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To- I.nI.r .cllnuI.

sp.lil bi plirii to fhr -iapd1rd
Mssoula Ser' ls Duncan McDOn-
AID has b"ru Ia town for a day or two
attending to msttrrs uf business an !
,rcid utally making arrangements f'f
placing. his SON IN the STATE university
'rhr young man has been a ,tud M a.
tho R,sbnr Scott schunl n Portland f'r
two y'ars. but win enter the MnHl1na
uui, GRITTY.
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f.r Hichsr Wages.

sp-cid Dispatch To III. STANDARD
Pocat'i.o. Sept. is-Se~s received frou
D'amonsylllr. Nyo. says that the local
miners there hMve strtrk for higher
wages and the abolition ~ the company
stor" system All the ri"n are out aud
the min" Is at q standStiiL The mine has
"A capa.ity of about i.sss tons per day and
ha~. rss.nily t~<nlzvPskang fyil eapsesty
and u siin FAR behind with Its orders.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-09-17
The Military reieIraphcrs.

Nashville. Tenn. Sept. ls.-The Society
Of United states Military Telegraph
Corps IN session here elected the follow
ing officers for "A year: ". H. Wilson.
Holmesburs. Pa. president: T.. Rose
water. omaha, Pa. vice president: j.
Y. Petit. Chicago. SECRETARY and treas
urer
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-09-17

London. sept. 1.-THE Times. conn
mentiur cditorially on the letter read by
IN. governor Of the Bank of England
az the r.mi-annuai meeting of IN. bank
says. "As the same Influences huv. been
at work IN France as here IN relation to
the currency reserve. IN" rcopening of
the French mints II perhaps within the
limits of possibility, although We doubt
whether IN. action of IA. Bank ~ Eng
land can he IN any cas-. a determining
factor
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-09-17

London. Sept. Nm. cordaHE the
Dutch long -sllsianre champion bicycle
racer. commenced a 2i-hour ride last
evening. From tn. fourth hour he has
beaten IA. worlds record and completed
80 miles In ~ hours. Il minutes y f-5
seconds
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-09-17

London. s'pt. 1.-THE Daily Mall In its
financial article this morning says AS
II II Obvious that the French Will never
open the r,iuts. IL II pity the question
Il b.lng rIr,.d with Instead OF making
an uncuuiyocal answer
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-09-17
Forty Were Iproward.

St Petersburg. Sept. 1.-two steamers.
the Tsarevi,ch and Maiptka. coliided to-
day In the Nolga. near Astrakhan. The
former sank. Her passengers, panic
stricken jumped into the river. Many
reached shore. hut NJ were drowned.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-09-17

Port Henry. y. ". Sept. is.-M. II. Dom
ovan ~ the wcstport track to-day. beat
the worlds record for two-fif,hs of a mile
heel aud Toe walk in ? minutes Vi s-s Sec-
onds The previous record WAS s;.s i-s.
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our assortment is very complete and
prices very low--sl. S.25. sl.5o, s2.25 and
$3.50. our s.. IS and s2.5o have very loud
alarms. They ring Is minutes and
never fail to wallen. Try one.
Orders taken for Calling Cards, We'd
ding and Invitation Stationery. A full
line OF Samples.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-09-17
A FRIEND
in NEED--
is A
Timely
Friend

orr Nickel Watches and Alarm
Clocks are true and timely friends of
the laboring man. They get him up
ON time in the morning and tell him
when 10 quit M night ana they are SO
cheap that he can afford To buy them.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-09-17

L'adVillc. col. sept ls-Three Sec
tion men Nerv killed ard AN, tnvr Ia
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05

ror. and tried to realize that / de-
served the epithet. But / saw no
threads Of silver in my dark, heavy
braids. and but few lines of care on
my fair, broad forehead. Anyhow, my
heart felt young, and with a sigh l
tried to realize that / must accept the
position in which, of necessity, | was
placed.
The next morning my sisters were
eager in their recitals of the charming
walk and the delightful sail by noon
light. There had been a pleasant
company.
"Oh, Elizabeth said Cornie. DO
you know we saw ar old friend Of
yours? And he is coming to call on
you to-day"
IAN old friend Of miner" I quer-
ried.
"Yes., Lottie replied, eMr. Lotus;
he is visiting at the Arments', and has
Just returned from a long foreign
tour"
will Loftusr 1 exclaimed. els it
p~ossible?'
/ felt the warm blood ting,ing in my
cheeks as If had been only fifteen,
instead Of five-and-thirty. Memory was
busy recalling the lo~ng-vanished sum-
mer. and how often / used to see my
/ boy-lover, since lost sight of for many
years. Ours had been one of those
youthful attachments which but sell
dom ripen into first and only love.
They are often but .'the prelude to the
strain, before the song is sung" We
were on the verge of an engagement
when Will was suddenly recalled to
his distant home. and | had seen him
no more. Yes, foolish as 1t may have
been. | had always kept n corner Of
my heart sacred to his NAME and 1t
was with a strange thrill that I heard
he was again near me, and that l soon
should see him.
That day he called with his friend.
Harry Mills. He was a tall, fine-look-
ing man. polished, refined and fascin-
| ating in his amer. ! could hardly
| identity him with the slender youth
! that I had once known: but he referred
so gracefully to our former acquaint-
ance and expressed SO much pleasure
at renewing the intercourse SO sudden
~ interrupted, that ! felt perfectly at
case.
How pleasant were the days that
followedl We called each other "Wilp'
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05
BEAR RAISED BY A ooAr.



when the Cub IL 9 =
First-class Herder.
The bear that figures In the story
was known as Jack. and he belonged
to Lewis Ford. who formerly owned a
goat ranch high up on the Cerro Colo
RADIO mountain, overlooking the lovely
valley OF the San Joaquin. says the San
Francisco Cali. Ford found the bear
when II was a cub. soft, round. shining
and black. Being wifeless, childless
and alone, he adopted the tiny cub and
carried 1t home. Once there. Ford soon
found that a foster mother must be
provided for the infant. and so a fright
ened, trembling, bleating she goat was
brought to the house to take the place
OF the parent he so missed. II was on
ly after much combined force and per-
suasion the goat could be induced TO
adopt as her own the unkidlike orphan
placed in her care. But the time came
when foster mother and foster child
were as happy and content II their re-
lations to each other as II the sight of
a nimble-footed, b~luc-haired nanny"
sucking a clumsy black bear cub was
of the most ordinary condition of af-
fairs. The bear, which was named
Jack, waxed fat ON goats milk: and a
more docile, tractab.c beast never
grew up under the guardianship OF a
humane and loving mother. In the ear
lier days Of his adoption the baby was
a baby in truth. He would not be left
alone. And 1t would have been a hard
er heart than Ford's that could have
resisted the pitiful whimper of the lit
tie fellow whenever he thought that he
was to be left alone within the house.
Had there been any to see 1t in those
days they would have witnessed a
strange sight. The great, broad-shoul-
dered man following his flock as they
grazed on the MISUNDERSTANDING
five Or six miles from homeland as he
walked the steep mountain-side where
it was so almost perpendicular that 1t
seemed that only the goats themselves
could gain a foothold on the rocks he
carried the cub in his arms. But when
Jack grew.older he was trained to herd
the goats. Previously a number of
dogs had helped Ford, but the bear and
the dogs could not agree. and so the
dogs had to go. Jack took their place
well, and they were never missed. For
several years the bear continued to
help Ford, until the latter sold his
ranch and prepared to go to his old
home in Europe. Then a number of
his neighbors tried to buy the bear.
Ford refused to sell him, and said that
If he could no take Jack with him he
would not go. The difficulty about
shipping the bear was overcome, and
now he and his master are living con-
tentediy III the old country, enjoying
the fruits of their long. lonesome stay
in the California mountains.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05
Foot wearipes.

A great many years ago the old
fashioned ~back-country h-ousekeeper
learned that when she had any work
to do that involved a great deal of
standing on her feet in one place. she
was the gamer by folding a piece Of
carpet or a rug and placing it on the
floor under her feet.
1t has taken the business men a long
time to learn just what a great many
of the grandmothers and aunties Of
this world knew very long ago, namely.
that people who stand in one place for
any length of time would save a great
portion OF their foot and leg WEAKNESS
if they arranged for something soft on
the floor. One sensible man spread a
thick coating Of tanbark on the floor
of his warehouse. another used saw
dust and found it a great advantage.
Where these substances cannot be in
troduced with safety or convenience. a
light platform of rather thin boards
for the men to stand on has been
found OF great value in the saving Of
strength. In offices where men are
constantly on their feet thick manila
mating is helpful in avoiding that ex-
IRENE WEAKNESS to which active people
are subject. Wearing loose shoes with
a thick insole of felt is recommended
when floors are extremely hard and
~unyielding. A little attention to some
Of what appears to be the minor details
OF life will oftentimes repay the pains
taking employer in increased useful
ness and the ability to accomplish a
greater amount of labor.-Ex.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05

the shelf that is by no means agree
able.
Al least such was my feeling as ]
glanced at the invitations to a ilttt
moonlight excursion on the lake which
were handed in by John while we were
seated at our cosy breakfast-taDie III
Snow Cottage, one lovely morning ~
June. The note was directed to MISS
Lottie and Miss Cornie Whitaker; no,
addressed. as previous envelopes had
been, to the Misses Whitaker, which
would of course include Elizapetn
Whitaker. spinster. The last word
announced almost audibly, with a bit
ter smile, which attracted the atten-
ton Of my pet. Cornie, who said, ten
derby, Sister Elizabeth. does your
head ache this m%orning?"
How my heart yearned over that "a
vorite sister of mine. the very image
OF her lost father. We were now lay
ing aside the sable robes worn Tor
three years in token of u loss. but
II seemed to me that I should always
wear the calm, sober tints of second
mourning, and In my inmost soul the
memory Of that idolized parent would
be enshrined.
My W mother I cannot remember;
she dropped and faded when / was an
infant: and my step-mother. kind and
indulgent as she ever was to me, was
not one to call forth the ardent affec-
ton. which but few had power to
awaken in my heart. Gentle, digniied
and reserved, she had bequeathed these
same characteristics to her eldest
child. the golden-haired Lottie.
But Cornie was like our father, the
same buoyant spirit. strong will and
impulsive affection, the same dark,
curling hair and eyes of laughing
blue.
l thought OF all this as I watched
her fondly on that June morning. and
recalled how l had been a second
time orphaned when her mother was
taken from us fifteen years ago. Since
that time. when Cornie was four years
old, she had been to me as much a
daughter as a sister.
Lottie. who was five years her
senior, had always been so self-reliant
and womanly that I could eve regard
her as needing that loving watchful-
ness that our younger sister seemed
to require. and the relations between
us could never be so tender and affec-
tionate.
AS | reflected thus, long after we had
left the breakfast-room and were seat
ed in my little parlor. | reasoned with
myself that 1t was but natural hat l
should be omitted in the plans for en-
joyment formed by the young people
of Caldwell. The mothers were lot
invited with the daughters. Why
should I expect to go with Cornie. my
sister-child?
These reflections made me more calm
and content, and l could bid my sis
tiers a smiling adieu when they left me
early in the evening.
Cornie came back to give me a sec
ond kiss, and whispered. Il wish you
were going, too. you old darling"
"Old,'' I repeated to myself. Eyes,
that is the word"
And that night l looked more atten-
lively than was my wont into my mir
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05
BARNATo.s GOOD FORTUNE.
How He Was Made to Marry a Bar
maid.

How He Was Made to Marry a Bar
1t is better to be born lucky than
rich. When Mr.. Barnato was at Jo-
hannesburg last year, says the London
Figaro, he determined to 60 to the
races. you'll only lose your money"
said his friends warningly. well, l
won't take any with me-" he replied,
''and then / shall be all right" Ar
irving at the r%acecourse, he saw a man
with a peanut and fruit stall and asked
him what he'd take for it.
Two hundred pounds" was the re-
ply.
Done with YOU" said Barnato.
well, where's the money!" asked
the man, as Barnato was proceeding
to appropriate the stall.
"Oh! I'm Mr.. Barnato. It'll be all
right
well, that's good enough for me-
Within an hour Barnato had sold the
contents of the stall for 5000. He paid
the man his f20O, staked the balance
on the races and won f12,O0O before
the end of the day.
Perhaps 1t is not generally known
how Mr.. Barnato came to be married.
The beginnings of his fortune are said
to have been due to the prudent pur-
chase of diamonds in South Africa.
These he deposited for safety with a
certain barmaid in Kimberley. After
a time he said to her:
Give me my diamonds. I'm off for
Europe. When I return we'll get mar
ried."
Il think wen be married first," she
replied. and those were the only terms
on which he could get back his dia-
monds. Now this astute young lady
Is the present Mrs. Barnato, and aer
baby drives along the Kings road at
Brighton IN a silver perambulator.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05
SOME HARD GREEK NAMES.

Not Ruite as h Average
Reader Would ppo
Greek proper names have been the
source of considerable study to the
reading public since the Greek troubles
began and the pronunciation Of the
James of some OF the officials who are
prominent in Athens at the present
time has been the subject of contro-
versy, says the New York Tribune.
A man who is we'll versed on the
subject said that the modern Greek
popularity was to a great extent the
~accentuation and gave as an instance
the name of Mauromichales, the Greek
secretary of the interior. The name Is
pronounced Mov-ro-michalis, with
strong accent on the second syllable.
The secretary of foreign affairs, Alex
ander Skouzes, pronounces his name
~Sko-u-zes, with strong accent on the
u. The name of Philip varvogles,
minister of justice, is pronounced Var
~vo-chlees, the ch in the third syllable
being hard like the German CHI.
Nicholas Metaxas, minister of war. has
an easy name for foreigners. but the
minister of marine, Levides, pro-
nounces his name Levee-thes. The
president Of the chamber of deputies
writes his name Zaimes and pro-
nounces 1t Za-i-mis, with accent on the
second syllable. Canaris, the feet
commanders name, is pronounced Can
arees, with accent on the first syllable.
The name of Delyannis appears in
print every day and most readers have
ideas as to it's pronunciation. His
Greek neighbors call the premier
Delee-yanees. with accent on the sec
ond syllable.
Like the Russians, the Greeks have
no family names except in the higher
walks OF society, and a man whose
name is Gregorius will call his son
Gregoriades, pronouncing the d much
like tn in though. The son Of Demet-
RUS is called Demethriades.
One of the most common names in
Greece is Pappadopoulos, which may
be assumed by any man whose father
vas a priest, and a man instead of
taking the anne of Antoniades may
call himself by the longer name. IL
Father Anthoy' vas a priest. The d in
Antoniades, Pappadopoulos and in all
names where it comes before a vowel,
is pronounced like tn in though.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05

An interesting dietary experiment is
being made in the woman's department
of the University of Chicago. The
women who served with food similar
to that served to mems athletic teams
when in regular training. All the food
is carefully weighed and analysed be-
fore it is served. and the viands ar
ranged according to their relative val
ue IS muscle strengtheners. Each girl
must eat the precise amount of fat and
of albumen each day, which has been
found by careful study to be needed by
the human system, and eating too
much is an evil which is especially
guarded against.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05

band arrived and in his arms shs
breathed her last. The monument he
erected TO her Is stlll well preserved
and stands in 81. Paul's cemetery. out
beyond the city. The stone Is a little
dark, there Is q coping around the lot
and a willow tree bends over her head.
The words seem to have q peculiar sig
%niicance. could the mystery be faith
omed. perhaps the tragedy OF the life
cut of so suddenly. or perhaps tho
struggling soul that had found Its
peace:
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05

The Connecticut legislator who pro-
posed that the acts of the general as
sembly should be translated into for
eign languages for the benefit of those
who cannot read English, forgot that
one of the first duties of every citizen
and every resident of this republic is
to acquire a knowledge of the English
tongue. There could be no objection,
however, to a provision that the en-
actments of the Connecticut legisla-
ture and of the legislatures of all the
other states should be translated into
good and unmistakable English.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05

) The following definition of a bucket
shop is given: An establishment con-
Quoted nominally and ostensibly for
the transaction of a grain or stock ex-
change business, but the proprietor
takes one side of every deal that is
made in his place, while the patron
takes the other side-no article being
bought or sold in any public market.
The margins deposited with the buck
ct shop proprietor by the patron, are
nothing but the patrons stakes to the
wager and are appropriated by the pro-
prietor when the fluctuations Of price
reach the limit of the deposit-one par
ty (the proprietor) to the bet acting
as stakeholder. The commissions
charged by the 'ebucket-shop' are odds
in its favor, and necessary in order to
maintain the pretense of being legiti-
mate brokers actually making the
transaction on a public exchange. The
"bucket shop proprietor is ready to
take all deals offered on any commodity
that luctuates in price, he may call
himself a commission merchant or dis
/ guise his business under the form of
a corporation enterprise, or exchange,
hut he is still a common gambler. The
Interest of a proprietor of a bucket
shop" is at all times opposed to that Of
his patrons, as the profits of the shop
ere measured by the loss of the pa
irons. Bucket shops" are condemned
as criminal and pernicious by statute
in almost every state in the union. They
should not be COMPOUNDED with the
great public markets Of the world,
where buyer and seller, producer and
consumer, investor and Spectator meet
in legitimate trade, for, the pretended
buying of millions of bushels of grain
in bucket shops will not add a frac-
ton Of a cent to the price Of the pro-
duct Of the farm; nor will the pretend
ed selling Of as much increase the sup
plies of the consumer or lessen the cost
of his loaf by a farthing.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05
SNAKE SKINS AS FANCY WORK

A Novel Use to Which the Discarded
Coverings of Reptiles Are Put.
The ingenuity of woman has COM
passed a new use for snakes by the dis
covery that the decorative cast skins of
the creeping tribe may be converted
into bazaar attractions, says the New.
York Herald. A well known ~savant,
whose sanctum is lined from floor To
ceiling with glass cases whence venom
Gus eyes regard his visitors with futile
fury, is besieged by ladies covetous Of
novelties for their stalls, who beg elo-
quently for the cast-off clothing of his
leptilian pets. "At times he says, Il
have on hand a large wardrobe Of cast
off skins-a bankrupt stock, SO to put
it, OF returned empties'-some perfect,
many insists and a few damaged
goods. A really fine specimen like
this"-he held up for admiration a taw-
ny golden sheeny length of scales
brings quite a high price at a bazaar,
and many OF my lady friends. weary Of
working the everlasting 'crewel,' or
perp~etrating the many useless inven-
tions Of the feminine needle, 'hespeak'
a skin some months before it is due,
and are often quite angry that I can
not induce a snake to shed his skin WITH
due regard to a specified bazaar date.
These ladies argue that it is a great
saving of labor to substitute the ready
made clothing of the snake for a
worked tobacco pouch or ~blossoming
braces, while experience shows that the
average man readily invests in a good
snake skin. AT present. he dcplored,
my old clothes shop is nearly empty,
but Lent, fortunately, brings or of
season in bazaars, during which / have
al opportunity of saving serpentinc
garments for a good Easter crop"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05

Some Birds Have the Homing Instinct
Very strongly Developed.

Very Strongly Developed.
Two interesting questions present
themselves concerning the length of
time during which the pigeon can re-
collect the place of his home and the
distance from which he is able to find
his a back to it, says the Popular
Science Monthly. Some birds have
found their way home after five years.
absence, and it is generally considered
that good birds can be depended upon
for six months. Pigeons have returned
from Vienna and from Rome to Brus-
sells, and others, sold to be carried
away to America, have made their
way back to their original owner in
Belgium. When pigeons were to be
sent back and forth it has been usual
to keep two sets, with their respective
homes at either end of the course;
and, when they have reached their
home, to carry them back to the places
from which they are to be dispatched.
An ingenious process has been devised
to overcome this difficulty and cause
the birds to fly with equal certainty in
both directions. Pigeons, for example,
whose home is in Paris, are confined
for several days at st. Denis and fed
there at a stated hour every day with
some favorite food which is not given
them at their real home. They be-
come, in the course Of time, familiar
with their new home and its choice
dishes. When set at liberty they start
off at once for Paris, without forget
ting the good things they enjoyed at
st. Denis. When they are to be Sent
back they are made to fast a little
while and are then let loose about
feeding time at st. Denis. They go
thither, and, when they have their
own way, time their going so as to be
there at the exact moment of feeding.
Birds have thus been taught to fly
back and forth regularly between
places thirty miles apart.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05

Strange words for a soul released
from its bondage; stranger still the
unsolved mystery that hangs about
her. Many are the speculations made,
some even averring that she was the
daughter Of Aaron Burr, the unfortu-
nate Theodosia, but this seems in
credible, and nothing definite a be
learned concerning this episode of a
life to which, perhaps. it was the calm
and peaceful ending.