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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-25
PASSING PLEAS ANTRIES

The leap year girl should learn to pay
the bills like a little man.-Philadelphia
Record.
Madge-Mabel's $500 box Of silk hosiery
Just arrived from Paris yesterday. Es-
telle (cynically)-Ah! she'll be seeing mice
everywhere now for a month. won't she?
New York World.
With regard to sparkling over the front
gate, a good deal can be said on both
sides.-Texas Siftings.
Aren't you the same beggar that I
gave half a pie to last week." II guess
/ am, mum, but I'm willin to let by
cones be by-gones. 1t amt in my heart
TO bear no malice Journal.
''Realistic?" repeated the critic. We'll,
/ should say he was realistic. You just
ought to see the excitement in the Quar-
tier Latin when he drew the corks in a
dinner scene he was painting the other
day."-Detroit Tribune.
It's no use to conjecture what the new
woman will do next She's bound to sur
prise us, understandable Journal.
Some people who have plenty of mon
ey." says the Manayunk Philosopher.
.imagine that they show sympathy for
their poorer brethren by simply shedding
a few tears."-Philadelphia Record.
There doesn't seem to be much use for
us nowadays" said the Goldfish, 'since
they have found so many substitutes for
whalebone and blubber that come cheap
err" NO." sighed the whale, about all
/ am coed for now is to furnish the pure
cod liver oil of commerce. Chicago
Tribune.
Mr. Manhattan-After all. the only
state in the union is New York. Miss Man.
hattan-There's one other. Mr.. Manhat-
tan-Indeed, what is il? Miss Manhattan
The state OF unhappiness one must be
in who does not live in New York.-New
York Sun.
No, SIR" said the observant man.
there is not going TO be any war involv-
ing this country" How do you know?
"Bluffton is beginning to talk about
wanting to enlist and fight. Washing
ton Star.
Milton. thou shouldst be living at this
hour:
England hath need of thee"-her scrib-
bling girls
Write wicked books of such terrific
power
The man who reads them finds his hair
I'm curls.
Chicago Record.
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Nhy They Like Him.

With one accord the Morton news
papers Throughout the state of New
York have set up the plea that the
times demand a president who is thor
oughly sound on the curreny question
and, moreover, one who Is a recognized
bushes man. The claim is that good
practical business sense and experience
are what is wanted and that Morton
is the man who can fill the need.
An amusing feature of the situation
is that, in their zeal to present their
favorite as an uncompromising gold
bug, these New Workers are aiming to
make 1t appear that Speaker Reed is
not as solid as he ought to be in his
opposition to silver. What the New
York republicans demand, in so many
words, is a goldbug of the Cleveland
type-he suits them exactly as far as
a policy on the money question is in
volved
The suspicion respecting Speaker
Reeds goldbug orthodoxy was raised
first by Senator Chandler who, in let
ter, said that Reed is a "blmetallist"-
as IL the goldbugs had anything to
fear from a republican politician of that
nondescript sort. These New York
people forget that, up to date, Reed has
accomplished. as the result of direct
personal effort, immeasurably more
against silver than ever Morton has.
Reed, in his former term in the office
of speaker. with Mckinley on the floor
to help him, actually crushed out
free-coinage majority which was ready
to go on record. 1t was a close call; a
change of two or three votes which
Reed whipped into line reversed a sill
yer majority and saved the goldbugs
by the skin of their teeth. That was
the day when discipline was so drastic
that even Congressman Carter did not
vote. Morton has one advantage-he
| is a goldbug out and out, and every
voter in the United States knows it.
Reed is alleged to be a bimetallist; un-
der that meaningless title he has been
| trying a straddle. 1t ought to hurt him
more than II helps him. and we earn
estly hope II will.
When IL comes to the proposition
that the country demands the presence
in the white house of a practical bust
ness man, the rivals of Morton are able
to put I'm a pretty strong answer. They
| fly TO the records, and they discover
that no man answering that descrip-
ton was ever elected to the Office of
president. They start in with Washing
ton as a soldier-by the way, he was a
planter" as we used to say in slavery
days-and they run the list through
Adams, Van Buren,, Lincoln and other
lawyers, ringing in Jackson, Garfield,
Grant, Hayes and others as generals in
the army ANDY" Johnson was
tailor, and tradition says he made poor
shift at IL; he came nearer answering
the description of a business man than
any of them, and. while in the white
house, he made more trouble than the
rest OF them put together.
If the country is in search of bust
ness man, Morton can easily fill the
bill He started out as clerk in a
country store in Vermont. He was a
Boston merchant at twenty four. a
New York jobber at thirty; he found
ed at the age of thirty-nine a banking
house that became famous. When 1t
comes to the main issue. there isn't
more consistent goldbug than Mr.. Nor
ton in the land: he's of the Cleveland
kind
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size worked in gold color. These jewels
are raised and in solid embroidery. IN
the lower corner of the frame is bow
knot holding violets, the ends OF the
floating ribbon in which the bowknot ter
inmates are carried to the top OF the
frame. The ribbon is worked in button
hole stitch with gold-colored silk. and the
violets and their stems in natural colors
are in solid embroidery.
"Er-ah-the new woman" remarked
Adam, making a motion to lift the hat he
didn't have. Correct" twittered Eve.
THE very first "Er-why-ah-how
about the boomers? 1t isn't wash day, is
it?"-Indianapolis Journal.
Old Graybeard-It's a pity to keep such
a pretty bird in a cage. Mrs. De Style
Isn't 1t a shame? How perfectly exqui-
sitely lovely 1t would look on a Matthew
York Recorder.
'I declare" said Bella sweetly, your
thoughts run exactly in unison with
NINE Augustus. / had those very words
in my mouth" Yes, and l saw him put
them there, too" said little Johnny, who
had seen the kissing going on.-London
Telegraph.
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FEMININE FANCIES.

The young lady, a poem in blue and a
symphony in chiffon, came tripping into
the car and the young man got up. "Oh.
keep your seat SIR" she said. II really
prefer to stand" But Miss" began
the young man. preparing to step into
the aisle. "Oh. 1 insist upon it," she ex-
claimed sweetly, and pushed him reso-
lutely back into the seat. But, my dear
young woman. l want to get or" expos
tulated the young man. oh" she said,
and blushed, and somebody smiled
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Have you formulated a plan of en-
gagement proposals. Maude, for leap
YEAR," mo, Kate: but have all the old
gags by eart."-Exchange.
Any time when the cook requires the
white of an egg. and not the yolk. break
the shell carefully and drop the untouch-
will keep for several days, IL necessary.
TO be used when required.
Use a sponge in cleaning paint in pref
erence to a cloth. 1t saves time and
painters claim the result is much more
satisfactory.
Even a thorough sweeping will some
times fail TO make the carpet look as
clean and bright as desired. On such oc-
casions have il rubbed over with a damp
cloth which has been wrung out in very
weak ammonia water. Use a tablespoon
ful of ammonia TO a half pailful of warm
water.
TO boil cabbage that no unpleasant
oaor may be detected plunge the cabbage
into boiling sailed water. Allow IL to boil
up once and then simmer slowly until
cooked.
During the cold weather use alcohol 10
wash windows. This will prevent the
windows from freezing. and also give
them a glistening polish.
A pretty design for a frame for single
photograph that is worked on white linen
has about the circular opening for the
picture a string of Jewels or balls in sood
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-25
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, 1896-01-25

country has interests in the region
which the Turks have devoted to pill
lage and rapine and murder; surely
there is no improperly in the earnest
appeal which the senate has addressed
to the powers in the name Of humanity
and Justice
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Prices Are What Count.

that always advertise the price of the goods which
we offering. and have exactly what advertise
Look at the prices quoting on dress goods,
outing fannels and wrappers for the next TWO
DAYS. They speak for themselves
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All general business letters and CORE
spondence should be addressed to The
Standard Publishing Company. Anaconda
Mont
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$40 REV YARD

Will 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, 1896-01-25

Enough to know that Senator VOL
colts argument" against the Monroe
doctrine is another Schomburgk line
run wrong.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-25

Why didn't Bradstreet's report bt
picturesque about 1T and trace the in
fluence of the flying squadron on the
price of wheat?
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-25

If the country wants business pres
ident who knows enough about bust
ness to make railroad receivers get
down to business in a hurry, that's the
kind Of man Judge Caldwell Is.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-25

When Senator Hill insisted two days
ago in sending a silver measure to the
foot of the calendar, he was acting in
his capacity as a "bimetallist."
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-25

II it's some good western widower
they are after, with Harrison welded,
the republicans must turn to Iowa.
Allison is one.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-25

Our belief is that Gomez has lung
power enough right now to exhaust
Madrid's weak chested treasury.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-25

Possible IT is that Gomez can give the
other side cards and spades and lame
horses and one lung and win at that.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-25

That owtlandish French creature.
Yvette Guilbert, seems TO have diverted
attention from Mr.. Chambers kind of
foreign policy.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-25

Perhaps Mr.. Sherman will feel
prompted by senatorial courtesy to
keep the Cuban question in committee
until he ascertains whether Spanish
kilograms can kill Gomez of consump-
ton in sixty days.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-25

The Standard has branch offices al
Butte, Missoula, and Great Falls, where
advertising rates will be furnished on APP
plication.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-25

The parting of the waters by the
cruiser Helena will be a pretty sight,
but her officers ought to come west and
see the waters parting from Helena
over that Missouri dam.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-25

Some of those New York republican
lieutenants want Governor Morton to
know ait the start that they are sup
porting him strictly as business prop
oSftiOn
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-25

With Lodge and Frye and Chandler
always spelling for a fight, old New
England will soon get fame as the
lingo belt.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-25

Having carried for months the name
of Caldwell at the top of its columns
as "our man for president" the popu-
list Helena News may reasonably
count on "a cabinet berth or, anyhow.
on a first-class foreign mission.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-25

Senator PETER. in his quest for funeral
statistics as to cost, was restricted by in
complete records from delving corre-
spondingly deep into house funerals, of
which Clerk Kerr could only furnish the
record of his four years service. II these
are any criterion of the expense of house
funerals for the period antedating this
term, the inference to be drawn from IL is
that the luxury of consigning representa-
tives to their last place of repose is a
smaller tax on the people than that of
senatorial funerals
The highest figure reached in that term
was in the case of Representative Chip
man, whose burial cost the country
S. 30S. 40, which is closely pressed by the
case of Hon. ]. w. Kendall, which cost
s., 1856. Sc. Most of the q funerals from the
house cost above 81. 000 To bury Repre-
sentative Spinola cost s1,130.42. The low
est figure reached was in the case of
Representative James Phelan, which was
charged up at $345 so.
Mr.. PETER incidentally calls attention
TO the expenses attending the illness and
burial of President Garfield. They footed
up a grand total of s39. 1913. OF. But Mr..
PETER says: THE amount might have
been much larger and the people would
have approved it had all the charges of
persons who were specially benefited by
the disbursements appeared to be reason
able" The largest individual amounts in
this sorrowful case went to the surgeons.
Dr. Bliss received $500, DIR. Agnes s5.0C0.
Dr. Hamilton $1,000, Drs. Reyburn and
Boynton each $1,000. and DIR. Susan A.
Edison 49, 000-altogether $27, 500.
Senator PETER shows that funeral ex-
penses are on the increase. Altogether
70 senators have died at an aggregate
cost of 500. 234. so. The first % senate
TO die were buried at private expense.
From 1926 to 1S47 the average cost attend
ing a senatorial funeral was S61S.S0 from
1913 to 1867 the average cost was 81, 39S. &c.
and from 1869 to 1894 IL rose to 81, 754. %.
The last 10 senatorial funerals cost the
country an average of si.542 .02. The flu
nerals of deceased senator's" says Nj.
PETER, during the last 10 years, from 1855
TO 1894, inclusive, cost 81, 069 60 more than
one-half of the entire expense of all such
oC casions during the whole period of the
senate's existence, and 81. 139. 20 more than
all the rest from 1890 to 1884. inclusive, a
period of 50 years. In other words, of the
IS burials from the senate the last IL cost
81 l3e. 20 more than all the other co.
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Main Ofice-Standard Building, Ana
conda- Telephone No. As.
New York Offce-ls6-7 World Building.
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Poor old Prempeh and his Ashantees
played to no such good luck as Krue-
ger did But then Prempeh wasn't
born under the stars and stripes; and
they are saying that Kruger and
Quay are both natives of Pennsylvania.
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SENATORIAL FUNERALS.
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
AS noted in the Post at the time, Sena-
tor PETER recently made valuable con-
tribution TO the annals of congress, which
has not attracted the attention to which
IL is entitled. 1t was the text of a speech
which the senator delivered on the cxhil-
irating subject of senatorial funerals-a
subject, truly. of great interest IN the
abstract form in which IL was presented.
whatever the public may think of funer-
ais in the concrete. Senator PETER show
ed that Senatorial funerals in the early
days of our country were very modest
affairs, and cost little or nothing. But by
gradual stages they grew into something
more than a modest tribute of congress
TO the memory of its dead. until their
cost became enormous and the expense of
burying a dead statesman in the present
day assumes a threatening aspect to our
embarrassed finances.
A quite inexpensive affair was that
which marked the last tribute of respect
to the memory of Senator Malone of
Rhode Island. who died in 1899. and was
buried In the congressional cemetery at
Washington. Among the items charged
to the account of the government for I'M
aVoidable expenses were 10 pounds of
crackers. at So. and lli2 pounds of cheese
at S2A The auditing committee OF 1893
must have had an exuberant streak OF
parsimony in its composition. for II al
lowed the cracker item but not that of
the cheese.
This cheese pairing policy of the au-
diting committee of 1859 must have exer-
cised a restraining influence, for while
senators continued to die at intervals
despite the poor prospects OF a pompous
funeral and although p senators had
paid their last debt TO nature in the in
term. il was not until 1876 that another
bill was presented. Mr.. PETER does not
itemize the account. and the public will
never know whether there was any OFF,
cial scouting exercised as TO the bin of
fare which RECALLED the funeral parties on
these occasions. But in 1895 three senator's
were called away by the ghostly sum-
mOner and the aggregate funeral expenses
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THE ANACONDA STANDARD

STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY,
Publishers and Proprietors.
Printed Every Day in the Year.
Entered at the postoffice at Anaconda as
second class mail matter.
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Hotel
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Boulder Hot Springs,
Boulder, r1ont.

This popular resort has long
enjoyed the patronage OF Mon
tana's best people. The Hotel is
large, commodious and Pleas
antly situated, and the Springs
are acknowledged to be the best
in the West.
The undersigned has secured a
lease on the pro perty for term
of years, ana from his long ex-
perience in this business can as
sure the public that they will al
ways find Hotel May" a COM
portable and pleasant resort.
Rates reasonable.
Free Bus to and from all trains
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If Senator Sewell had the members
of the Anaconda city council to deal
with they would make him hustle his
anti Monroe speculations off the
ground floor.
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If now ii can get some votes, the new
silver party will be a factor in poll
tics.
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DRESS GOODS DEP TR7TMIEN7T.

A few dress lengths OF winter dress goods that we
want to close very cheap.
Seven yards length at $l75; regular price $500.
Seven yards length at 81 90; regular price $500
Seven yards length at 500; regular price $500.
Seven yards length at $500; regular price $875.
Seven yards length at $500; regular price SLIGO.
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DOMESTIC DEP [R7TN][EHN1T.

ESQ pieces outings just received in designs
copied from the finest French flannel The colors
are absolutely fast and make very stylish and
vceable wrapper. Will be sold at the popular price,
I2H cents yard.
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John c. Calhoun was buried at a cost
of s3.106.47. and Henry Clay at a cost of
s5,447.02. The funeral expenses of Stephen
A. Douglas did not come out of the gov
eminent funds: neither did those of Will
lam p. Fessenden. The cost of burying
Charles Sumner was s4,6S7. go. Andrew
Johnson was buried at private expense.
The funeral of oliver p. Morton cost the
government s750.30 that of Matt Carpen-
ter $3012. a. and that of Ben Hill of Geor-
gia 1904 so. The senate appropriated
S1,S19.94 to bury John A. Logan and
81, 453. 40 to bury James B. Beck of Ken
lucky. The funeral expenses of Senator
Plumb of Kansas footed up $3,0S2.S "a and
of Senator Vance of North Carolina
81, $3.50
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Subscription Rates Payable In Advance
Postage free for the United States, Can
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footed up ss77.H. Still the precedent OF
1909 seems to have exerted something OF
its potency for while 10 senators died in
the next IL years no charge was made for
expenses save in one case. which amount
ed to only s6s2.75.
There were congressional funerals IN
the early days of the republic that cost
the country not a cent, so to speak. There
were funerals, even at a later day, when
the congressional delegation that per-
formed the last sad rites over a stricken
associate was content to dispense with
champagne and live on crackers and
cheese that cost the country $3.50. The
general public does not understand that
the average congressional funeral is the
occasion Of a sort of merry making under
the guise of paying serious tribute to the
memory Of the dead. Perhaps the small
er portion of the American taxpayers
know what a grand affair a congressional
funeral really is. To all such the argu-
ments of Senator PETER are lost.
Prior TO 1s47 As senators had died. and
in only IL cases did their deaths occasion
any outlay from the senate contingent
fund. Senator PETER cites numerous
cases and quotes from official records the
cost involved in consigning to their last
resting place statesmen who served in
both branches of congress. He calls at
tention to cheap funerals and expensive
funerals, cheese and cracker funerals ana
champagne funerals. and the deductions
he draws present a serious problem for
the consideration of living statesmen.
Senatorial funerals thence on until 1S47
ranged from $406 to $772 so as to cost. and
the first burial to go up TO $1,000 was that
of John Fairchild of Maine in December,
1S47. which involved an expenditure of
$1,072.25. The funeral of Senator Rusk of
Texas in 1856 cost the country $3.50. This
was the expense also of burying Senator
Bell of New Hampshire. The lowest fig
ure reached after this was in the case of
Senator Chandler of Michigan, whose flu
neral cost the government $780,
These represent the zero mark in con-
gressional-or at least in senatorial-fu-
neral expenses. The climax was reached
when the senate buried Senator Hearst of
California in 1891. The untimely death of
that popular statesman cost the taxpay-
ers $21, 1922 So. This is four times the cost
of the most elaborate funeral in which
congress ever INDUCED.
John c. Calhoun was buried at a cost
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footed up ss77.1. Still the precedent of
1909 seems to have exerted something of
its potency, for while 10 senators died in
the next IL years no charge was made for
expenses save in one case. which amount
ed to only $6s2.75
The Globe-republican., 1896-01-02
BIG ZINC SHELTER DEAL

New Company Formed to Control An
the smelters In Missouri and Kansas.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Dec. 30.-The biggest
deal in the history of mining in Mis-
souri,, will be closed by January /.
It will unite all the zinc shelters of
the country except four under one
management practically, and the re-
suit will be, the promoters claim, bet
ter prices for zinc in all branches and
general revival of the industry.
The money involved is about 81. 600, 900,
which is to be furnished by New York
and Connecticut capitalists. The deal
was engineered by B. F. Hobart, pres
ident of the Kansas and Texas Coal
company, which controls a big zinc
smelter at Pittsburg. Kansas. The
new company will control all the zinc
smclters in what is known as the
Southwest Missouri district, embracing
the zinc producing territory in Mis-
souri, and Kansas. Two shelters in
Indiana will come in also.