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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-04

Totals. L. S.. 81 las. 159. o51 D.3 e.
Totals outside N. Y. AS. al. $50 1913 =.
DOMINION OF CANADA
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-21
He Applied to headquarters.
From Everywhere1

lFrOm EyeTywhere.)
4 commercial traveller wanted to know if the
train was late, and ventured TO ask the operator
in the ticket Office.
''Dawnaw." replied the gentleman of the keys.
meaning, probably. Il don't know"
but | am told il is an hour and a half late. %
persisted the grip-d;stender. smilingly. You
surely could tell me if that Is true
Observation-Disclosures. replied the knight
of the sounding board. turning the back Of his
head TO the questioner.
''But it Is highly desirable hat should know
smiled the gatherer OF orders still more pleas
antly. II can make three business calls in that
hour and half. and still have fifteen minutes
margin. Don't you think you had better find out
for mel Il will take you only minute or two.
you know
'.Finownoth." replied the lightning manipu-
lator, probably meaning Find oct nothing. 4"
And he began reading the advertisement COL
urnns OF a daily paper, paying no more attention
TO the interlocutor.
This is commercial as well as a railroad
telegraph ofhce:' inquired our traveller in the
blandest tones yet used during the conversation
YAH, replied the operator, meaning Yes
"A telegraph blank. pleaseY'
The unfinished document vas half thrown at
him. He leisUreiy wrote message and handed
1t to the ether with the monsy TO pay for il.
The operator commenced reading it. hitting the
words, one by enc. with his pencil 10 count
them Before he half through he ceased
hitting and looked startedly at the writer.
Good sakes man, can't send this! ne eS-
claimed. giving this time each word its full
sounds. I'D lose my position!"
And You'll lose it if you don't. | far" re-
piled his amaiable tormentor. sympathzingiy.
You've got no right TO hold il back a minute -
The operator nervously read IT over again. II
ran:
Superintendent railroad: VIII yen kindly tell
me how many minutes late Is train No. -? 1t is
very important that | should know, and your op-
orator refuses TO inform me-
Look here. now exclaimed the operator. ig-
noting his newspaper and everything else except
the traveller. Il really visa you wouldn't in
sist sending this. | think | must be some
what in the wrong, and I-I-beg your pardon.
find out for YOU in two MINUTES"
Yes, thought perhaps YOU Could replied the
other returning the money to his pocket. and
exploiting the sweetest smile of the day. in
which ne was Joined by several bystanders, while
the operator fairly exuded information
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-21
Any Job would Do.

distinguished musician waited upon one
day in his study by a rather seedy- looking stran-
ger who said to him, with what seemed to be
genuine emotion:
May humble brother musician claim your
sympathy for moment. | don't ask you 10
give me anything, but will you lend dol
lar or two2 You command SO lesson, or
as much more YOU choose to ask, while
think myself fortunate il ] get pupil now
and then at halfdollar sitting"
my friend said the other, touched by this
appeal, perhaps | help you better than by
lending you money. What is your branch OF
mrsie?"
II give lessons on the violin"
We'll, we viii see what you do. Here is
violin. | will sit down to the piano and we
viii play duet
He whipped fine violin from its case handed
it 10 the stranger, seated himself at the piano
and placed sheet of music before him.
The caller rasped the bow across the strings,
leaned forward, looked at the composition and
shook his head
''sharps?' he said. "sharps? never play
in sharps.''
The distinguished musician took the violin
from him, replaced it in its case and coldly re-
married:
My friend, what you need is job as night
Waterman in soap factory
''Win you get il for me?' eagerly asked the
caller.-YOuths Companion.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-21
He Was Too Particular.


It was a suuatter's cabin the borders OF
big swamp. and the squatter himself sat smok-
ing his pipe the colonel rode up and asked
for a drink of water. One Of the half dozen
children ran to the swamp with gourd and
filled it, but the colonel turned away from it, and
said:
Il can't drink that stuff; it's full of young
tadpoles."
eyes they do seem to be pretty thick replied
the squatter. as he blew cloud OF smoke above
his head.
Il should think you'd be afraid to swallow
these things" said the colonel.
Don't nothin 10 be afraid OF. sab Reckon
it's the tadpoles than on us. Bin
drinkin' it right along for twenty years, and
nobody's bin hurt yit.
''There must be lots of malaria around here
''Mebbe they are, sab, but haven't seen one
as knows Of Do they walk or fy?"
malaria is what breeds chills and fever. ex-
planned the colonel
''Oh, that's it? Must be round here, then,
though we amt worryin' any"
''But you shouldn't live in this miasma.''
Dunno what your miasma is. but If she
tackles this family she'll git the worst OF it.
We amt takin' bluff from anything"
''My friend,' continued the colonel. he
looked around "did you ever hear Of bacteria?''
''Never. sab; does he walk or fy?"
t'And did you never hear of microbeg'
''Never did. Is he en- the fght?'
"Iioy on earth can yOu live here, contiguous
to this pestilential morass. with the air weighted
down with malaria. is more than ! can under
stand
Inc sQudtIer looked up 10 lHe HiaH On bOTse-
back for long minute, as if puzzling over the
words. and then queried
whats Contiguous mcan?''
''It means alongside Of
''And what's 'pestilential?'"
sickness and DEATH
''And what's 'morass? y
"a swamp"
''Look here, stranger continued the sqiIatter,
as he rose up, knocked the fire cut of his pipe.
and looked very serious. ''I've lived here all my
life and Pve seen thousand people go along
this road. but you are the first critter who has
gone at it to upset me and make me feel dseon-
tented and unhappy.
81 was simply speaking of the situation" ex-
planned the colonel.
t'And so am l. sab. and the situation are jest
this: You've come along and made up faces at
my tadpoles-you've throwed malaria and miasma
at me-you've talked of pestilence and morass AMI
microbes, and you've Jest got lied up
that Pm bound to say that if You don't want
to ask fur a chaw OF terbacker or a drink of
whisky, or wasn't intendin' to stop an talk
politics. you'd better be a-gittin' and keep a.
gittin till you git beyond the next turn in the
road. You may pass all right in some parts but
I'm dawgoned if you amt twice too particular fur
sich common folks as we around yere!'
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-21
A Logging Camp.
From Lippincott's Magazine


The Summer logging camp ordinarily is not 3
picturesque place. 1t is built beside the rail-
road, in order that the supplies need not be car
ried far by hand or by ''dray.'' and whatever
beauty it has is gained from its environment of
heavy forest The various buildings or shan
ties' as they are always called, are clustered in
a compact little village Nearest the railroad
il may be-is the cooks shanty;" next it, per-
maps, is the 'men's shanty" or sleeping quarters
OF the crew; them, again. is the office,
where the camp accounts are kept and where the
foreman and scaler sleep. The barn. or ''hOyel,
is at the end of the camp, with the granary be-
side it. The blacksmith's shop and the work
bench Of the ''handy-man'' are near by. The
root cellar which is both pantry and cold
storage room, is built where the cook and his
assistants have ready access TO il.
The cooks shanty is the dining-room as we'll as
kitchen, while the office is also storehouse from
which the timber jacks obtain tobacco and
such principal articles OF clothing they may
need. All the chief buildings are long and low,
made of rough boards or logs and rooted with
sheeting and tar paper. The sleeping hunks in
the mems shanty are built along the sides OF the
cabin in tier two deep; this shanty Is the log
gers rendezvous en- cold evenings, and in it the
smell of strong tobacco smoke constantly fingers.
Such is a Summer logging camp, and, rough and
crude as it may seem, It is no bad home for men
toughened by hard outdoor labor.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-21
The Con-nInr service.
From the Forrrm.N

NJ
We sometimes hear il said that a newly-ap-
pointed consul is bright and can qualify him
self But how costly may be the errors incident
to such qualification. How dearly may we pay
for an education which should have preceda d
ineumbency do not, however. deem the time
spent in obtaining the requisite information as
constituting the most serious cause 10. ref ction
The removal from Office OF a coed consul who
has become an expert in his business and who
is useful to his country, is always unfortunate,
and sometimes disastrous. The naming OF men
unfamiliar with the language q the locality
in which they are to act Is inexcu<able. Great
Britain-always quick TO discover fields for the
opening of lucrative trade-not only insists upon
ample general education and legal attachments,
including international law. but requires a knowl-
edge OF French. and, in many instances other
languages. France, too is most insistsnt in this
regard; Subjecting the candidate to a strict ex-
animation, and keeping in view his adaptable
ity to the place 10 which he seeks TO be as
signed. Many OF our conSuls in Mexico and Cen
trail and South America cannot speak Spanish;
and where this is the case their efforts are Sc
riously hampered. Such finds his Eng
lish German and French rivals fully equipped
and daily outstrpping him IN the advancement
OF home interests. An interpreter may be used;
but this method of communication is at best IN
satisfactory. \ consul thus embarrass d not only
encounters obstacles of a social character, but is
ANNOYED on all sides. He feels out Of place. The
losses which we annually sustain en- this account
cannot be readily measured, but must be very
large.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-21
Glen Echo Cnfe Under Ncys Manage
nAent,

Mr. r. w Morgan proprietor of the
Morgan House, Georgetown. and for
many years one of Washington's best
known caterers. has taken the cafe at
Glen Echo. and proposes to provide a
service equal to that of any ho:el in the
country Mrs. Morgan will make a fea-
ture of wheelmen's breakfasts and table
dhote dinners but a service a la carte
will also be maintained and bountiful
supply of delicacies well cooked and
properly served Will add greatly to the
pleasure of visit to this beautiful re-
sort.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-21
Carlists Past and Present
fErom tI,e St. Lonis clohe.pemocrat-l

VFIOW IHt u Is0'lIs VIV01-I 5II'VVIdI-I
The boasts of the Cariists not likely TO ma
terialize in deeds IL is probable that an up
rising will take some place in Spain before many
weeks more pass. but there is no probability at
all that it will give the government the trouble
which the one in 1870, headed by the present
pretender, caused while there is not the flintest
the original Cariist outbreak that OF 1889. at
tanned. The present government OF Spain, not
withstanding its defects, IS much more Tespeeta.
bic and potent than was that Of the first Regent
Christina and her little daughter. Isabella H. in
the sos while it is far more popular among
the masses than were the regimes OF Amadeus
and of the republic, which, successfully, con-
Quoted affairs in the '70's. when the last Cariist
rebellion was under way. Alfonso MI. who went
to the thrvn In 1875 al the 5wnall Of the short
lived republic had very little difficulty in sup
pressing that Cariist uprising, and his widow.
the present regent is likely to make short work
Of any outbreak which occurs now.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-21
The Biggest Rnss

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.)
Frank B. Rider, of Avalon Catalina Island
Cal, holds the worlds record for rod and line
fishing After a terrible struggle lasting almost
an hour he succeeded in landing a black has,
weighing S2l pounds with rod and line The
bass measured six feet two inches, or four inches
than the height of the captor Its girth
was four feet nine inches. After its first pull
it took Rider just exactly fifty-eight minutes to
land it. So rapidly did the fish pull the. boat
through the water for time Rider thought he
had hooked whale The struggle between man
and fish was witnessed by over 1000 people.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-21
Her Experiment..

Jacks Mother--I knew you could get along
without a girl all right, and it's much more
economical. Now you've tried it, don't you like
it?
Jacks Wife (dubously)-well. like everything
else, it has its pleasures and pains. had a row
with the ice man, but then the policeman on the
beat kissed me.-Lifc.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-21
Work and Wages.

Housekeeper- here! You are charging
me 81 for that whitewashing job, and yet it isn't
six months since you did the same job for half
that.
Colored Artist-Yes'm, but you know cheap
wo'k is po' wo'k, an I did dat job bad de
las time dat it done took twice as long ter
do it dis tme.-New York Weekly.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-21
A Lively PInce.

Mrs. Gothsm--I don't see how you can endure
little place like Llwnyille. Nothing to see
nothing to hear nothing to talk about
Rural Guest-Land sakesi Why. our own church
has changed ministers three times within a year
and the other church is having a row with theirs
New York Weekly.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-21
I'm Great Luck.

Higgs- Hello, where have you been this long
time?
Diggs-Up in the Klondike.
Higgs-Have any luck?
Diggs-You bet.
Higgs--What was it?
Dggs-Got Back agan.-New York Sun.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-21
Worth It's Cost.

(From the Denver News.)
From every standpoint fhe war is destined to
be blessing to the nation. 1t will pay in pa
triotism, in industry in labor and in national
greatness. Its deeds of valor have shsd glory on
the American name, and crowned the republic
with luster as the proud possessor of such sons.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-21
He Understood.

From Modern Society,"
Bylesby-I wish you joy, my dear sir. As
old friend of your father, permit me to say that
you viii always look back this day the
happiest in your life.
Lamson-Thank you; but it is tomorrow / am
10 be married
Bylesby-I quite understand that.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-21
A New Countersixn.

'Let me in. dearie." he said, rather unsteadily,
at $3.50 p. m
Ceryera off the sea- first she replied from the
upper window.-Philadelphia North Amer.can.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-21
Homespun Philosophy.

There are too many people who use their friends
coaling stations.
A man should always be supplied with Just
enough work and trouble to keep his mind off
the pimple on his nose
As people get along in years the recollection OF
the price paid remains with them longer than
the recollection Of the good time.
Don't forget that worry kills as surely as con-
sumption. The only difference is that you can
break yourself of the worry habit
1t IS very creditable in So many women in the
United States taking up Red Cross work; the
costume isn't becoming 10 anyone over sixteen
Atchison Globe.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-21
CURRENT HUMOR.
An AIibi.

"Marie, there's six weeks dust on that pi-
ano''
''Yes'm. but that is the fault of the lady who
preceded me. I've only been here three weeks. -
Fliegende Blaetter
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-21
A GROHL FROM A BRIION
An English Spectator Who
Finds Much Fault.
DOES NOT UNDERSTAND US

the Conduct of the Campaign be
fore Santiago, While Giving
Americans Credit for Their COur-
age - He Thinks They Deserve
Better Treatment Than They Got.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-21

Myers-The idea OF the Government putting q
war tax on beer. It's an outrage 10 place such
restriction On the poor mans recognized bever-
age.
Gyers-Oh, well, the poor man can easily get
around the payment OF the tax.
Myers-Fd like to know how?
Gyers-By running the growler for champagne
instead of beer.-Chicago Record.
The wife of certain bookseller presented him
with eleven sons, one after another. The good
man carried his professional spirit in family
life. so he named them .'Primus,' "Secundus, .
'.Tertius." and so on to "Decinus." He CON
cluded it was time to stop at the eleventh. so
he named him ''Finis." But it was not fms.
There was yet another to come--a daughter This
time-so he called her ''Errata ''-Tit-Bits.
Arizona republican., 1898-10-29

The Territory being filed with misrepresentation false tood and statements being scattered broadcast by Democratic speakers and in Democratic platforms which have not the slightest foundation in and either inspired b malice N cusabe ignorance of the subject No doubt many weaning citizens have been deceived and have accepted the statements made to them in good faith true and have nnocnty repeated islanders against reputable fellow citizens: but every honorable in Afzon be he Democrat Republican, respects jue and far play and the people can always be relied upon |" Tebuk slandcr and malice when they exposed
 Democratic speakers and Democratic platforms have charged frand corruption official venay upon Republicans with the Yaapa county bonds they designate the ob eatons spurious and attempting make political capital lv assailne private character vcosiv They indulge in seos and misleading peadings the taxpayers their iname the public mind Ii Is political question: but honor and fair dealing and protection to the public credit and the people who read ana think be relied upon render justice when the facts correctly placed before them That all may truth, without reservation l attempt to shield anyone shift responsibility in the slightest degree and that the public may have reliable knowledge q tine question all bearings and be able render judgment npar tiall, complete and absolutely truthful history of the subject here presented:
 Under the provisions of Act the Thirteenth Legs lave Assembly of the Territory of Arizona entitled An let to March 12 1885, bonds county of Yavapai sued amounting in the aggregate to s2920oo bearing per cent in terest.
 Act No 96 of the same legislative session. approved the a authorized the issuance of S20o0o0 of Marcop County bonds, bearing per interest to aid in the construction of built and the bonds in each issued and earned Tine road Maricopa County still being operated The read n Yavapai County operated for eight and then eed to exist.
 The liabilities of the county creditors on account Of these bonds is inc i each county The fact that the road Ill Marcopa County being operated and the one III a County does relieve the latter of rcspo y the purchasers bonds Those bonds purchased good faith, and not only acknowledged to be legal a the time they ued but the principal taxpayers of the county pledged themselves every honorable effort and their prop erty that bonds were paid great assistance developing Yayaai County and ing the value of the property therein The bonds years It will hardly be suggested honorable who endorsed the bonds in the following language IIAr WE
Arizona republican., 1898-10-29

WILL BY OUR MORAL SUASION AND PERSONAL INFLJ1- ENCE AT ALL TIMES UPHOLD AND MAINTAIN THE SAID BONDS ISSUED UNDER SAID ACT AND THE LE- GAIITY THEREOF. AND OF THEIR ISSUE AND OF THE RIGHT OF THE RAILROAD COMPANY TO HAVE AND RECEIVE THE SAME, deliberately trying cheat efraud honest investors and be conceded that they meant everything their words implied
 The bonds of 3aricopa County duly funded by the Loan Commission attempt dcre6it the obligation either by Democrats Republicans Tn that county and the Yavapa County bonds be the principal object of Democratic misrepresentation their history will be further considered herein.
 When Mir T $ Bullock (uIo built the Prescott and Arizona Central railway. in aid of which the subsidy bonds isse) trying money with which build the road in 1Ss5-6 the people and taxpayers oi the city oI fseo as evidence o their good faith n the enterprise and proof of the count intention carry the of the law, subscribed to S5oo of the county bonds follows:
 klow all by these presents, that and in eonSdcra ton of the of dolar each of the undersigned hand duly paid by Thomas S Bullock and George r. amliton and other good and valuable considerations the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged
 Wc the undersigned each of us citizens inc Territory o said Territory of Arizona sevealy and the for himself legal representatives covenant and agree and with said Thomas S. Bullock and George r Iami ton their legal representatives and and to and with each other, follows:
 ~F-Eitler purchase and take from the said Thomas Bullock and George F. Hamilton their legal representatives assigns, demand by them either of hcm any within two from this date, and when demanded M them either fhem whether m one amount or In nstalmes to be fixed by
 them either of them (he said Thomas & Bullock and George dollars set opposite our respective names hereto se and pay the said Thomas Bullock and George r Hamilton, their legal representatives the par value of such bonds written opposite his such suscrlbers ane III lawful money o the United States, with interest if there shall be accrued thereon the time denand said bonds be issued by said county Of 1ayapa the Territory of Arizona under the proys of Thirteenth Legislative Assembly Tertoy entitled An Act aid the o railroad Yayapa Couny approved March 12th 1885,
 Or else lieu cash above, deliver the said Thomas Bullock and George F. Hamilton legal rep reentavs assigns demand by them either of them upon presentation and delivery of said county bond any time within two from this date his (thc subsertcr individual bond secured by good and sufficient deed of dec o
Arizona republican., 1898-10-29

duly signed and acknowledged and delivered of lands in d County of Yavapi otherwise uncumbered and of the then esed value appraised of by said county ill the year last preceding said dand and the actual selling than double the of the said bonds be conditioned the payment of said amount three after date anl delivery thereof to said Thomas Bullock and George Hamilton, their legal representatives assigns, with cipa and interest shall be fully paid
 SecoGdThe aggregate of the number of bonds to be purchased paid for by shall be sevenyve of thousand dollars ea each of the subscribers being responsible only for the amount subscribed for by him, fs E
 ''ird-That will in any way, directly indirectly, oppose oc the issue of the bonds of said County Yav pal provided to be issued under said Act of the Legislature hers in}cfore mentioned and sssss.
 That will at all times good offices to secure the prompt said bonds by the and ether officers of said county: and 5Sssa.,SA
 That will, by moral and personal influence, all uphold the bonds issued under said Act and the legality thereof and of their ssue and of the tAc railroad company to have and receive the ss
 In default nperomance by of the coveaana aforesaid of the covenants provisions copdi tions of this contract and instrument,
 We hereby everaly promise and to and with the said Thomas Bullock and George Hamilton their legal assigns, pay the said Thomas Bullock and George F. Hamilton their legal representatives assigns each fo9 his default for anoher the just and full double of bonds subscribed for by each of
 spectyey hquated damages and not by of penalty performance eeof the part of each of respectively
 In witness whereof severaly hands and anfV T tr..-lr nSpalS ES
Arizona republican., 1898-10-29
IT IS HISTORY THAT EVERY CITIZEN OF ARIZONA
 SHOUk BE ACQUAINTED WTTH

Man m maid shd by YNapa in ala a et shows the of ffomdatonfu fu1 Nmsp nd dstumpsp
 il neet o Deenc
 and of Justice to men who have bee" "a1e"d