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The Anaconda standard., 1890-04-08
lMPRAcTlcABle RESEARCH.

There is an "Anthropological so
ciety" in Washington and the members
get together every little while and tell
what they have found out about man.
They are not SO much concerned in the
present man as in the past man the
very past man. Any man who has
lived during the past fifty or sixty
thousand years fails 10 interest them
except by comparison with his remote
ancestors. They say they go To the
beginning of things and have all sorts
of fun reyiyifying the age when man
instead of being little lower than the
angels was only little higher than the
brutes.
The Origin and History of Saluta-
tions," was the subject of "A paper read
the other night by Colonel Mallery.
lie said friendly greetings were COM
mon before articulate speech prevailed,
and sign language ilourished and ges.
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PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.

Frank B. Tracy, the son of the secre-
tary of the navy, is an enthusiastic fine
stock raiser, and has n farm i'm Tioga
county, n. Y.
Commander McCurley has sailed from
San Francisco for the Hawaiian islands
to take charge of the U. S. S. Nipsic.
Cyrus w. Field has revived his scheme
TO run the cars of the New York elevated
railroads by electricity.
General Boulanger agrees TO return to
France on certain conditions. He seems
TO be still deluded by the idea that he may
some day fill n long-felt want.
DR.. Helen L. Webster. of Lynn. Mass,
who has been called to a chair at Vassar,
is one of the three women i'm America who
have received the degree of PHI. ID. from
the University Of Zurich.
The Coquelins, elder and younger, are
coming to this country again, with COM
pany of their own, to give series of
French plays i'm our leading cities.
Mrs. Crook, who is completely pros
trated since the sudden death of her hus-
band. General George Crook, is quietly
resting at Oakland, Md, which she has
determined to make her permanent resi-
dence.
Remington, the artist, is q man of more
than average height, with blonde head
of hair, blue eyes and rosy face. He has
had an adventurous career and his knowl-
edge of Indians and cowboys was gained
by actual experience.
Ben Buffers book is TO he put forth
next fall. II will he i'm two volumes, and
be sold by subscription. II is to be filed
with high explosives. II is said he has
some startling things TO say about Lin
coins assassination.
Doctor Mellow. the murderer of Cap
tain Dawson, of Charleston. is still prac-
ticing medicine, having his Office and
dwelling i'm the house where the murder
was committed, and next door TO Captain
Dawson's home, now occupied by his
widow.
Captain McCalla, of the United States
steamer Enterprise, the Boston Trans
cript, "married as beautiful Boston
belle as ever touched dainty foot to the
Beacon street sidewalk"
Phil Armour, while a butchers assist
ant, was I'm love with a handsome blonde,
who Tilted him for wagon driver. The
millionaire recently inquired concerning
her and found that she is a matron with a
large family, and her husband is still n
wagon driver.
Sheriff Sickles of New York has ap-
pointed Augustus B. Field his private Sec
rotary. Mr.. Field is n graduate from Co
lumbia college and is about 25 years of
age. His grcat-erandfathcr was a MEM
Der of President Washington's cabinet.
The New York Press says that Henry :.
Ives, since he got out of Ludlow street
iail has been .loiuy Tho to,Dn. with tho
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Bismarck was Mr.. Phelps sponsor for
membership in the Fencing club, the
most aristocr attic club of Berlin.
Phelps and the Bismarcks were con-
stantly seen together, and when the
premier took his final leave of diplo-
matte life, of all the representatives OF
the great powers, none were invited to
be near him but Mr.. Phelps. European
diplomats have been puzzled to ac-
count for these things"
II will please Americans to learn
that Mr.. Phelps has made himself so
solid with the Bismarcks and the solidi-
ty is due not so much to the respect COM
manded by the government of which
Mr.. Phelps is the representative, but,
as Mr.. Reid broadly intimates, is rather
the result of the social qualities, the in
trinsic grace, the courtly demeanOr, the
charming affability of the accomplished
American diplomatist from New
Jersey. Sagacity, il would appear,
does not cut so much of figure I'm the
diplomatic circles of Europe as courtesy
and the faculty of making oneself per
sonally agreeable. by this standard,
Mr.. Reid as a diplomat must be at
least the equal of Mr.. Phelps, and a
suitable return of the compliments
showered at Washington last week
may be expected at any moment.
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FROM the Portland Oregonian.
Senator Stewards irrigation bill seems
to have been guartledly drawn, and to he
free from the objection made to some
similar measure that seems TO facilitate
the acquisition of lands in large quanti-
ties by corporations and individuals who
can command capital to construct irriga-
tion works. Under Stewards plan, IL we
understand il correctly, the lands are to
be placed under state jurisdiction for the
purpose of establishing irrigating sys-
TENS only. The title is to remain i'm the
government, and the lands are to remain
open TO homestead entry, subject, how
ever, to a lien for the repayment of the
money expended in constructing irrigat-
ing works. This is applying on a large
scale and under Federal authority the
very principle which is recognized by the
state and territorial law in the west, that
the cost of irrigating works may be as
sessed upon the land benefited. This is
now done by water companies without
state authority. Ii is proposed that il
shall be done by the state under Federal
authority.
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Corporal Tanner furnishes one of
the most striking examples of the re-
munerative character of the claim
agency business. When Tanner came
to Washington as commissioner of
pensions he was poor. When he
stepped out of Office at President Har-
rison's request he claims to have been
poorer. He then flung out his shingle
as a pension agent. This was tele-
graphed over the country by Washing
ton correspondents, and ~ hours
later he had more than 200 cases on his
books and substantial fees in his pOck-
cts. Since then his business has in
creased at an enormous rate and he has
all he can possibly attend to. Truly,
Corporal Tanners resignation, was a
blessing in disguise.
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Of the 100000 needed the executive
committee of the Grant Monument as
sociation announces that il has now on
hand Sl4l,000. At this rate the asso-
citation will be ready to begin the cree
tion of the monument about 1903. The
calmness and deliberation with which
the people of New York are proceed
ing in this matter are spectacle to be-
hold. The executive committee, how
ever, has got SO far along that il
feels safe in considering what form the
memorial shall take. At a meeting
last week il resolved that I'VE formally
adopt as the general idea for the pro.
posed structure at Riverside park an
erection of such altitude and capacity as
to present an attractive elevation and
afford ample room within it not only
for the sepulchre of General Grant and
his wife. but also for memorial hall.
IL is not quite clear to what uses the
hall is to lie put. Perhaps the commit.
tee will iii IL ur with beds and make il
a lirst-rate sleeping apartment for
themselves and other somnolent New
Workers.
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PAsLP Ps DOING IT UP BROWN.

Whitelaw Reid, the American min.
lister TO France, was in Washington
last week cracking up William Walter
Phelps, American minister TO Ger
many. II will next he in order for Mr..
Phelps to take few weeks off in order
to visit Washington and scratch Mr..
Reids back in an equally graceful,
agreeable, elegant manner. Mr.. Reid
believes that a European war is i'm
pending and that all the great powers
desire the friendship of the United
states. This he thinks accounts for
the very unusual degree of intimacy
which exists between the Bismarcks,
father and son, and our minister at
Berlin. When Count Herbert Bis
marck's equipage was known to have
awaited the arrival OF William Walter
Phelps there was a distinct sensation
in diplomatic circles. "Over there" T"
said Mr. Reid. an "event of this sort
means something. 4 smile. n nod. or
bow has its current value in the
diplomatic exchange Then Count
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Relief for New Orleans.

From the Philadelphia Press.
An overflow of the Mississippi at New
Orleans would damage property, but il is
hardly conceivable that il would endanger
human life to any great extent, as the
surplus waters could not accumulate
greatly, but would drain of promptly to
Lake Pontchartrain, and thence to the
gulf. A Lake Borgne outlet would afford
the best possible antidote for New Or
leans uneasiness just now, but the crumb-
ling levees above the city are i'm more
costly fashion giving the same kind of re-
lief to New Orleans that a prearranged
escape for flood waters would effect.
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DEMOCRATIC CITY NOMINATIONS.
TUESDAY. APRIL 8, 1880.
In spite of the best efforts of the

In spite of the best efforts of the re-
publicans of Butte to make show of
peace, harmony and brotherly love, an
incident occurred in the convention
yesterday that proved how superficial
is the calm and how fictitious the Sc
renity. The effects of the late unpleas-
antness in the republican party will he
traced i'm one form or another for many
a day. Meanwhile the democrats are a
solid phalanx and Mr.. Walton will be
elected.
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lures connected with the emotions not
only of man but of the lower animals
preceded and influenced historic cere-
monials of salute. lie gave a lengthy
history of the habit of bowling, lifting
the hat, hand shaking, and other salu-
tations among different races Of men,
civilized and uncivilized. The kiss, he
said, prevailed among men before
1t was applied between the sexes. The
practice of kissing between males,
ludicrous and disgusting as it Is, Is still
common in continental Europe and in
other less civilized regions. In Eng
land, not many generations ago, it
would have been the imperative duty
of a visitor to have kissed all the ladies
of the household. This lasted into the
Georgian era. IL was suggested that
one cause for the long delay in the dis
covery of the mutual kiss was in the
general use by both sexes of nose rings
or labrets. either of which would pre-
vent the approximation requisite to the
performance of the act.
All this no doubt Is valuable aquisi-
ton to human knowledge, but little
practical good is it. Kissing is not an
esoteric study. There is no need of
putting IL in the curriculum of Ameri-
can high schools and universities.
Whether or no it was an instinct of the
savages of antiquity, to-day 1t is an
impulse, a propensity which manifests
itself ut an early age. and which the
youth of the land has no disposition to
resist. Its origin and history have no
interest for them. They are utilita-
rians.
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We Will Have Pie,

From the Louisville Courier-Iournal
The wicked ways and means committee
has not probably reflected upon the fact
that an increase of duty on tin plate might
increase the price of grocery pies. The
party that deliberately adds to the price of
pie will be hurled from power the mo-
ment the American people can get mt Il.
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From the Salem Journal.
The newspapers of this country must be
pretty tired of receiving circulars from the
census department., asking the editors to
furnish a whole lot of information about
the finances Of the city, the county or
some other equally valuable but abstruse
information that is hard TO get. He must
either be a fool, or thinks the average
newspaper man fool, who asks such
things at their hands, as will require not
only time but skill and knowledge of
laws and local government TO get.
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Douglass Green and Mrs. Snell-Mc-
Crea, whose cscapade of few weeks
since is still fresh in memory, are now
heartily sick of their foolish act, and are
trying To arrange matters so as to return
To New York. The way of the trans
gressor that skippeth is hard.
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Our Minister TO France.

From the Seattle Post-Intelllgeucer
Considering his ministerial relations to
our whole country, II was neither kind nor
becoming for Whitelaw Reid, In his inter
view with a Herald reporter on arriving
home from Paris the other day, TO throw
cold water on the worlds fair project be-
cause Chicago had been selected as the
site of the great show. II he were 40
times an American minister, a New
Yorker can never realize that there is any
other city than New York in this coun-
try,
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In the interest of suffering humanity
il is hoped that the prediction of Ed.
mund Yates that the great European
diamond trust is about to burst will be
confirmed. A combination formed for
the purpose of forcing up the price of
such staple commodity is iniquitous,
fiendish. monstrous To contemplate. II
is refreshing information that the dia-
mond buyers of Europe have the re-
quisite courage and iirmness to forego
buying any more of the gems at the
present eytortionate and unnatural
prices. The powerful syndicate that
has obtained the exclusive right over
all stones found in South Africa is be-
ing taught terrible lesson by the
desperate and determined consumers.
A few days ago the trust was forced
to make sales at a sacrsce, and il is still
SO overladen with merchandise which
il is utterly unable to dispose of that
ruin. so declares Mr.. Yates, is staring
il i'm the face. For once the poor peo-
pie have triumphed.
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CURRENT COMMENT.
A story with "A Moral.

Two merchants dealing side 10y side,
For getting trade the first relied
pn advertising far and wide.
The while the second trusted
To other methods To obtain
The golden prize he sought Ia gain.
Upon the first the dollars rain.
The other merchant busted.
-thicdJJ Herald
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senator Gray may have been of in his
pronunciation of Butte, but his enuncia.
ton of facts was sound. Speakin6of pro-
nunciation, what Eastern man speaks of
Helena without putting the accent on the
'e"? To make il antepenultimate savors
too much Of blasphemy for the refined
ears of anybody within 500 miles of
Rnstop.
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One hundred cans of smuggled opium
were found the other dayon a train which
left Seattle for Tacoma. The discovery
is supposed 10 have some bearing on the
controversy as tn which is the sleepiest
city. The wits can figure il out either
way.
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Something More Needed.

From the Detroit Free Press.
The new treaty with Canada will de-
crease certain crimes in the United States
by ~ per cent. the first year. Now, IL
every judge before whom thief, burglar,
or thug was tried and convicted would
give him the full extent of the law in
every instance the total decrease would
soon reach 30 per cent.
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English and German trans-Atlanticl lines
are forming trust for the regulation of
ocean traffic. II is not probable that any
change will he made in freight rates, but
a decided advance i'm passenger rates is
axnacteI
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The Italian Idea.

From the san Francisco Alta.
A Roman paper delights its readers with
information about Buffalo Bill and his
country: "In America everybody asks
everybody else to drink, using a red wine
cal led Buffalo Bill. in honor Of Colonel
Cody"
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ID. +. Bracket, the gentleman who
conceived and executed the idea OF
constructing mammoth campaign
ball and rolling il through thirteen
states and the District of Columbia-a
distance of 5000 miles finally winding
up i'm General llarrison's front yard in
Indianapolis, has been in Washington
for the past year vainly seeking to OBJ
tain position under the government
Mr. Bracket, who possessed a humble
bank account when the idea of con-
structing and rolling the ball came into
his head, having encountered an un-
grateful republic at Washington has
been reduced TO the necessity of taking
employment as trench-digger in or
der to eke out precarious existence.
His ardor is in no wise dampened, how
ever, and he expects TO set the ball roll
ing again in the next campaign.
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secure to our own country, In that partic-
hlar article. the control of the markets of
the world" Mr.. Rockefeller is presi-
dent of the Standard oil combination of
capital, which has secured to this country
In general, and itself In particular, a
large business in petroleum.
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Pious Mr.. Rockefeller ON Trusts.

From the Philadelphia Ledger
John ID. Rockerfcller, being asked by "a
World reporter for his opinion on the
subject. remarked Of trusts: 81 can see
nothing but the advancement Of the pub
lie interest in a combination of capital To
promote great national industry and To
The Anaconda standard., 1890-04-08

The first battle since the canvassing
board fraud, was fought in Helena ycster-
day, and was victory for the demo
Gratis. But what more could the republi-
cans expect?
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The Yakima Herald finds that in most
of the counties of Washington there are
fully 80 per cent. more males than fc-
males. Young woman, come west.
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A Compromise.
From Life

FfuW TlIIt.
Mrs. Jinks: MY dear. wish you would
take me to see lbsen's new play"
Mr.. Jinks (who hates To bc bored "My
love, If you'll let the play go I'll-rll ac-
company you 10 church next Sunday"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-01-23
WALKER BhAINE DEAD.
The Oldest Son of the Secre AIRY OF ST.
Dies Of Pneumonia.

The Oldest Son of the Score AIRY of Stats
Dies of Pneumonia.
A Washington dispatch reports the death
OF Mr.. Walker Blaine on the 18th. His
death was peaceful and SO sudden that the
m mbers OF his family. who were sum-
moned when 1t became apparent that the
end was near. were unable to return TO his
bedside before he breathed his last. Walker
Blaine was the oldest living son OF Secre-
tary and Mrs. Blaine. and was born in
1855. He had always been closely con-
nected with his father ever since
he became OF age, AMI at the
beginning Of the present admins
rration was appointed Commissioner OF
Claims OF the State Department. which posi-
Jon he filed with naked ability. he was
Third Assistant Secretary OF State when
his father was Secretary in Garfeld's adj
ministrat!on. On the Friday previous to
his death he was attacked by influenza,
but vas doing Well until symptoms OF acute
pneumonia appeared. and his condition be-
came SO ious. Secretary Blaine and family
are completely Frustrated. This Is the
third death in the family in q month. The
first was that Of Mrs. Blaine's sister. the
Secretarys brother followed. and now
Walker Blaine.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-01-23
SAD FATE OF THE CzAR.
The Ru' or of Russia said to BE Losing HI
Reason.

The Ru err of Russia said to BE Losing His
Reason.
A London cable says: The repeated as
sertions OF the insanity OF tho Gear are
duly denied. but IL is truc that the officials
nearest his person find 1t difficult to gain
access to him even for the purpose OF OBJ
tanning his signature to documents or con-
ferring with him upon the most important
subjects. While certain.conciliatory prof.
ects were under his consideration there
came the discovery OF the latest plot. in
volving officers personally dear to him and
in whom he had thenost undoubting trust.
and the history OF Russia under
the remainder OF his reign will be that OF
an unceasing struggle between the cunning
OF INSCRIPTIONS tyranny and the craftiness
OF desperate anarchy. 1t is impossible to
affirm or deny the reports as to the Gear s
health, but the reticence held concerning
it is deemed suspicious. and the effect is
felt upon every bourse in Europe. Colonel
yoleikoff. OF the Cars body guard. and
several other military officers suspected OF
plotting against the life OF the Emperor.
have committed suicide. 1t Is stated that
a brother OF the Gear will shortly be ban
ished from the capital for meddling In
political affairs.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-01-23


with Few Exceptions the Crop IL RE-
ported Above tile Average.
The Farmers Kepifw OF Chicago prints
the following summa y. giving the eondi-
ton OF winter ,vhoati
Outside OF Michigan and Wisconsin our COR
respondents ~ q rule report the condition OF
winter wheat equal 10 or above the average.
Among the few exceptions In Illinois our 10
Dayioss County corresi Dad mt REPORTS the con-
dition 90 per cent. a. conn AIRED With the aver
nge. Livingston and White County corres-
bslow the average. falling IN OF 10 per cent.
Is reported In about half dozen othor counties.
but the majority report lOl per cent. or over,
some correspondents estimating - condition
at l25 por cent. The condition OF winter wheat
In Ohio Is apparently the same a. I'm Illinois.
With few exceptions the condition raugrs from
100 TO l25 per cent. Ia Indiana, only four cor
respondents report averages below 100. In
Kansas and Missouri threo-fourths OF our cor
Respondents report 100 per cent or over Re-
ports from Kentucky wheat Fields are encorr-
aging as are also tho reports from the few
counties In Iowa In which winter wheat Is
grown. In Michigan the c0ndlli)n OF winter
wheat Is low. Three .fourths OF our corresp, nd
ents in that State report percentages 10 to 20
per cent. below the average. The cams IL true Of
portions OF Wisconsin, Wausbara County, for
Instance, reporting condition only 80 Ter cent.
With this exception the general average for the
Stats IL higher than that OF Michigan. We SUM
marize as follows the reports OF correspondents
relative TO the condition Of winter wheat as
compared with an average: Illinois, 100 per
cent; Indiana, l09 Ohio, 100; kentucky, los
Missouri, 100; Kansas, %; Iowa, 9s Michigan,
IS WiRoOHGiD. 80
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-01-23

-rhs best lawyer story know Of. =
aa<d prominent clubman yesterday, ~is
this: A Hspa County man arrived In
town mol long ago and went to a hotel.
the name OF which shall be undivulged.
In the evening he handed the clerk $50
bin for safe keeping. saying: I'm going
out to have q look at the elephant to-
night, aud don't want TO carry much
money around with me- There happeL-
cd to be only that one clerk in the office
~ he took the bill, put Il in an envelope
and apparently stuck Il Ia the safe.
Two DAYS later the visitor sauntered
into the hotel Office looking rather
sheepish and detected Waiting until he
saw the clerk alone be sidled up said:
4 will trouble you for that $50. please.
'Wh S50r asked the official, cooily.
~The guest recalled the incident OF his
handing over the money forsafe keeping,
but IN spite of his insistence the clerk
denied all knowledge OF the matter.
whereupon the man of Napa County con-
suited a lawyer.
Procure another fifty-dollar bill,
said the lawyer, take friend with you,
and go to the clerk again. Say you find
you were mistaken and that you discover
cd the bill in your pocket. Ask him in
your friends presence il he will keep ii in
INC bdio until you uooO ~. Ahou UNIV
back to me for instructions
The visitor did as he was bid and re-
turned TO his legal adviser the next day.
Now. 60 back TO the hotel alone and
when you find your clerk disengaged ask
him for your money
This the visitor did and the money
was forthcoming
Now said the man OF law, when the
client applied for further orders, take the
friend who was witness to your
handing over the second fifty dollar bill,
60 with him to the clerk and ask for your
bank-noie again.
THE ruse was entirely successful. The
clerk, finding that his victim had wit
ness TO the transfer of his money and
that denial would be useless, stepped
behind the desk, dug the original fifty
dollar bill from his pocket, thrust it into
an envelope. stepped to the safe and,
pretending to take it out handed back
his booty. San Francisco Bulletin.