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HOW TO DIVE 200 FEET.
Speedy. the Worlds Champion,
 Tells His Sensations in the Air.
Developing His Own Method-He Can Check His Descent While Rushing Through the Air. and Is a Great
 Wonder to Scientists.
fcopYRIaur. 1896.

To be able to dive through space at the rate of 100 feet in a second and still hold absolute control over the body and mind; to be able to turn in q cer- tain direction, when desired, and even to speak during the mad, terrific rush, is an unheard-of thing. Kearney F. Speedy, the record-breaking diver, be- sides throwing himself from greater heights than any other man, can do these things, and in doing them is a wonder to scientific minds. Speedy makes a clear distinction between div ing and jumping. Anyone, he says. can jump from a height-for that is a mere matter of courage, but it is an entirely different thing to dive and control the movements of the body. Only few days ago he dived 80 feet from the Mac Combs Dam bridge in New York, but he has diYcd from much higher struc- lures throughout the country; from the Eads and Merchants bridges at St. Louis; from the lofty river bridge at Memphis, Tenn, and from others at MeKeesport, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and uo2eH otheT plaees' LIS Sfedeesb diNe was one of 1S6 feet. made from spe- cially reared structure at St. Louis. He is proudest of this dive, and it is in con nection with it that he writes the fol- lowing statement, telling of his emo- tions in bis rapid descent:
 How does 1t feel to dive 1s6 feet through space into the water? Well, l might say: Just try it and see But then there is strong possibility that few men or women could try it without a good many years of preparation, and
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pecially, noticing a man with green umbrella. Three-quarters of the way down the air pressure on my body seemed to be greater than I had ever felt it before; my eyes felt as though they would drop from their sockets, and I closed the lids tight just as I struck the water. When came up, a second after striking, I remember distinctly that I said to myself: Well, that's one more good dive I heard a great yelling after that, until I was taken into boat. To me the sensation of falling is not at all unpleasant, as a general thing"
 KEARNEY P. SPEEDY.
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2lIZhU/H LN U 5. ZRkA SURI

ge but silver bullion is worth steal 'g. It must be kept under lock and eyr protected against theft by the 'ot elaborate precautions. In bulk, 1t were cast in a solid mass, as of }arse 1t is not, the bullion in the treas ry vaults would assume rather stately mansions.
 1oin silver is trifie more than ten nfa1a half of specific gravity. A cubic 'of of silver will therefore weigh 672 ounds and be worth nearly $12,00o. supon this reckoning the treasury sil- S3 bullion amounts to some 10000 anae feet and would make a block 50 'essquare and 16 feet high, or would 9npletely fill 40 vaults. each ten feet 'ng wide and high.
 ,xAs matter of fact, silver bullion is e'ea up in pigs, much as iron would be, aSa'Sas they are not very large and the a'es|cannot be high, and there must be Rsce Tor access to them, the bullion 9azu accumulated under the Sherman sM terally fills to overfowing even 'e pag strong boxes of Uncle Sam. 1As 1he specific gravity of coin gold is .seal' and it's value weight for weight Mnes that of silver, $472, 100000 9r1n a91 of gold bullion could be cast in s.Agie block about ten feet square and '|feet high.
 'Aqd to the $472, ,ooo,oo in bullion 1A1ea by Uncle Sam the $500, ,000,00 in skaM silver coin, and we have the total s;s2E 100000 in silver of one form or $z:3aer at the ratio of sixteen to one.
 nd numbers, the United States s5s use, for money, of 26,o00 tons of
 S& all of which is maintained on a s5zy with little over thousand tons 8eqd.
 x71are all proud of the magnificent sstse ships of the new navy. < first
 M user may weigh, fully equipped
 cruise and loaded to her water seoine 5000 tons. Of this about one-
 - the very least is coal. wood- 5a, food, ice and other nonmetallic
 ssaahces s'a and supplies. The metal of
 glnes, armament and equipment sy#Melgh 4,000 tons. Uncle Sam has,
 7.ore, silver coin and bullion
 Sh to build, say. four first-class
 Fe second-class cruisers and to
 1nem throughout with guns. en- s1na ammunition, all gleaming
 white fleet that would be. with ,ng stokers shoveling coal into urnaces with silver shovels; ns blowing silver whistles;
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A Cordial Invitation.

A shoemaker had this card in his window: Any respectable man, woman or child can have fit in this shop. -Tit-Bits.
The Anaconda standard., 1896-04-27
AT THE HOTELS.

At the Florence-M. ]. Daube, NJ
Goldstein. Chicago; $. A. Brooks, St
Paul: c. F. Woodman. Chicago; James
f. Mckee, Rochester, N. Y; #. H
Wheeler, w. w. Wells. Chicago; L. p.
Triol, Butte; d. G.. Williams. Minneapo-
lis; w. II. Fisk, l.. l.. Rosenthal. Chi
cago; G.. w. Driver Omaha.
At the Rankin-Charles L. Dodge,
Florence; A. Kuns. Butte; Denis O'Con-
nell. Lo Lo; George c. Steele, Butte; ID.
]. Hennessy. Butte; Fred j. Mixter,
Clearwater
At the Kennedy-H. ID. Moor, st.
Paul; Paul Reinhard, city; ]. p. Rein
hard and wife, city; Louis j. Buenger,
st. Paul. Gilbert Reinhard, city; +. B.
Clark, Helena; Mrs. Fleming, Arlee; j.
Moses and wife, Mrs. w. V. Tompkins
and children, Prescott, Ark; James f.
Stevens. Stevensville; A. S. Blake, Vic
tor; r. Lee McCulloch, Hamilton; J. NJ.
Evans, city; Il. ]. Symonds, Omaha; A.
]. Hammond, Tampa, Fla.
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A PECULIAR ACCIDENT.
How n Freight Car With a Valuable
Cargo Was Lost and Found.

How "a Freight Car with Valuable
Cargo Was Lost and Found.
From the St Joseph (Mo.) Herald.
A very peculiar accident happened on
the Burlington & Missouri River road
yesterday. A freight train en- route
East had a most valuable cargo, con-
sisting of silk, wine and honey. The
train was making special time and had
a 60-mile order.
For some distance down the river the
railroad follows its meanderings, and
at one point there Is a succession of
sharp curves. In passing around one
of these on a down grade the train
broke in two. The engineer did not
at once discover the danger but as
soon as he became aware of the fact
that the detached section of the train
was liable to run into the main portion,
he put on steam and pulled out, think
ing to get around the bend and slack
up and catch the rear end as IL came
along.
There was in the middIe of this train
an old-fashioned box car of the Wa
bash, which contained the valuable
freight above mentioned and 1t appears
that the coupling pin, having broken
in two, the top flew out and the lower
end of the pin fell down on the track.
In making the curve the car was
thrown off like the tassel of a carriage
whip, and the next one behind IL came
up and the bumpers fitted so nicely
that no one could have told a car was
missing. When the train reached the
st. Joseph yard and was checked up,
this particular car was gone, and there
was no accounting for II. A message
was at once sent to the division head
quarters next west of here. and a re-
ply received that the car had left there
all right. The question then was. what
had become of 1t?
A ranchman who had been skirting
the river bank came upon a large rock,
and In looking about for the steer he
was after, found the car behind the
rock The seals were still on the doors
I'm good shape. and he did not feel like
breaking them, but noticing the wine
running out through the cracks in the
floor and sides of the car and realizing
that much good property was being
wasted. he put his pony to a gallop.
and, reaching the nearest telegraph
station, notified the agent who sent a
message to st. Joseph informing I. T.
Dyer, the train dispatcher of the dis
covery.
A wrecking outfit was sent to the
scene and soon had the car on her
trucks, and the most valuable part of
the cargo was found to be uninjured.
The silk was, in fact, on the top of the
load and was not damaged by the
wine while the honey was in as good
shape as when II left the Pacific coast.
The car was in such good shape that IL
did not even have to go 10 the shop for
repairs, but was sent along on its jour
ney eastward last night.
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Western Montana News

evening. There will be much import
ant business and ii will be of interest
to all citizens. The meeting will be
held at $3.50 o'clock, and IL is hoped that
every member will be present.
James f. Stevens of the Ravalli Re-
publican spent Sunday in the city.
=. B. Clark of Helena was in the city
for a short time yesterday.
Mrs. w. V. Tompkins and children
have returned from Sand Point, where
they have been spending some time.
They will remain here for a few weeks.
r. Lee McCulloch of Hamilton spent
Sunday in Missoula.
Everybody was away off at the medal
shoot of the gun club to-day and the
A class trophy was won by the lowest
score that has taken II this year. VIII
Brayton winning IL with Is dead birds
to his credit out of a possible 20. j. c.
Menard, j. NJ. Evans and Harry
Thompson were tied for second place.
with a score Of 16.' In the B class, the
silver medal was surrendered by Lou
Hunt to Fred Allison, who hit IL birds.
1t was the worst shooting that the club
has done this year.
In the Curlew mine a new strike has
been made that is richer than any of
the previous ore that has been taken
from the mine and IL occurs in a larger
body than the previous veins that have
been struck In the work this season.
There is now no doubt as to the value
of the mine and the local stockholders
are feeling jubilant.
There were more bicyclists on the
country roads to-day than ever before,
and the boys took long runs. Nearly
every party that went out came in with
some of it's members in distress, the
wheel had broken down or the wheel
man had given out. and the people who
drove down the Bitter Root this even
ing all brought in crippled wheels and
crippled men. There will be busy times
in the repair shops for few days. and
some of the doctors will have a lot TO
do in the next week
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presumed that the men were hungry.
The men were Jake Barry and Dick
Spooner, better known as Devil Dick.
from his recklessness in handling nj
tro-glycerfne while hauling 1t in wag-
ons to the mills or in unloading IL. IT
Is known that these were the men. be-
cause they had started down the river
with boatload of nitro -glycerine.
which they never delivered at its des-
tination, and they were not seen In the
oil regions again. 1t is supposed that,
after being overtaken by darkness,
they decided to keep on until they got
near to Brady's Bend village before
they tied up. OF this / am positive.
anyhow-it was a dark night. / know
THIS, because 1 was a passenger on one
of my RATS, which Indian John was
plotting, and we were making for
Brady's Bend ourselves for the night
We were nearing the place, and the
rait was being gradually pulled
ashore, when we heard someone shout
out of the darkness, not far astern:
Jump
Then we heard two splashes in the
water; we didn't know what il meant
We couldn't see anything behind us,
and the men on the raft kept pulling
for shore. Then out of the darkness an
object bore down upon us dimly, scrap
ed the hind end of the raft and came
gently on down, gliding noiselessly
along the side of the raft. Then one of
our men yelled:
"A torpedo boatr
For moment we were all terror
stricken, but quickly saw that the dam
ger to us from the boat was past 1t
was all plain to us now. The boat had
been abandoned by its crew when they
discovered us ahead in the darkness,
and expected the collision that would
have rent us to atoms. But Indian John
thought quicker and further ahead
than we did. Like a flash he thought
1t out that IL that boat went on down
the river with its cargo of destruction
1t would surely come in contact with
something afloat or ashore with conse-
quences horrible to contemplate. He
no sooner thought than he acted. The
boat mad gone on past us, or rather,
our raft, drifting shoreward, had part
ed from the boat. 1t was no longer Wis
ible, at least to me. Indian John jump
ed overheard and likewise disappeared.
1t could not have been more than 10
seconds when the old Indians voice
shouted to us from somewhere out in
the river:
Me got himl Me run it him in
and tie"
And so he did. He glided the nitro
glycerine boat through the darkness
tldt was ny lniS llIIle utterly lHlpene-
trable and brought Ii to shore at
place of safety. When it is known that
a Sight miscalculation of distance or
locality might have brought that dead
ly craft into forcible collision with a
rock on the shore or bottom, and its
pilot would have been scattered to the
winds, the nerve and skill it required
for that old river-man voluntarily to
take the risk to avert possibly greater
loss of life and destruction may be i'm
agined.
whether Jake Berry and Devil Dick
succeeded in getting ashore or whether
they were drowned no one ever knew.
If they did get ashore, they didn't show
themselves in Bradys Bend. If they
had, after the news got around, they
might just as well have been drowned
or stayed on their boat and been blown
up. for they never would have seen day
light again"
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THE ALLURIN0 SODA FOUNTAIN
TippIes That Reach the Public Througl
the FIzzing Water.

Ipples Il nat heach the IuDiic Ihrough
the Fizzing Water.
From the New York World.
Beware the snow upon the mount,
beware the pesky soda fount," said a
goldcure graduate yesterday, as he put
down a taste of something strong pre-
paratory to going north for a bit of
supplementary treatment"
II tell you what Ii is, boys" he said,
talking of relapses from the gold cure,
IL isn't whiskey that is responsible for
most of them. It's the druggists and
their new-fangled tonics and pick-me-
ups and nervines and the like, every
one of which, curse 'em, is some form of
alcohol in disguise. The ignorant grad
uate, feeling a little down in the mouth,
or overworked or worried, takes a
bracer at the soda fountain, and, pres
tot before he knows 1t ne is on his back
again and either goes straight to the
bow-wows or goes back to put another
500 in the tills of the wealthy gold nut
cure magnates.
1.-The kola nut is the latest trap of
the devil. You will md ii in some
form in every drug store in the city.
oh, IL is a wonder, If you will believe
the druggists. All the great athletes
in the world win their victories by
using Tint. 1t allays hunger, pre-
vents fatigue, increases muscular pow
er, stimulates the vital forces, multi
plies the capacity for labor and enjoy
ment.' oh. yes; ira, la, la, la! And 1t
leads the cured drunkard straight back
into the paths of drink.
1.-The great thing about kola,' said
Fifth avenue druggist to me, is
that it stimulates without depressing.
There is no reaction, no bad after ef-
fects, as in the case of coca and other
nerve forces.
"Oh, yes, of course; l took his word
for 1t, and-well. ia, ia, I'm off for a
few more pennyweights of gold in my
hllmDtious left biceps."
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MISSOULA NEWS.

Missoula, April 26.-J. p. Reinhard
and family have returned from a
months visit in the East. In Chicago
they visited Mrs. ]. Nj. Hamilton and
they report that she is improving in
health.
Some important improvements will
be made at the fair grounds this week.
There will be a plan carried out to Sc
cure a better and more convenient wa
ter supply. This will be TO the advan-
faRe of the Fair association and TO the
horsemen who Will train here this
spring.
There should be a good attendance at
the hoard Of. trade meeting Monday
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ONE HONEST MAN.

Dear Editor. Please inform your read
ers that IL written 10 confidentially will
all in a sealed letter the plan pursued
by which l was permanently restored to
health and manly yigor after years of
suffering from Nervous Weakness. night
losses and weak. shrunken parts. 1 have
no scheme to extort money from any one
whomsoever, as l was robbed and SWIM
dled by the quacks until l nearly lost
faith in mankind. but thank Heaven. I
am now well. vigorous and strong. and
anxious TO make this certain means of
cure known 10 all. Having nothing to sell
or send c. o. D.. want no money. Ad-
dress JAMES A. HARRIS. Box 81. Del
ray. Mich.
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JOHN WAS A HERO.
RemInIscence of an Allegheny River
Rafisman Who Died Recently.

Raftsman Who Died Recently.
From the New York Sun.
John Jeffersy. or Indian John, as he
was called, who died near Tionesta,
Pa, the other day" said c. p McDer-
mott, a Western Pennsylvania lumber
operator. was one of the lass of the
old-time Allegheny river pilots, the
men who guided the immense pine
rafts from the headwaters to Pittsburg
i'm the days before the big steam mills
and the railroads came into the wilder
ness and made rafting thing of the
past He was an Indian of the Corn
planter family, and must have been
well on toward 100 years old. They
tell hundreds of tales of Indian Johns
exploits as a raftsman, a calling that
was attended with constant danger and
great hardship. l remember well one
act of his that showed the coolneSs and
bravery of the man.
1T was in the days when the lower
PENNSYLVANIA oil districts were sup
piled with nitro gycerlne from the iso-
lated factories in the woods of Warren
and Mex can counties. The explosive
/ wasn't manufactured elsewhere in the
region then 10 any extent. The nitro
gycerine was run down the Allegheny
= in stiletto-shaped boats 80 feet long
and four feet wide. Each boat carried
about 10000 pounds of the stun, and
each boat was manned by two men.
They ran swiftly in the current, and
the weight of their cargo was so great
/ that in case of a collision between one
1 of these boats and another craft in the
/ river the chances were 10 to / that it
would be followed by horrible conse-
/ quences. and everything else on the
I river gave them a wide berth.
THE men who ran these nitro-gly-
! cerine boats had strict orders 10 tie up
wherever night overlook them, and not
/ to run a minute after dark. These men.
/ as may well be imagined. were abso-
/ lutely without fear. and managed their
death bearing craft with a nonchalance
/ and independence that was a source of
/ perpetual terror TO the crews of ordi-
/ nary boats. to raftsmen and to citizens
/ OF the towns past which they ran. or
near which they tied up.
| ION one occasion the crew Of a nitro
glycerine boat were overtaken by
/ darkness at a lonely spot where there
was nothing but deep woods on either
side. The night was cold. and IL is
The Anaconda standard., 1896-04-27
For Humanity's Sake.

DEAR EDITOR Kindly allow me space TO tell
your readers that one who suffered from both sem
inal weakness and Syphilis will inform any one
who may desire 20 know OF the means by which
he vas cured OF these two loathsome diseases and
flly restoredto vigorous manhood. He has nothing
whatever TO sell and would not make one cent on
the unfortunate having for years paid all his hard
earnings TO doctors and for patent medicines only
turn He will only be too happy 10 inform suffer
ers Of A plan bv which they can be certainly and
prrnnanently cured. Write. describing case and
Enclosing stamp, TO Lock Box IeI. Villa Park
Postoffice. Colorado.
The Anaconda standard., 1896-04-27

Leaving Anaconda. Butte and Helena by
either the Northern Pacific or Great
Northern lines. whose trains arrive In
Minneapolis and St. Paul on the evening
of the second day. direct connections are
made In Union Depots of these cities
with fast trains over The Northwestern
Line. C.. st. P.. n. & O. Railway as fol-
lows:
Leave Minneapolis 5:45 y. m. St Paul
e:25 D. m, and arrive Chicago 500 a. m.
making connections with early morning
trains out of Chicago for the East and
South, or II you miss this train. you can
take the Northwestern Limited. the
finest trains that runs Leave Minneapolis
7:3O D. m, ST. Paul $40 p. m, arrive Mil
waukee $50 a. m. Chicago $50 a m.
IL going to Omaha. trains leave Mime
spolis 40 o. m. st. Pau $3.50 D. m. ana
arrive Omaha $40 a. m. ST. Joseph lao
N m. Kansas City $50 p. m.
Be sure and ask your agent for tickets
via THE NORTHWESTERN LINE and
you will get the cheapest rates for the
best service
For Map Folder and any Information
you cannot get from your home agent
address either of the following:
NJ. NJ. WHEELER,
Travelling Agent. Miles City. Mont
T. W. TEASDALE.
Gen. Passenger Agent. st. Paul. MINI
The Anaconda standard., 1896-04-27
a Table of Gems.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Among the sultan's possessions there
is a toilet table, the top of which is
made of lapis lazuli, and the feet of
which are claw-shaped, the claws be-
ing made of diamonds, emeralds, ru-
bies and carbuncles. Big diamonds
hang down from the top of the table,
and along the edge of IL there is deep
fringe of diamonds.
The Anaconda standard., 1896-04-27

The baseball boys are waking up a
little and are beginning to realize that
they must get TO work If they do not
wish to lose all OF their good men. The
engagement of Captain Mccormick by
the Rockford team OF Illinois shows
that there are clubs that would be glad
TO get the men that did such good work
here last year. All that has been done
as yet toward getting the team to work
has been done on paper. and IL is high
time that something was being done II
Missoula expects to maintain its base.
ball reputation. The club ought TO have
been doing some early work two weeks
ago. IL is thought that O'Toole OF the
last years Spokane team Will play with
Missoula this year. as he is coming
here 10 work. He Will be an important
addition to the team as he is an ex-
cellent all around player. He is one
of the best second basemen that was
ever seen in this city. His coming and
the new pitcher who was secured in
exchange for Mccormick. will be a big
lift to the team.
The Anaconda standard., 1896-04-27
Hard Luck s,or, From the North.

Mamma" asked the little Esquimau
boy. as DIR. Nansen and his party
shouldered their packs and trudged
painfully on toward the frozen North.
what brings those poor white people
all the way up here?"
II presume. my child" replied the
Esauimau mother pityingly. they are
hunting for cold VictualS-"
And there wasn't a dry eye in the
igloo.-Chicago Tribune.
The Anaconda standard., 1896-04-27

The Gun club men are watching the
other clubs in the state to see what
they are doing but there has been no
sign OF what kind of shooting these
clubs are doing. Rumors reach here
that the Anaconda and Butte teams
are shooting all around the local men
and there is some anxiety as to the
success of the home shooters. They
will have to shoot hard, however. who
get away from some of the Missoula
boys. as they are doing better this year
than they ever did before and there
are men in other Montana clubs who
will remember that Missoula has done
well on more than one occasion. 1t will
take good shooting to beat the work
that has been done here this spring by
the leaders of the A class and when the
match is over, If the visitors get away
with the honors, they will know that
they have been to a shooting contest.
They will have no doubt about that.
Still the boys would like to know what
il being done in other towns. II is not
sportsmanlike to be shooting on the
quiet all OF the time when there are so
many who are interested in the matter.
1t is too much like the old races be-
tween Yale and Harvard when there
was so much secrecy about the prelim-
mary work of the teams was done SO
secretly. This has now been aban-
doned to a great extent and there
should be no secrecy about what the
shooters are doing. IL they are ashamed
of their work they ought to work hard
er to improve. If their shooting is SC
much better than others are doing
there is no reason why IL should be
kept so quiet.
The Anaconda standard., 1896-04-27
ca.uali,,.. In the Civu War.

In the American civil war one out of
evey Go men was killed. and one in
each 10 wounded. In Napoleon's early
wars one out of each 2S was killed and
in the British conflicts as high an aver
age as one death to each 10 engaged is
reported.
The Anaconda standard., 1896-04-27

In the south OF ireland there stin
survives the old custom of 'chalking''
the young men and women who remain
unmarried after Shrovetide. the usual
time for weddings being between
Christmas and Ash Wednesday.