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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15

The two biggest fire engines in the
world are III Liverpool; they can throw
800 gallons of water minute and q
jet 180 feet high.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15
WAGONS IMPROVED.

The new improved Stoughton wagons
stand the racket. Three more car loads are
on the way. 1t pays to have the best.
Write for free catalogue. JOHN POOLE,
sole agent, foot Of Morrison street, Port
land Or
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15

Gillingham, England, had grave
digger aged rs. In 81 years he had
buried over IL, 900 persona
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15

The most ancient coin in Europe,
the ducia, was first struck in the mint
of Venice in the year 1884. The build.
ing is still in existence.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15
Victory at the Polls.

An election to pass on the PROPOSE
ton to organize q special road district
six miles square, with Versailles, Mo-,
as the center, was held there in May.
The proposition carried by large ma
jority,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15

Not within living memory has there
been known so abnormally snowless a
winter In European Russia as the past
winter,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15

1t Is great education to have case
of sickness tn the family; 1t teaches
one how to pronounce the names Of
medicines and diseases.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15

Etc Permanently Cured. No nts or nervousness
iiS eiter first days use of Dr.. klines Great
Nerve RestoreE. Send for FREE $500 trial
bottle and treatise. DIR. a, n. KLINE, Ltd. go
Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15

Opium eating has become habit
with the Kaff1rs in South Africa. The
Chinese are the chief purvcyors of the
drug,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15

Piso's Cure for Consumption Is the only
Albright Miiilinburg, Pu.. Dec. ii, 1898.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15

The highest waterfall in the world
is Cholock cascade, at Yosemite, CAL, &,
which is 2,635 feet high, or just half
a mile.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15

Paper was frst manufactured in the
East, and was introduced into Europe
by the Moo,s in the eighth century.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15

Cobetz di Vaca explored the Gila
river country in 1885, and reported
that the natives were dressed in cotton
gnrments.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15

The green ants of Australia make
nests by bonding leaves together.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15

One of the surest ways to make O
mistake is to permit an agent" to use
your name IL his scheme.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15

1t Is easy to walk the tight-rope Of
society If you have a good bank bal
ance
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15
Ica's Greatest Medicine Con-
Hoods SaTsapariI!a
A Modfsh Idea.

Hoods 'IIis cure Indigestion 25 cents
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-15

are feeding.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-30
MIR. Bryce ON Expansion.

AMES BRYCE. the Englishman
T whose American Common
wealth" has made his name a
household word wherever the English
language is spoken. contributes an
article To the September number of one
Of the magazines on Some Thoughts
on the Policy of the United States" an
article which is doubly valuable be-
cause il is the product Of a keen.
scholarly, unprejudiced mind, free from
any American influence. Professor
Bryce stands as "A DISTINGUISHED ex-
pert, He does not agree with those
Englishmen who are urging that the
United States should retain all the
islands placed under its control by the
fortunes Of war. From an English
point Of view such a policy may be
desirable, but from an American one
he does not think II wise. The acqui-
sition Of Hawaii he considers a mis-
take, the acquisition Of cuba would be
a greater mistake. and the retention Of
the Philippines he maintains would be
the greatest mistake Of all. The suc-
cess Of England as a colony governing
power does not. in the opinion of Mr..
Bryce. afford n precedent justifyinG
the United States in establishing col
onies in the tropics. either i'm the Allan
tic or in the Pacific.
Mr.. Bryce says the general conclu-
sion To be drawn from British foreign
occupation OF conquest is that she has
gained in every way from those domin-
ions which she has filled with the out
flow Of her own people. while al re-
spects those which are not mt for
Anglo-Saxon settlement some are
profitable for trade only. some are
Improbable altogether and in some
there must be Set against the profit
from trade the tremendous response
bilities which their possession In
wolves.
With England and the continental
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countries that have gone into the col
%onization business there is the excuse
of a crowded population at home and
the necessity of more room for their
natural increase. For the United
States with its vast territory, much OF
IL but moderately populated. there rs
no such necessity. Furthermore, there
are reasons apparent to any one VINO
looks into the matter why the the white
Americans must always be a small
minority in Cuba. Porto Rico, Hawaii
and the Philippines. and as the native
populations are poor raw material for
the processes of American civilization
il will be a very long time, II ever be-
fore they could be Incorporated into the
great body of American citizens. In
the meantime possession Of the Islands
will necessitate large additions to our
expenses for army and navy purposes
and the burden of taxation will be cor
respondingly increased. Mr.. Bryce also
wants to know, could the Philippines
or the Antilles be trusted to the kin
of officials who obtain places on the
score of local services rendered To their
party?" Mr.. Bryce appears to have
beer studying the American pie sys-
tam
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-30
The Poor Drug Clerk.

~ MONG the other philanthroplc
n oveme of the period is one
for the amelioration of the con-
dition of hat overworked being. the
drug clerk. The Druggists league of
New York city has issued a statement
to the public insisting that murders
and suicides are made possible and fos-
tered by the present chaotic condition
Of the retail trade. The startling asser-
tion is made that in New York city
alone seven overworked and physically
and mentally exhausted drug clerks
have committed suicide since May 81
that seven have died from pulmonary
diseases contracted in their business;
that three have gone insane and two
have died in insane asylums. 1t is fur
Their asserted that the lack of care ex-
ercised by tired and sleepy clerks in
the handling of deadly drugs is often
responsible for the fatal compromising
of prescriptions and for the ease with
which many persons ben on suicide
and murder can secure what they want.
II is pointed out hat one druggist has
rugged up a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
from which morphine fiends can get
their dope without disturbing him dur-
ing the few hours he has for sleep.
Other arguments, quite as forcible,
against the continuance of the present
methods Of conducting the business,
are urged in the interest Of a reform
for the good of the public as well as
the welfare of the overtaxed employees.
When many clerks are obliged to be on
duty sixteen and eighteen hours out of
the twenty-four, and are not sure of
even a few hours, sleep while bunking
I'm the stores, the arguments of the
league seem well founded. There ap-
pears to be no avenue TO reform but
legislative action-the enactment of a
law regulating he hours that drug
clerks shall work, just as Montana and
other states have passed laws compel
ling the Sunday closing Of barber shops
in the interests of the BARRIERS them
selves.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-30

In the case of Robert Nagler against
c. Quasius, a motion to open default
was argued and submitted. In the di-
vorce proceedings of Anna NJ. Morgan
against Augustus G. Morgan, decree
was ordered entered. and the plaintiff
was awarded the care and custody of
the minor children. together with judg-
ment for costs. In the matter of the es-
tate of John c. Wagner, Albert A. Wag-
ner was appointed administrator n
his bond fixed in the sum of 5000. The
case of Laura Fraser against George
Perry was dismissed as settled. In the
matter of the estate of John Cogan
an application for probate of will was
submitted. In the matter of the petit
ton to change the name of John Yer
kin to the correct name of John Pozega,
the prayer of the petitioner was grant
ed. In the case of A. Schilling & Co.
against Schwend Bros, demurrer to the
answer was sustained and 10 days
granted in which to file an amended
answer.
The court. after hearing a few other
unimportant matters. adjourned until 10
o'clock this morning.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-30
The Fox and the Hen.

~ NE of Aesop's fables narrates
~ the tale of a fox, who, while
making off with a good, fat hen.
Unexpectedly ran into the hens owner.
The fox laid the hen at the mans feet.
politely explaining that the n~eighbor-
hood was infested with thorough
ly bad foxes. of pronounced thiev-
ing tendencies, who had planned
the hens capture and destruc-
tion; and he, being a conscientious.
high principled fox, had determined to
Illustrate the unholy designs of the dis
reputable element in foxdom by taking
the hen and carrying her with all pos
sible speed to her owner.
Mr.. Wharton is about as foxy as they
make them. 1T was never my inten-
tion," he says, Ito haul freight on Main
street or on any of the business streets
of the city. 1t would be dangerous to
attempt to do so on Main street" The
use for freight purposes of side streets
only, far in the outskirts of the city,
and was really prompted by the Hottest
and most disinterested of motives, a
philanthropic desire to protect the
streets of the city from the running
process of the ore Wagons The Butte
Consolidated Street Railroad company
was always such a p~ublic-spirited,
large-hearted. patriotic. chivalric insti-
tuition! The best interests of the city Of
Butte are the sole object of its exist
ence: pro bone publico" is its motto
and My city tits of thee its song.
1t grieves Mr.. Wharton's noble soul to
see a stupid and perverse generation
impugning the purity of his motives,
lambast1ng the excellence of his inten-
tons and constituting his splendid phil
anthropy into a species of f~im-iamism.
Mr.. Wharton is only human; he can
not endure this malevolent persecution
forever, and so in sorrow, not in anger,
he withdraws his generous offer and
leaves the streets Of Butte to their i'm
pending doom.
The fox has dropped the hen.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-30

IN the September number Of Serb
ner's, which by the way is a re-
markably fine war edition. Edward
Marshall, the New York Journal cor
respondent who was severely wounded
the same day Hamilton Fish was kill
ed, gives a graphic description of the
sights and sounds of a battle, in the
course Of which he says:
Every one went down in a lump with
out cries, without jumping up in the air,
without throwing up hands. They Just
went down like clods in the grass. IL
seemed to me that the terrible thud with
which they struck the earth was more
penetrating than the sound of the guns.
Some were only wounded. some were
dead. There is much that is awe-inspiring
about the death of soldiers on the battle
field. Almost all of us have seen men or
women die, but they have died in their
carefully arranged beds with doctors
daintily boarding the nickering spark;
with loved one clustered about. But death
from disease Is less awful than death
from bullets. IN the battlefield there are
no delicate scientific problems of strange
microbes to he solved. There Is no pott!ng.
no coddling-nothinE. nothing, nothing but
death. The man lives, he Is strong. he is
vital, every muscle in him is at its fullest
~ AASlhlAs NlfAs SAAl'ltlllNs NUuB ne II
dead. That "Chug' Of the bullets striking
flesh is nearly always plainly audible.
But bullets which are billeted. so far as-I
know, do not sing on their way. They go
silently, grimly TO their mark, and the
man is laCeratCd and torn or dead. |
did not hear the bullet shrek that killed
Hamilton Fish; I did not hear the bullets
shrek which struck the many others who
We're wounded while | was near them: I
did not hear the bullet shrek which
struck me. This hit of steel came diagn-
nally from the left. ! was standing i'm the
open, and, from watching our men I'm
the front. had partially turned TO see
Roosevelt and his men on the right. The
troops about me were fun Of tales Of
Roosevelt's bravery and the splendid con-
duct of his soldiers. Blu I did not see
Roosevelt. "Chug" came the bullet and I
fell into the long grass. as much like a
lump as had the other fellows whom l
had seen 40 down. There was no pain. no
surprise. The tremendous shock so dulled
my sensihilities that IL did not occur to
me that anything extraordinary had hap
pened-that there was the least reason to
be worried. I merely lay perfectly satisfied
and entirely comfortable in the long
| grass.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-30

the fact that good tobacco henceforth
is to be very plentiful and very cheap.
A traveller writing from Ponce, Porto
Rico, says that tobacco is the only
thing to he found in that city which is
cheaper than he found IT in the United
States. He says that a cigar equal to
the ordinary American ten-cent article
can be had in Porto Rico for two cents.
1t is well known that the reputation of
Manila tobacco filled Europe before the
West Indian field was cultivated.
Whatever the consequences in other d.
rections. the results of the war promise
to be rich in advantages to the Ameri-
can smoker. The war opens up freely
the fields not only in Cuba, but in
Porto Rico and Manila. IT will be
strange indeed If with this supply add
ed to the products Of our home fields
we cannot satisfy our tastes as TO
smoking. although IT must be confessed
that there are a great variety of tastes
in a nation hat consumes in a single
year 1873. 263.4s7 cigars. 4,.476, 766, 40 CT
garettes and 800. SIS. $50 pounds of to-
bacco smoke in pipes.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-30
1T SEEMS ABSURD.
Mr.. Gibson Brings a Charge Against jus
tice Williams.

Uce Williams.
In the district court yesterday ]. A.
Gibson filed an affidavit of accusation
against c. H.. Williams. the justice of
the peace. The affidavit sets forth hat
Justice Williams made an excessive
charge of $2.50 in a civil action, and the
affiant prays that the court make an
order depriving Mr.. Williams of his
office.
The affidavit says that on or about
July Z, 1898, an alias writ of attach
ment was issued out of Williams court
in a suit wherein Theo. Ehret was the
plaintiff and the accuser the defend
ant, by virtue of which certain money
belonging to Gibson in the hands of the
Copper City Commercial company,
amounting to 1885, was garnisheed. In
the action referred to, Ehret brought
suit against Gibson for s31.S5, for which
judgment was duly entered in plaintiffs
favor. Continuing. the affidavit says
that on or about the 18th of July, 1898.
the Copper City Commercial company
paid Williams s39.S5 and that Williams,
out of this sum, paid to Ehret $31. IS, in
payment of the judgment, and that in
the said action Williams became and
was entitled to the sum of $3.50 for all
services rendered by him, and no more.
but Notwithstanding which williams
charged Gibson IS. being $2.5 in excess
of what he was lawfully entitled to
charge.
Judge Williams was seen after the af-
fidavit had been filed. and expressed
great surprise hat such a charge
should be brought against him. He
said that he had held all of Gibson's
money in his possession for a period Of
80 days, waiting for Gibson to appear.
so that a settlement might be had.
T~hirty-five days elapsed, said Judge
Williams. before he ever paid Ehret's
judgment, n the alance of the money
had been held by him until Gibson
should come and get it. but the latter
never called for it. Judge Williams
said that his docket. wherein the judg-
ment was entered, was not signed, and
still remains unsigned, because he de-
sired first to have a settlement with
Mr.. Gibson. who never came near him.
Judge Williams simply followed the
mode of procedure in vogue among
justices of the peace in such cases,
and his high character as a citizen
makes the charge that he held the
money with any wrong intent seem
preposterous n absurd
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-30

1T is estimated from the official reports
that the actual casualties Of the war
my, 206; killed in the navy, II; killed in
the marines. Z; wounded in the army,
1.4OO; wounded in the navy. 10; wound
ed i'm the marines. IL. A total of 279
killed and 1.423 wounded in a war of
such magnitude is one of the most as
tonishing things about it. The record
of Spanish casualties tells a very diff
ferent story.
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Card of

desire to hereby express my heart
felt thanks to the many friends who so
kindly assisted me and mine i'm our
late sad bereavement in the death Of
my wife. | also desire to express my
sincere appreciation of the kindly man.
ner in which our friends assisted at the
funeral. Especially do | desire to
thank the members of the BARRIERS
union. p. J. MATHEWS.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-30

~HE report Of Surgeon General
Terry Of New York. who inves-
tigated the conditions of camps
in which New York troops are located,
is stfll another story of horrors. He
found the Sth New York volunteers. for
instance, camped in the open field at
Chickamauga under the hot sun. with
no water. within five miles. The camp
and hospital facilities are wholly in
adequate. The rations are scanty and
badly cooked. The water that the SOL
diers have to drink they would reject
ever for bathing purposes at home.
Such distress and misery did Or. Terry
find that he telegraphed his report to
Albany, not waiting to report i'm person.
There has been no emergency that
should compel the soldiers in this camp
To endure the miseries that are report
ed. Soldiers marching through the
country Of IN enemy might expect pri-
v~ations. but could scarcely expect such
misery as DIR. Terry finds at Chicka-
manga.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-30
Rumor.

About Z o'clock last evening there
was a rumor started about town that
Billy Mathews, residing with his par
ents at No. PIG West Park avenue, had
made an attempt at suicide. The ru-
NOR was TO the effect that the young
man had taken poison.
A visit to the residence developed the
fact that there was no foundation for
the rumor. The young man had taken
a fainting spell, which frightened some
of the family.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-30
IN The DISTRICT COURT.
several Motions, Demurrers and the Like
Disposed Of

II the district court yesterday Judge
Brantly heard several motions ana dis
posed Of a small lot OF business. In the
matter Of the estate Of Napoleon BIS
sonette. an order giving notice TO cred
'itors was ordered entered. In the cases
of Larable Brothers against the NAM
moth Gold Mining and Milling company
and W. r. Hosmer against the same de-
PENDANT. default was entered and judg-
ment ordered in favor of the plalntins
for the amounts asked for In n com
plants, which aggregate about sZS,VVo'
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-30

All members of Deborah Lodge No.
6 d. of R. are requested to meet at the
Standard hall promptly at $3.50 o'clock
D.. m. to-day to attend the funeral Of
our late sister, Mrs. Anna Riddle. By
order the Noble Grand.
JENNIE SHOEMAKER.
FRANCIS MLEAN, Secretary.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-30
SpeciaI Notice.

j. w. Smurr has been appointed trus-
tee by the United States court to man.
age the bankrupt estate of edward De-
vine. All outstanding accounts due Ed
ward Devine must be settled at once.
Call at old stand, corner Third and
Alder.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-30

~ NE OF the horrors Of the war
~ about which l'ttle has beer said
in public. though IL has called
forth some exceedingly strong language
in private. is the awful tobacco that
smokers of Key West and so-called
imported cigars have been compelled
for q year or two to consume. But one
Of the benehcent results Of the war is
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-30
Governor Has Power.

San Francisco, Aug. 2a.-The dispute re-
gardjng the appointment of officers in the
Goth Kansas regiment has been settled.
Colonel Funston has received a telegram
from Adjutant General Corbin to the ef-
feet thar Governor Leedy had fun power
to appoint whomever he pleased as officers
Of his regiment.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-30
Books and Stationery at L. A.. Kings
Attention, 4, q, d r,

All members Colfax and ~Ivanhoe, also
ali visiting members, are requested to
meet at Standard hall this afternoon
at 1870 to participate in funeral exer-
cises of the late Mrs. James Riddle. By
order of c. II. TRACY, N. @.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-30

Smeltermen will please take notice
that there will be a special meeting o.
Mill and Smeltermen's union No. %
w. l.. T., Wednesday, Aug. 81, 1898
at / o'clock p. m. All employees are
kindly invited to attend. w. c.. Me
Lellan, President.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-30
Anaconda steam Laundry. sos e. Park

on account of a bridge having been
burned out on the Northern Pacific
railway east of Butte, commencing
Aug. % and continuing until further
notice, east-bound passengers over the
Northern Pacific will leave Anaconda
AT I %. m. instead of Sis p. m.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-30

special drive on fancy toilet soaps,
teas. wines. liquors cigars and all kinds
OF fancy groceries at the bankrupt sale
uf the Ed Devine stock. j. w. smurr'
trustee.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-30
Cut in Passenger Rates to Seattle and
North Pacific Coast via H., A. & r. Ry.

Effective at once, passenger rates,
Anaconda to Seattle and north Pacific
coast points, are reduced to $500 first
class. $4,000 second-class.
Call on ticket agent at B., A. & p.
railway, passenger station. at Ana
conda, for further information.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-30

Round trip tickets TO the Omaha ex'
position. good for Is days, $S5, via Bur.
iington Route. On sale at B., \. x L
depot.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-30

Remember, Sept. > and 3 Burlington
Route will sell tickets To Omaha and
return for SIS. 600 Is days.
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The Standard has branch Offices at
Butte, Missoula and Great Falls, where
advertising rates will be furnished on ap-
pIicaffon-
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New York Ofice-s Tribune Building.
Chicago Objects The Rookery.
The s. c. Beckwith Special Agency
Sole Agents Foreign Advertising.
Washington B~ureau-ll5 G street,
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All general business letters and CORE
apondence should be addressed 10 the
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Anaconda. Mont.
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Main ofice-Standard Block. Anaconda.
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