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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-03

This newspaper and its democratic
contemporaries placed the situation be-
fore the public yesterday morning on
the exact basis furnished by the re-
turns. The man o not live who could
then forecast the result of Tuesdays
election with any degree of certainty.
The meagre returns showed that TOOle
was undoubtedly elected, that the demo-
Gratis had more than an wen change
for a majority i'm the Legislature, and that
the a between Maginnis and Carter
was clouded with SO much doubt as to
make all forecast the matter of merest
conjecture. The republican newspapers
which leaPed to conclusions and has
tened to claim victory were the ones
that, as the event proved, had the most
ridiculously misleading dispatches
wired across the territory Tuesday
night.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-03

gentleman Who controls and operates thu
arson ranks down below 10 seeking 20
build mp . trade I'm his enemy's own teui-
tory.
Henry James I'm the Nssv ReriesC declares
that the drama h not on. q decline, but
that Il is dead. II Mr.. James wonld At
tend certain variety theaters In Montana
he would he compelled To admit that Il In
very lively.
A young lady Of wheeling. w. w.,
made a fuss and refused q Rentleman's
offer Of marriage hecause he admitted
having read one of Zola's novels. He In
lucky to have escaped for she probably
would have kicked in her sleep.
The sultan Of Turkey is very anxiou. to
reduce his flesh, and the New York Sum
advises him to call ON the car and take
the course Of dynamite bonds to which
that monarch il subjected. This would
he making n heavy traeedian Of him.
According To the custom of Chinese So
ciety the wife of the Chinese minister to
this country will comb her hair mp from
her forehead to show that she In married.
The minister himself has no hair to comb
up from the forehead, which shows that
he is also married.
Otto Stietx of New York was I'm the
habit of placing n towel slightly wet with
chloroform over his face to quiet his
nerves aud induce sleep. He did 10 last
Thursday night, lying down beside a bowl
containing the chloroform into which he
had dipped the towel. One end OF the
towel dropped into the bowl, and capil-
larry action took enough of the drug up
into Mr.. Stictz's face to quiet his nerves
forever.
Conscience makes towards of us all.
Amy Boggs, a young colored girl of
Goochland, Va, got religion at u church
revival one night last week, and whipping
a l-l al-. A.
cut the throat of the devil. She had been
told, she said, that the devil was in GER
tain uni of the congregation, and
she proposed to cut them open to get at
him, whcreupon the minister and all the
congregation rushed pell NELL for the
door.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-03
The Lady or the Tiger.

From the Rocky Mountain News.
The clock struck ., and rontifex WAS s,adSins
what to do.
Five dollars was his worthy weti-a ms hhaE-
riage set for ..
(which shall il bc?' he --idcred. AS with the
18th. s gisi , ns RlaysSyi luck mt cards-,he tiger or
the nia.s.
..r..- dollars pays the parson. but when the
Knot Is tbsi
My rope is run. there's nothing left To give the
ncw-mide bride.
s.But with "a glorious winning, called from the
tigers lair,
M presents were too handsome To give my
lady fair.
sYet, IL I loss-aye, there's the rub-tis n f1s
easier thing
The bride..icct may wait In vain the lover and
the ring"
He tried his luck, the tiger won. and Yet | think
the maid
Was happier far than IL the youth in better luck
had played.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-03
OLD CROCkErT'S GHOST.
A wierd Tale of the Supernatural Told
by an Old settler.

by an Old neither.
From the Atlanta journal.
1t was a merry party of young folks who
were chatting and laughing on old Far.
mer Browns wide veranda out south of
Atlanta n few nights since. Gay ex-
changes of wit and many q good story
went the rounds.
While the merriment was at it's height,
across the shadowy fields near a dense
skirt of woods appeared a ang fitful
light. II moved over the tops of the dark
trees, disappearing and returning rs sud-
denly, and soon it had the attention of the
entire party.
~ don't suppose" said old man Brown,
''you folks have ever seen the stone down
near whar you see that light. that marks
the spot whar Crockett was murdered in
swell, it's mighty nigh covered up in
the leaves now. hut it's thar, just as y was
You all don't believe i'm ghosts either, do
you? Well. I've seen that so much. said
he 'pointing to- the fiickering light, tin
my hair raise tn hear il. Old Crockett
was "a good friend of min i'm the long
dnSs Eo" 81. h: nn% many yo% yeI ,Ss f sims T her.
sot on this same porch and !
with me just AS You are talkin'.
light one dark night and the pale. shiver:
in thing would come toward me n bit and
stand still and tremble; then il would
dance among the tops OF the big oak trees,
l kept it i'm sight,, with my mind made up
to see hat il was, come what might. So
after crossing and recrossinG the road. II
took me down to the stone we set mp 70.
my murdered friend, and settling DID ~
of il, blazed and burned till the "GsSS'
around were as light as day, ar nu.1 !
ly n shrek rang through tlr "o"'s' """ =
stood alone IN the for the rock
listen close~did ys.i hear that" and as
cnn,r acr"ss sne orchard and fields and
the light went out"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-03

It'sa pretty active hen that picks it's
shell and steps out into this world
when, i'm the course of poultry events.
its proper time has come. And it's a
very fOolhardy bird that perches itself
at he top of a daily journal to flap its
al f-developed wings yer election re-
turns hat do not warrant it's presence
there. The Helena Journals tiedgling
must he the product of one of those
steam hens used OH poultry farms.
They tell us that the creatures are sell
dom long for this world.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-03
a Mean

From the BOstOn Courier.
"Why are you so bitter towards her,
Carrie ="
"Well, you see. she heard that Harry
was going To propose to me and she spoke
to me about it and asked il I thought he
intended tn do 3d."
"Yes."
81 wanted to make her think that I
didn't care anything about n proposal, SO
said that IL he did propose he would find
himself i'm the SOUP"
"Ees."
'Shc went and told him what I said,
and he proposed ~ her and she accepted
him on the spot"
$50 it's you that's i'm the soup, then ."
81 guess So"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-03
Hislhov Huntington on ''Society."


Bishop +. ID. Huntington, i'm the October
Forum. Describes fashionable society 'as
a something too formal for an institution.
10 irregular for an organization, too vital
for a machiae, too heartless for
al fraterniv, too decent for a
masoueroIe, with too much lying
for n Lureau and too many passions
for n pa9cnt. There are thec competitions,
w.tches, risks, calculations OF u perilous
games, the interchanges Of an inn
pondesable, imuaterial commerce,
musical voices from inharnionious
breasts, spiteful courtesies, magnificent
There are songs of peace,
flying arrows of malice and evenHe,
bonds and fragments of friendships,
charming wells over hidden horrors,
aughtcr ripping over dark epths of
silent agony. One has only tn reflect a
moment how considerably "a section of the
lives of many men and more women these
activities occupy. what capacities they in
clude, what forces they engage, the inter.
| play between life and life, the issues and
destiny of character, the august respons
bility, to comprehend that society even
i'm this limited sense, is n study for the
wisest Minds
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-03

At this hour, il is not possible to tell
how the vote of the territory runs on
the list of candidates for the legisla-
ture. The STANDARD hopes for fuller
news on that score before the hour
comes when il must los its forms.
But official information now at hand
is quite desultory. With last evenings
authentic news, word was received
which makes SURF the election of Mr..
Hennessy, of Butte, tn the office of
state senator, q victory which is nOta-
BILE because it sends a thoroughly good
man to the senate, and for the added
reason that the candidate who, i'm an
exciting canvass, a defeat 30 clever
. gentleman as Mr.. GoOdale il known
to be, must be ranked as a first-rate
citizen fOr1 service i'm any office the
state can offer.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-03
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1859.

The poor old constitution has evil
IDENTIFY been left to count itself. II is
clear that the issue with Montana peO-
pie this year il men. not
Our new code took good care of itself
during the canvass, and as IL has man.
aged to travel alone thus far without
stumbling, we presume that, before
any of us are aware of the fact, II will
pack it's own gripsack, skip off to
Washington and get itself proclaimed
by the President.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-03
A Pretty Good Country. After All.

From the Omaha Bee.
There are periods of depression i'm this
country when the employment and re-
enumeration of labor are unsatisfactory.
There are classes of labor whose condi-
ton II is desirable to improve. But rs "a
whole nowhcr else is labor so well re-
warded as i'm the United States, nowhere
else is il so generally prosperous, no
where else has il so great opportunities,
and nowhcrc else has it less reasons for
complaint.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-03
WHY THEY WERE o

The Helena Journal deems 1t q curl
GUS circumstance that the returns from
Anaconda were tardy, Tuesday night,
yet the occasion for delay was explained
in one of the first kilograms sent out
from this city after the polls We're
closed. In many sections of the state,
the head Of the ticket vas counted first
and word was sent out, late Tuesday
afternoon. hat this arrangement had
been agreed upon by the central COM
mittees of both parties. Before the in
formation reached this city. the count
had started. This newspaper office,
anxious to get early returns, joined rep
resentatives of both parties i'm an
effor to get the plan in
operation here. but the judges, demo-
Gratis and republicans, asserted that
they were bound to count OH the plan
already started. sO that there was no
escape from tardy returns from the
city precincts.
Our friends i'm the opposition are un-
duly worried. The people i'm this city
are not the rascals republicans assume
them to he. 1t is, of course. notifying
to every citizen of Anaconda to he
placed under the watch of special dep
uties: at the same time the town can
stand it. md il republicans get comfort
out of the proceeding they are well
come to it. When they get all through
they will arrive at II conclusion that
the read of the democratic ticket car
ried his city and Carroll by 6S9 ma
jOrity-which il handsome enough.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-03

In the convention that framed the
Montana constitution, the proposition
to adopt a clause providing woman
suffrage, reached a tie O and died
there. In Washington territory the
question was submitted to the people.
and the returns show that it met de-
feat. The section relating to prohibit
ton likewise persisted in Tuesdays
election, and Olympia was a strong
favorite in the capital fight. contrary
to what all OF us had been led to antic-
ipate.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-03
Be Just m Well .. Generou,

From the Springfield Republican.
The plain duty of the nation is, as it has
been, to see that no faithful soldier or
sailor. who received an honorable dis
charge, shall suffer from want resulting
from wounds or from disease contracted
i'm it's service. All such should receive
pensions proportional to their disabili-
ties but no veteran who is as able as his
fellow citizens to maintain himself should
demand To be supported by his fellow cit
izens.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-03

From the minneapolis Tribune.
The Kansas city papers are still adj
tally to the bankers who re-
Gently held a convention i'm that city. The
bankers have money and n proprietors
of one or two of these papers have outside
real estate with which they loaded them
selves during the SOD" water boom a few
years ago.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-03
where Foraker Got His Voice.

From The New YORK Sill.
1t seems that even the Hon. Joseph Ben
son Foraker has modes and moods of
sanity. He likes base hall. We know
where he got the voice that brings out all
the Buckeye fire engines. makes all split,
and gives the Ohio aurists their main
soalrce of income.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-03

From the Louisville Courier journal.
II Private Dalzel and Corporal Tanner
were to form u lecturinR partnership, at
ter the manner of Bill Nye and Jim Riley,
they would draw big crowds. There
might not he much honor in their show,
but there would be barrels of pathos.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-03
COMMENT.
Room for the Heavenly Feet

From the Minneapolis journal.
The young ladies OF Burnett, Wis.,, have
formed the "Heavenly Foot society, the
object of which Is to do away with the
practice of wearing q No. 2 shoe ON q No.
5 foot.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-03

From the New York sun.
nd like tn be h Crusoe," re-
marked n civil engineer tn "a friend.
why"
"Bccausc il would bc nice tn be mon
arch of all I survey"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-03

From the Minneapolis Tribune.
A Chicago man has sent 300 conscience
money to the United States treasury. His
fortune il made; n Chicago man with u
$3OO conscience will draw well i'm any dime
museum.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-03

If IL hadn't been for h Butte Inter
Mount0in-but then the Inter Noun
tain was sadly fooled by Seligman.
you know.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-03

Probably the Helena Journal meant
to put hat rooster over its returns
from Washington territory.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-03
Clothing Department.

Great reductions in all Summer weight goods. New
Goods are beginning to arrive and we must have
space. So if you would look to your own Interest
see our great drives this week and take advantage of
them, for the time is limited.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-03
STANDARD TOPICS.

An Ohio hoy purposely cut his foot to
avoid going to school. He must he cut
out for n politician.
The weddin troAscau Of the empress of
China filled GOO boxes. She will box the
emperor himself one of these days.
A young couple were married in the
state senate I'M at Springfield, ILL.,.
recently. They made n state occasion Of
il.
A cigarette has been named after Patti.
and the Chicago Herald protest.. that Patti
is i'm no need of puifs. The manufactur-
ers simply want To take the Patti-cake.
Mary Donnclly. the ,snrsa.. mixed up il
the Ray Hamilton scrape has ac-
cspted an engagement in n New York mu-
SCUM as a fieak. She can play the baby
act.
A Missouri man has discovered that n
wet cud of tobacco, followed by an ann
monia wash, il n better cure for rattle
snake bite than whisky. These late re-
turns arc very depressing To Kansas.
The burning of the Temple of Heaven
i'm China seems Ia ndida that the old
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-03

knowledge is Power and Power is
Butte Inter Mountain.
With several precincts to hear from,
it will take more knowledge to make
Power governor than the republicans
seem to have this year.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-03
Grocery Department.

We make a special point to keep everything tht $
only first class in this department, as our past reputsio
will show. Our stock of Staple and Fancy Grocees
Oueensware and Glassware is without an equa ir
Montana. -
Latest Designs in Wall Paper. See Them.
Respectfully,
Estes & Council Mercantile Company
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-03

The burning of the Temple Of Heaven
IN China seems Ia indicate that the old
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-03

The wedding truascau of the impress Of
China filled GOO boxes. She will box the
emperor himself one of these days..
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-03
DRESS GOODS.


No. 40 Inch all wool Tricot at 4sc per Ard.
No. 2. 26-inch Cotton and Wool Mixed No~ltie.
Think of It'll Is yards for 81.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-03
A NEW WRINKLE.
Accepting Service" to Hold
Player for the Benefit of An
other Club.

accepting Service to Hold a
Player for the Benefit of An
other Club.
President Young'S announcement in
his official circular that the Washing
ton club had accept ed Alberts' services
was somewhat surprising, following
right on the. heels of the players re-
lease from Cleveland's reservation, and
it also naturally made the Washington
lanS think he was to be signed there.
But the Washington management does
not contemplate taking him, and their
action was simply dictated by Il desire
to help the league baby-Cleveland.
The facts, according to the Washington
Post, are as follows:
"Some days ago the Cleveland officials
notified President Young to release
Alberts to Milwaukee. Thinking that
the transfer had been satisfactorily az
ranged, Mr.. Young promulgated the
release, but it seems that the Cleveland
people did not exactly comprehend the
rule, for Alberts refused to sign with
Milwaukee. Thereupon it became nee
esSary to save him to the league, and, as
the league clubs had ten days in which
to claim his services, Washington acted
for the other clubs and claimed him.
This operated to keep him in the league,
and, as the Clevelands want him unless
he goes to Milwaukee, it is probable
that Washington will shortly allow him
to go back upon the Cleveland reserve
list. This is only another instance of
the beautiful workings of the league
when they want to retain player. Its
not only ingenious, but adds emphasis
to the oft-quOted once a league player,
always league player,'"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-03
Cold Shoulder for sowders.

Billy Sowders wrote Mr., Billings, of
the Boston club, as follows:
"You know how you can fix this mat
ter for me. If you don't fix it that way
/ shall be dead to the world until l hear
from you"
''He refers to proposition he made"
said Treasurer Billings, ''that we pay
him $500 for signing 81, $3.50 contract, so
as to make his salary the same as last
year. when we had to give him $3.50 for
putting his name on a $1,000 contract.
Here's the answer have just written
him:
"BosToN. Feb. 21.-Dear Sir: Your
letter received. We have nothing to do
with the matter. You can send to Pres
fdent Young when you get ready to
sign. You can sign your classification
contract or be forever debarred from
playing base ball. Yours truly,
j. b. BILLINGS"
Of this matter the Boston Globe says:
''Sowders will most likely claim protec-
ton from the brotherhood, as the con-
tract agreed on by that body and the
league stipulates that player must re-
ceive the same salary as he got the sea-
son before. The home management as
Sert, however, that SOwderS was made
present of 500 for signing Boston
contract last year, and that his real sal
airy was but $1,000. Ii the dire ctOrS
carry out their present plans to make
Sowders play for the classification fig
ures, which cannot be over 81, $50 at the
outside, there is bound to be trouble. 1t
is very doubtful if the little pitcher will
put his heart into his work this sea-
son if compelled to work for reduced
SalarV;'
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-03
DEMPsEY's POPULARITY.
Marked Fluctuationsi in the Pugi-
lists WEIGHT


Jack Dempsey is subject at times to
singular fluctuations in weight, says the
New York Sun. Monday last before
breakfast he weighed 156 pounds. His
matutinal meal was an ordinary one of
chops, bread and coffee. An hour after
eating he stepped on the scales again,
when it registered 159 pounds. After
dinner he tried his weight again, and
found his averdupoiS to be 1852 pounds,
Thinking that perhaps his scales might
be out of order, he went over to Fulton
market and weighed on a couple of
platform scales, only to find that the
scale in his place of business was cor
rect. During the day he drank nothing
but ordinary sarsaparilla. After supper
he found his weight to be 164 pounds and
at $3.50 o'clock in the evening, just before
starting for his home in Williamsburg,
he weighed again and found that the
hand of the indicator pointed to 166
pounds. Thus he had gained ten pounds
in weight between morning and bed
time. On Tuesday, having perspired so
freely during the night that he had to
get up and change his nightwear, he
was back to 1856 pounds. Once before
while in California he had singular
ifiuctqation in weight: Jack says that
he felt as fresh as daisy and as strong
as a horse Tuesday, though he had lost
ten pounds in weight while asleep. The
Nonpareil is of the opinion that the
California Athletic club will offer Nc
Caffrey and himself purse of $1,000 to
contend for, and he can't understand
why Mccartney should not be as anx-
iOuS as he is to box for it after chal-
longing him to do so.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-03
A THREE YEARS TOUR.
Outline OF Jake Kilrain's Plans
for the Future

for the Future.
BALTIMORE, Md, March 2.-.Jake Kill
rain has cabled to Charley Mitchell that
he would join him in England within
ten days. This course was determined
upon after Kilrain had been advised by
his hackers to go abroad il there was
money in it. They promised to guard
his interests, and put up the balance of
the stakes for the Sullivan fight by
April 10. They do not think Sullivan
will come to time, nor does Kilrain be-
lieve he means business. but should the
Bostonian make good the amount,
Kllrain will return to this country
by May and go at once
into training. Otherwise he will
remain abroad. The programme, as
outlined by Mitchell, who has been
wanting Kilrain to join him, is ten or
fifteen-round fight with Jeln Smith
with soft gloves for points. Mitchell
writes that the contest would draw i'm
mensely. Kilrain is satisfied, but will
insist that the victor take all the re-
ceipts. Smith has declared that he
will not fight Kilrain again without
gloves. After this meeting Mitchell
and Kilrain are to make tour of the
provinces, giving exhibitions. They
will appear at Pony Moore's benefit,
which takes place in April. After do
ing England it is proposed that they go
to San Francisco. where Kilrain will be
ready to meet any antagonist who
wishes to try conclusions, and from
thence they will proceed to Australia.
The tour is expected to last about three
years. Next Wednesday Kilrain is to
be given farewell benefit here by his
friends, and on Thursday he will leave
for New York. He will probably sail
next Saturday week. His family will
remain here