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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-18

Missoula, Dec. 17.-There Is general
rumor that there will be two more mail
carriers put on soon after the eXamina-
ton that is ordered to be held during
the first part of January. Postmaster
Keep was asked about it, and he said
that it would not be done, as far as he
knew. Nothing had been said to him
about it from washington and he didn't
believe that they would. The examina-
ton that will be held soon so as to have
men in reserve and to elect a clerk
during Christmas week. An extra girl
has been put on in the postoff1ce to
helm with the big Christmas mails that
are distributed in the postoffice.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-18
A Timely Gift,

One that keeps time, pleases the eye
and fits your pocketbook-a clock that
looks like marble, strikes the hours and
half hours on gong bell, is tastefully
decorated in gilt scrolls and has face
that reflects the beauty and worth of the
movement behind it. A Christmas din
ner will be the more enjoyed when such
a gift shines from the mantel. Kohn
Jewelry company, Missoula.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-18
Gay Coney Island.

Missoula, Dec. IA good story is
told of the manager on the one might
stand opera house. who concluded to
become travelling manager. In cast
ing about for a soubrette, he wrote to
Harrison Gray Fis1e. editor of the
Dramatic Mirror. modestly requesting
to be referred to young woman who
could sing and dance. and was clever
at both Mr., FJslles reply was unique
He said that after looking over the en-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-18

Missoula, Dec. 17-Word has been
received in the city to the effect that
Mrs. Mat Saple, wife of the well known
rancher who lives near Florence, died
at her home last Thursday. Mrs. Sa-
pie has had consumption for about 10
months and has been very sick. She
has a large circle of friends who will
be sorry to learn that she has passed
away. The remains We're buried at
SteVensyille.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-18
An Interesting Lecture,

Missoula, Dec. 1.-THE Episcopal
church was filled at this mornings SER
vice to hear Miss Isadora Dowden, SUI
perintendent of the childrens home at
Helena, deliver lecture on the work
ings of the institution. 1t was listened
to with rapt attention and was one
of the most interesting lectures ever
made in the city.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-18
P. NJ. Reilly & Co. the grocerA
Beard Residence Sold.

Missoula, Dec 17.-Attorney M L.
Crouch has purchased the Beard resi-
dence on South Third street and will
in the spring complete the present
building by adding a beautiful front
TO it. The price paid for it was not
learned. Mr.. Beard. who has occupied
the place for number of years. is
erecting a neat little cottage on his
lots in the rear of the present place,
and will have it finished so that he
can occupy it by early spring.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-18
A Reward Offered.

Missoula, Dec 1.-THE police are
looking for man who stole canned
goods from behind the lunch counter
in the Jumbo saloon, and the proprie-
tor has offered a reward of S. for his
arrest The man was seen to take
the goods, but the person being so
sleepy at the time did not notice just
what was being DONE
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-18

ton of the state and Butte. The BUSH
ness to Butte over the telephone line
has been growing, SO that now 1t keeps
the wire hot from morning until night
The new wire will be much appre-
ciated by the patrons of the company
and will no doubt be kept busy.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-18
A NEW RECORD.
Missoula Gave the Christmas Standard an
Enthusiastic Reception.

EnthNsIasf1c ReceptlOn.
Missoula, Dec. 17-To-day established
a new record for the Standard in Mis-
soula. The Christmas edition was ac-
corded an enthusiastic reception and
the entire number of papers sent to the
Western Montana Office was sold within
two hours of the time of arrival. The
newsboys We're almost crushed by the
rush of eager customers and did a land
office business as long as the papers
lasted. The expressions of admiration
for the Christmas Standard are suffi-
GENTLY numerous and sincere to meet
the most sanguine expectations of the
management of the paper.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-18
All Invited.

Missoula, Dec. 1.-THE musicale Of
the university school of music will be
held in the auditorium of the university
on Monday evening at o'clock. An
excellent programme has been ar
ranged Ind the public is invited to at
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-18
Skates and sleds at McBride's.
Line Completed.

Missoula, Dec. 1.-THE Rocky Noun
tain Bell Telephone company has just
completed through wire from Butte
to Drummond and i. will be used for
exclusive business between this Sec
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-18

DIR. Dodd, eye specialist, will leave
Missoula Saturday evening for Butte,
where he will reopen his Office in the
Shodair block on West Park street.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-18

Don't miss the grand ball on Christ
mas night at the Union hall, given by
the Degree Of Honor. The best music;
81 per couple. Extra ladies 25 cents.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-18

The grandest cut price holiday goods
sale ever given in Missoula county; $50
mems fine SIS suits cut to SO. Chicago
Bee Hive Missoula.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-18
Killed the ElnWerS.

Missoula, Dec. 1.-THE late blizzard
surprised a number of persons, and
those who had beautiful flowers lost
almost all of them On the south side
it seems the people suffered the most.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-18
Paperhanging and painting. simons.

Novelties in chinaware and glassware
at about one-half what regular china
ware dealers ask. The Golden Rule
store.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-18
Fine watches. Kohn Jewelry Co.

Grand Holiday Bargain festival all
this week The lowest prices in the
city on everything we handle. Globe
Store
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-18
Propeller Broken.

st. Michaels, Dec. 1.-Two propeller
blades of the British steamer Ashton
hall. Captain McFee, from Liverpool
for Galveston. are broken. She arrived
here to-day.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-18

A. M. Stevens & Co., headquarters for
Xmas candies.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-18

The Golden Rule sells dolls 20 per
cent cheaper than any house in Mis-
Soula.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-18

A fine line Of Oriental fancy goods,
china ware and ladies' silk handker-
chiefs at Lewis Den & Co.'S.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-18

A s25$ celluloid Album at $1.25 this
week Cut prices on all holiday goods.
Globe Store.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-18

Toys! Toys! Toys! Largest stock,
lowest prices. ]. l.. Mcbride.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-18

Guaranteed Watches given away
with every $3.50 suit this week. Globe
Store
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-18

Toys others ask so cents for The Gold
en- Rule sells for % cents.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-18
WESTERN MONTANA

The Western Montana office of the Standard is
at 2l3 Higgins avenue, opposite Postoflce Mis-
soula. Telephone No. lis. Advertising rates
furnished on application.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-18

Latest styles of engraved calling
cards at the Standard office.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-18
More Mail Carriers.

Dolls at cost. Shipped by mistake
Mcbride.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-18
Death of Mrs. Mat SABLE.

New picture mouldings at simons'.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21
rnmIgallnr nn .rohard.

The only remedy which is absolute
ly effective for all kinds OF scale is that
OF fumigation. This was first prac-
ticed in California in the citrus belt to
check the ravages of the cottony cush-
ion scale and the red scale. Hydro
cyanic acid gas proved most effective
and is now used almost exclusively.
@. w. Woodwork. in bulletin 1872
Of the California Experiment Station,
describes in detail the process OF flu
migating trees in an orchard. Briefly,
it consists in covering the trees with
some sort of tent, generating the gas
and allowing it to remain until the
scales have been destroyed.
The tent generally used is what is
known as hoop tent and ranges from
eight to fourteen feet in diameter.
The hoop itself is of three-quarter-
inch gas pipe, but half inch will do for
smaller sizes. The manipulation Of
the tent varies according to its size
If the trees are small, it can be easily
thrown over tree, put in place aud
then taken off. III the trees are OF con-
siderable size some effort will be re-
quired. In the illustration the method
of changing from one tree to another
is shown. After the fumigation is
completed, the hoop is lifted until it
is in the position shown at b. Two
men, holding the sides of the tent,
carry it to the next tree and place it in
the position shown at C. Then. with
out pausiug, and while the tent is full
of air, the upper end of the hoop is
forced over the tree and down the
other side to about d. The hoop can
then be easily pulled down to the
ground to e. If there is any trouble
in pulling over the cloth. the third man
with the pole goes round the tent and
lifts the cloth away from the tree, re,
lieving some of the friction and enab.
ling it to adjust itlelf to the top.
Common duck is used for making the
tents, most of them being of eight
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21
Varied Career OF "A Tree.

Men versod in woodcraft in the
vicinity of New Brunswick, n. j., are
puzzled about the experiences OF a
large cedar tree on the property of A.
V. Schenck. Until about six months
ago there was nothing to distinguish
the cedar from many others except
that it was one OF the finest looking
trees on the place. Then gale OF
wind gave it a decided lean to the
northwest.
Shortly after it recovered from this
another gale OF wind blew it back to II
vertical position, Once again gale
OF wind blew it on the slant and few
weeks ago a gale from the opposite
direction not only restored it to an up
right position, but overdid matters to
such an extent that the tree has de
cided slant to the northwest again.
Through it all the tree continues Wig
OrOug
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21

The growing practice of utilizing
the waste products OF all mauufac-
lures has brought out the fact that
buttermilk possesses many unsuspect-
ed qualities. A medical paper says
its reputation as an agent OF superior
digestibility has become firmly estab-
lished. u is, indeed, a true milk pep
tone--that is, milk already partially
digested, the coagulatiol of the
coeguIated portion being loose and
fiaky aud not of that firm, indigesti-
BILE natare which is the result OF the
action Of the gastric Juice upon sweet
cows milk. 1t is of great value in
the treatment of typhoid fever, and,
being decided laxative, it may be
turned to advantage in the treatment /
of habitual constipation. II is no
less valuable in kidney troubles, from
its diuretic qualities. It is in great
request for the treatment OF diabetes,
either alone or alternately with skim
milk, and in cases of gastric ulcer aud
cancer OF the stomach IL can often be
retained when no other food can.
Chemical analysis shows that in its
nature IL greatly resembles koumiss,
with the exception of which it is the
most grateful, refreshing aud digesti-
BILE OF the products OF milk. Eastern
Farmer
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21
CURIOUS FACTS.

Chicago uses every year Al 900, 900
pounds of soap.
Fried wasp soup is considered q
great luxury in China.
Herod is the name OF n Judge who
sits in police courts in Chanute, Kan.
Among the exports of Mexico last
year are to be noted two tons of dried
flies.
The doll is probably the most an
tique of toys. II has been found in
side the graves of children of ancient
Rome.
Peru possesses such diversity Of
elevations and climatic peculiaritles as
to be able to produce almost any prod
uct known to man.
In the fourteenth century armor be-
came so heavy that many soldiers only
thirty years old were deformed or per-
manently disabled by its weight.
In Switzerland milkmaid gets bet
ter wages if, gifted with good voice.
because it has been discovered that a
COW will yield one-fifth more milk if
soothed during milking by melody.
Hildesheim's famous thousand-year-
old rosebush, which it had been feared
in the last two years was dying, has
sent out new shoots and runners from
thick root stock this year, and seems
now to be safe to last for good many
years to come.
The first stage coach in England
started in 1850. It's pace was about
three miles per hour The first stage
coach in America started from No. 80
Ann (North) street, Boston, for Ports
mouth, N. H., aud occupied eighteen
hours upon the journey.
The speed OF All otter under water
is amazing. Fish have no chance
against them. In some places in In
dia offers are kept by the natives to
fish for them. They are tied up to
stakes like dogs, when not working,
wear plated straw collars and seem
happy.
Near the town of Capljina, in Bos-
MIA, archmologists have exhumed a new
Pompeii in the form of Roman camp.
All the walls are we'll preserved, and
some of the rooms are decorated with
fine paintings, while weapons, lamps,
and various other objects have been
found in them.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21
A DANGEROUS CALLING.
Animal Trainers Arc Always Likely I
Lose Their Lives.


When You see an animal trainer per.
forming with ferocious beasts you may
be quite right il you imagine the mau
as fearless master OF them; but If yon
think for an instant that there is NJ
danger you are wholly wrong. A
trainer never confronts the beasts and
compels them to do his bidding with.
out literally taking his life in his
hands.
He is so used to the danger that he
does not think OF it each time, and he
holds his mastery of them by sort OF
power that becomes habit, second
nature, as it were, Just as he eats his
meals or performs other common EN-.
ployments. Or, to make the case
more plain, he forgets the dangers
that surround him, just as men in any
other dangerous calling do--n painter,
for instance, who stands upon mar.
row platform hundreds OF feet from
the ground Nevertheless, the dan
ger is ever present, and all the more
terrible because OF tho uncertainty of
it.
A trainer must inspire constant fear
in the brutes. What power for harm
there is the elephant, for instance
One swing of that powerful trunk,
and he could crush the life out of the
man; but he is possessed of an ungov-
ernable fear.
Some animal trainers live to o good
age and never have an accid snt. They
are absolutely fearless in their work,
and yet they may be no braver than
you or ] when other animals are in
question.
There was one trainer who gave a
wonderful performance with n number
animals in the one cage. He would
take all manner of liberties with the
feroclous brutes, compelling them to
do his bidding, making them form
pyramids and lying down on them.
When you consider how cat or dog
will sometimes turn upon you if not
handled just SO you must realize what
tremendous power the trainer must
exert over such huge, savage beasts.
There were always dozen other
keepers about when this performance
was being enacted, and they were
armed with pistols, hot irons and raw
hide whips. One of the lions turned
upon this trainer once, aud his arm
was badly lacerated before he could
be rescued.
OF all animals, keepers say the tiger
is the worst and the most treacherous
1t is necessary to keep the eye fixed
pretty constantly upon it, or it may
revolt at any moment.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21
snIETINa rHE VENT FROM ONE TREE TO ANOTHER.

a part of this clover is pastured OF
lnown for hay, such will bloom the
second time, and continue in bloom
until after hard frosts. have seen
bees working on this bloom in Oc-
tober. writes f. A. Smell in Bee
Culture, when all other honey-yield-
ing plants were killed with one ex-
ception, that being giant white-spiral
mignonette, which is sometimes
grown in flower gardens.
Sweet clover stands drought we'll,
but gives better yield of honey and
pasture with frequent showers. The
honey is light IN color, but, to my
taste, not of as fine flavor as that
from white or alsike clovers or bass
wool. In the dry regions of the
West. sweet clover and alfalfa have
proved valuable plants for bees and
stock. The hay is largely fed &c
stock. Here cattle pasture ON il
freely, and the hay has seemed to
give good satisfaction, as stock soon
learn to like it,
This plant should be grown in all
waste places, and thus take the place
of the noxious weeds which grow
there.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21
rnrnlp. a. a Catch cror.

So many farmers SOW turnips as a
catch crop in corn and potatoes that
they forget there 10 any better way.
AS rule catch crops do not pay.
They always interfere with the late
cultivation Of hoed crops, which is si.
ways important and sometimes neces.
sary il there is dry time late in sum
yer. Now that most farmers cult
-Hsate /hoed crops very shallow late in
the summer, merely scratching the
surface to kill weeds while they are
small, there is less objection TO late
cultivation than used to be the case.
In the old days, when a pillow was
used at the last cultivation to pile the
soil up against the hills of corn or po.
tatoes, the result was always injury
and often ruin to the crop. In such
case, too, there was little chance for
turnips to e = as the soil piled up
against the hills turned the water IN.
10 the middle OF the rows, or rather
the corn leaves themselves did SO, as
they bend over to the middle of the
rows by July and often in June turn
ing the Flightest shower into the mid.
die OF the row, where most Of the corr
roots aye, Under the hill the soil is
cost alwavs dry until the corn is
The potato top does not loI
70 much. but it, too, throws .
Zeal of the moisture that falls on
the space between the hills -
3ultivator.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21
Screen. For stable Windows.

The wire screens commonly used in
houses to keep out Aies are now so
cheap that they can be pro6tably used
in stable windows for the same pur-
pose. But it must be remembered
that the stable is itself the most COM
mon breeding place for flies, in the
excrement from animals in which the
flies deposit their eggs. Unless care
is TAX en- to gather up and remove the
droppiugs before there ia time for
eggs to hatch, the window screens
will serve rather to shut the flies in
thau to keep them out. Stables should
never be built near houses, because IL
they are nothing can keep houses
from being overrun with flies. Next
to the stable as breeding place for
these pests is the sink hole, where
slops of all kinds are thrown to pass
Off through drains underneath. 1t is
possible that where these conditions
prevail, flies, though annoying, are
really beneficial Flies doubtless de-
stroy much filth, and thus lessen the
malaria which would prevail If they
had not been created. But it is far
better to place all decaying sub
stances under ground, where the earth
will absorb their bad odors, than to
leave them on the surface to breed
flies,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21

ounce canvas. After the tent is made,
it is rendered gastight by one of three
methods. The first is coating it with
thoroughly boiled linseed oil, applied
with brush until the entire cloth be-
comes saturated. If properly done,
the tent remains strong and tight and
is not too stiff. The second method
is the use Of sizing and paint. The
sizing is applied in the same manner
as oil, and penetrates the fiber in the
same way. AS soon as this coating liz
dried, it is followed by coating Of
flexible paint, usually on both sides of
the tent. The third method is to satu-
rate the cloth with decoction of
chopped leaves of common prickly
pear cactus. This is made by filing q
barrel two-thirds full of chopped stems
aud adding cold water until the barrel
is pearly full. Allow the stems to soak
for twenty-four hours and then draw
off the solution, which is ready for
use. Tents treated in this way are
liable to mold, but by adding to the
solution little tannin this is pre-
vented. Soak the tent in the solution
over night aud then raise in the morn
ing and allow to dry. The cloth is
scarcely stiifened aud seems to be very
satisfactory. Potassium cyanide, in
an earthen vessel, is introduced under
the end of the tent, sulphuric acid is
added, and the hydrocyanic gas is gem
Grated. The amount OF cyanide will
vary with the size OF the tree. A tree
four feet high, three feet in diameter,
will require two ounces of dry cyanide,
one-third ounce acid and half ounce
water Ii the tree is seven feet high
and four feet in diameter, use one
ounce Of cyanide, one-half ounce acid
aud two ounces OF water, and so on in
proportion. Fotty minutes are re-
quired for the gas to do its work eff
fectiyely. The fumigation is best done
at night. The gas is deadly poison,
and great care must be used when fu
migating. American Agriculturist.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21

Anyone who has observed eggs
closely has noticed that some eggs
have what pouItrymen call greater
consistency than others. That is, out
Of a dozen eggs bought at store half
will have whites and yolks so thin
that they will spread out thin and
wide and be almost fiat.
This is the effect OF the feed given
the hens producing the eggs. Hens
that are fed on milk and grass aud
allowed to pick up their living about
the manure pile produce eggs with
thin yolks aud whites, and these eggs
are Invariably insipid and tasteless,
and when boiled or poached are not
exactly appetizing. There is a flavor
: about such eggs that is not altogeth Ell
leasant in any case and often it ID
positively repulsiye to one who nnder-
tands that this flavor comes from
Eating impure food,
Take q lot OF hens and feed them
3niik and grain and their eggs are firm
-&nd cousistent, and they have dayol
that makes them re!ished by the mos
''sps The grain furnishes thu
Rnstituents and the albumin
". Ia ccunection With In
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21
Tho vltnl Need OF ConI

The industries by which NJ
are supplied and the communicl
land or sea, by which these IN
are reached, have, since 1915,
10 depend more and more upon
The twentieth century will
marked increase in the prise
coa' OF the United Kingdom. OF
pean Powers Russia has by i
greatest reserve of coal. Indl'
tria, and South Africa will c.
the aid of the British Empire;
United States must become the
of the worlds coal supply, to
the far future, perhaps supplal
China and Japan. How these c
will affect the relative sea-po
nations it would be rash to attt
predict. Nineteenth Century ]