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Memorial Day.

~HE country to-day will remember
the dead heroes Of the civil wal
in a sense radically different
from that in which II has been urged so
constantly To remember the Maine
The years that separate us from the
realities OF that wal deepen the interest
taken by the American people in the
observance of Memorial day. A genera
ton has passed since the eventful days
when the life of the nation was In peril
and the continent shook beneath the
tread of a million armed citizens. Mind
full of the service our countrymen rem
dered. and grateful that their work has
endured. the people of a redeemed re-
public turn to-day to pay tribute to
their patriotism in the gentle ministry
OF flowers.
The occasion is not a celebration In
the ordinary significance of the word.
II is a day Of remembrance. its motive
is gratitude. its mission is fraternal. its
inspiration Is love. Gray veterans will
scatter flowers to-day on the graves of
their fallen comrades, but this tender
service win not rekindle the dead emb-
ers OF sectional hate. Younger men and
women will witness the ceremony. but
the spectacle will not awaken any other
sentiment thar brotherhood The pres
ence OF mother war. a war against a
foreign foe, finds the country reunited by
frmer bonds of fraternity and common
patriotism than ever rlveted 1t together
before.
Tn services Of Memorial day should
quicken the patriotic impulse in the
heart Of every American; the day should
nx our thoughts on the inestimable
blessings that became u heritage
through the unselhsh endeavor of the
men to who's memory the day is de-
voted. Their deeds win be held in CRATE
full remembrance as long as humanity
loves liberty. as long as valor has its
votarles, as long as the sentiment Of
gratitude abide In the human heart.
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Schley and Cervera.

NOR a war only five weeks old a
great deal of satisfactory work
has been accomplished and the
time has not yet arrived when COM
plant justly may be made of delay.
The destruction Of SPANS Pacific feet
and the bottling up of Cervera's squad
ron at Santiago de Cuba have vastly
simplifed the problem of the war, and
barring unforeseen misfortunes and
complications reduced its successful
solution to a matter of a few months
at the longest. Give schley and Samp-
son time. They know what they are
about. they will act for the best. Ger
vera. IT is pointed out by one historian.
started out to play a game similar to
that which the Spanish admirals
played in 1906 with Nelson. Nelson
had blockaded the French fleet in the
harbor of Toulon for nearly a year and
a half. At length the Spanish fleet
Joined the French. ran the blockade
and escaped to the West Indies. an
chorShg at Martinique on May IL, 1906.
the very same day of the same month
in which Admiral Cervera came there
in 1898. The combined fleets escaped
Nelson once more. but he followed them
across the Atlantic and came up with
them at Trafalgar. where he utterly
defeated them, capturing nineteen out
of their thirty-five vessels, while his
fleet was only twenty-seven in number.
Nelson had predicted a short time pre-
vious to the battle that he would take
twenty of the enemy's ships. He came
within one of 1t. IL tool Admiral Mel
son from May. 1902. to October. 1905, to
accomplish this victory.
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Stated In a Sentence.

The little island of Cuba has nearly so
different varieties of palm trees.
A lube OF cast iron one inch each way
will be crushed under a pressure OF 70
tons.
In a bushel of wheat there are 556.2o
seeds: rye. SIS. 400; clover. 16, 400. 900; timo-
thy, 4l.s2S, 400.
A horse power liz calculated to be suf-
ficient to raise %. 900 pounds to the height
of one foot In a minute.
Rug weaving is an art older than the
Pharoahs and the history of the first loom
lies shrouded In oblivion.
The human voice may be heard at a dis
lance of $50 yards: military band, ESQ
yards: rifle, $500 yards; annon 5000
yards.
An improved diving bell of great ca
pacity, moving along the sea bottom by
means of screws moved by electricity, Is
on exhibition in Paris.
In the civil war the proportion Of union
soldiers who died of wounds 10 those VINO
were killed outright in battle was AZ TO 81,
or not far from Z to II.
The greatest canal in the world is the
Suez, opened on Nov. 16. 1869. its length
being % miles, it's depth 26 feet. its annual
revenue si5, 600. 900 and its cost 500. 900. 0oO.
A new compan with a capital of $500
600 has been formed In London to put 1900
cabs in the streets at a half a shilling
n short ride in place OF the present shil-
ling.
Ornithologists must be very influential
in Russia TO succeed in almost making a
government matter of the great sxhibi-
ton of birds which is to be held in 81.
Petersburg.
Mt. Everest OF the Himalaya range In
Asia, %. 900 feet high. Is the highest noun
tain i'm the world. st. Helen in Washing
ton. 1880 feet, is the highest In the
United States.
The great gold mine located under the
town of Ballarat. Australia. reputed TO be
the richest i'm the world. has yielded
$50. 900. 600 worth of gold since II was open
ed, 30 years ago
"Billingsgate." TO describe bad Ian
guage. Is no longer a correct term, the vo-
cabulary of London's great hsh market
having been improved by the exertions of
the London city mission.
A large convict prison for offenders un-
dergoing long terms of imprisonment and
for 'life" sentences, Is maintained al
Tura. a settlement in the desert. within
easy distance OF the banks of the Nile.
According TO the reports OF q Canadian
traveller who has lived two years In the
far Northwest. there are stnl In tina
country, near Peace river. at least Tour
herds of buffalo. numbering 1900 In all.
The year q r. c. was the longest year
on record. as by order OF Julius Caesar. II
contained AS days. the additional days
being put in to make the seasons con
form as near as possible with the solar
year.
Switzerland's commercial relations with
other countries are roughly indicated by
the figures showing hat of 2i.IS CONNER
cial travellers counted last year, 1918 rep
resented firms in Switzerland. So IN
Germany. LIZ in France. % In Italy Is
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cOLoaS or NATIONAL FLAGS.
Red Holds Its Place as the Most Popu
lar Tint.

Red Holds Its Place as the Most Popu-
lar Tint.
From the New York Sun.
Though the policy OF military au-
thorities in using less glazing colors in
uniforms has been very marked Of late
years, red remains he most popular
for national standards. OF rs countries,
10 rave iags with red In them. the
list including the United States, Eng
land, France. Germany, Austria. Italy.
Spain, Denmark. Belgium. Sweden,
Switzerland. Turkey. Mexico. Chile,
Portugal. Venezuela n last, blu not
least, Cuba.
The countries which have blue as an
element of their flags are the United
States. Russia, France. England. Hol-
land. Ecuador. Sweden. Chile, Vene-
zuela, Portugal and Cuba. Three
countries have black as one of the ele-
ments of their flags. Germany. Bel
GUM and China, but Germany ID the
only n Of the three which has black
and white together. There are five
countries Excluding from considera-
ton Ireland. the familiar flag of which
is not officially recognized among the
national standards) which have green
as a color: Brazil. the flag Of which is
green chiefly; Mexico. Egypt. Italy and
Persia. There are nine countries in
which the flag is partly yellow. These
countries are Austria, Spain, Belgium,
Egypt, Sweden, China. Persia, Brazil
and Venezuela. Countries with flags
partly white are the United States.
France, Germany, Russia, Austria and
Italy, six OF the seven chief powers.
There is no white in the national STAN
dard of England. but the British naval
flag has a white background. Other
countries having white in their flags
are switzerland. Turkey. Persia, ia
pan. Mexico. Holland. Denmark. Por-
tugal, Cuba, Chile and Ecuador. the
flag 81 which is nearer white than any
other country, being made I'D of two
parallel white columns, between which
is a column of blue. upon which are
white stars.
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during the last foul years. and for
these crimes eight persons have been
hanged and seven others sentenced to
life Imprisonment. The average time
from arrest to conviction was about
sixty-ive days and from conviction
to execution forty-hve days. In every
case Of a known murder in the colony
in the time mentioned the guilty per-
sons have been either executed or sent
to prison for life. In 1894 there was one
murder In h colony for every two
hundred and fifty thousand of popula-
ton. and in the years since the aver
has been about one for every four
hundred thousand OF population. In
the United States the proportion Is
about n murder for every eighty-fve
hundred Of population. and In Butte.
unfortunately. the ratio 10 even more
unsatisfactory.
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way that the First Congregational
church OF Salem unanimously rendered
him a call and a barrel of rum.
The Deweys OF the eighteenth century
were no less jealous in their religion
and A~mericanism than their ancestors
of the seventeenth. They were always
abreast of the times. There was Will
liam Dewey, I692-115s. who was elected
TO the legislature and went to Hart
ford. where he passed several winters
and blue laws. There was Simeon
Dewey. 171s-175l. the original grower of
genuine Havana tobacco in Connecticut.
There was william Dewey. 1746-1s12,
who fought the Hessians and the A.
p. AS in the revolutionary war: and so
on down the line.
The Dewey stock is all right. The
~forefathers of many Of us. II they admit
know the Deweys personally, trotted In
the very same class. piously burning
and torturing those who held religious
views at variance with their own, and In
all other ways serving God according
to their lights. II took generations 10
soften that n of New England
character into a lovable type. And while
Il has lost forever its Draconian ten
denotes. when necessity demands 1t that
calm. fearless, incapable sternness OF
character reasserts itself. az II did the
other day in George, the noblest Dewey
of them all.
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in Austria- Hungary. 81 in England, - IN
Belgium. - In Spain and II n Holland.

in Austria Hungary. g in England. - In
Belgium. - In Spain and II n Holland.
etc.
Instead Of the Tennyson memorial win
dow which was to hsve been placed in the
Lincoln cathedral At Lincolnshire, Eng
land. the committee in charge has decided
TO erect a statue Of the late poet laureate
In the city.
To encourage the removal Of old build
fngs the authorities Of Vienna have de-
creed that IL the owners of 1928 specified
houses will replace them with new struct-
ures they will be guaranteed a release
from the payment of taxes for Is years.
The officer In charge of the Austrian
military school at Vienna has invented
various styles of inflated balloons for
hoating both men and horses across q
river. a pair to be fastened to belts
around the waists of the men and to the
harness of horses.
On the Riviera one occasionally sees
small. stunted plants OF prickly pears:
but in the Barbary states. and more par
ticularly in Tunis. the prickly pear grows
to a tremendous size and to such a thick
ness that hedges of II form an impossible
barrier to human beings and large ami
mails.
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HE exchange Of a Spanish lieu

~ he eACudnSt VI q pohie ~"
tenant colonel, surgeon and two
orderlies for two American
newspaper men was Just about fair and
equitable. II they had been handy we
would have thrown in half a dozen
Spanish privates and still got slightly
the better Of the bargain. Hayden Jones.
one of the newspaper men placed on the
exchange list. Is an artist in his line,
in fact in two or three lines. He Is
well known on the Pacific coast. At
one time he was on the staff OF the
San Francisco Chronicle. and in behalf
of that paper went to the front in the
chase after Evans and Sontag. the ia
nous train robbers. His Illustrations
were a feature of the Chronicles story
of the adventures that ended In the
capture of those outlaws. He and his
companion In captivity at Havan say
hey were well treated by the S~paniards
that Is to say. they say so according
TO the Madrid impartial. a newspaper
whose reputation for truth and veracity
is decidedly Spanish. We should feel
better satisfied that it's so II we had
seen Il in the Butte Inter Mountain
and the Yellowstone Journalc which
sometimes stumble into telling the
truth. particularly when they are talk
ing about each other.
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A MUSICAL WHEEL
some Great Things a New Invention May
ccomp!i

some oTeat Abtu8s -
Accomplish.
According to a foreign paper the BIZ
cycle has reached another phase Of Its
constant development through a move
and highly interesting invention, con-
sisting in a musical instrument which
may be attached to any bicycle and
PLAYS popular airs, without the aid OF
the rider, In a loud and melodious
manner when the machine Is in ac-
ton. This instrument constitutes an
entertaining companion for the bicy-
clist IN his roamings. which are ire
ouently rather lonely; 1t Is so much
more welcome as 1t will be a compan-
ion entirely submissive to the riders
wishes. 1t has been invented. patent
ed and placed upon the market by a
firm in Hamburg. n Is fttingly
called the ''troubadour." after the
wandering musicians Of b middle
ages.
We had occasion recently. says the
paper quoted. to attend a trial ride in
he Hamburg Geological garden with
this new musical instrument. n
cheerfully confirm the excellent eject
produced. The director OF the concern
had the cycles provided with the new
musical apparatus pass before US rid
den by employees. and we heard a loud
sounding, well-timed music. after the
style OF the "Hereophone." This now
city is sure Of great popularity among
cyclists. 1t will also be beneficial In a
hygienic respect, as excessively fast
riding will be prevented. As a matter
of fact. the music only sounds wen
when the rider does not exceed a We
locity of Is kilometers (s.3 miles) per
hour. We will add that in future a
sort OF orchestra band may be formed
for the popular cycle parades by means
OF these instruments tuned to the
time. As is well known. the music has
been the most difficult part OF these
parades.
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Current Comment.
SIX Strong Words.

From the Criterion.
you may fire when ready, Gridley."
That phrase of Commodore Dewey's, as
the Olympia. steaming slowly. was get
ting the range of her guns on the Spanish
fleet. Ia likely to be widely quoted and
long remembered. Surely It breathes COOL
ness. care. confidence in the face Of an
enormous n pressing responsibility.
Compare II with the thunder 1t instantly
wakened, the tremendous forces II let
loose. m terrible destruction that fol-
lowed. and you will find 1t the most typi-
cal Americanism of the quarter century.
Mark. too, its politeness. as well as its
touch of c~omradeship.
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We learn from the Boston Herald
that the Dewey cocktail is composed
of red raspberry Juice. white maras-
chino and blue creme yvette." We also
learn from the Chicago Chronicle that
the imbiber of a Dewey cocktail is
said to be consumed with an Immediate
desire to go In search of a recruiting
officer, while the absorption of two of
them is warranted to create an appe-
tite for annihilating a Spanish fleet be-
fore breakfast" The Dewey cocktail
seems to be a case of rapid fire
water.
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II n English railway expert. writ
~ ing to the London Times, says
that after making a careful
study OF the principal railway systems
Of the United States II is his opinion
that our methods Of railroad manage
ment are better generally than those of
England. and that we excel especially
in the punctual running of fast trains.
He takes the record of the Empire
State express of the New York Central
railroad as a remarkable and perhaps
unequaled instance of punctuality COM
bined with high speed. This train is
scheduled to move from New York TO
Buffalo. 440 miles. at a rate. including
stops. of 1886 miles an hour: and the
time from Buffalo to New York calls
for a speed Of 4s.e miles an hour. Dur
ing the year 1897 the west-bound train
reached buffalo on schedule tim 2es
days out of 3l3; while the east-bound
train missed schedule time at its desti-
nation only five times. Snow storms
and strong head winds caused more Of
the few delays than any other cause.
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And q Right Good Captain. Too.

From the Nashville American.
Capt. s. A. Bayland has set a heroic
example worthy of the highest praise. He
came here from Knoxville in command of
a company. The 3D. regiment had its
fuu quota of companies. but needed more
men, and II became necessary to disband
this company and attach the men to the
other organizations. Captain Bayland
thereupon, without murmur. cut the
shoulder straps from his uniform and en-
listed as a private. There Is true hero
ism In a man capable of such an act.
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Work for Christ,aps in Cuba.

From the Marinette (Wis.) Eagle.
1t is announced that the Salvation Army
will go to Cuba, following in the wake of
the boys i'm blue. Better go with the SOL
diers and carry muskets There Is more
religious work TO be done down there with
muskets than with tin horns. drums and
hymn-singing.
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As to RRtiOnS.

From the Sioux City Journal.
II il said that the 6l0. 900 pounds of
crackers to be made by the St. Louis bak-
cries for our army will each be imprinted
with the legend. Remember the Maine"
What the use of It? Americans will not
forget. why should we eat our words?
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II the blockaders at Havan harbor
can spare the time to-day. they might
appropriately strew a quantity of for
get-me-nots over the last resting place
of the Maine.
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A Judgment to Come.

From the Omaha Bee.
The house of representatives has voted
for n change in the method OF electing
senators, with a view of getting better
material into the senate. The senate has
yet to pass Judgment on the methods by
which members get themselves into the
house.
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The Great Cut-On.

From the Chicago Journal.
The distance for warships between the
Atlantic and the Pacific VoaN can be
shortened by 5000 miles by cutting the
canal. Any w~ide-awake European nation
would have had that canal cut long ago.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-30

The assertion OF an administration
organ hat every country crossroads
has it's strategy board. Is doubtless
true enough. n every country cross
roads strategy board seems TO be just
about as brilliantly effective as the real
thing at Washington.
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q EvERAL good things have come
d" out Of Australia. the secret bal
- lot system standing first and
foremost. The administration of JUS
tice in that far-away island is now
held up as a model for the rest OF the
world. and apparently rightly SO. II is
said that there were only thirteen MUIR
ders committed in New South Wales
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-30
Discouraging verbosity.

From the st. Louis lobe Democrat.
One of the discouraglng features OF
Louisiana's new constitution is that II
contains 5000 words. The fathers of the
republic understood the art of saying a
great deal i'm a few words.
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BY next Memorial day h ranks Of
the old veterans will be swelled by sew
ersl thousand kid veterans back from
Cuba and h Philippines.
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II il would be any inducement to Ger
vera TO pull off a fight with Schley, he
can be accommodated with side bets in
any mount.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-30

Mr.. schley's report to the navy de-
partment that he has seen Cervera's
fleet indicates that he has succeeded
In making an investigation Of the con-
tents OF the bottle without getting
paralyzed.
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admiral Cervera," says the Chicago
Record, may have a clever scheme TO
kill off the whole American people with
rvo prostration." II that's his
scheme, Cervera underestimates the
strength of the American constitu-
ton,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-30

From the Louisville Post.
II Mr.. Letter will put cotton up to 10
cents, we promise him the vote OF the
cotton planters unanimously.
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Boss Schley is still outside the San
tiago harbor ring, though he has an
idea that It would be to the advantage
OF himself and constituents II he could
stand in with Cervera an u or
two,
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Madrid is now getting her new of
splendid Spanish victories by way of
Paris. The French imaginative writ
ers refuse to be kept on ice any
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This mornings Washington news in
dicates a possibility that M~ontana's
quota under the second call may reach
a grand total of O.
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1T is a pleasure" says the New York
Journal. ito recall the fact that Ad-
miral George Dewey didn't attain his
present position on account of his re-
~lationship to his father" vii the
Journal kindly explain how George
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If Spain wishes to join in the oh
of Memorial day, there are a
number OF watery graves in Manila
harbor that she may decorate to suit
herself.
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There is also the Dewey blouse" for
girls, the waist being of red and white
stripes, the collar and cuffs Of blue with
white stripes" That's all right, but
all waists look alike to the fellow who
turns the gas out.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-30

The Spanish torpedo boat destroyer
Terror has arrived at San Juan without
proving a terror to anything but heI
own crew.
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So far as the Maine Ii concerned
every day is Memorial day In the
American army and navy.
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This is the one day in all the year
when the national colors are all the
colors of the flower garden.
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II Cervera wishes to make a motion
for a change of n to the open sea
II will be promptly granted.
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The Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty TO Cubans reports progress this
morning. but not much else.
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An general business letters and corre-
epopdence should be addressed to the
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Anaconda Mont.
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The old veterans who march In Mon
tana to-day will have occasion also to
remember the mud.
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General Blanco and the Spanish cabi-
net appear to have organised a mutual
prevarication society.