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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-21
she MARRIED A VASE.
Ancient Rite Performed ny "a BereaSed
Chinese Bride-Elect.

Ancient Rite Performed by "a Bereaved
Chinese Bride-Elect.
Miss Hsu, the daughter of a wealthy
Chinese nobleman OF high military ana
official rank, figured i'm a strange and
weird ceremony a few months ago, the
story of which has just come from the
fowery kingdom. 1t was the result OF
a young girls romantic and endurig at
lection for the memory Of her lover,
who died suddenly three days before The
date set for their marriage. He was the
son of the vice chancellor OF the Pekin
Imperial academy. a very famous edu-
C~ational Institution, where the only pu-
pills received are of noble blood.
When the news of her lovers death
reached the promised wife she was in
consolable. and wished to enter the state
of widowhood. put her father demurred.
Somebody suggested that another bride
groom might be forthcoming, and. as
N ay readily be surmised, at this stage
of the proceedings the maiden was IN
despair. A wise teacher of the Confu-
clan philosophy was consulted, n he
recalled to mind the ancient ceremony
of marriage to a flower vase. II was a
rite of great antiquity, legend attribut-
ing its origin to an empress VINO ruled
before the Christian era. So IT was de-
| cided that the maiden might marry the
red vase" 1t was necessary, however, to
procure the imperial sanction. This the
| great wealth of Hsu obtained. and the
wedding was solemnized.
In the procession the vase was carried
under a silken canopy on a palanquin
borne by youths of nobl birth, while
the bride followed in another palanquin
guarded by IL virgins and IL matrons,
A military guard and a civic escort
made up the parade. Many bushels oi
the small coin known as cash." about
1000 of which equal ar American dollar
were thrown to the throng OF people
watching the procession. A banquet was
served to the commoners in the public
square, the theaters were thrown opet
and firecrackers We're discharged IN
c~essantly for three lays.
After the ceremony the bride was es'
corted to the home of the parents of he
bethrothed and the vase set up in hel
boudoir. She will remain all the res
OF her life i'm the palace of the vice
chancellor, who is now regarded i'm tn
light of her father-in-law. Her bride
groom, the vase, Is a specimen of greai
value and antiquity, indeed, IL is said u
excel in delicacy of characterization any
thing OF it's kind in the fiowery king
dom. IL is about five feet In height
made OF the finest porcelain, of a dee
peachblow tint. and inlaid with GOLD
spun glass and mother of pearl. II tool
a skilled artist Is years to finish II.
All this reads very much like a fair!
tale, blu the facts Of the case, gain
cred from press dispatches sent to Sal
Francisco, are authenticated by an at
tache OF the Chinese legation at Wash
inRtOn.
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I'm Soeiety's Rsalms

ana named the T.. F.'s. held their week.
" meeting at the home OF Miss Mary
Waters, last Friday night.
N. w. Simmons of Butte registered
at the Bozeman on Sunday.
Mrs. ]. d. Baker of Castle was in the
city ON Monday.
M. n. Felt OF Arcadia was q visitor
, I'm Bozeman on Monday.
T.. B.. Sheppard of bridge-building
fame, was over from Missoula on
Tuesday.
H. e. C;ilkey of Gilt Edge was in the
| city this week.
e. Tower of Belgrade registered at
| the Bozeman on Tuesday.
s. b. Roberts of Big Timber "ae In
n city on Tuesday.
H. F. Kruger of the Burlington rail-
road, was over from Helena on BUSH
ness connected with his roo on Wed
nesday.
F. W. Humes of Helena was in the
city on Wednesday.
II. Shaw OF Jefferson was In the
city Saturday.
f. r. Purnell of Pipestone was a WIS.,
itor in the city this week.
J.. p. ID. John. the lecturer, registered
at the Bozeman on Sunday.
]. Farrell OF Red Lodge was in the
city on Saturday.
j. +. Davis OF Butte registered at
the Bozeman on Sunday.
Charles Suffer of Butte, general con-
tractor of the agricultural college
buildings. was in the city several days
this week.
William Calvin. travelling auditor of
the Northern Pacific, has been in the
city for several days the present week
going over the books at the depot.
A. j. Davis Of Butte was in the city
on Sunday and took a trip to the fish
hatchery.
Mrs. George Lowe and family left
for Helena on Sunday.
John Walsh left last Saturday Tor a
visit to his old home in Boston, ana
also to make purchases FOR the spring
and summer season.
w. c. Strohm of Gebo was in the city
this week for the purpose of going over
the land Office records with Johnson 4
Mccarthy, the purchasers of the Gebo
coal fields.
Rudolph Michel has gone to Califor-
MIA for a few weeks rest.
Thomas Upton has returned home
after several months stay in Great
Falls and Butte.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hennegan and family
returned home from California Tues.
day.
r. F. Forest and Allan Cameron went
TO the K%iondike last week.
w. J.. Nash is back from a trip Il
! Omaha and reports having had a good
thine.
: Mr.. and Mrs. Baker of Manhattan
, owners and proprietors of the Man
haitian hotel. were in the city on Sat
J urday.
5 Richard Jockey of Helena was in tn
, city on Saturday, shaking hands will
= his many acquaintance here.
: Ohm England was up from Logai
on Monday.
Mrs. c.. NJ. Thorpe returned home
= from Minneapolis last Friday, afte
e having spent several weeks i'm tina
= city.
f J. Wands of Merlin, Ontario. Can
/ ada, nephew of Mr.. and Mrs. Afre'
Sales. arrived on a visit this week.
= A. G.. Morse of Red Lodge was in tn
i city on Saturday.
v c s Hare. the state architect. ha
v been spending several days in the cit,
= his week. inspecting the work on tn
college buildings, which are fast near
- ing completion.
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be absent obout three weeks. during
which dime Miss Pearl McQues.en viii
have charge OF the store.
A memorial service I'm memory OF
rance r. Willard viii be held In the
Presbyterian church tomorrow evening.
I'm which all the churches will unite. Ad-
dresses will be made by the Rev. Mr..
Jordan of the Christian church. Rev. Mr..
Walker of the Methodist church and Rev.
c. Arnold Edwards and Mother Johnston
OF the Presbyterian church. Music by the
choir will be a feature of the service.
The woman's club met with Mrs.
Boardman last Tuesday evening and en-
joyed a programme of a miscellaneous ma
ture. Mrs. Catlin gave a very pretty
Longfeilow story. which was followed by
"A Humorous Womsn's Rights Plea" by
the same member; Mrs. stackpole.
Frances z. willard. Her Work and Its
Influence" Hiss Bielenberg. reading. Sc
lected from Lucille" Miss Galbraith. a
poem. Nobody Cares Some very sweet
vocal numbers were rendered by Miss
B~ielenberg and Mrs Joslyn during the
| course of the evening. while Mrs. Board
man favored the assemblage with a num-
Der of Instrumental compositions for the
| pianoforte. The next meeting of the club
will be with Mrs. Toomey.
Charles Clague left last Sunday for his
old home, near Toronto. Canada, where he
will visit several months with relatives.
James Wills OF the kohrs q Bielenberg
stock farm c~ontemplates an early journey
to California for an extended visit TO rel
atives and friends.
Letters under date of Feb. Is received
in this city this week from the kohrs
party. who are making a tour Of the
Orient. bring the intelligence that the
family is now on the Nile making the
journey up the river In a luxurious Egyp-
tian ~dahabeeah. or house boat. The party
has completed its tour through Italy.
having visited Naples. Rome and the ISL
ands of interest in the Mediterranean and
partially toured Egypt. having recently
done Alexandria and Cairo, and will
visit the pyramids and museums after
their Nile boating trip. thence going NORTH
for an early summer tour OF
Switzerland and the British islands.
Joseph Coleman has returned from 9
business visit of a week in Coloma anc
Garnet.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-21
QUEER PEOPLE IN AUSTRALIA.
Race Little superior to Animals Found
In the Interior.
,m the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
David w. Carnegie. son of the Earl of
Southeek. has returned to England,
after a IL months journey across the
Great Victoria and Great Sandy deserts
of Western Australia. During his trav-
els, which were from the south to the
north OF the colony. Mr.. Carnegie ira
versed nearly 5000 miles of unmapped
and UNEMPLOYED desert i'm the interior of
Western Australia. Speaking OF his
journey. MIR. Carnegie said:
In the interior we met very nall
tribes OF wandering blacks. They are
nomadic, and this may be explained by
the fact that their wells soon became
exhausted. and they have always to be
on the move I'm order To obtain water.
Their method of hunting. too. causes
them to he always moving. They set
light to a tract OF spinifex and then
surround the burning bush and throw
sticks and spears at the lizards and
rats that try to escape. Naturally in
a very short time the country gets burnt
up.
The people are very dark. and add TO
their blackness by smearing themselves
with grease and ashes. a fact which
makes their presence known at a con-
siderably distance. They are very ugly
more like monkeys than anything
else. with their flat foreheads and pro-
tubing lips. AS a rule they are very thin
and OF small stature-on two occasions
only ] saw men upward OF six feet In
height. Men. women and children are
all stark naked. They make no houses
and have no villages. They simply
SCOOP out a hole n the sand and squa
In IT. When they first saw u camels
and caravan they were greatly excited
never having see a white man before
We never suffered any hurt from them,
but when any of them got us alone they
tried to be nasty, and no doubt would
have proved troublesome II they had
been given much opportunity. They are
only one degree removed from animals.
1T was only from the smoke caused
by their hunting fires that we were
able to track them, n so find water
After following their smoke we would
suddenly come upon an encampment %
them crouching i'm their holes. will
their spare weapons hung up In the few
surrounding p~arched-up trees.
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In Deer Lodge.

Deer Lodge, March 19.-Mrs. Harry True
is visiting her husband. an employe of the
Hope Mining company. in Philipsburg.
~. Chatelle and family have returned
from a years residence in Anaconda, and
are again at their home near the electric
plant.
Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick Callahan attended
the festival attendant upon the opening
of the Wells hotel i'm Garnet Thursday
evening. Mrs. Wells, the jovisl hostess of
the new hosiery, is a daughter OF Mrs.
Callahan. and was assisted by her moth
er in receiving the numerous guests on
the auspicious occasion.
Miss Clara Clark. a student in the
chemical laboratory of the College Of
Montana. is visiting in the home of her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. II. s. Clark, In
Butte.
Mrs. c. II. Johnson arrived In Deer
Lodge from her home In Marshall. Mimi.
last Thursday. and will make an extended
visit to her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. o. G.
McQuesten. and family
Messrs. Eaton and Mordsunt. expert
accountants in the general offices of the
Montana Union at Butte. spent last Sun
day in Deer Lodge. making the transfer
of station accounts into, the keeping OF
Relief Agent i. o. Eldred.
Randall waddington arrived from his
home in Cedar Rapids. Iowa. last Sunday
and will make a permanent home with
his sister. Mrs. Ed Sweet.
| NJ G. Mignery. manage of Cash store
No. l. left last Sunday evening for syria
| cuse y. Y. where he was called by the Sc
| rious illness Of a sister. He viii probably
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-21
HOUSED THE iaisHMAN's iae.
Jealousy Of His Own Prowess Loses Him
His Case.

From the Washington Star.
A group of congressman were telling
stories i'm the cloakroom of the house
the other day. One OF them, a lawyer,
told this experience:
In the town where I first began the
Patrick Mcdonald. whom everyone
called Pat. Now, Pat was a good-heart-
ed fellow. but he didn't get along very
well with his neighbors.
There was an easy-going fellow in
the same town by the name OF Vince.
lock. He was born in 1870 and his par
ents named him Harrison. In country
towns the people are familiar WIN one
another TO the event thst names are
abbreviated or parap Erased. Everyone
knew this man as Hat Wheelock.
WE'LL. wheelock and Pat had some
words over a horse trade. The IAN
guage used was more expressive IN N
elegant. According TO Pats version II
the affair Hat threatened to break his
ace. Anyway. Pat went before n ius-
tice Of the peace and mgde af'i1; ~
that he was afraid that Hat would do
hin bodily harm.
Hat. of course. was arrested. He
got me to defend him. when the c; e
was called Pat took the stand ard "a
lated the story OF how Hat had threat
sned TO injure him. When n was
turned over, to me for ANNA
ton I began:
Now. Mr.. Mcdonald. you say YOU
are afraid Of your life?'
81 am sor.' was the prompt reply.
Then you admit hat Mr.. whselocl
can whip you, do your
HIS Irish was W In a fash
Not by a id sight, sor. | can Will
half dozen like him
That's all, YOU honor. l sdid C. III
justice. and he dismissed the ca
against Wheelock."
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-21
In Big Timber.

Big Timber, March 19.-The Mcleod
people expect to have IA new organ by
Easter Sunday and to AVE ii paid for.
They have only 81 more to raise. The
school house was crowded at the serv-
ices last Sunday.
on Wednesday evening Mr.. and Mrs.
T.. o. Clark gave the second of a series
of enjoyable parties at their home, on
Second avenue. Progressive hash, con-
sisting of crokinole. dominoes, snap.
old mad and authors, was played. This
was followed by a guessing contest.
Conundrums, to be answered with the
name of some town in Montana, were
distributed among the guests, after
which each conundrum was PROFOUND
ed to the assembled company. Much
merriment was created, and answers
were correctly given to all but two out
of 36. They proved SO interesting that
a few are appended: First. A military
defense, name Of an ex-president, and
a measure of weight. Answer. Fort
Benton. Second. A precious metal,
Silver Bow. Third. A narrow valley,
TO go head first. Answer. Glendive.
Fourth. The act of existing; an object
for which Big Timber is famous. An
swer. Livingston. Fifth. A tiller of the
soil. Answer Gardiner. Sixth. A do
nestle animal. Pony. A
kitchen utensil. Answer. Basin. Eighth.
Name of a state. a corporate town.
| Answer. Virginia City. The following
| guests were present: Mr.. n Mrs. s.
| A. Perrine, Mr.. and Mrs. H. o. Kellogg.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Bailey. Mr.. and
Mrs. Truman Lamphear. Mr.. and Mrs.
J.. A. Hall. Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Gillett,
! Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L. DeHart, Mr.. and
| Mrs. Henry Nicholson, Mr.. and Mrs.
| Thomas Ross, Mr.. and Mrs. r.. S. Jar
| rett. Mr.. and Mrs. Huatt, Mrs. Sim
| mons Mrs. o. NJ. Hatch, Messrs. Allie
| Bailey, L. Il. Clark and Roy Clark.
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PAINTER At a. YEARS.
st. Louis Woman Who Took Up Art at
the Age Of ~.

the Age Of ~.
Occupation and interest in life has
proved a veritable fountain of youth
for Mrs. Louise NJ. Patterson OF st.
Louis. Mrs. Patterson proudly states
that she is So years Of age, n Is look
ing forward to a ripe old age which.
i'm her case, means a hundred or so.
Ten years ago she tool up painting and
though she had always before sup
posed that she was without art talent
she has managed to produce a number
of pretty pictures. To-day she is happy
and healthy as women half her age.
LAS to my pictures" she says, the
only thing out of the ordinary about
them is that ] V made an effort TO
paint. sketch or draw until j was past
~. In plain English, I took up a new
life and profession at a time other pe"-
pie are preparing TO die. I'm sure most
old people die from lack of a motive &c
keep them living. This is how ] start
ed: One day a lady called, soliciting
pupils for a painting class. I told her
that none OF US had a bit of talent. but
she urged me to take a lesson. l did,
and became infatuated with the work
You cannot imagine what pleasure II
gives me. When I feel blue and lonely
which l do in spite of children and
grandchildren, at times. j sit down tC
work. and hours fly by in no time"
Mrs. Patters on taught at tn
age OF l6. married later. and in a few
years was left widowed. with FIVE chill
dren to support. This she accomplished
by doing newspaper work I'm Pittsburg
Pa, continuing the work for years
She is a member of the Equal Suf
frage club. and 80 years < called tn
first woman's suffrage hell
in the state OF Ohio.
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The reason that II II necessary to be
well covered while sleeping Is that when
the body lies down il Is the intention of
nature that IL should rest. and especially
should the heart be relieved of It's regular
work temporarily. So that organ makes
ten strokes a minute less that when the
body is in an upright position Now, the
body IL dependent for Its warmth on the
vigor of the circulation. and as the blood
flows 50 much more slowly through the
veins when one IS Iying down the warmth
lost in the reduced circulation must be
supplied By extra coverings
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-21
PROFITS At MONTE CARLO.
Enormous Income Indicated by the Price
of the Franchise.

OF the branchfse.
From the London Mail.
One can form some idea of the enor-
nous profits made by the gambling
hell at Monte Carlo by studying the
terms on which the prince of Monaco
has granted a proiongation Of the con-
cession under which this infamous es-
adjustment exists. The present con-
cession expires in 1918. but the share
holders think IL wise to secure "A further
concession before that date. The terms.
which were presented and ratified the
other day. are as follows:
The $50. 900 for the concessions. plus
100000 flowed for the expenses OF the
government of the principafiiy, are to
be continued, together with the allow
ances for public works. lighting. main
tenance of the Institutions etc. amount
ing i'm all to another $4,000 or c60,oo0
per annum. In addition. h Casino
company undertakes to pay over imme-
diately TO the prince In hard cash the
sum Of E400. 900. and further to spend
1900. 900 upon public works in the shape
Of opening up new avenues and streets
in parts of the principaiity. indicated
by the prince. to spend Gs0.000 in the
construction of a new theater and opera
house. this to be completed in time for
the exhibition of 1900: to hand over TO
the of the theater of Monte
Carlo G1 900 for each performance. this
sum to be spent exclusively in the pay
ment of special artists, h company 10
further bear all the cost of the chorus,
orchestra and scenery. Finally. the
company undertakes to pay over to the
prince in cash e600, 900 in the year 1913.
which was the date OF the expiration of
the old contract granted by the late
Prince Charles II.
The Casino company is therefore called
upon to find an additional sum of El.-
$50. 600 (without counting the grant 70
the manager of the theater) as the price
OF the new concession. The prince also
insists upon having in future a direct
voice in the MANAGEMENT Of the concern
He Is to be consulted in the appointment
OF both the n directors o'
the Casino company; he Is to have thu
right to nominate the OF tn,
theater: to be consulted in the engage
ment of the artists and the chef d'or
chestre. and. most important of all. h
is to have control OF the publicity" de
partment. The company spends abou
e25. 900 I'm "squaring" the continental
press and purchasing its benevolen
neutrality in the matter of gambling
The prince insists upon his right to issuI
to these journals which are in the pay o
the concern such notes and paragraph
as he may think proper.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-21

dining-room. i hurried down as fast
as I could to see what was the trouble.
IL was the two-headed girl having a
fuss with herself over her boiled eggs.
one head said the eggs were perfectly
fresh. while the other vehemently de-
clared that they were so stale that they
were not fit to eat. We had to settle
the row by taking away h ~ After
all. I suppose that the fat lady Is our
most troublesome customer. She eats
everything in sight"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-21

~ all sides the Standard
ENsSN receives praise for the
ESA1 selection of the Alaska
souvenir, Views En- Route to
the Kondike," as the papers
offering to it's yearly subscribers.
This edition is the first to appear
in the West, and although great
haste was made in printing and
binding the book, it's a marvel OF
neatness and taste in binding, and
the half-tones are better than any
book printed the last year. 1t
is not required that you be a
"boomer" for the KIondike to
appreciate this work. The actual
scenery of the country, with its
wild passes ard trails, is pre-
sented faithful ly--no retouching
is done to make the route appa-
rent'y more easy to travel. The
pictures do not lie. You will
find pictured
on for Klondiks
Steamers at Sksgnay
Steamer Queen Unloading, And
Three Others
Burro Pack Train, Dyea Point
Healy & Wilson's Store
Klondike Wagon Loaded
Indian Canoes
Den-a. Wok, Old Chilcoot Chief, and
Chief Isaac
Fording Dyea River
Towing Provisions
Camp Life at Finnegan's Point
A Party of Variety Actresses on Conreds
for Two Seasons
Indians Freighting Up River
Indians Polling Canoes Up River
Pack Oxen on Trail
Dogs Packing on Trail
Looking South From Foot of Dysa Canyon
A Packers Home
Washing Out Gold
pyea Trail Blocked by Fallen Horse
Collecting Toll
Front Street at Settlement
Sheep Camp
Packers on Trail
Near Scales
Pack Horses on Edge Of Precipioe
Forty Five Degree Incline
Near Summit of Chilkoot Pass
Looking South From Pass
On the Summit of Chilkoot Pes
Glacier, Summit Of Pass
Crater Lake
Fifty Tons OF Provisions
Actresses Bound for Klondike
Rev. Mr. Young and DR.. McEwea
Camp at Lake Linderman
SAipyard, Lake Linderman
Leaving Head of Lake LindsrmAn -
Klondike
End Of Skaguay Trail
Rapids Between Lakes
Lake Bennett
Prscipice, Porcupine Hill
On Porcupine Hill
Hungry Mans Retreat
Bridge Over Porcupine Creek
Pack Train at Little Lake
Blacksmith Shop
Skaguay at High Tide
Skaguay and Three Other Pictures
Skaguay Harbor
The edition is down to one-quarter d
the original number and out-of-town sub
scrib.rs should hasten their orders. We d
not want to cave anyone u~nsupplied, bu
you must get al order in at once IT yos
desire one. g
The books cannot be purchased IN TIL
state. The subject IS Klon Tx, and the bool
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-12
Two BusheI Sack of Silver Dollars.

The very unusual sight of man
walking through the street with two
bushel meal sack chock full of silver
dollars was witnessed at Lexington the
other afternoon. Just before the close
OF banking hours two men, apparently
good old farmers, walked into the Phu-
nix National bank, one of them carry
ing the sack. They told Cashier Waller
Rhodes that they wanted to make a de-
posit' which he, knowing the men to be
citizens OF Fayette county from near
Jacks Creek, accepted. They united the
bag and counted out a sum which looked
to be about S3, 600, every piece of which
was shining silver "plunk." A part
OF the money was carefully wrapped in
paper packages, $40 in each. The scent
OF these packages clearly indicated that
the money had been buried beneath the
earth. Post.