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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-05

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Chief Justice Bcaslcy of New Jersey,
who pridcs himself on the rural character
of his dress and appearance, while ON "a
reccId VIA to New York city, was one
afternoon s%tauG,ng "a he steps of a
prominent hotel when he was accostcd by
a perfect stranger, who he at once sized
up as a confidence operator.
at has bccn IA long time since we met"
aid the i'm an aifablc amer
"lcs." said the chief Justice, musingly,
''quitc a long time"
"Are you enjoying yourself as usual? ~
asked the man. evidently feeling for an
opportunity Ia run in his little game.
"Ncs, as usual answered the chief
justice, with a sunny smile.
"Still IN the same old business, ch ="
"ies; still in the same old business"
"What business il IL? It's been SO long
since I've seen you that lie clare I've
quite forgotten"
The chief JUSTICES eyes sparkIed mcr-
rily. as lac replied, with an assumption Of
innocence which would have done no dis.
credit 10 "A iirst-clnss actor:
ascending rogucs To jail!'
The confidence man stared at him and
then suddenly shot OF down the street,
while he chief justice looked after him
with all the innocence and bcnevolence
OF a Jersey farmer totally ignorant Of city
wilcs and d~elusions.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-05
IN THE DAYS OF v,oILANres.
A Rcininircencc of the Time when Crime
Was sum pnartly Punished In Texas.

A Rr,nini.cencc of the Time when Crime
WA sum mariIy Punished In Texas.
The halcyon days 81 the v~igilantes,
when justice was swift, SURE and poetic,
are Just now much bcmoaned by some OF
the old-timers, says a special correspond
cnt from Brownsville, Tex. The spec
tacle of q man tried and sentenced 10 n
term In the p~enitcntiary because he
killed a neighbor's steer In order TO pro-
vide his starving family with meat, nils
them with such indignation rs can only
be relieved by q resurrection OF Oft told
tales, long since dead and buried.
"Uncle" Biddle Ackcrman's memory is
especially good. There is a tradition Ina
In the old days no u was more deft with
the moose han he.
ibid the man shoot the steer because
he was hungry for meat9 IL so, all right.
Did he shoot the steel and h sell the
hide? II so, hang him." And all the
other old fellows nod willing assent.
"Remcmbcr tho trouble we had with
that low down chap, Bill Spangle, in 80?
No? Well, II was this way: Bill and his
wife and a big brood OF young ones lived
in n shanty about four miles out. Some
body was leaving the skinned carcasscs OF
cattle around on the prairie. They were
always shot in the head. None Of the meat
was ever taken, but their skins were al-
ways missing. We traced three OF the
SKINS TO Town anu men ,raceu .hs st Ns"
ing y skint,hR 10 e,li 5pansle. ~
DAY nve vigliantes nad mn swine,nR
from a nmo ~ iron. OF ms HOUSE,. om nc
count OF MS ianliy ,ney Iet ~ oown pe-
fore ne roaNeu anu waricu MN v PACK
UP y eet OUT pcfore nho'ner suiirsc.
Dill iaiieu 'o move an" they Warncu mn,
again. ne P"iu no a'.ehhoh, amu
on 'nc uniru "a.' JUS "s WV SSu
was coming up, ,ne same i've
vignaI'es roue up ana ni.cnSu sner
norses 10 h9Ine TIES my ynrus n,o,'
iii : iroht door. ihcy al
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-05

From the Baltimore Sui.
Before Judge Stewart was Gle waited TO
the bench he had "A case in the city court
i'm which he was fearful of being thrown
out of court, as u opposing ounse was
cutting down his claim, as il seemed
probable that the jury, il they gave him a
verdict nj all. would find for a less amount
than 500. of which the court could not
take jurisdiction. Lawyer Stewart re-
solved To put a bold face on the matter,
and demanded of the jury a verdict for at
least SIS. When the verdict was rend-
cred Lawyer Stewart was much surprised
10 find that i, was in his favor for S2s7. He
aftcrward asked an acquaintance of his
who was on the jury how the verdict had
been reached. "Iou see, Mr.. Stewart"
said his friend, 'we could agree upon no
amount, and finally IL was resolved that
each juryman should write q sum on a
piece of paper, and the total should be di-
vidcd by twelve. which should he the YER
diet. Knowing that all the others were
for "A small verdict, I wrote 5000"
On another occasion Lawyer Stewart
made a bold, but, as lac believed, unsuc-
c~essful, claim for n verdict Of 500. aud
was corrcspondingly astonishcd when the
jury gave him $50. 'lou sec, Stewart"
said a friend Of his upon the jury, 'therc
were 10 of us who would have given you
any amount you asked, hut there were
two who only wanted Z, give $50. Finally
il narrowed down Ia $3.50 against $3.50, the
smaller mount being championed by the
two men, and Il was resolved To write the
two monut on slips IF paper and place
them in a hat. which was 10 be held by
u of the two men while the other drew
IA OF the papers, IA amount written on
il To- be our verdict. This was done and
the slip with $50 dollars came out, which
verdict was accordingly rendered. But
you ought tn have seen the faces of those
two men," continued the juryman, 'when
| informed them that | had written the
larger amount on both slips of paper"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-05

From the New York sun.
This is wonderful" said Tompkins, as
he looked AT the remnants of a large
cheese. "When | brought this home il
was American. but since the rats have
taken hold Il is frontage debris.
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a Critical Oplnion,

From the New York Weekly.
Jinks-rhat young lady may he a fine
pianist, as you say but there is no warmth
to her touch.
Blinks-"I guess you didn't hear her
play the Moonlight Symphony p"
Jinks-"No; but I squeezed her hand"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-05
A Family Murdered.

Tucson. Aria. June A Mexican
brought word to-day Of the killing Of a
man and wife and two children, aud the
burning Of their house at Pantno, 20 miles
east of Tucson. The ranch is on u direct
trail from San Carlos Indian reservation.
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American ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

AT Brooklyn Brooklyn 2, Rochester D.
At Columbus Columbus Ia, Toledo o.
AT Louisville-Louisvillc ., ST. Louis ..
AT Syracuse-Athlctic game called Mt
the end of the second inning on
- ..t.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-23
SIMON. PURE TRUTH.

The spirit of theosophy, which has
been abroad i'm the communities of
Boston and Chicago for some time, Is
moving west, and is liable to strike the
cultivated city of Helena right between
the eyes most any day. The gospel is
being carried into California and other
states under the direction of Bertram
keightly, one of the most accomplished
disciples on the road. lie says that the
leaven is doing its work; that there are
already thirty-eight societies in the
United States and many more to fol
low; that theosophy is being under
stood better constantly, and that really
the outlook is decidedly promising.
NO religion higher than truth" is
the motto of the order, and a very eX-
cellent motto it is, if one only knows
what is truth and what isn't. The
t~heosophists make a business of truth.
They have hunted it down, caught il,
skinned il and subjected it to a
thorough dissection. Here is the out
come, the scheme of theosophical sal
walton In u nut -shell:
Three great principles constitute man-body,
soul and spirit. The soul has two stages Of de-
yelopment. In the undevclopcd condition II II
lut little more than animal instinct, and work
ing up from this passes into the stage Uf intelli-
gcncc and becomes more perfect ms IL approaches
nearer and nearer Ia the condition and form of
the divine spark called the spirit. And this
spirit passes through n series Of experiences In
incarnation, and il destined Ia ultimate reunion
with the divine. In regard Ia the body this In
carnation Is not single hut repeated, each in
tltxiluuIity lNsgpnliuu fh-tslnhDlisah during mum
crous eNisteDces In successive races and planets,
and accommodating the experiences ~ each
incarnation towards lis perfection. Between
adjacent ~incarnations comes a period of com
paratiye rest and ~refreshment, the spirit being
therein prepared for its next advent into ma.
tcrial life.
II will be inferred from this passage
that the thesophs intend sometime TO
give us a rest, though IL must he con-
fessed with regret that the prospects
are rather remote. The creed contin-
ues:
The nAtur, Of each incarnation depends upon
the merit and demerit of the previous life ar
lives, nIon the way In which the man has lived
and thought; and this law Is infeNille and wholly
just. Luck, il Is held, cuts no figure In the final
result what men call "luck" is really ''descrt, IS
desert acquired In past existence. And lastly,
when union with the divine Is effected all the
events and experiences ~ each incarnation are
known.
This, then, is truth" Whether il
has been derived from revelation, from
analogy. or from intuition, cuts no fig.
ure. All people are cautioned to curb
their vulgar curiosity and ask no i'm
pertinent questions. Truth is mighty
and will prevail of its own accord.
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in 1870. II one stone Is moved all the
other stones Of the edifice win fall and
a collapse will ensue that nothing
can check. To-day this young EN-
peror with impotence is q terrible
shaker of columns. The greatness of
Germany is necessary for the tranquil
ity of Europe. When ! told this to the
reichstag the French shrugged their
shoulders and called 1t presumption.
France, instead of nOurishing al I'M
wholesome sentimentality about the
loss of the provinces that we won by
the last war: instead of being at the
frontier with the nearsightedness OF
persons who see only the interests of
the coming twenty-four hours, should
raise her eyes and look further for the
enemy of Europe. The hereditary
enemy in the true sense of the word is
i'm the East. IL Is Russia. suppose
there should be a war in which France
should crush Germany, Russia would
ut once put herself in motion to crush
France. This is the law of history"
This is philosophical, epigrammatic
and stately, and one could wish the
style of the entire interview were like
it. Perhaps il would have been had
bismarck. like some Americans, insist
ed upon seeing the proof" before the
publication.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-23

The original package decision has
reached Maine, and after forty odd
years of doing business on the sly, the
local dealers of Lewiston are rolling
kegs of beer in and out of their stores
with IMMUNITY and the sound of the
b~ung.starter is heard in the land. \
New Hampshire brewery has promised
TO assume all costs of any test cases
and before many months Maine will
doubtless have thrifty breweries of heI
own, which will afford the trade SINH
lar protection. The fatherly interest
the beer industry takes in all customers
residing in prohibition states is beauti
full to behold.
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are said to be such as to make his can
didacy a joke, was put on the ticket
with Dick. This was adding insult to
injury. But II was Quay's bidding and
must be done. and the other candidates
who were inimical TO Quay's interest
must be pulled of. Quay arranged for
a conference between himself and Mr..
Mansfield ut the formers residence.
lie told Mr.. Mansfield that the people
did not want him to run, and that a
number of distinguished republicans
had SO expressed themselves. Mr.. Mans
field responded that II Quay could find
him twelve reputable citizens who
asked for his withdrawal he would
not permit his name to go before the
people. Quay told him he could,
and ordered a letter drawn up to be
circulated throughout Beaver. The
letter was carried around by a noted
Quay henchman, but after days of
fruitless search he could find only four
men who would sign IL. When IL was
presented TO the distinguished republic
cans whom Quay had quoted, they de-
MED that they had expressed them
selves as preferring any man and
refused to sign the paper. This gave
Mansfield and Lockhart more sand,
and now they are out to either sink or
swim, regardless of Mr.. Quay's wishes.
Heretofore the Quays could have any
thing in Beaver county for the asking,
but when the senator wanted to shove
his son Dick and Robert Sterling on
the people they grew tired and quit.
The anti Quayites profess the ability
to snow young Dick under, and if they
succeed what will become of the n
tors much-needed vindication? The
contest is of more than local interest.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-23

The story of a great conspiracy to
capture Lower California and turn IL
into an independent republic, to be an
nexed later on TO the United States is
interesting reading. In these days of
bloodless revolutions and general stag.
nation among the armies of the world,
Lower California should vary the
monotony of affairs by treating the
public TO a good old fashioned battle or
two. The conspirators may lind IL tn
their advantage to send for General
B~oulanger TO engineer the thing al.
though upon reflection we fear that il
Boulanger were upon the scene there
would be no battle, no bloodshed, no
uprising, nothing in fact but an insig.
niiicant iizzle. IL General Butler were
only in his prime, he might be just the
man for the occasion.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-23
THE BISMARCK INTERVIEW.

Bismarck has been too long in pub.
lie life and is too much interested in
German politics TO sit down and keep
his mouth shut. lie is embracing OPP
portunities to vent his ~displeasure
against the emperor through the news
papers, a trick he must have imported
from America. This is his privilege to
be sure, and he seems to enjoy il to the
full, but il detracts somewhat from that
superb dignity which has been one of
the most admirable characteristics of
the nan. Judging from the temper of
his remarks as recorded by the inter.
viewers, he is growing irritable and dis.
playing the peeyishness of old age. Il
pity this young man" the Paris Figdr0
of last sunday makes him say. referring
10 the emperor. 'lIe is like n young
hound that banks at everybody, that
smells everything. that touches every
thing, and that ends by causing com.
plete disorder In the room i'm which he
is. no matter how large IL may be-"
To liken the emperor of Germany TO
a dog is about rs uncomplimentary a
way of putting the thing as ingenuity
could devise. The picture is vivid and
may contain much truth. but the world
wants to regard Bismarck as a states.
man. not as a caricaturist. The expires.
sion is mt that the admiring biog.
raphers of the old chancellor would
have preferred he had never uttered.
Bismarck is more true TO himself
when he discusses the situation on an
elevated plane like this: Il think I'm
peror William is the victim of current
history, which he might have curbed
10y a reign of tranquility, sans ecLat, in
a beaten track and by allowing Ger
many to enjoy the advantages gained
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-23

A new civil service bill has been i'm.
troduced in congress designed TO give
the heads of departments ut Washing
ton some protection" against the
operations of the present commission.
The bill authorizes the president TO APP
point a commission to consist of four
members, not more than two Of whom
shall be adherents of the same political
party. Whenever any person shall
have been designated by the head of
any department for any position or
office, not above a fourth-class clerk
ship. an officer of such department,
who shall he selected by the head of the
department, shall act as a member of
the commission for the examination of
the person so designated, provided that
three members of the commission shall
constitute a quorum for the transac-
ton of business. The civil service re
form business seems To be getting
pretty thoroughly tangled up.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-23
OUAY'S SON, DICK,

There is trouble i'm Beaver county,
Pennsylvania, the home of Mat Quay
and his son Dick. The distinguished
senator from Pennsylvania proposes
that the county shall send Dick to the
legislature. Dick is TO be trained up
in the way he should go, and IL is time
that the training begin. IL is import.
ant that the control of the republican
party should be kept I'm the family, and
Dick must stand ready TO step into the
old mans shoes. The old man started
out to steer the thing. At first, IL APP
pears from telegraphic dispatches from
the seat of war, the matter was treated
as a joke. but Quay soon made his
henchmen understand that he meant
what he said. lie spread the report
that since he had been attacked in the
public press il would be necessary for
him to secure a ~vindication mt home
and the only way he saw TO do il was
TO put his son up for office. The con.
nection between an election of the
Young man and a vindication of the
old. may not be very clear TO outsiders
but that may be a way they have of
doing things i'm Pennsylvania. In tina,
antique commonwealth a man accused
of being a horse thief possibly may be-
reinstated in the good opinion of the
community by the appointment of his
grandmother to the chairmanship of q
prayer meeting. At any rate Senator
Quay wanted to be yindicated, and
like Abraham dragging Isaac by one
leg up the mountain, so the accom-.
plished chairman Of the national re.
publican committee logged his boy
Dick out before his constituents In
Beaver county.
Before Dicks candidacy was an
nounced, however, a coal operator
named Mansfield had begun a canvass
on his own hook. Then one DIR. Lock.
hart announced himself as Dicks asso-
ciate on the ticket, the district being
entitled to two representatives: and al
though he is a physician of repute and
a man of integrity he did not suit Mr..
Quay. \ day or two afterward Robert
sterling, whose intellectual attachments
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-23

In New York a bill has been signed by
the governor which makes il n INSIDE
meanor for any person willfully TO state.
deliver or transmit by any means what
ever to the manager, editor, publisher or
reporter OF any newspaper, magazine or
serial for publication therein any libelous
statement concerning any person or cor
poration and thereby secure the actual
publication of the same. The protection
afforded newspapers by this measnre is
reasonable and just.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-23

George Francis Train tells the reporters
that San Francisco needs him and he is
going there. The trouble with San Fran
cisco is, he y that she il too old; too
old; too respectable; piles of money
great nabobs; Mob Hill aristocracy; truck.
stuff; no blood. That's IL, she needs
blood, something TO make her brain go.
Give AVA your ducats and get blood.
That's what makes the heart beat till il
bursts like q bomb. Blood makes love,
children, all pretty things" Citizen Train
won't be satisfied till he wades In gore.
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Mr.. Bynu,n's Disgrace.

From the Chicago Times.
There will be few people who will sym
pathize with Mr.. Bynum because he has
been ccnsurcd by Gar Reeds obedient
subjects for declaring his lack OF conf
dence i'm Mr.. Bayne after Bayne had dig
nifled a Islander upon Bynum's reputa-
ton by getting il into the record OF the
house. Mr.. Bynum ought To have known
that to stab a man i'm the back under the
house rules is a virtue, while to resent an
insult outside Of the rules is a crime. Ii
was 10 Mr.. Bynum's everlasting disgrace
tn At he did not recognize the wide gulf
between twecdlcdee and twecdledum.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-23
Here's u Pretty Mess.

From the Chicago Times.
Rain is falling in Dakota, and hence, as
every classical scholar knows, upon
whose tongue post hoe propter hoe trips
with l%ightsome ease, the prayers of the
Dakota pastors have been answered. Da-
kota is to be congratulated, but what will
General Greedy have to say about IL? Into
his hands Uncle Sam has coniided the ex-
elusive management of the weather; and
IL Mt the request OF the persuasive Ingalls,,
for instance, he has intended that this
particular rain should fall upon the anti
Ingalls, fires raging in the kansan prai.
ries, will he brook the meddling OF the
Dakota pastors? How far may the states
Of Dakota intrcnch upon the prerogatives
Of the national government? Here is q
pretty constitutional muddlc.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-23
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.

PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.
Mrs. Garfield inspected the monumental
statue OF her husband al, Cleveland last
week.
Zola's new book will be called Money
The author is frank enough to say that
his theme is sordid.
Lady Anne Blount, the granddaughter
OF Lord Byron, il spending the winter in
Egypt with her daughters.
Jacob futile Of Alton, N. H., and his
sister, Mrs. Sallie Kennett, both cele-
brated their SD birthday recently. They
are twins.
Philip Bright, the youngest son OF John
Bright, has deserted his fathers colors i'm
the unionist camp, and become q home
ruler.
George Meredith has been suggested as
Lord Tennyson's successor in the poet
~Laureateship of England. Algernon Swim
burne is also mentioned.
Arthur CUTLER Couch is the author of the
novel "The Splendid Spur" which was
published anonymously and by some
judges attributed to Besant.
Mrs. Mary II. Miller, who has served as
state librarian of Iowa for two years, will
w TetDDolilttu. ihc RoNcTfDT HIS Te-
fused to put her on the shelf.
Rev. 7. Dewitt Talmage will nave $500
n lecture this summer from the Chautau-
qua folks, while Edward Bellamy mod
estly asks for "expcnses" only.
Earl Spencer, a possible successor to
Gladstone, is 55, and a tall man with an
enormous red mustache and beard. His
face is narrow but full of strength.
DIR. John II. Douglas, who was General
Grants physician during the last months
at Mt. McGregor mt n remuneration q
$1,000, Is now a poverty patient suffering
from paralysis at n New York hospital.
Lieutenant Ryder. of the Danish navy,
is about to lead an expedition within the
Arctic circle to explore the unknown east
coas OF Greenland between % and 20
north latitude, excluding about 2i5 miles
Mr.. Powderly u that he will be
one of IA million to form a new political
party and reform things. That suggests
how General Butler used to dispose of the
temperance issue by saying gravely that
he would stop drinking il everybody else
would.
Mrs. Mary Frances Cusack, the "Nun
of Kcnmare." tool many subscriptions IN
Pittsburg for n book she was about Ia
write, and now the people of the Smoky
City who subscribed and paid something
in advance are anxious &c ascertain the
nuns whereabouts or to get the book.
Charles Butler, president Of the board
of directors of Union Theological Semi.
nary at New York city, has endowed a
chair of biblical theology in that institii-
ton with 100000. Mr.. Butler is ~ years
III IL. ILL - IL. LII. l- ---.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-23

The latest news from London is to the
effect that Dorothy Tenant Tilted STAN
ley because he dyed his hair. She must
nave been afraid Of blackening her hands
after the honeymoon was over.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-23

The Butte Inter Mountain thinks that
Senator Ingalls, can't be induced to take
any notice Of that little charge of
plagiarism. Evidently our evening
contemporary hasn't seen the senator's
unique and iiimsy excuse.