The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-13
All Sorts.

The Marquis OF Bute's manson, near
Rothesay, cost si0.ooc.0Oo
There is no part OF the world which
has such a black record for wrecks as
the narrow Baltic sea- The number
In some years has averaged more n a
one a day. the greatest number of
wrecks recorded in one year being 425
and the smallest 154. About so per
cent. of these vessels became total
wrecks. all the crews being lost.
This Is now the Salt Lake Tribune
felicitates a railway officer upon his re-
cent marriage: "A thousand congrat-
ulations to superintendent Welby on
his happy change Of domestic state.
Nay his car OF life always be a
palace. safe ever on the guide rail.
smooth as though roses were the ball
last. and happy as IL there were TO
such things in the world as competi-
tive rates. He hoy has a monopoly.
may he never lose his high appreciation
of that blessed privilege"
The ~curates. too. are an inexhausti-
BILE fund OF amusement. One of them.
a new one, paid his first visit TO an
old lady, who at once said. in BROAD
Yorkshire: Eth! you're the new Cu-
rate, amt you?" Yes" he said.
well. now. IN tell yer what yer does
when yer comes to see me.
You takes hat stool. dye see? You
sits down, reads me a short-mind, a
short-Psalm. You gives me a shilling,
and then we can 60"
"A hard luck story comes from Abb
lene, Kan.," says the Kansas City
Journal. When the Kirby bank failed
in hat town a santa Fe conductor
had in II 5000. which represented the
savings OF many years. In course OF
time he received $1,000 in dividends
from the bank receiver. and this sum
he deposited in the Cross bank at En-
poria, which in turn failed. If any
thing in the world is calculated to IN
duce a man TO take his savings aud
have one big glorious blowout 1t would
seem to be an experience like this"
The knotty points OF the race trou-
bles in the Carolinas are Strengthened
out by the Delta Light House Green
vile. Miss.) IN the following lucid cd
itorial: THE race troubles over in
South and North Carolina were just
horrid. Some one. no doubt, would X
to know our views on that matter. We
will state in short by saying that with
| out the shedding OF blood there is no
! remission of sins. Our answer to the
above sentence may not be appreciate
in this one: but we believe that all rae
es must shed some blood before they
can possess true low for the countr
IN which they ave immigrated. II is
true that the colored man has been
in this country a good long time. but
he has a good long ways to go yet.
The American Baptist Publication
society now operates five chapel cars.
| Each car is constructed especially for
the purpose of holding meetings. with
an auditorium capable of seating 100
persons. a pulpit. organ n library,
and also apartments for living rooms.
A man and his wife are put in charge
of each car and the car is sent out Tor
missionary work. 1t Is sidetracked at
some small settlement and kept there
until there are a number Of CONVEX
sions. One car travels along the lines
i'm the grain growing regions OF the
| northern part of the United states. An
other has as its territory the PACING
coast. Another is in the far southwest,
Arizona. New Mexico, etc. y fourth
is in Texas and a fifth in Kansas The
railroads have willingly given free
transportation to the chapel cars.
Old North church. with its many
memories. which daily attract so many
travellers to Boston. has long been fall
ing into a bad state of decay and its
vestry are now out with an appeal TO
/ the public to assist in its preservation.
Money Is needed to paint the building
and TO repair the old steeple, from
which was hung the light that started
Paul Revere on his famous ride. Christ
/ church-as it is properly called-stands
on Salem street, in the old North
End Of Boston. 1t was built in LIZ
and is now the oldest building of It's
kind in that city so full of things an.
tlque. The contains the hrs'
| chime OF eight bells which was brought
to this country from England. The 81
BILE. prayer books and silver now an
use were given in 1T73 by George III
The figures OF the cherub!m in front oi
the organ were aiken from a French
vessel by the famous privateer. tht
Queen of Hungary, and presented tC
the church in 1746.