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suspected as much. l knew no thleying
letter carrier could have gotten away with
them"
But he didn't come back" said Cyril,
half crying. "and he said that he was going
to tell me how the king liked the story he
had learned"
Give him time, my dear" said his mother.
Il take 1t as a good sign. II the story hadn't
suited he would have been back for another.
dare say that he is busy getting ready for
his marriage
And that night the gnome proved that Mrs.
Merton had guessed right, for after Cyril had
been sleeping some hours he was awakened
by a breath OF cold air upon his face, and
opening his eyes he beheld the little gnome
sitting upon the pillow by his side.
You're brick!' was his first words to
Cyril.
Cyril was wide awake in an instant aud
he said: so the king liked it?" He jumped
out OF bed the better to listen. AS for the
gnome he leaped to the footboard and crossed
his knees in the drollest way imaginable,
Like it?" said he. why, thought he'd
never stop laughing. He said that 1t was
the best story he'd ever heard aud he gave
me his daughters hand as he had promised,
and I've been so busy getting ready for the
wedding that haven't had time to come
before. You see, l had to engage a big
orchestra of crickets and katydids and frogs
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way, and they soon came to the rope hang
ing from the window.
Here, don't try to climb that" said the
gnome as Cyril twisted the end around his
wrists and swung himself off the ground.
Il know a way worth two Of that. Put
your foot on my head"
I'm afraid OF hurting you"
put your foot on my head, l say" said
the gnome, and in tone that invited obedl-
ence Cyril placed his foot upon the little
mans head and felt himself rise to his win
dow as IL he were floating on bit of dan
delion down. BY the way, why do they
call it dandelion down when it's up most
Of the time?
When Cyril and the gnome we're in the
room the former threw himself upon the
bed, and the latter sat upon the footboard.
Now tell me story that will please the
king"
So Cyril told him "Puss in Boots" and
he was delighted.
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Say, did you make that up?" said he
when Cyril had finished.
NO it's older than we are" said the boy
You see he knew a great deal.
mot older than l am" said the gnome
decidedly. I'm going on a thousand and
two."
"Phew!" said Cyril you don't any
where's near look it,
II don't feel a day over 900, but then all
my family are very young feeling. My
grandfather is 1000 and you'd never take him
to be over 3.700. It's because we're very
particular not to let the sun shine on us.
I've never seen the sun in my life, but had
a cousin who followed the humans proverb,
early to bed and early to RISE and the sun
shine shriveled him up so that he looks
hundreds of years older than he is. He
used to go to bed at in the evening and
get up at in the morning and we all go to
bed at 8 in the morning and get up at in
the evening"
Cyril looked at his clock. 1t was five
minutes to 8.
I'm sorry to hurry you" he said, "but
il that's the case you'd better be going"
"Well," said the gnome, 81 thank you for
the story and you may depend upon it
won't eat any more of those inky old letters.
They didn't taste good bit and if I hadn't
loved the kings daughter very much
wouldn't have eaten one"
Come again tomorrow nj" began Cyril,
but the gnome had vanished
He waited a week. but the little imp did
not come back. On the other hand no more
letters were lost and the writers were so en-
couraged that they wrote an unusual number
of beautiful stories and dare say you may
read some of them in the magazines before
long.
Cyril knew that it would be foolish for him
to tell his neighbors that he had caught a
gnome eating their letters because they were
not enlightened enough TO believe him, but
he did tell his mother and she said: well,
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TALES OF YANKEE ENCHANTMENT.

CYRIL AND THE GNOME.
BY Charles Battell Loomis.

Copyright, 1899, by Charles Battell LoomisD
There was not a doubt about it, the post
box on the lamp post at the corner was be-
witched The people in the vicinity were
most OF them writer's and wrote the loveliest
stories that you ever read and they always
posted them in the lamp box on the corner
and had done so for years; indeed, some OF
the very loveliest stories had been posted
twenty times in that same box. How they
ever came back had often puzzled the letter
box, who was OF an inquisitive turn Of mind,
but they were certainly posted about once
In so often
That was before the box was bewitched.
Now, no matter how many stories and poems
and riddles and charades we're dropped into
the aperature, not one could be found when
the postman made his rounds. The box
was always empty. At first people thought
that 1t was thieves and man was placed
at tho opposite corner TO look II he was
just passing by, but although he stood in
that. attitude for one whole hour after
particularly large batch Of literature had
been drt sped into the box by at least six
different writer's, and although he watched
that box as carefully as sleepy man could
yet not a soul opened it. But when the
postman came around 1t was perfectly
empty. Perhaps | have not been explicit
enough, IL you know what that means. Let
ters posted in the daytime were not lost.
1t was only after dark that the bewitchment
took place.
Now there was one writer who never wrote
anything but fairy stories and she had
son about 10 years old who knew that there
were fairies. He pitied children who said
with a lofty air, "Oh, yes when | was
kid l believed in fairies, but found out
long ago that there were none" He used
< say to these superior boys and girls:
How do you know there aren't fairies?
The world is large place and there are
many nights when you sleep from until
z next day. How can you be sure
that the fairies do not hold revels somewhere
at night? And If anywhere why not in
New York;" And then the others would
say: "Oh, we don't want to argue. Be
lieve in fairies IL you want to and play with
blocks and dolls, too, but were beyond
such things"
Well, now, for my part, I'm going ou so
and yet wouldn't say there are no fairies
because what would become OF the beautiful
and authentic history of Cinderella II 1t
were proved that fairy folk were imaginary?
No. there are fairies, depend upon it, and If
we haven't seen them it's our misfortune.
never saw the Cape of Good Hope, but I'm
suro it's around somewhere.
This is a good deal of talk, it seems to
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me- and nothing at all about that lamp box.
Well, Cyril Merton, who believed in fairies
was sure that a gnome was in the box and
that he was living on letters. He said moth
ing to any one, but night after he had
gone to bed and all the house was quiet he
arose softly and dressed himself and left
his room by means of rope which he had
concealed there that day. Then he went
10 the lamp box.
He had small, delicate hands and he put
one in the aperture and felt for the letters.
There was not one. Then he posted an
envelope containing nothing but blank paper
and putting his to the opening he
listened He could distinctly hear little
Jaws champing and paper being torn. He
was now perfectly sure that there was a
bad little fairy inside the box So he put
his mouth to the aperture and said;
Little gnome, little gnome, come from
within
To eat up tho letters Is surely sim
don't say that the gnome would have
minded you or me or any of those children
that don't believe in fairies. but | do know
that soon as the gnome heard Cyrils voice
he oozed out of the aperture and sat him
self down cross-legged on the top. He was
about the size of a squirrel and wore
tight fitting suit made of woven grasses of
different shades Of green. A little bit Of the
envelope of the letter that Cyril had posted
was sticking to his lip, but the rest was
evidently eaten.
Cyril camo to business at once. He said:
"Don't you know, little gnome, that you're
making trouble for a great many people?
Most all who live around here write stories
and they get their living by selling them,
II you eat all their stories, after a while
they won't have any money to buy food and
clothes and then they will all starye."
Tho little gnomo grinned and began to
whistle the faintest highest whistle you
ever heard. II don't care for people" he
said. finally, People are never kind to me-
I'm after a story; that's why | eat the
letters. You see the king of the gnomes has
offered the hand of hio daughter in marriage
to the gnome that can tell the best story, so
l'Yo been eating these letters steadily for
month now. in hopes of learning one, but
/ don't seem to get one in my head-only
In my mouth-and I'm afraid that before
learn one scme other gnome will step in
ahead of me aud marry the princess She's
beautiful creature, as green as a katy
did and her eyes are as red as fire."
Cyril felt like laughing at the idea of
learning story by eating the paper on
which 1t was written. but he was too eourte us
10 do So lie SAID: Now, Mr.. Gnome, you've
gone about this business tho wrong way
You've eaten up a lot of valuable manu-
scripts and they haven't done you any good
at all, but | can teach you stories just as
fast as you want to learn them IL you'll come
up to my house any night"
The gnome showed his delight in his lit
tie green face. "oh, I'll come ali right.
only don't want you TO have a crowd there
to look at me. I'm not fond OF human
beings. You're the only one that was ever
civil TO me and | won't forget it,"
Come on now" said Cyril, so the gnome
Jumped to the pavement and skipped along
beside Cyril, whistling in his tiny shrill
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Robbed the Grave.

startling incident. of which Mr.. John
Oliver of PHILADELPHIA was the subject. Is
narrated by him as follows: II was in
most dreadful condition. NV skin was al
most yellow eyes sunken, tongue coated.
pain continually in back and sides. no ap-
petite-gradually growing weaker day by
day. Three physicians had given me up.
Fortunately a friend advised trying Electric
Bitters,' and to my great Joy and surprise
the first bottle made decided Improvement
I continued their use for three weeks and
am now well man. | know they saved
my life and robbed the grave of another
victim" No one should fail to try them
Only so cents, guaranteed. at Kuhn & Co.'S
rug store.
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present. Only don't eat the cake until to-
morrow or it will make you dream. And
now must be going as it's most o'clock"
Cyril got up and shook hands with the
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MAN AND HIS MoUsTACHE.
Character Revealed by the Why the
Mnir GrnNys on the Unner Lin.


Hair Grows on the Upper Lip.
Whether it be true or no, that the nous
tache is a safe guide to character here are
some pictures from which anybody can tell
in moment what kind of man they are
being introduced to simply by studying his
moustache
No. /. Not much reliance is to be placed
upon the character of man with a nous
tache like this. Poor fellow, he is pos
sessed of little principle. does not care how
he looks, is irregular in his habits, lacks
all reverence, hates work. and lives merely
for what pleasure he can find in life.
No. q This is a busy man, with no time
for trifes. He is very prosac, materialstic
solid and absorbed in business affairs.
No. 3. He does not betray very praise
worthy characteristics His word is worth
very little; he can not be depended upon
for his opinions change with every zephyr
No. 4. Here is type OF a sad
melancholy man with a limited amount of
self-consciousness, who hardly knows his
own will, and requires an adviser at every
turn in life.
No. 5. This moustache indicates a man
of great determination. Its owner is most
charmed with himself, and need not be ex-
pected to manifest any great degree of
conscientiousness.
No. g. The man who wears a moustache
like this is extremely conceited, determined
and less conscientious than the possessor
of No. 5.
No. Z. Here at last is a man worthy Of
esteem. He is large-h hearted, witty. tender
and true to those whom he calls either
friends or loved ones.
No. s. This moustache belongs to man
of firm character He is a thinker and at
the same time one who has the ability to
do what he decides should be done.
No. 8. But here is the mark of lnan
generally known as lady killer" He is
a barefaced flatterer, giddy and souless.
One of whom to beware if you would be
happy.
No. TO- Rare as this moustache may
| be it is the mark of an exceptional man.
He possesses great will power, nothing can
discourage him. He is talented and proud,
but reverent. He knows his limitations, but
brooks no rival.
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Pupil-Not exactly; but l know it's some
thing you grab.
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and locusts and l had to go to Japan for
them because the best insect musicians are
Japanese. 1t takes time to go to Japan
even the way travel, on moonbeam. We're
to bu married tomorrow night and I've
brought you a piece of wedding cake and
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l, I've had plenty and don't you forget

i'll"
What mother could do more for her child?
But when the time comes, and Robert is
asked to have cake second time, he an
swers merely:
NO thank you, I've had plenty"
He does not answer:
mo, thank you, I've had plenty, and
don't you forget it!'
All this, of course, is very humiliatng
to Roberts parents and friends.
Teacher-Do you know what a franchise
is?
Pupil-Not exactly; but 1 know it's some
thing you grab.
What is the meaning of the word
natural?" asked the teacher of small pupil.
It's the way we act before we learn man
ners," was the answer
docs your teacher give any reward Of
merit?" asked one little boy of another.
II guess So" replied the other. He
gives me a lickin' most every day and says
l merit two
II guess I'll marry Johnny Jones when I
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'Oh Nellie" exclaimed very weary
mother don't ask so many questions"
But, mamma queried the little one, ''if
don't ask questions what can l ask?"
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little fellow, sincerely sorry that he was
going.
Just think" said the enome. "It you
hadn't come that night l would still be
eating those horried, inky old manuscripts
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pRATTLE OF THE YOUNGSTERS.

Robert is being told by his mamma how
to conduct himself in company.
"If you are asked to have cake second
time" says mamma, answer, No, thank
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'Do you really like him so much?" asked
her mother.
"oh, no." replied Ethel. "it isn't that;
but he happens to like the same kind of
candy do
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-07
ABOUT The CITY.

Andrae cycles never disappoint.
yerberkmoes, optical specialist.
+. H. Cooney of Butte is in town.
Ed j. O'Neill is in the city from Deer
Lodge
Secondhand gents bicycle, $3.50.
Greig's.
w. f. Coleman of Deer Lodge is in
the city.
last evening.
T. c. Bachelor came down from
Butte yesterday.
Have your tin work and roofs done
by Young & Dezell.
Miles Cavanaugh of Helena is regis
tered at the Montana. es r-s.:
A prize given for the grand cake walk
at Degree of Honor ball May II.
Attorney j. NJ. Simpson will spend
Sunday at his home in Deer Lodge.
Miss Lizzie Campbell of Cripple
Creek, Colo, is visiting friends in Ana
Conda,
George Kruger returned yesterday
from a weeks visit to his Bitter Root
ranch.
The celebrated Anaconda bottled beer
for sale by the Copper City Commercial
company
Secondhand gents bicycle, SIS.
Greig's.
The famous Anaconda bottled beer
for sale by the Copper City Commercial
company.
Judge Napton left for Deer Lodge
last evening. He will return on Mon
day morning.
Follow the crowd to the Buffet; that
25-cent dinner keeps them all a guess
ing. A. Fortier.
For Rent-Large hall in Standard
building one night each week. Inquire
at Standard office.
tOn account of leaving town will sell
furniture of four-room house, elegant
cheap. Smith & Mahoney.
Fancy Kentucky blue grass, mixed
lawn and white clover for lawns at the
Martin Drug Co, III Main.
Secondhand gents bicycle, so.
Greig's
ball at Turner hall May 16. Tickets
81. Margaret theater orchestra.
The Sons of Hermann are going to
celebrate their third anniversary on
June IS at Turner hall, Anaconda.
Mrs. George Resch will leave Monday
for Scranton, Pa, to spend the sum
ner.
Oyando HOyt has sold to Robert G.
Dixon a parcel of land in Ovando, the
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But Senator Caffery of Louisiana Refused
to Take the Bait.


to Take the Bait.
From the Washington Times
Now that Senator Donelson Calf
ery's senatorial career is drawing to a
Close said the visitor from louisiana
''it can do no harm to relate a little in
cident in his life that occurred num-
Der of years ago, before he was elected
to the senate. He has no show to sue
coed himself at the expiration of the
present term on March 3. 1901, as he
killed himself politically in Louisiana
by joining the gOldbug democrats in
1896, but still the old man has the re-
spect of the people of his state. They
know that he is honest and sincere.
John A. Morris, the head of the great
Louisiana lottery. which John Wanna
maker finally killed when he became
postmaster general, called on Caffery
one day and rendered him the position
of superintendent of one of his i'm
| mense sugar plantations at salary of
| $4,000 a year.
But | know very little about sugar
| growing. said Mr.. Caffery.
| THAT is all right said Mr. Norris.
! 7 think you are just thu man I want,
and I am willing to pay you $4,000 a
year
"'Well, I will think it over said Mr..
| Caffery. The next day he wrote Mr.
Morris a letter. in which he said: Be
! fore accepting your offer of $4,000 a
year to manage the estate you men
| toned in our conversation recently,
| wish to first inquire whether YOU eX-
| pect to go before the legislature Of Lou
| isiana next winter and ask for re-
newal of the charter for the Louisi-
| ana state lottery. If so, I wish to say
that 7 shall oppose the granting of a
new charter to the lottery to the extent
| of my ability
l.,
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ANACONDA NEWS.
v. R. CONN IS BOUND OVER
He Will Have to Stand Trial in
the District Court.
STORY OF THE SHOOTING
Conn Is Placed on the Stand and
Testif1es-Did Not Want Wool
ford to Have the Drop
on Him.
STORY OF THE SHOOTING

Great interest was manifested yester
Conn, the man who is charged with the
murder of w. 3. Woolford at Helm
Vile on Wednesday morning. April g.
Conn was called to testify and he be-
gan to say how the affair had started.
He was quickly stopped in this by
County Attorney ]. H. Duffy, who told
him to state only what had occurred
when the shooting took place. Conn
testified that he went to the mills in
the morning and there found Wool
ford The latter was not satisfied with
some of their business affairs. They
had a few hot words together, when
Woolford said:
2"TlI go to my house and get my gun
and shoot you, you - - -.
Conn said that Woolford started to
walk away When he got about % feet
from him, Conn called him back and
told him to stop. Woolford turned half
way around, looked at Conn and then
turned as if to go to the house, at the
same time repeating the same remarks
quoted above. Con then told him: say,
Woolford. do you think l am going to
let you get the drop on me?' Wool
ford did not answer, and it is then that
the shooting began.
Many other witnesses were heard.
They testified as to the good reputation
which Conn bore in the community.
After the prosecution had concluded
its evidence the case was argued by
the attorneys and then Judge Roland
bound Conn over to the district court
for trial. His bail was placed at $4,000.
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Can the Alerts' Team Defeat the Regular
Anaconda Club?


Anaconda Club?
The cranks who maintain that there
is not enough baseball material in Ana
conda for a good team, would do well
to take a trip to Athletic park this
afternoon and witness the game which
will be played by the regular Anaconda
club and the Alerts. The lineup of the
former team has not yet ben decided
upon, but the fans can rest assured
that all of the old players will turn out
this afternoon. The game will be called
at O'Clock. Special cars have been
supplied for the baseball people, and as
the admission will be free large crowd
is expected.
The following will be the lineup of
the AIerts: B. Leonard, catcher; Nc
Hale, pitcher; F. Tucker, first base; M.
Grafton, second base; w. j. Foley,
third base; P. Shelley, short stop; A.
.Atchson, left field; F. Toomey, right
field; e. Nolan, center field.
King and Lynch will do the twirling
for the regulars. Following is the prob
able lineup: Storey, catcher; King,
Lynch, pitchers; Emerson, first base;
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Yard club and the Never SWeats. 1t
resulted in a victory for the latter team
by score of 80 to IS. The following
was the lineup:
Never Sweats-Arthur McLain. catch
er; G. Mcfarland. pitcher; j. Grant,
first base: e. Wiles, second base: j.
Morony, third base: NJ. Biron. short
stop; j. Thomas, left field; r. Thomas,
center field w. Morse. right field.
Brick Yard-F. Mcmillan. catcher; f.
DOherty, pitcher: n. Mertzy. first base:
]. Denison. second base: p. Duffy, third
base; B. Nolan, short stop: H. Miller,
left field: j. Marchion, center field; M.
Stafford, right field. ~S~ n
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WARM SPRINGS HOLD-UP
The Sheriff's Officers Arrest Five
Men on Suspicion.
LOOKS BAD FOR TWO MEN
Three of the Gang Re1eased-John Els
from Pleads Not Guilty-Erick Pc
terson Arrested in Butte.
Story of the HoldUp.

The officers of the sheriff's office
have once more demonstrated their
ability in the criminal line, and they
are again receiving the praise of the
citizens for their latest detection of
crime. This time it is in the Warm
Springs hold-up, which was committed
on the evening of April 81. 1t will be
remembered that on that evening at
about 10 o'clock an old lady, Mrs. Simp-
son, and her brother, Erick Robbery,
were held up by two masked men and
seriously beaten. The old couple were
known to possess money in the house.
but the following day after the hold-up
a search of the premises was made and
it was found that nothing had been
taken.
Deputy Sheriff Joe Daily was imme-
diately detailed on the case. He and
Deputy Sheriff Robinson worked night
and day on the case and their efforts
were rewarded by the arrest of five
men, Albert Strom, Henry Cardinal
Pete Peterson. John Elstrom and Erick
Peterson. The three first named We're
released. as they had only been arrested
to aid the officers in finding the guilty
parties. AS for Elstrom. he was ar
raigned yesterday afternoon before
Judge Frank Kennedy and he pleaded
not guilty. His bond was fixed at
$500.
The last person arrested in the affair
was Erick Peterson. He was caught
in Butte by Detective Murphy, who
had received instructions from the
sheriff's office in this city that the man
was wanted here on suspicion of being
one of the perpetrators of the Warm
Springs hold-up. Peterson was taken
into the city last evening and locked up
in the county jail.
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The following sheriff's deed of sale
under foreclosure was yesterday filed
for record in the office of the county
clerk and recorder:
John Conley to S. L. Conklin, the
northwest quarter of the southeast
quarter and the east half of the south
northeast quarter of the northwest
quarter of section No. s. Considera-
ton $3,660.S7.
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Money Market.

New York, May 6.--Money steady at 4
per cent. Sterling exchange steady at
$.S7A@4.s71a for demand and AS5A@
4S5la for 60 days. Silver certificates. 61A
m62Ac. Mexican dollars, 4Sc. State bonds
inactive, railroad bonds irregular, govern
ment bonds strong.
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To roughly examine your children's
eyes for astigmatism, cover one eye and
have them look at the face of a clock
at a distance of eight feet. If some of
the numbers on the clock dial appear
more distinct than others. astigmatism
is present. Accurately ground cylin-
drical lenses will correct the defect
Cassidy, optician, Montana hotel.