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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-28
MEN AND

The Duchess Of Marlborough has been
at "Aix-les-Bains since Whitsuntide," she
writes to friends In Twe~nty-second street,
for the benefit of her health, (which has
been uncertain for some time past" The
very day the letter was received, june "a,
Surrogate Ransom granted her petition
for the payment for $4,000.
Miss Neale, o young decorative artist
from Chicago, In travelling abroad with
friends n at the same time picking up
odd things for special interiors. While
In London she visited the silk msnufac.
turers for original designs, and, failing to
get what she wanted, exhibited q mag
nolia blossom for reproduction which is
said to have surprised the home artists.
During Count Tolstoi's illness an aver
q Of f~orty-eight visitors called each day
10 inquire after him. The nuisance be
cames 80 great that Mrs. Tolstoi had this
notice inserted In the papers: "All those
who ave had the kindness during
the illness of my husband to come to ia
suaja Poliana TO inquire after his health
will be kind enough in the future to omit
such visits" II appears from this that the
countess yields a trenchant pen herself.
Mrs. Ellen Plat, wife of ex-senator
Thomas C.. Plat, has large hopes for the
future OF her cat. She Is of the opinion
that the Tabbys and Thomases have been
shamefully and cruelty neglected, and
that IL given half a chance they would
distinguish themselves. One of her pets
is a big, beautiful Tom, Julius by name,
who has been trained to do n number of
things, and gives evidence of possessing
superior ability. julius eats at the first
table, %occupying a chair at the left of his
gracious mistress. He has his own nap
kin, with a bit of silk garter and a silver
clasp to hold ii about his neck, and when
ever a morsel is handed to him he makes
acknowledgment by n profound and re-
spectful inclination of the head. He has
never been known to drop a crumb Pm
the floor, or capsize IA dish. He drinks
bouillon. and eats ice cream, finger rolls,
mint and any game or fish i'm season.
Julius travels with a colored maid. Mrs.
Plat has had numerous offers from mu-
seums for his purchase, but declines to
put a price on his maltese overcoat.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-28

T. Thomas Fortune, the colored editor
and politician, observes that they are no
fat men in the South. "They have" re-
marks Mr.. Fortune. 1.-THE lean and hungry
look of Cassius. They are too lean they
think too much; they are toe sensi-
tive and. swayed more by impulse and
prejudice than by reason and reflection"
A logical analysis of this sentence forces
the conclusion that Mr.. Fortune Is an
amazingly fat man-so fat that he doesn't
think at all. But perhaps the world is
mistaken, and reason and reflection are
independent of brain action, while inn
pulse and prejudice are the inevitable
product of thought.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-28
OUT OF FASHION

Tastes vary, and il President and
Mrs. Harrison prefer a white to u col
ored coachman on general principles
there is no necessity for raising the
race question or for making the presi-
ident and his wife the objects of any
adverse criticism. There is nothing i'm
the constitution prohibiting the chief
executives father-in-law from accept
ing for the family all the real estate
that may be offered him for the consid-
Grafton of one dollar, nor does that
divinely inspired document attempt to
regulate the color or nationality of the
White House coachman. Yet IL does
seem a little rough to dismiss Albert
Hawkins, the negro who has held the
position for nearly a quarter of
a century. Hawkins has driven
presidents for twenty-five years,
and he was considered as much
of a fixture ut the white house
as is one of the blocks of marble in the
building. He was appointed to the po-
sition of executive coachman by Gen
eral Grant at the beginning of his first
term rs president. and besides serving
President Grant during his two terms
in Office, he drove Hayes, Garfield,
Arthur, Cleveland and Harrison. Dur
ing his long term of service as coach
nan for presidents he never had a mis-
hap. and he has been with his carriage
in the midst of the greatest crowds
that have ever gathered on this CONT
nent. When President Garfield rode
down To the depot. where he was shot
by Guiteau on that bright summer
morning, Hawkins vas on the box, and
when the remains of General Grant were
being taken TO their resting place i'm
Riverside park, Hawkins had the place
of honor rs driver of the hearse. Yet
colored coachmen are going out of
fashion.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-28
Just Like Reed. Complaint.

From the New York Telegram.
A patient is afflicted al the Montefiore
Home for Invalids, in England. with a
most peculiar and incurablc disease. The
doctors have SEE nothing 20 compare
with IL. and nothing with any such viru-
lcnce is To he found In the medical books.
The disease Is one that battles medical
skill. The bones of the Uranium never
cease to grow, but bone tissue keeps on
multiplying. cartilage grows on cartilage,
until the head is extended To a perfectly
enormous sire. IL must be something OF
the same sort Of complaint that has fas-
tened itself on a man in this country
named Thomas Ii. Reed.
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According to the Texas Lire stock

According to the Texas Lire Stock
Journal, n Texas man has successfully
crossed the buffalo and the cattle
stock on his ranch. lie has numbers
of these hybrids. which are vigorous,
hardy and Tar surpass the cattle as rus
tiers and in the ability to care of them
selves in hard times" The journal
adds: "What "A marvel il would be- to
see the unreasonable Texas plains
stocked again with herds, the descend
ants of the lordly buffaloes that one
trod them in wild freedom" II there
is as much truth as there is poetry in
the foregoing remarks, there is indeed
cause for rejoicing.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-28
The two chief battle6elds of 1870 wi

The two chief battlelields of 1880 will
be Pennsylvania and Illinois, and on
both the fight is already growing de-
cidedly interesting. A despatch from
Chicago to the New York Herald
states that "the republicans are badly
frightened at the Legislative outlook,
and they have eason to be, for IT looks
very much al though United States
senator Farwell would be succeeded by
a democrat named John NJ. Palmer" IL
is by 10 e a beyond the range Of
possibilities that last antumn's vic
tories in Iowa and Ohio may be du-
plicated this year in Pennsylvania and
Illinois.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-28

house was that of a North Carolina re-
publican. Nor do the negroes them
selves want 1t. The Southwestern
Christian Advocate, a journal of stand
ing and influence published at New
Orleans by and for the colored people,
has taken strong ground against the
plot, its editor declaring that he sees
nothing In the bill but trouble for the
colored people and trouble only. He
thinks he "voices the sentiment Of all
p~eace-loving people in the state, demo-
ocrat or republican"
In the North there is anything but
unanimity among the republicans
touching tina passage of the force bill.
Efforts to compel such unanimity have
been as futile ms they have been extra
ordinary. such an extreme measure
could only he sustained by strong pub
lie opinion in its favor and there is no
such thing discoverable. On the con-
trary public opinion is crystallizing
against the proposed enactment. The
opposition is increasing daily, and 1t
will be a desperate and INSCRIPTIONS
set of men who will assume to pass the
bill I've the best sentiment of the
country.
There is another phase to the ques-
ton which has not received the con-
sideration its due. In an exhaustive
letter to Representative Wheeler of
Alabama, printed i'm the Washington
Post, General Benjamin +. Butler de-
MES the constitutional right of con-
gress to perpetrate such an injustice
upon the American people. Ben But
Ter may have his eccentricities, but he
is q lawyer, every inch of him.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-28

~recounted. Superintendent Porter finds
that both have grossly m~isbehaved them
selves, although Minneapolis was the
greater offender. There seems to he a
pretty widespread desire to return TO the
old system of figuring, under which the
total Of two and two was limited to four.
Speaker Reeds New Arithmetic possesses
many merits in its application 10 particu-
lar cases, but in the long run il makes
considerable trouble and vexation Of
spirit.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-28

Dakota. only one hundred voted
out OF Loo female voters. Yet Il was In
Sauborn county that the woman's suffrage
movement Of the state originated, and
where the most enthusiasm for Il was
manifested. In other parts of the state
the percentage Of women voters was even
less. and experience seems to show that
women want 10 vote only 30 long ms they
are told that they can't.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-28
Pretty Well Out.

From the Chicago Tribune.
The Kansas City real estate agent was
showing TO the capitalist some choice sub
urban lots.
"what is your price FOR these ?" inquired
the capitalist.
twenty-five dollars a front foot"
81 can get them cheaper than that"
was the decided rejoinder. "A Wichita
real estate mar offered me these same
lots last week at S22.5O."
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-28

II is asserted by certain Washington
correspondents that President Harrison
has formulated for early transmission
to congress a message not only sus-
tanning the reciprocity propositions of
Mr.. Blaine, but going considerably in
advance of them. III this be true,
Messrs. Reed and Mckinley may wake
up some day to find themselves pretty
effectually checkmated. Blaine and
Harrison would make a pretty for
midable combination, the one supply
ing the brains and the other the brute
force. The most amusing feature Of il
all is the pickle into which Blaine is
plunging the republican press.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-28
A Harvard Infant.

FrOm The Burlington Frer Fftss.
Mrs. Youngthing twofully )-"Oh, Clar-
encel the baby's hair is turning red"
Mr.. Youngthing-"well, what of it?"
Mrs. Youngthing-'why, how dreadful il
will be when wa wear our blue sashes to
the ball game and cheer for Yale! lave
you lost all respect for your alma mater ?"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-28

Western Oregon is suffering from a
grasshopper wave, which is reported 10 be
far more terrible than the hottest wave of
the season. The people can endure being
FRUSTRATED, but they object 10 being
jumped on.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-28

Chicago Rocs rather too far in claiming
hat she will pass New York i'm the census
Of 1900. New York is liable 10 play Chi
Cages w name by ~annexing a suburb or
two. Brooklyn alone is a fairly populous
suburb.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-28

Singular the power of example. Those
South Americans wouldn't be half 80
eager to flee to arms and get mp n war IL
they weren't animated by the hope Of be-
holding upon the suspension of hostilities
the introduction Of the United States PEN
sion system. The revolutionists are pre-
gustant cusses.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-28

1.-THE hysterical creature whom God for
some inscru,able purpose permits TO mis-
edit the Atlanta Constitution is the way
the Brooklyn Eagle talks about Henry W.
Grady's successor. The Eagle is no
athaist
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-28

IL it has accomplished nothing else, the
fifty-first congress has popularized the
masculine sash. Another season Of Reed
and Lodge and the business suit will he
entirely replaced by tennis costumes or
base ball uniforms.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-28

Bismarck should go into the newspaper
business and lone with Il. II must be n
bother to send for the reporters every few
hours.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-28
CURRENT COMMENT.
shes Worth II,

From the New York Truth.
Some attention is being paid to the sum
mer girl.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-28

Governor Campbell of Ohio isn't saying
a word but he is viewing the complica-
tom on both sides of the fence with COM
~placency.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-28

The citizens movement in New York
has christened itself the Peoples Munich
pal league. Ii is a sort of brotherhood af-
fair apparently.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-28

From the Pittshnrg Times.
Speaker Reed-Tom Reed Of Maine-is
n great man. There can he no sort of
doubt about that.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-28

IL Mexico concludes to take a hand in
that Central American game, il is quite
likely that she will rake in the pot.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-28

Judging from the San Salvaior-Guate-
malan war, Mr.. Blaine's Pan-American
Congress cen To nave flashed in the
pan.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-28

The sultan Of Turkey il said to be get
ting his back up toward Russia, but il Is
altogether likely that he will back down
again.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-28
Nearer the Truth 10 sn, Five.

From the Atchison Glohc.
For every cent n man has he has two
cents worth OF desire.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-28
when Women Want tn Vote.

Prom The Ihlclgo Hrrald.
As soon as given the right to vote
women cease TO care for il. In "A recent
school election in Sanborn county, South
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-06-09

a guaranteed value of s12,50O, is the
richest event ever offered for trotting
colts, and as will be seen by turning to
the announcement, it is within the
means of the poorest horse owner to
enter his best youngster, while those
who breed on an extensive scale can
name dozen colts and keep them in to
the last payment,an still only have paid
for the twelve nominations about ten
per cent of the stake, the customary en-
trance fee for one horse in regular trot-
ting events. When running or trot-
ting colt goes into the sale ring the fact
of his being nominated in great futu-
rity stake adds materially to the price
he will bring. In the first place, the
fact OF bis being entered proves that his
breeder recognizes his merit, and, be-
sides, the chance of winning little
fortune will draw an extra bid, for the
element of chance is and always will be
a fascinating and important factor in
horse breeding and horse racing. No
man can foresee where the champion
fOur-year-old of 1894 may spring from,
and notable triumph and snug little
fortune await the winner of The Horse
man stake
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-06-09
Illness is spasmodic twitching incl

Illness is a spasmodic twitching Incl
dental to sciatica.
There is filly at w. G. frances
Highland farm, Lexington, KY, that
always expects chew of tobacco when
she is rubbed down by her groom. If
she does not get it she will Immediately
attempt to institute a search for the
weed, Captain Boyce, her trainer and
driver, frequently gives her small
piece of tobacco, which she chews with
evident relish. A gentleman in Terre
Haute, Ind, has fine road mare that
will eat the weed as long as you will
give it, and follow you around for more.
T. NJ. Cullen, Beaver Dam, Wis, has
sold to j. ]. hanback,, of Des Moines,
To-, the five-year-old bay stallion Karli
$3.50, by Kensett, dam Bernie, by Ber-
brino; second dam Mary Downing, by
Iron Duke. Also, to l.. l.. Cassidy, of
Des Moines. the three-year-old brown
stallion Alden e., by Alden Goldsmith,
dam Belle Swlgert, by Swigert; second
dam Lady Belle dam Of Winnie Wick,
2:24AO, by Bellfounder.
Billy Mack, horse jockey known
throughout the Northwest ,~and Miss
Dell Day,the daughter of Jesse N. Day,
one of the most prominent citizens of
Dayton, Wash, eloped recently and
were married at Waitsburg, the father S
sanction to the marriage having been
denied. Mack is in the employ of S. G.
Reed, the millionaire breeder of fine
stock, who says the young people shall
l.. L. Cassidy, Des Moines, To-, has
sold to L. nj. Cullen. Beaver Dam, Wis.,,
the four-:year-old chestnut filly Cleopa.-
fro NV, 1o,, af
Will Collender, 2:2l1a, etc., by Bright
Eye. He has bred her to his young
stallion by Badger Boy, 2:27%.
W. E. Campbell, Gilmore City, To-,
has purchased from II. c. Davis, of Des
Alden Won Tromp 1896. by Alden Gold
smith, dam Jennet, by swigert: second
dam Gray Fanny dam of Star of the
West, 1860, by Eureka, son of Long
Island Black Hawk.
Wire tappers robbed the st. Louis
pool rooms of $1,000 last Saturday, while
the Louisville pencillerS escaped with
loss of only $l,700 through tho same
source.
G. r. TompkIns has purchased from
Green B. Morris the five-year-old chest
nut horse Taragon, by Stratford, out of
Tara, at a reported price of about $4,000.
Watterson, the three-year-old gelding
by imp. Great Tom. out of Duchess. by
Kingfisher, has been purchased from j.
Kneale by Green B. Morris for $4,000.
M. B. Costello. of Granger, To-, has
purchased of E. S. Meyer, Canton, o.,
the bay colt King Atherton, by Atner-
ton S5S7. dam by King Mambrino.
N. J. Struble, Winterset, TO-, has pur-
chased of j. E. Hayner, Cleveland, o.,
the bay colt Willerton, by Star Wilkes,
dam White Star by White Line.
Fanny Witherspoon. 2:l64, owned by
Marcus Daily, of Anaconda, Mont. has
dropped fine horse colt by Nutwood,
2:1S4.
l.. j. Rose has purchased from the
Dwyer Bros. for $500, a yearling tilly
by Reform. out of Megara..
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-06-09
OLE BULLS INDEPENDENCE.
An Instance of the Great Violin
lists Fearlessness and Self-Re-

An Instance of the Great Violin
lists Fearlessness and Self-Re-
spect.
Chambers Journal.
The late Ole Bull, the well-known
violinist, was perfectly fe arless of con-
sequences when his self-respect was
touched. AS an example of this: The
grand duchess of Meek lenburg gave
the musician letter of commendation
to her father, then king of Prussia, aft
erward the Emperor William. With
this he went to Berlin, where, as di-
rected, he called first on the superin-
whom he stated his mission. That gem
could hardly stand it; but eventually
an hour was fixed on the fol-
lowing day for another call at the
opera house. The violinist, with his
usual punctuality, presented himself at
the hour, determined to stand no non
sense. "Where is your violin" de-
manded the superintendent. ''In the
case" responded Ole Bull, coolly. "And
where is the case?" eat the hotel"
But did not tell you to play for me?'
"EXcuse me, sir" was the answer; II
did not think you were in earnest. l
play either for money or honor, and in
this case neither is i'll question" The
manager was piqued, and he replied
sharply: II cannot present you to his
majesty without having heard you"
'If the request of the grand duchess is
not a sufficient recommendation to bis
majesty, her father, l am content to
leave the city," which he did that day.
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-06-09
Rose-Tinted Prospects for
the Twin City Jockey Club
Meeting.
The Derby Expected to Bring
Out All the Western
Cracks.
Mammoth Prizes for TPotting
and Running Horses to
Struggle For.
Entries for st. Louis and Nor
ris Park Whips and
Tips.

"If our plans do not miScarry, the
first renewal of the Twin City Derby
stake, to be run at Hamlne on the OPEN
ing day of the summer meeting next
month, will figure in turf history as one
of the greatest racing events of 1890"
That is Secretary Shaw's prediction,
and he seldom makes mistake. In the
East racing, the most popular of all
sports, is being 0verdone, but in the
West the meetings generally up to date
haae been disappointing to spectators
and owners. Riley was the only horse
of any account in the Kentucky Derby;
Bill Letcher had walkover for the st.
Louis blue ribbon, and there has been
a lack of push on the part of
the several associations. With the
Twin City Jockey club it will be
different. More money will be spent IN
announcing ard preparing for the meet
ing than many of the Western aSSocia-
tions offer in purses and added money.
Before the gates are openedJuly % $780,
OO0 will have been spent in public COM
forts, and besides the rich purses hung
up, none less than $500, the added money
amounts to $4,000 Small wonder then
that Secretary Shaw takes rose-tinted
view of the situation. Horsemen are al
ready arranging for the shipment of
their strings from Chicago to st. Paul
at the close of the Washington Park
meeting. and are booking stable accom-
modati0ns. There is every prospect Of
large fields in the several races, es-
pecially the stake events, and the race
meeting will demonstrate to the out
siders who attend that any enterprise
under the auspices of the Twin Cities
Is sure 90.
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-06-09
THE COLOSSUS.
One of the Notable Monsters of
Ancient Art.

Ancient Art.
Blackwood's Magazine.
The famous Colossus Of Rhodes,
which was made Of bronze and was sew
enty cubits (or 105 feet in height, was
twelve years in making, and is said to
have cost only 800 talents, of about
a75.OO0, if we reckon the Attic talent,
or e1O2,O0O if we reckon the other tai
ent, aad probably the other talent is to
be reckoned in this case. At all
events, the so-called Colossus
of Sua, in the capitol, which
was bronze figure of Ap-
ollie, only thirty cubits-or forty
five feet English-high, brought by Mar
Gus Lucullus from Appollonia, in Pom
tus, cost 500 talents, which, if reckoned
even as Attic talents, would be over
e125, 900, and it would hardly be proba-
bic that the Colossus of Rhodes. which
was twice it's height. could have been
executed for so much less. But this is
a trifle compared to the price paid for a
colossal statue of Mercury, made for
the city of Averni. in Gaul, by Zenod-
orus. On this work he was engaged
for ten years, and the cost OF 1t was
1885,, 900.
What the gold and ivory Athena of
Phidias, in the Parthenon, or his Zeus,
at Olympia. cost is stated by any an
Gent author. The gold employed Oh
the movable drapery alone OF the
Athena was over forty talents in weight
of unalloyed gold, according to Thucyd-
ides. whose eXactneSs in such matters
is above suspicion. This would be equiv
alent to some 9115,000 i'll coin; while
single lock on the head OF the Zeus, at
Olympia, weighed six mine, OF about
the value of nearly $1,000. For the
famous statue at Diadumenos, which
was bronze figure of life size, repre-
senting youth tying fillet around
his heel, Polycletius received 100 talents,
or about &25,000.