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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-08
T~reasurer's Report.

Great Falls. Nov. THE monthly re-
port of County Treasurer Gelsthorpe
shows the following sums remaining 10
h credit OF the various funds on Oct.
31st. 1898. viz. General fund. sl2.-
1875 80; contingent fund. $40, 26G. SO; road
fund, s3.293.1s; o fund, s9.072. 20;
bridge fund. sl.2S; general school fund.
s151.21; district school fund. S9.4S9. sc:
city Of Great Falls fund. s2,07s.s4i city
of Neihart fund. S94.0l: state fund. 81
15S. 81; state bounty fund. s20s.02: stock
inspection and detection fund. $1,000;
stock indemnity fund. S27.7+: sheep in
spection fund. SAP; state stock boun-
~ found. s3e4.65; district cou clerk
deposit, 500. so: estate of accounts.
$1,000; redemptions. 1893; institute
fund. s7o.25; interest fund. s2s2. 81: pen
atty fund. s1s2.42: publication fund,
500. rs; trust fund. s2.5o: assessors.
si.6s4.5l. Total, $50. 454.7 ~. The total re-
ceipts for the month were SIS, 40 Il; the
total disbursements. s32. 2e9.1 3.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-08

Great Falls. Nov. TT. l.. Blackman,
General manager for the Home Land
and Cattle company. states that a gang
of horse thieves has been spending the
summer in camp at the mouth OF Big
Dry creek and has been operating from
that point. Recently, just before the
band decamped, they entered the pas
ture of the company one night When
a heavy storm was raging and drove
off IS head of fine saddle horses. A re-
ward for the capture of thieves and
the return of the animals has been Of
fered. but as yet no clue has been OBJ
tanned as to their whereabouts. as the
storm covered up their trail.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-08
the MAN WHO DID.
The Reason why IL l. Pretty Certain He's
sorry for Doing ~.

The Reason why IL l. Pretty Certain He's
sorry for Doing It,
From the New York Sun.
This story did not come from the man
interested; IL came from the lady who was
with the lady who was interested. Perhaps
that fact viii relieve the mind OF the
man who did"
The two ladies were crossing from Ho-
bOken the other day. and in the ferry
boat sat next TO a fiashily dressed mar.
who wore many imitation diamonds and
much jewelry. when the ladies left the
boat one felt for her purse and didn't find
II.
There wasn't much In IT," she explain
ed p~hllosophically to her friend. II wasn't
going TO buy anything, you know; I was
only going shopping. but it served me
right for putting the purse in my pock-
ct"
The friend agreed consolingly. and they
walked on for a moment. when the lady
who's pocket had been picked pulled out
a mall hard lump of glass from her
pocket.
The poor thief" she said: heres one
of his diamonds" They laughed and went
on uptown. In the course of time they
were up In Union square. and just for
the fun OF the thing decided to go into
mond" might be worth. So they went Ia
the diamond sharp and asked AZ the thing
Was really worth anything.
Its not glass. said the expert: "it's a
diamond and a very good one" Then he
studied II a little longer and said that Il
was worth about So.
For some reason the man who lost that
diamond hasn't advertised yet. This story
will a. that for him.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-08
The Body Found.

Great Falls. Nov. Last February
John Koran. while going from his
ranch to Culbertson on horseback for
the purpose of getting his mail. was
lost. From the racks OF the horse on
the Ice Ii was believed hat horse and
rider had broken through the ice and
drowned. The story was told In these
columns at the time. and search was
made OF the i've wherever there was
an open space for months afterward.
but without success. A few days ago
a body was found floating down the
Missouri river near Bismarck. and
from papers found 1t vas Identified as
that OF the missing man. The corpse
was not as badly decomposed as one
might expect from such long exposure
TO the water. but that Is a Characters
tic OF the old Missouri.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-08
New Species of Elk.

Seattle. Wash. Nov. 7.-As the result
of three months work by a party for
the Field Columbian museum. headed
by Professor ID. @. Elliott. a new spe-
cies of elk has been found in the Olym-
pic mountains. The party collected many
Wonderful geological specimens. which
will be sent to Chicago.
In September. when Professor Elliott
was within a few miles Of Mount Olym-
pus. strange rumbling noises were
heard. He believes that somewhere in
the mountain side a great glacier In con-
tinually dropping icebergs into some
huge abyss and that the noises come
from falling ice. He does not believe
that any n has yet reached h base
Of Olympus. much less climbed IL.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-08
R,xorou. swi.. school Laws.

II n child in switzerland does not at
tend school on a particular day the parent
gets a notice from the public authority
that he Is nned 50 many francs: the sec
ond day the hne Is increased and by the
third day the amount has become a seri-
Gus one. In case OF cknes the pupil l.
excused. but n there Is any suspicion 81
shamminR a Doctor Is sent. II the sus-
picion proves 10 be well founded the pa
rent H. required to pay the cost Of tire doc
tors visit.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-08
Look Ing for Trouble.

Great Falls. Nov. 1-Charles Lawless.
colored. was arrested h ii afternoon by
Officer Bissett for carrying a concealed
weapon. The officer had been on the
lookout for him most OF the afternoon.
as IL had been reported that he vas
armed and looking for trouble and
when Bissett finally encountered him
he certainly was In a vicious mood. He
resisted arrest and II was only after
the officer had broken his club and his
thumb in the encounter that several
bystanders came to his assistance and
the colored man was subdued. He may
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-08
RAILROAD CIRCLES
tHE MONTANA CENTRAL
m 0roes Earnings Were e2.i2o.342.-
- "A Big Increase IN the Busi-
Il ness OF the Oregon
! Short Line.

The Great Northern Railway COM
spany has just published a statement
.bf the earnings OF the different lines of
abe company and other corporations
connected with the Great Northern. for
last year.. The chief items of local in
sterest relate to the earnings OF the
Montana Central. It's gross earnings
,were s2.126. s42. ~; operating expenses.
81. $50. 81. IA; taxes. s1.324ss; income
ifrom operation. 1914. 075.l 10: miscellan-
: eous income received. 81. s9o.ss. The
= statement in full is as follows:
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-08
New Alaska Mills.

Tacoma, Wash. Nov. THE new
stamp mills which the Treadwell and
allied companies a been erecting on
Douglass island. Alaska, are completed.
and after being tested. viii be turned
over to the companies by the engineers
now in charge. These mills give Doug
lass island a total OF $50 stamps with a
capacity for crushing $500 tons OF ore
daily. This Will be a greater amount
of ore than is crushed in an equal area
anywhere else in the world.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-08
Yukon Pioneer Dead.

San Francisco. Nov. THE remains
OF Frank Dinsmore. one of the found
ers OF the Yukon Pioneers society. who
died in this city Of bronchial trouble.
have been shipped to Auburn. Ne. his
native place. He "a one of the most
prominent men on the Yukon and was
interested in a number of the richest
claims. He left an estate valued at $780,
000
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-08

The Canadian Pacific will accept the
award of the abitrators in the dispute
between IL and the American lines re-
garding transcontinental freight rates.
The arbitrators, 1t will be remembered.
met less than a month & and decided
that the foreign road was not entitled
TO a differential below the American
lines. When the decision was an
nounced IL was reported that the Cana
dian Pacific QUIZ not accept II. on the
ground that 1t was reached on a tech
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-08
Smarter Than He Looked.

A Boston broker boasts OF "A rather
bright ONCE boy. One OF his friends drop
for some cigars, giving him a dollar bill
to pay for them. The boy returned with
the cigars. the caller commended him for
purchasing such good ones and passed
them around. shortly after the broker
was lett alone in his office. when the
shrewd urchin handed him six cigars
with the remark: "'Ere's the rest OF
them cigars. Mr.. Martin"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-08

You will find that II is true that a
vote for Hogan is a vote for Marshall.
the goldbug.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-08
She Was All n

Yes. ell the boys called that pretty
Miss SINNERS an angel at the hospital"
Somebody told me she didn't do a bit Of
work"
That's right. All she did was to come
around IN the evening and give the boys
a goodnight kiss.'-cleysland Plain
Dealer.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-08

Let your vote say hat you don't care
to vote your approval Of Jerome meth
IDS.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-08

Austin Gavin. travelling freight agent
of the Colorado Midland. is I'm Butte
looking after business for his road.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-08

Burlington reports show that about
1000 cars are loaded daily pm that sys-
TEN. Demoraiized rates have cut down
to some extent, but the vol
ume of business Is very large.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-08

have a charge OF resisting an officer adj
ded to the other charge. The u was
found on his person.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-08

J. d. Farrell. who was elected presi-
dent of the Pacific Coast company. has
zen a resident OF Spokane for several
Years. He was nee a brakeman on the
Canadian Pacific and later on the Crea,
Northern.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-08

over 500 large box freight cars owned
by private parties have been ordered
on the Union Pacific road. They have
been purchased by the Kansas City.
Pittsburg & Gulf. This action of the
Union Pacific il regarded rs an at
tempt to get rid OF paying mileage ON
private freight cars. for other cars will
have to be supplied TO take their places.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-08

Auditor Hills of the Oregon Short
Line has issued a statement of earnings
M expenses of the road, covering n
period Of three months. ending Sept.
30. IL shows a decided increase in earn
ings and a decrease in the percentage
OF operating expenses, as compared
with the same period last year.
The gross earnings of the company
for the period mentioned were 81. $685.
194.1T. as compared with 81. 595. 1868 for
the same months in 1897. The operating
expenses. including taxes, were $685.
$500. leaving the surplus earnings,
1851, s3s.S7. In 1897 the operating ex-
penses including taxes, were 1867 .505.24,
and the surplus earnings, 1927 .S41.13.
The percentage of operating expenses
and to earnings with 1,434.A miles
operated, this year was 52.Ts. as COM
pared with 60.55 for the same period in
1897, with 1.4e9. II miles in operation.
The comparative statement for the
month of September is as follows:
1898. 1897.
Gross earnings. 1854 Cos ~ s534,5 $50 %
Oper atin *
penses,, including
taxes -. ...... 34s, 196 81 1886. soe AZ
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-08

Surplus earnings. 1911, sol IS s1s7, $50 So
percentage of operating expenses and
taxes to earnings, 1898. Sac: 1897. 63.02.
Miles operated. 1898. 1854: 1897.
1,429.71.
From this IL will be seen that the
surplus earnings for the month of Sep
TENDER this year were $113. s21. SO more
than during the same month In 1897. a
very handsome showing.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-08

nicality. John W. Midgiey. who was
the Canadian Pacific arbitrator Of the
dtspute. has announced hat the line he
represented will not protest the award
Baltimore q Ohio oficials deny the
report that a gained much circula-
ton of late TO the effect that they are
to adopt a new type OF locomotive for
service between New York and WASH
ington. They claim 10 have now the
fastest locomotives In service. one of
them having run 1S5 miles In 1876 min
utes. not counting a stop of five min
utes. This train pulled Vice President
Hobart to the capital for his inaugura-
ton. These locomotives are also cred
tied with frequently running at a rate
Of IS miles an hour.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-08
DR.. Sanders Electric Belt

This wonderful invention cures
all waste Of power by a simple vital
izing of the weakened nerves. As
they are saturated with It's strength
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-07

From England" said Henri with undis-
guised amazement.
Yes. Your majesty must be aware OF
old that I thoroughly appreciate the press,
The correspondents OF the enterprising
English journals will, l have no doubt, in
form us as to the success or failure OF my
first personal blow at the German host"
II may say in conclusion" he added.
that l was not idle before 1 sailed from
New York. My agents are buying arms,
ammunition, horses and equipment, to-
gether with som special requirements Of
my own, at every possible center in Eng
land and America. They are all consigned
to a mythical individual named Hiram p.
sloker OF Boston, Mass, but l have no
doubt that they will eventually, and very
soon, l hope, find their way to various
French ports. The authorities must be in
structed to look out for them and the less
said about these c~onsignments the better.
AS | have already remarked, the press can
render us great service, but 1t can do us
even greater injury by making our secrets
known to the enemy"
you have brought us new life. my
friend,'' said the king, selling Vansittart's
hand impulsively.
"You have plenty OF life," was the cheer
full answer, but you need rousing a bit.
Believe me, France will arise from this
supreme trial more powerful. more digniied
than before"
She will be bankrupt in gratitude" cried
Liancourt.
Nay, that is impossible. or all countries
she pays most dearly for slight services.
Now to protect the Sahara"
He wrote a telegram addressed to the
British foreign secretary: THE exigencies
Of tie campaign compel France to leave the
Sahara canals at Gabes unprotected. Your
interests, however, demand that they shall
not be injured by any hostile power. Full
explanations will be given to the British
ambassador in Paris"
Germany will think many times before
1t acts once so as to impel Great Britain
to actively side with us in this struggle
he explained to those present, and the mes
sage was dispatched.
When the council dispersed Jerome sought
his private apartments. He missed Evelyn,
and in response to his inquiries was told
that the queen, worn out with nursing her
ailing child during the harass of recent
events, was taking a needed rest
whilst his wife was looking after the infant
prince; otherwise Honorlne would not have
left the boy with his attendants.
Jerome smiled when he reflected that
even IN this troublous time the two mothers
would find more to say concerning the
youngsters than about affairs Of state. AS
he commenced a letter to Pompier, Arizona
Jim entered.
vansittart laid down his pen for 6
moment and Bates took the cue.
"Yes, Jim, there has"
"D'you r~ec'llect, boss, when we started
west last trip, as 1 said that the French
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-07
NOTE BOOK.

$50 gold pieces on top, ROSTERS standing on
the edges, cows in the background, and they
were all growing, mooing or crying, I'VE
want to so to Jack"
Next morning. Alice dressed herself early
and crept down to her mothers room. The
mother awoke at her approach and Alice told
her the plan. To think was to act, and by
10 o'clock the same morning a score of the
neighbors were in Alice's room, busily en-
gagged in baking pies, cakes, cookies, chick
ems, roast beef and other toothsome things
for the soldier boys in Jacks regiment. Even
the little girls next door came in between
school times to wash and pick over berries.
And the next morning a huge box of the
choicest lot of edibles that ever went south
was sent to Jack, accompanied by a letter
explaining what had caused the contribu-
ton.
There was a jolly crowd in Tampa two
days later. The boys had just been paid,
but money could not buy in the shops of
Tampa anything to equal this gift. A COM
pany meeting was held the same night after
dress parade and a pot of money was raised
to buy Alice a wheel and show that they
appreciated the gift. An order with the cash
was then forwarded to a northern firm and
ten days later Alice not only received a
wheel, but the heartfelt thanks of a COM
pany of soldiers who will never forget her.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-07

wrote. Lots of food, but not enough
variety. We've been living on pork and
beans and beans and pork for a month.
Wish l had some Of those pies you bake.
We boys wouldn't do a thing to them. Bet
ter give Alice a wheel. i think we can
spare 1t. 1t should do her good"
The next day, Sunday, Alice went to
church with her mother. The hope of hav-
ing a wheel rung in her ears and she had
laid awake half the night thinking of what
splendid rides she and the girls next door
would take, The pastor preached a SER
mon on the joys OF self-saerifce and un-
selhshness; how 1t is better to give than to
receive.
Alice listened as though in a trance. And
she thought and thought Of the minister's
words. Somehow she could not just give up
her hope OF having a wheel and going home
she spoke to her mother about IT. Jack
wanted IT," Alice argued with all the JOY
Of childish enthusiasm. and the mother
finally said she could have one the next day.
That afternoon in Sunday school the
thought of a Wheel continually dinned itself
in her ears. and strange to relate the
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-07

in the rain. knowledge that must be learned
from gypsies or Indians. Gypsies and In
dams know how to do 1t, but there is moth
ing mysterious in the accomplishment. Any
one can learn 1t. To begin with, you must
learn to keep your matches dry-and before
that. to be sure you have matches. Leather
match cases are likely to let matches get
damp; carry a metal one. Then always
make a habit of having some old news
paper in your best protected pocket. You
can get on without 1t, but 1t is good wood
craft to do things the easiest way, and the
paper makes frebuilding easy. Also be
sure you always have a good knife: of course
no self-respecting boy needs that advice;
but girls who want to glorify their sex by
showing what girls can do in the woods
need to look to the knife problem. Select
a place for the fire where it won't set either
timber or tents ablaZe.
Clear the ground around it of infammable
trash; a few stones roughly piled UP be-
tween it and the wind will often save
more time than it takes to gather and place
! them.
If everything Is soaking look for a fallen
tree or an old stump; shave off the sur
face at one spot and then you can get good
| dry splinters from the old wood beneath;
often a little "grubbing'' in the stump or
underneath the log will bring forth a hand
full of good dry wood without any use OF
the knife. Gather dead twigs from the
trees, not from the ground; build your pile
with care; hurry makes worry here and II
is to be hoped you wear a broad hat SO thai
you can protect the infant blaze from I'm.
timely breeZes with it.
! Last and largest order-make the res
stand around and take orders from you
when the fire is your job; otherwise some
one will proudly dump a great wet planl
down on your struggling little flame anc
then say, when it goes out, "Why, I though
you could build a fire SO well; what do YOU
suppose is the matter with you?",
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-07
SOME LATE INVENTIONS.

Explosive powder is used to operate a new
motor, a small quantity of the powder
being fed into the cylinder to drive the
piston rod. the expanded gas escaping
through a valve as the piston returns.
A new tea or coffee pot strainer, to be at
tached to the spout OF the pot, has a tin
shield extending partially around the
stIainer to prevent the liquid from dripping
from the wire meshes after the pot has
been used.
In a newly designed glove, patented by a
Michigan woman, the palm of the hand and
inside of the thumbs and fingers are pro-
vided with rings of leather or
other material which prevent the glove
from wearing out.
A Texas inventor has made a nonpunc-
turable tire, which has two layers of fabric.
with the threads crossing each other, be-
tween which Is placed a layer of rawhide,
the whole being covered by an outer jacket
Of fabric or rubber.
Envelopes can be easily opened by a new
device which is formed of a base support
ing two uprights with slots in the sides
to guide a knife blade driven down by a
knob at the top to slice a thin strip from
the edge of the letter.
A new carriage step is formed OF a fixed
rod attached to the wagon body on which
a sliding shank supporting the step is held
in place by a pin, the step portion being
turned inward when driving to prevent the
wheels from throwing mud on il.
The neck of a new non-refllable bottle
has a projection from one side of the top
through which the cork is pushed TO the
highest point in the neck and then forced
down in the bottle by a pin placed at the
top. the neck being broken in order to get
the cork out.
In a newly patented tire tightener the
felly is divided at intervals by a wedge
shaped block having the head OF a bolt
seated in 1t, with the nut OF the bolt
mounted on a plate on the inner edge OF the
felly to draw the wedge in and increase the
circumference OF the rim.
To indicate the distance Travelled by rail,
way cars a beyel-gear wheel is mounted
puooss . qlIA Qssm OF eIxe 100 sql uC
wheel and drive a mechanical arrangement
under the car. designed to run in either
direction and turn a shaft connected With
q set of dials inside the car.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-07

these early compositions. The lover of
Mozart's music recognizes the touch of that
master hand even in these simple harmonies
where lie many of the themes developed
later by his more mature genius.
The court and people might we'll stand
amazed at the boy who had to be lifted up
on the organ bench, yet played any music
placed before him or improyised on any sug-
gested theme. Many a guinea went into the
pockets OF his enterprising manager and
father for private exhibitions Of the genius
of the infant composer. Lords and ladies'
besieged his door, begging that they might
pay their gold to hear the wonderful child
improvise upon their favorite themes.
Still, he was a very natural child in other
respects. 1t is related that during one of
these private r~ecitals. while Mozart was in
the midst OF a composition which charmed
every listener, he espied a ~fayorite cat COM
ing into the room. His hands dropped on
the keys, he slid down from the bench and
ran to pick up the cat and fondle il. 1t
was as natural for him TO play the organ
and compose music as 1t is for any other
child to play horse" or sing ring around
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-07

a rosy" When he was composing his SYM
phony. dedicated to the queen OF Eng
land. he remarked to his sister, who was
standing near: Now. don forget; remind
me to give the French horns plenty TO do
The notebook written at this early age is
scrubbed sometimes in pencil, at others
ink has been used, but its great value lies
in the proof that his musical genius was
so ripe almost from the very beginning,
The original manuscript OF the symphony
Is carefully preserved in the library of the
British museum. but the notebook was lost
for more than 100 years and brought to
light only within the last few months. This
picture Of Mozart was taken at about this
time, the original painting being preserved
in the Mozart museum at %Salzburg.