The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-04

INTERESTING FACTS.
The Chinese government has just or
dlered n new edition Of thu famous cncy-
clop~dia which was originally complied
during the reign Of Kein-LunR. The in
slex alone nils ~ folio volumes.
IL In reported that NAV marriages
are 30 common i'm Georgia hat many pa
rents deposit injunctions with tire licens-
ing officials forbiddinw the issuing OF mar
riage licenses tn their children.
That there is nothing new under the
sun is shown by the unearthin9 i'm kahun,
Egypt, Of n will which In 4,O0O years old.
II In SO ~curio.sly modern i'm form that il
might almost bc granted probate to-day.
The textator, who WINS q priest. devised
his entire estate tn his wife. This Is the
first recognition of the power OF women tn
acquire and exercise rights of property.
There are said tn Ire scores of women i'm
Charleston. =. e., who make all their pin
money selling lowers. The sales are
made through small colored boys, who
hover about the hotel corridors and porti-
cos with walters full of tiny bouquets.
which are readily sold tn tourists and
other
There are many curious customs OBJ
served Ivy the Brazilians. Funerals are
notable i'm that. for u young unmarried
lady, collin, hearse and the livery of the
driver must he bright scarlet, the four
white horses drawing the hearse must he
covered with scarlet nets, and scarlet
pluncs must deck the horses heads. No
women go tn the cemeteries. The mother,
the widow must not exhibit her grief i'm
public.
Gently passed n queer ordinance. Ii pro-
vids for building a high fence around a
saloon i'm the town, known as the "Blue
Goose which appcllation is suggested
by the peculiarly bright color of its front.
The fence will Inc placed there 81 as to
prohibit entrance from any other than the
front door, which faces the public square.
the most prominent portion of the viii
lagc.
James Collins, who lives near Gales
burg. ILL.,. while searching for hogs i'm Ia
woods recently ,noticed bees flying around
a large sycamore tree. Securing help Inc
chopped the tree down. As surnlised il
turned out to bc "a bee tree of the richest
kind. 1t was "a mere shell. and when it
struck the frozen ground split open, show
ing n section of honey I'D feet long. In all
he secured 1.1OO pounds Of honey. Mr..
Collins thought the bees would have filled
a large barrel, hut had no way of hiving
them.
If Professor Oscar Schmidt. Of Gratz,
i'm Styria. is to- he trusted, the sponge
trade is OH the eve of new development
He declares hat he has succeeded. by
breaking OFT pieces of the living sponge
and planting them i'm favorite spots, i'm
producing i'm three years excellent n
of large dimensions. The experiments
have, he says, proved "a financial success.
The result of his labors SO far has been
the production of 1000 sponRcs ut n cost
of 10, including the interest for three
years OH the capital invested.
Indiana's ''much married woman has
just been married at Shelbyville, Ind. to
her ninth husband. Her first appearance
as n blushing bride was in 1867, and she
has been r~eappenring i'm the same role,
minus he blushing, at intervals of from
two to four years ever since. She has
been no respecter of persons i'm her eager
hunt for n satisfactory life partner. Thu
high and low, rich and poor, farmer and
townsmcn have all been tried and found
wanting. but she has shown no signs of
letting up i'm her pursuit of an ideal hus-
band. Six of her cx-husbands are still
living.
The output of gold from the mines of
Russia is to-day less than it was formerly.
According to a Russian newspaper this il
due to a smaller uantit of gold being
now found in the gold sand of Yakutsk
than i'm the past. On the other hand, the
discovery of gold i'm quartz has been from
about 1900 pounds to nearly 5000 pounds
per annum. This fact is considered of
favorable augury for the future. The
chief deficiency i'm the Siberian mines
arises from the want of labor, and can
only be supplied by tho construction of
the Siberian railway.
The London geological society have re-
Gently acquired an interesting addition to
their menagerie i'm am auroch. This ami
| NAL, which is closely allied to the Ameri-
can bison-althou9h forming a distinct
species-was widely spread over Europe
i'm prehistoric times; even i'm the time OF
Julius Caesar it was common i'm the forests
of Germany and Belgium, and was occa-
sionally exhibited i'm the Roman amphi-
theater. At present Il is confined to a
single forest of Lithuania, from which,
although guarded by the fostering care OF
of the car of Russia, IL is gradually dis.
appearing. 1t is the largest of the OK
tribe, sometimes reaching II length of II
feet and standing six feet.
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from a tady's calling cird To a circus poster
call at the " Standard" office.