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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-06-03

Speaking about the war spirit, how
about the fact that Mrs. Ace. Of North
Carolina. presented her husband with
four sons the other day? Can Spain
beat that hand?
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-06-03

1t is just a little over 400 years ago
since the Spanish flag appeared in the
Western hemisphere. What future
Spain has behind II.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-06-03

"For many years. remarks Topeka
paper earnestly. Mrs Lease has been
hugging vain delusion." Does Mr..
Lease know this!
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-06-03

A medical journal says that cigarette
smoking brings on softening OF the
brain. Is 1t not rather symptom Of
that disease!
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-06-03

A man who has just been sentenced to
the Texas penitentiary has sixteen
wives. How lucky some men are!
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-06-03

Klondike or Cuba-here r. choice
that ought to suit the taste o. the most
fastidious adventurer.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-06-03

Beer in small quantities Is said TO
make one fat: In large quantities it Is
known to make one lean.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-06-03

Statistics seem to disprove the popu-
lar idea that the average life OF active
hallway men 10 only seven years, but
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-06-03
DAl0OV.

What the Congressional Record really
needs in this most trying hour is good
color press
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-06-03

Contrary to the rule. when war-ships
are stripped for battle II may be said
they are undressed to Kill.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-06-03

most OF them were scattering and M. -.
sufficient size to warrant workip, ~, OF
Patterson has opened up 10 feet O. e., All
cured sheets from four to six ;a, ~
square. and has returns from samn,.' nes
out that indicate that the ou.l;t,. sent
cellent. !" eS'
A Spur to Monte Crixto MI,
+. p. GuteliS, general manayor =,
Columbia & Western lailw ay. wa. !, 'ne
land the other day. and had A cona'' nsS'
ton with George F.. Pfunder. man.a;1
director and superintendent Of the M es
Cristo Mining company, in reie,.roo
the placing of switch from ,ho !"
track of the Columbia 4 Western o. ""'"
Monte Cristo mine. The result ;s :. lne
the survey of the spur will be mado a.,
Immediately thereafter tile work Of aa" 49,"
struction will be commenced vho wi"
will be about half ii mile in length Will
this is being uilt, the shipping of ore win
be begun.
Palmer Mountain.
" Wv s "'i''ei mountain tunnel
=" 'N""'S"i' county washington, excel.
lent progress is being made. the worL;na
oe,,s "o" over i,"o ie't from the portal.
with a vertical depth of about 700 foo,
ne 'o''''"''o" varies but little, being a
wen n''''t'a''~eu o'orite with occasional
seams anu o"hches OF quart and persist.
en''v h"lu' Out as RUE breaking to good
advantage. The formation i, so hard tb.,
timbering has been dispensed with tbo
last few hundred feet.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-06-03
Twenty ThOusanG Men.

BY direction of the president formal
orders have been prepared for issue today
adding 5000 men to the department of the
Pacific under General Merritt, increasing
the force to 10000 men. While General
Merritt was promised week ago that
this increase would be made if possible,
difficulties insurmountable in character
success achieved by the war department
yesterday in securing the execution of
contracts much earlier than anticipated.
that it was found possible to redeem the
promise. These related not only to
transportation but to the arms, anmu-
milton, uniform and other requisite equip
ment, it having been feasible up to this
time to secure these essentials for only
II 900 men.
General Merritt was informed last night
of the improved prospects for augment
ing his force and was requested to desig-
nate such additional volunteer regiments
from the east as he desired for duty in
the Philippines with the assurance that
his wishes would be respected.
1t is understood that he contemplatcs
asking for at least one regiment from
New York, another from Illinois and from
the District of Columbia third. 1t is
likely Colonel Jay Torrey's mounted
Rocky mountain riflemen will be added
to the expedition, which is thus far de
tcient in the cavalry arm.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-06-03

a most important discovery has been
,''"ue ON Cedar creek. near Kendrick. Ida
no. by IL. l.. Patterson of a fine Iedoe
",'n'''s some of the best mica vet
io"ho IN TINS section. \ number of bodies
OF mica have been developed in this sec.
'ioh OF Idaho with but poor result, as
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-13
Army Reorganization.

- HE friction between Miles and
Alger is again seen in the bills
which have been introduced in
congress TO ~reorganize the m The
senate bill. introduced by Hawley, rep
resents the Miles plan. In brief this
plan calls for one soldier for every
one thousand population: n general
and two lieutenant generals: fifty reg
iments OF infantry: fifteen regiments
Of cavalry: fourteen regiments Of sea-
coast artillery: two OF field artillery;
no provision for eniisting men from col
onies.
Ayers plan Is Incorporated in the
house bill. introduced by Hull. II pro-
vides for an aggregate force of one
hundred thousand men; no general and
but one lieutenant general; thirty reg
iments Of infantry; twelve regiments
OF cavalry: m corps OF artillery; two
regiments of light artillery. The en-
listment of men from colonies is provid-
vlded for. This bill has the endorse
ment OF the administration and OBJ
viously contemplates extensive military
service in the colonies"
II The administration exerts the in
fuence 1t Is expected to exert in con-
trolling the legislation respecting
the new possessions. Mr.. Hull's bill will
pass. and Miles will still be whistling
for the full title Of general. Whichever
bill is to go. II should be passed without
unreasonable delay. Congress is con-
fronted with the necessity of garrison
ing the new possessions; for increasing
the defensive force Of the coast, and at
the same time maintaining the neces-
sary protection for residents OF those
localities which are made hazard Gus
by the proximity OF Indian reservations.
These functions properly belong to the
regular army. not to the volunteer regi-
ments. The volunteers will have the
opportunity to enlist In the regular
army II they desire. They entered the
volunteer army for a specific purpose.
and that purpose was not 10 engage In
military service as a business. but 10
fight Spain. That purpose having been
served they should have the privilege
to return home II they wish.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-13

out that there may be widows Of sol
dlers of the civil war on the pension
rolls in 1850. and even n few in the
year 1000. more than a century hence.
IL a soldier eighteen years old in 1851
should marry when he had reached the
age Of so years in 1923 n girl l6 years
I'D. she might hope to live seventy
seven years long. or TO the age OF 20.
which would bring her up to the year
1000. There are already 1850 applioa-
tions for pensions from soldiers and
the widows of soldiers who served in
our war with Spain. and no child born
to-day will live long enough to see the
end OF this new pension business.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-13
Pax Britannica.
cThe British Laureate's Latest.)

tine bIlAAsH LaultdAt : LdAtSA-l
J.
Behind her rolling ramparts England lay,
lmpregnable and grit by clin-built
towers.
weaving to peace and plenty. day by day,
The long drawn hours.
In peace Stirring freed her focks and
showered her grain,
Summer safe smiling under peaceful
leaves.
And Autumn piled on the unwarlike vain
Her sickled sheaves.
And white winged keels few iuttering
TO her shore,
Laden with eastern bale or southern
fleece.
And from the fields Of far of labor bore
Tho spoils OF peace.
Then. seeing her within her waves so
blest.
The jealous nations. panoplied alike.
Said: Look, She wears no armor on her
breast:
What II we strike?"
But She. Of their base greed and armed
array
Haughtily needless. moated by her main.
Still across ocean plowed her peaceful
way
In strong disdaln.
Then each to other muttered; Now at
Her splendor shall be ours. and we shall
slake
our envy. Shg is pIiowed on her Past.
And will not wake"
Slowly as stirs n lion from his bed,
Lengthcns his limbs and crisps his
name. She rose,
Then shook out all her strength, and,
flashing. said.
where are my foos?"
Thus 10 herself She did herself reveal,
Swiftly. vet calmly. put her armor on.
And, round her Empire. sentineled in
steel.
Like morning shonc,
From field and forge there thronged en-
battlcd '1sts.
And that one struck the anvil. this the
Tyre.
And from the furnaces OF wal her coasts
WeIc gringcd with fire.
Y.
Dazed and %dismaycd. they veiled their fu-
tile vow
Some fain would he her friend. and
some would nurse
Their hate tHl hey could curb the might
that now
They could but curse.
Nj.
But they who watch where the west
wind blows
Since great themselves. proud that their
kith are great.
said: See what comes when England
with her foes
Speaks at the gate''
XII.
Then back 10 loom and share her people
poured.
ChsntirT peace peans as they reaped
and CLEANED.
While. gazing Woodward. on her undrawn
sword .
watchful She leaned. rrrr
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-13
IL May BE Cut to Pieces.

TT Is darkly limited that New York's
republican legislature is going to
do things to Greater New York this
winter: and that by the time the ses-
sion adjourns there will no longer be
any Greater New York left. The
scheme Is to knock IL to pieces-to ~
solve IL into its constituent parts. The
reasons Of course are political. Greater
New York was created by republicans
as a republican scheme. The scheme
didn't work. Brooklyn at the time the
bill went through was republican.
Plat and his boys believed that by at
taching the republican city of Brook
Ign to New York. in which democratic
control had been temporarily broken. a
great republican city would be created.
This dream was rudely shattered when
the democrats elected the first mayor
OF the greater" city inc II was en-
tirely dissolved at the late election,
when the city gave $4,000 democratic
majority, of which Brooklyn contrib
uted about one-ffth. 1t is said that
brooklyn doesn't like the consolida-
ton and favors any proposition look
ing to repeal.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-13
Jane and Her Jags.
ZANE cAKEBREAD Of Lond

ZANE CAREBREAD of London IL
dead. Jane was born pretty
small. but she achieved some
greatness on her own o and had still
more thrust upon her. Jane enjoyed
the distinction OF being the greatest
woman inebriate i'm England. She was
committed three hundred times for
drunkenness and d~isordeTly conduct.
She attracted the attention OF Lady
Henry Somerset. who decided that Jane
was a good woman at heart and capa-
BILE OF reformation. So Lady Henry
induced Jane Cakebread TO go To her
private temperance ssnitarium. Jane
went. and s~traightway converted the
home into a pandemonium. At the end
Of three weeks Lady Henry turned her
out as utterly unmanageable, and be-
cause she corrupted the other inmates
A few days later she was in the police
court. when her ladyship asked that
lane be examined with a view 20 deter
mine her sanity. The physician found
that she was irresponsible. and she
was sent 10 an inhrmary. There this
old woman. who was not bad at heart,
kicked DIR. Gordon almost to death.
breaking two of his ribs. Thereupon
the Pail Mail Gazette remarked that
Jane Cakebread's madness was due to
her association with Lady Henry SOM
| erset. william Waldorf Aston. who
owns the Pail Mall Gazette, was asked
TO withdraw these remarks and apollo
gize. He not only refused but when
Lady Henry commenced a suit for Tibet
he actually set up justification for a
defense. asserting that Lady Henry and
her associates. by their methods Of fur
thering temperance. would drive nearS
anybody mad. The best lawyers in
| London were engaged. but the case
was settled out OF court. by Mr.. Astor
apologizing TO Lady Henry. and paying
a part OF the costs Of the action. And
now Jane Cakebread is dead.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-13
Personal Paragraphs.

Professor Van Ingen, whose death oc-
CURED last week. had held the chair of art
at Vassar since the college first opened
in 1865.
Baron William Rothschild has all his
food cooked according to the strictest He
brew laws and takes his own cooking
utensils with him wherever he goes.
Editor f. J.. Godkin OF New York Is re-
ferred 10 by a brother editor as "the per
son Who edits the sneer department of the
New York Evening Post"
Mrs. Rebekah Packard of Covington.
Pa. who has reached the well-authenti-
Gated age OF 1903 years. was driven to
Mansfield a few days ago and sat for a
picture.
Thomas George of Wales has just pub
llshed a pamphlet which attempts to
prove that Stanley, the explorer, Is really
"A Howell Jones. son Of Joshua Jones. a
Carmarthenshire farmer.
Governor Wells OF Utah is particularly
fond Of oysters. one of the few things
hard TO get i'm that state. Consequently a
barrel Of the bivalves is shipped him ey-
cry week from Baltimore.
The French minister OF public educa-
ton has just awarded the nomination as
officer d'Academie to Mrs. Alexander
Marius Of Boston for the artistic and
literary work she has done abroad"
80
William Waldorf Astor has dined Lord
Kitchener at Cliveden and a large num-
Der Of the English aristocracy. who have
failed TO secure such a drawing card. are
Jealous Of the young American.
Two grandsons Of President Polk will
have seats in the next congress. One Is
r. *. Polk. who lives at Danville. Ky.
and the other is his cousin, James Polk
Hall Of Ridgeway, Elk county, Of the
same state
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-13
Heat in California.

~HERE is commotion in califor-
mia over that part of the presi-
dents message relating to Zante
currants and some Native Sons of the
Golden West declare that Mr.. McKin-
ley doesn't know either beans or cur
rants. The president asserted that the
Zante currants imported from Greece
do not compete with any article of
American production Inc therefore
could be put on the free list without
injury to this country IL Greece should
make reciprocal concessions. That
makes the C%alifornians hot. Zante
c~urrants. Il seems. are small dried
grapes and n direct competitor with
California vineyard products. They
are almost the only important article Of
export from poor little Greece. and in
former times the United States has
been the best market for the article.
II Is n matter Of prime Importance 10
Greek statesmen to get their Zante
c~urrants into the United States on IA
vorable terms. and they have been
pressing the state department for a
change of this feature of the Dingley
tariff. and through Secretary Hay the
president was induced TO favor the
proposition. II is safe to say that not
one person in n hundred thousand
knows that Zante currants are dried
Cvapng
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-13
TWELVE PAGES.
Holiday shopping.

~HE art of shopping has been
materially simplihed in recent
years by the art OF advertisinE.
II used to be customary and oft'1
necessary for a woman to visit all The
stores in town before buying in ord
10 determine what she wanted AM
trade to good advantage. This pra"-
tice required n vast mount of time
and trouble, Il was ruinous to the
nerves and. taking everything into
account. was generally found to be
very expensive. Nowadays all I'M
necessary time. trouble and expense
may be saved by consulting the adver-
tisements Of progressive merchants.
They employ high-class newspapers
like the Standard to keep the public
informed as to what they ave to sell
and the prices thereof. II they have
any specialties or bargains to oner,
they send you word through the press.
Their advertisements are timely N
appropriate: and more h that thev
are true. Reputable merchants are
very careful TO make no representa-
lions for which they are unwilling To
hold themselves strictly responsible.
They are Jealous of their good name
IN this regard-they are deeply anxious
10 establish and maintain a reputation
for absolute squareness. They live
up" to their advertisements every
time-it would be the height OF folly
for them 20 do otherwise. A consul
tation OF their advertisements in adj
vance. therefore. robs shopping of its
delays and vexations and saves time
money and patience. The art OF ad-
vertislng has solved the shopping prob
lem
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-13

which the last resting place OF the
great statesman could be distinguished.
A few months ago the tree was blown
down during a cyclone. and Mrs. Blaine
decided to have the grave suitably
marked. and selected a monument ex-
actly like the n over Walker Blaine's
tomb. 1t is a marble shaft about eight
feet high. without IN inscription eN-
cept the name OF Mr.. Blaine and the
date Of his birth and death.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-13

From the Atlanta Constitution.
n the negroes at Wilmington who had
charge Of affairs had displayed any ca
pacity for governing or exercised any
consideration toward those who own the
property and pay the taxes, the trouble
there would not have developed as rudcly
"a IL ala. II is true that negro domination
- intolerahlc 60 the whites, but the az
fair AT Wilmington would have had a
different beginning II the negro rulers
had been conservative, consideratc and
fair. II is Tor that reason We advise ne
groes to let partisan politics alone, and
address themselves To the practical work
of building up the material interests Of
their race.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-13
Dangerous whites in the south.

From the Kansas City Times.
The solution of the race problem is to
be found I'm making life a burden to idle
negroes n TO whites who use them TO
gain political ends Such whites are far
more dangerous 20 the peace and welfare
OF a community than their black tools.
Therefore. commence on those who use
the black tools. II negroes could get II
into their heads that they are disgraced
by associating with white men who are
satisfied with such association they would
know "A great deal more about solving
their side OF the problem.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-13
The Machinery OF Voting.

~ INCE Rochester's satisfactory eN-
~ pertinent last election day there
~ has been much favorable talk re-
harding voting machines and il is said
that several state legislatures this win
ter will be asked to authorize their use.
II IS commended that the voting machine
has many marked advantages over the
present system Of balloting. chief
among which are the avoidance Of
clerical errors on the part Of the judges
and clerks and the reduction OF the
expense of holding elections. when
voting Is done by machinery. the voter
finds in a booth on the side OF a wall
a row or more of buttons. each cor
responding to the name Of a candidate
for Office. Pressing a button records
a vote. and when once pressed a but
ton remains down until released by the
Judges. Consequently It Is impossible
TO repeat. The machine records the
vote OF each candidate with consecu-
tive numbers. so that the last vote rep
resents -he total. All that Is neces-
sary in order 10 ascertain the result OF
an election is 20 examine the score Of
each candidate. We understand that
there Is no button the punching Of
which would vote the straight demo-
cratic ticket. The machine therefore
ought to be eminently satisfactory 10
the Butte Inter Mountain. But what
IL the thing slipped a cog and broke
down in The middle OF the day?
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-13
Current Comment.
The Reign Of whitewash.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
Senator Vests resolution for n congress
sional investigation OF the letting Of army
and navy contracts will result in nothing
even IL the COMMITTEES be ordercd-whiCh
Is doubtful. n there was dishonesty in
the purchase Of supplies there were two
parties To the transaction-the dishonest
contractor and the dishonest purchasing
officer. Neither Of them will confess his
Cuipability. and no one else can furnish
the proof. The investigation will result
like NOSE congressional Investigations, in
n whitewash or a verdict of not proved.
II may be added that ever " absolute
proof OF dishonesty were secured the re-
suit would still be nil. The sugar trust
Investigation disclosed some unpleasant
facts. but the senators smirChed are,
most Of then. still in their seats and no
one dreams OF their r~esigning. Could any
thing better be expected Of department
officials who Nigh he caught I'm the drag
net OF the Investigating committee?
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-13
HARD LUCK.
A Gamblers Winnings on n Mythical
Quarter aud His discontinue

Quarter and His Discontinue.
Talk about hard-luck stories said
a reformed western gambler, Il think y
can discount anything you ever heard
i'm that line. 1t was in the early days or
Leadville, Just about this time of rear.
and | tell you II does get colo up IN tine
hills along about now.
well. / was broke, didn't have a cop
per. and had strolled into a gambling
house TO get a warm-up. There were
several games going on. and when i
had thawed out a little | walked over
10 the faro layout where ! went broke
the night before. AS | said, IL was a
very cold night, and, feeling a great
drauch at my feet, I happened 70
glance down at the floor 20 sec where
In came from. and there by the side
of my right foot was lying what i
thought to be a quarter.
II had been watching the game close
~, making imaginary plays. III play
% cents open On the ace / said to the
dealer. and in n moment more II
won.
"The dealer handed me two white
chips. / played again n again, and
again won. and before the end of the
deal I had a nice stack of chips. IL
seemed to me 1 couldn't lose a deal,
and in half an hour / had a counle OF
hundred dollars worth of chips before
me.
II concluded to cash in. and stacked
nv chips. pushing them toward the
dealer. He counted them and looking
up al me. said: Where's that quarter
YOU made your first bet on?' / had for
gotten all about IL. I looked on tho
floor; the uuarter was gone. Then 1 III
a match. and saw that what 1 had sup
nosed to be a quarter was simply a
! wet spot. 1t was originally a bit II
ice. but the heat from nay boot melted
il. OF course. the dealer promptly re-
fused 20 cash the chips
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-13
Governing by Force Of Arms.

From the Louisville Dispatch.
Our forefathers fought for seven years
against England and her Indian n Hes
stan allies to establish the proposition
that all just government rests upon the
consent Of the governed. and now the
world witnesses the strange spectacle OF
the great and powerful government which
they founded on this principle seizing a
country with three times as many inhab-
itants a. the original u colonies had and
proposing TO force on those people a mil
itary government supported by the ar
mics OF the United States.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-13
At the Telephone.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Hello, Give me one thousand n six
ty-siN.'
"What2'
Ten hundred and sixty-six.'
Il can't understand you
"One. naught. six. six.
81 don't get II. Try again"
zone. Got thate"
Yes"
"One. two. three. four. five. six. sever,
eight. nine. naught. Naught-nausht! Got
the naUght?'
Yes"
''one. two. three, four. five, six. Got the
six2'
Yes"
zone. two. three. four. five, six. again.
Got the six again?'
Yes"
well. that's what 7 want"
''Oh you want one. owe, double six
Why didn't you say sog'