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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-27
SOME FIGURES ON THE IcEMAN
He Handles an Immense Amount of Con-
sealed Water Daily.

From the Philadelpnla RECORD.
How'd you like TO be the iceman?'
Snyder, the calculating barber, was ar
tistically executing a quickstep on the
razor strop when the above little ditty
foated in from the busy thoroughfare,
causing a smile of contempt to fit across
his features.
THAT simply makes me weary" he
remarked, as with a flourish he daubed
the patrons face. You hear that latest
acquisition in the way of slang phrases
repeated by men of every station, just as
if the iceman's lot was an earthly para
disc. AS a matter of fact the individual
who embarks on a career which involves
the marketing of CONCEALED moisture
doesn't have to run around searching
for his troubles. How many people do you
suppose ever think of the amount of
money that drips right out of the ice
mans hands when the sun beams down
on his heavily loaded wagon? Don't
amount to much, Ell? Well, you'll change
your opinion when l bring up a few fig
ures for your consideration.
Starting out with a ton of ice, I esti-
mate that melting alone causes a dead
loss of 100 pounds to the dealer. That
doesn't seem much, but when you calcu-
late that about 100 wagons day right
here in town lose that amount the figures
are amazing. One hundred thousand
pounds at, say. 1Oc per hundred, runs up
the tidy little sum of 800. Three hundred
and sixty-five times 500 gives us the
annual loss locally of s36, 500. Takes a lit
tie nerve, doesn't it, to be an iceman?
Then If during the summer these drip
pings could be collected l figure that
they'd supply all the hospitals in town
with icewater baths for sunstruck pa
tents. Frozen into solid lump. the en-
tire years drippings would make a cube
as big as a 1O-story office building Then
again, the waste when the cakes of ice
are cut is enormous. to say nothing of
what vanishes into the air when the ice
is whisked clean with a brush broom
But. without going into further details l
think you'll agree that the man who ped
dies ice has enough trouble TO worry him
into an early grave. Tonic?'
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-27
TOLD STORIES OF ANIMALS.
Whether the Rooster Rat Tale Was
Best Is Left to the Reader.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.


From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Speaking Of the fortunes of war fire.
quently turning upon the slightest in
cident," said the English officer, there
is good story current among our ma
vies of how gallant cock once saved
the day for them by sheer force of his
moral influence 1t was at the battle
of ST. Vincent, and this particular cock
formed a part of the live stock of the
Marlborough, a man-of-war that had
suffered so severely during the engage
ment that her captain was just on the
point of striking the flag. The vessel
was entirely dismantled and most of
the principal officers had been carried
below severely wounded. The crew,
left with practically no one to lead the
combat, We're fast becoming discour-
aged and sullen under the heavy fire of
the enemy which they We're less and
less able to return.
Just at this crisis a shot struck the
coop in which the fowls were confined,
leaving but a single survivor of its
feathered occupants. He, however.
proved to be a lordly creature, for no
sooner did he find himself at liberty
than he flew to the broken stump Of
the mainmast. where he took up posi-
ton of defiance, clapping his wings and
Growing Justify. cycling all the while the
wisdom. This proved too much for the
gravity of the hard pressed crew. They
broke into a good laugh, gave three
hearty cheers to the dashing chanticleer
and renewed fighting with a vigor that
eventually turned the tide of battle.
In the hour of triumph the valiant bird
was not forgotten, but received all the
homage due a victorious general and
was certainly for once at least cock of
the walk.
"One day not long ago" said a brick
manufacturer, "one of my workmen
saw three rats carrying a long straw
across the brickyard. 1t seemed such
an unusual sort of proceeding that he
stopped his work to watch them. Two
of the rats held the straw at opposite
ends, while the third supported the GEN.
ter. They were making straight for
the river which flowed by one side of
the yard When they arrived at the
bank they laid down the straw and took
a long drink; then they proceeded to
take up the straw again in the same
manner as before and returned by the
same way they had come.
This so interested the workman that
he determined to watch If they would
come again. And sure enough, at about
the same time the next day they ap-
peared, carrying the straw exactly as
before. Having provided himself with
a gun. he shot all three to see if posi-
bly, he might thereby solve the mys-
terry. He discovered that the rat in the
center was blind and therefore conclud-
ed that this was the animals kind of
method of leading their afflicted COM
rade to the water to drink
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-27
ETHICS FOR TYPEWRITER GIRLS
Religious journal Holds 1t Right for Her
to Help Her Employer Lie.

The New York Christian Advocate,
the Eastern organ of the Methodist
Episcopal church, has created a sensa-
tion in religious circles here by advice
it recently gave to an inquirer. Sup
pose" wrote the applicant for informa-
ton. that a young woman employed
as a stenographer had to write what
she knows TO be fat contradictions of
truth, what she knows is meant to de-
ceive and the object of the deception
is to take pecuniary advantage of 9TH
ers. Also that sometimes profane Ian
guage and language of questionable
character on other moral grounds is
dictated, should she write it or modest
ly decline to do SOP"
To this query the Advocate makes
answer:
We know an instance of a young
woman who declined to write profane
language and lost her situation in con-
sequence. We highly approve her
course. She may be a machine in a Ger
tain sense. but if she processes to be
Christian or a modest woman she
ought not to write anything which no
one having any respect for Christianity
or modesty would utter in the presence
of modest woman. But on the ques-
ton of fiat contradictions of truth in
the way of business statements, it is
quite possible that a stenographer may
be altogether too sensitive. How does
she know what view her employer may
take of what seems to be a fiat con-
tradiction of truth? Is he to explain
to her all his business affairs and make
known to her all elements involved in
every transaction in which profit and
loss are concerned. With regard to his
business dealings she is but a machine,
and her ears are not polluted by state
ments of fact or otherwise. Her mind
should be sufficiently under control not
to reason about anything that he die
tates, except to direct his attention to
verbal or other mistakes in compost
ton. But no Stenogra pher, male or fe-
male, should write things, which, pass
ing through their ears into their minds,
and to the machine through their fin
gers, could not but defile The stem
ographer need not make an issue. If
man happens to use profane language
let her furnish the copy without the
profane language. Then if an issue is
made it will be by the mans insisting
upon 1t, and if he does insist upon it
she will do we'll to take her departure,
trusting in the Power that maketh for
righteousness
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-27

That $1,000 meant a heap for me,
you understand, but / was so excited
that it was two hours before could do
any planning. The first thing was to
buy new suit of clothes, and / entered
a store ana picked them up. When I
exhibited that 81, 900 bill the clothier ran
to the door to call policeman. i got
away by a close squeeze, and then +
realized the situation. Tramp that I
was, l couldn't get it changed at a
bank nor use it to make me more COM
Portable. If it had been ten I
could have had lodgings and bed, but
I'm telling you that l walked the streets
as hungry as shark and slept at po-
lice stations and in lumber yards.
Under the circumstances the bill
might as well have been a piece of
brown paper. tried all sorts of lodges
to get it busted, but it was no go. Ev-
cry time 1 showed it I ran the risk Of
arrest. / offered a butcher $100 to get
it changed, but he refused to have any
thing to do with it. I'd have sold 1t for
half price and been glad to- but there
was no such thing as making a deal.
Finally. in despair, / went into one of
the newspaper offices and looked up the
advertisements for the week past The
loser had advertised and I went to his
office in big building and gave up the
bill. The reward was $50, but he
counted out $40 on top OF that and said:
I wouldn't have believed there was
such honesty in the world. You could
have kept the bill as well as not.
He took down my name and all that
and gave the affair away to the re-
porters. They wrote me up as the
honest tramp and had my picture in
the papers, but you may guess 1 didn't
enjoy it overmuch I had $50 in place of
$1,000, and as for my honesty, it was all
ash, iii L. L. 4
to, and though I'm hungry and dead
broke and don't know where to turn in
for the night, I'm not looking for any
more big finds. Something with a fig
ure q on the corner will just about
fit in my vest pocket
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-27
Hunting Offers With Hounds.
N the Chicago Chronicle,

From the Chicago Chronicle.
Now that the favorite sport in Great
Britain is the hunting of offers with
hounds, it is probable that an effort
will be made TO introduce it here. OF
course Chicago will be among the first
of American cities to adopt the for
eign sport. A gentleman who recently
visited Edmund Buckley, an ardent
sportsman residing in North Wales
says that his otter hounds have had
excellent sport throughout the season.
although the weather Vas been unset
tied. In fortnight Ley hunted down
and killed six offers. The run began at
Z a. M, near Llangedwyn, and cont nu-
ed without intermission until nearly 4
o'clock in the afternoon, when the otter
was left in a deep pool on the Tanat.
Another day the hounds met in splen-
did weather at the village of Llansain-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-27
DID NOT BOAST HIS HONESTY.
Confession of the Tramp Who Found a
1000 Bill and Restored 1t.

From the Boston Herald.
I've slept under a shed with the ther-
mometer way below zero" said the
tramp, and I've gone two long days
with nothing to eat, but I'm telling you
straight that when l once had $1,000 in
my pocket ] was worse off than at any
other time I can remember. I had just
been let out of the brdewell in Chicago
and was begging on the streets and be-
ing turned down on every hand, when
I picked up $1,000 bill on the sidewalk.
l thought it was 81, and you bet made
a hustle to get down a side street.
When / lodged into a doorway and
made out that l was $1,000 ahead of the
game the sweat started from every
pore and my knees knocked together.
was regularly seasick for ten minutes,
and my heart thumped away until ]
thought it would break out.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-27
He THREW MOTHS VICTOR
Hall Adali Gets the Best of Jack
O'Neil.
IN A BOUT AT SEATTLE
He Did the Trick With Ease-Floored
O'Neil Three Times in Thirty-Two
Minutes-Has Skill as Well
as Strength.

Hall Adai, the powerful representa-
tive of the sultan of Turkey, who threw
Moth in this city with so much ease,
has recently thrown one Of Moths vic
tors, Jack O'Neil. O'Neil halls from
Kalispell and he went to Seattle, where
he engaged to defend himself for 60
minutes against the Turk. who prom
Used to drop him three times in that
time. He did the trick in 321s minutes
and the Post-Intelligencer tells about it
as follows:
When Hall Adali, the conqueror of
the late great wrestler, Yousouf, curls
his powerful hand and forearm around
mans neck he is doomed. Skillful
and strong as Jack O'Neil of Kalispell
is, he was pigmy in the hands of
Adali at the jefferson street theater last
night.
The sultan's lion agreed to throw
O'Neil three times in so minutes. catch
as-catch-can. 1t took him nearly 32A
minutes to accomplish the task, and
during nine-tenths of the time O'Neil
was doing his best to keep out of the
way of the big paws which reached out
TO grasp him. The last fall occupied
two and half minutes. Adali charged
at ONeil like a steer turned loose on
the water front. He cornered him and,
throwing one big arm around his neck
doWned him on the mat. O'Neil wig
gled in the grip of iron, but he was like
baby. At leisure Adali turned him
over. The first fall was won by Adai
in nine minutes on a rush followed by
half Nelson. In the second he used a
strangle hold, winning at the end of
I512 minutes.
Some idea of the Turks strength
may be obtained from the fact that
O'Neil had no trouble in winning from
Charles Moth, who is considered a
great wrestler despite his bad reputa-
ton, yet he stood no more show with
Adali than boy would with O'Nel.
"Adali stalks about the ring, follow
ing his victim like a big grizzly bear.
O'Neil is big and powerful fellow, but
he appeared a dwarf in comparison to
his antagonist. O'Neil says that if one
doubts the Turks strength just let him
take a slap on the neck.
"Adali would drop down on the mat
and let O'Neil take any lock he wanted.
and break them all with consummate
ease. Adali can shove his shoulders
forward and pull back his head so that
there is no chance to get half hold or
double Nelson. He is six feet two
inches tall and weighs, according to his
statement, 225 pounds. He probably
weighs nearer $50 He is finely proper
toned, except his middle body. He
likes good food and plenty of it. "
1T is not to be supposed that Adali
depends entirely on his strength. He is
as quick as cat and knows every trick
of the trade. 1t is not surprising that
all of the big wrestlers run away from
his grip.
He stands about as much chance of
being thrown by the wrestlers seen in
this part of the country as the Bailey
block does of being toppled over by
messenger boy"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-27

tffraid to hunt up the River Cain. and
found an otter at once which defied all
efforts to capture it for nearly two
hours. though it was seen frequently.
Sometimes it was in the water, at other
times on land, and the finish was ex
citing. 1t ran on land for a long dis
lance, pursued by several hounds, who
passed it, so that it sprang back into
the river, but, unfortunately for itself.
among the hounds also. He fought
tiercely, for the otter is exceedingly
tenacious of life, but he fought in vain.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-27

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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-27
Train Service Elks' Picnic to Deer Lodge,
Sunday, Aug. 27th.

Leave Butte, Montana Union depot
$50 a. m, 1890 a. m. and / p. m.
Leave Deer Lodge on return trip
): 30 p. m, SIS p. m. and $50 p. m.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-17
This Famous Big Show to Exhibit in
Birmingham Early in November

Ringing Brothers circus Is coming back
to Birmingham Monday, November 6. To
all who thoroughly enjoy a high class cir
Gus performance this will be exceptionally
pleasing news. Ringing Bros big show
exhibited in Birmingham three years ago
and no one who saw it at that time need
be reminded of the excellence of the exhi-
bition. The show was in fact revelation.
Other circuses had exhibited here-many
of them large and of a national reputation
but the Ringing show easily took first
place in the regard of the local public.
The comprehensive character of the dis
play, the number of absolutely new fea-
lures, the great army of performers, the
beauty of the horses, the cleanliness of
the paraphernalia and the honest methods
of the show were all causes for comment
and even surprise. 1t may be said of the
show that it came to Birmingham a
stranger, and went away with the regard
and admiration of hundreds of loyal
friends. Since that time, it is announced,
the show has expanded to a considerable
degree. AT that time forty-two cars were
sufficient to transport the show from city
to city; now over sixty double-length cars
are utilized. This Is by all odds the great
est number of cars used by any circus in
the United States. Ringing Bros is not
altogether a new show. 1t has been before
the public a number of years, but it's man.
ayers have the happy faculty of giving 1t
an appearance of newness year after year.
The wagons cages and tableaux are al
ways new and bright. while every season
sees new and novel attractions added to
the exhibition. This year there are twenty
five trained elephants, a great horse act In
which sixty-one horses perform together
at one time in one ring, beautiful pa
triotic military spectacle, and many other
unique and interesting displays. Already
there is great interest in the coming of the
big Ringing show.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-17
Murphy & company's Cotton Lett,

By Private Wire to Paine, Murphy & Co.
New York, October 1.-THE Liverpool cot
ton market was somewhat of a surprise this
morning to the bull crowd. Futures there
opened and closed ~ to points lower than
on Saturday. Spots were steady at UNI
changed prices, 1922, with sales of 1900
bales. January contracts opened here 2
points lower at 697 and advanced to Z cents
after which there was considerable realiz-
ing and prices slumped off to 6.93. There
was some buying by the south and January
rallied to 6.96 again. The port movement
continues to run very light, the movement
today being only $4,000 bales against SO, 900
for the same date last year. Houston re-
ceived 1000 against $4,000. The estimate at
Houston tomorrow Is 10000. Spots ruled
steady, IA.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-17
FREE STREET FAIR

Tuscaloosa, Ala, October %, 26 and 27-Re-
duced Rates Via A. G. S. Railroad.
on account OF the Free Street Fair Tusca-
loosa Ala, October 25, 26 and q, the Ala
hama Great Southern railroad will sell
tickets from points on its line between Biz
mingham and Meridian to Tuscaloosa. Ala.
and return at rate of one fare for the round
trip Tickets will be sold October 25 to 27
inclusive, limited to return until Octo-
Der rs.
For further information call on Alabama
Great Southern railroad ticket agent.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-17
Eailv Statement

Galveston-Quiet; rliJdling, Lice: sales
% bales; receiuts, 1881 bales; stock, leo,
S42 bales.
Mobile-Nominal middling, 6s4c; sales,
200 bales; receipts, 2,I56 bales; stock 2S,1SO
bales
Savannah-Quiet; midding, 624c; sales,
bales; receipts, 1904 bales; stock, 90, 49l
bales.
Charleston-Quiet; middling csc asked;
receipts, 1867 bales; stock, 81 $40 bales.
Wflmington-Firm; middling, 7isc; re-
ceipts 2,056 bales; stock 1927 bales
Norfok-Quiet; mddling, 1-16c; sales.
SS7 bales; receipts, 2.565 bales; stock, 27.s4S
bales.
Bahimore-Nominal; midding. 7asc; re-
ceipts, 81 bales; stock, L, $50 bales
Boston-H1oliday.
niiadelphia-Qniet; mfddling. 7lkc; re-
celpts, 112 bales; stock, $50 bales.
st. Louis-Steady; middllng, Z Lice: sales.
10 Obales; receipts, 4,40S bales; stock, u,7S5
bales.
Memphis-Steady; middling, &c; receipts.
12Sso bales; sales, 1000 bales; shipments
o,2Si bales; Stock 103,35S bales.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-17
ROOMS WANTED.

Parties having rooms, with
or without board, to rent in
the city will please write, CIV
ing location and number of
beds and price for same. Also
parties living at East Lake,
Woodlawn, Avondale, West
End, Elyton, North Birming-
ham, and in fact all suburban
towns will do likewise. Ad-
dress Information Bureau
State Fair" Birmingham, Ala.
A delicious, satisfying smoke,
a Texie Cigar.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-17
Liverpool Cotton Market

Liverpool, October 16.-Spot increased do
mand; prices favor buyers; American mid
ding, 29-32d. The sales of the day were
1900 of which 10000 were for speculation
and export and included II 500 American
Receipts $4,000 including 1920 American.
Futures opened easy and quiet, but closed
steady at the decline. American middling
L. M. c: October, 3.53s; October N november.
3.52s; Novem ber- December. 351s: December
January, 350s; January-Fe February, Feb
ruary-March, March-April, 3.490I3 sos; April
May, 3.4943.50b; MayJune, 3.50s; June-July
S.50b; July-August, 3.5Ob; August-Septem-
Der. $40 bid.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-17
DrvGoods

New York, October ia further upward
movement in leading makes of blea ched cot
tons is the chief feature today. The de-
mand has been good; brown sheetings and
drills also in better demand than supply.
Four yard sheetings occasionally advanced
&c; no change in wide sheetings; cotton
fiannels, blankets and coarse colored goods
unchanged. Prints in average request; sta
pie lines very fern. Gnghams strong; print
cloths quiet and against buyers. ban
New York Cotton Futures
The following was the range of cotton
futures in New York yesterday: In.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-17

NEW SCHEDULE TO JACKSONVILLE
The new schedule in effect via the Gen.
trail of Georgia Railway makes close con-
nection at Macon with the Dixie Flyer for
Jacksonville, giving first-class sleeping car
service and fast time. Scion Jacobs, Com.
mercial Agent, 2Ols First Avenue.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-17
Talbot & Palmer,
Commission Brokers.
NO. II N. TWENTIETH ST. TELEPHONE 5s4
Cotton, Stocks, Grain :.
and Provisions. 80.
Direct private wires to New York,
Chicago and New Orleans.

s. .S0d$7 common to medium, 81 5O@$5 75
stoekers and feeders, 81. 5Od$4 so; cows and
bulls, $2a$4.30; range steers, $500 s. 10;
Texans, So. 50a$4.15; calves, $46$7.10 The
supply of hogs exceeded the demand and
prices declined fully &c. Fair to prime lots,
III .22l2qA.50; heavy packers, s.. S5d% 20;
mixed $4.20ds4.55; butchers, 81. 25aSi. 60,
common to good light weights, 81. 20@S4 .60
pigs. So. 1884. 35 There was a fair and ac-
tive demand for sheep and prices ruled
steady for good fioeks, but weak for feed
ers
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-17
Chicago JhanVe

Chicago, October 16.-Liquidation encour-
aged by heavy addition to the visible sup
ply, favorable crop reports and an abund-
ance of bearish statistics, including enor-
nous worlds shipments, weakened wheat
today. December closed with loss of 1a@
sc Corn declined u and oats closed
shade lower. Pork lost 10@121ec; lard 71h@
lOc, and ribs 71kc