The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-21
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Sanitary science is to be taught In
the Michigan public schools.
About 5000 packages, etc, are left
each year in the New York elevated
railroad cars.
In Murray, KY, last week, a farmer
arranged with an auctioneer to sell a
mule at auction. The mule brought 81,
and the farmer paid so cents auction
GERS fees.
A young Scotch woman named Jen-
ME Young has made arrangements in
Mexico for the purchase of large tract
of land upon which she intends to put
Scotch colony.
In order that there shall no longer
be excuse for grave robberies in Iowa
a bill has been introduced in the legis-
lature requiring the turning over to the
medical colleges of the bodies of all
persons dying in hospitals, asylums and
prisons in Iowa and unknown persons.
1t is said that one sure way to attain
long life in Massachusetts, is to john the
Historic society of Bos-
ton. The society itself is 103 years old,
and every member of it who has
achieved any distinction in life has
likewise been noted for the green old
age to which he lived.
f. ]. Tracy of Stacyville, Me-, had an
interesting and rather exciting expert
ence a short time ago while in the
woods on an exploring trip. He made
his camp by the Side of a small pond
about Is acres in extent, which abounds
I'm trout and is gathering place for
big game. He was standing near this
pond when he saw at one time IA deer.
three moose and four black bears, all
within rife shot. Such a sight as that
is seldom seen, even in Northern
Maine.
The 1,4Oo policemen in Brooklyn own
e. mn mn in rnal ma
ity of them own their own houses, and
many own several. No one accuses the
Brooklyn copper of being other than
thrifty. saving and ambitious. Some
of them had only a few hundred dol
lars when they started to speculate in
real estate, but they had every oppor-
tunity to nose around and spot good
investments, hence their healthy bank
accounts. The assessors books prove
that the sum total of their holdings
foot up the enormous figures given
above.
A general, simultaneous census of the
world for the year 1900 is asked for by
the International Statistical institute.
1t can be taken If slight notifications
in the time of their regular censuses
are made by the chief countries of the
world. Portugal, Denmark, the United
States, Germany, Austria, Switzerland,
Belgium, Hungary and Sweden will
regularly take their censuSes on differ
ent days of the year 1900, Holland on
the last day of 1899, Norway on the first
day of 1901 and Great Britain, France
and Italy later in that year.
According to the officials of the Pitts
burg Traction road, the Soho hill, a
natural terrace on the north side of the
Monongahela, is gradually, but, never
theless, surely, sliding toward the river.
The tracks on Fifth avenue are con-
tinually getting out of line and have
to be rebuilt in some places every
month or so. heavy stone retaining
wall is built on Second avenue 200 yards
nearer the river, to hold up the hill,
but 1t is now badly bulged out. If the
hill should slide to any great extent 1t
will destroy millions of dollars worth
of property.
Two young Abyssinian princes, who
were being educated at Neufachtel, in
Switzerland, recently left their school
and went to Italy. 1t was believed at
first that they had been abducted by
the Italian government. but medical
certificates of both Swiss and Italian
doctors have satisfied the Swiss author
tiles. The boys could not stand the
winter climate and were ordered home,
and obtained permission from Italy to
go to Erythrea. They will be kept at
Massowah as guests of the govern
ment till the fighting is over.