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The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-21

~HE European crusade against
American products, both raw
and manufactured, which finds
rabid leaders in the German agrarians
and earnest supporters in every capital
of the continent, is simply another form
of war and one which entails as much
suffering and economic loss as its more
sanguinary predecessor.
1t is not difficult to understand the
position of European statesmen, land
owners and manufacturers in their
fight against the United States. Fol-
lowing old, conservative methods, with
a body of workmen inferior in muscu-
lar and mental power, they are in no
condition to compete with the young
and vigorous nation which has arisen
across the Atlantic.
In every field of enterprise they have
fallen behind in the race and are con-
stantly losing ground. They are pay
ing the penalty of centuries of misgov-
ernment and oppression and must reap
what they have sown. The proposal to
shut American products out of Euro
presented by the Austrian premier,
would be no remedy, hardly palliative.
1t Is simply one of those schemes to
increase prosperity by taxation which
would benefit land owners and manu-
| facturers and throw an increased bur-
den on labor and the consumer.
The great handicap under which
every European country suffers is the
military esta blishments which sap the
| life of the nation. Think of the i'm
mense body of loafers whom the workers
| of Germany, France. Italy, Austria AMI
| Russia have to support: millions of men
taken from the ranks Of productive en-
terprise and clothed and fed out of
the crippled industry of their country.
| 1t is indeed no wonder that when this
| immense burden is taken into consider
alton that Europe should lag behind
in the race for markets in competition
with the practically unfettered giant OF
the new world.
The United States is essentially an
industrial type of society. Its freedom
from the burdens of the militant type
has been one of the great factors in the
marvellous progress of the nation, and
if it follows the same path to the end
the narrow trail cut out by the fathers
of the republic, the industrial empire OF
the world is its destiny. But, if now, al
the parting of the ways, It chooses the
career of military aggression and con-
quest, upon which Mckinley has start
ed, the United States will be forced tc
pay the same penalty that the logic oi
economies is forcing from the nations
of Europe.
1t is for the people to say whether the
| United States shall be a democracy oi
| labor or a military empire.
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and operates the Covington and Inde-
pendence turnpike. which is one of the
busiest highways in kentucky.
Mrs. Joseph M. ChOate, wife of the
American ambassador to England. is a
believer in. the higher education of wo>
men, and since her arrival abroad has
made a careful study of the methods pur-
sued at Girton and Newnham.
Only two women are left to draw PEN
sions on account of the revolutionary
war. There were three of them until a
few days ago, the widows of continental
soldiers, but their number was decreased
by the death of Mrs. ->ancy Jones OF
Jonesboro, Tenn. She was % years old.
Mrs. William b. Lowe. president of the
National Federation of Women's clubs,
has sailed for Europe to make the pre-
1minary arrangements for an exhibit by
the women's clubs of America at the Par
is exposition. Space has already been
engaged for the reception rooms and for
the exhibit the American women will
make.
The effects of overindulgence In hard
liquor are many and diversified. but the
limit seems to have been reached in the
case of Anton Weisburger of New York.
He IL butcher, but when he is fuddled
he imagines he is a politician and a can
didate for the assembly. To boom him
his wife declares he spends at least $l5 a
day in this way.
Frank wilson, who before he went to
the war was an Illicit distiller in the
wilds of Georgia. was arrested for the Of
fense after he returned from serving his
country. but when he presented an hon.
orable discharge to the judge before
whom he was arraigned he was released.
He promised he would not again try to
Haf o. ynry,y, ant for ha nrp a
ton of which he had so recently fought.
A member of the Heine family in COM
menting on the unveiling of the Hene
monument in New York in the Frank
furter Zeitung. declares that there can
be no nephew of the poet in America. as
was alleged to be the case. Heine had
two brothers and one sister. One of the
brothers had no children. The other had
three. of whom only one survives-Baron
Max Heine. The sister has one SON
Baron Embden.
The Duchess 'Uzes. who automobiles
and does other striking things in Paris,
has won verdict in her suit against the
Steele for publishing faxed or com
posed photograph showing her in a
group with people whom she does not like
and publishing Hereunder some remarks
that were not pleasing or polite. The
court DEGREES that the Steele shall pay
5000 francs in damages and also pay for
the publication of the verdict in 10 papers.
The newspaper will appeal.
John Burns. the great English labor
leader and member of parliament. in a
recent speech administered the following
iagellation to the newly acquired British
subject, William Waldorf Astor: IT can
tolerate a decent duke or a militant mar
quis. whose power is often tempered by
tradition, and whose caste feeling is quail
ifed by service to the community; but
the migratory money bag, a patriot only
when his property is threaten "A citizen
only when his comfort is encroached upon
he is too mean even to be tarred and
feathered."
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-21

~ EASTERN newspaper supporters
Of the administration for the
last few months have been fer
tile in suggestions relative TO the fu-
ture of Cuba. They begin by express
ing grave doubts that Cuba is fit to
govern itself or in fact will ever be able
TO. They point to the large proportion
of negroes on the island and to the large
majority of initerateS as returned by
the last Spanish census. They then
SlOomily predict that "a Cuban republic
of a necessity would be another Hayti
with all it's eXcesses and eXtravagances.
Annexation TO the United States is pro-
nounced logical and ultimately newt
able and it is regretted that the guar
antee by congress of the independence
of Cuba should block the way to such
a happy cOnsummatiOn.
1t is assumed by the prOpOsers of the
new tail to the imperialistiC kite that a
majority of the natives of Cuba want
annexation and that if given an oppOr-
tunity they would vote for it. And it is
further hinted that affairs are so ar
ranging themselves that either anneXa
tiou OF an unlimited protectorate simi-
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-21
HAVE BUGS ON THEIR COLLARS.
Fashionable Men Now Wearing Queer
Devices on Their Neckwear.

When somebody starts a new idea in
wearing apparel or any other matter
which interests humanity, the idea is
seized upon with avidity. This is es-
pecially true of man, for the only
changes he can encompass are with
reference to the cut Of coat or trousers.
He must appear in a suit of sables in
the evening with the same robbery of
the skirts of the coat which marked
the dawn of 1872. So when anything
new does come up it is apt to receive
fervent hail.
When the much -touted kissing bug
came before the lime lights some man
became possessed of an idea. That idea
consisted of drawing an outline sketch
of some bug or beetle upon the white
collars of mankind Bugs of the most
horrible and fear-inspiring appearance
We're drawn, with forceps-like beaks,
apparently casually lingering on the
collar with intent to sample the life
fluid Of the wearer.
The great advantage this device pos
sessed was that it inspired the friends
of the wearer to make vain efforts to
remove the bug. First the rescuer
would make wild waves of his hands
with view of soaring the bug. But
this failing, he would make a frantic
grab and encounter merely the glossy
stiffness of the collar. Then he would
set up the drinks. The device is being
worn to a considerable extent, but it's
efficacy in reducing thirst is on the
Wane.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-21

~ HE value of irrigation has never
had better illustration in Mon
tana than WAS given Il this

~ HE value of irrigation has never
had better illustration in Mon
tana than was given it this
summer. In various valleys of the
state the primitive system of luck and
chance and the scientific method of in
suring constant water supply nave
been tried side by side. During several
weeks of rainless weather. promising
crops on unirrigated ground withared
in the hot sun beyond the reach of re-
cent rains to do them any good. In the
same valleys where irrigation was used
splendid crops are reported. 1t is
chance VS.. a certainty.
The interest the West takes in the
question of irrigation increases with
every year, and its Importance as a fac
tor in the development of this vast
country secures greater recognition.
Years of study and investigation seem
to leave no doubt that there are mill
ions of acres which can be redeemed to
cultivation and made productive. There
are vast tracts which need only the
magic touch of water to become gar
dens.
Montana has the deepest kind of an
interest in these questions. Miles after
miles of fertile bench lands are ready
to return a bounteous harvest and sup
port large population The future of
the state, with all its magnificent re-
sources. is bound up, in its complete de-
velopment, with the problem of irriga-
ton. 1t means as much. if not more.
to Montana than to any other section
of the West. The water Is here in
abundance, and immense spring floods
sufficient for thousands of acres, go to
waste every year.
Next month the national irrigation
congress meets at Missoula. and men
who have made irrigation life long
study will give these questions thor
ough discussion and bring the problem
to the attention of the people of the
state as never before. These men will
be given a royal welcome, and will have
a chance to see the beginning of a sys-
tenn of irrigation which will eventually
cover the state. Only good can come
from the discussions of the Missoula
convention.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-21
ANACONDA NEWS
TALK OF TELEGRAPHERS.
Some of the Odd Expressions Heard
Among the Operators.

Some of the Odd Expressions Heard
Among the Operators.
What's the is, anyhow" is COM
mon question when telegraph operators
are conversing, and the uninitiated lis
tener wonders what the questioner is
driving at.
"Oh, Jim, Jack sends his 49," is a
remark you will hear now and again,
as an operator looks up from his key,
after talking with distant co-laborer
on the wire, to give a message to
mutual friend.
Just got 95,'' remarks a press tele-
graph operator to the telegraph edi-
tor. and the wonder of the uninitiated
one grows
These telegraph opera tors seem to
delight in talking code in their ordin-
ary conversat tion and are greatly tick
led when they manage to drive a poor
outsider frantic in his efforts to un-
derstand what they are saying.
Most people have learned what 30
means for newspapers and telegraph
ers have made it a stock phrase. When
an operator receives the figures 80 on
the wire he is informed by them that
there Is nothing more coming: that all
is over. Thus. when one Office has been
sending mass of messages to another
and has nothing more to send, it tele-
graphs 30 to so indicate. and. at night,
ed press has been completed, the man.
ager Of the district central office sig
nails 80 to all offices on the circuit
The signal has crept into common
conversation among telegraphers. If
an operator is discharged the comment
in the office will be Poor got
80"
When 95 is sent on press wire II
signifies ''very important" meaning
that a matter of news of unusual inn
portance is to be sent and that other
matters will be curtailed to make
room for it.
Eighteen in telegraphese means
Whats the natter" while the little
figure asks "Where?"
When an operator taps out 73 to a
friend on the wire he means Accept
my compliments"
The opposite of this friendly remark
is the sending of the three letters,
9th" Although unspaced, they are
understood to be the initial letters of
a very impolite message in which the
sender tells the receiver to get him to
the domain of his Satanic majesty.
Long suffering operators, when their
patience is tried beyond endurance.
have been known to send these initial
letters to a too exacting superior at
the other end of the wire. Usually the
sender gets 80 Immediately after.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-21
MONDAY, AUGUST q, 1899.
TEN PAGES.
Canada'S Little Bluff.

~THE most amusing feature of the
4 Alaskan boundary dispute is
+ the poorly veiled threat of war
onade by Sir Charles Tupper and Pre-
nier Laurier. The affair is serious
enough and tangled sufficiently to suit
the most fastidious diplomat, but when
little Canada puts on her war paint
and shouts, arbitration or war" she
carried her bluff too far and makes her
self ridiculous in the eyes of the world.
The bluff is 100 transparent to deceive
even the most credulous
In the first place. no sane nation
would waste human lives in a fight for
an insignificant slice of the frozen
North. In the second place, Canada
could not make war if she wanted to.
1t would be England who would have
TO pick up the gage of battle, and Eng
land has no time to indulge in such
folly by which she would ALLEVIATE the
one great power in the world she needs
for friend.
The raucous mutterings of the gen.
tleman across the border are evidently
intended for home consumption. and
their influence on votes. That is the
most charitable view to take of the
situation; otherwise. the brave, brag-
gart words of these Canadian states
men are meaningless. 1t is much as if
Arizona was talking of declaring war
on Mexico.
Laurier's position is far from a pleas
ant one. He came into office pledged
practically to clear up the various ques-
stions in dispute between the United
States and Canada and to bring about
mutual tariff concessions that would
1ncrease trade and strengthen the
bonds of friendship between the two
countries. He has been at this little
problem even since he assumed office.
and he has accomplished practically
nothing. In fact, relations between
them are in a far worse state than be-
fore. The high joint commission, of
which so much was predicted, ran on to
series of snags which ruined its use
fulness and has perhaps wrecked it.
The Alaskan boundary quarrel was the
key to the whole situation, and an in
ability to be reasonable, or rather a
desire to play the hog, a scheme to
claim everything in sight and to be
content with what could be stolen, was
fatal to Canadian diplomacy.
There will be no war. that is all
tommyrot-too ridiculous for serious
consideration. But what will occur, as
the result of Canadian unrea soma bleness
and obstinacy, is that irritating, retalia-
tory laws, as had been the case in Brit
ish Columbia and Ontario, will be pass
ed probably by both peoples, producing
increasing bitterness between two
neighboring countries who should be
close friends and checking the free
flow of commerce over the imag aginary
line which separates them Whatever
may be the result, Canada has herself
TO blame.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-21
About Men and Things.

The number of penniless men in the
Klondike is placed at 5000.
The elephant has 10000 muscles in his
trunk alone, while man has only 577
in his entire body.
Austria is the country most lenient to
murderers. In ten years over 800 per-
sons were found guilty of murder, of
whom only % were put to death.
German locomotive factories num-
ber Is and have capacity of 1,40O loco
motives per year. part OF which output
is exported. 1t is said that no Ameri-
can locomotives have yet been intro
duced into Germany.
The consumption of rubber in the
United States has attained enormous
creasing In 1896 we used $4,000, O0G
pounds, in 1897 over 100000 and in
1898 A, 256, 026.
1t is the opinion of a German oculiSt
that the use of ordinary states by
school children tends to produce short
sightedness. AS a substitute he rec
ommends pen and ink, or an artificial
white slate with black pencil. The lat
ter have been introduced in some of
the German schools.
There were $500 suicides in this coun-
try during the last year, compared with
$500 during the previous year. At the
same time there was a falling off OF
nearly 80 per cent. in the number OF
reported embezzlements.
An enormous quantity of old iron in
the shape of anchors, chains, etc, is
annually rescued from the sea. During
one period of l. months as much as 12t
tons weight were dredged up on the
coast of England alone.
Cuba and Porto Rico used to buy an
nually s5,00OOOO worth of shoes OF
Spanish manufacture, and ciumsS
article they were, A much better grade
of American shoes is selling in the isl,
and now for 80 per cent. less.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-21

park commission of some large city.
True to their instincts, they eackled
like geese when the automobile made
it's appearance and forbid it the privi-
leges of the parks. New York, Chicago,
Philadelphia and Boston took up the
fight and after tiresome hearings, ar
courts, PROCESS won its case, as 1t
should. As with the bicycle. so with
the automobile, the indications are that
it has come to stay.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-21

1t is estimated that one crow will de-
stroy 100000 insects every year.
More than 5000 persons are buried annu-
ally in the paupers' cemetery of Ber-
lin.
In the South within, the last five months
$l7,OO0.O00 of new capital has been in
vested in cotton mills.
There are now published in Paris 25Si
periodicals. nearly 100 more than were is
sued at the corresponding date last year.
The most costly parliament in Europe is
that of France. The senate and chamber
of deputies eat up annually s5o0,ooO.
There are sS silk plants in PENNSYLVANIA,
and the output of six ribbon in the state
has been doubled in three years.
During the fiscal year of 1878 the
United States sold $2s, 900 worth of type
writer's in Mexico and SIS. 900 worth in
Argentine.
1t is estimated that at the beginning of
the new century England will have 81. 600
OOO, 900 tons of coal still unused and avail
able.
The average weekly wages of the men
employed in the cotton mills of Maine
are s7.sS of the women so and of the
children $2.73
Kamchatka may soon become as popu-
lar a resort as the klondike, as gold has
been discovered there in promising guam
titles.
There are 1.170 paper and pulp mills in
the United States, producing annually a
million tons of paper and more than GOO, 600
tons of pulp.
A German army offices estimates that
in the century just closing no less than
30, 900, 600 men have been killed in war in
civilized countries.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-21
THOUGHTS OF A HOT DAY.

have read about old Dante and the
journey which he took
To write the words that fill in for our
parlor picture-book:
And it's many a time I've wondered
how 1t was he ever missed
The fiercest NEST emphatic style of
torture in the list.
I have scanned those Illustrations, and
l see nobody there
With the latest cut of clothing and a
look of wild despair,
Compelled by imps who stand around,
IMPLYING and alert,
To wear a stand-up collar and hard
boiled shirt.
There is nothing more intense in the re-
finement of distress
Than to take man when weatherS
at 100. more or less,
And starch him stiff and proper and
then turn him down the street,
To share the grim discomfort of the
other men he'll meet.
And each will smile, no matter how his
garb may rasp and cling;
Their grief knows not the comfort
which companionship might bring.
You must keep namely jolly and pre-
tend it doesn't hurt
When you wear a stand-up collar and
hard-boiled shirt.
Is it possible the ruler of that realm
depicted there.
In the book which makes you shudder
as you handle it with care
Is, way down deep within his heart, a
sympathetic elf,
Far more conSlderate of man than man
is of himself?
There are costumes light and airy as
you glance the pages through.
And perhaps it is high time to let the
devil have his due.
He'll ne'er compelled a mortal who his
fate could not avert
To wear a stand-up collar and a hard
boiled shirt.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-21
TAKEN TO PHlLlPSBURG.
Remains of Patrick Nc Mahon Removed
There for Burial.

The remains of Patrick Mcmahon
second victim of Fridays explosion in
the lime stone quarry, who died at 1920
o'clock yesterday morning. were re-
moved yesterday to Philipsburg by the
brothers of the deceased for interment.
All McMahon's relatives in this part of
the country live in Philpsburg.
At $3.50 a. M to-day the coroner's jury
will resume it's sessions. and will look
further into the cause of the explosion
Originally called to investigate the
death of James Mccullough the investi-
cation of the death of Patrick McMah-
on will be added to it's duties
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-21
WhiskeY Again NaNigRbIe.

From the Denver Post.
Seattle paper says that whiskey is
now selling at s35 a gallon in the Klon-
dixie From this we infer that the back
bone of winter has been broken up there
and the stuff can again be measured in
LIQUID form.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-21

Although it may set all the republi-
can papers to barking again, the
Standard desires to repeat that there
are no better war governors in the bus
mess than Robert B. Smith.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-21
Amazing speed of the otter.

The speed of an otter under water is
amazing. Fish have no chance against
them. In some places in India otters
are kept by the natives to fish for them.
They are tied up to stakes like dogs
when not working, wear plated collars
and seem happy.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-21
A Village of Graves.

A few miles from Ningpang-po, town
of northern China, is a large village com
posed Of graves 1t is deserted burial
ground, which has been taken advantage
of by a clan of beggars and thieves
who eat, sleep and make merry in their
grewsome surroundings. There are sew
eral similar towns in the celestial en-
pirp
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-21
Redeeming Features.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Onr British cousins think Mr.. Choates
face resembles "Napoleon's after Water
loo" They seem to have better opinion
of the rest of him, however.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-21
Current Comment.
Which Is switch ?

From the Providence Journal
1t is uncertain whether the brief an
nouncement of the formation of a
'switch trust" is mainly of interest to
railroad men, small boys or women to
whom nature has not been wholly kind.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-21
When DUTY Calls. Etc.

From the Chicago Times Herald.
A naval court-martial has just decided
that a man may make love while on
duty. This would be an important con-
cession to the tar if he were not gener-
ally on duty in some place to which wo-
man cannot penetrate.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-21
Still on the Run,

From the Chicago Record.
Although he has become a British sub
iect. Mr.. Astor remains a leading char
acteristic of an American citizen. He
wants to run for office.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-21
Mostly Beer Mug.

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
President Kruger is the happy possessor
of such an ugly mug that the newspapers
find it impossible to caricature him.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-21

All general business letters and CORE
spondence should be addressed to thu
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY
Anaconda, Mont.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-21

New York C-ce-4s Tribune Building.
Chicago Office-469 The Rookery.
The S. c. Beckwith Special Agency
Eastern Representatives
Washington Bureau-1,4 AS G St. N. W.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-21
Personal Paragraphs.

Ina Daisy Cook is the name of a new
postmistress in Oklahoma.
DR.. Kate Perry Cain of Covington, Ky,
is called 1.-THE turnpike queen" She owns
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-21
Gems of Thought.

From the Washington Post.
Mr.. Zangwil is with us again, and pre-
pared to exchange epigrams for ducats.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-21

There is growing demand upon
President Mckinley for the publication
of the secret dossier in the Captain
Carter case.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-21

What the French army needs more
than anything else is several first-class
designations. The French army could
stand a lot of Hobartizing to advant-
age.