The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-29
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A large factory for the manufacture of
razors by special machinery Is being
erected near Berlin.
A beer barrel exploded in the Rue Da-
reau, Paris, and the accident resulted in
the injury of four persons.
French society is being formed In
Paris for the study and Improvement OF
the various breeds of sheep dog.
The Brooklyn Heights Elevated Rail-
road company has furnished reading
and recreation room for its employees.
Within a quarter of an hour on Tues
yda, March 3. Londoners experienced a
thunder storm. gale. hail. rain ana
sunshine
The late Mrs. Charles Tileson of Bos-
ton bequeathed to the Bostonian society
a map of Boston harbor in 1899, with the
shore and islands worked in silk.
During the coming summer the school
grounds of Cincinnati will be used as
Fairgrounds for the children. 1t Is also
proposed to provide sand piles for the
children to roll in.
The sea is infinitely more productive
than the land. 1t Is estimated that an
acre of good fishing will yield more food
in a week than an acre of land will yield
in year.
Several English theaters are now
warmed by electrical radiators. to the
great delight of their patrons. 1t Is said
that all draughts have been done away
with by this method of heating.
The vital statistics of Steuben, Me-, for
the IL months just closed show a curious
coincidence. During the year there were
in the town 16 births. 16 deaths and 16
marriages.
A "size" in a coat is one inch; in under
wear two inches; In socks, one inch; in
collars, one-half inch; in shoes, one-sixth
| inch; in trousers. one inch; in gloves,
one-quarter inch; in hats, one-eighth
inch.
The latest French scheme is that of a
| theater for the special entertainment of
young persons-a theater where nothing
| shall ever be said or done to bring blush
| es mantling the cheek of the innocent.
The minister of public instruction has
sent out a circular to the schools and
colleges of France authorizing the intro
| duction into their curricula of modern
| Greek pronunciation concurrenty with
| what is known as the pronunciation
erasmienne."
| A remarkable quartet of persons were
1 the only guests at the Stewart house.
| Island Pond, VT, on recent Sunday.
| One of the guests was a doctor, one a
i clergyman, one a dealer in undertaker's
supplies and the fourth dealer in grave
! stones f
It is alleged on good authority that the
l violin and other musical instrument cases
| carried by fair and interesting uafnsels
4 in New York are only ingenious hand
| bags, in which, perhaps, the typewriter s
lunch or the family groceries are snugly
| stored away.
At Laramie, Wyo., William Akerson,
convicted of perjury in connection with
an attempt to collect bounty for dogs
hides to which he had sewed the paws
of wolves, was sentenced to two years
imprisonment
The largest and heaviest building stone
| ever quarried in Britain was taken from
the Plankington bed, near Norwich, In
February, 1889. 1t was in one piece, with
out crack or flaw, and weighed over *
| tons.
| One great moral influence not yet cred
tied to the bicycle is indicated in the fac'
that horses are now so cheap in the Wesi
that DEMONSTRATING is no longer wortf
practically disappeared.-Chicago Chron-
icle.
Kittens during the first nine days
| when their eyes are closed, are quite
deaf, as may be proved by changing {
. | poker and shovel near their head, and
when their eyes are opened they are seer
to be blue
1t has been decided by the suprem'
| court of Massachusetts, that If a passen
, ger leaves a street car while in motion
and is hurt the company need not evel
extend assurance of its sympathy unles
: | so disposed.
, Pierre Lott is said to spend more of hi
! | time before the camera than any man II
| Europe, except Kaiser Wilhelm, and tn
Prince of Wales. He has a mania for be
: ing photographed in fancy costumes.