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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-11
NEW TASK FOR PORTO R|CANS

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Juana Diaz, Porto Rico. Sept. /
The schoolmaster is already abroad. II
is amusing to watch the natives trying
to adapt themselves to their new con
ditions. One symptom is the appear
ance of the teacher of. English who
calls himself a Professor of Lfnguis-
tic" He is usually a good Spanish
scholar with a fair knowledge of lit
erary English and a ludicrous unfa-
miliarity with our colloquial speech.
One of these professors asked to be
produced to the lady and gentleman
Americanos." Another at a social gath
ering said "he had ooh fnexpressed
charm in allowed participating in the
disgustion so felicitous." A third as
tonished US by referring repeatedly to
the observation-disclosures" meaning
thereby the feminine guests in the res
dence. One enterprising merchant car
ried around with him an Anglo-Span-
ish hand book, n with a diplomatic
ingenuity made every American he
knew his instructor. OF each he would
ask the pronunciation of one sentence
and, after repeating it several times.
would thank the informant very eff
fusively and then trot away TO the
next acquaintance for another exer-
else. / never knew before how hard
our language was until yesterday. when
an old Spanish gentleman who spoke
very fair English, came to me with a
copy of Dickens Sketches and point
ed out what a night mare to him was
the little word row" He said this
is a brutale word. this person rows a
boat, and lives in a row of houses on
Primrose row., where she has a row
with other people, who also row boats.
live in the row. n have rows with
still other people. Spanish contains
many bad words which puzzle the for
eigner. but there is no word in all
our language like that row."
The little children are beginning TO
pick up expressions from the soldiers.
many of which IL must be confessed
are not over polite. One little coffee
colored cherub with a maximum of
ivory teeth and a minimum of cloth
ing. took particular joy in addressing
every American man and woman
"Hallao Yankee gentleman" and was
looked up TO by his youthful comrades
as a marvel of learning. In every one
of the towns and cities English classes
have been already established. and /
was gravely Informed by a patriotic
Porto Rican that within two years
every one of his people would speak
English with the mouth as they now
did with the heart.
The change is reflected in Journal
ism both at this place and at Ponce.
The leading paper in the South Of the
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-11
simple Trick With Dice

Holding a box and two dice in the
hand II Is easy 10 throw one die in the
air and catch IL In the box. But some
diHculty Is encountered In trying to
catch the second die. for in throwing
his second die into the air the first.
which is already in the box. is cast out.
In order to succeed in catching the sec
ond die when the first is in the box
the second die should not be thrown
into the air. but by a quick movement
the box should be suddenly lowered.
releasing the second die. so that the
first. which Is In the box. shall be low
er thar the second. which is in the hn-
gers. The two dice fall less rapidly
than he hand and box.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-11
THE CARS PEACE PLANSW WIN
oome OF the Ways in Which All Of the Powers in Europe
Would Manage to Get Profit Out of the Re.
suits That Would Follow

Turkey is not a military nation Of
the first class, and yet there are 22s ,57f
Turkish soldiers always under arms.
with nothing to do but learn how to
drill. to shoot, to thrust and parry with
the bayonet. TO digest army fare and
wait for war to break out or their
term OF compulsory service 10 end.
In Great Britain the people burden
themselves least over the general feel
ing or uneasiness regarding the out
break Of war. Secure behind her white
Gins, guarded by the wide seas, the
islanders think II necessary to main
tain only 220, 1g9 men under arms for
me protection Of all the queens vast
domains. True. there are thousands
OF Britons n are trained in the art
or war, hut these do not neglect the
more peaceful duties Of life to learn
how to use modern military
With her small army. thanks to her
all powerful avy, Great Britain Is
more secure than the continental ma
lions with their enormous forces OF
armed men.
80 Tar as her army Is concerned, the
agreement for a general disarmament
would not make much difference to
Great Britain's wealth. But In her case
there comes up the question Of the
good that would follow the releasing
from the battleships, cruisers and in
Vulnerable smaller craft Of her immense
navy. Of 5S,916 experienced sailors to
swell the ranks Of the mercantile ma
rtne and become peaceful traders.
h would be done with the vast
navy OF Great Britain no one can quite
foresee. Battleships cannot well be
converted into merchantmen. and be-
sides II Is to be presumed that the plan
would provide for the destruction, or
az least the partial destruction, Of the
armore boats. Otherwise, Great Brit
ain would have the advantage OF a
huge fleet OF armored vessels that
would need only guns and men to make
them ready for service again But IL
Is useless TO speculate on the minor
details or a proposition thai has set the
world agog. and has stamped Its orig
inator. Gar Nicholas of Russia. as one
or n greatest monarchs of the time.
his motives may be.
While the majority Of people here
view with suspicion the cars plan.
there are numbers who believe that II
VIII be agreed to in modified form when
the diplomats TO consider the
note from st. Petersburg. The benefits
TO be derived from such a plan. as
above. are 50 immense, that
every one is happy over even a pros
or a disarmament.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-11
Ii Hung Chang Rich In Furs.

All sorts Of stories have been told
and printed Of the enormous wealth
OF Ii Hung Chang. In the matter OF
furs at least he is probably the richest
man in the world. lie draws an an
hual tribute OF furs from a province
and he has immense warehouses in
Pekin, crammed from top to bottom
with the choicest and richest furs.
There Is an immense demand for furs
In China, where they represent what
jewels do to other people. Chinese fur
rlers are the best in the world. One
OF LIS robes shows the skill of a fur
rier who tried TO make a skin OF sable
magni1ed to the size of a bear. In ad-
dit1on he wanted the animal TO have
hair lying all parallel, while in a real
skin the hair grows in different direc-
tons. To effect this the artist cut the
s5me bit of fur from innumerable sa-
bic skins These bits were all from the
same part of a sable's body and were
equal in length of hair and luster.
They were sown together with such
art that the back of the skin looked
like a patchwork of tiny paralleio-
grams, averaging three or four TO the
square inch. In front the fur was abb
solutely uniform.
Numerous other mou valuable
robes are owned by this venerable Chi
nese statesman. In one OF these the
furrier succeeded In creating what was
apparently a new animal. The robe
was in the shape Of a cross of five
cubes. Each Of these squares appeared
to be the skin Of a single animal. dark
puce color on the outer edges, with
irregular circles of minute white dots
In the center, increasing from an lndis-
tine, grayish brown on the outside to
clear white in the inner circles. This
apparently natural might
have deceived any one who did not
know the actual colors and limits Of
all natural furs. on examining the
back OF this robe II was seen 10 be
up Of minute pieces sewn togeth- |
err IN "concentric circles, the pieces be-
ing no larger than those In the tessel- !
lated pavement now so commonly seen
on hall floors. II was, in fact, a piece
Of fur mosaic.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-11

f, island is La Nueva Era Crecently sup
pressed), a little four-page paper OF
which nearly all Of the second page
and part of the third, with occasionally
notices in other parts, appear in En-
glish. Nearly one-fourth of the adver-
tisements concern themselves with our
mother tongue. Donna Anna Maria
Van Ryn de Oppenheimer gives En-
glish classes to ladies, misses and chill
dren. Professor Miguel Hernandez has
a large advertisement headed Course
in English" in which he offers to in
struct all thoroughly in that speech at
very reasonable rates. The Paulist
fathers, who d the college at
st. Vincent de Paul. announce that
they are now giving a thorough course
IN English grammar. Senior Manuel
Lopez, who has the largest book store,
takes a quarter of a column to. tell the
public that he has the latest grammar
of the English language. Another ex-
tended announcement recommends
Spinoza's very newest grammar of the
English idioms. The Senoritas Estella
anu Aida Braschi y Paoli advertise
their classes in English n Spanish.
and also offer to go to the houses of
those desiring instruction at home.
Mrs. and Miss Ruiz beg to inform the
public that they offer their services
teaching English and Spanish. the
nrst being a native of Trinidad Bar
lovent, Commerce street, numer Is.
Journalistic English in our new COM
monwealth promises very well. Here
is a bit of English as she is spoke:
The Spanish lion has shaken his dis
hevelled name and our duties calls US
around him. Our fate is TO
and we shall overpower. Before North
American people carry their holiness
so far as to tread our sea coasts is
necessary that We must be ready to
receive them that they find in every
Porto Rican and memorable enemy.
IN every heart a rock, in each arm a
weapon to drive them away. There
fore We invite you for a meeting, "
Modern and medieval ideas are curl
ously mixed in this ancient Spanish
possession. When you want milk in
the morning there is no dairy and no
familiar milk wagon. You ring up the
COW man upon the telephone and in
10 minutes a COW and a calf, a boy and
a bottle, come 10 your door. The youth.
after showing you that the bottle is
clean and dry, milks IL full from the
patient quadruped. The system has
one advantage, there is no doubt of
the milk being pure and fresh. although
II is said that some dishonest milkmen
carry a rubber bag Of water within
their blouses and perform the same
as does his American compeer
with a pump. This custom affords end
Tess amusement TO the newly arrived
Americans. One of the latter. looking
from MS veranda upon a milking
scene. said: That's all very well for
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-11

No royal house in Europe can equa'
the Industrious race of the Hapsburgs In
the grandeur and romano of its his.
toric past. the sad mystery of its pres
ent and the vast possibility of its flu
ture. No realm in Europe can vie in
interest with the strangely compacted
mosaic of n~ationalities which forms the
heritage of that ancient dynasty. The
Hapsburgs, who in the time of Eng
lands Tudor kings ruled not only Aus
tria, Hungary and Bohemia, but Central
Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain
and the Indies, nave since then encoun-
tered a long series of disasters with
noble fortitude; they have learned wis
dom in the bitter school of misfortune,
and to-day they hold a frmer place
thar ever in the affections of the heter-
ogeneous multitudes that own. their
sway.
1t will be so years next December
since Francis Joseph /. assembled the
throne of the H~apsburgs. He was a
schoolboy then. He is a white-haired
veteran now. And his realm has equally
changed from being the very central
citadel of old conservatism to being a
camp of comparative liberalism among
the continental monarchies. His reign
began amid the throes of a would-be
revolution, soon sternly repressed.
Called upon when a lad of 10, to steer
the ship of state already laundering
amid the waves of revolution, Francis
Joseph /. was compelled to look on
while the troops of a foreign power
were shedding the blood of his subjects
In his name. Never did a sovereign be-
gin his reign under circumstances of
greater difficulty. Though compelled in
his youth to adopt a centralizing and
reactionary policy. he now presents the
rare spectacle of a ruler in whom the
load Of increasing years and troubles
has not engendered a leaning toward
conservatism.
However great may be their mutual
~Jealousies, the many races of his realm
turn to their mperor with a filial love
and generation. The disappointment
which followed his rejection of all gifts
and his encouragement of all displays
on the occasion of his projected jubilee
this spring was great; but ii gave way
TO admiration of the simplicity and hu-
manity of his character, when he
begged that any memorial of the occa-
sion should take a charitable form, then
to pass the day in retirement
with the empress at Miramar. 1t is
such indications of character as this
that kindle the affections of a nation.
There is scarcely a village throughout
the empire in which a tree was not
planted in honor Of the day. and vast
sums were devoted TO charitable founda-
tons.
TIL great outburst of sympathy which
followed the Meyerling tragedy is still
fresh in our memories. In Hungary,
and even in superstititous Tyrol, the
people, in sympathy for their sover-
eign, compelled such of the priests as
were unwilling to do so to celebrate p
requiem masses: n in Carintha they
threatened the prince bishop of Laiback
with violence if he would not permit
the cathedral bells to be tolled. There
is much of traditional devotion to the
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-11
He Was a Regular,

Blair. a regular, said to be of the
18th. was shot throu~h the groin at f
Caney. July l. Two wounded men of
the list New York fell beside him in
worse shape than he. They could not
move. He could a little.
A spanish sharpshooter on their right
had the range OF them as they lay
there, their comrades having pushed
on. Although down. the three men were
his target.
Spit and one of the bullets cut a
lock or hair from Blairs forehead.
Blair for a time could not locate the
fellow, but finally discovered him 800
yards distant up a tree. He was in
cautious and displayed himself in TAX
ing aim. Blair a his gun beside him
and with one shot brought him down.
Then, rounded In the groin as he
was. he crawled 900 feet to the enemy
to get his canteen Of water and 900
feet back, not touching Il himself. and
poured Ii down the threats OF the two
New Workers.
He died holding the drink to the lips
or n OF them. His only remark as
to his journey was:
I'm a regular. You fellows have
homes"
One Of the New Workers. survived "a
return home and tell the story Of this
hero's end.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-11
TOLD OF THE DEAD EMPRESS
Light Sides and Dark Ones in the Life of a Baysrian
Princess at the Stately Court of the An.
Gent Hapsburg House at Vienna.

Hapsburgs in this; but still more Their,
Is recognition of the emperor's great
services to his people and of his amia.
bility of character.
Perhaps the most important act in the
life Of Francis Joseph /. was his mar
riage to Princess Elizabeth of Bavaria
1t has been said hat the match was
forced upon him by his mother, but
probably without truth. His mother in
tended that he should wed the Princess
Helena, the eldest daughter of the Ba-
varian Duke Max, and. indeed, fully
negotiated the match. Francis Joseph
acquiesced in this arrangement with
passive indifference. and set out for
Duke Max's castle to consummate the
formal betrothal. On his way through
the park, before he reached the door of
the castle. however. he saw strolling
abou mid the shrubbery a little girl
whose extraordinary beauty fixed his
attentions, and won his heart. Within
the hour he ascertained tina she was
Princess Elizabeth, a younger sister of
his intended bride, and he Cancelled the
engagement his mother had made for
him, and vowed that he would marry no
ChC Jul lht tAQueile creature ne ndu
seen in the park. To this Macmillan
soon gave his CONSENT; nor did the
Princess Helena greatly object, for she
was far from loving the emperor. In
his own family and among the nobility
of Austria, however. the emperor heard
nothing but remonstrances. Princess
Elizabeth was only the younger laugh
ter of a penniless duke, and was not by
birth a royal highness." To all this
Francis Joseph was deaf. He was In
love with the beautiful girl, and he
would marry her. What was the use
of being emperor If he could not? So,
in April, 1854. he was married. Mother
n kinsfolk would scarcely recognize
the wife, and the Viennese aristocracy
held aloof from her. The fair young
impress apo her part returned scorn
for scorn, and to this day treats her
former enemies with icy condescension
there Is not one of them who
not long ago have given worlds
to win her favor. and blot out the mem
DRY of those first few years of spite
and intrigue. One important result of
this was the emperor's complete eman-
from his mothers influence.
freed he presently became a lib
eral in politics, and even something of
hero in war.
The empress was once the loveliesl
of Europe, and is still remark.
ably handsome for her age. Since the
death of her son she has sought surcease
her gnawing pain in incessant
travelling. Her restlessness and slight
accentricities. the outcome of her Ba-
varian blood, have been intensified by
sorrow, and it seems as if she could
never tarry long in any place, For some
lime she showed a decided partiality
'or Greece and built a sumptuous pal
ice at Corfu. There she spent several
winters; but last year she altogether re-
used to return, and landed with the
suite which always accompa-
lied her at Cape Martin, after a long
Yachting trip along the southern shores
If Spain.-C. F. Dewey, in the Cosmo-
for August, 1898.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-11

us. but IL is rough on the calf. Now
/ think I'll treat the beast and let him
know that Uncle Sam has come to
Porto Rico" He called an interpre-
ter and arranged for the owner to per-
NIT the calf to take its natural susie
nance for a half hour for rs cents. 1t
made the Americans around laugh and
cheer and collected an enormous crowd
Of amazed natives.
The most important functionary at
present is the public interpreter. and
he is without exception the biggest null
to be encountered on the beau
tiful island. He is usually an fncom-
petent sailor or a runaway clerk or a
scapegrace who has gone to the United
states and returned after his family
have made amends for his misdeed. I
met one whose name was Jose. He
wore a perpetual smile and never stop
ped talking an incomprehensible En-
g1sh He undoubtedly did this to pre-
vent any one speaking to him and so
exposing his ignorance of his calling.
When sent for scrambled eggs he
promptly returned with a box of match
es; when asked TO take a sedate old
gentleman to a boo store he took him
straight to a gambling house, and when
sent for some face powder Jose came
back with a lot of Mauser cartridges.
His description OF America deserves to
be kept in memory: Mi go America
know him first class everywhere all
m Mi see hat Guadalupe. Calves
tan, Halifax, Bostonned. Baltimo, Ber-
muda. Newfoundland. New York. Mas
sau. New Orleans, Vera Cruz, Lon
don and Liverpool. Very fine country
mucha good people. mucha dear.
mucha cold people all say dam mucha
plenty. Mi talk mucha better English
than all other Porto Rican mems. Mi
more fine education most excel
lent and illustrfous."
MARGHERITA ARIINA HANM
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-11
House Boats In China.

This Is an institution common enough
on all Chinese rivers. but on mons more
so than on the Han river. in the prov
ince OF kwan Tung. Considerable in
genuity Is manifested in its construc-
uon. The lower sail Is made OF fine
bamboo mating and is let down at
nights. thus forming a fairly comfort
able shelter for the boatmen and their
families. The strange looking craft
journey hundreds OF miles up and down
the spacious river Han. Travel Is Of
course dependent on favorable winds.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-11

Country roads In China are never bound
ed by fences, but are entirely underlined.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-16
Long expected Official Order Re-
ceiyed Last Evening.
1T CREATED EXCITEMENT
CONFINED CHIEFLY TO THE
CITY, HOWEVER.
Preparations at the Post Had All
Been Completed-Soldiers Will
March Out Sunday Night or Mon
day NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Dash
iell Will Remain In Charge of the
Fort.

The long expected orders for the TWEEN
ty-fourth infantry 20 march have at last
been received. Yesterday evening about
I:45 a telegram was received by Colonel
Kent at Fort Douglas notifying him that
the regiment would be ordered out either
Sunday night or Monday morning. The
point to which the regiment win go is not
officially known. as the dispatch did not
state. but it is understood that they will
go to New Orleans. There was some lit
tie excitement at the post over the or
ders. but as all the preparations are
made. there was little going on at the
post. The dispatch which came yester-
day evening stated that later orders would
be sent. ..-.-..-
Upon the receipt of the telegram earlier
in the afternoon stating that orders would
be issued for the movement Of the troops.
great excitement was prevalent in the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-16

Louisville, KY. April 15.--The Colo
nels opened the season auspiciously.
defeating the Pirates by a score of 10
to 5. The usual street parade took
place before the game, and Mayor
Weaver tossed the first ball across the
plate. The Colonies clearly outplayed
the visitors. 1t was a clean game in
all respects, and the double umpire
system gave entire satisfaction to the
10000 spectators. Score:
Louisville. 10: Pittsburg. 8.
Cincinnati. April 15.-Though the
weather was trifie chilly, over 11.OO0
people were crowded in the stands at
League Park this afternoon to witness
the first game of the season. Mayor
Tafet made brief address to the play
ers and tossed the ball from the stand.
The Clevelands lost because they were
outplayed. Burkett'S hitting was the
only feature. Both teams observed the
anti-kicking rule. and not a semblance
of an objection was raised at any of
the decisions of the umpires. though
many close ones were rendered. Burk
EFT left for Worcester. Mass. tonight,
where he was called to the deathbed of
his child. Score:
Cincinnati, 3; Cleveland, 2.
St. Louis, April 15.-Chicago and st.
Louis opened the season before 10000
people this afternoon. It was a pitch
er's battle. both Taylor and Griffiths
being in fine fettle Both of Chicago's
runs were earned. Score:
Chicago, ,; st. Louis, 1.