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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26
BIG BUSINESS IN RAccooNs.
Hundreds of Them Trapped Weekly Fol
the sake OF Their Skins.


From the New York Sun.
The redemption of the alluvial lands
along the Mississippi from overflow by
the construction of levees. which has
been going on so actively for the last
few years, is having the effect of fill
ing up the swamp lands and marches
along the gulf with immense quanti-
ties OF game. driven out from above.
A few years ago the woods or swamps
back of the plantations on the Missis-
sippi, which seldom extend more than
two miles from the river, were filled
with raccoons, 'possums' and other
game to such an extent as to prove a
serious nuisance. the animals playing
havoc with corn and other food crops.
These raccoons have been growing
fewer In that section for the last eight
or 10 years, but wholly by emigration.
They seem to have pushed further
. south toward the Gulf Of Mexico, and
the hunters in the interior settlements
or brules of Lafourche, Terrebonne
and other parishes containing a large
amount of sea marsh declare that their
country is overrun with raccoons.
There have always been some there,
but the numbers have increased there
in a manner impossible to account for
in any natural way.
While the coons have proved rather
troublesome in the matter of clearing
out cornfields. they are just at present
yielding the hunters and trappers a
rich harvest. and have made up for
the ruin of the alligator business. The
bayous of Southern Louisiana were
alive with alligators 20 years ago. but
the demand for their skins was so
great and so large a price was paid
for them that the alligators have been
well nigh exterminated- The coons
now take their place and are proving
even more profitable.
The business of trapping and killing
coons has reached phenomenal pro-
portions this season. and several
hundreds of these animals are
brought into Thibodeaux and other
towns weekly. from each OF the sur
rounding brules or .bayous. The skins
sell for from Is to so cents apiece. in
proportion to the size and quality OF
their fur and are readily sold TO north
ern dealers engaged in the fur trade.
while the negroes purchase the skinned
bodies at from to 10 cents The trap
pers make a very handsome living out
of the business. which lasts only dur
ing the winter-enough TO support
them throughout the year.
The coons are said to support them
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

II an overcoat is made by a mechanic.
by tailor. We mean, who understands
his art, 1t has the balance. the style OF,
the tone of a custom garment just as
long as you wear II. This Is the kind of
cut and fit you get when you buy the
Famous c & B grade. They are sold by
Joseph Peters and Copper City CONNER
cial Co.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26
Anaconda .Neos.

selves principally upon the corn they
steal from the fields and the crayfish.
choupique and other fishes with which
the streams of Southern Louisiana
abound, the coon being an expert fish,
er. The coon trapping has almost
doubled the receipt of pelts at New
Orleans this year since the hunting
season began.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26
BIDS wanted-For Hauling Ore.

Bids will be opened at Libby Jan.
10 for moving output Snowshoe mines
and concentration. estimated 20 tons
daily. beginning about Feb. LIST; II
miles to Great Northern railway. Bond
required from successful bidder. Ad-
dress The Chicago Z Montana Mining
company, Libby, Mont.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26
The Day After.

II can't offer you anything" said the
kind-hearted lady. but some corned beef
and cabbage"
Madam" replied Meandering Mike. ut
'ud be my salvation. I've walked four
miles tryin' to find a house where they'd
offer me something besides dark meat an
wish bones."-wasnington Star.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26
Called II seditious.

A cdporteur was recently arrested in
Galata district. Turkey. for selling the
"Epistle to the Galatians" on the ground
that Il was a seditious document. The
Turkish authorities called for a certificate
OF the authors death to assure them
selves that the document was not of re-
cent origin.-Ram's Horn.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

Reduced rates to Austria, Germany,
Sweden. and all points in Europe Tick
cts to Chicago. New York. Boston.
Philadelphia and all eastern and Cam
adam points. Call at Butte. Anaconda
& Pacific passenger depot for rates,
maps. etc.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26
Notice to the Public.

The boycott on Sam Pramenko is off,
he having compiled with all terms Of
Deer Lodge Trades & Labor Council
w. r. ROGERS,
Chairman Boycott Committee
G. LANNON, Secretary.
Anaconda, Dec. "a, 1895.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26
NEW
YEAR
PRESENTS
AT KEPPLER'S.
ATTENTION!

Mr.. II Myers. formerly OF Salt Lake, has
opened a first class Tailoring Establishment
In the shields Block on West Park Ave-. Ana
conda ana begs "a announce hat he has just
received large consignment OF the lates. pat
terms and c oihs Of The finest quality. First
pleased 10 have the public call and IN
spect my stock. H. MYERS. shields Block
West Park Avenue.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

When Baby vss sick, No gave her oassoria.
When she was Q Child. she cried for Castoria.
When she became Mis-. she chung to Oasroria.
When she had Children. she gave them Castc-ss
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

The fast trains on the Butte Anaconda
e. Pacific railway make the run between
Butte and Anaconda in a minutes Al
ways in the .ead. Always on time. Street
car tickets free.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

The Butte. Anaconda & Pacific rail-
way have tickets on sale at the Great
Northern city ticket Office. 106 Main
street. Street car tickets free.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

rs per cent. OF on all OF our Cioaks
which means you can buy q Cloak Of
us for just One-Half the price of our
Competitors.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

For low prices on Pennsylvania,
Rock Springs and Montana coal see
]. T. Carroll Co.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

In Philadelphia a connection known as
hot pectorsl" is sold by the erstwhile
fee cream vender.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

rs per cent. on on all our Boys
Suits.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

rs per cent on on al our Fine Mems
Suits.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

80 per cent on on all of our over
coats and listers.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

rs per cent. or on all SILK Mufiers.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26
O'NeIll's. Park Ave.

On cutters. bobsleds and winter
robes. ]. T. Carroll Co.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

rs per cent. saved on Our Elegant
Line of Fancy Lamps. Stands, Gold
mounted Pipes. Work Boxes. Handker-
chief Cases, Etc.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26
Attention.
oaI

Call and examine new stock of goods
lst received at j. A Hasley. 215 Oak
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

The question is not only what to buy
but how much shall you pay for IL?
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

Low Prices

Prof. Olson. studio AIS Cedar street.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

When in Butte lunch at sherman's.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

DLUMBIuo steam and Ro, Water Hsssine,
II Estimates furnished on application Al
dress J A. HAsLEY. 2i5 oax street. Ana
oondA- Montana
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-11-11
a Missionaries, Museum.

One Of the most interesting museums
in Boston has been removed to Hartford
the museum Of curiOsities collected
during 70 years by the missionaries of
the American board and for many
years displayed in cabinets in a little
dark room in the Congregational House.
The collection is to be deposited in the
library of the Hartford Theological SEM
mary, and Boston will know it no more.
Many of The objects were worthless
unless from a sentimental point of view
pebbles from Palestine, bits of wood
or stone broken from temples and the
ike-but others were of the greatest
rarity, interest and scientific value, and
some were unique. There were little
idols from India, models illustrating
life and manufacture in China or ia
pan, and savage arms and implements
from the south seas. Unlike many SINH
lar objects seen nowadays, they were
genuine documents of savage or bar
barOus life before it had been touched
and influenced by western civilization.
To the photographer they were invalua-
BILE.
Particularly interesting were the idols
and curiOsities from the Sandwich Is
lands, all Of them obtained by the earli-
er missionaries. They included the
great idol of the Hawaiian war god, one
of the most interesting things in it's way
ever brought to America. The Hawaii
an portion of the collection was not sent
to Hartford, but, through the influence
of Mr.. Gorham D. Gilman, the Hawai-
ian consul il Boston, it has gone to en-
rich the Bishop museum of Hawaiian
antiquities in Honolulu. Boston Her
aid
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-11-11
CARRIAGE OF THE FUTURE.
Interesting Speculation as to Its Probable
Character.

The electrical carriage, or borse1ees
vehicle, promises to become a fad in
Gotham and may eventually supersede
the bicycle in popular favor. The horse
less vehicle and the bicycle will probably
sooner Or later be manufactured as a
sort Of composite carriage, to carry any,
where from one to a dozen persons
When horses are dispensed with. if will
no longer be necessary to have the va
hicles high enough to enable the rider to
overlook the animal, and this will pro-
duce change as radical as that from
the old high wheeled bike to the safety.
The carriage of the future will probably
be so low that one may step into it from
the street with perfect ease, and the
danger of being thrown out from run
away or collision will be reduced to a
minimum. The carriage will of course
have low wheels and elastic tires.
For light vehicles the pneumatic tire
may be used, while for rougher and
heavier work some strong cushion tire
will be more serviceable. Then the dash
board, originally designed to protect the
driver from the mud thrown up by the
horses feet, as we'll as from the kicks
Of the animals, will no longer be need
ed, because there will be no horses to
splash or kick. The aim, as in the bicy.
Gle, will no doubt be lightness, COM
bined with strength. 1t is quite likely
that the most popular and useful form
of hOrseless carriage will be light We
hicle for two persons, which can be easily
stored in an ordinary dwelling, and this
will take the place Of or supplement the
bicycle in families Of moderate means.
All this is very interesting, and the
model hOrseless carriage will no doubt
come in time, but before it can come in
to general use in this country there must
be vast Improvement in the common
roads. The ordinary country road is bad
enough for bicyclers, but the rider Of
the two wheeled vehicle can pick his
way and traverse a smooth rut or track
Of a few inches in width, while the
three or four wheeled vehicle must have
a wide, smooth causeway The multi
plcatiOn and cheapening of means Of
travel are vast benefit to the health Of
the people. The bicycle has already &C.
cOmplished much for the public health,
but its benefit is mainly confined to the
active or robust. The hOrseless carriage
will give the aged and feeble, as we'll as
the strong, the means of outing. New
York Observation-Disclosures.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-11-11
Theory Versus Practice.

4 young woman who, in spite of the
fact that she had been born and brought
up in large city, had nevertheless
many most excellent theories in regard
to farming upon a purely scientific
basis, found herself, after some years of
married life, obliged to take up her res
idence upon a large and model farm.
Desiring always to be a true helpmeet
to her husband, she took a double pleas
ure in reviewing the studies of her ear
lier years, attacking the subject with
great Zest.
As result, with small prOvocation,
she was wont to wax eloquent-almost
garrulous, indeed-upon such subjects
as ''The Proper Mode of Irrigation, -
1.-THE Merits and Dement'S of Various
Fertilizers, :" 'The Best Food For Young
Cattle" and kindred topics. She had
yet to learn that often in this life be-
tween theory and practice there is
great gulf. Her husband, owing, doubt
less, to conscious inferiority, took a
mean, masculine delight in recanting
for the amusement Of their friends tales
Of the unimportant slips incident to the
beginning of any career made by his dis
tinctly better half, the aforesaid tales
disclosing moro talent in the line of
raconteur than of a careful historian,
scrupulous as to fact and data.
One morning at breakfast the follow
ing conversation is alleged to have tax
en- place:
Mary, my dear, James is going to
kill two pigs today. Now, what do you
want?''
After taking a hurried mental inven-
tory of the present resources of the larder
and considering the tastes and capacities
of the numerous hired hands that must
be catered to, the careful housewife re-
piled:
"Two, did you say? Woll, you might
save me a dozen hams, and-oh, yes,
any quantity of dried beef p'-New
York Herald.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-11-11
A Satisfactory Swiss Sight.

Belated tourists in Switzerland are
offered a ''sight" which is as unique as
1t is satisfactory. The frowning rocks
around the Devil bridge, between Cos
chenen and Andermatt, are hidden IN
der heavy scaffoldings, relt up in order
to efface the glaring advertisements
which for some time past have disfgured
the grand and grewsome mountain for
tress 1t will delight the heart of every
climber on the Gotthart highways and
byways to know that next year he will
be spared the sight of one ungainly adj
vertisement crying out i'll gigantic let
tiers, close to the DEVILS bridge, the
names of the best chocolate manufac-
turers in Switzerland, and of another
stating the fact that at certain Berlin
hotel 700 beds are at the disposal of the
traveller in Switzerland. One wonders
whether, together with the advertise
ments, the figure with the cloven hoofs
will disappear, which some native or for
eign artist has painted in red color
against one of the rocks overhanging
the road, of the parsonage after whom
the famous bridge is named. Westmin-
ster Gazette.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-11-11

Women know the influence Of beauty
on men; men rarely admire a beautiful
invalid, but they DO admire n woman la
whom is blended good features and per
feet health.
There Is no secret about n woman's
beauty; IL all lies In the care she devotes
10 herself, TO removing from her system
all poisonous impurities, and keeping az
bay those fearful female diseases.
The flashing eye, elastic step, and bril-
liant complexion are never companions
of womb trouble; only the distressed
expression and aches, pains, blues, faint
ness, dizziness, bearing-down feeling,
etc, keep IL company.
Lydia II. Pinkhdm's Vegetable Com
pound removes female troubles promptly,
and cleanses, invigomtes, and conso-
quently beauties, the form of woman.
Women, the world over, pay homage %
il, and praise its discoverer. Your drug
gist sells more of it than all ether female
medicines.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-11-11
FOOTBALL As PLAYED TO-DAY.

t,arIn-ai and A,crnoralizing co Students
and Leads All Sports In Fatalities.
So far as the brutality Of football is
concerned there can no longer be two
sides to the question, writes ldward
w. Box in Ladies Home Journal. The
most uncOmpromising advocates CT tie
game have conceded this fact. If Ole
game of college football differs from
another it is purely and simply i'll its
degree of brutality. How disastrous
and fatal were these displays last year
will be brought home more directly to
people when by carefully computed fig
ures it is shown that 46 deaths resulted
last year from collegiate games of foot
ball within q short period of four
months No record has, of course, been
kept of broken ears, lost visions and
other disfgurements. AS a matter of
fact, there is no sport practiced by any
civilized nation which can equal a rec
ord of 46 deaths in four months.
When we regard the effects upon the
player, we meet condition of things
equally serious. Leaving the physical
injuries entirely out Of the question,
the game of football, as it is played to-
day, is an absolute detriment to the
mental development of those who par
ticipate il it. I have, during the past
six months, been at some pains to care
fully inquire into the class standings of
the men who comprise college football
teams, and the results were interesting.
In two cases [ found that the majority
Of the football players stood among the
lowest i'll their classes, while in the
other two instances this same fact was
true Of One-half of the members of the
teams
Furthermore, the so called flame"
which is bestowed upon these college
football players is directly injurious.
Their lives are exploited, their portraits
are printed, their every movement is
chronicled until the subjects are made
to feel q prominence which is at once
preposteroas and absurd. Before a boy
is hardly out of his fitting school he is
spoiled with q misplaced Importance of
himself and a mistaken fame" the
evil effects OF which he carries with him
through his life
Nor is the effect on other students q
wholesome one. It requires a strongly
balanced mind, such as is rarely given
to a growing boy, for young man to
pursue a craving for knowledge when
all around him he hears nothing but
football talk and sees the men next to
him become the talk Of the country. Tt
strikes for him, at the very outset of
his career, q false note
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-11-11
o. H. Austin's Estate.

G,TATE OF VERMONT, ORLEANS DISTRICT,
> S. In Probate Court, holden az barton
Landing. in and for said District, on the 18TH
day of October, A. ID. 1895.
G. +. Joslyn, administrator with viii ans
nexed on the estate OF o. n. Austin. late 81
Barton, i'm said district, deceased, makes ap-
plication TO said court 20 extend the time
heretofore allow him TO pay the debts due
from said estate and 60 render his admins
tration account until some future dave
Whereupon, IL is ordered by said court, that
said application be heard a. the Probate
Office i'm Newport, VT, on the nth day Of Mo-
vember, 1895; and, IL is further ordered, that
notice be given 90 all persons concerned, by
the publication OF this order in the Orleans
County Monitor, printed at Barton, VT, three
weeks successfully, before said hearing.
BY the Court-Attest
42-44 +. n. ALFRED, Judge,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-11-11
How She Eats.

Restaurant men like the new wom
an, said one Of them. ''She eats lots
more than the other kind. The way the
typewrlters and stenographers down
town have changed their way of feeding
in the last ten years is one of the signs
OF the times. 1t used to be cup of tea
and a piece of cake or pie for lunch.
Now see the beef and ham and bot
stews they get away with. And they
show the change in their looks too.
They re not breaking down, as they used
to do. Chicago Tribune.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-11-11
SPIDERS FOR SALE.

Have you ever thought that spiders
could have a money value? that they
were able, by spinning webs, TO in
crease the value of the commodity?
They are. Wine is not valuable until
il is old. 1t is most valuable when il
has stood so 10 ing that the bottles are
covered with dust and cobwebs. When
the bottles look new an 4 clean, they
indicate that the wine is new. To
sprinkle the bottles with dust IS an
easy matter, but to have the corks
and necks covered with cobWebs is
not an easy matter. To give the APP
pearance of age wine merchants buy
spiders and put them in the cellars.
To meet this demand there are but
two men in the world. These men cul-
tivate spiders. The spiders that weave
web are the only kind that have a
value. These are caught and pat into
room that has an inner lining of
boards and wire netting, which the
spiders use for nesting and weaving.
These spiders when sold are put into
boxes and sent to the buyers. One
man had 10000 spiders in one room.
They sell at about $40 per hundred.
This man claims that spiders of the
same species are not just alike, and
that some of his know his voice and
step.
The mother spider lays eggs which
she covers with a silky cocoon. The
eggs hatch in two weeks, or little
over, sometimes. The young spiders
are not brotherly, and have to be
separated or they would hurt and kill
each other. The web-spinning spiders
shed their skins like snakes.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-11-11
Children Cry for
Pitchers CaStoFIa.
The World has the Money

the These very emphatca
mind We that the
for all around evidences prosperity and
money waiting circulation provided the holders of the
can fair equal value for their cash. As the goods
have them (he goods the they right here
goods bought ntelgenty displayed rightly and sold
that the purchaser knows he has made wise and economical invest
Every they goods bought for inspection
and be sold merits and that will only invite
in the but sustain the reputation of uo
date establishment Come and this stock Come
while everything fresh and complete We have the right kind of
goods that you will readily admit We charge the right for
them, that comparison will convince you
Thanking the public past urgently invite you
call and Fall and Winter stock which have spared
make complete promising careful attention
needs and the irest prices known, await coming
HOYT & HARRIS, Barton Landing, VI
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-11-11

1t is not without cause that the
term "hard headed" has SO often been
applied to the residents of rural dis
tricts in New England. Not long ago
a dusty, tired looking man presented
himself at the one hotel of a New
England town and said he wanted a
room till six o'clock the next morn
ing.
"I've eat my supper, and shall be
off before breakfast" he said gravely
to the clerk. "Now, what would be
your lowest price for room to sleep
in?'
"Fifty cents, if you leave at six
o'clock to morrow morning." was
the reply.
"Well, now, wouldn't a quarter
make it jest about right, then?'' said
the wayfarer, producing a battered
twenty five cent piece. "You see,
Pm all excited up travelin' and /
don't expect to sleep more'n half the
time Pm in thereof