The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-15
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hleusse Anmet-that is, BeardleSS An
met-who. after three years service in
the army. fell i'll and, coming under
medical treatment, was discovered to
be a woman.
Statistics gathered by social science
students show that drunkenness is in
creasing in Paris; that in London IL
keeps even pace with the growth of
population: but that there has been a
decided decrease in New York during
the last year.
A novel flower has been found at the
Isthmus of Tehuantepec. 1t has a fac
ulty of changing its color during the
day. In the morning it is white, when
the sun Is at its zenith IL is red, and at
night 1t Is blue. Only at noon does il
give out any perfume.
Melbourne, which consisted Of Is huts,
and was known as Beargrass at the
time of Queen Victoria's ascension, is
now classed as the seventh city OF the
British empire. coming in after London,
Liverpool, Glasgow. Manchester, Bir-
mingham and Calcutta.
The funniest incident in the annals of
crime has just happened in Freedom
county. A burglar carrying a gold
watch and chair tried to rob the house
of the county attorney. He got moth
ing, but lost the watch and chain in
escaping over a transom.
Fifteen years ago William Glenn of
Powhattan county, Virginia, was a
dark mulatto. His color has been grad
ually changing ever since and now he
is white. with the exception OF a few
spots on his face and neck. He says
that he has never been sick.
An enthusiastic citizen of Fargo said
not long ago that the easy divorce laws
of the state brought into that little city
o 100000 a year. Several ashton
able boarding houses are kept running
by the divorce colony. and more or less
of the hotel business is of the same. sort.
Prescott, Ariz., claims thai 1t furnish
ed the first volunteer in the present war,
and that from that place the first COM
pany started to the front. The volun-
teer was Captain O'Neill of the rough
riders, IN a monument to his memory
is to be erected on the court house plaza
of Prescott.
A fossil bog oak Weighing 40 tons.
which biologists assert to be $1,000
years old, has been dug up at Stock
port, England, in ~excavating to lay
down a sewer. The corporation of the
town wants to blow it up with dyna-
mite, in spite of protests from scientific
men throughout England.
The demand for sardines has run so
far short of the supply that the French
factories are closing their doors, and the
government has been asked to come to
the relief of this important national in
dustry by making a ration of five or
ten sardines daily part of the regular
fare of the French soldier.
The vicar of an English parish re-
Gently declared that he believed in the
Immortality Of animals. and that he
would far rather meet them in heaven
than many human beings of his ac-
quaintance. Thereupon a considerable
part of his congregation rose in high
dudgeon and left the church.
Baron Gustav de Rothschild has found
ed a charitable work in memory of his
daughter, Baroness Emanuel Leonino. 1t
consists of 20 pensions of 500 francs a
year to aged Hebrews OF either sex
above 60 years of age who have resided
at least 10 years in Paris and whose
age or ill-health prevents their gaining
a living.
Pocket filters attached to the end Of
IS or 20 inches Of rubber tubing are
recent valuable additions to the tour
lists outfit. The biker addicted to the
century habit, or the camper is now
protected against insects when drinking
from a mountain spring or wayside
brook. No danger of imbibing snakes
except in the ~time-honored r~oadhouse
way.
~ laACSA NANbSN oNN nv - -
PLANTATION Of the IA Workmanship OF
the Spanish gunners is that persons pos
sessing light eyes aim truer than those
with dark orbs. The advocates of this
theory, however, do not offer n coun-
ter reason for the expert craftsmanship
Of negroes and Indians, who are more
dark-eyed than the people of the Latin
race.
Camels seem to have played an i'm
yDrtant nort in tho rappnf british nY-
petition UP the Nile and battle of On
durham. In the advance on ondur-
man. a camel corps had a place In the
front next to the British cavalry, n
after tn battle, when the cavalry had
to abandon the pursuit on account or
the exhaustion of the horses. camel
squads were ordered to continue II.
Speaking OF Spanish girls. a CORE
spondent from abroad has said OF
them: Spanish girls are convent bred.
Their education consists largely OF &C
quiring the art of embroidery. which
they learn TO perfection. Early mar
riages among them are seldom happy,
but divorce is unheard Of. People I'M
happily married simply separate and
live out their lives as best they can"
Carefully collected figures show that
the proportion OF cavalry to the other
arms has been steadily diminishing for
n long period. In the great battle or
ENlah the proportion u CdNdty was
500 horse to 1000 infantry. The artil-
lery has been increased. the cavalry
diminished. Austria, Turkey and Spain
are the only countries whose cavalry
exceeds their artillery force.
A law passed by the last New York
legislature and has Just gone into eff
feet. makes II obligatory upon every
practicing attorney or counsellor at
law to re-enroll as such II he intends
to continue TO practice. No matter
how long ago a lawyer was admitted
10 the bar. he must now make a new
affidavit that he Is the real thing. II
he fails TO comply with this law before
New Years day, he will be guilty of a
misdemeanor.
The German emperor has devised a
new scheme for the encouragement of
vocal music in the German empire. II
win be nut into nneration in 1899. and