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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-15
THE QUESTION OF sPlNsTeRs

Long ago the average public accepted
the notion that New England has "a
surplus of unmarried women n that
in Massachusetts especially n number
of spinsters is large. She is the being
who is constantly presented tn the
world as the devoted follower of art,
literature and philosophy, to the severe
exclusion of a husband. Wit has so
often portrayed her, that the ordinary
reader can mentally recall her look, her
action and her speech. She is the ideal
old maid, and she is supposed to abound
i'm Massachusetts.
Regarding this ideal being, Thomas
Wentworth HigginsOn, always the pa
tron and defender of n fair sex, pro-
duces statistics to prove that the popu-
lar notion regarding this surplus of
women il without foundation, and he
quotes census figures, which are pre-
pared with greater care, perhaps. i'm
Massachusetts than i'm any other Amer
lean state. to sustain his claim.
According to these figures. nature
bears the ~ in about equal proper
tions, even in Massachusetts, and moth
ing happens i'm h education of female
there that prompts them to eschew
marriage and disturb the balance usu-
ally sustained by the sexes in mature
years. \ census compiled four years
ago, shows that, taking
of native-born people more than
twenty years old, the excess
of females over males in Massa-
chusetts is only two hundred and
seventy-nine, a grand total which GER
tainly does not evince IA deeply-rooted
prejudice i'm the female mind against
marriage.
1t appears that Massachusetts has "a
liberal stock Of unmarried women Of
foreign birth, but these are factory and
mill hands who do not answer the de-
scription so often given of the average
New England spinster. There is an in
teresting fact disclosed, however, in the
figures that show the enormous crop of
widows in the state in question. the ex-
cess of widows over widowers being not
less than sixty-five thousand. Mr.. Hig-
ginson assumes to recount for this by
the frequency of maritime disasters in
sea-cOast sections, by opportunities
for employment in manufacturing
towns and by h tendency of the be-
reaved to return to the home of their
YOUTH" all of which seems rather face
tious although seriously recited by Mr..
Higginson.
We live i'm Il region where the I'M
married males are i'm the large majority.
our young men
themselves booked for a trip to the
East, congratulations are always ex-
tended by mere force of habit. Too
often M prosperous bachelors return
as single as ever, n result which may be
due to the fact that these gentlemen
went s~traightway from Montana to
Massachusetts finding there the album
dant market in the line of widows. in
which the average young man from
the mountains does not care to deal.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-15
GENERAL AND PERSONAL.

Copies of rare books and editions are
now manufactured in Germany and
France by means Of a chemical process.
The fac SMILES are good, but their dura-
bility il uncertain.
During the closing days OF the Paris ex-
position, the Scottish highlanders. i'm their
national costume, proved the sensation of
the hour. and the Spanish toreadors have
been invited to n a back seat.
The Japanese are fond OF raw fish.
When the fisherman goes a-fishinR. he
has n bottle OF peppersauce along with
him, and, takink a fish from the hook.
eats il at it's freshest. This seems bar
barous tn us. and yet we eat raw oysters
and live oysters, too.
A st. Louis physician has elaborated a
theory, based on the alleged fact that
everybody is getting fat this year. This
he explains on the theory that this has
been IA vegetable year. and the oxygen
nitrogen aud hydrogen being i'm almost
equal proportion, tine people are all gain
ing flesh on il.
One hundrcd thousand people would
make. "a good sized city, yet this number of
young and middlc-aged and old men are
directly Interested i'm the subjcctbf mill
tary music i'm this country. This is "a low
estimate for there are 10000 bands i'm this
country, and certainly most Of them have
ten members each. Great factories are
sustained 10y their demands for instru-
mcnts, and exist devoted to
their interests.
The name of the Red sea In derived
from portions of il which are covered with
red patches from u yard To many miles
square. These patches are formed by
vegetable animalculse, microscopic i'm
size, which collect Oh the surface and are
particularly abundant in the spring. dye
ing the sea an intensely blood red. When
not affected by these little organic beings,
the Red sea In as blue AS any of the other
numerous seas known to the traveller and
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-15
NOTHING TOO GOOD FOR HIM.

Stanley is the coming social lion and
no mistake. Germany's Emperor is
telegraphing invitations that extend
the hospitality of all his domain to the
famous explorer. Belgium has been
conspicuously cordial in its congratula-
tions anu England expects to honor
him with every evidence of it's distin-
guished consideration.
A few days ago, the newspapers
printed the language of the dispatch
which Mr.. Stanley addressed tn En-
peror William. 1t is as stilted i'm diction
AZ phrases addressed to royalty need to
be. Cablegrams say that the Emperor
was so immensely pleased with it
that he read il aloud, 'encircled by u
brilliant party at "a banquet" They
tell us that the offer of "a german war
ship tn convey Mr.. Stanley to Zanzibar
is a compliment without precedent. In
fact. the talk over the traveller borders
on absurdity as, for instance. when the
n d correspondent Of the New
York Tribune speaks of his first letter
astonishing his friends by Its Gordon
X tone of fatalistic belief i'm the
direct Intervention of Providence i'm his
mission"
When royalty gets through with its
bombastic nonsense. we uppos this
heroic traveller, who was "a plain Amer
lean newspaper reporter not SO many
years ago, will come home and tell our
people. at four bits a head. the simple
story OF his wonderful exploits.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-15

LucinO Morrison and Samuel Kelly
sat down to play a game of cards near
Leesburg. KY, the other day. and
kelly's dead body was found soon af-
forwards, Morrison having disappeared.
Whether it was simply a friendly game
of seven-up. or whether it involved the
i~ntricacies of that peculiar Kentucky
institution known as draw. we are not
informed. II is safe to presume, how
ever, that the latter pastime was being
INDUCED in, and that the cards fell
MorrisOn's way, for Kelly fell the other
and the jack pot has disappeared.
Some queer hands are held at Kentucky
poker, and the natives have "a peculiar
way Of playing the game.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-15
At kElE A

According to all the demo-
cratic senators will join their republi-
can associates in Helena and the senate
of the state will be organized. Con-
fessedly, the republicans enjoy a GER
tain advantage in that body, as the
membership is a political tie and the
presiding officer. who. on occasion, has
the right to vote, is an ally of the re-
publican forces.
There "A never been any conceal
ment of the purpose that prompted the
democratic senators to delay %organiZa-
ton. Two lower houses had come into
being. One was made up of members
honestly elected by the people. The
other could secure a quorum
only by the dishonest course
pursued in seating men who were
fairly defeated at the polls and who's
defeat was proven by the count of the
votes. The purpose of the senators, AS
everybody knows, was to avoid the
confusion that would certainly follow
were any attempt made to force the
senate into cooperation with the house
thus dishonesty organized.
1t is more than doubtful whether il
is wise policy on the part of the demo-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-15

It ia more than amusing to see how
several eastern newspapers sworn
enemies of silver all of them-are try
ing to make il clear to the average
western mind that Mr.. Windows plan
in just exactly the right thing to boom
silver with. The interest taken by these
newspapers in the welfare of silver, as
proposed by Mr.. Window, is simply
astounding. For all answer to them
Mr.. Bland simply remarks, "either let
silver alone or give us free coinage"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-15

During the eek not u few people
living in Butte have been fortunate
enough to get out of that smoke
enshrouded town without "a guide and
they have come to this city to get air
At for human beings To feed on, unsur-
passed comforts in hotel life II plenty
Of healthful recreation by rambling i'm
Anaconda's inviting suburbs. It's lucky
for Butte's smoke-tOrtured population
that this city is within easy reach.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-15

Across the creek the big smelters are
running at full capacity. They will
keep right on at their work, making
Christmastide jolly in Anaconda in
spite of all the predictions of those who
we're surf of a speedy shut down. If
some bastard hand applied the torch i'm
the mine at Butte as many of us u s
pect-the plan went awry. The smell
come.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-15
The Way IL Look. Out West.

From the Kansas CITY star.
ut looks like Cleveland again i'm 1892
says the New York Tribune Well, that's
the way il looks out here. The West will
be glad to know that the signs are equally
clear i'm New York. As representing de-
cidedly the higher and better element Of
IiI.. D~siI,s~sati~ p..ssr, Mr. (1evot.oa'S
nomination i'm 1882 will he a fortunate
event for the country.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-15
nn lntcrpreter Along

From the Manchester n. I'D Union.
Cashier Silcott, of the house Of repre-
scntatives. seems to have been n very pr,i-
dent man. He not only took cash enough
to make his way i'm Canada pleasant, hut
Carried with him an Interpreter.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-15
Taxation and Valuation.

An Atlanta, Ga, syndicatea few months
ago purchased the Union street railway of
that city for $A75,5OO, and sold il n few
days x to a New York party for $500 200.
This property WAS given i'm Tor taxes last
sprinu AT n valuation OF $4,000.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-15
Cleopatra Couldn't stand IL.

From the NorristOwn Herald.
New researches have developed the fact
that Cleopatra's Needle i'm Central Park
cannot stand our climate II Is not sur
prising. 1t is doubtful IL Cleopatra her
self could have stood The climate We have
had during the past few months. II may
be necessary, i'm order to preserve the
Eyyptian obelisk, to send il To Southern
California or Florida to spend the winter
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-15
a Serious Objection.

From the Washington Post.
The objection to hiring Photographs i'm
stead of private secretaries for members
of is hat q good many OF the
congressman may hesitate to risk their
breath i'm n machine that might fall into
the hands OF their prohibitionist constit-
rents.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-15
SUNDAY. DECEMBER Is. 1859.

Uneasy lies the head that wants to
wear Montana's senatorial crown. The
bauble has uncommon charms for many
men, and its attractiveness is enhanced
by the fact that one of the winners is
{ serve six years, while the other Is
fixed for four. The are no twO-year
terms for Montana.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-15
COMMENT.

1t Would In Anaconda.
From the Albany Argus.
An Ann Arbor, Mich, dog eats anthra-
cite with apparent relish. But would it
not he cheaper tn feed him on meat?
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-15

A Red Willow county. Ncb., Justice o
the peace last week refused to entertain
motion made by an attorney because n,
one volunteered to second il. This maj
would probably refuse to put the question
To his best girl.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-15

There is no chaff about the Dakota
who are i'm the east displaying
fine Oregon wheat and representing il as
having grown in Dakota.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-15

The fact that four babies were born on
q railroad train en- route from Kansas
City to- San Francisco indicates that ths
obliging company provides u birth fol
everybody that comes.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-03-08
The Arrival il Washington.

President elect Harrison arrived in Wash
1ngton in the afternoon at 2:3O o'clock, and
at the Sixth street Pennsylvania rail-
way station to see him by alighting
at Ninth street and Maryland avenue
This point is some three blocks south of
the station, and is in very quiet part of the
city, so that the President elect and his
family were enabled by taking carriages, to
go direct to the Arlington Hotel without
coming in contact with the multitude, which
filled all of the most prominent thorough
fares.
At $3.50 o'clock there were two or three
hundred people waiting in the vicinity of
the hotel in expectation of General Harrison's
arrival.
At $50 o'clock the crowd cried: "Here
they are" and there was movement to the
'front.' which the police promptly checked.
The first carriage stopped and the door was
instantly opened by an officer. Chairman
Britton emerged first, followed by Mrs. Har-
rison. Mr.. Britton then handel out baby
Mckee, whose appearance caused another
murmur of greeting.
General Harrison next stepped out and for
moment the crowd hesitated; then cheer
went up. The debarkation of the remainder
of the party was quickly accomplished and
the crowd soon dispersed.
The rest of the party arrived within a few
minutes, and were soon settled in the tine
suite of rooms that have been set apart for
them. No pleasanter location for the Presi-
Dental quarters could have been chosen, as
the family has all the privacy that they
could get in house of their own.
The suite consists of four rooms which
have been thoroughly renovated and re-
furnished for the General and Mrs. Harri-
son.
Quarters directly over those of General
and Mrs. Harrison were reserved for the rest
of the Presidential party.
Mr. Blaine called ON Mr.. Harrison during
the afternoon and had a haif-hour's talk.
A note from President Cleveland was
brought over by Major Pruden about
o'clock. It was tender of courtesies from
the retiring to the incoming President.
General Harrison ordered dinner to be
served at 6 o'clock, and then he settled down
to take possession of his apartments.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-03-08
NEWSY GLEANINGS.

INDIANA alone has 375 natural gas wells.
Boston is to have a thirteen-story business
block.
AN Ans rican is to build an arcade railroad
in London.
Coal in large quantities has been discov-
cred in Arkansas.
CHINA calls for help for half million of
her starving people.
NEVADA, has population of $1,000, of
whom more than 5000 are Chinese.
THE effort to establish a State lottery in
Nevada has been defeated by few votes
FoRTY-oNE pension bills were passed by
the United States Senate in twelve minutes
A GIGANTIC scheme for the development of
the California natural gas territory is now
in progress.
In England there are So, 900 ministers, and
10, COZ other officers attached to churches
and chapels.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-03-08
ELEVEN MARINERS PERISH.
A Bark Goes Ashore and tho Helms
man Kills Himself

The British bark Josie Troop, of St John,
New Brunswick, Captain w. q. Cook, with
a cargo of chalk, from LONDON to Philadel-
phia, with a crew of seventeen men, went
ashore in a gale near ChicamacOmiCO,
about twenty miles north Of Cape Hat
teras, y. e., at seven O'Clock III the evening,
and became with her cargo, a total loss.
Nine of the crew and the captain wer~
drowned, one of the men committed suicide,
and the rest of the crew were saved by the
life saving corps The vessel has gone TO
pieces and the fragments are scattered OH
the beach.
The seaman, George Williams, who was at
the wheel when the bark went ashore, and is
supposed to have been asleep, was so horri-
fed at the result when he so many of his
messmates perish that he committed suicide
by cutting his throat with his sheath knife.
Albert Williams, one of the crew, was
badly injured about the neck while being
transferred from the wreck to the lifeboat of
the station.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-03-08
OUR MARINE FORCE.
The Men and Vessels OF the United
States Navy.

The annual register Of commissioned and
warrant officers Of the United States Navy
just issued shows the aggregate number OF
men on the active list of the navy to be 1914,
of whom 1886 are commissioned and us are
warrant officers. The commissioned officers
include ! admiral, l vice-admiral, d rear
admirals 10 commodoreS, who are designated
as flag officers, - captains, s. commanders,
"A lieutenant commanders, $50 lieutenants, 10
lieutenants Junior gradel. Isl ensigns -
naval cadets performing two years sea ser
vice prior to final graduation, Is medical di-
rectors, Is medical inspectors, 80 surgeons So
passed assistant surgeons, IS pay directors,
- pay inspectors, IS paymaSters, - passed
assistant paymasters, Il assistant paymas-
tiers, 40 chief engineers as parsed assistant
engineers, 6S assistant engineers, ~ chap
lalnS, II professors of mathematics, , Secre-
taries, raval constructors, IA assistant Ha-
val constructors, and Is civil engineers In
addition there are 2S2 cadets on probation at
the Naval Academy. In the Marine CORPS
there are on the general staff, l colonel, 2
lieutenant colonies, ma jors, % captains so
first lieutenants, and Is second lieutsnants
In the list OF warrant officers there are 80
boatswains, So gunners, - carpenters, %
saimakers, and 81 mates.
During the year there were 46 designations
II retrements, As deaths, two of which were
among the marine officers, were dismissed,
and cadets were houorably discharged
The serviceable vessels include: First-rate
5: secondrate, ID; thrd-rate, AZ; fourth
rate, Z; tugs, II; sailing vessels, -; unser-
viceable vessels, O.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-03-08
PASSENGER Train Wrecked.

A north-bound passenger train on the
Northern Central Railroad was thrown
from the track by broken rail
near Ralston, Penn. About fifteen pas
sengers were injured, none of them
seriously. Conductor William Dale was
supposed to be fatally injured, but is better,
and his recovery was expected. The car
rolled down an embankment, turning over
twice in its descent. The passengers suffered
intensely from the cold during the delay
caused by the accident.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-03-08

4 GRANITE figure of Captain Miles
Standish is to be erected on the old
Standish farm at Duxbury, Mass. The
monument will be fifteen feet high,
and will represent Standish in the full
military dress of the colonial period.
The original homestead was de-
stroyed by fire in 1865, but an
other house was erected by his
son in 1867, near the spot. The
land was given to him by the colony
in 1880, and always remained in the
family until the middle of the last CEN
fury. The hill where the monument
will stand is $50 feet high, and COM
mands a fine view Of Plymouth and
Duxbury harbors, and is a land mark
to navigators entering Massachusetts,
Bay. It is estimated that the monu-
ment will cost $75, 0OG.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-03-08
A Speech at Harrisburg.

The run through Ohio, West Virginia and
INTO Pennsylvania, was made at a rapid rate
OF speed; so rapid, indeed, that frequent
stops were necessary to allow the pilot train
atlantic EXPRESS to get out Of divisions ap-
preached by the special in accordance with
GGe rules of the Pennsylvania block system,
which prohibit two trains running in the
same "a ne direction from occupying one division
sG The same time.
There was no demonstration of any kind
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-03-08
Killed in a Collision.

vile and Ohio Railroad .Ialf a mile north of
Knoxville, Tenn. One fireman was killed
and both engines wrecked. Several freight
cars were demolished. The accident was
caused by a misunderstanding of orders
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-03-08

THERE is bill before the New York
Assembly to amend the libel laws.
What applies to an individual should
also apply to newspaper, and paper
should have as good show as horse
thief at laast
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-03-08
FOUR NEW STATES.
The Two Dakotas, Montana and
Washington Admitted.

After years of active endeavor on the part
of its citizens the Territory of Dakota is to
be clothed with Statehood She comes into
the Union, however, as two States, and with
Montana and Washington, whose admission
was also permitted by Congress, the numbc~
of American States will be increased to for
ty-two.
In the House the adoption of the bill was
greeted with applause, but in the Senate the
provisions Of the bill gave rise to some
debate.
The bill as agreed to in conference provides
for the admission Of the States of North
Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana and
Washington The attempt to induce the
Territory of Washington to accept the name
of Tacoma has been fruitless.
The Territory of Dakota is to be divided
on the line Of the seventh standard parallel
produced due west to the western boundary
of the Territory. The delegates elected to the
Constitutional Convention north of this par
allel shall assemble at Bismarck and those
elected south Of the parallel at Sioux Falls.
The delegates to the Convention in each Of
the proposed new States shall be elected on
the Tuesday after the first Monday in MaT
next and shall meet on July and declare
that they adopt the Constitution Of the
United States. They are authorized tkereupon
to form constitutions and State governments
If the anxiety of the people in those Terri
tories is as great as it has BEEN represented
to be, there is no reason why North and
South Dakota, Montana, uand Washing
months, and also be REPRESENTED by Sen
ators and Representatives. in the first regular
session of the Fifty-firEt Congress- while the
people living north agd south of the seventh
standard parallel, Which is to be the bound
airy line between the two Dakotas, are to
g gre t9o olnerenf than is promised between
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-03-08

President Cleveland signed the bill for the
admission OF }ithe States of North Dakota,
South Dakota, Montana, and Washington at
IL O'Clock ga the morning after the document
word to/Mr. Springer by letter. If the
States for whose entry into the Union pro-
vision is made by the bill comply with all its
requirements the four States may be an
lnGed as in qualified standing as members
OF tHe Union of States about the middle of Oc-
IoAr 1889
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-03-08

A DAIRY company. farming about 10, 600
acres in Buenos Ayres, is making arrange
mants for shipping $40 900 worth of dairy
utensils and agricultural implements and ma
ehinery from England.