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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-01

they are settled for visit of several
weeks.
Mrs. Earle. assisted by her daughters,
Misses Edith and Mabel Earle, enter
tanned the members of her Bible class
at her pretty home on College hill
Tuesday evening last. Those making
up the party were Miss Robinson Miss
Irene Robinson, Miss Huntoon, Miss
Searcy, Miss Garrett, Miss McQuesten
and Miss Wiles.
A. p. Hoss is expected to arrive in
Deer Lodge to-day from a visit OF two
weeks to the home of his father, Dr.
Matson, near st. Louis.
The Hon l.. C. Parker and family of
Garnet. Granite county. are guests In
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Walton
on South d. street.
Mrs. c. P. Chapman is home from
visit of several days in the home of
Mr. and Mrs A. d. Peck in Anaconda,
Mrs. Barbara O'Neill will leave in a
few days for Los Angeles, where she
will spend the remainder of the Win
ter. The lady will be accompanied on
her journey by her little granddaugh-
ter. Dovie Bowden.
VIII e. Coleman spent Monday and
Tuesday in Anaconda a guest Of his
brother Lew Coleman of the Copper
City company.
Miss Irene McQuesten, who is spend
ing the winter with her father at his
mines near Bearmouth, was In Deer
| Lodge during this week a guest OF her
! sister, Miss Florence MeQuesten.
The Alyalea Literary club spent
| very pleasant afternoon with Miss 0W-
ings at her home on South Main street
| last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ Boardman will
| depart in a few days for New York,
! where they will spend several weeks IN
| sightseeing, afterwards visiting reia-
7 Pol T1yglG1
and in Illinois. Their absence from
| Deer Lodge will extend over a PERIOD
/ of three months.
DR.. Peter Mussigbrod of Warm
| Springs was in Deer Lodge Monday
| last on business connected with his
/ mining interests of the Emery district.
| ALE Whitworth has returned from a
| hurried journey to St. Louis. accom-
panied by his wife, who has been suf-
/ fering poor health for several months
/ past and was under care of a specialist
| in the Missouri metropolis. Mrs. Whit
worth has completely recovered, much
| to the qualification of her many Mon
/ tana friends.
Miss Marie Reed of the counting room
of the e. l.. Bonner company spent
| Christmas with relatives and friends IN
| Butte.
Miss Oleta Hensley has returned to
| her home in Butte after pleasant WISE
! Oh Two weeks III lHe ltoitleS u ~fseNs anu
Mrs, S. V. Tabor and MIR. and Mrs. N.
j, Bielenberg.
James Ferris, We'll known in the min
! ing world of Washington guleh and
vicinity. accompanied by his wife and
| daughter, We're domiciled at the Scott
| hotel last Wednesday and Thursday,
Mrs. Melville McGhee has been con-
fined to her bed a greater part Of the
past week from an attack of illness hor-
| der1ng on Ia grippe.
Miss Maude Briggs of this city will
teach the district school at Emery dur
ing the coming term. her duties begin
ming early next month
Peter Walton was business visitor
to Butte Tuesday and Wednesday last.
Judge Powell has taken 6ftice rooms
in the jail building and hencefofth law
breakers will find it but step from
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-01
In Deer Lodge.

Deer Lodge. Dec. 31.-The Christmas
season just passing has been more gem
orally and deliberately observed in
feasting and good cheer in churches
and homes of our pretty village than
has been the custom of our townsfolk
for many years. The congregations of
the several religious denominations
Joined with their parish priests, pastors
and church councillors in making the
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stretch of kays along the Mosquito
coast. Now the Nicaraguan govern
ment wants to claim royalty in lieu
of the usual ten dollars year license
to each schooner, and the turtlers are
thinking of returning to Cuba. In view
OF this, an enterprising Jamaican-Cu-
ban has ust secured fishing conces-
sion from Gen. Wood. In one sense,
therefore, the trade is at present in a
transition stage. This fact makes it pc
culiarly susceptible to exploitation by
outside enterprise. But, further than
this, it is also in such an elementary
stage as an industry that it is actually
going a-begging to be properly devel-
oped.
Let us now briefly review the condi-
tions. The Caymanas fishers sail out to
the Mosquito Gays, operating from Mos
quito and Allargate southwark to Ty-
rec and King Gays. On these sandy
islets they build crawls and set out on
weekly hunts, capturing the turtles in
great nets set screenwise between the
mural coral reefs, to which the quarry
arc enticed by wooden decoys. From
ten to one hundred turtles may be
taken in week by each schooner.
Many or few, the booty is conveyed to
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man who did the turning. The incident
was, however, as unusual as it was ex-
, cruciatingly ludicrous- especially after
that darlxy got bitten.
Formerly the entire industry con-
sisted of the shipping and home sale Of
turtles and the preparation of ''calip-
ache" and ''calipee," together with the
shipping of shell. But of late years an
cnterprising colonist conceived the idea
of establishing factory for the prepar-
alton of the product of the turtle in a
compact, portable form.
In the principal preparation made
the flesh of the turtle is treated some
what after the manner of making the
beef extract of commerce. 1t is then
condensed into tablets that OCCUPY a
n1arvelousiy small space in proportion
to their virtue, from which any de-
scription of dishes may be made by a
clever cook or by intelligently follow
ing the directions. Besides this there
are special preparations made. such as
canned turtle soup; the green fat $50
much esteemed) preserved in bottles
preserved eggs. etc. And last, but not
least, the well-known turtle oil, which
is found SO useful in pulmonary
troubles, is prepared for export.
The active principle of this wond erful
oil may yet be discovered and wrested
from its crude condition-as quinine
was from Peruvian bark-and prove to
be- the iong-sought specific for pull
Elonary consumption. It is a notable
hcf
one hears occasional tales of the really
wonderful cures alleged to have been
wrought by the crude trunk-turtle oil
when persistently administered in cases
of consumption.
Considering all these things, it must
be admitted that here is truly won
derful field of enterprise that does not
call for the capitalization of big syn
dicate. A small syndicate of workers
could very well cover the ground, and
almost literally pump fortune Of the
sea-. OF course. some plant would need
10 be provided from the outset For a
egularly-establishe industry, having
contracts to fulfill schooners would
scarcely do; tugs would be needed to
collect the turtles along the Cuban,
AIcaraguan and Costa Rican coasts. and
larger steamers to run them to the
market and the factories. And fac
tory plant would also need to be pro-
vided. But this is a business well cal
culated to rapidly build itself large
from the smallest beginnings, enter
prise being far more essential than
eapital-up to certain point.
If left to themselves, the Jamaicans
will never make much of the oppor-
tunity. At any rate, they have failed to
10 SO up to the present time. It will,
therefore, be no more than they deserve
ii some pushing" Americans come
down and push thsm aside, realizing to
the full the rich, but now practically
wasted, possibilities of this hidden in
dustry. rP PORTER
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| We suffered not only the joys OF victory
or the SORROWS of defeat, but in every
| home alll at every hearthstone there
! was a father, a mother, brother or
sister reading of loved ones Sho were
dying tonight OH the old camp
ground far from the reach of loving
hands, writhing hearts and loving lips.
Yes, the shot which rang out from
Moultrie rang around the world and
convulscsi this nation. It was followed
by volleys innumerable for four long
years until the end came; the end well
coined by both north and south Wei
coined by the north because of the in
sured pernianence of the federal union;
welcomed by the south because it was
the conclusion of privation, suffering
and disaster. To-day the survivors of
the contending armies and their chill
tiren and 'lildren's children all rejoice
that the end was as it was.
But the shot above all others which
outrivaled in tragic hypnotism all 9th
er events was the shot from the pistol
of an assassin which rang out in Forc's
theater and reverberated throughout
the world; the shot which, in mo-
iaent. in the twinlSling of an eye, took
from the republic its glorious presi-
dent ION April IA, 1869 and took from
the unfortunate south the one life
which might have been able to spare it
ell of the years of misery which fol-
lowed, because of mistaken zeal and
partisan folly. 1t was the shot fired by
John Wilkes Booth, which caused the
death of Abraham Lincoln.
ParadoNical as it may seem, we are a
peaee-loving people, and at the same
tirne warlike nation. Seeking peace
witt, all mankind, we were forced into
war for humanity's sake just one
year ago. Out of that war we have
come with glory and honor, and with
international reputation for military
and naval prowess and skill. Surviving
veterans of the northern and southern
armies and navies have fought under
one flag. The sons of the federal and
confederate soldiers and sailors have
fought under one flag, and the nation
is reunited. To-day we can look back
upon the four years of tragedy and
without sectional feelings recall the
two shots which stand out most promi-
nently in memory, as they will always
stand out most prominently in his
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tory. The shots from Moultrie's can
noi1 and from the pistol of the assassin.
hftel. cs-ap;ng from the theater and
after escaping from this city, Hooth,
the assassin, was closely followed until
he was surrounded in barn in Mary
land and killed by q bullet from the
rifle of Boston Corbett; shot which
was fret without orders, and against
the desire Of the commanding officer.
The body OF the assassin was brought
to Washington and buried here. Never
theless there have been many stories
promulgated alleging that lie escaped
Justice One cs those fables was to the
effect that he was many years after
wards preacher in Monumental
church at Richmond, Va.
The houses in which the assassina-
ton was planned and in which Lincoln
died are still standing in Washington,
and their pictures are herewith pre-
sented. The assassination was planned
in a boarding house kept by Mrs. Sur
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Turtle fishing is carried On through
out the West indies and on the Central
American and Flofidian coasts, but it is
probable that Jamaica is the chief
source Of supply to the worlds market.
Such as the market is, however, it is
very limited, being kept at the luxury
standard for the reasons above stated.
SO far as Jamaica is concerned, the fish
ing is altogether in the hands Of the
Caymanas islanders, Jamaica itself con-
tfibuting little, if anything. It once
did, but the mongoose made it's Cau-
clsian debut among the fauna of the
island, and amongst it's other conquests
practically wiped out the turtle by de-
vouring the eggs.
Previous to the Ten Years war in
Cuba the Caymanas turtlers got their
supplies from the Cuban shores. Driven
thence, they resorted to the long
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YELLOW JAUNDICE CURED.

Suffering humanity should be sup
piled with every means possible for its
relief. It is with pleasure we publish
the following This is to certify that
was terrible sufferer from Yellow
Jaundlce for over six months and was
treated by some OF the best physicians
In our city and all to no avail. DR..
Bell, our druggist. recommended Elec-
trio Bitters, and after taking two bot
ties was entirely cured. Inow take
great pleasure in recommending them
to any person suffering with this terri
BILE malady. i am gratefully yours,
M. A. Hogarty, Lexington, KY" Sold
by e. z. Whitehead & Co., Drue gists.
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the crawl and another week begun. 1t
may happen that on subsequent trip
the fishers find that coast Indians have
raided the crawls. For this there is no
redress. But if all goes well in six or
eight weeks cargoes are ready tof
Kingston. The market price III Jasiai-
ca is six dollars per head for average
large ones of 120 pounds or so, small ones
in proportion. The smaller turtles are
reserved for the foreign trade, the 9th
ers being consumed locally, where the
butcher price is 12 cents per pound.
Such are tho present conditions OF the
trade, and needless 10 say the supply is
far short OF the actual demand. not to
mention the possibilities that could be
exploited. There is also a good demand
for the shell of the Hawksbill turtle
the turtle shell of commerce-but this
is practically distinct from the industry
we are considering.
AS may be inferred from this outline
sketch, turtling is an exceedingly
monotonous business for one blessed
with mental vitality above the stolidi-
ty of Caymanas fisherman. The only
possible alternative OF excitement short
of hurricane lies in the direction of
the Indian raiders, an armed guard to
repel whom might prove fruitful in ad-
venture especially if one We're carried
off with the turtles and held for ransom.
But twith a prudent view to international
complications the schooners are not
permitted to be armed. and the turtlers
have to take 4hai1. chances
In shore turtling-notably on the
long sandy beach of Costa Rica stretch
ing north from Port Limon 40 miles
there may be more fun or at least less
lnonotony; but then there are also
more real hard work and physical in
convenience, such as mosquitoes, sand
flies, ETC., and less profit. This is the
primitive and well-knovn method Of
waylaying the creatures in their haunts
and turning" them while they are de-
posting their eggs in the sand They
are usually turned with poles; not be-
cause Of any aggressive or even resistive
characteristics, but for convenience and
dispatch. An aggressive turtle would
be an anomaly in nature. Yet I once
saw gigantic despoiIed mother actual
ly stand stiff on her fippers, swish her
tail, elevate her head and viciously snap
her jaws-as depicted in the accom-
panying sketch. And, in point Of fact,
she did succeed in biting negro boat
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TWO HISTORIC SHOTS.
they Will Always Be Identified
with Our National Life.
One wasthc, CANNON Shot Which Rang
Ont frc.u Etoultrie. the Other
f;,e Pistol Sl,ce that Killed
Abra1.s.m Lincoln.
Ispecial Washington letter.

- REAT men and great events
X II pass before us SO rapidly in
N kaleidoscope review, like the
moving pictures of a kinetoscope, that
Haen of modern times must needs read
rapidly, think quickly and act with
celerity in order to keep pace with the
acts and scenes in the drama of human
life.
There was cannon shot fired from
Fort Moultrie at Fort Sumter in the
early days of 1861 which changed the
destinies of this republic. 1t rever-
berated throughout the world. The
men and women who were heads Of
families then have nearly all gone to
that bourne whence no traveller e'er re-
turns. All readers Of history know OF
it, but there was another cannon shot
fired from a battery beneath Palmet-
to flag, some weeks earlier, of which
few people have heard or read. It was
fired at a vessel called the Star CT the
West, as it was bringing supplies to
Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor.
That shot did not precipitate civil war,
for there were commissioners and COM
mittees selected and appointed after
wards to avert war between the
states. But the shot which was fred at
the flag waving over Fort Sumter
caused an internecine struggle of four
years duration.
The men and women born between
the years 1861 and 1865 have 10 personal
YecGllectiGpS of the trapic dailV OccIlr-
rences of those years. To-day they are
the leaders and managers in the fore
front of affairs. They read of the civil
war as they read OF the Mexican war,
the war. of 1912 and the war Of the revo-
luton; wars in which they took no
part, directly OF Indirectly. True, there
were boys and young men then, who are
fathers and grandfathers now, who tell
to families and friends incidents of
those days, thereby making more vivid
their reading of history. But the stall
wart men of to-day and the mothers of
the rising generation have no personal
knowledge of those events. The writer
is one of the mere boys of 81 who has
personal recollections of the trials and
triumphs of those days.
The people of the north and of the
south eagerly bought the daily papers,
not merely to see which side had won
in battle, but to see whether "our
families had fallen beneath the leaden
and iron hail which the contending
forces were hurling against each other.
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IN TURTLES. ESS
Promising rGinor Opening for North
American Enterprise.
'cspical TsariiA Fishing in 4Faxnaica-
How the Reptiles ls.'c CssrSI,t and
Marketed Prospects OF
the Industry.
Isl ecial Kingston (JanaaicO Latter.]

IS! ecial Kingston (Jamalca) Letter.]
~ S AN adventurous sport turtle
IL, hunting is simply mot in it,"
L = Tar more excitement is to be
got out Of even ceiling or crab catching.
Cut when it comes to interest-interest
Of the right sort. mat erial interest, that
is-of all the tropical enterprises that
,3arta!e Of the nature Of field sport
" iliist conducting to the accumulation
Of wealth with comparative mini
IL III, of initial outlay. commend me to
1ile catching of the humble turtle.
Ii this direction there is an almost
virgin field open 10 go-ahcad American
enterprise which might be exploited
with 10 little advantage. Now hat The
attention OF American enterprise is be-
ing SO extensively centered On West
Indian lands (and waters), it would be
q distinct less, at once to the national
poc,;e and palate were the turtle indus
try oyerloohed-as 1 shall proceed to
demonstrate.
How many people. either in America
or Europe, outside the more wealthy
classes. really know anything Of the
wide possibilities of the turtle as they
are tentatively exemplifed in the tur-
tie factory and shop in Kingston? In
northern lands turtle soup with basis
OF beef at tha) and steak are al that is
known about it-and are expensive lux
uries. Yet this almost unknown tror-
zeal "luxury," in all its forms, could
readily be put on northern tables in as
prime condition and as cheaply as or
anges, bananas and pine apples.
Under the circumstances a descrip-
ton of the conditions and prospects Of
this promising industry cannot fail to
prove timely and OF interest to the gen
eral reader. And having just made
little voyage of exploration" among
the Caymanas turtlers, I am in po-
sition to furnish the information.
The commonwealth., 1899-04-06

"A word to the wise is sufficient ,,
ana word from the wise should he
somcient: but you ask, who are tho
wise! Those who know. The off 70 ~,
peated experience of trustwor,hv rar
suns sM may De taken for knowledge NJ
Rama ~: Jerry says Chamberlain's Cough
ne.neuy gives better satisfaction than
NY otner In the market. He has been
tn - .ne drug business at Elkton Kv
= ,ol WE'VE years; has sold hundreds =; I
n.he ou..'es OF this remedy and nearly ali
uInel uh;a cough medicines manuIactnred
ha Sn,cn shows conclusiyely that Cham
,so-,a n1 M g the most satisfactory to the
lsyR; IT.. .;.n and Is the best. For sale by q.
The commonwealth., 1899-04-06
YOU can't
Ess.ass..ss sFzEf<sssfssSSS
Dodge Then

Did you ever try to dodge the
rai11=dTops ? Did not sssccees1 4
very welas did yo.z T? it's jlasts.
as useless to try to escape fs'osss
the germs Of consumption. Yozs
can't do it. They. arc abo-t az
On every hand and we are con
staflt;y taking them into os
lungs.
Then why don't we all i,avc.
this disease ? Simply becaEs-
these gernss cannot gain q feet
hold in q strong throat ans
lungs It's when these are
weak that tie ges'f1zs master.
Tie body must be we'll supplied
with fat. Tie danger cosase5
wlzesa the blood is poor and the
Body is thin. If your cough does
not yield, and your throat ard
lungs feel raw and sore, yoa
Should not delay another day.
Take
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SCOTS
Emulsion

of Cod-Liver Oil with Hypoplacs-
pi1ites at once. 1t will heal tie
ii1f.ar,ed membranes and greatly
strengthen tl1eEla as we'll. The
digestion becomes stronger, the
appetite better and the weight:
increases. The whole body Be-
cones we'll fortified and Ef,c
germs OF consumption caa.sct
gait, a foothos1.
It's this E,ourishing, susta;sz~
ing and strengthening poves'
of SCOTS EMULSION t.9a1
has made it of such value Ia
al. wasting and exEiausGsz3g
diseases.
sos. and s1.oo, all druggists
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists New, Yo-fz
The commonwealth., 1899-04-06

IS the season OF the year hen pneu.
monia, Ia grippe, sore threat, coughs
colds, catarril, bronchitis and lung
troubles are 10 &c guarded against
nothing lis a fine substitute" will
answer the purpose" or is "iust rs
good as One Minute Cough Cure.
That Is the one infal!lbie remedy for
ali lung, throat or bronchial troubles
Insist vigorously upon having it il
"soinething else" is offered you.-E. T.
Whitehead {. Go.
The commonwealth., 1899-04-06
Fer OTor Fifty Years

hii;s. "I>sEoT's s tsoo:H3HG4 SYRUP has
seen usal Tor over ifty years b. mil
Hons OF mothers for thoir children while
teeiiiing, with perfect Success. 1t
soothes the c'.i.I, soiians the gums.
a:'ays all pain, cures wind colo, an is
the bet remedy fs}r Diarrl1oea. 1t will
relieve the poor il tic sufferer immedi
aiefs. Sold by Druggists in avery part
III tins world Ireniy-iive cents a
bottle lie s,'re and :,si: for Mrs " in
Stew Soothing Syrup" and take nc
of!.af kiiid. 42l1y-
The commonwealth., 1899-04-06
So-' SIIu T1.oo, al u!uESIsts'
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists, New York.

l;oc'os-'Ehe patient il i.ezs.t with the
idea ha- tie land rs T.r as lle can see
belongs to :}im.
J }ji3@a-I wni.l(iu't cali that INSANITY.
1t Is merely inelI,ieilt p p;lit'cal amb-
tion --ihi!}deil,t,,a Eortli American.
The commonwealth., 1899-04-06

Before the discovery OF One Minute
Cough Cure, ministers were greatly
disturbed by coughing congregations
No excuse Tor it now.-E. T. White
head & Co.
The commonwealth., 1899-04-06

in 1888 my wife went East aud was
attacked with rheumatism. She re-
ceived no relief until she tried Cham
beriain $ Pain Balm. Since that time
we have never been without It. We
Ind 1t gives instant re ief in cases of
burns and scaids and Is never falling
Tor all rheumatic and neuralgia aims
ID. c. Brant, Santa Ynez, Cal. For
by e. T. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth., 1899-04-06

For irost bites, burIs, lndolent sores
eczema: skin disease, and especially
Piles, -DeWitt's Witch Hazoi Sa.ve
stands first and best look out for dis
honest people who try TO Initiate a.,d
counterfeit it. It's their endorsement
OF good article. Worthless goods are
not Initiated. Get EeWil's Witch
Hazel ssalye.-E. I. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth., 1899-04-06

GIVE me liver regulator ard / can
regulate the world" said genius. The
druggist handed him bottle OF De-
Wits Little Early Risers. the famous
little pills-E. T. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth., 1899-04-06
isTr!-KT.EnIyS AR1ITEAs safe

iHE REST saIyE IL &c world for Cats
Bruises, St:"cs, Ulcers, salt R'eurn
afevef sores, letter, Ghappel Hands
Ch!lol:lnS, Cocns, and all Skin Erup.
tlons, and positively cures Piles, Or nc
pay required. It is guaranteed to g1ve
perfect satisfaction Or money refunded
Price - cents per box. For sale hy
=. + NTHiTEtEi7an & co
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-ESs@s

Bridget, what is the child crying SO
wildly for?'
Sure, mum, he's just drinked all
his soothing syrup and a'e the cork,
s:'tnd I dail't know what alls him nov,
unless it'sthe bo.t'e lie wants to swal-
low"
The commonwealth., 1899-04-06

II just think mamma is an awful
gossip" said 6-year- old Walter to his
sister. "oh, how can you say such
thingH eEverything I do she runs
and tells papa"
The commonwealth., 1899-04-06

great 'znn Is he who. IL the t:.lds.
OF gTeat crowd keeps with reriect
sweetness the Independence Of his
Observation-Disclosures
The commonwealth., 1899-04-06

True Independence must be bass 4
on moral character and on popular in
teiilgence and industrial deyalopment,
journal OF Education.
The commonwealth., 1899-04-06

According to the oculists, poor win
dow glass Is responsible for eye strain,
on account of the faulty refraction.