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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-03
It WAS THIRTY BELOW
Mercury Not Above Zero for
Four Days.
THE COOLEST THIS WINTER
"A. Current Belief That the Montana
Grounding Did Not Dare to Poke
His Nose Out of His Hole
Yesterday.

1t requires a severe strain on the
weather than that which old Boreas
is now enjoying in these parts The
mercury has not been above the zero
mark for four days, and yesterday
morning on Park street the thermome-
ter registered 80 degrees below zero, the
coolest day this winter or, for that
matter, any other winter since 1895,
when on several occasions the ther-
mometer marked 80 and IS degrees.
The intense cold extends over the en-
tire Northwest, and in some places is
accompanied by wind. Yesterday was
Candlemas or grounding day. On this
antiquarian holiday the grounding is
scheduled to come out of his hole and
give the people line on the weather
that is to be. 1t is recorded in the
musty files of NEUROLOGICAL lore that
on Feb. 2 the grounding comes out
of his winter apartments, takes his
stand on high rock and looks about
the place in seach of his shadow. which
he left when he hibernated in the pre-
vious fall. If he finds the said shadow
he hastens back into his hole and there
remains until other and more import
ant calls summon MIN outside.
1t was impossible to find any one yes
terday who had been near enough to
a groundhogs habitation to see wheth
er the hog came out to look for his
shadow or not. It is very probable
that if he did crawl out, he lost no time
in getting back again, whether the sun
shone OF not. II was not a good day for
hunting groundhogs or shadows either.
The belief is general in Butte that the
Montana grounding. did not come out
at all. The sun shone yesterday and
cast some well-defined shadows on a
snow background. There are some do
nestle hogs at the Chinese garden near
Rocker They huddled together in their
monaghan sty all day and did not once
venture outside to make a shadow
However, some of them would have to
stand twice in one place to make a
shadow, and their shadows could not
be taken as a trustworthy weather
forecast One thing is certain, every
body in Butte who ventured out of
doors yesterday hurried back into the
house and crawled under the stove and
are there yet
The mercury got UP as far as u be-
low about noon, but it began to drop
thereafter and by1.6 o'clock it was 20
below and at midnight %. Yesterday
morning at the Butte Reduction works
it was 81 below. fstlb'
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-03

as the construction and repair work
opens up in the spring, says the Billings
Gazette. Considerable attention will be
necessary on account of the great amount
OF track and bridge work that is to be
done, which will keep about 20 work trains
engaged.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-03

The Burlington office in Butte has been
decorated with mammoth painting of
the Buriington's fast train In the act Of
going l.02o miles in Loaf minutes. A birds
eye map of the Burlington system between
Chicago and Butte is also shown.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-03

The Northern Pacific report of the six
months ended Dec. 81 shows gross earn
ings of $14.7S7,042: increase, 41l,3S1; net
earnings. $S,57O,37O; increase, $1,0S6,322 de-
Quoting tax, rentals and improvements of
S1,469. $50, leaves net operating income of
s7,100. 100. Adding miscellaneous income,
not including land sales of s241 $50, an in
come from proprietary lines of $261, $50,
makes total net income $7,6O4 1870, an in
crease of s457, 567.
Net earnings of the Burlington system
for the month of December were $6S5,9SS,
an increase Of s170,243 over the same month
of last year. For the six months ended
Dec. 81 the net earnings were $4,613.7O2, an
increase of s15O,35S over the corresponding
period of the preceding fiscal year.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-03

Headache relieved, eyesight made per-
feet, by Butte Optical Co.. AZ w. Park.
Grinds it's lenses. Examines eyes free.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-03
Treaty COMPLETED,

Muskogee, I. T.. Feb. 1.-The Dawes and
Creek commissions completed their treaty
to-day. All lands of the tribe, except
town. school, church. cemetery sites, etc.
are to be divided among citizens of the
tribe equally, according to a value to be
ascertained by an appraising committee
provided for, and allotment to be non
taxable for q years. or until the title
passes from the original allottee, and 40
acres out of each allotment to be inal-
ienable for q years. Tribal courts are re-
vived with limited jurisdiction
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-03

Paris Of To-day-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, 1899-02-03

Paris of To- day--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, 1899-02-03
Railway Earnings.

New York, Feb. 1.-The Oregon Railway
and Navigation cOmpany's statement for
the six months ending Dec. 81 is as fol-
lows: Gross earnings, S5S5S, 467; increase.
$l3,47S: operating expenses, $2,193,0lS; in
crease, $343 100; net earnings, 81, 665, 449; de-
crease, $l302S2. ~
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-03

Paris of To-day-7the handsomest pre-
MUM book ever offered-now ready for
delivery upon payment Of $40 in ed
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, 1899-02-03
CDlOratlOS Revolt.

Montevideo, Feb. IA revolt of the.
Colorados against Senior Cuestas, provi-
sional president of Uruguay has broken
out. Two hundred men have landed near
Carmelo and captured the town.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-03
Dividend Declared.

New York. Feb 1.-The directors of the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad
have declared regular quarterly divi-
dend OF IL per cent on the stock.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-03
Anarchist Sentenced.

Brussels, Feb. 1.-Victor Wilhelms. the
anarchist who on Aug. II last shot and
wounded a police officer who was endeav-
oring to arrest him, was to-day sentenced
to Is years penal servitude.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-03
Protest Against Polyramy,

Madison, Wis, Feb IA memorial to
congress was adopted,in the state senate
to-day protesting against the seating of
B, H. Roberts of Utah as a member of
congress-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-03
Calling Cards.

Call at the Standard office, o. East
Broadway, and see the latest styles of
calling cards.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-10-07
FEEDING THE BEES.
If This Task Is Not Performed Prop
erIy Weakening of Colonies
Is Sure to Result.

Feeders must be arranged so the
bees can get the sirup properly. Or
binary receptacles will not answer, I'M
less partitions or floats of some kind are
used to keep the bees from drowning,
which they will do in open pans, etc.
Wooden feeders are the best, and Il
thick piece of board guttered out in
deep grooves one-half inch wide, with
partitions left, which may be very thin,
or a heavy block of wood, with holes
bored not quite through and filled with
the same, answer very nicely. good
frame of old tough honeycomb may be
filled with the strip from some dis
tance above il with something like
common sprinkler, except that the
holes are larger. This drives the sirup
to the bottom of the cells, and eXpels
the air. and when filled it may be
turned over without the sirup running
out. and the other side treated likewise.
All feeding should be done in the
night time with the above kind of feed;
that is, the feed may be given the bees
late in the evening, between shutdown
and dark. If given them during the day
it will cause great uproar among them
and may result in robbing and fighting
generally. Upper stories should be
used to place the feeders, and should be
closed so that bees cannot pass in or
out of the same from above.-A. III.
Duff, in National Rural
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-10-07
TOADS IN THE GARDEN.
They Arc Not Merely Harmless, But
of Great Use ms Destroyers
of SIugs md Insects.

To most people toad is nothing but
an unsightly reptile which is to be
Stunned as much as possible. The SUI
perstitious think it venomous, but stud
les made at the Hatch experiment sta
ton show that it is not.
The toad is a reptile, to be sure, but
it is one that is not only harmless, but
is of great use to the gardener, as every
worm or insect that comes within reach
is devoured greedily. Centipedes, cater
pillars, blister beetles and bugs of every
kind are equally welcomed by the toad.
He uses them all alike. They wander
within reach and his long, glutinous
tongue flashes out so quickly that the
eve cannot detect it and the victim is
gone. The toad swallows once or twice,
wnks his round eyes placidly, seems
to smile and is ready for as many more
of the same kind as may come his way.
Half dozen toads in garden will keep
it free from most of the ordinary garden
pests. They are easily tamed,and spend
the day in some shaded mock along the
fence or under a cabbage leaf, coming
sedately forth at night to find their
food. Where the good qualities of the
toad are understood he is always well
come visitor, and his stay is made as
pleasant as possible.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-10-07
AMONG THE POULTRY.

Hens three years old are not profit
able to keep, except they are of the
small laying varieties.
The Java fowls are the same size,
shape and about the general makeup
of the Rocks, but they mature earlier,
commence to lay earlier, and lay more
eggs.
Changing quarters during the laying
season will check egg-production.
There is nothing gained by it If the
fowls are always accommodated with
clean quarters.
Do not forget that the Ratchet is the
best remedy for sick fowls, but do not
apply it in very mild cases. A little cold
in fowls may terminate in roup, but a
free use of coal oil applied to the nos
trils, mouth and throat will usually
keep 1t in check.
The male birds are half the flock.
Scarcely anyone now thinks of going
through the poultry season without
stocking up with thoroughbred roosters
of the variety they prefer, or the differ
ent varieties, If they prefer an assert
ment 1t is truly wonderful the
change that can be made on any flock
thus.-National Rural.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-10-07

The John NJ. Smyth Co. of Chicago are de.
voting great deal OF attention to developing
trade throughout the West and South by
mail. The concern is one of the largest in
the City OF Chicago, and has been well and
favorably known throughout that city and
the North and West Tor many years. They
are now ready to mail to any readey of this
paper on receipt OF Toe, to partly pay post.
age or eXpressage and as evidence OF good
faith, their mammoth catalogue, which con.
tains illustrated descriptions and prices of
every conceivable article and necessity need
ed in the home or on the farm. The ten cents
paid for the mailing of the catalogue is al
lowed on the first purchase amounting to
Sl.0O or above. Everyone sending for the
catalogue will also receive their monthly
grocery price list free every month. People
living outside of large cities should send Tor
the John Nj. Smyth Co. catalogue and com.
pare prices quoted in this catalogue for all
articles of home consumption, hardware,
dry goods, grocery, notions, clothing, etc.
with prices which they are paying Readers
who send to John NJ. Smyth Co., $50 to
l66 w. Madison St., Chicago, for their cata
logue should not fail to mention this paper
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-10-07
? POULTRY STONE cRUsHER.

two arms work together something like
a hinge. Just above the beveled part
attach an iron plate, h, 4x6 inches and
one-quarter inch thick, against which
the stone is crushed. Make hole, !,
in the lower end of each crusher arm
for an iron pin. The smaller cut at the
right shows the details of the crusher
arm There must be space enough at
IN to let through the fine crushed stone.
The handle part is made as follows;
The central block. gig, is of 4N4 inch
lumber and two feet long. 1t is at
tached by a bolt through the middle of
the handle. k. which is five feet long
and strengthened by side pieces fas-
tened TO the main block by tight bolts
at l. passing through small blocks 2N2N2
inches atg. The four connecting strips.
e, are of 1X2 inch stuff bolted at one
end loosely to g, but at the other end
tightly, to d.. The machine is now com
plete except TO nail boards, jj on tbs
sides to keep in the stones.-American
Agriculturist.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-10-07
Grand Trunk Adds New Dining Car,

The Grand Trunk Railway has added two
additional dining cars toits equipment. They
are models of artistic beauty and materially
add to the pleasure of travelling over this
popular system. With improved first class
coaches and the finest sleepingcars that are
run on any through trains in America, it was
essential to have the finest that could be got
in the way of dining ears. The management,
therefore, placed these two new dining sa.
Ions on the middle and western divisions,
running between Suspension Bridge and Chi
cago.
The general exterior appearance Of the
cars is similar to the new standard day
coaches which are run on the Grand Trunk
System. The windows are glazed with
heavy plate glass, all are double, being dust
proof when shut. The dining room is large
and will seat thirty persons comfortably
The chairs are of oak, upholstered in leather
The windows are decorated with costly dra
peries, and the openings into the dining room
are provided with ornamental portieres The
floors are carpeted with handsomely de-
signed Wilton throughout the whole length
of the car, and the vestibuled floors are COW
cred with. rubber thing.
A very handsome and beautifully designed
sideboard is placed at one end of the dining
room. China and linen Closets wardrobes
and white metal washstands are in evidence
in accordance with modern practice The
cars are heated with hot water coils in con.
nection with steam from the engine and
lighted by Acme lamps, and the trimmings
throughout are of solid bronze, most beauti-
fully designed. Altogether they are superb
creations of skilled workmanship and greatly
admired by all who see them
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-10-07
THE WEIGHT OF HOGS.
Packers Now Prefer the I5O-POund
Animal to the Heavy Porkers
of other Years.

We are told and impressed by the
authorities in the provision trade that
there is no possible chance that heavy
hogs will be in favor for considerable
time, If ever again. says Texas Stock
journal. This view we are informed
is based upon the requirements of con-
sumers aud the retail and export trade.
Formerly a packing hog was heavy at
$50 to $50 pounds; now packing hogs
are considered heavy at $50 pounds.
Packers get all the lard they can pos
sibly handle without buying Il single
lard hog. The best marketable weight
now is about $50 pounds, and the best
all-around porker does not exceed 225
pounds. although that weight is too
heavy to-day to sell well. Farmers who
make their hogs too heavy to suit the
buyers must expect to get low prices,
as the light weights bring the most
money. The sides are manipulated into
breakfast bacon, canyased and sold
for eight to ten cents per pound, shout
ders converted into california hams"
and retailed for ten cents per pound;
the hams are small and sell readily for
12% cents, and some with an extra fin
ishing touch retail for as much as Is
cents per pound. Then, isn't il strange,
taking into consideration the above
facts. that our farmers and feeders will
continue to feed after their pigs are
thoroughly ripe for market, while with
every breath the packer is saying to
them: IF you feed another feed, I'll
dock YOU What is to their interest,
the same is TO our interest. Then ii
behooves us to reach out for quick,
growthy. fatten-at-any-age pigs. and six
months after the pig is farrowed turn
him over to the packers. who in return
will pay YOU more than if YOU had fed
it seven months, so far as profit is con-
cerned.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-10-07
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

If there is one thing on which the
housewife prides herself, it is that of
having her laundering done nicely, so
that the wearing apparel may be the adj
miration of all. The washing is n small
matter, any one almost can do that, but
to have the linens present that fleX-
IDLE and glossy appearance after being
ironed requires a fine quality of starch.
Ask your grocer for coupon book
which will enable you to get the first
two packages of this new starch-"Red
Cross" trade mark brand, also two of
the children's Shakespeare pictures
painted in twelve beautiful colors as
natural as life, or the Twentieth Cen
tury Girl Calendar, all absolutely free.
This is one of the grandest offers ever
made to introduce 'Rcd Cross" laundry
starch, j. c. Hubinger's latest invention.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-10-07
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WSMS.sd :SlaHD5S
HANDY GRIT MACHINE.
Where Large FIoclss of Poultry Are
Kept One VIII he Found
Wonderful Convenience.

1t can be built any size and any lum-
Der will do. The construction of the
machine can be easily studied out from
the illustration. My crusher is made
up as follows: Two supporters, aa,
each four feet six inches long, of 4xi
inch lumber resting on board supports.
G, two feet long and six inches high.
Nail on the four cross pieces. b. four
feet long, since 1Xi inches. Make the
two crushing arms, d. each five feet
long and of 4XG inch lumber. The lower
five inches are leveled off so that the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-10-07
New Corn Makes ChoIcrn.

The fact that new corn and hog chol-
era get ripe about the same time every
year leads many pretty good hogmen to
believe that feeding new corn, or rath-
or green corn. makes what hog chol-
era we have. While we no doubt would
have plenty of cholera If none of the
corn was fed untilthoroughlyr ripe, there
is little doubt that the careless feeding
of green corn has sent many porker
to an untimely end. a great many
farmers allow their hogs to go through
the summerwith no feed aud then when
new corn comes there is at once an
anxious effort manifest to make up for
lost lime and to get the hogs ready for
market in the shortest possible time,
which is by no means always the best
for the hogs or the owner.--L. o. Way
lance, in Prairie Farmer.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-10-07
MUCH IN LITTLE.

Toys are the most profitable inven-
tons.
The man who invented the roller
skate made $l,000,000.
The gimlet-pointed screw has made
fabulous wealth.
a common needle threader is worth
SIG, 900 u year to its inventor.
The toy called Dancing Jim Grow" is
worth $4,000 year
The wheel of Life" brings 5000
altogether.
Probably the chameleon top has paid
better than any other toy.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-10-07
Making Use ioEwced..

A crop of weeds that>are nearly ma
tured, but which have not produced
seeds. is one that will pay il it is
plowed under. Even weeds can thus
be put to good use If rightly handled,
but the farmer who allows a single
weed to produce seed multiplies his
work in the future. There is no waste
of time in killing weeds, as no work on
the farm pays better if future labor is
considered. ~
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-10-07
To California via the Midland Route.

Every Friday night, at 1926 p. m, a
through Tourist Car for San Francisco,
carrying first and second.class passengers,
leaves the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway Union Passenger Station Chicago,
via Omaha, Colorado Springs and Salt Lake
City with stop-over privileges at Salt Lake
City,. for all points in Colorado, Utah,
Nevada and California.
The Tourist Car berth rate from Chicago
70 San Francisco IS ohly sow, ana the sleep.
days in advance of departure of train.
Through tickets and sleeping car accom-
modations can be secured from any agent
in the east, or by applying at the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul Depot or City Tick
ct Offices in Chicago.
Send for our free illustrated California
folders. Address Geo. II. Heafford, Gen
eral Passenger Agent. Chicago. Ill.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-10-07
WOMEN
AVON
OPERATIONS

IL had suffered tor sew
ars with female troubles and
l until was discouraged. l felt
d and tired of living. i had dis
ease of kidneys, bladder trouble.
dropsy and bloating. had womb
trouble and a large tumor had
formed; in fact all my organs
were out of fix.
"Sceinga woman's letter prais-
ing your remedies, l wrote to
her and she begged of me to try
it. telling me all that it had done
for her. l bought six bottles of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and now cannot ex-
press my gratitude to you. The
tumor began to come away in
pieces and / got better all the
time. | believe now that l am
entirely cured.
my doctors could not believe
it at first. as they all had told mo
that my case was hopeless one.
and no human power could do me
any good. They we're astounded.
If can say anything that can
help other women. l shall be
glad to-"
1t is not safe TO wait until the
last moment. Head off trouble
Don't be satisfied without Mrs
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-10-07
LOADING LIVE STOCK.

angle, so that when set up on the hind
end of the wagon twill fit the box,
and the end on the ground is perpen-
dicular. BY means of Il few portable
place where there is fence for one
side. The device can be adjusted TO
suit the wagon, unlike one that is sta
tionary. We have scales, and breed
ing pen for pigs. and it comes handy To
unload sows. and at the scales for load
ing fat hogs and sheep.-A. S. Forsman,
in Ohio Farmer.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-10-07
Dewey Celebration.

Americans are quick to appreciate merit.
The Dewey celebrations prove that, and it is
again forcibly demonstrated in the praise
and confidence which is accorded to Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters, one of the most mer
itorious remedies ever compounded for in
digestion, constipation, dyspepsia, bilious
ness, liver or kidney disease or any trouble
arising from weak stomach. If you have
a weak stomach don't fail to try it,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-10-07

Travelling on the Burlington Railroad on
The way TO Denver, a little town called At
lanta, near Hastings, Nebraska, is pointed
out as a point of interest because of the
corn cribs built there along the tracks. In
all there are "a separate cribs, IL feet wide
and IL feet high, with total length Of
5964 feet, or a distance of nearly mile and
quarter. This years enormous crop (three
hundred million bushels for the State of Ne
braska) will test their capacity Everybody
seems prosperous in Nebraska, and it is said
there is little complaint except by bankers,
who find it difficult to lend money, for no.
body seems to want to borrow.