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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-03
Too Much to Ask

1~HE supreme court Of Iowa has
handed down an opinion that
five-cent cigarette packages arc
not original packages within the con-
stitutonal and legal meaning. But it
makes little or no difference what laws
the legislatures may enact, or what de-
cisions the courts render, people who
want to smoke ciragettes are going to
get them and smoke them II they
can't have them any other way they
will buy the tobacco and paper, and
make them themselves The effort to
suppress cigarettes is as futile as at
tempts to abolish the liquor evil by
prohibitory legislation. The dangers OF
the cigarette may or may not be all
that they have been alleged to be. But
a man has the same right to smoke one
that he has To eat piece of mince pie
al midnight, or comb his hair pompa-
dour, or put water in his whiskey, or
be a goldbug. or make a fool of HIM
self any other way he pleases-so long,
of course. as he does not trespass upon
the rights and privileges of others.
The suppression of the cigarette
might, perhaps, be legitimately asked
for on the ground that it is a public
nuisance. in that the odor il emits is
intolerable But il could be claimed
on the other hand that II is intoerable
only to persons of sensitive noses. and
that sensitive noses are an atliiction
which their possessors must endure the
best way they can. As we'll might peo-
pie with refined ears ask for the sup
| preston Of pianos and school girls TAX
ing music lessons; or as we'll might
! people with a fine sense of honor and
| decency ask for the suppression of cor
ruption in politics. Persons suffering
| from abnormal conditions should not
| expect laws. customs and manners tt
| be fashioned To suit such conditions
! and people To whom the cigarette Ii
/ offensive should hold their peace ant
! noses. The Montana Legislature has at
| tempted to regulate the cigarette vice
| by the high-license system. and per
4 haps that is as good as any. The Iowa
4 legislature may be sustained by thu
I courts. but il can no more suppress tho
/ use of cigarettes in Iowa than il car
suppress the use Of Kerosene by hiret
! girls To facilitate fires and funerals.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-03
Dole.

w" CREWS '''ss explanation s'S'' , Of the sit
uation, that Hawaii will never
have to consider the question what to
do with her ex-presidents. In case
Hawaii continues to be "a republic. Mr..
Dole has fixed things to be his own sue
cessor for an indefinite number of
terms. In case Hawaii is annexed MY.
Dole will be we'll fixed anyhow-he will
take care of that. He will probably go
back there as governor, or some such
thing, and run the monarchy as
Pettigrew calls it, at the old stand.
Dole is an interesting personality.
He is a great man in one sense. He is
described as six feet two inches in
height. "He is about so years of age
says IA Chicago contemporary, but has
not taken on flesh. He is admirably
observation-disclosures -shouldered, deep
chested, thin fanked and long of limb.
one cannot help thinking in looking at
him that such bone and sinew were
wasted on the Hawaiian supreme
bench. A weak man can sit still and
think as well as another. Dole would
have made an ideal head for a board
ing party. Heis. or rather he has been,
giant of a man. Twenty years ago
his strength must have been enormous.
So far as physique goes, he is not only
the largest living president, he is the
biggest president the world ever saw
Spare of flesh as he is, he weighs more
than 200 pounds.
Doles capacity as an athletic youth is
set forth as follows. He was sWifter
of foot than any man on the islands
He handled without effort weights that
others could not stir As a mountain
climber he was unsurpassed Like the
natives of the little group that lies
lonely. but smiling in the heart of the
Pacific. he was as much at home in
the water as on the land. AS swimmer,
diver and shark fighter he held his own
with the best of them. His skill in
aquatics made him memorable at
Williams college, Massachusetts, for
many years lie WAS supreme judge of
the Hawaiian islands, but his former
college mates and those who came after
| him thought of him only as "A mighty
swimmer runner. climber walker and
! fighter"
! In regard to breeding and tempera-
ment. President Dole is said to be of
! Puritan stock indebted. His ances-
tors lived down New Bedford way.
where they believe in Medford rum and
true religion. He possesses the more
salient characteristics of the Puritan
stock, modified by n long life spent in
an easier cline and amid an easier peo-
I pie. He is direct, positive, earnest,
personally abstemious. grave of de-
meanor, with little sense of humor
with a tendency 10 estimate observ-
4 ance above the thing observed; very
straightforward, very moral, very hon
est and very reNerent. He has lost the
Puritan desire To force others to his
way of thinking,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-03
WILL SUE THE CITY.
VIM. Harkins, the Contractor, Wants His
ray for Hauling Gravel.

William Harkins. the contractor, came
i'm yesterday from Silver star. where he
has been engaged the past three months
i'm work for the water company. In re-
gard 10 the road tax collected during
his work in this city and not all PAID
over 10 the city treasury, Mi Harklns
said he expected at every council meet
ing Ia have n warrant from the city for
what he considered was due him, and
he would settle the treasurers account
then. Mr.. Harkins gave the city treas
urer S54 the balance due on road taxes.
i consider that the city owes me at
least $1,000 for gravel put on the
streets under the direction of the street
commissioner said MIR. Harklns. This
VAS certainly benefit 10 the city, and
especially TO all the property along the
streets. and the city ought To he willing
To nay mo The council voted me "A
small sum. but the mayor would not al
low IT, and Tonight said that the mat
ter was settled. The only thing left FOR
me is To sue the city for my due. and
that / shall proceed 10 do at once.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-03
Growth Of I tiles.

n flGET TO the Chicago press the SUI
M falo papers are the greatest pop
ulation chalmers II the country.
They have showed Buffalo up into
seventh place. ahead of Cincinnati. The
rating of the greater cities now is sup
posed to be in this order: New York,
Chicago. Philadelphia, St Louis, Balti-
more and Boston, in the 100000 or up
ward rank Baltimore was behind Bos-
ton in 1890. but ii is assumed to have
passed il now. Cincinnati claims to
have attained 100000 people, though it
will require the next census to substan-
tiate this. Buffalo. which is striving to
surpass her estimates her population at
3S9, 900 Cleveland closely follows with
$751;. 900. San Francisco comes next with
35C.O00: and then there are Detroit 800
600: New Orleans. 10000 Pittsburg,
2g0, 900: Milwaukee 275.000. These are
estimates furnished by the authorities
of the cities themselves. BY the year
2OO0 Buffalo expects to be the biggest
city on the continent. She figures that
with Niagara Falls harnessed TO cleo
tricity she will become the greatest
manufacturing center of the world. But
il is to be feared that Buffalo has ig-
nored in her computations Helena and
the Missouri river dam.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-03
A SMOKE VICTIM.
sulphur-FIlIed Air Caused the Death of
Murdoch Mcleod.

The smoke claimed victim last
night. Murdoch Mcleod, resident OF
Granite. who was visiting relatives IN
the city, was unable to Withstand the
choking influence of the sulphur-nlled
atmosphere, and succumbed, medlcai
assistance being of no avail to AFFORD
him any relief. Mr.. Mcleod was visit
ing his sister. Jessie Mcleod, at 400
South Montana street, and when he
arrived in the city Monday was in the
best of health. He was subject 70
asthma, however, and when the smoke
began To gather last evening the OLD
trouble commenced To make itself felt.
AS the evening progressed he grew
worse. and at length a physician was
summoned. DIR. McCrimmon, who re
sponded found il vas too late to do
anything but administer medicine to
ease the patient. and at a late hour last
night he expired. DR.. McCrlmmon
stated that death was directly due To
the effects of the smoke.
The deceased was As years of age ana
single. His relatives in this section
were the sister he was visiting and eX-
Policeman Dan Mcleod, brother. Iee
remains We're removed To Richards
undertaking rooms.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-03

An English chemist has recently an
aIyzed a sample of silk dress that was
submitted to him by lady. He found
that it contained only traction over .
ner cent. of silk. and as much tin was
found in il as that present from poor TIN
ores from Cornwall. The tin occurs in the
so-called weighing of the silk The chem
list states that he at once realized the
fact that the silk dresses worn by the Ia
dies in Regent street and Bond street.
London, taken altogether, would repre-
sent n Cornish tin mine of very fair quail
itv He was informed by an expert that
the silk he had examined would not stand
more than three months steady wear.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-03

could fasten the gold standard onto the
country all they pleased. but she re-
served the right TO fasten the gold gar
ter where it belonged without waiting
for the aid ar consent of anybody. The
club accepted Pauline's proposition as
a compromise, and when she Wore Il
out on the stage the club gave her
three cheers. The last scene was soon
over, but we infer from the Journals
report that there We're a few additional
scenes when the members Of the club
filed out and some of them found their
wives waiting in the lobby.
Thus we learn to what lengths the
gold patriots of the metropolis are will
ing to go to preserve commercial hon
esty and national honor The Waldorf
Astoria dinner was held Thursday
night, the Harlem Republican club per-
Torrance took place Friday night and
there doubtless are many more hot re-
publican nights in store for the old
town.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-03
This Happened in New York.

TT seems that the Harlem Republican
club finds rest and relaxation from
it's hard labor. that of killing the
silver cause and preserving the ma
tons honor. in going To the theater
and presenting popular actresses with
tokens of its regard. Last Friday night
one hundred and fifty members of thr
club attended performance at the
Harlem Opera house. where Pauline
Hall was officiating as the principal
star They brought with them very
handsome and costly garter in the
clubs colors. blue and gold. and with
the clubs initials. II. K. g." engraved
on said gold. On previous occasion
the club had given a similar present to
another actress, and one of the mem
hers kneeling down. had put it on for
her. amid the plaudits of his associate
members and of the audience at large
This delicate little attention created
some comment in the newspapers and
homes of the members of the Harlem
Republican club. and when Pauline
Hall heard that the republicans pur-
posed to encore themselves and repeat
the performance with herself as the re-
cipient of the clubs attentions and gar
ters Pauline said nay, nay.
The duty of making the presentation
speech and also Of the application,
AS we learn from the New York Jour
nal. devolved upon a leading me'ahcr
named Stuart. Mr.. Stuart had pre-
pared his speech. and we have no doubt
il was scholarly and closely reasoned
effort, quite as much SO as his appeals
to his intelligent constituents to mani
tain the integrity and commercial hon
esty of this great nation by making its
dollars the dearest dollars on ear tn
Now. il is possible that Pauline figured
il out that il would be a feather u no.
toriety in her cap and money ia hcr
pocket to spurn Mr.. stuart, the garter
the Harlem Republican club. the gold
standard. national honor and the whole
works. Nobody has ever accused Pau
line Of prudery or bimetallism. and Vi,
can only explain her action or som,
such hypothesis. BE that as IL may
she kicked figuratiNely and gave MIR
Stuart To understand that IL he at
tempted 10 do what he offered to d,
she would kick literally. The repub-
licans may have taken liberties viii
Senator Hanna's leg n Columbus bu
Pauline Was not in politics and was
not concealing anything under bar
rel. Mr. Stuart reflected "n thvs'
things. He saw that Pauline WAS in
position 10 kick with accuracy anl
force. her form not being encumberc,
with yoIuminous folds. On the othc
hand his own position would be un'
that ne could not long maintain VIII
the dignity and honor due himself am
the nation. once the kicking began
MIR. stuart therefore retired u his or
chestra chair. and the play went "n
though the garter didn't.
Later. il seems. Pauline reiented e
the point Of sending word that sh'
would accept the ieReled bauble If sh'
was pernIitted 10 don Il herself. Fhc!
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-03
FROM FOOT TO KNEE

Ohio Woman Suffered Great Agony
From a Terrible Sore-Her Story of
the Case, and Her Cure.
"For many years was afflicted with
milk leg, and few years ago it broke out
in sore and spread from my foot to my
knee. / suffered great agony. 1t would
burn and itch all the time and discharge
a great deal. My health was good with
the exception of this sore. tried great
many kinds of salve, but some would
irritate the sore SO that / could hardly
stand the pain. | could not go near the
fire without suffering intensely. Some one
sent me papers containing testimonials OF
cures by Hoods Sarsaparilla, and told
my husband would like to try this med
icine. He got me bottle and found 1t
helped me. kept on taking it until my
limb was completely healed. l cannot
praise Hoods Sarssparilla enough for the
great benefit it has been TO me. 1t
cleanses the blood of all impurities and
leaves it rich and pure" Mrs. ANNA l.
EAKEN, Whittlesey, Ohio.
You can buy Hoods Sarssparilla OF all
druggists. Be sure to get only Hoods.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-03
TEN PAGES.
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 3. 1898.
~HE perils of the deep appear TO
be just as numerous as they
Nrara i'm tho time of st Paul

~HE perils of the deep appear TO
be just as numerous as they
were in the time of st. Paul.
Speed and comfort in ocean transpor-
tation have been secured, but human
ingenuity has not been able To
eliminate the element Of danger, even
approximately. Man can do wonders
on land but as Byron wrote, his con-
troll stops with the shore. There are
hurricanes before which the stoutcst
ships are poweI1ess To struggle, and
dashed against rocks the bravest Nes-
sells crack like egg shells Besides ma
lures elements, too ocean travellers
run another risk in the ignorance or in
competence of pilots and officers. For
tunately this risk is small, yet it some
times asserts itself. as when a few
days ago the Corona. a .staunch, mod
ern steamer. crowded with passengers,
was allowed to run mile or two out
of it's course on the Pacific coast and
strikesagainst a brutal reef. Hardly a
day has passed this winter without
adding 10 the grim total of wrecked
ships and poor devils who sink into
oceans depths with hubbling groan,
without grave, unknelied, uncottined
and unknown
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-03
rHE Oldest Mason has appeared

~HE Oldest Mason has appeared
again. William Earl Cook of
Portsmouth. aged 101, is the
man this time. The Utica Observer
calls attention to the fact that his last
name, Cook is identical with that of
the founder of the tiMasonic party
i'm New York who was Bates Cook
The anti Masons were at one time no
insignificant factor in politics. They
included such men as Thurlow Weed,
William II. Seward and Solomon South
wick. They came within 10000 votes of
carrying the state of New York in the
presidential election in 1892. They
elected Mr. Cook To congress on that
issue alone. from the Niagara district.
The foundation of anti Masonry was
the mysterious disappearance of Will
lam Morgan, who was supposed to have
betrayed the secrets of the order. He
was murdered by the Masons." said
Mr.. Cook. and all his followers echoed
Murdered" Few readers are likely to
forget Thurlow Weeds alleged remark
when he was asked to identify a corpse
as that of the missing Morgan: "A
good enough Morgan until after cleo
ton" The anti-Mason movement, like
that of Know Nothingism and A. p.
Aism quickly ran its course
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-03

thousands of people and causing con
tinuous heavy money loss. n pail of
dense gray smoke hangs over the city
and the stacks of factories. business
blocks and public buildings belch out
volumes of sooty blackness to deepen
the 'grayness, but those responsible Tor
the pollution and vitiation of the at
mosphere escape punishment because
of the 'quips and quiddities of the law
How long is this to continue?"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-03
/ fEW YORK. the first state of the
NJ union in respect of population
Y and wealth. is more than half ii

r. EW YORK. the first state of the
and wealth. is more than half
century behind the procession in re-
spect of her harharous debtors inn
prsonment law. \ large number of
the prisoners for debt in the metropolis
appear To have been incarcerated un-
der contracts made in purchasing goods
on The "installment plan. Agents Of
mstallmont houses have So worded
their agreements that 1t is possible un-
der them to imprisnn defaultcrs in
payments, in accordance with the
terms of the statutes that permit the
looking up nf those against whom there
are judgments. The New York prisons
doubtless are several shades better
than the Fleet and the old Marshalsea,
which Dickens pictured in "PickwiCk
Papers ami Little Durrit" 50 graph
rally as ultimately t. bring about the
abolition If Imprisonment for debt.
That the great state Of New York has
permitted a similar law to remain on
her statute books al these years is
hardly conceivable. but ii is fact. A
bin has been introduced in the New
York Legislature repeating the laNS. and
it can't he repealed any too quickly.
This country is not ripe for government
bv instalment stores
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-03
smoke Messiahs Elsewhere.

0lTTSBURG. Cleveland and other
w large manufacturing towns in
the East arc having sessions
with smoke Mesiahs. The trouble is
that while the smoke nuisance is recog
nized. and while the press keeps earn
rstly advocating the application Of
smoke consumers. the public somehow
fails 10 hc aroused Tho manufactur-
ing concerns as a rule manifest nu dis
position L. equip their plants With
smoke consumers voluntarily. and city
councils are afraid 10 offend them by
passing obligatory ordinances. The
cleveland Plain Dealer estimates that
more property is damaged by smoke
and SCOT in that city each year than
il would cost Ia put smoke consumers
on every establishment IN the Town.
And this is from the standpoint of
property. not that al health. which is
of higher consideration The Plain
Dealer ConfesSes that II is discouraged
by past failures. hut IL eo"s IN 10 say
that "it would he strange If the i'm
gruuity ~ man could moi devise means
for thu mitigation. # net abolition, nG
the smoke nuisance, ana II thu wisdom
80 our lawmakers could not frame leg
islation compelling the use of such
means. There has been no difficulty
i'm making laws for the suppression al
nuisauees interfering with the comfort
and we'll being of individuals ur affect
ing limited neiehhefbaea. aud such
laws are enforced whcn invoked. There
seems to- he "a difficulty IN effectively
leElslsIiug against y =iluIsaHVy affecting
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-03

Notwithstanding their voluntary tes-
timony as to their own high character,
unmpeachable integrity and absolute
purity of motive, we still fear that
Moody and Franey have not succeeded
in finding the devils solar pleXus as
repeatedly as Moody and Sankey.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-03

There appearing to be some reluct-
ance on the part of the audience 10 40
its manifest duty, Kaiser Wilhelm
pauses long enough in his act of set
ting the world To the divine right
abouts to give himself generous round
of applause
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-03

After all Speaker Reed is deficient in
nerve While the Teller resolution was
promptly killed in the republican
slaughter house, the boss butcher pre-
fers to let the senates Cuban belliger-
cncy resolution die of old age.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-03

The mistake of Captain Ray and the
other government experts lies in as
Stunning that Klondicjtis is amenable to
treatment by the solemn warning and
good advice system.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-03

ard MIR. Hartman is, mistaken. The
republican party is not trying to do
anything of the kind" Evidently the
esteemed Journal neglected TO send
reporter to the Waldorf-Astoriad dinner
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-03

Ex-senator Dubois has gone East TO
attend a conference about union of the
silver forces. The Union must and
shall be preserved-that is what the
democratic party is here for
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-03

While the Prussian minister of
finance has prohibited the entry of
American fruit, We trust there's enough
of the old Adam in the Prussians to eat
of the forbidden fruit if il costs them a
new minister of finance.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-03

Probably the principal reason why
the Kentucky is to be christened with
water instead of whskey is because the
Kentuckians want to save the whiskey.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-03
sausar.s Made OF Horse Meat.

Germany has imported nearly ta0
horses from the United States. tho cheap
cSt ones heiuS utilized. it il affirmed, Tor
the manufacture al export sauSJE es.
which ar,. held in such hiEh esteem 10y
efivslErss IS . =.-s.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-03

The excessively cold blizzard in the
East, however, may imply nothing more
than that John Sherman is exhibiting
his second wind.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-03

If Sheriff Martin and his numbering
deputies can't get out of it in any other
way they should take a few lessons
from Moody and Franey in alibing.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-03

Sheriff Martin, Pennsylvania multi
murderer, can find a number OF prtce-
dents in his favor by examining the
decisions of Weyler.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-03

We renew our request to the unfortu-
nate residents of bleak and blizzard
swept New York to come West and
thaw out with the country.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-03

An then. too, in addition to the other
New England hurricanes, there is the
tempest in Senator Hoar's national
honor teapot.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-03

Boston's telegraph, telephone and
electric light wires seem to be in train
ing for a match with the snarl in the
Oriental situation.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-03

Senator Pettigrew seeks TO convey the
idea that President Dole's loyalty to
Hawaii is highly favored with tincture
of Judas Iscariotism.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-03

The rescue parties should not forget
that besides the other New Workers
who are out in the cold there is the
Hon. David b. Hill.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-03

Congressman Hartman, says the
Minneapolis Journal. charges the re-
publican party With the intention to
commit the country IL the gold stand