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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-29
He Put 1t in the Bill.

A story is told of Fanny Kemb.e, whose
favorite summer resort was Lenox, that
on her first season there. she employed a
self-respecting villager, who had a com
Portable turnout, to drive her about. He,
feeling IL to be his duty to make the
drive as entertaining as possible, began
to call her attention to the beauty of the
~scenery-which she wished to enjoy UNI
disturbed-and to tell her who lived in
certain houses as they passed along, UNI
til finally Mrs. Kemble, being unable to
stand ii any longer, said in the high
tragedy manner somewhat peculiar to
her: II have engaged you to drive for me,
sir. not to talk" The driver ceased talk
ing. pursed up his lips and in all their sub
sequent drives his only remarks were
such as he found necessary to address TO
his horses. At the end of the season he
handed I'm his bill for the summer services.
Running her eye down its col
umns she paused at an item that she did
not understand" Whst ~ this, sir? l
cannot comprehend it," With equal grav-
ity he replied: Sass, s.. I don't often
take it, but when | do ] charge" She
paid the bill without and con-
tinued to employ the same driver during
many summers she spent there.-New
York World.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-29
Some Short Stories.
He Knew the Colonel Intimately.

A Worcester man. says the Worcester
Gazette, who makes frequent trips to
Europe, fell in with a fascinating stran-
ger the last time he was across. The
stranger. who may be designated as Fer
guson. because that does not sound at all
like his real name, was an American, his
manners were those of a gentleman. and
he seemed to be well supplied with mon
ey and to know "A great many people
worth knowing. In conversation with the
Worcester man one day Ferguson said
Worcester is "A charming city, and 1
have some very dear friends there. ! pre-
SUM you know Colonel +. j. Russell? lie
il an old and highly esteemed friend, to
whom | am deeply indebted for many IA
VoTs."
when the Worcester nah returned home
he met Colonel Russell one day and in
the course of conversation remarked hat
he had met a man in Europe who said he
was an cd friend. Colonel Russell thought
for a moment. and then he replied: "Oh.
yes, | remember Ferguson very well. !
ought to, for he lived with me for seven
years once. IL was when ] was warden of
the state prison at Charlestown, and |
will say that Ferguson was one of the
q~uietest and best behaved prisoners that !
ever had
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-29
Let the states DO II.

From the St. Louis Republic.
A practical way to f~orcstall plans for
erecting a large standing a~rmy-plans
which have behind them the leaders of the
republican party and thousands of their
t~houghtless followers, the confederated
corporationists, Hamiltonian theorists
and the hangers-on to the skirts of
wealth-is within plain view of the people.
Let every state in the union do its full
duty and exercise its best wisdom i'm the
direction of organizing and maintaining
"A quota of militia proportional as to nu-
merical strength to the wealth of its peo-
pie and to the size of it's population.
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Anecdate of A1drich.

A very clever anecdote Is told of Thorn
as Bailey Aldrich. one day the distin-
guished author happened to saunter into
an auction room while a sale of rare edl-
lions. old manuscripts and autographs was
going on. The auctioneer, holding i'm his
hands a bundle of letters. said: Ladies
and gentlemen. | have here TWO auto
graphs which were written by a man
named Thomas Bailey Aldrich. | shall
now start them for you at the price of
two for ; cents No bids were made, and
they were sold for that sum.
Mr.. Aldrich. in speaking of the incident
afterward to a friend. said: Il wonldn't
have cared at all If they had gone for .
cents each. but two for five reminded
me very forcibly of little apples. '-Phila-
delphia Saturday Post.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-29
Their Idea of Liberty.

~HE Porto Ricans have a great
deal to learn. The outrages
they have been committing on
Spanish residents and unarmed Span
ish soldiers reveal them in an unfavor-
able light. Their thirst for revenge is
as intense and unreasonable as an In
dams. To them freedom means an OPP
portunity To get even with their en-
emies. \ Ponce correspondent of the
New York Herald tells how one of the
first acts Of General Wilson on arriving
at that city was to release political
prisoners. many Of whom had been con
fined since the rebellion of 1857. In that
year occurred the last unsuccessful at
tempt Of the Porto Ricans to throw OF
the yoke Of Spain. Some Of these men
had at that time been made to suffer
terrible physical agony. it being a well
established fact that during the rebel
lion the Spanish authorities renewed
Tor the punishment and detection of
political offenders the cruelties OF the
InquisitIon. Some Of their torture
chambers still stand within a few miles
Of Ponce on getting out OF prison
these men first thought of embracing
their relatives and then of revenge. In
bued with the potion that liberty meant
license to arrest. maltreat and abuse
any Spanish resident. they organized
bands from among their relatives ano
friends.
During the two or three days immed'
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-29
Alger.

From the Flathead Herald-Journal.
Secretary Alger has proved himself a
stupid. Incompetent, or, worse still. "A big
otcd partisan; or still worse. a plant tool.
Some people may not credit this state
ment. hut we say to them, wait until the
army that fought the battle of Santiago
comes home. wait until they tell their
story Of hardship and suffering needlcssly
endured. Wait for the wounded who
dragged themselves for miles to the rear
i'm search Of hospitals. and when they
found them learned that they We're with
out tents. medicine. b]andagss or ever the
simplest necessities for relief. An effort
will be made to obscure these facts, but
the strain will be too great, for the truth
will be told and believed.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-29
In Fusion There Is strength.

From the Iewistown Democrat.
Now that the war with Spain is over,
the wal Of the people against the gold
bug corruptionists and m~onopolists will
be renewed with great vigor. by every
conceivable scheme possible, the present
administration is ondeavorinE to fasten
that abominable financial policy upon this
government securely. II will take a heroic
and energetic struggle of all the friends
Of the double standard combined to defeat
them AT the next presidential election and
every element i'm these forces should
make selfish ambition subordinate to the
grand principle of bimotallism.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-29
Eastern Montana.

From the StockErowers' Journal.
Eastern Montana cannot be reclaimed
as a farming country except by irriga-
ton. No prudent man will engage in ag-
ricultural pursuits here without the
means of artificial irrigation, and II can
not be disputed that only a very small
proportion Of eastern Montana can ever
be more irrigable. Eastern Montana
therefore must ever remain what IL prac-
tically is-an open rangc-whereon the
largest herds may be located and ranged
without noticeable impedimcnt.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-29
Current Comment.


From the Minneapolis Times.
The Inquiry into the charges of gross
neglect and inefficiency in the army med
ical department may be regarded as a
CLOSED incident" The president has de-
cided to accept the surgeon generals re-
port that If the charges are true he did
not know anything about them, and, my
way, he could not have prevented the
shameful conditions described. This
would necessitate looking higher for the
responsibility and the president has con-
cluded wisely. perhaps, not to do that.
The unnecessary sacrifice of the lives of a
few thousand common soldiers is not of
sufficient consequence to justify the cast
ing Of odium upon a member of the cabi-
net.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-29
Illogical Republicans.

From the Great Falls News.
Voters of Montana are becoming well
acquainted with the republicans who enter
protest and denunciation against a politi-
cal union Of men who believe in the pur-
pose Of putting those principles in actual
opcration-hut who favor "A union of those
who are of opposite principles for the sake
Of an office. The straddler will not be a
success this year.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-29

From the Red Lodge Picket.
In the fertile, sun-kisscd valleys Of Car
bon county the song of the sickle Is as
ceudinE from hundreds Of fields. the mu-
sic Of the mower and the rhapsody Of the
reaper mingling together in chorus and
echoing back I'm grand diapason from the
rugged hills. which stand like sentinels TO
guard the golden grain In the whispering
galleries below and between
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-29
Vote Them Down.

From the BoZeman Courier.
The two proposed amendments to the
constitution should be voted down. one
proposes to extend the term Of the pres
cnt county commissioners i'm all the coun-
ties Of the state to five years, and the
other provides for increasing the number
of Judges i'm the state supreme court to
five. Both propositions are open To serious
objections. and the first especially, as II
extends a term already too long, and is
also indefinite i'm its provisions for suisse
uutNt elections,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-29
National Energy Needed at Home.

From the Boston Post.
Undoubtedly the United states could do
better with the Philippines than Spain
has done, but that is not the point. We
do not want to take on burdens of govern
ment and administration which are not
necessary for the advancement of the in
tcrests of the American people.I 1t is not
our mission, as a nation. to tax our peo-
pie here at home for the development and
civilization of countries on the other side
of the world. We have better uses for our
national energy and resources.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-29
One of McKinIey's Mistakes.

From the Boston Post.
The people generally did not know Al
ger, but they had confidence in Mckinley.
They did not believe that the presidents
choice for a secretary of war would be
an utter incompetent. and they had faith
that the president would get rid of such
a secretary as soon as this Incompetence
was proved. They were mistaken. The
awful experience of our troops in this
war under Alger will have to he forgotten
before another volunteer army can be
raised
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-29
r.. ANDREWS. Chicago's new

~ II. ANDREWS, Chicago's new
lO) school superintendent, proposes
to introduce the study of Span
ish into the schools of that city in or
der to qualify the boys to go and seek
their fortunes in cuba, Porto Rico n
the Philippines, If they so desire. The
idea is an excellent one and deserves
to be copied. Spanish is not a difficult
language to learn, and a knowledge of
it possesses at this time considerable
commercial value. Ultimately, of
course, Spanish will be driven out Of
the West Indies by English; but that
won't happen during this generation.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-29
The Trouble with AIger.

From the Boston Globe.
The public is perfectly willing to believe
that Secretary Algor had a big job on his
hands. Its complaint is because with
practically unlimited assistance. facilities
and credit, he didn't do II better.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-29
archaeological Cooking.

From the London News.
A Konigsberg doctor. Or. lager, re-
Gently gave a course of hygiene and
hacteriology for ladies. which included
practical exercises in applied hacteriol-
ogy-for instance. in the preparation
and preservation Of food by methods
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-29
~ EcRETARY ALGER has finally

~ ECRETARY ALGER has finally
~ found q defender. II is the Hell
- ena Herald. That newspaper
rises TO remark that "as secretary Of
war his labors during the past several
months have been ~herculean. tran
s~cending those Of any cabinet minister.
Extraordinary tasks were imposed and
performed and the greater credit is due
the general for the vast work well and
speedily accomplished by the depart
ment." And the organ plays on.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-29

least another MONTH";
That's IL. You see, | figure that II viii
TAX" quite as long as that To finish ap-
pointing the brigadier generals Chicago
Post.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-29

Did YOU read about that Iowa preacher
who was engaged to L. Eirlsg'
Yes, ] presume the poor maj was try
ing 10 keep his choir together through
the hot weather Chicago Dispatch,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-29
One porter Census Is Enough.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Whatever Mr.. Pnrter's somewhat mystic
rious duties consist of. it is hopefully be-
lieved that he will not be permitted to do
anything suggestive of census aking.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-29
No Room.
VI FtVNFEFs
; rnnd hing about flats.

There's ono good thing about fats
"Nhat D. lfT"
People who live IN th,m haN" 10 put
their ghildrsn 20 bed when company
lomNs. LDM..aEo nIspatch.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-29
>Ew YORK city has been wrest-

"A >Ew YORK city has been wrest-
M ling for two or three months
with an anti-profanity movement
1t was proposed TO pass an ordinance
making the use Of vile or profane Ian
guage in public places a misdemeanor
punishable by fin or Imprisonment
The New York sun fought the pro-
posed ordinance with the fury it al
ways displays in a tight Of n kind.
When il came up for final action in the
council the other day, one alderman
said that while he was proposed 10
profanity, the ordinance couldn't stop
il. Another alderman, who confessed
that he swore occasionally himself,
said he favored the ordinance because
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-29

From the Teton Chronicle.
The political sayings Of some Of the re-
publican papers Of the state would make
good material for a Decent novel.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-29

The Standard has branch Offices at
Butte. Missoula and Great Falls, where
advertising rates will be furnished on ap-
pIicafion.
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All general business letters and CORE
-pondence should be addressed TO the
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Anaconda. Mont.
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Daily and Sunday, one year 500
pailv and SUNDAY. six MONTHS. 500
DaTy and SUNDAY. three months. 800
Daily and Sunday, one month ....-... Loo
sunday oae 200
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-09

cided stand for Christian service.
These men afterward organized
Young Mems Christian association on
board ship which, If our records are
correct, makes the first navy associat-
ion. 1t is necessary to emphasize
and re-emphasize tie nerd of
money to conduct this work. The
Young Mems Christian Association
has the recognition of the government
and the access TO the troops, and works
in harmony with and enjoys the heart
lest approval of the army chsplains.
Through the association every church
and society may have an opportunity
to minister to the higest welfare of
the soldiers. Gen. Brooke and his Of
ficers are in heartily sympathy with
the work at Chickamauga, and declare
that the morale of the men is the bet
ter for the influences emanating from
the association tent, aud that the men
themselves show benefits derived in
better discipline and more cheerful
adaptation to the inevitable hsrdships
of army life."
Already at the Galveston camp there
is an effort being made to steal the
mems brains by putting into their
stomachs those things which make
men lose their manhood and unfit
them for making good soldiers for
Uncle Sam. Those behind the liquor
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-09

nickel-steel envelope is practically of q
piece with the lead core itself. Anne
rican inventive genius las been salts
fed, In keeping up with the march of
improv ement in small arms, to adopt
the hard lead core thst has now uni
the progress in military equipment,
came q demand for something lighter
than the old army musket. To get
this something there had to be q re-
duction in the calibre of the bullet u.s.
ed. This again meant that the bullet
had to be OF greater proportionate eff
ficiency, an end which some nations
thought to gain by the mushroom
plan.
The Lee-Metford rifle of the navy
will pierce sixty one-inch pine boards
A small arms that will do work as
good as this was considered q weapon
OF sufficient destructiveness, without
the addition of any diabolical devices
to f1atten the projectile out and make
its path mortal one. Humanely
enough, both the Lee-Metford and the
Krag-Jorgensen bullet.are made so
that the steel jacket, by q special pro-
cess OF electro-plating, cannot become
detached from the inner core
and cause unnecessary loss of life.
To be hit by mushroom bullet in
any part of the body means almost GER
tain death. The force of 80 calibre
mushroom bullet striking large deer
will knock the animal over and tear it
asunder as If msngled by machinery
At the Vienna arsenal q man was &C.
cidentally hit by Mannlicher bullet
at short range. The pOst-mortem
showed that the bullet was almost ex-
plosive in action. The steel envelope
broke of and ploughed q wide passage ,,
being found quite fiat. The lead COZ .e
formed separate wound.
Several accidental discharges Oi
rifles In this country have proved That
the bullets in used by the United
States government are built to Civ an
enemy all the chances for life that. car
be expected in war. At Key Wea,
some years ago q soldier sitting at ont.
end of the room carelessly discharged
his rifle. The bullet pierced the leg
OF another soldier at the far end of tn {
room, richochetted, and struck two
other men in non-vital parts of thu
body. On the cruiser Marblehed 70
similar accident took place; severa
rltes.were discharged at the same time
Had either of these accidents happen
ed with mushroom bullets the resultn:
would have been fatal. A mush room
bullet striking the feshy part of ths
body and coming in contact with
bone will shatter the latter and reduce
he surrounding tissue to a ielly,
amputstion of limI, would be
sufficient with an ordinary wound, a
wound from . mushroom bullet would
In nine cases ont of ten kill the victim
lnstantaneously by causb ,g sudden con-
gestion of the whole system. With
the precautions in mir ID that we have
taken for the preser walton of life by
The employment Of humane bullet
there is q huge Tloral reckoning in
5tore Tor Spain II the stories of the
Guantanamo affair T,ro7e true.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-09
SOLDIERS SOULS.
Work OF the Y. N. G. A. In the Army.

Work OF the Y. N. c. Ain the Army.
Galveston Tribune.
The Y. M. G. A. ia to be commended
for its prompt action in the soldiers
interest.
Men," the national organ of the Y.
M. c. A. published 10 Chicago, says:
with rapidity and certainty the
army work is becoming defined and
adapted to its new surroundings by
men Of experience, who are capable of
carrying forward large undertakings.
Several of the leading secretaries in
the country have been granted leave
OF absence for association work at the
front. Mr.. Moody, who is in charge
of the evangelistic department of the
associations undertaking, has supple
mented the strong religious work
which had already been conducted and
carried forward in the camps by night
ly services which gave such unpre-
cedented results, by sending Mr.. San
key to Tampa, where he spoke and
sang to thousands. DR.. Wharton of
Baltimore and DR.. Scofield of North
field are soon to follow.
"'The need of tremendous efforts to
stay the soldiers amidst the temtations
which necessarily appeal to them be-
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-09

comes more apparent as the camps be-
come settled. With eager enterprise
the saloon men, gamblers and prostitu-
tes follow with vulture like purpose in
the wake of the army. Letters s>eak
of miles of liquor saloons leading to
the army camps. gambling places and
other open avenues to vice. The great
est need the men have at the front is
not of physical comforts, but of spiri-
tual uplift which will keep them in
the ways Of righteousness. Young men
are young men, and because . man has
enlisted in the army it does not signi-
~ that his noble purpose viii carry
ties which are common to young zen
"Col. John J. McCook, J. w. Foster
and Gen. James A. Beaver of the army
committee have had an interview with
President Mckinley and asked per-
mission to send tents, secretaries, etc.,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-09

interest are doing their work for the
almighty dollar and not to injure the
men, but the result of their drink is
the same, and some of the officers and
guards are very bitter about the
matter. The Young Mems
Christian association steps
in and says: 1--WE are not here to
fight the liquor interest; we do not say
to the soldiers, Thou shalt no do THE
or thou shalt not do that;' what we
do want co do, however, is to offer to
the men those privileges that will
and combat the Influences of camp life
by giving the men absolutely free of
charge cool water, papers, books,
music, and facilities for writing
home.' The Young Mems Christian
association believes that this work of
prevention is better than an organized
fight against the powerful interests
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-09

that are trying to debase manhood,
and that the association is doing
it's duty to America and to the cause
of free Cuba, as we'll as to the
manhood of the brave, intelligent men
who compose the rank and file of the
soldiers Of Camp Hawley. Editors
throughout the state are requested to
print this article in their papers.
Young Mems Christian associations
throughout the southwest to whom
marked copies of the Tribune will be
sent are requested to give the above
the widest publicity. If the entire
state will cooperate in this work it
can be pushed aggressively, and when
the regiment goes to the front the
army branch will 60 along.
All newspapers that are mailed
should be addressed "Y. M. G. A.,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-09
Explosive Bullets.

1t has been repeatedly charged that
the Spanish troops are using mushroom
bullets against our troops. Says the
New York Journal:
On the assumption that almost any
wound would have the moral affect of
causing a man in the enemy's ranks to
retire from action, the United States
government has never sanctioned the
production of bullets that INFECT mortal
wounds unnecessarily.
The new .23-inch Lee Metford bullet
of the United States Navy, and the
.3O-Krag- Jorgensen bullet Of the army
are both made in such a way that the