The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-16
or All Sorts.

In Hamburg the authorities tax a dog
according to its size
II Is said that il has been decided to
have the entire country Of the South Arr
can republic surveyed geoiosicaily.
1t is. estimated that 70 per cent. of the
prisoners of Austria die OF consumption.
caused by the dark cell mode OF punish
mept.
One of the R~othschiIds IL reported to
have paid s.000 for a butterfly. His extern
sive collection of butterflies is valued at
500, 900.
Tin is one of the Oldest known metals.
Tn Chinese have used IL in the fabrica-
ton of their brasses and bronzes from
time immemorial.
In the famous frozen mines at Yakutsk.
In Russia, the frost has finally been pass
ed through at a depth of 700 feet below
the surface OF the earth.
The debris left from coral made into
articles of jewelry. etc. Is crushed. scent
ed add sold as a tooth powder at a III
price by italian perfumers.
A proposal has been made by a French
chemist to obtain easily assimilable iron
tones from vegetables by feeding the
plants judiciously with iron fertilizers.
Public ovens are established on most Of
the residential streets OF japanese cities.
where people can nave their dinners and
suppers cooked for them at trifing ex-
pense.
In the course Of constructing the great
T-rans-Siberian railway nan mineral
fields of Importance appear 20 have been
brought to light. including over 20 coal de-
posts and Is iron fields.
A special dispatch from Cape Town says
that a meteor described as being half the
size Of st. Paul's cathedral has fallen at
Port Alfred. II made = hole in the ground
80 feet deep, 10 feet long and 90 feet
WIDE.
A Shefield, lows. man. while driving In
the country, seized II prairie chicken eggs
which he found In a nest. He placed them
under one of his hens, and now has II
young chickens which he will seek to
raise.
The depth Of the Atlantic between the
Canary Islands and the West Indies II
something awful. A pretty level bottom
runs right way from the African islands
to the American ones. gradually deepen
Ing to nearly 5000 feet.
The press of India. in advocating the Sc
lection of Benares as the place for the
holding of the second parliament OF re-
ligions in 1900, calls attention to the fact
that that city is sacred to 500. 000, 900 Bud
dhists and 200. 900. 900 Hindus.
An enterprising advertiser in q Vienna
newspaper announces to bicycle
turers that he will furnish q brilliant.
exciting name" for a chainless wheel at
the moderate price of from $50 to $40. The
fee will be claimed only II the name il
accepted.
Plymouth. England. has outgrown at
last the water supply provided for the
town by Sir Francis Drake about 800 years
ago. The old sea rover built a Leaf. or
open aqueduct, 20 miles long. to bring wa
ter from the hills of Dartmoor to the
town. A larger reservoir is to be built.
Fireworks dealers anticipate that this
will be a great year for their business.
All the factories are working overtime to
fill orders for the Fourth of July, and one
big firm In New York has had more orders
up to the present time than II had up to
July l last year. The retail trade Is keep
ing pace with the wholesale business.
In the regular army the drum is a
back number" except as II appears In
concerted music. All the calls are by bu-
gle, as this has been found to have many
points of superiority. One is its compact
form, another its lesser liability to get
out of order. A drum nay easily have its
head broken and is difficult to mend In
| the field; II is useless when wet. A bugle
gives a far clearer sound. and Its calls
| can be heard at a longer distance.