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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-10
well-oiled Political Machine.
From the Washington Tlmes.


The republican organization is now the
most perfect political machine ever. con-
structed in this country for national pur-
poses. 1t is hair-triggered and sptendidiy
equipped. So well constructed. so closely
knit is it that 1t even does not now require
the trained and expert hand of a con-
sCienceless and powerful Hanna to run
IT, 1t can run itself. In fact, at this
very mome.t it is in active operation.
even though its mighty head is 1900 miles
away in Europe.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-10
Current Comment.
An Andrew jackson Much Needed.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
IF some such man as Andrew Jackson
were seated in the executive chair of
Kentucky" says the Philadelphia Record
The would find the means of establishing
order in Clay county without calling the
legislature in extra session or revising the
state constitution" And If some such man
as Andrew Jackson were seated in the ex-
ecutive chair of Pennsylvania he would
not be jumping-jack strung by Matt
Quay. There is no worse lawlessness in
Clay county than there is in nearly every
county in Pennsylvania under the corrupt
tyranny of Quayism.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-10
Pauper Wages in America.
he Indianapolis Sentinel.

From the Indianapolis Sentinel
Comes now George X. Holmes of the ag-
ricultural department and submits statis-
tics showing that the average per capita
wages of farm lahorers in the United
States are $225 per annum or about SO
cents per day, without board. This official
admission of pauper wages in the United
States is Liable to make trouble for Mr..
Holmes. Under the new civil service sys-
tenn the secretary of agriculture will
probably discover that some man with
more political discretion can do his work
better,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-10

expects to succeed must very early
choose his calling, must choose 1t with
reference to his tastes and his abilities,
must in early life give himself the dement,
OF special training in the direction inoi-
Gated, must, concentrate his whole mind.
heart and strength upon the subject which
he is pursuing and must not turn aside to
the right hand or to the left.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-10
War Supplies for Everybody.

From the Indianapolis Sentinel.
America is the leader of nations when it
comes to advocating arbitration, but all
the same we book with gratitude that or
der OF the Russian czar for S6,0OO0 900 worth
of guns, and if he is short on ammunition,
warships or torpedoes, We shall be very
happy to supply him. Keep the peace, If
you can, brethren, but if you must fight,
remember we are still doing business in
war material at the same old stand and if
you don't see what you want ask for it.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-10

From the Denver Post.
From Fig Leaves to Shirt Waists" was
the title chosen for her essay by sweet
girl graduate of Kansas She began at
the dawn of creation and gradually COW
cred her subject up to the present day.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-10

The Standard has branch offices at
Butte, Missoula and Great Falls. where
advertising rates will be furnished on ap-
plication.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-10

All general business letters and CORE
spondence should be addressed to the
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY,
Anaconda, Mont.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-10
In n Negative Mood.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Mr.. McKinley's opinion of the Alger-
Pingree situation is to be gathered from
what he Is not saying on the subject.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-10

Charles Dorr of San Francisco has a
wonderful memory. He can recite verbat-
i'm almost any play after witnessing 1t
once.
This years production of beet sugar in
the United States is estimated at 122, 900
tons from 144.100 acres, fourfold increase
in one year.
There are in the United States $500 in
dependent exchanges operating $4,000
telephones, representing an invested capt.
tai of $55, 100000.
On a recent scientific test a worker in
metals succeeded in drawing a copper cent
out into $500 feet of wire land this SIM
ply proves that some men can make lit
tie money go an awful long way.
At Seoul, the capital of Korea. an cleo
trio railway has been established and has
thus far managed to kill people enough to
cause an instruction among the natives,
who captured and burned a car.
Kit Carsons rife, which was carried by
him for more than 40 years, and which
never failed him, Is now a precious relic
in the possession of the Montezuma lodge
OF Masons at Santa Fe. of which he was
a member.
The record for Ceylon snipe shooting
still remains that of the muzzle loader
100 couples in one day. This record was
made by a Ceylon civil servant called
Tranchell early in this century. Average
gunners get 30 or 40 couples a day.
A German historian has figured out that
the 30 years war cost Wurtemberg alone
nearly 100000. In 1923 the population
was 425,2S of whom 375.1s6 were missing
in 1850 and it took 100 years to reach the
old figure again.
The rapid DESTRUCTION Of the spruce for
ests of the Eastern United States may be
realized when 1t Is understood that one
daily paper used the growth on % acres
in two days, the wood having been re-
duced to pulp and turned into paper.
The human hair Industry is a very act
i've one in France, the departments most
frequently visited by the hair merchants
being those of Correze. Grouse, Allier,
Cher Dordogne and Haute Vienne. The
average price given for a full long head
of hair is from 81 to S for the very best
quality and color.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-10

Fireworks are sent off before the ser
vices at the Bahia Brazil, cathedral, in
order to attract the attention of the peo-
pie.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-10

During last week the Philadelphia mint
received 30 tons of gold. Sl5,ooaOOo in bars,
from the assay Office in New York.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-10

New York O-ce-4S Tribune Building.
Chicago Office-69 The Rookery.
The s. c. Beckwith Special Agency
Eastern Representatives
Washington Bureau, Ais G ST., N. W.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-10

The Roman Catholic bishop or Matt
land, Australia, has forbidden the use of
flowers at funerals in his diocese.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-10
Thoroughness Demanded.

From the Richmond Times.
This is peculiarly an age of experts. 1t
is peculiarly an age when the man who
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-10
All Sorts.

A polite Chinaman considers 1t breach
of etiquette to wear spectacles In COM
pany.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-10

Main Onice-Standard Block. Anaconda.
TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
Business ONCE ..................... /
Editorial Rooms No. As
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-10

Charles Dorr of San Francisco has a
wonderful memory. He can recite verbat-
i'm almost any play after witnessing 1t
once.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-10

Postage free for the United States, Can.
ada and Mexico. Elsewhere
postage added.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-10

Daily and Sunday. one year..........sl00 90
Daily and Sunday. six months cocoa. 500
Daily and Sunday. three months $50. 800
Daily and Sunday, one month. ......... / 90
Sunday, one year .......................2 90
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-10

This years production of beet sugar in
the United States is estimated at ,O0t
tons from IA. 100 acres, fourfold increase
in one year.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-10

Rates Payable in Advance.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-10

There are in the United States $500 in
dependent exchanges. operating $4,000
telephones, representing an invested capt.
tai of $55, 900, 000
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-10
The ANACONDA STANDARD

STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Publishers and Proprietors.
Printed Every Day in the Year.
Entered at the postofiice at Anaconda as
second class mail matter.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-10

The rapid destruction of the spruce for
ests of the Eastern United States may be
realized when it is understood that one
daily paper used the growth on % acres
in two days, the wood having been re-
duced to pulp and turned into paper
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-01-13


RED gravel than anything else, ard no
body would think of stopping by the
wayside to pick up a handful Of such
stuff.
The "red gravel" is pressed by by
draulic power into big cakes. re
seDblirg angel food cakes in shape.
but much bigger. These cakes ;,,c
worth about $4,000 apiece. Next-thc
material of which the cakes ere rad
is melted ngnin in crucib!cs, with The
addition of ten per cent. CT cor~cr-, and
the stuff is cast in bars for coi,,i-r-
Each bar is sliced by machine into
several strips, which are put Under a
powerful roller and squeezed to lust
the required thickness for the coins.
Then the strips are passed beneath q
punch. which cuts out CT them tn
blanks for the gc,d pieces that are to
be. Various mechanical processes re-
quiring no dcta'!ed decoration hcrn.
are rome THROUGH incidertc'',,. but at
l"r"th the coin blanks ere r-l-' o-c b..
c-". in u So" ""nir~ --ochi~o --.'.'~'. ~-:,.os
to them the beautiful desirrs +."t ~,
the god rieces Of the United States
current Mt face value all over the world.
Boston Transcript.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-01-13
JOYS OF MATRIMONY.

An Atchison woman is not only a
poor cook and housekeeper, but she
does not laugh at her husbands Jokes
The popular idea of very sensible
woman is one who refuses to turn over
to her husband all the money she
earned before she married.
When there IS company the bow of
the family usually says something that
results in his mother giving him flag
raising as soon as the company has
gone.
An Atchison father says the only
time he gets front seat in crowd is
when one of his daughters is married
to 25=cent young man and he does,
not want good view.
If a. married man compliments q
pretty woman in the presence Of his
wife his wife reproves him, and If the
wife is not present the pretty woman
thinks it her duty to reprove him.
"In a family of my town." said a
western woman to New York friend.
there is a little custom which
Ia often amusing. and which Is.
! think. quite original. The father
Is a millionaire. and. unlike MANY
rich fathers. ne leaves his checks
blank when lie signs them. and never
asks any questions. One result of this
sometimes is 'ioughtleEs expenditure.
l won't say extravaganza. because the
daughters would not willingly disre.
gard their privilege. But when one
makes Il puith"Se which she afterward
regrets. insirud Of returning It. as
most women would do. an auction is
held in the household, and the article
8 sold to The highest bidder. The auc.
tioneer is Tie original purchaser.
Sometimes the auction is very anus.
.ng. and the manner of the sale shows
awomnn's cunning. When was there
last dress W. ich cost $500 was
knocked down TO one Of the sisters for
SIS. There were no other bidders. The
'auctioneer' was slightly disappointed,
but she didut know that the purchaser
had entered into an agreement with
her other sisters not TO bid against
them on other articles If they wouldn't
bid against her on the dress"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-01-13
Marvellous English Posted I'm In a R,o
Janeiro zooloEicaI Garden
, Circular.

1t was a renowned Portuguese in.
ztructor In languages who first taught
us. some ~ years ago. English as sin.
is spoke" Remembering sill ,hos,
brilliant expositions of our mother
tongue. we are glad to note thai a.;
instruction still goes on and Tia, ih,
GIT OF tongues has NOT PASSED fr,.iI,
the Portuguese and their children 4.
Rio Janeiro. according To the Chica:.t
IlmrS-!ieIald. there have IaicI, ht.
produced some of he finest speci,,.rit
OF our language used for lhl et.i.i,;.
lion and information Of persons ten
porarily soiourninR in that city.
One of the undoubtetl attrart;ons
the BRAZILIAN capital is the Inoio,~;:
gardens. and circular adveliixen:,:.
addressed Ito visitors lying al anchor
runs thus
geological Gardens.-In these ca-
dens I he.visito or will find SCUM of raresr
At best specimens Of wild beasts Of Fra
I'll. also n collection Of Suaks tsnake.)
reptiles. etc. Whick will proven source.
OF witerest et Entertainment 10 rrai,y
who haor four boars to spau whib
in Rio Janeiro. Tramways beianging
TO Comply Evry 10 Minutes"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-02-24

Despite the disgraceful prosecutions
of the Hebrew race in Russia, there are
said to dwell in the cars dominions
at least one-half of the 100000 Jews
that inhabit the earth. A rather
amusing illustration of the extent to
which they come under the ban If leg
islative control in the Muscovite en-
pire was exhibited in case just de-
cided by the imperial senate of St.
Petersburg. From this it appears
that, incredible though it might seem,
a Jew in Russia has not the right to
name his own child as he pleases, but
must give his offspring such an appel
lation as the police regulations ordain.
He is restricted to biblical names, and,
moreover, must not give his child a
modernized form of old testament no.
menclature. Thus he may bestow on
his son such names as Abraham,
Jacob, or Samuel but they must be
in the Hebraic or Yiddish form Of
Avrohom, Yankev Shemuel. The use
of a modernized name subjects the Jew
using it to a penalty. A South Rus
sian Hebrew recently ventured to defy
the ordinance so far as to call and reg
lister his son Samuel instead of Shem-
uel. The police refused to permit this,
although the father was wealthy and
prominent citizen. whereupon the lat
ter appealed to the imperial senate.
This august body has now decided that
Shemuel is only variant of Samuel,
and that, therefore, the regulations ap-
plicable to Jewish children have not
been violated.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-02-24

In frosty weather, particularly IL
dark clothes are worn, the hands very
soon become soiled and require fire.
quent washing. They should be wash
ed in warm water, not hot water, and
If possible in soft water. After wash
ing they should be dried very thor
oughly in bran or oatmeal, and great
care taken that the nails are most
thoroughly dry; in the drying the cuti-
Gle can be pushed back sufficiently to
show the half moon at the base of the
nail. Nail scissors, not used for any
other purpose, should be used to cut
off any hangnails; but 1t is better to
use file to keep the nails short. To
give the luster desired there is a new
kind of wash that makes the nails
pink, not deep red, and also gives a
gloss and finish. After this Is put OH
the hands should be washed, but suffl-
cient of the polish will remain. After
the hands are washed the second time,
to renew the polish the nails should be
rubbed quickly, eiter with piece of
chamois, nail polisher or by rubbing
them again with the palm of the hand.
This last method is perhaps the best
of all, for it polishes just enough with
out giving too exaggerated finish in
e.-Harper's Bazaar.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-02-24

Speaking with strict accuracy, in.
stead of presenting an unchanging face
toward us, the moon appears to be
never still, but always rocking back
ward and forward, falling toward us
or away from us, and by the amount
of these variations-small, it is very
true-regions of the hemisphere turned
away from us are disclosed. They are
placed, unhappily, in situation cal
culated to defeat curiosity. We are
permitted to take just a glimpse of
the other side" but to bring away
only the minimum Of information as
to its condition. Perhaps it is rash
to say we shall never know more of
the "other side" Of the moon, so mar
velous have been the recent advances
in astronomy. New discoveries after
the manner of Roentgen rays may en-
able us to get photograph through
the moon. Short Of that we must
needs wait for some starry visitor from
outer space to come into collision
with tho moon and turn it round in
order to enable us to satisfy our Gu
riosity; and patience may well be slim
ulated by the knowledge that the re-
suits of such a collision, should it
ever occur, would in all probability
be not less disastrous to the earth
than to the moon itself.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-02-24

Camille Boito, is brother OF VerdFs
renowned collaboration and lihrettist.
Verdi devoted more than million
francs " the enterprise and superin-
tended the construction of the build
ing. He was on the ground day after
day watching the progress OF the
workmen, and enjoyed the "a develop
ment Of his charitable project. He
often said that he did not want to die
until he could see lis work completed.
In addition to the cost of the building
he provided amply for its maintenance.
In fact he has declared that all he
owns, as well as all future income
from the sale Of his compositions.
shall be devoted to the Verdi house.
I,is only request Of personal nature
rs that he begs the right to be allowed
to rest in the chapel of the house after
his death side by side with his wife.
His wish is to be carried out by the
directors of the House of Rest. His
wife's body was buried Professionally
in the Maitland cemetery and will soon
be removed to the chapel. One hun
dred old artists now partake Of the
hospitality of the new house, 60 men
and 40 women They include many
favorite singers of past generations
with international regulations
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-02-24
Open the Churches.

(By Emma Playter Seabury)
Open the doors of the churches,
Fling open your palace of stone,
Let the weary feet come in from the
street,
With the Master who walks with HIS
own.
Let the strains of the splendid organ
Ring down through the frescoeo
aisle,
And His poor be warm from the driv-
ing storm
In your gorgeous seats awhile.
Think YOU He cares for the prayers,
You launch on His mercy wide,
While mothers weep and the hungry
creep
In the biting cold outside?
While strong men bow with anguish
And the pure are dragged to shame
And the children are old and starved
and cold,
And We worship Gin His name?
Open the doors of His churches;
Why should chosen few
Who never knew need, go there to
plead,
And sit in His cushioned pew?
Gather in some of the children,
Where the altar flowers are sweet
Open the door for the weary and poor
Gather them in from the street.
Open the doors of our churches,
We have closed them fast too long,
If Christ came again to the sons OF
men,
He would scorn the peoples wrong.
He would pass by our gilded temples
The shrines where he had been,
Our lot would be as the Pharisee,
While He gathered the suffering in.
Open the doors of our churches,
All day and every night.
Let the incense of prayer be waited
there,
From souls who are craving light.
Oh! pity the Christ and His people
Shut out from our temples dim,
He is not with you in your splendid
pew,
But His people are with Him.
Pittsburg. Kan.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-02-24
"The Crime of '73."

One conference committee made
itself historic. 1t was the one that
settled some little differences between
the house and the senate on a bill
revising and amending the laws rela-
tive to the minis and assay offices and
coinage of the United States" The
conference report was made on Feb.
G. 1873. The conferees were John
Sherman, John Scott and Thomas F.
Bayard, on the part of the senate, and
Samuel Hooper, William NJ. Slough
ton and one Maj. McNeele. Both
houses agreed to the conference re-
port.
Two years afterward it leaked out
that the bill had demonetized silver.
President Grant declared that he did
not know it when he signed it. Speak
or Blaine asserted that he did not
know it when he put his signature to
it. and nearly all OF the members of
the house and senate who voted on the
conference report were entirely una
ware of it. This is what is known as
"the crime of 1878" "The crime
was not the demonstration of silver,
but the way in which it was DONE
Chicago News.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-02-24
Old "God-be GlOrified.@

He bought in 1865, farm of stumps and
stones,
His name was God-Be-Glorifled. his sur
name 1t was Jones.
He put a mortgage on the farm and
then in conscious pride.
"In twenty years I'll pay it up" said
God-Be-Glorified.
He slowly worked himself to death, and
on the calm hillside
They laid beyond the monsters reach
good God-Be-Glorfied.
The mortgage had hungry nav that
swallowed corn and wheat;
He toiled with patience night and day
TO let the monster eat.
And the farm with its encumbrances OF
mortgage stumps and stones,
1t fell to young Melchizedek Paul Adon-
IRAN Jones:
Melchizedek was a likely youth, holy,
godly man,
And he vowed to raise that mortgage like
a noble Puritan.
And he went forth every morning to the
rugged mountain side.
And he dug as dug before him poor old
God-Be-Glorified;
He raised pumpkins and potatoes down
the monsters throat to poor;
He gulped them down and smacked his
jaws and calmly asked for more.
He worked until his back was bent, until
his hair was gray;
On the hillside. through snow drift,
they dug his grave one day:
His first-born son, Eliphalet, had no time
to weep and brood
For the monster by his doorstep growled
forever for his food.
lie fed him, on his garden trucks. he
stuffed his ribs with hay:
And he fed him eggs and butter. but he
would not go away.
And Eliphalet he staggered with the bur-
den and then died
And slept with old Melchzedek and Cod
Be-Glorified.
Then the farm 1t fell to Thomas, and
from Thomas fell to John,
Then from John to Eleaznir, but the
mortgage still lived on:
Then 1t fell to Ralph and Peter, Eli, Alb
salon and Paul,
Down through all the generations, but
the mortgage killed them all.
About a score of years ago the farm
came down to Jim,
And Jim called in the mortgage and
gave the farm to him.
There's no human heart so empty that 1t
has no ray of hope,
So Jim gave up the ancient farm and
went to making soap.
He grew a fifty millionaire. bloated,
pampered nature.
He owned ten railroads. twenty mines
and the whole State Legislature:
And thousands did his gruff commands
and lived upon his bounty.
And he came home, bought back the
farm and the entire county
S. w. Foss.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-02-24
5000 Year-Old Industry.

Old flint lock muskets are still the
principal weapons of hordes of ma
tives over vast tracts of Africa. The
existence of these ancient arms keeps
alive steady demand for gun fiints,
a demand which is supplied from the
little Norfolk village of Brandon,
where there are flint pits which have
been worked, as remains found estab-
lished for at least 80 centuries. The
business is an hereditary one. Large
masses of flint are got out Of the
quarries and then faxed or split (the
process being termed "knapping") in
order to get at the core, which alone
is used. The workmen place the
flint upon pad upon their left leg
and then tap it with short. heavy
hammer. Four-f1fths Of the flint thus
dealt with is waste, but OF the re-
mainder gun flints, carbine flints and
pistol flints are still manufactured,
while finder box flints are prepared
for the shepherds Of the remoter parts
OF Spain and Italy. Travellers In trop-
,cal regions also still find the old flint
and steel more reliable than any other
method Of getting fire.