The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-14

Two Hebrews own the site of ancient
Babylon. where their ancestors were cap
tives and slaves.
; An English trader at NHove, on the
southwestcrn:coast of Africa, has had for
some time "a young female gorilla, whose
docility il described AS most remarkable.
~eanni az the baby gorilla has been
named, sleeps with her master, and tries
To- follow him wherever he goes, weepin
like "a child if left behind. She recently
accompanied him OH a journey Of twenty
miles or more, walking all the way. She
has acquired many civilized tastes and
cup or glass. displaying the utmost care
fulness not tn break the vessel.
NJ. Courtin, IA chemist. produced recent
~ at "a sitting of the French Academy of
sciences u scaled envelope containing "a
description of IAN apparatus by means of
which objects may bc seen at vast dis
tanccs, the vibrations of light being trans
mitted through a wire.
In order to test the quality Of the bayo-
nets now being served out to the English
troops u number OF weapons are indis-
criminatcly selected from among those in
use by the Inniskiilen Fusilcers, and some
sensation was accustomed i'm the garrison
when the report from the testing experts
ner cent. of In. b;.yo,'ets Werss totally "ntit
For use.
NATURAL gas AS ~ 1leI mas tnAen IN use
about 10 years. There arr, now employed
in it's transmission for fuel - ,.5O
miles of pipe mains. Ia Pittsburg alone
there are 500 miles. and the consumption
sumption of 10000 toms of coal.
1t was announced on Saturday mt IA din
ner given 10y the jury of the Paris EXPOSE
ton that the chief buildings ON the
grounds will remain as permanent exhi-
bition buildings, wherein will be founded
AN annual European fair after the pattern
of the celebrated annual fairs of Novgo-
rod. IL is hoped by this means to make
Paris the commercial center of Europeans
Novgorod was for centuries the CONNER
cial renter of Russia.
Among the modern mysteries of Paris"
says the London Figaro. IL u shop devoted
tn the sale of tea. AT the retail counter "A
real live prince may he seen any day
weighing up packets of the Leaf which
cheers hut docs not incbriate. This prince
il the son of N European general, whose
name is well known throughout the CONT
nent, and who is related To some of the
most aristocratic of the families of Paris.
william Crawford, 2a years old, who
died recently i'm Chicago, was peculiarly
afflicted. He had only one skin. which is
to say that he had no outer skin at all.
The veins stood out all over his body i'm
tho plainest manner possible. From the
ford had been subject to bleeding spells.
which were liable to break out at any
time and On any part Of his body.
When the steamship Anadyr. Of the
M~essaReries Maritimes. was sunk the
other day i'm collision of Alden. she carried
down into seven fathons of water ia
cascs Of silver ilieots. valued at s5O.ooO
China bank LIZ cases Of gold wire for
Madras, 113 cases OF watches, several
woven stuffs for China, 800 sacks of Bor-
deaux wine and 100 cases of champagne.
The walters in the ~Iroquois Cafe, i'm
Buffalo,, says the Buffalo Express, evadc n
great problem by serving both q fork and
n spoon with ice cream. The fork repre-
ssnts progress, Thought, cosmopolitanism.
The spoon stands for mental schacklcs,
superstition. pr~ovincialism.
See ID. J. Hennessy Mercantile Co.'s
dress goods and plushes ut As cents.
% 3D.