The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-16
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d IoTISS.
A man i'm Valparaiso, Ind, has been sen-
fenced to- thirty days i'm Jail and disfran-
chiscd for one year for stealing a hat he
crime i'm official circles was at last tn he
punished.
Buffalo Bill has been invited To take
his show to st. Petersburg. Bill tn
go and wrcstlc the Gar around n mile
track i'm the Deadwood coach n few times.
Death 10y dynamite would then seem n
luxury to that p~otentate.
Troy. n. ", and Kansas City. Mo-, are
both suffering from invasioDs OF fieas.
The janitor of n school i'm Troy declares
that millions OF the insects make the
building their headquarters. and that he
sweeps them up by pailfuls. Somebody
ought to put one of the insects into his ear
to remind him that the capacity of swat
lowing has it's limitations in most people.
An unQailant act Of two Maine boys In
reportcd 10y the lewiston Journals: 'In
one Maine town il . very heavy girl. She
il quite sensitive about her weigh and il
is not generally known hut two mischiev-
Gus young men wanting To know IL, one
Of them persuaded her tn stop and speak
with him on tho hay scales. The owner
of the scales was i'm the plot and quickly
weighed them. The weight OF the man
being subtracted. left the amount of :O1
pounds for the girl"
II you don't get left anywhere but I'm
your legs, you will journey through life
all right. An English physician has proved
that ''left l~eRgs-dness'' is conscquen upon
right handedness, Standing working with
the right hand, there il "a tendency tn use
the left leg for balance, and as the left
leg il the stronger il Is more readily
brought into action Hence troops start
with the left foot and place the left foot
into the Stirrtlpp mr. stem nf the hiavDla i'm
mounting. The majority of
are therefore performed more readily to
the light.
Rev. Charles Mclean, of Fargo,is about
tn he tried by the North Dakota Presby-
terrain synod for fostering ideas on the
temperance question in the recent elec-
ton not i'm accord with those laid down ny
the Presbyterian denomination. Mr..
L IN the author of % document
which received wide circulation ny the
anti-prohibitionists during tho campaign.
Il in even broadly limited that the good
himself. He draws marked distinctions,
il seems, mtemperance, temper
ance and prohibition; that IL To say he
tween inebriety, intoxication, drunkenness,
bibulosity, moderation and abstinence; or
tn he more explicit between, soak, load,
Jag. booze, set EN- up ag'in, and soda for
me. please. II the Presbyterian synod Of
North Dakota will make u thorough and
PXnnllSt1ve 9tll(ly OF MI. MCLEAN l1nG OF
defense i'm all it's qualifications, il will be
i'm great condition to pass Judgment upon
him.
In the recent autumn manRuvres in
Germany the terrifying Of an i~ntrcnched
position with barbed wire fencing was
found tn he very ctiicacious and the fence
will undoubtedly bs n feature of the
future military operations of the world.
IL the peculiar merits of the barlpcd wire
fence arc not seen at a glance, they
will at least make themselves felt when
the proper time comes. The good old
rail fence of the war of the rebellion has
had it's day. 1t did its service well. Ii
did not form the most perfect breast
works known To military science ever at
that day. hut il was n constant source of
comfort nevertheless. its recesses almost
always afrortiing n few moments respite
from the heat of battle during which the
valiant soldier could take n pleasant
swig with diminished danger Of having
his bowels forcibly removed from his per
son and deposited over i'm tho adjacent
potato patch. II was an exhilarating
spectacle tn see company after company
OF mon vault over tho sturdy rail
fence with that case and agility
which arc born OF u reck.
less multitude Of bullets in their
rear; and il will Hricve many
old veterans to learn that the rail fence
has at last been s~upplantcd i'm the art oi
war 10y this new-fangled thingumbob
The barbed wire article has. confesscdly
many advantages. Ii will he very ditiicult
for instance, for u colorcd gentleman e
conceal himself therein; and once yo,
are so fortunate las to get over yourself
il will considerably rrtarsl the flying enc
my i'm pursuit. In one respect, however
the barbcd-wirc fence can never success
fully replace that antique combination a
rails, however ungratcfui il may hav.
been tn the eye OF art and however IN
satisfactory tai the purposes of war. Tn,
bartssl-wirc fence AT many times will d,
found to Inc n positive disadvantage. IL
presence i'm the vicinity az orchards, vine
yards and vegetable gardens will prove t.
be AN u~nmitigatcd curse tn any well
disciplined army. as time will show.
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