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The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-07

in the bad omen Of the number thirteen
and may have caused Il not TO honor or
trust this lsndins with any OF the Menu
meats precious gems.
With the aid OF Z little imagery one
can trace In the peculiar grain and ap-
psiently accidental happy laying OF the
Hartie blacks on the exterior at a height
OF about 10 feet on the east side OF the
Monument the outlines OF a semblanee
OF IN immense eagle With wings out
stretched as IL protecting the landmark
or liberty against all danger and evil.
District Inscri ptians.
DESCRIBED FROM SOUTH TO NORTH:
FIRST LANDING.
f1rzt-PressLted by George watters,on. secrctlry
W \. NcsuEsnt Scisiy. as a testimonial Of his
vsiitude and vsaesz,i0a- A d. IS4s (Stons sood
E1ttiou.l
seco1d-Pressnted BY the National Grsys. Of Wash
iHEtoR D. C. tGo0d condition.
Taird-Presented BY the Franklin Fire Company
Of Washington, D. C. Instituted A. D. IsgZ- We
strive 70 save" Good eondition)
Fo1rth-Litte Falls quarry District o, Columbia
Presented By Timothy o'NeaIs. Good eondi;ion.l
40 feet height West
Seventh-PreseHted by the Columbia Typ0grephi-
cal Society. Instituted January ISIS. As a ne
meato to the Vtneration OF its members 10 the
Father Of His Country. Good condition.J
Ninta-Prssented b. the German Benevolent So
eiety Of the city OF Washington. D. c Instituted
October , 1S3g: incorporated July o. IsI2 As q
memento OF the veneration OF its members for the
Fathec o. His Country tCooL eoaditionl
THIRD LANDING.
30 feet height Ess;
Observation-Disclosures Light Infantry, Washing
tor. D. c.-Organized September 12,h, 1888 Pre-
scented October 18th. 1850. tGooa eondtion)
Fourteenth-Grand Lodge Of Nasons, District OF
Columbia Our brother. George Washington. (Good
eondlton)
No. e. Ancient Icrk Mssons J. Nokes. C W. Da-
Wis committee. Coed eonditioH1
FOURTH LANDING.
co feet height. Vest
Ninetsenth-PFeseated by Anacostia Tribe. No. J.
l. o. r. NJ. D. c. OF the Third Sun Of the 3x7 suns
Worm Noon, G. s. 500 Good conditionJ
SIXTH LANDING.
Thirty-hfth-Ths City OF Washington, to Its
Founder Good eondition)
TWELFTH LANDING.
40 feet height West
Seventy -fourtb-COmpany l. Fourth Regiment In
iantfy. |. 5. A. March l. 1851. Good condition)
TWENTY SECOND LANDING.
240 feet height West
One hundred and fortieth-Presented bv Tlsoora
Tribe. No ;. Pater Patria Seventh Sun. Hunting
Moon GTsId Sun. 5e15 Improved Order Red Men.
L Good C0nditionD
one hundred and orty-third-Presentei By the
Association OF the Oldest Inhabitants Of the Dis
triet Of Columbia. !=;y :, 1870. Good eondition)
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Isiass.

Proz ne CkieszD Tflssse
Well. Geordie." said the caller. what
DO you think OF your new little baby sis
t@rz''
on. ] don't know" replied the Prairie
avenue Ssx-year-oid. with a yawn. She
all night. suppose She relieves the
noaotony."
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-07
No Place fer Chickering's.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
a balloon club has just been organized
in Paris
Well. let's hope the members viii not
fall out"
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-07
TANNING OF LIE DIABLE
How the Cowboy Sustained the
Stars and Stripes.
BUFFALO BILL WON HIS BET

An Affair of international Interest-Con-
test Between a Vicious French Stallion
aud PIutky Cowboy-The Wager Pre-
vented Even More Serious Complications
Superiority of American Over Euro
pean Horsemanship-Le DiabIe Easy
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-07

ASGoSTuRA BFTTERS is a household word ell
over the NoFs For over 50 years II sas zsFertisei
Itself ~ iis merits u IL Advertised to sara
the PzsIic EE<iEst eoaatsrfsita The geaaHs article
ls Manufactured 81 pr- J. O. T. asseft ECnA
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-07
SIecp Was Impossible.

Hives broke cut on nay body 10 sGch
an extent that a fun nights sleep was
impossible. / determined 10 Try Hood
SaTsaparilla. and after taking two bot
Ties / felt that ] VAS entirely cured. |
heartily recommend this medicine -
CHARLES ;. LOZIER, 81 Atlantic street.
Hackensack. y. J.
HOODS PILLS are the only pills 10
~ III. E-1..a..- $1,000.
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The " ager.


Col Cody he said, we nave In our
stables horse which We consider abso-
lutely unmanageable. After talking the
natter over with several OF the members
OF this club l have decided 10 make you
a wager OF ten thousand francs that no
member OF your combination can ride
or handle him. II you think that your men
are up 10 all the tricks Of the horse /
will be glad to see you accept the bet.
/ warn ycu beforehand, however, that the
animal in question is one Of the most
vicious brutes IN France. and has nearly
killed several OF his attendants
"'Doner cried Old Bill. as he pro-
duced the notes. That Is Just what have
been wanting. 1t will save giving a little
exhibition OF a different character. Per-
haps IL will prevent a few duels. What
\ French horse that my boys can't ride.
Not on your cellar button"
They adjourned 10 the cafe Of the
club. Bill took whisky and the director
took sbsinthe-at least that Is what
suppose they took. At any rate the mat
ter was settled, and the thing was go.
Was Named Rightly.
THE horse In question was a large
black stallion called lie Disble. From the
reports concerning him he must have
justified the name. When he grew tired
of oats and hay he used 10 take a nibbie
at a groom and tear out . hunk OF aeSh
big enough to feed a caEnibal family
When any one went behind him he had
a pleasant little habit OF driving the
caIks Of his shoes through his vertearae
and railing him up against tie wall FL
nally the attendants got tired Of being
the playthings OF his feet and resth. They
then let his feed down 10 him from aooye
and when he was brought out % his stall
a whole army went along TO furnish re-en-
fercements and 20 pick Up the wounded lie
DiabIe hadn't had = saddle o. for 50 long
that he was as Wild and unbSoken as a
horse from the psmpas. Tbs proposition
OF shooting had been seriously discussed
and If it hadn't been for the prospect Of
killing q few American cowboys. such
would probably have been the vicious
stations fate.
You can imagine what stir the wager
created az the volatile French capital. II
was the subject OF conversation In all the
cafes and clubs The newspapers took Il
Up and gave daily accounts Of the big bets
that were posted between the PARISH
bloods and the members OF the American
colony In TAG city. There wasn't q man
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-07

Aen-
Landings 1876
Stairs ass
Upper AID lower plsiftTns... so
Elevator ---------------.--.---------- -
IL wv
There are altogether i7s memorial tablets. OF
tkess there we're contributed By States 3. OF
Which are IN 4 natilated decayed rendition: BY
counties T. all in good condition; By foreign c9un-
JFiss TO- all in good coldiIi0n. BY cities. % Of
which are in a mutiiated decsyed eOnditi0a; By
societies. lodges sssociaiisaE military and other
siss. So 3. % Which 10 Hutslaied or de-
-aYei o9aeiiiea; b private individuals. 5. ! u
Eaich j. in 4 nufll4te1 deoayed condition. making
= fetal q 20 ~hleh 10 EatilAtsd dsezysd
condltiS1.
There ara no memorial stones immurcd
on the thirteenth landing. The reason
for this singular omission may have been
a suYerstitious belief OF the commission
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-07
Worthy a Phenomenal State.

From the Great Falls News
Too much emphasis cannot be laid
upon the enterprise shown by the Ana
conda Standard as evidenced by its IL
Illustrated edition of Tuesday, October
"a From a mechanical standpoint it
is fully up to the mark established by
metropolitan journals, and the Stand
ard is to be congratulated thereon as
we'll as on its artistic merit. But the
main feature, to our mind, is the deli
cate tribute paid the state and it's peo-
pie in the idea and it's execution. The
superficial observer would accept it as q
magnificent testimonial of the worth of
our returned soldiers; but the thinking
public will recognize that as merely an
incident in the erection of a structure
of much greater significance. The news
paper is the barometer of the intelli-
gence and enterprise and an index of
the business characteristics of the
community in which it is circulated,
and reflects the progress or decadence
of a people. Innovations of the char
acter introduced by the Standard are
irrefutable evidences to the outside
world that Montana has passed the
primitive stage of statehood and is
bounding along the path of progress.
Fossilsm will deCry it as a useless eX-
travaganne but the progress of the age
will recognize it as an exhibition of
energy and enterprise worthy of phe
nnmenai state.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-07

From the Butte Miner.
In Helena, the capital of Montana. to-
day will begin one of the most remark
able proceedings in the history of
commonwealth which has been noted
for remarkable things for a period an
tedating the change from territorial
to a state form of government. An at
torney of standing second to none in
the state of Montana, and measuring
up in ability and integrity to any in
the metropolis of the state, is to answer
before the supreme court in a proceed
ing which will determine whether or
not he is to be disbarred from the prac-
tice of the profession which he mas
made a life time study and in which
ne mas shown himself capable of hold
ing his own against any competitors.
The proceedings are those brought
by one Fred Whiteside-ostensibly to
disbar Mr.. John 3. Welcome. The
charge is that Mr.. Welcome was guilty
of practices dangerous to the standing
of the bar of Montana in his efforts to
secure votes for the Hon. w. A. Clark
for the position of United States sena-
tor from this state-a position Mr..
Clark secured at the hands of the leg
islature which met at Helena last win
ter.
The Miner uses the word "ostensi-
bly, advisedly. No man who is ac-
quainted with the past political his
tory of Montana and the existing polit-
zeal conditions in this state will mag
inc for one moment that Fred White
side has any personal interest in pre-
venting Mr. John B. Welcome from
continuing the practice of profession
to which he has devoted a life time OF
study and to which he has been an or
nament from the time he began his
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-07

II NEW giant telephone company
II is said to be organizing in New
York to fight the American Bell
company. Among the prominent CAPT
talists in the project are William c.
Whitney, George j. Gould, president Of
the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany, John Jacob Astor and other in
fluential milllonaires. The relations Of
the Western Union and the Bell COM
pany have been far from cordial, and
that Notwithstanding the fact that the
Western Union holds a considerable in
terest in the Bell company. If it's pro-
gramme goes through the new COM
pany will take in more than two thous-
and independent local organizations.
Many Of them have already agreed to
come in, and it is believed that all can
be united into one compact system. A
sweeping reduction in telephone rates
is promised-in New York city, it Is
announced, they will cut down more
than one-half
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Kentucky's Degeneracy.

~ HERE are grave fears Of riot
Gus proceedings at the Ken
lucky polls to-day--so grave
that the state militia has been ordered
to hold itself in readiness for service.
1t has been a campaign of exceptional
bitterness and excitement that Ken
lucky has just passed through. The
wonder is that nobody has been killed
or wounded before this. The fact
that there has been no. casualty list
so far encourages the belief that the
crisis to-day will not be attended with
fatal consequences. For two or three
months prominent Kentucky politi-
clans have been calling one another
liars and blackguards with the regu-
has been no shooting.
The world is rapidly losing conf
dence in Kentuckians as fire-eaters.
Take the most celebrated fire-eater of
the lot, the CORY Col. Jack Chinn,
whose private graveyards are common
those of the editor of the Arizona
Kicker. Colonel Chinn has a national
reputation as a gentleman who would
rather boWie-knife a man than eat
a Delmonico banquet Colonel Chinn,
1t was said, had a pronounced prefer
ence for the bowie knife as the weap-
on of a gentleman. 1t necessitated a
square, stand-up fight at close quar-
tiers; whereas the gun, as a long -dis-
lance article, involved to some extent
the element of chance. Being a broad
minded, tolerant man, Colonel Chinn
would not go so far as to say that
gentleman who carried and occa-
sionally used a gun was no gentle
man; but as for himself, he preferred
the good, old-fashioned orthodox bo-
vie knife.
A few nights ago Colonel Chinn in
volved himself in an alteration with
another Kentuckian, whether over pol
itics or religion the dispatches omitted
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LOYAL Americans.
~ HAT active and belligerent
American Mr. Kid Mccoy has

~ HAT active and belligerent
American Mr.. Kid Mccoy has
suggested a novelty for the
Paris exposition, which fortunately or
unfortunately is likely to be omitted
from the programme. A week or two
ago M. Charlemont, champion pugilist
of France, knocked, or rather kicked,
an English celebrity named Driscoll
into a cooked hat of extreme age and
dilapidation. The elastic rules of
French pugilism permit kicking as well
as smuggling, and M. Charfemont is said
to possess quite as much science in
his legs as in his arms. Mr.. Mccoy
proposed to meet him on his ground
and beat him at his own game-Mr
Mccoy to restrict himself to his fists
while M. Charlemont was to use both
fists and feet.
NJ. Charlemont. however, announces
that he has had honors enough for one
life and has retired from the ring-a
declaration which affords Mr.. Mccoy
an opportunity to pronounce him a
fakir as we'll as kicker. In this posi-
ton Mr.. Mccoy is sustained by all the
other American pugilists of promi-
nence. National pride comes into play
and the sense of patriotism is appealed
to. Mr.. Sullivan, Mr.. Corbett, Mr. JEFF
fries, Mr.. Fitzsimmons Mr.. Maher and
several lesser lights have agreed that
Mr.. Mccoy could punch NJ. Charlemont
into insensibility with the ease and
precision displayed by Dewey when he
pulled off his engagement with Mon
tejo. 1t is gratifying to observe such
loyalty to the flag on the part of the
American gentlemen. The honor of the
country is maintained.
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never appeared. The jaunty talk of
his attorneys was that he didn't need
to appear; that he could be "out of the
state" and altogether at ease; that the
whole affair really wasn't worth the
trouble Of his attendance in person. 1t
is different now; Mr.. Welcome was in
court yesterday.
But most astonishing OF all is the
sentence in Mr.. Clark's newspaper to
which all else in its editorial of yester-
day is prefatory-a sentence which
supreme court in this covert insinua-
ton: ut will be a serious disappoint-
ment to the people of Montana should
the supreme court of the state in, any
manner lend itself to the perpetuation
of a feud." Is it fact that the SUI
preme court ought to have lodged this
Welcome business out of fear of the
extraneous results, personal or politi-
cal which it's decision, one way or the
other, might involve? That is the
logic of what Mr.. Clarks newspaper
asserted yesterday. Upon the Miners
insnuation no other construction can
be put. Because. long ago. in the face
of persistent Clark opposition. the SUI
preme court did, in fact, decide that
it would take up the Welcome case
hear it, pass judgment on it.
Indisputably that course suits the
people Of Montana-they will abide
the event. At the very outset Mr..
Clark's newspaper permits itself to an
nounce an astonishing alternative
which, 1t insinuates the supreme court
faces. Let Mr.. Clark's newspaper fret
itself over a possible serious disap-
pointment" for the people of Montana,
as the result of what the court may
do-the people do not share its anxiety.
| Surely, the supreme court is not in
| need of a newspaper organ. For the
| rest. however, the Standard does not
hesitate to put into type it's belief that
| the editorial talk OF yesterday in Mr..
| Clark's newspaper is the ill-disguised
confession of the significant truth that,
in the preparation Of a crime against
! the state, w. A. Clark has reached the
point, and he realizes that he has
reached the point, where, at any rate
| the purchasing power of his much
| paraded millions will no longer avail.
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THE PROCEEDINGS l5v HELEgyoA.

practice in this state. Even Fred
Whiteside would scarcely claim that he
is so interested in the welfare of the
bar of Montana as to desire the dis
barment of Mr.. John B. Welcome on
the ground that he had done something
the bench and the bar has any bust
ness to find fault with.
The situation is simply this: There
was an element in the politics of Mon
tana-and such an element still has It's
being in this state-which has decreed
that Mr.. w. A. Clark should never DE
the United States senator from Mon
tana. Every means ait the disposal CT
the people composing this element were
employed at the legislative session of
1899, as they We're at the legislative
session of 1898, to prevent such a result.
In 1898 they succeeded. In 1899 they
failed. Hanc lilac Lachrymae-
Hence these tears"
The proceedings which are to be be-
gun before the supreme court to-day
are novel, 1t is not charged that Mr..
John B. Welcome has violated any Of
the ethics of the profession of which be
has been an honored member for SO
many years. It is simply and purely
an effort on the part of the enemies OF
Senator W. A. Clark to make a point
that may count in their fight to pre-
vent the seating of a man whose cleo
ton was demanded by the free and
unterrified sentiment of the people of
Montana.
1t will be serious disappointment
to the people of Montana should the
supreme court of the state in any man
ner lend itself to the perpetuation of a
feud which has been one of the great
est drawbacks on the prosperity and
the advancement of the entire COM
monwealth.
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to state. The other Kentuckian, de-
string to lend force and weight to his
arguments, drew gun. Colonel
Chinn promptly rejoined by drawing
his trusty bowie knife, which, accord
ing to some accounts, was rather larg-
er and more formidable in appearance
than a scythe. The two gentlemen
glared flercely at each other few mo-
ments. Then each returned his weapon
to it's place of concealment, turned on
his heel and retired. That was shock
ing enough but something still more
derogatory to Chinn's reputation re-
mains to be told. The next day he
went before a police magistrate and
swore out warrant for the arrest of
the other gentleman for "unlawfully
intimidating, alarming and disturbing
]. P. Chinn" upon the day and date
specified. How have the mighty fall
len! The nations apotheosis of Chinn
has been shattered to atoms. From a
fire-eater to gutter, and worse than
a quitter-an actual squealer was
there ever before such a descent as
that!
Something seems to have come over
these latter-day Kentuckians. They
are upsetting all the traditions of their
commonwealth, all the presidents es-
tablished by their fathers. They seem
to be generation not of vipers, or of
fighters, but of buffers. So we say
there is strong hope that to-day's
threatened hostilities will be averted
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Current Humor.

Bilkins-That money you. borrowed of
me Is overdue.
Gilkins-I suppose that's why I'm over
dunned.-Ohio State Journal
Bilkins-What's the matter with that
dog of yours; he looks poor?
Standardization; I call him Dewey
and the neighbors have been overlooking
hm.-Ohio State Journal.
Mrs. Tellington-Poor Mr. Moonabout
is very absent-mided, isn't he?
Mr.. Tellington--Yes; his latest freak
was to lose his pocketbook and then look
for 1t among the FPS" in the dictionary.
Judge.
Papa" said the missionary workers
little daughter. II am playing that my
dolls are heathen.'
THAT is nice, dear"
"And-and-papa I want 10 cents to
pay my salary.'-Puck.
Gentleman-Say, officer (hic). do you
know where John Williams lives?
oficer-Why, you're john Williams
yourself,
Gentleman-Yesh. I know. But where
| does John Williams live?-Harlem Life.
"My good woman" said the clergyman
to the sorely-tried matron. did you ever
try heaping Goals of fire upon your hus-
bands head?"
mo, your reverence but Olive thrown a
lighted lamp at him once or twice. Tit
| Bits.
"Dthish mon Dewey can't be much av
politician" said O'Hooligan.
"Why not?" asked McFinnerty.
Hes accepted a home from his CRATE
full admoirers" said OHooligan. "A pol
utician wud have preferred an Office
Harpers Bazaar.
st understand that Bolivar woman
wants to be a census taker."
That's strange. What is her object?'''
"She wants to make return of the ages
of her dearest women friends to the best
of her knowledge and belief. "-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Don't let Henrietta hear you allude to
her as my better half" said Mr.. Meekton
behind his hand to friend who had come
to dinner
II understand. The expression is trife
commonplace, not to say plebeian.''
at isn't that. But wish you'd choose
| another fraction. 1t would annoy Henri
| eta vastly to have you think she was less
| than four-ffths at the lowest calculation"
Washington Star.
81 want to see Dom Paul." said the war
| correspondent. II have business of i'm
| portance with him.
Cant help it-hes busy just now He's
| at his devotions."
| Ellis 'devotions. p -
Yes, he's praying to the Lord to help
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-07
Men and Women.

Senator Beveridge of Indiana owns a
remarkably good collection of auto
graphs, in which is a letter from Pres-
dent Kruger to friend distinctly fore
shadowing the recent war.
W. M. Crane, the present lieutenant
governor of Massachusetts, and repub-
lican candidate for governor, is the
grandson Of the Zenas Crane who car
ried on the first paper mill in New Eng
land.
Ira c. Calef of Washington, VT, was
free patient in the Massachusetts
General hospital, Boston, in 1916. Last
week he sent $4,000 to the hospital in
grateful remembrance 1t will be ap-
piled to the support of free beds.
The 15-year-old son of General cronje
of the Transvaal army fights under his
father The only son of Mynheer
Wolmarans and the two sons of State
Secretary Reitz, Judge Kock and ex-
Judge Esselin are also privates in the
same army.
William r. Moody, a son Of D. L.
Moody. has resigned the editorship of
The Record of Christian Work ana
will assume the editorial management
of The Mortified Echoes, which will
hereafter appear every month, and be
the regular organ for the work at
Mortified, Chicago and for the North
field Extension improvements.
The Rev. G.. Campbell Morgan of
New Court Congregational church,
London, will probably be offered the
passionate of the Fifth Avenue Presby-
terrain church of New York. Mr. Nor
gan is said to have received calls to
four other American churches He is
So years old, and his father was a Bap-
fist minister. He occupies a most con-
sentative and orthodox position with
regard to the Bible, and believes in the
verbal and plenary inspiration Of the
original documents.
According to the Boer paper, the
Volksstem. Mr.. Rhodes had a brother
in South Africa who WOO a member OF
the volksraad in 1875. and was mors
welcome at Pretoria than Mr.. Rhodes
unless he was now to be taken there
in charge of the Beers. Herbert
Rhodes sat for the Lydenburg gold
fields. 1t was alleged, when he was
elected, that he had been guilty of high
treason, but the objection was not al
lowed. Mr.. Rhodes spoke Dutch, and
never suggested that England should
be recognized in the Transvaal legisla-
ture. He died at Gazaland, and his
property reverted to his brother Cecil.