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HE WAY ne ROADS BUN

"All roads lead 10 Helena. but il is
because Helena enterprise has brought
them here" We cannot admit that
the Helena Heroh puts II right in say.
ing this.
One famous road was led Ia Helena
by enterprise" of a sorry sort. The
story need not be repeated some of
the men who were In the deal are in
their graves now: and Montana is char
table. The Northern Pacific is making
good the damage done to itself. by I'M
ming its main line direct from Gallatin
10 Butte.
of course, Helena has its roads.
There is. for instance, the transconti.
mental line from Helena 10 i,imini and
return, with tri.weekly trips made ac-
cording 10 a time card which is not in
tended for the public but for the gov
eminent of its employe only, a line
which during daylight ventures on oc-
casion 10 feel its way out of Helena.
Then there is the deserted branch of
the Northern Pacific which started for
Butte but ney got there. Account
must be taken, too, of the picturesqu,
route that leads from the idle smelters
at East Helena. They say the walking
is good along that way. Nor should
the Great Northern he forgotten. Will
its grand roadbed and its admirabl,
equipment - a splendid trunk lin,
which. measured in tonnage or by dol
lars and cents, does a total business
with Helena less in "A wear than tina
which this little city OF Anaconda doe,
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PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.

Mayor-elec Rucker Of San Jose, Califor-
mia, Is only % years of age.
Caleb Leongood, a wealthy resident of
Pottsville, Pennsylvania, is probably the
greatest peanut eater in the world. He
has been known to eat six quarts at one
sitting.
Bonanza Mackay is disposing of his va
rious mining properties on the Pacific
slope, that are said to be worth about S1O,-
COO,O00, and expects henceforth to make
his permanent residence In New York.
A story comes from Germany that the
scrofulous affections under which the en-
peror suffers has broken out with renewed
v%irulence. 1t is said that the leading med
zeal authorities of Germany give him but
ten years of sanity or life.
Ouida uses scent in her hair and on her
eyebrows that costs so an ounce; she can't
bear a piece of muslin that has been
starched, and the touch of velvet, she
she says, makes her flesh creep; she hates
the world, likes to offend il in her books
n shock it with her
Elijah Watson of Nashville, Mo-, has
doubtless held the office Of postmaster
longer than any other incumbent in the
United States, having been appointed i'm
lo3- ou tue cstiDllsII11ent OF mat OnlCe.
He is still vigorous, and meets all trains
with and for his mail as regularly as he
has for so many years.
Kaiser William seems rather friendly to
the Jews han otherwise. He frequently
invites al old friend, DIR. Sommer TO the
palace, and as the latter is an orthodox
jew, dinne for him has to be sent i'm from
a Kosher restaurant. The emperor has
u. a.....saxl - al..., a.. ..al
berg to be one of his private secretaries.
Isaac Pitman, the inventor of phonog-
raphy, still presides owe the phonetic in
stitution at Bath, England. while he has
resided uninterruptedly for more than half
a century. He is rising Is. yet he super.
vises a correspondence of 10000 letters a
year, besides editing the Phonetic Journal
and compiling the numerous books which
he annually publishes.
Frank A. Paddock, a prominent lawyer
of Glens Falls, n. y, died Wednesday
last, aged go years. His death was the re-
suit of a singular hallucination. Three
years ago, while Mr.. Paddock was at his
country seat i'm Delhi. Delaware county, he
one day read Rider Haggard's
rated in The book made such a vivid i'm
preston upon his imagination that that
night he dreamed hat he was in the sea
swimming away from reptiles. He
thought he saw his brother standing on a
rock stretching his arms to save himself
from some approaching monster. So real
was the dream that he rose to his fcet and
dived out of bed, striking on his head ON
the floor with such force as TO cause severe
injury. Paralysis subsequently set in as
the result of II. and although ne returned
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-10

Idaho will get into the Union none
too quick to please men in that state
elect who have political ambition.
Candidates and their chances are dis.
cussed there with as much zest rs If
the election had been held, the political
complexion of the legislature assured
and the members of the majority all
ready to bask in the Establishments of
rivals for two seats in the national
senate. The STANDARDS alert cores.
pondent in Idaho, in occasional letters,
has presented the situation and named
the leading aspirants for the offices
which will be available when Idaho is
a state. Montana has many interests
i'm common with the state soon To be
proclaimed. Its business and social re-
lations are closer with Idaho than with
any other of its neighbors. The politi-
cal fortunes of the new state are a mat
ter of deep interest to our people and
Montana's democrats, who have on
hand a fight with fraud, are hoping
that, when the election comes, their po-
litical brethren i'm Idaho will get the
votes and then guard the counting of
them.
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A WELL.
How II Acts as u Reliable Authority on n,
Weather.

How u Acts as u Reliable authority an the
Weather.
From the PITT shurg Dispatch.
In the town of Great Valley. i'm Catta-
raug,is county, there is an interesting cur
iosity, known locally as the "whistling
WE'LL" located on the farm Of Col. Wesley
Flint. About forty-flve years ago the well
was dug by the colonel's father to the
depth of As feet, but no water accsmu-
lated and the well was put down as n fiat
failure. A strong current Of air was no.
ticed rushing into the well at times and at
other times rushing out of il.
A Hat stone with a 1h-inch hole was fit
ted over the hole and n whistle placed i'm
il, which changed its tunc as the air was
drawn up or down. This whistle proved
a reliable barometer. In settled weather
the whistle was silent, but an approach
ing storm was beralded by a warning
shrek of the whistle as the air rushed out
of the well. but as clear weather APP
preached the current of air changed u
was drawn into the well and the faithful
whistle changed and told its story by its
changed tone. The whistle has long since
been worn out, but the well continues TO
tell the changes in the weather. In rainy
weather the well forces up n stream OF
spray.
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Butte's base ball club has now reached
the point where il can sue or be sued. II
has complied with the provisions of law
that relate to the organization of n stock
company. One little condition on which
ucces depends is lacking that is the
money To start the club, fix the grounds
and pay salaries. There are several gem
tlcmen in Butte who think this part of the
preliminary business can easily - cared
for. The wonder Is that, in n city as in
tercsted as Butte is known to be in almost
every line of pastime, ii should be found
unusually difficult to awaken enthusiasm
over base ball.
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WHAT WAS IT ALL FOR?

Secretary Blaine is supposed to have
been the prime mover in bringing
about the pan American conference
which held its prolonged session in the
city of Washington. The object of the
conference was openly announced. II
aimed TO bring into closer commercial
relations the United States and other
countries of the American continent.
il talked about international coinage,
an eXtradition treaty and a code of
commercial law, il declared in favor of
a transcontinental railroad to connect
North and South America, il rave at
tention to a plan for the perfect protec-
ton of patent and trade mark rights.
In many of the sessions of the confer
ence. the advantage To farmer, banker.
mechanic and tradesman of the pro-
posed commercial relation was elo-
quently pictured.
Secretary Blaine, We say. is commonly
regarded as the prime mover i'm this
business. The fact is that the confer
nee is of democratic origin. The bill
that authorized IL and gave il life was
prepared by a democrat and introduced
by a democrat. II was passed by a
democratic house of representatives
and signed by a democratic president.
However, that il is not of very great
account. Mr.. Blaine certainly under
took to manage the conference. Weeks
were spent in the discussion of ways
aud means for closer commercial rela.
tions, and il appeared that this coun.
try's share in South and Central Amer
lean trade was pitiably small. Our peo-
pie thought we ought Ia have more of
IL, the delegates said they wanted us 10
get IL, and the talk about reciprocity
was rs pleasant as you please.
Many of the STANDARDS readers re-
member some of the astonishing con
trasts which were put into figures when
the conference was discussing trade.
IL appears, for instance. that. in 1855,
Central and South America paid for
wooden goods Ssa.Opn 90 the United
states, sa,hl5,O00 to England and 81.
svi,OrO Ia France. For iron and steel
they paid to the United States $500
ooo, TO England S2i, $4,000: for cotton
goods, to the United states si,5o0,OoO,
to England st0,OOo.1O-a and in like
proportion on scores of commodities.
But there was an odd combination
IN the conference Ten delegates sat
IN It's sessions To represent the United
states; they were advocates of the re-
publican protection policy TO a man.
When IL came To the point where the
conference wanted TO pass from pro-
fesSiOu 10 practice THINGS won. Lr,,uh,
10 a sudden halt. The upShot of Il was
that the conference committee on a
customs union reported thus; THE
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manufacturing countries, rs the
United States, would have to abandon,
partially at least, their present protect
i've policy and they do not see yet
prepared to do this" Those of the
South American delegates who still
linger in the United States and notice
what the Mckinley committee Is doing
will, indeed, conclude that the country
is not prepared to do anything of the
sort. Reading the text Of the McKin-
ley bill, these visiting statesmen must
look one another in the face to ask:
"What are we here fol-? :"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-10

Whatever his faults or failings, Senator
Stanford gets in the mood now and then
to do the handsome thing. He plans to
put a good deal Of money In the univer-
sity which will be n credit to California,
and the story is that he is going to give to
San Francisco ample ground for a splen-
did park, which is to have a museum and
be connected by boulevard with Golden
Gate park. That is a gift which any city
in the land would appreciate, and il the
senator refuses to let Parson Newman
cover the whole park with the weeds of
rank rhetoric, at the formal opening, the
thing will be a success.
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4 Pathetic Tale.

From the Chicago Times.
There was but one loud tn mar the Joy
OF 81. Louis upon the opening Of its sec
ond big bridge Saturday. All had gone
merry as "A marriage bell until a young
woman, probably wearied by the long
speech of Ex-Governor Stanard, which re-
viewed the history 81 81. Louis. To the
beginning Of which the memory OF man
turncth not back, accidentally droppcd "A
bottle Of ~Rhampagnc. whose contents
forthwith NhinRlcl with the yellow oozc
below. IL was . Aomcut II horror. Gov
crnor Francis gaspcd in his agony. aud
the faces Of brave men turned pale with
emotion. A. the news sprrad a GREAT cry
arose amongst the multitude, AN Is lost
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silver puts on a new phase every day
in the week. This mornings special
dispatch from Washington TO the
STANDARD says that President lIarri-
son may he counted on 10 sign any sill
yer bill that congress passes. II this is
true and il the final bill omits the bull
lion. redemption feature, II will have TO
be said that the president has learned
a good deal in a very little time. And
where will odd Window be then, poor
thingy We trust that President IIar.
rison will guide his course by the
phrase of a MAI who once graced the
office that Harrison belittles and edo
right as God gives him to know the
right"
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Two weeks ago word went abroad
that young Mr.. Harrison had gone
south, and now the report crops out in
Washington that the son of grand
fathers hat is going To represent in
Washington the interests of the Louis.
lama lottery" whatever that may
mean. IL seems highly improbable
that this young man, with so many nd.
ministration burdens, outside the IIel.
ena postoiice, already on his hands,
should load his shoulders with the af.
fairs of the New Orleans concern.
still, there's no telling what to expect
of nan who could perpetrate that
Atlanta speech and then deliberately
say, Il did IT,"
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with its railroads once every 22o hours
the year round.
Speaking of roads worth having,
what are they i'm Montana? There Is
the Union Pacific. II has an enor-
nous traffic with Butte and Anaconda.
For Its purposes, Helena isn't worth
the having. Then w have the North
ern Pacific which, with its short cut to
Butte. atOnes for the crime that first
carried IL 20 Helena over grades which
practical business. after ~ years of pa
tient test, declares TO be impossible; a
magnificent railroad which, not many
months hence, will speed traffic and
traveller past Anaconda to Philipsburg
and beyond. That through line has no
use for Helena. What of the Great
Northern? II may seek the coast ut
Seattle, Portland or san Francisco, IL
may touch at Missoula, perhaps 1t will
seek q direct route to Spokane Falls.
Possibly il will not favor Anaconda. as
this city has fondly hoped il would.
probably il will strike direct for the
West from a point as far north as
Great Falls; but il will have no use for
Helena. This exhausts the list of trunk
lines.
But there are roads that have an
other mission than that involved in
traffic. There is the highway, for ex-
ample, that leads to the permanent
capital of Montana. Helena will travel
that road, but it will fall by the way
side. Five years hence bats and owls
will hold carnival in the caverns of the
Mullan tunnel, unyexed by smoke or
smudge of passing train. Seven years
hence the traveller who wants to gaze
on the gilded dome of this common
wealth's capitol will have to come this
side the range. The scepter must pass
from Helena. Butte, Anaconda, Mis-
soula and Dillon have decraed it.
They will make common cause, and
Helena's s~yndicated thousands of east
ern capital cannot hinder it. Ten years
hence Butte will have M hundred
thousand people, Anaconda will still
be famous for the largest copper
smelling plant i'm the world, Missoula
will be the distributing point for thou
sands of thrifty h~usbandmen in the
fertile Bitter Root, and Helena. with
her uncrowned pretentions, will be
fourth among the cities of Montana.
When that day comes, let us hope
that IIelena's ten miles square of va
cant town lots. her crazy road to Rim
mi, her untrayeled ties toward Butte.
her ridiculous minimum of money en-
gagged In manufactures, her CONSOLE
dated water companies that cannot
slake the peoples thirst, her thousand
dollar prices on hundred dollar lots, her
fraudulent senators and her ~egregious
s%elf-conceit these all shall be as trivial
as a tradition, as insubstantial as a
fairy tale.
The STANDARD ardently wishes good
speed to every city and hamlet i'm Mon
tana. IL shares the aspirations of
every ambitious town i'm this state,
destined to he the mightiest of states
in all the mighty West. 1t hopes for
Helena's prosperity; yet it is compelled
to pause when il meets the declaration
that "all roads lead tn Helena" We
cannot admit that the Helena HelaH
puts it right in saying this.
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Since the time of General Washing
ton, American carpenters have sue
ceeded in reducing the hours of their
labor from twelve to ten, nine or per
haps eight, and increasing their wages
from fifty cents TO more than three dol
lars a day, while the farmers of the
United States work a s long now rs
they did a century ago, and what they
earn is not greatly more than it was.
That is the way General Butler puts ii,
and he is an ardent protectionist, or
was up To q few days ago.
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There are newspapers that believe
the controversy involving Mr.. Dana, of
the New York SIM and president
Cleveland is doing serious damage TO
Mr.. Cleveland. These are republican
newspapers, they would like to see the
ex-president hurt. Whether the later
phases of the discussion help or harm
him or the Sun is a mere matter of
opinion. Meanwhile the SIM indus
~triously chants its roundelay of praise
10 David Bennett Hill. There isn't a
doubt i'm the world how that will turn
out will Kill Hill as sure as fate.
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Nothing "Enete" About Chicago.

From the Chicago Times.
Chicago newspapers are getting into n
bad habit. One or another of them is for
ever printing interviews with ''old sctt-
lers," who tell Of the good old times when
prairie chickens were shot on the site Of
the Sherman house, or reeling of some
other interesting bat ancient yarn. Just
when Chicago is posing as the young
giant of the mighty west all this sort of
stuff is untimely. The first thing Chicago
knows the west will he chasing her with
the effete east and the star of empire will
pack its grip in disgust and journey out to
the Pacific coast. A word to the wise is
sufficient.
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Isn't This Dog Cheap,

From the BnlcInan Chronicle.
The city of Livingston, by its city coun-
ell, gave si0o toward "A write-up which APP
pearcd in the Independent Of Sunday.
The city also hired a man 10 write up an
advertisement for the same paper. A
large number Of extra copies were sold
to the citizens of Livingston. The hide
pendent is not only getting ''evcn" ON this
scheme as far as the money outlay is con-
ccrncd, hut IL is getting "A wide advertise
msut.
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What We Want to Know.

From the Salt Lake Tribune.
We receive some very important dis
patches from the east, but frequently in
the haste of transmitting them important
features are left 4. In the dispatch of
yesterday, for instance, there is a thrilling
accoun Of the abduction of q farmers
daughter at Eau Claire, Wis. On: the
morning OF her intended wedding day,
while proceeding to milk the cows, her
brother and another man abducted her.
II was a thrilling affair, but In the haste
of stating it, the country is not advised ms
to whether those cows were really MIXED
or not.
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After all, there is constantly some sug-
gestioncoming mp to remind us how much
we nave to be thankful for. The Phila-
delphia Times remarks hat it's n good
thing base ball wasn't going on in 1916,
else nobody would have stayed away from
the grounds TO sign the declaration of in
dcpendcuce.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-10
The Cars Joke.

From the Lawrence American.
The Czarina: "Oh, my dearoritcb,
does IL not make YOU hcartovsky beat
with pridesky To think what n beautifulo-
witch country our own Russia is 2"
The Car: "No. swcctsky. l do. not
lovesky Russia. Would you know what !
ihinksky of it," d,
ayes, my petsky. What do you think oil
it,"
at Is "a bom~b-inable.'
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Gone tut of Fashion.

From the Chicago Tribune.
One Of the Philadelphia newspapers re-
marked n few days ago that on May I the
anarchists would he ''glad To paint Chi
cago any color 81 it's red" There seems
tn he a misapprchcnsion in the east as to
the people who live in this city. There
are no anarchists here. and the school of
painting which they affected has gone en-
tircly out Of fashion.
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CURRENT COMMENT.
broad Principles and l,orax.

Prom the Boston Globe.
Congressman Ncidringhaus, a great
borax consumer Of st. Louis, who spent
$4,000 for the honor of being elected as a
champion of protection, o finds him
self taxed $4,000 a year by the Mckinley
bill, and is very wroth. Here is a weak
patriot willing To barter away broad
principles" for borax.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-10

Mckinley has not yet found out that the
Anaconda STANDARD is against the tariff
bill.-Butte Inter Mountain.
And Harrison does not appear to be
aware that the Inter Mountain has ordered
Window out of the cabinet.
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ave the cork ~ and tears moistened the
eyes Of those whose threats were parched.
And TO this day crowd linger about the
spot, and with mute but touching pathos
indicate TO the stranger the scene Of the
~traUefly-
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waut and Need.

From lIarpcr's bazaar
tCclric's mother was a New Yorker, nut
Cedric himself was born i'm Boston,
Cedric. you are a naughty boy; you
want "A licking said she.
No,mothcr," returned the clhld.hraycly
al may need a chastiscment. hut l non !
want H."
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This section isn't asking any Mckinley
protection against the welcome showers
that started yesterday.
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WORK or PHYSICIANS ALONG THE I-ODR.

\ rl"s' Of tn" work p tf'imd bv III" hhr d'' ,ran1
Of "-unlr rps during July asd August va, sent
to tn. Health Board idly by Dr. Morruu Morris. 1t
thai young doctors visited t03Gi mcnt-
houses containing Y2l or irm r-. and prescribed for
IG 5Ol sick lrr.os Who too to for medical
aid The figures In III, report Misleading because
a.uL 81 900 tenement hot In the city, and
them probably not inspected 10y the corps.
The rNrrs.i,r nunr Of houses and families given In tho
rrlnrt ontcd for by the fact houses and
fsmili, visited ard united than by the
ply sIcans Another mi.r ding feature Of III" report Is
between the nh.rs OF sick prrsrrlb
aud lns. The tgur " show that
al" III 1000 mora such pa"n, In III" tenement
houses during tn last two month, than durng July and
\u,u-t lss? such increase Of sickness would bc
irunrhnl. IN any suron and this Summer has bern
gar led unusually "hral.hy' IN Nrw.York The deaths
IN the city durnr Jul, and August last numbered
go" a.d this oSI difference Of III In t'r
Der of deaths taking OF the cras population
Indicate, that there has been less sickness this than
last and that the report VI " summcr corps" work
i>ion. ais" ~ given t. assisting organlau
Dr. M,iri, rcc,nnnnds that the work Of the 'sumncr
orrs" bc begun eoiiIer next sun,.er about Juno rs
The Health Board will consider tho report next week.