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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-29
an EXPENSIVE RAFFle.

mev Teo Prssr n~ssvea ~ Evs.s.g's rss
sAsksng Dtes ~ Tslegsaph-
Prem the Chicago Mall.
Tom Prior Of thc Chicago opera house
host . cham . short time The chusm
vent 10 New York 20 stay. and inasmuch
~ Mr.. Prior and the chum were much
given N shaking dice i'm . social why OF
evenings between acts Mr.. Prior was dis
consolate. Then about the fourth even
ing after his friends departure he ~
ecived q telegram from the New York
man. II read:
.First horse: Three fves 10 heat. Shake
and
This tickled Mr.. Prior immensely. and
charged he borrowed o dice-box. vent
over 10 tho Western Union Office. shook
out four tours, and sent this dispatch Ia
his friend:
He went hack to the theatre and had on
~ been in the house about Is minutes
when q boy came along with another mes
.Second horse. Aces full on fivcs.
shaker
Mr.. Prior left several gentlemen with
whom he was discussing Corsican folk
IRE and its possibilities i'm n literary and
fanatic way and hustled over to the tel
On Witness that he shook fairly. Then he
ratified the dice q good deal and finally
shook skies and trays. This occas'oned
1.-Two pairs: Skies and trays. Horse ON
me. Shakes"
He was considerably excited by this time
and paced the floor with q look of abstrac-
sion ON his face until the next dispatch ar
rived. This came just before the close of
the performance and read:
Last horse: Four aces and n six. I've
got you"
Mr.. Prior made q rush for the Western
Union, clutching the dice box as he went.
He reused the clerk. who was getting
sleepy. and told him tn act ns lookout.
Then he pounded the little ledge in front
of the clerks window with the bottom OF
the dice box and rolled out the dice. Two
deuces appeared. MIR. Prior. generally
Thought he would stick To these. He
more shake for the last deuce. He pound
ed the box quite vigorously and rolled out
the die. . A deuce! Five dcuces! He
grabbed a blank Ind wrote:
sFive deuces. You lose. I'll take q
cigar"
and went Rleefully around To q place
where he knew they kept cigars and things
and gave up Is cents for a cigar. There
were n lot of friends there and he told
them all about il i'm great glce.
"HQw many. kilograms did you n
"Lernmc sce,' said Mr.. Prior. Three.
of course There were three horses"
elbow much were they apiece"
sFOrty cents. Why?"
"That made $1.3O. Then you came
around here and paid Is cents more. A
dollar thirty-five for a cigar. Do you
veckon you got much the best OF t?'
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-29
n Long shot.

From the New York Evening World
My hunting experiences have, as n rule,
been very tame and embarrassing, hut 1
had ONE last month, when Oh my vaca-
ton, which I think is worth recording. I
had been trampinR all day in the woods
about Louis lake and the little sheets of
water of that neiRnborhood i'm the d
rondacks and had baRRcd nothing of any
l WAS just hunHerinH for
deer, and just AS l emerged from II bit of
forest upon the edge of one of these little
lakes, my eyes fell upon n fine stag drink
ing from the lake. hut opposite tn me and
fully b III q mile away.
IL wa tantalizing, for 1 am not q half
mile shooter and, any way, IL 1 shot the
noble fellow he would only dart back into
the woods to die and l would never IN.
able to find him. But I was desperate,
and raising my rife l ''biInned' away at
him.
The deer gave a bound mt the report of
my weapon and darted into the woods,
while l set on my way around the edge of
thel lake. l had not travelled moro than
half "A mile when l carne pot the dead
body of my deer. He had run u third of
the distance round the lake towards me
befors. falling. 1 knew il was my deer
from the peculiarly of His horns.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-29
An Esnpr~.s' E-ssnomy.

In a r-cent issue of the Japan Weekly
Nail IL IL observed that the Empress of
Japan has long shown am extreme interest
in all the charitable institutions Of Toxic
which are devoted tn women and chill
dren. Especially is this the ease i'm ~
gard to the Toxic female hospital, which
has proved so useful to the poorer classes,
in the capital that large premises became
necessary, while the funds were insrfii-
cient for the purpose. Her majesty east
about for some mctl,sSd of giving eifcc-
tual assistance to tine institution, and
at last decided hat she could hest do
sd by exercising strict ECONOMY i'm her
personal expenditure and drvoting what
could bs spared to the hospital. As tho
result of one years saving her majesty
has just bestowed sum of s.4ii yen 80
sen and = rim on the institution. This
amounts tn about 1.5OO pounds sterling
tEnRlish,, or about $500. A sen is equiv
alent 20 u h~alf,penny,, or one cent. and
picturesquc,' observes the Mail, s'aboaIi
these sen and rim. They represent an nc-
count infinitely and faithfully kept he
tween her majesty's unavoidable expenses
and the benevolent impulse that con-
stantly urged her to curtsil them. Such
gracious acts of sterling effort command
love and admiration"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-29

From Epoch.
Angelina: ~ love You" Erncsto: ~
love you." Angelina: "Darling." Err
poodle ?" sAnoiolina: .You are sitting
ON him never mind. CONTINUES; I lore tai
hear you talk"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-29

! cannot understand, said the bard. why
/ am alluded to AS an 'obsCure" poet. A
child could understand my writing.
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ing made in the menu, which consisted of an
omelette, beans. fried fish, cabbage soup and
fruit, the whole accompanied BY 0 passable
wine, with glass of chartreuse to aid di-
gestion. The monks drink good wine, but
seldom taste this liquor, as it is mistake to
suppose that as body they manufacture it.
The manuiactory is situated some five miles
from the monastery, and 1t is only within
the last 40 or 30 years that the golden
liquor has been manufactured. Each
Chartreux receives annually one bottle, but
many Of them have never tasted it.
FAITHFUL FIDELITY.
The descendants of St. Bruno pride them
selves on their rigorous fidelity to Carthu-
sian customs. Although the order is more
than 300 years cid, not q shade of change or
reform has ever been made, and not only
have they not relaxed in their vigilance, but,
stranger still, they have obstinately resisted
all notifications that Popes have wished to
introduce. Latin has remained their official
language, and they have preserved for the
mass, in their austere church, quite devoid
of all ornamentation, special daily unsltera-
BILE rites, to which none of the pomp of mod
ern days has been added. No musical instru-
ment is permitted, the human voice alone
echoes to the mountains.
The order was founded in 1854, by Bruno,
q man of Cologne, and since then they have
dwelt there. they and their posterity, and
neither cold, trials, catastrophes, nor the
course of 300 years can detach them from
their mountain hermitage. Their prayers
had arisen from that spot not more than 80
years when an avalanche OF rocks destroyed
their dwellings, and two-thirds of their
number persisted. but the survivors set to
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TEN CENTS A DAY FOR FOOD.
The Small Sum on Which a Millionaire
Lived for IS Years.

The Small Sum on Which a Millionaire
Lived for IS Years.
Brooklyn Citizen.1
ST will tell you," said Citizen reader,
''the story of man whose name is as
familiar to Brooklyn1tes and as we'll known
in his own line of trade in both America
and Europe as that of Frederick Loesser,
and if his name were known it would Gre
ate no end of talk in the town. He was
born in Europe, and while yet boy started
out to earn his living by peddling knick-
knacks. He would never refuse bargain
of any sort, and would take pieces of old
iron in exchange for calico dresses when the
buyer had no cash. Travelling from town to
town and from country to country, he lived
for IS years on 10 cents day except when
some good natured people he called on
would ask him to stay for dinner, on which
occasion the days expenses for food was
nothing.
He finally invested his savings in store
business that prospered nightly; and now
for 15 years or more has been a retired
merchant, silent partner in big business
house which pays him literally for the use
of his firm name. He lives "like prince"
on his income, and feels well rewarded in
the latter half OF his life for the self-denial
and privations of the first half And no.
body would begrudge him the ENJOYMENT
of third half, if he could live long enough
to realize that Hibernian idea. But not
every one who lives on 10 cents day is as
fortunate"
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THE PEOPLE OF ST. KILDA.
Islanders Who Receive Their Mail Only
Once in Eight Months.

Islanders Who Receive Their Mail Only
Once in Eight Months.
st. Kilda, an island belonging to Great
Britain, must be queer place. The pastor
of the church there writes: 'There is
much to be done in the way of ameliora-
ting the condition of these islanders. The
island is shut up for six months of the year
for want of communication, and the incle-
mency of the weather, so that these islanders
are deprived in great measure of the bene-
fits of civilization. Another barrier to their
progress arises from the language. Gaelic
is the prevailing tongue, but the young men
and women can speak English now freely.
They are beginning to taste the sweets of lit
erature, and parents are very anxious that
their children should obtain the benefit of
good English education"
The island is cut off from all communiea-
tion with the mainland. even by mail. for
eight months of the year, according to the
correspondent of an English paper. The
gentleman says: ''The St. Kiidians are
a very simple people-quiet and industri-
Gus, but they have very limited idea OF
the world they live in. A lady with our
party in June gave boy an apple, and he
did not know what to do with it. He had
never seen one before, but when the lady
took bite out of it, and he saw it was
good to eat, he made short work with the
rest. expect also to take some kites, tops.
and other things for the children, who have
never been taught how to play. They never
saw marble till this summer. They are
bright, intelligent children, and, when we
consider that no teacher ever went to st.
kllda till 1884, the progress they have made
Is remarkable
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and built cells q little distance from the
first ill-fated site. Then the terrible Baron
des Adrets visited them sword in hand, and
after that eight times in as many centuries,
their monastery was destroyed by FIRE.
which was rendered liable to these repeated
accidents from its roofs of willow. They
were not too discouraged to bxavely build
again, however, and at last, in the
seventeenth century, the present solid
structures were erected. A hundred years
after the orders foundation, ID Chartreuses
initiated at a distance the virtues of the
first, while under Louis XIV. there were as
many as 200 spread over the surface of the
whole of Europe all acknowledging the
same General. But all that glory long
since departed, and at present there are
scarcely 20 such houses In the world. The
Grand Chartreuse inmates were forcibly ex-
pulsed, and replaced by a revolutionary
garrison, but the old Vicar General of the
order was permitted to return to the monas-
terry on the restoration and he died there
eight days later. To-day the French Gov
ernment allow the use of the buildings they
occupy and the surrounding pasture land
with necessary fire wood for and in con-
sideration of the $400, 600 annually taken
from the profits of the golden liquor.
HENRY HAYNIE.
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-Four bright young ladies who were travel
ing together-two from Portland and two
from England-had one of the large outside
staterooms on the main deck. The door
faced the sea and the narrow promenade
passing it. For better ventilation they had.
hung large shawl over this portal leaving
small transom above. So on the night
spoken OF when these fair passengers had
presumably, just retired, the lights having
gone out, the writer with some
others formed serenading party
and took position just outside the door,
raising our voices, good, bad and
indifferent, to the air of GOOD Night, La
dies" The first bar had scarce been passed
when simultaneously from each of the four
corners of the shawl-covered door appeared
a dellcately-shaped wrist and hand bearing
some biscuit, and Jour musical voices
shouted thanksi The effect was too much
for the serenaders and we retired in char
monious confusion" At times we had
vocal and piano music in the cabin, and a
donkey party was proposed, but fell through
on account of our not being able to find or
rather draw-the donkey.
We had on board en- route to his
home at Metla-Keh-tla the Rev.
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large courtyard, in the center of which two
streams descend from the mountain, making
night and day mournful sound, to the
common hal, where pious engravings and
carriage notices were stuck on the. wall
plentifully. People were eating, and an
old, bearded brother was at desk ready to
receive orders for food and drink, liquor,
rosaries and photographs.
Apart from its cloister the interior of the
Grande Chartreuse is nothing much, but
the cloister. some $50 feet long, and lighted
by ITO windows, has indeed an imposing as
pect. The chapel is small and quite devoid
of works of art; it is divided into two parts,
one destined for those of the Chartreux who
are priests, the other with the Iaical brothers.
The hall of the chapter house, in which are
rows of wooden benches and portraits of
general fathers painted on the ceiling, has
no interest for the profane. Here each year
in the first week of May, the priors of all
the houses of the Chartreux meet to occupy
themselves with spiritual affairs connected
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-13

Switzerland combined-the home of the
Siwssh and the haunts of the salmon and the
seal. A country in extent more than II
times as large as our State of Pennsylvania.
Sound. the starting point for Alaskan
waters, there is, of course, much of interest,
but the reader must hurry with me to Chi
cago, thence along the border of great
lake, through Milwaukee, past the bluffs of
the Father of Waters" to St. Paul, and
thence westward over the broad expanse of
blllowy prairie, trackless as the ocean save
for the half concealed "wallows" and trails
of the now almost extinct buffalo, whose
bones, whitened by the sun, dot the green,
and tell of the sportsman's vandalism.
Here and there ''shak" or hut or Indian
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a Monks Bedroom.

with their institutions. In the little ceme-
terry are graves surmounted with stone, on
which is engraved the name of the defunct,
and beneath these stones sleep those who
have been at the head OF the establishment.
On the other side are simple wooded crosses
without inscriptions, and these mark the
last resting place OF the Chartreux.
The library, which possesses 1000 vol
umes, is the only part of the institution
where there is any evidence Of luxury. In
it saw silent phantoms carrying, replacing,
seeking documentary volumes, books big
ard little. The refectory is beautiful
arched room; table at the end is reserved
for the prior of the house; the other monks
occupying tables in rank of priority. The
forks, spoons, eggcups and plates are all
made of wood, but the little vessels for wine
and water are of earthenware. Not word
is spoken during the meal, but q brother
chants the lessons for the morning; they
only take their repast in common on Sum
days and on certain fete days.
HOW THE BRETHREN LIVE.
Grande Chartreuse monks do not live in
cells, but each inmate has his own little
house. Near the door is a little wicket gate
through which the monk receives his food,
which is always without meat, and visitors
have likewise to conform to this regulation.
Should the brother require aught else he
writes down his needs and leaves the paper
at the wicket, and presently he finds at the
same place what he had asked for. There is
a gallery which. in winter months, is
promenade ground, but little garden in
in front of each house serves for exercise in
summer time.
On the ground floor saw brother work.
ing at woodpile, and above was his bed
room. 1t had o sort Of cupboard bed,
coarse mattress and bolster, cotton sheets
and wooden coverlid. Facing the bed was
an oratory; on one side little niche with
earthenware basin anda piece Of soap; the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-13

one might land at almost any point and find
small game and large in abundance-ducks
and other water fowl, bear, deer, mountain
goat, etc.
Our ships company contented themselves
lines and many large beauties were caught
in this way. So congenial were our sur
roundings and company that as we moved
northward and the daysand twilight length
ened, very little time was consumed in
sleep, and post prandial promenades were
kept up until, sometimes, II o'clock.
On one or two occasions the ladies
went to the "galleys' or kitchen
and made taffy and sugar candy
and all who cared to join could lend hand
at the pulling" The captains guitar and
one other aboard were often brought into
service to accompany chorus Of voices, and
general good humor prevailed. An anus
ing incident of decided farce-comedy
nature occurred one evening.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-13

floor was stone and the walls whitewashed.
On the wall hung mountain staff, for once
q week the monks enjoy walk in common
up the mountain side; then they talk to
their hearts content, and make the
mountains echo with their laughter. A
little workroom furnished with table, two
ings, and they are all alike, though here
and there, BY way Of ornament, may be seen
images of saints, crucifx, and rosary.
When got through looking at those
monks houses supper was being served for
visitors as well as monks, no difference be-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-13
WHISKY LIKE WHALEBoxE.
London Liquor Reminds n Traveller Of the
Way Bears Are Killed.

London Liquor Reminds Traveller Of the
Way Bears Are Killed.
Chicago Herald.l
'"That reminds me of the London liquor"'
said the much-traveled young man, ..and, %
he continued, "the London liquor reminded
me of the way they kill polar bears in the
arctic regions. An exploring friend of mine
told me about it. They kill bears for food,
and in killing they take no chances. How
do theyldo it? Well, it's like this: They
procure stiff and sharp piece of whalebone
and wind it tightly in a roll. Then they
thrust this inside of big chunck of whales
blubber. This mass is exposed until it il
frozen. Then it is laid out upon the ice as
q sort of bait. The first polar bear. that
comes along bolts the mass at single gulp.
:. ''Then, OF course, the heat Of the bears
stomach fhaws out the frozen blubber and
the sharp whalebone expands. In straight
ming out it penetrates the sides of the bear
and kills him. He is found dead on the ice
and is skinned and cut up. Now London
whisky is like that. It goes down smooth
ly, but subsequently, expands and kills q
man."
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brick or stone; first story, clapboards and
shingles; second story, shingles; roof shin
giles.
Interior finish: All rooms finished with
white plaster and soft wood trim. All
woodwork 70 be treated with wood-fller and
finished with hard oil, showing
NATURAL coLoRs.
Exterior colors: Entire body and gables
painted colonial medium shade %
yellow; all trim, such as water table, veran-
da and balcony rails, all mouIdings, brack-
cts, window and door frames, painted white.
Outside doors treated with vood-fller and
finished with oil, showing natural colors.
Roof shingles, oiled.
Accommodations: All the rooms and
their sizes, the pantries and closets are
shown by the plans given herewith. There
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-13

As we sail behind the great island through
the Gulf of Georgia numerous inlets and
small islands vary the scene, and with the
land-locked sea as base, the vistas through
the islands with green-clad mountains in
the foreground to the hazy blue and purple
submits in the distance, give the irnagina-
tion scope and charm the eye. Thus we
wind in andtut OF these sinuous passages
too numerous to name here, and the beauties
of which there is not space enough even to
attempt to describe, for nearly 500 miles,
and occasionally looking out into
the great Pacific, arriving at
Fort Tongas, the most southern point OF
Alaska.
A sPoRTsMAN's PARADISE.
During this time we have been running
through veritable sportsman's paradise
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taste-iaune is the best-is just the thing,
and with that inside your stomach you'll
feel as if all your debts were paid, and moth
ing in the world to worry about.
At the foot of mountain quite 1000 feet
high, and on which the monks of Grand
Chartreuse live, is where few holy fathers
of that order superintend the fabrication Of
this famous liquor. 1t is not an easy thing
though TO obtain admittance to the manu-
factory, and there are placards stuck up in
public places to the effect that strangers
are not admitted to visit the establishment,
except by special permission from the rev.
erend father-general.
I managed to persuade the director to
guide me through the immense cellars and
storerooms, out of which each year some
millions of bottles are dispersed into France
and foreign countries. Some idea of the
extent of the business and its profits may
be gained when tell you that the Grande
Chartreuse pays the State 100000 francs
annually forthe right to make this liquor,
aud above that they make profit of 10000
francs daily.
THE GRANDE CHARTREUSE.
ALI the glories of setting sun were on the
mountain sides, and the distant trees and
rayines were tinged in golden colors when I
reached the Grande Chartreuse. The door
was opened by brother, from whom 1
asked hospitality. He bade me enter, and 7
was soon within house where no woms
with the exception of crowned heads b y
ever penetrated. My guide led me acrossS
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A Dream UnhappIly FULFILLED.

The case of the steeple Jacks wife who,
as we reported last night, dreamed that her
husband would fall from lofty chimney
and be killed, and whose dream was un-
happily fulfilled, is worthy the attention
of the Psychical Research Society. Was it
a real presentiment, or was it rather a fact
that the man who knew of his wife's dream.
was unnerved by the recollection? Dreams
sometimes bring about their own fulfill
ment.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-13
GOODBY, QUEEN ANNE
Architectural Eccentricity Has Nearly
Reached Its Limit.
RETURNING TO SIMPLER STYLES
Classic and TsIl-Defned Features Of the
Colonial Design.
A CHEAP BUT ELEGANT REsIDEscz
wnIrrrN ros rHE DIsrArcH.I

WRITTEN roe THE DIsrArcH.i
That the so-called Queen Anne style Of
architecture viii not long retain popular
favor is very safe prediction. Its extreme
popularity forebodes its early decline.
Every tidal wave must rsceds. Il win be .
matter for congratulstion, indeed. If the sx-
travagancies Of tyro-dssigners do not bring
this so-called style into positive direpute-
Already noticeable number of clients
instruct the architect not to give them
Queen Anne extsriors. Such clients are
pleased with colonial features, a. rule,
which is regarded as an indication that the
colonial is growing in favor.
This developing preference must crafty