The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-02
Notes of the Day.

OF the British navy were about SD,Vo a
year. a contrast 10 the present huge sum
Of sl25, 600. 900 spent annually on the fleet.
A model farm on the American plan
and run with American machinery, stock
and methods, is about to be established
by a Chinese mandarin who lives near
Shanghai.
A princess, a countess. a duchess and
the laughter of a reigning prince were
among the 1900 thieves, professional and
unprofessional. arrested In Paris during
the last ~ months.
The most costly piece OF railway line In
the world is that between the Mansion
House and Aldgate stations. in London.
which required the expenditure OF close
upon SO. CO., 600 a mile.
A wagon went through Manhattan,
Kan. the other day, and on the wagon
cover was printed this device: Not
bound for Missouri. Not busted. Not 60
ing to wife's folks. Just dom this to
beat the railroads"
The violin used by Nine. camilla Urso.
who Is giving concerts throughout the
country. was made I'm Italy I'm 11g7 by Jo-
seph Guarnerius Del Jesu. Nine. Urso
purchased the instrument in London sew
eral years ago. and has on several occa-
slons been offered $1,000 for Il. She would
not part with IL for any price.
The most expensive tobacco ever Inn
ported to this country was sent TO the
v u Oit " app |. hh1N -
There were six bales. each weighing IS
pounds. and each bale was invoiced at
$1,000. or at the rate of $13.33 a pound. 1t
was Havana wrappers, the duty on
which Is 81 s. a pound.
Preparations are on foot in Honolulu to
test the applicability of the United states
immigration laws to the Hawaiian islands
by the Importation to the cane fields Of
1000 Corean laborers. The contract form
as advertised by the agent who propose
to furnish the Coreans provides that they
shall be paid 81. 20 per month each. Uni
ted States gold.
One of the UNIQUE features Of the late
campaign in Pennsylvania was the use Of
the photograph In the judicial fight In Al
leghany county. John 8. Robb, the indie
pendent republican candidate, delivered
an address one night at Mount Washing
ton and Millvale. and while he was
speaking at these places a phonograph
was reeling of his address TO a large au-
dience at Bridgeville.
One of the most novel and radical de-
partures from ordinary methods OF intro
ducing new improvements I'm railway
management is the formal announcement
by an electric headlight company that II
Is ready to guarantee railroad compa-
MES from any loss from head-on COLI
sions occurring at night where
the locomotives are equipped with our
headlights"
The four-masted. square-rigged steel
ship Kenilworth has arrived in New YORK
after having achieved the remarkable feat
of covering the 10000 knots between That
port and Valparaiso In 66 days-an aver
age of more than 152 knots per day. On
the FIVE lays beginning Oct. 2 and end
ing Oct. 6 the Kenilworth made the splen-
din consecutive daily runs of go, 200. 10,
go and 2i5 knots-an average of al knots,
which Is tramp steamship time.
Faneuil hall is being made freproof.
but the process seems to the reverent
people of Boston. more like destruction.
Havoc has apparently been worked in
the interior. S%tairways have been torn
down. floors ripped up and balconies de-
molished. II seems. ruthlessly. But IL has
all been done with care and reverence.
Each piece of timber and each strip and
board that is TO be used I'm the recon-
struction has been tagged and stored IN
hreproof vaults. The foundations have
been strengthened and put i'm condition
to withstand the ravages OF time fol
ages. 1t is hoped.
Mr.. Godin. the French minister OF pub
lie works. I'm a circular addressed to rail-
way boards. urges the construction OF q
larger number of corridor carriages, es-
peciaIly third-class. so that by 1900 all
fast trains going long distances may be
exclusively composed of such carriages
An Ohio woman has patented a match
box for pocket use which is opened at the
bottom to load. the matches being pushed
out one at a time by a button on the sid
of the safe. the head coming last and
passing over a roughened surface TO ig'
mite IL.
An inventor has hit upon a method oil
putting stone soles on boots and shoes
lie mixes "A waterproof glue with a suit
able quantity of clean quartz sand and
spreads II over the leather sole used as q
foundation. These quartz soles are said
To he very flexible and practically indie
structible. and TO give the foot a hrn
hold even on the most slippery surface
According TO a note in the Courier d.
Paris. the Athenians and Greeks collect
lively intend to exclude all bachelor:
from their parliament. The idea seems e
be that the bachelor has no stake In thu
commonwealth II he is represented, tina
is az much as he can ask for; a represen
tative he ought never to be. for whom
does he represent except himself?
An old Pennsylvania law has been sin
gularIy revived in Pittsburg. Fffteei
wears ago Frank Leslie Gould had n Tel
cut off by a car of the South Side Pas
senger Railway company. He was thei
only , years old, but attained his maJorit!
recently. and now brings suit under al
act of assembly approved March q, 1'iS
which permits a minor to bring an actor
for damages within six years after h
becomes q years old, in his own right
and without reference to the time whel
the cause for the action may have &C
Cured. As late as 1851 the supreme cour
of Pennsylvania decided n case In whicl
the act was declared to he good Law
Young Gould claims $4,000 damages 70
the loss OF his leg.