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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-11
Maniac in Conjunction with the Moon.

Residents of Florida street. near
Twenty-second, San Francisco, are
thankful that Charles Prettijohn has
been sent to Agnews asylum. They can
go to bed now with the calm assurance
thai their rest will mot be broken by a
clamor to which a Chinese riot is not a
circumstance They can look the full
moon fair in the face over their right
or even their left shoulders and fear no
evil consequences. The god has been
yanked out of the machine and peace
broods once more over a quiet neigh
borhood
Prettijohn is a nurseryman. the owner
and until the other day the only occu-
pant Of 1917 Florida street. In his front
yard and the tallest eucalyptus tree
i'm all the mission. In his brain existed
a belief that blOodthirsty enemies were
ever logging his steps. For three-quar-
ters of each zoe his fears of a tragic
end only drove him to keep himself be-
hind doors tightly locke and windows
heavily barricaded. The remaining pc
riOd, hen the moon got too full for ut
teranCe, PrettijOhn could smell them
coming. and, for greater safety and to
alarm the ~neiEhborhood to his danger,
took to the eucalyptus.
Many feet above the ground he had
built a platform in the spreading
branches. To reach this station he had
81 go VI ~ $3.50 oAAAA " -
thoroughly alarmed was wont to shin
aloft like a monkey. When he got there
trouble began for the ~neighbors. He
proceeded with the aid of a tremendous
gong and a couple of revolvers, to make
things hum. Fearful that the Internal
clamor might fail of it's purpose. he lent
his voice as he thought occasion re-
quired. Pleasant family dreams were
changed i'm a jiffy to haotic Nightmares,
sleepers fell with an ouch" of the tall
est buildings and no wink Of sleep re-
turned.
The other morning Prettijohn and the
moon We're in conjunction. Three min
utes later Florida street got the benefit
Of the combination. The gon changed,
exploded cartridges awoke the echoes
of dreamland, which were soon drowned
i'm n~eighborly blasphemy. After a time
up a position i'm his house, where he
was found by Patrolmen Brown, Bode
and Edner of the Seventeenth street
station. He was as placid as a summer
lake and made no resistance to arrest.
He was taken to the hospital for the m
sane, and, after an examination, was
sent to Agnews.
Prettijohn's surroundings show hin to
have been a man of considerable educa-
ton and refinement. His neighbOrs re-
garded hin as perfectly harmless aside
from his delusion. which 1t is supposed
may have been brought on by deep
study on plant liberalization.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-11

Guerdon w. Wattles, president Of the
exposition:
among all the states represented at
this exposition, not one is entitled to
more praise for the extent and variety
of products exhibited n for the en-
terprise of its citizens than Montana.
Though one of the youngest states Of
the union and burdened by the obliga-
lions incident 10 the building and sup
port of state institutions. her legisla-
ture and her most prominent and
wealthy citizen responded to our invi-
tation to participate in this exposition
in a manner which leaves no as
to the public spirit of her statesmen
and citizens. Our promotion committee
was met by his excellency Governor
Smith and by the state officials n
members of the legislature with a most
hospitable and enthusiastic reception,
but TO Marcus DAILY of Anaconda our
thanks are especially due. He is "A type
Of many Of the progressive men of the
West. For his magniti-
cent donation Of S15. 600 to the fund for
the representation Of his state at this
exposition and for his mann other acts
OF generosity and public enterprise he
is entitled TO the respect and esteem Of
all the citizens Of his state. To your
excellent governor n the commission
appointed by him. and especially TO the
honorable chairman of this commission.
great credit is due for the magnificent
building and the exhibit Montana has
here.
The exhibits OF the new states OF the
West have been the admiration and the
special interest Of the thousands Of
Eastern visitors, who hav learned for
the first time OF the magnitude and i'm
portance Of the products of these states.
The average citizen does not realize
that Montana is more than three times
larger In area than New York: that
within it's borders may be found rich
mines Of coal. iron. gold. silver and
copper, and agricultural resources that
excel those Of Pennsylvania when this
fact is illustrated as II is daily here a
new field for immigration is opened up
and great good may be expected frcn
the knowledge hat will be dissent
mated at this exposition.
1t is aid that from the summit Of
Montana's loftiest mountain can he
seen the sources of three OF the great
est rivers Of the continent: that a drop
Of water may be divided al this peak
and part now with the waters Of the
Missouri to the Gulf Of Mexico. part
HIth the waters Of the Col
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-11

ful operation OF a great Industrial X
position. educating and enlighteniug
our people in the arts of peace Amid
financial depression, caused by the
greatest panic of recent years amid
the gloom of drought and distress
which followed this panic, the people
OF the West rose above the calamities
OF the hour and united with an energy
ana enthusiasm. only known to the
West, in building these beautiful pal
aces, fashioned in marble. and filli-g
them with the choicest specimens of
their products. Not a dollar of bonds
was issued, every obligation has been
laid when due, and to-day the gates
could be closed and every debt paid.
The people of the West have not only
illustrated the of the richest
section of land in the world ~ this
exposition, but they havr demonstrated
the pluck, energy and ea'erprise ~ tin.
citizens of the West i'm 'ursnounting all
obstacles, in overcoming all difficulties
and finally in succeeding in a magniii-
rent manner In promoting a public CO.
terprise worthy of any of the older
countries of the world.
This exposition attracts every visi-
tor from the East i'm a manner that
conveys a broader idea and a more ex-
tensive appreciation of the West and
its people than could have been ac-
complished in any other way. With
all the obstacles to urmount in times
of adversely. distress and discredit. no
other part of our country nor other
country in the world would have un-
dertaken a great enterprise of this
character. Every state that has a part
in this beautiful and instructive object
lesson should feel proud of her share
OF the glory and honor which future
history will accord to the states and
individuals who have had the pluck
and enterprise to undertake and carry
out this work. 1t stands like a great
beacon light and sheds its rays
throughout the land. To the homeless
millions of less favored chimes, it is a
messenger of promise. To the weary
mariner whose . fortunes have been
wrecked on the seas of adversely, ii is
a h~arbinger of hope. 1t opens new
fields to the investor. inspires the am
bition of the genius, incites the emula-
tion of states and stands the browning
glory i'm the history of the West"
EXPO.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-11
IT WAS MOUNTAINS FIELD DAY.
This States Best Foot Forward at Omaha-lt Is Certain
That They Are Well Repaid Who Made the
Trip to the Big Show.

Special Correspondence Of the Standard.
Most Of us look upon the Trans
Mississippi and International EXPOSE
tion at Omaha as a sort Of vest-pocket
edition of the worlds fair. But IL is
not that at all. Really, the institution
does not exist for the international part
Of Il: for the show has first and entire
~ as its main object the exemplifca-
ton of the and progress Of
our great. new. hustling, ~undaunted
West and westerners.
With that in ones mind everyone
who sees the exposition here is abund-
antly pleased and most enthusiastic
about the whole undertaking, and all
whom I met expressed their great sur
prise at the largeness OF the display
and the elegance of the buildings. l
asked Governor smith what he thought
of the exposition. and he replied: at
is a success in every detail" The gov
ernor is right. 1t is far ahead of the
queens jubilee exposition that l saw
last year in London. where the re-
sources of that wonderful empire were
at the disposal of the management;
and even the international exposition
in Brussels last year was really not
equal TO that nov open in Omaha.
As TO the general plan of locating the
buildings, there could hardly be any
improvement. They are all as near the
one To the other as architectural dis
play and beauty and grouping will al
low. md most of them are connected
by peristyles. making a convenient
shade i'm sunny days and shelter
against rain in bad weather.
The buildings are quite as beautiful
as those in Chicago. while the electrical
display and i-lluminations are more at
tractively arranged and more beautiful.
The shores of the lagoon are lined with
white staff pillars of classic type. and
above the capitals of these are fes-
toons of electric lights that at night are
exceedingly pretty; and the Neptune
fountain. with it's colored shafts Of
water rising solidly and then splitting
into showers of rainbows. is as en-
chanting as can be imagined. OF course,
there is a Midway-or rather two Of
them-but that feature is shorn OF "A
good deal of the coarseness that made
st somewhat Objectionable in the
worlds fair.
To write of all that there is there
would be to publish a book, and the
reader is not buying books when he
buys the Standard; so il will be best to
mention one or two features that are
of interest to Montanans. There is the
Montana building, a plain structure. but
inside exactly suited to its needs. This
is used solely for social purposes and
for the temporary home of Vice Presi-
lent w. II. Sutherlin, as well as the
reception committee, consisting of Miss
Helen Macdonald Of Helena. secretary;
Mrs. Sutherlin Of White sulphur Springs
and Miss Maye Cleveland Of Butte.
These ladies are i'm constant attendance
and are untirinC in their cuurtesies to
sojourning Montanans. As to the build
ing itself. it was correctly described to
me by W. :. Shaw of Boston. who said:
"Th building is the fastest in the ex-
position" Montana has exhibits in the
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-11

agricultural building. the mines build
ing. the liberal arts building and the
horticultural building.
/ forgot, i'm passing. to mention that
on the right hand wall OF the hall Of the
Montana building is an oil painting by
Miss Ida NJ. Coates OF Missoula, en-
titled THE Standard Newsboy.' 1t at
tracted endless comment on Montana
day: and one good man from the eastern
part Of the state looked at it awhile,
and drew the attention Of others To II,
and then said II guess that's all right.
That kids got lots of git-there about
him. Like boss. like boy"
In the agricultural building the Treas
ure state has a good exhibit of cereals,
While in the horticultural building there
is a remarkable display Of the fruits Of
our state. SO large and varied is this
that IT is doubtful whether but a very
small percentage of Montanans have yet
realized how much of fruit and vege-
tables grows within the borders Of their
home state. There are apples, goose
berries. pears, grapes, tomatoes and
other fruits, and above these wave two
small shocks of grain upon which is
tied a legend reading. "Montana's grain
leads the world Just alongside Of the
grain display. in the agricultural build
ing. is a bit of scenic work representing
some Montana mountain spot. There is
a cascade, and above II, on a crag, a
mountain sheep. and below a deer. The
arrangement was much commented
upon.
OF course, In the mining building the
state is pre-eminent. As you enter the
Montana section you meet your first
''paralyzer' i'm the shape Of a huge
block of ore from one of the properties
Of the Anaconda Copper Mining COM
pany. The tag says hat the block
weighs 1000 pounds. and is ~ per cent.
copper. No wonder hat one mining
man looked twice. and hen said Gee
whiz," Then there is wire gold ore.
exhibited by Roger C.. Knox of Norris,
Madison county; gold nuggets by Hen
ry Filing of Virginia City; sapphires
from near Silver Bow Junction; as well
as Yogo sapphires. rubies n garnets.
Not far from the Anaconda company's
dumbfounder is a big specimen from
the Rarus mine running 40 per cent.
copper, and another from the Alice as
saying 100 ounces silver and $50 gold.
Besides these there are fire bricks from
Arlington. gold ores from Garnet and
an almost interminable series of other
proofs Of the wonderful resources of
Montana; not forgetting the asbestos
from Gallatin county, the anthony ore
from Thompson Falls and the very ele-
CANT jasper from Madison county.
The visitor who goes through that ex-
hibit and comes away with The notion
that Montana is merely a cowboy state
needs "A few lessons on o to put we
and two together. Outside of the eN-
hibits above mentioned are many that
no visitor should miss.
There Is the fine arts building, with
many attractive and some truly great
pictures. Chief Of these is, | think, An
thoffy Berger's oil painting Of "Presi-
lent Lincoln Reading the Bible to Tad"
You remember little Tad, the sickly son
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-11

The battle of the Boyne was not fought
on July II, as alleged, but on the 1st.
The evening times., 1898-11-28
OPENING THE DOORS
OF THE CENSUS WORK
THE MERIT SYSTEM, IN PERIL
Congress VIII Not Allow Civil Ser
vice Reform Rules to Guide Ap-
pointments to Gfice.

Few of the Republican Congressman
favor the proposition to include the clerks
TO be employed in the Census Office un-
der the protecting wings OF the civil serv-
ice reform law regulations.
The reformers are said to be hard at
work trying to induce the statesmen TO
legislate against the spoilsmen. but all
the indications are that the House will
be just as firm as the Senate in insisting
that the Commission shall have nothing
to do with the appointment of the 5000
or more men and women needed to emu
merate the population and gather the sta
tistics relative TO the industries and in
stitutions of the country in 1900.
From the best estimates now obtainable
not fifty members of the House are ad-
vocates of what is termed the merit
SYSTEM" The chances, therefore, are
that when the census bill is passed 1t will
throw the doors wide open, and there
will be a terrific struggle for the posi-
tions. In many of the States the impress
sion prevails that these positions can be
secured shortly after the passage of the
bill. That is a mistake Less than 200
people will be put to work at first. and
they will include largely the high-priced
persons who will have 10 get matters in
shape. The rank and file will not be ap-
pointed until the winter and spring of
1860
The evening times., 1898-11-28
VIRGINIA BREvITIES.

Mr. Logan Henderson, Of Hornton, died
at his home on Friday.
In the circuit court at Roanoke the ju-
ry awarded damages to John Darlington
VS.. the State of Virginia.
Mrs Indiana Plat, wife of Rev. DR.. w.
ii. Platt, and daughter of the late Rich
ard Kidder Meade, died Saturday at Pc
tersburg.
Justice Valentine Sellers, of Alexandria
County, one of the best known of it's resi-
dents, died at his home in Rosslyn Fri
day evening.
Lee Camp of Confederate Veterans at
tended yesterday afternoon the funeral
of John l.. Proctor. who died of consump-
ton Saturday at his home In Alexandria.
The wife of DR.. Charles Harmanson
died at Onancock Saturday after a long
illness. Mrs. Harmanson leaves q hus-
band and two small girls She was about
thirty-four years of age
The former Tontine restaurant a spa
cious building. with grounds on Cameron
Street, Alexandria, opposite the market.
was sold Saturday for 81, 400 to Ballenger
Bros, who will use ii for mercantile pur-
poses.
The sales of loose tobacco in Petersburg
during the past week have been the larg-
est ever known in the history of the town.
Over one million pounds were sold at
prices ranging from 81 to $23 per hundred
pounds.
In the County Court of Dinwiddie Satur-
day the case of w. G. Baldwin, for the
murder of Henry Hawkes., colored, at
Wilson's Depot. was submitted to the ju-
ry without argument, and verdict of
acquittal rendered thereon.
The trial of T. P. Jones, a colored
Methodist minister, for wife murder, will
commence tomorrow in the County Court
of Brunswick. Jones sold piece OF land
belonging to his wife, and, it is alleged,
because she would not sign deed TO the
property he killed her.
Gen. James A. Walker, who was de-
feated for Congress In the ninth Virginia
district, has already visited number of
counties for the purpose of accommodating
evidence to sustain the charges of fraud
which he will make in the next Congress
in an effort to unseat the Congressman
elect.
The evening times., 1898-11-28
Electric Railroad Talk.

Laurel, Nd, Nov. 2s.-since the aban-
donment of the scheme to build the "Bou-
levard' electric line from Baltimore TO
Washington there has been talk of an
electric line from Laurel to Frederick
and of another from Ellicott City to
Rockville These roads would open up
one of the finest agricultural portions in
Maryland. and the success of the Fred
erick- -Middletown Electric Railway is
pointed to as affording proof OF the
money-making possibilities of electric
roads for freight traffic in the country
The evening times., 1898-11-28
Mr.. Buckley Goes into Bankruptcy

Parkersburg, w. Va, Nov. 2S.-
Under the new law creating courts
of bankruptcy the first case of
involuntary bankruptcy came up
before the United States court yester-
day. Application was made by the att
torney and an injunction granted by the
court restraining all suits of any descrip-
tion against Buckley in any court In
West Virginia. All the creditors will
share alike in the disposition of the pro-
ceeds of the property, no preference be-
ing allowed under the new law.
The evening times., 1898-11-28

of the motion of his lips can be made
and scattered broadcast throughout the
country. Every deaf mute in the United
States could witness the same lecture at
the same time and no one would BE- dis
tuI bed thereby, nor wou the lscturer BE-
subjected to the disadvantage of talk ng
10 silent audience or as actors say
when there is no applause-'audience
with ice in its pocket ,...
Another benefit that would accrue
from the projection of the pictures is the
miniiication of motion That is q, new
word l do not think you will find 1t in
the dictionary but it Is very e&pr5s ite
and therefore use IL. 1t means to. mini
mize motion 10 make the large small, the
fast slow We have seen what the mag
mica tion of motion viii do for sclenca.
now let US turn TO the miuitication OF the
same thing.
1T is well known that the entire lives
of some men are spent in fruitless en-
deavors TO perfect a flying machine Sue
cess in that direction has not as yet been
obtained but il will some day, and pro-
pose TO help the would-be flyers along as
much as possible with my machine.
''It is well known that the wings of a
dragon fly form perfect aeroplane and
that is what scientists have agreed men
must learn 10 Dullu ptIUTS ing
will be practicable. There is where the
minification of motionrcRnaes iR.,s The rea-
son why scientists have not taken the
dragon fiy's wings apart and examined
them is because ii is not the wings so
much as the way they are used and it
has not heretofore been possible 10 obtain
picture of the wings on account of the
swiftness of the fight of the insect.
Wings of the Dragon.
with the phanIoscope l can take 800
pictures of the dragons wings second,
thirty thousand photographs minute. /
can get every motion of the insect in its
fight and can reproduce it at the rate of
1,5e0 pictures a minute or slower just as
may be directed All the secrets that
have so far been held by the insect world
will be laid bare for the inspection of
mankind, every part of a motion can be
accurately recorded and held up to the
v orld for their opinion of its worth, and
the flying machine man will be able 10
learn from nature itself the proper way TO
navigate through the air.
There are many ways in which the
moving pictures will benefit mankind and
while | do not claim any motives OF phi
1anthropy nor anything of that sort do
claim to be the author of the moving
pictures. projected moving pictures. The
other kind were discovered years ago. The
| other day in looking over copy of Titus
Lucretius Carus' DE Rerum Natura, -
| written between % and So B. c., in verse
765, book vi l found the following:
Do not thou moreover wonder that the images ap
pear move, taua go
And appear in order and time their legs ano
TO use, prlla
For disappears, and instead of it appears an
other tft-
Arranged in another way, and now appears eacl
lecture 10 alter, nts IS -.a
For you must understand that this takes place II
the quickest time. .S.atr .-a"'
Now if old Carus did not mean the
| moving pictures, the scoposcopograpn
what did he mean?"
The evening times., 1898-11-28
Dies From a Drug

Centreville, Md, Nov. 2s.-Preston Clash
died at Centreville Landing. Mr. Clash
was thirty-tive years of age. In the af-
ternoon he was apparently in good health
Later in the day the family went to the
door of his room and finding il locked and
hearing him breathing hard forced an en-
trance Mr.. Clash arose and conversed
with members of the family for few
minutes, when he was taken with spells
of vomiting DR.. ]. a. Holton was sum-
moned but found his patient dying.
The evening times., 1898-11-28
The Best Plaster.

piece of flannel dampened with Cham
berlain's Pain Balm and bound on to the
affected parts is superior to any plaster.
When troubled with pain in the chest
or side, or a lame back, give 1t a trial
You are certain TO be more than pleased
with the prompt relief which it affords.
Pain Balm is also certain cure for
rheumatism. For sale by Henry Evans.
wholesale and retail druggist s3S r Street
northwest. and Connecticut Avenue and
Street northwest. and ii2s Maryland
Avenue northeast.
The evening times., 1898-11-28
Cures Paralysis, Stiff Joints, Neu-
ralsia, Nervous Diseases, and
All Muscular Pains.
EVIDENCE.
Listen to the Stories Told by rIr.
Sebastian and Mrs. lynch.

Mr. Charles W Sebastian. no. Fifth ST NV,
Washington, ID. C.. SAYS: II suffered very
yerely with rheumatism and was confined to bed
for time. ! tried all kinds OF remedies and
consulted doctors, but everything failed TO even
Munyon's rheumatism Cure prevailed upon me 10
try il. 1 did 50. Relief was quick and the cure
prompt. My wife vas also cured OF the same
trouble ny the same remedies. Thee years have
ease"
Mrs. Z. F. Lynch, 1925 Twelfth Il NV, Wash
ington, ID. L, says: Il had neuralgia in the head
il its WCrsI form for five weeks l tried every
thing that knew Of, ana everything that
recommended 10 me. In, could get no relief l
in despair when | began using Munyon's
Neuralgia Cure. The results were marvellous.
Two bottles made complete cure. | would ad
wise all neuralgia sufferers 10 Try this remedy"
The evening times., 1898-11-28
storm on the Chesapeake.

Cambridge, Md, Nov. 2s.-Passengers
on the Choptank steamers report very
stormy passage Saturday night. The B.,
C. & A. steamer Joppa experienced con-
siderable difficulty in making landing,
parting three hawsers and taking nearly
two hours to make the wharf. The bug
eye Puritan, owned by Oscar Barkley,
was blown ashore and is high and dry.
Other shipping suffered considerable