The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-06
BRIEFLY TOLD.

The wife Of an English clergyman has
made a collection of all the buttons
placed in the offertory bags during the
last two or three years and has fastened
them 10 cardboard in various cunning
shapes of animals. birds and covers.
As a bazaar Is shortly To take place I'm
connection with the church. she has had
these button pictures photographed and
copies will be on sale at the exhibition.
A Russian shop keeper recently posted
the following announcement i'm front OF
his place Of business: The reason why
have hitherto been able to sell my goods
much cheaper than anybody else is that
i am a bachelor, and do not need to
make a profit for the maintenance of a
wife and children. II IL now my duty 10
inform the public that this advantage
will shortly be Withdrawn from them. as
] am about to be married. They will.
therefore. do well TO make their purchases
at once at the old rate"
The interdependence of industries af-
fords some Of the most remarkable phe-
nomena of modern life. Awhile ago the
suggested use OF camphor in smokeless
powder threatened to raise the price Of
that drug to a point IL has not reached
for centuries. and now the established
use of cellulose i'm the powder adopted by
the United States, Japan and other coun-
tries has caused an unwonted consump-
ton Of alcohol. The internal revenue col
~lections I'm the Peoria. ILL.,. district were
more than 81. 200. 900 for October alone. a
large part OF Il being due to a trainload
OF spirits shipped to Japan. Our own gov
has bought 1000 barrels of al
cohol since the war broke out.
Oficers in our army complain sometimes
OF their pecunlary state. but they are not
so badly on In comparison with other
services. The father OF a subaltern in
the English army" say his son. after
having had about 5000 spent on his edu-
cation at a public school and being cram
med for his examinations by various tu-
tors. and about LEO more spent on his
uniform and Indian OUTFIT. obtained a sec
ond lieutenantcy. for which he receives
the munihcent pay OF IS 81 6l.3OD a day.
a sum scarcely sufficient to pay for his
messing. washing and servant" In India
this is increased to 22 rupees "A month,
but his expenses are at least go rupees.
a balance is thus left on the wrong side.
which this British parent has TO make
good.
France. says the New York Tribune, has
had possession Of Tunis Is years. and un-
der its management the county has reach
ed a stage OF civilization and order which
IL had not before known since the Ro-
man dominion. and. perhaps. not then. IL
was bankrupt when the French occupan-
cy began: II Is now solvent. and its year
~ receipts regulate It's yearly expendi-
lures. In 1850 it had not a furlong Of de-
Gently made road: now fairly good ones
connect all the principal towns. and the
work is extended and improved year by
year; a prosperous railway system has
been introduced; the harbor channels
have been deepened to admit the largest
ships TO the wharves of the city: ~ light
houses. small and large. have been built.
wells have been sunk all over the coun-
try. a steady supply OF water beine one of
Its most urgent needs: domestic indus
tries of all kinds. have been encouraged
and promoted and the safety of property
and life Is almost as well assured there
as In Aouitaine or Brittany. France
may point with pride 20 this prosperous
and orderly North African possession as
an illustration Of her capabilty in the
way OF colonial management. which she
is 50 anxious TO try on a larger scale.