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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-10-22

Charles v. Brown returned last nisht
from Portland.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-10-22

The Columbia ran on the sands on
Smiths point yesterday morning on her
way out to San Francisco. A thick fog
hung over the vicinity al the time and Il
is believed she lost her course IN leaving
the channel. She remained grounded
for some time but got on as the tide
raised, and crossed out without further
trouble.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-10-22

The Columbia arrived in yesterday
from San Francisco.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-10-22

The columblne will leave out tins
morning for the sound.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-10-22

The British ship Hougomont was towed
up to Portland yesterday.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-10-22

The themes al the Congregational
church tomorrow will be The Half Has
Not Been Told" and "Bible Clipping"
AL are cordially invited 10 the services
at this church. All the juniors are ex-
pected to meet at p. m.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-10-22

Mr.. and Mrs. f. p. Kendall left on
visit to Portland yesterday.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-02
RIcHEsouRc A POPULAR WRITER.
Probably Had More leaders Than Any
Other Novelist.

INV
From the London News.
The most popular novelists are those
who are least known to literary people.
Who has heard of Emma Jane Wor-
boise? or of the late Mr.. Smith of
Family HERALD fame? And among
French novelists lola and Daudet and
Ohnet we know, but very few have
heard of ~Richebourg, whose death was
recently. Yet R~ichebourg-
I king of feuilletonists," as he was
~called-had probably more readers
than any novelist alive or dead and
made as much money by one novel
as any other novelist by two. He wrote
exclusively for the Petit Journal. He
had. it was calculated. 1000. 900 readers
for every story he wrote. and he used
to receive $4,000 for the serial rights
alone.
How. IL may be asked, did Richie
bourg attain his great reputation? Was
IL by the polish of his writing? Not at
all. He had no ~pretensions to literary
ability. He INDUCED i'm no special
studies. He was the son of a cutler
and he made no ~pretension to be an
educated man..
Should / ave OCCASION" he once
explained, Ito touch on things l do not
understand l go to people and find
out. / consult a doctor on points Of
medicine and a lawyer on jurispru-
dence."
Did Mr.. Richebourg aim, then, at
o~ut-Zolaing lola? Did he present
piquant obscenities in a state of liter
airy nudity? On the contrary, he was
strictly proper. He was a family
feu~illetonist;" he wrote for the masses
of the French nation. not for the cos
mopolitan crowd of Paris. Mr.. Richie
bourg once confided to a friend some
of the secrets Of his success.
Il have got a splendid memory" he
said. and can always remember all
the ins and outs OF the preceding chap
tiers. Also / have the knack of keep
ing up the interest from chapter to
chapter. Furthermore. / punish my
villains numerically and make virtue
triumph i'm the person of heroes and
heroines drawn from the classes to
which my clientele belongs" He dealt
extensively in lachrymose sentiment.
IF you keep the public's eye moist
he once said, lit never notices your
defects"
Does this sound very easy? Perhaps
II does, but IL is not so easy as IL
seems. There is genius in mediocrity,
as in other things. The power which
Mr.. Richebourg had over his readers
was strikingly shown some time after
the last war. The German government
had prohibited the introduction of
French papers into Alsace and Lor-
raine. Even the Petit Journal. though
always very moderate, was stopped.
But. unfortunately for the Germans,
there was a feuilleton by Richebourg
running at the time. n the protesta-
tons which were made against the
censure soon made the conquerors
change their policy. The good danes
of Alsace and Lorraine did not mind
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-02
Trial Too short.

George l.. White. a young man. was be-
fore Judge Slower in the circuit court re-
Gently asking for a divorce from Marga-
ret White. They were married last March
and lived together a month.
why d. you wish a divorce?" asked
the judge.
II couldn't get along with her"
How do you know you could not?'
why, l tried It,"
"You tried IL for a month";"
Eyes. sir"
You did not live together long enough
to find out IL you could get along"
II did find out. judge. She went to mat
inees and baseball games and wouldn't do
the homework or put up my luncheon
when I went to work"
Don't recite your grievances to this
court" interrupted the Judge. "A couple
who give up after only a month of trying
to get along rave not tried hard enough.
The court refuses the divorce"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-02
SOME kLoNoiKe sAaeAaiANs.
Highly Cultured Men Easily Drop Into
the Ways of Savages.

From the New York Mail and Express.
Strange Inconsistencies this rush for
gold produces. Last July, in the
states, l attended a ball-the leading
society event of the season. Between
the dances a society beau came to me
and asked for a few minutes talk in
regard to the Alaska trip. He left the
ball at 3 o'clock and was enroute at Q.
In October, while going up Bonanza,
/ aw. "a long-haired, full-bearded man
in weather-beaten, grease-covered suit.
shutting along with a pickax on his
shoulder. 1t was the gentleman from
the ball. A little later l saw a man
at a windlass in a costume that is in
describable. Only a few months pre-
viously l had seen him sitting a digni-
fed. august judge. in mex to the high
est court of u state. He was now
working a few feet of some mans claim
IN shares. / have seen a party candi-
date for county auditor in a prominent
city dealing stud poker in Dawson.
On the trail we met a very agreeable
gentleman from New York, a rea es-
tate broker. He has not been doing
anything since his arrival. Last night
1 was surprised to find he had become
a pusher for n of the sa~loons-that is.
he played stud poker for the house to
keep the game going. Last night when
] came home ! found a stranger sitting
on my bunk. He was dressed in over
alls. black with grease. a muskrat shirt
and moccasins, and his face was COW
cred with a stiff beard 1t took me a
long time to recognize him The last
time / had seer him was at Lake Lin
derman. as fresh and fair and well
groomed as IL he were out for a prone
made on Fifth avenue. What a change
camp life n roughing Ii had pro-
duced! He had just come down from
Stewart river to record a claim. / no.
ticed this morning that he did not
wash. so accustomed had he become to
outdoor life. This morning his friend
L. came in, a perfect tramp in APP
pearance. He Ia had his breakfast,
but we gave him some hot cakes and
coffee. which he ate with a rush, and
declared to be more enjoyable than
meals he had eaten at the Grand hotel
in Paris. Here were three university
men, but who could have Judged il
form their appearance? 1t is a short
step from man civilized to man bar
barrie.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-02
IN RAILROAD CIRCLES
A New Passenger Train Put ON
the B., A. d p.
NINE TRAINS DAILY NOW
The Burlington Doing the Biggest Bust
ness in Its History-Its Financial
Statement-The Omaha
Exposition.

The b.. A. & p. put on another pas
senger train yesterday between Butte
and Anaconda to accommodate the in
creasing business between the two
cities. The new train made its first
trip yesterday morning from Anaconda,
leaving that city at 1850 o'clock and
arriving in Butte at 1925 o'clock. Co
ing to Anaconda 1t will regularly leave
Butte at Los o'clock in the afternoon.
arriving at Anaconda at 2 o'clock. nj
conda now has a daily service of nine
trains each way-five Great Northern
and B., A. & p. trains, and four on the
Northern Pacific and Montana Union.
g. II. Crosby, general freight agent
of the Burlington, with headquarters at
Omaha, arrived in Butte yesterday
from a trip to the coast. Mr.. Crosby
says the Burlington is doing the big
gest business within the history of the
a This is indicated by it's last
financial statement covering the
month of February and also the period
from July 1. 1897, which is as follows:
The increases are as follows: For
February-Freight earnings, $309, OS0;
passenger earnings, $76.412: gross earn
ings, $3.50, 255; operating $3O4,-
100; total expenses. $317, 49,: surplus,
$50, 1886. For the period from July l.
Freight earnings. 81 O2. 14S; passenger
earnings, $55S. 663: gross earnings, S.
log. 155: operating expenses, So, $50, 10;
total expenses. $3,461. O96; surplus. ST.
645, O59.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-02
CONVINCED or HIS LOVE.


need the Horse Race.
What constitutes a supreme test of
devotion is a question requiring differ
ent answers in individual cases.. but
the Kentucky matron described by a
Washington paper had the intensity OF
her husbands affection satisfactorily
tested before the marriage. She thus
related how all her doubts were set at
rest:
I'VE were out sleigh riding the even
ms the colonel proposed to me. j had
refused him several times before. and
l told him then that / would always es-
TEEN him as a friend. We heard the
jingle of bells behind US. The coloners
horse. a thoroughbred of which he Is
very proud. quickened It's pace at the
sound. The colonel looked around and
exclaimed: Here's the chance I've
been waiting for. That's Judge Pea
body behind us. He has been Dragging
about that new horse of his for the
last six weeks, but whenever l tried to
get him right down to a race, he has
lodged out of ii somehow, without ac-
k~nowledging that this horse could beat
him.
THE colonel slowed up so as to let
the judge overtake him. h judge
didn't dare refuse the challenge because
he had a girl with lin. He wouldn't
allow himself to be Inundated in her
< y % no soOII NC thiS WV 7.
even the colonel gave our horse a u
with the whip and away we went, the
animals with necks eagerly extended
and the people leaning over the DASH
boards trying to help them along. For
a few seconds the horses feet
thumped on the road in perfect rhythm;
then we began to move ahead. Thu
village was about a mile distant, and
the colonel leaned out, turned and
shouted:
Judge. I'll see you at the postof-
fice.'
1.-The judge gave his horse a blow
with the whip, but he was already
using all the speed he had. / turned
around, half out of the sleigh to keep
a lookout. The sleigh struck a boulder
and pitched me out into a snowdrift.
/ wasn't hurt. and / gave thanks when
] saw the sleigh had not wholly over
turned and was speeding on it's way
to the ~postofice, still several lengths
ahead of the Judge. Imagine my aston
ishment when / saw the colonel slow
up, let the judge pass him and turn
around"
He was coming back after YOU
suggested one of the listeners.
That's exactly what he was doing.
n / concluded then and there that
when a Kentucky gentleman was will
ing to lose a horse race for my sake
there wasn't any excuse for doubling
his affection"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-02
SHE TOOK MORPHINE.
A Gaiena street W Jonah Tries the suicide
Route.

Bpute.
Mary Bradley. known among her Ga
lena street associates both as Marie AL
len and Marie Howard, took 20 grains of
morphine at an early hour this morn
ing in an effort to end her useless ca
reer. The story of the occasion for the
attempt at suicide is an interesting one,
IL true. and places a certain police Off
Ger in a position not to be especially
coveted. 1t is claimed by the woman's
friends hat she called on the policeman
for a v a night or so ago. which he
performed, and the next night called
around and demanded money. She re-
fused and the officer arrested her and
she was ned i'm police court. The
young woman took her arrest and fine
so much to heart and became so de-
spondent over il that she went to a drug
store last evening n purchased a
quarters worth of morphine. which she
took some time after midnight. This
Is the story told both by the young
woman's friends and "A certain business
men who knew her in her days of in
nocence. and who claims to have loaned
her the money with which to pay her
fine.
The woman took the poison in her
room at IS East Galena street. and was
discovered when she was almost i'm her
dying struggles by friends, who sum-
moned a physician.
The woman died at 2 o'clock This
morning.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-02
BEES IN THE NAILS.
Live Insects May lie Sent to England II
Well Boxed.

From the New York Sun.
In pursuance of an agreement between
the postal authorities of the United
States and Great Britain, Postmaster
Van Colt has been notified that samples
of liquids. live bees, fatty substances.
powders and fragile substances may here
after be admitted to the mails and ex-
changed W the two countries. II Is
stipulated, however. that spirituous
liquors and articles ~dncluding medicines.
confections and soaps which contain
spirits, or into the manufacture of which
spirits-including naphtha of mythylic al
c~ohol-have entered. are excluded from
the mails for the reason that they are H.
able to customs duties In Great Britain.
Live bees have heretofore been mailable
to a number of foreign countries. and as.
owing to carelessness In boxing them.
~postofice clerks have not infrequently
had lively and unpleasant experiences
with bees. the department at Washington
has explicitly designated the manner in
which bees must be cooped up when they
are sent through the nails They must
be placed in wooden boxes closed with a
wire screen. protected by a movable
wooden I'D. Live bees not so ENGAGED will
be inadmissable to the mails.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-02

MI. 1TOSDy speaks ENTHUSIASTICALLY
about the coming exposition at Omaha.
w are going to give the people a
good show said he. ITO outsiders IL
will be greater han all expectations,
and everything will be in good shape
for the opening on the first of June.
Practically every western state is or
Will be represented"
Phil Daniels, the ~Burlington's hust-
ling general agent in Butte, is working
for the accommodation of the people
of this city and Anaconda. who intend
to visit the exposition. He is trying to
induce his company to make arrange
ments to run a sleeper through from
larity of such a move is apparent il is
put on.
yesterday afternoon and in the evening
left for Omaha.
II. Il. Segur, general agent of the
ger, general agent of the road at Hell
ena, were also in Butte yesterday.
The gross earnings of the Northern
Pacific for February were s1,517, 1886, an
increase of $4S1 ,S31. Net earnings for
the month show an increase of $343. 9s1.
Total gross earnings from July 1 to
Feb. % were SIC. 1888, 046. and total net
earnings 8 ,0S2, 500. The increase i'm
gross earnings from Jan. / last is $780,
704.
f. Z. Ward. general superintendent
of the Montana Central. came down
from Great Falls yesterday.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-02
ACADEMY OF MUSIC

Nine. Helen Thomas (Solo violinistb assisted
by Prof Thomas and the most prominent mu-
steal professors of Butte. A thorough course of
musical training for soloists aad orchestral play
ers. Glasses will be formed. Concerts viii be
given TO show the advancem MT of the pupils.
Engagements for Concerts, Reeitals, Musicales.
etc. -
Scom 81 New Bee Hive Block 20 E. r Bred
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-02

being deprived of French news and
politics. but to live without their feuii-
Teton was impossible. The result was
that the German postoffice authorities
clipped of the feuilleton from the pa
per and sent 1t by itself to the SUBJ
scribers. This went on for weeks. until
the Petit Journal was allowed to enter
intact. The incident il related by Vic
tor Tissot in his Voyage aux Pays
Annexes."
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-02
Something New in ship Paint.

A ship bottom paint consisting of sea-
weed. which while green and moist is
ground in oil and mixed with litharge.
lead acetate. t%urpentine and linseed oil.
has been patented In England. The coat
ing Is said to be not only a good protec-
tions against the adhering Of shells. but
also prevents worms from entering wood
en- ship bottoms or any wooden subma-
rine Constructions
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-02
THE COUNTY FINANCES
Treasurer Kinds Makes His
Monthly Report.
CONDITION OF THE FUNDS
Amount OF Money on Hand at the Close
Of Business Thursday Night. $685.
346.Oo-Paid Out during the
Month, e43,o235l.

The monthly financial statement for
March was issued from the office OF
County Treasurer Kinds yesterday.
showing the amount of money on hand
at the close of business Thursday night
and the condition of the various funds.
as follows:
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-02
A solar Plexus blow.

FROM the Cnicago news.
Look. isn't that a magnificent tur-
key asked the humorist of his friend.
the proofreader. as they were passing
through the market.
Yes" replied the proofreader. "and
don't you know | always envy a turkey"
why do you?" asked the funny man.
Because" was the reply. they are
never stuffed with chestnuts until after
death"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-02
The Wealth of Wales.

Wales Is the richest part OF Great
Britain in mineral wealth. England pro-
duces annually about SO to each acre.
Scotland a little less han so. but the
product of Wales amount TO over SO an
acre.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-02
B,ndoo standard Of Living.

For $500 years the Hindo standard of
living has been almost the same for rich
and poor. The rajah's floors are poor and
the rich man washes in the open air and
dries himself in the sun. like his poorer
brother. and so simple 10 the mode OF life
and so great the fear Of robbery that i'm
mense amounts of wealth ard. Uuried.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-02
$4,000 Reward

I, Thomas Heney. sheriff Of the County of sho-
shoue, State of Idaho, hereby offer . reward Of
Fifteen Thousand C<i5, 90 Dollars to any
person who will give and furnish the neees-
sary information, testimony and evidence
that will cause and secure the arrest and con-
Viction Of one or more of the persons
who took part in, or were concerned in.
or who aided aud sbetted in the shooting. killing
and murder OF FREDERICK ID. WHITNEY. ON
or about the 23rd day of December. A. ID. 1897.
near the town of Gem, in the County Of She-
shone. State OF Idaho. This Offer OF reward %
be good from the date hereof until the 10th day
of February, A. ID. 1900.
Dated at Wallace. Idaho. this s.h day Of
March. A. n. : THOMAS HESEy.
sheriff of the County Of Shoshone. state Of
Idaho.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-11-09

A Kansas City man who was class.
mate of Schley's at Annapolis says that
the admiral was looked upon as the
best Spanish and French scholar in the
navy. His department at tho academy
was modern languages II remember
one thing in particular about him, and
that is his long legs. He is not notice.
ably tall, but his legs are of wondrous
length and he can run like deer. III
the navy they never tire of telling about.
Schley in Korea. During the trouble
there we sent a landing party ashore in
charge of Schley. The boat had not.
more than reached the shore when out,
jumped the marines to make dash for
the parapets, possibly half mile away.
In the lead was Schley. In jiffy he
was far ahead of everybody, his legs
working vigorously, and when tho EN-.
bankments were reached he had prao-
tically distanced all the others"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-11-09
Too Costly.

The San Francisco Argonaut tells
new story about Stephen Massett, so
well known years ago as "Jeems Pipes. -,
When he was tho editor Of the Marys.
vile (Cal.) Herald, Mr.. Hittell, the
we'll known California pioneer and
author, engaged him in argument ON re-
ligion, which Mr.. Hittell attacked,
finally winding up by saying, "See
here, Massett, you ought to get my book
on Evidences Against Christianity;
that will convince you"
"Very WE'LL" said Masset, II will"
So the next time he entered bookstore
he asked for it. The clerk showed him
the work in two volumes "How much
is it?" said Massett.
"Three dollars, replied the clerk.
What" exclaimed Massett. "Three
dollars! Take it back, sir, take it back;
Iprefer to remain Christian"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-11-09
Discovered by a Woman.

Another great discovery has been
made. and that too, by a lady In this
country. "Disease fastened its clutches
upon her and for seven years she with
stood its severest tests, but her vital
organs were undermined and death
seemed imminent. For three month
she coughed necessarily, and could not
sleep. She finally discovered way to
recovery, by purchasing of us bottle
OF DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, and was so much relieved on
taking first dose that she slept all night;
and with two bottles was absolutely
cured. Her name is Mrs. Luther Lutz"
Thus writes w. G. Hamnick e. Co., OF
Shelby, N. G. Trial bottles free at
II. A. Stokes Drug Store. Regular
size SOC. and $l.O0. Every bottle guar.
anteed
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-11-09

The West Australian government has
taken contract to lay nearly $50 miles
Of water pipe Of novel character. This
pipe is to be made of steel spirals pack
ed in concrete. Sheet metal is cut into
strips of the required width. These are
fed into machine and welded into one
continuous strip. As the strip is fed il.
to the machine rivet holes are punched; /;
then the edges of the laps are brought
together by machinery and held during
the, process of .riveting, which is all
done by compression. The lap is thrown
ON the outside of the pipe, rendering the
inner surface sooth and even throughout
its length. A tenacious hydraulic CO.
ment is packed around the laps, making
the pipe absolutely water tight.
York Ledger.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-11-09
EXPERT TOBACCO TESTING.
Cuban Buyers and Their Highly De-
vclopcd Sense of Smell.


The greater part-in fact, nearly ali
of the tobacco raised in Cuba and not
used by the Cuban cigar makers is
shipped to the United States. at certain
seasons of the year tho Havana hotels
are filled with tobacco buyers from the
United States. Some of them deal
through the brokers In Havana. but
some who know the country and the
language 60 out into the tobacco dis
trict and deal directly with the plant
ers, often buying promising crop be-
fore it is picked. The tobacco buyer has
necessarily to be good judge of tohac.
co. He goes down into the very center
of the bale of tobacco he is examining,
extracts some samples and tests them in
different ways
The first test is that of smell. The
Cuban tobacco has strong and pecul-
lar odor A little variation one way or
tho other makes the tobacco good or
bad. After smelling it the buyer is like
ly to roll rudely constructed cigar out
of the leaf and smoke it, He will inhale
the smoke and endeavor to determine
exactly the flavor. He will also examine
the ash carefully and test also the COM
bustion of tho tobacco-that is, try to
find out how long it will hold fire. 1t is
a great annoyance to smoker who is
talking or writing or otherwise engaged
to put his cigar into his month and find
that it has gone out. No cigar ever
tastes SO good after it has once gone out,
and a fine Havana cigar is positively
rank when it has met such catas-
trophe. So one quality sought for is
that of holding fire. If sample smoked
by the buyer will keep lighted four
minutes, it is considered very good.
Some will burn for five minutes and
even longer without being puffed.-
Ohio State journal.