The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-01
Notes OF the Day.

industry in France. II is so Transporter
that IL has been used in place Of glass.
-Four hundred years ago only seven met
ais were known. Now there are $50 of
which have been discovered within the
present century.
known astronomer, we receive as much
light from the sun as could be emitted
by $4,000 full moons.
Sir Henry Irving's next Shakesperean
revival will be Richard H." which, IL is
asserted. has not been presented in a Lon
don theater for 40 years.
II is calculated that ~ used In the pro
pulsion OF vessels liquid air would reduce
the coal consumption 70 per cent. and in
crease the speed capacity IS per cent.
Medical authorities believe thai a given
quantity of sugar Is necessary TO heath,
especially IL a person is z ic. IL is
claimed that no substance restores mus
cular waste so quickly as sugar.
japanese houses I'm the larger cities are
of one general shape. two stories high,
and put together with a curious method of
throughout the construction of the build
ing.
An inscription. dating from the fourth
century, b. c.. has lately been unearthed
i'm Greece. 1t gives the price of work for
building operations at that period. and
from II we learn that an architect was
paid less than $40 per annum.
Ar Alpine glacier near Briancon is now
regularly operated as an ice quarry. the
blocks being cut and conveyed over an
overhead galloway to a convenient place
for shipment by rail to Paris, there to be
used in the cafes and hotels of the me-
tropolis.
When the army of the Potomac was
encamped in Virginia, in 1852. President
T l.
Frank King of Fon du Lac, Wis, by writ
ing on the envelope, Let this go. A. Lin
coin" The envelope is in the family of
King, held as a sacred relic OF the boy
who was killed at Gettysburg.
A Berlin newspaper says that the orders
of decoration borne by the Emperor of
Germany are worth more than $3.50. 900. His
principal and most valuable decorations
are the insignia of the Black Eagle. the
order of st. John. of the Garter and of
the Toison dor. In all, he has more
than 200 crosses, stars, badges and other
insignia.
An Ohio postmaster has discovered and
obtained a book that was presented to
William Mckinley by his father 40 years
ago. The postmaster has forwarded the
volume to the president. At the time
young Mckinley received the book he was
n volunteer assistant to the man who now
returns II and was then postmaster at
Poland, o.
According to a New York surgeon of a
statistical state of mind. the expenses of
p~alatial st. Luke's hospital are so heavy
and the interest on the investment is so
large that its inmates, say $500 for one
year, could he boarded at swell hotels
and attended by crack doctors. nurses,
etc, at a considerable annual saving. St.
Luke's is the c~ostliest institution of its
kind in New York. and II has an endow-
ment fund of nearly 81, 900, 600.
The municipal authorities OF Venice
have petitioned the Italian government to
take diplomatic steps to recover 5000 pic
lures which were carried off by Bonaparte
between 1906 and 1910. and which were
appropriated by various powers after his
fall. The city also desires that a demand
shall be addressed to Austria for the re-
turn of 1856 pictures which were carried
off by Emperor Ferdinand in 1888, in time
OF peace. for the galleries of Vienna.
Twenty-eight motor cycles participated
In a race recently between Eta npes ard
Charities, France. The distance, going 5nd
returning. was about 81 miles. The win
ming vehicle, driven by an cjght-horse
power motor with two cylinders, made the
round trip in about two minutes and ten
seconds less than two hours. TIL speed
was 3125 miles per hour. This, II is said,
beats the best previous record for road
carriages.
Coney Island has a new device to sepa-
rate the nickels from the multitude. 1t is
a variation of the old-time maize. Wire
netting is set up to form little avenues,
with doors here and there. The amuse-
ment consists in deliberately losing your
self i'm the maze and then trying to find
your way out. II is by no means a selfish
pastime, for, as the netting az
fords a clear view right through. the eff
forts of the prisoners to escape furnish
fun for the outsiders.
M long-distance telephone Is diminish
ing passenger travel. One prominent rail-
road official is quoted as saying that the
business of one OF the limited trains be-
tween Chicago and New York has been
practically ruined by the long-distance
telephone. and in his own case it has been
the means of enabling him 10 manage the
affairs of the road from his office to a
very large extent, where formerly he
spent two-thlrds of the time travelling up
and down the line.
The whole town of Jesup, Iowa, Is
thrown into commissions over a freak pig
born in that town. The animal has "
tails and two bodies for about half It's
length. II has four front legs, two in their
proper place. and two on it's back. There
are four eyes, two in the usual place, one
I'm about the center of its forehead and
one under the left ear. The intention was
to have the animal get along with one
mouth. but there are two threats and W
complete intestinal organs
Commenting upon the fact that several
public houses in England are conducted
by clergymen, the London Chronicle says:
The first known 10 enter on this new
line was the Rev. Osbert Mordaunt, rector
Of Hampton. Lucy. Stratford-on-Avon,
who has managed the one local inn for 20
years, the profits OF which go TO local
charities. Rev. +. Willett OF Scaynes Hin.
Cf,Sgax rYtpa a house on similar lines,
and the working has reduced drunkenness
to a vanishing point. for the manager re-
fuses drink when he thinks the bibbler
has had enough"
one OF the novelties of the season at
Atlantic City is a sand sculptor. a man
with the appearance and garb OF a me-
chanic. who sits on the beach every
morning where he can be seen by the
thousands of oilers and pleasure seekers
whn tramn the famous board walk from