The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-25

Japan now makes its " electrical ma
chinery.
Australia possesses one-nfth Of the
worlds stock OF sheep.
In 1850 Engiand's death rate was a.
per loo. In ls6 II was B.7 per Loo.
Among the 10. 900 persons employed In
Russia's factories about 10000 are wo-
men.
The tents OF the Bedouin Arabs are us
uaIiy black. They are made OF dyed
goats hair cloth.
The Kentucky board Of health has re-
fused to sanction the practice Of oste-
opathy In that state.
The population Of England has in
| creased from 100000 In the Elizabethan
era to q. 900 to-day.
required to pay the policeman for his
trouble in taking them to Jail.
An inch Of rain falling upon an area
o: one square mile IL equivalent to nearly
II. 500. 900 pounds. or 6.sA tons.
The French government taxes every
ticket sold by a railway company. All the
railways In France are run on Paris
time.
The town of wndbad. In wurtemburg.
probably beats the record in regard to
water facilities. The supply would suf-
fee to provide every inhabitant with
loo quarts n day.
Some Of the petrined wood found in
Arizona. IL Is said. In SO hard that steel
tools win not work II. the petrifactions
being only three degrees less In hardness
than the diamond.
A turnip seed Increases its own weight
Is times in a minute. On peat ground tur-
nips have been found to increase by
growth 15.s99 times the weight Of their
seed each day they stood upon II.
Several scientific papers nave recently
announced the discovery that the odor OF
sweet peas Is very obnoxious to flies. and
that when placed in a room II will keep
1t free from these very tiresome pests.
A Havana paper soberiy asserts that
Sin many OF our cigar factories the work.
ers hire men an women to read and sing
to them while they work. 30 that they
will not talk to one another and neglect
their tasks"
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, though in the los.
Is a well preserved woman and a fine type
of the o~ld-school Southern lady. The
routine of her life has for years remained
unchanged. but her famous wit Is as brill
liant as ever.
Russia is going to turn the harbor Of
Libau. on the Baltic. near Riga, into a
hrst-class naval station and fortress. The
port will be closed to merchantmen and
foreigners. for whom the harbor of Win
dau Is being fitted up
On January 1. 1898. there were 1883
miles OF railroad in the Russian empire.
of which the government owned 1918
miles. The reports of these roads show a
decrease in the transportation Of cereals
and an increase in salt. petroleum and
coal.
A bank in New York has largely in
rraasad ifS hnsinaSa articularlv among
fashionable women. by issuing to its de-
p~ositors gilded check books with mono
grams thereon. The blank checks are
printed I'm gold from exquisitely engraved
plates.
Bank of England notes are made from
new white linen cuttings-never from
anything that has been worn. So careful
number of dips into the pulp made by
each workman is registered on a dial by
machinery.
The present royal crown OF Great Brit
ain was made especially for the corona
ton OF Queen Victoria. To manufacture
IL a number of old crowns belonging TO
the preceding sovereigns were broken up
and the gems extracted for use in the
queens crown.
The Japanese always bury their dead
with the head to the north, and for this
1 TtiSOH Ho JdDdltrt va tittB WIN ib'
head i'm that position. Many private
houses and hotels nav a diagram of the
point OF the compass pasted on the bed
room ceiling for the convenience of the
guests.
Near a hotel at South Molunkus. Me-.
the resort OF many sportsmen at present,
a young taxidermist has placed a stuffed
deer. The animal is within sight of the
house, and all the newcoming sportsmen
49, AaI N ahnf n the nnlnfad daaE
with the result that cigars are In great
demand there.
Apropos Of the agitation of the subjec,
OF cheaper postage between this country
and Great Britain. It Is pointed out that
the cost OF a first-class ocean passage be-
tween this country and Europe averages
about 500. The charge for conveying the
same weight Of letters as the passenger
weighs is sls7.
In round figures 100000 was the value Of
the money purses won by the professional
cyclists the past season. and as there arr
500 registered professional racing men In
the country. the returns to the profession
could not have been large. As n mattel
Of fact. about all the money went to less
than one-third OF their number and only
IL of them won 1000 each.
Horace ]. Smith of Philadelphia hal
started a movement to erect a moonu'
ment in London TO William Penn for hi
services In the cause of Individual free
dom by asserting. in the face Of govern
ment prosecution. the right of British tu
ries to refuse to be directed In their yer
diets by judges. but to give them accord
ing TO their own co~nsciences.
The ingenuity Of the counterfeiters nov
appears to be chiefly devoted to the turn
ing out of bogus copper and nickel coins
rather than those of larger denomination
According to the report Of the United
States treasurer for the last fiscal year
no less than go. 265 pieces Of this characteI
were detected last year. and they circu
lated chiefly In Boston. New York ant
Philadelphia.
A cycling firm In Cologne has patented