The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07

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A Georgia editor describes . defauiter
and $4,000 short"
There are Eve women in the Maine state
prison at Thomaston. and all are serving
life sciences for murder In the nrst de-
gree.
The New England Historic-0enealogical
society. at its late meeting In Boston.
admitted a large number of women to
membership, for the FIRST time since its
organisation. a half century or more ago.
A remarkable long-distance telephone
talk was that a few days 8 between
Captain jacques in New York and simon
Lake In the cabin Of his submarine boat.
the Argonaut. eight miles out In Baiti-
more harbor and 6 feet under water.
Boston's municipal legislators are con-
siderjng the advisability Of borrowing
$50. 900 for the establishment OF 20 play
grounds for the children of the streets.
The committee on cities favorabiy re-
ported a bill providing for this improve
ment.
When a man has reached 81 years and
has worked at blacksmithing unceasingiy
for s. years one might excuse aim III ne
abandoned the anvil forevermore. but a
smart old fellow down In Maine asks no
| release i'm these circumstances and con-
tinues merrily on.
A prying correspondent has discovered
i'm Piscataquis county. Maine. a family OF
six children. the oldest OF whom 0wins)
are not yet quite 4 years OF age. Otner
twins are 2 years younger. and the oth-
ers 4 weeks. In each case OF the Twins
there are a boy and a girl.
A letter from japan says that, although
1t Is only Is years since the FIRST news
| paper was published in japan, there are
now SIS daily and weekly newspapers
There are 30 law magazines. II scientinc
periodicals. % medical journals and an
equal number Of religious
1t is said that a flower has been found
in South America which is visible only
when the wind Is blowing. The shrub
belongs to the cactus family. and Is about
three feet high. with a crook al the top.
When the wind blows a number OF beau
tiful flowers protrude from the little
Jumps on the stalk.
The design OF william A.. Gault OF Bal
timore has been accepted for the monu-
ment to the signers Of the Mecklenburg
declaration OF independence. The monu-
ment Is to be Of granite. tall. stately and
symmetrical" with a n~eedle-pointed mon
olith mounted on an inspiring base. The
height of the whole is to be 80 feet: the
cost, 5000.
Ex-Governor Goodeli has been re-elect-
I GU BItSlbtnt vi tit ANt"
and Order league, whose members pro-
test that from this time forth they will
not support any man for any ONCE. from
governor down, who does not openly
pledge himself before election to maintain
and impartially enforce the prohibitory
liquor laws of the state.
A minister in Springfield. Mass. is said
to have received a bicycle as "a present
from the manufactures on condition that
a. should ha adrartiSa1 Inv him from the
pulpit. In order to fulfill his contract he
preached a sermon on Sunshine From
Between the Wheels" and at the close he
announced the name of the wheel he rode,
and advised them to get only good ones.
II is related of President John Tyler's
nephew. William Tyler. who died a few
days ago in Conkling. Washington county.
Tenn, at the age ofsss years, that ne had
lived all his long life in the house In
which he was born. and that the building
was once owned by John Sewer. the pio-
neer. who there planned with Colonel
Isaac Shelby. in 1850. the battle OF King s
mountain.
The late Justice Daniels of New York
was one of the many persons afflicted
with the dread of being buried alive. II
request" he wrote In his will, that inter
ment shall be delayed until after my de
cease shall have obviously and certainly
taken place. and excluding reliance as tc
that fact on the opinion of any physician
as such opinions have too often proved tc
be mistakes"
A list of the religious denominations o.
the United States, printed In the Inde
pendent. shows a names. This number 4
reached by counting as one six kinds o.
Adventists. 10 kinds Of Baptists. foul
kinds of Dunkards and of Friends. 2
kinds OF Lutheran, IL bodies Of Memo
mites. ~ bodies of Methodists and II spe
cies of Presbyterians. Even the United
Brethren are divided into two sects.
The rood people of Louisville. KY, wer
recently startled by the appearance OIL
the streets of that city OF a stylishi!
dressed young woman with a pipe In he
mouth. The pipe was Of briar root, witt
silver mountings and a curved ambe
stem. The good quality Of the Tobacco
which the young woman smoked has bee
attested by masculine observers VIII
caught a whit of its rich aroma.
The jams have a large hospital for sicl
and aged animals in Bombay. Just In
side the gate are many sheds devoted I
cows and oxen. In the next court ar
disabled horses. while In Others are dogs
cats. monkeys, sheep, goats. birds, fowl
and reptiles. The jams. even more tina
Brahmins. are Observation-Disclosures. Their
was no hospital for women In India Il
the women's Foreign Missionary societ'
established one In Bareiiiy.
+. A. Phillips of Pittsville. Wis, believe
that he possesses the inkwell used b
Benedict Arnold in preparing plans o
West Point for the British. 1t is a large
cubical piece OF rough granite. with
cavity I'm one side. Mr.. Phillips grand
father was one of the detachment sent I
seize Arnold's effects. and the relic thu
came into the possession of the family
The officials of the national museum a
Washington have made several efforts I
: secure the inkwell for exhibition, thus ia