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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-11
B1OOd'S Curse
Upon This Girl

ing everything neat and tidy in a
room where any one was i'll I started
to improve appearances. Among Other
things / r~earranged the medicine bot
ties on the table. Awaking, she asked
Of me to hand her the bot
tie nearest her. l did, but
il was not the one that stood
ize just what had happened n of
course my folks were careful after
ward TO avoid mentioning ii when they
thought / was in hearing, but anyway
she took a dose from the wrong bottle,
laudanum or something. and later she
was found dead. l. remember her lying
in the coffin and the people coming to
the house, but could not understand
what IL meant. l told my mother about
fixing things in the room n then what
they said to me about never touching
things in a sickroom Is probably what
made such a lasting impression on my
memory.
when was about Z years old I was
coming home from school n noon
and running because IL had been ain
ing and looked as IL ii might rain
some more. The sidewalks were of
board, quite springy n also slippery
Just at that time. / passed by a store
where a painter was at work, standing
at the top of a long ladder, N as j
bounded on the sidewalk IL sagged and
the ladder slipped n fell so quickly IL
almost struck me. The painter fell. too.
and his head struck n railing I'm front
of the store. A doctor lived right across
the street and he came at once and
said that the mans neck was broken
and he was dead. Nobody thought OF
me in connection with the accident.
and / was too frightened to ever tell
how 1t happened, but for a long time
feared thai the police would find out
and come and arrest me.
Several years after that we were
staying at some summer resort. There
was a young couple there who went out
a great deal together and sometimes
they would take me along. One even
ing we went out on the lake in a small
boat. II was rather a dark night and |
squatted up in the bow playing lookout.
I remember singing softly and playing
with the chain that was used to fasten
the boat n winding IL around my
wrist and hand. Then we passed close
to a water lily and / tried to reach IL.
I leaned too far out and the next instant
the boat was overturned and we were
ell in the water. j had learned to swim
and was not afraid of the water and
besides the chain held me close TO
the boat. The girl couldn't swim and
the young man she was engaged to
tried TO save her. but she was fright
ened n got her arms around him
some way so he could not do anything
and they went down together before
the boat from the shore could reach Us.
Then I had TO testify before a coroner's
jury. and everybody knew IL was my
fault. and although a very young girl.
/ was wretched for a long time.
quite a long time after that my
parents took me to the mountains with
them. where we spent the summer. Al
one place on the side of the mountain.
where / used to play. a large stone was
partly imbedded in the earth. and one
day several men who lived at the hotel
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-11

coming more than ! can bear. The
part | had in some OF these cases has
never before been known to anyone.
and there are but few people living now
who knew Of my connection with any
one of them. Perhaps, now l have old
IL all. ] may somehow find a little re-
lief. although ! can think OF none I'M
less IL would be the certain knowledge
that my own will be the mex death.
n IL H. not | shall surely go mad. for
| cannot much longer endure the hor-
ror Of the thought that the next may
he one Of those for whose sake ! am
compelled to endure this ccursei life"
And this unhappy creature must I've
and ndure torture OF soul infinitely
greater han that inflicted IN the wan
dering jew If old. For with the reali-
zatiOn Of his crime anne the know
ledge that his punishment was just n
it's endurance was atonement. And MS
life was permitted to yield good to
others. however hideous IT might be to
him. But she. being gufltless, II de-
MED even the solace OF e~xpiation. aad
the bane OF her life is hat II Is a curse
to others.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-11

whitening in soul with secret an
guish; plunged in remorse for deeds
that pear no stain of crime; over
whelmed with the weight of an awful
responsibility not voluntarily assumed;
with innocent blood upon her head
such is the terrible curse that rests T
on the life Of a young girl now living
in Chicago.
L~oathing existence, even as did the
wretched one to whom centuries ago IN
Jurusalem the sweetness of death was
denied. yet yer as powerless to lie
down, she must live because of a sacred
trust to her ~bequeathed; for the seke
of loved ones, who, with herself, were
bereft of parents. and who can row
look only to her for the tender, loving
care that the mother can no longer
bestow. Yet, over every act Of kind
ness TO them. over every thought for
their welfare is cast the black shadow
of a hideous dread that her protection
may lead to their destruction, even as
the mantle of death over those who
seek it's shelter.
For pitiless fate, with relentless ma
lightly, decreed that through her human
life should be sacrificed, and already
her hands. innocent though they be. are
red with the blood of others who have
met with death as a direct result of
some action Of hers. She, in whose soul
there IS only pity and owe for her
fellow creatures. and who longs only
TO be as a ministering angel to the sur
fering. is doomed to be the instrument
in the hands OF the destroyer. Even
when her baby heart impelled her to
do a kindly deed her tiny hands ad-
ministered death. and again and again
since that evil day in her infancy has
she unconsciously guided the sickle of
the reaper TO its victim. For the sake
of those who she promised To cherish
she has struggled bravely in secret
with the %incurable agony born Of the
realization OF her fatal agency. trust
tng that some time the spell might be
broken, but with the last addition 10
her crushing burden her strength fall
ed and i'm DESPAIR she revealed the cause
Of her bitter woe, family hoping that
by sharing the secret some relief might
be afforded. This is her story:
II have always believed suicide a
hideous crime, yet / often cannot help
thinking l am guilty Of a far greater
Gin in permitting myself TO live. Why
Il is my fate TO cause the death of so
many people, i'm fact to be a murderess.
] cannot imagine. ] have V had
cause to hate anybody. nor do ! re
member ever having been angry enough
40 express the wish that anyone might
die. There is nothing in the history Cf
my ancestors for generations back &c
warrant a superstition about a so-called
curse.
But II ever there was a curse II
rests on me. My first victim was my
aunt. She was taken sick one tim
when ] was not quite { years old. ]
veht into her room and found she was
asleep and remembering that my
mother had sad something about keep
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-11

is to the Pacific coast what Augustin
DAILY and the Frohmans are to the East.
and he deserves all the encouragement
and success that is his. Still. Mr.. Frav-
ley has made mistakes and is making
them every day. He has a mistaken no
ton that he is an actor, that some day
he will be a great actor. That is wrong.
II is a delusion nan men on the stage
are afflicted with, and when ONE =
takes hold of them their case is almost
hopeless. They might he allowed to go
on in their happy notion If the public
were not made to suffer for 1t. Mr..
Frawley is a good manager, but he has
no reason to conclude from that that
he would be equally successful as the
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-11

said: "well it's too bad that a preacher
In our town has to go around with such
shoes: we ought TO take up "A collection
for him"
The preacher. suiting the action 10 the
word. passed his hat. and one threw In a
penny and a third threw I'm a dollar. say
ing. Now. cover that The hat went
around again and again. with a little
INVITING on each side. and one man threw
In a s. bill. saying. "Now. cover that 10
was enough. The hat contained $3.50.
The preacher afterward offered to refund.
hut there were no takers. lie now wears
the best shoes he could find I'm the town.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-11

The Frawleys closed a most success
full week at the Grand in Butte last
night. A good list of meritorious plays
by a company OF generally rather ca
pable actors was presented during tie
engagement. Manager Frawley must
be pleased with the generous patroh-
age he received and the enthusiastic
appreciation shown by the people for
his plays and that beautiful woman
and charming actress, Blanche Bates.
on the other hand. the theater-gnins
people Of Butte feel grateful to MIR.
Frawley, the manager, for his efforts
10 give the people of the West good and
pure dramatic entertainment. In that
he has done much for dramatic art. He
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-11

whole thing in the dramatic profession.
1t has been charged against Mr..
Frawley that he will have no man in
his company who is a better actor Il
he Is himself. n no woman who
would approach too near the lustre of
Miss Bates. His companies this sea-
son and last seems to give some in
dorsement to that charge. In the two
first seasons of the Frawleys' visits TO
Butte IL was different. That was before
Tim Daniel became a great actor.
Then every emb of the company
was an artist, and cast according 20
his special capabilities. and Mr.. Fraw-
lev himself was down along the line
somewhere. His rise since then has
been too astonishingly rapid.
That delightful comedy drama, Ten
nessee's Pardner." returns to the Grand
opera house. Butte. for an engagement
Of four nights Inc a Saturday matinee.
beginning Thursday next. There are
plenty of plays on the stage which can
he spared. but "Tennessee's Pardner"
breathes such a spirit of purity and
has absolutely such an air of freedom
from the useless conventionahties Of
life that il is always welcomed by those
who admire true art. no matter where
It may be found. Tennessee Pard-
ner'' has been discovered by Butte the
ater-goers on the installment plan.
When IL was first given here two years
ago. Il was sandwiChed In W so
many ''thrillers" that but a few people
found IL To be a wholesome drama of
the West. a section which has been sun
jected to the attention of the play
wright who deals in bowie knife duols
and contests on the cliffs. No one eN-
pected to find "Tennessee's Parduer'
any different from the rest Of the ORA
mas of border life in the West, and the
few who discovered IL felt that they
had come upon a pure diamond among
a mass of imitation stones.
Last season "Tennessee's Pardner'
was at the opera house here n tAare
were many who saw IL for the iirst
time n who found delight in its sim
pie character, in its wholesome senti-
ment and its clean and bright comedy.
All those who witnessed the play last
| season will doubtless wish to repeat
the pleasure. while for others there is
in store a view of the old West, a iittle
rough. perhaps, but always interesting
and never having anything which can
be called questionable in a broad &c
c%eptation of the term.
Caleb Swan, the leading ~naraCte
as far as the men are concerned, was
a gambler. il is true, but he was a gam
bier when the West looked up'1 'hai
as a profession as honorable as any Cih-
er II il were pursued properly. In the
| early DAYS there were hundreds OF big
hearted men who handled cards as a
business. but who were. as SWan - de-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-11
CHINESE
Heavy Esactions Levied On a Railroad
At Pekin.

NJ Iektn.
a curious instance. and by no means
a fattering one. Of Chinese methods ~
government has just been supplied by
the arrival OF Sheng Taotai from
Shanghai. This gentleman holds sew
eral important posts, and among others
has the appointment Of director -
railways. He is also the administrator
Of the Chinese telegraphs. and has Tn
excellent reputation among foreigners
for his tolerance and open-mindedness.
Recently he was called to Pekin by
command 81 the emperor 20 confer
about several reforms which his majes-
" Is 50 eager to adopt. The chief ofi-
cials in Pekin hailed his advent with
delight. as II at last gave them 'he OPP
portunity of "a squeeze which had
been quite impossible while Sheng vas
so far distant at Shanghai.
The modus operandi IL quite a usual
and an every day one. and deserves
notice. The gates OF Pekin are farmed
out 60 high officials. chiefly princes ~
royal blood. All merchandise Is exam
ined. and is passed on payment Of \
small tax. But when an official like
Sheng comes in from whom they ere
DESTROYS OF eXacting "A good round sum.
the procedure is altered. In this par
ticular case Sheng vas given TO UNDER
stand that ~C0ntraband articles would
be found in his baggage unless lac sat-
isfed the farmers at the gate. Shcrg
did not even attempt TO dispute or bag
gle. but resignedly asked what amount
was required. The answer was 10000
taels. This was paid or promised, mo
Sheng proceeded on his journey, prob
ably glad at having got on 50 cheaply.
But against all precedent and custom
ne was stopped at the inner gate. and
ala not get OF under 10000 taels. 50
altogether the unfortunate ofhctal
called TO the capital by the emperors
order had 10 pay over e6.55O before ne
i was allowed To go To his duties.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-11

ing over 900. 900 copies. If Its name
sake. the new comedy drama. which
visits Butte during h season. enjoys
a similar prosperity. n will be the most
profitable piece Of dramatic property In
the country.
Frank Daniels. after an absence Of
two years. opened a fOrtnight's IN
gagement In Chicago last sunday night
with his new comic opera hit. The
IDOLS Eye" TO an audience which paid
1853 TO welcome him.
Having booked two shows for the
same evening. "A Utica manager was
forced 10 give both entertainments. One
began at m y. m. The novelty attract
ed an immense audience. both perform
ances being furnished for One admir-
sion. The attractions were "Finnigan's
Bali and "All Aboard
The next Hoyt farce will be entitled
"a Dog in the Manager" II will say"
Mr.. HOyt states. that there II TO be
more sentiment and pathos in A Dos
In the Manager than / have put In any
Of my works since a Midnight Bell
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-11
kansa. Preacher Won ont . Pair Of
SI2.sO shoes.

From the Summerfield Sun.
An interesting incident occurred on our
streets one day this week. Tne pastor Of
one Of our churches and three other men
w.rr standing on the warm side %
waIsh's store building talking The pas
tor baut.red one Of them % trade shoes.
but he declined. saying:
"Yours have holes in them. Another
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-11
Ready to Play His Part.

Though hoTrid war Of late has laid
Its cruel trail across the land.
The good oil. barnyard turkey staid
In business at the same old stand.
Chicago Record.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-11

Charles Hoyt. who has sue n happy
faculty OF hitting OF popular taste i'm
the matter OF witty line m ludicrous
situations by which to amuse the pub
lie. has also another and "A greater gift.
This is nothing more or less than an
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-11

stephen G. Foster wrote q The
Suwanee River" or. as IL Is sometimes
known. "Old Folks at Home in 1879.
Its sale has been phenomenal. reach
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-11

At the Union his week the Della
Pringle company produced three plays.
THE Police Inspector The Nolun-
teer' and the True American Girl
They were all given to satisfactory
business and the PLAYS were sa~tisfac-
tory to the patrons. The company will
play "A True American Girl this
ment tonight with the same play.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-02-24

blights and plant pests ought not
to monopollze the energies of that
institution. Promotion of diver
sifed agriculture. now may prove,
sooner than many people ina
CINE, to have been the key to the
general prosperity of the group.
Adverse circumstances should
always be regarded as liable to
confront the sugar industry-for
many years past recognised as the
mainstay of the islands-at any
time without long warning. Even
annexation will not be perpetual
assurance against depression in
that staple. Therefore, it is well
to provide in time against all con.
tingencies, and, to use the much
hackneyed phrase, have an end to
putting all of our eggs into one
basket.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-02-24
Manufacturing
Harness
Company

goods in the lines here mentioned,
to wit:
Ladies' Driving Whips, large assert
ment;
Select Assortment of Trimmings for fine
made harness;
Leather, direct from the tannery, such
as has never before been imported 10
Honolulu;
Horse Boots Of all descriptions, Hoods,
Sheets, Salt Sacks, Blanket Pins, Hob
bes, in fact everything pertaining to
race track outfits-for the glorious 9TH
OF March, do you mind?
Cable Trace Chains, Hames and Collars,
etc., for our plantation friends.
An inspection of these goods is
respectfully invite d by all wanting
anything in these lines. There
i. enough to occupy your atten
ton until the next Australia ar
rives, when we shall have more to
say about the completion of this
seasons magnificent importation
We wish you to make your own
selections of hardware and trim
mings for the harness you order
made.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-02-24

With telephones on all the
large islands, it oughtto be pos
sible for deputy sheriffs to take
advice of the sheriffs in all emer-
gencies. The plenary attribution
of equal power with their superi
ors, sought to be effected by bill
before the House, goes entirely
too far. 1t would only be logical
to add a rider giving every police
man equal powers to those of the
deputies.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-02-24
UNFAIR TO IRISH.
They DO the Fighting for which Scotch
Get the Glory.

They DO the Fighting for which Scotch
Get the Glory.
The world has been 80 widely
thrilled by the heroic incident OF
the storming of Dargal Ridge
that the following, from an edito-
rial in the New York Evening
Post, will no doubt be read with
interest:
There are now no Highlanders
in the British army, and there
are comparatively few Lowland
Scotchmen. The recruiting SER
geant picks up a few boys about
Edinburgh and Stirling Castle,
but the stalwart battalions who
fought at New Orleans and in the
Crimea, and followed Havelock
and Colin Campbell in India, are
seen no more. In fact, the Scotch
have ceased to enlist, for the sim
pie reason that they can do better.
Scotchmen generally are too pros
porous and industrious and
canny, and emigrate too east
", to take 'the Queens shil.
ling" The famous Highland
regiments are now mainly made
up of Englisbmen and Irishmen,
and consequently are really a
kind of picturesque and harm 'ess
imposture. 4 X Lord Will
liam Beresford, fighting Irish q.
man of the navy, has gone down
armed with suspicious to the War
Office and discovered that the
Gordon Highlanders, who storm
ed the heights of Dragal-and set
the Scotch bugles blowing
were mainly Irishmen, and that
even the famous piper, who piped
the "Cock of the North" after be-
ing shot through both legs, was
an Irishman named Findlater,
and said, ."Arrah, be aisy," instead
of "Hoot, mon." X 4 4 Pro-
paply everybody In the British
empire knows that Marlborough
was an Epglishman and Lord
Clyde a Scotchman, but how
many know that Wellington was
an lrishman, and that Lord Ro
berts and Lord Wolseley are also
Irishmenp The achievements Of
these men and of others like them
go to English or Scotch account.
while to the Irish is left the glory
OF killing landlords and cutting
off cows tails. 1t is largely in
these small things that Irish mis-
government consists. 1t has been,
made crime and Disgrace for the
Irish to be national, while in the
Scotch it has been encouraged,
aud the result is Irish hatred and
alienation. The notion that it
can all be cured by visit from
the Duke of York and Mr.. Bal
four is part of the same huge
mistake which has made Irish
history such chapter of woe.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-02-24

Notwithstanding the ridicule in
certain quarters, whenever sug-
gestion is made that vegetables, as
well as fruits, might be raised for
the Pacific Coast market, there is
a good deal in it. When the sea
son for those products fresh from
the field is past over there, prices
rise quickly to an extraordinary
degree. 1t is then that the pro
ducts of Hawaii might be whacked
in with great profit. Lately ID. G.
Camarinos, the fruiterer and
horticulturist of long experience
here and in the United States,
gave contemporary the prices of
a few articles of garden truck,
which were quoted to him in a
letter from a San Francisco dealer
with an order to send just as much
of them as he could scraps up.
They were cucumbers, tomatoes,
vegetable marrow, ETC., and the
prices were really only within the
reach of the better class of hotels
and of wealthy people. These
things have a marvellous growth
in the Hawaiian soil and climate,
and, as they need not be cultivat-
ed extensively only for the off sea
son on the Coast, it does not ap-
pear why there need be a surplus
to throw away at other times,
whether that problem should be
solved by the starting of cannre
les or not. Doubtless there will
be fruit and vegetable preserv-
ing industry established on these
islands in time. Meanwhile, the
growing of such products for the
opportune periods of loudly cry
ing market on the Pacific Coast
might be projected forthwith. Mr..
Camarinos informs the BULLETIN
that his idea would be to institute
system of collection of
such products from farmers
throughout the islands, at the pro.
per times for having them shipped
by the steamers hence for San
Francisco and British Columbia
ports. When Hilo gets a direct
steamer service with the Coast
as the BULLETIN hopes will soon
be the case-the scheme will be
30 much simplified. Struggling
coffee planters, while awaiting the
fruition of their main enterprise,
might turn their outgo of capital
into an income by utilizing their
spare soil and time in market
gardening once the marketing of
the products is assured by such a
system. 1t is just this sort of
thing which should engage the
practical attention of the Bureau
of Agriculture. War on insect