The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-04

De taken down until the war n over.
A Law recently enacted in Scrway
makes girls ineligible for matrimony until
they are skilled In sewing. knitting ana
cooking.
One of the latest achievements In chem
ical science In . pellet containing the con-
centrated elements OF coffee. sugar and
milk.
A Colorado paper says that state lis to-
day employing e per cent. more miners
h at any previous time In Its history.
Ii Is treating more ore than ever. Tne
value also is the largest on record.
A Bostonian who spent some time In
Manila says that his winter costume con-
sisted OF gauze Undertaking and white
duck Jacket and trousers, and his summer
costume of white duck jacket ana trou-
sers without the gauxe.
The largest check ever drawn on the
Bank of England was presented when
China paid the last installment on her
indemnity to Japan. Its face called for
Eli. 600. 900 1856. OOo. oOo). 1t passed between
the representatives of each country.
In the West Indies a lemon bath Is al
most a daily luxury. Three or four lines
or lemons are sliced into the water and
allowed to lie for half an hour, In order
tina the juice may be extracted. A re-
markable sense of freshness and cleanlf-
ness is given to the skin.
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the name of the Bowery. New York city.
and the question is to be submitted to q
vote of the property owners along the
street. Business mel and others believe
their interests suffer In consequence of
the fame attaching to Its name.
Governor Tyler Of Virginia has been SO
overrun with applications for pardons
whenever IT has been announced that ex-
ecutive clemency has been granted to an
inmate of the state prison that he has
forbidden that information concerning
pardons and applications shall be given to
the press except In very important cases.
Ar Italian sculptor has hit upon a
scheme for turning out several original
masterpieces at once in his design of a
s%culpturing machine for duplicating stat
uary and carvings. in which several
pieces of rough m~arble-are set In pivots
in a frame, and the carving tools for all
are operated by the artist as he works
on one of the pieces.
The master of the rolls. giving judy
ment In the English court Of appeals late
ly, quoted with approval the dictum of a
former lord chancellor that "the noise OF
a pianoforte from a ~neighbors house
and the noise of a neighbor's children
in their nursery are noises we must rea-
sonably expect and must to a certain ex-
tent put up with
The map and atlas makers are Fronting
by the war boom. The manager Of one
house in this line says the wal map BUSH
Mess was never so brisk as IL is at pres
ent. 1t seems as IL everybody in the coun-
try must have taken to studying geogra-
ply. The presses are working night and
day, but 1t is simply impossible to supply
the demand.
Russia is experimenting with giant
searchlights mounte in balloons and
containing electric burners connected
with dynamos upon the ground. The
largest of these yet reported is of 5000
candle power. At a distance of only 600
yards above the earth IL will illuminate
a circular area below 800 yards In dame
ter to the brightness of day.
The streets OF Manila are so modern as
to be quite out of keeping with the gen.
eral appearance of the town. They are
perfectly straight. m~acadamized and pro-
vided with ample granite walks. OF these
the Escolta and the Rosario are the best.
In both there are excellent shops. kept
principally by Chinese merchants. most
of whom come from Annoy. T1n-roofed
houses line each side of both thorough
fares.
A Sunday school superintendent of
Alma, Kan, purchased two gross of
American flags the other day for distribu-
ton to his pupils. When his purchase ar
rived and the big bundle of flags wal
opened he found the following inscription
printed upon each: Remember the Maine
and to hell will Spain!" The superinted-
ent laid that this expressed his senti-
ments, but he decided to indefinitely post
pone the distribution
Probably the largest order for vinegar
ever placed by any government at ans n
time was placed with a vinegar company
of ST. Louis by the United States govern
ment. 1t called for 2l,00 gallons. or nearly
10 car loads of inegar. all for the use of
the United States army. The order was
given to st. Louis over other bidders in
all the Eastern cities. The vinegar will
be sent to the army in all parts of the
United States.
The Prince of Naples is having all the
privates In the garrison at Naples taught
scientific farming. This Is to overcome
the dislike for farming shown by the
soldiers-even by those who come from
agricultural districts-when discharged.
The Italian soldier is compelled to learn
TO read and write and when he comes out
of service 1t is said he feels above farm
ing and is apt to join the ranks of the So
cial discontents.
Losses by fires in the United States and
Canada during the month of April are
computed at upwards of &.000.000. as
against nearly 81. 600, 900 in the correspond
ing month of last year and $12,0 900. 900 in
April two years ago. In the United States
alone the losses by fire In the past q
years are equal to one-tenth OF the entire
present assessed valuation Of the prop
erty. real and personal. Of all the states
and territories. More than half the value
of property destroyed is covered by in
france.
Years ago Bohemian London was much
thrilled by a splendid dinner given by
Jan Van Beers. the painter. 1t was served
on a table made of glass and lighted from
underneath. the wire being so arranged
that the turn of a knob could change the
color of the illumination. The proprietor
of one of the great Nice restaurants
seems to have borrowed the idea with.
much success. and IT has become quite
the rage in London to give. . yellow.
pink. blue or mauve Inner N an electric
table, the flowers and general scheme Of
decoration carrying out the color which
is chosen.
A certain Philadelphia cemetery COM
pany has sent the following letter to the
military authorities Of that city: I'VE
herewith resnectfullv beG leave to sub