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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-15
IN IDAHO.

According to the STANDARDS trust
worthy correspondent in BlackfOot, the
people of Idaho are getting their sec
ond wind on the question of statehood.
Information from friends in Washing
ton leads these people to believe that
the state is to be voted into the Union
as soon as silver and the tariff have
been disposed of.
The republican majority i'm Wash
ington is put in a ~predicament regard
ing Idaho. II is clear enough that the
policy that has been pursued by con-
gress regarding the tariff and the treat
ment of silver are obnoxious to Idaho's
people and that the republican party
will thus be mt serious disadvantage
when the state holds its first election.
On the other hand. congress will be
absolutely without excuse il the gift
of statehood is long withheld from a
community that is ripe for the con-
summation. Failure onthe part of con-
gress to act, will be properly charged
tn u~nwarrantable political considera-
tions, and the country will declare, il
congress fails to act, that fear of a
democratic triumph Is the reason for it.
Democrats i'm Idaho are ready to as
sumo the duties that go with state
hood. and they are not afraid to try IL
on in a fair tight for their share Of the
responsibilities and the political honors
that statehood brings. They look with
complacency on the petty personal quar-
rels that are rending their republican
neighbors and breaking them up into
about as many factions as there are
village communities in the territory.
This ought to be a good year for
democracy in Idaho. First of all the
members of the party are anxious to
be brought into the Union. They
know that Idaho merits promotion
and, whatever turn the politics of the
state may happen to take, their high
est wish is prompted by pride in terri
torial achievements and a patriot wish
for full citizenship. AS TO the politics
In the situation. these democrats in
Idaho have faith that popular senti-
ment is with them. At n rate, they
are simply waiting for word from
Washington To go ahead. When that
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-15

In the face of what the retiring mar
shall Irvine said about the relations
that exist between the office and an
honest man, several candidates were
talked of for United States marshal of
Montana. The place goes to William
7. Furay of Deer Lodge, and everybody
admits that Mr.. Furay will make an
excellent officer. lie was formerly
clerk and recorder of Deer Lodge
county and has lately been engaged in
work relating to the census. Fees and
mileage added to nm inadequate salary
make upthe insignificant pay of a mar.
shall in Montana. So far as the pay is
concerned the Office isn't worth having.
However, there must be marshals. and
there is no better man in Montana for
the Office than the mar Mr.. Carter has
selected.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-15
III they give il to ms in washingto

If they give it to MS in Washington
according to the terms of the bill de-
scribed in this mornings special dis
patch to the STANDARD, everybody In
Montana will be happy. The measure
is simple. II is not free coinage, but
as long as President Harrison, Secre-
tary Window and Speaker Reed run
the government, free coinage will not
he a reality. Nothing could be worse
than the house bill with which the
senate is now tinkering. If the simpler
plan now proposed is carried through,
Reed, Mckinley and the rest of the
bulldozers will have to back down, but
that isn't the fault of the West. We
trust they will be forced to back down.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-15
THE GREAT AMERICAN DRAMA.

christopher Columbus: or the dis
covery of America: nm historical drama
i'm four acts" is the pretentious title of
a play produced for the first time at a
Washington theater Wednesday night.
II is not quite clear why the author
sprung his work just now, unless he
has such faith in its merits that he be-
lieves its popularity will increase with
age like the popularity Of "The Old
Homestead" and will therefore have
reached its full flower and blossom by
the time the worlds fair gets under
way. That christopher Columbus" is
no SLOUGH of a play is evident from the
extracts printed from advance sheets.
Witness this eloquent appeal Columbus
makes to the mobiles to give him q lift:
Give me one stout vessel, well manned and
prOvisioned, and, by san Fernando. let her once
get clear from the coast Of Europe, and III point
her PROV due west and hold il there until I prove
my theory, or sail OF the edge Of u shoreless sea.
This is impassioned and profoundly
eloquent. In this sentence as in many
others the author displays the strength
and virility of a Shakespeare. Column
bus acts and talks with the spirit, the
ambition, the enterprise of Macbeth.
A less accomplished dramatist would
have made Columbus a coarse creature
with traits of i'll breeding sticking ont
all over him. We should have found
him calculating:
Give me a ship, well stocked with grub and
grog. and bv the Jumping Jupiter Christmas I
will sail her into the port OF New York within
two weeks or bust.
AS it is. the author has made Column
bus a noble parsonage, of commanding
presence, stately mien, lofty brow and
all the rest of the god-like business. lie
appears to the best advantage perhaps
when he strikes land and proceeds to
treat with the American savage. This
act is greatly enhanced by q duel with
bows and arrows. The author has not
omitted to throw a dash of love into his
drama. not i'm a way to distract atten-
ton from the circus proper, but simply
as a pleasant little side-show without
extra charge. 1t happens that serious
complications arise between two or
three suitors for the same hand, and
the duel with Indian weapons is a nat.
ural result. This scene forms, no
doubt, a most agreeable interlude to
the heavy business of the play. 1t is to
be hoped that the gentlemen who i'm.
personate the duelists have taken pains
to acquire a sufficient degree of pro,
iiciency i'm the use of their bows and
arrows as to avoid shooting promiscu.
ously into the pit or galleries. The
public perhaps should be cautioned not
To attend the great historical drama for
the first two or three weeks, or until il
is reasonable SURE that the actors have
got the hang of their parts. After
that there will probably be no necessity
for cautioning the public to go else.
where.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-15

The serious accident that befell Hon.
Lee Mantle, Thursday night, is the
more deplorable for the reason that 1t
resulted from the criminal carelessness
Of men who neglected the prompting
Of decent prudence in the work they
undertook to do. Mr.. Nantes painful
injuries have called out warmest ex-
pressions of sincere sympathy. IL gives
the STANDARD great pleasure to an
nounce that, late yesterday afternoon,
the attending physicians deemed Mr..
Mantle out of danger so far as his in
juries may involve fatal results. The
STANDARD deplores the accident and
wishes Mr.. Mantle speedy and com.
plete recovery.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-15

The fact that two gentlemen held a
conference in a Butte bank the other
day prompts newspaper gossip to the
effect that President Hill came TO
Butte to consult with Marcus DAILY re-
garding the ~extention of the Manitoba
railroad to Anaconda and up Warm
Spring creek canyon. The fact is that
President Hill came over tn Butte TO
present to Mr.. DAILY the superior ad-
vantages of Great Falls as the place for
building the big refining plant which
is soon TO be added To the Anaconda
properties. There is plenty of room
up the canyon for the extension of the
Great Northern and the STANDARD
would be delighted If Mr.. Hill would
survey a line there and build n railroad
through il. Whatever Mr.. Hill con-
cludes to do, there will he a road up the
canyon anyway within a few months,
but II the Great Northern chooses TO
come in, il al count on a generous
share of patronage under its present
liberal and enlightened management.
4 man of genius, energy and pluck
walks the streets of Butte whenever
President Hill favors that city with a
visit.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-15
IN MERRY MOOD.
A Demonstration.

From Harper's Bazaar:
Danvers-C0me, Markham, you surely are not
going To propose 10 that absurd Miss Leayen-
worth, are you?
Markham why, man, she has a dozen splen.
did farms out In Kansas.
Danvers-Yes; and she's at least ".
Markham-Oh, You miss 1t by about fifteen
summers, my boy.
Danvers-YOu are being deceived, old man
wofIlly. ] heard her describing the i4-year-Old
locusts; and she said nobody could tell her any
thing about them, because she had seen them
three times.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-15

In an interview at Portland, Assist
ant Postmaster General Clarkson
placed the responsibility for the unsat-
isfactory mail service in the North
west at the door of congress. IL this
is so. what with Reeds publicly ex-
pressed opinion that the Northwest
has got more than she deserves al
ready, the prospects for better mail
service in this part of the country are
not particularly dazzling.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-15

Some of the experienced correspond.
ents AT Washington agree In criticising
the course pursued by several republi-
cans in the house of representatives
when the Mckinley Reed silver legisla-
ton was pending. Many of them de-
vote a particular paragraph TO Mr.. Car
ter of Montana. This is natural
enough, because Montana, more than
any other state. with the possible ex-
ception of Colorado, had been active in
It's opposition 10 the scheme which, in
the end, Speaker Reed successfully ear
ried. surprise is generally expressed
at the fact that Mr.. Carter was paired
at a critical moment, particularly in
view of the fact that the bill had been
under discussion for a good many days
and there was no telling when the Mon
tana member might have need of his
vote. One of the most trusty and in
telligent newspapers in which silver
has found a friend is the II. Louis Re-
public. Its edition of week ago gives
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-15

One wouldn't think Il, but the past Is
years show n decrease In the consumption
of beer and In this country from 2.ss to
LA gallons per head. Somebody In Hell
ena must have sworn of.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-15
Fweddy's Desperate vslor.

From the Chicago Tribune.
''you say the brother Of the young lady pulled
your nose?' inquired Cholly. .'What did you
do? Did you resent it,"
"wesent IT," said Fweddy, the veins In his
forehead swelling with Indignation. "Didnt |?
Bah JOve, ] told him II he evan did II again, bah
Joye, I'D have him ahwested."
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-15
A Candid Inquiry.

From Harper's Bazaar.
Mrs. fangle: ~ didn't know your house was
too large for you, Mrs. Gazzam.'
Mrs. Gazzam: "why, IL isn't"
Mrs. Fangle: swell. now, ! thought ii wasn't:
hut Mrs. Larkin said you had lots Of room To
rent In your upper story"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-15
A FlendIslh Joke,

| From brakes Magazine.
"How Is Hawkins getting on" asked Giles.
Poorly returned links. ale Just told me
he had a hard job to pay for his board
whats he doing now"
'He's a poor carpenter"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-15
STANDARD: SUNDAY MORNING. JUNE Il

word comes, they will make as sturdy
q fight as the Northwest g wit
messed to carry democracy's colors to
victory in the new state.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-15
Something Like Quay.

From the Texas Slftings.
First Robber; Did you read In the morning
paper nm account Of your life and operations?"
Second Itobber with lofty scorn): "Naw! I
ann like the politician whose crookedness is ex-
posed by the press. I never read these beastly
papers"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-15
High school English.

From the Terre IIaute Express.
Mamma said the sweet girl graduate, Twill
you be- 50 kind AS 10 assist me toanother portion
of the sinecure""
"Of the what"
"Of the sinccure. in other words, the pudding. IS
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-15
In Boston.

From the New York sur.
'Prisoner, stand up" said the Judge.
"Cant. It's illegal"
illegal? What are you talking about"
''The law says VT must be seated before the
bar"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-15
VOICES OF THE SEASON.

VOICES OF THE SEASON.
You Get the kinks
When the ''culchaed" Miss freaks
~ her ancestry speaks
Which she does with ALIENS and ahas-
She doesn't recite
OF her forefathers quite,
She calls them her ante paJlas.
-f'onke,s Gazette.
"a
Heartily Endorsed.
Fortune is as blind as any bat:
Your own affairs give proof Of that:
And something needs adjusting.
IF things were right" you sadly sing,
I'D be 2 president, a king,
A millionaire, or some such thing"
NNs% Fork Press.
They're Too strong.
Certain men get up in the world,
Nou can see II In their eyes
lsut when women are standing In the car,
--Phiddelphio Times.
Too Early In the Spring.
The maiden In her new spring dress,
Now promenades the street,
She Is a "dreanl," one must confess,
From hat To dainty feet.
hut, oh, alas! this maiden fair,
Whom one would like 10 fold
Unto ones breast and kiss her hair
II shiy ring with the cold.
80
Doing Her Daily Task.
When night is stepping from the scene,
Ills then that nature, viewing
Her daily task with thoughtful mien,
says. "I1l be up and dewinp.",
Washington Post.
-.
Little. hut Oh. MY.
The spring bonnet is expensive
It's high, beyond a doubt-
But isn't II a very little thing
To make such a talk about?
philadelphia Times.
-.
Love and Cash.
'roor Harold, But Herbert has cash." thought
As she fingered In loving reflection.
"While money with me Is M object, she said,
"a the same time II Is no objection
" dshington Posf.
e..
Natures Reciprocation.
Zach has his good and evil side:
Jekyil, alternate with Hyde,
To tickle onto trouble.
Thus history repeats ITSELF;
The apples green the small bo\ eats
Are sure la make him double;
Philadelphia Pres.
Funeral notices neatly printed at TIE
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-15

Funeral notices neatly printed at the
"Stdnddrin Office.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-15

You Get the kink?
When the ''culchaed" Miss freaks
~ her ancestry speaks
Which she does with ALIENS and ahas-
She doesn't recite
OF her forefathers quite,
She calls them her ante paJas.
-I0nhers Gdzcft,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-15

hFuFNEEy HnUOEStu.
Fortune is as blind as any bat:
Your own affairs give proof Of that;
And something needs adjusting.
III things were right" you sadly sing,
I'D be a president, a king,
A millionaire, or some such thing"
Your right-lt is disgusting.
-NeT Fork Press
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-10-09
sardou's Lofty Ambition,

Sardou. the famous playwright, Is
now about GO. but he hardly looks
more than AZ. lie lives chiefly at his
lovely little place, Marty, near Versail.
les, the story Of his love for which is IL
Illustrative Of the power Of a well direct
ed ambition. When Sasdou was about
Is, and very poor, earning his scanty
daily bread by giving lessons in Latin
and Greek. and employing his abun.
dant leisure In writing plays that no
one would even read. he fell In love
with Marty, a charming property and
pretty house. which dated from the
days of Louis XIV.
Poor and struggling as he was Sardou
resolved that Marty should be his some
day When at last his first piece was
produced he devoted nearly the whole
Of the proceeds to making a first pay.
ment toward its possession. Later on
he acquired the freehold, and Marty be.
came his own. Who shall say how
much this aim In life aided him In his
work and his successesi Too many
men Of genius fritter away large earn
ings on small ends. Sardou bears q
striking resemblance to Napoleon L.
London Tit Bits,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-10-09
A MEloolOuS RATHER.


A Snake which seemed to Possess Musi-
cal Taste. and Talents.
a queer story comes from the mount.
aims up about Mineral King If true,
and no one perhaps will doubt il, il
shows the existence of n remarkable
musical instinct in the make up Of n
reptile which is not generally given
credit for possessing a single redeeining
quality.
One day a party of three or four per
sons left the regular camp. and went
out for a climb through the canyons
Finally becoming weary they sat down
to rest on a little Hat. and one Of them
to while away the time took from his
pocket a mouth organ and began play
ing. He had run through one or two
pieces. and started of on some old
favorites which had a rather quick
movement. when all hands were startled
by hearing a sound as Of some u
keeping time or the bones.
II seemed to be very near. and yet II
was not loud enough for even n pair Of
wooden imitation bones. unless they
were very small indeed. The music
ceased. and almost simultaneously the
accompaniment stopped. The boys
supposed that some one from the camp
had followed them and was having "a
little fun. and they walked in the direc
ton from which the sound had come
They found no one. and decided to try
It again. After the first few notes Of a
lively air had been played the strange
accompaniment began again. keeping
most excellent time, and while the mu
stefan played one Of the party STEALTH
ly made his way toward the spot where
the toy bones seemed to be gathering
together.
CHANGING toward a rock just v the
edge Of the flat he saw something NOV
ing very rapidly. which at first he wa
unable TO make u After "a few mo
ments, however. he perceived that il
was the tail Of an immense rattlesnake.
The tail was pointed upward and quiv
ering and curving at a great rate The
animal was rafting of the time with
wonderful correctness. making the more
emphatic notes by striking his rattle
against the rock. The gentleman was
p;salyzed with wonder and stood with
his eyes riveted on the strange sight un
iii the musician. becoming impatient,
stopped and wanted to know what the
matter was,
The snakes tail dropped. he coiled
himself instantly, and sticking up his
head NV the man standing near. In
a moment he had uncoiled himself and
glided into a hole under the rock. An
exclamation from the witness of this
marvel called the Others up and things
were hurriediy explained. Every effort
was made to capture the snake. They
had no mean of digging after him,
and he could not be coaxed out again,
ven by the seductive tones of the
mouth organ. 1t is a great misfortune
that the reptile was not secured
Tulare Call Register.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-10-09
An English Account.

One of New York's fairest and
wealthiest was walking unattended
down n fashionable thorougllfaIc
when a man whom she did not know
walked beside her, raised his hat and
spoke to her. Without a seconds hest
tation the young lady dealt the shiny
and carefully brushed chapeau a right
handler that sent ii rolling into the
mud, and planted a left handler between
her insulter's eyes that tumbled him
after and on top Of his hat Then.
with scorn depicted on her features
and conscious of her own superiority"
this fair one marched placidly on
amid the applause of a few onlookers.
while the unfortunate individual who
had received such unexpected chastise-
ment picked himself up and his bat
tered headgear and skunk away. And
now there is a legion Of girls anxious to
attain the ability. and to find an oppor.
tunity, of going and doing likewise.
1t is just possible that this thrilling
story is only the invention Of a pugilist
who takes lady pupils, and who fore
saw what a stimulus the publication Of
such a tale would give to his business;
but whether true or not it has In the
words of a feminine aspirant for pu-
gilistic honors, ''opened the eyes of
woman to the possibility of her being
able to meet man on ven terms any
where and everywhere"
III" says this lady to her associates,
you are insulted in the street, knock
your insulter down" No doubt that is
a very right and proper course to take;
but should women become as prof.
cient and handy with their fists as
some of them appear to believe is prob
able, it is greatly to be feared that
they will use these fists on very much
less urgent occasions. st. James Ga
zette.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-10-09
Getting Sea Temperatures.

Herr Luders, of Gorlitz. has recently
invented a thermometer for ascertain
ing the temperature Of the depths Of
the sea. Its action depends on the dif.
ferent electric conductivities Of sub
stances at different temperatures. In.
side a glass tube are fixed q spiral iron
wire and a bar Of carbon. which only
touch at their lower ends. Their other
ends are connected to copper wires,
which constitute an electric circuit, and
in this circuit there is a galyanoineter
which indicates the differences in the
current due to the variations in the
temperature Of the contents Of the glass
tube. New York Journal.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-10-09
American. or Sweet Chestnut.

Almost every boy who has gone nut
ting is familiar with this well known
American nut bearing tree. and every
fall thousands Of bushels u nuts are
gathered IN the forests and find "A ready
sale In our large cities. bringing from
sl.50 TO s. OF Sc per bushel. according
to ear!iness, supply and quality The
great destruction going on constantly
Of the timber Of this sort naturally di.
minishes the supply Of nuts. Some
idea Of the value Of this timber may he
CLEANED FROM the fact that we have ire
q~uently known the wood leave tper.
mission TO cut the timber. and having
no reference 10 the purchase Of the
land of good chestnut timber tracts 10
sell for from s75 10 $50 per acre
The buyers would not 10 readily pay
these prices II they did not know they
could realize much more than that
when they marketed the timber In
proper shape for the trade. Trees
Of this variety grow rapidly, and
when ten or twelve years old are Of
good size, but are more profitable at
fifteen years. II carefully cut they
will soon succo up from the old stump
or root, and In q few years produos
good sized trees assin, especially II you
do not permit too many shoots TO grow
from each stump. -Philadelphia Led.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-10-09
uistoric WayerleY Abbey.

One Of the more beautiful and inter.
esting architectural relics In England
is the refectory of Waverley Abbey.
nea Farnhan. 1t lisa choice specimen
of the finest early English and the most
important fragment Of the great Cis-
tercian house. II was. next to the
church-which is now an irredeemable
wreck-the most important center of
the establishment. and therefore de.
serves our best attention. What re.
mains Of it is a fine vaulted chamber
with a groined roof, divided in the mid.
die by three detached columns of Pur.
beck marble. The whole is Of elegant
proportions and fine execution.
The vault. of good rubble work. Is
still intact, although rain has pene.
trated the roof ever since the upper
story of the building was destroyed cen.
turies ago. 1t will not. however. con.
tinue as it Is much longer unless means
are taken TO stop the ~percolation Of the
water. which daily removes mortar from
between the stones, and will ultimately
cause the vault to fall II a layer OF
good concrete were laid outside above
the vault. and its surface arranged so
as 70 shed the water into drain. which
would cost but a very small sum, this
building would stand In its present con.
dition for centuries to come, and need
no further care. The present owner de
serves our gratitude for the care she
takes Of the ruins at large. Will she
extend that care to the ~refectory roof
In the ann suggested p London Let.
for