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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-09

Says the Minneapolis Times: THE
Northern Pacific people are having a
quiet laugh at the Great Northern's
excitement over the new coast train
which leaves about 9 in the morning.
While it shOrtens up the time it lands
the passenger in Seattle at 8 o'clock in
the evening, most inconvenent time
for business men. Another point which
seems to be generally misunderstood is
that the Northern Pacific carries through
coast mail and not the Great Northern
flyer. The Northern Pacific has the
coast mail contract for two years. Nor
thern Pacific officials figure that the
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-09
Ladies Appreciate

A good remedy, and there is not anything on the
market that equals Fren ch Tansy Tablets for the
relief and cure of painful or irregular menses.
These tablets remove all distinctions no N after
what the cause. Manufactured by A Augendre
Paris, France, and for sale only by D. NJ. New.
bro Drug Co.. Butte, Mont, Sole Agents, Price
81 psr box, sent by mail securely sealed
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-09

Bouncing big bargains to-day in Hen
nessy's basement bazaar. Big bargains.
too, in silks and dress goods, domestics,
Women'S garments and notions. Watch
Hennessy's advertisements. They bring
money TO buyers
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-09
Mrs. Hershfie1d Ill,

Mrs. Aaron Hershtield. who couple of
months ago, went to Chicago to purchase
furniture for the new Dorothy block at
the northeast corner of Granite and Wy
oming streets, which she proposed to con-
duct rs fashionable rooming house. is
reported to be i'll in that city. The build
ing will be ready for the furnishings in
a couple of weeks it is believed, but now
that sickness has interfered with the
lady's plans the house may not be opened
for some time.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-09

Beautiful Paris-the handsomest pre-
MUM book ever offered-now ready for
delivery upon payment of $40 in ad-
vance for one years subscription to
the Standard. Can be obtained at
Standard office in Butte, Anaconda,
MisSoula or Great Falls.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-09

You are cordially invited to attend a
meeting to make final arrangements to
httlngly celebrate the l40th anniversary
OF Robert Burns, SCOtland'S national
poet and the poet of humanity, at Gale
DOMAIN hall, 124 South Montana street.
Tuesday evening at $50 p. IN.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-09
Will Tap Coal Fields.

Ell Paso, Texas, Jan. SC. B. Eddy,
president and general manager of the Ell
Paso & Northeastern railway, wires to-
day from New York to the contractors
here to proceed at once with the work of
preparing to grade the extension of the
main line of the road from Laluz to Sa-
lado, near White Oaks N. M, distance
of 80 miles. At Salado are located the ex-
tensve coal fields which were discovered
about u years ago. The extension is to
be completed by May 30 next
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-09

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of
z. Sweeney a member of Olympia
lodge No. 127. A. 0. L. w, at San Fran
cisco, will confer favor by communi-
eating with Butte lodge No !, A. o. L.
w, Butte, Mont.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-09

Do you want to buy or sell Boston
& Montana, Butte & Boston or Parrot
stocks? We receive quotations from
Boston every 80 minutes. Thompson
Investment company.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-09

Richard j., the infant son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Dave, died yesterday. The
funeral will take place tomorrow at 2
p. m. from the residence, los East Wool
man street,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-09

Headache relieved, eyesght made per-
feet, by Butte Optical Co., 40 w. Park.
Grlnds It's lenses. Examines eyes free.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-09

Beautiful Paris-the handsomest pre-
MUM book ever offered-now ready for
delivery upon payment of $40 in ad-
vance for one years subscription to
the Standard, Can be obtained at
Standard office in Butte, Anaconda,
Missoula or Great Falls.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-09

The Scha tZlen Paint company, IA
West Broadway, Butte, carry very
complete stock of artists materials
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-09
Total COS 11,O91

"The era Of railroad bankruDtcies
which began in 1892, now appears to
have run its course the Age will saw
in explanation of its figures, land the
record for the coming year is likely to
be extremely small. A new era Of pros
perlty has begun. How long it will con-
tinue none can say"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-09

Mrs. w. J. tombstone, aged "a years,
died last evening. Funeral will take
place tomorrow at 2 p. m. from the
residence, tombstone house, South Mon
tana street.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-09

The most difficult cases of defective
vision may be corrected by properly
fitted glasses. Call on DR.. William e.
Dodd, rooms and 8, Owsley block.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-09

]. T. Conway and A. Deloney will
skate a mile race at the Butte rink
Jan. 10.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-09

Fancy butter, zoe per pound; fancy
bread flour, $1.90 per hundred, at
Cooks, 331 East Park street.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-04-21
4oettcXl.
IN Err.
JAMES wuITCoMB RILEY.

JAMES WUITCOA.H RILEY.
Some sing OF the lily. and daisy, and rose,
And the parsirs aud pirks that the summer
time throws:
In the green, grassy lap of the neddcr that
lays
BIinkin' up at the skies through the sunshiuy
days.
But what is the lily aud al Of the rest
Of the flowers to Il man with his heart i'll his
breast,
That has dipped brimniu' full of the honey
and dew
OF the sweet clover blossoms his babyhood
knew:
never set eyes on 81 clover field now,
Or fool round a stable, or climb in the NOV;
hut my childhood GENES back. just as clear
and rs plain
AS the smell of the clover i'Gl snffn' again,
And 1 wander away i'll Ii bArefoOted dream,
Where tangic my toes in The blossoms that
glcani.
With the dew of the dawn Of the morning of
Ere it wept DER The graves that I'm weepin'
above.
And So love cluvcr-it seems like n part
OF the sacredest SORROWS and joys OF my heart:
And wherever blooms OH there let me bow.
And thank the good Gcd as Tn thanking Him
now:
And pray to Him still for the strength, when
die,
To go out in the clover and tell il goodbye;
And lovingly nestle my face in Is bloom,
While my soul slips away on breath of pre-
fume.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-04-21
A FRENCHMANS ENGLISH.

1t is hard for foreigner to acquire
the English language in all its intri-
CAGES. One lady, the German wife of
an American merchant, quite upset
the gravity of caller by telling him
that she was highly mortified to see
him. The story of another mistake,
and a very amusing one, on tho
bachelor of arts:
A Frenchman went to an American
friend and asked him, What is
Tolar bear?'
The American told him.
What does polar bear do7'
'Why he sits on the ice."
SITS on the 1ce?"
YES" said the American, there is
nothing else to sit on"
well, what he do tor
what does he also do? Why, he
eats fish,"
Eats fish-sits on the ice and eats
fish. Then do not accept
"Wly, what do you men? You
don't accept?"
"Oh, non, non, do not accept. l
was invited to be polar bear at a
funeral
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-04-21
YARIEIIES.

Rev. Longface: Remember, my
young friend, there are some things
in life better than money" Young
Fastpace: Yes, l know that, but it
takes money to buy EN-"
Mamma" said little boy, who
had been sent to dry towel before a
fire, sis it done when it's brown?"
"A bachelor states man says it
would be quite easy to pay the war
debt by imposing a tax on beauty, be-
cause there is not a woman living in
the country who would not demand to
be assessed.
Il never pretend to know a thing
l do not" remarked Brown. when
l don't know thing say at once, i
don't know it.'' "a very proper
course" said Fogg, ''but how exceed
ingly monotonous your conversation
must be, Brown"
My business is to talk" said a
stump speaker; Il deal in words and
sentences Eyes" said a voice in
the crowd, land as long as I've known
you, your place of business has never
been closed"
-"Where did you get that cake,
"She's always a-giving you more'n she
does me-" Never mind, Harry; she's
going to put mustard plasIers on us
tonight, and pll ask her to lct you
have the biggest"
Tell me-" said a lady to an old
soldier, when you were in the army
were you cool in the time of danger?''
"Cool?' answered the truthful veteran
Il fairly shivered."
why should marry your" she
asked coldly. well, of course" he
replied viciously, you can be an old
maid if you wish.
-She-'I don't believe you Think
half so much of me as Tom Binsley
does. He tells me he could die fol
me-" He-"That's nothing. love
you we'll enough to live with YOU"
"A cheerful temper, joined will
| innocence, will make beauty attrac'
tive, knowledge delightful aud Wi
good natured.
| "A restaurant keeper in Rockland
Me-, attempted to play joke on two
of bis customers who were in o hurr,
to catch Boston boat. Accordingly
he went into his back yard and CAV,
a perfect imitation of a steamboa
whistle. The men heard it,and grab
bling their hats and coats ran off
The perpetrator of the joke coult
hardly stand for laughing until 1t
happened to think he he had fright
ened the men away before they hat
paid for their suppers.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-04-21
ANOTHER REMARKABLE STORY

Some years ago an absent-minded
wife lost brass safety pin. She could
not remember whether she had swal-
lowed it or inadvertently stuck it in
the small of her back. Three years
afterward she complained of an acute
pain IN her right arm. Two days af-
ter applying a fly blister she found the
safety pin in the tray of an old trunk
in the attic.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-04-21
SLIGHTLY MIXED.

1t is related of certain royal lady
of Denmark who was visiting Iceland
that, in the course of some compli-
ments to the bishop, who had been
assiduous in showing her all that was
to be seen, she asked him how many
children he had. The Danish word
for children happens to resemble very
closely in sound the Icelandic word
for "sheep, land the good bishop, con-
fusing the two, replied:
1.-Two hundred"
1.-Two hundred children - cried the
visitor. How can you possibly main
tain such a number2''
Easily enough" returned the COM
placent prelate. I'm the summer
turn them out upon the hills to Craze,
and when winter. comes l kill and eat
them"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-04-21

Your local dealer could not produce
the equal of this range for less than
SIS. 1t is made of best pig iron, burns
both coal and wood, and is guaranteed
a good Baker and Heater. We also
guarantee its safe delivery.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-04-21
LANDMARKS.

Every town has a liar or two,
smart Aleck, some pretty girls, more
loafers than it needs, a woman or two
that tattles, and an old fogy that the
town would be better off without, men
who stand on the street corners and
make remarks about the women, a
man who laughs an idiotic laugh
every time he says anything, scores of
men with the caboose of their trousers
worn as smooth as glass and men who
can tell you about the weather and
how to run other peoples business,
but who have made a dismal failure OF
their own.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-04-21

Mother of nine children Cooking
into the stocking basket: "Well,
Bridget, for one thing, | am sure we
shan't have to darn stockings after
ten o'clock at night in the next world"
Bridget (sympathetically): Sure, an
that's thrue for you, ma'am; for all
the pictures av angels that liver l saw
was barefutted."
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-04-21
HE KEPT THE SEAT.

A man who had not been to church
for very long time, says a London
exchange, finally hearkened to the
persuasions of his wife and decided to
go. He got the family all together,
and they started early. Arriving at
the church, there were very few peo-
pie in it, and no pew openers at hand,
so the man led his family we'll up the
aisle and took possession of a nice
pew.
Just as the service was about to be-
gin Il pompous looking old man came
in, walked up to the door of the pew
and stood there, exhibiting evident
surprise that iJ was occupied. The
occupants moved over and offered him
room to sit down, but he declined.
Finally the old man produced q card
and wrote upon it with a pencil:
Il pay for this pew"
He gave the card to the strange oc-
cupant, who, had he been like most
other people, would have at once got
up and left. But the intruder ad-
justed his glasses and with smile
read the card. Then he calmly wrote
beneath 1T
How much do you pay a year?'
TO this inquiry the pompous old
gentleman, still standing, wrote alb
ruptly:
Ten pounds"
The stranger smiled as though he
were pleased, looked around to com
pare the pew with others, admired its
nice cushions and furnishing and
wrote back:
81 don't blame you. 1t is we'll worth
it.''
The pompous old gentleman at that
stage collapsed into his seat.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-04-21
TOO BRITTLE.

Some time ago an able promoter
approached one of Cleveland's citi-
zens. The promoter knew the old
citizen and he approached him with
great confidence. He wanted to put
him on to an unusually soft snap.
Why" he said, tits like picking
up money between the car tracks,"
'That's something l never did
yet" said the old citizen. what
have you gotf"
''Stock in one of the best paying
comb nations that was ever formed.
And by taking it now you get in on
the ground floor. Ofcourse, Il wouldn't
draw you into this if l wasn't sure it
was all right"
where's the company inquired
the old citizen.
I'm Pittsburg."
What do they maker
GLASS;
The old citizen shook his good gray
head.
No." he said. Then he added the
first r-ason he could think of for his
refusal. "Glass breaks too easilyn
In vain the promoter tried to shake
his resolution. The old citizen couldn't
be induced to invest in the fragile
stuff.
A few days ago he picked up
newspaper. An item caught his eye.
That very glass combination had
gone to eternal smash!
Instinct told me it was too BRITTLE"
said the old citizen as he passed the
item around.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-04-21
HOW SHIPS SPEED IS TOLD.

Log is the name of an instrument
used for measuring the speed of ship.
1t is flat piece of wood, some six
inches in radius, and in the shape of
a quadrant. A piece of lead is nailed
to the rim to make the log float per-
pendicularly. To this log a line is
fastened, called the log line. which is
also wound around reel. The whole
line Except some five fathoms next
the log, called spray lines) is divided
into equal lengths, called knots, each
of which Is marked with a piece of
colored tape or bunting. If the cap
tain wants to know the rate of his
ship, one of the sailors throws the log
into the sea and the reel begins to un-
wind. The length of the line run off
in half a minute shows the rate OF the
ships motion per hour. An improved
log consists of piece of mechanism
which, towed astern, shows. the DIS
tance actually gone through by the
ship by means of the revolutions of a
fly, which are registered on a dial
plate.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-04-21
AMERICAS
FOREMOST
HOUSE FURNESHERS
One Cent isn't much money

But little as it is, if you will invest it in
a postal card and address it to US, ask
ing for our New Catalogue, it will be
the means of acquainting you with one
OF the most desirable lines of
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-04-21
FURNITURE
AND CARPETS

in America, and save you many dollars.
Could you invest cent to Better adj
vantage? Think it over.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-04-21
GIVING 1T A NAME.

Isn't it cute little thing2" said
Mrs. Gushly to her husband, as she
held the baby up to him.
Eyes, it is, and dosen't it look like
me? It's got some of my ways already.
I'll wager that it'll grow up to be just
like me. BY the way, we haven't
named it yet. What would you sug-
gest2"
"Well, if your anything of a pro-
phet, I'd take the chances right now
on naming it Ananias."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-14
A Very Bad Bargain.

That figures are sometimes wonder
full things is illustrated by the follow
ing actual occurrence in a nearby college
town a number of years ago A student
in the university was a member of an
eating club of IL members which regu-
larly patronized a certain little hostelry.
He was lucky enough one day to become
the recipient of a legacy amounting to
about 81, 900. and. showing the sun to
the hotel keeper, agreed to give it to
him on condition that the sum be ac-
cepted as payment for meals eaten by
the students until every possible combi-
nation of the seating arrangements of
the boys had been exhausted, the order
of seats occupied by the boys to be
changed at each meal
The hotel keeper thought it a most
profitable deal. but a friend of his with
a mathematical turn proved to him
that it really would mean ruin. as no
less than 479. 001, 900 arrangements
were possible. or a total of S., 748. 019,
900 individual meals, which, at the rate
of 10 cents per meal. would represent a
value of the tidy sum of $547, sol. 800
The contract was carried out for the
four years of the boys student life.
when it really drove the hotel man from
business. as reckoned on a basis of 81
per week per student the hotel mar had
lost IS, 992, while the students had only
eaten 52, 416 individual meals and had
still a credit of 5. 748. 966. 7S4 meals, or
enough to give them three meals a day
for 438. 719H years. Philadelphia Rec
ord
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-14
The Cuban cold Mrth.

If we listen to the voice of the charm
er or go to the books on Cuba fol- our
information, we shall find that the
mineral resources Of this island include
gold, silver, mercury, lead, anthony,
copper, chrome, iron, manganese, pitch,
bitumen and even coal, but when we
come to look for practical metallic re-
suits commensurate with these varied
mineral we shall be disap-
pointed.
The gold fiction is the most time hon
ored for the original Spanish settlers
expected to find rich gold mines in
Cuba. According to their historians,
''much gold was taken from this island
at the beginning of the conquest, but
it seems probable that most of this was
taken from the chiefs or c~aciques of the
Indians and very little from the ground.
"El Viagero Universal" Madrid, 1879
says: ''Some of this metal (gold) is still
found at Holguin." Whenever the ex-
istence of gold in Cuba is discussed this
"mine" at Holguin is invariably brought
forward. 1t is true that some work has
been done at this point and a little gold
has been extracted, but there has never
been any systematic exploration, and
there is nothing there which may be
lignified with the name of a milie.-
Jennings S. Cox, Jr., in Engineering
Maoa1ina
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-14
Didn't Lose ANY sIeen

Jenner, the famous English physician,
was essentially a strong and self reliant
man. He attended the prince consort
through his fatal illness, he was the
Prince of Wales doctor when the heir
to the British throne had so narrow an
escape in 1879, and he also went to
Darmstadt and remained in attendance
upon the Princess Alice till she died.
To practice medicine in ''the fierce
light that beats upon a throne" is not
calculated to lessen the physician s anx-
ieties, and one who knew Jenner well
once Questioned him on this point and
limited that his responsibilities must
sometimes be sufficient to render sleep
or rest impossible.
''Sleep, replied Jenner in his char
acteristic way. II don't think that an
xiety about a patient ever kept me
awake five minutes in my life. 1 go to
a bedside. do my best. What more
can l dor Why should l not sleepT"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-14

Jim was 'broke. However, he man
aged to reach Vancouver, and, walking
into the headquarters Office of the Ca
madam Pacific, said to the manager in
charge 81 am Jim Wardner. and I am
an old friend of Tom Shaughnessy.
Will you please wire him and tell him
that 1 am here broke, and want trans
p~ortation to Montreal2"
Back came the reply: Don't let Jim
walk"
He got the transportation, and, arriv-
ing at Montreal, called at once on Tom
Shaughnessy.
"Hello, Tom; so glad to see you and
thank you"
"Well, well, Jim, is this really your
Then, with the real Shaughnessy twin
kle Of the eye: elbow under the heavens
did you get here SO soon, if you were
broker"
"Why, Tom, thanks to your telegram,
Don't let Jim walk. of course l was al
once furnished transportation, and here
l am"
"C~onfound those operatorsl' with
apparent severity. sit is strange they
cannot get my messages through cor
rectlyr'
Didn't you telegraph, Don't let jim
waikiki interrupted Wardner.
Certainly not My answer was
'Don'tl Let Jim waikiki Montreal
Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-14
A Statue In Prison

A certain noted artist long ago, hav-
ing made a faithful bust of a sitter,
found his work declined on account of
it's ugliness, the subject refusing to be-
lieve it was a good likeness.
every well, said the artist. ''You
deny the likeness and refuse to take the
bust, and l accept the excuse"
He accordingly set up the bust in his
studio, surrounded by a small, card pa
per prison. gloomily painted over, on
which was inscribed, "For Debt. The
portrait was so unmistakable that
everybody in town recognized it and
hocked to the artist studio to enjoy
his ingenious revenge. Soon the subject
came, passionately complaining of the
ridicule to which he had been subjected.
"You, sir ?" said the sculptor. "Who
knows this ugly bust to be yours2 There
is no name upon it, and you have ut
terly denied its resemblance. It is my
work, and l have a right to do as I will
with it.
"Oh, but | will pay you the price
and take it awayl'
"But it has become so valuable TO me
by attracting the public that l cannot
part with it for less than twice my
original charge"
"Well, | will take it at that price. :
And SO the sculptor's debtor got himself
out of prison.-New York Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-14
Everything Leaks.

Ordinary tumblers will hold water
because the globules of water are too
big to squeeze through the glass. But
glass is as full of holes as a sponge, and
air blows right through it. because the
specks of air are smaller than the holes
Put a bell into a big globe of glass,
seal up the vessel, pump out all the air.
then ring the bell inside. and you hear
nothing There is not air enough in the
globe to carry a sound. But lay the
globe aside for a month or so, and no
matter how carefully you have sealed
up the neck you will find that you then
can hear the bell when you ring it Air
has got into that globe-enough any
way to carry a sound has leaked in
through the substance of the glass
The ordinary incandescent lamp is a
glass globe with the air pumped out
and after a few months sufficient air
leaks through to dim the light which
comes from the thread of electrified
charcoal inside.
We can make plenty of vessels to
hold water. but nothing has been made
which will hold air without any leak
age The air sneaks in through holes
which are too small for the human mind
to imagine.
In fact. everything leaks. Answers.