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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-27
NEW USE FOR BANK NOTES
Edison Buys Old Confederate Notes Z j
the Manufacture of Carbon.


the Manufacture of Carbon.
IT is pretty generally known that be-
fore Edison could find the material
suitable for the filament of the incan-
descent lamp he had to ransack nearly
every country in the hope of meeting
with the kind of bamboo which he had
decided was the kind he wanted, says
the Pittsburg Dispatch.
He tested over 400 kinds of bamboo,
and finally came across the species for
his purpose in the interior of Japan.
From there he has since drawn his
supplies regularly. A story is now go
ing the rounds which, If ii is as true
as ii is interesting, will explain where
the greater part of the confederate
paper money with which this country
was flooded some years ago, goes, and
shows that japan is not the only
source of filament material.
An old man Of Atlanta is said to
make a business of quietly gathering
in all the confederate bank notes he
can put his hands on. This paper was
issued by the ton during the war and
a great deal of IL is still floating
around. The story goes that when the
old man gets a big bundle of the paper
he sends it TO Edison. who pays a good
price for Ii.
Edison uses ii to make carbon for
his incandescent lamps. 1t seems
strange that this substance has been
hit upon for the purpose until it is ex-
planned that the paper on which these
notes were engraved was made of the
pulp of sea grass. This branch of the
paper making industry has become a
dead art.
Sea grass paper, when chemically
treated by Edison, has been found 10
make the best sort of carbon for in
candescent lamps and so there is al
ways a demand for the confederate
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-27
ONE HONEST MAN.

Dear Editor: Please inform your readers
that 4 written to confidential y. l will mail in
a sealed letter the plan pursued BY whicn
was permanently restored to h. alth and manly
ylgor. after airs OF suffering IRON Nervous
Weakness, night losses and weak, shrunken
parts.
nave no scheme to EFFORT money from any
enc wEomsoever. | was robbed and swindlcd
10y the quacks until nearly .Os faith In man
kind. bat thank Heaven. am now well. gor-
Gus and strons. and anxious 10 make this GER
tain means OF cure known TO ALL
Havnr nothing to sell or send %. d.,
want no money. Address. JAS. A. HARRIS.
Box 352. DE ray Mich
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Seven Days

in the week, Badger
State Express via The
North = Western Line"
lie YES Minneapolis
7:3o am St. Paul $40
arriving Milwaukee 500
pm Chicago o:45 pm
and is the only day
train from Minneapolis
and St Paul to these
cities every day i'll the
week. 1t has comfort
able fist class coaches
8 luxurious parlor car,
supplied with every con-
venience and comfort
for a pleasant daylight
trip. Your home agent
will sell you tickets via
this first class line. For
further information and
illustrated folder, free,
please address I. w.
Teasdale, Gen'l Pass
enger Agent. St. Paul.
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SCHEDULE
TRAINS ARRIVE
No. . from ST Paul Chicars
and all Eastern points. arriveA
Northern Pacific local depot
daily ST. -. ........... s:w . -
No 9. from SPOKANE. Tacoma.
Seattle. Portland and all Coast
points. arrives Montana Union
depot daily at ........-.....-....u:0 b -
TRAINS DEPART.
No I, for Spokane. TacomA.
Seattle. Portan and all Coast
ana California points. leave
Montana Union depot daily at. ~ Q q
No g. for St Paul. Chicago and
all Eastern. Southern and Ca
madam points. leaves Northern
PAcino local Depot daily at.-..io:o . n
Pullman Sleeping Cars. between Butts
and ST. Paul. upholstered Tourist Sleep
ers: elegant day coaches and dining car
service on all through trains.
For information. time cards. maps ana
tickets call on write to w NJ TUOHY.
Gen Agt. - East Broadway. Butte.
Mont. or CHARLES 8. FEE.
General Passenger Agent 81 Paul. MINI
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NJ ontana Union.
Northern Pacific.

Northern Pacific.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT bUTTk-
No. O. from ST. Paul. Chicago
and all Eastern points. arrives
Northern Pacific local depot
daily at ........................ sis . m
NJ. u No. .. from Spokane Ia
coma. Seattle. Portland and all
Coast points. arrives Montana
Union depot daily at ............u:5o N
TRAINS LEAVE BUTTE
NJ u No. I. for Spokane. Taco
ma, Seattle. Portland and all
Coast and California points.
leaves Montana Union depot
daily At $500. ..-.-.... s.0 q n
No. T. for St. Paul. Chicago and
all Eastern. Southern and Ca
madam points. leaves Northern
Pacific local depot daily at....io:so N
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BUTTE TIME CARD.

Butte. Anaconda g. Pacific r. r.
ARRIVE IN BUTTE
No. 2 Anaconda and Helena express. ar
rives daily. ............ .s:<oa- m
No. l. Anaconda express con-
Meeting with Great Northern
railway through trains for East
and West. arrives daily.......... Ais -
DEPART FROM BUTTE
No. .. Anaconda express. leaves
daily -. :. 60. .............Io:1 . N
No. l. Anaconda express from St
Paul. Helena and intermediate
points leaves daily .....---...... 500 . n
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The Northern Montana Office of the
Standard IS located in the Bach-Cory
block. Great Falls. directly opposite the
Park hotel. Advertising rates furnished on
application.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-27

In an old-fashioned home Of New Or
leans there was a company at dinner.
and the ladies were discussing the wo-
man question. a gentleman present.
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Want AdVs-

A ADVERTISEMENTS under this head
"a 2 cents a word for the first Insertion
and / cent a word for each subsequent
insertion. No advs. taken for less than
25 cents.
Classified Advs. per line per month. 81 Is
Count words to the line)
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1t is 1887
miles long.

Few people realize what
a big railroad the Burling-
ton is.
IL Is longer - employs
more men-runs through
HErT8EX more states - owns more
uit.lllIllllllIU engines - operates more
E%svSf &fs trains-has more stations
ktiitl.ll.UEi and earns more money
Hk4411eg3 than any of the transconti-
mental lines.
Only two railroads in the
world have a greater mile
age. Not one-NOT ONE
offers a better service.
Prove the truth of this
latter statement by taking
the Burlington next time
you go east or south.
Phil Daniels, T p. A., Butte, Mont;
w. w. Johnston, c. A. Billings. Mont.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-27

WANTED~sTTUATIoN FOR HOUSE
work in private family or In boarding
house. Call 519 East Third street, Ana
conda.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17
Marrying for Money.

Among the unnecessary hard judg-
ments pronounced upon human actions
may be classed the universal scorn ex-
pressed toward the girl who marries for
money. There are those who do not
hesitate to draw the most odious COM
PARSONS between such d girl and others
of her sex.
Making of love, so called. a sort of
fetish, the world defies what is, after
all, but an instinct, as though it were a
grander, finer thing than courage or
prOblty or self-denial, or any other really
beautiful human trait. 1t applauds any
insanity committed in the name of love.
provided, always, that the conventions
are observed. Love that leads to the
degraded life of the tenements, to alli-
ances with the diseased or morally weak.
that throws away years of training in an
art or science. that breaks the hearts
of parents-all of these things. and many
as mOnstrOus, are excused if only love
is offered as a reason for their doing.
In world like this. where, in spite
of countless public and private charities
for the alienation of their sufferings and
the permanent lettering of their condi-
tons, thousands of helpless little ones
eXplate by cruel suffering and acute want
their parents scorn of money considcra-
tons in matrimonial alliances. it can
not surely be wholly reprehensible to
look with favor OH moneyed alliances
Sentiment is, indeed. to be preferred
to sordidness; but the girl who decides
for the decencies as we'll as the Injuries
of life, for herself and any children
that may be born to her. by choosing
wealth instead of poverty, is not neces-
sarily sordid; and. beautiful though SEN
timent may be. when to cherish it means
inevitably life in small, unwhoesome
quarters, the hot. Stuffy second summer
(since the little home cannot spare the
services of it's mistress-nor is there any
money to spare for the seasons needed
outing). when-as is usually the case
sentiment means all this frightful in
justice to little. helpless beings, the price
is too high, and it ceases to be Il virtue.
Vogue.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17
RENOUNCEs A FORTUNE.
Charles Alvord Says His Brothers. Wild
Owand Children NAV Have His Share

Charles A1vord Says His Brothers Wild
owand Children May Have His Share.
The will of Mrs. J. d. = Alvord,
now being probated at Bridgeport,
Conn.,. divides an estate of probably
5000 equally between her sou,
Charles Alvord, and her daughter-in-
law, Mrs. w. l. Alvord of New York,
Orange Merwin, Il banker, is named as
executor.
a strange feature of the case is the
behavior of Charles Alvord. Of late
years he has been living on Long Island
After the reading of the will and he had
learned that he was heir to many thou
sands of dollars he announced that he
would never accept it. Next morning he
called on Orange Merwin and repea ted
this statement. He refused to give Mr..
York World reporter Mr.. Alvord said:
when my brother William was alive
we had an agreemnt between lis to the
effect that in case l should outlive him
l should look out for his children He
made like promise to me. [ do not
want the money, and will not take it. l
have instructed Mr.. Merwin to divide it
up pro rata between my brothers widow
and her children.
II did not leave my address, because l
do not want to hear anything from the
estate. l may be on the shore of Africa,
or in the middle of the ocean, or in my
grave. In any case they will never find
me Or my grave
Mr.. Alvord rushed for train and left
this city, waving his hat in adieu.
For some years Charles Alvord has
been of a rowing disposition, but for the
past year he has lived at Port Jefferson
Alvord's father was one of the original
Wheeler & Wilson sewing machine con-
tractors, leaving a large fortune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17
IRRIGATION IN ARIZONA.
Half q Million Acres of Desert Land to be
Rendered Fruitful.


Rendered Fruitful.
In an interview with u reporter at
Salt Lake City Frederick l. Monsen,
the explorer, said:
Numerous trips through the wonder
full Salt River valley gave me excellent
opportunity to judge of the productive
possibilities of irrigation in Arizona.
The practicability Of irrigation through
out this section has been thoroughly
demonstrated, and it will not be long
before every acre of this wonderful val
ley will be under cultivation. This will
mean the ultimate reclamation of about
SOC. 900 acres of desert land, an extreme
-antithesis to the frightful aridity of the
surrounding wastes. The Salt River val
ley is surrounded OH all sides by lofty
mountains, and more than enough water
is supplied during the rainy months and
from the melting of the SHOWS in the
is necessary to store this water in Il
proper manner to supply the entire val
ley with irrigation. This is being accom-
plished entirely through private and cor
porate enterprise. Everything that
grows in Southern California grows pro-
lifcally in Salt River valley, with the
odds in favor of Salt River valley The
season being earlier and longer. permits
the Salt River farmer to put his fruit
on the market from two to four weeks
earlier than his Californian neighbor
Phoenix has now a population of 10000
In ten years at the present rate of in
crease it will contain Il population of
$4,000 people, and all this will be due tc
irrigation. When a tract of this valley
land is supplied with water the value
rises to from $50 to $500 an acre. After
the purchase of land and water priv,
leges, the yearly cost Of irrigation is
about III. 80 an acre.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17
DAM BENEATH THE SURFACE.
A Most Wonderful Feat of Irrigation En-
pineerinr.

"A MOsC WONDERFUL Feat OF irrigation En-
gineering.
Il inspected what l consider one of
the most wonderful feats of irrigation
which has just been successfully COM
pleted,' said Frederick 1. Monsen, the
explorer and lecturer. ut is the dam
ming of the submerged waters of the
Mojave river near Barstow on the line
of the Atlantic & Pacific railway, $50
miles east of the city of Los Angeles.
The Mojave river, during the greater
part of the year, flows through instead
of over its sandy bed and it's surface
bears no indication of the waters be-
meath. The submerged current is consid-
cradle, however, and the stations along
the line of the railway are supplied with
water by sinking the pipes Of powerful
steam pumps into the middle of the
river bed.
''To bring this water to the surface
and to utilize it for irrigation purposes
has kept small army of men and horses
in constant operation for the past two
years. A sheet-piling dam has been
sunk to bedrock, and against this has
been placed fume which leads the I'M
derflow from the channel of the river
carrying capacity Of $4,000 inches and
is completed to Minneola valley, twelve
miles away. The lateral canals will be
completed in time for the irrigation
season of 1897. The Mojave is the larg-
est river in southern California. It takes
it's rise on the north slope of the San
Bernardlno mountains, whose snow
capped submits reach an altitude of
from 5000 to $4,000 feet above sea level
and carry large fields of snow during
the entire year, thus insuring an album
6ant water SlnnlV when q dry Goa CON VIC
it's the valleys of the state. The entire
flow of the Mojave river, most as under
flow. reaches the head water of the Min
nicola canal"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17
Poisonous Florida Fish.

The March number of Our Animal
Friends contains an interesting paper,
which may explain the mysterious cases
of poisoning sometimes reported, and
which contains warming for visitors to
Florida or the. West Indies ut this sea
sOn. 1t is well known that the warmer
the water the brighter the colors of the
fish, but the less valuable they are for
food. Mr.. Vance tells s,ls that not only
are the fish not so good, but so many are
poisonous that it is not safe to eat any
kind unfamiliar. to you. He mentions
two, one of which may even be sold in
Brooklyn markets. This is the herring,
of which there are two varieties so pois~
onous that they should be let severely
alone, especially at this season.. the time
for spawning. The roe of this fish is
considered most dangerous. 1t is hardly
likely that poisonous mackerel will be
sent to Brooklyn, but the caution is
given that they are so common in tropic-
al waters that in Havana there is Il law
forbidding the sale of mackerel weighing
over 2 pounds, for the poisonous fish are
invariably large and heavy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17
Another Royal Betrothal.

The Figaro, speaking of the fact that
Princess Marguerite Of Orleans, second
daughter of the Due de Chartres, is be-
trothed to Patrice de MacMahon, eldest
son of the late Marshal MacMahon and
the Dowager Duchess of Magenta, says;
Prince Henri d'Orleans, when he went
to Brussels to see the Due d'Orleans, his
cousin. handed him a letter from the
Due de Charities, asking his consent to
the marriage. The Due d'Orleans did
not hesitate a moment. He gave, his
affection and patriotism. The letter was
brought by Prince Henri and the Ouch,
ess of Magenta at once called on the
Duchesse de Charities at the Hotel Con.
tinental, and in the course of her visit
presented Princess Marguerite with a
guerite is q years of age, tall and
graceful and her mind is as cultivated as
her nature is amiable.''.ss = - 4 s'.3*s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17
Eccentric Sarah.

There are few American towns SO
small that Nine. Bernhardt has not
deemed them worth playing in, and
those with which she remains I'M
acquainted by means of hack ride are
small indeed. She is striking looking
under all circumstances, and her unex.
pected apparition driving through the
streets is said to be the basis of many
thrilling descriptions told by the natives
OF towns at which her train happened
to halt A traveller who had seen her
often on the stage said that her appear
ance at the depot of a town in the state
when her train arrived there was one
of the most startling spectacles he had
ever witnessed. 1t was in the early
morning and Bernhardt had alighted. to
go to her hotel. She wore small bon
net and her tawny hair was as bushy
as usual. Her dress came to point a
few inches below her knees. and her
calves were enveloped in knit wooden
leggings. She wore a short, light colored
fur cloak, and the natives who happened
to be at the railroad station so early
gazed in open-mouthed wonder ut this
remarkable sight.-New York Sun.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17
ASTOR'S ELECTRIC YACHT.
Largest of Its Kind in Existence-To b
Used ON the Hnds0n

Largest of Its Kind in Existence-To be
Used on the Hudson.
John Jacob Astor is having an electric
launch built at Nyack. which will be
the largest vessel in existence having
electricity as it's motive power
The dimensions are as follows: y
feet over ALL II feet beam and 3 feet s
inches draught.
1t will have two 25-horse power electric
motors, being Il twin-screw boat
There will be storage batteries for gen
Grating purposes. They will have from
400 to 500 cells. The boat will have a
cockpit fore and aft
There will he a saloon. staterooms and
cabin, two toilet rooms and Il gallery.
1t will be planked with mahogany, with
copper fastenings The staterooms and
cabin will be finished in mahogany. and
the cockpits in quartered oak. The
decks will also be of mahogany. There
will be auxiliary sailing power, the boat
to have two masts. There will also be
two Tobin bronze centerboards.
Mosher, the designer, expects the boat
to have a speed of sixteen miles an
hour. Col. Astor will use her on the
Hudson between his residence and Rhine
beck and New York city He will also
have her at Newport when he is there,
She will be finished June 6.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17
A PATHETIC INCIDENT.
Death Blasts the Fond Hopes of a Young
Cornish Miner,

Death Blasts the Fond Hopes of Young
Cornish Miner.
In St. Ives.' Cornwall, Eng, three
years ago. Richard Rowe kissed his
young bride of a few months goodbye,
and started for America to win fame
and fortune. Richard thought he could
make enough money in few months to
send for his wife, but he found that
times were hard here. and with the small
pay he received, it was next to i'm oossi-
BILE to save enough to cover the expenses
of the trip. But this year. times were
somewhat better, and he had great hopes
of spending the long winter evenings by
his own tireside, with his wife and little
child that he had never seen, for the little
one had come into the world a few
months after the father had left for
America. But Richards hopes will never
be realized, for about two weeks ago
there came to him at Iron Mountain.
Mich, from across the ocean a black
bOrdered letter that told him that his
little one was no more.
About midnight week ago Wednesday
night. while Rowe was working down
in the bottom level of the Dunn mine, he
complained of not feeling we'll. and grew
worse so rapidly that the skip was low
cred and the sick man sent up to the
surface. Before morning his complaint
had developed into a most alarming case
of pneumonia. and his suffering was in
tense. He continued in the same condi-
ton until Sunday night. when his suffer-
lngS were relieved by death.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17
"A Mystery in Sound.

In the delta of the Ganges. Il myster-
GUS sound is sometimes heard, TO which
the name of "Barisal Guns is given,
because of the resemblance to the dull
report of distant artillery. Similar noises
are well known to the lighthouse keep
ers and fishermen of Ostend and Bou-
logne, who call them the mist pouffers."
or fog dissipators, and generally hear
summer. Although the sounds are COM
pared to the detonations of guns. they
are not very like these, and they occur
at irregular intervals. Their origin is
enveloped in mystery, but some plysi-
clans regard them as electrical detona-
tons, such as might be produced by
flashes of ordinary lightning or the ex-
refer them to the shocks Of fluid matter
in the bowels of the earth or the rum
hlinG of sliuht On thaua los
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17
Paradise Nuts.

Nearly 5000 miles up the mighty Am.
AEON river, in South America, fiourishes
the paradise nut. 1t grows on a high
tree and the cap containing the fruit is
so easily broken that the vast number
of monkeys and other nut-loving animals
of the Southern jungles make away with
the crop quicker than Rhode Island
squirrels can stow away chestnutS. So
the paradise nuts are the rarest and
most costly, as we'll as the most deli
cious, that are known to commerce.
There has just arrived in Providence
a small lot of paradise nuts, consisting
of three packages, weighing, all told,
$50 pounds, and there are no others of
the sort in this country. Shipment was
York and covered distance of upward
Of TX OOO miles
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17

are q number of heavy cogs of unequal
length and shape, VARYING in height from
half an inch to two inches, some sharp
at the ends, some rounded, the purpose
being to produce as rough a surface as
could be found on even the stoniest road.
Against this a bicycle wheel, with spokes
taut, and pneumatic tire inflated, is
pressed by means of bar, OH which
It can rotate. AT the end of the bar
hangs Il heavy weight, so that the press
ure on the bicycle wheel against the
rough circumference underneath is equal
to the weight of Il rider of from $50 to
2aO pounds, Having been thus weighted,
the machinery is set in motion, the large
wheel turning 162 times in minute,
making the bicycle wheel turn against it
as if it were being driven over the road
at the rate of thirteen and half miles
an hour.-Cassier's Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-04-17
Biting the Finger Nails.

1t is simply waste of time to apply
ill-smelling and nasty-tasting substances
to the fngernails of children for the pur-
pose of breaking them of the habit of
biting the nails. BY some means or
other they rub the disagreeable stuff off
and go on with the same process of
gnawing. A physician recommends a
thorough course Of manicuring. Let the
child's nails be examined dozen times
d day if necessary, and see that there
are no little points or irregularities to an
noy the little one. Everybody knows
that hangnail or broken bit of nail
will create tendency to scrape the nail
or to bite at it. Persistent and habitual
biting of the nails is proclaimed nerv-
GUS disease, and constitutional treatment
is in order in connection with the mani
curing. 1t is good idea to cultivate
in children good deal Of pride in their
appearance; this helps the treatment,
and will, in short time, break the most
fixed habits, - - t''--