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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-02

was almost impossible TO fancy any
thiefs having time enough to run to
shelter.
Examination revealed no trace of any
mans work, nor any human footprint
in the soft earth. Whatever other
tracks there may have been We're I'M
noticed at that time. Mr.. Claytors
servants convinced themselves that
three fat pullets We're missing, but how
they We're distracted was a mystery.
That same afternoon Farmer II. r.
John, whose place was near Claytor's $,
suffered a similar loss, ana there was
no clue. The unusual theft made some
talk, which was increased next day
when ii was learned that poultry had
mysterously vanished from the store
of one O'Neil, also on the Mechanics
Vile turnpike.
Neither Mr.. O'Nel nor any one about
the place had seen suspicious charac-
tiers lettering near; but there Was no
doubt about the disappearance of the
poultry.
The first elucidation of the mystery
came from another Storekeeper named
Strong. who was robbed in a most
open manner. He was standing near
the door of his place of business when
he saw three strange dogs setter. a
pointer and a shepherd, trDt uD. He
paid no particular attention to them
until, in a flash, each had seized d fat
chicken from a number that were dis
played outside the store, ana was MAX
ing away with it at incredible speed.
Mr.. Strong confesses that ne was so
surprised as to be incapable of action.
The whole thing was so deft. so hui
manly planned. and SO speedily exc
cuted that he felt as if he We're wit
Messing an incident that belonged to
fairyland. When he rallied his facul-
ties and began pursuit, the dogs could
not be found.
Since then these intelligent but dis
honest brutes have appeared at vari-
Gus places in the vicinity, and their
methods have been learned They are
undoubtedly trained with great care.
They know the ordinary rules of eau
ton: they have been taught to seize a
chicken, whether alive or dead in the
best manner, and to run with their
booty without being sprTousiy embar-
raised by it,
1t has been ascertained that two or
more men lie in wait for the plumber,
but the dogs know better than to run
straight towards the hiding place.
They hake detours: they separate. if
pursuit is too close they will not no.
tice their masters. but will run on I'M
til the danger is at an end, returning
in most cautious manner. In this
way. up to last accounts, a great many
thefts had been perpetrated. and the
human authors were still undiscovered.
Now then, here is the problem: given
two men with intelligence and patience
enough to train three dogs to such
wonderful skill why don't they exhibit
the dogs and earn an honest living?
If the show business is beneath their
dignity, surely their ability and fore
sight is great enough 10 enable them
to win fortune. instead of skulking on
the outskirts of Virginia farms. sleep
ing in barns and subsisting on an un-
varying diet of broiled stolen chicken.
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Aard Work for
9nall Returns

The authorities of Henrico county,
Va, have been struggling with a Grim
inal mystery worthy of Sherlock
Holmes attention. though it involves
nothing more serious than the theft of
a few chickens. 1t is the method, how
aver. and not the crime itself which
interests the true detective.
In the case in question, one of the
strangest peculiarities of criminals is
well illustrated, namely, the wasting of
great skill and ingenuity upon the
achieving of petty results. The real
criminal will always do more work
stealing five cents than would suffice to
earn S.. These Virginia thieves, If
they would turn moderately honest,
might enter upon a remunerative ca
reer in the show business.
The thieves, so far as can be learned,
made their first appearance at the res
idence of Mr.. Clayton on the Mechan-
icsville turnpike, a highway not I'M
known to history. In the latter part
of a December afternoon there was a
rumpus in Mr.. Claytor's hen coop. No
one had the place in view at that time,
but several persons employed by Mr..
Clayton We're near by, and they at once
ran to the spot. The SOUND, to their
probably experienced ears, indicated
chicken thieves, but no glimpse of the
escaping vandalS was obtained. This
was surprising, for the rescue party
was so quickly upon the scene that it
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-02

rule of nature. II grew somewhat in
the shape Of an inverted sugar loaf.
The bolls We're in clusters, and many
stalks had over 200 bolls on them. The
Importance of this fact may be realized
when one learns that. taking the cot
ton all over the South. an average of
Is bolls to the stalk is considered a fine
yield. From his first discovery, MIR.
Ware has steadily developed the pro-
duet. until its possibilities and require
mentS are thoroughly understood and
its great value can be no longer denied.
The seeds of the new cotton are
small and black. and separate easily
from the lint. very little adhering to
them. Mr.. Ware has planted them on
both red clay and gray sandy soil. and
has found very little difference in the
yield.
The farm on which ! live" says Mr..
Mare has now been planted in col
ton with little variation for over 81
years. and is spoken of as the poorest
place III Wilkes county. On this poor
land my cluster cotton yielded this
year from a bale tu a bale and a half
an acre On good rich soil ana conf
dent that il can be- made Ia yield from
two 10 three bales All acre.
1T stands dry weather without APP
preciable suffering, as The roots are
much longer than those OF thu ordiG-
AIRY variety The Yield is far greater
III every way The Hbre is long and
tough. and meets the requirements of
The spiunet- perfectly Thirteen hun
dred and rifty pounds in the seed Viii
yield a 56u-puund bale ~ lint. white
thu ordinary variety requires 1000 tp
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-02
Now Eels
Stopped g Big
Water Wheel

Many curious prank is credited to
the eel, but one Of the oldest of which
he has truly been guilty is just report
ed from Youngstown. Ohio. where he
has actually succeeded in forcing a
flour mill to cease operation.
The mill is known as the Baldwin
mill. and is situated on the bank of the
Mahoning river. Its power is furnished
by five water wheels. with an engine
TO be used in times Of low water and
when there is backWater to contend
against. 1t is the custom of the miller.
Homer Baldwin, to start up Monday
morning and run steadily until Satur-
day night without a stop. one Mon
day morning not long ago. the mill
started as usual with three water
wheels in operation. the number ordin-
ariiy sufficient tn furnish all the power
required.
Presently. however. the miller found
that strangely enough the power was
lacking, and he put on the fourth
wheel. The following morning the
power had grown even less than with
three wheels running. and the fifth
wheel was put into operation. Still the
power was insufficient, and at last, the
engine was started up in order To OBJ
tain the necessary degree OF power.
1t was suspected that something
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-02

on that memorable day will never fade
away completely. | shall never forget
the awful sight Of that bull fight I
have been told. however. that any one
can get accustomed TO IL. A charming
and refined New York woman now liv-
ing in Madrid once said TO me: Il have
seen about a dozen of these fights The
first time / nearly tainted. but now it
has hardly any effect upon me. One be-
comes accustomed 10 everything" OF
the three American ladies with whom
| went to the fight. two had to be help
ed TO the rear of the box. where they
remained with their eyes closed. using
their smelling salts The third. the
youngest, a person of tremendous force
or viii and the possesSor of a very in
dependent and original character. said
she was not affected in the least. as
she did not look at the beasts but at
the men!"--A. b. de Guerville in The
illustrated American.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-02
New Cotton TO Enrich The South

simultaneously with the development
of the new and great demand Tor cot
ton in Japan-a demand so enormous
that the full capacity of every trans
Pacific steamer sailing between this
date and March is fully engaged al
ready-comes the news of a unique in
crease in the supply of that most val
liable plant \ new cotton bearing
plant has been discovered, and its yield
is vastly in excess of that from which
the South has so long derived its
wealth.
The discoverer of the new plant is p
G. Ware of Washington, Ga. Three
years ago he found in one of his cotton
fields a stalk which attracted his atten-
ton. II was well shaped and bore an
unusual number of bolls. He selected
seed from the best of these, and plant
ed them. From the yield he secured
enough seed TO plant several acres.
Thus separated from the ordinary
variety, the plant exhibited it's differ
ences in an increased degree, as is the
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have The English been such steady
and Observation-Disclosures. Not only 10
the amazement Of all. but 10 the intense
Indignation Of vast number of Br.tous
fond IF the cuB that cheers. but in
ehriateS: fer they haze begun To talk
back il the papers 10 the teetotallers
and &C. show resentment III the imruta-
ton ~ sobriety cast upon their auets-
tors. The defenders IF the ancient in
briefly Of the rare point with pride 10
The fart that centuries ago drunk Il $ an
Engi5Shman was as current c8mBari-
sun an the continent as drunk aS ID
I'd IS to-day III Mefri- England. <pl
the leas, interesting feature is the entire
- rluuE~rzs ul th-Se defenders THny
seem r. deem tHa historical suggestion
81 The Temperance U-I.-uer~ a. "a ma
t5uual insu1 Drink M their slau has
been Tho foundation ii England. : great
ness &at d very solid foundation. al.
cannot hata suggesting Hgt. a. laT as
historical data 2zuChlng ancestral hab-
It's deserve .rfaeHle. the defenders ap-
a.4. g. naAe yhe better NJ the argument
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-02
PAID to Keep Cards Out.
he WashinptnnI Pnst

From the Washington Post.
A bright little boy-one Of the pages of
the senate-sat al one of the seaate en-
frances the other day. when a lady ap-
preached him with visiting card in her
hand
''Wil you hand shis 10 Senator Blank"
she said
Il cannot. replied the boy. for AN
cards must be taken To the east LOBBY.
The woman was inclined 10 be angry
and went away mufterine Then "a
thought struck her. and taking out her
pocketbuok, she found "a -5-ceut piece.
With II in her hand she went back 10 Tile
boy.
Here. my l1d.- sh. said III i ena-.IEs
tone there l. a quarter to take my card
int
Madam <.id sHr h9y without q mo-
ments hesitation - am paid lar-,r
salary than thaf O. katp cards cut
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-02
The English Thirst.

one of the primal impressions Of a
stranger in England is that, as a people.
the English have full grown and ro-
bust thirst. Compared with the Anglo
Saxon and his kindred in Germany.
Denmark. Sweden and Norway. the
Latin family of nations appears alb
stemious and even the Western Ameri-
can temperate. 1t would seem, indeed.
as if the English race particularly must
have been many ages in acquiring its
pradigious thirst, but the alcoholic and
maltine statisticlans of the recent tenn
perance revival i'm England. To tho
amazement Of everybody save them
selves. announced the singular discoy-
cry that only in the last three centuries
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-02
To KlondYke
In g Marvel
Of @ 9oat.

Some of the Klondyke expeditions
that are now preparing to invade that
rugged, ce-bound land OF gold are as
wonderful in their way as Novelist
Wells dreams of world conquerors
from Mars.
For instance. here's a boat that
doesn't care whether it goes to the
Klondyke by way of the Yukon river
or the White Pass; that climbs mount
aims; skins over ice-clad lakes, forces
n path through the mud OF swamps; or
fits across snow-fields as swiftly as a
Norwegian ski-runner. Moreover, it's
usefulness will by no means end when
it has reached the gold fields. Once
there it becomes a rock-drill, u ditch
digger, almost anything that a miner
needs.
The boat is being built for Gerard o.
Scott of Lima, Ohio, and the mechan-
ical details have been worked out by
Charles NJ. Kimball, a thoroughly COM
petent expert.
This strange craft runs every way.
1t has the form of boat with propel-
ling side-wheels; but it has also the
runners of sled. 1t is steered by a
pilot in front that operates some
thing like the front wheel of a bicycle.
The runners are 20 feet long and three
feet apart The driving wheels are
four feet in diameter, worked by a
triple expansion engine of As horse
power. AS a boat in smooth water it
will run seven or eight miles an hour;
as a carriage over good roads, it will
make 10 miles; and as sled on level
Ice maximum speed of 2S1a miles an
hour can be attained.
The boat is fitted with a canvas COW
er which is buttoned over frame of
steel tubes and wire netting, making
first rate house, lighted by six win
dows and heated by the boiler and
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-02
SOME THINGS OLD AND NEM TTHE WORLD OVER

that comes 10 a point. his tail Is
queer, stubby appendage. four inches
long. He weighs 81 pounds. Mr. Math-
ison has named him after one of the
company's faVorite drugs: and as any
drug is good thing not To fool with,
the name cannot help being appro-
pirate.
This amiable beast can jump over a
seven-foot partition. and will leap ten
feet from a desk 10 a loose pile of light
wooden boxes without even displacing
one of them, so marvelously delicate
is his appreciation of force and dis
tance. He has been taught many of
the ordinary tricks. such as standing
on his hind legs. shaking hands, ana
leaping over various obstacles.
He owes most Of his education to
Minnesota trapper named James Will
son. by whom he was caught when he
was only a little. woclly ball.--an easy
prey after his mother had been
trapped. This was about IA months
ago Two other young ones. taken at
the same time died in vain attempt
to become civilized. Trapper Wilson's
happy hunting grounds are in the vi
cinity of Sturgeon lake. and there he
is visited almost every year by Mr..
Mathison. 1t was ON the occasion Of
this summers visit that the city man
received this valuable present.
There has been no opportunity to test
the big eats quality as a nocturnal
guardian, but his fame must be worth
something. It would of course, be inn
possible to elude the vigilance or the
pursuit of such a creature; and its
quickness of movement is so much
greater than mans that the chances
are that a struggle would be all over
before the most expert of burglars
could lay hand upon knife or pistol.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-02
Most Wonderful in Rneerico

The greatest curiosity in the way Of
tree that can be found on American
soil. is sugar maple that grows near
Martinsville. Ind..-or two sugar ma
les. To be more exact. Natural his
tory does not record tnat tho sugar
maple is akin To the banyan. but the
MaTtinsville tree emulates that queer
product Of the orient. pictured in an
Biographies to the wonder OF the school
boy.
ON the Mitchell farm. "A quarter of a
mile out Of MartinsNilie. two sugar
naples began t. srow. years ago. about
20 feet apart IN time one ~ them
thrust out a branch toward the other
and this branch grew straight on until
ii encountered It's neighburs trunk.
The chances were millions to one that
il would be turned aside or upward
but in this single instance u strange
thing occurred. The horizontal branch
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-02

must be wrong with the wheels. but
owing To the high water il was impos
sibe to make an examination before
the following Sunday-when. to Mr..
Baidwinfs surprise. he found that the
water wheels We're rlogged mp With
dozens Of cells. varying from three To
four feet in length weighing in the
mass several hundred pounds.
After the cells had been cleared away
the mill was run AT full power with
but three wheels in operation. This Is
the second time in the, memory Of the
traditional oldest iuhabitant that eel;
have been in evidence in the MahOning
river Some eight years age. il is said.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-02
4 ra.time or HorribIe neanfy.

An ordinary bull night as occurs
every few days In me large cities OF
spain. means the Slaughter of from Is
1a 1u horses This Is dreadful enough
But #h"u5 in addition 10 that. a man
is tossed ON the brutes horns. and torn
au#n and mInglrd and killed. it is
mcuStruuss such "A casualty however.
seldom happens, but il was my fate 10
8e present when the first toreador Of
spain. the brave dashing. fascinating
young EspartercE Sas killed. and the
spectacle which Ssad before my eyes
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-02

pierced the heart Of the second maple,
and welded itself into it.
II is not on record that any one no.
ticed this peculiar growth until Ii was
SO well advanced that the cause could
not be traced. 1t stands to-day as the
wonder Of the country sidc-a thing
To be pointed out to admiring strang
ers.
The trees are each about q foot in
diameter, and the connecting link IS
nearly the same size. It is now about
rs feet from the ground. The junction
is perfect. and there seems to be no
tendency 70 split the tree. These ar
boreal Siamcse twins are both in good
health. and are growing at about an
even rate. so that the strange limb
preserves is horizontal position as ii
rises from the ground
The picture here presented is made
from the most recent and best photo
graph of this strange freak Of nature.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-02

!. ZOO pounds of seed for the same re
suit.
i claim that my cluster cotton will
be of incalculable advantage To the
South. BY its use the South can re-
duce it's acreage three-fourths, and its
expenses of working an equal amount
and still furnish its full quota of cot
ton to the world. at the same time de-
voting more of its soil to other pro-
ducts to which IL is splendidly adapt
cd. :"
When one speaks in this way of -
per cent of the cotton acreage of the
South, he is talking in big figures. he
is speaking of revolution in "A great
, industry, that means an increase Of
millions in the national wealth.
The pictures here presented are from
actual photographs.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-02
Need of a Foreign Market.

From the Manchester. n. f., Union.
1t is becoming more and more evident
every day that the home cannot economi-
cally consume the output of our leading
lines of production if worked TO their full
capacity. We lind certain prosperity now
III those industries where a hold has been
secured i'm foreign markets TO supplement
the domestic demand and when such out
let has NOT been secured the problem of
overproduction Is being struggled with.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-02
>ot According TO Llndle, murray.

From the Pltsshurg Chronicle"
SAMMY SuagES. asked ihe trarhrr.
what part OF speech il the word .mait-
d5gttuH'
.'Naau replied sammy.
What GENDER
Masculine gender.
indeed
sIem4IsdIetIeu
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-02
Widest Of geasts IS his 10et

A wild cat. by tradition, is harder to
tame than a zebra, and not quite SO
sweet-tempered as a hyena- Occasion
ally, in menagerie, a professional an
imal tanner exhibits one that has been
subdued by fear to some degree of
docility, but a wild cat as a pet has
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-02

George w. Mathison, who is connected
with a big drug-making company. The
cat has the run of the extensive prem
Uses. and at last accounts had not COM
mitted any homicide. In fact. he seems
as mild and gentle as an ordinary
tabby.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-02

get to the Klondylse with 10000 pounds
of freight in four or five days from Ed
monitor. Alberta. by following lake and
river routes
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-02

He is a handsome beast about as big
as an English bull dog. but far strong
err and incomparably more active His
color is gray: his ears are sharp, and
each is tipped with a bunch of hair
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-02

full in mining; and finally a whistle
to warn the crowds on the Chilkoot
pass to get out of the way.
The steel hull, with boiler and en-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-02

Game Warden Samuel Lever placed Il
number of young silver cells in the
river. At first il was supposed that
the mill cells must be those little ones
grown up, but examination disclosed
the fact that the big fellows that
stopped the mill wheels were not sill
Yer cells at alt-and there lies the mys-
terry
Anything Better Than That.
Mr.. FUSsie-That crying youngster Is
enough to drive me mad,
Mrs. Fussie-S Shall | sing it Ia sleep?
MIR Fnssie--Ou second thoughts you'd
better let IL cry.
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hitherto been about as easy to find as
white blackbird. Now, however. Chi
cago comes to the front and claims a
record.
The tame wild cat is owned by
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-25
Sad State of Affairs.

Prof. j. j. Nagel, of Davenport,
who has just returned from Jackson
vile with the remains of his son.
Walter, who died of typhoid fever in
camp, tells pathetic story of the
Encouragement Of the camp there
which, coming from such a source,
must carry convincing force. Mr..
Nagel feels shat, while any revela-
lions he may make will not retrieve
his loss or mitigate his sorrow, it is
his duty, nevertheless, to do what he
can to spare others the grief with
which he is now overwhelmed. He
says the camp is under the most
prohibited conditions as to impart-
ing the actual situation to the
outside world, that strict press CEN
sorship prevails, that the hospitals
are overerowded, without proper
medical attendance or trained Saurs-
ing, that the soldiers are drawn by
lot without reference to qualification
to perform these duties, and that
there is an insufficiency of pure water
and milk; that when his son was
taken sick he was promised removal to
a more purifying atmosphere, but that
it was never made. He suggests many
reforms now. among which is keep
ing the families and friends at home
daily posted as to all who are sick, no
matter how seriously so. Mr.. Nagel
condemns the conditions he found in
flicting the boys in blue of today as
less eXcusable in n land of plenty than
those to which the boys in blue from
'61-'65 were subjected in war prisons
by the south in its impoverished
condition when it was fighting us as a
nation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-25
After DIR. Freeman.

DR.. j. F. Freeman. the cancer heal
er. was in Justice Sehroede's court
yesterday afternoon to answer a
charge of practicing medicine without
license, preferred by McCaskrin &
McCaskrin, attorneys for the state
board of health. A change of venue
to Magistrate Stafford was granted at
the request of defendant S counsel,
w. A. Meese and A. II. Kohler. A
continuance was then taken until
Sept. 2, on motion of the prosecution.
owing to the absence of an important
witness. The McCaskrins have also
started suit against DR.. Freeman in
Milan, and there is still another, APP
pealed from justice court, pending
against him in the circuit court.