Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-26
HERE AND THERE,

HERE AND THERE.
AS result of the rose show held re-
Gently at the Waldorf Astoria. New
York. more than So o00 will be added to
the funds of the Loomis sanitarium. for
the benefit of which the show was given
1t has been generally supposed that
much meat in warm climates is not
good thing, but one of the ablest army
surgeons now declares that under the
hot sun the carbon in white mans
blood is speedily oxdized and burned UP
by the sun. and q great deal of meat
must be eaten to supply the waste.
The cha sng dish is among the most
ancient adiuncts to the culinary depart
nent of all nations. 1t was in great de-
rland at the grand feasts given by the
wealthy citizens in ancient Rome. Some
4! OF these dishes have recently been found
among the ruins of Pompeii They are
of exquisite workmanship.
| Consul Warner reports from Ieipsic
! that a new method of street car adver-
| Using was started in that city on Jan. l
/ last In every street car are hung copies
of biwCekly newspaper. journal
which contains advertisements. railroad
time tables. a few jokes. and notices OF
/ the perform noes to he given at the diff
ferent theators. The newspapers are
fastened on racks which are hung upon
hooks in the corners of the cars The
passengers have the privilege of taking
| tho papers down and reading them.
Cleveland has a home gardening asso-
cation. which encourages children to
, oultivate flowers at home. Last spring
! TIE association distributed to children
| tc.O00 penny packages of flower seeds,
accompa MED with printed instructions
| haw to rrersre the soil, plant and water.
The teachers supplemented these in
| s,ructions by talk. In the fall exit
btions We're held in many schools.
which revealed the fact that about IS
per cent of the efforts of the children
| were successful.
A curious will case is being tried in
Ruda Pesth. Hungary. A poor, mis-
shapen fellow named Andreas Jungo-
kwicz. who had been a beggar for nearly
forty years. died recently, aged a. When
his Wretched garnet was searched gov
eminent bonds worth 100000 were
found. The old man left a will be-
Gueathing this money to the city of
Trnssburg for the founding of Hun
garian university. Now his relatives
are contesting the validity of the docu-
! ment
For quick responses to constituents
with final and salts factory results Con-
er@ssman Sha roth of Colorado believes
he holds the record. A Denver man tele-
nh tn M at r. in ho Of
room to attend to some business requir-
inc his influence in a certain depart
| n1ent of the government. At p. m. the
same afternoon Mr.. Shafroth was on his
, way to the department. At 4 p. m. the
! business was successfully transacted
! and a telegram was sent at once an
nouncing the facts to the Denver man.
. IT p. M. just as the congressman was
going to dinner. he received a telegram
from the harry constituent expressing
his joy, gratitude and wonder.
1.-THE College Bred Negro is the it'll,
of a pamphlet just issued by the Atlantic
| university press. It is written by Pro-
fessor w. f. Gurghardt Dubois who is
called "the best educated negro in
America" Professor Dubois believes
that the great mass of negroes. like the
great mass of whites need common
school and manual training; that there
is large demand for Industrial and
technical training and trade schools,
but that there is a d.>.irct and increas-
ing demand for the higher training of
negroes selected for talent and charac-
ter to be leaders of thought and mission
aries of culture among the masses.
The most delicate pair of scales in the
United States are in the treasury depart
ment's bureau of weights and measures.
So delicate are these scales that they
will weigh accurately ten-millionth
part of gram. They are so sensitive
that the warmth given off by the body
CT person approaching them near
enough to open the glass case Or to shift
the weights would expand the balance
arms and produce an appreciate error
in the result. Therefore they have
been so constructed that they may be
operated at a distance of twenty feet.
The readings are made through small
telescope.
The benefit to accused persons of hav-
ing first-class lawyers was strikingly
illustrated in the United States court at
Wheeling. w. Va. one day last week.
Three friendless and moneyless tramps
We're on trial charged with having rob-
bed a country postofice. They pleaded
not guilty. but had no lawyers. so the
court selected three leading lights to de-
fcnd them. One of the lawyers had been
attorney general of the state. Witnesses
for the prosecution We're skillfully ques-
toned and most eloquent appeals We're
made to the jury on behalf of the ac-
| CuSed all of whom were acquitted