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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-21

A baseball team captained by John
Smith. is ready to play the fire depart
ment nine or any other local team.
Would like a game for Sunday. Captain
John Smith may be found by a note at
Peckham & Frinkes
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on and after May l, 1896. the initia-
ton fee to l.. u. No. IS c. q j., will be
$1,000 II. T. Templeton, Pres.
s. White, r. S.
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Two ISoats Disabled.

Hamburg. April 20.-The German
steamer California, Captain Schmidt,
bound from this port for Baltimore, coll
lided to-day with the English collier
Tynemouth, damaging the latter very
severely. causing her to be beached.
The California was obliged to return to
her dock. as her stem was stove in.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-21

There are undelivered messages at
the Western Union for Mrs. John Muir
ply. Mrs. Della Hames and Henri
Sanders.
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II. s. Blanchard of Clearwater. al
present making his home In Helena,
was in this city yesterday attending
the county convention.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-21

Stolen-An Essex bicycle. number 62s
rams horn handle bars. Gillian saddle
Morgan & Wright tires Reward a,
Greig's.
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The Anaconda Employment & Col
1ecting agency have moved to 104 T.
Commercial over Merrilrs.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-21

Another shipment of fine California
wines has arrived at Ste"ernagers, All
East Park avenue.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-21

Newly furnished rooms nd board $26
per month at Star restaurant, cor.
Birch street and Park ave.
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recommendation by the building
committee that a small tower 25 feet
high would add to the looks of the east
side of the city hall was adopted. The
Improvement will cost $3.50.
The sprinkling ordinance was in
definitely postponed upon the sugges-
ton of the judiciary committee.
Alderman Shovlin made a talk In ia
vor of abolishing the office of health
officer and instead thereof of choosing
a sanitary policeman who should also
act as poundmaster. The city attorney
was asked to draw an ordinance to
this effect for the consideration of the
council.
The council then adjourned to meet
next Monday night
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: DR.. c. L. Bishop. dentist. formerly of
Helena. has located In Anaconda. Of
fce in bank block, Nos. 2 and L.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-21

Spectacies fitted by graduate opti-
clans. keppler Jewelry Co.. Main st.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-21

L. ]. st. Jean. dentist. 212 Z. Park
ave-, over Standard Drug Co.
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IIano TUNING.

W. A. Smith. piano tuner will be in
the city soon and will call on custo-
mers.
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L. B. May has removed his office to 10
e. Commercial, over Merrilrs.
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To Kansas City via the Burlington.
Office. IS East Broadway. Butte.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-21

J. Macfarlane of Butte. was in Ana
conda yesterday.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-21

Vanguard hill climber a boon to the
ladies. L. Crook, agent. GA Maple st.
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Charles Lane. architect. room /
Bank building. Anaconda
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j. r.. Donohoe of ST. Paul is at the
Montana.
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Wren in Butte lunch at sherman.,.
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NJ, r. AFFAIRS .,

Mu ic Lessons.
Prof. Olson. 415 Cedar street.
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ABOUT HE CITY.

Bicycles repaired at Greig's.
c. c. c. College. 409iA L. Park Ave.
Baths---Montana hotel barber shop. 25c.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-09
COLOR IN HORSES.

A correspondent Of the London Live
Stock Journal has interested himself to
discover If there is anything in COM
mon experience to justify the wide
spread popular impression that horses
of some colors are harder than those
Of another. He prepared and sent out
list of inquiries directed to those
throughout the country who had charge
of large number of horses and had
reason to note the hardness and dura-
bility Of different animals. Heads and
horse masters Of firms employing
heavy horses, the superintendent of
the horses of a great railway COM
pany, and well-known veterinary in
spector of city corporation, were
among the correspondents who kindly
supplied the information asked. Brown
was generally In high favor, as co-rel-
alive with untiring strength and the
vital energy resulting in long service.
The darker bays, or, as the correspond
ent described them, 'hard" bays, were
by one authority considered nearly or
quite equal to brown; but another au-
thority, making no exception, Jumped
the bays together as generally inferior
to the brown, placing between them
the dark iron-grey and black. Light
bay, light roam and light chestnut
were considered comparatively las a
rule, to which exceptions might be
found less enduring and sooner worn
out. One authority was partial to
black. The chestnut Suffolk, however,
had its advocates.
The editor Of the Live Stock Journal,
commenting on this report, says. with
reference to bays, that I'VE must not
forget the records of endurance in the
old Cleveland Bay, breed which has
engaged so much attention, In recent
years, with the object of its preserva-
ton and the restoration to its former
powers of bearing fatigue"
The trouble Is with this that, in the
effort to recessitate the old Cleveland
Bay many horses have been sent out as
Clevelands that have little claim to the
name, and the fraud has given the
breed a bad reputation. Our own So
called Cleveland Bay stud book is a
registry chiefly Of grades, and many
not very high grades, of that breed
The real Cleveland is usually, though
not always, a dark, or "hard" bay, and
in his purity is considered horse Of
great hardness and durability.-Farm-
er's Home.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-09
A Banner {. ON Heaven.

The throne used by the French
Kings and Emperors before the time Of
the republic was known as "the throne
of the lillies." 1t was so called because
of the national emblem of the Franks,
which was the fieur-de-lis, species Of
lily. The story Of the adoption of the
fluer-de-lis as national emblem is
curious and interesting. Clovis, King
of the Franks, married Princess Clio.
tide, Of Burgundy, in the year 1913
A. ID. The young Queen was a Chris
tian, and 1t was her earnest desire that
her husband, heather Frank, might
be converted. Her arguments had no
effect on him, but an incident which oc-
Cured in battle later on changed his
mind. In the year 400 Clovis and his
Franks met the fierce Allemanni Ger
mans) in battle at Tolbiac.
Clovis was finally so hard pressed
that he called on the God Of the Chris
tians for help, vowing on his honor that
IL he should be victorious he would be-
come Christian. Within the hour the
Allemanni were routed, and on Christ
mas Day of the same year Clovis and
several thousands Of his soldiers were
baptized into the Christian Church.
According to the story, on the eve Of
the baptism an angel from heaven ap-
peared and presented Clovis with n
blue banner, embroidered with beauti-
full golden feur-delis. These heaven
embroidered lilies were forthwith
adopted as the French emblem, and
from that time until the time of the
revolution all kings Of France bore up
on their arms some kind of represent
alton of the feur-de-lis. First the
number thus worn varied according to
the taste of the monarch, but during
the two or three centuries preceding
the fall of the monarchy the regulation
number was only three
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-09
History of Presbyterianism.

The history Of Presbyterianism in the
United States runs back for nearly
three hundred years. In New Eng.
land the Presbyterian immigrants were
absorbed by the larger body Of Puri.
tans which dominated the religious
faith of that section. In New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and
the Carolinas, however, they preserved
their original creed and established in
dependent churches. These were sup
plemented by recruits from the prov
ince of Ulster, in the North Of Ireland.
The Presbyterian colony in this prov
ince had been settled by immigrants
from Scotland, who favored the famous
plantations of King James l. Those
who belonged to this colony were des-
ignated as Scoth-Irish.
From the small beginnings of Presby-
terianism in America over 1900 con-
gregations have sprung. These are
served by no less than 5000 pastors and
evangelists, while the total church
membership is between three and four
millions.
One Of the strongest centers Of this
denomination is In Philadelphia, Penn.
1t was In the City Of Brotherly Love
that the first general assembly of the
church was organized, 103 years ago.
A large percentage of the churchgoing
people of Philadelphia belong to this
Observation-Disclosures Constitution.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-09
Facts About the Beers.

The first Beers went to South Africa
from Java in 1862, and thirty-five years
later their number were augmented by
the Huguenots, who were driven into
exile by the revocation Of the edict of
Nantes. From these has sprung the
sturdy race that has successfully resist
ed English attempts at conquest for
over a hundred years, and which has
produced the man who has just out
witted in diplomacy the shrewdest OF
English statesmen.
Probably there is no more hospitable
and yet bigoted people on earth than
the Beers. A man may land at Cape
Colony, it is said, and travel many
months without spending a cent Of
money, for he will find everywhere a
cordial and generous welcome.
The Dutch household is patriarchal
one, and nowhere else in the world are
the parents more revered and Obeyed
by the children, even after they pass
middle life. With few exceptions the
Beers are a community of stock farm
ers, and though no other place on earth
is SO rich in diamonds and precious
metals as the Orange Free State and
the South African Republic, which they
inhabit, yet they never engage in min
ing.
One Of the principal parts Of boys
education is in learning how to shoot,
and 1t Is thus that this people have be-
come the greatest marksmen in the
world. Long ago, when game was
plentiful, it was the custom for the
boys to be handed a rifle and told to 60
out and kill their supper. But this is
no longer practicable, and here it is
that the wonderful prescience Of Presi-
dent Kruger shows itself. For this
willy old ruler decreed years ago, fore
seeing that as the game grew less rife
practice would fall into disuse, that
targets be set up and shot at each day.
The Dutch Reformed is the estab-
lished church Of the Beers. At the fes-
tivals Of Christmas, Easter and Pente-
cost, and also in October, the Holy Com.
munion is administered, and on such
occasions the whole congregation is ex-
pected to be present. AS conse-
quence, the whole country for miles
around the church Is well nigh depopu-
lated of its white inhabitants. Except
on these occasions the Beers whose
farms lie far out on the veldt never get
to church, contenting themselves with
the services which they hold In their
own houses.-New York Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-09
BIRDS AS WEATHER INDICATORS.
Some of the Popular Proverbs to Which
They Have Given Rise.

If birds in general pick their feathers
wash themselves and fly to their nests
says the weather sharp of the Boston
Transcript, expect rain.
Birds and fowl oiling their feathers
indicate rain.
When birds cease to sing, rain and
thunder will probably follow.
Birds flying in groups during rain OF
wind indicate hail.
Blackbirds bring healthy weather.
Blackbirds' notes are very shrill In
advance of rain.
A solitary turkey buzzard at great
altitude indicates rain.
If the rooster crows more than usual,
or earlier, expect rain.
BOOSTERS are said to clap their wings
in an unusual manner before rain, and
uneasy.
Cuckoos hallooing on low lands in
dictate ramon high lands, fair weather.
The cuckoo in April opens his bill, in
May he sings all day, in June he alters
his tune, come August go he must.
If the crows make much noise and fly
round and round, expect rain.
One crow flying alone is sign of
foul weather, but If crows fly in pairs,
expect fine weather.
When fowls roost in daytime, ex-
pect rain.
When the hen crows, expect storm
within and without.
Uvhap x,n,, coo rxaaca tn, tor e. Il; N ~
/ themselves, expect rain.
Geese wash and sparrows fly in
fiocks before rain.
When the ROSTERS 60 growing to bed
they will rise with watery head.
When rooster crows on the ground,
it is a sign of rain; If he crows on the
fence, 1t is a sign of fair weather.
> A Growing rooster during rain indi-
Gates fair weather.
Birds singing during rain indicate
fair weather.
Buzzards flying high indicate fair
weather.
Domestic fowls dress their feathers
when the storm is about to cease.
Kites flying unusually high are said
to indicate fair weather.
Larks when they sing long and fly
high forbode fine weather.
If owls boot at night expect fair
weather.
If owls scream in foul weather, 1t will
change to fair.
When quails are heard in the evening,
fair weather is indicated for next day.
If storks and cranes fly high and
steady, expect fair weather.
When men-of-war hawks fly high, it
is sign of clear sky; when they fly
low, prepare for blow.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-09
WHAT SIXTY HENS DID.

We have about sixty hens, writes j.
T. Parsons, which are a cross between
the Plymouth Rock and Buff Cochin.
All Of these are pullets, except, perhaps,
a half-dozen, which will be two years
old this spring. On January / we be-
gan keeping systematic account Of the
receipts and expenses from our poultry,
and find that even in the winter months
we are able to realize fully 60 cents a
bushel for corn, oats and buckwheat.
We feed our poultry twice a day two
gallon feed of corn, oats and buck
wheat in nearly equal quantities, the
two former varieties Of feed being lit
tie the stronger. We give our chickens
plenty Of fresh water, lime and gravel
mixed, and occasionally warm slops,
and In real cold weather the prepon-
derance Of feed is corn. Our hencoop is
not nearly so warm as it ought to be,
but the fowls have a good run and
plenty Of opportunity for exercise.
With this brief synopsis Of our perhaps
imperfect methods of keeping and feed
ing poultry, we sum up this brief article
by stating that we have received from
these sixty hens from January to
March IS, period of two and one-half
months, 1880 eggs. or 165 dozen. At
one cent each this amounts to nearly
$40, and we consider that we are well
paid for our trouble and expense in
caring for our fowls. Many people fail
in egg production in their neglect to
give the hens proper supply of water.
lime and gravel.-Interstate Poultry
man.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-09

liking for conifers, and these should
never be omitted from lawns OF mode>
ate or large size, says Professor Il. II.
Paurel, OF Iowa. Evergreens give ex-
preston, and are especially desirable
during winter, when everything Is
dreary. In large grounds, fully one
half the trees should be evergreens.
The grounds Of the agricultural college
ut Ames furnish an excellent illustra-
tion Of the proper method Of planting
and grouping trees. Three-fourths Of
the trees are conifers. Many choice
species are fine trees after quarter Of
century's growth. The following
species were planted: Black Spruce,
White Spruce, Norway Spruce, Balsam
Fir, White Pine, Scotch Pine, Austrian
Pine, Norway Pine, Red Cedar, Hem
lock, European Larch. Blue Spruce,
Douglas Spruce, White Fir, Yellow
Pine, Scrub Pine, Dwarf Pine, and
Frazer's Spruce.
For the early planting, of spruces l
should give first place to White Spruce,
a beautiful. symmetrical tree. Black
Spruce Is scrawny, and not pleasant
looking tree. The Norway is not as
vigorous and healthy as the White, al
though 1t is taller. 1t is irregular, with
many dead branches, and should not be
planted. OF the pines, the first place
should be given to the White, as 1t has
graceful habit, soft leaves, and a beau
tiful green color. The Scotch Pine Is
also an admirable tree, but its effects
are not so pleasing. The Austrian is
hardy, but It's expression is more bold.
All these pines are desirable, but when
space Is limited the White Pine should
have the preference. The Norway Is
more desirable than the Scotch and
Austrian, and should be given second
place. The European Larch Is much
more desirable than Tamarack. Hem;
lock Is one Of the most desirable of all
our conifers. II were to plant but a
single confer, l would choose Hem
lock. or the later paintings on the
college grounds, the Dwarf Mountain
Pine Is most desirable tree. 1t can he
planted in small lots as it will not OBJ
struct views. The Yellow Pine, the
Douglas Spruce, and the Blue Spruce
are also doing well, and perhaps will
be planted extensively in the future.
For large and spacious grounds, any of
the conifers named above can be
chosen. Plant more of the White
Spruce than any of the others.-New
England Homestead.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-09
HARVESTING RHuBARB.

In picking rhubarb, says an author
ity. take care to select tn stalks which
have attained their growth. These are
mostly on the outside of the hill and can
Ike detected by the smoothness and dull
color of the leaf, and by the greenness
Of the stalk. The stalks which are still
red. and which have small. crumpled
leaves, should be left to grow.
The cutter should keep watch for
blossom stems and pull them out or cut
them Off near the ground As soon as
seen. Not seed should lie allowed to
form, during the entire season. In
gathering the stalks lake Them away
with straight, quick pull. whip Off the
leaf and scrape the root and stem, and
leave the stalks In small heaps, all
pointed in one direction ready for the
man who comes after to gather into
baskets or boxes. The leaves should be
spread over the weeds near the plants.
Rhubarb leaves will smother all weeds
and grass.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-09
TRANSATLANTIC PIONEERING
SHRUBS.

After the spring season for trans
planting Is past, it is often discovered
that certain shrubs are not In the
proper place, or that some shrub Is de-
sired in a vacant spot. To wait until
the following spring is source Of con-
slant annoyance. Now those who wish
to get little ahead of the regular sea-
son need not be afraid to transplant
their shrubs at any time during early
summer. The method to pursue is to
dig around the clump and roots as care
fully as possible, transplant the clump
to the previously dug hole, work fine
soil among the roots, press down firmly,
level the remaining soil all around, and
cut off the entire top Of the shrub. If
the season be dry, it is well to water the
roots thoroughly at the time Of setting
and put thick mulch around the shrub.
In very short time, young shoots will
start up and make an astonishingly
rapid and strong growth, which will.
not rarely, produce flowers the next
spring.-Amercan Agriculturist
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-09

The most remarkable instance Of
longevity in the history Of the Nutmeg
State, perhaps, is noted in the Kimball
family of the town of Preston, one
member of it, Mrs. Abby s. Cook, who
Is passing the closing years of her life
in the home of her daughter, Mrs.
William III. Cook Of Norwich, having
celebrated the ninetieth anniversary Of
her birthday.
Mrs. Cook is member Of a family Of
eight children, sons and daughters Of
Elisha and Lucy Lathrop Kimball, all
of whom are alive and In vigorous
health. with the exception of Mrs. Sybil
A. Branch, the eldest, who died two
years ago at Roxbury, Mass, aged 90
years Az months.
Here are the names and ages Of the
surviving members of the band: Abby
8. Cook, 80 years old; Sarah Green,
Iowa, SO; Sarah l.. Brown, Chicago, So;
Nelson l.. Kimball, Iowa, 81; Frances
De Wolf, Chicago, so; Lucius II. KIM
ball, Iowa, IS. and the Rev. Nathaniel
Kimball, Iowa, 40. The united ages Of
the brothers and sisters are $50 years.
including that Of Mrs. Branch.-New
York. Sun.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-09

women on a. average marry later IN
life than they used to- Don't believe H.
girls. The figures show that after q
woman passes "a her chances Of marry
Ing diminish every year by almost ex-
actly one-half. There Ii In the tables
which this investigator, has wrought
out only one point of exception to that
rule. Between 90 and 81 eighteen OF
these 1000 damsels become wives, and
between 80 and 80 there were fifteen
made happy. After that the old ratio
OF decrease is resumed. 1t simply
shows that the woman who Is worth
marrying after she's 20 loses very little
In manageable quality until she has
passed on to "a, and when she has
ripened and grown wiser along to 3S.
she Is what racing experts call 800
to / shot," and they do not often win.
The little girls who have just turned
fourteen do great deal of marrying
for their years. Thlrty-two Of them
out of every thousand married before
they were fifteen, but the maidens of
"sweet sixteen" surrendered their
maiden names more than three times
as fast. This Is valuable piece of in
formation to any young unmarried wo-
man, for this marriage proposition Is
one Of the things that must not be put
OF till tomorrow" 1t isn't true. They
are marrying just as fast as a good
man shows himself. This is leap year,
and there isn't another one for four
years. No young woman with this
glorious leap year opportunity staring
her in the face has any right to disre-
gard the cogent warning which these
suggestive figures give.