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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20
Handed Not to Marry.

With the greatest secrecy an anti
matrimonial club was recently formed
I'm Boston, with a membership of just
IL. The secret was too much for n
or two OF the young men, and now
nearly all about the unholy compact Is
known. II Is proposed to dine annual
ly as long as the men hold together,
and should one Of them be married he
must give a farewell n costing not
less than $40 a plate. and as much more
than HI as he cares TO afford. to all
the other members. and must also pay
into the general treasury for the accu-
mutation of a club fund the sum OF
$500 as a slight forfeit" for his trea-
son TO the cause in taking unto him.
self a wife. Eventually. IL all but n
member became married. the remaining
bachelor would pocket the contrtbu-
tions of the others. amounting TO $500
and interest accruing from time to
time. besides which he would mean
while enjoy many excellent dinners.
The members of The Club OF Twelve,
as II is called. were DESTROYS of keeping
their plan secret. fearing that II II be-
came generally known society might
receive them less cordially than Of yore.
Such a result has not yet become APP
parent. Indeed. matchmaking NAM
mas laugh at the whole AFFAIR. limiting
that these vows Of celibacy must rep
resent some cases OF disappointed love.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20
Current Comment.
Salisbury and william.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
Liz the Marquis OF Salisbury. the Ger
man emperor has taken to dealing In
dark. mysterious hints Of coming trouble.
The International situation, he observes,
IL such as to demand the closest atten-
lion Therefore he suggests the advisa-
t'uty of increasing the army by 10000 or
10000 men. On the surface II looks as
though all this bloody
bones business were nonsense. Yet there
may be something in IL, especially as
England and Germany are the two pow
ers which are making the greatest to-
do. Just what scheme of robbery may be
contemplated can only be surmised. but
alta guess France should be the nation
to look out for squalls. England has
been hectoring the French for three
months: Germany would not be ayerse
to acquiring a few more provinces. Hence
III they both begin hunting trouble IL will
behoove monsieur to sing very small. In
the meantime he will do well to keep an
eye on Salisbury and William, who may
be merely vaporing. but who may be real
ly preparing for a joint hold-up expedi-
ton.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20
DIRECTORIES FOR HgiResSes.
Curious Volume Compiled for the Use OF
Eligible French Bachelors.

Nowadays when a young French
bachelor grows tired of single blessed
ness and desires to become a benedict
he goes abou selecting a wife in the
most businesslike manner. In the alb
stract monsieur Is gallantry himself,
but marriage is with him a serious af-
fair. Therefore. as soon as he concludes
to take unto himself a wife he con-
suits the heiress directory, a book
which has just been published in Paris.
He argues thus: Does not a banker.
before lending money. make due inquiry
as to the would-be borrowers standing?
How much more should | be careful be-
fore investing my future happiness"
In the useful and important volume
mentioned above is to be found a full
list of the girls of all classes in France
who IA money Of their own or 'eX-
pectations." and there are added the
amount supposed to be commanded by
them, their age and n short description
of their personal looks, figures and 9TH
er characteristics. Doubtless his d.
rectory has been found useful and re-
quisite, because in France marriages
are arranged in most cases upon strict
ly business lines and are a matter for
the relations of the "hanpy couples
rather than for those ''unlucky" people
themselves. At any rate The book Is
having a good sale. 80 its publishers
are well SdtlSUeO. speaking OF tnlS IL
rectory recalls that Il is not quite n
novel idea, since in some parts of Italy.
especially Genoa, there have been for
some years men and women called
marriage brokers' who make a spec
ialty land a good hving) of bringing
young people together with a view TO
their finding life partners. In this way
they are very successful and publish
regularly a list of the "eligibles' or
both sexes in order to facilitate matters
for their clients Very large commits
sions are often paid by those who are
thu introduced to c other IL a mar
riage follows. as IL frequently does.
In England such directories OF heir
esses are not entirely unknown, though
not published for general sale as in the
instances quoted above Only while
giving the amount of the income or
each heiress-more or less correct, gen.
orally the latter-these lists have not
descended TO the minute particulars
which are to be found in the French
directory. on receipt of a stipulated
sum. however. the person sending the
list promises to forward more details.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20
Personal Paragraphs.

Emma Calves real name Is Emma Ro-
auer. and she was born at Decazeville, in
1866. She was brought up In a convent and
during her first season as a singer got
$40 a month.
General John W. Foster. who served as
Ii Hung Chang's adviser during the jap
anese-Chinese peace negotiations. has re-
ceived a letter from the Oriental states
man. in which he says that recent
changes in China are for the better
The late John ]. Faiyel. superintendent
OF the Holy Terror Mining company, in
the Southern hills. near Deadwood. :. D.,
has left "A s75.Oo0 endowment for a public
library at his old home in Theresa. n. Y.
The remainder Of his large wealth goes to
his widow.
The bazaar I'm London in aid of wounded
Spanish soldiers and OF the widows and
orphans OF the Spanish war. was opened
by the Princes Beatrice. and a Spanish
dance was given by Otero. The pope sent
a cameo likeness OF himself and there Is
a collection OF paintings by Spanish art
lists.
\ new scholarship has Just been confer
red on the scientific school of Harvard
university by n Gift OF $4,000 from J. r..
Jennings OF the class Of ~. now a min
ing engineer In the gold district of South
Africa. The interest Of this sum is TO be
given TO a student Of engineering and the
first award has been made to J. :. San
born. 30.
Senator Vest says OF Senator Cockrell
that ne always makes IL a point to learn
the names OF his rural constituents and
call them thereby But once he made a
slip. In some manner he forgot the name
Of a county chairman. and bluntly asked
IL. why said the chairman, I'm
Jones. I thought you knew me?" ''Of
course ! do said Cockrcll, quickly. but
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20
Quay's Fight for Delay.

~ ENAToR QUAY Is not willing to
" walk into court like a man and
" have the Measure OF his integrity
or. rather. of his gross rascality-
taken then and there. He is adroit in
politics.: he Is trying 20 make his
scheming wall to shelter him against
charges which. II he is innocent. he
ought to hasten 10 meet. Seeking de-
lay. Mr.. Quay urges that he cant get
an unprejudiced hearing in the courts
whe the inquiry into his transactions
is likely TO Ian him: in his behalf. also.
the plea is set up hat the prosecution
is started in order to hurt his chsnces
for election TO the senate.
This baby-plea business will not
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20

standard. The contrary IS true. All
the present laws and the contracts
with the governments creditors provide
that bonds shall be payable in coin
Secretaries of the treasury. backed OF
course. by the presidents. have paid ex-
clusively in gold. The sole business OF
the president IL 20 see to II that the
laws are executed. Were he TO order
payment in silver he woul be within
the law-no intelligent man denies the
presidents right to do that.
And tina; is the very thing the enem-
les OF silver are afraid will happen.
They are not disposed to take chances:
they realize the possibility OF the cleo
tion of a friend of silver to the pres
idency. What they want to do is to
pass gold-standard legislation in ad-
vance OF the presidential election. rad
ically changing all the existing laws re-
lating t. the payment Of the govern
ment's debts. They propose to strike
out everywhere the word DIN n in
sert the word gold.
That is what the proposition for an
extraordinary session OF congress next
summer means. IL is n radical scheme.
The administrations chief pushers are
for IL. Before long the country Will
know whether these gold-standard peo-
pie can make complete h capture of
the president. This revolutionary pro-
cess is precisely what IL meant in all
the recent talk about currency re-
form"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20
France and the Bahr-eI-Ghazel.


From the Philadelphia Press.
According to a Brussels report. Eng
land will revoke the lease of Equatoria.
new held by the Congo Free State. This
Il the natural outcome OF the policy
which aims at the complete control of the
Nile from Uganda to Khartoum I'm the
interest of Egypt and Great Britain. And.
although Marchand is doing a great deal
of posing. getting himself photographed
with the Sphinx i'm the background and
what not. IL Is as clear as daylight that
all his work i'm the Bahr-el-Ghazel will
come to naught. unless France is actually
DESTROYS of war.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20

which one Of old Jones' boys are your i
knew your father for years" And he
only had one son." was the harsh reply"
Tine Prince OF Wales II unable to APP
p~reciate he solemnity Of the ancient
game OF golf. One of the caddies at 81.
Andrew. asked OF the respective merits OF
the prince. Mr.. Asquith AID Mr.. Balfour.
gravely replied: AYE. 1 mind the names.
They'll hae muckIe TO learn. 4 telled the
prince so. but he only laughed A light
heart Is very well for cricket. but It's sol
emn business IL gowf."
Judge william NJ. *. Olcott Of the re-
publican machine failed to get past the
butler in an attempt to see Colonel
Roosevelt In his New York house the 9TH
er evening. being refused admittanke on
the plea that the colonel was not at
home. Bourke Cochran. however. who
came up the steps just behind Judge OIL
colt. had no trouble In getting In to wait
until the governor-elect returned.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20
Time to Make an Alliance.

From the Minneapolis Journal.
Americans must not forget that the
American nation has a destiny OF it's
own; that we are. after all, a people rad
ically different in many respects from
the English, and that our national policy
must be Node to suit American rather
than British interests. When the rest of
the world combines to overwhelm the
ideas which we cherish in common with
the British people there will be time
enough to make an alliance.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20
One R.d-Handcd Robber Caught.

From the Lafayette, Ind, Journal.
Justice has overtaken the l0-year-oii
wretch at Indianapolis who picked M
pieces OF coal alongside a railroad track
to be used in making a fire to warm his
sick and shivering mother. He Is In jail.
Society must be protected against law
breakers OF this sort.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20
TUESDAY. DECEMBER 20. 1898.
TWELVE PAGES.

TIE price for single copies of the Christ
mas edition Of TINE STANDARD, wrapped
and postage prepaid. is fen cents. They can
10 ettaisso at any Of The Standards bust
ssss ekess. The postage on each copy is
four cents for domestic and eight cents for
foreign dehve1.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20
The Member From Manila.

From the ST. Louis Republic.
In days TO come no Philippine repre-
sentative should be permitted to enter
the house of our fathers at Washington
unless ne shall first eschew the fashion
Of his constituents Of wearing only a nap
kin on fun dress occasions.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20
Cuba and Yellow Fever.

From the Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
What President Dial has accomplished
at Vera Cruz and what Genera Wool
has done at Santiago show c~onclusively
what the United States can do with Cuba.
and when once IL is done. lhe commerce
OF the South will no longer b. handicap
ped. millions of dollars will not be sluan-
dered nearly every year over Tie yellow
specter and we will be, as free If The raw
ages Of the disease as Is Europe .J-day.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20
Miss Gouid,s Unusual Service.

From the Philadelphia Record
IL is urged by some sticklers for reSr-
larity that there Is no precedent for = con
gressional vote of thanks to "A wSnan
and that il is not well To mako a begin
ming i'm the case of Miss Helen Gould. as
proposed by General Wheeler. Thc answer
To these objections is that Miss Gould's
patriotic munificence also went bey0ni
precedent. Extraordinary service j~ustiiies
extraordinary requital.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20
Progress oT Disarmament.
ne Cleveland Leader.

From the Cleveland Leader.
Emperor William I'm opening the Ger
man reichstag said he hailed with warm
approval the cars magnanimous pro-
posal for the furtherance of peace. after
which he called for S9,921. Isl marks for
the strengthening of his army and navy.
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-02-15
THE MHRTLES CELEBRATE.
Fifteenth Anniversary of the Popular
Club Fittingly Celebrated.

Pipes were lighted at the Myrtle
Boat club shortly after s o'clock last
evening. President Robertson made
the opening remark. Four races had
been rowed since February of last
year, and the Myrtles had walked OFF
with three of these Some nineteen
new members were taken in during
the year. The club now enjoys a
strong healthy membership.
viii w. Harris was the master of
ceremonies. The program as publish
ed was carried out in its entirety. Cap
tain Berger was among the guests,
and although not upon the program,
he was obliged to give "A couple of Sc
lections on the piano to please the
boys. His selections were The Myrtle
March and Cyclomere March. After
the entertainment, light refreshments
were served.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-02-15
THE SOCIETY AMATEURS
TO PLAY THE BOARDS SATURDAY
EVENING.
The Plays to be Presented and Those
Who Will Take Part-A Big Sale of
Reserved Seats.

The best soci ty amateurs have parts
in the two plays to be presented at
the opera house on Saturday evening,
under the auspices of the Kilohana Art
League. Robert J.. Scott, the instruc-
tor, announces that all are doing eN-
celently for the three weeks that they
prediction that these plays will be the
best ever presented in the city of Hon
olulu by amateurs.
~ False Note" will he the first of
the plays presented. Following is the
cast:
Major Judliins. c. NJ. V. Forster.
Granville Crawley. George c. Pot
ter.
Percy Fem nephew of Major Jud-
kins). Andrew Adams.
Miss Jud<ins (sister of Major judi
tins), Miss Edna Kelley.
Miss Partridge, Mrs. Russell d. Wal
bridge.
Mrs. Alice Carey. Mrs. +. d. Tenney.
Lucy, Miss Juliet King.
The second play will be the come
dy. "By Way of Joke" The char
acters and those who will assume them
include:
Mr.. Bertram, Andrew Adams.
Reginald Vivian, George c. Potter
Jack Dunstan, Alex. st. Martin
Macintosh.
Dora Bertram daughter of Mr.. Der.
tramp, Miss Adele Widdifield.
| Sylvia Hartford, Miss Edna Kelley.
Mary, Miss Pauahi Judd
The first dress rehearsal will be
held either Thursday or Friday OF
| this week The sale of seats was very
large yesterday, and all indications
point to a big house. At least two OF
| the boxes will be occupied.
The Y. NJ. c. A. orchestra, under the
leadership of Wray Taylor, will fur
nish the music.
Should these plays be successful
more plays will be presented by the
Kilohana Art League during the year
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-02-15
CERTIFICATE OF THE
MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR
In Re.

MlNIol EN- Or LIE lN EhlOh
In Re.
THE BANK OF HAWAII, LIMITED.
I, JAMES A. KING, Minister of the
Interior of the Republic of Hawaii, dc
hereby CERTIFY that in accordance
with the requirements of Section ~
Chapter XIII, of the Session Laws
of 1884, the same being an Act to
provide for the Incorporation of Bank.
ing Companies" have examined into
the condition of the "BANK OF HA.
WAII, LIMITED" a corporation form
ed under said act and located in the
City of Honolulu, and / am satisfied
that said corporation has fully compli-
ed with the provisions required by
said Act, TO be complied with before
commencing the business of Banking,
and the said Corporation, the Bank
of Hawaii Limited" is hereby au-
thorized 10 Commence business.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, l have
hereunto placed my hand and Official
Seal, this 23rd day of December, A. d.
1897.
(Signed) j. A. KING,
Minister of the Interior.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-02-15
They are
Reliable.

Saturday evening, January 20, o
party of eight left the city for trip
around the Islands on bicycles. The
list was made up of some of the lead
ing wheels represented here, among
them a '97 Overland Special, which is
handled here by the HONOLULU b.
CYCLE COMPANY. The Overland was
the Only Wheel in the Lot which
made the round trip without trouble
of any kind. OVERLANDS are the
kind of wheels that take you Away
from home and Bring You Back Again.
BY the last Australia we received a
few samples of the '9s OVERLANDS.
They are as much superior to the '97
product as daylight is superior to
darkness, and are without exception
the most beautiful models, and the
highest grade wheels ever shown here
for anything near the price which we
shall sell them-$65. We defy all COM
petition, even at much higher fig
ure.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-02-15

Your grocer does You a Ia
vor by offering you SchW,"g,
Best baking powder.
He saves you money anc
gives you the means of making
better cake.
Schng & Company
San Francisco 2lo7
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-02-15
TO RENT.

The A fireproof two story brick
building on lower Fort street known
as the Union Ice Company's building
Apply to
HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC co.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-02-15
c. AKIMA, TAILOR.

The reputation of my Tailor shop is
we'll known. A large assortment of
Cloth constantly on hand. Prices low.
Dyeing, Cleaning and Repairing
done.
NUUANU STREET, NEAR HOTEL.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-21

A baggagemaster of the railroad re-
lates a remarkable incident that oc.
CURED while making a run on his train
from Providence to this city the other
day. AS the train passed one of the
stations a passenger in forward car
raised q window, and in an instant his
ticket was blown from his hand out
doors. The passenger gave it up for
lost, and was a much surprised man
when the baggagemaster handed it
to him a little while later. It appears
that when the ticket flew through the
window a soutbbound train was pass
ing. The suction of the train, which
was going at rapid rate. drew the
ticket along with it. and as it passed
the rear end of the north-bound train
the ticket blew in through the door
of the smoking car, and was there
found by the baggagemaster upon the
car floor as he was making tour of
the car.-Worcester (Mass) Gazette.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-21
HOW HE STOPPED A BORROWER
Original Plan Whereby the Phlloso-
pher Discouraged IN Im-
pOrtuner.

Neither q borrower or lender be,
For loan oft loses both itself and friend.
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
Hamlet
The fat philos opher was veiledin the
steam that arose from a bowl of hot
soup. He carefully inserted a small
chunk of butter between the gaping
halves of q fleecy roll and quoted that
most excellent advice of Polonius.
"Great man, that Shakespeare" he
continued. "Knew just what to say
and just how TO say it, and yet it
wouldn't surprise me bit if when he
wrote those lines he had just been re-
fused the loan of five or ten shillings
by some old friend. Maybe not, and,
anyway, what's the difference to you
and me? He might have borrowed
good round sum from every man who
lived when he did and we'd still be ow-
ing something on the debt"
The fat philosopher chuckled at his
original application of an old idea. bit
off comfortable mouthful of the but
tered roll and proceeded:
"Did I ever tell you how I once
made friend of mine stop borrowing
money from me? Well, he was nice
young fellow, but he didn't have any
capacity for saving money, and the re-
suit was that he never had any cash.
One day he came to me and asked me
to lend him five dollars. This 1 did. A
few days after that he came around
and paid me the five dollars. So far, so
good. But he wasn't going to stop
there.
again-wanted to borrow $10-had to
have it-would pay it back next week
and all that, and of course he thought
he'd get it. But he didn't. Pdmet 'em
just like him before.
"Sorry, old man." said I, "but can't
let you have it. However, if $3.50 will
be of any use to you can spare that
much until next week" He took the
$3.50, and in due time repaid 1t. Then
I didn't see anything more of him for
several weeks. 1 felt sure he'd turn
up again, though, and, sure enough, he
did. Wanted 500 this time.
"What did do? Why, just followed
out the same ratio. Told him I couldn't
possibly let him have the $50, but if
$1.25 would help him out at all could
lend him that. Did he catch on? Well.
7 should think he did. He took the
$1.25, and paid it back in a week, and
never asked for another loan. He
knew well enough the next time he
came to me I'd tell him couldn't spare
more than 65 cents, and he had enough
sense to see that at the rate we were
going it wouldn't be long before I'd be
asking him for something every time
he came to borrow from me."-N. Y.
Sun.