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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-05
Tabby's Store Teeth.

rom lue 1NetOtus
A cat that belongs to James Dever
of Norristown can boast of something
that probably no other feline is Eos-
sessed OLA set of false teeth. TWO
weeks ago puss showed evidence of be-
ing in great agony. She would roll
about the floor and MEOW in most
pitiful manner. Mr. Dever thinks the
world of the cat, and he was much
distressed because he could not relieve
it's sufferings. He took his pet to three
different surgeons, but they could not
diagnose the ailment Finally Mr.. De-
yer concluded that the trouble was
with the cats teeth, so he took the AMI
NAL to dentist of this city, who found
that toothache was causing the misery
that fell to kitty's lot The dentist de-
clared that every tooth in the cats
head would have to be extracted, and
when Mr.. Dever demurred, the teeth
manipulation said he would guarantee
to turn the pet out as good as new
with a false set. Realizing that to re-
lieve the cats suffering heroic meas
ures would have to be resorted to, Mr..
Dever agreed to have her fitted out
with an entire outfit of new worries.
The job was not an easy one. but a rev
DAYS ago the cat was returned to us
owner with a mouthful of store teeth.
The animal experiences some difhculty
in eating, and its meat has to be cut
fine. Every night pussy runs to her
master to have her teeth removed be-
fore retiring.
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ment were absolutely perfect. the re-
sulttng cornet would again weigh 800
and no correction for the other comets
would be necessary. However, should
the proof weigh 9003 there would be
deducted O.S from the weights of the
comets to obtain the exact fineness of
the bullion. Both the comets and the
coppers are always weighed against the
gold gramme weight, smaller weights
being added to the scale pan carrying
the cornet or copper until equilibrium
is established. The object is to have
the balance loaded to the same weight
in all weighings
After the final weighing all results
obtained by each assayer on samples
during the several stages of their work
are entered in the Gold Assay Book
and submitted to the assayer in charge
for comparison and final marking,
from which calculations are made for
final settlement with thesdepositor. An
agreement of results is frequent diff
ference of one-tenth of thousandth is
common, while the average variations
do not exceed three-tenths of thous-
andth. A variation of five-tenths of an
thousandth in these results is not ac-
ceptable, but new assays are made.
In addition to the purchase of gold
bullion, the Helena assay office is Sc
lected to make the annual compilation
for the government of the precious
metal production in several of the
Northwestern states. Besides Montana
Mr.. Braden has been given the collec-
ton of statistics each year for one or
more of the states of Utah, Oregon,
Washington and South Dakota.
EUGENE B. BRADEN.
Helena, Sept. 8, 1899.
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talking this to his pig-tailed guest and
he thought he could persuade him to
leave, now that he knew the mob was
after him. Moran would go in and talk
to him again. He was allowed to do
this and the crowd, misinterpreting it
as a move to turn the Chinaman over
to them, grew more nearly noisy and
disorderly than they had been at all
before. But they were quickly claimed
by the leaders.
When Moran returned he stated that
the Chinaman promised to leave town
on the first train and not return. Nor
an added his personal promise that the
unwelcome visitor should be out of
town by morning if left alone. The
mob accepted this promise and dis
solved as quietly as it had gathered.
An hour later the Chinaman was taken
in a buggy to Ulm and the incident
closed He never came back.
Since that time there has been nc
occasion for any exhibition of anti
Chinese feeling. and it is hard to pre-
dict possible consequences of Chinese
visitors to this city, The average citi-
zen tells the wondering stranger that
Chinese are not allowed in this town;
whether he would now assist in the en-
fOrcepent of this unWritten law will
remain a riddle until occasion arises
1t is a condition which puzzles the old
timer as well as the new arrival. With
out discussing motives or reasons oil
the merits of the question, it is a fact
that the community is excited to moth.
ing more than words of Indignation al
a murderer or the ravisher of helpless
children, but the mere sight of the pig
/ tailed, silk-gowned celestial on the
streets of Great Falls Is sufficient tC
| incite a riot.
/ The man who attempts to reason thi.
matter out is forced to fall back on the
orientalism, 1T has been written thus.
] r-IInNJDGnN
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DIRECTORS

Henry Filling, B. F. White, R. s. Ford
w. A. Clark of Virginia Witty, Henry
Klein H. A. DtAcheul, R. c. Wallace, w.
G. Bailey, George L. Ramsey.
A general commercial banking business
transacted, including the purchase and
sale of State, County and City Securities;
a careful attention to collections and the
acceptance of trusts.
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where the gold shows segregation,
quadruple assays are made irrespective
of weight.
Two weighings Of gold gramme,"
as it is designated in the. mint service
500 millegrams, which is equal to 1000
gold weight-are made from each sam
pie on a balance sensitive to one-twen-
tieth of a millegram. One of these
weighfngs Is for the determination of
the fineness of the silver contents by
difference and the approximation fine
ness of the gold for the purpose of in
quartating the other weighing. The
second weighing is for use in the deter
mination of the gold fineness. Each of
these weighings is wrapped IA sheet
lead. This lead is cut to size and
weighs from five to seven grammes,
care being taken to have the leads of
uniform weight in each run.
A check or proof is used with each
set of assays. This proof is made of
gold of the greatest obtainable purity
taken as the standard of fineness. The
weighings which have been made for
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A MODEL WIFE.
And the Curious Discovery Made by an
Inguisitive Bachelor.


she was my model wife until yes
terday-that is" remarked the cynical
bachelor who lives in an apartment
house on the east side, "she was my
model for wives. She and her husband
lived in the fiat just over mine, and /
used to hear him come home at hours
that made even a hardened old sinner
like me ashamed for all mems sake, 1t
would be or and sometimes O'Clock
in the morning when he would come
humping upstairs, and | knew-the
privacy of an apartment house is not
all that it might be-don't you know
that she was waiting for him, and that
the door flew open to greet him, and
that for an hour or two afterward
there would be the sound of talking.
Not scolding, but merry conversation
and laughter. | used to hear the rattle
of dishes and often on summer nights
would catch savory odors floating down
the light shaft-that blessed agent for
the transmission of everything but air
and sunshine. Then after a time there
would be silence. 1t used to go on
that sort of thing--night after night,
and | wondered what sort of a woman
she could be to put UP with man of
such irregular habits as her husband
apparently was. One day l met her
in the corTidor-a little woman with a
face that beamed over with smiles and
a world of love in her eyes, and l cursed
that man in every picturesque phrase
7 could think of as a brute who didn't
deserve such luck. Yesterday 1 made
a discovery. He is a morning newspa-
per man, she is a bride, and with the
cries of her own to work out, she has
upset every law of domestic manage
ment to conform to the hours OF his
work, turning night into day, and hav-
ing the evening dinner at o'clock IT
the morning instead of & o'clock al
night. She is still my model for news
paper mans wife, but I've ceased tc
think of her as the modern Griselda
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UnionBank & Trust Co.
OF Helena, Montana

HHENRY ELLING, President.
HENRY KLEIN, Vice President.
GEORGE L. RAMSEY, Cashier.
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Topcs for Warm MI fiji ms.

From the New York Post.
AT some London teas" says a wo-
man who has recently returned from
that city, there came on my plate
with the little sandwich or hot muffin
sometimes offered a small. rather wide
pair of longs with which, as I soon
learned, l was expected to grasp the
sandwich or warm bread in order not
to soil my gloves. The tongs were
something like asparagus tongs in their
general appearance, except that they
were very much smaller"
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corners respectively. On all bars weigh
ing less than 800 ounces each assayer
makes one assay; on all bars exceeding
this weight each assayer makes two
assays. giving on all small bars dupli-
cate determinations and on all large
bars quadruple determinations, for
both gold and silver. In the case of
certain bars, principally lead alloys.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-05

eases and will guarantee you o permanent cure
at moderate cost. He has cured thousands who
thought their cases hopeless. All letters private.
Write for question blank. Consultation free.
Medicines sent free from observation.
Cook rIedicaI Co. I6a q curtis 81. Denver Col.
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Private and Chronic Diseases Of Men

Mep suffering from evil eff
fleets of youthful indiscre-
tons, syphilis, gonorrhea,
gleet, structure, Q sexna-
weakness, yaricocele, I'M
natural discharges, lost
vitality, failing memory,
unatness to marry, blood,
skin, kidney or private dis
eases, are speedily cured.
DIR. COOK has spent 80
years Of persistent study
and experience In his own
practice and among the
largest Eastern hospitals
in eur,nu this .laaa nj dis
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-10-26
NOVEL IDEA IN RAPID TRANSIT
Ohio.n Pronoses u One-Rail Line to
BE Operated by Electricity
Plans Appear ReasoAnble.

If the claims of Harris F. Smith, of
Middletown, O., for his new railroad are
borne out, and engineers who have ex-
amined his plans see no reason why
they should not be, the problem of rapid
transit is solved. Mr.. Smiths proposed
road is to be operated by electricity.
The cars resemble in some respects
those now in use on the South Side ele-
waited in Chicago.
The road is to rest upon line of
single iron pillars, which are to be
anchored in massive stone foundations.
The cars will run upon single traction
rail upon a heavy iron beam extending
between the pillars and will retain
equilibrium through the agency of a
single guard rail above. The complete
structure will extend % feet above the
ground. Experts pronounce the road
perfect from an economic standpoint.
A locomotive requires four pounds
of coal per horse power per hour, out
of which is obtained speed of 60 miles,
while these cars will run with a con-
sumption Of 1A pounds of coal per
horse power per hour, with an average
speed of 200 miles per hour. The av-
erage cost of passenger transportation
is one cent per mile. It is understood
that a company is already being organ
lied and that a line may be built be-
tween Cincinnati and Chicago.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-10-26
Flowers In the Hair.

There never was and never will be
style as pretty as the wearing of
flowers in the hair. Wreaths of fine
flowers, like rosebuds, forget-me-nots.
heather Or the small fruits are a pretty
surrounding for young faces, and clus-
tiers OF flowers worn low on the hair.
just behind each ear, as the Japanese
girls wear them, are becoming to about
everybody. A real beauty needs moth
ing more than a single flower placed
among her tresses. A fad of the mo-
ment is to select some one flower and
hold it as we do our favorite perfume.
1t is repeated in the many ways known
to milliners and dressmalzers, and is one
OF the few fads which bears relation to
common sense. A pretty woman gains
an added charm from the choice of a
flower which she wears in her hair. eth
er twisted into a garland or wound in
her tresses, or tucked behind her ear
or pinned somewhere to her gown or
jacket. There is always charm in va
rfety, and flowers are capable of giving
it.-Detro3t Free Press.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-10-26
PRETENsE OF MERCY IN WAR.
Military UsaEes Do Not Permit of the
Use of BarbarOus Methods
in Battle.

War at it's best is so horrible, so Ia
mentable, so loathsome, that every
merciful and generous mind must
eagerly welcome anything that is cal
culated to mitigate it's seventies and to
alleviate its horrors. Whether. however,
such device as the Geneva convention,
which purports to relieve an army OF
the care of it's own wounded, and thus
to set it by SO much the more free to
continue it's wounding and siaughtering
work; or such device as the ST. Peters
burg convention which prohibits the
use of an explosive bullet weighing less
than nine-tenths of pound (4O
grammes), but allows it's use if of any
greater weight-whether these are real
alterations of war, or are not astute
contrivances for other ends, has been
doubted and may be doubtful.
On the other hand, the military
usaQes, which allow some methods OF
injury in war and forbid others, and
which, so far as they forbid, are held to
be merciful alterations of warfare
these have always been shifting and
variable, differing with. the different
spirit of different ages, but tending al
ways to condemn the new devices of
mechanical ingenuity, and SO to deprive
of it's advantages the nation most ex-
ceiling in that ingenuity. Thus in the
twelfth century the new crossbow was
condemned by the church as an arm obi
Gus to God, while in the fifteenth cen
fury the musket was equally condemned
for an unlawful weapon, SO that even
Bayard, the chevalier sans peur ct sans
reproche, ordered all musketeers who
fell into his hands to be slain without
mercy.
In their modern form these usages
forbid the use of poison or of poisoned
weapons, the mutilation of the dead,
the manning or killing of unarmed
prisoners, and the slaughter of the
wounded On the field Of battle. But it
must always be remembered that they
forbid these acts only when they are
unnecessary, and when they are conse-
quently merely wanton barbarities;
that the acts themselves are not prohib
tied when they are requisite for self
preservation; and that the only judge
whether they are requisite or not is the
soldier who commits them. Thus the
slaughter of the wounded-probably
the most cruel of all-is permitted, and,
indeed, dictated, when the security of
the victor is held by that victor to re-
quire it, and it was carried out probably
to greater extent than was ever before
known in modern times no longer ago
than at the battle of Omdurman, in
H.
be held that in war all acts are lawful,
though all are not expedient; that the
eNpediency of them depends mainly On
the probability of retaliation in kind,
and that of this expediency there can
be no other judge than the perpetrator
of the act himself. These attempts,
therefore, to alleviate the horrors of
war are as casual and uncertain as they
are incomplete and Neutrality-suspicious.
temporary Review.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-10-26
WEEDS HIS AUNT.
Romantic SickrOOm COurtship Ends
in q Strange MarriaEe-He
Is "a and She "a.

Word was received at Cleveland, O.,
of the strange and romantic marriage
of William Lyon, the son of Rev. and
Mrs. Frank R. Lyon, of Cleveland. The
groom, who is "a years of age, is now a
medicalstudent in the Western Reserve
university of Cleveland, and the bride
is an aunt of the groom. She was Mrs.
Agnes Crawford, widow, "a years of
age, her husband having been brother
of the groom's mother.
About two months ago Lyon fell from
train near Bellevue while trying to
save newsboy from falling from the
car. He sustained serious injuries, and
the aunt came to Cleveland to nurse
him. During his convalescence there
sprang up strong mutual affection,
which resulted in their marriage. The
couple is now on a wedding tour. and
will return to Cleveland, where the hus-
band and nephew will complete his
course in college.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-10-26
FAITHFULNEss RECOGNIZED.
ployes to BE Decorated with
Service Stripes.

There are many uniformed employees
of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad who
have spent the better part of their lives
with the company, but very few people
are aware of their length of service and
devotion to duty that has made them
valued men. Vice President and Cen
eral Manager Underwood will shortly
issue an order providing for service
stripes for these men, that the public
may know of their faithfulness and
ability. A gold stripe will mean five
years of service and silver stripe two
years. Some of the Baltimore & Ohio
conductors will be entitled to from
seven to nine gold stripes. The com
pany will also furnish conductors,
brakemen and baggagemen of all
classes with badges, so that they may
be easily distinguished by those unfa-
miliar with the service.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-10-26
THE TRAMP NUISANCE.
1t Crops Up in France and Causes the
Authorities a Great Deal
of Trouble.

The number of tramps in France is
not proportionately SO large as in this
country, but it is large enough to at
tract the atten ton of legislators.
The frequency of crimes recently
committed by tramps showed the ne
cessity of preparing a law concerning
beggars and tramps of more practical
benefit than the municipal ordinance
posted at the limits of every commune
or township.
1t imposes severe penalties on pro-
fessional beggars or tramps who refuse
to work without proper reason. Unlike
the existing laws, the new bill deals
mildly with the tramps and unfortu-
aates who are able and willing to work,
out cannot find any employment. These
are to be taken before a justice of the
peace, who Is to send them to the
"house OF labor" which every depart
ment In France Is to be compelled to
open, where they will be occupied at
some work until employment is found
for them in private workshops.
The trials of beggars and trampe
have amounted, on an average, to $4,000
year. Inquiry regarding the condi-
ton OF the temporary refugees, such, for
instance, as our warehouses, showed
that in 1895 they had been visited by
100000 individuals, who had spent one
night there. In 1895 a general order
was sent to all the gendarmie, or police
corps. through France requiring agents
to make inquiries regarding all indi-
viduals unknown in their own district
who were found on the public roads.
The police were instructed to ask
these individuals to produce documents
or to furnish explanations concerning
their identity and profession, so that
a kind of statistics and numbering
could be obtained. OF course, many in
dividuals could not have been reported
by the gendarmerie; nevertheless it was
shown that on a single day in 1895 the
names of $4,000 trannps were recorded
on the lists of the rural police.-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-10-26

Corn now has a HUSKY voice, for i.
ears are being badly pulled.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-10-26
MARKET FOR IRON BEDS.
REPORTS to the State Department In
dictate That There II q Good
Opening In the Orient.

According to reports to the state de-
partment, there is a large market in
the orient waiting for the American
manufacturers of iron beds. The Amer
lean iron bed, enameled i'll white and
with brass trimmings, is superior in ap-
pearance to the English or continental
bed found for sale in the east, and, al
though in every way equal in strength
and firmness, it is manufactured in
America at such a low cost it can be
placed on the eastern market at about
half the cost of the European article.
The plague of insects is so prevalent in
the east and wood is so easily injured
by the excessive dampness that wood
en- bedsteads find but little favor.
The form of bed most suitable fHr
use in tropical countries differs from
the present american model in two re-
spects. The body of the bed must be
raised 50 as to be two feet clear of the
floor, and the four posts must be ex-
tended to a length of seven feet.
mosquito net is used the year round in
most tropical countries, and although
an ingenious canopy arrangement, to
be suspended from the ceiling, can be
obtained in the United States, the only
really satisfactory net is the one sup
ported by the four bedposts, independ-
ent of outside fixtures. The four posts
should be connected at the top by light
rods, bent at each end into ring,
which can be dropped over pin which
projects from the top of each post and
which also affords hold for the brass
knobs, which are to be placed on top.
This frame forms a support for the
mosquito net, which is either fastened
to the rods with loops or is drawn over
the whole frame. An English or CONT
mental double bed of this kind sells in
the east for from $50 to $25.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-10-26
$, S, S, FOR TIT BLOOD

enough reach the root OF
be ctcer
rheumatism Contagious
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-10-26
EXTRAORDINARY Forcst.

The most extraordinary forest in the
world was discovered by DR.. Welwitsch,
and occupies tableland some six miles
In width, near the west coast of Africa.
The popularity of the trees is that,
though their trunks are as much as
four feet In diameter, they attain the
height only of foot. No tree bears
more than two leaves, and these at
tain a length of six and breadth of
two feet.@CincinnatiE ENQUIRER
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-10-26
"The Free German Rhine,"

Nikolaus Becker, who wrote the pa
triotic song: "They never shall have
it, the free German Rhine" is to be
honored by monument at Geilenkir-
chen.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-10-26
An Uncertain Disease.

There il: no disease more uncertain in :ts
nature than dyspepsia. Physicians say that
the symptoms Of no two cases agree. lis
therefore most difficult to make correct
diagnosis. Fa '..a.ter hcw severe, or under
what d:'s::is 'ysrei.aia ATTACKS you, .,ray-5:'
ir:n isi;is rs vii. cure it. Inveiuab.e in a!
diseases OF the stomach, boo: ard nerves.
Browns re-: B.tte-a g SCI, by II! e1c..ars.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-10-26
a Knockout BLOW.

Stubb-Say what you please about
gasoline stoves, but the one IN our
kitchen has plenty of nerve
Penn--In what way?
why, it's the only thing III our house
that dares to blow up the cook Chi
cage Evening News.