The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-25

tues OF clear water. II has. therefore.
been very wise on the part of the man
agement to adopt the excellent idea-
A moose is slipped around the neck OF
every ledger who comes for the first
time. BY a very ingenious apparatus
this moose is adjusted automatically the
moment the man lies down on his bed.
This continuance Is arranged so skill
fully that no amount OF struggling will
loosen the grip of the rope until a spring
is touched in the managers Office. This
spring sets the whole apparatus in mo-
/ tiou. loosenes the rope around the mans
neck, and dumps him. tied hand and
foot. into the bath room, directly under
a stream of water. BY touching anoth-
err spring the bath room attendant sets
in motion a few s~crubbing brushes,
which operate for about Is minutes, and
stop when the bather is thoroughly
cleansed. Great invention. is il not?"
The party listened respectfully TO
these utterances and tried very hard to
impress the wag that they took his mar
ratiye at its face value. Yet something
had TO be done 10 show to that romancer
that they were not foolish enough TO
be taken in. After listening patiently
TO the tale, one of the eXcusionists turn
ed toward their guide and said, with
icy politeness:
Your description mas pleased us very
much. and Il has waken our keen
I est lHltIEEN. " va AAA'ANANAN t~AN~A
our curiosity and viii be good enough TO
show us the bath rooms. You viii per-
haps even condesceud to exhibit 70 us
the workings of that wonderful appar-
atus We do not doubt that you viii
volunteer cheerfully TO demonstrate the
effectiveness of this c~Ontrivance for our
benefit"
The wag noticed that he had been
found out, and answered with inflated
chest:
''Sinc you doubt the accuracy Of my
description and insist upon an ocular
demonstration. l am forced to withdraw
my offer to guide you, and l VIII leave
YOU to your own resources"
With this he disappeared, leaving the
! excursionists alone. In a very short
I time an intelligent-looking young man
1 approached the group. With a hunor-
Gus twinkle in his eye, he volunteered
{ to show them some rare characters. he
l offered to guide the students through all
{ parts Of the hotel, and after a little re-
{ Election his offer was accepted, but none
I too eagerly. They had learned not 10
u trust implicitly to everybody VINO ap-
= preached them.
d "Permit me to draw your attention 70
" that group yonder in the corner. Do
, YOU notice that man who is talking 80
earnestly? He is loaded with all sorts
y of deadly weapons, from dynamite
y bombs to the most deadly bacteria.
germs. He doe not take ms bFtdhldsI
:, before he has worn some deadly dis
!, ease among half a dozen people, and hi
u victims number by the score after m
- has lone what he considers a day
- work"
: But he got no further in his hair
= bristling story. The temperature became
- too frigid for him, having fallen consid
y, erably below zero in consequence OF tn
:. cold looks the Bustonians directed TO
- ward him. He felt uncomfortable ant
"A skunk away.
III After this experience the sociologist
" thought IT wise to apply to one OF IN
. clerks for information. He told them /
. a businesslike, polite way thai Tn
{, house is a business enterprise, manage,
~ on business principles; their guests ar
~ inst like the rest Of mankind, neithe
- better nor worse.
..They." so he said, "are earning thei
AZ broad bv their own labor and follo'
~ AN sorts of vocations. They resent bt
"a ing stared at. and do not differ in an
particular from the other clerks. sales
- men. and workingmen in general, WI
are TO be found in the boarding house
They live in the hotel because II SUI,
a them and do not offer any special hel
he for sociological Investigations
This apparently staggered the stl
A. dents. They could not believe II, an
with disappointment plainly howing
their faces. they left the hotel.
once out on the street they resolve
that New York is SO far beneath Bosto
II hat they could not longer waste TIN
of on the children Of Father knickerbocl
e. er.-New York Sun.