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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-13
The Montana Press.
His Vocabulary Inadequate.

From the MIX River Eagle.
IL requires pretty strong language some
times to express the exact position of
some persons who are raised from private
life To an official one. as can be seen not
farther from home than our own county
seat. IL will always be thus so long as the
republican party is permitted to boost into
county office depraved individuals who
should be earning a livelihood by the avo-
cation OF the shepherd. Fort Benton. the
once proud and naughty mart for buffalo
pelts, at one time the distributing point
from which whiskey peddlers supplied the
noble red man with rotgut liquid. the for
mer height Of civilization in the great
Western empire. the place where Missouri
river steamers discharged their cargoes of
dried apples and prunes to feed the few
human inhabitants at the head of naviga-
ton and sneakingly drifted on the bosom
of the Big Muddy's placid waters TO the
scenes of civilization, has more than her
share OF these inhabitants to describe
whose position and condition the ordinary
newspaper vocabulary is both Intellectual
and incomplete. We beg the indulgence of
our readers in our future attempts.
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Conduct of the War.

From the Billings Times.
splendid conduct of the war for
sooth, Why, the conduct OF the wal 80
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The Responsibility.

From the Great Falls Tribune.
The president IL responsible for Alger
and Alger Is responsible for the heads of
the various war departments, and they
are responsible for those under them,
and so on down the line. The remedy for
admitted scandals lay first of all with the
president. He knew. or he z to have
known of the fearful condition of the
camp at Chickamauga. where more men
lost their lives from typhoid fever than
were killed in the terrible days of fighting
around Santiago. The assistant surgeon
general Of the United States, reported to
the government before the troops went
there at all that II was unit for a camp.
The surgeon general must have known
that fact. Secretary Alger must have
known IL. President Mckinley ought TO
have known Of It. and " II was concealed
from him he should have punished the
guilty parties. who, in the face OF Colonel
Senn's report. used his name and author
ity to concentrate 5000 soldiers there.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-13

The organist of one of the principal Methodist
churches in Hartford, Conn, says: " | was troubled with
gastritis and nervous dyspepsia for two years. would
60 to bed at night feeling perfectly well and wake up next
morning with a splitting sick headache. would be so
hot at times that my flesh seemed burning up and flashes
of light and darkness would come before my eyes. These
spells continued sometimes for a day and a half and while
| commenced taking Ripans Tabules, and before | had
used three dozen of them they made me entirely we'll
take a Tabule occasionally now just to keep my stomach
in order when it shows any slight indication of a DISPOSE
ton to rebel"
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DAILY and Sunday. one wear ,,....... 5000
Daily and Sunday. six months...--.... e.W
Daily and sunday. three months...... 500
Daily and sunday. one month ........ 100
sunday one 2.O0
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n IAINE and Vermont are among
w the states that do not believe
y in rotation for the office of con-
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Subscription Rates Payable in Advance.
Postage free for the United States. Can
ada and Mexico.
postage added.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08
The Sierra Squirrels.

In the spring, before pine nuts and
hazel nuts are ripe, the gray squirrel
examines last years cones to see if q
few seeds may be left in them between
the half f-open scales, and CLEANS fallen
nuts and seeds on the ground among
the leaves, after making sure that no
enemy is nigh, says John Muir, in the.
Atlantic. His fine tail flows, now be-
hind him, now above him, level or
gracefully curled, light and radiant as
dry thistledown, every hair in its place
standing out electric. His body seems
hardly more substantial than his tail
The Douglas is firm, emphatic bolt
OF life, fiery, pungent, full of brag and
show and fight, and his movements
have none OF the elegant deliberation
of the gray. They are so quick and
keen they almost sting the onlooker,
and the acrobatic harlequin gyrating
show he makes OF himself turns one
giddy to see The gray is shy and
oftentimes stealthy, as if half expect
ing an enemy in every tree and bush
and back OF every log; seems to wish
to be let alone, and manifests no de-
sire to be seen, or admired, or feared.
He is hunted by the Indians, and this
of itself is cause enough for caution.
The Douglas is less attractive as game,
and is probably increasing in numbers
in spite of every enemy. He goes his
ways bold as lion, up and down and
across, round and round, the happiest,
merriest of all the hairy tribe, and at
the same time tremendously earnest
and solemn, sunshine incarnate, ting
ling every tree with his electric toes.
If you prick him, You cannot think he
would bleed. He seems above the
chance and change that beset common
mortals, though in busily gathering
burs and nuts we see that he has to
work for living, like the rest of us.
1 never found dead Douglas. He
gets into the world and out of it with
out being noticed; only in prime is he
seen, like some little plants that never
are noticed except when in bloom.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08
Cowboy Feats in Hawaii.

The Hawaiian cowboy would put
many of his western prototypes to
blush as to feats of horsemanship. for
some of the country ridden over by
Kanaka "spaniola" would cause cold
chills to run down the back of cow
puncher from the plains of Texas or
Nebraska. The latter county is level
or at least undulating in its general
character, while in the Hawaiian
Islands it is quite the reverse. The
cattle there have comparatively very
little grazing land, and as conse-
quence stray far up on the mountain
sides and into ''the bush" looking for
sustenance. When the time comes
for rounding up and branding, the
Kanaka has no ''soft snap" Some of
his riding is little short of marvel
lous. Now down a deep grade on
the mountain side, foored with loose
rocks and lava, next into a belt of
timber over fallen tree trunks and
through tangled underground, only
to bring up on the edge of some pre-
cipitous gulch. Nothing daunted,
horse and rider scramble down to the
bottom, ford the inevitable stream and
up on the other side as if the devil
were after them. All this on keen
Jump, too, whenever possible. New
York Post
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08
The Ant as n Farmer.

The little ants have all industry all
their own in the care and breeding of
insects called aphides which serve
them as cows. Although the aphides
do not give milk, they supply the ants
with sweet liquid which is nutritious
and pleasant to the taste.
The aphides live on the stems of
plants, and the busy little workers
that cultivate them build tunnels over
these stems. leaving small opening
at either end, just large enough for
one of their number to pass in and
out. The aphides are we'll fed and
cared for by the ants, and they repay
this attention by generous supply of
the honey-like fluid each day. The
ants manage to keep their cows from
generation to generation, carefully
projecting them through the winter
from cold and storms by velvety
blanket of dry moss, and over this an
other covering of pastelike substance.
In the spring, when the young are
Matching, the ants seek food i'll the
field, and not until the young aphides
crawl out from under the moss
blankets do the ants begin the work
OF carrying away the winter cover
ings. With the return Of summer
these little ants and farmers work
faithfully that their ''cattle" may
thrive for the harvest days. New
York Tribune.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08

paper piece 81 inches long and q
inches wide. Paste this crosswise in
the centre of the cardboard. With a
hard leadpencil draw several loose
matches and print the quotation,
"How far that little candle throws its
beams" on the cardboard above and at
one side of the sandpaper.
In the lower corner draw q candle
stick and candle. Color the candle
stick with thin wash of burnt sienna;
the candle with Chinese white and the
flame with gamboge and scarlet ver-
million. These colors will be found
in any ordinary box of water colors.
Tint the matches with light wash of
chrome yellow and tip the edges of
those representing unburned matches
with burnt sienna. Those represent
ing burnt matches should be tipped
with black. Cut openings at either
end of the card and run narrow rib
bon through them, tying in bow at
each opening, leaving between them a
long loop of ribbon by which the card
may be hung. These match-strik ers
are easily made, and are prettier if
made of cardboard or of some delicate
color, instead Of plain white.-New
York Tribune.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08

cal prisoners were shot. They were
placed against that wall there, and the
soldiers were drawn up about fifteen
feet away; you can see the marks left
by their bullets on the wall. The
whole side of the wall for fifty feet
and to the height of ten feet was closely
pitted with bullets that had first passed
through men who had dared to preach
that Cuba must be free Of Spnin.
There have not been any executions
lately, but the prison contains several
political and many military prisoners.
As we passed, one of them called out
something about "Americanos" and
CELEBRATED. Our lieutenant never
minded, but offered us more cigarettes
and said twet and hot as he was) that
he would like the pleasure of showing
us also Ell Moro.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08

decided that work on the sunken war
ship should be abandoned, as, in their
opinion, there is no possible chance of
raising her.
The men of the wrecking company,
who have been at work on the Span
ish vessels, have been ordered to pro-
ceed to Santiago harbor there to raise
the Reina Mercedes and blow up the
Merrimac, so as to clear the channel.
A boat will be sent to tear down
the woodwork put up by Lieutenant
Hobson at the wreck of the Cristobal
Colon, as Secretary Long has decided,
after consultation with the bureau
chiefs, that the Government will make
no further attempts to raise the Span
ish vessels sunk off Santiago.
There is no objection on the part of
the Navy Department to private cor
porations making the effort, but the
department will not promise to take
the vessels even after they are raised
AS the United States has no juris-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08

over the pelt, the skin all this while
remaining pelt out, of course.
The next departure leads one to the
picturesque detail of the dresser's
shop. Along either side of the room
are ranged large barrels Of three-quar-
ters height. In this the men stand
waist deep, while sacking forms the
cover from the edge of the barrel to
the mans body. This keeps in the
heat which i'll time becomes exces-
sive, and in these covered barrels the
half-naked men tread and tread day
after day, and look as though they
were practicing the couche-couche
dance. With their naked feet they
work the butter into the pelt and fur,
and the heat which emanates from
their body forms a most important
item in the curing of the skins. A
shuttle hoard fastened obliquely across
the front inner side of the barrel aids
them in rotating the skins, which in
time acquire high degree of heat,
very surprising to the novice. This
heat renders the fur soft and supple.
ohiy u low tOi w q oOLCIl-
are trodden at one time.
When the butter dance stops the
skins are removed to a drying room
and spread over the floor. At the
right point of dryness they are
gathered together and taken to the
sawdust room. This sawdust is in
truth pulverized wood, as fine in quail
.ity as cornstarch. Sometimes it is of
mahogany, sometimes of rosewood.
The first mechanical labor is here in
troduced, when the skins with a
copious supply OF dust are thrown into
a big revolving tub which initiates
closely the rotation of treading, and
by passing over coils of steam pipe
gets warmth similar to the heat of the
treader's body. The furs and dust
are revolved rapidly until sufficient
dust has been taken up, when they
are dumped out, picked up separately
and given deft shake and the hand
labor is again called into use. The
skins are spread to air, beaten, turned
fur out, and given to the comber. He
finishes the silky coats, evens up
skins to point OF symmetry.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08
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| HkVINA'S DEFENSBS. !!
!; Present Condition of the Fort- :
resS of Cabana.

No outsiders had been admitted to
The fortress of San Carlos de la Ca
oana, at Havana, Cuba, since the be-
ginning and ending Of the war, until
a few days ago, when. through the Of
ices of O mutual and neutral friend, a
correspondent of the New York Even
ing Post received from the general in
command the freedom of the place.
He is not much interested any more
in preserving secrecy regarding this
medieval fortification, which, it was
believed by the the Americans on the
blockade, had been made formidable
by new guns brought in clandestinely.
Among the Notifications of Havana,
which include the CASTILLO del Prin-
cipe on the land side, the Fuerte del
San Diego, Castillo del MORO, Castillo
de la Punta, Castillo del Atarez,
Bateria de la Reina, Bateria de Santa
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08
CHtLORER'S COLUMN.
The Bedtime Folks.

Ihe Bedtime FOIkb
{ always hate to go to bed fore other folkses
go,
Secause they take the light away or turn the
wick down low.
They say won't go right asleep with lights
a-blazin' high.
An laugh an call me 'fraidy-cat, because
tease and cry.
Why, dark Is just the awf'llest time of any
time of day!
Tis then the goblins, gnomes an ghosts
come out to scare an play.
The ghosts come slidin down the hall an
creak the nursery door,
An goblins play at hide-and-seek upon the
big black floor.
Our Tabbyskins comes sneakin in with eyes
like chunks OF fire;
The witch's cats camp ON our fence a-prac-
tcin' their choir,
The brownies on our attic floor keep dancin
pit-a-pat.
No, don't tell met isn't mice, nor 'tain't
no great big rat.
know ABOUT the bedtime sprites-Tm sure
you must agree
I've read too many fairy books to let them
things fool me.
An so l just lie wide awake an cover up my
head.
An wisht 1 was a better boy. till mother
comes to bed.
Caroline Wetherell.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08
AMERICAS HIGHEST MOUNTAIN.
Peak In Alaska That Is More Than go.
900 Feet Above Sea Level.


Peak In Alaska That is More Than co..
900 Feet Above Sea Level.
A mountain peak 10000 and more
feet in height has just been discovered
on the Alaskan coast, inland from Ka-
mai Peninsula, and has been named
Mount Bullshae, by the United States
geological party that first set eyes
on it.
This discovery, the most important
that has yet been made by the many
exploring parties sent into Alaska,
carly this year, falls to the honor OF
the party led by George H. Eldridge.
They returned to Seattle on the
steamer Alki, and there seems to be
absolutely no doubt that the mountain
discovered is the highest in North
America.
After following the course of the
Sushitna long distance it was de-
oided to go into ope of the valleys
emptying into the Sushitna River
from the right. The party followed
This valley some distance, when sud.
denly they came in sight of a big,
broad peak "Bullshae, was the ex-
prossion of the Indian guide when he
first saw the natural monster that
Ioomed up even among the huge peaks
that surrounded them on every side.
"Bullshae" the peak was named after
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08
A Wonderful Yarn.

Seven years ago farmer living
west of Webster City, Ia., hung his
vest on the fence in the barnyard, and
as a result of it wonderful story is
told.
A calf chewed up pocket in the
garment in which was a standard gold
watch. Last week the animal, staid
old milk COW, was butchered for beef,
and the timepiece was found in such
q position between the lungs of the
COW, that the process of respiration.
the closing in and filing the lungs,
kept the stemwinder wound up, and
the watch had lost but four minutes
in the soven years. Chicago Times
Herald. !.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08
The AIischievous Puppy.

One day little puppy had just re-
ceived a bath and his mother told him
not to go out until he was quite dry,
but the little dog, who never did
thing his mother told him, thought it
wouldn't do him any harm to go out
for walk, and while his mother was
sleeping he went out very quietly, so
she wouldn't wake up. When once
out of the house he RACED and jumped
and barked and chased the pretty
butterflies until he was so tired out
he didn't know what to do. At last
he came to a muddy pool of water and
he walked right through it, and so of
course he got all dirty.
The little puppy began to feel so
tired that he lay down to rest, and fell
asleep. He slept for long time, and
when he awoke it was very dark, and
the moon was shining on him through
the trees. He started up in fright
and began to whine, but no one an
swered him, so he stopped and lay
down again, but he could not sleep
and lie didn't know where he was.
The oisobedient puppy began to
tuiuh VI LIS HOtle III Inc DdlH anu
wished he had never left it. When
daylight began to dawn he thought he
heard noise in the bushes close by
and when he looked he saw two
shining eyes fixed upon him.
He did not stay there minute
longer, but started to run away as fast
as ever his legs would carry him.
Then he heard whatever it was COM
ing right behind him, and he tried to
run faster and faster, but he could
not run fast enough, and pretty soon
he shut his eyes and gave himself up
for lost. He dropped down on the
ground, and right on top of him came
two big paws, and then he heard his
name. He opened his eyes, and there,
looking into his face, was his own
mother! 1t was she who had been
watching him from the bushes and
chased him when he ran.
With joyous bark and one leap he
was on his feet, asking forgiveness.
His mother took him home and read
him very serious lecture on disobe-
dience, and then washed all the mud
and dirt off him and put him to bed.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08
Golden Rose of Virtue Given by the Pope

Golden Rose of Virtue Given by the Pope
The Golden Rose which the Pope is
to confer upon the Archduchess
Gisela, Princess of Bavaria, is the
highest honor which his holiness can
bestow upon any woman. 1t was said
the Pope would give the Golden Rose
10 the young Queen of Holland, but
of course that report was all nonsense,
Tor Wilhelmina, although most ador-
able young person, is a Protestant,
and this special honor is reserved for
members of the Roman Catholic
Church only. The gorgeous thing
that is called the Golden Rose is made
of pure gold, and its value, SO far as
the mere markets. concerned, is about
$4,000. In the great rose in the
middle of the group the Pope pours
rose baisam. This flower is framed
with number of subordinate roses
and rosebuds. The metal plant
stands in pot of pure gold and on
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08
Dors in tho Army.

Probably there is no United States
regiment in existence which does not
possess two or three dogs, and these
army animals, as class, are highly in
tsresting. They know when the bugle
calls, and whea reveille sounds they
get up for the day. At drill time they
do not bulge, knowing that the drill
is something in which they have no
part, but when the bugle for dinner
reaches their ears no one in the re-
spective regiment responds more
quickly, ard that is saying a good
deal for alacrity.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08
action-cowardly, he thought-of the

action-cowardly, he thought-of the
commanders. He could keep still no
longer. Seeing no prospect of gem
eral action, he boldly, and in defiance
of every order issued, quilted his sta
tion and selected Spanish ship of
equal force to try the issues with.
For half an hour it was an open ques-
ton whether Hawke had done wisely
brave deed or simply mad one, but
at the end of that half hour, in which
some brilliant fighting was done, the
Spanish ship was prisoner, and the
captains wisdom as we'll as bravery
was clearly demonstrated.
When official and public opinion
had had time to decide on the merits
and demerits of the principal actors
in the engagement, flag promotion
took place, in which the name of Cap
tain Hawke was passed over. The
slight was followed by verdict from
the naval authorities dismissing him
from the service for his disobedient
bravery.
But the matter was not yet settled.
His majesty, King George, had some
IHIHS 10 say. ne iHqureu why tne
officer had been dismissed, and was
frankly informed that it was because
Captain Hawke had disobeyed orders
by quitting the line to fight the Span
ish ship Poder.
"What?' cried the indignant mon
arch. Disgrace a man for fighting
too much? He shall be my admiral.
This was the royal verdict, and it is
said that some years later, in 1859,
when Hawke gained signal victory
over the French feet, the king was
so overioyed that his judgment in the
choice of an admiral had been vindi-
Gated, that he pulled the wig from his
head and kicked it about the palace of
Kensington for very gladness that he
had given England so great an ad-
miral.-Youth's Companion.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08
"The Real Thing" in Paraguay.

In Paraguay it is considered "the
real thing" to dine with the rich ma
tives. All European and American
tourists who reach that faraway South
American country find great fascina-
ton in being invited to natives
house. They never eat meal with
out drinking pint of water before
hand to prevent indigestion, nor will
they serve victor who does not do
likewise. It is needless to add that
Paraguay is full of indigestion, and
the custom is continually kept up.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08

Machines there are for the curing
and tanning of skins--skins of the
lower grade-rabbit and opossum,
and the heavier pelts are put through
machinery process. But the high
grade furs-the costly skins-sable,
ermine, mink and chinchilla, still are
manipulated almost entirely by hand,
and this together with the increasing
demand and decreasing supply adds to
the final cost.
The work of the dresser is interest
ing, and in stages highly picturesque.
The skins are turned over to him by
the firm who buys its seasons supply
in the raw state. The trapper has
literally skinned his game-turned the
outside or fur side in, leaving the en-
tire pelt exposed-hence the old
nursery joke of "skinning the rabbit. :"
The skins are creased to preserve them
from vermin and soon turn stiff. This
constitutes the raw state.
In curing, the pelt is first put
through softec;ng process-a chem
ical solution-and the skins are then
tubbed Here they remain in the salt
and water or similar wash as required
ever night, possibly twelve hours
longer. The skins are wrung out Of
this bath and partially dried, then
turned over to the fesher. This is
another department of the trade and
requires skilled hands to scrape these
skins properly. This is done on up
right knives set slightly oblique atthe
end of narrow bench on which the
fesher sits a-straddle.
From the fesher the skins go
through agreasing process, where fine
creamery butter is literally slapped