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

Mr.. and Mrs. @. r. Day OF Butte
are the guests Of Mrs. George F. Ly-
man al the Leland.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-01

IL. NJ. Patterson. the supervising ar
chitect OF the new county court house
and Jail. came down from Butte yes
terday.
Gilpin observer., 1899-03-30
Simple silver Plating.

a great deal of interest has of late
been manifested in the question of cleo
troplating, and the fact that small cleo
troplating outfits are in the market
has brought to many a schoolboy a
bonanza Of supreme attraction. With a
little practice any boy can do a respect
able turn with his plating machine.
There is nothing that he won't put in
to his plating tank, but his first opera
tions are sure to be devoted to the fam
lily spoons. 1t is hardly surprising that
a hotel should have taken in hand the
same issue of plate deterioration and
sought to meet it in the same way. The
management of New York hotel de-
cided that it would be cheaper to put
in an electroplating plant and furnish
its own forks and spoons and other ar
tioles from which the silver had worn
of than to send them to the professional
electroplater. The plant has alread jus.
titled the first cost Of the outfit and has
shown the economy and feasibility Of
the novel scheme. In addition to the
small motor and plating dynamo the
plant has four vats, each holding 25
gallons and containing respectively the
nickel, copper. silver and striking solu-
tona The guests cannot eat the silver
Of the plate with sufficient rapidity To
keep the plant busy and Is second to
none In the brillianoe Of its silverware.
Gilpin observer., 1899-03-30
Parasites In Meat.

A bulletin ON the inspection Of meat
for animal parasites has been prepared
for the bureau Of animal industry Of the
United States department Of agriculture
BY Dr.. Stiles. In this, while treating
the whole subject exhaustively, from
both theoretical and practical stand
point, the author especially emphasizes
the necessity Of public meat inspectors
being we'll informed In regard to facts
relating to the flukes and tupeworms
which they arc likely to find in abat-
toirs and slaughter houses. A knowl-
edge Of these worms will. he says. en-
able inspectors to prevent the spread Of
the tapeworm stage among human be.
ings by condemning such infested meat
or subjeoting it to processes which will
render it harmless The more important
parasites in respect to diseases in man
are those of beef measles, pork measles
and hydatids-the last named at present
comparatively rare in this country. DR..
Stiles declares, however, that with the
exception of trichinosis and hydatid
disease, the majority of these parasitic
troubles are not especially dangerous to
human life. Nevertheless they are one
and ell decidedly prejudicial to health,
and consequently it is in high degree
desirable that effective means should be
taken to prevent their spread.
Gilpin observer., 1899-03-30
The Only Thing to Do.

There was a time when the Illinois
Central railroad was being constantly
sued. This story illustrating the aviditJ
Of plaintiffs is related by the Louisville
Courier journal. Emily A. Storrs, thu
famous Chicago lawyer. was approached
by an old man with q note one day,
The note had'been found among the ef
:fects Of deceased relative.
what 9 the nature Of the notes' ask.
ed Mr.. Storrs
IT don't know, Sir" replied the old
fellow.
"Havo you any idea who wrote it''
asked Mr.. Storrs
"No, SIR" answered the note bearer.
well. do you know anything about
the note ut all?" asked Mr.. Storrs
Nothing at all. SIR" answered ths
old man.
"Well, remarked Mr.. Storrs thought.
fully, "the only thing ] can sec to do in
the premises is to sue tho Illinois Cen.
tral railroad"
Gilpin observer., 1899-03-30
Electric Crate.

Gas logs are made nowadays in vari.
Gus sizes and with the imitation hickory
logs Of which they are formed piled in
various shapes. The gas log is designed
as slightly and convenient means of
giving ont heat. There is an imitation
electric grato fire that is intended for
ornamental purposes only. This fire is
composed of pieces Of ruby and amber
glass. The crate, standing in fireplace
in the usual manner, has within it IN
incandescent light, over which is placed
n wire cage at such n height in the
crate that the coal-that is. tho ruby
and amber glass-when spread over 1t
is brought up to tho height of an ordi.
nary coal fire. The cage protects the
burner. makes thin layer Of glass suf.
ficient and holds tho glass up SO that
the light from below can shine through
it oil and givo 1t the appearance Of the
coal fire it Is made to represent. The
light Is turned on and Off and tho fire
thus lighted or put out by turning q
key In the usual manner. this key being
located conveniently by the side of the
fireplace. The electric grate Ia used
usually in rooms where steam il used
for hentinp
Gilpin observer., 1899-03-30
THE TURK A TERROR.
Upper Circles In Washington Flee
When the Minister Talks.

The new Turkish minister is a terror
to Washington society. He is one Of
those foreigners who come to America
fall of curiosity concerning this people
and with no hesitation about exercising
it. Usually the American ladies of
Washington are willing to satisfy this
curiosity and can hold their own
against the questioning. But this new
Turk is altogether unspeakable in a
social sense. He attended an official
function a few evenings since and was
introduced to lady in full reception
dress, little fuller than usual perhaps.
The Turk exchanged the ordinary com
monplaces for he talks the language Of
the country to which he is accredited.
Gradually his attention became riveted
upon the lady S costume in such n man
ner that she was embarrassed and raised
her fan in front of her. AT length the
minister. in his earnest way, pointing
to the low cut of the bodice, asked:
MADAM, does your husband permit
this without protestT"
The lady colored furiously and re-
piled that her husband found no fault
with her taste. The minister shook his
head in a deprecating way and began
to tell how different it was in his coun-
try. The lady made her escape as quick
ly as possible. Not many evenings aft
erward the minister was at another Off
cial reception. He was presented to q
well known society woman and began:
care you married?"
The lady answered in the affirmative
with smile.
"May ask how long you have been
married?"
The lady said that she had entered
the state of matrimony some ten years
ago.
"How many children have your"
was the next question.
The lady replied, with a slight mani
festation of embarrassment. that she
had none.
The minister stopped to think for a
full half minute and with puzzled
look resumed:
SIN my country
The lady fed. and what tho minister
was going to say will never be known
But no member of Washington society
will now risk an introduction to the
terrible Turk if she can help herself
ST. Louis GlobeDemocrat.
Gilpin observer., 1899-03-30
Busine.. and Personal Letters.


"a young man in business is wisest
who sees to it that his personal letters
do not come to his business address I"
writes Edward Box in The Ladies'
Home Journal. "Aside from the tech
nical point that be has no right to use
his employers address for social GORE.
spondenoe and that it is not the place
for such letters. It means q freedom
from distraction which is valuable to
him. The receipt Of social letters at
business places often means thoir an
swer there, and 30 one evil multiplies
into another. A young mans business
hours should be devoted to business,
and he cannot be too strict in the OBJ
servance of that rule.
"Nor should our girls seek in any re.
spect to lead our young men to give
laxity to that rule. The best kind of q
self respecting girl. on the other hand,
is she who helps young man to keep
inviolate rule go obviously for his own
best interests, present and future. A
girl cannot too rigidly let young man
alone during business hours. That is
the rule Of wisdom, and / wish that
every girl would learn it and adhere
to it,
Gilpin observer., 1899-03-30
Curious Biblical Fragments.

While the Trellis written Bible was
undoubtedly intended for the use Of the
grown up scholar, in whose case fair
acquaintance with the sacred volume
could be assumed, we have another
species of Biblical fragments, represent
ing the Reader Without Tears" of the
old world They are written in large,
distinct letters and contain as rule the
first verses of the book Of Leviticus,
accompanied or preceded by various
combinations of the letters of the alpha
bet which the child had to practice up
ON. Sometimes it is the fragments form
ing the conclusions of books, or, more
correctly, of whole groups of books,
such as the end of the Pentateuch, the
end of the prophets and the end of the
Hagiographa, that yield us important
information, for in some cases they pos
sess appendices or colophons that give
the date of the manuscripts as well as
the names Of tho owner and of the
scribe.
Occasionally we come upon good
scolding, as when the colophon runs:
"This pentateuch (or psalter) was ded-
icated by N. NM, in the year -, to
the synagogue -. 1t shall not be
sold, it shall not be removed, it shall
not be pawned. Cursed be he who sells
it, cursed be he that removes it," etc.
London Globe.
Gilpin observer., 1899-03-30
COUNTRY HOME IN CUBA.
Pigs and People All Live In One
Room,

That night we stopped with Cuban
family. The house was built like all
other Cuban houses that saw in the
forest. For frame they used bamboo,
for siding the bark of royal palm. for
covering the roof the branches and
leaves of the same palm. There is no
floor. no window. and no nails are used,
in the house. no furniture. and the only
dishes were three tin plates, three tin
spoons and an iron kettle. The family
consisted of a man and his wife and
two children and two piga The girl
was 8 years old and the boy years old,
and the boy was as naked as when born
into the world. It was in such home
as 1 describe that Elwell and myself
slept that night. The family. except the
two pigs. slept In one end Of the house
and we in the other end Of the house.
The pigs were romping around all over
the house until 8 O'Clock in the morn
ing. when they settled down for a nap
and not four feet from where we were
trying to sleep.
The lady gave us a typical Cuban sup
per and breakfast. 1t was but one dish.
was made in kettle and was boiled
mess and cooked over fire made on the
ground in the room where we slept 1t
consisted Of rice. sweet potatoes. yams
and platano. all boiled together. When
ready to eat, the kettle was taken out,
placed on the ground, and from it we
helped ourselves Not wishing to coil
our new linen trousers. the Cuban ma
jor went short distance to a palm tree
and with his machete peeled off piece
Of bark about three by five feet, and we
sat on it while eating. The bark was
| about half an inch thick. These poor
Cubans had but little, but even that lit
tie was ours, they being extremely gen.
erous and very hospitable.
In the evening it was curious sight
to see the naked boy and the smallest
pig play together. The boy would lie
down beside the pig. and they were np-
parently as happy as if they had been
| two children. When the mother was
ready to leave us, her boy was close to
tho pig. sleeping.-Cuban Letter in
| Burlington Free Press.
Gilpin observer., 1899-03-30
A New smoIscIcss Powder.

So much of Europe as is interested in
the manufacture of high explosives is
just now engaged in speculating over
the discovery of II new one which an
Austrian chemist is alleged to have per-
fected. 1t is u smolseless powder, free
from nitroglycerin, which overheating
affects but trihe, and which is us
trustworthy and safe as is common gun
powder. 1t is positively smokeless, does
not heat the arm in which it is used.
and altogether seems to have complete
ly filed the bill Mt which all manufac-
turers of explosives have been aiming.
So far the details of composition and
manufacture have been kept secret
so far as this country is concerned at
least,
Gilpin observer., 1899-03-30
The Ships Bell.

The ships bell is the mariners clock
The nautical day begins and ends at
noon. when eight bells is struck. Tho
bell is struck half hourly, day and
night, one stroke being added for each
half hour until eight is reached, when
the count begins at one bell.
In the United States navy the ships
bell hangs usually under the forecastle,
or just forward of the foremast. The
captains orderly keeps the time and re-
ports to tho officer of the deck the hour
in terms of "bells." The officer of the
deck then bids the messenger Of the
watch strike the bell. There is some
what more formality at eight bells than
at other times, for then the hour is re-
ported to the captain and the bell not
struck until he has said, make it SO. :"
Here is the routine on board a man-of-
war at o'clock in the morning: The
orderly says to the officer of the deck,
Eight bells, SIR The officer of the
deck replies, Report to the captain
eight bells and chronometers wound I"
The orderly then goes to the captain and
says, eight bells and the chronometers
wound, SIR" The captain replies, Every
we'll; make it so." The orderly goes to
the officer of the deck and says, "Make
it SO, sir" The officer of the deck says
to the messenger of the watch, "Strike
eight BELLS" and if everybody has been
prompt the messenger strikes eight bells
at exactly a. m.-Boston Post
Gilpin observer., 1899-03-30
The Strnnner

A man in this city has just received
the following letter from Great Falls,
Mon:
DEAR USCrE-Pnpa has allowed me the use
OF his typewriter Just long enough TO tell you
that am n little boy and that | was born on
Thursdny morning last, quite carly / am
worth coming all the way from Now Yorl, TO
see. weighed ten pounds when was born.
nine pounds the day after, and now / weigh
ten ngain. / have a fne alto voico and know
several songs. Papa says ! am nonparoil.
whatever that means. think English worry
hard language TO learn, and nm very fond Of
tho western climate. have no name yet, and
so can only sign myself your loving nephew.
New York Tribune.
Gilpin observer., 1899-03-30
Her uuge Secret Society.

A well known Washington woman
was doing the cathedral cities of Eng
land last summer. Throughout her tom
she wore u tiny American flag pinned
to the waist of her travelling dresses. a
good many Of the English people whom
she met did not understand or pretend
cd not to understand what the flag stoco
for.
lyon belong to some secret society,
perceive" said an English woman tc
whom she was introduced, pointing to
the diminrtive starry tanner.
Yes" responded the Washington
woman amiably. There are 20. 600, Coz
OF us. ."-Washington Post.
Gilpin observer., 1899-03-30
A Royal Lecturer.

The queen Of Roumania is probably
fhe only ono among royalties who Is IL
censed as public lecturer. For several
yenrs her majesty has given talks on
subjects Of interest to young women in
her palace. to the daughters Of the
Roumanian aristocracy.
These lectures have, however, recent
ly become 30 popular and attractive
and the requests to attend them 80
many and 80 persistent that the queen
now lectures in the public high school
for girls and has obtained the necessary
officinl professional diploma. which Ia
signed by the king and by the minister
Of public instruction.
Gilpin observer., 1899-03-30
Government Secret Codes.

Every government and almost every
department has its secret codes of signs,
fignres or words devised by some clever
code composer for use in the transmits
sion Of messages Of supreme importance
and with regard to which secrecy is OF
vital consideration. One which is sale
to be the cleverest of all those now il
use is employed by the United States
state department. 4 is called tho
'sphinx. The sphinx" was devised
by one Of the officials in the state de
partment and is as susceptible to changes
as the combination lock of safe. Hun
dreds of messages have been sent by it.
and it defies all attempts to unravel its
meaning by those unacquainted with
the key.
Gilpin observer., 1899-03-30
Water At Meals.

There are no we'll ascertained facts
on which to ground a conclusion that
dilution Of the gastric juice within any
limits permissible in the size Of the Or
dinsry stomach is in any degree harm
ful All modern studies Of gastric digee.
ton tend to show that all excess Of duid
taken at meals 10 promptly elected in
gulps into the small intestine "a proved
faot) or absorbed BY the stomach wall.
Further. gastric digestion occupies q
period Of two to four hours. during
which time gastric juice 10 constantly
being secreted and all excess Of fluid
would be absorbed BY normal stomach
in half an hour. OF course In stomach
already crippled In motility or in secre-
tive power these statements would prob.
ably not hold good. and It would then
seem best to limit the quantity Of fluid
at meals As to healthy people. that
the above reasoning is true seems to be
readily proved by the enormous number
Of healthy Americans who INCEST great
quantities Of fluid at meals for years
with no apparent damage. It is easier
to do harm by taking too little water
than by too much, in health at least.
Even supposing that in digestion the
fluid was not early disposed of we know
quite positively that both hydroohloric
acid and pepsin act more freely upon
proteid matter when quite dilute than
when moro concentrated. Sci
elco.
Gilpin observer., 1899-03-30
Highest meteorological station.

To Harvard university belongs the
credit Of having established the highest
meteorological station in the world
nearly four miles above tho sea level
namely, on the summit Of El Misti. o
quiescent volcano near Arequipa, in
Peru. The main station is ut Arequipa
itself, at an altitude Of about 8, 900 foet.
and there are seven other stations in.
Guiding one at the base Of Ell Misti, 10, :
700 feet above the sea level, while the
one on the summit is at 10. 400. or about
8, 500 feet higher than the noted station
on Mont Blanc. The shape Of tho Misti
is declared to be admirable, IL being nm
almost perfect. although more or loss
truncated, cone and the conditions Of
exposure Of the instruments are as near
ly perfect o. 1t is possible to obtain on
o mountain. The instr umcnts now In
use ON the summit are dry and wet bulb
and maximum and minimum thermom-
etera. rain gauge, Rioknsd basograph,
thermograph and hygrograph. There Is
also q meteorograph. constructed BY
Ferguson especially for this observatory
and designed to record temperature,
pressure and wind direction and veloc.
ity. - ...
Gilpin observer., 1899-03-30
Antiquity of Glass.

Glass has been employed, we know,
both for decorative and domestic pur-
poses since the dawn of civilization.
The earliest remnins date from Egypt
30G4 B. c., and are preserved in the
British museum. 1t is an amulet in the
form of lions head, of Opaque blue
color, with hieroglyphics that determine
its date. On the rock cut tombs of the
metropolis Of Memphis glass. blowers
were depicted as early as 5000 B. O.
Stories are told by Pliny, JPsephus and
other writers to account for its disoov-
cry, but these are very doubtful, so that
we have only to rely upon facts attested
by actual remains. The discovery was
doubtless fortuitous. Such lucky finds
are often the work of chance. When it
occurred, we cannot determine, but SO
far as we know, Egypt, as she was the
germ of all civilizations, was also the
mother Of this art, which she applied
to multitude of purposes. strangely
excepting that which we deem most
necessary-namely, to admit light into
buildings. The dwellers by the Nile
handed down the art to the PhGnicians.
who in like manner bequeathed it to
the Assyrians Then it was passed along
to the Persians and the Greeks; then to
the Romans and tho Byzantines. who
in turn communicated 1t to the Vene-
tiana The monks Of the middle ages
appropriated it to beautify their Gothic
temples, and so It came on the centuries
to modern times. - Woman's Home
OompaniOn --iQ o. r.. a-ss,.
Gilpin observer., 1899-03-30
SCIENTIFIC BREATHING.
Air se1dor, Reaches the Lower Fart
OF Some Peoples Lungs.

Air Seldom, Reaches the Lower Fart
of Some Peoples Lungs.
BAD habits of breathing are common
among both the sick and the we'll. With
many the daily occupation favors
stopping posture and sedentary habits
combination favorable to lung disease.
Bookkeepers, clerks and other indoor
workers must guard against habit Of
short, shallow breathing and chronic
stoop. These indicate infallibly an in,
sufficient expansion of the lungs.
Rapid and shallow breathing is strict.
ly unhyeienio. It leaves great portion
Of the lungs entirely unused and par,
Of the air in them unchanged. Deep
breathing strengthens and increases the
muscles OF the chest and the abdomen.
The abdominal muscle directly overlies
the ihtestines, and its motion stimu-
lates the whole digestive apparatus,
thus contributing TO its healthful aotiv-
ity.
Persons who occasionally or contin-
ually suffer from cough should take
pains to cultivate deep breathing. AL
most all such persons breathe improper
ly. In many cases lack of lung power is
inherited; in others habit or occupation
plays an unfavorable part; in not few
instances a fear of the lungs being deli
cate superinduces habit of shallow
breathing, from an erroneous idea that
the lungs are in this way favored.
The health of an organ depends large
ly upon proper exercise of its func-
tions. Diseases of the lungs, Of chron-
ic nature especially, are often wholly,
always partially, chargeable to an un
hygienic method of breathing The part
of the lungs most likely to become af-
fected with disease is the apex or upper
most portion. The reason for this lies
in the fact that this part of the lung is
fully expanded only on taking deep
inspiration. In many persons this part
Of the lung is therefore seldom expand
ed, its function is impaired. and it falls
more readily prey to disease.
Tight clothing is especially harmful
about tho neck and shoulders, and in
this respect men err as often as women.
A tightly constructed waist, while linn
iting free respiration, is perhaps not so
harmful to the lungs as to other ada
cent organs of the body.-Auokland
| News,
Gilpin observer., 1899-03-30
Coal FOR Mig warshfps.

As nn instance Of the enormous guam.
titles Of coal used on these monster war
vessels that are now being constructed
tho recent trip to China Of tho British
ship Powerful may be cited. She had
Q, 800 tons Of coal on board when she
loft Portsmouth and took on successive.
ly at different points 800. 2.2s0. 800
and 2,IIb tons. or total Of 8. 800 tons
costing, II is raid, no less than $50. 000
Gilpin observer., 1899-03-30
what shaw say, He In.

Being nsked by the nottingham Ex.
press for some Biographical facts, T"
Bernard Shaw, the critic, replied: ~
am bachelor (he has recently mar
ried), an Irishman, a vegetarian, an
atheist, teetotaler, fnnntic, n humor.
list, o fluent liar. Social Democrat. q
lecturer and debater. lover Of music,
a fierce opponent Of the present status
Il women and an insister on the serious.
ncss Of art"