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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-21
" NJ q CnnNenfion.

Fort Wayne. Ind. Oct. 2.-More than
Leo people. 100 of them delegates. are In
attendance at the International conven-
Of Railroad Y. NJ. c. A. The convention
opened his evening In the Baptist taber-
nacle. Business sessions will commence
tomorrow.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-21
At CINCINNATI.

Cincinnati. Oct. 2o.-Track slow. Six fur
longs. selling-McCleary won, Merry Day
second. Conan Doyle third: time. 1:171k
Five furlongs-Theory won. George sec
ond. Rose Apple third; time. 1:osla. Mile
and a sixteenth-Kitty p. won. Donation
second. Evaline third; time. 1:5lh. Kenton
stakes. six furlongs-Sauber won. J. III.
c. second. Gibraltar third; time. i:56h.
Five and a half furlongs-Raraeilo won.
The Grinder second. Defiance third; time.
1:l0is. six furlongs-Mound City won.
Randazze second, Demo third; time,
l.l6hL
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-21
Chief Mastering Omcer.

Washington. Oct. eo.-Captan Lyman
W. Kennon. 9Th infantry. has been made
chief mastering officer. with the follow
ing assistants: Captain Joseph II. Batch
elor. jr.. Path infantry; First Lieutenant
Harry ". Lee. Melvin W. Rowell. James
]. Hornbrook. David y. Cordray. Harrison
J. Price and Second Lieutenant Charles
ID. Roberts.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-21
Reception tn General shaf,er.

Lima. Ohio. Oct. 20.-Fully 10000 peo-
pie participated in the reception to Cen
eral Shafter and staff to-day. He ar
rived from Chicago at 1:30 p. m. and a
big parade was at nee formed. Lunch
was served and a public meeting held
at the opera house. The party left for
the East at $3.50 p. m.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-21
National S~piritualists.

Washington, Oct. 20.-The sixth an
nual convention OF the National Spir-
itualists' association came to an end to-
night. The next meeting will be at Chi
cago. There was a shake-up in the list
OF officers. Mrs. NJ. T. Longley of San
Francisco was elected secretary.
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rs,.rh.xx Will Sue for Libel.

London. Oct. 21.-Major Comte Ferd-
inand Walsh Esterhazy. who has pub
ricly denied the London Observers as
sertion hat he a claimed TO be the
author of the Dreyfus bordereau. will
sue the Observer for libel because Of
the statement.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-21
Comal Arrives.

New York. Oct. @.-The United States
transport Comal. Captain Evans, arrived
at Quarantine at 10 o'clock this evening
from Matanzas. having left there Oct. 10.
All on board are well.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-21
A New Comet.

Geneva. N. Y. Oct. 3.-Dr. William r,
Brooks. director of the Smith tLserva-
tory. discovered a new comet tonight. Its
position T. right ascension II hours. q min
untes: d~eclination north O. degrees 20 MN
utes: motion southeasterly.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-21

London. Oct. H-The London morning
apers have cooled down to an exceed
ingly cautious and conservative tone IN
dealing with the Fashoda question. APP
parently realizing that public opinion on
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-21
Billy walker Dies.

Omaha. Oct. N.-Billy Walker. the pu-
gilist. who was knocked out by Andy Du-
pont Monday night. died this morning af-
ter having been unconscious ss hours. The
charges against Dupont will be changed
from prizehghting TO murder.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-21

Railroad Building In China.
San Francisco. Oct. 2o.-William Bar
clay Parsons. who represents the New
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-07

to the newly arrived traveller its peculiar
rig and construction make it command a
good deal of interest, If not respect. 1t Is
four-poster with the posts extending high
enough to support light roof, from whose
caves hang copious folds of cheap lace.
The bed-frame Is strung tightly across
with regular chair-bottom cane, and the
only other fittings are piece of straw mat
ting spread over the cane, a pillow and
a surrounding wall of mosquito netting
that drops down from the roof and is
tucked in under the mating. How to get
into one of these cages is the first question
that presents itself to the new arrival,
and what to do with yourself after you
have got there, the second. 1t took me half
an hour to make up my mind as to the prop
err mode of entrance when 1 was, for the
first time, alone with Philippine bed, and
1 couldn't make out whether you got in
through the roof, or the bottom or the
sides. After finally pulling away the
netting, found the hard cane bottom about
as soft as the teak floor. and looked in
vain for the blankets, sheets and mat
tresses. In fact it seemed as II 1 had
got into an unfurnished house, and the
more 1 thought about it the longer
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-07

stayed awake. At last cut my way out
of the peculiar arrangement, dressed and
spent the remainder of the night 4. a long
cane-bottomed chair, preferring not to ex-
pertinent further with the sleeping ma
chine until I found out how 1t worked.
Later on / Joined the ranks of those
who think none Is so comfortable for hot
weather as a hard Manila bed with moth
ing but its pillow and its piece of straw
mating. and for nights after leaving the
islands l failed to appreciate the return
to soft mattresses and woven springs. In
fact, such is the change of life all around
after sailing away from Luzon that for
days and weeks one longs for the peculiar
conditions that make life easy in its cap
ital.-New York Evening Post.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-07

boy come to fetch you a book from the
next room. than ii is to step across the
threshold yourself. In fact, I have even
known yonug foreigner whose beard was
no heavier that schoolboy's, to take with
him barber to keep his face clear shaven
during some provincial trip.
Ones washing bill in Manila is absurd
~ cheap, and for 50 per month as many
clothes can be thrown into the hampers as
one cares to use. Two full suits of clothes
a day, for thirty days, make an item of no
mean dimensions, and yet the laundry
man turns up each week with his basket
full and perfectly satisfied with his re-
Enumeration. Then, too, he washes well,
and although, when you see him standing
knee deep in the river. whanging your
trousers from over his shoulder down on a
fat stone, you fear for the seams and but
tons, nothing ever appears to suffer. AL
though he builds small bonfire in a
brass fat iron. that looks like a warming
pan. and runs it over your white coastal
blazing as it is-the result is excellent, and
scorched spots are conspicuous by their alb
sence
One more peculiar institution in the
Philippines is the regulation bed. And
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-07
TIE LIVING IN MANILA
ONE CAN PUT ON STYLE FOR LESS
THAN A DOLLAL ADAY
You Never Pay for Anything When
You Buy It-A Suit Of Clothes
Costs Two Dollars

In Manila no one ever pays for the thing
he buys at the time he buys it, for the thin
white suits that are everywhere worn are
not made for transporting coin. Bank
notes are practically out of circulation and
heavy Mexican dollars stand at the head
of motley family of fifty cent pieces. Span
ish pesetas and huge coppers, to give weight
rather than value to the currency system.
II you draw the first prize in the monthly
lottery run for the benefit of the govern
ment, your 100000 is all paid to you in sill
yer "cartwheels'' or subsidiary coins, and
you really think that luck is after all some
thing tangible when it takes heavy dray
or two to haul the results of your winnings
from the government office to the bank.
A dollar is about all the coin that q
properly clothed resident of Manila can
carry about with him, and as it generally
turns out, he doesn't need more, for the
shopkeepers, tailors and bootmakers have
all been educated to recognize in the IA
nous 'chit system" necessary evil that
springs out of certain monetary and eli
matte conditions, and are always ready to
accept the small bits of paper on which,
over your name-you write /. o. u. for the
amount of your purchase.
If the cook wants a new stove or the
coachman a jar of "micl'' molasses to
sweeten up the feed for the horses, or If the
gardener wants lawn mower, which can
only be bought at the English drug store,
or the office boy a new rope for the punkah,
write out a "chit" for each of them and
that is the last you hear of the transaction
till the first of the next month. But scarcely
has that day come before all your creditors
send in their collectors to cash those care
lessly pencilled "chits," and then, your Of
flee is changed into a money changers.
Armed with a big canvas bag of dollars
you pay out to first one and then the other
all day long; and to see your callers bite the
silver in the effort to discover lead, or drop
q dozen pieces on the hard floor to verify
the ring, is not to feel complimented by
their opinion of your integrity
About the only people that will not trust
you are the car conductors and the cab
drivers, but as car fares rarely amount tc
over three coppers, and cab charges to 9
''peseta,' it is easy to satisfy them witt
prompt cash.
The general mode of dress adopted b,
well-to-do half castles and Europeans O.
the masculine gender throughout the Phil
ippines is simple and cool in the extreme
consisting as it does of two pieces to tn,
white suit top jacket that buttons higl
around the neck In military fashion, and
pair Of trousers-both made of strong sheet
ing. The price is only $2-made to order
A thick felt hat of broad brim. a pair O
white canvas shoes, light undervest an,
socks and there is your Philippine COSTUME
for all the year round. No boiled" shirt II
bother with, no collar to wilt; everythin;
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-07

Thousands have tried from time imme-
mortal to discover some efficacious remedy
for wrinkles and other imperfections of
the complexion, but none had yet sue
ceeded until the Misses Bell, the now fam
Gus Complexion Specialists, of 70 Fifth
Avenue, New York City, offered the pub
lie their wonderful Complexion Tonic
The reason so many failed to make this
discovery before is plain, because they have
not followed the right principle. Balms
Creams, Lotions, ETC., never have tonic
effect upon the skin, hence the failures.
The Misses Bells Complexion Tonic has
a most exhilarating effect upon the cuticle
absorbing and carrying off all impurities
which the blood by its natural action is
constantly forcing to the surface of the
skin. 1t is to the skin what q vitalizing
tonic is to the blood and nerves. kind of
new life that Immediately cxhilarates and
strengthens wherever applied. Its tonic
effect is felt almost Immediately, and it
speedily banishes forever from the skin,
frccklcs, pimples, blackhcads, moth
patches, wrinkles, liver spots, roughness,
oiliness, eruptions, and discolorations of
any kind.
In order that all may be benefited by
their Great Discovery, the Misses Bell will,
during the present month"; give to all call
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-07
FOREIGN MILITARY and NAVAL REPRESENTATIVES WITH OUR ARMY and NAVY @
CALIFORNIA OPINION
Getting Their Pound of Flesh

The money changers are as hard to shake
off of the throat of the government as they
were in the days when Christ scourged them
from tho temple at Jerusalem. The new
war bonds are supposed to be Il popular
loan, but Wall street shylocks are using a
sharp practice to absorb large blocks of the
loan by furnishing money to its agents to
purchase bonds in fictitious names and then
turn over to the money loaners. It's hard
to get ahead of these shylocks and keep them
from taking their pound of flesh.-San
Diego Vidette.
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The Manila Railway Company

A meeting of the Manila Railway COM
pany directors was he'd at London on the
14th inst. During the meeting Of the chair
man. Oh the board said the situation in
Mania was so serious that 1t was not wise
to proceed with the scheme of reconstruc-
ton for the present He added that the
companys agent at Manila kept on such
good terms with the insurgents that no dam
age worth mentioning was done to the road.
Continuing. the chairman said there was no
doubt the insurgents had now invested
Manila, and had taken up part of the rail-
road. thus reducing traffic, which would
doubtless develop very considerably in the
future.-Bradstreet's
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SLIGHTLY Mixed

Unhappy Spain is like solitary fish en-
circled by a great net. She dashes hither
and thther to escape the inevitable only
to find every avenue blocked by the foe
or by neutrality laws. European sympathy
for the rash Castilians is difficult to find.
1t is scarcely worth the while of the pow
ers to bother with the under dog in this
war, especially as the canine is very yell
low and very lean cur. Spain would not
listen to reason, so now that nation must
take the bitter consequences of Its rash
action.-San Diego Tribune.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-07

so simple. and are made up of the brilliant
calico skirt, with long trains, that is swish
ed around and tucked into the belt in front,
the short white waist with huge faring
sleeves of pima fibre, that show the arms,
and the costly pima handkerchief that,
folded on the diagonal, encircles the neck.
Costumes OF this sort are hardly as sensible
as those worn by the men, and to this day
! the Philippine pony is not altogether used
, 20 the swish of that crushed strawberry
skirt train. In fact. 1 owe sudden upset
of the main road into a muddy rice field
to the unexpected swirl of one of these long
trains as II was gathered around to be
tucked up in front.
1t probably costs less to live we'll in Ma
Mia during peaceful seasons tharl in any
other capital of the east or west. Take the
case Of my messmate and myself for ex-
ample. We had a good house. with three
bedrooms. parlor and tiled foor dining
room; a hallway. reading room. ki.chen
bows quarters and bath room. with tiled
tub and shower. A small table. garden and
ten-foot iron fence to keen out the burglars
who used to grease themselves ard prowl
around naked at dead of night. seeking to.
steal ponies or even carriage lamps COM
pleted our establishment. Our cook. N bs
ready for unexpected guests served dinner
each evening for four, and got but forty
| cents to provide enough raw materials for
six courses-including the firewood neces-
sary. At the end of the month everything
going into the general mess account-house
rent (s15 MONTH. wages OF three servants
food, drink. ice and light-was added IN
and divided by two. The result was aston
ishing. as s29 was the sum total of nv
monthly share. To live in such state and
entertain ones friends for less than an
| American dollar a day absolutely snoiIs one
/ for suhseouznt existence in this country
and II is no wonder that MANY a Rritisbsr-
returning from Manila to England via the
s.ates-has been so overwhelmed nv his first
,aundrv hill in San Franc;sco that he has
taken a through train to New York and
sailed nv the first outeoing liner vitbou.
stunning even To seq tho brides nj Niagara
mr. the winter garden at the Astoria
The methods of marketing in Manila are
noteworthy in themselves All meat of
course. must be eaten on the day IT is killed
since in the tropics even ice fails to preserve
fish. flesh or fowl. As result. while beef
and mutton are killed in the early morning.
a few hours before the market opens the
smaller fry, such as game and chickens. are
gold alive From to 10 all the Ch'r.se
cooks from many families come to bargain
for the Gay supply. After filling thAi.
baskets numbers of them mount the little
tram car for the return trip TO their kitchens.
and proceed to pluck the feathers off the
live chickens or birds as they jog along on
the front or rear platform. BY the time
they have arrived home the poor creatures
are almost bare of covering, and, keenly
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-07
The Astor Battery

Why all this sneering at the Aston bat
terry? Because the fathers of some of the
men are wealthy, that's all. And ii is a
mighty poor. un-Amercan reason for
sneering. The men show there's some
good stuff in them by enlisting. Now let
them prove their metal If they acqu.t
themselves like good soldiers. give them
credit, just as one credits the man who
leaves his blacksmith shop or his farm to
become a soldier.-Fresno Exposltor.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-07
Endorsing an. Old Friend

Politics are not our line, and we are glad
Of it. but when an old friend, embodying all
the essential points of fitness for office
comes up, we are more than pleased to help
MIN a step higher. And right here we wiz
to remark t,Iat Dan Baker, for fourteen
years the editor of the Democratic Stand
ard of Santa Ana, is seeking the lieutenant
governors char-or the nomination there
for, ard We know no one better qualified
Santa Monica Times.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-07
A Continued Surprise

The North Ontario Surprise has passed
its first milestone, and, in its own language,
by the patronage received it is assured that
the people of North Ontario want the Sur
prise to continue" Long may the Surprise
continue to surprise the enterprising people
Of this thrifty colony.-San Bernardino
Press.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-07

ers at their parlors one trial bottle of their
Complexion Tonic absolutely free; and in
order that those who cannot call or who
live away from New York may be benc-
fitted, they will send one bottle to any ad-
dress, all charges prepaid, on the receipt Of
% cents (stamps or silver) to cover cost Of
packing and delivering. The price of this
wonderful tonic is $l.00 per bottle, and
this liberal offer should be embraced by all.
The Misses Bell have just published
their new book, "Secrets of Beauty"
This valuable work is free to all desiring
It, The book treats exclusively of the
importance of good complexion; tells
how woman may acquire beauty and
keep it. Special chapters on the care Of
the hair; how to have luxuriant growth;
harmless methods of making the hair pre-
serve its natural beauty and color, even to
advanced age. Also instructions how to
Danish superfuous hair from the face,
neck and arms without injury to the skin.
This book will be mailed to any address ON
request.
FREE Trial Bottles of Wonderful Com
plexion Tonic free at parlors, or 25 cents
(cost of packing and mailing) to those at a
distance.
Correspondence cordially solicited. Adj
dress
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-07

The fact is stated that in single one OF
the standard locomotives employed by
leading railroad in America. there are,
individual rivets and bolts, though
not nails in the cab and tender, over 10000
pieces. The modern locomotive is really
wonderful example of an evolution super
Intended in its successive stages from type
to type by a keen human intellect.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-08-23
CLEANED ABROAD.

The SueZ canal took 13 years to build
as France.
In France there are s3 females tc
every 1UU males.
There are about 1900 families in
Japan that live by fishing.
More tHan IS per cent. of the trade
of Egypt is with British possessions.
In Berlin nearly all the repairs of
the principal streets are carried on at
night. -
1t is said that about SO, 900 servant
girls go from the German provinces
to Berlin every year.
Prisoners when arrested in Morocco
are required to pay the policeman for
his trouble in taking them to Jail.
japanese bride gives her wedding
presents to her parents rs some slight
rccompense for their trouble in rear
ing her.
Simla, India, is built on the side of q
steep hill, and the roof of one house is
often on level with the foundation of
one in the next tier.
Barcelona is now the most populous
city of Spain, the result Of a census
just taken, showing $4,000 inhabitants
to Madrid's $4,000. 80
Siberia is an empire in itself. There
have been discovered along it's line of
rond S4 bituminous coal fields, 81 gold,
40 copper and two silver deposits.
Any Spaniard over the age Of 10 Is
liable to be called into military service
for three years. BY the PAYNE OF
1890 pesetas $4,000 he can escape MILL
tnry duty.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-08-23
appointment Of Delegates.

In counties where there areregular
Democratic County Central Commit
tees they are empowered to appoint
the delegates from their connties, and
IN such counties where there are no
County Committees, or they fail to
promptly appoint delegates, the mem
bers OF the Democratic State Cen
trail Committee in such counties arc
hereby authorized to appt int the del.
egates to the State Convention TO.
such counties.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-08-23

FIX ,erlence Teaches the valuo Of
Ho'd's Sarsaparilla. It ia constantly
accomplishing wonderful cures and
people IN all sections take II, knowing
it viii do them good. 20
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-22

and has decided to turn its insurance bust
ness over TO this company and Mr.. Baker
will have charge of a department, with
headquarters at Syracuse or Rochester, ~
Y. His successor is not yet known.
President Shaughnessy of the Canadian
Pacific Railway, stated at Montreal yester-
day that his road would not accept as final
the recent decision of the afhitrators at
Chicago with reference to ditferentials; Inc
question he says, was decided entirely on
the technical points and will have to be
considered again so as to be decided upon
its broad merits
A number of officials of foreign lines were
In the city Yesterday. among them Colonel
William Shaw. district passenger agent OF
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy George
T. Gunnip. general agent of the Santa Fe.
+. Hitchcock, travelling passenger agent of
the I.ackawana A. II. Carroll travelling
freight agent of the Union Pacific. and j.
Fl. Barrckman, of the Louisville d Nash
vile.
The St. Louis & Iron Mountain Nov. /.
will put on a new fast palatial train, leav-
ing on tuesdays and SATURDAYS of each
week. for Los Angeles and Pacific coast
points. A dining car Will be run on the
train and meals served a la carte. G.. A.
Deane jr. who represents the Iron Noun
tain at this point. says the service will be
superior to that of the Sunset Limited of
the winter of 1897.
The Baltimore e. Ohio Southwestern has
received from the Baldwin locomotive
works ten new freight locomotives for use
on the Ohio division, from Cincinnati to
Parkersburg. This portion of the road has
some rather heavy grades, and these are
the first heavy engines to be used on the
line. 1t is expected they will Increase the
train haul about 40 per cent. The simple
locomotives have 21x28-inch cylinders and
the compound 1512 and 26x2S-inch cylinders.
The locomotives were built from designs
furnished by Superintendent or MOTIVE
Power Neuffer. Eight are simple and two
are compound.