The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-04
Notes Of the Day.

NJ. :. Prime of California h a rather re-
markdblc person In That he Is the prcsi-
dent. secretary and treasurer. board "i
directors and manager of the Paso de iio-
bles Street Railway company. lite H. also
the driver and conductor of the single
car run on the road. and H. perfectly
happy when the outht brings him Wv
"A day. The road. three miles in length,
runs from the railroad station To "A locally
famous mud bath. and Mr.. Prime traded
"a house and lot IN Alamtda county TOT
the whole outfit.
4 London magician. Maskelyne. who
has given Entertainments many years az
Egyptian hall. kept up an o1er OF N,'Ul
reward FOR a duplicate of his box, which
"a man gets i'm ana out Of mNstcriouslN. \
clever mechanic solved the problem ahd
demanded the money. but Maskclyne re-
fused to pay. as he claimed that, though
| this box did the work Of his the mechon-
ism was different. tie would not disc,os'
his own In court. however. and the Jury
rendered q verdict against him.
The "nrst and only American ncwspa-
Der published in the capital OF Cuba Is
the Havana Advertiser and Weekly Ga
Z.ttr. lust established. The little paper
/ contains "a good deal of Cuban news 10
an attractive form. and IL has several
columns Of advertisements one slcniii-
cant paragraph of news Is: IAN pictures
OF Spanish royal percentages found M
/ cuba ar, being collected by order Of Gen
,ral BIau,u for shipment TO Spain.
With a very few exceptions all the great
industries and branches of commerce In
Germany show a phenomenal expansion
during the last decade. For N the
tonnage of steamships belonging 10 Ham
burg. witch In 1873 was >S.lI3, was in 1877
l.Gga. Thus, belonging To Bremen in
creased In the same time from 6'.1lo 10
22t. 900. while the tonnage OF sailing vessels
b,longiug to these two ports has since
risen more than 80 pei cent.
\ fashionable London doctor. whose
mornings an, fully occupied in paying
visits To his many patients. has succeeded
I'm cfsctlng e decided economy. Tie may
be seen driving through West End
squares. eating his breakfast In hi-
brnughum. His morning meal H. nicely
hacked iu a hamper. \ wooden Hap j. M
front of his carriage. This is propped ul
and the Table rs spread. The doctor thus
eats comfortably and al leisure.
The great Armstrong shipbuilding yards
of England have Just turned out the mos
remarkable vessel aioat. u T. a giant lee
crusher to be used I'm keeping opCn th'
trade routes OF the Baltic sea this winter
Ice crushing boats are used I'm several al
the harhors On the great lakes iu thii
country. but they are insignificant whci
compared In size and power To thi
giant.
The women Of smith Center. Kan.
= have organized a library club and are re-
solved to bui'd a house bon which 10 install
Il With this end In view they nave -
% tablishsd q store. whcr, they ufer 4"
. sal, Mrs. Waitcs' bread. Mrs. Detwcil
cr's noodles. Mrs. smiths potato chips
Mrs. SlaCic's ~doughuuts. Mrs. Ahlborn'
cookies. Mrs. Dugau's cream puns.
An American soldier and a native cal
4 man were killed 10y cominE IN conta,
With a fallen electric wire I'm Honolulu
n the other day. The inquest developed IN
4 fact that the interior Of the wooden IL
S s~ulatiuc pin 10y which the wire was suT
: ported. had been eaten away 10y unt'
/ ana the thin shell witch remained ha
$ given way under the stress Of a win
- storm.