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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-26
AT. Foster Panty Of Coyotes

From the Mountain Home Republican.
Lon Richards and Jack Hin who were
out TO Indian creek last week. say that
at ODE Corders they witnessed the
novel sight OF two old mother cats
nursing four young coyotes. The coy
otes were only two or three days old
when captured, about three weeks ago.
About that time the old cats had lost
their families OF kittens and, being Gu
rious to know what the felines would
do, the coyotes were placed with them.
The cats at once took up with the little
howlers and fondled them as they
would their own offspring. and the coy
otes were likewise satisfied with their
foster mothers. At first, not being we'll
pleased with the beds fixed for them in
the barn, the cats carried their adopted
kittens to the house several times They
defend their unnatural family upon the
approach of a dog with all the fuss and
fury characteristic of the cat tribe.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-26

being the oldest scholar In the Chicago
public schools. Mrs. Blackburn Is a
colored woman SO years of age. and un-
I'll two years ago could neither read
nor write. She is now studying gram
mar and fractions. and her teacher
says that she is one of the most faith
full of students.
II is an Interesting sight TO see Mrs.
Blackburn attending TO her school du-
ties. Children of IL are her associates,
and her dark face and bulky figure
form a decided contrast to the fresh
countenances and slender bodies of
her classmates. Yet there is no differ
ence appreciable i'm the way in which
they recite. Mrs. Blackburn Is perhaps
a little more earnest in her desire to
acquire knowledge than the children.
but she recites with the same precision,
learns by heart" with the same accu-
racy which characterizes the recitations
of the younger children.
Mrs. Blackburn says that she re-
ceives the kindest treatment from all
with whom she comes in contact, and
is enthusiastic over the prospect of
learning something.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-26
TOYS 81 80 id God.

The youngest boy in trousers I'm New
York is less than six months old. His
name is Foo Kong Shu. and his play
things are solid gold. Shu's father is
the Chinese consul at the metropolis.
The little celestial is attractive in ap-
pearance, and is dressed with quaint
picturesqueness. He Is wonderfully
good-tempered too Chinese children are
not dressed in white. because white is
the Chinese color for mourning, but.
with the exception Of white, little Shus
costume shows almost every color Of
the rainbow. For a short time he was.
from necessity, dressed in American
baby clothes. but as soon as "A precious
little trunk came from China, the little
chan was dressed as behtted "A consul
son. He now holds his arms pretty
stiffiy. but there is reason for II. Tor he
wears a couple of shirts and two coats
Of padded silk. The sleeves are small
and close fitting. The tiny upper coat
il of purple silk lined with pale blue.
and Is slit into comical little tails in
the back IL IL double breasted, and is
held together by Tibobns Instead OF
buttons. Around his waist Is "a broad
ban,i Of red and below this, around his
body and the upper part of his limbs,
are folds OF pea green cloth.
His trousers are In two separate
pieces. one for each limb and each
trousers cover the foot a. well as the
ankle and thigh. They are made ut
wadd-d cloth. with a background 81
beautiful green. ana with most gur-
geous eastern flowers upon them in
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-26

yellows and pInks. To fill the place of
a shoe a sole of heavy black wool is
sewed on 10 fit under each foot Little
tapes OF still another color are tied
around the ankles. The trousers are
fastened to the red waistband by a
series Of orange-colored ribbons. He
has not an American toy as yet but
he VIII when he gets a little bigger.
His present playthings are finer than
those of most American boys. for they
are OF solid gold. He has some Chinese
figures Of gold and some tiny gold
plates that he is expected TO bite upon
To help his teeth along. He has got
some golden rings. too. There are no
buttons on his clothing. but there are
a number hidden among the folds. and
they are all little round balls OF gold.
Shu is already able to sit bolt up
right. His almond eyes are Of a deep
hrown-black, and there Is absolutely
not the sign of the whites showing.
His eyebrows slant markedly upward.
His mouth is exceptionally small His
face is very dark.
For gala ccasions little Shu possess
es some robes that are really grand.
He has, too a fine gold chain with an
immense ornament attached.
In July II is expected that his mother
will take him with her on n visit 10
China, but he Is To be brought back to
this country to be educated.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-26
HE KILLED A DEER
A Stranger in a Strange Land Hun
cry and Almost PennileSs.
ARRESTED AND PUT IN JAIL
kind-Hearted Citizens of Bozeman
Passed the Hat and Got Him
Out-Mr. Wilson's Memoir
ial Day Sermon.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Bozeman, May 24.-Memorial day
services were held in the opera house
here to-day instead of one of the
churches, as has been the custom in
former times. A large audience gath
cred to listen to Rev. Davis Wilson,
who delivered the sermon. The meet
ing opened with number of songs, a
duet and solo, after which Rev. Will
son preached eloquently to the memory
of those heroes already gone and to
those in the blue who, with their many
friends. were present to pay another
kindly tribute of love to those depart
ed ones. The sermon was a strong one,
full OF tenderness for the old veterans.
On Saturday telephone message
from Chestnut Informed Game Warden
Keown that an emigrant train in camp
at the mouth of Rocky canyon was
feasting on freshly killed venison that
morning. 1t also stated that the camp
had been broken and that the teams
had moved off toward Bozeman. Mr..
Keown found the party had already
passed here and he overlook them
about two miles north of Bozeman. 1t
was an old man and his son, who left
Kansas with their teams this spring,
bound for the Flathead country. Near
the city of Kalispell lives another son,
a well-to-do ranchman. The son who
was with the emigrant train had shot
a deer which had appeared near camp
yesterday morning and some of the
meat being in his wagon he acknowl-
edged his guilt, came with the game
warden to this city, stood his fine and
was sentenced to IA days in the county
jail. Father and son were poor, almost
penniless after their long trip and so
could not pay fine and the father
went into camp near town to await his
sons release. To-day a number of cit
liens interested themselves i'm the case
and the evident honesty and sterling
worth of the pioneers, coupled with
their penniless condition, led to a quiet
passing around of the hat. The fine
of $3.50 was quickly raised and the
young man was turned loose. His
father is member of the q. A. r.; rs
is a member of the Sons of Veterans.
and they attended the G. A. r. services
in the opera house this afternoon, and
are preparing to move on toward their
new home near Kalispell in the morn
ing.
An interesting little case on Saturday
for Sheriff Caldwell was that of a col
ored woman, giving her name as Anna
Holland, and a resident of the Mid
way Plaisance." She rolled a drunken
customer Friday night for $40, at the
house of Alice Johnson, of which she
was an inmate. Saturday forenoon,
learning that a warrant had been
sworn out for her arrest on a charge
of grand larceny, she skipped, starting
west on the Northern Pacific afoot.
When near Belgrade she hired team
and Sheriff Caldwell, hearing of this,
got on the trail, catching the woman
when near Toston and bringing her
back to Bozeman this morning, lodg-
ing her in the county bastile. Alice
johnson was arrested as accessory TO
the theft, and they will receive their
trial tomorrow.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-26
IN WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS.
There Is p enty of Rain and the Landing
Season Is at Hand

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
White Sulphur Springs. Mont, May
24.-The past week in White Sulphur
Springs has been unusually quiet in So
cial as we'll as business circles. The men
who are looking after the mining inter
ests of this vicinity are always on the
alert, but little has so far been accom-
plished towards the showing of any
valuable properties, owing, perhaps, to
the fact that, like child, the people
have taken hold of the wrong end once
and are reluctant TO do so again. The
parties to whom the Copperopolis mines
We're bonded are now working two
shifts, with fair prospects of striking
pay ore in large quantities in the near
future, About the only ground not pros
pected and located in the Copperopolis
district is that which forms the creek
bed. About the most active class of
residents are the sheepmen, who have
been engaged in Landing the past
two weeks. Most of the ranches in this
valley are we'll provided with all the
conveniences for this important work,
and consequently the increase in the
focks has be nlarge, Notwithstanding
the inclemency of the weather for such
work ocal rains have been frequent
and the grass is getting a good start,
which insures a bountiful supply of
feed for live stock of all kinds. Taken
as a whole, business is duh, but the
prospects are indeed fair for a revival
in the near future.
Mrs. Alex Gibson will leave shortly
for California to join her husband. who
is sojourning in the sunny state for the
benefit of his health.
A county convention or the Meagher
county democrats has been called 10
meet at White Sulphur Springs at 10
o'clock a. m. on Wednesday, June II,
for the purpose of choosing , delegates
together with Il alternates. to attend
the state convention at Butte on June
20. The democratic electors in each
precinct will hold a caucus in each
ton Of the delegates to the county con-
vention on saturday. June Is. at 1880 y.
m. The following are the PRECINCTS and
the number of delegates To which each
is entitled: Barker. ,; Battle Greek. /;
Bercail. I: Big Elk. l; Canton, /; Cam
yon Ferry. I: Castle. >; Comb Creek. !;
Diamond. /: Duck Greek. l: Fort Logan,
/: Jenizen. 1: Martinsdale l; Merino. /;
Neihart. /; Okla, /; Rock Creek. /; Sheep
Greek. /: Snow Greek. l; Toston. ];
Townsend, 5: White sulphur Springs,
s: Wolf Greek. /; Yogo, I; York, /. To-
tai. 80.
At recent meeting of the trustees Of
the White sulphur Springs school dis
trict, which was held for the purpose
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-26

From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
The little 4-year-old daughter OF a
north slider knelt to say her prayers the
other evening.
After invoking a blessing on all the
members of the family she wound up
by saying.
And bless Mr.. Noteworthy. Amen"
Then she rose up, but Immediately
knelt down again.
Il don't mean the Mr.. Hicksworthy
that thinks he's so smart. Lord. but the
poor old Mr. Hicksworthy that's only
got one eye and always gives me candy.
Amen"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-26
Theirs Only One Rd.ro,d

That operates its trains on the famous
block system between the Twin
Cities. Milwaukee and Chicago;
That lights its trains by electricity
throughout:
That uses the celebrated electric berth
reading lamp;
That runs four splendidly equipped
passenger trains every day from
St Paul and Minneapolis through
TO Chicago, Via Milwaukee;
And that road is the Chicago, Milwau-
kee * St. Paul
II also operates steam-heated vesti-
buled trains, carrying the latest pri-
vate compartment cars. library buff
fet smoking cars. and palace draw
ing-room sleepers.
Parlor cars. free reclining chair cars
and the very best dining car ser
vice.
For lowest rates to any point IN the
United States. Canada or Mexico,
apply TO ticket agents. OF address
J. +. CONLEY,
Asst Genl Pass Agt.
ST Paul. MINI.
Note-Elegantly equipped trains
from ST Paul and Minneapolis through
10 Peoria. 81. Louis and Kansas City
daily.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-04-02
NUMBER As.

FRESH AIR AND CHEERFUI,NEss
We hear many wholesome instruc.
tions upon the Importance of culti-
waiting cheerful temper. But too
often 1t is assumed that it is simply
an affair of resolution, and that all
you have to do is to resolve to be
cheerful and you will be. We have
come to learn that mental states are
very closely connected with physical
causes. The wit who answered the
question "Is life worth living ?u
by saying, "It depends upon the
liver" gave utterance to a profound
truth. You tell me that | ought to
be cheerful, but l do not feel so:
indeed, feel like revenging my
self on you for giving me such
heathen advice. Do you not see
that L am in the dumps, and, were
1t not for my resolution, / would
sink further in them? Let these
Jobs comforters, who are directing
people to an end, give little more
attention to the means. What Won
should tell your friend to do is to
leave his stuffy room, first fiinging
open every window to the breeZes
WI hSoNSh, anu W SO OUT lOr DrlSk
walk in the open air what he needs
is not an exhortation, but oxygeni-
Zation of his blood. Behold him an
hour later, as he returns with face
aglow The blues have all left him,
and he beams upon you with a ra-
diant glance. Fresh air did it.
What American housewives need
vastly more than the tonics with
which they dose themselves is more
fresh air. After the children have
gone to school, let the mother put
on her sack and bonnet, and spend
an hour in the open air. 1t is an ex-
cellent time to look in for mo-
ment on friend who lives a mile or
two away. What if the housework
is not done? 1t will be dispatched
with equal speed and better heart an
hour or two later. And there will
be added advantage that when the
husband returns at night he will be
greeted by smiling face and
cheerful spirit.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-04-02

BETTER KEEP IT.-She was shab-
billy dressed, and rather diffident as
she entered the Office and approached
the desk of the business manager.
am very poor" she said, ap-
pealingly, land Pm trying to do
little something to earn my own liv-
ing"
Then she laid a little satchel on
the desk, and looked at him as if
seeking permission to open it.
What have your"
Soap" she replied.
Don't need it," he said. "This
building supplies soap and towels to
all Offices here"
Couldn't you buy a little to help
me along?" she pleaded.
Oh, ! suppose so; but 1 hardly
know what to do with it down here"
81 will be ever 80 grateful, sir"
she persisted. 81 am a poor wo-
man. an have five small children to
look after"
Five children !" he exclaimed.
"Great Scott"
Yes, sir; five little Children"
she replied "and the eldest is but
seven years DID,"
And you are peddling soap ?" he
cried.
Yes, sir !; why not ?'
Great Jocephus You must
need all the soap at home if your
five children are anything like my
two.D
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-04-02

TABLE MANNERS FOR CHILDREN.
Drink from the cup; never from the
saucer.
Teaspoons are left in the saucer,
not in the cup.
Making a noise, either in eating
or drinking, is vulgar.
Always cheerfully defer to older
people and to guests.
Eat slowly and do not fill the
mouth with large quantities.
Eat the food served or quietly
leave it on the plate without remark.
Avoid drumming with the fingers
or feet; it is the height of impolite-
ness.
If in doubt at any time as to what
is proper, follow the example of
others of more experience.
Patiently await the coming of your
turn do not follow with the eyes
the food served to others.
Never unnecessarily handle the
dishes, or in any way exhibit ner-
vousness or impatience.
Do not feel obliged to "clean up
your plate )" especially do not make
a laborious display of doing so.
DO not ask for any particular part
of fowl or similar dish unless asked
your preference in that case always
indicate some part, aud if there re-
ally be no choice. designate the por-
tion with which the host can most
conveniently render service.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-04-02

No Mo- AsHEs.-There was an old
colored man pushing a whitewash
cart along Brush street, the other af-
ternoon in Detroit, when a woman
opened cha mber window and called
to him:
Hey, you! Do you want q jcb?"
What sort of job, mum ?" he
asked as he stood at the gate.
Carrying ashes out of the cellar
" Very sorry, mum, but can't
do that job. used to be in the
ashes bizness, but I'ze dun quit it,
If it was whitewashin' or beatin' a
ca'pet I'd be right on hand but |
doan't tech ashes no mo-"
What's the matter with ashes p,
Heaps de mattah, ma'am. Last
job l worked on found three knives
five folks, seben spoons, two towles
an a dollah in cash in de ash heap
an what you dun 'spose de iedg,
gimme fur it 2"
- don't understand, she said.
Why, a policeman took me int
cot, an de jedge gimme thre,
months in jail"
"He must have thought you stol,
the things ?"
=" Sartinly, mum - sartinly - an
dat's why / say dat owin' to the sus
pishus occupashun of de suspected
suspicion, I'ze hereafter gwine t,
hold myself right down to white
washin' an ca'pets."
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-04-02

LORD ELLFNBoRoUGH's WIG.--
Lady marlborough, renowned
beauty, on one occasion accompanied
the Judge on circuit, on the distinct
understanding that she should not
incumber the carriage with band
boxes-his adherence. During the
first days journey Lord ElIenbor-
ough, stretching his legs, CHANGED to
strike his foot against sumething un-
der the seat. 1t was a bandbox
Down went the window and out it
flew. The coachman, thinking the
box had fallen out, at once pulled
up, but his master furiously roared
out the order to "drive on" On
reaching the next assize town, Lord
Peterborough proceeded to equip
himself for the bench. "Now," said
he, "wnere is my wig?" "My
Lord" replied the attendant, cit
was thrown out of the carriage win
dOW.D
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-04-02
by the
AUTHOR.

DO NOT BE AFRAID TO TALK,
I" A man should talk about what he
knows, and only about that. Then
he may say something worth hear
ing. AS regards other things, he
should hold his tongue, and then he
won't make fool of himself.n So
says the parlor oracle, and shuts his
mouth with snap. And no doubt
the logical position is, or appears to
be, very strong one. No man can
know more than very few things
thoroughly. A man can only say
what is worth hearing on things he
knows thoroughly. A man should
not talk except he says things worth
hearing. Therefore q man should
not be diecursive, and should confine
himself to his own subjects.
Such is the outline of the syllo-
gisms by which the discursive talker
is put down, pulverized, and, if not
reduced to silence, at any rate con-
clusively proved to be a babbling
jackass. But, in spite of the excel
lence of the logic, we all know that,
in fact, the discursive talker can be,
and often is, a most delightful talker,
and that, in spite of all the rules and
all the schools, one may gain a great
deal more, not only of amusement,
but of information, from the man
who is not afraid of talking of any.
thing in heaven above or the earth
beneath than from the correct and
pedantic gentleman who is always
lying in wait for his own subject to
turn up, and, when it does turn
up, promptly blows it to pieces by
discharging at its head an eighty
one ton gun, loaded to the muzzle
with facts and statistics. The dis.
cursive sportsman would neatly put
a bullet through the brain, and
would have brought the game down
unspolled. The expert. who has
bottled up his knowledge for year
blows it to smithereens, and leaves
nothing but few scraps of fur OF
feather.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-04-02

BURIED AEFECTIoN.-Jeff Ster-
rett was Confederate soldier who
served as a private, and who Is one
of the two or three privates who
survived the war. He was some
what sentimental, says the Courier
Journal, and naturally fell in love
with any good-looking girl he might
see. He fell in love with young
woman of Murfreesboro, and slipped
Off to see her at every opportunity.
One day his feelings so overwhelmed
him that he suddenly found himself
proposing marriage to her.
mo-" she replied, her eyes fill
ing, 81 can never marry you"
Sterrett was surprised.
why not?" he asked.
ooh, my heart is gone. It's in
the grave. 1t was buried when they
buried Captain - five months ago.n
That was too much for Sterrett.-
He at once became angry.
Very well, miss" he said, "If
you can love dead captain better
than live private, you can scratch
for it,"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-04-02

The white capped surf that brings to
shore, it's welcome warm and sweet.
But echoes back the words of those who
will your coming greet.
And should you sail upon the waves of
PenSacola's s bav,
And watch the sun drop down behind a
crimson wall Of spray,
Ah never in your northern homes
could such sunset show,
Save on that far Pacific coast. where
the golden billows flow.
But go you east or go you west, or
southwark to the KEYS,
The land of flowers is all your own, if
only it may please.
That all our thoughts to one end tend,
may all our actions show,
To make you happy while you're here
and sorry when you go.
The land that good Saint Brendan saw
long centuries ago,
Still has melodious mOcking birds, to
charm away life's woe;
And on the isles that belt the main
where stately palms arise,
Loves echoes flow, soft sweet and low
beneath FlOridian skies.
Since orange blossoms are scarce this
year, we offer in their stead
The rose by blood of Venus dyed, when
to AdOnis led
Or champac that Arabian maids in
times Of jOyance wear;
Or chaste magnolias redolent with per-
fume rich and rare
Or take you Camella bloom, the even
ing's floral star
Or pink-eyed blossoms of the peach,
since we your captives are.
Take what you will, from where YOU
may, but with it, take our love,
Warm as the sunshine Of our skies that
bend down from above
And battle our world with splendor
such as lost Atlantis knew,
That now belongs to Florida, to us and
unto you.
Words fail us in our time of need
Look in our happy eyes
See mirrored there our hearts delight.
III which your welcome lies.