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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-24
Green R@@m Talk.

Butte. April al am glad that James
new character next season. before he
imprints too deeply in the hearts of the
American public his beautiful creation
of Nathanial Berry in his model play
Shore Acres" When a great actor
1 X Mr.. Herne identifies himself for a
financial, as well as artistic success.
with a certain character. the actors
name becomes so associated with the
part he plays that in time this close af-
finity is detrimental both to the actor.
the actors art and TO the best interests
of the playgoer.
l will illustrate my meaning in pre-
senting the case of Joseph Jefferson.
While the part of the loveable vaga-
bond, Rip. has brought to Mr.. Jefferson
both fame and fortune in no stinted
measure. vet l am sure that in the in
nermost recesses of his artistic soul
does he inwardly pray for "A casual re-
lease from Rip. and be accorded by his
admirers an equal appreciation for 9TH
err characters which he SO charmingly
plays. but which the public will not
give him due credit for. He may play
Bob Acres ever so well, Caleb Plum
mer M many other parts even more
artksfically than Rip Van Wrinkle. but
the hex office tells the tale by dimin-
ished receipts. and the lear public con
soles itself for the treat it has lost i'm
not attending such performances with
the self-satisfying assertion: "Oh. I'm
going to wait until I see him i'm his
great specially Rip Van Wrinkle. l
hate that word speciality, as ii is mis-
used to-day in specifying. so to speak. |
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-24

There was a unanimous whine, for
when loud-mouthed dog bays at the
moon all others within hearing distance
take up the cry. Some conceited ass.
ON some big daily paper. raised the
shibboleth. Mayo can't play anything
of "Nordeck" was lost to the public. He
was here in Butte only a few days be-
fore he died. We talked the subject
over and over. He had by his play
of "Puddin'head Wilson and his mag
nifcent acting of the title role again
taken the country by storm. After
many weary efforts he got a hearing
through Harry Miner. in New York.
There was a new generation of theater-
goers since his previous appearance in
that city. There was instant recogni-
ton of the actors transcendent merits.
His success. as the sun Toes the morn
ing mists. compelled the foul vapors of
a base prejudice to vanish. New life.
buoyed with e hopes and noble aspi-
rations opened up before the artist. He
was at last free from the trammels of
Crockett" He would write another
play. n play other parts: but. alas,
all too late. Tn best years of a noble
life were warped-a great heart was
That the loss to dramatic art
has been very great, through the pub
lies too partial p~roneness To make
one certain part i'm the players
hands "A kind Of a fad, cannot be de-
MED. Henc is IL that there Is no in
to the actor of extra talent. who
has too long played only one part. to
produce any new creation outside OF his
speciality" He finds in nearly all
cases the experiment a costly failure.
Too much praise canno; be awarded
10 those artists who sacrifice the pres.
ent financial gain to the best interests
II their calling Had Richard Mans
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-24
A WhtTE-FAcEo BEAR.
He Was Ugly, Formidable and Fond
of Mutton.

of Mutton.
From the New York Sun.
Anybody with a squirrel gun is safe
to tackle a black bear. / mean one of
the little hog bears, as we call them
h~ereabouts," said Tom Meserve. the
Maine guide, up at LAX Chesuncook.
"A white-faced bea Is another thing.
With one Of them he has got to be sure
of his Weapon and play his points fine.
There's a difference of opinion among
hunters as to what a white-faced bear
really is. Some hold that he is of a
common black bear; others that he is
a freak of nature, Ill a white deer;
and, again, others say that he Is moth
ing more Oh less than an old black bear
with his nose turned gray from age.
just as a mans whiskers whiten with
years. One thing all agree on-that a
white-faced bear is the biggest, longest
legged. cunningest. orneriest. and ugli-
est specimen of the bear family that
a be found between the Maine a
and the river st. Lawrence. He can
run like a greyhound, IL a great travel
er and greedy: when n Of them comes
down from the green woods and gets
to killing sheep or young stock. he is
heard from In a new place every day
one day here. in the next
county. and the day after 20 miles in
the other direction. You can't do any
tnlng with MIN. III you SET traps ne
will walk aroun them. or spring them
In such a way as not to get caught,
and then eat the bait at his leisure.
IL you hunt him with dogs. you are in
for a hard chase and are pretty certain
to lose your dogs il they happen to
come up with him. and you are in good
luck IL you don't get near enough to
the bear to get roughly handled your
self. I've heard of a good hunter
shouldering his gun and walking the
other way when he happened TO come
upon one of these brutee unexpectedly
in the woods: he was quite willing to
call IL on IL the bear would
"This brings me to the particular e
that I want to tell you about-a bear
known as old White Face. that roamed
the woods aroun the foot OF the Moose
head Lake many years ago. My father
and people who lived about the lake at
that time have often told me of his do
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-24
The Little Brother Again.

From Punch.
Little Boy-How Don are you an Sis
goin' to be married?
Accepted Suitor-She has not named the
day yet. I hops she does not believe I'm
long engagements.
Little Boy-She doesn't. I know. cause
all her engagements have been short
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-24

a dancer calling herself solare; is
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-24

\ queer lawsuit is before the Munich
courts. where an actress IN the
beutsches theater. who married re-
Gently, sues the proprietor for her sal
airy, in spite Of a clause in the con-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-24

Corbett has changed his mind about
San Francisco being a jay town. He
has been playing to great business
there and his home people expressed
themselves pleased with his improve
ment as an actor
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-01-29

SO popular. At Newport, the other day,
DR.. Rush J. Heidekoper put new eye
in Mrs. Frederic Nelson's pet brindle
bull terrier. The dog had his eye dis
located in a fight some months ago,
and as a result he lost the sight of 1t.
The animal seemed to realize what was
being done for him when the doctor
performed the operation, and never
WINGED. Artificial eyes for dogs have
to be made to order, but any optician
will procure them in q weeks time. OF
course, they must at the socket with
perfect accuracy. so as not to cause
any irritation, and the dogs for whom
they are manufactured are Of so many
sizes and shapes that each eye is quite
different. AS all have to be made to
order, they are expensive, costing from
$40 to SIS. A dogs eye is usually much
larger than q human beings, but it is
not to be compared in point OF size
with the horses. A glass eye for
horse is a very big thing indeed. It is
as large as a small tea saucer. Many
valuable horses are supplied with
glass eyes, for Of all animals they seem
most prone to eye injuries. ALI the ar
tifeial eyes for animals used in this
country are of native manufacture. |
There is big factory in New York de-
voted entirely to the manufacture Of
artificial eyes, and here most of those
used for dogs and horses are made.
Usually several eyes are ordered at
once, as in the case of a person, be-
cause artificial eyes do not last very
long, new orb being necessary about
once in six months. This seems a bit
strange at first glance, but it really is
not, for the acid of the secretions af-
feet the enamel and cause roughen-
Ing Of the edges, which brings on irri-
tation. Thus the demand for eyes is
constant. A sample of the sort of eye
required by each horse or dog is kept
In the factory, so that at no time is
there any trouble in obtaining dupli-
Gates.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-01-29
WIN Manufaeturs DInmnnn..

Hudson Maxim, the inventor of an
electric light, the Maxim gun and mn
merous other things, now claims that
he has discovered the process of maxi
ing genuine diamonds. He has Sc
cured patents in this country and in
England covering his invention His
process is an electric furnace, in which
the metal, calcium carbide and ace
telyne, in the presence of carbon can
be melted and raised to an exceeding
ingly high temperature by an electric
current, causing heavy absorption Of
carbon, while at the same time the
metals are subjected to a pressure of
10000 pounds per square inch bv
means Of hydraulic press. The nre-
cipitation under these conditions
when allowed to cool slowly, will give
diamonds of considerable size.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-01-29
Pointer In Early Tina.

From Lippincott's: Potatoes native
to Peru, were discovered by the Span-
lards In the neighborhood of Quito,
where they were cultivated BY the ma
tiVes, Condor, monk, first introduced
them into Spain, whence they passed
into Italy and thence to Belgium
Humboldt says that at the discovery
they were cultivated in all the tenn
perate parts of the continent from
Chill to New Granada, but not in Mev-
leo. In 1885 potatoes were taken from,
North Carolina and Virginia, on the
return Of the colonists sent out nv Sir
Walter Raleigh, and were first eu,Iti-
waited on his estate near Cork. Tho
sweet potatoes, native of the West In
dies, were given to Columbus bv the
natives Of Cuba. They were introduce
ed into England by Sir Francis Drake
who wrote Of them in praise. but for,
got to send instructions to eat onlv
the root. The gardener of Queen EIiZ-
abeth planted them and ate some .,
the tops. Being disguised by the taste
he pulled up his crop, made a FIRE ~
the pile, was attracted by the pleasant
odor OF the burning tubers. picked nm
a root, ate it, and, being pleased with
the taste, continued the cultivation and
introduced them to the notice of 9th
ers.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-01-29

FROM the Boston Transcript: A per-
tees faee Of delicate Jewish cast
was discovered in small stone about
as large as a 1O-cent piece, found lying
on the railroad grade near Junction
CITY ore. Not only are the brow, hair,
Deard and beautiful aquiline nose per
Iectly shaped and distinct on the stone.
Out the neck and shoulders are Wig
netted on into the delicate agate-like
tracery OF the background, as it would
nave been done by an artist. Not
only Is the face as delicately beau
titul in line as one stamped upon a
creek coin Of the reign Of Alexander,
but In this stone are reproduced the
colors of life. The face is white, with
blending OF flesh tones, growing
deeper in the shadows Of the neck and
shoulders. The hair in the dark shad-
OW at the back is a rich auburn, lust
the color associated most often with
the ascetic Jewish type, to which the
whole race belongs. 1t 10, perhaps, the
strangest part of this extraordinary CO.
incidence Of forms that each feature.
from the caVernous eye and delicate
followed cheek, to the high. narrow
brow and wavy auburn hair, is in ac-
cord with familiar type of the Christ.
In this respect the Oregon stone is ina
nitely superior as a work Of natures
art to the stone Man of Sorrows"
This head, in q stone a little larger
than the recent discovery, was picked
up at oberammergau as a mere cas-
ual nemente OF the spot, because of
association with the passion play, and
eight years afterWard, being held in a
certain position, was seen to reveal
The face that was somewhat sentiment
ally supposed to resemble the face of |
Christ.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-01-29

From the Syracuse Post: A child
born in Syracuse recently was taken
to clergyman, in accordance with
custom, for baptism. The latter ask
ed the name of the baby. "Dinah M. -
the father responded. "But what
does the M stand for?" Intercepted
the minister. well, do not under
stand you" said the dominic. ooh,
If she turns out nice and sweet and
handy about the house, like her
mother, l shall call her Dinah May.
But If she has fiery temper and dis
plays a bombshell disposition, like
mine, I shall call her Dinah Might"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-01-29

''DAEs 60 do Right, Dare to be True.s
Dear Boys and Girls-The last chat
IN our Cozy Corner was about a food
fair and the new articles of diet bV
which we can keep strong and well
People are not only interested in what
we eat, but In what we drink as well
and every large city has to study how
to give its citizens good drinking wa.
ter. had several large bottles Of wa.
ter brought to me last summer, which
came from a beautiful spring so clear
that the word pure" carved in the
marble at the bottom Of the spring
was plainly photographed through siy
feet of water.
Do you know how many properties
there are in water? This pure water,
when analysed, was found to contain
sulphate Of lime, carbonate of lime, sui,
plate of magnesia, carbonate of mag
nesia, carbonate Of iron, chloride OF
soda, silica, free carbonic acid and vo.
lathe material. These are in just the
right proportion to make the water
good to drink.
w nave oil AedIu JAS sung Inc
Old Oaken Bucket" written by Samuel
Woodwork. In the home where the
poet once lived is kept the old buck
ct, and visitors go to see it and the
little low house and the mill and "the,
bridge and the rock where the catar.
act fell" There is the old well, with
its long sweep that was once used to
draw up the clear, cool water in the
NOISY old oaken bucket. / have seen
the place many times when riding by
in the cars, and it makes pretty pic
ture. Your cold water friend,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-01-29

A report from Anderson, Indiana,
says: The eastern part Of the county
has been Overrun with rats during the
past six months. Thousands Of them
have colonized over a radius Of sig
or seven miles. The farmers have
been fighting them in every way pos
sible but they continue to multiply
and are taking everything in sight.
The stories OF the numbers that go In
droves have been discredited by An
derson and Muncie people and, in or
der to prove their assertions, the
farmers took several out to one of
their FRAT drives" recently. One of
the records that was made was twen-
ty-four rats by Superintendent Heaggy
Of the poor farm, who only DISCHARGED
his gun four times. Several other
records have been made at other times.
They are costing the farmers many
hundred dollars by underminging
wheat bins and burrowing into build.
ings Of all kinds. No theory has been
advanced which win satisfactorily ex-
plaia where they came from, as this
section has been remarkably free from
rats In previous years.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-01-29
The World as 1t Was and Is.

The earth, which we find to-day
bright with varied hues, vocal with in
Vulnerable sounds, rich in fruits and
fragrant with odors, lay for an almost
tncalculable period of time destitute
or all but destitute of color, soundless
save for the noise of wave and tenn.
pest, and with no promise as yet Of the
rich profusion of vegetable and ami.
mai forms that now diversity It's sur.
face and fill it with the thrill and
manifold activities of life, says Popu.
lar Science Monthly. We often speak
OF man as 'the heir of all the ages"
but not often, probably, do we pause
to realize the significance of the word
We talk of evolution, but seldom make
any due effort to grasp the plentitude
and grandeur Of the thought. These
senses Of which we have the use and
each OF which brings a different worlc
within our ken, whence are they? II
seems so natural to see, 1t seems Sc
natural to hear, to touch, to smell. to
taste, that we forget through what
SLOW processes, by what an incalcula,
Die number Of slight accretions and
delicate notifications, these wonderful;
channels of knowledge and sensation
nave been made for us. We go back
through the ages and we come to q
slghtless, voiceless world,
For a period probably as long as all
the rest of geological time the only
Lorms OF life were protocol. Sight was
developed among the wonderful crus.
taceans OF the silurian period, but as
YET there were no organs of hearing
Inc nFst stridulation of an insect wing
was heard (if it was heard) in the de-
vonlah age, the birth epoch of the first
seFteofates-h shes-but long ages had
TO pass before the first bee hummed
over a hover or the first butterfly fut.
terea It's wings in the sunshine.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-01-29
whore biscuit. Are Unknown.

Galllpolis, o., Tribune: John s.
Rodgers is the boss story teller. He
says man told him that he was over
in West Virginia, back in the noun
tains, where he didn't like the bread
they gave him to eat. He asked the
woman Of the house, kindly, if she new
er made biscuits. She expressed her
utter ignorance of what biscuit was
and he told her that the next time
ne came that way he would bring some
along, and he did, taking his saddle
bags full of them. When he turned
them out two Of the little boys of the
house ran out In the yard with two
OF them, and when he found the boys
directly afterward they were squatting
down, poking straws at the biscuits
and saying: Ding We, stick yer head
out'en that she'll" They thought they
were terrapins.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-01-29

A riparian landowner has only
right to use water from a stream pass
ing his land for domestic purposes and
for the needs Of the land, and If he
uses 1t for other purposes to the dam
age OF riparian landowners below him
he is liable for such damage, accord
ing to the decision of the supreme
court Of Pennsylvania in the case Of
the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Company VS.. PottsVille Water Com
pany.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-01-29

Sir Walter scott's writings do not
pass into eclipse behind the later pro-
ducts Of genius. The Providence Pub
Tic Library issues q bulletin from
which 1t appears that during ten years
few books were drawn more than
three hundred and fifty times. Among
these were "Ivanhoe," Guy Manner
ing" THE Bride of Lammermoor, I"
and "Kenilworth." "Kenilworth" was
taken out six hundred and twenty-five
times. Thirty-fiVe years after SCOTS
death a London bookseller would not
keep in his stalls a sixpenny edition OF
the Waverley novels, because they
killed the sale OF all other books. Yet
the lure was not in sensationalism;
the popular craving was not for pois-
onous sweets; millions Of readers
found only pure and wholesome hui
man pleasure.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-01-29

The fund started by Ignatius Dom
nelly to pay OFF the mortgage on Mrs.
Leases house is the most absurd yet.
Mrs. Leases failure to pay up the
mortgage is not matter of poverty
but of principle. She doesn't think it
would be right to pay the money,
and besides she needs it, as her Kan
sas friends think, to crafty her love
OF extravagant dress. OF course there
must be funus: but, as we have al
ready suggested, why not get up one
for the amelioration of the sufferings
of the Vanderbilts?
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-01-29

No doubt a great deal of the wrang-
ling and hairsplitting in congress is
due to the great prepondeTance of law
yers in both houses. Sixty of the
eighty-nine senators and 245 of the
1858 representatives are members Of
the bar, the total of both houses be-
ing: Lawyers, 305; all others, 142.
this looks like very small proportion
Of bread to an intolerable deal of sack,
so to speak. 1t is an open question
whether lawyers are the best legisla-
tors, and 1t may be set down as GER
tain that the garrulousness character
istic of the gentlemen Of the long robe
does not expedite business. Peter the
Greats opinion OF the profession is
shared by good many people even in
this age when lawyers appear to have
the start Of everyone else.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-01-29

IT'S to touch no tobacco, not smoke not
chew
That unhealthful weed that true women
detest,
And all people know is filthy old pest
IT'S to say unto all what 1 say unto you,
Let these things alone II you would be
true;
They are foes to all virtue, and lead down
to shame;
shun drink and tobacco and keep your
good name.
Cold water that comes from the wen is
my drink,
The healthiest, purest, and sweetest.
think;
It never makes drunkards, it never
brings woe
III praise 1t and drink 1t wherever go.
ELLA Wheeler Wilcox.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-01-29
A HumpbaCked Turtle.

A turtle weighing 1OS pounds. with
peculiar hump on his back, was caught
at a. honman's lake, near Bourbon, Ind,
me feet are formed like ducks foot
with web. The tail is extra short bnt
tne neck when stretched out easily
reaches nIeS back over the hump, which is
,,IS inches high. The head is quite
IKE an alligator's head, and the shell