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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-07
OUR OWN HuMoRISTS.
some of the Earmarks of Their Humor,
by Mark Twain.

From Golfers Weekly.
Mark Twain's recent cablegram to
the effect that the report concerning
him is all a lie and that he has not
paid his debts. recalls the playfulness
of Artemus Ward and the famous jest
of Mr.. Whistler. IN. b." the former
used to put on his programmes, Mr..
Ward will pay no bills of his own con-
tracing" Nor, for that matter, would
NH. Whistler. A few years ago the lat
ter's creditors had a meeting and sub
mitted a proposition. Mr.. Whistler re-
fused TO consider it. The creditors held
a second meeting and submitted sec
ond proposition. The result was the
same. But, Mr. Whistler the spokes
man eXpostulated. I'VE are merely try
ing to get you out of your difficulties"
MY difficulties, he cried in great as
derstand you to say? Why, gentlemen,
these are not my difficulties, they are
yours
Now, that is a very fine specimen
of what the English call American hu
NOR. 1t would be lovely if there We're
more like it. But as commodity it is
getting scarce. Apart from Mark
Twain, there is no one to whom you
can turn for it now. Artemus Ward is
forgotten. Petroleum Vesuvius Nasty
belonged to prehistoric times Bill Nye
has departed. Even Josh Billings is
dead. ana more Is the pity, TOO. Bill
lings was not only humorist. he was
sage. No one who was not both
could have said, .Flattery is like
Kolone water, few be smelt of. not
swallow or, by the same token. put
the true and ludicrous in a shape as
concrete as this:
- He who by farmin would gel rich,
Must dig and plant and no and SIGH;
Work hard awl day, sleep hard awl
mite.
Save evry cent and not git tite.
I'VE don't get verse like that to-day.
Wit is plentiful and epigram abundant.
but Of humor there is a dearth. Why?
Why, indeed? There is a subject for
anybody who wants To turn out a
magazine article. Ii is what an editor
would regard as timely and what any
subscriber may regard as free
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-07
A Long TrnInp.

Mrs. Agnes Bradshaw, Sc years old,
who walked here from Rock Hill, S. c.,
was furnished transportation to Brook
iyH. n. Y, by Sanitary Officer Frank
this afternoon. The woman, who was
born in Scotland, came here in 1861
and has lived with a married son at SO
Eighth avenue, Brooklyn, during recent
years. Her son, Joseph Bradshaw, who
lived with his wife at Rock Hill, was
taken sick several months ago, and his
mother Went to see him. She says he
died ON Aug %. and when his widow
did not treat her exactly right she de-
termined to walk back to Brooklyn
Mrs. Bradshaw said she thought she
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-07
Meter Right But Feet Were Lame.

4 gentleman with long hair and
shiny coat laboriously climbed the
stairs to the editorial sanctum.
Il have here" he remarked. "a few
lines of verse which ] offer at regular
rates for publication in your valuable
paper"
The managing editor took the manu-
script and after gazing on it for a few
moments remarked:
We cannot use these lines as poetry.
but il you viii leave them We viii try
to dispose of them. I believe they can
be used for golf hose"
Pray. tell me-" said the astonished
poet. why YOU deem my lines avail
able for use as golf hose.
They have no feet.
Whereupon the poet took a hot-foot
down the editorial stairs.
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ARCHITEc TuRE.

ARCHITECTURE.
The arena the architects have chosen
for Il display of The highest artistic
effect H. pitched in the great rectangle
locally known as the Kountze Tract
The main buildings are ranged along
either side Of the basin. Al the west
end stands the Government building
thanked by imposing eolonnades which
converge toward the west The Arch
of States, the main entrance. is on the
south line at Twentieth street. This
arch, one Of the most noticeable in the
group OF structures, is decorated with
a frieze composed of the arms of the
Trans Mississippi states, the whole be-
ing surmounted by sculpture figureS
bearing the United States shield. The
bright colOrs OF the shields contrasting
with the monochrome background OF
the Arch itself, and the gay effect of
streamers flying above form "A brilliant
point that can be- seen the whole length
Of the boulevard Entering this Arch,
the visitor arrives at the Court OF the
Grand Canal, opposite the Administra-
ton Arch, the Palace of Agriculture
being on the right and the Mines and
Mining building on the left. The canal
or basin IS spanned occasionally by pie
turesque bridges. built with little arches
L" permit the passage Of gondelas ana
various small boats Its two ends ter
inmate respectively al the Government
building "n the west and at the Viaduct
On the east Nine-shaded promenades
Of columns. treated in the Pompeian
manner, extend between all the build
ings, and provide visitors with nearly
mile OF continuous shade all around
the basin.
Visitors going by boat the length OF
the basin tp the Sherman avenue VIA
duct VIII pass an the main buildings
me United states Government. ASri-
culture. Administration Arch, Mines.
Machinery, Art. Auditorium. Liberal
Arts. Boys ana Girls and Manufac-
lures buildings and the Arch OF the
2tttr AIpr hing the eastern emu
me ground rises in terraces. ana IS
adorned vith shrubberg and flowers
mingled with pieces 81 sculpture. until
IL ends M great b-micycie stairway
crowned by the kiosk 0r minaret on the
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oetermine the rights of applicants for
elIlzenship in the five civilized tribes.
/ Inc commission is at present engaged
| IN mus work among the tribes and has
/ sus of these people I'M 10 and includ-
ing the 3Oth of the present month.
Shouid the agreement between the
.hoctaWs ana Chickasaws be ratified
Dy congress. and should the other tribes
lall y make an agreement with the
COMMISSION then IL will be necessary
that some legislation shall be had by
| congress. which, while Just and honor
able 10 the Indians, shall he equitable
TO the WHITE people who have settled
upon these lands by invitation of the
tribal nations. Hon. Henry L. Dawes
chairman of the commission. i'm a letter
to the secretary of the interior. under
date of Oct. II. 1897. SAYS:
individual ownership is in their
tthe commissioner opinion. absolutely
essential TO any permanent improve
nent IN conditions, and the lack of it
Is the root of nearly all the evils which
have SO grievously afflicted these people
Allotment by agreement is the only
possible method, unless the United
States courts are clothed with the au-
thority To apportion the lands among
the Indian citizens, for whose use it
was originally granted
L concur with the secretary of the
interior that there can be no cure for
the evils engendered by the opera ton of
these great trusts. excepting by their
resumption by the government which
created them.
Quarantine Laws.
The recent prevalence of the yell
low fever in n number of cities and
towns throughout the South has re-
suited in much disturbance of COM
merce and demonstrated the necessity
Of such amendments to our quarantine
laws as will make the regulations of
the national quarantine authorities
paramount. The secretary of the treas
ury in that portion of his report re-
lating to the operation of the marine
hospital service, calls attention to the
defects in the present quarantine laws
and recommends amendments thereto
which will give the treasury depart
ment the requisite authority to pre-
vent the invasion of the epidemic dis
eases from foreign countries and in
times of emergency like that of the past
summer viii add to the efficiency of the
sanitary measures for the protection of
the people and at the same time pre-
vent unnecessary restrictions of com
merce. / concur in his recommended
ton.
In further efforts 10 prevent the in
vasion of the United States by yellow
fever the importance of the discovery
of the exact cause of the disease, which |
up to the present time has been unde-
termined, has been obvious. and to this |
end systematic meteorological investi- |
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Official Bird's-Eye View
sUFt3sshsSi sg M sssnssss

all kinds, machinery and other sup
plies are daily unloaded on the grounds
convenient 10 the buildings. In every
direction hundreds of mechanics and
laborers are busiiy employed Fastening
the Exposition work to completion.
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viaduct On either side of the esplan-
AIDE beyond this are the two chief res
taurants, faneiful structures with ir-
regular spires or minarets. AT the
extreme east end of the Canal Court
are the electric water grottoes, the
Blue Grotto Of Capri and Mammoth
Cave, which can be visited only by
boat. Very striking effects of light and
color will be seen here, reflected from
giittering rock-crystal and tinted by
many-colored electric globes placed
under the water.
All the buildings, gateways colon
nades, bridges, etc, forming this main
having its own share in the architec-
tural effect 10 be produced. One point
10 be- noticed Is the success of the de-
signers in keeping free from the infu-
ence of other expositions. The plan of
grounds, the grouping and design of
buildings, the scheme Of color, are all
wholly different from any former
achievement. The buildings will be
given the tint of old marble the staff
work being colored to produce this
effect. Classic sculpture and intricate
carving will be initiated TO a nicely and
statuary of heroic size will surmount
some of the main buildings. Imposing
columns of the long ealonnades beauti-
full porticos facing the main-court bas-
relief sculpture adjoining the pediments
OF great buildings, and lions. couchant
and rampant, surveying the main court
from lofty pedestals, all wrought in
staff. Will contribute to the splendor of
the completed architecture.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-07
THE SITE.

Situated upon broad plateau. well
within the city limits on the north side.
the Exposition grounds are easily ac-
cessible from all points of The compass.
Kountza tract, GO feet wide, defined bv
sherman avenue on the east and
Twenty -fourth street on the west. was
selected for the focus of the group ~
main buildings. This ground is nearly
half mile long and in the center a
canal extends the greater share Of the
distance This basin is 100 feet wide az
the east end. while at the west end it
runs into trefoil or three-lobed lake
fully 400 feet across. on the east. lying
Al right angles IL kountze tract. is an
area of 90 acres stretching along the
BLUFFS and overlooking the river and
country beyond The remainder of the
Exposition grounds lies north OF
hountze tract. west Of sherman ave-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-01
NO 4RRESIS YET.
A Pinkerton Detective at Work on tho
 HotchiSss Murder Case.

Hotchkiss Murder Case.
 Middletown, Aug. 3.-There were no new developments to-day in the Hotch- kiss murder case. A Pinkerton detec- tive is now in Killingworth, and the sheriff is continuing his investigation, but no arrests have yet been made and so far as can be learned no new clues have been developed. Herman Sachs still hangs about the Hotchkiss place. significant statement was made by John Meyers, who lives near the Hotch- kiss house, after the funeral yesterday Meyers has young son, who takes a great interest in shooting. Last Thurs day morning Sachs appeared at Mey- CTS house and asked the boy if he could leave his new gun with him for a time. The lad assented, and Sachs went away. Meyers sent the gun back to Sachs home. From that time no one has seen the weapon, but Frank Rathburn relates an incident of much significance.
 He declares that early on Saturday morning, some seven hours after the crime had been committed, he and his son were driving along the turnpike
  They looked carefully and saw Sachs. Rathburn's son called to him and Sachs came out of the underbrush near the open, looking, as Rathburn described | it, as though he had been out all night He asked Sachs what he had been do- ing and the young man replying, "Oh ! nothing" disappeared again into the | underbrush.
 | Whatever this proceeding may have meant, no one having no authority to question Sachs has taken the trouble to find out. No inquiries have been made of either Meyers, Mir. Rathburn. young Hoffman or Mrs. Golf, the moth er-in-law of the dead man.
 The coroners inquest will not be held for several days.
 A POSSIBLE CLUE. Poughkeepsie, Aug. 31.-Late Satur- day night two strangers, one short and the other tall and both well dressed, rowed into Innis' slip in a stolen row. boat and walked uptown to Levi Mel- hado's store, where they pawned val uable breech-loading double -barreled shotgun for $3. They acted nervous and after pawning the gun walked hur- | r1eQly DdCh LO lHe flNeI duu IfleQ 10 sell the stolen boat for $15.
 The police did not hear of the visit of the strangers until late last night, when Dr. Stirling of Newburg telegraphed to have a watch kept for two thieves who had taken his boat and gone up the river behind a tow. Then the facts stated came out. It was at once thought that the men were the murderers of Farmer Hotchkiss of Killingworth, who was killed Friday night by unknown men. The murderers could have reached Newburg Saturday by taking a train on the New England road on Friday night.
 Yesterday the strangers were traced to Hyde Park and Esopus, in both oi which places they tried to sell the stolen boat for s10 Last night it was thought the thieves were at Kingston Officers in all the river towns have beer notified and the men will be captured unless they abandon the boat in some out-of-the-way place and get away or a freight train.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-01
WALLINGF0RD HAPPENINGS
BUSINESS PICKING UP NOTICEABLY
 IN THE BIG HARDWARE MILL.

Daughter Born to MT. and Mrs. W. A.
 Trask-Labor Day Ball Games-Various
 Items About Race Meets and Amuse-
 ments-Personal Items.
 Business is improving at Simpson, Hall, Miller &s Co.'S, and yesterday the hollow-ware department began run ming ten hours day for the first time since last December. The sterling and fiat ware departments have been run ming full time for several weeks.
 MT. and Mrs. w. A. Trask of South Main street have a new baby girl, which arrived yesterday.
 The East Farms district school open ed Monday with Miss Mary Barnes of Boston as teacher. The schools in the central district will open on Tuesday of next week.
 The Second Regiment rifle team will have a practice shoot in Co. Ks range on Saturday.
 The Quicksteps will play two games Labor day with the Franklin school team of New Haven. The morning game will be played here and the af- ternoon game in New Haven.
 The entries for the races at the agri- cultural fair next week will close this evening.
 The Wallngfords will play in New London to-day. DeMills and Gardner will be the battery. "The Yankee Drummer" that is booked for the opera house tomorrow evening is said to be one of the fun niset comedies on the road. J. R. Cottrill and H. L. Hirons of the Ramblers committee are working hard to make the circuit meet in New Ha- ven this month success. William G. Kirchbaum of the New 1 Bedford Standard was in town yester- ] day.
 Colonel W. J. Leavenworth attended the reunion of the 1897 legislature at Pleasure Beach in Bridgeport yester- day.
 Company Ks rifle team will have a practice shoot on Saturday. A concert for the benefit of Robert l L. Barnes will be given in the opera 1 house Wednesday evening, September | &. Mrs. Jennie Hill Brooks, Miss Eliza i beth Hull Mrs. J. s. Suydam. Mrs. | Franz Milcke, Mrs. Grace Mix Moody and Thomas Peirs will take part. | Theodore F. Michaels and daughter Miss Bessie, are in Jersey City for ] weeks stay.
 Judge Hubbard is expected home from Boston tomorrow. 1 Rev F. E. Marble will preach at the | Plainville camp meeting on Friday eve ming. His subject will be "The Cam paign." l Aquilla social will have supper to- morrow evning at c. c. Treats
 Mrs. w. B. Kirkman and children are 1 at Far Rockaway. Herman Greuner and family are home from a visit in Jersey City. Morelle Cook left here yesterday for Westminster, Vt. Mrs. Thomas Clancy has gone to Ma
 tick, Mass.
 Work on the new six inch main for
 Hall avenue will begin at once, the
 pipe having arrived yesterday.
 Work at the Wallingford Wheel and | Cycle Bar company's factory is getting 1 slack
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-01
Brief Mention.

High water to-day, 1:32 p. m.
 House for $1,6OO. R. E. Baldwin.
 Pease & Son have received the Gen. tury for September.
 McClure's Magazine for September at Pease & Sons, 102 Church street.
 Frank s. Hamilton, jr., returned last night from a vacation at Asbury Park and Brooklyn.
 Dr. and Mrs. A. Winslow Leighton, who have been abroad since last March, are expected home on Friday.
 John J. Mautte of Hewitt's drug store will take two weeks vacation to As bury Park. He leaves with his wife to- day.
 MT. and Mrs. F. Hewitt have just re- turned from a three weeks visit at Cas- tine, Me. where they were guests of Dr. and Mrs. Swayne of this city.
 The choir of St. Johns P. E. church will officiate again next Sunday The rehearsal will be held next Friday evening at 7:45 at Professor F. A. Fow- 1er's studio
 The Twenty-seventh Connecticut Connecticut Volunteers hold their an-
  Point A large gathering is expected of the veterans
 The regular meeting of Luxemburg castle No. 1, K. G. E., will be held to- morrow evening at o'clock in A. o. U. w. hall, 139 Orange street. Six candi- dates will be given the first degree. All members are requested to be present.
 It is reported that the new second vice president of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad may be Charles Peter Clark, son of President Charles P. Clark. Young MT. Clark is now the general manager of the New England road, and is making a marked success in that position.
 Yesterdays Waterbury American says: IF. H. Brown of the firm of Brown & Durham, corner of Orange and Center streets, New Haven, who has been in Boston for the last two weeks, passed through Waterbury to- day on his bicycle and paid visit to B. s. Hotchkiss and family of North Willow street,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-01
ACCIDENT IN wOODMoNT.
Motorman's Goodness Lessens Serious
 Collision With Ice Wagon.

Motormans Goodness Lessens Serious
 Collision With Ice Wagon.
 What came near being a bad acci- dent, and possibly a fatality, was averted last Monday by the coolness of Motorman Kowalewski of the Wood mont line. With Conductor Benjamin Thaxter he was running along smooth ly at the usual speed, when on nearing the Chapel street crossing in Wood mont he caught sight of an ice wagon almost upon the crossing. The driver, Smith, in the employ of Platt, the Mil ford ice dealer evidently did not have hold of the reins, and the big horses were coming on at a good clip. Kowa- lewski saw that a collision was inevita- ble, and on account of the incline he found his brake of no avail. He there fore ''plugged' the current, reversing it completely.
 There was, of course. an instantane- ous stop and violent rebound, The two passengers got the full force of it, as they expected no such experience, and were thrown headlong over the seats in front of them and landed in a heap on the floor. The car was thrown off the track, all four wheels going off the rails.
 Beyond smashing the headlight and front canopy the car was undamag2d. The wagon did not come out of it With much breakage either. but the off-horse was somewhat cut. No blame was at tached to the motorman by the iceman, as he kept ringing his gong long before l the crossing was reached.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-01
WEST HAVEN.
Funeral of Mrs. Murphy.

funoral or mrS. MurpnY'
 The funeral services of Mrs. Murphy, wife of MT. John P. Murphy of Mama roneck, who died while on visit to Mir. and Mrs. Enoch H. Somers of West Haven, were held yesterday afternoon. attended by relatives and intimate friends. There were beautiful floral tributes, Rev. MT. McCrea of All Saints church, this city, ofiiciated in the absence from the city of Rev. MT Gesner of West Haven. Stahl &s Son were the funeral directors in charge, The interment was in Oak Grove cem- etery, West Haven.
 FUNERAL OF MRS. LUCELIA
 LAWRENCE.
 The funeral services of Mrs. Lucelia Lawrence were held yesterday after noon at her residence, No S7 Plymouth street, this city, attended by many sor- rowing friends. Rev. MT. Mutch offlci- ated and made very feeling consolatory remarks appropriate to the sad occa- sion. The deceased died last Sunday of pneumonia, complicated with heart trouble. Her age was forty-six years. Stahl & Son were the funeral directors, The interment was in Oak Grove cem- etery, West Haven.
 FUNERAL OF WILLIS B. HOPSON. The funeral of the late Willis B. Hopson was largely attended Monday afternoon from the residence of his mother, corner of Main street and Hop son avenue, Branford. The Rev. P. G. Wightman and the Rev. T. s. Dewitt had charge of the brief services, and Miss May Belle Hutchinson sang im- pressively Some Time We'll Under stand" There was profusion of beau tiful flowers on the casket, among | which were a wreath of roses and as- ters from E. A. Newell and wife of New York city; large sprays of roses from J, P. Hopson and wife of New Haven. Mrs. Lockwood of New Haven, Miss Mary Newell of Cheshire and Monto- wese lodge, N. E. o. P The offering of Mrs. Ann Hopson, mother of the de- | ceased, was a beautiful bunch of car nations and that of his wife bunch of | fOrtysix roses.
 The services at the Center cemetery where the interment took place, were very brief and were conducted by Rev. MT. Wightman. The bearers were Charles H. Milford, Charles A. Hoad- ley, Frank T. Bradley, Walter Foote Charles A. Blackstone and Walter N Boynton.
 There were many out-of-town rela- tives present to pay their last respects to the dead, among whom were MT and Mrs. A. E. Newell and E. J. New ell of New York, Mrs. William Newell and Miss Mary Newell of Cheshire Mrs. F. J. Newell and Miss Susie New | ell of West Haven MT. and Mrs George Hopson, Miss Margaret Hopson and Miss Eliza Hopson of Wallingford and John P. Hopson and wife Of New Haven.
 Grand Supreme Warden Deming oi the New England Order of Protection was among the out-of-town friends who attended the funeral.
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WHEN YOU NEED
 a physician we will come in handy, be- cause this Is the best drug store to which you can send your prescription. When you don't need a physician we can fill your wants in the right way at the right price. We are always useful.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-01
BRISTOL LEAGUE TEAM.

Bristol, Aug. 31.-The Bristol league team is still fourth in the Connecticut State league race, with but little pros- pect of reaching third unless Torring- ton takes slump, which is not at all likely. The Waterbury team has got ten back in the old rut and is losing games with great frequency and strengthening their hold on last place. Of late there has been a lack of har- mony among the players of that club. The Bristol club is in first class condi- tion and will be in it to worry all of them until the season closes.
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