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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-04
HE RlGhI MAN NAMED.

The democrats in Pennsylvania did
the right thing day before yesterday
when they nominated Robert PattisOn
for governor. Here is a man who knows
what IL is to fight against big odds and
win. Eight years ago he swept Penn
sylvania and was elected governor of
the state. turning a republican plural
ity of 5000 into a democratic plurality
of about 10000. IL is a great deal to
hope for, yet it is to be hoped that
Bob" Pattison will defeat Mr.. George
Wallace, Delamater and the Quay outfit
i'm the November election.
Delamater and Quay--they are a rum
pair. The leading republican newspa-
per of the state of Pennsylvania made
Quay famous by posting him as a man
no better than q thief when he first en-
tered the arena of state politics as an
Office holder. AS To Delamater. he
is a man against whom grave criminal
charges have been publicly made, and
there are in Pennsylvania republicans
Of high standing who have announced
their belief in his personal dishonesty
and their willingness to be called to ac-
count by Delamater and Quay for ut
terances which are grossly slanderous
IL they are untrue.
Within a few weeks the Philadelphia
Press declared that, In view of what
republicans throughout the state were
charging, lit would be impossible for
Delamater to seek and accept a guber-
Material nomination." and il also as
serted that he must meet and refute
the charges against him "before any
self. respecting republican could sup
port him." The Press is by odds the
leading republican journal of Phila-
delphia. Its editor, Charles Emory
Smith, was sent by President Harrison
to represent the United States as min
lister plenipotentiary at the court of
Russia.
On the eve of last weeks convention,
the North american, Il sturdy old re-
publican newspaper in Philadelphia,
inquired, us il possible that Mr..
Harrison is ready to furnish the
means wherewith Mr.. Quay shall bride
enough delegates to assure Delamater's
nomination? Then we have the
Philadelphia Ledger, staunch republi-
can that il is, wishing that "Quay's
judgment in selecting a candidate for
governor had been equal to his skill in
managing the convention" In the city
of Pittsburg is the Times, a recognized
republican organ, which said nearly a
fortnight ago that Delamater was a
candidate whose nomination "would
put the party on the defensive from the
beginning to the end of the campaign"
What did the republican convention
held in Harrisburg dop IL not only
nominated Delamater but il set apart
the first plank in its platform to praise
Quay and to post him as an honest man
and a clean politician,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-04
Cruel Progress.

From the Louisville Courier journal.
Since the city ceased to be a pig and
cow pasture, front fences and division
fences are disappearing In all directions,
and there seems To be more interest i'm
keeping neat and clean premises. There
are, however, some sad features about the
emoval of fences and gates. From time
immemorial the small boy has found his
chiefest delight i'm rattling a stick along
whole squares of pickets, and entire fam
lilies of children have swung themselves
on gates. In the new order of things,
what are the children to do? What must
be the feelings of the boy who finds no
fences with wooden pickcts that he can
pull of or write upon with chalk? And
what is To become of the artisan who gets
81 for mending an iron gate? Lastly, but
not l~eastly, what is the American humor-
list to do for a gate upon which lovers lean
while the old gentleman is ~unloosing the
dog or pulling on his heaviest boots? The
march of Improvement must not, indeed,
be checked; but sad thoughts will for a
time force themselves upon us as the old
fences are carried away, never To be
brought back.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-04
CIRCUS

Age does not wither the inventive
faculties of T.. T. Barnum. II has been
discovered that the grand old Snowman
has been secretly negotiating for the
purchase of the shakespeare homestead
nj Stratford-on. Avon, with the view of
pulling il down and exhibiting il in
this country. To his already large and
varied aggregation of wonders Barnum
wishes to add something that will dis
tinctly appeal 10 the educated classes.
lie already has the populace what he
wants now is To catch the literati, the
scholars and thinkers of the country.
lbarnum himself is a literary man. hay
ing written an autobiography which
has enjoyed a large sale at the hands of
the gentlemanly peddlers who pass
through the main tent near the close Of
each performance.
Having, therefore, the taste of a lit
erateur combined with the instincts of
a circus manager, Barnum's Judgment
on the best manner of knocking the
literary public silly is infallible. lie
might, ii is true, buy out the British
museum and cart IL around America
In connection with his sacred white
elephants, his behemoths and levia-
thans, his trick donkeys, Ethiopian saw
ages, American Indians and grand ed
ucated snakes. But the great majority
of the contents of the British museum
are i'll adapted for circus purposes.
The ancient and medieval manuscripts
could be examined only by a very lin
tied number of literati ut one time, and
there would ever he danger of their
spoliation ut the hands of the popu-
lace. In an emergency the choicest
Nergilian papyrus would be seized and
utilized for a peanut bag. and the most
priceless of sixth century p~alimpsests
would be thrown down by some honest
old farmer and used for a door-mat.
\ story and a half house, on the con
trary, is not open To any of these oh
jections. 4 whole tentful of
people may gaze upon IL simultaneous
ly. Many spectators might express
the opinion that S~hakespeare's resi-
dence was a rickety, old fashioned barn
unfit for anything better than a hen
house. In many circles there would
probably be a concensus of opinion
that Shakespeare couldn't have been
any great shakes of "A man 10 have
lived in such a dilapidated shack, and
that the exhibition was simply another
of Barnum's fakes anyway. The great
Snowman however could always he sure
of the respectful attention of the
%literati, and those are the fellows he is
now after. Nor would he despair of
making the building an attraction 10
all, high and low, educated and unedu-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-04

Gated. To meet the objection Of the
unlearned, the house could be thorough
ly o~verhauled and repaired, enlarged
by the addition of bay windows and
summer porches, reprinted within and
without, reshingled, replastered, re-
papered, refurnished and made as
pretty a cottage as the most exacting
could demand. Then with a bright
new door plate with the name "Shake-
speare" emblazoned i'm brass letters on
a red background, the house would be
esteemed a daisy, rejecting the highest
credit upon Barnum's length of head
and general fertility of resources.
II is a matter of profound regret to
the Shakesperean students of America
that the English government got onto
Barnum's racket, and just when he
thought he had the deal closed at
f2,1O0, jumped in, offered $500 more
and got a deed Of the place which 1t re-
fuses to transfer upon any considera-
ton to anybody. It's hard lines for
the greatest show on earth to be
thwarted in this unmannerly style by a
set of English snobs.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-04

superintendent Russell of the ILL.
nois Central, whose removal the
strikers insisted upon, takes occasion
in an interview printed in a Chicago
paper to refute the charge of the
strikers that he is a bad man. 81 am
not a bad man." says Mr.. Russell, with
a charming burst of confidence. an
reality ! am a very good man." His
readiness to admit this much without a
moments hesitation gives rise to a
faint suspicion that Mr.. Russell is pos
sibly, well-a little stuck on himself.
The strikers may have taken exceptions
TO the exceeding goodness of Superin-
tendent Russell, just as the Athenians
after several years of it got very tired
of Aristides the Just.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-04
MEN AND

Henry George has sailed from Mel
bourne for England.
The census taker at Americas, Ga, has
found two colored women each of whom
has had 70 children.
The Due d'Aumale has given up his
house in Brussels and sent his books, pic
lures, china, etc.. to Chantilly.
The German emperor pays his servants
starvation wages.
Mime. Demoret, n dark-faced little old
French lady, has furnished ice-cream and
confectionery for all he presidents back
to Buchanan.
Emperor William has had an electric
railway built for bringing dishes from the
kitchen into the state dining-room.
Henry C.. Rowen says that Chauncey NJ.
Depew will be the republican candidate
for president in 1892. .
Mime. Sarah Bernhardt will read at the
Marlowe memorial performance in Lon
o on July 4, n poetical address in
rhymed Alexandrines, written by NJ. Jean
Richcpin.
The Hawthorne cottage nj Stockbridge,
Mass, where Hawthorne wrote 1.-The
House of Seven Cables" was destroyed
by fire last Monday morning.
Bismarck now weighs 1S5 pounds.
Some years ago his weight was 2i0.
The widow of Scnator Riddleberger has
taken editorial charge of the Shenandoah
Herald.
Mark Twain says he once quit smoking.
IL was when he began to write "Roughing
It," and il took him three weeks To write
three chapters. He resumed smoking and
finished the book in three months.
Emma Abbot is the pet of Paris. She
tells an interviewer that she has had
offers to sing there in French operas, but
makes no sign as to whether she will
accept.
Hattie =. Benson is one of the wealthiest
unmarried ladies in Philadelphia. She is
worth $1,000, 900. And yet il pays to build
bachelor apartments in Eastern cities.
Ex-Secretary of the Navy Whitney went
to the Ascot races. and while there a
thief relieved him of $1,000 and n black
pearl scarfpin.
"Max O'Rell" is a man of unusually
large physique. He is six feet in height,
with broad shoulders and a deep chest.
He weighs more than 300 pounds.
Mrs. Harrison has selected ~draperies
and furnishings for The white house, so
that il congress grants the request for
$4,000 with which to reilt the presidential
mansion, the work will he lone in a hurry.
DIR. King, physician in ordinary to n dis
| tinguished statesman of China, is an
American woman. She has an extensive
practice in Shanghai, and her surgical
| operations nave attracted wide attention.
Professor Angel has finished a portrait
of the German empress, i'm which her
majesty is represented seated on n terrace,
dressed In a soft gray silk gown, trimmed
with embroidery of the same hue. Crossed
Owe the breast is the orange colored scarf
of the order of the Black Eagle. The
empress wears strings of pearls wound
round her neck and wrists, and n hand
some diadem of diamonds in her hair; in
her hands, which are folded, she carries a
fan of gray ostrich feathers, the color of
which harmonizes with the rest Of the
picture. The opinions, on the whole, as "a
work of art are various. Some artists
maintain that the background of the pic
ture, which is of the same grayish hue,
does not throw up the figure sufficiently.
The likeness is good and the painting very
finely finished.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-04
IhE FORCE BILL

The election law which speaker Reed
pushed through the house of represen-
tatives is made to III the congressional
districts in the south IN which the re-
publicans have fixed their ambition.
Mr.. Mckinley stated the cas- when. in
discussing the cost which the meas ure
may entail. he said that of the $50 dis
tricts in the United States not more
than a hundred would Invoke its OPP
Grafton"
Invoke" is n suggestive word, rs il
was used by Mr.. Mckinley. lie in
tended to say that the bill was devised
for use in democratic districts which
the republicans have resolved To plum.
der. The bill Is simply a republican
campaign measure by whose tyrannical
operation the party proposes to put it,
self i'm full control of the election ma
chinery. They will name the men who
are 10 run the elections In the districts
which are picked ont for plunder-they
will, in fact, do the registering, the
counting, the certilication, and there
will be no appeal from this grossly par
tisan proceeding. The bill will legaliZe
Just such theft as was carried out in
Montana last year.. and there will be no
way of escape.
President Harrison gave out word in
advance that he wanted to see the force
bill pass and that he would sign il in a
hurry. lie needs the help of repub-
licans who will be dishonest holders of
seats in the house when the new law
begins its operation as "A machine for
the manufacture of congressman.
Harrison's support of the measure is
just about what the country might ex-
pect of a man of his caliber while, on
the other hand, IL surprises no citizen
TO learn that Mr.. Blaine regards the
whole business with pronounced dis.
favor. The secretary of state knows
that the application Of the force law
means death TO the republican party.
The measure under consideration
was carried through the house by a
scant majority-the vote was l55 TO
l49. That is a suggestive majority for
the most revolutionary measure the
house has passed in thirteen years. Its
spirit and purpose are so hostile 10 the
American sense Of fair play that
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-04
Abou Tom Carter (inay his tribe get left
Awoke night On account 1T the heft

Abou Tom Carter Cinay his tribe get left
Awoke one night on account IT the heft
az the bed clothes; for WAS hot:
And looking round he saw he'd got
A visitor An angel writing in u book.
"What writest ilou"" cried Abol, "Iet me
look
The vision perched upon the ~foot-board Of the
bed,
And slowly. sadly shook its shadowy head:
And gazcd On Abou rs on one who'd sinned:
Low through the visions whiskers moancd the
wind.
"a census am ! taking OF the friends
or Abou Tom " Maine. And on my list depends
The fate Of every mothers son of all
You hlOkes-wheiber you rise or fall"
"ADd am I one?" cried Abou. may, not sou
The vision said. "for surely thou must know
That thou ART on On silver; and with thy vote
Hast sometimes nearly put Lord Thomas In n
boat
.Grcai Scott" shrieked Abou. "what a chump
You are,
Know now that never have ! been a bar
To anything that Abou Tom of Maine did wish
Ia do;
forh he and | have understood each other through
aud through;
It's true I've seemed la bolt nor can IL he denied
I've sometimes voted with the other side:
This have ! had Ia do, my friend, YOU see
so that the folks at home might not get onto me.
But always when l yptrd thus, WIS | aware
The scheme would fail: and sO We didn't care.
Iiy we ! mean the Ahou Tom of Maine and me-
What better sort Of friendship could there be-"
The angel wrute and vanished; but next night
lie came again, aud, when he'd struck a light,
lie showed the names Of those who loved Names
Ahou best:
And Ia, Tom CaItcr's name led all the rest.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-04

Faithful Mahommedans in Tunis
and Algiers are in hard lines this year,
the authorities of those places having
forbidden the customary pilgrimages
to Mecca on the ground that cholera is
raging in Arabia. A great majority of
the pilgrims 10 Mecca would rather fly
i'm the face of cholera than not, believ-
ing that Allah in recognition of their
zeal would save them from the scourge
and cause them To prosper as never
before. IL is "A fine exhibition of the
influence of civilization when two such
governments AS Tunis and Algiers
have the courage TO protect the health
of their people at the expense of the
peoples fanaticism.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-04

In Washington the other day the mother
Of a boy who had shot bis sweetheart,
went on the stand and, in proof of her as
sertion Of his insanity. testified that at the
Y OF ten he had a severe attack OF scar
let fever, following which he was gorcd by
a mad bull, only, upon his recovery from
the injuries inflicted by the bull. to fall
from ther roof of a house and strike on his
head. III he isn't crazy, the court thought
be- ought 10 he and promptly sent him to
an asylum.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-04
IhE COMING A

On the strength of information which
IL has received within a dozen hours
from two eastern cities, the STANDARD
ventures the prediction that, without
undue delay, Butte will have one
through train a day, east and st,over
the line of the Northern Pacific rail
road.
Until very recently il was understood
i'm the New York Office of the railroad
company that the Butte service had al
ready been started on this plan. That,
however, was not the case, the only
time card ever arranged for the accom-
mediation of Butte being the special
run over the new short line, IN arrange
ment obviously so miserable that the
1t. Paul Office hastily ordered il aban-
doned.
Assurance was received yesterday
from the headquarters of the Northern
Pacific that the through service shall
be arranged SO as to give daily to Butte
one of the fully equipped through
trains. That is what Butte is entitled
to and that is what the city is going to
get. The STANDARDS information
from 1t. Paul is to the effect that Gen
eral Manager Mellen with General
superintendent Kimberly will leave st.
Paul tomorrow 10 visit Butte i'm com
pany with Assistant General Superin-
tendent Dickinson. IN Monday of next
week. Butte will welcome these gentle
men and the city can state its reason
able wants in a very few words.
As soon as the details of the service
be arranged, the new time card
will go into effect, and IL is known
that, so far as transportation owe the
line of the Montana Union is con
cerned, IL will be at the command of
the through train on a few hours
notice.
Butte may safely venture to send of
extra rockets tonight In honor of the
coming train.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-04

Discord and d~essension reign in the
faculty of the University of Dakota and
will o down. Somebody sent a pecu-
liar stone TO the institution. One learned
scientific professor pronounced il n
piece of the jaw of an ancient monster of
an octo-syllabic name. Another learned
scientific professor ~assevcrates that IL is
n petrified root Of an old tree. Friends
who have the good Of the institution at
heart will please present it with no more
rocks, at least no more of this kind.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-04

plenty of republicans are predicting
its failure in the senate. Yet the bill
will probably prevail in the upper
chamber. Under its baneful operation
the republicans will doubtless flourish
for a time, but in the end this un-
righteous law will prove to be to the
political party that invented II a stone
of stumbling and a rock of offense.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-04

Speaker Reed has hopclessly spoiled his
popularity as a presidential candidate in
the agricultural districts by purchasing
and wearing a pair of yellow shoes. The
Farmers Alliance might tolerate an auto
crat, but il is fundamentally opposed to
dudes.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-04

Postmaster General Wanamaker has
received an unsigned letter containing
5000, which the writer says is interest on
"A sum of money of which he defrauded
the government n few years ago. This
boodlcr is evidently a MAJ of PRINCIPAL.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-04
Tn. Federal ri.c,ion- Bill.

Prom the New York journal of Commerce.
II is every way IN unfair and dangerous
project. and II il is forced through con-
gress by the weight OF a caucus vote and
the crack Of the party whip, las now APP
pears probable, the country VIII most GER
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-04
CURRENT COMMENT.
Now watch for the Howl.

From the Washington Post.
Those boom towns which have been
engaged in over-estimating their popula-
ton are preparing To say some very hard
things of the census cnumerators.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-04

At the Ogden carnival Wednesday ''the
principal event was a fitting match says
the telegraph. Ogden is fortunate that il
wasn't "a plain chewing match.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-04

From the Boston Globe.
We nominate Hon. James Gillespie
Blaine for the untitled vacancy in the
Golden club. caused by the death Of that
other eminent republican free trader,
Hon. James Abram Garfield.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-04
Bound TO nunA Our sh,r..

From the Kansas city journal.
The English are determined 10 build
our ships after all. An English syndicate
is negotiating for the purchase OF the
John Roach ship yards at Chester, Pa.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-04
tainly witness most disRraceful scenes in
the execution of its provisions.
Fun Ahead

From the Washington Post.
In view Of Congressman Butterworth's
tariff talk, Senator Wolcott's silver
speech, and Secretary Blaine's diplomatic
wink. Is Il the least bit strange that there
should be an audible smoker all around
the board?
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-04

The Omaha Worid-Herdd asks where
Sarah Bernharslt will go when she dies.
She will probably leave the stage for the
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-11

Creeds n" doubt must he in religion as
in every ''ing else where reasonable action
is demanded Irorn reasonable being, but
the great danger IN theology is the substi-
Cution of an intellectual for moral assent,
and, again, the impertinent attempt to
bring the attributes, qualities and opera
tions of the Infinite under categories suit
able only for the measurement of the finite.
Certain it is that of all the heresies that
have brought jar into the moral music of
the Christian church the greatest is the
conceit of a self constituted orthodoxy
which damns a modest brother for not be-
lieving what only the pride of an unchas-
tened intellect could have asserted. -Pro-
fessor ]. Stuart Blackie in Forum.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-11
Care of the Ear.

Do not put cotton in the ears If there is
any discharge Of pus from them. Use
warm water as frequently az may be neces-
sary to keep them Clean but do not force
the foul matter back into the delicate ma
chinery If any small, hard substance falls
into the ear do not attempt to dig it
out" If not readily removable allow it
to remain in quiet and have physician
take care of it when convenient; it is not
likely to do any serious harm unless tam
pered with. Anything which is soluble
may be washed out with little patience
by the use of a syringe and warm water: if
not soluble it is misunderstanding journal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-11
SupsI stitIon In Russia,

The most absurd superstitions are rife in
Russia. At Serpookhov, near Moscow, an
official announcement was recently pla-
carded at the street corners. The common
people are unable to read. They requested
a man who looked like priest to decipher
for them the contents of the bill. He un.
hesitatingly and positively declared that it
contained II e warning that the city of Ser.
pookhov would beswallowedi in the ground.
In less than an hcur the news spread
Throughout the place, and the people aban.
GOner! their work au;! began streaming ont
into the fields in large crowds All the
factories were deserted by the laborers. 1t
was some time before the frightened crowds
were restored to reason and to their regu.
lar pursuits. but the originator of the.
trouble could not he found Paris Letter.