The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-27
Notes of the Day.

The church pawnshop in New York ~
selling its unredeemed pledges. As no loan
is made on security believed to be made
duate ii will break about even. The in
terest charged is invariably at the rate of
per cent. "A month. A feature of the plan,
to encourage saving habits, is allowing
borrowers To pay back loan by Install
mems of not less than 81. II interest on
Il loan remains unpaid for more than l.
months The article is advertised for sale.
While the direct result of the work has
been more beneficial 10 tic borrowing
classes, the indirect results have been
equally marked Every pawnbroker on
The East side has reduced his rate of
interest. some 10 per cent, some To IL
and some To | per cent. month. They
charged per cent. formerly.
One of the women process servers III
New York City will accept no fee less
than So. She makes IA speciality of diff-
cult cases She assumes many DISCUSSES
and creates astonishment by the rapid.ty
and excellence OF her changes. She APP
pears an old apple woman decfept
beggar or a lady of fashion. Sometimes
she hobbies along on cane or "A crutch.
and At other times she is seen driving III
Il hrougham. lier income Is considerable.
Her victims are mostly women. who are
the hardest Ia catch.
The Fish and Game Protection club Of
Montreal. Canada. asks The province Of
Quebec to give a bounty for vol scalps
gests that while they are about IL they
should include foxes, as these animals
he Is convinced are much more deStrue-
tive of small game than wolves. even
The fox, he saNs, is a great destroyer Of
partridgps and in his tramps through
the woods he has had abundant proof Of
ii.
Here is an Atlanta boys compost on on
"Naccination:@ II don't believe i'm b.in
vaeeinated. | knew u boy once who lost
one of his Two arms by II. and he never
could play baseball after that The other
night papa came home and tried 10 open
the door with his umbrella | asked
mother what WAS the matter with HIM
+ She said she didn't know. but she sup
/ posed he'd been Vaccinated. 80 You see
/ what 1t brings son To-
4 sign Oh an office building in Geor-
/ gia county reads. Couples married en-
] short notice. Come one. come ALL And
+ next door there Ii another sign. fol-
/ lows: Couples divorced on easy terms.
without gittin' in the newspapers A cit-
izen explained the TWO signs by saving
Them fellers Is brothers. Ones a iestice
an fother's a lawyer. They plays into
each others hands I'M divides the
1 profits
The Oberholzer sawmin near Clay city.
j Ind is thu. scene OF 4 peculiar fire. Near
by Is an immense dump Of sawdust. which
/ las accumulated during the many years
+ activity Of the mill. Some five years ago
il caught fire and IL has been smoulderir <
in parts ever since. Recently the fire
brpka aut a fresh and ii has now been
burning nercely for several days.
There are now about a. 5H miners At
work ia the gold mines IL Eastern ard
southern Siberia. The grains Of S5her an
gold are said Ia be an au average largef
thaa those of ang other part Of the wefld
All forts 10 obtain anything llke correct
information regarding The output of GOT
ln Siberia nave 50 far proved nHaxaiitng
Sa ane outside Of few Russian Officials
j. permitted to know
THE spectator gallery is now a feature
s. aIl TIM large banquet nails Ii SeN
York. There sNeethearts and wives gath
- 70 look down upon husband and lat 7
10 size M the solids aud liquids and Hsf 4
u the burning words If the aftrr-aHnHea
orators 3hs view from the EatI=TE Il
aas - tits news banquet hall- 9n the ~