The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-08
STANDARD TOPICS.

STANDARD TOPICS.
Edison say- tho time In coming when
the world will he one biG ear. There 10
no telling will happen u some6ody
puts . flea into u.
The most eccentric man heard Of lately
In q d~efaultinR bank cashier OF Columbus,
Ohio, who ~voluntri1y gave himself up. He
In plainly ont of his mind.
And now q rival Of Edison has come 70
the surface with an invention for piercing
the cars without p0in says tho Chicago
Times. No d opera house should he
without one.
The New York Medical Journal explains
the physical de9eneracy of American wo-
men by sayinR that household utensils are
all too big for women To handle with conn
fort. A lighter variety OF rolling pins,
pokers and even broomsticks Inns long
been desired.
While several Elmwooi, Neb., boys
wcrt' shooting mt "a wood house with a tar
get gun Frank Waits, a ni~ne-year~Old lad,
went inside tn sce IL the balls went
through. His curiosity was satisfied when
a bullet struck him ON the right temple,
plowinR it's course toward the forehead
and lodging above the right eye.
sheriff Flack of New York, though UNI
der indictment for perjury and conspir-
acy. continues tn do business at the old
stand, and thankful for past favors re-
spcctfully sOlicits a renewal OF the
same. II customers don't see what they
want let them ask for IL. All kinds of
a~fiidavits and the latest varieties OF crook
edness furnished mt reasonable terms.
Messr~. Huff and Patterson. the warning
Georgia duelists, have agreed tn refer their
difficulty for settlement to q committee
composed of "a number of Macon clergy
men, who will make ~ thorough investi-
CATION of the quarrel in all it's phases.
There In likely to be considerably more
shooting i'm the case, but AS IL will he con-
fined to the mouth of the gentlemen, the
need not he alarmed.
Miss May Z. Harrington of Oakland,
has invented and patented u mustache
guard. The Oakland Tribune, which
brings the news, omits tn mention how the
thing works, ar whether IL is tn he worn
10y ladies or gentlemen. From the sex of
the inventor, however, II may he inferred
that il il adjustable at pleasure, and the
good people Of Oakland will no doubt get
there just the same.
They have quite n big four In Hatfield
township, Pennsylvania. by u series Of
strange condolences eight young people
became engaged to- each other at the same
time, hxed upon the same date for their
marriage. and were married by the same
thtSt ~ ttbS rssbhhs plteS'f tkttsI htoUE-Ou
September u. Up to the hour of the GER
eniony each OF the four couples had been
totally unaware Of the intention of the
others.
II Christopher Columbus were alive to-
day and able to enforce u contract made
April IL, 14g2. with Ferdinand md Ina-
bella, concerning the country he discov-
cred he would have n pretty large income.
Il he would receive about $l6, 600 900
q year from h bullion product,
besides n One-tcnth claim i'm the pearls,
precious stones and general merchandise
of America. II Christopher were only
alive. i'm high esteem would he
be- held by Quay and the republicans gem
orally.
There In q secret organization i'm Balti-
more, Md, the object Of which In tn pro-
tect it's from unfortunate mar
riaGes. When one of the club feels
That he IL falling I'm love he con.
fesses To his fellow nm and they ap-
point u committee to investigate the mat
ter and advise him therein. This looks
all very well i'm theory. hut suppose two or
three members fall i'm love with the same
girl, and are going around ON alternate
nights and holding her on their laps while
they read poetry and dream of the future.
The society should have n committee on
contested seats.