The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-11

OF old Abraham. who used TO play
round the corridors and Offices of the
white house. That's the boy. The old
hero's face is fine. and no one who sees
1t fails to feel the inspiration of that
picture. Among the beautiful paint
ings are J. c. Nicolrs Sunlight on the
Sea-" and A. r. Bricher's Sea and
shore The quiet curling waves, the
green seaweed. the sailing boat and the
silent shore make an exquisite picture.
OF course. the humorous canvas is rep
resented, but by none better thar by
The Committee" In the transporta-
ton building il the Lincoln stage car
riage and the Lincoln car built for the
thrice honored president in 1864. IL was
his private car, and i'm 1t his remains
were carried to the place of interment.
In the government building is the old
stage and mail coach that used to run
between Helena and Bozeman. 1t was
captured by Indians in 1877 and recap
tured by General o. o. Howard later
on. In it have Travelled General Gar
lAtlds ItSibtlll AIAilhi dlu hA
Sherman. The exhibit by the United
States government, by the way, is abso-
lutely complete i'm every detail and COW
ers all departments Of the public serv-
ice. 1t far SURPRISES anything hitherto
attempted.
The Georgia mineral exhibit will sur
prise visitors from the Rockies. while
the Cripple Creek display will satisfy
them that the great gold field of FL Paso
county is not by any means "a busted
camp. as some have supposed. Near by
the Montana building is a Chinese ex-
hibit. interesting and amusing, and per-
haps pathetic, for 1t shows the way
backedness Of the Chinese as one Iowa
man described il. There Is "A harrow on
exhibition, and a tag is tied thereon,
upon which the exhibitor has written;
Used over 200 years ago, and run by
ox-power. We only regret very much
that we are using the same at this
date" And yet they say that the sleepy
Celestial has not yet begun to rub his
eyes!
a most noted feature of the fair is the
Indian congress. 1t is a gathering of
selected delegates from all the tribes
of Indians in the country, the exhibit
being under tho care of you Uncle Sam,
has spent $40. 900 i'm bringing these
400 indian together. Every evening
they give n war dance. | won't describe
it. for it beggars description. 1t is the
,rfIl,zt ,,ggplagt Tyavf4Gt npprapgtiAn
of human gyrations imaginable. / don't
believe there is in existence any "tangle-
foot powerful enough to duplicate that
in the drinkers drunken brain. And as
for the music it is as melodious as
the symphonies formed by a grunt and
a groan and a whistle. And yet there
are folks who talk about the noble red
mani"
Montanans will be interested to know
that not a small part Of the success of
the exposition is attributed to Mon
tana's popular citizen. Marcus DAILY.
Here [ learned that at one time the
outlook for the show was pretty
gloomy: and Mr.. DAILY was just then
made aware of the project. He said it
must not fail. That the West must
have its exposition; and forthwith put
down his li.tle check for $4,000. Said
one of the Omaha men to me: Then
we hitched up our belts again and went
To work with a will. for we felt We had
To succeed after such an example had
been set us"
Yes, the Trans-Mississippi exposition
Is well worth seeing. When you ave
seen IT you win be more than ever con-
WINGED that the wild and woolly west
days have forever gone by; and that
the West is without qualification The
Country of the Twentieth Century.
DE PUTRON GLIDDON.
Omaha, Sept. I, 1898.