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

II politicians would do right,
II men would pay their debts at sight,
-Lduren~e a msytnnn.
II railway trains were never late,
How thankful We should be!
III horss-cars never made us wait,
How thankful we should he!
II hens would scratch away from home,
III dogs would bark when burglars roam.
II beer was never twothirds foam,
How thankful We should he!
-Host,n T,am~.tpt.
II cards would only come our way.
How thankful we should he!
II We could break tho bank some day.
How thankful we should he!
III kings and queens We could foretell,
iftigers at our sight would yell,
Ii We could keep from going towel,
How thankful We should he!
There Is no chaff about the Dakota
boomers who are i'm the east displaying
fine Oregon wheat and representing il a.
having grown i'm Dakota.
The fact that four babies were born on
q railroad train en- route from Kansas
City to San Francisco indicates that the
obliging provides u birth for
everybody that comes.
A Red Willow county. Ncb., Justice of
the peace last week refused to entertain IA
motion made by an attorney because no
one volunteered to second IL. This man
would probably refuse to put the question
to his best girl.
Santa Fee seems to- be rising into a CEN
ter of art and literature Judging from the
Nc,r Merican of that city. That journal is
boldly insisting that upon the expiration of
the terms of the present school trustees u
new board be appointed composed exclu-
sively of men who can read and write.
From the Fort Lupton. Col, Cyclone the
world learns with pleasure that "the
80. 80 N1H. n.v a.. 5000
are heard on all sides at Fort Lupton. Thu
yell of the cyote is distinguished - u
greater distance now sl.sn formerly. aI.-a
the changes which mark the advance of
civilization and Improvement are i'm pro-
gress here"
II il reported that Ben Butler may he
come the prohibition candidate for gov
ernor Of Massachusetts next year. The
r,inor is not confirmed but appears
plausible to the Omaha Bee. Ben is
growing old il says and the prohibition
party is the only one to which he has not
belonged. He can hardly wish to die with
his record thus Incomplete.
Sariou is said to have received an adj
dress of thanks from 100 Parisian'
mothers-in-law of the best families for his
services in removing contumely from the
office OF mother~in-law through the agency
of his play "Bclle Maman." The Partisan
wits now say that Sardou's mother-in-law
compelled him to write the play. and the
obligations OF the other mothers-in-law
appear To he somewhat mixed.
Not all is gold that giitters. and the store
keeper at Link. i'm the Black Hills, who
with an eye on the 5000 reward. ~recently
bound with ropes and kept in his cellar
for two days an itinerant Methodist min
lister, under the impression that he was
the much-wantcd Willie Tascott, has
come to the conclusion of the whole mat
ter, and found with the preacher that all
il vanity and vexation Of spirit. likewise
sorrow and soup everlasting.
The Salvation Army has gone into
theatrical business in AN English town
and has presented am acting version OF
the parable of the wise and foolish vir-
gins to- crowded. audiences. Red Nosed
Sal. as the leader of the wise virgins;
Mary Ann. the Squiutcr, as the leading
singer in the corps Of foolish virgins. and
Ash Barrel Jimmy aud Mikc With "A Grip.
as the doorkcepcrs of the palace, were
doubtless found To- be very interesting per
sonagcs.
A demand has been made upon the
civil service commission for "A man tn
work in the 81. Paul quarters of tie. geo
logical survey. The commission AM
nounces that must bc n R~eoloRi-t, a
tc~rininologist. and "A draughtsiuan, well
up i'm palezoic invertcbrate palcontology,
likewise ccncozoir inv~rtebratc paleontol-
ogy and mesozoic invcrtcbrate ~palcontol-
ouy.' None others need apply. A sal.
AIRY of $500 awaits the scientific cuss who
can I'LL the bill.
This Economitc society ON the banks Of
the Ohio river ina Pennsylvania IL an Or
Ranization which has for many Year, had
N rule strictly forbidding members tn
marry. Time has thus cut down their
members and piled mp their dollars until
great wealth sG.rcs each one in the face.
To avoid this evil the feasibility Of rs-
turning to- the institution of Inarriig. ia
order TAI Increase their population II now
under consideration Ira tho society. Az
nearly all their members arc quit. aged
their faith must he. very strong.
The Brooklyn Eiyte severely criticises
certain actors, some of them al great rep
u~tation, who shade their eyes will, "a fan
or something from the glare of ia" foot
lights while they measure the size and
character of the audience. No player, IL
says, can do this without coming out oi
his character, for tile audi.nc. should no,
he reminded of his intcrrsts outside Of tis
scene, and the art, however quietly per
formed, is sur, Ia hr noticed 10y many.
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