The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-25
Town Topics.

People are paying more attention to ma
tional airs these days than they used to
and Il II curious to notice the preferences
shown by the crowds. Each evening ma
tional airs are the favorite tunes played
by the orchestras in the leading beer
halls n yesterday afternoon a band was
around the streets playing popular airs.
Without doubt the Star Spangled BAN
ner" creates the greatest amount of en-
thusiasm. while Dixie comes In a good
second in the matter of applause. yam
kee Doodle" follows close after ID xie'
and then comes Marching Through Geo
gia." RED. White and Blue and "Ameri-
ca" The last named hymn doesn't seem
to catch the popular taste for a wal of
this sort. There isn't stir and fire enough
to II. Sousa's marches are very popular
just now. and will doubtless he favorites
with the soldiers. although the lack Of
fitting words may prevent any of them
from becoming war songs. There is. how
ever. no more stirring march music play
ed than some Of Sousa's best.
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81 understand that the government has
ordered all the public libraries CLOSED as a
men in the ONCE of the clerk of the courts
on Saturday to a group of men who were
discussing the war situation.
Several caught at the bait. That's sill
ly." replied one. what would they want
to close the libraries for?'
They are afraid the magazines might
explode! ha. ha. ha; ha. ha. ha! no. no.
no, he. he. he!"
The joke was SO good that the young
man laughed about IT all day and told ev-
cry one ne met how II worked. In time
County Attorney Stapleton heard II. He
thought IL good enough to work on on
some other victim, so when he saw an
other crowd of war enthusiasts he walked
up to them and Joined in the conversa-
ton.
Have you heard Of the latest order is
sued by the war Department. he asked.
what IL ttT'
why, the libraries are full of maya
zines and have been ordered closed"
The crowd looked at Stapleton wonder
ingly, but no one could catch the idea. He
saw there was something wrong with his
joke. but he couldn't quite see what IL
was. He was not going to miss a laugh,
however. so he explained.
They are afraid of an explosion, liza,
ma. ha! he. he. he!"
Then everybody looked sad.
The news came a few lays ago thai w.
j. Palmer. who left Butte a year and a
half ago to become supreme secretary of
the American Protective Association at
Washington. ID. c.. is about to leave his
job. as the order owes him 81. 100 and there
seems no chance for him to get the money
due him. Mr.. Palmer seems to have got in
just too late. The report among old ac-
quantances of Mr.. Palmer I'm Butte il that
he is going to leave his position in order
to tender his services to the government
and organize the order into "A battalion to
fight for Cuba This report has not. how
ever, been confirmed as yet.
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There are a number of poor people In
Rntta Whn make nrnntiep nf
going around to the restaurants and
lunch stands at night and collecting the
stale bread. After "a hours the bread Is
no longer saleable and the men of the
restaurants are very glad to get rid of
1t and give 1t up willingly. 1t Is difficult to
realize that there are people in Butte
poor enough to need to collect these
scraps and eat them. but there Is no
doubt that II Is so. What is sent back
from the tables at hotels and restau.
rants feeds a good many people I'm Butte
.-. ..ss.s
While people who collect the stale bread
and scraps from the lunch stands at
night are undoubtedly needy and deserv-
ing. there are plenty of beggars around
every night who are not so worthy. A
couple of nights ago a beggar asked "A
gentleman passing on the street for mon
ey enough for a square meal, saying he
had had nothing to eat for IS hours. The
gentleman didn't credit the story. but
thought the fellow might be hungry. So
he took him to one Of the night lunch
stands. gave two bits TO the proprietor.
told him to give the beggar a good meal
and went on home.
As soon as the charitable gentleman
was around the corner the beggar said:
II didn't want anything to eat; give me
the money"
81 won't do IL" said the lunch man. I'm
give you two bits worth of food, as the
gentleman said. but no money"
'I1l divide with you" said the beggar.
Give me Is cents in cash instead of the
meal. l amt hungry now
The lunch man wouldn't give up the
cash. but the matter wal finally compro-
missed by the lunch man giving the beg
gar credit for a square meal some time
when he should be hungry.
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The Standard published a week ago an
interesting letter from Thomas Marshall
in regard TO S.avonians. Another Ameri-
can-Slavonian has written the Standard
a letter on this subject and says: IF Mr.
Marshall is a S~lavonian he seems to be
ignorant of his own history. We are not
Austrians or Croatians or Slavs. as Mr.
Marshall says. There are some new names
among the Slavonians I'm Austria not
known In the worlds history. which havs
sprung up lately like mushrooms. Out
side of Bohemians. Russians and Poles,
most of the S~lavonians of the United
States are genuine Servians of Montene-
grin blood. who stood or the bloodthirsty
Turk for 800 years n still retain ,hcir
liberty and freedom In the kingdom of
Servia and principality of Monten gro.
There are some. indeed. who have been
ruled by Austria for centuries. But they
only constitute about 10 per cent. Of the
5000 or 1000 Slavonians in this country"