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uNLuckY PEACOCK FEATHERS.
Can Anyone Tell Why They Are on the
List of "Hoodoes"

Peacock feathers in a house are I'M
doubtedly held to be unlucky. Some peo-
pie say they invariably bring bad fortune;
others put definite names to the ills they
accomplish. One is that their presence In
a room is quite enough to prevent an ar
dent lover from proposing. 1t is further
said that children will never be healthy
in rooms adorned with these iridescent
plumes, and that it is the unluckest thing
in the world to give them as playthings to
young people. All the books on natural
history, the encyclopedias and reference
books, give long accounts of the promi-
nence of peacocks in ancient times, they
being badge of royalty and a very deli
cate astronomical morsel. Classical au-
thors contain many illusions to the bird
being held in high appreciation at the
most sumptuous banquets, and medieval
blllS OF fare on state occasions always in
cluded it. In the days of chivalry one of
the most solemn oaths was taken "on the
peacock which seems to have been serv-
ed up garnished with its gaudy plumage.
| But not word is there in all these long
| explanations of the reason as to why the
| feathers are considered an ill omen.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-01
A Novel Clock.

There has recently been erected on the
Strand, London, a clock which marks a
new venture in open air timepeces. This
clock consists of two 6-inch dia1s the
faces OF which are Opaque with the ex-
ceptlon or the letters marking the hours.
These letters. being of opal glass, form a
strong contrast to the black dial, and on
account of being brilliantly lighted by
electricity from the inside the time can
easily be ascertained even at a long dis
lance, either by night or day. This meth
Oh of illuminating the letters and the
bands of the clock instead of the whole
DIAL, as was the ancient practice, enables
the time to be read from a very much
greater distance than was possible with
the old method.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-01

w yesterday are to the effect &c tt that
the president does not share
in the anxiety" occasioned by recent
dispatches. The intimation from the
executive mansion is that the president
speaks by the card, that General Otis
has been keeping in close touch with
the authorities and that the press re-
ports of recent date are an exaggera-
ton.
This all may be. Still-not to be cap
tious about 1.-THE kind of news the
white house has been receiving right
along has been of such a tenor that, as
long as four weeks ago, white-house-
inspired press dispatch informed the
public that the administration conf
IDENTIFY looked for peace and the end
Of the war within forty-eight hours"
The public did not lay great store by
that information, and so, fortunately,
the public was not seriously disappoint-
ed when this whte-house news proved
to be altogether wrong.
AS for the recent news from Manila
through press sources, it has been large
ly to the effect that the presidents
peace commission is a failure and a
fizzle. More than that, the run of pub
lie opinion is that if the Agunaldo CO.
terie is the irresponsible aggregation of
strikers it is represented by the admin
istration people to be, then it was
blunder on the administrations part to
enter into commission relations with
this coterie--it was not entitled to dip
lomatic recognition.
Meanwhile the business end of the
latest news is to the effect that thirty
thousand soldiers will do for the Phil
ippine conquest-"only thirty thousand"
as the officially-inspired tidings express
it. Well, that is double the number of
men at first claimed as needed for this
work; it isn't fifty per cent. of the
number that will see service in the isl
ands before we accomplish their sur
render. That's just an assertion, if you
please to view it that way; but, just the
same that's so
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Current Comment.
Making the G. A. II. Cat's-Pav

From the Boston Transcript.
Pension attorneys appear to be using
the Grand Army for their own purpose
and, soldiers being very much like
other men, they have been 1amentably
successful in enlisting the support OF
their victims, for victims they must be
in the end. The pension attorneys can
not have their way forever. A reaction
must come before long and the veterans
of the civil war will be the sufferers 1t
is marvellous that they cannot see that
by combining with the pension attor-
neys they are not only blemishing the
good name of the volunteer American
soldier, but are Fastening the day when
there must be heroic retrenchment in
pension disbursements
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-01
Now and Four Years Ago.

I nth one accord the newspapers
" that We're "originar McKin-
ley publications are poking
fun at Mr.. Platt who now is for the
whole administration push. Platt's
opinion is that for the uses of the re-
publican ticket in next years campaign
Mr.. Mckinley and Mr.. Hobart are the
ideal people. AS the Butte Inter Noun
tain used to be, so now is Mr. Plat
he is for mot one but BOTH
This gushing outbreak on Mr. Platt's
part for these powers that-be has serv-
ed no better purpose than to turn back
the hands of time in some of the edit
orial rooms where from the outset, in
1896 Mr.. Mckinley was first choice.
They remember how arrogant Mr..
Plat was in the ante convention DAYS
1t did not occur to Mr.. Platt, at that
time, that the national republican con-
Vention could do very much until he
Plat, had made up his mind. He had
recently taught the republicans a les
son-four years previous, he had con-
Veniently permitted New York to slide
into the democratic column and poll
its presidential majority for Cleveland
Mr.. Hanna was out boisterously for
Mckinley in the early summer of 1896
He was descending upon state after
state like a cloud burst; Plat felt sure
that it was going to amount to moth
ing more than a passing shower. He
sneered publicly at Hanna for an
swer, Hanna announced that Platt was
mere baby" in politics. Platt ap-
peared at St. Louis with Morton as
his candidate-in the going phrase of
the day Hanna swept the convention
floor with Plat; and, at that, Mckinley
was singularly weak man and Hanna
was a novice in national politics.
But Boss Plat reveals, this year, the
effects of political discipline. He was
scourged into line; he confesses that
he is willing to get in and drill" he
is a good, lusty Mckinley shouter, he
whoops it up with all the zeal of the
traditional new convert. The original
Mckinley newspaper organs are get
ting their share of amusement out of
the spectacle; with one voice they en-
gage, not in admira ton of Plat, but
in the sober-sided reflection that it was
not always thus.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-01
The Crime of Bribery.

r 2ast OF colonel sns va ssnss. address se
cred on the famous Custer field,
last Tuesday, is more timely or more
trenchant than the paragraphs in which
the crime of bribery is dealt with.
What may be called the reflex inf1u-
ence of briberys methods is set forth
in these paragraphs; they show how
blighting the effect is on all the sons
and daughters of the state. These
words ought to be put under the eyes
Of every citizen of the state: THE most
precious possession of commonwealth
is the integrity of its daughters and its
sons. For that integrity, conspicuously
manifested, it's honors are designed but
when vulgar greed shall covet and oh
tain those honors, and demonstrate its
capacity to circumvent the designs Of
a commonwealth, we have reached a
plane of moral degradation which
brings the blush of shame to all our
citizens"
We have here an expression of the
well-pointed moral that the briber
himself is by no means the one whose
moral lapse is the public's care; on the
contrary the evil that is done is chiefly
that which concerns the corruption of
public morals and the bunting of the
public conscience. In this view of the
case no man is able to estimate the evil
that men do who buy the voice or the
vote of any of their fellow citizens.
AS for the criminal himself who gives
the bribe-he finds fitting characterize
ton in the sentence in Colonel Sand
ers Memorial-day address, in these
words of eloquent denunciation: Tn
effable scorn should be the lot of him
who buys or sells the honors of the
state. Living, he should be execratcd
and made to feel that he is excommuni-
Gated of his fellow citizens, without lot
or part in the grandeur of his state,
and everywhere all things should con-
spire to advertise that he is masquer-
aiding in habiliments which are stolen,
on theaters where he is an intruder;
and in death, an immortal infamy
should perpetuate his name"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-01
Choate,s Donb,e Blunder,

From the Atlanta Constitution.
Choate talks to Englshmen of Samp-
son being in the same class as Nelson,
an insult which should make the figure
of the battle-maimed hero which stands
aloft on Trafalgar square turn green in
agony. But If Mr.. Choate's insults to
the English is great, his insult to his
fellow countrymen is even greater. He
even spoke of Sampson in the same
BILE for man to have been ignorant of
the magnificent superiority of Nelson
over Sampson. but no man living to-
day has right to be so ignorant as to
make comparison between Sampson and
Dewey
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-01

Enough champagne is drunk yearly"
said the statistical person, ito float the
Oregon"
u once hoated a 100000 trust" said the
promoter, ION only three dozen quarts
Detroit Journal
''You mustn't say the two last perform
ances,'" protested the grammarian.
81 know what Tn doing" answered the
theatrical manager; I'm talking about
the farewell appearances of the prima
donna, "-Washingto Star.
"why, grandpa you used to say that
you killed six Indians with one shot; then
YOU cut it down to five; now you say it
was four
"Well, well, my child, I suppose that's
because my memory's failin' a little every
year."-Chicago Democrat.
Benign Individuality good friend, don't
you know that INDUCING your appetite for
strong drink will undermine your health
and bring you to deaths door?
De Tanque-Thatsh all right. old boy; I
won't be able to (hic) find zhe blamed
keyhole. Philadelphia Record
Look here" said the bartender in a
Kentucky wet goods emporium to a liberal
patron of the lunch department, what
90 you want lbl d HiIhti, any dy-lIlt
earth?'
mot guilty" replied the local colonel;
Its two-thirds water. "-Chicago News.
Mrs. Yungkupple-You used to think it
a great privilege once just to hold my
hand.
Mr.. Yungkupple-And don't l think just
| as much of you as ever?
Mrs. Yungkupple-If you did you
wouldn't be away every night holding
| other hands at the poker table.-Boston
| Transcript.
The superintendent of a city Sunday
| school was making an appeal for a collec-
ton for Shut-in-Society, and he said;
"Can any boy or girl tell me of any shut
! in person mentioned in the Bible? All,
| sec several hands raised. That is good
| This little boy right in front of me may
| tel. me. Speak up good and loud, so thai
| all will hear you, Johnnie.
Jonah shrieked Johnnie.-Harper's
| Bazaar.
Mrs. Brown-Our language is full Of
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-01
Life imprisonment for Kidnaper.

From the Albany, N. Y, Argus.
Why should not the penalty for kid
naping be made imprisonment for life?
Is there more detestable crime in the
calendar? For nearly every other
crime, including murder it is possible
to conceive of some action on the VIC
TINS part which, while not excusing
might mitigate the offense. But not
so in kidnapping. The child is incapa-
BILE of having done an injury to his
kidnaper.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-01
Enough for Return Passage.

From the Detroit Free Press.
American farmers who are persuad-
ed by the agricultural department
pamphlet to seek a living in the Phil
ippines stand a fair chance of rails
ing maize and rice in sufficient guam
titles to pay for their transportation
if their health holds out.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-01
Perhaps He Got Out From Under.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Perhaps Mr.. Reed knew when the
time had come to retire from the
speakership. There was a crisis COM
ing in his rulership. There was to be
either tremendous fight upon the
part of the house to escape from par
liamentary thraldom or a complete sur
render that would render the popular
branch of CONGRESS a failure.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-01

misnomers. For instance, / met a man
once who was perfect bear, and they
called him civil engineer"
MRS Smith-Yes. but that's not so ridcu-
ious as the man they call teller in
DARK He won't tell you anything. / ask
ed one the other day how much money
my husband had on deposit and he just
laughed at me.-Catholic Standard
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-01
A Decayins system.

From the Houston Post
The idea of protecting a manufacturer
against competition from foreigners in
his home market when he can undersell
those same foreigners in their own mar
kets is so strikingly absurd that it
needs only to be stated to be discred-
tied. The tariff has become now sim
ply pure gift to the manufacturer at
the expense of the consumer and with
out the least necessity for such favorit-
ism.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-01
Germs Still in His System.

From the Columbus Press Post
The wires tell us that the president
has returned to Washington entirely
cured of nicotine poisoning. The AL
gerine Hannaine and Philippine germs
in his system, however, seem to battle
all efforts to dislodge them.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-01

Music hath charms to soothe the
savage ear. but Colonel Sanders Me
mortal day grafton was more charm
ing than that. 1t set the savage leg
to dancing
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All general business letters and corre-
spondence should be addressed to the
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Anaconda, Mont.
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The month of June goes to bat this
morning and it's to be hoped will do
better than the month of May, which
fouled out.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-01

When the horse Tod Sloan rode in
the English Derby yesterday broke his
leg, Tods heart must also have been
broken.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-01

While 1t is about it, the court of cas-
sation might also render a decision in
the Partisan controversy as to whether
Hamlet was fat or lean.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-01

The Brooklyn baseball club is dis
playing a burst of speed that is sug-
gestive of Aguinaldo's best efforts.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-01

The Butte baseball club seems to be
emulating the career of its washington
contemporary
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-01

The rank and file of the Filipino army
are Christian enough to raise the
question, what shall we do to be
saVed?"
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The Standard has branch off1ces at
Butte, Missoula and Great Falls. where
advertising rates will be furnished on ap-
plioation.
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The next time Admiral Schley comes
west it is to be hoped he will come
little farther north
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-01

When Chief Gray Bird led a portion
of Colonel Sanders Memorial day audi
ence off to the Indian dance, the colo
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-01

June brides will now go to the front
right up the center aisle
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mel may have reflected that to many
people old Crow is an irresistible temp
tation.
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Music for the Occasion.

Music for the Occasion.
From the Boston Herald.
Dewey has got as far as Hong Kong
The band will now play Sea, the Hong
kongering Hero Comes"
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'You mustn't say the two last perform
ances,'" protested the grammarian.
81 know what I'm doing" answered the
theatrical manager; I'm talking about
the farewell appearances of the prima
donna. '-Washington Star.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-01
In the Best of Humor.

Enough champagne is drunk yearly"
said the statistical person, "to float the
Oregon"
Il once f1oated a s., 10000 trust" said the
promoter, ION only three dozen quarts. -
Detroit Journal
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Mrs. Brown-our language is full Of
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$1,000 REWARD
TWELVE PAGES.
The Inside Statement.

Z yHITE house assurances sent out
" yesterday are to the effect that
the president does not share
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"Why, grandpa, you used to say that
you killed six Indians with one shot; then
you cut it down to five; now you say it
wac
Decorah-posten., 1899-12-19

en- Ilosr epns, raor bet giaIbt bet,
tom bet boloer for Ret, beriom bet al
Heipstt for fine bsis 8uoer, gulitis
terns, lite turoe 9nore faoeliae Qope.
81 bar al ben 9runb miItet ;Snobns
oers, ipm er betienbt for lit Wob, er
peroensbetjsnot for tit Wpb (2atter);
ltgeoperfor oisfe politife 9uber meo
Spersuoerne, Rebuttsrerne. er be -
Ie9 tsr lite ii9e bange, men be bar en-
Smule for flor Reipett.
Seq bill ialfalo life bore meo poa
fun at TITLE mig foran Stortinasbpoz
ntn9en og iutte lapt - bet pil lea
lite 0atter). Seq oiI bore meb at
beoe Stortinget ON at qnore ItQbe[toe
sope. Seq bill bore meo, foroi lea
tGnter, at MI ertgdng faar bet blipe
Nlpor meo alt bette.
Set er multgt, at bet nupprenoe
storing lite bill 9nore be Qobe, Tom
bet bar paret meo bells at gisre oa
bells tnotrette at gobtjsnoe peo at baoe
fort1at benz; bet er multgt. SaIfalo
ltoretter bt ioa me9et, at bet nuperenz
De Storttng madfte bet9ntsr fla pua
at bebanoIe, og Re9jerin9en pad at
torelGgge f~adoanne 2obe, eQer at ri
pau anoen Maaoe forbinorer, at Der
9daes otoere, og bet fuar forelsbia
bore not. Men Ri u9ter at fsre oenne
Sag otoers, hi oqtcr p~irtelig at tsre
ben frsm til, at be ftabelige 2ppe en-
bres.
Der tales unbsrtiosn, Tom ON bet
at boloe parti, er bet oigtig'te - mel,
at glsre bet, iom er Get, er bet biutios
tie! Seq tror forreften, at nuar ri
bar fact arbeibet FABIAN, iom Ri MI
tGnter at arbeioe, iaa ital Mentnoen
| Sunbet bIipe faa tIar, at bet bill ptTe
fig: Der er bog en- bpiere Magt / Gam
bet eno bore Polititere (9tfulb). Den
'tal moi en- Dag tomme til at tale ct
'daount Sprog, at 8oIttiterne bsier
zig, og fsIo ON bet Ital tOmme til
8alg, iaa at benne Sag blioer fat OBJ
'om SaIgemne, iau bar ieg ben sro,
at ogida bet Tan sua, ,loen at Bar.
tterne fttlles; for bet bebDpes 10 bare,
at bper ReprGientant ipgrges, pm
ban itemmer for benne Sag eIIer Ell.
Wen ON man ituIoe ItiueS - ieg
Ter Inlet gait / bet. 9ttte er en- Iua
tor Sag, at ben maa tommanoere
i'm egen Sti9bne.
Seq bar ia9t, Os ieg gientager bet,
at Iigefom ri bar ben Sob, at 8runb,
lopsbeitemmelIer itul forel99ges SOL
let, fsr man gaor til at bebonole benz
/ Stortinget, pua famine Muabe fro
Der ri, at benne Sag - bpiltet Naal
Decorah-posten., 1899-12-19

bet mociatis al geitrabelisn hos ans
ors auIturfolt. Sprosets Gnbeo,
ben Iise aoeans for ale inben 5oltet
til at nDos sobt at bet, Iom BET f9ls
les Spros brinser i Strift os Sal.,
Durberer ethoert Golt, iom purosr.r
lin essn Gnbeb. Ss bet itr.pns
Sprog, 2i%terdturens, glabsnes, ars
beioets Sprog, RissmaaI.t re-
pre- ienterer benns enbso unoer 0ias
lsttsrnss 5OrftieGIisbeb. Ct 5oIts
SprOg bar oerfor aItib fun betegnet
En- Ting. SuIsr.n benpiIte / Iaa
Stn'eenoe til Spit os SranIf. Rotis
perne til 8eiIutningen gar life m.sen
Splpsntng. timber 9ebdtten bar bet
uotalt, at bet norit. 6~olteipros"
'fulbe betpoe life Blot 2anbsmaaIet |
insprere Soritano. men osiad bet
ror'te 5olts Sprog. snten bet sr
RigsmaaI eler 2anbsmaai, enbbiosr.
at ben enc 5Orm iaupel Iom ben am
ben ituloe gootisnbss. Wen bppr
mango Spros fl Ri ba? StulOe Be-
illltntngen rumme ida msset, betbber
ben 10 in9en Sins. Deb andre BIZ
9enoe ubtulelier fra 8omiteformans
ben og Regierinsen bar esentLis Be-
fltningens belle Snbbolb bortfoltols
tet. Der blep alene tiIbuge en- plas
tOniit llotdIsIie til 5orbel for fri
uobitIing uf bort Spros / be forTtiels
ltge 5Ormer, bbori bet bruges / Strift
og Gale. Smtplertib babbe Statss
mintiter Sperorup ct Bar Tiger
6oroeien unoer en- anben 0sbat gis
bet PrGmisier for 8eIutnineen, Der
intet LOB tilbuse / 8lurbeb. San biz
be babe 2unhsmaalet fremmet unoer
en- itigenbe llbDitling giennsm Mibler
o9 Wtd9t o9 glertnem Utagt og Wtioz
Ter igien. Sdn forubIaa ben Sorpirs
ring,iom bible opitua unber 9dmpsn
meaem be to Sprpgformsr, men ban
nRrece ingen SDil ON, at ben enoeliae
Seter oiloe blipe bos bet norIte
2anosmual. Men bisIs tpbeliae Orb
bar siemte / Stortingstibenbe og
9lemte. - Oct barebe lite lpnge, for
Der blep Spsrsmadl ON at fsre ben
u6prli9e 9~eilutntng ub / 2ibet. Stos
letommisiionen at 1885 inbtog / lit
2opuotait ben bersmte Waalparaz
graf; commissioners 5lertal ertlas
reoe at finoe fig bunbst peb 9eIutnins
gen at 12te Wai og oniaa aommisiios
men "uberetttget til paanp at reiIe bet
at Statsmd9terne netop afoiorte
Spsrsmaal," boorfor Slertaaet lille
engun9 Diloe imsoegau, bpub Mins
oretaQet matte anfsre. Saa maaz
tig bar MI ben tilipnelabenbe iad