The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-21
FACTS.

r. last run of shnd M MON cease tai
he . 0gure of speech in Massachusetts.
the 1ish commissioners nnd q decrease OF
80 per cent. i'm the catch since 1879.
A Michigan widow killed three hiri1
with ono stone ny inserting In the same is
sUse Of an Adrian daily her obit-
uary notice, q card of thanks and N notice
that she would auction on her late part-
ns.r's personal enccts.
II France there arc upwards of 2OyOO
applicAnts for 100 i'm the public
service I'm the department nj the Seine.
Pour thousand PERSONS applied for the
places OF three office boys mt the Hotel de-
Willie.
Fac%s and statistics show that the most
cxperS and hold burglars are those who
have eerveSi two. ar three terms i'm state
p~eniteDtiaries. II emphasizes the truth
that courts should lcngthcn the terms at
burglars, and the longer the better for So
ciety. A sharp burglar, as n rule, returns
tn his old habits.
Volapuk is scarcely 10 years Did and
yet il h stated that nearly 2.O0O,0OO people
are sta(lying it; moro than 2.OOO bGoks
have been published ON the subject. more
than thirty periodicals are regularly issued
i'm It's interest, and more than 600 societies
have hseu organized to promote it's usa,.
In the year 100 there was hut one news
psipcr I'm the United States. In 1870 thcr.
ycrc SSH this year there arc 1918, tho
total for the United States and Canada
hein9 17,lO7. I'm 1870 there was but $4,000
periodicals printed in the whole world.
Now. however, there are i'm the United
States alone 12,s91 wecklies, ,g%S month
lies md 1.5s4 dailics.
There are being dcveloped in Boston
pastry cooks establishments, where one
may procure "a slice of meat ar poultry,
along with a few biscuits or rolls, n 10
cent pat of butter. small buildings or pics,
To take home for the basis of u meal, to la
finished with tea ar colfec, that my be
easily prepared i'm lodgings. This seems
like hnnd-to-nlouth living, yet il is very
popular even i'm most respectable locali-
tics, as it has many advantages.
A curious story comes from ST. Peters
burg. A well known Polish princess re-
Gently took n house i'm the Russian capt
tai. To her disgust she found il aunte
A religious service was held and tho de
mons exercised. But after n few days
they returned with rc~inforcements. Tho
result h that, i'm order to live i'm the house
ut all. the princess has to hold an exorSis'
religious services every three days. Thi,
il said to bc actually going on i'm the cap
ital OF the Russian empire.
Minnesota journals are strongly agitatet
ever the danger which threatens the yer,
existence of tho Mississippi river. 1hs
constant destruction which is going OH IN
the forests surrounding the source of tina
stream threatens soon to make the sol
incapable OF outstanding the rainfall a
that region. This. of course. means the
swlnOlin& ana eventual drying up OF al
springs and rivers, and il is just this fat,
which awaits the head waters of the Miss
issippi.
Commercially, the pine woods of Gcorgi;
arc probably her most important resource
They arc almost incNhalstiblc. and of
superior quality to- those found further M
Oh tho Carolina coasts. As soon as tin
large sNw mills denude one section of tn
country they move to new districts, an
they begin operations again. Young pin
trees spring up at once all around tn
stumps of the old ones, and i'm five year
they are ready to bc tapped for turpcn
tine. This does not materially iniure TN
trees. and they continue tn grow int
large timber. while the turpentinc fal
mcrs arc making "A good living from n
of sap. In Il or 20 years IN
trees are ready for the woodman's AK
again. nus they actually grow taste
ulan they are cut down.
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