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tics, nominating their own candidates
Others again limit themselves to the
consideration of municipal problems
the correction OF abuses, and the advo-
eating of a higher type OF civic virtue;
or they make direct demands upon
party leaders and officials for better
conduct and an honest disposal of pa
tronage.
Among the cities represented by or
ganiZations in the national league are
New York, Boston, Baltimore, New Or
leans, Chicago, Philadelphia, Albany,
Troy. Providence. San Francisco, Min
neapolis, Cleveland, Denver, Los An
geles, Pittsburg Kansas City, Buffalo,
Salt Lake City and many smaller cities.
The league was organized in New
York city in 1894 1t was the result of
the first good government conference
held in Philadelphia in January of that
year. Since that time five national con-
ferences have been held, the last one at
Indianapolis in December, 1898. At this
meeting the conference devoted itself
almost exclusively to the consideration
of plan for the government of Ameri-
can cities This plan, known as a mu-
nicipal programme, was intended to eX-
press a definite opinion on the veXed
question of the correct conduct of a
municipal corporation, and also to form
ulate "a scheme whereby the principles
of good government could be made
operative. AT previous conferences it
had been shown that municipal govern
ment in the larger cities is queer jun
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NEGRO CONFERENCE At TUSKEGEE
The Present Meeting Shows the Good Re-
( suits of Educating the Black Man
on Practical Lines.

Womens Clubs. who are concerned with
the loves Gf the poets and the develop
ment of the sixth sense: bit among
these women. so lately come from, tie
plantation, with the hint o: ms cotton
balls still about their heads, these are
the vital Things and the Hlings which
they talk about at the conference. It
woman has an especial good Plan Tor
making bread she Gees not real A, pa
per on the scientific principles of bread
making, she simply tells her sisters how
she does it; and Mr.. Washington re-
CARDS this part, the cooking. as very
important one. I do not know that he
has said it. but it IS. nevertheless true.
that it is quite as necessary to keep a
mans stomach in good condition as 20
keep his soul right. lie knows that Il
is hard thing for any man. white or
black, to be upright, industrious and
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sons, while Georges mother had kept
him at the 'old field school, after his
father died when he was II. At first
she did not want him to go to the wars,
and she always commended that he
would have been much better off at
home taking care of the farm" instead
OF risking his life in ventures" And
although the boys imagination was
fired by the stories his brother told of
sailing with Admiral Vernon, he dutl-
fully staid at home and listened to the
reading of moral maXims, which was
Mrs. Washington's fashion Of enter
tanning her children.
These mlXims SO worked upon the
young George that he made up a set
of his own by which he "endeavored to
rightly and correctly live"
These iron bound rules succeeded in
giving him so stiff an appearance that
tie left the impression of being youth
whose mind was far from the frivoltfes
of his years.
His contemporar ies had not the ad-
vantage OF looking into his private
diaries. If they had they would have
seen an account of feelings which
might have astonished them. Accord
ing to this record his poor, restless
heart was wounded by cupid's dart"
already, and bleeding for one who re-
mains pitiless to his griefs and woes"
This was his 18th year. He does not
name the young lady except to call her
his "lowland beauty" And in the ia
nous years about every young lady of
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-19
Remarkable Ohiclal,

Birmingham is on the eve of losing
one of the most remarkable public Off
GERS the city has ever had. His name is
Grubb, and he has spent nearly so years
in exploring the sewers, GOOD, bad and
Indifferent. most of them indifferent.
On an average Grub has trudged
through six or seven miles of sewers
each day, and reckorc that his total
tramp is close upon 100000 miles. Out
side tbs unique performance, however,
his career has been notable one. There
is, perhaps, no other man in the world
who could spend so long a period under
circumstances Sc unhealthy and say
that he has never had a days illness.
He has r;skc6 his life over and over
again, faced millions Of angry and hun
CRY rats and thrived on an atmos-
ptlere which is certainly not better than
that Of Omdurnan.
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WORK Of THE
MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
National Association Seeking to
Secure Uniform Good Gov
eminent for All Cities.

To those who are interested in the
question of good city government, one
of the most encouraging signs is the
work that is being done by the National
Municipal league. This league, whici,
is made up of a number OF local asso-
Citations in the different cities, has for
its purpose the unifying of the various
forces Of reform. Broadly stated, it's
first object is to remove the govern
ment of the larger cities from the influ-
cnce of state and national politics. and
to create a general and compelling in
tcrest in the direction Of a purer NUM-
cipal patriotism.
While the various leagues forming
the national as.ocia ton arc & unit for
reform. each league has it's own local
problems to meet, and its own way Of
meeting them. In some cases they oper-
ale actively at the regular primaries.
or form independent parties in city POLL
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tel; its position off a coast in thick
weather or darkness. The plan was in
vented by a French electrician in Turk
ish employment. 1t consists in connect
ing two shore stations at some distance
apart by a telegraph wire or cable. per-
mittins an electric current to control
the acoustic fog or night signals Of the
stations, and make them simultaneous.
Suppose one station emits the note
do" and the other Me- a person on
board the ship will readily distinguish
them, and whether they are heard by
him simultaneously or one after the
other, VIII depend on the position Of the
ship with respect to the stations. The
interval of time between the sounds
multiplied by the known velocity of
sound in air will give him the difference
in his distances from the two stations.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-19
Birds and Bills.

From the Detroit Free Press.
There's something wrong with this
BILL" said the young married man TO
the milliner who has imported Partisan
prices as we'll as styles.
1T is correct in every item" after
looking it over.
Eight dollars for that bird, no big
ger than my fist?'
Yes, sir. and cheap at that"
''All right. madam, I'll settle; but it's
robbery. We had our first anniversary
yesterday and I bought a 10-pound tur-
key for $1,25.''
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honest on heavy bread and sodden

honest on heavy bread and sodden
meat.
Perhaps the highest tribute to the
wisdom Of the Tuskegee conferences is
the fact that they gain in interest year
by year. More and more people come
to attend it, and the district from
which its numbers are drawn grow
wider and wider 1t teaches the people
what they have never yet known. how
to enjoy nome life. It comes as a revei-
alton to men who have known no high
cr pleasures than the gin jug and the
free fight. 1t has shown that there is
some relief from labor, other than in
diligence IN vice and roWdyism. IT has
taught them confidence in themselves
and in each other. and given the ini-
petus to mutual aid.
The doctrine OF the thinking minds of
to-day Is that the negro must work out
his own salvation with fear and tremb-
ling. No one is doing more to help the
work along than Mr.. Washington with
his school and his conferences. Any
thing that bands black men together
for self government is an enterprise to
be encouraged. Men may disagree with
some of Mr. Washington's ideas, and
some thinkers do, but the5. cannot win
hold their admiration for his energy,
industry and singleness Of purpose.
PAUL LAWRENCE DUNBAR.
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Written for the Sunday Standard.

We cannot imagine Mary Ball Wash
ington paying very much attention to
the little festivals of children and
young people.
She loved her boys and girls. Some
times she let her fondness for them
work against their interests. Her two
stepsons, older than George, were more
than impatient when her tears and en-
treaties kept him from going off in the
navy. They were a little ashamed of
their young brothers lack of advan-
tages and learning. They had been sent
to England and educated after the prop
er fashion of a Virginia gentleman's
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Mars and the sun by Herr Witt the
dlscoVerer, though S. c. Chandler of
cambridge, Mass, the astronomer who
computed the planets orbit, pleaded to
nave vt called Pluto. Mr. Chambers
computation has been verified by ex-
animation Of the star photographs ta-
ken at tue Harvard observatory station
at ArcQuipa in Peru
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His Mean Way.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Henry asked you if you had made that
cake. did he? Well what was there in
that to wound your feelings, child?"
ut was the-the way he said it, mamma
He-he didn't ask NINE if I'd made it.
He-he said, Darling, d-dd you perpe-
trate this cake?'
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1t isn't often man hears praise like
that in his lifetime, but it is probable
that Washington would have given all
of it for II again. his scarlet waistcoat
and Sally FairfaXs pretty head by his
shoulder.
The Philadelphia Packet tells us that
on the evening of this 18th of Febru-
airy the birthday of General Washing
ton was celebrated by all the true
friends of constitutional liberty, with
that hilarity and manly deCorum ever
attendant on the sons of freedom. An
entertainment was given on the East
India merchantmen in the harbor.
which was attended by a brilliant and
respectable company. '-Anna Leach.
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Telling n SLip's Position,

AT a recent meeting of the Academic
des Science. Paris, Al. Mascart, the we'll
known French electrician, brought for
ward a method of enabling ship to
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-19
New Planet.

Eros is the name selected for the
newly discovered little planet between
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006 w
q YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN. =
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Nonsense, she is black. Black as
black
81 tell you she is gray. 1t is a gray
cat up III the playroom.'
I'm going to look,' cried Jane.
She came down laughing. "Of course
she is gray, such queer gray color.
Why do you call her black. Bert?''
Bort looked very much astonished.
1T was a black cat that | brought
home, anyway"
We went in, shutting the door after us.
Mother put out her hand and laughed
heartily. What did you briiig her home
in. Bert?"
We all joined in the laugh. when Bert
pointed to an empty -four sack, and We
found that every time we touched the
cat little cloud of dust rose from her
fur. In short time all the -four was
out of her fur, and we found, as Bert
said. that there was not Il white hair On
her.
She lived to a great aye and was a
source Of amusement in many ways.
One day John was playing bear. H.
was Oh the tioou on all fourS roaring 70"
all he was worth. Suddenly the cat ran
out from behind the stove, and reaching
up boxed his ears twice. We children
thought the way she did it was very
funny. She looked SO angry with John
for making such a noise She always
hated noise When sister Ida played
on the piano the cat would jump up and
lie right down on her hands to keep her
from playing.
We. were all sorry when she died, and
we children gave her a fine funeral--
Jane Ogilyy in Home and Farm.
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NOTES OF INTEREST.

The telegraph will be extended 1000
miles south of khartoum by the end Of
the year.
The English government has conclud.
ed that the interests of India require a
gold standard.
A man walking day and night with
out resting would take 42S days to jour
ney around the world.
"A now wollanS club is to BIZ started
in London to which no one under & feet
in height will be admitted,
In Madagascar silk is the only fabric
used in the manufacture of clothing. 1t
is cheaper than linen III Ireland.
The Lutheran church in Iceland mum
which is about the total population.
--Gcrnan army officers arc ordered by
imperial decree to wear reddish brown
duySkin gloves during the mancuvcrS.
The Mexican government and United
States treasury department have COM
hiued to prevent smuggling over the
Texas border.
Tho population vi the South African
Republic consists IF $4,000 Beers, ST.
600 other whites, called UitlantlerS and
100000 KatiirS and Zulus.
English collectors complain that the
prices Of rare books on musical topics are
going up rapidly. largely on account Of
the increasing demand for the libraries
1T rich Americans.
Among the latest collecting ta,ls is
:, search after odd trade signs and cir
cularS. The collectors declare there is
more fun i'll it than anything i'll the collec-
ton line yet attempted.
The latest test for sobriety is word
of twenty-three letters. 1t is electro
Interchangeable, and the meaning
given is "photographing by electric light
objects magnitel by the microscope"
The Bank Of England destroys about
100000 of its notes every week to re-
place them with freshly-prnted ones.
One evening i'll each week is set apart
for the making of this expensive bonfire.
Water is delivered gradually to the
roots of plants by a new tlowerpot collar.
which is made of porous material, fitting
around the edge of the pot and extending
down inside nearly to the bottom, being
filled with water to moisten the roots BY
Iercolation.
A single foundry in New Jersey casts
annually 2S,OW bells for the farmers and
about 1000 for schools, churches, engine
houses. etc. 1t is estimated by a foundry
man that at least $4,000 are sold every
year IN the country to tillers of the soil
and breeders.
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HUMOROUS ITEMS.

ntleman-"Cabby, Ill give You a
sovereign if YOU catch the 4:3O train"
Can6y Jump in, guy nor,
an III do it or break yer neck in the
attempt. -Tit- Bits.
Ma, you,,y!e got to put Jimmy to bed
before dark"
WHATS the matter. daughter?"
'''Nhy. last night when Mr. Simpson
came. Jimmy said Hello, kissin. hing !"
Detroit Free Press.
RrlggS-"What's the matter, old man ~
GriSgs- Nothing but dyspepsia, prick
~ heat. mosquito bites, malaria and a
sense of utter loss
Rriggs-"Why, l didn't know you had
been away ON your vacation Town
Topics.
\ weekly editor who combines bust
ness with pleasure says:
On the annual excursion of the Week
~ f'resS association we took in sixty
new subscribers. Never in our life did
W" enjoy. an excursion more. "-Atlanta
Constitution.
Miss Gnodhlood tsavagely)-''So that
fortune. teller told you your marriage
would be Il failure?"
Mrs Hightlyer-"1es. dear: bnt don't
you 90 to worrying. She said my second
and third marriages would turn out Just
splendid. "-Judge.
'Ihey say young Foley has been wan
dering in his mind lately" said one man
to another -
We'll" was the heartless reply, from
what I've seen and heard of him he's
safe enough he can't wander very far
Youths Companion.
My good woman" said the clergyman
to the sorely-tried matron, did you ever
try heaping Goals of fire on your bus.
bands head""
NO, your reverence, but Olive thrown
lighted lamp at him once or twice.
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
Old Gentleman-"Myf friend, what do
you do with your wages every week
put part Of them in the savings bank?'
Bus Driver-''No. sir. After paying the
grocer, baker. butcher and rent pack
away what's left in barrel. don't
believe in savings banks. "-Tit- Bits.
Hoax-"What sort Of looking man is
Secretary Root?''
oaX-"Heavens. man. where have YOU
been: Haven't you seen his picture in
the newspapers?'
Hoax--"YeS: that's jist it. I've seen
so many of them. '-Philadelphia Record.
Hot day, wasn't it, dear?''
Hot. Why, it was so hot that a
scratched match on a lamppost ut the
corner of Bangle alley and Pinafore lane
lgnited by spontaneous combustion!'
Dear me-
That's right Why, say, at 3 o'clock
it was so hot that when looked out of
my office window across the street, saw
man smoking"
Mercy. '-Exchange.
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u SNAP SHOTS, -
y swelled head-cabbage.

\ swelled head-cabbage.
Fair but false-the blonde wig.
n horseless carriage-the baby coach.
Both need a case-printer and lawyer.
The Cradle of Liberty is not the rocky
kind. ''~"'
The ocean swell is never park prone
nader. p ''''
The stories from Manila are far
Gen. [Alger has developed a retiring dis
position. o''0
a Salvation Army drummer sticks to
his work w
Once in a while the noisy city has TO
collect its scattered census
\ q: \: X. song played backwards
would be about like rag" time.
a girl don't like to give herself away.
but she's willing her father should.
Beauty is only skin deep, but the nice
part Of the fairest fruit is beneath the
skin. wv
1t costs 50 to sleep on the grass of
Boston common. What are the hotel
rates!
r, The only objection to every day being
Sunday is there are no payroll attach
mentS.
It's safer to run from a rambunctious
ora sheep than to stop and say to him,
Butt me no butts
Some people close the shutter to make
the collector think they are not ut home
but it's only blind.
no. said the armless man, II have
not lost my. hold upon life. am still
able to toe the mark
The frstclass hotel and the darkey
barber shop are two places where you see
cclorcd waiters.-Phladelph Bulletin.
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Lessons.
"Quack! Quack!" says Mother Duck
Jump right in. Think what good luck,
TO have IL pool in perfect trim,
Where baby ducks can learn to swim"
''Cluck. Cluck!" says Cropplccrown.
Here's Il fat worm. take it down.
See! This is the Way--Scrltch Scratch!
Learn your own fat worms to cAtch.'
Says Mother Bird, "Now do your best.
Children, you must leave the nest.
e-two-thrcc. Now only try!
That's the way to learn to fly
Says Mother pusS Just wait till dark.
Wen have supprr-hark! bark. bark:
There's Il mouse by the pantry wall
One bold spring, and that is ALL
what Il journey! Papa, see!
From the table to my knee
Says mamma. All! not too fast.
Babyll learn to walk at last
-May +. Butts in Youths Companion.
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The Polished Pavemcnts.

OF all the glaci phenomena presented
here, the most striking and attractive to
most travellers are the polished pave
me1,ts says John Muir in the Atlantic,
because they are so beautiful. and their
beauty is Of so rare kind, so unlike any
part of the loose earthly lowlandS where
people dwell and earn their bread. They
are simply fiat or gently-unlulating areas
of Snlid resisting granite Which present
the unchanged surface on which the ;il-
cent glaciers flowed. They are found in
the most perfect condition at an elevation
of from eight thousand to nine thousand
feet above sea level. Some are miles in
extent, only slightly blurred or STARRED by
spots that have ut length Giy:u Way t.
the weather, while the best l,rcSrrycd poi
tons are brilliantly polished. and reflect
the SunbcamS as calm water or glass.
shining as if rubbed and FURNISHED every
day, notwithstanding they have been rX-
posed to FLASHING. corroding rains. dew.
frost. and melting, sloppy snow for thr.l-
sands of years.
The attention of hunters and proSpey.
tors. who see so much in their wild jour
ncyS. is seldom attracted Ivy moraiHcs
however regular and artificial leaking
or rocks, however boldly scuipturri: OF
canyons. however deep and Sheerwale,i.
But when they come to these pavcmcntS
they go down on their knees and ruin
their hands admiringly on the shining
surface, and try hard to account for it,
mysterious SmOOthncSS and brightness.
They may have seen the winter ava
lanchcs coming down the mountains,
through the woods. sweeping away the
trees and scourin" the ground; hut they
conclud, that this cannot be the work
that the agent, whatever it was, flowed
along and around and over the top of high
ridges and domcs, and also filled the deep
canyons Neither can they see how wa
ter could he the agent, for the strange
polish is seen thousands Of feet above
the reach Of any conceivable flood. Only
the winds seem capable of moving Oven
the face of the country in the directions
indicated by the lines an. grooves.
The pavcments are particularly fine
around Lake Tenaya. and have suggest
of the shining rocks: Indians seldom
trouble themselves with geological Qucs-
tons. but a Mono Indian once came to
me and asked if l could tell him what
made the rocks so smooth at Tenay;i.
Even dogs and horses. ON their first jour
ncyS into this region. study geology to the
extent of gazing wonderingly at the
strange brightness Of the ground. and
having it, and smelling it, as if afraid OF
falling or sinking.
In the production of this admirable
hard-fin;sh, the placicrs in many places
cxerted pressure of more than hun
drcd tons to the square foot. planning
down granite. slate, and quartz alike
showing their structure, and making
beautiful moSaics where large feldspal
CRYSTALS form the greater part of the
rock. On such pavcmcnts the sunshine is
ut times dazzling. as if the surface wrrt
covered with FURNISHED silver.
The profits of Great Britain's posta
service arc 500 600, 900 a year.
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sheep Eat Tobacco.

Many curious things are constantly oc-
curing, but none more remarkable than
this, reported and youched for from the
Floral. neighborhood Josh Glover is one
Of the best tobacco raisers in that sec
ton. and he ayers that flock Of sheep
belonging to neighbor in some way
patch and before detected had deyourcd
actually eaten up-nore than an acre
Of his tobacco They would begin in the
top and eat down. This is certainly a re-
markable statement, but it can be sub
stantiated by other and good men beside
Mr.. er.--Hawesville Ky Clarion.