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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-26
Oddities in Print.

Honduras has about go. go Inhabitants.
In 81 cases out OF 100 the left leg IL
stronger that the right.
Cashmere shawls take upward Of eight
months TO manufacture.
A whole town OF 800 inhabitants near
Foochow has adopted Christianity.
n recent census showed g.. 600 Protes-
ants among the 81 Oo.0o Of Italy.
The thickness of the hair varies from
the 250th to the scoth part Of an inch.
A healthy baby trebles its own weight
at birth In the course of the first three
months.
Il is computed that a hu~ndredweisht of
Lead Is fired for every man killed In bat
tie.
Policemen in Boston have been instruct
ed to salute the flag whenever II Is car
ried past them in parade.
More eggs are produced in France than
In any country in the world. the number
being about 100000 annually.
The fastest Of the British torpedo boat
destroyers IL the Express. which recently
attained a speed OF 81 knots an hour.
About s.. 90. 600 has been expended on
the exposition buildings and grounds at
Omaha. Nebraska furnishing one-half of
IL.
In the early days the Atlantic cabIe
tariff was 500 for ~ words, and s. for each
additional word. Now IL IL 3 cents a
word.
There il a remarkable society in Leg
horn. comprising no fewer than 5000 mem
hers. which succors the sick and burtes
the dead gratuitously.
A Kansas recluse who died recently at
Olathe ~bequeathed a dollar to each OF his
Is brothers and sisters and $4,000 to a
church i'm Sparta, III.
In front OF Mr.. Gladstone's bed at Hs-
warden hangs an illuminted text: Thou
wilt keep him In perfect peace whose mind
H. stayed on Thee"
Sufferers from neuralgia are warned by
a medical writer not to drink tea. but to
partake freely OF coffee into which the
juice OF a lemon has been squeezed.
Al Munich there is a hospital which Is
| entirely supported by the sale of old steel
pen nibs. collected from all parts of Ger
many. They are made into watch springs.
knives and razors.
There will be shipped from the Lake Su-
perior iron mines during the coming sea
Son not less than l4ooa.0oo tons of ore. of
which fully one-half will come from the
Minnesota ranges
Appalling destruction was caused by a
| recent snowstorm I'm Caucasta. In addition
10 the loss of Is human lives more than
1900 horses. nearly 5000 cattle and lAlos
sheep. goats. etc, were destroyed.
IL has been discovered that Princes
Ena OF Battenberg. who was born In 1o1.
Is the only royal child born In Scotland
| for nearly go yearS-that il. since the
birth of Charles ]. In $500.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-26

ton for a descent upon Cuba. other
just as brave. maybe. though in a diff
fcrent style. are contemplating an inva-
sion Of England with the idea OF teach
ing the friendly Britons a few things
about tennis. Champion Larned. who IL
a stOckily built chap. hut able 10 cover
about 40 feet Of ground at one leap. in
an emergency, gave the English cracks
some valuable points at their own game
some two years ago., and is going to try
IL again this year for the championship.
Another crack player. one of the best in
the country. Clarence Hobart. left for
England some two weeks ago. and is al
ready making his presence felt i'm a
most decided manner. Then there Is
j. Parmley Paret. who. not so swift a
player rs Hobart. can volley at the net
in a fashion calculated 10 make an En-
glish player forget his accent. All these
men are entered for the All-England
championship singles and doubles.
which began on June 20. at Wimbledon.
a suburb of London. An American girl
who Won the United States champion
ship for ladies' singles IN 1896. Miss Bes-
sic Moore. IL also in England. and Is ex-
pected TO take part in the same tourna-
ments. This viii be the first time that
American and English women players
have met. So far their reiative skill is
a matter Of conjecture. and all America
Is hoping that Miss Moore viii bring
disaster into the enemy's camp.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-26
Terrible News Prom spain.

From the Richmond Dispatch.
a correspondent of the Atlanta Consti-
tuition. writing concerning some of his re-
cent experiences In the Spanish West In
dies, says that as n rule the Spanish pa
pers had either Mckinley or Sampson or
Dewey killed every day. and we used to
make pools the night befor as To whose
obituary We would read i'm the morning. "
Twice The president was reported to have
m suicide-onCc after the bonn
bardment OF New York and the landing Of
the Spanish marines. and once after the
news reached him that his own troops had
begun to sack Washington. The state
ment that he was a naturalized China
man. born In Canton, was I'm circulation
all the time
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Written for the Sunday standard.

Written Tor the sunday
Washington, June 22.-Hopeless as
the war is for Spain, with the United
states navy at it's present strength. Il
will be far worse for her when the
steam away, fully equipped. to join
FOR ces with the American fleets. They
arc beauties. these new boats of ours.
Everything about them Is Of the best.
from the designs, which are in ac-
coIdance with the plans accepted by
experts as the most effective in the
world. to The last boil, aud riveJ that
workmen World-fdrnuus for their skill
have welded together in the steel
frames of the sea monsters.
Ir all. there are building for the
United States navy five battleships, 10
torpedo boats and the submarine boat
Plunger. The battleships are progress
ing faVorably towards completion. The
Kearsarge and Kentucky, at Newport
News, are SO per cent. finished, he
Alabama. at Philadelphia, 50 per cent,
and the Wisconsin, at san Francisco,
IS per cent. The statement shows that
Of the torpedo boats, the Rowan and
the Mackenzie are nearly completed.
Their respective percentages of con
struction are s9k and 90 per cent. OF
the other vessels of this type the per-
centages Of work lone are 80 on the
Dahlgren, so on the Tom Craven, so on
the Farragut, IS on the Davis, 50 on the
Fox. % on the Stringham, on the
Goldsborough and 2la ~ the Bailey.
The Plunger is - per cent. towards
completion. The battleship Illinois,
building at Newport News, Is IS per
cent. finished.
The five battleships viii comprise in
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-26
SEA MONSTERS FOR UNCLE SAM
These Superb Fighters Will Have Many Novel Features,
but It Isn't Likely That They Will Be Finished in Time
to Take d Crack or Two at the Spanards.

themselves a fleet hat any nation
might be proud to own. They are Of
two types. the Kearsarge and Ken
lucky being twins. The new ships dit
fer in design from any of the battle
ships at present In commission. such as
the Indiana, Massachusetts and Oregon.
Since 1890. when these last named YES
sells were built. radical changes have
taken place in the designs Of battle
ships and our new vessels are built on
new lines. The main differences are OBJ
servable most plainly i'm the Alabama.
They consist Of the raising OF the free
board and the separating by a wider
space of the batteries Of heavy guns
from the smaller rapid-hre guns. a
change that has been approved by the
designers Of every navy
4 defect that has been noticeable IN
the battleship Indiana viii be remedied
in the designing of these new vessels.
with the belief that IL would enable the
gunner to fire ahead or astern at the
same time. eight S-inCh guns We're
placed in four turrets around the cen
trail battery Of the Indiana. The guns
could not be fired i'm the manner In
tended. however. without the men In
the fighting hoods 81 the l3-inch gun
turrets being in danger of death from
the conclusion. and so the arrangement
OF the guns was "A disadvantage.
In the new battleships a double-deck
idea has been adopted which will en-
able the guns to he trained either beam
or directly ahead without the danger
referred 10. as the S-inch guns %protrude
50 far out Of the turret that their nre
viii not lnjure the man I'm the sighting
hood Of the 13-inch gun.
The new battleships are therefore an
improvement OF the old In this partlcu-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-26

The Austrian collection l. the finest
collection OF jewels in Eurupe-tn fact.
the only one since the crown jewels Of
France were broken up and bought by
the modern millionsir~s. The Jeweled arms
are quite magnificent. and among ths
most noticeable Of them is the lance OF
81. Maurice. blazing with precious stones
and containing I'm the handle the most au-
relic-a nail from the true crOss;
while the resalia OF Charlemagne taken
from his tomb AZ AiN-la-Chapelle. l. an
other yaluable item But the empress own
Jewels are almost equally magnificent.
She possesses the largest emerald in the
world. Weighing 5000 karats. but. OF
course. this il uncut Another. nearly as
large. l. followed cut as a b~onbonuiere.
and one OF her prettiest ornaments il a
watch composed OF one dark emerald
hanging on 10 a chain OF emeralds aud
diamonds tths hrst jeWeled chain which
was ever made, and this was a gift from
the late shah 81 Persia when he visited
Europe some years ago
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ols a winter as the one just past. The
proprietor Of a ~well-known riding school
lear Central Park says that his books
show a business of $50. 900 I'm excess OF
the previous year. He states with
pleasure that collections are 30 easy
that he feels as If he were i'm a rose
colored dream. and might wake up 70
find that his money had turned 10 fairy
gold. As for the wheel, he Slesses y
devoutly, and says It is at the rot Of
all his good fortune.
The bicycle was a blessing In d,S-
guise as far as we were rolce-ne L."
he said. I'm admit that it was dis
gusted at first. But | never Joined the
chorus Of the calamity howlers. ! pro-
dicted from the start that the horse
would stand the test. and so no has"
How has the wheel helped YOU :"
This way: People went crazy over
il. Thousands and hundreds % thoG-
sands Of people who a never sak'n
out-of-door exercise learned to ride a
wheel. and spent hours every day IN
the open air. When a man or woman
finds out what a great thing II Is TO
have exercise i'm the open air, that set
ties the 'rIng. The habit once tOrme l.,
you aren't going to coop that man or
that wJnla up for the rest OF Ms dd.1s.
The wheel. as | say, taught this hab-
Il to thousands Of people. ever so many
wealthy people. Then everybody took
TO the bicycle. The world wheeled.
Some men and women didn't want t. hr
in the crowd. so they decided % SiNe
up wheeling except once i'm a Nhl''
But VIA they couldn't do was to make
up their minds to give up out-of-ioor
exercise. and. consequently people who
would never otherwise have learned II
ride a horse, have X IL VI now
OF the Suburban handicap. the New
York Sun says: 1t was an upset for the
public that will long be remembered,
but II is one Of the vicissitudes Of the
race track. The unfortunate delay al
the post was caused chiefly by Orna-
ment. who refused to turn around and
also tried to kick nearly every other
horse near him. Sloan could do nothing
with him. A. starter Fitzgerald could
not very well leave such a heavily
backed favorite at the post. a wait,
with 10 false breaks, was necessary un-
Ill the stubborn son Of Order-Nictorine
made up his mind To break with the
others. Ornaments strength and wind
were practically deadened by the delay,
because of the unusual amount of weight
he carried. but nobody else can he
blamed for e.. Horses. like human be-
ings, are sometimes recalcitrant, and
Yesterday was Ornaments time for
meanness. The race, from "A spectacular
point of view. was a magnificent affair,
run under the most favorable weather
conditions, and gazed upon by a crowd
thai was simply immense. But II was
the ~bookmakers who monopolized all the
joy in sight when the race was over.
Lawn tennis originated In England,
and before golf became popular had
what swell people style "a vogue" at
Newport. and all the other fashionable
resorts from one end Of the
country To the other. At this partiCu-
lar time. when set of men Of fashion
are buckling on maChetes and loading
their belts with cartridges i'm prepare
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on Thursday came the real cham
pionship aquatic struggle of the year,
the race between Cornell. Yale ana
Havard on the Thames at New London.
There had been less advance CUFF writ
ten about this race than any of IFS
New London predecessors or those held
for the past few years pm the Hudson.
Possibly the war is to be thanked for
this, or it may be that the ambitious
college correspondent wrote himself
stupid on the preliminary alterations
before the race was arranged. Be that
as it may, it was a BOA race. Cornell's
victory was emphatic. W. hope"
said the Philadelphia Inquirer of last
Sunday, that the superiority of the
Ithacans will be indisputably estao-
lished. After Thursdays race, Yale
statements will be awaited with inter-
est, although any one familiar with the
Blue can ~foreshadow them, and Yale's
rowing attitude. as regards '99, will BE
also eagerly awaited. In the interest
of fair sport Cornell must win and the
general public is with us i'm roofing for
her. Owing to Mr.. Lehmann's kindness
I'm coming here to help Harvard, We
hope the Crimson will give a good ac-
count of herself, but nave our doubts.
Defeat is Harvard's portion and IL will
probably take more than a Lehmann
to turn the tide" The Inquirer's wish
was gratified. Cornell as usual was
trained by Courtney. while Yale, Of
course, pursued the Bob Cook tactics.
Events seem to demonstrate the super
iority of the Courtney stroke. Cornells
repeated success at the oars may also
be due in a measure 10 the country
stock she draws upon. The Yale and
Harvard crews are mostly composed of
city boys.
There is still another big college race
to be rowed this year.
Isolated way up the western shore
of Lake Saratoga. New York, are 20
sturdy oarsmen from the University Of
Pennsylvania, preparing to do battle
royal for their alma mater on July /,
when they will meet the veteran oars
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men from Cornell. Columbia and the
University of Wisconsin. Just why this
race was decided to be moved to Sara
toga is a mystery. The town of Sara
toga is hard To reach. and when reach
ed ii four miles from the lake. The
only means of seeing the race is from
the grand stand to be erected at the
finish of the course, where the specta-
tors can see only about the last half
mile mile Of the race. The only imag-
Unable reason for bringing the race 20
Saratoga is on account of the many ac-
cidents that Ia happened at POugh-
keepsie by the steamboat traffic, but
this could easily be overcome, II the
rules of navigation were only en-
forced. So far n Pennsylvanians.
Comedians and the Columbians have
arrived. Wisconsin will arrive on June
rs. The Columbia oarsmen occupy the
White Sulphur Springs house, directly
across the lake from the Quakers,
where they have a commanding view of
the Pennsylvania quarters. Cornell
will occupy the Lake View house.
which is situated only $50 yards from
the Quaker camp, when, owing to the
friendly relations between these two
universities. there will he a continuous
friendly and s~portsmanliEe intercourse
between these crews.
To live out of doors has become more
and more a favorite form of existence
with Americans. especially those n
have witnessed and realized the full
ness OF JOY such ''picnicing' affords the
Frenchman, who with his family sallies
forth regularly To the Bots or the out
lying fields of Paris. there to revel la
sunshine, bread and wines. To drive
beneath the trees is the rule wheneNc"
the weather will permit, u breakfast
or lunch upon the balcony is de rigeLr,
and, in fact, to avoid as much as pos
sible eating indoors is a law that goes
into effect with the first breath of sum
men, and is only made null and void
when cool winds and a capTiciOus bd"-
ometer absolutely forbid this al fresco
junketing.
The horse is not dead yet. When the
wheel sprang into such favor a few years
ago people prophesied that riding horses
would 500 have nothing to do u
stand in stalls and kiCk then ho@l1 in
idlensss. For a year or two thlt was
pretty much all that most Of then did
do. But at present there is a decided
reaction, and the horse is prdncing
more numerously than he ever GiC, lays
the New York sun.
Managers of the riding acadein. rs soy
that they have never had so prosper
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steam whistles have been snencsd in
Detroit
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OUR WESpnlINS IBUDGETs
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I. Y assTs siINsTlR, IS. C.,t55, ,Inse 4. Mrs.
FriorsoD, of Anderson, 4 AZ tor spending a
week or ten days in Westminster With
her sister,s M MFs.S Dir. Bert Mitchell, !,
returned home Monday. ssS v s& N s. ~ &
Westminster efeatei ,.C Central In q game
Of baseball on last Saturday by a score Of
30 70 22. The game WAS played at Cen.
tral. The Westminsterl nine was COM
posed of Edwards, Bibb, I'raylor, Mason,
Each side made one homo run. Central
has promised to como hero at an early
day. sis5 n :. i;j IS -
I Mrs. p. MsEngland has Just returned
from visit to her daughter, Mrs. f. %.
McConneli, o Lynchborg, Va, where
she has beens nee tho close OF the South
ern Baptist Coz yention, at Norfolk.
Westminster, will observe Childron's 6
Day on Juno 10, beginning at 2.30 p. M.
They invite all schools and choirs to
attend and bring song books. II ysS
Mnch wheat has been harvested. In
BOmo localities the rust Is on IL, but it
came too late to do any material damage.
Miss Mary Sheldon, OF Fair Play, spent
last week in Westminster visiting rela-
tives and friends. Sho returned homo
Sunday afternoon. n, ar
Mrs. w. ID. Lesly and children arrived
from Concord, ". O., on tho 55isf uitimo.
They are at hor parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T..
II. Werner, of Retreat. ~.
Mis- Lillian Werner, of Walhalla, was
visiting Miss Emma Hestor and Mrs. O..
III. Burchiield tho first Of tho week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Carter and their little
daughter, of Gainesville, Ga, wore
among relatives here last week. a.
Mrs. Robt. Leo Honour, of Charleston,
| s. c., is ut Miss Emma NOrris's for tho
summon. She came one day last woel.
Miss Bessie Epting, who taught sue
cessfully in ono department. of the High
School tho past session left for her homo
at Williamson, S. O., on Tuesday morn
didn't tako hor vacation in Westminster.
Miss Bessie is most excellent teacher
and 1t is matter of congratulation that
she has accepted the position again and
| cxpocts to return the latter part Of
August. .".. 7,..
Mr.. Hardy Sadlor, who attended school
here tho past six or oight months, has
returned to his home to the regret of his
many friends ...
Mrs. VIM. Barrett died at her homo
some five or six miles from hero on last
Saturday. She has been sick several
years. .....
Messrs. William Woodson, of Greon-
villo county, James Sadler and Robert
Burns, of Anderson county, wore guests
of Rov. p: J. Vermillion last weol.
The potato bugs arc rapidly destroying
the Irish potato crops. Paris green is
being used freely.
Tho infant son of Mr.. T.. Il. Bolt died
On "Wednesday afternoon, Juno I, and
was buried in tho ccmotcry hero on
Thursday. He was olovcn months old.
f. The Hartwoll and Westminster base
ball tuams will play n match gamo on
Westminstors grounds OH Friday after
noon, Juno 10.
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A Farmers' Picnic.

There will bc farmors picnic at Dick
sons famous chalyboato springs, near
Westminster, S. c., on Saturday, June
tho 18th, 1903, to which all farmers. and
all others directly or indirectly Interested
in the advancement Of tho agricultural
an9 material resources OF our county, are
invited. The object of this meeting will
bo to organize auxiliary experiment clubs
IN this county to act in concert with tho
experiment station at Clemson Collopo.
Ihcsc experiments arc to be made by
lndlVldual farmers, reports of which
experiments arc to bo sent to tho hcad
OF tho department at Clemson College.
thoro to be summarized and tabulated in
such form as may be available to any one
who may be Interested in the well6eine
Of our agricultural people and tho
rosorrcet of our county. Agriculture is
yet in its infancy in this county. There
ls no good reason why Oconee county
and her people should not forge thom-
selves to the front in tho broad field of
industry. Our climate is equalcd by few,
surpassed by none. We havo every
numberless varieties of timber, fine spo-
cimons of oar Of every kind, granite of
the hardest species, susceptible of tho
finest finish, marble of good quality, in
TACT, our resources arc as varied and as
onticing as our climate. Our lands arc
cheap, our warter-powers worry desirable
and easy of access. This invitation is
extended to all, and it is expected that
there will be general congregation of
farmers and their wives at this time. If
onr county over develops it's possibilities,
our own people must mako tho demand
in person upon natures rich stores hid
don in our fertile soils, donse forests and
hitherto unexplorod qiarrios. Let us
make this section of the Piedmont bolt
blossom as the rose.
S. j. 3TRIBLINd,
For Executive COmmittco,
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A Thousand Sons OF Veterans,

Gen. M. l.. Bonham, Of Anderson, who
Is in command of tho South Carolina
Division, Sons OF Confederate Veterans,
has sent to Gov. Ellorbo an offor to raise
one thousand mon for tho war out of tho
ranks OF tho organization of which ho is
Bonham says: ever since there has boon
so much delay in getting recruits, editors
and correspondents Of papers havo boon
asking why tho sons don't voluntoor?
Ono follow said their loud sounding mill
t"ry titles wero only for uso in timo of
peace: We'll, know that under tho con
stltution had no right to offer tho Sons
MS body, but felt suro that If the Gov
ornor needed moro mon that could raise
Thousand Sons of Veterans, although
many of thom would not be members of
the order"