The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-15

same amount of mineral. When II was
first opened what is now the state of Mis-
souri, was a Spanish possession.
In New Zealand the Indigenous flora has
given way before new species acclimated
by the white settlers. 1t is not the larger
species which are driving out the smaller
species, hut the smaller species which are
supplanting the large ones. The smaller
species. according to Thomas Kirk, I'm a
paper published by the Philosophical So
ciety of Wellington, New Zealand. by nu-
merous and various mechanisms gradual
ly succeed In eliminating plants which at
first sight appear to be vigorous and well
adapted for the struggle for existence.
Every soldier knows that a horse will
not step on a man Intentionally. 1t Is
therefore a standing order in the British
cavalry that IL a trooper -ecomes dis
mounted he must lie perfectly still. If he
does the whole squadron will pass over
him without injuring him.
T. T. Geer, republican candidate Tor
governor of Oregon is a practical farmer
and was engaged in the homely task of
feeding cattle when he was being put in
nomination by the state convention. Mr..
Geer was born in the webfoot state and
is a graduate of Willamette university,
Salem.
European manufa cturers have shown a
marked interest of late in American made
shoes, as evidenced by consular reports.
In recognition of this fact the shoe man
I ufaCturerS OF tn1S country dTe HldhlnS u
rangements for a comprehensive display
in this line at the Paris exposition in
1900.
Thu safe deposit vaults of some of the
up-to-date trust companies have COM
m especially designed for the re-
ception of fur garments. fur mats, etc.
They are kept in rooms the temperature
of which is maintained at so low a point
that destructive insects and their germs
perish from the cold.
Mr.. Hanotaux has ordered of the Lace
makers association a scarf in Alencon
point, as a birthday present for the En-
press Alexandra. Her cipher and the i'm
perial arms of Russia are brought INTO
the design. President Faure's present will
be a fan in the same kind OF lace, mount
ed on carved ivory.
A bright little girl was being taught her
Sunday school lesson by her good mother.
The lesson related to the demon of evil
and the effort that ought to be made to
overcome him. Finally the mother asked
her little daughter: What great enemy
should we all endeavor to conquer The
Spanish was the prompt reply.
The business-like congregation or a
church at Hanford, Cal, have entered
into an agreement with their pastor
whereby he will be equipped for a two
wears sojourn in the Klondike, on con-
dition that II he makes a rich strike he
will pay off the church debt. The congre-
CATION will take care OF his family DUR
ing his absence.
A private performance ives recently Civ
en- in Berlin of Macchiavellf's comedy.
"Mandragora," which is said to fuily Jus
tify the sinister reputation of the famous
author, in that 1t is both witty and SO I'M
moral that a public performance OF 1t
would never be tolerated. In a select circle
of the aristocracy. of course, 1t Is very
different.
tuberculosis has been communicated To
fishes by French psychologists. and
proves fatal very quickly to them. wheth'
err the bacilli are derived from human be-
ings. rabbits or hens. or from previously
infected fish. tuberculosis bacili from
fish, however. have very little effect when
injected into rabbits and fowls. the infer
ence being that their power is ~attenuated
in the colder blood of the fish.
German law holds a man to his bar
gain when he has agreed to give up his
? name. A young count, Finck Won Ffncken'
stein, In order to marry a girl OF whom
: his family disapproved. consented Il
change him name and petitioned the en-
peror to be allowed to call himself steir
instead. After obtaining permission
however, he kept on using his former
name, and has Just been fined FOR fiiega
use of a title of nobility"