faint of vice.
He bears 1t to that world of light,
To dwell in paradise.
Born into the undying life.
They leave us but to come again.:
With JOY we welcome from the same
Except in sin and pain.
And ever near us. though unseen.
The dear. immortal spirits tread
For all the boundless universe
Is Life; there are no dead.
W. $. McCreary.
, 1901-08-15

fdo not believe rlso's Cure for Consumption
has tn equal for coughs and colds.-JoHN F
BOYER. Trinity Springs. Ind. Feb. is. 1900
, 1901-08-15

Barbcr-Your hair will be gray II Il
will keep on.
, 1901-08-15

When a hog swallows all the pennirs
IT. his savllEs bank 1t isn't necessarily a
sign that lie IL acquiring more cents.
, 1901-08-15

Mrs. windows Soothing syrur-
FOR children teeth!Hg. aoftens the gums, reduc 80 In
Examination, allaYs pain. cures wind colo. 2c q bottle
, 1901-08-15

Before marriage a timid man doesn't
know what to say. and after marriage he
is afraid to say It..
, 1901-08-15

Sometimes a man gains by losing.
, 1901-08-15

A man mi a woman stood under the
naples. The man was holding both of
the woman's hands. and his eyes and
the moonlight were looking down into
her ~upturned face.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1901-03-29
MONTANA.

William Thomas lost his leg, but
saved his life by jumping from the
cars in Anaconda recently
Harry D. Moore was appointed first
assistant and w. F. Metler second as
sistant to the attorney general
William Parker last season raised
on 25 acres on his ranch a few miles
west of Billings $4,000 worth of po-
tatoes.
D. ]. Arnold Of St. Paul has just
purchased of Bob Newmire of Big
Timber 1000 head of lambs at $2.75
per head.
Laws establishing the state board
of health and providing for rigid meat
and milk inspection were approved by
the governor.
Governor Toole has reappointed
John Byrnes state inspector mines,
and AL Ingraham commissioner for the
soldiers home.
Rufus G. Garland, son of former
attorney general of the United States,
A. H. Garland, and former resident
OF Helena, is dead at Fort Worth,
Texas.
Governor Toole has approved the
bill amending the gambling law, but
says he has some misgivings and
questions whether it will prove any
more efficient in suppression of gamb-
ling than the old law.
Agent Smead of the Flathead Indian
reservation says that the Indians at Day
ton creek are in fair way to die off rap
idly with diphtheria; that seven have died
IN the past week and that many are very
sick with the disease, and that it is spread
ing rapidly.
All employees of labor in Butte have
received notification from the Butte
Workingmen's union that, beginning
with May l next, the hours of labor
in Butte for common or unskilled la
Dor shall be eight hours only, the pay
still to be the same or not less than
So per day.
Final disposal was made of sac, 900
bribery money which was displayed
by Fred Whiteside in the legislature
two years ago and which started the
Clark senatorial investigation. 1t was
apportioned among counties for school
purposes, in accordance with the bill
passed at the last session.
The difficulty as to the failure of
the late Speaker Corbett to sign the
minutes of the house for the recent
session was finally settled by Speaker
Pro Tenn Baker, who signed them by
advice of the attorney general, who
told him it was his duty to do so.
This leaves it to lawyers to attack
the validity of the bills by questioning
his authority.
Fire was discovered in the roof of st.
Peters hospital at Helena recently and for
a time there was great alarm. Fortunate
ly the fire was in the roof and the pa
tients were all removed from the threat
ened portion of the building with no great
inconvenience. The property loss will be
about $4,000.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1901-03-29
Oregon Girl Suicides.

Lagrande, Ore, March Blanche
Bates, popular and accomplished high
school girl, aged l6, committed suicide
here by taking carbolic acid She secured
the acid at drugstore, returned home,
entered the cellar and swallowed it, and
then came into the house and told what
she had done. All the physicians of the
city were Immediately summoned, but she
died within 20 minutes after taking the
poison. The only motive that can be
ascribed for the suicide is reprimand
which she received last evening.