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Mis Rise From Pot- i | A i Jf Started Poor, Ntr ert> to Great ^ jj^ a Millionaire Wealth. t Senator. Ho* Me Became a OF do* He Figured Id a Copper hinp. Famous Feud. lost ince? That Depict if* V/1 1 1 Alf A Corners That He F.o Mis Good ^ glneered In Early LucK. Day*. By J. A. EDGERTON TilIK recovery of Perm tor William 1 A. <lark of M lut.u.u from two delicate operations consisting of the removal of tlic mastoid l>oue from tbe base of the bralu may be j -crltx ! to '('lark hick " At least thut Is wliat It Is called In Moutana. These two oforaUt'i.s liolli oe urred within fifteen mouths. The first it was thought w aid remove the trouble, which started from a cold prodncltig an abates- in tbe middle car. Hut the symptom* recurring, Senator Clark de elded to I. ve another o|>cnitlon de spite the fart thut the mi 'geon wild It was not absolutely necessary. Clark does not Isdleve In half measures and was determined to have Cue nnjtter over with for good and all. Tlds operation Is one of the most delicate kiiotvu to surgery. It necessi tates ex]>tr-Jug tbe brain, and u false movement might taslly result hi death. "Thomas A. Kdlsou was recently oper .ited on in u similar mamier. The faet that Edi* u pulled through would Indi cate Hint the fortunate outcome In With rase- was du to the triumph of modern surgery. But despite all tills, the Montana people would Insist lliut dark luck would hu e pulled the cop per king through In any event. Worked Twenty Hours a Day. Senator Clark himself aacrtls.a this so called luck to the fact that he used to work nlsait twenty hours n day and has not entirely recovered froui the habll The natives, while admitting the senator's steum engine Industry, Insist, however, that It alone ctaild not have brought nil the good things that have kee n plletl In bis lap by fortune. For example, there was that time when ("laid was just starting. He bad saved up n little money from mining, peddling, storekecplng ami sharp tradis when -onie ininei's got a jxirtloii of It away fr mi Ului by selling bim a I bole In the gratnd. Clark tiled to work the ho'c. olv to fit d that he bad iieen butikoed. Being u g-r.ul trader , hltns'If, however, In" suM notbbig, but' SKNATOIi WILLIAM A. CLAKK. leased the all ' i mli1.0 some other Inno onts, who >, more mom y ou It without res alt. By tills time the story had >. . ?tout camp and the " ber miners clnie'C.bigl.Y e.il d the hole "Clark's Colusa " Due day n ?trai ler beckoned the future million- j aire side and a-ked him If le owned | tlie "Colusa." Clark rather sorely ad- j uiltted the fact, when the stranger ventured the eheerful Information that It tt: . t hoc ansa. CI rk w as tired of bel"e '.tttBV-1,'metier wearily admitted the drinks ' i ? , , jjl and n rted to liquidate. Vhe .??; ug r Imbed. "Hut there Is not an mice of gold or sliver In the h le." h ? ? mv Indiana it turner of the "Col *i ' "Go .1 or t.l verP aald the man. "Why, tliat Is a copper mine. T' ere I 1.1 per cent copper." And tills was the start of Clark's career as a cofiper king. "Bnklrj Powder Bi'ly." But there vreie other tilings t'.int rante to Clark lu tlie old (lays that the miners do not aacrllie either to luck or hard work, but to a more puVrtle qual ity. For example, Clark once cornered all the biking powder In tie mining camp and wna thereafter known n* "Baking I'owder Billy." Then he cor uered all the ajiples and Bold them nt a dollar apteee. On one or more occa sions he bought up all tlio available tobacco and sold it for a dollar a plug. Money was plentiful In Montana then and tobnooo was aearee. Clark made It ?career. Aa a coDsequet -e, lie also .cornered quite a lltthi of tko money dupply. He thus showed all the In Blurts of a captain of Industry early In the g line. Clark liad lieen a poor boy In Penn sylvania; bad managed to get enough education to ti'ui-b school for u year In Mlaaourl; then pounded an ox team through to Colorado at the Mart of the gold fever; III another year beard of the gold excitement In Montana and hied himself thither, still with the ox team; worked as u common miner for a year and cleaned up $1,5(10, and on tills capital brought In stuff from the Missouri river poiuts nnd even from San Francisco and sold It to the min ers for three or four times wlmt It cost him. This might have been luck, but It also involved some rather foxy financiering, at which \V. A. Clark was an artist even In those early days. The story of the start of the famous Clark Daly feuddllUHtrntes this quality. This feud, which affected every industry and every man, woman and child In Montana and which finally came to a finish fight In the I'nlted States sen ate, was perhaps the most momentous In Its consequences of any In American history. Clark and Italy In the begin ning were business nssoolntes and friends. In fact, tbey were bound by closer ties, for J. Hobs Clark, a youn ger brother of the copper king, had mar ried a slsler of Daly's wife. But there Is no enmity like that of former friends. Italy needed n certain strip of land to furnish water for his Anaconda ! mines and offered the old fellow who owned the strip $10,000 for the water right. The owner eagerly snld he would take It, and In the morning the deal was to have been carried through. Clark heard of it and gave the old fel low $25,000 for the strip. Then he made Daly pay $125,000 for It. Marcus Daly paid the money, hut swore venge ance. There are rumors that Clark had an earlier grudge to settle and took tills method of doing It, but no one knows for certain except the copper king lilmself, and he won't tell. When Clark was a candidate for ter rlto ?. : ttc t congress Daly's chain ? cn . The Republican candi date .as lonins II. Carter, lww Clark col; quo lu the senate. Mon tana i ! aiocrntic then, and Carter ordin?"?lly v.ould have stood no clianee of el lion. Hut when the votes were count i i? was found that Italy, though a I>e'::oorat himself, had thrown all his dree. h to the Republican candidate, and \V. .t Clark met his first defeat. II o of Montana's Capital. 800:1 a: r this Montana was admit ted t / the L'niou, and the flgut came >11 the i atlon of the state capital. Du ly w d Ann ? s in, his I: "rue town. 1 (Marl; d r ? " show his h . id 1 ot 11 the wind >, when lie threw his forces to Helena, and Anaconda was disastrous ly defeated. Clark was the hero of the new capital and was given a great I banquet, The next year he was the . Democratic candidate for United States senator and thought he was elected, hut Da|y organized a rump legislature. I sent two Republican ooutestairts to | Washington, and the senate seated iliem. Two years later Clark was again a candidate, hut this time Daly man aged to deadlock the legislature, there was no election, and l.ee Mantle, a Re publican, was appointed senator. In 18P8 Ciark was again u candidate and carried the legislature for the Democrats, but there were enough Daly men to prevent his election. Then Clark mads a combination with the Republicans and captured tbe plum. Daly charged bribery and carried the ,-ase to the senate. One of his cblcf witnesses was State Senator White bead, who In a sensational manner bad flourished $30,000 on the floor of the Joint convention, claiming that Clark bad given it to him to buy votes. Clark demanded an Investigation and was exonerated, the event turning sym pathy In bis favor and assisting him In securing tbe election. The senate committee on privileges and elections heard the case and unan imously decided that Clark was not entitled to bla seat. Before It bad a chance to report Clark resigned In a tearful sj>oech. The next day, however, 1 , came nn apisdntmeut signed by Lieu- ? tenant Governor Sprlggs appointing W. A. Clark to the senate vacancy created by the resignation. It ap|?ears that Governor Smith, who was a Daly man, was temporarily absent from the state, and tbe resignation had been so timed that the appointment could be made by the lieutenant governor, a Clark man. Then the war In Montana broke out with redoubled fury. About this time the copper trust, of which Thomas W. Lnwe.m has been writing of late, was formed. Marcus Daly was made president. It was at this point that F. A. Uelnze. the young copper Xnp ileon, came Into the game. He raised a cry against the trust, or ganized a labor party, made Clark the candidate for tbe senate and carried the slate. Daly did not live to see the final triumph of his enemy. A. Clark was elected to the full senate term ending In 1007, and this time there was no contest. Marcus Daly was dead and the feud was ended. There were after rumblings In which Clark was charged with having thrown over Helnze, and there were even tales of a combination with the Standard Oil crowd to prevent any further con test of his senate sent. But these gradually died out, and the war which had divided a state Into two hostile camps for a generation was over. One of the most sensational Inci dents of this historic conflict related SENATOR CLARK'S NEW YORK PALACE. to newspapers. One morning Mr. i Clark look up the Butte Miner, a paper 1 of his own town, and in It read an ar tistic roast of litmself. Before sun down he had bought that paper, and a few days later Marcus Italy took up the same paper and in It feasted his eyes on one of the most pyrotechnic and vitriolic layibastings of himself h that lias ever been put into type on ' this continent. Then he started the ; I Anaconda Standard, strung a private wire to the town to get the news and made of It about the warmest news paper ever published In a town of that size. Clark got control of other papers, and the newspaper war that ensued will make an interesting chapter in Montana history in days that are not yet. One Interesting story of Senator Clark relates to a barber, rather to two barbers. Happening Into a shop ' one day the senator was rather insinu atingly reminded by the tonsoriul artist that Charlie Clark, son of the copper king, paid tfo for ills hair cuts. "Well," dryly remarked the elder Clark, "lie has a rich father and can afford It. 1 have not." Thereupon he paid the regular price, 50 cents, and left the shop. The other burlier was a Kansas City product, and Clark ran , Into hhn while attending the Demo cratic national convention In 1000. 1 Now this particular barber was not j only an artist with the razor and 1 shears, but was aomeriilug of >a talker as well. Clark became enamored of this colloqt ial ability and hired the : barber to g > out into the hotels and toot the praises of the senator from I Montana so long as the convention lasted. Po well did that knight of the i shears perform his duty that ("ark ! was one of the most talked of tne u the convention. A Fastidious Dr.?-.-ar. There is a bright ? ' .? i > 1: ver satile character. , < ir i > accused Clark of being ..ig ma chine. n man > li it and all that. They di not ?. him. Both j of his marriages , , e purely love matches, a there i.i a touch of ro mauce in eu<li His first wife was the love of his boyhood. After be found n good nine in Montana Clark went , to Columbia college to take the mining , course. He determined to know all about the business, as be baa concern ing every business In which be ever embarked. Ueturnlng borne by way of bis Pennsylvania birthplace, near Cimnellsvllle. be fuuud bis early sweet heart, married ber aud took ber hack to Butte. Clark was quite a fastidious dresser in those days, as ever, anil the ; minister who married him said that i tight lie its would he the death cf him yet. The first Mrs. Clark, who had i been a pour country girl, astonished the folks by ber new finery, and there I are still windows about tbe eountiy skle on which she wrote her name with ber first diamond ring, which In that section was a novelty In those dnys. From this union there were four chil dren, two sons and two daughters, all H - 1 . Jnal now it.rtriled A few jears ago o::>- of the daughter* secured a divorce in a rather seusational suit. The first Mrs I lark died in lh:>3 'Ihe second murriage of the multi millionaire was even more romantic than the tirst. At Clark's famous Lull ed Verdi mine at Jerome, Ariz., which, by the way. is one of the largest cop per properties on.earth, a I>r. La < 'ha {telle, a t'uuadian Frenchman, was em ployed. At Ills death his family, which wus a large one, was left In destitute circumstances. Senator Clark gener ously provided for their wants and adopt:-<l one of the little girls. Miss Anna, as his ward. Her he had edu- ! rated Irnth in this country ami Europe. After he wus elected senator the am ' Lit ions matchmakers of Washington , j and New York were murrylng him off | every few days, and as the senator was : u I way s something of u gallant he rath ! ? r lent himself to their schemes. In 1 ! this way the newspapers had \ arlous j stories of approaching nuptials au:l I 1 even spiced up tales approaching the J scandal stage. The senator himself i | put an end to all of these, however, i by announcing a year or so ugo that ' three years previous at Marseilles he J had married Miss La Cbapelle, his! ( ward, and by her already had a daugti- 1 ter two years old. ! Finest Palace In Gotham. For this new Mrs. Clark the senator i Is building the tinest palace In New 1 York, which Is now rapidly approach ing completion. It is estimated that altogether this wonderful house will cost over $5,000,000. To furnish the ! stone for It Clurk owns his own quar- 1 ry at North Joy, Mo. For the bronzes ho has his own factory in New York. lie maintains other factories to pro- i duee other accessories of the palace. [ lie Is quite an art conuolsseur, having paid over $.'100,000 for one collection ( of paintings ami having bought the fa- 1 mous painting "Choosing u Model" for I $42,000, outbidding George J. Gould, i To supply the rugs for his house Sen- ] utnr Clurk spent one or two seasons | in Euroite studying rugs, paying one of the most famous exports a regulur salary for Instructions. Olio of the features of the new Clark ' mansion Is au elevator that Is a draw lug room. The seeoud floor Is so ar ranged that at the touch of a button , all the rooms open together Into one magnificent art gallery. Altogether the place will be fully as spectacular as the 1 career of the tnuu who created it, who, ' starting a i#nr boy, now lias an in- 1 come of over $1,000,000 per month. ?Tl? ('rnitli-ii Dread \ow. Sherry is the first of the great cater ers to take up the crustlesa bread Idea, says the.New York correspondent of ' the Pittsburg; dispatch. A machine for Lho baking of the bread is being install- ' ed in his establishment, and in a few days patrons will get the latest gas trouomlcal novelty served to them as ; the upper and lower decks of sand wiches or In the form of toast. There is only one ciustless bread oven now in opesntion. That Is owned by the le oy City baker who supplies the Pullman palace catypeople. In the process of bukiug trustless bread is kept moist and remains so for ten or twelve hours. It does away with waste due (o tutting crust from the ordinary baked I >af, and (he use of gi damp cloth to keep the loaf moist and prevent curling up is avoided. When taken from the oven the crustless bread Is c vered with a sort of skin or silky texture, which amply protects the Interior of the loaf and is easy to masticate. Manners <if Japan's Police. The p :'<??? in Japan tire expected to lenrti Ei.j. ish. For their guidance a phrase book has been complied. The following advice is taken from it, says the Liverpool police: "Japanese police force consist of nice .voting men. lint 1 regret their attires are not perfectly neat. When u con stable come in conduct with a i>eop!e he shall lie polite atul tender In his manner of speaking and movement. If he terrify or scold the people with enormous voice he will become him self an object of fc r for the people. Civilized people Is meek, but barba rous people Is vain and haughty. Tliey it'.:,... to themselves to Caesar, the abb st I ero of Home, who has been raasi l.lhe army against his own coun try crossing the Uubieon." lialser lit Dinner With Sailors. Kaiser Willicini while at Kiel the other ilay Inspected the cruiser Luebeck and partook of the rough fare of the sailors, says a special cable dispatch from llet liu to the Philadelphia North American. lie arrived at dinner time and found that the crew was being served out of a Ir.tge pot eoutainiug a ! mixture of jieas and salt beef. "Well, my children, what have you for dinner today?" he asked. "Pens, your majesty," was the reply. "That is excellent fare If it is well j cooked." said the emperor, and lm 1 seized n plate, which he heaped big', 1 with food. "That is culinary luxury," lie re marked, when lie had finished Darning by Machinery. Mrs. George Henry Maynard of Pen ' ver lias Invented a machine which j darns socks, doing tlio work much more rapidly than could lie done by i hand and turning out as smooth work as (he best ever seen, says a special J dispatch from'Denver to the Chicago | | Kocord Herald. The darner can lie at- j tache'd to a sewing 111 a chine, nnd any ' rate of simed .rj bo attained. Work For Wizard llnrhnnk. When Wizard Hurhank has evolved from his experimentation In agricul ture a cobles* corn and a seedless wa termelon. snys the San Antonio Ex press, he might turn his attention to j on odorless onion. now IO WIN A HUMJANU. Woman's sphere in this 20th century I? not limited any more than is man's. She :an occupy almost any business position ox profession, and yet the popular view of womanhood is that she best fits the posi tion of wife and mother and head of the Imusehold. Every girl should know her heart and also know that her womanly system is equal to the strain of marriage. If a girl is nervous and irritable ten chances to one it is due to some trouble peculiar to womanhood. Cupid has no place in a girl's heart if 3he is nervous and irritable, feels dragged down, worn out for no reason that she can think of. The weak back, dizzy spells and black circles about the eyes are only symp toms. Go to the source of the trouble and correct the irregularity. Stop the drains on the womanly system and the other symptoms will disappear. T!'is can be done easily and intelligently. So sure of it is the World's Dispensary Medical Asso ciation, the proprietors of Dr. Pierce's fa vorite Prescription, that they offer ?500 reward for women who cannot be cured of leucorrhea. female weakness, prolapsus, or falling of the womb. All they ask is a fair and reasonable trial of their means of cure. "After confinement I gained no strength," writes Mrs. A. Davis, of Sweetwater. Ala. " Even when my baby was a month old I could hardly do any work. I don't know what to call the disease I had a weak feeling in the pit of my stomach. felt miserable all over. I was sick three months and a lady friend told me to try Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as it had done her so much good. I did so. aud after taking three bottles was cured. This was about five years ago and I have had no return of the dis ease. Am very thankful for the remedy I cannot praise your ' Favorite Prescription' enougn. It is a wonderful medicine for women.? Dr. Pierce's Pellets are gently laxative. There has never been a great, and beautiful character which has not become so by tilling well the ordinary and smaller offices appointed of God.?Bushnell. Lured of Chronic Diarrhoea Alter Ten Years ot Sullerinsr. '1 wish to say a few words in praise Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Kemedy." any s Mrs Mattle Burge. of Marninsvllle, Va. "1 suffered from chronic diarrhoea for ten years and during that time tried various medi cines without obtaining any permanent relief I.ast summer one of my children was ta en with cholera morbus, ami I procured a bottle of.this remedy. Only two doses were required to give her en tire r lief 1 then decided to try the medicine m\ self, and did not use all ol one bottle before I was well and I have never since been troubled with that complaint. One eann t say too much in favor of that wonderful medicine." This remedy is for sale by A. II Boyett. Bmithfield; Selmn Drug Co.; J. \V. Hen 9 m. Dare to sav no. To refuse to do a bad thing it to do a good one.?George Herbert. When bilious lake Chamberlain's stomach and Liver Tablets For sab bySelmaDiug Co. .1. W. Benson and A H. Boyett. "Have a heart that nevei hardens, a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts." Your food must be properly digested and assimilated to be of ary value t( you. If your stomach is w ah or dis eased take Kodol Dyspepsia Cute. It digests what you eat and gives the stomach a rest, enahlin . it to recuperate take on new life and grow strong aguin Kodol cures sour stomnch. gas. bloating heart palpitation ami ail digestive dis orders. 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