The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-16

The late Mr.. Phinixy, OF Athens, Ca,
left n clause In his will that gave 500 To
each minister who took part In the serv-
ices at his funeral. IL il not known who
tipped the wink before the will was dulv
read, but the fact remains that thirteen
ministers were present. 1t WAS u dead
give away.
Richard Ryan OF Chicago seems to he
one az those unfortunate men who can
get no one to love thcki. IL may he i'm
fcrresi. however. from the singular means
he took last Sunday evening to attract the
attention Of the ladies and draw them ir-
rcstibly tn him, that he il u man of many
resources aud believes that while there is
life there il hope. Standing I'm front of
the Lycum theatcr with n clothes line 10
feet long, he lassocd a pretty girl, n total
strang tn him. and started down the
street with his prize. In the police court
next day Mr.. Ryan WAS compelled to pay
n fine of $40 for his act Of g~allantry. and
he admitted that he felt discouraged and
out of sorts with thisc cold world.
There liz trouble i'm the Congregational
church at w~oodhavcn, n. Y. Some of the
sisters go.ssiped about Mrs. Ella Monroe.
alleging that she had fallen from grace.
Mrs. Monroe called Oh these sisters and
gave them n large piece OF her mind, ac-
c~ompanying IL with what sounded like
cIiss words. hut which Mrs. Monroe after
wards declared were good Bible words
which she had a perfect right to use i'm
her righteous indignation. Anyway,
formal charges OF profanity were pre-
fcrrcd against Mrs. Monroe, and this so
increased her wrath that when the day
fixed for the trial arrived she would not
go near the ecclesiastical court. and the
case, IL appears, went against the defend
ant 10y default. Ex-Sister Monroe In now
more than ever convinced that the sisters
who talked about her will go straight to
the place she told them To.
One Of the chicf features of the last de-
cadc of American history Is the rise and
perfection of the dime museum. All can
remember when the field of the museum
WAS limited to fat women, snakes, and
hiiman skeletons, with now and then "A
mermaid ar some other Wonstrosity. real
ar tlctitiots, thrown i'm as "a sort of dessert
to follow on after the edge of the curios-
ity's appetite had been removed by the
more common and substantial articles of
side show grub. The dime museum fire.
qiienter of the present., however, fares
sumptuously every lay. It's managers
have In the first place isurped u large
portion Of the lecturers territory. 1t in
no longer necessary for Al person who has
once made himself famous or infamous
to prepare a lecture and bang around the
country at his own risks. An easy life OH
the stage of the museum and a weekly
salary OF liberal proportions are already
awaiting him. One of the advantages Of
the high civilization America il now EN-
joyinR il this, hat none Of her citi-
gems who have risen to conspicuosity
need ever suffer poverty or eRlec The
MASSES are ever willing and anxious to
pay ten cents u piece for the privilege of
feasting their eyes upon them. The COM
mercial value of American cranks varies
of course, hut he In u mighty poor one
wio cannot earn u fairly good living.
Such freaks as Corporal Tanner, Steve
Brodie, Matthew =. Quay. John l.. Sulli-
livan and others of that class will always
command excellent salaries, and even SO
cracked and inferior n specimen as DID
Knowles no doubt could make II decent
livelihood i'm parts where he is known. 1t
will, therefore,, be n matter of sllrprise
and general regret when the public learns
that N serious attempt IL being made to
limit and curtail the legitimate province
of the museum. Mrs. Orris, of Buffalo,
n. V, was killed 10y her son, who then cut
his throat. This pleasing and instructive
episode has been put i'm wax 10y u Buffalo
dime museum manager, aud the Orris cs-
tate is suing him for libel and trying to
stop the exhibition The court.it is hoped.
will find no ground for grant
ing the plaintiffs prayer. A
few fanatics may condemn the
exhibition, but the people want to see it.
and this IA government of the people and
for the people. The story of the murder
and suicide in the sensational newspapers
is all very well as far AS il goes, but it falls
far of a life-sizcd representation of young
Orris with frieuzed eyes and dishevclied
hair in the very act of slashinH his throat
with u Hlittcring razor, while his mother
lowing quarts of blood lies at his feet
u Rhastly and rcpulsivc corpse. Vive Ia
dime museum and all it's wax AN 1 living
horrors.
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