The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-28
QUAINT OK CURIOUS

Californ inemakers have formed an
association maintain the price of sweet
wines. Last year port was sold as low
as 16 cents a gallon to the selling agents.
The association, which has control of
practically the whole available supply of
sweet wines in California, has fixed the
price of port at 25 cents a gallon and an
gelica at 80 cents. There are about
100000 gallons of port now in the state.
Last year was the 900th anniversary of
the first appearance of the fork in west
ern Europe, according to the National
Zeftung. In 995 son of the Venetian
doge Pietro Orseolo married the Byzan-
tine princess Anglia, who at the wedding
breakfast brought out silver fork and
gold spoon She was copied by the great
Venetian families. though the church op-
posed the fashion as an insult to provi-
dence. 1t took 800 years for the fork to
reach Florence; in 1879 it was found in
France. but 1t was not until 160s that the
traveller Corgate brought 1t direct from
Venice to England.
1t is a popularity of Russian railways
that their stations are generally two
miles or more distant from the towns and
villages which they serve. This is said to
be on account of the danger of fire, the
houses in small places being generally
matched with straw.
The parish of st. Olave. Hart street, in
London, has an endowment of 1000 per
annum for the poor. and having none, a
pauper from without was at one time en-
gagged to live constantly in the parish
and receive the money. This farce, how
ever. has now ceased.
One of the amazing literary successes
of the century is Surgeons sermons.
The Westminster Gazette says 1886 of
these sermons have been printed and sold
and that the sum total of the sales reach
es nearly 100000, 900, an average of about
$4,000 copies per annum.
The faculties of the Yale law and medi-
cal schools are arranging for a formal
interchange of courses. They have de-
cided that certain subjects in each de-
partment shall be open to seniors of the
other. A course in medical Jurisprudence
In the law school will be open to the
medical students.
People who are susceptible to cold
should make a point of wearing loose
clothing in cold weather. Loose garments
are always warmer than tight-ftting
ones, not only because they allow room
for circulation. but also because they per-
nit layer of air between the skin and
the outside cold.
Captain e. Moss, miner in the Trans
vaal, has couple of dozen monkeys
which work regularly in the mines. Their
work is to gather the small bits of ore
which would otherwise be lost, and he
says that they work very regularly and
seem to enjoy it.
The Marquis of Lorne is said to be en-
gagged upon an historical survey of Wind
sor castle on a somewhat ambitious liter
airy scale. materials which he collected
when writing a little guide book recently
having led him to desire to pursue his
researches under the favorable condi-
tons involved in his office as governor
According to the report of the chap
lain of the Department of Kansas G.. A.
r., there are 1922 graves to be deco
rated next Memorial day in Kansas.
OF these 1,061 are unmarked and IT'S are
In potters fields.