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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-03
A SLAVE, NOT AN EMPRESS.
The Dowager Empress of China when
Girl Was Sold to n Famous General.

The Dowager Empress of China when q
Girl Was Sold to n Famous General.
From the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
There is no more dramatic story in
the world of fiction than that of the
Dowager Empress of China. She was
the child of poor parents living In the
suburbs of Canton, and was remarka-
BILE for her beauty and intelligence.
When her parents were actually starv-
ing she proposed they should sell her
for a slave. This course was followed
and she became the property OF IA
nous general, who was so delighted
with her beauty and wit that he
adopted her as his daughter.
At Pekin she came under the empe-
rors notice, and his majesty made the
former slave his wife, So highly did he
value her intelligence that at his death
he left her regent of the empire and she
Is accredited with administering the af-
fairs Of state better than almost any OF
her predecessors. Her views in regard
to the mission question in China are
most sensible. Her majesty thinks that
If the missionaries would interpret the
teachings of Confucius in accordance
with Christian principles they would
have great success among the people.
But to tell the Chinese that everything
they have heretofore believed is all
wrong results in Confucian worse con-
founded.
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One of the Club Papers.


The Club paper which Mr.. Daily con-
tributes TO the Standard this morning
is an interesting little chapter in the
history of the Anaconda company. The
paper deals largely with Mr.. Days
personal experiences. and that is the
more appropriate for the reason that,
under his guidance. from a modest be-
ginning, the properties have been built
up to their present magnificent pro-
portions. AS appears from what is
said in the Club paper, this result
means that within seventeen years the
Anaconda company has transacted
business in the sum of $72. 900 900. Ow-
ing ito the constant increase in the
plant, the more recent years have been
the heaviest contributors to this total.
In Mr.. Days paper is a suggestion
in reference to gossip that was kept
diligently in circulation in Butte while
the representatives OF the purchasing
syndicate were there. This wholly un-
founded gossip was to the effect that
all or nearly all of the Anaconda stock
L
within the knowledge of those con-
nected with the transaction, that the
control and management of the Ana
conda were ito continue as formerly.
More than that. now that the deal is
closed. the Standard takes the liberty
to add on Information respecting the
accuracy of which there was ait no
time a shadow of doubt. that 1t was
the request Of the purchasers and, as
we understand 1t. a condition of the
sale that, in future. the business should
be conducted under the same manage
ment as in the past.
The option on one-quarter OF the
stock of the Anaconda company was
given to New York and English capt.
talists. After a thorough examination
by experts. this option was taken up
The remaining shares are held by the
Anaconda's original owners. The syn
the representatives of the purchasing
seven trustees by two members Mr.
Haggin continues in the office of pres
ident and Mr.. DAILY in the office of
general manager. This understanding
respecting management and control
having been had with the purchasers
OF the one-quarter interest. the persls-
tent report circulated in Butte OF other
sales Of larger interests might easily
have caused trouble. IL is enough TO
know that. whatever was intended by
the circulation OF groundless reports,
no untoward results followed.
One can see. in reading Mr.. Days
paper. that he Is proud OF what his
management has achieved as repre-
scented in. the value put upon the Ana
conda properties by skilled experts. He
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-03
Bees as Letter Carriers.

An English apicuIturist has COM
menced training bees for letter-carry-
ing purposes. After a few preliminary
trials, he says, he took a hive of them
to the house of a friend four miles dis
tant After some days. after the bees
had become familiar with their new
surroundings. some of them were liber-
ated in a room. where they soon settled
on a plate of honey which had been
specially prepared for them. While
they were busy eating II their trainer
placed on their backs the tiniest of dis
patches. fastened with the thinnest of
thread, and so arranged them as to
leave the head and wings absolutely
free. They were then thrown into the
air and soon arrived at their own home
with the letters on their backs. The
writing was magnified and quite legi-
BILE. Here. then. is an opening for a
new industry. In time of war bees
would have the advantage over pigeons
OF invisibility and might go through
the enemy's lines with impunity.
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The Other Thirteenth.

Senator Sherman's book has been
widely noticed; to criticism of the
work itself the newspapers, in many
instances. have added a sketch of the
eventful career of the senator. One of
these newspaper reviews gives a glow
ing description Of the chapter in Amer
lean history that is summed up in the
Thirteeth amendment to the constitu-
ton OF the United States.
This reference to the Thirteenth
amendment. in associa ton with the
name Of the veteran Ohio senator is
singularly suggestive. There was an
other proposed thirteenth amendment;
the memory of it has faded from the
public mind. but 1t made a tremendous
stir at the time when IL was under
discussion. II you want TO get an idea
OF the impressive swiftness with which
summation that finds its monument in
the Thirteenth amendment, COMPARE
the amendment proposed in the early
weeks OF 1861 with the one adopted
and proclaimed in 1865
Early in 1861 plans for secession were
ripening. over federal property at
scores Of military and naval stations
the stars and stripes were not float
ing when Mr.. Lincoln was writing his
first inaugural address. During Janu-
airy. February and March of that year,
the North, realizing that It lad elected
q republican to the Office O. PRESIDENT,
seemed to be alarmed over its victory;
congress was occupied by day and by
night with plans for Cancellation. In
those DAYS IL was discovered that the
only way whereby trouble might be
avoided was TO yield all that the South
demanded and the South dema nded
theme OF discussion. senators and con-
gressmen about to enter the confeder-
acy were taking their farewells in en-
FILTERED speeches or giving notice mat
their valedictory addresses were ready.
II is 10 be remembered that up TO
that time no line OF law hostile 10
slavery had found an abiding place in
federal legislation The fugitive slave
law was passed for the South; the Mis-
souri, compromise was adopted with
me soufh's approval and respected al
rbe South's demand: the bred Scott
decision was the South's triumph; the
favored proposition throughout the
South was to extend the dominion OF
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-03
A Real Drainage System.

It Is said that the most perfect town
In the world as regards its drainage
system, is Pullman, near Chicago, sit
uated on the bank of Lake Calumet,
and containing about 1900 inhabitants.
The whole Of the sewage is pumped to
a farm of 300 acres, three miles distant
from the town. The sewers are venti-
lated by connecting all of them with
a high chimney stack, which also
serves for the engine fires at the pump
ing station. The consequence is, that
when one is passing an open grating
in the street he is not assailed by
whiffs of malodorous sewer gas; on
the contrary, the down draught caused
by the high central chimney sucks the
fresh air outside into the sewers, which
are thus kept wholesome and innocu-
ous.-Popular Health Magazine.
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Two Hanginqs In Sioht

That Philadelphia jury IN the case
of Holmes reached conclusions with re-
freshing promptness. Evidently the
that, when occasion offers, they can
be as expeditions as the San Francisco
twelve men were in their dealings with
Durrant.
1t is a coincidence that these two re-
marketable murder trials were running
at the same time: 1t is not easy to de-
eide which of the two men is the more
inhuman. The Durrant method was to
make a place of worship the scene of
his strangling and a belfry loft his
hiding place. His penchant was for
highly esteemed girls just budding into
womanhood. The Holmes system pre-
ferred the secrecy of cellars and dun
geons and lonely houses. with the ap-
plication Of the burning process, and
his range of victims included male
and female. old and young.
Both murderers proved themselves to
be inexpressibly brutal. and the public
will receive with expressions IF hearty
satisfaction the results that have been
reached in both court rooms. PROBABLY
the public heart is moved more warmly
toward the victims of Durraat. 1t is
true that defenseless children are on
the Holmes death-roll-some CT his
victims, however. appear to have been
people respecting the -ec.itude of
whose conduct and compani olship
with him the case is not so clear. Ilu-
mainly resents Durrant's revolving
crime and his studied ate not at The
betrayal of innocent girlhood.
There appears not to be much merit
in the criticisms brought by Durrant's
attorneys: 1t is admitted that they
made a weak defense. They had given
assurances of their ability to bring
out many startling bits Of evidence
the only feature OF their case that sur
prised the public was the complete
collapse of several of their most I'M
portant witnesses. They conveniently
lay it all on the public. on the press.
on prejudice. but. after all, public
opinion says that Durrant did 1t.
It remains to be seen which Of the
two cities will get to the gallows first
with their man. That Is a race which
will awaken considerable curiosity If
pools were sold on 1t. our opinion is
that Philadelphia would be a strong
favorite. In almost every respect, San
Francisco is a more rapid town than
} iladelphia. tut when 1t comes to-
landing a man under scaffold's rope.
San Francisco is singularly out of the
fast class.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-03
Away with the Toothpick.
From the Hotel Mail.

From tne Hotel MAIL.
A while ago 1 sought to condemn the
public use of the napkin as a bib In no
tel dining rooms and restaurants. Now
I'm going to cry out against serving
little quill toothpicks in a wine or egg
glass after coffee or dessert. 1t Is an
.abominable custom, of which not a few
first-class hotels have long been gull
ty No lady or gentleman ever takes
things Is repulsive to refined people.
As we'll might toothbrushes be served.
The very thought of such things Incl
dent TO gastronomy is repellant ITO the
cultured person. and. although some
men and women do take and use them,
1t Is all wrong. Why should hotels fur
nish them? Why tempt people to be
vulgar? Dear knows, we have enough
without expecting hotels to make re-
cruits> And such elegantly dressed
ones. too!
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the United States over Mexico and
Cuba and to carve Texas into several
states. in the interest Of slavery, just
as the Louisiana purchase and the ac-
QUESTION OF Florida had served that
end.
The southern members came TO con-
gress, in 1861, with the proposition that
the constitution must be so amended
as to make IL impossible for congress
or the people. either by statute or fu-
ture amendment. to interfere in any
way or form with the institution Of
slavery. The young republican party
was taking it's first steps in governing
the nation; as a party 1t was strange
ly timid During the weeks under re-
view scores of schemes were brought
to the attention OF congress; in part
these were the report of a special COM
mittee appointed in senate and house.
The thirteen members of this commit
tee representing the senate were typi-
cal of the thirteen original states-the
thirty-three members for the house
represented the number of states then
comprising the union. The most rad
ical demands were made. most Of them
involving the complete entertainment
Of slavery. Out of the confusion that
prevailed came a series of proposed
changes in the constitution. Here Is
what was submitted as the Thirteenth
amendment: mo amendment shall be
made to the constitution which will
authorize or give to congress the pow
er to abolish or interfere. within any
state. with the domestic institutions
thereof. including that Of persons held
to labor or service by the laws of said
state"
This proposed Thirteenth amendment
carried the house of representatives by
the surprising vote of 1873 to 65. Every
man among the opposing sixty-flve
was a republican. John Sherman was
then "a member of the house. He voted
for the amendment. as did William
Window, Schuyler Colfax and other re-
publicans, against the protest of Ros-
coe Conkling, Mr.. Washburn, Thad-
deus Stevens and others. The amend
ment carried the senate-twelve out of
twenty-five republicans there voted
against 1t. The result in the senate
was "a to -: that was just the neces-
sary two-thirds. This Thirteenth
amendment was submitted to the peo-
pie, but. Of course. 1t was lost to sight
In the confusion that followed.
Six days before Christmas, in the
year 1865. the president of the United
States proclaimed this Thirteenth
amendment to the constitution: Mel
Their slavery nor involuntary servitude.
except as punishment for crime where
Of the party shall have been duly con-
victed, shall exist within the United
States. or in any place subject to their
Jurisdiction. Congress shall have pow
err to enforce this article by appropriate
legisla tion."
The vote Of 1861 on the proposed
Thirteenth amendment is in witness of
the fact that John Sherman was one
in a group of republicans who lacked
the courage of their convictions at a
supreme moment when the need of
convictions was imperative and when
to lack the courage of the occasion
was to be wanting in patriotism.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-03

Inventors Is very valuable. He has the
autographs Of many famous Americans
In various lines OF life.
when the dram1tized version OF Mrs.
Harriet Beecher Stoves famous novel
was put on the stage forty-fve years
ago the first jmpersonator OF Uncle
Tom was Samuel S. Sanford. He Is n
veteran minstrel man, now resident
of Philadelphia, and Ii Is his ambition
to celebrate the semd-centennial OF
that event five years hence by appear
ing as the leading actor In the play be-
fore a Philadelphia audience.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-03
His Brain Chilled.

A queer and serious illness Is reported
at South Orrington, Me-, where a man
named William Douglas. who has been
working in an tcehouse all summer.
much of the time without wearing a
hat, suddenly was taken with terrible
pains in the head. and then became un-
conscious. The doctor who was called
pronounced the case incurable. and
said that the long period of working in
the ice house with his head unproteot-
ed had the same effect as a sunstroke.
Moonstruck is borrowed from astrology.
II formerly described one who was driven
mad by sleeping in the rays of the moon.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-03
How He Took Them.

YES SIR" said the portly looking citi-
gen." have taken every patent medi-
cine that has come out in the last five
years, and look at me-"
sit seems to have done you good"
Eyes. 1t all depends on how you take
them. Now. every time a drummer
comes along with new patent medi-
cine / take II"
Yes"
land sell II to somebody that really
needs it."-Wa shington Star.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-03

has a right to be proud; he has many
friends who are glad to congratulate
him. Meanwhile. It is good thing
that, through the placing OF this one
quarter interest. the city of Butte, as
attention in the money centers Of the
world
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-03
WeinStein'S
HELENA AND NEW YORK.

orders come pouring in. the prices
we name are responsible for it. Can
Won AFFORD to be without these goods
MEMS FURNISHING GOODS.
Mems heavy driving gloves, fleece
lined. the kind that never rips..s so
Ntan,s California oil tan unlined
. gloves, sewed only with the best
linen thread. the 81 value; our
Drice .................. ...-..-.... D.
Mems genuine Napa buckskin
cloves, fleece lined; also welted;
would be considered a bargain
for Sl.25; our price. q
Mems heavy California cahskin
mittens. lined or unlined; special
TODAY. for ............... ~
Mems genuine reindeer buckskin'
= double-faced and with the reen-
forced thumbs. regular 81 glove;
our price to-day. s.
Roy calfskin mittens. with fancy
warn, buck and fleece hned...... :
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TO ADVERTISERS.

The Anaconda Standard guarantees its
advertisers a bona fde paid circulation.
Daily and Sunday, three times greater
than that of any other newspaper pub
lished in the state of Montana. Advertis-
ing contracts will be made subject to this
guarantee.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-03
0VERC0ATS

in Kerseys Meltons Montaguaes Beavers and Chin
chla listers of Irish Freize Getaway Frocks, Sin
gle and double breasted Sacks. They come in Clay,
Worsteds, Vicimas, German Diagonals, GRANTEES and
Crepe Cloths. Rich blues blacks, grays browns and
Oxford mixtures, plain and plaided fabrics, wide and
narrow wales and neat cashmere effects.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-03
Don't Miss
This Sale:

Come and see Window Display. mo Chestnuts."
no IS per cent discount going out of business, no
c hoice for $500 suits. Nothing but seasonable
merchandise at
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-03

The Standard has branch onices at
Butte. M.ssoula and Great Falls.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-03
THE ANACONDA STANDARD

Main once. Standard Building. Ana
conda- Telephone No. IS.
New York once. 1867 World Building
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-20

coarse OF me, but all soft, nothing stilf
or scratcby, no cross barred muslins or
plquc-most abominable of stuifs. She
1uade three or four dresses. When ono
was ut all soiled, it was taken oil and
thrown to soak in tub of warm water,
and by night there were generally two
or three sometimes four or five After
these little frocss We're washed they
were simply wrung ont very tight and
left to dry, then shaken ont all full Of
beautiful little folds like the drapery on
Greek statue, They were not ironed
at all, so that all tho labor of starching
ind pressing was saved.
This Nomau's child was always as
fresh as II rose and always III white,
which is SO much swcctor and pretticr
than colors Nothing is more comfort
able than white india silk, so cool and
soft and as easily washed as cotton,
while more comfortable A little white
silk frock il the perfection of comfort.
Many thin White wool materials are
useful also. If people save the money
they spend on lace, embroidery, ribbons
and starch and spend it in soft, fine ma
terial and liberal quantities of severely
plain clothes, surely their children
would be much more easy III their minds
and bodies III this weather New York
World
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Dressing tho Children.

The first thing in dressing little chill
dren is to make them comfortable, and
the other first thing is to keep them
clean-absolutely clean. Fine clothes
are much harder to wash than plain
icnes, so that sometimes they are not
washed SO often. A plain little cotton
l2rock just from the washtub is q much
more agreeable sight than an elaborate
y trimmed one not quite fresh. Have
plenty of clothes--so mary that they
need not be considered at all and may
be put on fresh four or five times day
iif necessary, and 50 plain that they are
no trouble TO wash.
One woman. who determined that her
little girl should be always clean, and
who was Obliged to consider pennies
very closely. hit ON this plan: She mad Q
the little frocks perfectly plain, out Of
lnnything CHE hannenad to nick nv, cIoor
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-20
THE BICYCLE and WOMEN
The Progress Made by Them in the
Use Of the Bike.
Women Succumbed 10 the Craze Late,
but They Have Gone Under Fast.
The Woman Who Does Not
Ride Eecoming Rarer Every
Day. A Graceful Mount.

All the world seems to be nwheel
Graudmothers aud babies ride bicycles.
so do the sea2nstress and the society
leader, the millionaire and the hod car
rier, tho soldier, sailor and postman,
the doctor, lawyer and Clergyman
maids, mGtrons, wives mothers, hus
bands, fathers, brothers, sisters, aunts,
cousins-all sorts and conditions Of men
and women have yielded to the faScina
ton of these tandem spheres Of steel
and rubber aud are rolling over the
streets and highways. lanes and byways
Of towr and village in bewildering pro,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-20
REAL ESTATE aGENEs.
H. [. HoGGARD& co.,
Real Estate and Rental Agents,
l26 MAIN STREET.

FOR RENT-4lS and Al Baxter avenue
$40 and Az Corprew. IL Arlingt ton Place, lOi
ioit: ioo lllShland. 2l7 Gibbs, 4U4 Park.
ll5. III. 10, 1928 Bermuda, l6G Grumpy DC.
toncr LIST. llGs Butte. l49 Falkland 10 Chapel
3l6 and SIS Main street, Sll.i0 each: moe
store corner OF Liberty aud Eighth streets
Derkiey, l3!, i3i. Id and l5G Water street.,
Nos. IL. Is. York street. October Ist. los5
For SALE - Two houses on Ma,tbr
avenue. one Willoughby, two ON Clay two
OH Levitt. two Tunstali. three on Highland
ohe on Kelly ono on Corprow. two nice
houses on Mariner street one on CLAY. two
on Falkland. one ON Bermuda lots OH Housh
froemason. Corprew. Marshall. 81 feet front
ON Al'in street, also suburban propert, and
inrms. Phone 7il