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Inc Oldest iawsuit on rrcora Is now
belng tried I'M the highest Russian court
IN St. fctersDurg. IL was Drought 5Oo
years age against the city OF hanlenez-
fouoisk ny the heirs OF a dead h"bieman
10 recover many thousahu acres Oh MS
estate which h.d peen connscated by the
municipality. Inc written testimony Is
SAID TO weigh forty-hve TONS.
The German minister of the interior
society for East Africa permission to hold
IA lottery i'm Berlin Tor the purpose Of rails
ing funds for the erection of "a mission
hospital i'm Zanzibar. Tho prizes i'm the
lottery will he paintings by the best liv-
ing German artists. Two hundred thO,ls-
ana tickets Will he sold at 30 cents apiece.
An American editor incautionsly signed
his name tn n typewrittcr testimonial, i'm
which he said: "four il IL
splendid companion for "A busy editor"
Before his wife saw the testimonial he
thought il all nonsense tn make such "a
fuss about the words which shall distin-
guish between the instrument aid the
person who operates il; but he * con-
WINGED now.
United States senator Evarts is a law
yer of the old school, "a bookworm who
burns the midnight oil, to whom all vio-
lent physical action is abhorrent. Some
time ago. i'm discussing his health with
his friend, Mr.. Dcpew, Mr.. Evarts assert
ed that. i'm his opinion. the reason why he
had always been able to work hard, eat
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MEN AND

Al King mbcr express wish the
Italian government il about to establish
in New York aud Brooklyn four Italian
schools where will bc taught the Italian
and English languages.
Lydia Bacon, of Sudbury, Mass. wlio
has just died in her lmh year, attributed
her longevity to hard work. plenty of eN-
.rci-r. plain living and "rcading enough
Ia keep the mind in pace with the body's
vigor."
reform. were %penniless tomorrow he
would have very little difficulty i'm getting
employment as a typewriter. Several
years practice has enabled him to attain
put hundreds of professionals to the
blush.
Colonel w. &. Church, i'm his first article
on John Ericsson. in the February Scfib'
aer's, relates that as the last hour i'm his
life drew tn its CLOSE, he called tn kis bed
looking into his face with "a smile. said:
Taylor. this rest * magnificent: more
beautiful than words can tell"
Miss Braddon Mrs. MAXWELL. who has
just written her fifticth novel, i~nclines to
the masculine style of dress. wearing II
coat, waistcoat and plated shirt. with IA
straight kilt skirt of chcviot or melton.
An opera chain of fine gold is coilcd
about her neck and looped at the waist
band. and she keeps her grayish-black
hair cut short.
Amanda NJ. Douglas began writing
novels by accident. but finding that her
first novel. 'In Trust" sold to the extent
of 2O,oOo copies. she continued novel-writ-
ing as an occupation, and for the last ten
years has been turning them out with the
regularity of semi-aunual dividends. Miss
Dougla il 90 years old, short. thin and
angular. with "A large mouth. small eyes
and sallow eonplcNiou.
Wallis British, of the British museum.
has returned to London from Wales
where he has been engaged i'm the inter-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-02
The CHAMPION WOLF SLAYER

There have been fears of Il famine in
the line of extraordinary hunting al
ventures in the Northwest this winter.
but recent information shows that
there really is no cause for apprehen-
sion. The hunters are alive and doing
well in fact rather better than at any
time for several years past. The re-
markable exploits of fishermen i'm all
parts of the country last summer seem
To have stimulated the huntsmen to n
wonted zeal and the accounts which
they are now bringing To the towns of
their achievements in the mountains
are rs thrilling and picturesque as could
he desired.
The Hood River. Ore. Gkoci.r pre-
SCENTS the name of Wilson Winans to
the world us entitled to the highest con
sideration and regard. MIR. Winans
SAYS he has broken the record i'm the
hunting business 10y securing three
wild eats and Il squirrel with two shots.
II is true that II few weeks ago the
news was flashed across the country
tia President Harrison lad bagged
tive ducks with two shots. but the sub
scquent intelligence that he had also
killed Il farmers hog under the impress
sion that IL was "a coon. east a Shadow
OF gloom n uncertainty over the
duck adventure which nothing can dis
sipatc. anyway five ducks are no
equivalent for three wild eats and "a
squirrel. And Mr.. Winan's story pos
sesses internal evidence of authenti-
city. lie is careful not tn say that he
killed three wild eats and Il squirrel
with two shots: for ii he maintained
hat i'm certain circles the chances are
that he himself would be with
n shot. First. says the G'dciey. he
ran across "a wild eat which had killed
another and was making Il meal OF it:
he killed the cannibal and secured two.
The next one had Il big squirrel for
dinner. and aweli- directed shot finished
him.
But Oregon never did anything that
WAS not eclipsed by Montana. The
Fort Benton Rirer Press OF Thursday
narrates "A feat of Nelse Nalleaux. "a
youth of 10. which our valued contem-
porary well observes Stands unrivaled
in the history of prairie exploits" The
Rirer Press might go further and say
that there is nothing surprising il in
the African tales of Rider IIaggard. or
the Indian yarns of Fenimor. Cooper.
or even in the works of those literateurs
who have a prediction for yellow
overs. But let the Rires Press speak:
Mounted "n his trnsty and surr-funted Mon
tana horse he c>sayei Ia capture with the lariat
AN iminensc gray wolf. Twice tile beasts neck
the animals sharl, teeth severed its strands as
the Young horscinln was attempting to disable
the savage beast. The third time Nels, caught
the VOL around the middle oi the body with the
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-02
A SERIOUS QUESTION.

The Billings Gazette talks earnestly
on a topic which directly concerns the
section of the state for which il speaks.
In the opinion of the Gozette, Mr.. Carter
means well. If he needs the suYges
tions of the billings press, he will do
better than he now threatens tn do.
The gazette says:
Throughout the cutir" yellow stone va Hey. and
especially that portion bordering ON the Crow In
dian reserve. there IL u strong and constantly in
'r,ssing protest going up against Congressman
Carriers hill. which provides for the opening nf
the reservation west of tlirkc's Fork river. Mi.
Carter no doubt means well hy the people by the
int PRODUCTION at the biii Ia treat fer The country
b,Ionging la the Indians wcsi of tlarkr's Fork.
I'm, u. certainly has been wrongly impressed
ul,un Tia, subject as Ia the wishes uf the masses.
The country west of tlarkc'> Fork ron-
tains hut few acres of the desirable farming
lands contained in the rcs'rN alton. and il il the
opinion of settlers III the valley that IL would u"
Just as easy for "A commission Ia treat for u pur-
cha ~. at lands fruhn the west boundary line Of
the reservation n far east rs i'onI.y's Pillar as
il would i' la treat Tor that portion al the In
dian country lying west of tllrkr's Fork. 10 IL
the opinion that when MIR. Carter thoroughly I'M
,lrr>ian,ls the true situation of affairs he will
make the necessary corrections IN his Hill
proposing Ia treat for lands irlnuging To the
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tariat and started ON q run, dragging him near
the edge of "a cut hank until ne tumblesi over the
edge. Nelse then held the wolf suspended In the
air over the edge OF the cut hank by fastening
the rolH. to the Iommel of the saddle. He then
disinountcsl aud stoned The animal tai death, the
welItrained horse standing perfectly still during
the operation. Nclss. brought the skin In to-day
tip NJ the nose tn thu end al the tail.
Nelse should receive no ordinary
bounty for the skin of this fierce and
powerful old gray wolf. Nelse exhib-
tied "a presence of mind and a fecundi-
ty of esOurce which entitle him to spe-
cial reward, and if the county officers
do not feel warranted i'm making an ex-
ira appropriation the people should
take the matter i'm hand. Nelse's horse
also comes in for n large quantity of
glory, for il is not every horse that
would have stood perfectly still during
the operation"-confessedly "a very try
ing One. Even the wolf must be ac
corded some share Of applause, for no
tice how brilliantly he twice chawed
the lariat i'm twain. The exciting Incl
dent, indeed. reflects credit upon all
three. An enterprising Wild West
show i'm search of attractions could not
do better than to pick mp Nelse and
his horse and his wolf skin, all bloody
as il is from the tip of the ~ to II
end of the tail, conclusive evidence that
he killed the animal i'm the exact man
ner he describes.
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waited about three years ago. IL was
recognized Immediately by people cap
able of forming an opinion OH the sub
ject as actually the place it was sup
posed to be-. The tomb is the only one
in or near Jerusalem tn enter which IT
is necessary to stoop, and in this re-
spect il in unique in it's correspondence
with the description in the Cos
pei. Dr. Talmage accepts the
claim made for this cave as the one III
which the sacred form was laid at rest.
lie produced his tiexibly bound bible
as he viewed the place where the Lord
was laid. and read the scriptural ac-
count of the resurrection.
AS he commented upon II simple
and graphic story DIR. Talmage became
possessed of an idea which prompted
him speedily to his donkey
and ride back to Jerusalem. Ills err
rand was tn purchase, il possible, the
piece of ground containing both the
scene of the crucitixion and the burial
of Jesus. To this subject he devoted
the remainder of the afternoon. max
ing considerable effort to accomplish
il. hut failing to do So. Part of the
land is used as u Mohammedan burial
ground, and the doctor discovered that
no amount of money could persuade
the MOslems to part with the land
where lie their dead. Had he succeeded
in his plan to buy Calvary and the
tomb of Jesus, he would have made
over property as soon as acquired
to the Christian church at large.
II is "a downright pity that the Chris
tan church Mt large could not have ac-
quired title and laid out a townsite on
the historic ground. Lots i'm Ia Tai
mage addition would v gone at high
figures. and the Brooklyn divine might
have moved along with the Christian
church at large as il made its everlast-
ing fortune in "a big real estate deal.
Dr. Talmage is the Phineas Il. Bar
mum of the church militant. AS part
ner of the late Adam FOrepaugh, he
could have impaired valued theological
~eatur tn any great moral show.
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ONE VIEW OF IT.

start your argument with the as
sumption that silver is simply u COM
modify enjoying no particular title AS
one Of the two precious metals i'm the
worlds currency, and any absurdity has
merit.
The Ironton Register. for instance.
says: Looking solely ut the principle
involved i'm this scheme. We are at a
loss to see why pig iron should not
come within the same form of govern
ment favor. There would really lie
greater reason for selecting iron as a
basis of currency, for that article is
more closely connected with the life.
happiness and progress of the people.
II is. also, the basis of our greatest ac-
tivity. If the government has a bless
ing to bestOw, why not upon the great
iron industry ?"
Then we read this i'm the Iron Trade
Reciehr: 'lIere is u wide lield i'm which
to develop the peculiar ideas of the
American Pig Iron Storage Warrant
company. Why cannot Secretary Win
ION and the able gentlemen of the
above company join forces and evolve
IA scheme for issuing pig iron certili-
Gates which shall pass for currency.
We fancy they are not very far apart in
their ideas"
IN II letter to the Chicago Times.
Adam Cartwright satirically suggests
that whiskey he made the basis of the
currency. The beauty of the plan is
that. if the stun would be put safely
beyond the reach of bibulous congress
men. il would be sure tn increase i'm
value with age. while the silver would
not. In the course of five years or so
il would double i'm value. when half of
il could be sold and the remaining half
would secure the circulation. BY con-
t~inually laying down new whisky and
issuing notes against il and selling only
the aged article. the overnmen
would ut once supply the country with
we'll secured currency and good whisky
These are serious propositions if we
assume that, because Il misguided con
gress So decreed. silver has lost the pc
culiar characteristics that have gIven
il. during the ages. the particular quail
ties that lit it. equally with gold, tn per
form the function of money. These
being recognized the talk about iron
immediately becomes nonsense: and
these are the qualities which the repub-
lican national platform recognized last
year i'm the plank which promised that
silver should he restored to it's rightful
place in the nations currency.
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estinR OCCUPATION of stripDin0 n famous
mummy that was presenter n abort time
ago to the Royal Institution OF So.,th
Wales. 1.-The mummy turned ont IN IN.
all that was left of one who held hivh
rank in the Egyptian temple at Pnnanolis
nearly a tho,isand ycars before the
Christian era"
Disraeli. ncrhev ~ an. l.,.
Lori Rcaconsn.,l .ha~.. A.. r.
fo,,l Will = n,o,,E~r nssh. 1a.J.."" 80
;lv-
Job, n H - NJ.
ar. N.nAor.xe' MASS
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AN ODD iDEA

Talmage. the BROOKLYN preacher. has
WAYS that are not like other mems
WAYS: his thoughts are not like other
mems thoughts. lie likes Ia let his
mind move in an eccentric orbit, and
his mental faculties easily suit them
selves to that sort of movement.
Dr. Talmage is returning from Il visit
10 the Orient. lie always had the fa-
Guilty of letting the world know what
he is about. and during the months of
this latest tour mankind has been min
utely informed regarding his move
ments The brooklyn preacher can be
sensational even in Judea. he can make
Jerusalem itself realize that Talmage
is there. Among other things he did.
the doctor picked out a stone which
was ordered packed off to the coast
whence il will DE shipped 10 BROOKLYN
to be laid as the corner stone of the
church about to be built there on the
ruins of the tabernacle.
There is nothing remarkable in this
other devote men have brought from
the distant East stones for churches. or
Jordan water for baptismal fonts. or
memorial blocks from Mount olivet,
But the odd incident in the Taimage
visit was the preachers attempt To GO
into a real estate deal of
a very singular sort. We are
told that. after 4eaving Golgotha,
DIR. Talmage went TO h tomb which
Joseph of Arimathea gave for the bur
ial of the savior. 1t is situate in a
garden near by, and almost at the foot
of Golgotha. This tomb was exca-
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What Butte lacks i'm water will he made
up i'm metres. When "a man considers
what this water company has done, or has
failed to do, for the town. there appears
to he that i'm this metre proposition which
passeth understanding. 1t would he n
good deal more i'm harmony with what
lawyers call vested rights il the people of
Butte would measure up the notorious
Shortcomings of the water company and
m~crcilessly charge them hack. We p
the metrcs used i'm Butte are of the style
warranted tn rum ON air pressure when
those union break or pipes burst.
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The STANDARDS special correspond
.nt at Washington wired the informa-

The STANDARDS special correspond
ent at Washington wired the infOrma-
ton yesterday that Mr.. Carter has i'm
tow a p~ostofiice building and an assay
office for Butte. One building at IA time
would suit the silver City pretty well.
The DANCES is that, asking for two
buildings. Butte will fail to get either
one. of course. Mr.. Carriers effort is
IN be commended, yet. in I'll Judgment.
Butte ought first of all tn demand "A
federal building and insist that il be
favored with an appropriation ahead of
any other city in Montana. The people
Of Butte would do well were they To let
Mr.. Carter understand their views on
the subject. otherwise Helena will he
safely cared for and Butte's building
will linger in the archives of the con-
gressional committee.
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MIR. Rossitcr itaymon,i's newspaper il
not u prime ~favoritc with "a large constit-
ucncy IL Montana. IL does not favor the
Montana idea regarding silver, but il tells
the truth when il says. regarding the
Window bill. that lit il unwisc Ia leave
So much to the discretion Of the secretary
or secretary and president. and whenever
this discretion il exercised il will certainly
make more cIicmics than friends for the
administration. 1t is wiser to have the
law declare specifically what is to he
done, how much silver may he purchased.
and IL leave as little as possible tai the
discretion of any Official"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-02

Speaker Reed has practically as
sumed the power of a dictator in the
house of representatives. Last Friday.
he stripped democrats of about all the
rights they are supposed to have OH
the floor. lie approves the journal of
the house as made by himself. refusing
tn recognize appeals made from his de-
cisions. lie declined tn entertain "a
motion To adjourn and settled the rul-
ing regarding n contested election
cases like IA despot. Democrats fought
the speaker valiently. Mr.. Springer
characterized his unfair course in Ian
guage more severe than that addressed
to any speaker who ever sat in the
chair. Having thus disposed of the
democrats. Mr.. Reed may be expected
10 assert the same inadmissable au-
thority i'm compelling his own party
whenever he chooses To try it ON.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-02

We congratulate Great Falls in advance
on the Indian school Mr.. Carter is going
to get for the town. In addition tn this
school. the acquisition of the state peni-
tertiary 10y Great Falls would greatly
please us. Really, that town ought To have
the penitentiary- Deer Lodge people have
become attached tn H., but the provisions
of the new constitution relating to public
buildings would tempt them to part with
the institution. Great Falls can nave the
thing simply 10y saying the word. In point
of conom in laundry work. that place
offers special Inducements for an Indian
school and prison.
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This Would settle II.

From the seattle Posi- -Iutcllir.Ic"r.
The feeling i'm favor of anncNing Can
ada would grow amazingly IN this side of
the line il il could he so arranged that am
nexation would lead to the adoption i'm
both countries of Canadian law as cx-
pounded by a Quebec judge, who decided
that tn dun "a debtor upon the street or i'm
"a public place constitutes an assault.
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SOME NEW PLANS.

Our republican friends at Helena are
thinking of patterning their conduct
after the little incident in scripture
where we read that Il number of guests
hidden To Il wedding preferred not To
attend. and word Went forth In com
pei them to come ill.,"
Then again they are thinking tn fol
low the bright and shining star in the
chair Of the house of representatives
and insist that members of the senate
Ice recorded as having voted. whether
in fact the voted or not. This lis the
latest ingenious device for forming II
quorum where no quorum exists. Mr..
Reed makes il work because there is no
power to stop him. His party associ-
ates i'm Montana may conclude Ia try
the same revolutionary tactics.
The question of vital Importance to
the state concerns not politics in the
legislature. but the run of a%ppropria-
tions for which there is present need.
There is am easy way whereby these
appropriations may he made. but We
suspect that the republicans will not
approve of it,. Their chief aim is to
have business transacted 10y Il legisla-
ture hat has "A republican majority, tn
the end thai news of the fact may be
hurried to Washington. in the hope
that the national senate may he inilu-
enced thereby. That is Il scheme to
which democrats cannot and will not
lend themselves.
Meanwhile. il is clear that. as the
days Of idleness at Helena multiply.
public sentiment adjusts itself more
and more to the ~consoling thought that
the state can get on without Il legisla-
ture after all. Yet democrats hold
themselves ready to meet the opposi-
,ion exactly half way in amy plan call
ing for legislative action.
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4 Truly Good Man.

From the A,chison Kansas Globe.
a truly good maj of Dies Moincs has
been sentenced To the pcnitentiary for
three years for perjury. His business
was tn spy about for rum fiends, and i'm
his zeal tn convict he gave pcrjurcd evil
dcncc,
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She Minds Her Own business. and L. safe.
From the Washington Post.
Queen Victoria %reccntly received "a let
ter from California; asking her to buy real
estate in that state. Queen Vic. should
recall the fate of Sackville West. and re-
frain from any extensive California cor
Responsiveness. There may he "a few more.
Murchison's lying around loose in that
glorious climate.
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The Washington Post compliments
Montana OF her fine lnancia showing,
hut thinks size olRh to he content with a
single pair of senators. Well, people
who can afford il sometimes like to i'm
lulue i'm "a four-in-hand
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From Tie ~. Louis Republic.
Colonel j. Ellen Fosters non-Iartisan
temperance union il founded on
the eternal principle that it is "a matter of
necessity and public convenience for n
buffet under the auspices of "a republican
vics-presidcnt to sell New England rum
vintage of 1870, at ~ cents Il drink.
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Il Rams as Usual.
From nm EXCHANGE.

From nm Exchange.
The Rev. Talmage sailed from London
Saturday, hut the triiing fact that he is on
the deep will not check The flow of the
regulation Sunday sermon sent by the
especial mule cable"
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Until Then.

From he ~. lnul Globe.
The city council of Omaha voted down
the proposition to put flag staffs ON all the
school houses of the city, hut the bunting
dealers propose tn ''kccp up tho agitation
until the starry banner floats from every
school house, an emblem of liberty and am
incentive. to nltriotic study"
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OF Course Not.

From The Minneapolis Tribune.
The Sioux Falls brewery is to he re-
moved tn Minnesota on account of the
prohibition law. Ii will bc IA little further
from its customers, but they will probably
he 50 dry that they won't mind the express
charges.
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George Francis Train * holding '.off-
hand receptions" in Boston. George
seems Ia bc OH all over as well a. in his
upper story.
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Buffalo Bill and his wild west show
have gone to Italy. Possibly the vexcd
question as tn the relative effectiveness of
the stilctto and the t~onnahawk may now
bc settled.
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COMMENT.
fse for Them MT Last.

Use for Them at Last.
From the Chicago Tribune.
The prudent Kansas farmer is now eff
fecting quite "a saving i'm corn by feeding
Congressional RecOstis judiciously into his
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Haus"r is in Washington. but the
STANDARDS correspondent there canno,
find what Sam il about.