The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-08
Notes of the Day.

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of presents by King Humbert. He VIII
send a sword of honor, richly chiseled
and service for 'tegg. the nationai
drink of Abyssinia. For Queen Taitou VIII
be sent a goblet of buffalo horn. incrusted
with silver parasol of red SILK with
gold and silver. ornaments ana parlor
organ. For the rest of Meneleks family
Will be sent a tea service orhamehteu
with the monographs of Meneiek ana the
queen of Italy. Finally, Ras Makonnen
will not be forgotten but Will receive a
richly ornamented gun.
The plague continues to spread in India.
in spite of all sanitary efforts Tor It's eA-
trpation. Its progress is slow IN com
parison with most epidemics. but 1T Is the /
hardest of them all to uproot entlfels. II
is several years since the present malady
started on its course from CHINA ana
the history of previous visitatlons Jusu- |
fies the conjecture that it may yet nave
long road to travel. Russia plague Oh
1878 lowered about the countries Oh west
ern Asia for a decade before II advanced
northward.
During the $50 years approximately of
| its settlement Pawtucket, r.. l.. has never
! had a real live Chinaman as an lnhabit-
! ant. The natives Of the middle Kingdom
/ have stood afar off and gazea or the
| laundry. walking about the streets q
the historic old city. but nave never 10
| Gated there For this there have been va
rious reasons Now. however. one Oh
them, more adventurous than the rest,
| has opened laundry on one OF the Haih
streets and the village boasts of new
| industry.
A Kansas City man took refuge III a
| blacksmith's shop during a violent Wlnd
| storm. The shop blew down ana injured
him and he sued the owner for damages.
| The defendants attorney argued that the
| Lord was responsible for the hurricane
and his client ought not to be blamed.
The court decided that the almighty haa
nothing to do with the insecurity OF me
building and was not party TO the sun.
and that the owner must pay si,z'o aaih-
ages for injuries inflicted.
Gas meters of the ''penny-in-the-slot
sort have not yet made much progress IN
this country, but in England theS are
both popular and successful Meanwhile
Americans feeling the effect OF these
machines in the shape of Il decreased de-
mand from London for our kerosene. Inc
new meters, it is said, have already
caused the abandonment of oil throaghout
a large part of the English metropolis
where it was used up to a very recent
period.
Rhode Islands handsome new state
capitol building, which is now. nearing
completion, is constructed oil georgia
marble, and hence may be regarded as u
new INVASION in view of the TACT that
New England granite, which abounds IN
immense quantities in that section, mas
heretofore had the call in the erection OF
great buildings The Georgia marble was
| selected after the most thorough eAafhl-
nations and tests of various materials
Southern writer asserts that the
daisy was never known in the South be
/ fore the war. while now every section
4 reached by the union armies is covered
: with them He says that Sherman bfouSh'
them first and that the march 10 the sea
can now he followed in the summer time
\ by keeping where the daisies grow. me
+ explanation of ii is, of course, that inc
[ seed was brought in the hay for the
: horses.
e Another Roman villa has been dug III
al Boscoreals. on the slopes of NesnVius
near Pompeii, where the great ma o
), silver ornaments was made two years
II ago The walls are covered with Deautllu
I freScoes chiefly landscapes ana marines
e / one represents a bridge over a river
: with an angler fishing with line. f'ou
Il wine lars were in the cellars and sever
) skeletons have been found in the e&ca
= walton.
:, The emperor of Russia has granite
permission to the band OF his FIRST reg
ment of guards dhe Preobralenskp /
- give a series of concerts in Paris TN
= MONTH This band, which is the finest !
- Russia numbers Il picked musicians
- is rnmored in Paris that this eomplimef
J., will be repaid by the sending over |
II ST. Petersburg of the famous band OF ii
- Garde Repubcane
H. T.. r. Howell of Washington. aceordin
I'd 10 Science, has received from the 0nltt
er States government board of control =
ms order to construct Il relief map OF u
Ia Yellowstone National park for eXhlhlIle
at the coming exposition At Omaha. II
scale will be one inch to the mile, al
there will be no vertical exaggefatlon.
An English firm is bringing out ne
piano for being played in bed. The if
- musician who has made practical use
an the bed piano is Mr.. jacob, who, recent
of run down by Il bicycle and Obliged
Ite consequence to lie up is finishing Y
music of his new ballet by the aid oil OF
m of the ingeniously contrived Instrument
ne Three weeks ago there was a count
re dance in Union township, Madison ecu
!. ~ Indiana. One of the guests had |
ire measles Others We're inoculated with l
ric contagion, which has spread untli IL
become necessary to close the schools
he both Rchland and Union TOWNSHIPS.
ch General Boulanger's famous black nor
now draws Il Paris tiaere. Marshal "a
robert,s and General Gallifets charge
no were turned over to the Pasteur ms
tute 10 produce ant-diphtheria serum
was also Saint Claude, the winner oil
Auteuil steeplechase in 1870.
X a New Hampshire railway company
-" struggling with the largest block OF SIC
ever uuarried in Concord Its dmensie
are e. Is and ~ feet and il is estima'
hae To weigh $50 tons. 1t Is to be used III
~, monument now in preparation Tor
Washington order.
mt me Wattiittti9 " ~ - - -.
ave coming rapidly neillzea iol tns - 100
electric dynamos. Nearly every town
hen that land of mountains and wateris
is being supplied with power from
white coal" as the melting snow on
tn mountain sides has we'll been called
of BY the order Of The superintendent
ave buildings theater managers III Nan
civ will not he permitted hereafter
tile sell more tickets than there are seats
me their respective houses. The TAM
.3g.,K, n NIs
To come down.
While repairing the Heidelberg ca
ruins the other day some workmen ca
had across a window group, the style
.lea which revealed the fact that that
gan nous castle Wac MOI pesuli ~ ~ ~ u.