The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-28
Both Wise and Merry.


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Desperately say that Hustler made a
fortune In the Klondike.
Ju~mpuppe-Yes, he carried fools up
there and carried wise men ~back.-Puck.
In Boston servant-Mr Jones is be-
low. sir.
Master-Well. show him up.
Servant-But / don't know anything
against the man, sir.-Boston Transcript.
Putin fngs on till Tomorrow said
Uncle Eben. wash neber no proper plan.
Ell IL had been dab mighn' of been no
earth ter write about in de book o. en-
esis."-Washington Star.
A woman's watch.-Miss Hiborn-It
seems to run very well for about a day
all.
watchmaker-Yes. IL should be wound
up occasionally. -Jewelers' Weekly.
Uncle "a lawyer)-well, my boy. I'm
sorry to hear that you are studying law.
I can't see any way that a young lawyer
can make money now.
Nephew-where there's a Will there's a
w~ay.-Truth.
Yabsley-what character are you going
to represent at the fancy charity ball.
Nudge?
Mudge-I think I'll represent the press.
I understand that representatives Of the
press are admitted free.-Indianapolis
Journal.
An Indirect REPRESENTATIVES, yer hyud
bout dis here Spanish poiicy?' inquired
Miss Miami Brown.
Yes replied Mr.. Erastus Pinkley.
Fun all / can unduhstan' it's all right.
but de numbers IL pow'ful slow in comm
out .'-Washington Star.
Deacon jackson (respectfully)-So's
you's been to Washington. an wen frOo
de treasury an seen miles n millions
of money dat warn't none of II your'n.
| How did yoh feel, sah?
Mr.. Smylie-The feeling Is hard to de-
scribe. Jackson; just imagine yourself at
a poultry show.-Truth. .
A railroad man in Portland. Ore. was
recently present at an impromptu meet
ing of q tramps in a box car there.
where, after considerable animated dis
cussion, the whole bunch of hoboes to a
man decided that In case Of war with
Spain hey would offer their services to
the president of the United States. and.
further that In the meantime they would
urge their patriotic sentiments upon all of
their fraternity wherever any of them
were met on the road.
A scotchman living In London recently
ran across two of his countrymen and
took them with him to a big public din
ner. In his hospitality he sent to their
table champagne. and yet more cham
payne. n after a time went to see per-
sonally how they were faring. He found
them depressed.
How are you getting on?' he asked.
The reply came: oh. we're gettin' on
fine. but we're vera fateegit with thae
mineral WATERS"
William Connor. the 70-year-old father
of a Maryland baby, wanted to name the
little one after the wife Of the president.
but he did not kno Mrs. MckinIey's
name. so he wrote to the president for
the desired Information. Here Is the an
swer he got:
Mrs. Mckinley has instructed me to ac-
knowledge the receipt of your communi-
cation of recent date and convey to you
her appreciation of the compliment paid
her i'm the selection OF a name for your
daughter. She trusts that the future may
have in store for the little girl much hap
piness and prosperity. Mrs. McKinley's
full name is Ida Saxton Mckinley"
1t having come to the knowledge of the
king and queen of Italy that Princess
Henry of Battenbers is DESTROYS. iE posAi-
BILE. of paying a short visit to Florence
While on the Riviera, their ma1eStieS nave
offered her apartments in the Royal Pitt
palace during her stay. This historical
residence dates from the middle ages and
built I'm troublous times, looks almost nk,
n fortress from without. there being NJ
windows on the facade. which IL com
posed Of solid granite blocks. But the in
terror is charming. teeming with precious
paintings and sculptures and rare objects
dart. And not the least attractive fea
ture OF the palace is the lovely garden
with it's terraces and fountains, upoi
which the back of the residence gives.
An interesting discussion OF oil
slang Is proceeding in the columns of tn
Morning Post of London. The point prin
cipally dwelt upon il the clipping of tn
final ''g'' In the present participle. wi,icl
is treated by some correspondents as
vulsarism on a level with the dropping
of an III" But a pathological turn is give
to this piece of fashionable slang by on
ingenious explanation: "In the older form
of English, popularity called Anglo-Saxo
by us although Alfred called It English)
the present partIciple ended In ande
aende. onde, unde. ynde. or indie. Thus tn
present participle of boon Ito bel wa
beonde. Not until the fourteenth centur!
does the present participle assume tn
termination inge and ing. May II not b
that we are recovering the older ant
purer form in spite of ourselves" Thu
clippers will be delighted to know tina
they are absolutely ''oid English"