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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-30

A ball is being arranged by the
young men of Anaconda who formerly
conducted the b. and b. dances, for
Friday evening. June l, 1895. Profess
sor Kennicott is to provide the music,
and the affair will be held in the Mon
tana hotel. over 100 couples have al
ready announced their intention of be-
ing present, and the success of the
occasion Is assured. The young ladies
say IL is long time between dances,
but they always have a good time
when the bachelors and benedicts are
the entertainers.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-30

The ladies who organized the Ana
conda Equal Rights association Tues
day evening met yesterday aft
ernoon in the parlor of the
Commercial hotel and elected the fol-
lowing officers: President, Mrs. l.. G..
Smith; vice president. Mrs. c. NJ. Saw
yer; secretary. Miss Blackstone; treas
urer, Mrs. Hardenbrook.
The Forrest City times., 1895-05-10
FOkREST CITY, ARK, FRIDAY AFTERNOON MAY TO- 1895

both hands till the creations of Aubrey Beardsley's fancy ran all into each other.
 Now fix the lower end," ehi-ped Mrs. Wigglesworth from the distance.
 This was one of those things that were better left unsaid. Mir. Wiggles- worth had stood on that uncertain has, sock till his knees appeared perman- ently fixed at half-cock, his arms were stretched clean out of their legitimate precincts, his head was bursting with the hot air of the upper strata, and per spiration glued his garments so close to him that he appeared to have been born that way. When this gratuitous direction burst cooingly from his wifes lips, he fetched a mad snatch at the lower end of the paper. and on the in- stant the hassock, with low, fiendish chuckle, turned over on the other side. MT. Wigglesworth had only time for one yell, but it was full grown in area, and then vaulted into the air, the paper letting go it's hold and trans ferring it's affections to the falling for tunes of the house of Wigglesworth. and as that gentleman went sailing through the atmosphere, the pa- per wound itself in sinuous folds about him, till a stranger looking in at the widow would have said that Mr. Wigglesworth was an admirable living picture reproduced from the Yellow Book.
 That's right" he yelled, soon as he could get to his feet and kick the has sock through the door. "stand over there with your thumb in your mouth and toeing in-that's all you're good for. Wha' dye let go that paper for?" he continued, shaking his fist toward the ceiling; ''why didn't ye steady the table, same's l told ye? You make me out the blamedest old fool in Knox county, always trying to help you with your economizing, but I want you to understand that the next time you get me to chore around at house-cleaning my name won't be Wigglesworth" and he rushed up to the bathroom to clean himself.
 "l felt awfully about It." said Mrs. Wlgglesworth to the ladies who called soon afterwards to ask her to bake 8 cake for the lodge sociable, "but if you never saw man fall off a mahogany table with calico cooking apron tied round his neck you never can realize how dreadful Ellery looked at that moment. w. o. Fuller, Jr., in N. Y. Recorder
The Forrest City times., 1895-05-10
FLOGGiNG IN RUSSIA.
It's Abolition Refers to tho Use the of
 Plet, and Not the Knout.

Its Abolition Refers to tho Use the of
 Piet, and Not the Knout.
 The St. Petersburg dispatch to the effect that an imperial edict had been issued abolishing the fogging of crimi- nals apparently refers to the use of the plet or pleti and not to the knout. as was first supposed. Punishment with the knout, or more correctly the knut, was abolished by Emperor Nicholas I. more than forty years ago. The lash of the knout was composed of broad leather thongs, prepared to metallic hardness, and often intertwined with wire.
 A sentence of from one hundred to two hundred blows was considered equiva- lent to death. When the knout was done away with, the plet, simple lash, was substituted for it. This was con- sidered a much milder form of punish ment, but the prison officials found ways of increasing its efficacy, and George Kennan, in his recent book on Siberia, says that he was informed by Russian officers that death might be caused by hundred blows of the plet
 Flogging has always been favorite mode of Russian expression of dissatis- faction. An invariable wedding gift from the friends of the bride to the groom is a rawhide, and one of the first duties of the newly-wed Russian peas ant if he wishes to retain his self-re- spect is to beat his wife. The story is told of German resident of Russia who married a native wife. All went joyously for three weeks. One day the husband found his wife in tears.
 You do not love me-" was the best information he could get. In vain he protested and caressed her.
 Day after day saw the same weeping, protesting condition. At last the wife, in burst of despair. made the full charge; You do not love me, else you would beat me as other men beat their wives"
 The woman's doubts were set at rest and by judicious clubbings the German was enabled to live happily and unre- oriminatingly ever afterward.
The Forrest City times., 1895-05-10
A SUNB BEAM,

 sne wet winds are signing, the rain patters down, S"''''' The sere leaves are drifting, the low heavens frown, The oak logs arc crumbling to red. ferven. heat, 1ne oul night is closing-I want you, my sweet -'' on' sort arms that clasped mol oh, rod lin, that kissedl on' sweet voice that called me through sor- rows gray mistl on' little hands holding oh. golden curls tossed! on' dear ways" that won me from all had lostl ~ on Dig tears in bright showers oh, smiles that flashed afterl oh' great brown eyes lighting to quick happy laughterl On' sudden caresses! oh. wee glancing feeti oh, sunbeam in sadnessl-I want you. my sweet
 All the Year Round.
The Forrest City times., 1895-05-10
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.


 The tithes of the 10000 Seventh. day Adventists amounted last year to S350, ,0O0.
 The first number of the Baptist Missionary Review has been issued in India. The editors are American Bap. tists, with nine corresponding editors
 The sultan of Turkey is sending out Mohammedan missionaries to Af. rica at his own expense, to counteract the influence of the Christian mission aries in that continent.
 Chancellor Garfield has resigned as head of the Nebraska state university. and takes leave of the institution at the close of the present school year. He takes the presidency of the Ohio state university of Columbus.
 It is stated that the Methodist Episcopal church of America has 4, 325 native helpers in the foreign mission field. The American board (Congrega- tionaD has 2,145. The Presbyterian board has 1.52s, and the Baptist board has 1,446.
 Garrett Biblical institute at Evans ton, H., has acquired the most exten- sive and valuable Methodist library in the world. It contains 5000 volumes, and was secured through the efforts of Rev. Charles H. Kelly, ex-president of the British Wesleyan conference.
 The Young Woman's Friendly as- sociation of St. Paul. Minn., has apartments for girls who clerk in stores. The girls bring their lunches to these comfortable rooms and rest while eating or can secure a cheap lunch at the rooms. Educational feat ures are added. It is said that girls come by the thousands.
 The emperor of Germany has given 1000 marks to the city mission of Der lin for the defrayal of the expenses arising from keeping the Protestant churches open daily. Both .the em- peror and empress favor very much this movement, and four churches have already complied with the re- quest. The empress has also given 1000 marks to the city of Konigsberg for the same purpose.
 It is still customary in most known Catholic countries for the dignitaries
 
 twelve paupers on holy Thursday, in accordance with sacred precedent. Tn England, however, for many centuries this menial duty was discharged by kings and queens, it being usual to both cleanse and kiss the feet of as many poor men and women as royalty was years old, besides bestowing aims. When Queen Elizabeth was thirty-nine years of age she performed the cere- mony at Greenwich palace in manner that was delightfully."- characteristic. The seventy-eight pauper feet were first carefully washed in perfumed wa ter by yeomen of the laundry, then her virgin majesty came forward and dain- tily added few finishing touches, not forgetting, we trust, the osculatory benediction. The maids of honor, meanwhile, were close at hand ready to tighten, when necessary. the ardu- ous labors of their august mistress. James II. was the last monarch who personally carried out this observance. It was afterwards done by almoners.
The Forrest City times., 1895-05-10
MEMS FOOLISH CLOTHES.
They Arc Much More Poorly Protected in
 the Evening Than Women.

They Arc Much More Poorly Protected in
 the Evening Than Women.
 It is all very we'll for men to de- nounce women as foolish" for bravinp the draughts of opera house and ball. rooms with bare breast and shoulders, but, according to the most eminent medical authorities in Paris and Lon- don, it is the men who much oftener catch scold when wearing evening dress than do women in their decollete dresses.
 The truth is that extra precautions are taken by member of the fair sex in order to avoid cold air in the evening when leaving the heat of salon. They don fur-lined and wadded opera cloaks, and wrap themselves up in all kinds of soft and clinging lace scarfs, while men act very differently indeed.
 The weak point of mems dress is that the lungs are expose at the back almost more than in front. The dress suit is thin, and as the majority of men leave the coat unbuttoned, the back is exposed to more or less draft with every movement.
 During tne udy tnc man goes aDout with thick woolen clothes, thick socks, thick boots or shoes with spats.
 At night he puts on the thinnest of clothes, waistcoat which is no pro- lection whatever, thin shoes, silk socks, and sallies forth to dine. after which, perhaps, he attends dance or a theater. where, when he arrives, he begins by congratulating himself that he is not clad as those ''poor, silly women," who go about with the upper part of their chests bare; and he is positively amazed when pneumonia. bronchitis or influenza overtakes him, instead of prostrating all the airily clothed women of his acquaintance N. Y. Tribune.
The Forrest City times., 1895-05-10

Burns liked ''Tam O'Shanter'' as we'll as anything he ever wrote, and yet this inimitable poem was composed in order that Alloway Kirk might not be left out of collection of Scottish ruins that an antiquarian was making. In general the poet spoke rather con- temptuously of his own writings
The Forrest City times., 1895-05-10

She had grown in her unstained seclusion, bright and pure as first opening lilac when it spread its clear leaves to the sweetest dawn of May.- PercivaL
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-05-24
Touring Made Easy.

Mr.. Michael A. Donohue, the wealthy
publisher of Chicago, is going to make q
four months tour of Europe in peculiar
way. He will take no baggage but a band
box and one telescope, because the bag
gage check system is not in vogue in many
places, and passengers must look up their
luggage and superintend transfers. He
proposes, instead Of bothering with laun-
dries, to buy his linen new and drop it as
soon as soiled. In the convenient chinks
Of his telescope, he says, he will carry all
the coin of small denomination he can stow
away to be used for clipping" purposes
Mr.. Donohuo believes the "tip" Is un.
doubtedly the best lubricator of menial
machinery. New York Tribune.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-05-24
She Wants n Divorce.

There is woman out west who wants a
divorce, and this is her plea: She says that
"he" kept her In a miserable shanty and
fed her on diet Of rats and snakes fried in
skunk oil, and that she really would like
to get divorce. We are not fully posted
in the points of'the law upon this subject,
but think she ought at least to get di-
vorce from bed and board, If not full
decree, vinculo, as the law calls it, The
bed and board provided by chin" are not
we believe, quite so good rs they should
be.-Jersey City Journal.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-05-24
Has Gone Edison One Better.

G. A. Bjorksell, Swede, has invented
an attachment to Edison's phonograph
that he calls the mimeophone. Instead Of
as now using the rubber tubes and insert
ing them in ones ears, the mimeophone,
in the form of wide trumpet, sends out
tho sound plainly In large room. The
invention has created u sensation in scien-
tiflo circles in Europe, and the inventor hns
had his invention patented both in Amer
lea and EUROPE Chicago Tribune.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-05-24
Unionist Elected.

LONDON, May PA polling in the dis
trict Of Warwick and bennington, the
election being to fill the vacancy made In
the house Of commons by the retirement
of Speaker Peel, showed the following
vote: Alfred Lyttleton, Unionist, 28l6;
James DuckwOrth, GladstOnian, 2236.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-05-24
A Watchdog Exchange.

An Englishman and "a German in Chi
cago are partners in now business which
they advertise as n Watchdog Exchange.
They will DC prepared soon TO SELF dogs
trained for watching, or the dogs may he
engaged by the month, week or night.
The German partner has the experience,
having been employed rs keeper Ia a
similar business In Berlin. where there arc
several Of these exchanges doing "a good
business New York sun.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-05-24
Strikers Hayo Lost.

PITTspURG, May H.-The miners ofll.
cials practically gave up. the strike last
night and advised the men To- go To work
for the GO-ccnt rate II they could get IT,
As result, all the mines within n radius
Of 10 miles of Carnegie will resume at once
mt the G0ccnt rate. About 5000 men arc
employed In TINT district.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-05-24
The killinu OF MART.

NEW YORK, May 2i.-Thc World copy
rightcd special from Havana says that jose
Marti was shot by Cuban guide named
Antonio Olivia, who was with the govern
mcnt troops Marti mt the moment was
addressing his followers, revolver i'm hand
He was hit by two bullets, the first wound
ing him In the chest and the second i'm the
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-05-24
Niauara's Fine Performance.

GRAvEsEND, May 24.-Howard Gould's
new Herreshoff 2O-rater Niagara had her
first trial trip yesterday. The performance
was pronounced to be very creditablc.
She was especially quick in stays.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-05-24
Fresh Outbreak at Ecuador.

WASHINGTON, May "A. - Cablegrams
from Ecuador announce that the revolu-
ton has broken out afresh in that country.
Accordingly orders were cabled TO the
commander of the u. S. S. Ranger, now
at Panama. to proceed with his ship at
once to Guayaquil.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-05-24
Church and Stables Burned.

GRAND RAPIDS, May 24.-Fire yesterday
destroyed III. A. Greenley's livery stables,
in the center of the city, and the Second
Reformed church
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-05-24
Banker Beaten.

PARIS, May 24.-The Belgian champion
bicyclist Hopben yesterday beat the
American bicyclist Banker in three
matches, distance 2 90 meters, at the Velo.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-05-24
Aae Is Ielllna.

GREEN BAY, Wis, May %. - Ex- x-Gov.
ernor w. ID. Hoard was elected commander
of the Wisconsin Grand Army. Tho
-a-.da ~ rsiarans had 2OUOi in limo II wac
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-05-24
Carter Home Auain.

NEW YORK, May 24.-E. G. Carter, the
long distance runner, well known on
both sides Of the Atlantic, and editor of
the New York Athletic Clubs Journal, ar.
rived on the Germanic yesterday.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-05-24

the last parade of the Wisconsin members,
as the encampment voted to abolish the
parade hereafter, owing to the age Of tho
members OF the order.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-12-26
cuRIosIrIEs OF PRINTING.
China Was Doubtless the birthplace of
tho Art PresorvatIve.

China Was Doubtless the birthplace of
tho Art PresorvatIvo.
China, the cradle Of the arts" claims
the honor of the invention of printing.
Away back in the year sos, nearly 1000
years before Gutenberg issued the first
volume Of his famous bible, the Chi
nese were using the "block system" of
printing, and in the tenth century, 400
years before Europe had become ac-
quainted with the art preventative"
the Acknowledged Celestial typos were
better versed In the science Of setting
movable types than were the American
printers Of the days Of Benjamin Frank
lin. The "block system" of printing,
which was so well known in the 1owery
Kingdom less than six centuries after
the birth Of Christ, did not find Its way
to Europe until about the first Of the
fifteenth century, when devotional
manuals" each bearing a portrait and
a few lines in printing, became popular,
These cuts and printed lines were taken
from engravings made on a single
block, the very earliest dated specimen
Of that character made in Europe bear
ing date of 1923. There is still ques-
ton as to who was the first European
printer to use the movable types. 1t
is not question as to what European
invented movable types, for it is known
that the honor belongs to the far east,
The honor of being the first to adopt
the system appears to rest between
Laurenz Coster Of HARLEM died 1440)
John Faust and John Gutenberg. In
the above list some include the name of
Peter Schoffer, son-in-law Of Faust.
Dutch authorities claim that Coster was
the first to use movable types, and that
Gutenberg, who was at one time a
workman in Coster's shop stole the
idea from him. The Germans give GU
tenberg the honor and set the date of
his first successful practice Of the art
at 1886. The first entire European book
ever printed from movable types bears
the name Of Johann Faust on its title
page. 1t bore the name Of "Tractatus
Petri Hispani" and was printed at
Mentz in 1442. AS Gutenberg did
not put his name on all Of his books, or
the date when they were issued, there is
some doubt when the first appeared or
how many were issued. Gutenberg's
great work was his Latin bible, which
appepared in 1456, and which Is often
catalogued as the first book ever
printed on movable types"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-12-26
THE FORTUNE TELLER KNEW.
Didn't Need Second Sight to ForeseS
What Was Going to Happen.

Didn't Need Second Sight to FOreseS
What Was Going to Happen.
IT suppose everybody has visited a
fortune-teller at least once in his life"
remarked a drummer to a New York
World reporter, "but I'm willing to bet
that few men have ever had such an
experience as / ran up against the other
day. l was walking through side
street uptown when l CHANGED to see a
clairvoyant's sign in the window. AS
it had just begun to rain and time was
hanging rather heavily on my hands,
thought it was an excellent oppOrtun-
ity to satisfy curiosity had often
felt. My ring was answered by frow-
sy-haired girl, who ushered me into a
rather shabbily furnished room.
IT was joined by an elderly woman Of
motherly aspect. There was nothing Of
the proverbial fortune-teller about her,
and / was more than astonished when
she introduced herself as a celebrated
clairvoyant. But her gentle smile and
old-fashioned manner soon put me at
my ease, and l felt almost as much at
home as If had been in my own house.
Her motherly eye detected that my
overcoat was rather wet, and she in
sisted that l take 1t off and let her
hang it by the fire in the other room.
II felt so comfortable that 1t was with
real regret I saw her at last terminate
the interview by going into the Other
room for my coat. She was very en-
pertaining talker, and told me the Same
stereotyped things that fortune-tellers
have been telling ever since the begin
ming, the majority of which are sure
to happen to every man and woman
who ever lived. AS for the particular
things she told me, only one, so far,
has turned out true. She said would
lose a large sum of money never
thought anything more about the affair
until the next day, when felt for my
bank roll and found that the wallet
had been taken out Of the inside pocket
of my overcoat."
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-12-26


small choral draught to steady her
nerves and a handkerchief soaked in
arnica bound round her head. II was
with some surprise, therefore, that the
Admiral received a note from her about
ten o'clock, asking him to be good
enough to step in to her. He hurried in,
fearing that she might have taken some
turn for the worse, but he was treasured
to find her sitting up in bed, with Clara
and Ida Walker in attendance upon
her. She had removed the handker-
chief, and had put on a little cap with
pink ribbons, and maroon dressing
jacket, daintily fulled at the neck and
sleeves.
MY dear friend" said she as he en-
tered, II wish to make last few re-
marks to you. No, no." she continued,
laughing, as she saw look Of dismay
upon his face. II shall not dream Of
dying for at least another thirty years.
A woman should be ashamed to die be-
fore she is seventy. I wish, Clara, that
you would ask your father to step up.
And you, Ida, just pass me my cigar
cites, and open me bottle Of stout"
NOW then" she continued, as the
Doctor Joined their party. II don't quite
know what ought to say to you, Ad-
miral. You want some very plain
speaking to-"
"'Pon my word, ma'am, don't know
what you are talking about"
1.-THE idea of you at your age talking
of going to sea, and leaving that dear,
patient little wife Of yours at home, who
has seen nothing Of you all her life! It's
all very we'll for you. You have the life,
and the change, and the excitement.
but you don't think OF her eating her
heart out in dreary London lodging.
You men are all the same"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-12-26
Better Chemist Than Statesman.

The new French minister of foreign
affairs M. Berthelot is an elderly pro-
lessor Of CO with virtually no expert
ence in the conduct of public office. But
in his special domain Of chemical
knowledge he ranks among the first Of
his contemporaries Chemical syn
thesis-the science Of artificially put
ting organized bodies together-may be
said to owe its existence to him. The
practical results expected to flow from
his experiments and discoveries are
enormous Thus, sugar has recently
been made in the laboratory from
glycerin, which Professor Barthelot
first made from synthetic alcohol. Com
merce has now taken UP the question,
and an invention has recently been
patented by which sugar is to be made
upon commercial scale from two gases
at something like cent per pound. But
these scientific wonders do not stop
here. Tobacco, tea and coffee are to be
made artificially. Theobromine, the es-
sential principle of cocoa, has been pro-
duced in the laboratory. Thus, syn
thetic chemistry is getting ready to
furnish the three great nonalcoholic
beverages in general use. Tobacco will
be obtained in a similar fashion. Pro-
fessor Barthelot has obtained pure nieo-
tine, whose chemical constitution is
perfectly understood, by treating salo-
mine, natural glucoside, with hydro
gen.