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The Anaconda standard., 1889-12-17
Tommy Loved Good lsooka.

From the New York Tribune.
''Say. pa.'' said Tommy, ''tlid You ever
read a book called The Duties Children
Owe to Their Parents p"
'.No, Tommy" answered bis father, ~
do not think that have ever read IL from
the title should think il wasa good boos,
though. Why do you ask?'
"Oh, nothin' much, ;" said Tommy, "onIy
Miss Handsome, the mistress of the school
where you took me. said IL was a good
book, which she hopcd every hoy ia the
father, as he settled himself comfortably
i'm his chair, lighted 5O-cent cigar, and
turned turned to his new newspaper: ,,u ..
few minutes silence, Miss Handsome
has been good to me lately, an yesterday
she told Id, me all Tax an""s y"" .com,,v inter-
'Yes, shc said that when You was boy
mos, mos boys do nowadays. an that you
never had any OF the advantages OF etiu-
cation like 1 have. an then she asked mo
aud said. You bet do; I've got the best
pa i'm seventeen counties tat this Tom
isy's father looked sharply. at his SON. but
kinder clasped her hands an said. AN
Tommy, just think what fine. young
he has gone tHrouah.' an / said yes. an
guessed twas because you thought so
much Of ma before she died that yon
jlis' staid home, an she said she guessed
that must he the reason, an then she had
a kind of n far-away look i'm her eyes an
she said j,is' quietly To herself Il wonder
what the future will bring - AN ther, after
n little while. she said to me, An, Tom
my, your pa thinks too much of his hoy to-
make him work like he did when he was
~ hoy, hut he buys hooks for him SOS he
can learn from, them what he had to learn
by cxperience,' an ! said. Yes, yo,i al
was good for me- an she said tn let her
know when I had read the book, an said
I would. an then she JUS put her arms
around me am kisset! me, an. pa, it's nice
20 he kissed by nice woman like Miss
''How much did yo,, say the book would
cost, Tommy 2"
"A dollar am a half .9uickly), an"
"Here's the money, Tommy kindly,
aud now run along. and let me read my
paper for u little while"
"Thanks, pa" said Tommy, AS he
moved toward the door. Then he reached
the street at hound and SHE'D around
the corner where N boy of about his own
age was standing.
"Hi. Jimmy :" he called out; ~ got 'nuF
from pop for two reserve seats down To
the museum AN more'n 'nufr to pay
fare an buy cigarettes besitlcsH'
The Anaconda standard., 1889-12-17
President Lincoln watchnan.
Letter to the l'ittsburg Dispatch.

James Etter, an old soldier, who for
over twenty years has been one of the day
watchmcn in the Winslcr building, which
is occupied by the bureau OF the second
auditor of the treasury. relates with pride
an interesting experience he had i'm 1861
As he was alone i'm the building one sultry
ing man entered from Seventeenth street
and politely asked him whether Surgeon
Barnes i'm his office. He replied that
Barnes had not been there since the pre-
cetling day. The stranger thanked him
and retired, hut returned half an hour
later with the same inquiry. Again rcceiv.
am Mr.. Lincoln, the president. You allow
me tn take your place rs watchnan. while
you go to Surgeon Barnes house and tell
him / want To see him. Let me have your
badge, and I will sit right here i'm your
chair and carefully attend to your duties
till you come back"
The veteran, i'm relating the story. says
that for moment he was spceCllls.ss from
astonishment. hut. quickly recovering
of the president of the United States aud
hurried OFT after DIR. Barnes. whom he
brought back with him. "Well," said the
president, he returned the badge to it's
rightful possessor. 81 have proven true to
my trust your substitute. and nothing
has gone wrong while you were away"
The old watchnau feels proud to think
that he is the only policeman who was
ever relieved by the president. Surgeon
took Ettcr half au hour to GO there and
back 80 for that space of time Abraham
Lincoln acted watclman at the
treasury department..
The Anaconda standard., 1889-12-17
HIRAM COOK ON SULLIVAN.

Nnonc98
with the Cham DsiOn.
PROM the Ram Francisco Examiner.
''Well. don't see just where these peo-
pie get OF who expect jackson to whip
Sullivan" said Hiram B. Cook tn an Err
0miner reporter.
being law outside of tho squared cirrlc
regarding sports as Is his word within the
ring when commanding contestants to
break away, or when he raises his s,iave
voice to pronounce the fatal word ''out,"
which makes ono mans reputation and
mars another's.
Few mon s.n tins hemisphere heve had
TO study carefully the technique of the
various fighters Hiram Ii. Cook. and
fewer still possess that intimate knowl-
edge of the respective worth Of the various
sloeRers. More than this, few men bring
such cool, unbiased Judgment To bear
upon them. untaintetl i'm almost every i'm
ss wSsn ss anSin"g r s' a1 Pas1s,"S,s ,S.
with which this story opens 1T struck u
chord i'm the hearts of his listeners. which
responded quite differently according to
"WeIl, ri tell you." continued the Cal
ifornia athletic club oracle, I'm not
i'm my heart that strange as il may seem
to say such N thing of q .puRilist, he is en-
hrine sh ss on: Sn MasSS af ,h;r Sy
"Do you think that he can whip Jack
son Z"
nat' n fbtueF VDtuteu tlueSttsbus ptt
/ certainly think that these ps.ople who
are expecting jackson to whip him are
reckoning without their host. What
Sa, sns "a"e ~ans their to opinions Rmn% s"i,vam Sn
has the hardest fist OF any man IN
the world and he knows how To use il.
me is just as good AS Jackson and he can
certainly hit harder"
"Do you really think that he is very
strong man ?'
..Do 1 think p" said Cook. and his blue
eyes scintillated beams OF astonislfnent
at the question. ''I'll tell yon-allegor-
rically. it wcre-just what I do think.
Suppose grant that jackson is the
most scientific man in the world and We
put him in n 24-foot ring. IL isn't very
large, In it? Well, i'm the SANE ring we
put a mule and that same mule backs
jackson up i'm q corner and begins to
kick at him? He'd get struck. wo,lltln't
he? And You can readily imagine what
the consequence would be. can't you ?''
said the dis9usted expounsier.
''well, now you mark my wortls-in or
out of condition-my sirnile will serve
when Sullivan meets jackson. l know
Sullivan mighty well, and Jackson equal.
ly SO. and have seen both men perform
Sullivan has whipped far better men than
jackson ever met.
''Just tell me a man that Sullivan ever
met, Marquis Of Queensterry rules, tina,
ne failed 20 knock out in the given -four
roundsr You cannot do IL, and they were
all good boxers. too.
You see when people begn to compare
whom the two men have met and each
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How "a Rabbit s3os Rid or Fl-as.

From the SindersSil,e lrla) lrogreSs
One of the Progress force has just
returned from n trip tai the country, and
relates the following little incident witt
messed by him while fishing: He WINS
half reclining on the hank watching his
cork for the evidence of n bite. when q
rustlinR of leaves and cracking Of dead
sticks tn the right attracted his attention.
Turning his head I'm that direction he dis
covered n rabbit cautiously making his
y tn the water. Becoming absorbed i'm
the capers of the ninii,le qliaslrslpei he re-
linquished all Thought OF the dreams he
expected to snatch from their beds and
became interested i'm what the rabbit
was doing. The little fellow at length
reached the water. where he turned
round and began gently and gradually to
back into il. In few minutes his entire
body was submerged. except the head and
face. upon which black spots began tn APP
pear. increasing the moments did, lil-
I'll the entire part became black as q
dark thunder cloud. At this tuncturc the
rabbit made plunge under the water. as
suddenly arose and skipped OF happy
a little creature as you would care to see.
Impelled by curiosity the scribe mp
proached the spot from which the rabbit
The Anaconda standard., 1889-12-17

l., sssS los .lsss e sss sscs s6:s shs:s ].
s;ns Sss .n Ssssi. q Gssen.6sS %E41 rIs..
fact, they wesrn't known until he rcsusci-
Cosamt:,:ed s % .hoos o ru'e:s s. sus q mean % siss
had been forgotten. He was horn 20 make
Marquis OF 0ueensherry rules great, and
believe he will never uect his equal NJ
.'Do You suppose that doe McAuli3e
whom he fought jackson could have stood
Gs. ossSs Iox. fSs W. nss .ch mse nSs s
couIdln't. DO yos, think that sullivan
couldn't have Knocked out Smith In two
tell yos, he could. whenevsr he has met
four rounsis, like Paddy Ryan and others,
public % - . little fun i Tor their money. bu. he
could have finished them just as easily In
one an four.
. ring !. n pcrfect demon. There isn't .
man living who can withstand his whirl-
wind charges. His opponent looks at
the % moment ss .1s he M starts tas i. c"nnos % stop
him. jackson may he able to do IL, but l
cannot SEQ how. From an unbiased sta nd.
simply beat down his guard and land ON
him as he does ON every one else.
'You sec, with three minutes to fight i'm:
one 70 rest aud his hands Pr. Iross;c,s:a tee, <.
the force of his blow, Sullivan can whip
anybody. When John L. gets in one Of
those wonderful riRht-hand blows OF his
il comes pretty near being over with the
10y You've % We seen :, !, hi him hRht. Mr.. Cook; how
rising from his seat and making both fists
fly through the air like the pistons Of the
limited express, his eyes twinkiinR and
face aRlow in rcmernberance of how John
l., does fight,
The Anaconda standard., 1889-12-17
SPORTING GOSSIP.

~Pop" SveeA . Califcruie cescher. has
GiGned with che Boston brotherhood team.
TAe Neasoaal Bsse-Ban League of Great
Eli s nns Ss9 sro% sISis:s ~. sS:nsa1 naa '.''n'
II an eoss well I'm thu brosherhood camp,
nexs ycas viii furnish the livclicss base
6all ssason In tho annals Of tlsc game.
sss,.: 70 ,e.s :; tsSSsh s:s. ,c,;e ms;sls,ss sss,
end FArell before many more days pass
Ths Cushine- Gibbons match, which ..
in9 erc.s iasorsss in eastern sporting
eiscses.
Clsrkson q evidently the champion liar
sS.s % be .ssnsa med q % consracs NJ % With she Bosson
bsagsse club before he left for the coast.
Pluneer Burton, the hooknlaker, has
fsllcn into the hands of sharpsh1oters at
600 Out of him I'm three sittings.
neieier of che Giants, j. .iill ON the fence,
mind as 70 Which way he win jump.
a man who gave his nams a. James
Fell. and claimed tn be u prize fighter, was
scntenced 70 year in the Auburn prison
Elmira the other day.
The Cleveland Leader says il learns
from good authority that certain OF last
20 apply for honorable dismissal from the
brotherhood i'm order that they may rcjoin
the league.
Another athletic club, to he known as
the Audubon, has been organised in New
Orleans, Captain Bob Galvin,a close friend
Of sullivan, will be it's managcr. and large
mill for scmi-snonthly.
Ike Weir has finally begun tn train for
his fight With Billy Murphy, the Austral-
ian. nc hand which s; ne came near % ,s si,oos %
tending physician has warned him that,
unlcss he rsfrains absolutely from into.i-
eating iiquors, be will not be answerable
for the consequences.
Young Mitchell. the clever young mid
Slle-weight OF California. was married
la.t week and 10 of ON bridal tour. He
will return to the coast about the middle
battle With the winner OF the Dempsey
that he So,'e. % Iii. opponens will h be Disss Ds.mp.
defeating the Nonparcii than by. finishing
the battle, which will occur In March.
The following cable dispatch was re-
Seived ~ the Poi. Potioe Gasefss Office il Mon;
their hackers met To do-tlay tn complete
the arrangements for their fight for
Ei,00O. II was agreed that the fight should
that KilrAin and Smith fought, and that
not more than sixty tickets, not including
pected that Slavin aud smith will be ar
rested and required to obtain suret,cs not
20 fight in England: Thompson Bros. OF
and IL il reported that there is c5.OOo more
coming from Australia hacking their
champion.
Manager Mutrie can not fully under
stand the present base ball tanHle, and In
IA restlc.s as u Gagged tiger at the inactiv-
ity forced upon him. ~ will give any
players credit for one thing" said he re-
has been going ON for long time, yet
did not get an inkling Of il until late in
the season. We were going from Pitts
burg 10 Cleveland, I remembers, when l
heard O'Rouke whisper to one of the
players: If this thing goes through l
will be sorry for Day and Mutsic.' That
ont that the players of all the clubs had
been holding regular meetings i'm Cleve-
land every time they went to thnt city.
thought knew u hall player pretty well,
but was mistaken, for l never thought
they would keep secret"
The Anaconda standard., 1889-12-17
A Nnlcnnic i.r,,siuc,inn.

A Honolulu paper thus describes n curious
substance thrown of by the molten lava
and found close to the lakes of Hire at the
volcano: ut clings to the adjoining rocks
i'm nber-like threads of tiaxen color, and
has the appearance of human hair; hut
mixed with IL are sharp PARTICLES of black
lava. Considering that this substance is n
mineral production, il is wonderfully fiex-
ible and tough-tentling easily. hut not
sluctile i'm it's present state or capable, of
being len0thened. Ii is peculiar to this
volcano. and is certainly "A singular pro-
sltiction."
The Anaconda standard., 1889-12-17
~. MONTANA'S
Popular Price House.

An open proposition to those
that bought goods of us within
the last
SIXTY DAYS.
Now that you as buyers have
an opportunity of comparing
styles. qualities and prices we de-
sire that a comparison be made at
once. If we have in a single in
stance charged more for any arti-
Gle than you can now buy the
same elsewhere. we hereby guar
antee to refund the difference.
whatever it may be. We also
agree to take back and return
money for any and all purchases
that have been made Of us that
have not proven as represented
that have not come up to your ex-
pectations.
Nothing can be more fair than
this and it is for every buyer to
Test US and look into this matter
for themselves.
We know it to be a matter of
fact that we are selling goods for
less profit than any house in the
city.
1t is for buyers to find out for
themselves.
We have turned our entire stock
of goods within the last
NINETY DAYS.
Have sold over $4,000 worth
of goods.
We have an entire new stock
bought since the late fire and will
press up all the advantages we
have obtained by reason of such
a large increase of business.
If you want a cloak or dress
pattern all we ask is for you as
buyers to compare our styles.
qualities and price-get samples
from other houses-get ours-take
them home with you.
We don't ask you to bring sam
pies from other houses; we want to
be fair. want you to use your own
Judgment.
Have our wraps sent to your
homes for comparison; we want
every buyer to see what we are
doing and what our competitors
are doing.
This is the only intelligent way
of getting at facts.
With an immense stock of dry
goods. carpets. wall paper and
clothing we feel confident of being
able to serve our customers with
advantage such as cannot be over
come.
Our stock of holiday goods is
moving rapidly. We have but
short time to sell these goods in.
hence we miss no sales.
Respectfully.
J. r. Boyce, Jr., g. Co.
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had BOUNDED, ,psssed down upoa ths vaAse
and there bs6sld countlssS .collectioa oe
neas Goatin9 on thu surface. This y te1o
way the rabe51ts ss0oA" themselv0s, - 10 u
called, ~ the scribe aft0rWassls learned.
CeL Nsssh s.A lsas Psssesss.
FrOm the New YORK Bsn-
Col. North, the nitrate king. has bssn
taking up lot Of New Yorkers who have
made London tlseir heanQuassess for .
number Of years, and incidentally he has
made . number Of them rich. They are
men Of the Tom Burnside type, who are
popular In the Savage club and I'm ths
hotels frequented by American guests,
and tho nitrate king has used them large
" on account Of their wide acqssaiutancs
with visiting foreigners I'm London. He -
In some respects the most remarkable
man I'm the financial world. for every
man whom he takes up 9,akee . fortune
oslt of the influence OF the nitrate man
king. Lord Randolph Churchill was the
first distinguished and prominent man In
Great Britain TO fall under the influence
Of the nitrate king, hut the list Of depend
ents and salb-wOrkers has been very much
extended since then. Col. North's schemes
are multitudinous. He is what the Eng
lishInen call q promoter, and any railroad
or enterprise In which he In Interested is
sure Of q liberal subscription from the
British public. Most Of them gamble on
the colonel's luck without any particular
examination into the enterprises which he
represents. Everything he touches APP
pears to turn to gold.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-07
rrr RICHMOND NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. DECEMBER Z. 1889

tons entertainment Of the most diverting
nature. At her open window, IN Bucking-
rot which attracts hundreds of people
every day to hear him talk. The crowd
one Sunday was 80 great that the
policeman had TO request the people
10 move on. Move on" echoed the
parrot TO the intense delight Of the mob.
"Polly. what is o'clock, 4" asked man. The
parrot, pretending TO look at the clock.
cried ont in answer, " Half past 3" and he
was right. How old are you, Polly2n
answer. which of course provoked great
merriment. in which the parrot joined.
Asked what day of the week it was. the
wretch hoped about screaming, Sun
dav: 60 TO prayers. Ora pro nObis," and
fell into paroxysm of laughter, which was
utlito contagious.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-07

It's instructors are young and thoroughly
educated Armenians or Greeks, aided and
directed by the Americans OF tho mission.
We hao heard of the educational work
which the Americans are fostering In Tur-
KEY. but the sight Of this institution in sue
cessful work in the midst Of the land whose
intellectual light is "a dark as Erebus
aroused our enthusiasm 10 a high pitch.
There is no school Of anywhere near the
same standard of learning within 800 miles,
and II is looked up to with the greatest adj
miration by all classes of the people. Like
all young colleges IL is in a very acute
crisis with reference 60 funds most OF the
time; but notwithstanding this II is GER
tain 20 do a most important ne well IA
permanent work for the uplifting OF the
level of manliness and of thought for peo-
pie who sadly need IL.
In the same large enclosure with the col
lege. but separated from IL by the houses
OF the three missionaries, is seminary for
girls. where nearly hundred young wo-
men are wrestling with the sciences. A
theological seminary also exists at this same
place. Since these institutions are All
American in their organization and their
ideas il is well that Americans should know
that they have something of which they
have a right to be proud in this out ot-the-
way town at the foot of the Tavshans Dagh
Mountains
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-07
ENGLISH ARMY LIFE.
WHAT 1T COSTS TO GET IN AND
STAY IN.
Rates of EecimentaI Pay--A Young ON.
GERS Kecp-Prospects When Once
In-sfen Eager TO Enter.

Lord Palmerston ia credited with saying
that there was no need 10 raise the pay OF
officers in the English army by one penny,
rs he would engage TO get as many oncers
as were wanted to serve for nothing. Lord
Palmerston knew what he was saying and
that the supply Of officers would never fail.
He understood that there existed an at
traction strong enough TO make the army,
in spite of the meagreness of It's mate
rial rewards, n profession into which
large percentage of young Englishmen
are eager TO enter. Since there Is no father
in England who is anxious TO educate and
provide for his sons who may not have to de-
eide whether he can afford TO put at least
one Of them into the army, the Pall-Mall
Gazette undertakes 20 answer the two ques-
tions, How does a boy get into the army?
and what does getting in cost? and What
are his prospects present andfuture, alter
he has got in!
THE first question, at any rate" says
the Gazette. "can be answered quite cate
gorically. Putting aside for the present
the possibility. which is nevertheless ire
ouently made use of by gentlemen's sons.
of simply enlisting and trusting TO good
conduct to win commission alter three
or four years of service i'll the ranks, and
putting aside also the Queens cadetships.
which are only available for privileged
few. the ordinary methods of entering the
commissioned ranks of the army are two:
One Is through the military colleges and
the other IS through the militia. For both
of these ways the candidate must be pre-
pared TO pass a preliminary qualifying eX-
animation. 1t may he passed at fifteen,
but the more general age is from sixteen
to seventeen.
After passing it he can choose for HIM
self which way lie prefers. If he decides
for the military colleges, which IS usually
considered the best and most direct course,
he must make up his mind whether he
wants to try for artillery and engineers or
for any other branch of the army. If he
wants artillery or engineers he must 90. up
for Woolwich: if any of the other banches
for Sandhnrst. For both of them the COM
petition Is severe and the examination
In order TO give some measure OF com
parison with the prizes to be hoped for IN
other professions. il seemed, however, ne
cessary 10 try, and all that has been done
accurately is to put down the latest age at
which, according to the royal warrant any
officer may remain III the rank named. IN
the upper ranks this age IL often closely
fr;nged, and is a matter Of anxious anticl-
patton. retirement becoming compulsory
if promotion is not obtained IN time. IN
thelower ranks il becomes, however purely
nominal. No subaltern was ever heard OF
who remained unpromotcd to the age OF
fOrtY-tVc:
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-07
PRINCE HATzFELDT's ClRCUs-RlOER.
When She Died He Vowed Never to Marry,
but Broke His Promise.
UondOu Figarol

The following story is told of Prince
HatZfeldt, who was married recently TO
Miss Huntington: Prince HatZteldt has
hada part in aromantic episode. hethree
IOisset sisters were all crcu s-rders, but
they were all three strictly yirtuOus. well
brought up, graceful, clever, and pretty.
The eldest sister married a French gentle
man and retired from the circus ring, and
two Of the most aristocratic and highly
born patricians Of Germany fell in love
with the two younger sisters Prince Henry
of Reuss and Prince HlatZfeldt. Whom old
Kaiser Wilhelm heard OF the projected
mesallianccs he was very angry.
Won Reuss. openly Ignoring the express
commands of his sovereign, married the
second Nile. LOisset. sacrificing his prince
lv rank and title and taking mp his resi-
dcnce in Belgium with his wife as simple
Count and Countess of Reichenfels. But
Won Reuss felt acutely the change IN hisso-
cial position, and although the Countess Of
Reicheufels was the most devoted Of wives.
the Prince destroyed himself a few years
ago. The Youngest of the three sisters. Mile.
Emile LOisset, was also by lar the pref
test and most graceful and most sought
after. Prince HatZfeldt laid his heart and
title in the sawdust m the feet Of the tair
fcipyere. and she promised to become his wife.
But Nile. LOisset while trying p dangerous
horse in the arena of the winter circus IN
Paris one afternoon was severely crushed
by the animal falling on her. Three days
later she succumbed 20 her terrible lnju-
ries. Prince liatzteldt swOre he would
never marry. and. buying the horse which
had caused all this mischief, he unreasOn-
ably destroyed the poor brute which had
crushed 20 death his afiianced BRIDE He
has not, however, kept his oath.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-07
Piano, M bargains.

Secondhand Pianos. some but slightly
used, comprising instruments of the best
makers, for sale on easy terms at low prices.
Write us or call.
MANLY H. RAMOS Il Co..
Main street next 10 corner Of Ninth.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-07
A Rrn,nrknhIn parrnt.

Mrs. Mackay. the Bonanza Queen" has,
writes tho London correspondent of the
Manchester Courier. provided during her
absence the public of London witha gratui-