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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-17

ibid yo'I saw that wood j told yoi
about >" asked the lady of the house of
the tramp tn whom she had given ~ dim
ncr.
"Madame," he replied. and IL look of
contempt fitted across his tawIiy face, ~
ann surprised that SO good u cook and
housewife as you should he so ungrani-
n,atical. You should say Did yotI see
that wood: Saw is proper only i'm u
question referring To tho perfect tense. I
can not work FOR one SD unctiltlrssd, for
fear I should In contaminated. Ta-ta."-
Laurence 4 WeFic0a.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-17
BIDS FOR

formation. plans. etc.. call ON ar address the I'M
dersigned. w. II. HARRISON. Residence cor. 9th
AMI Oak streets.
Anaconda. september III. 1ss9.
7 THE JUSTICES OUR OF ANACONDA
Il township. in the county of Deer IIHlge, terri
tory ~ Montana. Before Nd Fitz Patrick. Jus
tict of tn. Peace.
FRANZ NEwkIRk.
Versus Alias summons
FRITZ REiTER.
defendant.
The People of the Territory of Montana. tn the
;boNr-named defendant. greeting:
Nuu are hereby summoned to he and appear
before me. NJ. y. Fitz Patrick. u .Iustir &c III the
Peace, in and for the county Of Deer Ledge. M
my office, i'm Anaconda. on Tuesday. the stl day
81 thtol1r. a. ID. IsS9, at 10 O'closk IL. IN. of said
day. ar within ten days thereafter, then and
there TO make answer to the complaint of Frank
Ncwkirk. the aiuvt-ianled plaintiff, In ~ civil
action to recover the sum Of twenty ,aW dollars.
for rent Of room furnished you at Your special in
stance and request 10y plaintiff. from June .NtlI.
Iss9. to August 10Th. lssa. and In default thereof.
Judgment will b. rendered against you. Fritz
Reiter. the al,ovs.-nanleti defendant for the sum
Of twenty '.D, dollars and costs Of suit i'm his be-
half expended.
Given under my hand this 10th day of Srptcm-
Der. 4. d.. tssa. NJ. j.. FtIZ PATRICK.
Justice of the Peace.
A.. y. IbnowN y, Attorney for Plaintiff.
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HOW TO TEST DIAMONDS.
o ~thssls 0T Detersntntng the Value EFT the
Precious stones.


'.sThe method employed for determining
the gcnuineness of diamonds at the Bra
lillian mines il tn rub them with black
m,astic. which will adhere IL the gem IL
real. DIR u diamond may he rubbed
against another diamond. it's purity being
judged by the resulting sound. The hest
of all tests, though, il that Of refraction.
Unlike all other ,rystals. the diamond has
not double rtfractinH power. which means
appear as IL multiplied by two. II yon
have "a diamond Of which you are doubt
fui look az a pin through IT you see
'.Diamonds do not fiuctiiate much in
value, l presume ." suggested Washing
"No,"~ responded the dealer. .But they
steadily advance. in price. The demand
for them seems continually To grow and
the cost of digging for the gems increases
with the depth of the excavations in the
Acknowledging blue clay Of South Africa
and Brazil. Nothing short of the discovery
down i'm market. The African diamond
mines were. found by some children of a.
poor Boer family, who brought to their
mother one evening IA dozen shining pe,t-
bles they had picked up, which werS. after
wards sold by the good woman for AN
n Mincs arc OF larSeis " w nSss II na s"x Wholly ss
by slaves, and I have heard that IL u man
finds ~ really valuable gem hs' is often
Ypst and pur.st diamond ina tlc world was
found in Soutl, Africa in 1ss4 and weighed
originally 400 carats. II was reduced, by
fragment chippasl of h2.inv bought by the
king of Portugal for 10000 The rajah of
Nattan's famous diamond. until recently
the largest known i'm the world. weighed
MI carats, aud the MoR,ll gem 27O carsts,
i'm their rough state, so that the one from
the cape easily holds first place.
..Dat Ar slsoas."
IL was down i'm westmorsland recent
~" said IA department clerk the other
.1.x- -. Nl~.,1sN. D..f ,..,. Gl,..
was N lively crowd. Between riding,
driving and cunning we enjoyed ourselves
immensely. Sitting on the Grand one
morning just before "a cunning expedition
we saw a hog conn" In al the gate and
cross the lawn AT about lO yards range.
A bantering wager Was made and we
opened "a fnsil..de with rifles. No one
seemed tn reach him. Finally I took aim
and pulled the trigger. Piggy jumped,
trottcd into the road, and fell dead. l had
shot him through the body.
THAT must have been Uncle Dawes
hog said one of the boys. Uncle Dave
was an old colorcd man who lived "a quar-
ter of a mile down the road. SURF enough
il WAS Uncle Dawes and he was on the
spot and made a. great lamcntation in less
well, Uncle Dave. what is the dam
dat VALUABLE hawgr"
"What Ii your loss?
"Wouldnt er laws dat ar hawg for nuf-
"But how much do you want:"
MY feeiin,s + h"r''1i. Dat -l'"a' jos
will money pay you: How much
money do you want"
TEX powerful damages ter sonvc Unc'
dat .hoat fer less N two doilyer~ IN or
well, here arr, $50 and you can keep
Uncle Dave took the money and
wheeled the pig home. That evening he
showed mp with IA most wos-bcgone face.
"Dat ar. ShO.tt no RsAbl. DE meat all
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-17
a Family ar Isrsrs.

Tuesday morning Warren Ss.hnell of
Somcrville. n. ", noticed that the grass
i'm one of his fields looked as IL some ami
NAL had been eating IL. About s o'clock
I'm the evening he returned, armed with
his Winchestcr rrpeater, and found a
whole family of hears I'm the field. The
two old ones were grazing the cubs, about
2 months old. were playing around their
mother. Mr.. Schnell whistlcd, which
caused her tn raise her head, and he
planted "a bullet Ina her breast. Mr.. Schnell
then turned his attention To the cubs. one
Of the fence. and watched their dying
mother. A bullet apiece killed them, and
AS the last one fell, the bear which had
made no attempt to defend his family,
turned tail and ran for his life.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10
The BottIe-Trick Fakir

There is no more ingenious fakir than
the dapper little man with the bottle
trick. Now that he has grown wealthy
on the quarters of the impecunlous
young men of speculative turn of mind
who think they can get gold watch
without working for it, he begins ia
thirst for fame. "Why," said he s.I'm
the only one of the profession who
hasn't been written up in the papers.
The other fellows, who work the pea and
thimble games and other chestnut fakes
are we'll advertised, but I'm left to hustle
for myself. This bottle trick is some
thing of my own invention. 1 built it
with an eye to my own pocket, and as
still have the two prize watches bought
when started the game, I've succeeded
pretty we'll"
The trick is very simple. A wooden
bottle is placed on little folding table.
A scnifold, from which hangs little
chain with n ball at the end is then sus-
pended over the bottle: The trick is to
throw the ball and knock the bottle
down with the ball as it returns. Cnless
the bottle is hit square in the middle it
won't fall. The ingenuity of the trick
is apparent when it is seen that the ball
always curves as it flies back and lust
scrapes the outside of the bottle. Tine
man himself has the curve down fine, and
can knock the bottle over every shot.
He takes great delight in showing every
Moses who comes to the fair how easy it
is to win u gold watch for q Quarter.
But lie never lets on that he is the only
man who can knock the bottle down.
Ne,o York Sun.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10
Silk Hats Need no Polishing.

Sail fashionable downtown halter:
81 wish had dollar for every time
polish silk hat. It's absolutely ri die.
ulous, the way men drop in, perhaps as
often rs twice q week, to have their hats
polished.
"Most Of them are customers, and OF
course I never charge them anything.
Then don't think it good business pol.
icy to charge strangers, for they might
become customers. In fact, do gain q
good deal of custom by polishing the
strangers hats rs matter of course and
being very courteous about it. When
they offer to pay I say in an of-hand
way that we never charge for that work,
and invite them to give me call some
time when they want to buy hat. And
very often, as 1 said, they do.
''But the frequency with which the
same man brings in the same hat is rath-
er absurd. The hat is already as lus.
trous as it can we'll be made, and unnec.
essary polishing only wears it out. But
il wouldn't do to tell the customer this.
send the hat do wnttairs and have il
kept there ten minutes and then sent up,
perhaps without its having been
touched. But the man doesn't know
this, and departs imagining his headgoa,
sheds bri, liter rad .ance than when he
entered. "-Ne,o Yor1t World.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10
Filbustiers.

The West Indian pirates were COM
monty known by the name of flibusticrs
or freebooters, which some authorities
refuse to trace to 'free" and ''booters,"
Tor plunderers,) and find It's original in
the Flemish wlibot or flibot, Riad OF
small swift boat, specially adapted to
piratical cruising. The earliest ilibus-
tiers were English and French hunters,
who lived by the chase and by their
plundering excursions in the sea of tho
Antilles In order to provide themselves
with common rendezvous and asylum
they made n descent in 1880 on the ISL
and of Tortuga, two leagues to the north
OF San Domingo, and captured it. The
settlement viii Ii they formed there in
creased rapidly in numbers, and was di-
vided into three distinct classes the
buc aneers, who were engaged in hunt
ing oxen and bears, the hides of viii Ii
they sold when sun-died, or buccaned :;
the inhabitants, who labored at the till
lage of the ground, and the flibustcrs
who pursued the avocation of pirates.
The last-named were recruited to great
extent from the Fren h marine, and OBJ.
tanned their chiefs among the Knights
OF Malta. But there were large bodies
OF English seamen engaged in the illicit
trade, and some Of the most sue essful
and notorious b iccancering hiefs were
English Captains. Their ships. at all
events in the carly years of the West In
dian piracy, were small and badly pro-
visioned, and fotilla OF three or four
would not carry more than $50 men,
They. took up their position at the
mouths of the rivers, lying in wait for
tn, Spanish trading vessels. When one
appeared they threw 1t their grapp ing
irons and earried it by boarding. Then
they repaired to the nearest island and
divided the booty; or, if their prize
proved to be Il vessel of Importance,
armed it as a ship of war, appointed to
it Captain, and, with the assistance OF
half dozen of the foremost men, ar.
ranged plan of voyage, and, having
settled everything, each mans rights,
the partition of prize money, and the
extra allowances in money or slaves for
= wounds received in combat, hung clt
their canvas to the wind. In this Way
the flibustiers gradually land even rapid
ly) replaced their tiny craft by we'll.
found ships of goodly size and equip
ment. Gen'iGmtn' Kagaeiae.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10
A Nabob's stupondous Enterprise.

Two men, one somewhat gray haired,
md the other slender aud dark whisk-
cred, were walking down Broadway
The other day unnoticed in the great
throng of passers s'Thesc two meh are
among the weAlthicst in this city, and
sach represents many millions" said
well-posted broker to New York Nail
md Express reporter. "Who are they2
The gray haired gentleman is j. ii.
Flagler, and the other is Jay o. Moss,
who has more duties to perform in the
way of being at the head Of great in
dustries than any man know. lie is
Treasurer of the Cotton Seed Oil Trust,
President OF the Hooking Valley Coal
and Iron Trust, is connected with the
Richmond Terminal, the Baltimore and
Ohio and many other railroads, uul yet
he is no! happy, and has engaged in
another big enterprise that would make
the head OF the Marquis dc Mores swim
to contemplate. AIo,es had n dream
that he could handle all the cattle in
the West and bring the meat here direct
for market. He had good ideas in the
main, but, he had the middleman to
light and he lost. Well, Flaglcr is
President aud Moss Vice. President
of the American Meat Company,
organized not long ago, and they prnc.
tically have the largest Punches in tho
West at their disposal. 1t is something
stupcndous to contemplate. The follow.
ing men / know have their ranches in
The list: Congressman S. V. White, cx.
Secretary Delano, John b. Alley, the
Boston millionaire, who has the third
largest ranch of my in the company;
II. q. lngersoll and L. G. Converse pro.
prictor of the National Tube Works in
Pittsburg. The latter employs 5000
mon in his works. The great plant at
Kansas City has been bought, and there
the cattle will be killed and the meat
shipped here. At least 20, OOn pounds
Of beef per day will be shipped. aud 200
refrigerator cars have already been pur.
chased and are now in constant use.
They have also purchased aud own just
l,Saa, 900 acres OF land in the West, an
area larger than Connecticut. On this
commonwealth of land $50, 600 head Of
cattle Craze and fattcn for the Eastern
market. In order to keep active Mr..
Moss has added this little industry to
his daily duties.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10

down. On tho contrary it "pinched'
all at once, and the visinns OF perpetual
9lviaends Vanished. There was sud
aen collapse OF the market and the pub.
nc OIL pan francisco was door, but
Fi9od, Maskay, Fair and o'Brien were
r'cn oeyond all anticipation.
~ rs est,mated that the bonanza yleided
Lii,voV,oo", ana ie mas oeen stated
.ua' !he income o, OF the ioue mon was ae
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10
Living Wholly on the Cary.

l met a commercial traveller in the
Hoffman House a few days ago. He
pointed out fact not often recognized.
''The great cities throughout the West
he said, "are all situated equally distant,
that is, in regard to time. They arc
from nine to twelve hours from one an.
other. The result of this is that many
commercial men live wholly ON the cars,
moving from place to place, doing busi.
ness in different cities day after day.
st. Louis 20 Kansas City; to Chicago, ia
indianapolis, twelve hours. The same
with the other cities. y Mso Yuk
World.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10
A White Girl Weds n Sioux

Miss Gertrude Britton, seamstress at
the Yankton Agency, in Dakota, was
recently married to Wellington, full
bloodcd Sioux Indian. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. Joseph It,
Cook, an Episcopal minister at the
agency.
The bride is said to be beautiful
young lady, OF pleasing appearance.
The Indian is said to be poor and re-
pulsive. Every possible effort was made
by the agent 10 dissuade the unfortunate
young woman from her rash step. She
il at present living with Wellington in o
log hut near Greenwood. - Commercial
.fdse,t sr.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10
WORDS OF wIsDoM.

9o'S Will Out.
Woe makes maui
War is suspension of morality.
Do not kick every one in your path.
Learn to think and act for yourself.
A woman canno, be sought; che must
be found
love betters the best, aud, may save
the worst.
No accidents are so unlucky but that
the prudent may draw some advantage
from them.
When in travelling Chesterfield is
discovered arrangements should be mado
to fire gun.
Evidence seems to show that age
Affects the intensity of sleep more than
tho frequency of dreams.
When rulers want war they declare it.
They then order some lawyer. statesman
to publish the reasons.
The man who gives his children habits
of industry provides for them better than
by giving them fortune.
We want characters that will stand
temptation, and not snap asundcr under
the sudden pre- ,suros Of life.
Nothing sets so wide mark between
noble and vulgar soul as respect for
and reverential love of womsnkind.
The greater the want of logic, the
greater the auditors. Nothing is more
talacious than war, yet what has more
ievotees.
In love one is often disappointed, sur.
prised, unhappy; but still one loves.
On the brink of the grave one looks
back to say have suffered much,
was disappointed at times, butt have
loved!
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10
The SnI,lcr.Weh Party

The 'spider- party is the latest
fad with people bent on novelty. Five
strings are stretched from nails in one
room to pieces OF furniture in another,
where their ends are concealed. A
guest is given certain string in the
first room aud is supposed to trace it to
its hiding point in the next. favor OF
some sort being the reward, it having
been fastened to the concealed end OF
the string. The disentangling of these
strings is no easy matter. The card of
invitation to one of these parties has a
spiders web engraved in the corner OF
the card. - Commercial Aduer,iur.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10
An EmhIttered Poet.

Edgar Allan Poe, the poet, says u
writer in Ifa,ptr's Magazine, was about
five feet eight inches tall, and had dark,
almost black hair, which he wore long
and brushed back in student style over
his ears. 1t was as fine az silk. His
eyes were large and full, gray and pierre
ing. He was then, | think, entirely
cleanly shaven. His nose was long and
straight and his features finely cut. The
expression about his mouth was beauti-
full. He was pale and had no color. Fl is
skin was of clear, beautiful olive. He
had sad. melancholy look. He was
very slender when | first knew him, but
had fine figure. an erect military car
riage and quick step. But it was his
manner that most charmed. It was Gle.
giant. When he looked at you it seemed
as if he could read your very thoue hts.
His voice was pleasant and musical, but
not deep.
He always wore black frock coat
buttoned up, with cadet or military
collar, low turn over shirt collar, and
n black crasat tied in loose knot He
did not follow the fashions, but had e
style of his own. His was loose way
of dressing, MS If he didn't care. You
would know that he was very different
from the ordinary run of young men.
AiTectionatel 1 should think he was
he was passionate in his love-
My intimacy with Mr.. Poe isolated me
good deal. In fact, my girl friends
were many Of them afraid OF him, and
forsook me ON that account. know none
of his male friends. He despised Igno-
rant people, and didn't like trifling and
small talk. re didn't like dark skinned
people. When lie loved, he loved des-
perately. Though tender and very af-
fectionaic, he had quick, passionate
temper and was very jealous. His feel
ings were intense, and he had but little
control of them. He was not we'll
balanced; he had too much brain He
acoiTed Mt everything sacred, and never
went to church. II he had had eligion
to guide him, nc would have been a
better man. He said often that there
WAS mystery hanging over him he never
could fathom. He believed he was born
to suffer, and this embittered his whole
life.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10
An Athletic Vegetarian

Mr.. r.. f. Thacker, of this city, now
in his ninth year of total abstinence from
meat, took pedestrian trip in the ad.
jscent country of over fifty miles one
day last summer, without the least diff.
Guilty. He published the interesting
fact in the hope that the demonstration
of capability of such feat with the fare
ne feeds on might lead worthy people to
consider whether there is really need OF
slaughter of vast numbers of innocent
creatures for human food-'the great
question on which vegetar,anism must
stand or fall. "--Meio York 1ribane.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10
A Public Denerac,or.

WHO 70 II. H. Warner. Of Rochs,scr m
x.,. whose SoSc Remedies, especially War.
oers Saio Cure, have attain,d auch success
AMI celebrity at home and abroadf'
The question Is inspired as much nv afgoo.
uon az curiosity, since through his fnstru.
mentality hundreds OF thousands, ia both
hemisphe!cs, have been restored 10 health
and hnppinvss
Hon. Ii. u. Warner, then, Is leading and
honored resident OF Rochester, not oniy' hut
prominent and influential citlsen Of the
United statea On several occasions chosen
by his party as National delegate 10 nonni.
nate President OF tho Republic, he has been
member OF the Republican. State Commit.
too aud Of its Executive COMMITTEES. He IA "A
memoer OF tue American Institution for th3
hdyancemsnt OF Science; President OF The
Nechcster Chamber OF Commerce; a euccess.
tul and upright business man Ho has given
away fortunes In charities The Celebrated
and costly Warner Observatory Of Rochester
was eonce1yed, endowed, and Is maintained
by him. His munf1cont prizes for tho dIs.
covery OF comets has boon at oncs the won
DER and delight OF the scientific world.
the yellow ievsr ecourxe In the South, the
ONO Hoods. TIE fro disasters OF Roohester
and other cities awakened his profoundest
for from $500 TO 5000 swellei the several 10.
LEI funds Where other wealthy mon give
s aSs AND panarsa., no gives hundreds nd
HIS charities aro as ready and maxnlac,ns
e. Bic enterprises and public spirit arc bound.
4he world hos noed Of moro such mon.
An incident led him into tho manufacture
OF medicine. Soixed some twelve years ago
with what the ablest pbyslclans termed fatal
kidney disease, he was n,racuiously restored
to health by what is now known as = arner's
Safe euro. At moe he resolved - make
known the merits OF so potent a remedy, and
tho consequence 10 that to day 40 has im-
menso laboratories and Warehouses In tha
United Statee, Canada, England, Germany,
Austria, Australia and Burmah. Sales OF
bis Safo Remedies are enormous, and their
power ovor disease Smply marvellous
Tho MORT OF q production is In exact keep
Ing with tho character OF It's producer An
honest and reliable man himself, Mr.. Warner
makes honest and reliable msdlcines-a fact
abundontly attested by their phenomenal
efficacy and popularity.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10
A Radical Cure for EpIropt,o Eli,

To The Ediior-Plcnse inform your readers
that have positive remedy for tho above
named disease which warrant TO euro the
worst cases. So strong Ia my faith In Its vlr.
tues that will send II ce a sample bottle and
valuable trentise TO any sufferer who will give
me his o. and Express nddrcas. Resp'y,
II. q. ROOT, NJ. Q d, lS3 Pearl ST.. New York.
II afflicted with sore eyes uHo DIR. Isaac
Thompson's Eye-water. Druggists soil ut go.
per bottle.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10
AM Audlence Gaugea by Molstnre.

~ can tell you how large au audience
there is in the house any evening with
out looking" said the leader of a Broad.
way theater orchestra the other day.
Howe" interrupted STIR reporter.
My violin bow tells the tale. When
the hou C is full the moisture coming
from the audience lessons the tension O?
the hairs on the bow, and am com.
PEELED to tighten them many times dur
ing an evening. If the air is dry, of
course, this is avoided You have no
idea how the sound OF II violin is affected
by the weather. Damp atmosphere will
loosen and flatten the strings, and the
result is screeching sound from the
instrument. The body of the instru
ment is also affected by the atmosphere.
Moisture gets into the wood and the
violin gives forth IN unnatural tone. The
moisture thus lowers the pitch, and it ls
exceeding di Kcult TO keep the instru
ment rightly tuned on damp evening,
The wind instruments are affected in an
opposite way. Dampness contracts the
metal, and the result is a higher pitch.
It frequently happens that there is a
difference of an entire note between the
wind and string instruments in playing
a selection. '-Neio Y.rk Star.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10

A clergyman, after years OF suffering from
that lonthsomc disease, Catnrrh. aud vainly
prescription which completely cured and saved
him from death; Any sufferer from this dread.
envelope 10 Prof. j. A. Lawrence, IS Warren
st.. ", will receive the recipe free of charge.