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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-01
QUAINT Or CURIOUS.

Every civilized nation of the world
even China and Japan. has now a wealth
er bureau.
The old Central Congregational church
in Providence, r. l., is being made into a
theater.
Fully 100000 people in England are
sustained by the wages earned by railway
employees.
If a piece of cork is sunk 200 feet below
the surface of the ocean the pressure of
the water will prevent 1t from rising
Egyptian figures found on obelsks
mounted on two-wheeled vehicles show
the Pharaohs had some idea of the veloc-
ipede.
Bricks made of petroleum, solidified
with sawdust and pitch, make a cheap
and durable fuel and are used for steam
engines in France.
The New Hampshire bank commission
ers report a falling off between 50, 600 900
and 100000 in the savings deposits of
the state during the last fiscal year.
Probably the largest species of spider
known to entomologists makes its home
In the most mountainous region of Cey-
Ion. IL spins a huge net of yellow silk
sometimes 10 feet wide.
Berlin school girls seem to be growing
very emancipated. They now have their
"salamanders," or drinking botts, just
like the university students, but content
The Ainsworth anti-tights bill, which
was one of the legislative products of the
living picture craze of a year ago, and
which was killed by ridicue in the New
York assembly, has been revamped and
reintroduced in that body.
The color of a canary, II is known, can
be fixed by the food given II. Bread and
milk, with sweet seed and hemp, favor
the pale color. Saffron tea to canaries
produces fine lemon tint, cayenne pep
per an orange or red color and green food
supplies the green hue. In feeding cay
enne IL can first be deprived of it's
strength by exposing in a moist place,
without losing it's power to color
Many cities, towns and counties in the
Northwest have been scaling down the
salaries of public employees during the
past year. The reductions have been es-
pecially notable in the state of Washing
ton. Seattle, Tacoma, Pendleton, North
Yakima, Walla Walla and many other
cities have mad substantial cuts in the
pay of officials The economies have been
necessary in order to keep the expenses
of the towns within their incomes.
Electricity is likely to be an important
factor in the agriculture of the future.
according to the italian professor. A.
Aloi. who has collected evidence showing
that both terrestrial and atmospheric
electricity are favorable TO the germina-
ton of seeds and the growth of plants.
Nj. Bounier has found I'm the course of his
experiments with continuous electric
light on plants that Alpine plants, Guilt
waited under constant light, present points
of structure identical with those of arc
tic plants which grow under the midnight
sun.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-01
MEN AND MATTERS.

Kaiser Wilhelm is said to be partial to
a queer mixture of kirschwasser and
American whiskey.
Dean Farrar is now advertised as a sort
of clerical attache to squads of cheap
trippers to the Holy Land.
The combined ages of 16 persons at a
birthday party at the home of John
Goldsberry, in Frankfort, Ind, the other
day footed up 1,424 years.
Ex-Empress Eugenie is reported to be
developing tastes of such an eccentric
character as to give rise to serious doubts
about her mental equilibrium.
Jules Simon, the distinguished French
statesman, is in better health at 50 than
for some years past. He enjoys his old
age. and II is said that he becomes a bet
ter orator every year.
Kaiser Wilhelm was out of Berlin and
Potsdam for 1s9 days last year. He de-
voted to hunting 50 days, to calls on allied
princes in Austria. Sweden, England.
Oldenburg. Friedrichsruh, Weimar,
Szehlen, Darmstadt and Carlsruhe, IS
days, and to military maneuvers. 2s days.
Days unaccounted for were spent in va
rious cities and palaces of the empire.
Princess Maud of Wales, whose be-
trothal is a matter of recent history, is
not overload of the formalities and at
tention which her position demands. In
days gone by, when the Duke of York
was often to be seen walking incognito
about London, ii was usually his young
est sister who accompanied him, and on
more than one occasion she has Joined
parties in a country house under an as
sumed name.
Senator Cameron, the father of the re-
firing senator was for nearly 40 years of
his Is years the supreme boss in Pennsyl-
vania politics. For 30 years of that pc
Rod he was United States senator and an
aggressive and influential factor in ma
tional affairs. The nomination of Abra-
ham Lincoln for president in 1860 was due
in part to his course in abandoning Mr.
Seward at a critical juncture in the con-
test. His resignation as senator was fol-
lowed by the immediate election of the
son. who upon his retirement in 1897.
will have occupied the place for 20 years
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Inst TO Hill Time.

That the house OF representatives mas
little to do is shown by the fact that
its members have time to waste in the
consideration OF resolutions which car
ry censure of Ambassador Bayard. the
incident which furnished opportunity
for criticism of the ambassador had
passed out of mind. Assuming that
there was political advantage In IT,
some of the republican members of the
house started "a racket over the Ian
guage used by Mr.. Bayard in the course
OF an address before an English au-
dience. A raw recruit in the house.
republican from Massachusetts, was
the principal shouter.
Just after the criticism was started,
matters of real account arrested public
attention. The question OF our rela-
lions with England, in what concerned
Venezuela, engrossed public thought,
and nobody cared what Bayard had
said or when he said it. Lacking any
thing worth while to engage its atten-
ton. the house may turn to the Bayard
affair. II a vote of censure is passed,
that is probably as far as the thing will
go-that the senate would take serious
cognizance of the subject is highly
Unavoidable
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delegates, and had spent as much more
in Texas. The charge was also made
that friends of Mr.. Reed were using
plenty of money in the South.
Coming from the drummer Of a rival
concern. these statements should posi-
bly, be taken at a slight discount. We
do not think any of Morton's agents
have yet done Montana-at least there
are no outward and visible signs of
their presence; but it is still four and a
half months before the st. Louis con-
vention, and the Montana republicans
should not despair. The republicans of
this state would have all the presiden-
tial drummers understand that they
have not committed themselves to any
one house, they are in an impartial and
judicial frame of mind and are willing
ito place their orders with the firm that
offers the best inducements. We assure
Governor Morton and the rest of them
that Montana is a field worth cultivat-
ing.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-01
LIMITS OF MONROEISM.

BY all means let us undertake a hemis-
pherical dictatorship II we feel disposed
TO speed the political fortunes of some
one who thinks he would adorn the white
house. or at least the Office of secretary
OF state. On the whole. perhaps we woull
better attend TO one thing at a time We
are pretty fully committed In this vene-
zuelan business. Let us see II through, no
matter what naval demonstrations Great
Britain may see fit to make. After that
IL will be time enough to make a general
declaration of policy IL we think IL best
Chicago Chronicle.
Senator Sewell's view of the Monroe
doctrine finds little support in the COM
mittee on foreign relations, which at its
meeting yesterday decided TO report a
resolution strongly affirming the docu .ue
and It's bearing on the attempt of any Eu-
ropean power to secure territory on this
hemisphere by force. purchase or other
wise. Members OF the committee like
Grady and Turpie opposed any action in
favor OF an affirmation OF the Monroe
doctrine. hut the majority OF the comndt-
tee are animated by a strong feeling OF
Americanism and know what the coun-
try Is expecting of them I'm this conjunc-
ture.-New York Tribune.
As a rhetorician Senator Davis is likely
90 gain fame of n sort which he does not
court out OF his Monroe doctrine resolu.
ton Conceding the value OF the senti-
ment which IL embodies its form and con-
struction are certainly ridiculous. Re
solved That. Whereas.
Therefore be IL resolved" is the skeleton
OF the remarkable document IL might
have said. Resolved. That we hereby re-
solve to resolve without being much
worse. Then. when the ''whe: eases" are
ali recited. so much is stated in the final
resolution that IL loses much OF its force
and meaning one hundred and seventy
siN words are crowded into a single sen
fence I'm a resolution which ~ intended 10
be a vigorous. clear and unequivocal dec
lnration OF patriotic purpose Kansas
CITY Star.
senator Sewells resolution on the Mon
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-01
Ii Nav BE Warm.

Well, well. They have IT now. in dis
patches printed in several eastern
newspapers, that Mckinley may find Il
necessary TO get out Of the wnite-house
race. Gossip has It that the Ohio re-
publicans are as good as hopelessly d.
vided on tine ex-governor. There is
trouble. and from some quarters the
charge comes that Foraker is at the
bottom Of Il.
The talk is that Mckinley will
find IL next 10 impossible 70 get
Oh4o's delegation or even half
of It; one demand Is that.
in any event. he must step aside after
the June convention and let Bushnell
have the right of way for the senator
ship. on the expiration OF Mr.. Sher-
mans term One newspaper has IL
that. unless a decided change Is
wrought. the fercest factional fight in
che history OF American politics viii
be iuaugurated in Ohio. and Mckinley
will 60 10 5he s.. Louis convention with
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-01
Presidential Drummers

The New York Times has information
that agents are working all over the
Union for Governor Morton. This infor-
nation, by The way. is furnished by the
agent OF a rival presidential candidate.
He said he was aston3shed al;
The extent Of the Morton boom.
and thought the governor would
have friends at ST. Louis from
Wisconsin, Minnesota. North and
South Dakota. Missouri. Texas, Ala
bama and Virginia. at any rate. He
found that very hard work was being
done for the governor in these states
In the South. generally. he said, the
colored men held the Platt-ouay com
bination IN fine favor. fon they all
had been led to believe that great
things would result from h. The Reed
people in Louisiana We're freely charg-
ing that the Mckinley men had spent
$4,000 in that sta,e crying 70 secure
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-01
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1896.
A SIanderer's Tongue.

A man may be densely ignorant re-
specttng social and financial conditions
IN this country and yet be a member Of
consin. b a man answering thu de-
scutptton. In his day he has been idos-
tied by the people of his state, and he
has enjoyed envialble reputation as an
attorney and a law-school lecturer.
A little paragraph in the senator's
speech Of yesterday gives the Villas idea
OF conditions in this region. He said !:
''Tne veriest despot of story. the Grand
Kahn of Tartary, the Great Mogul
never had more submissive subjects
than the silver king OF the Rockies has
Nor was ever tyrant more pttilessly
exacting. No independence of thought
or speech Is tolerated there"
This twaddie. violently insulting to
the unfettered citizens of the prosper
Gus Norrhwest, from a man who has
dimmed a reputation once brilliant by
mis- sneaking subserviency to the mug
wumpery of the white house. Every
month in the senatorial career of Mr.
v hdc - IN WIInect OF the IdCt tnat WIS
constn had "a better man than he In the
senate whan John G. Spooner was there
and that the state made a poor ex-
change in putting Spooner out to let
Villas in.
Mr.. Villas had two fields in President
Cleveland's first cabinet. He wound
up in the department of the interior;
he has been getting rich out of wiscon-
sin timber lands. and he fancies that
in the Rocky Mountain region Ameri-
can citizenship Is like that which has
dts type In the Wisconsin forests where
Al-paid labor contributes more than a
Just share to the undue wealth of the
big operators In lumber.
The rotund phrases of this senator
may entertain his goldbug clients, but
they Islander the Rocky Mountain re-
gson' and II they are not the prompting
OF objectionable ignorance they are the
utterancss OF a man Who assumes that,
In his reckless talk. he can lie with i'm
punity because men from these noun
tafns are mot there to call him to &C.
count.
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roe doctrine is untimely. unsound and un-
fortunate. 1t is mistaken in principle and
defective in logic. Its assumptions are
unfounded, its history erroneous, It's de-
auctions are wrong and Its conclusions
end declarations largely un-American
and unjustifable. We sincerely trust that
thew sneak nominally for Senator Sewell
alone, and not really for him. We feel
sure that very few senators Will concur
in this false position and we hope that
Senator Sewell himself will not be found
sustaining IT. The Monroe doctrine was
not limited, as the resolution wrongly
states, to contiguous or proximate terri
tory 1t was distinctly extended TO the
whole American continent. 1t applied to
the regions of the Amazon or the Orinoco
as well as to that of the Rio Grande.-
PHILADELPHIA Press.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-01

The Financial News is a Wall street
paper-it can hardly be called a Wall
street organ-that curiously enough is
preaching the doctrine of bimetallism.
1t declares that the trouble with our
country is not that we have too many
greenbacks and silver certificates, but
that we have too few. We have long
been aware that we are in a minority
when we preach this doctrine. but II
is the truth, and we will not have
good times in this country before BIZ
metallism is recognized in our cur
rency." The News warns the bankers
and brokers that their support of the
single gold standard and the steadily
growing conviction that there is not
sufficient money in circulation for the
requirements of business is adding to
the numbers of people in the East who
believe that the free coinag of silver
is the only solution of the financial
problem"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-01
EUGENE FIELDS LAST Poem

One day I got a missive
Writ in a dainty hand,
Which made my manly bosom
With vanity expand.
Twas from a young admirer
Who asked me would I mind
Sending her "favorite poem"
In autograph and signed.
She craved the boon SO sweetiy
That / had been a churl
Had / repulsed the homage
OF this gentle. timid girl;
With bright Examinations
decked the manuscript.
And in my choicest paints and inks
My pen and brush I dipt.
Indeed, It had been tedious
But that a fiattered smile
Played on my rugged features
And eased my toll the while.
/ was assured my poem
Would MI her with delight
I fancied she was pretty
knew that she was bright!
And for a spell thereafter
That unknown damsers face
With its worshipful expression
Pursued me every place:
Meseemed to hear her Whisper
20, thank you, gifted sir,
For the overwhelming honor
You so graciously confer?
But a catalogue from Benjamin's
Disproved what things meseemed-
Dispels with savage certainty
The fiattering dreams / dreamed:
For that poor ''favorite poem."
Done and signed in autograph
Is listed in Cheap Items
At a dollar and a half.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-01

Representative Howe. Of Brooklyn.
IN an effort to reform the marriage and
divorce laws of the country by congress
etonal action. has introduced a Joint
resolution to be submitted to the legis-
tatures OF the states providing that con-
eress shall have exclusive power to reg
ulate marriage and divorce in the sew
eral states, the territories and the Dis
rrice OF Columbia The adoption of the
resolution will at least afford opportu-
nfty for the legislatures OF the states
70 express themselves on the subject.
Only by an amendment to the federal
constitution can such uniformity be Sc
cured. and amendments must be rati-
fed by-three-fourths OF the legislatures
of the several states. Mr.. Howes res
olution merits the approval Of the coun-
try
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only a portion of his states delegation
or he will Withdraw.
Another republican newspaper sees
in the Ohio quarrel the guiding hand OF
Tom Plat Who ever is egg!ng on the
factions, it promises to be an enter
tanning row for che months of the APP
preaching spring.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-01
Evils of Imported CONTRACT labor.

Cheap labor comes high. Pennsylvania
has paid dearly for the Eruption of semi
savages imported by her protected manu-
facturers and mine owners to cut under
the ordinary wage rate. The turbulence
of these contract laborers I'm Western
Pennsylvania Is chronic and costly. In
Luzenre county there are Il murder trials
awaiting the action OF the courts.-Phila-
delDhia Record.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-01
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, 1896-02-01

There is a faint hope that after the
senators have got through relieving tn.
suffering Armenians. Venezuelans anc
others by their dulcet words they VII
try TO do some thing for the sunerine
Americans Indianapolis Sentinel.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-01

The Sioux City Journal suggests that
the question of the prohibition of the
manufacture and sale of cigarettes in
Iowa be submitted, as a constitutional
amendment, to a vote of the people.
The Journal is evidently convinced
that free and unlimited cigarettes ruin
the constitution
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-01

The wisdom Of the people in St Louis
Is shown by the fact that they are ar
ranging TO force ice-cold air through the
building in which the republicans are to
hold their national convention--New
York Journal
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-01

Blndmaster Thomas c. PlaIut. who is
now favorlng US with a choice rendi-
ton of "Mor,on's March," requests the
audience to watch out for his next Sc
lefahlnn
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Taking Useless Trouble.

There was an occasion for one of Cen
eral Alger's friends to announce the 9TH
err day that he was not candidate for
the presidency. Senator Sherman's Rec
elections" served the purpose of elimi-
mating him from the race.-Arkansas Ga
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-01

If those West Virginia negroes who
are beginning proceedings against a
mob of lynchers. can't get satisfaction
in the courts they may try to find 1t
in a policy of reciprocity.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-01

The indications for New York to-day
are cooler; cloudy in the upper por-
tions and severe disturbances in the
central. New York had her annual
French ball last night.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-01

The Ohio Legislature is considering
the subject of electrocution as a substi-
tute for hanging. There are plenty of
wires in Ohio, but Foraker appears to
have a monopoly of the rope.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-01

All general business letters and corre-
spondence should be addressed to The
Standard Publishing Company. Anaconda.
Mont.
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The Standard has branch offces at
Butte, Missoula. and Great Falls. where
advertising rates will be furnished on APP
plication.
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Before the vote ON the silver bill Is
taken to-day. Senator Mitchell should
endeavor to SHOW his Distinguished but
uncertain colleague from Oregon the
right side OF the fence.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-01

A Des Moines paper finds that a
dozen eggs have a greater purchasing
power that a bushel Of corn. Under
certain conditions eggs will undoubt-
eddy go farther.
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$40 REWARD

VIII be paid for the arrest and conviction
OF any person caught stealing the Stand
ard from subscribers.
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If Mr.. Foraker comes the Garfield
act at st. Louis, Major Mckinley will
not hold himself responsible for the
sudden appearance of any Guiteaus.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-01

Major Mckinley has just been cele-
brating his silver wedding. but we are
not aware that he was presented with
any silver delegates.
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New York First.

OF course in event OF war with Great
Britain we should first seize New York.
After that we might seize canada.-De-
froft Tribune
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-01

Senator Foraker Is looked upon by his
party associates as the man who carries
a dirk I'm his sleeve. They never know
who Is 10 be his next victim apd they are
very castious about trusting him too far
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-01

aker and he has not been receiving any
compliments since his election.-Daven-
port Democrat.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-01

Major Mckinley is convinced that
the occasion demands a concert of al
the Ohio powers.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-01

The American miser who dropped
dead in Paris had probably just heard
that wheat had gone up a cent.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-01

If Senator Mcbride. of oregon, goes
back on silver to-day his political as
pirations will climb the golden stairs.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-01

We think history will record thas
Senator Villas was the nOblest and big
geSst cuckoo OF them all.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-01

Tom Reed is hoping that those bad
boys I'm Ohio will keep right on steal
ing each others saws.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-01

Although the senate may pass the
silver bond bill to-day, its action will
not take the house by storm.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-01

The Helena correspondents should be
more careful in the matter Of Helena
cores pondents.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-01

Yesterdays Springfield, Ills, dis
patches note an Improvement in John
l.. Sullivan. There is room.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-01

It seems to be as hard work to pull
off the St. Paul as a heavyweight
prize fight
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There seems 10 be painful scarcity
of harmony dinners in Ohio this win
ter
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The Morton boom seems 10 be MAX.
ing more noise than progress.
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