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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-07

ON ms errors OF 0ur1ng u
p~rotracted residence I'm siberia.
1t II. therefore. not q theme Of wonder
that the press of Russia unite In cor
demning Morrier's attempt at suicide.
Nor would 1t have been at all astonish-
ing had our valued contemporaries over
there combined in the opinion that this
action of Morrier displayed the usual
tact and good judgment of that honor
able gentleman, emitting him to re-
newed faith, respect and admiration
ON the part of his innumerable friends.
Indeed the dispatches to indicate
that this would have been the expires
sion of the newspapers were it not
for one thing. The Russian press care
fully abstains from criticising suicide
i'm general, and it would have no occa-
sion for criticisihg MOrrier's attempt at
suicide in particular had not that gen.
tleman been guilty of an atrOciOus Of
Tense against politeness The best
plans may be spoiled in the man.
ner of their doing, and Morrier COM
mitted the objectionable sin of show
ing bad taste i'm his selection of the
time and place for converting himself
into a corpse.
1t appears that lac was at the Villa
POpOwZefu M One of the guests at a
diplomatic dinner. An English coun-
tess of whom he was enamOred was not
allotted to him, but fell to another, and
that other was his hated rival. The
dispatches omit to state whom Morrier
conducted to dinner, but it is safe TO
assume that the lady, however brilliant
and fascinating she may have been on
this occasion, was utterly unable to
hold the attention of her attendant.
The English countess on the other
hand. SO it is published to the world.
exerted herself to the utmost to fill
Morrier full of jealousy n rage. At
the other end of the table she and her
fellow seemed to be having a rafting
good time together. Morrier stood it
as long as he could. and then excusing
himself for n moment withdrew to an
adjoining apartment and shot himself.
..The report of the pistol" says the
Petersburg telegram, startled the lin
ers. and the youth was quickly discOv-
cred covered with blood" Naturally
enough n event created considerable
uproar and confusion effectually break
ing up the diplomatic spread, although
there were no less than six courses re-
manning. Everybody i'm short felt that
his dinner was spoiled, and the press of
Russia Immediately upon receiving the
proper tip set to work to censure Nor
rier with whitening severity.
Russia is determined to teach young
men attending diplomatic dinners that
it is not the proper caper to get up
from table and blow their brains put in
the e room If they have any man
ners about them. let them inquire the
way to the woodshed, or better yet go
round back of the barn. thus avoiding
all danger of the pistol being heard in
the dining room. Suicide shOald be
committed i'm order and decency, and
with due regard to the edicts of polite
society. If II gentleman has any vul.
garity in his composition it is pretty
sure to come out when he kills himself
Young. men should study, therefore, to
show no marks of ~ill-breeding wher
taking this important step.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-07
Stated in q Different Way

From the ~. Paul Pioneer Press.
An exchange notes that the man who
says to his wife, "Give me the baby, dear,
and I will try and put IL to Sleep" Is
greater than he who taketh the city.
With q slight variation that il what John
Sullivan is saying about Pete Jackson.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-07
lslair VIII soon Join Him.

From The I.ouisv lille Courier-lournal
Had Mr.. Mc(;inty lived nothing wouls
have pleased him more than to hear Sen
ator Blair ON education.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-07
1t Excited sais Curiosity.

From the Rochester Herald. .
A Troy plumber was knocked over by n
shock from nm electric light wire. He
afterwards went around to take an aston
ished look ut the dynamo that could so
greatly heat him i'm making a charge.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-07
Very Hospitable.

From Mnnsey's Weekly.
Friend-"well. Trailer. I see you've re-
turned. Did you find the inhabitants Of
the Cannibal isles very hospitable ?"
Trailer-"Nery. indeed. They insisted
tha l should he served at Inner"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-07

If Mr.. Bernard IL disengaged lie could
probably find profitable employment i'm
Corea. The politicians there. Il Is an-
nounced, are plotting to kill the king.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-07

On a Carnalne Background.
From the Conricr-yournal.
IL was "a great oversight that Tom Reed
was not put OH one of the new postage
SIlDlnS.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-07

You can go from San Francisco to Chi
cago now for $40. There is no war half
SO merry for the public as one two
two rival railroads.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-07

From the Harrisburg Patriot.
The mayor Of South Norwalk, Conn.,,
has determined to enforce the old blue
laws. The object Of the blue laws In tn
prevent people from painting b town
red.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-07

s.rin9 orr the connection. The Judge 10
whom tbs appeal was made said the cere-
mouy was q. X.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-07

The two men II attempted To- thaw
out a stick of frozen dynamite mt Pittsburg
on Wednesday will never do so again.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-07
Moro Abrasive fh.s Fassi.

frOm the Courier Journal.
There can he no doubt that hanging II
popular when 800 people apply for tick
eta to the Lexington execution.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-07
Everything Goes by Telephone.

From the Washington Post.
That Indiana couple who We're married.
by have not yet been able To
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-11

"My mother went to visit my grand
father" writes a reader of Racket, tax.
ing with her a little brother of mine who
was eleven months old, and his nurse
who waited on her as maid. One day
this nurse brought the baby into my
mothers room and put him on the floor,
which was carpeted all over. There he
crept about and amused himself as he
felt inclined. When my mother was
dressed, certain ring that she generally
wore was not to be found. Great search
was made, but it was never produced,
and, the visit over, they all went away,
and it was almost forgotten.
exactly year after, they again went
to visit the grandfather. This baby was
now year and eleven months old. The
same nurse took him into the same room
and my mother saw him, after looking
about him, deliberately walk up to GER
tain corner, turn bit of carpet back and
produce the ring. He never gave any
account of the matter, nor did he, so far
as / know, remember it afterward. 1t
seems most likely that he found the ring
on the floor and hid it, as in safe place,
under the corner of the Brussels carpet
where it was not nailed. He probably
forgot all about it till he saw the place
again. and he was far too infantile at the
time it was missed to understand what
the talk that went on was about, or to
know what the search, which, perhaps,
he did not notice, wss for"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-11
Why Cats are Thin.

Have you ever inquired how it is that
cats can combine with their proverbial
idleness such great agility9 says " La
oranges Physiology" Muscular mac
tion leads just as much in other kinds of
animals as in the human species to obes
ity; the dog which does not hunt, the
horse kept in the stable becomes fat and
sluggish. Wild animals even, if kept
in a cage, where they are forced into the
repose of domestic life, very rapidly lose
their slenderness of figure and their ease
of movement.
Why does the cat escape the ordinary
law, and why, in spite of the fact that it
rarely moves, does it seldom become fat
as does dog or horse under similar cir
cumstances?
1t is because its immobility is not that
of inaction, and its nerves are working
while its muscles seem at rest. Like the
fenccr waiting the moment to attack, the
cat is constantly ready to spring. 1t is
always watching somethlng rat, fly,
or a joint of meat.
A drawing-room cat only make three
or four springs in the course of day, but
each of them has been preceded by two
or three hours of latent work
When we believe that the animal ia
engaged in happy dream it is meditat-
ing capture, calculating the distance
of its spring and holding its muscles in
readiness for anything that may happen.
Hence it is never taken by surprise. If
little bird escapes from its cage it is
caught and eaten in three seconds. The
cat has been watching it for week.
When it seemed asleep it was lying IN
wait
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-11

suffering of the would-be shooter. Not
deer did they see nor hear. The shooter
was nearly dead from sitting in one posi-
ton. Toward morning they passed a
swampy place, and there was rustling
in the reeds. The guide asked in short
whisper if the shooter heard it. He did
hear it, and his teeth were already chat
tering with buck fever, or with cold he
could not tell which. He signified his
willingness to shoot by the trembling of
the gun in his unsteady hands. The
guide again whispered that the rustling
was deer, and for the merchant to watch
for eyes, but if he could not see any eyes
to shoot as near as he could at the sound.
At the same time the guide suggested the,
caution that the shooter should be careS
full and not shoot him. The hunter
fired. The echoes awolle and the splash
ing and rustling ceased. The guide told
the merchant that he had shot a deer,
and, "by the sonnd" he judged that
1t was large buck. He had
doubtless secured beautiful pair of ant
lers. But the swamp was so thick and
of such a nature that it would not be
possible to get the deer, but when winter
came the place would freeze over and
then the horns and hide could be secured.
He would take the earliest opportunity
to get them and forward them to Boston.
The merchant came home in the full faith
of his success. When cold weather came
he daily expected the horns. The ex-
press was watched, but they have not
come to hand. Later in the winter he
learned that some guides arrange with
another guide to go into the swamp. get
behind tree, SO as to be safe from the
shot, and then to rustic and splash till
the tenderfoot shoots. After which all
is still, and the tenderfoot is satisfied.
He has shot deer. Now that merchant
does not care to have his friends mention
the pair of horns he expected. = Forest
aud Stream.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-11
Queer Place for a Tree.

cone of the most unique things have
ever seen on my travels" said Arthur
Thomas, of New York, ''is the old
Court House in Greencastle, Ind. was
in the town the other day, and my atten-
ton was called to full-grown tree.
Now, the curious thing about this tree
was that it didn't grow on terra firma
but on the tower of the Court House.
The tree sprouted years ago from a crevice
in the bricks of the tower, and it devel-
oped year after year until now it is foot
or more in circumference at the trunk.
1t is one of the most curious tree
growths l have seen anywhere. 1t will
have to go soon, however, for the county
is going to construct new Court House.
1t seems pity that it cannot be pre-
served, for it is fine specimen of erratic
tree growth. VI Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-11
A SHAVED COUNTRY.
Curious Appearance Old Mexico
Takes on During the Dry Season.

The City of Mexico is $500 feet
above sea level. During the day the
temperature fuctuates between 70 and 90
degrees, but at night it never gets above
the sixties, so the year around you can
not sleep without cover. The rainy
season lasts about three months during
the summer Then the country is YER
dant, the pampas grass hourishes on
the great ranges and rich foliage covers
mountain and valley along the rivers with
mantles OF green.
The dry season lasts about nine months,
and before it ends things are pretty we'll
burned up. But bounteous crops are
harvested during the summer months
and garnered for the dry season. After
the rainy season the grass on the ranges
is cured on the ground by the sum- the
same as hay is cured by being moved,
and thus it furnishes food for the cattle.
Before the dry season is ended, however,
the grass is nibbled close to the sod, and
then the whole face of the country looks
as though 1t had heen shaved In some
places the forests are heavy, but in others
not tree can be seen.
Mahogany, rosewood and pine flourish
~ ucuAit"hSo uioiis5 thc 4nohtSlcy ~ buii
Railroad, and for miles the trees are of
mahogany. The gold and silver mines
are but indifforently developed. Surface
mining is about the only kind done.
Prospectors expect to find coined dollars
on the ground, and when they are dis
appointed they leave in disgust. Last
year enough wheat was raised in Sonora
to supply five other States. The people
did not know what to do with it.
With their old-fashioned habits they
did not know how to take advantage of
their prosperity, and so lost much, but a
great deal of it was shipped to New York
and Europe. Every year the Mexican
merchants visit Germany, France and
England, and purchase seasons stock
of merchandise, which is shipped to them
in clipper ships by way of Cape Horn.
This they do because the tariff of the
United States prevents Mexico from max
ing cheap purchases in the States.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-11
MAKE YOUR MARX,

In the quarries should you toll,
Make your mark;
Do you delve upon the soil,
Make your mark;
In whatever path you go,
In whatever place you stand,
Moving swift or moving slow,
With firm and honest hand,
Make your mark.
Should opponents hedge your way,
Make your mark;
Work by night or work by day,
Make your mark,
Struggle manfully and well,
Let no obstacles oppose,
None, right-shielded, ever fell
By theweapons OF his foes.
Make your mark.
What though born peasants son;
Make your mark;
Good by poor men can be done;
Make Your mark.
Peasants garbs may warm the cold;
Peasants words may calm fear
Better Jar than boarding gold
Is the drying OF tear;
Make your mark.
Life is fleeting as shade;
Make your mark;
Marks ofsome kind must be made;
Make your mark;
Make il while the arm is strong,
In the golden hours of youth;
Never never make it wrong;
Make it with the stamp of truth;
Make your mark.
-[David Barker
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-11
What is Known About Diphtheria.

At the Berlin Medical Congress, one
of the most interesting speeches was de-
livered by Professor Tretller, of Greifs--
valid, who spoke on the propagation and
prevention of diphtheria. He proved
that i'll Prussia the most numerous cases
occur in the coolest provinces. He ar
rived at the following conclusions: The
cause of the disease is the diphtheria
bacillus. The disease is propagated by
the excreta of patients. The bacillus,
floating in the air, gets into the clothes
and bodies of healthy people. Diph-
theritic children must be kept away
from school for at least four weeks
! Pail Mall Gazette.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-11

I have solved the problem of keeping
pantaloons in shape. The so-called
trousers stretchers are in many respects a
delusion and q snare. The machine has
a tendency towards lengthening the legs.
My plan is to have a separate pair of sus-
penders for each pair of pants and hang
the garment by the supporters on two
pegs about as far apart as a mans
shoulders. Try this and you will notice
that the pants will never bag at the
knees. Besides there is a great deal of
time and worry saved in not being
obliged to change suspenders every time
you Change trousers.-[St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-11
Shooting a Deer in the Adirondacks.

They tell good story of Boston
merchant at the Adirondacks last year.
He was particularly anxious to kill a
deer. He employed zone of the best
guides in the region" and they lacked
and lacked nearly all night, amid great
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-11
DUBIOUS FoREBoDINGs.

Miss Columbia--Are you sure you
really love me and are not marrying me
on account of my wealth?
Lord Anglo-And are you sure you
love me and are not marrying me on ac-
count of my title'-[ San Francisco Wasp.
THE TROUBLE.
"They say the sun never sets on the
British Empire"
''Too many bayonets, l suppose"
TAKING TINE BY THE FoRELocK.
"Maria," he pleaded, ''if your father
will not give his consent, will you elope
with me2"
'But, Tom, just think of the wedding
presents we will miss. I will promise to
ke yours when papa says yes"
'iOh, pshaw! Why wait all that time2
IF we elope we can celebrate our golden
wedding by the time your father comes
around"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-11

the blonde check of the poor waif.
'EMoses, your father-wants -youw
The color deepened, but some of us
could not see it for the mist that veiled
our eyes.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-11
A SHOCK TO HIS FAITH.

"Now, Tommy" said that young mans
mother, after a heated encounter in
which he had come out second best,
"say your prayers right away and get
into bed"
81 already said 'em, maw," answered
Tommy, 'as soon as l found out you
meant to gimme lickin, but it didn't
work. u LTerre Haute Express.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-11
THE STOVE WENT OUT.

Mistress during heated term)-Get
dinner to-day on the gasoline stove,
Bridget.
Bridget -Plaze, mum, 1 did thry, but
tn stove 'wint out.
Mistress-Try again, then.
Bridget-Yis, mum, but it's not come
back yit. 1t wint out trough tn roof
New York Weekly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-11

fastener Gn far Western store)-Got
any neckties2
Proprietor (mystifed) -er-what
sort-silk, calico or hemp3 -[Good
News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-11
ONE SIDE OF SCHOOL, LIFE.

II VV-'DI4-'9I7I7 NS1'1'f
"What's this?"
"That's your condensed milk"
"But l ordered a quart that's no
quart"
"Yes, it is. It's a condensed quart. "
Il Bazaar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-11

Barber-Your head is full of dandruff,
sir.
Customer-Im glad you told me. l
was under the impression that it was
brains.-TIife.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-11

" hotio icathci DdS was ultuCueu. L
placed a franc piece in each, but had
my doubts as to whether the prisoners
would benefit by my almsgiving, and
thought it more likely that the greedy
guard would take the money from them.
''The cells on the first and second
floors are all alike. The degree of sick
ness and misery of the inmates alone va
ries. The cells in the underground
prisons, where the worst offenders expi-
ate their crimes, are, however, far more
horrible even than those have described.
Here every ray of light is excluded. In
utter darkness the unhappy wretches lie
chained to the rceking floor of the cell.
They are totally unable to change their
positions, and are released from their
chains for two hours each day, lest death
should afford them an escape from this
Inferno. The official who conducted me
told me with cynical smile how this
class of offenders is brought to confess.
Hands and feet are bound together and
the man is placed at pillar to which his
head is fastened. The victim is thus alb
solutely unable to move. The prepara-
tions completed, the torture begins.
There is always stock of large ants kept
ready in little boxes, and of these about
fifty are placed upon the body of the
poor wretch. The tortures he endures
from the bites of these insects seldom
fail to make him confess, no matter
whether guilty or innocent Upon
others the same effect is produced by
claiming them to the pavement of the
courtyard and exposing them for a whole
day, to the scorching rays of the sun
without the power Of moving limb.
Never in my life had so fully appreci-
ated the privilege of breathing fresh air
as when turned my back upon the pris-
ons OF Uskub, which, moreover, are but
a.specimen of what may be seen in every
city of Macedonia"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-11

Whene'cr you meet a man whose face
Is very sadly patched,
AS though he'd fallen through hedge
And had it fiercely scratched,
Oh, do not dare to ask of him
The source of all his woe.
He's one of those who thinks that he
Can shave himself, you know.
II Chicago Evening Post.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-06-12

Ex-senator Kellogg, Of LOuielanp,
Tells How the OolOred Plelists OF
Louisiana Love President
Harrison aud
Kellogg is a LEADING Republioan'''iseeord
Of Private Sales at Church Fair''' Wall
Paper OF Harrison Steel rlateA


WAsHINGros, June 0, Ex-Governor
VIM, PIT Kellogg 10 back from LonlAlhilh'
by way OF Chicago, win an apl hl9ry Y,
iIistraiIng Mr.. Hauaon'a popularity
with the eolored people OF the South
This Is the way he Tells iti
~ was sitting Ia my room NJ lhe ~,
Charles Hotel, IN New Orleans, when ola
DR., Lyons, who has charge OF the largest
oolored church Ia CarrOlllon, came Ia
with slhscrlptl0n book for his church.
asked him how much he thought ought
10 give, ! gave II and then said
''lilder, what do yogrpeople think about
the Administration
NWeii, Governor he said, ~ will Just
toll you. You remember Mr. Scot, don !
you, who keeps stationery ANA general
store on Grayler street, ANA VINO USED le
be something OF q Republican, ,Melll
went 10 him for a auhhorlplion' lle lolu
me times were hard and money was
scarce, but, he said, IN tell you what |
can do, have got q LOT Of fine steel ens
qraylnqa OF President Harrison, which !
will give you II you like 70 take them
They cost me l2N cents q pleoei you can
sell Them for what you like and give the
money 10 the church,
NTo mako tho story ahort,n continued
Kellogg, htho elder Jumped ~ The oiter'
Scott counted him out o hundred prlhth
and he lugged them home under HE arm
A few days afierward there was q ehufch
fair aud o big meeting. DR., Lyons hh.
nounoed TO the brethren and sisters mat
he had been presented by Mr.. Scott WIN
lot Of fine 6leol-pate engrnyinRa OF Mr'
Harrison, which he would sell Tor the ben.
eft Of the church at 10 cents each, ana
those who could not afford 10 pay 10 cents
Gould have them for q nickel Up then
rose an old deacon and aaidi
"'Do / understand the pastor 70 say
these are nrolralta Of President Benjamin
Harrison 2n
"'Yea, said Elder Lyons,
""1hen,' said the deacon, speaking Tor
myself, don't want none Of himP Ana
all over the church arose q chorus, we
amt got no We for himp
ITO tell tho truth, Governor Elder
Lyons said, vi only got rid OF three OF
those pictures, aud those ! gave away
"What did you do with the othor WV
~ had room which had Just been
plaaterod and wanted pnporlng ana
turned them face 20 the wall and pnpered
the room with them aa far 40 they would
0oiN
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-06-12

II IN made OF Scotch waterproof cloth,
woven In the cottages among tho High
lands, and IL plalded In q kind Of heather
mixture, The skirt being buttoned from
waist TO hem, on the loft side, cannot
blow open or flap Hwllwardly about the
ankles like a partially fastened garment
and the lucky wearer will ilud herself al
most aa well supplied with convenient
pockets aa though she were "a man and a
brOthern
The fair yoynger'a need OF tasteful and
becoming millinery after her Journey, has
been equally we'll anticipated by the noted
ladies' tailor, who always furnishes his
costumes with appropriate hata or bon.
nets, In which the prevailing colora Of
gown or coat are nrlstlcally embodied
the following sketch shows a hat that can
not fail TO be becoming and h very plctur'
oaquoly stylish.