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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-05

Mr.. and Mrs. z. o. Triol spent Sun
| day with friends in Anaconda
The Entire Nous gave a largely at
tended ball at the Renshaw Friday
evening.
The Hibernian knights Wednesday
| evening gave their first annual ball al
Hibernia hall. Centerville. II was very
largely attended. The knights gave an
exhibition drill in uniform. which was
highly appreciated by the immense as
sembly.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. +. Lloyd. at their
ranch, entertained a High Five party
last Saturday evening in honor Of Miss
Sanders and Miss Curtis OF Helena.
Those present were: Mrs. ]. H Lynch.
Mrs. Charles s Warren. Mrs. Tom La
veil. Mrs. Pfoutz. Miss Curtis. Miss
Pfoutz and Miss Black
Mrs. John Noyes left Thursday for
Chicago to visit her daughter. Mrs.
White. who is sick in one OF the hos
pitfalls In that city.
Messrs. DAILY, Lavell. Booth. Finlen
and Martin returned Saturday from a
visit to Camp Creek. where they had
been to inspect some of the mines In
that district. A3t
Mrs. Frank Shaw gave a party to a
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her home, North Washington street.
Miss Walker of Salt Lake City is
visiting her sister. Mrs. o. X. Lewis
Mrs. Darch gave an informal card
party to her friends Thursday evening.
j. j. Hammill of the Standards
Butte business Office. has returned
from pleasant visit to California.
The ladies of the Baptist church
a dolfOhfftrl Of Iof oh ..
Friday evening. A musical programme
was given and afterwards refresh
ments were served. A very large
crowd was in attendance and the even
ing was highly enjoyed by all.
DIR. George H. Wells and wife, who
have been in st. Paul for the last
three weeks. returned home Saturday.
Mrs. Henry Wing will start East
Sunday over the Northern Pacific to
visit her old home in Minneapolis for
the summer.
Mrs. Reinish is reported dangerously
i'll at her home, lbs North Idaho street
T. NJ. Hodgens. cashier of the State
Savings bank, will take a vacation
and will leave next Wednesday for a
visit with his parents in Pennsylvania.
Mrs. j. E. Dawson and daughter
Daisy, are expected home Monday
from London, Ont, where Miss Daw-
son has been attending school.
The 18th annual ball of the Eastern
lodge, Ruth Chapter. No. 2. o. E. s.,
will occur next Wednesday evening,
May s. Great preparations have been
made to make the affair a grand sue
cess. The members of the lodge will
be in uniform. The committee on ar
rangements are F. c. Mcwilliams, C.
N. Perry, Miss Carrie Mathews, Mrs.
E. d. Aiken, Mrs. w. T. Boardman,
Mrs. A. A. Burton. Floor committee:
George f. Dougherty, w. f. Board
man, j. r. Bordeaux, r. c. Mcwill-
Jams, ]. G. Hammer, f. w. Haskins
and E. ]. Tebo. Reception committee:
Miss Carrie Mathews, Miss frankie
Nixon, Mrs. Harry Cullum, Mrs. Will
lam Morsehead, Capt. II. A. Nieden-
hofen, A. Balmforth and E. f. Farna-
han.
Mrs. Frances E. Moore. department
president of the w. r. c., is visiting
the family of p. II. Manchester of this
city. Mrs. Moore organized a w. r..
c. at Sheridan on Thursday and will
return to her home at Missoula Sum
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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-05

hotel at Big Timber. was in the city
Friday.
Under Sheriff Sam jackson OF
Sweet Grass county greeted HIS num-
erous friends In this city the past
week
W. III. Merriman. Northern Pacific
agent at Butte. was in the city last
Sunday.
Deputy County Clerk Smith made a
business trip to the Boulder camp the
past week
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-05

From The Brocton IImes-
The girls Of a Pennsylvania town
have announced their intention OF boy
cottlng all young men who hug or kiss
visiting girls. This seems to be carry
ing the principle Of protection a little
further than most people viii approve.
-Brocton Times.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-05

For all kinds of legal and mining blanks
60 10 the STANDARD. n East Broadway.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-05
MOTHER busy

Wa AAAA 1a6J
week has gone
by for the An
aconda ladies
who are pre-
pairing for the
Fair. Needles
have been dill
igently piled.
brushes guild
ed by artistic
fingers. and
many schemes
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-17
Revival If the white skirt.

The revival of the white skirt is as
sured. Single skirts of percale finished
with a fine scallop around the edge of
the hem and a ten or tWelve-inch scallop
fiounce above it will be worn in the street
with summer dresses. With more elab-
crate house dresses a skirt of nainsoQk
is worn. This is finished with three, four
and five overlapping hounces. about five
or six inches deep around the bottom.
These ruff1es are quite generally trimmed
with edges of French Valenciennes or
frills Of point d'esprit. There are often
as many as three two-inch ruff1es of solid
lace on the edge of the skirt, one over
the other Above these the overlapping
founces come. edged with lace of the
same width. This gives a bouffant edge
to the bottom of the petticoat, and holds
out the dress skirt. For extra warmth
there are short petticoats of the finest
crepon woods edged with Maltese laces.
The luxurious fashion of silk brocaded
skirts and corsets to match is shown in
the new sets imported from Paris. Sets
of pale violet brocade in fine shell pat
tern are shown. The petticoat is trimmed
around the bottom with a nine-inch
f1ounce of butter-colored point de Paris.
This f1ounces is festooned with full little
choux of violet ribbon around the edge of
the skirt, over several overlapping founces
of violet silk in varied tones of color.
Still other skirts are of cream gross grains
figured la chine, with bouquets of roses
in natural colors. The corsets that match
these skirts are trimmed around the top
with lace to match the founce on the
skirt. These handsome corsets are in
tended to be worn without a corset cover.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-17
Student of Nature.

The following incident related by John
Smith in the Buffalo Express illustrates
trait in human nature which students
Of character find difficult to understand,
but which nevertheless exists: ''News,
paper readers have often been told how
vain young man will spend S. in jollying
Snowman in order to obtain a pass to
the theater worth not to exceed ST at re-
tail. There is no doubt that the pass
habit represents strange infatuation.
There is a lawyer in this city who is not
satisfied with being the recipient of passes.
He likes to issue them himself. He con,
siders that it adds to his Importance to
be able to write for a friend an order
for a couple of theater seats which will
be honored at the boxoffice. So he has
an arrangement with one of the play,
houses by which he may write as many
passes as he pleases over his own sigma
ture. The orders are taken up at the
office and regular tickets issued in THEN
place. The gratifed recipient gains the
impression that the lawyer is a stockhold-
er in the theater. In reality he pays for
the seats at regular rates, a bill being rem
dered to him monthly. It is harmless
fad, though rather an expensive one
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-17
The Two TURKEYS.


keys has a fine cynical flavor that Prodi-
cal Sons will relish: AN Honest Farm
er once led his two Turkeys into his
Granary and told them to eat, drink and
be merry. One of these Turkeys was
wise and one foolish. The foolish Bird
at once INDUCED excessively in the Pleas
Future, but the wiser fowl, in order that
he might not be fattened and slaugh-
tered, tasted continually mortified his
flesh and devoted himself to gloomy
reflections upon the Brevity of Life.
When Thanksgiving approached, the
Honest Farmer killed both Turkeys, and
Prudent Turkey made him weigh more
than his plumper Brother
''Moral-As we Travel through Life let
us Live by the Way."-Buffalo CONNER
cial
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-17
summer Curtains and nangings.

In selecting curtains and hangings for
summer cottages the Trianon stripes are
great find. They are in small patterns,
in which the stripes are delightfully."- blend,
ed with tiny flowers. Their colors are
salmon and pink. and for the summer,
room they are refreshing. They can be
purchased at the low price of $125 per
yard. Another is the pompadour of the
same colors. This is so fine in texture as
it is only cotton. OF jutes there are
many which, although dark in tone for
door hangings, are effective and furnish
well. This season they excel in dull
reds, and are so inches wide. There
is a novelty called the Anjou damask,
whose tones are in dull reds and colds,
Over the surface is large striking pat,
tern in complimentary colors which make
up the design, and are only 20 cents a
yard. Among the taffetas is one of linen
and silk is an excellent drapery. 1t is a
reproduction of English tapestry with bou.
qtlet effects. 1t is so inches wide and
sells at the low sum of 50 yard Stripes
of all kinds are in vogue, the Armenian
being the most popular. They are gener,
ally of two colors. a delicate pink with
ornamentation of a shadowy flower, very
artistic
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-17
A MARINE WONDER.
Mighty Barrier Reef a Monument to Mi
mute Insects Industry.

Mighty Barrier Reef Monument to Mi
mute Insects Industry.
One of the marine wonders Of the
world is the great Barrier reef of Aus
tralia. This stupendous rampant of
coral. stretching in an almost unbroken
line for 1850 miles along the northeast
ern coast of Australia, presents features
of interest which are not to be eQualed
in any other quarter of the globe. No
insect, which builds UP with untiring in
dustry those mighty mountains with
which the tropical seas are studded,
more apparent.
By a simple process of secretion there
has been reared in the course of count
less centuries an adamantine wall
against which the pillows of the Pacific,
sweeping along in an uninterrupted
course of several thousand miles, dash
themselves in Intellectual fury. Enclosed
within the range of it's projecting arms
is calm inland sea, dotted with null
titude of coral islets, and presenting at
every turn objects of interest alike to
the unlearned traveller and the man of
science.
Here may be witnessed the process
by which the wavy gelatinOus mass
hardenS into stone, then serves as a col
lecting ground for the flotsam and jet
sam of the ocean, and ultimately devel-
uriant mass of tropical growth. Here,
again, may be seen in the serene depths
of placid pools extraordinary forms of
marine life, aglow with the most brill
liant colors, and producing in their infn-
tie variety a beWildering sense of the
vastness of the life of the ocean.-Lon-
don Public Opinion.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-17
NONE LEFT TO TELL THE TALE.
The Greatest Gunpowder Explosion the
World Has Ever known.

The Greatest GunpOwder Explosion the
World Has Ever known.
The greatest explosion of gunpowder the
world has ever known took place at the du
Points works on the 7th of October, 1890.
With their usual cautious policy the du
Points have never stated just how great a
quantity of powder exploded at this time.
but it is certain that three magazines and
three mills in the upper yard were blown
up, one after another, and a safe estimate
will put the quantity of powder exploded
at $50 tons. In this explosion thirteen
men and one woman were instantly killed,
while twenty-five men and nine women
were injured, some fatally.
The explosion occurred a little after
3 o'clock in the afternoon. 1t began in
the magazine for hexagonal powder, the
dangerous, being made not in grains, but
IN reddish, siX-sided cakes about an inch
and half in diameter, and an inch
thick, with a small hole running through
the center. These cakes look like moth
ing so much as the nuts on a wagon
wheel At the time of the explosion,
cakes of powder were being packed into
large wooden boxes, lined with tin, each
box being about three feet square. The
tin Innings projected above the tops of
the boxes about two inches, and, when
a box was packed, were folded down
over tin cover fitted closely upon the
cakes of POWDER 1t was the duty of one
of the workmen, William Green, to solder
these tin edges down upon the tin cover,
a hot iron being used for this purpose.
On the day in question, what he had
feared came to pass. A fellow workman,
William McGarvey, was bringing him
the hot irons from charcoal brazier
about twenty-five yards distant. Green
stood just at the door of the opening
magazine, and all around him were un-
covered boxes filled with the hexagonal
powder, ready to be sealed and slowed
away. There were also dozens of boxes
that had been sealed. Just what hap.
pened will never be known for neither
Green nor McGarvey was left to tell the
story. But the probability is, one of the
soldering irons was a little too hot, and
by touching a particle of dirt on the tin
cover produced the deadly spark.-Cleve-
land Moffett in McClure's Magazine for
T17Y
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-17

shrink, full and discolor fanneis Look
the garments over and rub soap on soiled
spots before wetting. Make warm
suds, and add a table spoonful of am
monia to gallon of water. Squeeze the
garments with the hands, but never rub
them, least of all upon the board-put
that out of temptations way. Rinse in
water of the same temperature as the
first, till clean. If colored, add white
vinegar to the last water, to set the color.
After wringing shake well and draw into
shape as they dry. The wristlets of vests
and anklets of tights should be stretched
as narrow as possible. to restore them to
their natural close fit; and the bag at
the knees and bulge at the elbows can be
pulled out. Take the garments down
while still damp, and press with warm
iron-never hot-till perfectly dry. In
this way old fannels will be as soft and
comfortable to wear as new ones
Demorests Magazine.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-17
1t Amused the Other Passengers.

A Mr.. Foster is one who makes fun
for himself and mystiies other people.
He was in a Cincinnati electric car the
other day, and everything was quiet Mr..
keys and, selecting small steel one he
Slipped it off from the ring and laid it
on the floor of the car directly over the
motor. When the current of electricity
struck the key it raised it up until it
stood perpendicularly; then, as the cur
rent became stronger and lighter by
strange gyrations, bobbing up and down
and jumping around. Every eye in the
car had been upon Mr.. Foster while he
was preparing for his experiment, and
the surprise that was depicted upon the
countenances of that carload of people
when the gyrations commenced was
laughable in the extreme and Mr.. Foster
enjoyed it more than anyone else.-Elec-
trical Review
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-17
Off the Track.

This story is toldNby commercial trav-
eler of one of the local railways in Scot
land which is said to be still a little
shaky.
1--WE were bounding along" he said, ''at
the rate of about seven miles an hour,
and the whole train was shaking terribly.
I expected every minute to see my bones
protruding through my skin. Passengers
were rolling from one end Of the carriage
to the other.
II held on firmly to the arm of my seat.
presently we settled own a bit quieter
- at least I could keep my hat on, and my
teeth didn't chatter.
'There was a quiet-looking man oppo-
site me- I looked up with a CHASTITY
smile, wishing to appear cheerful, and
said:
'''We are going little smoother. /
see.'
eyes said he; we're off the track
new "-EIdinburgh Scotsman.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-17
Made a Fortune.

A Fin de Steele Play.-Wel-K Known
Playwright tour fortunes made. boss.
ury" Theatrical Manager What now,
Quills?' w. X. P.-"Hero Napoleon;
heroine, Trilby Napoleon, alarmed at
revolt against the income tax, is about to
abdicate; Trilby's singing of the Wash
ington Post March fires him with new
courage; he stabs Little Billee; accepted
by Trilby: marriage ceremony performed
by Mgr. Satolli with battle of Waterloo
raging in the background. After the bat
tie Napoleon determines to flee with
Trilby, but Svengali hypnotizes him into
voluntary surrender to the British. Last
scene a tableau: Napoleon sailing away
to St. Helena Trilby on shore committing
suicide, and Little Billee, made up for a
living picture angel, looking on from the
clouds."-Truth.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-17
A Polish for Tan Shoes.

Now that tan-colored shoes are so much
worn hint as to how they may be pre-
served indefinitely may not be amiss,
writes Frances A. Hoadley in the June
Ladies Home Journal. A clever little
woman of my acquaintance, had a hand
some pair of very light yellow low-but,
toned shoes that were ruined as far as ap.
pearances went: Her husband was to
bring her some dressing, but he would not
return until night, and she wanted to
wear them after lunch. She put her wits
to work; wet a soft muslin rag. with
water into which a few drops of house,
hold ammonia had been poured, rubbed it
with a little CASTLE soap, and applied it
first to the back of the shoe. It worked
admirably. The entire shoe was thor
oughIy clean in five minutes. She kept
one hand inside the shoe to hold it in
shape, and was careful not to wet the
rag so much as to soak through the leath,
err to the lining, and also to rinse off we'll
before drying. While damp she smoothed
them into fine form, then stood them away
for half an hour to dry.-Ladies' Home
Journal
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-17
Turkeys and Weather Predictions

Says an old Pennsylvania farmer: 7
always know when there is to be wind
storm by watching the turkeys and chick
weather the fowls always roost on their
poles with their heads alternating each
way; that is. one faces east, the next
west, and so on; but when there is go
ing to be high wind they always roost
with their heads toward the direction
sons for these different ways of roosting,
I take it. When there is no wind to
guard against they can see other danger
more readily if they are headed in both
directions, but when wind is to arise they
face it because they can hold their posi-
tons Better. But the part can't under
know that the wind is going to rise when
we mortals lack all intimation of il"
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-17
Ruined by a Flower.

The Southwest has been overtaken by a
misfortune almost as great as that caused
by the Russian thistle, which has created
water lily, bulb of which was imported
from Colombia, S. A, by an admirer of
the flower year or two ago. A CORE
spondent of the New York Sun says the
bayous are becoming choked with the
stems of these plants and navigation is
seriously impeded. The pest is spreading
so rapidly that already it has extended in
to Mississippi and Tennessee and the in
habitants of Louisiana are seriously
alarmed, for the united efforts Of those
along the bayous have been futile.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-17
The sweet girl graduate of 1895 has
a lifetime of deeds before her-and she
will do them.-Womankind.
Self-Control.

The need of self-control in small things
as well as great is illustrated in all the
affairs of life, but especially in the bust
ness careers of those who obtain posi-
lions of trust. To be successful they
must maintain a high reputation in and
out of business hours, and this they can
only do by keeping constant care of their
appetites and passions. Over-indulgence
in anything which units them for the
performance of their business duties will
injure their reputation and put cheek
upon their promotion. The remark is
often made by young and inexperienced
men that they have right to do as they
please during off hours; that their en-
ployer pays them only for certain hours
of the day and that the intervening period
is at their own disposal, free from con-
troll. This is true only in a limited sense.
Ones duty to an employer requires him
to be in perfect condition during the
. hours of labor to do his appointed task.
He may do as he pleases with his leisure
hours only on condition that the use he
may make of them shall leave him in
good condition for the next days work.
If he shall habitually neglect to take
needful- rest or shall be Incorporate in
eating or drinking and shall in conse-
quence return to his daily labors, dulled
in intellect, lacking in energy, or with
nerves disordered, he has untitled himself
for the best service. His employer may
not dictate to him how he shall spend his
leisure. hours, but he may, and doubtless
will tell him, after a time, that unless he
can come back to work refreshed and in
good condition his services will be dis
pensed with. If the offense is not SO
grave as. to bring about this sentence it
will nevertheless prove a bar to promo
ton, and thus the young man who fails
to obtain self-control will also fail to adj
vance in his chosen calling. Men in
active business have little time to study
out the qualities of their employees and no
inclination perhaps to trace the cause of
differences, but they know almost in
stinctively that one young man is atten-
tive, full of energy and untiring, and that
another has his mind filled with outside
projects and personal schemes or ex-
hansts himself during his leisure hours
with diversion having no relation to his
business. And this knowledge is quite
sufficient to determine which Of tn the two
should be given higher place. The i'm
portant element after. all, is character,
and that can be established and main
tanned only by those who maintain com
plete control over themselves Baltimore
Sun.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-17
CLEANING TOBACCO PIPES.
A New Method Suggested that May be of
Use to Many Smokers.

A New Method Suggested that May be of
Use to Many Smokers.
There are so many smokers in the
world that any new recipe for cleaning
pipes is sure to find readers The Mex
lean gypsy has a simple way. Filling
the pipe bowl with aguadiente, he stirs
the liquid until it is thick with the reek-
ing nicotine, and then throws the devils
broth down his throat, with a smack
of the lips that tells of supreme gusto.
This is economical, but not so desir-
able to people who are not Mexican
gipsies, as the following which was sent
to leading journal, mot as a scientific
discovery" but because it might be ''of
use to those scientific men who are
smokers"
A shallow cork or still better, a rub
Der stopper-through which a hole is
bored large enough to enable it to fit
tightly on to the nozzle of a soda water
syphon, is fitted into the bowl. The
nozzle is inserted the mouth-piece .di-
rected into the vessel, about a wine
glass of soda water forced through and
the pipe is clean.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-17
Golden Eagles Lose a Lamb Feast.

On Saturday last two large golden
eagles attacked lamb on the old Plyler
farm near Heathville and attempted to
carry it off. The mother of the lamb
went to it's assistance, when one of the
eagles attacked herr while the other pro-
ceeded to do it's best to carry off the lamb.
It succeeded in getting a good hold with
or four feet off the ground, when a boy
named Shaffer, about IA years of age,
ran up and struck it over the head with
a club, knocking it senseless, while the
other one got scared and flew away.
in a box and in a short time it came
around all right, none the worse for the
blow it had received. 1t was brought to
town on Monday and offered for sale at
$40, but no one seemed to want to buy
it and it was taken back home by Mr..
Shaffer. It measured seven feet six
inches from tip to tip of its wings
Brookville, Pa, Republican.