The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-04
All Sorts.


More than 90 members of the ID North
Carolina volunteer regiment. soon to be
mustered out OF service. have expressed
a desire to enter the regular army. SOL
diering beats clay eating.
Harvard university had about rs grad
yates and undergraduates In the army
during the short war with Spain. To those
whe were killed or who died a suitable
memorial is to be erected.
A Lega Contro n CoiteIlo deague
against the knife) has been formed among
the workingmen Of Rome. It's object being
to aid in enforcing the law against the
carrying Of that weapon. Knives are the
Instruments used in the preparation OF
upward of 1900 homicides In Italy an
nualiy.
The following advertisement Is from a
paper published in the north OF England;
ITO Let-A house in Melville street. stu
ately Immediately alongside Of fine plum
garden. from which an abundant supply
OF the most delicious fruit may be stolen
during the season. Rent low. and the
greater part taken In plums. Pearson
A Kansas paper stated the other day
that George McGinnis. one OF the colored
soldiers I'm Cuba, had sent home SO of his
pay TO his mother. As the members OF the
regiment specified had only received $50
of their pay, the readers of the item were
much puzzled; but the next day the paper
explained that McGinnis was 1.-THE luckiest
coon who ever shot craps"
The old BradIee house. at the corner of
fremont and Hollis streets. Boston. built
In III. and long one of the historical land
marks Of that city. is being torn dow to
make way for q modern business struc-
ture. In its kitchen the ringleaders of the
Boston tea party disguised themselves as
Indians before going to the wharf where
the cargo of tea was thrown into the
waters Of Boston bay.
A verdict Of 6 cents damages in favor of
a young woman who refused to wear
tights on the New York stage, and was
discharged by the manager, seems to
show that juries are inclined to the opin-
ion that wearing tights is part of the the
atrical business, and that young women
who object to that sort of a costume
ought to find some other occupation. That
Is the remorseless logic OF the situation.
North Carolina. which pays a pension to
confederate army veterans that are IN
need. finds hat but one In Is OF the
known survivors in the state are on the
pension list. Applicants for aid are fewer
each year. instead Of increasing con-
stantly, as Is the case with the federal
pensioners. Texas will vote on a constitu-
tional amendment permitting the state to
pay a similar pension to confederate vet
Grams at a special election next month.
A story comes from Tampa. Fla. of a
negro who was ploughing with two mules
in an orange grove there. when suddenly
one OF the mules sank into the earth and
disappeared from sight, tearing loose
from the harness. The driver and the
other mule were badly frightened. and ran
away from the place. He had to be dug
out with spades. The sink into which the
mule had fallen is about IL feet In diameter
and the bottom IL fully Is feet below the
surface. There was no indication OF the
cavity on the surface prior to the acci-
dent.
II was a private Of the Queens Own
Cameron Highlanders. formerly the 18th OF
the Line, when its first battalion was on
duty In Egypt. He was a S~cotchman, and
sentimental. There was to be a battle on
the morrow with those black sons OF sa-
tan, the dervishes. So. in the darkness OF
the Egyptian night, he whispered to his
friend: "Ah. Tam. how many thousands
there are at hame across the sea
thinking o. us the nicht!' "Richt,
Sandy" said his comrade, who
was also a Scotchman. but not sentimen-
tai. IAN how mony millions there are VINO
dinna gle a ~hapenney.'
Not least among the promising re-
sources of the Philippines is a curious nat
ural product. Several vegetable growths
appear to possess the faculty of secreting
mineral concretions. in all respects re-
sembling certain familiar precious stones.
The famous James Smithson was the first
10 ElNt III ltal
rious plant gems. but. though there can
be no doubt of their authenticity. neither
scientist nor merchant has followed his
lead. One OF the Jewels. the bamboo-opal
rivals the best stones In its delicate tints
of red and green, but II Is among the
rarest and a thousand stems may be cut
up before a single specimen is found.
Mrs. Benson. with her husband and g.
year-old daughter. live near Barron. Wis
when the forest fire recently swept down
upon that place the husband was In Min
neapolis and his wife was alone with her
child on a little farm four miles away
from town. Seeing the approach of the
flames and recognizing the impossibility
Of flight, this lonely woman went to worn
to save the life of her daughter and her
self. Her GOODNESS never deserted her. Sht
plowed burroughs about the house, and
when the roaring onslaught OF name
leaped these as easily as a hunters horse
would leap a hedge she buried the chile
in a potato patch, where there was but
little fuel for the flames. and. lying dowr
beside her, tossed a water-soaked cloah
around them both. They were found terri
bly, burned but In a condition that gives
every hope of perfect recovery.
Almost every person has noticed the pc.
culiarly refreshing smell of clean linen
especially when just removed from the
lines. But few people are aware tina
there IS any connection between fresh
cool linen. just from the outside air, an
the ozone of an apartment. The Lance
contains an article on this subject. In
which II is stated that the atmosphere o.
an apartment may be charged with ozone
by bringing into It damp linen sheets tina
have Just been exposed to a dry. sharI
wind: bringing them into the house an'
shaking them or waving them about II
the air of the room will. according to tn
statements made. change the character o
the air. This is a matter OF importance
TO invalids. who often become exhausted
from lack OF ozone In the air they breathe
A means so simple and effective and on
that IL within the means of every person
should be generally understood. II scent
that all that II necessary II to bring tn
linen to the room Immediately after II !