The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-16
QUAINT OR CURIOUS.

A London magistrate, being unable to
write made his mark to a number of COM
mitments to prison lately. and they were
held good. He is not illiterate, but equity.
In the former war prosecuted by Gen.
Weyler in Cuba, a contemporary points
out that there were more Cubans murder
ed in their beds than were killed in the
war.
Enemies of lola in Paris are preparing
an anthology of the Objectionable words
and phrases in his works. to be present
ed to the French Academy when he next
offers himself as a candidate.
An Atchison man found three men kiss
ing his WHEAT different times. of course
and went to a lawyer. "A divorce, /
suppose?' asked the lawyer. NO" said
he, Il want an Injunction to make 'em
stop it,
An eminent and wealthy lady of Lon
don has proposed marriage to DIR. jane
son, and added if her proposal is not sat-
isfactory that she has two manageable
daughters. He could make choice out Of
all three.
There is considerable concern in Boston
/ about the future of James Russell Low
ellis magnificent old home in Cambridge,
at the gateway of Mount Auburn ceme-
terry. The land is in the hands of real es-
| tate agents.
Mrs. Potter of Hillsboro, Ore, an
nounces in the local newspaper that "her
| umbrella was changed at the Congrega-
! tional church two Sundays ago, and,
although she got a better umbrella, she
would be glad to change back again."
Alas, for human greatness. The late
Lord Leighton's last act on the night of
| his death was to dictate letter for pub
| LEGATION, expressing his thanks for the nu-
merous congratulations he had received
| on his elevation to the peerage.
A new kind of charity has come to light
in Paris. Maitre Poullet, one of the most
eminent lawyers there, gives sittings al
the Palais de Justice. at which he offers
legal advice free of charge to persons who
| cannot afford to employ lawyers.
There has not been a lawyer In the
| town of Bedford, Mass, a place of LOO
or more inhabitants, in several years, and
last week the one lone policeman com
prisng the towns force was discharged
The town is said to be in excellent finan'
cial condition and a bustling community
A Dundee whaler, the Active. which
caught nine whales, yielding four and 9
half tons of bone, on the Greenland
grounds, cleared $4,000 by the trip, which
gave 800 per cent dividends, the larges
profit made in the business in Dundee II
so years. Whalebone is worth $l0,OOO TOT
in England.
The war in Cuba is hurting a numbe
of people up in Name. Because of mucl
of the sugar crop in the island being
4 burned and little or no sugar being mad
this season, the bottom has dropped
clean out of the hoggshead hoop business
which is usually a flourishing industry II
many Maine towns.
There is apparently to be revival o
the old-fashioned method of carrying
lady upon a pillion. On horseback tn
lady was compelled to ride behind her es
cort. On the bicycle she is to ride in front
A recent English invention provides for
seat before the handle bar. just above tn
steering wheel.
Dealers in bicycles are authority 70
} the statement that the business aspec
of the bicycle trade has materially
changed during the past year. Instead o
the main business consisting in dealin
with mems wheels. quite the contrary
true. Dealers are now doing their utmos
to attract the eye of the women.