The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-07
Out Of the Vest Pocket.

In Berlin nc woman il allowed to ride
on the top of an omnibus.
4 Eight million Eggs have been found In
the roe OF q single Goldfish.
A caterpillar in the course Of a month
Will devour 800 times its own weight IN
food.
Manitoba traces Its origin from Manitou.
the Indian appeIlstion Of the Great
Spirit"
A newly discovered spot on the sun.
visible now, IN said to be 5000 miles In
diameter.
Argentina, now the Argentine Republic.
owes its name to the silvery rejection OF
it's rivers.
G~rasshoppers IA been reported al.
ready In Madison county. Indiana. and
at Bar Harbor. Ne. D.
In every school in Paris there 10 . res
taurant where free meals are served to
the children whit are too poor TO pay.
The king of Spain has q civil list Of
q, 4Oo. 0oo. and, besides this sum. $4,000 10
awarded to other members of the royal
family.
Brazil is a Portuguese term derived
from braza, "a live COAL" relative to the
red dyewood with which the country
abounds.
II only pure milk were sold In London
Il is estimated that from "a. 900 to "a. 900
| more cows would be wanted to keep uo
the supply.
The longest canal in the world IL in
Russia. 1t extends from st. Petersburg to
the frontier of China, and measures near
ly $500 miles.
A French aericulturist has grated to-
matoes upon potatoes. with the result
that his plant produces potatoes under
ground and tomatoes above.
The Correspondence. published in Ma.
drid, expresses confidence in the eternal
triumph of Justice And that IL what
Uncle Sam pins his faith upon.
A novel use has lately been found for
the cinematograph. which has recently
, been employed at the Imperial institute
for the purpose OF illustrating farming op-
e~rations in Canada.
The walnut library and bedroom sets
of furniture In Jefferson Davis old home
in Beauvoir. Miss, have been shipped to
| Richmond. Va. for preservation in the
Confederate museum.
Munster. in w~estphalia, has a public
| school which has Just celebrated the
l. Tooth anniversary of its foundation. II IL
the St. Paul gymnasium, and was orisf-
nally a convent school.
Hunger stones have been seen In the
Rhine this winter. They appear only when
the river is very low. and the date OF
their appearance Ii then cut into them.
Tney are DeiIeNeu 10 IoTooue . seoi VI
bad crops.
a physician in indianapolis. thinks that
souls and bodies shold be administered to
Jointly, and has united preaching with
her practice. She makes house-to-house
missionary canvasses. She IL a product OF
Kansas.
SPANS b%uIl-fghtcrs made money last
wear. Mazzantini in IS fights killed 1S
bulls and made $4,000 p~esetas: Reverte's
score was n fights. 16O bulls and 2is.0Oo pc
setas. while Guerrita, with B fights and
lat bulls slaughtered, earned $4,000 pese-
tas. OF SOL, 900.
OF old the gods were worshipped as Civ
ers Of the fruits of the earth. and esue-
cially of bread and salt. which are always
mentioned together. This mineral wal as
ISOLATED with religious offerings. partic-
ularly cereal. Its preventative qualities
made 1t the fitting symbol of an enduring
compact. hence, probably. the covenant
of salt spoken Of so frequently In the bi-
BILE.
La. Tribune di Roma says that Riociotti
GarIbaldi. son of the great Garibaldi, has
given up his idea for the present at least
of taking an expedition to Cuba in aid
of the insurgents for the reason that no
believes that the prospect Ii good Tor a
republican uprising in Spain Tor thae
he would reserve himself. In the mean
time thousands are enrolling themselves
"on paper for the Cuban cause In ana
around Rome. One young woman, Miss
Giovanni d'Arco. formerly an artists
model, proposes to raise a corps OF ANA
IONS. of which she oners TO take com
mand.
The main proposition advanced by
wayne Macveagh I'm a recent speech Is
that the political conditions in Pennsyi-
vania have reached a point where "they
represent, purely and simply. government
by bribery and corruption" That IL a
sweeping and a shocking statemeht 10
mako. but Mr.. Macveagh declares that
everybody knows its truth: that every
body agrees with that proposition and
that this government by bribery ana cor
ruption receives the silent acQuieecence oil
capitalists. judges. lawyers. bankers, cier.
cymen. merchants and manufacturers Of
the rity and state.