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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-08
QUAINT OR CURIOUS.

Each British soldier costs his country
1920 every year.
Patents are issued by GA governments in
the world.
French tradesmen in New York have
organized a French chamber of COM.
merce.
A dramatic college for ladies is shortly
to be started in one of the suburbs of
London.
The largest Krupp guns have a range
of IL miles and fire two shots a minute.
The shipbuilding concern of Sir w. G..
Armstrong & Co., limited, of Glasgow,
will establish plant in Japan.
A white buzzard was lately shot in
Texas having on its neck a bell marked
1850 and Rails county, Missouri"
Kangaroos are such a plague In Aus
tralia that the government pays boun-
ty of s pence for each animal that is
killed.
1t will surprise a good many people. no
doubt, to learn that when registered let
ter is stolen the sender has no claim on
the government.
The biggest edible oysters in the world
are found at Port Lincoln, in South Aus
tralia. They measure sometimes more
than foot across the shell and are said
TO be of the finest flavor.
1t is intended by German doctors to eel
citrate on May IA the Tooth anniversary
of DIR. Jenner's first experiment in vacci-
nation.
The bank statistics of Ireland for 1895
are the most satisfactory ever recorded,
and show that Ireland has but to be let
alone to attain a thoroughly sound econ
omic condition.
The supreme court of New York has
decided that a surgeon making an au-
topsy without the permission of the rela-
tives of the deceased is liable to be sued
for damages.
When a pen has been used it appears
to be spoiled. place IL over a flame "a gas
light, for instance) for quarter of a
minute then dip 1t into water, and 1t will
be again fit for use. A new pen which is
found too hard to write with will become
softer by being thus heated.
For ages the slang phrase or its equiv
alent, in the SOUP" has in one form or
another been in use among the Germans.
He sits in the soup" is used to indicate
the situation of a man in misfortune by
his own fault. He has made a nice soup
for himself" is used to indicate a ludi-
crous or ridiculous position in which one
is placed by himself.
The dromedary parcel post service in
the German territories of southwestern
Africa has given better results than were
expected. The dromedaries are adapted
to the climate. are not affected by the
prevalent cattle diseases are not made
footsore in stony regions and do not suf-
fer extreme thirst when deprived of water
for a week.
The accidental arrival in New Zealand
of two poisonous snakes among ballast
from Queensland and South America
alarmed the colonists, for the islands con-
tain no venomous reptiles, though the
climate is in places well fitted for them.
The resule of the alarm was that parlia-
ment passed an act subjecting to heavy
penalties anyone importing dangerous
serpents.
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SOME UYWISE FRIENDS.

The friends of General Miles are
pressing the limit; IL they persist in
their efforts they will make a very I'M
popular citizen out of an excellent SOL
der To begin with. when. in Septem-
Der OF last year. General Schofield was
retired. there was serious question
whether General Miles would be his
successor. His unwise friends were so
persistent in their predictions. that the
office Of the secretary of war was dis
turbed; a little more OF that style OF
talk and Secretary Lamont would have
disappointed the Miles people.
Later on. the agitation in favor Of
buying a residence for General Miles
called out considerable criticism. Those
of his admirers who proposed to pre-
sent the General with a home were. of
course. entirely free to do 1t. But they
showed a disposition 20 call on a large
public for subscriptions-the question
arose whether it was good taste on the
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-08
A BEAUTIFUL TfiBUTE.

That is an exquisite bit of verse that
James Whitcomb Riley has addressed TO
the dying composer of Kathleen Ma
yourneen." Here IL is:
Kathleen Mavourneen, the song is still
ringing,
As fresh and as clear as the trill of the
bird.
In world-weary hearts IL is sobbing and
singing,
word.
o. have we forgotten the one who first
breathed IL?
And have we forgotten his rapturous
art?
Our need to the master whose genius
bequeathed IL:
O. why art thou silent, thou voice Of
my heart?
Kathleen Mavourneen. thy lover still lin
gers,
The long night is waning-the stars
pale and few.
rrbv sad serenader. with tremulous fin
Is bound with his tears as the lily with
dew.
The old harpstrings quaver. the old voice
is shaking,
In signs and in sobs means the yearn-
ing refrain,
The old vision dims and the old heart Is
breaking
Kathleen Mavourneen. inspire us again
II is almost as sweet and as tender as
the famous song that inspired H.
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WEDNESDAY. APRIL 8. 1896.
AFTER THE FIGHT.

The surprising result of Mondays
election in Butte was the talk of that
town all day yesterday. Last evening.
our valued contemporary, the Inter
Mountain. took more time to tell how
1t happened" than was taken by the
voters to defeat the combination which
was favored by the Inter Mountain
with support that was never earned.
The Standards frequent comment
during the progress of this springs
Butte campaign was that the republi-
cans had no regular ticket in the field.
That is true. Men out of all the par
ties helped those of the democrats who
were winners last Monday.
Our evening neighbors appendix to
the election, in the form of last nights
summary. is long, yet IT is interesting
reading. 1t sums up a large amount of
what might be styled local truth. We
do not presume to say that the Inter
Mountain regrets the support 1t gener-
ously accorded Mondays mongrel tick
ct; nor is that our affair. For the rest.
the Inter Mountains comment of last
the most entertaining sketch of local
conditions in Butte that has been writ
ten this year
While the campaign was progressing,
the Standard referred more than once
to the fact that. in it's platform, the
alleged republican convention in Butte.
while eferring-foolishly perhaps-to
-. Al
not a word about Senator Mantle. a
resident of Butte. once the city's mayor,
a republican and a federal senator
whose recent proofs of loyalty to his
state have exposed him to his own par
tvs severe censure. This newspaper
put aside the fact that II is of demo-
cratic faith in order to pay generous
compliment to Mr.. Mantle. Strange
that an alleged republican convention
in Butte should have forgotten Mr..
Mantle-or Mr.. Carter, for that matter.
In palliation OF this discourtesy, the
Inter Mountain remarks that Mayor
Thompson has twice publicly approved
the course Of Montanas republican del
egation in congress and affirmed his
friendship and admiration for them"
Not specifically in application to Mr..
Thompson but rather to the clique that
has been having an era of misrule in
Butte. we would prefer. were we in Mr..
Nantes shoes. or in Mr.. Carriers or
Mr.. Hartman's. to be spared all mani
festations of that sort of friendship or
support: honestly. we believe that II
hurts more than 1t helps. In other
words, we think 1t would have been in
finitely to the credit of the party in
Montana which recognizes these three
gentlemen as leaders, to have stepped
right out into the middle of the road
and given the Butte combine battle al
every four corners. Mondays election
returns are an indication that this view
reflects the sentiment of the real repub-
leans in Butte.
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part of General Miles to permit the
matter to be pressed.
More recently. agitation has been
started for the purpose of inducing
congress to bestow on General Miles
the rank of lieutenant general. The
people who are urging this action did
not even have the tact to consult the
secretary of war. The result is that
from the war department has come an
expression of disfavor respecting the
bestowment of the rank in question.
Only six officers have held the grade of
lieutenant general since the founda-
ton of the government; in no case has
it been given to any officer who has
not commanded an independent force
in active service; 1t was not bestowed,
prior to 1870, on several officers who
had fulfilled this condition; 1t was pro-
vided by positive enactment in 1870
that the offices then held by Sherman
and Sheridan should not be filled after
their death. The announcement of
these facts comes direct from the war
department.
Thus IL appears that the honor sought
for General Miles is not at all likely to
be awarded to him. He is good
soldier, but he appears to be in the
hands of friends whose constant impor-
tunities are liable to put him in an
unpleasant light before the public. He
ought to ask them to leave him alone.
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SHOULD START OUT HERE.

Much is said in eastern newspapers
regarding the proposed reorganization
of the Northern Pacific; the wide vari-
alton in the information lately put in
print is good evidence of the fact that
the deutsche bank, Mr. ]. Pierpont
Morgan and some other gentlemen
have not taken all of the reporters into
their innermost confidence. 1t is
agreed on every hand. however, that a
radical improvement in the roads pas
senger service will go Immediately into
effect. Indeed. If half that is told is
true a new order of things is to be in
augurated at once.
OF course, that is welcome news out
this way. The Northern Pacific can
be made a prosperous property If its
new management starts resolutely out
to leave undone most of the things
that were the almost constant occupa-
ton Of those who formerly ran the road
and wrecked it, 1t would pay the new
men in control, first of all. to come to
the Northwest and camp in this coun-
try until they become familiar with
the local conditions: they could study
the history of the road greatly to their
edfication. 1t would surprise these peo-
pie to learn, for instance, how the city
of Butte's splendid total tonnage was
avoided for years as If with studied
purpose; how the road was constructed
so as to avoid the best grades and the
centers of traffic; how trade conditions
were sacrificed for the benefit of some
superior officers real estate or some
underling's townsfte; how water-tank
stations in the state of Washington re-
ceived favors that prosperous towns in
Montana could not secure; how all
manner OF men, from division officers
up TO chiefs at ST. Paul and In the
East, were out for plumber; how favor
ties were fed how the road was
] robbed.
The poor old Northern Pacific had to
make too many men rich. The constant
lapses from good management for the
sake of pilfer for individuals was some
region We're not surprised when the
bankruptcy of the line was declared
the wonder was that IL had succeeded
in avoiding collapse so long At the
outset, as we have suggested. the new
control can learn how not to do IL by
learning how radically wrong 1t was
done in the days of the old regime
every division in these parts is a chap
ter worth knowing all about
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-08
FORTUNE TELLING.

When on the grain was summers soid'
And blue was summers sky
We went to have our fortunes toia'
A witching maid and 1.
The gypsy sibyl seemed uncouth
And wierd to look upon
And yet for each of US, In sooth.
A merry tale she spun
Mine was a kindly horoscope;
/ heard my birth above
Had hung the happy star of hope.
The lambert star Of love.
The star of love that bringeth bliss.
I learned, still shed its glow,
Much more the sibyl said. but this
Was all cared to know.
Then into Syivia's slender hand
/ saw the gypsy peer.
And words longed to understand
Were whispered in her ear;
While on her cheek blush had birth
That spread In rosy fire.
As when the winter-wakened earth
Feels springs divine desire.
We left behind the gypsy old.
And meath a dusky pine
Again was that fair story told
That ended, Sweet, be mine"
Then Sylvia. the roguish-eyed.
Laughed in her winning way;
That's what" triumphantly she cried,
1.-THE gypsy said you'd say?
-Harper's Bazaar.
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voters of Great Falls did that in good
style. In Anaconda four excellent cit
liens were put in nomination by the
democrats. These fou- men were elect
ed because the judgment of the voters
was that, all in all. they were the best
men for the office of aldermen. This is
not intended as a criticism on most of
the defeated candidates in Anaconda;
the election here was a friendly bout.
AS for Butte, the story OF what hap
pened there is so well known as not to
need repetition.
There is this significance, however. in
Mondays elections-they did not sus-
tain the loud talk all of us have heard
about a sort of uprising among Mon
tana republicans in behalf of their
party. There are no signs whatever of
any movement of that kind; the talk
about IL proves to be pure fiction. This
is worth taking into account. because
the result sustains the view which, for
months, the Standard has persistently
advanced. We believe that party .obli-
cations rest very lightly on the people
in this state. We have felt sure that
the very large percentage of our people
stand ready to answer the call in any
well-organized movement that has the
welfare of silver as it's central thought.
Mondays experience seems to us to
indicate that this view of the situation
is well grounded. After the lapse of
few weeks, those who are of that mind
will know which course is best TO pur-
sue I..a F
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occasion when the sovereign of Scotland
visited the kingdom of Fife, which might
have given her the title of hereditary
grand boot-jack." BY an old feudal Gus
tom the head of the Roches family. when
the king returned to Falkland palace from
the hunt, had to pull off the royal boots
and invest the royal feet in ease-giving
slippers.
Cushman X. Davis, Minnesota's favorite
son. now on the shelf temporarily, has
some physical resemblance to Ben Butler.
the resemblance reaching even to the
eyes. He is rich, even for a senator. He
is always listened to with marked atten-
ton when he makes a speech in the SEN
ate, for though he has not an orators
voice he has an orators method and man
ner and the sentences fall from his lips
in well-balanced periods.
When the reins of power were taken
from Bismarck he missed his old employ
ment and chafed at inaction. 1T was
curious feeling" he said, ITO wake up of
a morning and find that the only thing he
had to do was to wind up his watch"
When Count Herbert Bismarck telegraph
ed TO his father that his latest baby was
a girl the prince telegraphed back: Have
patience! Marie was only a girl" Marie
was the princes first born. and then came
two sons.
In talking about his father. the late
james II. Beard, Dan Beard the artist,
of Chicago, aid the other day: He paint
ed the port ats of the long list of distin-
guished men-Clay, John Quincy Adams.
Zacharay Taylor, William Henry Harri-
son and others. While painting Taylor
father said to him: Well, general, / sup
pose you are to be our next president?
L hope not grunted the bluff old hero.
No military man has any business in the
presidential chair, but If they offer 1t to
me 1 suppose I'll be - fool enough to
accept it,. And he was"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-08
THE FIELD OF ELECTRICITY.

The use of electric lights by garden
ers near the large cities for the purpose
of stimulating the growth of vegetables
is on the increase. Experience has
shown that excellent results may be OBJ
tanned from flooding the gardens with
the rays of arc lights.
An advertising novelty in the shape
of a hand, actuated by an electric mo-
tor, which beckons to the passer-by,
has been placed on the market by an
English firm.
There is a project on foot to build, In
Boston, an electric theater in which all
the wings. drops, ETC., are to be oper-
ated by electric motors, and in which II
Is expected to produce remarkable twi-
light. moonlight, sunset and tempest
effects by electrical means.
The Brooklyn Wharf warehouse
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company, extending from Catherine
street to Gowan's bay. Brooklyn. N. Y.
have under consideration the construc-
ton of a short electric line running
through their property to aid In hand
ling freight.
While Germany is claimed to be the
home of the gas engine, recent Stats
tics in regard to central station cleo
trio plants In operation during 1895
show that of a total of 173 stations.
less than per cent use gas engines,
steam engines being employed In 55 per
cent and % per cent employing water
power exclusively. the balance being
composed of plants using both steam
and water power.
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AETER THE TOTE-

Mondays election results in Montana
are of comparatively little account as a
political pointer. In several cities the
lines were drawn on issues that were
purely local. There was a citizens
ticket in Deer Lodge. in Miles City
and in Philipsburg. In these towns
questions involving the policy To be
pursued I'm the local government were
the contention.
In Great Falls. the idea was to knock
out the A. +. A. contingent, and the
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-08
A Serious Affair.

Clara-"Oh. mother, we had such fun
at the party! Young smith proposed
marriage ceremony-just in fun, you
know; and IL was too funny for any
thing. Afterward, some of the older
people who heard of IL said we were
really married; but we're not. are
WEI"
Doting Mother-"Of course not. Be-
sides, young Smith couldn't support a
wife IL he had one"
"Oh, ii wasn't that Smith. 1t was
the other Smith, from Gold City, the
one who owns a bonanza mine, you
know"
"Eh? That Smith! My dear, a mar.
riage like that before witnesses is bind
ing. New York Weekly.
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TO ADVERTISERS.

The Anaconda Standard guarantees Its
advertisers a bona fide 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, 1896-04-08

Judge Knowles, who belongs to the
federal judiciary. having pronounced
him really and truly a theatrical star.
Herr Bandmann will probably pass
lightly over the fact that the court
couldn't persuade itself that what he
swore to was all true. Fi#
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-08

A New York newspaper has offered
Holmes $500 for a detailed catalogue
and confession of his crimes. If he
takes it with him Holmes Will have
money to burn.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-08

We are obliged to confess that the re-
turns received from Colorado last night
do not suggest a tremendous and ire
sistable democratic tidal wave in that
mart of the country.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-08

While Mayor Thompson calls it an
endorsement, he was observed to be
saying darn yesterday with more than
ordinary frequency and emphasis.
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All general business letters and corre-
spondence should be addressed to fne
Standard Publishing Company. Anaconda
Mcnt.
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SO REWARD

VIII be paid for the arrest and conviction
of any person caught stealing the Stand
ard from subscribers.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-08

Some things are coming Governor
Morton's way, anyhow. There was a
very heavy snowfall in New York yes
terday.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-08

Mayor Thompson wishes 1t UNDER
stood that he is still in the fight and
darned be he who first cries Hold,
enoughi
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-08

If Vivion had an opportunity to put
the Hale house out of the Third ward
again. he wouldn't do it. ~
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-08

1t is understood that Mayor Steele of
Helena is willing to accept a demo-
cratic gubernatorial boom.
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Constantinople news is a suggestion
that this country's zeal in spreading
the gospel of peace may mix us up in
more war than we care TO deal with.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-08

The Standard has branch ofhces at
Butte. Bissoula. and Great Falls. where
advertising rates will be furnished on ap-
plication.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-08

Now that they have measles in the
white house, Senator Allen has con-
cluded that he doesn't want to live
there.
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The resolutions adopted at Salt Lake
yesterday will not be Incorporated
bodily in the resolutions adopted at St.
Louis
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-08

Senator Wolcott should not worry
about Hoke Smiths case. Mr.. Crisp is
attending to it very satisfactorily.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-08

The A. p. AS seem to have trans.
ferred their strength from Butte tC
Kansas City.
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The three Greensburg, Pa, men who
thawed out a quantity of dynamite
yesterday have no fault to find with
the quality of the dynamite.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-08

In order to let high license win the
Nebraska voters had to discard party
lines
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-08

In spots in Chicago yesterday bullets
flew considerably faster than ballots.
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The Sublime porte may yet provoke
Uncle Sam to give it a sublime kick.
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The shapely and impressive hand of
Judge Goodwin is discoverable in
Utah's republican resolutions.
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Old King Lobengula seems to be
South Africa's Sitting Bull.
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MORGAN'S PLACE..
THE POOR MANS CASH GROCERY.
3R East Park Street.

Don't you think that prices like these
would save you some money every month
In the year? Get a new spring hat or a
pair of shoes for the boys and girls with
what you save. Your own family might
Just as we'll enjoy the benefit as for you
to help pay big rents to the brick blocks
up town. We are saving hundreds of fam
flies from IS to $40 a month. Put that in
the children's savings bank and keep 1t
until the mines shut down.
4 pounds Prunes ...............'. ....'.s 70
10 Dozen Clothes Pins ........ 70
pounds Beans ........ ................. 70
Eagle Milk, per can ...... ....'...'..... 10
Eastern Tomatoes, per can 10
Package Coffee, any kind ....... 20
Sardines, cans for rs
8 Packages Sioux Rolled Oats rs
Pure Maple Syrup, per gallon ....... loo
Syrup, per gallon, good ............... so
10 Bars of Soap ........ .-............. -
Packages of Starch ......... %
l-pound Package of Tea .............. rs
10 pounds of Rolled Oats .............. %
2 Cans Peaches or Apricots ........... %
2 Cans of Egg Plums or Cages rs
pounds of Raisins .................... .
2 Dozens of Lemons .................... Is
2 Dozens of Oranges .................... .
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