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The Anaconda standard., 1899-12-14

London Correspondence of the New York
Times.
England Is enjoying its first snap Of
wintry weather. Snow there is none ex-
cept on tho Welsh and Scotch mountains,
but the wind Is easterly and the roads
ring hard with black frost; but though
the weather be Christmassy, cloud of
deep gloom hangs over the London West
End stores, which, generally crowded at
this time with present hunters and gay
children, are almost deserted. Crowds
there are. but they are at the war office,
anxiously watching the official bull llztins
of the killed and wounded in South AZ
RIGA.
IN the days Of the Crimean war 1t was
said Of society that "every one you met
had black band around his arm, and
that every letter that came by post had
It's black border" The sensations of the
winter Of 1854 seem likely to be repeated
in the winter OF 1899; yet such is the con-
stitution of the British army that the
great middle class. who still govern Eng
land remain almost unaffected. 1t is
comparatively rare to find that they have
personal ties with the fighters in South
AII1Ca. IHeSe ties belonS almost eAClu-
svely to the highest and lowest strata Of
society.
But the tension of feeling so affects al
classes that England for the first time in
her history. finds herself fighting a seri-
Gus war under the microscope provided
by journalistic enterprise. Every man
you meet has his criticisms, every skr-
mlsh Is magnified into battle, every pet
ty reverse into disaster, until to-day
the Spectator Is moved to grave fears of
the effect OF this public nervousness and
eXaggeration upon the policy of the min
istry at home and the tactics of the gen.
erals In the field.
AS matter of fact. England lost more
men at Albuera, or the Alma, or Chillian-
wallah. than yet have been killed or
wounded in the entire South African cam
paign, while, in comparison with the bat
ties at the beginning OF the century, she
scarcely has sustained any losses at all
Twenty times as many die in an outburst
of influenza. Quick firing guns and easily
loaded rifles are fired at such long dis
tances that instead of every bullet hav-
ing its billet, it takes wellnigh a ton Of
lead to kill a man.
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~ HE early shopper catches the
best Christmas goods. Those
who, taking advantage of
the fine weather and the fine
opportunities for the best selec-
tions which are row offered. are
doing their holiday shopping at the
present time, show their wisdom in
more ways than one. The Christmas
stocks are now fresh and very a.trac-
tive. The great rush that is sure to
come on the eve Of the holiday has not
yet begun, although the crowds in the
stores are large. Still, there is room
for all, and every customer now can be
sure Of being promptly waited upon
Everything points to very busy holi-
day season. The crowds in the stores
and on the streets will increase in size
every day now until Christmas comes.
Be wise and do your buying now.
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less than 100000. It is not easy to
realize the advance that has been made
this century in the comforts and lux
uries of life. Schools were few and
books were scarce. Houses had no
water supply or toilet arrangements.
Streets were narrow and practically
kept as paths. They were unlighted,
and the walks after wark were narrow
and dangerous. Night watchmen pa
trolled the streets and called the hours,
but police protection was not known.
Bucket brigades acted when fire alarms
were given. Cemeteries were laid out
about the churches. Between Boston
and New York a single stage ran once
week, and that was considered suf-
ficient. When transportation was dis
cussed it was solely in the light of
canal construction.
AS indicative of what the trade sit
uation was, writer in the Chicago
Times-Herald presents these figures:
. 1893. 1898.
Imports 80. 80. ....s23, ,oO0,o 900 s $4,000 900
Exports -. 20,o0o.ooo 1,2lo,0o0,oO0
Revenues of the govessnment- sndn ,sos
Amount 80. 49,. ....s 5000, 600 s 4O5, so0, 900
Expenditures of the government
1893. 1898.
Amount go. .... ....$ 500, 900 5 100000
When Washington died the outpour-
ing of settlers to the Middle West was
just beginning. The land this side the
Mississippi belonged to Spain and was
terra incognita. The farm lands under
cultivation in the entire country were
less than 10000 900 acres, although that
in corn now exceeds S0000,o00 acres, In
oats more than 25,000000 acres, in
wheat more than 100000 acres. The
annual wheat yield at the opening Of
the century was less than 100000
bushels: 1t is now over 550,000,0oo bush
els. The cotton acreage was about
100000 acres; it is now 24,O00,0oo and
the annual value of the product about
$500, 0,0000 900.
AS to the changes in our laws and
ways of looking at things the Times
Herald writer already quoted says:
Few will remember that at this time
we had laws passed by congress which
raised the number Of years necessary
for naturalization from five to four
teen; that the president could order
out of the country for period of two
years any alien whom he might con-
slider dangerous to our peace; that any
foreign subject within the boundaries
of the United States might be arrested
by order of the president when we
we're at war with the power to which
he claimed allegiance. Further, there
was a law in existence which made 1t
a crime, punishable with fine and inn
prisonment, for any one in print to
ridicule or defame the president, the
general government or either branch OF
congress. Jefferson and Madison over
turned these laws, and they have new
er found a place on the statute books
again"
When Washington died SO slow were
the processes of travel that informa-
ton Of his death did not reach con-
gress, in session at Philadelphia, until
the 18th. 1t arrived at New York on
the 10th and Boston on the goth. AS
compared with the one now closing,
the century in which Washington lived
was one of slow advance. Its two
great events were the American revo-
luton and the French revolution.
Washington was the commanding fig
ure of the former;/and indirectly ex-
erted great influence in bringing about
the latter.
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Greatest of Fire Chiefs.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The chief of the Chicago fire depart
ment recently rounded UP a half century
of active service in that department May
ors have come and gone, party debts
have been made and paid, but still the
old chief has held on by sheer force OF
ability. That's as it should be. Chief
Swenie is the Nestor of fire fighters, and
Chicago may well be proud of his prowess
and his excellent record
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the Billion-Dollar Record.

From the Springfield Mass, Republican.
If this congress appropriates money up
to the demands of the various depart
ments of government, 1t will be not mere
ly billion-dollar, but nearly a billion
ar1d-a-half-dollar congress. This is the
work of Imperialism. 1t has made the
most extravagant of recent congresses
models of moderation and economy in the
comparison. .
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Current Comment.
Gripping New Yorvs's Commerce

From the New York World.
Western shippers testifying before the
commerce commission, have tod the
whole story of New York city's loss in
export trade. Ahsurdly high port charges
account for a considerable part of the de-
cline Shippers send their grain to the
ports where 1T can be most cheaply
transferred to ships for foreign ports.
High railroad charges-suicidal on the
part of the railroads-account for much
else. And the failure of the state to i'm
prove the canals as rivals to the rail-
roads accounts for the rest.
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# you prefer i, will leave it out al
The Governor OF Guam is soothing
his subjects by turning their attention
to chicken raising
Sort O. diplomatic coup, eh?"--
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Boy-You are going to fight against
the English, aren't you, Captain
Captain Brown Indignantly Flight
the English! What on earth put that
into your head?
Boy-Why, daddy said you were a
horrid bore!-London Punch.
sir" said the highwayman after he
had gone through his victims pockets
and found only eleven cents, "I shall
sue you for damages If this happens
again."
"on what grounds?" asked the aston
ished victim.
1T is'an imposition upon the public,
sir, for you to go about looking 20
prosperous, and only II cents In your
pocket."-Chicago Evening Post.
"Whah Is Mistah Chalkeye?' inquir-
ed Miss Miami Brown.
"Whah is he?" repeated Mr.. Erastus
Pinkley.
Yes. He said he wah gwineter call"
well, you sees, de troof is dat he's
laid up: He wah kyarless bout his
health.'
"Iab he cold?"
mo. I had razor out an inquired
if anybody wanted to fight, and he said
yes Washington Star.
"Why doesn't Adelaide bring in the
turkey" demanded the professor,
who sat waiting, carving knife in hand.
No response A premonition of m
pending trouble hung over the COM
pany.
why has Adelaide delayed?" he
asked. SIS there no one to aid Adel-
aide? No? Aid delayed? All, de lady
comes with a delayed turkey, and the
table looks a deal laden"
II wonder" mused one of the young
er members of the group, 'if the egg
from which this turkey was Matched
was A. D. laid?"
The professor groaned. The probable
effect of his example on the rising gem
GRAFTON had never occurred to him.
Chicago Tribune.
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The Standard can be found at the fol-
lowing news stands:
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Chicago at Postoffice.
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All general business letters and corre-
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STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY,
Anaconda. Mont.
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Way down upon the Modder river,
Far, far away,
That's where the British kicked the
bucket,
That's where they got too gay.
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THE celebrated treaty made be-
tween General Bates in behalf
of the American government
and the sultan of Sulu. was sent to the
senate yesterday, and it's text is made
public in this mornings dispatches. It's
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Rather Crowainr- tbe limit.

From the Kansas City Journal.
There Is certainly such a thing as car
rying things to extremes For example,
the universal determination in Kansas to
lay something by against a rainy day does
not justify that Fort Scott young wo-
man who swallowed a half dollar,
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Missionaries Need a Homo.

From the Quincy Herald
We send missionaries to Japan to civil
ize the mooneyed Orientals. How the
Japs must smile when they hear about
our burning negroes at the stake and
gouging out their eyes as they roast. It's
a wonder that the Fiji islanders don't
send missionaries to Kentucky. They
could at least gather some pointers in
torturing captives.
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The United States senate was espec-
tally interested to learn yesterday that
among the latest returns was Senator
Allen of Nebraska.
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Deceived by forty years Of victorious
wars with savages, England doesn't
know what to make Of it when she
finds herself up against the real thing
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George Washington has been dead
and buried 100 years but from a cur
sorry survey of the world it looks as if
the hatchet hadn't yet been inferred.
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An Affcctionate Reproof.

From the Sioux City Tribune
Those trusts are just awful. says Mr..
Grggs in his report, and he probably
says 1t in the same sense as fond faith
er remarks that his boy is "a little ras-
cal' because of some cute doing.
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1t should be said to the credit of Eng
lands bull-doggedness that few traces
of the peace-at-any- price party are
longer visible.
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The New York World is another
newspaper that Mr. w. A. Clark must
regard as having gone over to "the
great conspiracy"
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guard. Aguinaldo's body guard may
be mouldering in the ground but Aguin-
aldo himself still goes scooting on.
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The Standard has branch offices at
Butte, Missoula and Great Falls. where
advertising rates will be furnished on ap-
piication.
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If Ex-Governor Waite of Colorado is
still possessed of a desire to ride
in blood up to his horses brides he
should try Modder river.
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England is experiencing the sensa-
tions of the University of Pennsylva-
mia when it was beaten by the Carlisle
Indians
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The Modder river seems to be an es-
sentially different proposition from the
Rubicon,
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A few kilograms of sympathy and
coincidence between Gatacre and Meth
uen are in order.
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Then, too, the Modder river is so
handy whenever the Beers want to
throw cold water on Methuen's hopes
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Cape Colony loyalty to Great Britain
appears to be of the Philippine amigo
variety.
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The Modder river however, Is not
the Britishers' last ditch by any means.
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With the Modder river before him it
is UP to General Methuen to sink or
swim, live or die, survive or perish.
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Colonel Marsh's battalion is reported
to have destroyed Aguinaldos body
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Paul-What beautiful c1
har Miss Ten Eyck has
Virginia-Yes; matches the crows
feet around her eyes, doesn't it?-
Brooklyn Life.
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Postage free for the United States. Can
ada and Mexico. Elsewhere
postage added.
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The battle over the Roberts seat of
war is still in progress
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Aguinaldo is too busy making tracks
to make war.
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TO ADVERTISERS:

The Anaconda Standard guarantees its
advertisers bona fide paid circulation.
Daily and Sunday. three times greater
than that Of any other newspaper pub
lished in the state of Montana Advertis-
ing contracts will be made subject to this
guarantee.
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Another Attraction for Jehn EuIl.
Immense coal fields have been dis
covered in Zululand.
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The British press censors seem to be
entirely out of soothing syrup.
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Lady (sttting for portrait)-And
make my mouth small, will you, ever
so small? l know it is large really,
but make it quite tiny, will you?
Artist politely)-Certainly, madam,
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Current Humor.

1--WE keep thrae cervant girls" said
Mr.. NeWly-Wed. One coming, one
going and one here."-Life.
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Washington Bureau-1.415 G st.. N. W.
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Main Oface-Standard Block. Anaconda.
TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
Business Office ............ ............No, 1
Editorial Rooms .... ...........No. 4S
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Daily and Sunday, one year ....... SO. 90
Daily and Sunday. six months ........ 500
Daily and Sunday, three months...... 800
Daily and Sunday, one month ........ 100
Sunday, one year r..,,,..,,.,2 2,00
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THURSDAY. DECEMBER IA, 1888.
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TIE ANACONDA STANDARD

STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY,
Publishers and Proprietors.
Printed Every Day in the Year.
Entered at the postofiice at Anaconda as
s second class mail matter
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Naggs-Whatever is, my dear, i.

Mrs. N.-Fudge! What about the
mate to your right shoe?-Detroit Free
| Press
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
SOME LATE INVENTIONS.

4 New Jersey man has designed a pocket
book which has the lining covering nearly
the entire inner surface of the two end por-
tons; forming "A continuous pocket, win a
circular opening I'm one end through which
10 coins can be lifted.
Type faces of a new typewriter are ar
ranged on nine type bars in rows of three
each, with shifting keys for adjusting the
bars to strike the letters, using only nine
keys to raise ana lower the type bars.
Improved hooks and eyes have the CEN
trail portion of the eye broadcncd and
nattened, with a shoulder on either side of
mcnt of the hook, ana the two members can
be separated only at the widcned portion Of
the eye,
A Connecticut man has patented a switch
by the foot, comprising a vertical spring
controlled rod set IN the car floor, with a
foot plate at the top ana n Wedgo-Shaped
head at the lower end to swing the switch
In either direction.
Brooms with spring handles are to, he
manufactured by a Tennessee company, the
mead and provided with %spindiGs at the scy-
crcl ends, whlrh are inserted IN opposite
ENDS Of a spiral spring, to give ficNibillty
tp the broom when In use.
a Canadian has designed a water cycle
which offers very 1.-THE resistance to the
water. the floats which support the pro-
pcliuE mechanism being composed of two
long cylinders Of small diameter, with the
ends brought to a point TO decrease the re-
slstancc.
To prevent tampering with fire alarm
boxes "A New Jersey man would make use
of a meta! cage. which Is secured to The
post supporting the box, with a mechanism
the door of the cage and lock the man in
until released by the lircmcn.
\ support for the spincs Of persons pick
Ing cotton and other material where IT. is
necessary to carry baskets Is made Of a
piece Of Nat steel fitted with a T-head. with
straps u support me shoulder blades, a
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

he saw two mahogany doors, most beau
titully carved and evidently very valuable.
Oh, why did not Aminadab ask permission
To carry those doors away with him? The
owner, who was a rich man, might have
granted his request if the lad had been
courteous, But poor little Aminadab, the
boy with the perverted moral sense, went
up the steps, and, taking a screwdriver from
his pocket, began to unscrew the hinges.
IN fewer minutes than you can count, a
policeman passed by, and when he saw the
boy he asked him what ho was doing.
AEinadab had taken one door off and had
feared it up against the house, and a food
OF keen autumn air swept through the rich
hall
Now, whatever else Dabby may have been.
he VAS at least truthful, and he said without
hesitating: II am going to take these doors
to Mulllnsyille to put them in my new free
library there. They are Just the right size,
aud | can't make any nearly as good"
But, my son, said the policeman, who
had children OF his own, and knew how to
speak to boys, don't you know that II is
dishonest to take a mans doors away with
out his permission? Suppose Mir. Lippincott.
or Strawbridge, or whatever the name Of the
gentleman is who lives here, should get
paw g. |'AAaN NAlNA@A AAf AHFS VI ul1 ubhIk. IL
would be your fault"
Aminadab had not thought Of that ar all.
To give a man pneumonia was the last thing
he would have wished to do, and his eyes
bCgar to ll with tears.
While he was trying hard TO keep back
the sobs, a large, stout, kindly looking old
gentleman came down the broad staircase,
and, seeing one OF his doors o: its hinges
ana a policeman on the steps, said: Hello.
what's the matter here? Is this the way
you come in doors-by taking the doors off %
Then Aminadah did what he ought to have
done in the first place. He took of his HAT
and he made a low bow and said IN a manly
tone Il am building a library at Mullins
vile. y. j., which | am going to give to
the town, and | needed a pair OF doors FOR
it and seeing that YOU must be rich or else
You wouldn't have mahogany doors when
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his say he would have carried him off to
the police station.
But the old gentleman smiled kindly.
And who helped you take all this stone?
Didn't your helpers tell you that it is
wrong to steal?"
"I had no help, sir" said Aminadab. Il
did it ell myself"
We'll, you must be unusually strong.
And how were you going to carry my doors
back to Mullinsville?
"On my back" said Aminadab, simply.
"a young Sampson said the old gentle
man, looking over the tops of his glasses at
the policeman, who nodded atfably,
and the glass and timber, where did you
get those"
Aminadab told him. Somehow he was
not afraid in the presence of this fine pa
triarchal old man. He had heard of jails,
but he did not believe that the gentleman
was going to punish him.
Mr.. Lippincott-if that was his name
heard him through and then he said: "Ohi-
Ger, don't think that this is a case for
you. He has put back my door and will
deal with him in a way that seems fit
The officer rose and bowed and went out.
When Aminadab and the old man were
alone together, the latter said: my boy, a
little fellow who has so much strength OF
body and such kindly instincts ought to
learn that it is never kind to take things
that don't belong to him. Now, l believe
that you acted thoughtlessly, and | am not
going to punish you, though you committed a
crime in taking down my door. Instead, l
am going to make you a present of the doors
and will have them sent out to Mullinsyille,
and | will also give you 10000 books to put
on the shelves, for a library without books
Is like cake without sugar. Only first you
must go TO each man from whom you-er-
borrowed material and tell him what You
have done, and restore his property if he
objects. And | will make good any stone, or
glass, or timber, that is needed"
Aminadab seized the good mans hand and
wTung it, and a few minutes later he was
on his way home, and before nightfall he had
visited every man who had, unknowingly,
contributed to the new library. And to the
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refused to contribute a single stone toward
its erection.
The day Of the dedication was made a
holiday iu Nullinsyille and every one in
town came to see what one small boy had
been able to do and old MIR. Strawbridge
or Lippiucott told them all that they had
ought to be proud of Aminadab. on the
whole. because while dishonesty was a
g%rievous quality, still IL could be repented
Of, and doubtless Aminadab had already
repeutei, but public spirit was a thing so
rare that it ought to be encouraged by all
possible means
Then Aminadab got up and said: 81
thought that ! was going to give you this
library myself, but since my kind friend
here has opened my eyes l see that | had
only two things to give you; my labor and
what taste l may possess. The rest you
have given yourselves, and the books he
has given. So l say let's give three cheers
for him"
The cheers were given Justify and then
much 90 Aminadab's surprise MIR. Hamer-
ton, who had come in late and unexpect-
cdly, rose and said: "Dabby has forgot
ten that l own the ground on which he
built the library, but | cheerfully give 1t
to him to give to you because | think that
he is the most generous and the most pub
lic-spirited boy in New Jersey. And after
this we will trust him with anything
And Dabby has proved faithful to that
trust
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tCopyright 1,.9 by Charles Bat,or Lo,m.sJ
Aminodab Sketch had n defective moral
sense, but You must not blame him for it too
harshly. What could any one expeat Of a
boy who, having such a dreadful name as
Skelch, had been saddlod with Aminadab
when he was too young to protest. OF course
the boys called him Dab or Dabby for
short, or else Amen, which was just as bad.
and he Is certainly entitled TO some con-
sidcraticn on that account. If he had been
called Gau1enslus Stewart or Alcibladcs
Montrose he might have been a very noble
little fellow, but tine name Of Aminadab pre-
pared people for the worst. And yet he was
not the worst by any means. He had a
love for the beautiful and he liked to do