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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-10-19

A third ship, the Dixie, is soon to be
added to the training system of our
navy upon which landsmen are to be
instructed in the duties of first-class
sailormen. The Dixie was one of the
auxiliary cruisers during the Spanish
war, and it is estimated that to proper
ly convert the vessel for its new work
will require an expenditure of about
$50 ZOO, but the money will be wisely ex
pended, says the Army and Navy Jour
nal. The actual cost to the government
In educating men for the navy is esti-
mated by some officers to almost equal
that of educating a young man at
first-class college. An officer who takes
this view says that the worst feature
of the whole business is that, in spite
of the liberal amounts annually expend-
ed Tor this purpose only about five per
cent. of the naval apprentices remain in
the service, the majority preferring to
employ their knowledge in better-pay-
ing positions in civil life for which they
are fitted after the course at Newport
and on the practice vessels.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-10-19

The Dismal Swamp canal, which was
originally surveyed by George Wash
ington, but which has been practically
disused for a hundred years, was re-
opened for business on October a. The
canal extends from a point near Nor
folk, Va, to the Pacquotank river, in
North Carolina, a distance of % miles.
1t is ten feet deep and so feet wide.
The occasion of the opening was cele-
brated by a procession of vessels with
the torpedo boat Talbot bringing up
the rear BY the use of the canal small
vessels that do not draw over 10 feet
of water can avoid the perilous OUTSIDE
trip around Hatteras and its treacher-
Gus shoals.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-10-19

1t is said that the bobolinks which
Winnipeg, Canada, and go to Cuba and
Porto Rico to spend the winter, twice
traverse distance exceeding twenty
eight hundred miles, or more than a
fifth of the circumference of our earth,
each year. The kingbird lays it's eggs
of latitude, and is found in the winter
in South America. The biennial pill
grimages of the little redstar exceed
three thousand miles and the tiny hum
mingbird two thousand.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-26

a battery of Maxim guns, in the use OF
which the men are adopts.
The Cape mounted rifles is another
force that will be able to cope with the
Beers on terms of equality by reason
of the fact that they know as much
about the Boer style of fighting as the
Boer does. These rifles were reorgan-
lied in 1878 from the frontier mounted
police. Their strength Is now little
over 1000. Like the Natal police, the
Cape mounted rifles possess artillery
and are ready to go to the front at an
hours notice. OF the various volunteer
organizations that are composed of
Cape Colonists who know how to use
the rifle and take part in SHIPPING
warfare are the Transkoi mounted
rifles, commanded by Capt. st. John
Henley. This corps Is made up of train
ed sharpshooters, hunters of game and
expert marksmen who take more inter-
est In the rife than in any other imple-
ment made by man and who would like
nothing better than a trial of skill for
blood with the Beers as opponents The
body of men who would probably be
called upon to throw themselves into
the breach to stop Boer raid is known
as the Diamond Fields Horse. This is
one of the most noted military organi-
cations in South Africa and forms the
right wing of the Griqual and West
brigade, which also comprises the Dia-
mond Fields artillery and the Kimberly
rifles. Had these crack military organ
izations of South Africa been among
the defenders of Majuba hill 1t is GER
tain that a different tale would have
been told on the day when General
Colley thought to end the war by his
unfortunate flank movement. Any rush
of the Beers will therefore meet bar
rier that will be stror < enough to hold
back the tide of sharpshooters from the
Transvaal until the reinforcements ar
rive from England and India. Any ad-
vance into the Transvaal Will probably
be checked at the almost impossible
passes. Whichever way a war between
the Beers and the British is looked at 1t
seems to present the ancient problem of
the irresistible force meeting the i'm
movable one. Well may both sides hest
tate before striking.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-26
Preparing For MAR

structed especially to float over them
and afford the occupants an oppor-
tunity to observe the wonders Of the
ocean world.
These boats are all provided with
large plate glass windows set into the
bottom, so the observer can sit in the
boat and gaze down through the win
dow and see intensified small animals
The glass, as suggested, magnifies OBJ
jects, and in floating along one can al
most imagine himself under the water
and roaming at will in these gardens
of the sea. Each leaf or frond Is COW
cred with patches of color, which rep
resent varied animals or plants; some
are purple, red green or yellow. Here
are delicate sea anemones, which so re-
semble blooming flowers that they can
scarcely be distinguished from the true
flowers on the land. At the slightest
noise they close up, withdrawing their
many colored tentacles then slowly
blooming out again.
Here are minute plant like creatures
that are really animals, though growing
in a shrub-like form, and among the
wonders of this floating garden are
some that give birth to minute young,
which become jelly fishes. to float away
and at night fill the ocean with a won
derful phosphorescent light.
Strange shells crawl upon the great
leaves crabs that mimic their colors
perfectly, and fishes of the exact tint
cling to them, safe in this resemblance
from many enemies. The long leaves.
when unaffected by the current, rise
directly upward and form a maze of
arches down among which many
strange forms are to be seen.
Directly on the bottom a large octu-
pus comes limping along, throwing out
it's eight sucker-lined arms, moving in
a strange fashion, waves of color pass
ing slowly over it, that sem to adapt
it to the color of the bottom over which
it is passing. Near by we catch
glimpse of cousin, the argonaut or
nautilus, crawling along, holding it's
delicate shell over its head.-C. F. Hol-
den in Sunset.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-26
FLOATING GARDENS.
That May Be Seen on the Coast of
California.


Not only the mainlands but the is
lands of California, which rise from
the sea like submerged mountain
peaks, have wonderful floating gardens
through which vessels often pillow with
difficulty in entering the small harbors
which dot the coast. At Santa Bar
bara, the entrance of the bay is maze
of floating vegetation, and the islands
off the coast especially Santa Catalina,
are more or less surrounded.
The floating islands are formed of
long streamers of kelp, which, attached
attached to the bottom, grow upward
to a distance of SO to 500 feet, throwing
out broad leaves and air bulbs, which
act as so many balloons to support
them. The effect of this is to give a
perfect forest of broad green leaves,
rising upward and presenting a sharp
contrast to the blue water in which
they grow.
Graceful in appearance, they turn at
every whim of the tide; now floating
directly upward, their leaves high
above water. and caught by the breeze;
again reaching away in long streamers,
they are among the most striking and
beautiful objects of the submarine
world. When in shore the huge plants
assume a vertical position, and be-
come floating gardens in reality. In
the bay of Avalon they present so many
attractions that boats have been con-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-26
Smoking in Manila.

At the great tobacco factory of La
lnsular some 5000 people are employed,
says Manila correspondent of the
New York Times, and we were courte-
ously shown through all the depart
ment Cigars are the only cheap lux
ufy in Luzon. Cuban cigars are not to
be had, though to suit the preferences
of some English and Americans, Luzon
cigars have Havana labels on the boxes.
The filling of the cigar is known as
tripa tripe), the wrapper being called
capa "a cape or overcoaD. Everyone
smokes everywhere except in the
churches. The women smoke cigarillos.
The cultivation of tobacco was a gov
eminent monopoly until 1891. Fines,
Imprisonment and bodily punishment
were inflicted remorselessly upon Illicit
growers of tobacco.
Good cigars can be bought for 81. 40
a hundred, and the very best. each ci-
gar con anillo papel plata o oro."
wrapped in silver or gold foil, only
cost Sc a hundred. The cigars lack the
fine Havana flavor, but those at $40
a hundred are quite good enough for
ordinary smoking, far better than the
usual 10 or 12-cent cigar in the United
States, and without any rank odor or
taste. The best tobacco, the Escalante
leaf, is raised in the northern part of
Luzon. A very fine leaf is also grown
in Negroes, Cebu and Mindanao; that
from Cagayan is probably richest in
flavor. Cigars are the only manufac-
tured articles exported. The ware
houses of La Insular factory are piled
up with tobacco leaf two and three
years old.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-26
Not So Bad After All.

The past year has been a a record
breaker in many ways, saw the Mon
tana Fruit Grower. At first we had the
greatest assortment and the most I'M
usual weather ever experienced by the
oldest inhabitant. Then we were given
a late spring and the variation in tenn
perature and weather conditions con-
tinued to a great extent throughout the
spring and summer. Recently we have
had early frost and continuous rains.
All this has been discoura ging to the
farmer and fruit gro, :, but with all
this, the promise of the Creator has not
failed, for fair crops are reported from
all parts of the state of grain, hay and
fruit, and prices promise to be better
than usual, and the demand good for
all products of agriculture.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-26
To Meet in KalispelI.

At the session of the Montana Press
association held at Anaconda last week,
it was decided to hold the next annual
meeting of the association at Kalispell,
the date to be fixed later by the presi-
dent and secretary after consulting
citizens at Kalispell, says the Kalis-
pell Inter Lake. OF all the members
aconda meeting, representing so or
more of the newspapers of Montana,
but two or three had ever visited this
county. The others had only heard of
1t in a general way, and do not, and
cannot without seeing it, realize how
widely Fathead county differs from
nearly all the rest of the state. To
is an indefinite section off in the wild
erness toward British Columbia The
statement that it is the best and fair
est part of the state he credits to the
commendable but possibly overdone
enthusiasm Of the person making it.
1t will be worth something to this
county to show to the members of the
press association, and through them to
the people of the state, that Flathead
county is better and brighter than any
one has ever pictured it.. 1t will be
worth something to get into closer
touch and sympathy with the rest of
our commonwealth. In the name of the
people of the entire county, the writer
extended an invitation to the associa-
ton to come and see us, and the invi-
tation was accepted. There will be
some little trouble and expense con-
nected with the meeting If the associa-
ton is received as it should be, but
from the expressions of the people of
Kalispell who have spoken in regard
to it, it is certain that the trouble and
expense will be cheerfully incurred.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-26
Governor Smith Is All RIGHT.

Governor Smit his worthy of all COM
mendation for the firm stand taken in
regard to Allen, the murderer who was
hanged last Thursday. says the Sheri-
dan Chinook. The pardoning power of q
governor Is the one power of all his
powers in which he should use the ut
most conservatism. The crime for
which Allen, the quarter-breed Indian,
paid the death penalty was nothing less
than deliberate, cold-blooded murder,
the evidence going to show that he had
murdered his victim, who was his part
ner, while the latter slept. 1t is SIM
ply a disgusting display of fanatical
forgiveness that men and women inter-
cede to save the life of one whose muir
derous propensities make him a men
ace to any community. Society must
be protected, and the governor will do
well to pay but little attention to the
wishy-washy sentiment of numbering
humanitarians who, If they could have
their wishes granted. would turn every
convicted scoundrel loose and then go
around with long, solemn visages, shak-
ing their heads and deploring the
worlds depraVity.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-26
Sam Gordon Drops Into Poetry.

No spot more favored by nature for
the building of beautiful city exists in
Montana than this little basin in which
Miles City rests, says the Miles City
Journal. Even in the days before we
had water for irrigating purposes, We
still had the grand old trees, and since
the blessed water came the evolution
from an arid plain to garden has been
as wonderful as 1t was rapid Nowhere
in Montana does the foliage grow as
dense on the trees and shrubbery as
here; nowhere are the lawns so green
and velvety; nowhere else in the state
do they raise such delicious melons,
corn and tomatoes as here; in fAct 1t
is freak season that ripens corn and
tomatoes anywhere in the state but
here, and here they are as certain as
potatoes. Already our little city has a
Game of its own among the travellers
over the Northern Pacific. Whenever
It is referred to by name on the trains,
someone will say, "Oh, yes, that's the
place where all the trees are" If we
merit this distinction now, what will it
De in 10 years hence when we will be a
veritable forest city," Everywhere
where water reaches in the city people
have planted trees and made lawns,
and young as we are in this respect, we
have no rival in the state in the grow
ing beauty of our residence districts
Make your home beautiful is an m
junction that is easily obeyed in Miles
City, If water is at hand.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-26
Not a Special Commodity.

The time has gone by in the West
for irrigation water to be used as a
commodity for speculation, says the
Dillon Tribune. In the early days the
title to water supply or the prospect
Of getting 1t was used as a means to
enhance values and in many cases to
sell land to strangers themselves eager
to invest; but now water is needed to
legitimately irrigate land so that it will
yield its products which must be sold
in the face of constantly increasing
competition. Water, therefore, should
be no longer used as a speculative me-
dunn. 1t should be made available to
the consumer and the actual cost of the
construction and operation of the nee
essary distribution works, and without
generally demonstrated, during the
past 10 years, that there is but little
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-26

appreciating it, there are no people on
earth who know any better now 10
show 1t. Another pleasant fea ure of
the proceedings in San Francisco yes
terday was the sterling comra Ieship
shown the returned fighters by he
brave soldiers of other states. There
was not the slightest envy displayed
by these fighting sons of Montana's
neighboring states, but they app a~ed
to vie with one another to see which
could show the most honor and oonsid
Grafton to the Fighting Montana"
The boys of this state can be de-
pended upon to return the compli-
ment should the opportunity ever pre-
sent ITSELF In the meantime they have
been enjoying the first night they have
passed on American soil in a long
time.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-26
The Welcome Case.

Every good citizen will watch with
interest the progress of the disbarment
proceedings against John B. Welcome,
says the Livingston Enterprise. That
they may be brought to a speedy and
just conclusion every lover of fair play
sincerely hopes. Personal likes and dis
likes should have no place in forming
our opinions concerning matter of SO
grave Importance as this is to the
good name of our state. Happily the
contest is pending before the highest
judicial tribunal of the state. a tribunal
composed of judges learned in the law,
of men whose judgment can neither be
influenced by fear, favor or affection,
nor purchased by reward nor the hope
of reward. Fully approaching to what
extent the good name of Montana is in
volved by these proceedings, they will
doubtless make a diligent and prompt
inquiry into the truth of the charges,
to the end that If they be true every
participant may receive his just pun
ishment; and If they be untrue those
conspiring to present and prosecute the
charges may receive their proper de-
serts. The great body of citizens care
little or nothing for the personal phases
of the contest. They care a great deal
for its moral aspects. They know that
these charges of bribery are either true
or false. If true. they know that Mr..
Welcome is unfit to practice before
courts of justice in the state, and that
Mr.. Clark was not honestly elected
United States senator. If false, they
know that those who have furnished
the testimony upon which the charges
are predicated ought to receive their
Just deserts at the hands of the law.
The people want to know the truth and
know 1t at the earliest possible mo-
ment. They have confidence in the SUI
preme court. and when it's decision is
rendered they will be satisfied that the
facts found by that court are true, and
will govern themselves accordingly. If
that court finds the charges of bribery
unfounded, the public will demand the
punishment of those who have made
them. II it finds them true, they will
demand the retirement of Mr.. Clark.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-26
1t "smacks" of Opposition.

The board of health of Livingston is
on record against kissing-at least the
members are opposed to general and
promiscuous kissing. 1t appears that
at the opening of the city schools the
teachers were in the habit of kissing
the small scholars morning, noon and
night for a straight week. in order. as
the teachers said, to gain their affec-
ton and obedience, says the Fergus
County Argus. The board of health, be-
lieving this waste of time and liable
to spread contagious diseases among
the pupils, requested the superintendent
of the city schools to notify teachers
to take the necessary steps to prevent
the dangerous practice. The request is
being obeyed, though there is talk of a
strike" on the part of the teachers.
Just what harm can come from a con-
tact between the rosy lips of childhood
and the nectar-flavored lips of a pretty
schoolma'am We will leave to hard
hearted and envious boards of health to
determine We believe it Is false
alarm and a restriction of individual
liberty. There is no telling where the
prohibition will end when once started.
The next thing we know the age limit
will be raised, and then what? Hun
dreds of young men will rush ito arms"
and "embrace"-the opportunity to
show their gallantry and valor in de-
Tense of time-honored custom. Who
knows, too, but what the contagion
cranks may become so emboldened as
to prohibit kissing between man and
wife. OF course, in most cases-or in
some cases-this would not prove a
great hardship or deprivation Yet it
would be a dangerous innovation and
interference with domestic AFFAIRS. Cog
infant of the lurking foe, we champion
the rights of the fair instructors of our
youth and for further pointers as to
the proper mode of defense we await
the deliberate judgment of the county
institute now in session.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-26
On Native Land.

A little before o'clock yesterday
afternoon the bells from all the church
es rang out the glad tidings of the land
ing of the Montana boys at San Fran
cisco, says the Great Falls Leader.
The first thrill of Joyful anticipation
was experienced throughout the city.
They have landed They are hare.
They viii soon be home again. With
what delight friends greeted each other
and communicated the good news, Safe
and sound, our boys arrive to the
blessed shores of the free and the land
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-26
The Terrible Ryan.

According to the Billings Gazette that
man Ryan must be a veritable mon
ster, says the Helena Independent.
First he took a leg off Hawley at first.
killed McNeeley at second, fatally man
gled Casey at short, tore the face off
Marshall at third, sent Catcher Gear
floss to the hospital with internal injur-
les, ate up the umpire and started in
on the grand stand before his thirst for
blood was stated.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-26
State Press COMMENT !:
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profit in private storage enterprises,
for, while the advantage to the COM
munlty is great, the owners of the
plant do not reap the full benefit. The
practicable and fair method, and the
only one which will be absolutely sue
cessful is the building of reservoirs by
either the general or state govern
ments, with the free use to the waters
stored to the land owners The prop
osition is exactly similar to that in
which the public has the free use of
and benefit from the improvements
made by the government on some har-
Dor, the dredging of some river for
navigation, or the establishment of
some lighthouse or danger signal.
Prosperous Libby.
The increase in freight receipts at the
Libby office of the Great Northern rail-
road the past year was about 100 per
cent over that of the previous year and
the indications are that the increase the
coming year will be even more encour-
aging than that, says the Libby News.
The business of the company has grown
so that it became necessary to employ
additional help at this office. The re-
ceipts at this place for the past year.
ending June 80, were about s55, 0O0
Probably the most prominent feature
OF the rapid growth and development
buildings, both for business and resi-
dence purposes, which have gone up the
past year. The place has made an en-
viable record in this line and some Of
the boys who recently, returned from
an IS months sojourn in the frozen
fields of Alaska We're so bewildered that
they had to consult the city directory
before they would venture out at night,
All in all the indications are favorable
for the building of a large and pros
porous town out of the camp Of l. bby
and the fact that it's resources are min
eral and timber principally is sufficient
to attract the attention of those who
prefer the active life incident to a place
supported by these Industries. The
timber Is here, as any one can see, and
the possibilities of the camp in a min
eral way are being tested every day and
there has not been a discouraging re-
port from any of the properties.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-26

Mid the excitement of the return of
our volunteers, the baseball war with
Billings, the coming of Admiral Dewey
and the prospect of war in South At
RIGA, let it not be forgotten that the
national irrigation congress meets in
Missoula next Monday, says the Helena
Independent. Irrigation is a subject of
vastly more Importance to Montana
than all Of these other things, and
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-26
Colonel Gordon in Billings.

Editor Sam Gordon of the Yellow
stone Daily Journal of Miles City was
one of the most conspicuous figures
present at the baseball park last sat
urday and Sunday, says the Billings
Times. Sam is too old and rusty to
run after the ball these days, but he
sings the dirtiest republican pen OF
any editor in Eastern Montana. His
enthusiasm for the national game,
however, completely submerges his po-
litical bias in our eyes, and 1t would
please his many Billings friends to
have him with us oftener.