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which. n honestly answered.

mesa which. II honestly answered, !
knew would establish our claim 10
damages. No. 6 evidently thought 50.
too, for he rose from his seat, shCok
his head vigorously at the Judge. and
leaning over the rail waited for the
judges decision. for by this time the
defendants counsel had made an OBJ
lection.
The Judge ruled against me. ard NO.
6 fell back int his seat and laughed
as though 10 was the funniest thing Re
had ever heard. I a mad clean
through by this time. such outrageous
conduct l la never seen IN court.
Your honor / began. protestingiy.
Go on with the case roared his
honor.
But. sir I began. this is the most
extraordinary
Go on with the case interrupted
h judge once more. and seeing IL was
vain to protest. I went on.
We'll. this thing went on all through
the trial. Every point ! made brought
a scowl To the face Of No. s. Every
point my opponent made brought smiles
to his face. When ] summed up he
kept shaking his head vigorously and
saying things in an ugly ton but an
der his breath. Once he threw his
hands up in the air in protest. and ]
got so mad 7 could have hluled him
u Of that o and thrashed him with
pleasure.
when the defense summed up the
fellow gr,nned with delight. He shook
his head approvingly at all the lawyer
slid. and once when the lawyer indulg-
ed in abuse Of me he clapped his hands
together as though he was dying to
applaud. During the judges charge he
smiled and scrowled alternately. ac-
cording which side his honor favored.
- w.. 80. n .Hls..a.al 10 aNT
client. and I never engaged I'm a bet
ter cdse than this. Rather than submit
to such n bare-faced steal I'll fight his
case through every court i'm the state,
and without a cent Of fee. too
THE judge had finished by this time
and the jury had risen to go out. To
my utter astoniehment Nc. 6 jumped
over the rail OF the jury box and. go
ing over to where the defendant
and his lawyer sat. cllpped the former
on the shoulder and said I'm n low
voice: You'll win. sure Here my in
dlgnation got the better Of me. Rusn-
ing over 10 No. 6. I took him by the
arm and wheeled him around.
See here, sir, the jury has retired.
and you might better he with them
than talking to the defendant and his
counsel
why should ] be with emp h re-
piled.
why. good heavens. man. can the
Jury deliberate while you're in the
court room and they're elsewhere?'
Don't know why not he replied.
4 amt no juror
Then who the devil are your l
demanded.
Hes my hired man. put in the
defendant
Then what was he doing in the
jury box?'
why. consarn II. there warn't an
other seat in the room said the hir-
ed man. Didn't suppose / was gcin'
ter stand mp. did yer?'
II went back to my seat. complete
ly bewildered. and as ! sat down the
jury came i'm, having been u five mn
utes. They gave me the verdict, and
| was truly the most aFtonished man
in the state of New Jersey at that mo-
ment.
Il found out afterward that before
| began active work in the case, Juror
No. 8 had been sick FOR a week and
that the other II jurors had been act
ing without him under instruction from
the court.'-New York sun.
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JUROR NO. 6.
A New Jersey Case In which n Lawyer
Thought He Wa ~iseaten.

I'm my 20 years experience as a
pnicticing lawyer" said a well known
member of the bar at the Lawyers
club the other day. II don't believe ]
ever went through "A more exciting trial
han one l took part in u at Free
port. y. j.. last week. When l say OK
citing / mean exciting for me. for !
was the only one who appeared to he
concerned about the conduct OF the
man who occupied the sixth seat in the
jury box.
The case was a civil action. and I
represented the plaintiff. II was a
small matter. and we were suing for
only $500. but as my client happened
10 be a personal friend. and ne was more
anxious TO establish a principle Than TO
collect any money. ! vas out to win.
The judge was n sedate individual.
who slept most Of the time. and the
jury looked as though IL had been draft
&c from the hay fields. | scored wen
for my client with the first witness. and
was looking out of the corner Of my
eye to see effect the point had had with
the jury. when i noticed the man in
No. s scowiing ~furiously at me. When
j continued 10 make Roadway with the
next witness he shook his head. scowl-
ed and looked as though he'd like to eat
me up. The rest of the iurymen kept
watching him. and l began to think
] was UP against a pretty stif PROPOSE
zion.
FINALLY I threw a question at a wit
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-14
IS AGAIN IN THE Tolls
Dan Courtney Attempted to
Carve Steve O'Neill.
HE WILL PLEAD TODAY
The Prisoner Objected to Being Stuck"
for a Cams OF Pool and His
Heart Thirsted For Deep
Revenge.

Dan Courtney Is again in trouble.
Dan has had a deuce OF a hard time
with the police for the last year or 50.
and he has had all kinds Of narrow es-
capes from going to the stump. 1t seems
To be Dams propensity to get drunk
whenever he can. and just as surely
as he does get drunk he wants to carve
out somebody's heart with a knife.
once or twice before Dan has used
his knife and he only escaped by the
skin OF his teeth. The onense at pre-
sent is thai on Monday night he got
drunk and wanted to cut up Steve
O'Neill. The two men. ii. seems, en-
gagged in a game OF pool i'm the All Ma
tons saloon. and Courtney got stuck"
Dan did not liz to be stuck. so he
thought he would ven himself a bit
by making mince meat out OF O'Neill.
The latter went out Ct the place after
the game. and went up to the Union
saloon. Courtney followed him, and
made a lungc at him with a knife. He
was arrested for his pains n lodged
in Jail.
lie was brought up before Judge
Fitzgerald yesterday on a state charge
of simple assault. He was told that he
could have time to employ counsel II
he desired to do so. He said he thought
that would be the better way, so he
was given until 10 o'clock his morn
ing to plead. In the meantime he Will
consult an attorney. Courtney wanted
to explain to the court hat he had
acquired a pretty good jag on Mon
day night and that his recollection of
what transpired during the hours that
the jag had its grip upon his mind was
anything but clear, vivid and lucid. He
drew a logical conclusion for the bane-
fit of the court from the alleged fact
hat he had no weapo upon his per-
son. and therefore could certainly not
have made an assault with q weapon
The philosophical deduction did not
seem to interest the court very much.
and Dan was taken back to the tanks
to figure il out for himself.
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ANACONDA news.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Finish the Work of Auditing the
Bills.
PRESENT OWNERSHIP LIST
Assessor Ordered TO Bring Il Down TO
March. 1Soo-Taxes and Penalties
Cancelled on Certain Prop
e-ty-Routine Matters.

The county commissioners were again
in session yesterday and completed the
work Of auditing the unusual stock Of
bills. which nav accumulated during
the quarter. The commissioners a
been in session for a full week now n
have waded through a great number Of
claims against the county. Most of the
bills were for expenses Of the recent
election. There were bills from judges.
clerks. registry agents and special Off
GERS and the total runs up TO the neigh
borhood Of $1,000. Only two of the CON-
missioners. Messrs. Walker and David
son. were present at the session yes
terday. Commissioner Geary having
been called home last week by illness
In his family.
An order was made instructing the
county assessor to bring the present
ownership list o down To the first
Monday in March. 1899. The cost for
this work is not to exceed 800.
The bond OF DIR. II. w. Stephens. the
new county physician. was yesterday
filed with the board The bond II for
5000. n the sureties are J. v. Collins
and l.. q. Smith.
Ii was ordered that the treasurer's
sale of northeast quarter Of the south
east quarter of section 8. township :
north of range 3 west. be cancelled and
that the taxes n penalties charged
also be cancelled.
The assessor was ordered to aesess to
]. +. Hooper for the year 1898. on a val
ust,on OF $500. the north half of the
northeast quarter OF section 6. township
il north of range s west. which prop
erty was assessed to james McKcn-
non OF Chippewa Falls, and the taxes
paid by him.
The board. after selecting delegates
TO the national exhibition OF range cat
tie to be held at Denver. then adjurn-
ed.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-14

Jolly Della Pringie and her company
again pleased a large audience at the
Union Family thea;cr last night, when
they presented that powerful play.
THE Police Inspector" Miss PrinCle
and her beautiful dances won hearty
applause. MIR. Adams NJ Larry at
once proved himself "A comedian uf
ability. Mr.. Marsdon was artistic as
Mr.. Vaughn. Miss Pringle. IN the char
acter of Ruth Fielding. was womanly
and real. Messrs. Cooley. Mitchell a"d
Barrett were all that could he asked
Of their roles. Tonight the orEaniza-
tor will present for the first time here
that beautiful romantic drama. THE
Princess of Paris During the per-
Torrance IL the play there viii be seen
several clever scenic effects.
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A VERDICT FOR A RHYME.
A brooklyn Lawyer Cievcrly muse n
Jury with Verses.

1850
Mirabeau l.. Towns, the bard Of he
Brooklyn bar. brought out mis- long
disuscd Tyre recently i'm the supreme
court. saws the New York Times. and
twanged II So melodiously as to lure
a SO. 600 verdict out of "A hard hCaGcd
and unsentlmentll jury. The Brooklyn
Orpheus was counsel for Bridget Lam
gan. who was suing the Brooklyn
bridge for damages for personal iniu-
ries. She stepped between tn plat
form and a bridge car and was badly
hurt.
The long dormant muse oc Brorklyr's
Alfred Austin was tickled To action
by the testimony Of the exper; for the
defense. DIR. Topham. whose testimony
was in Hat contradiction to that Of the
expert for the plaintif, DIR. Johnson.
In his summing up h laureate of the
supreme court burst into the following
ballad:
Expert Dr. Topham. what says he?
"In consideration Of a modest fee
I examined the plaintiff most carefully,
But ! saw no more than l wanted to
see.
I laid my cheek upon her chest;
II is a most delightful test;
Then. IL your ears are long. like mine,
And you have studied medicine.
A mangled pleura's rale and rattle
Noull hear as plain as guns IN battle.
! looked her over carefully.
Il had TO earn my experts feel,
! saw no more than ! wanted to see.
Each of her ribs. or I'm no scholar.
Was good and sound as n 'daddy's doll
lar
So when the poor crouture ventured to
cope
with me. DIR. Topham. and my ste;h-
OsCopc,
For her. you'n see. there was little
hope;
She might scream in anguish till the
end Of her breath.
Ny opinion. once formed, I'll hold unto
death.
She fen through a hole clear up to her
arm
Yes, that's quite a fall, but it did her
In fact. II she'd fallen from Mount
C~himboraZo
ia say she's unhurt and continue TO
say so.
Such a fan from such a height I'm
free to observe.
Might break all her RIBS. but ne'er in
jurc her nerve.
But l hope TO be seized with the dance
II / found IN the plaintiff i~ntercostal
neurit!s.
So you might just rs well stop ques-
tioning me,
7 saw no more than I wanted to see.
For I'm DIR. Topham. and l made up
my mind
Before I saw Bridget just what ] would
find.
such course Is easy, It assists diagno-
SIS,
And simnlihes matters for doctors and
doses"
The Jury was so delighted with Mr..
Towns poetry that after rewardinC
him with n $4,000 verde; they sent
him a written request for n NJ %
his rhythmic roast OF TopAam. for each
/ Of them.
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Single Harness and Robes at cost.
Lupien, PA Park.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-14

Doctor. is gas safe for extracting
teeth? DIR. Rinehart. dentist.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-14
The fRAWlEYS.
A Fair-sized Audience Greeis the "Un-
conventional Honeymoon"

The Frawleys played to a fair audi
ence at the Margaret last night. Vie
play VAS AN Unconventional Honey
moon. or the Transit of Leo" n comedy
in which the company showed TO good
advantage. Miss Bates, of course. was
the star performer. In the part of Leo
she had n role that afforded her an OPP
portunity to show her audience that
she is an actress Of great versatility.
Mr.. FrRwley I'm the part Of E'ic Aubrey
gave a clever Interpretation OF the
comedy part. Sam Edwards won the
audience by his excellent Timothy
Placid.
The Frawleys closed their engage
ment last evening after two nights at
the Margaret.
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HI ELEoTRIIsURE.

Read what IL great oxyge cure does for pneumonia. Oxygen is the only
remedy that has ever cured a case Of pneumonia or consumption. Don't wait
untld death is creeping over yOu; cano or wrte to-day. 1t does lot matter what
your disease. is. It will cure you. send for book Of testimonials Of Montana
LUNGS contested
Maynld XIV. March Is ISG-Elatrkure Co, Ss: IN night vas taken
with a chill followed by high fever. m the morning my right lung vas very much
day / was up. n in W more lays vas ut doing business N thksy vicinity there
has been M IS dong some marvellous work with the Eoctrkure
r. H. BLACKBURN.
Address EJectrrkure Company, ST. Charles House, 81 North Main, Butte,
Room 90 Lock Box 23
We sell the best electric bit in the world. DR.. Judds FOR one-half what
you are asked for a poor one.
PROF. F. F. sHADDUCK.. Manager:
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Antlcrs with holiday goods at Kings.
A Whist pnrfy.

The Ladies' Auxiliary Of the Ancient
order Of Hibernians gave a very in
teresting whist party last evening in
the Standard nall. There were more
than 100 ladies and gentlemen present
and "a very enjoyable evening was
spent.
The prizes were won by the follow
ing contestants: Ladies' first prize.
Mrs. quinn; second prize. Miss Maloy;
gentlemen's first prize, Mr.. OLelry;
second prize. Mr.. Murphy.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-14
The Modern Mother

Has found that her little ones are i'm
proved more by the pleasant Syrup of
Figs. when in need Of the laxative eff
feet of n gentle remedy. than by any
other. Children enjoy IL and il bene-
fits them. The true remedy. Syrup Of
Figs. Is manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co. only.
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4 chIca-a Debu,ante.

From the Chicago Pest.
do you give any thought 10 the fu-
ture?" asked the clerical looking man
solemnly.
do J." exclaimed the giddy young
thing. well. say, you don happen to
know Of airy real nice. eligible young
nan, 90 your
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When in Butte lunch at sherman's.


81 don't see as Philadelphia is so stait
and quiet. Do you?"
why, no: the streets are never still
for they run i'm all directions"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-10-29
TRUE TO HIS LAST.
Much Besides Making
Shoeo, But
Two men were talking.


What | admire among our artisan Glass;
said one with the air OF a superior person,
lis a little broader knowledge than is de,
fined by the mere walls OF his shop. Now,
l have in mind two shoemakers whom |
see occasionally, as they are both tenants
of mine Both OF them are prompt, indus
trlous, honest men, but one is as ignorant
as he can be even about the details of his
own trade. Why, l asked him the other
day where shoe pegs were made, and Of
what wood and he hasn't the least idea,
and | had to tell him. On the contrary,
the other one, not only knew that much,
but was up on the history of shoes and
their material and manufacture, and he
interested me for half an hour by a most
instructive talk on his occupation. There
is a vast difference, | think, between two
men situated as those two are, and it is
greatly to the credit of one that he ac
quires knowledge, not because it is abso.
lutely necessary, but because OF his desire
to broaden and see something more than
what may dangle at a waXend or spread
Itself over a side Of sole leather. Don't you
think as | do?"
"Um-er," hesitated the other man, 81
know your two shoemakers and have had
work done by both of them, and / notice
looked"
81 knew you would" responded the first
man, rubbing his hands with pleasure.
Yes" continued the other, "the man
who only knows how to make shoes can
make shoes and the other chap can't.
There's something in that, you know, to
the man who must wear them. '-Washing-
ton Star.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-10-29

"And had my turn at the picket
post and something in the line of ad.
venture" said the man with the shat,
tered hand as he lighted his old corn
cob. at was just before the last can,
paign that | got my scare and promo
tion with it. A good many confeder'
ates were deserving to II lines, anG
all night pickets were warned to give
fair challenge before firing. went on
a single post one night at ten o'clock
1t was rainy and dark, and the post
was within so rods of a strong force OF
confederates. was left under a beech
tree, with orders to keep the most Wig.
liant lockout, but no sooner had the
relief passed on than | moved off to the
right aud crouched down under bush.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-10-29
THE E HAS v
Montana Man In New York objects to
Former Geographical Clas-
SIhcatiOn.

1--WE of the east" said a New York man,
"do not appreciate how the country has
spread. as a result Of the war with Spain, as
our fellow.citizens in the west appreciate
il. was in the office of my hotel. near the
counter. when a new areival wrote bis name
and town and said he wanted q front room
with a private bath. My business keeps me
ON the alert for people who live beyond the
Mississippi, and as soon as | could do SO
with propriety | looked a. the register and
saw that the new arrival was from Helena,
Mont. Then | made my advances by ask
ing him how business was IN the west. AT
that he hared and asked:
"'How do YOU know where am from
what makes you think | am from the west!'
u explained that | had looked at the reg.
lister, and in order to appease any suspicion
on his part that | had a gold brick to dis.
pose of | handed him my card and apollo.
gized, for when you have done that to q
western man he is yours.
"'But | am not from the west he pro-
tested.
"'You are from Montana | asked.
"'That's what; but you don't call Mon.
tana the west, | reckon, he replied, with a
combination OF southern and western ac.
cent.
1 Silu Us llt4ull dS 1 Noulu tuut II wan So
classified in the geography | knew and SO re-
yarded by people in the east.
mot since the war; he replied.
'For n moment | did not know where |
was at But he came to my relief;
81 reckon YOU know we've recently took
the Sandwich Islands in out of the wet?"
81 acquiesced with proper American pride.
az reckon you know about that other is
'and, Luzon, or whatever they call itg That's
lust as good as ours as long as Dewey's
there
81 followed him in his enthusiasm, for it
was infectious, and | assented.
well, then he asserted as a clincher,
If you want to know how business is in the
west, you had better call up Honolulu or
Manila. Strikes me, if there was no mis-.
take made by Dewey-and I don't think
there was-that Helena, Mont, comes pref.
ty nigh being in the middle of the United
States as they lay at the present writing"
N. Y. Sun.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-10-29
PLYING THE POOR.
A Tramp Who Would Not Take the
Crust from n Needy WOm-
ans Mouth.

Sometimes the tramp gets the better of the
thrifty housewife. The mistress of a pretty
little cottage at S~ausalito-she only inherited
about 100000, and SO is obliged to be frugal
is the object OF a little criticism from her
friends because OF her reputed parsimspy.
Last Saturday, as she was sitting on her pi.
azza, overlooking the water, and waiting for
Ted to come home, a passing knight IT the
road humbly solicited a bite. The young
woman could not withstand the petition, 50
she went herself to the bread box, which was
filled with freshly-bakcd ~loaves, and brought
ont to the waiting yagrant two slices Of
boardllke consistency which had been baked
many days earlier. AS she presented her
bounty she felt just a tritle ashamed Of it.
w e are very poor ourselves she said, in
muttered apology.
The outeast received the crust with a
courteous Thank YOU" and turned away.
a moment later he returned and handed
the, young heiress the crusts and also a
nickel.
Il am very sorry for YOU" he said, in gen.
tie tones Of genuine sympathy.-San Fran
cisco News Letter.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-10-29
A HUMAN FIGURE STOOD FACE TO
FACE WITH ME.

in a Quarter Of an hour nv chin was
shaking The wind moda all sorts NJ
noises. and every sound was taken IN
he tbe annroach of tbe enamv I
hadn't been on most 20 Minutes when T
was CRYING. I didn't r~ealiza If until
I felt tbe fears. and then 7 cot nm and
kicked myself all around and did como
tall SWEARING realized tbat | had
10 break the smell ar holt and tbera
was n hard frbt hefore cnrorared
my nerves had cot the better If
myself and was tbirkipg of poiro hack
10 tbe sno- where was frst nosted
when Suddenly caucht q sound which
,umned nv baort into NV mouth and
shook mo from head ia boe1 with :,
chill !, ,yos mo sound Ola rnh. foot-
stem and If seemed IN coma from he.
bind mo wos st,rdirn nm ord &C
whirled obou+ Jexnectod IN feel - knife
in my breast mr. hack or q cIrh on my
heod found nothing but nc foced
thc other way md neered into Tho
darkness q human1 6gnra stood faca n
face with mo
81 saw and realized hut IL tborsora
lives had depended on If 7 could not
have raised a finger. cboked nm and
gasped for breath and II eeaued nc IL
WAITED for hours for fine bnshv hacker
to drive his knife bome Then II orod.
ually came 70 me thot if vaso vomon,s
figure. and after maxine = half doyen
efforts TO do 50 7 MANAGED to call ont
and ask who was there II voI, for
that womon-for woman II wos-thot 7
was unneryed by nv feors There was
n spring within n few feet of mo oI.
+bonrb 7 Nod 40. di.oa,aaa1,.
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Il was in the service for three years
said the mar with the wooden leg,
land | was never downright scared but
once in all that time. Of our | had
an attack of the nerves now and then,
as was the case with all the boys, but
that didn't mean anything but being
laughed at. This little affair of mine
happened at the most unexpected time
and place, and if | hadn't been alone
| should have been drummed out Of the
army for my cowardica. There was one
thing | dreaded more than a battle,
and that was being on picket post at
night.
ION this particular night | was sta
toned about 30 rods north of a log
cabin occupied by a family, and the
confederate picket was supposed to be
about the same distance on the other
side, | was not in the road, but in a
fringe of bushes in a field. 1t was a
darkish night, with a breeze kicking up
a shindy all around, and when | was
dropped off at Post No, 6 and told to
keep my eyes and ears open as ! valued
my life, | got homesick at once. The
first thing | did vas to move to the
right about 30 feet and lie fiat down.
| could see out across the field, though
but Gimly. There was no light in the
house, and no sounds came from it. |
was as safe as a picket could be, but