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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-29
Much in Little.

II is estimated that at the beginning of
the new century England will have 49,
900, 600 600 tons of coal still unused and
available
German army officer estimates that in
the century just closing no less than
80, 900, 900 men have been killed in war in
civilized countries.
The death-rate of the French colonial
army is 1913 a thousand year. In NADIA
gascar it Is 1881 thousand, and in West
Africa 1911 a thousand.
Most Of the pianos and organs in the
South African republic are bought from
Germany. but some are from England
and the United States
Only in New York, Buffalo, Yonkers,
Boston, Chicago, Brooklne CMass), Prov
idence. Philadelphia and Worcester are
public baths maintained
Boston Is going to give its citizens a
chance to patronize home peddlers by the
way it numbers licenses issued. Those
for Boston peddlers will be even numbers,
and those for non-residents odd.
An English actor, who died on the road,
was shipped in his coffin to London re-
Gently, by his manager, as theatrical
properties" This cost 81, whereas il he
had gone as corpse the cost would have
been 500 SOC
A Berlin physician has written an article
on the dangers resulting from what are
considered Insignificant wounds For in
stance, in IS injuries to the thumb, perm
anent disability followed in 60 per cent.
Just before w. iya Smith of Florence,
kas., goes to bed he carefully places his
beard in muslin bag. After he has en-
tered the bed he puts the bag under his
pillow. His beard is nearly eight feet
long
The little daughter of William Curtis,
at Medicine Lodge, Kas., was bitten by
a rattlesnake last week, and died in a few
hours. The child found the snake in the
grass in the yard, and was playing with
it when it bit her.
Children will enjoy new firecracker,
which is manufactured in strings contain
ing any desired number, with a contn-
uous fuse, which may be lighted at one
end to fire a whole bunch in succession,
or separated for single explosions.
The small town of Viana de Cega about
eight miles from Valladolio, is the spot
which because of the fertility. of the soil,
and the luxuriance of the vegetation on
the surrounding hills, has been chosen for
the first tobacco-growing experiment in
Spain.
The chief burgess of West Chester, Pa,
proposed a fine of 50, or "a hours in Jail,
to each of seven young men who were
brought before him, charged with corner
loafing. At 81 per loaf the sport is expen-
sive, but the fines were all paid, and the
borough enriched accordingly.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-29

as much as they have of the grape
it is because their menu has been me-
elected. The melon may not hold it's
head up as high as other fruits, but
for all that it is the king of the gar
den.
The rules for telling a good water
melon are many and various. One
way is by pressing its sides, tapping
on it with your knuckles and hold
ing it to your ears. In a good, WE'LL
developed, ripe melon you will hear a
peculiar sound of crispness, like that
in breaking a stalk of celery. Another
says that a more scientific way is
this: Lay the melon on its back-that
is, with the part whitened or yellowed
by contact with the earth in grow
ing looking YOU in the face-and
scratch the skin of this whitened part
with your finger nail. If the skin is
tender and the melon is yet firm to
the pressure of your fingers, so that
you can with difficulty pierce it with
your nail, you may gamble on having
a fine melon.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-29
The Watermelon Season.

~ UT of the bounteous South are
" coming carlcads-as for that
matter great trainloads-of big,
juicy, luscious watermelons. The 1899
crop is reported to be the largest on
record. The visible supply runs up
into the tens and hundreds of millions,
There never was such a watermelon
season as this; there never may be
such another again. The watermelon
is an ancient and honorable fruit. The
mouths of hundreds of generations
have watered at the thought of it, and
watered still more in actual contact
with it. The watermelon was grown
in ancient Egypt. The Pharaohs had
them every day for dinner. The Israel
ties in their exodus longed passionate
~ for the melons which they did eat
in Egypt freely" Kings and slaves.
the rich and the poor, the high and
the low in all periods of history have
tasted the melon and found that it
was good. IT is at once fit for gods
and Coons. The pear, the apple. the
peach, the orange all have their fine
admiring and grateful public But the
economy of nature has nowhere else
packed so much sweetness and am
brosial delectable deliciousness into
II poets have not sung Of the melon
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-29
What 1t Did.

TT Is not easy to say what was
achieved at the peace conference
which has concluded it's sessions at
Inc Hague. The reports of its pro-
cedings have not been given out; no es-
innate can be placed on the value of
its conclusions or the worth of its
recommendations.
On the other hand, it is a compare
lively easy matter to tell what the con-
ference did not accomplished left I'M
done some of the things that were chief
among the matters which it was ex-
pected to deal with. If what the world
has learned Is true, then nothing what
ever was accomplished in the direction
of disarmament and nothing more than
diplomatic generalities in regard TO
arbitration come from The Hague
That is to say, the military world
will not reduce its war footing estab-
lishment in times of peace, and If diff
ferences threaten war, nothing that
comes from the conference viii opera te
as hinderance in the way of hos
tilities To be sure there comes from
Ine hague the suggestion or a tribunal
for the arbitration of differences that
threaten war; if the proposed court is
established no nation is bound to pay
any attention to it.
One article in the conclusions reached
by the conference provides that the
signatory powers consider it their duty,
whenever an actual conflict threaten
ing to peace occurs between any of
them, to recall to the latter that the
arbitration court is open to them" The
American delegates take exception to
this article, and insist that the language
be so modified that the United States
may in no case be obliged to intervene
in European affairs, or Europe in
American disputes.
In fact, the best statement descrip-
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Not Out Yet.

q PEAKING of prisoners of war
~ our government entered into an
engagement, many months ago,
TO deliver over to Spain large number
OF them who. unfortunately, still linger
in Philippine dungeons. The agree
ment on the part of the United States
Is part of the treaty of peace con-
Guided at Paris with Spain.
These prisoners are a part of the
residuary estate left after the war
between the Filipinos and the Span
iards. In various ways pressure has
been brought on Aguinaldo for their
release. Spain has affected deep con-
Germ respecting the fate of these men.
When our government resumed diplo-
matte relations with the regency at
Madrid, weeks ago, at the first inter
view with our minister the queen regent
made inquiries in regard to the fate of
the prisoners and the likelihood of their
speedy release
Indeed, it is a little strange that there
has not been delivery of some of
these imprisoned Spaniards. If General
Otis was right when, a few weeks ago.
he saw peace in sight. one would say
that he must have been within reach Of
the Spanish soldiers held captive by
Aguinaldo. The trouble seems to be
that the general was reveling in pipe
dream.
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Men and Women.

Major General Otis is oa'y two years
younger than General Wheeler. who is the
oldest officer of that rank in the service
The Shah of Persia has a superstitious
dread of lobster and salmon. He will
never permit them to be placed upon his
table. being firmly convinced that misfor-
tuna would follow their Appearance.
Two of the most famous living Scotch
men are cripples-Lord Kelvin. who is the
greates living Scotch scientist, and DR.
James McGregor, of Edinbucr1, who IS
said to be the greatest LIVING Scottish
p:tacher
President Loubet has given orders for
four portraits of himself, which will be
painted this summer. He has also ordered
portraits of all the prime ministers who
have served since 1871. These pictures vii
be hung in the Eiysee.
At the Omaha Greater Amt -ican cxrosi-
tior the other day, General Joe Wheeler
lr,.t in the ranks of the rliri Nebraska
regiment a man who had acted as Ills
orderly during three years 2f the civil
war They had not met since 1865.
Nine Patti. now Baroness Cederstrom
is said TO have made at times as much
az $3.50, 900 n year Melba's inc zine, when
fully engaged, is S150,000. and Sa'A Bern,
hardt has for years averas ed $1,000, Rosa
Bonheur sold one years work To- $4,000.
The most highly priced pitr' among
English women II that of the crown Of
India. OF the 50 holders of t'.a cherished
decoration only two are Americans. TA,y
are Lady Randolph Churchill AMI LADY
CuFzon, formerly Miss Letter OF Chicago
Admiral Dewey's salary amounts 70
$3.50 a day; President Mckinley is equal
to Sl3l a day; cabinet officers, TIE wee
president and the speaker o. the house
get s22.22 a day; senators AMI congressman
get 1890, and the chief justice &C tle sU-
preme court gets $29 a day.
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The Maybrick Case.

| q TUBBORN people those British
| ~ ers. The best talent the United
States can rally has been
Drought to bear in behalf of Mrs. May
brick, who languishes in an English
prison under life sentence for the MUIR
der of her husband
People in American high life have
been working zealously all these years
for the woman's release, her case has
been periodically under the public eye,
time and again. The prophecy of par
| don Tor her has been given out, the de-
pafiIent of state at Washington has
been enlisted in her behalf. One after
another, this country's representatives
at the court of ST. James have enlisted
in behalf of the Maybrick woman. Re-
Gently Ambassador Choate has exhaust
ed all the resources within his reach
in an earnest effort to set her free. In
turn Mr.. Choate has failed-as, in long
procession, his diplomatic predecessors
failed.
1t was given out in London, two or
three days ago that, on the present
outlook, Mrs. Maybrick will serve her
term. The case came up last Monday
in the house of commons In answer 20
an inquiry, the home secretary said:
Il am unable to hold out any hopes of
exceptional treatment in the case of
Mrs. Maybrick, and / may add that the
home office is not aware of any reason
| for seeking royal clemency in her be-
half"
| Mrs. Maybrick was an American. She
married rich Liverpool merchant. He
was old enough to be her father He
died of poison-the evidence against his
wife was claimed to be in good part cir
cumstantial. But the accused woman
was found guilty and sentenced That
was about ten years ago. She has al
ways admitted that her life was not
what it ought to have been but she has
always denied the crime of murder
Trials of this sort are not apt to he
mistrials in England. But. whatever
the merit of the verdict. there never
was match for the persistence with
which Mrs. Maybrick's release has been
sought. The English government is
differently in this country, and 1t is
not at all clear that the American plan
is better-it is constantly restoring to
freedom men and women who ought to
wear their lives out in prison. Indeed
it has come to pass that in this coun-
try life sentence is rarely construed
to mean what it says.
Here in Montana, a brutal murder
was committed years ago. The sur
roundings of the case We're much more
distressing than those involved in the
Maybrick affair." man absolutely in
nocent of wrong was killed. The muir
derer was sent to Deer Lodge. He had
a pull; he was backed by relatives who
were influential people in Canada. High
life in the Dominion took up his case;
Secretary Blaine was among those
whose good offices were enlisted. The
man got pardon. London doesn't re-
ciprocate in a thing of that sort, as
shown by the Maybrick case; and,
withal, the English policy is the right
one
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IS 1T A GAME OF PoLITICs2
amusing Features of Our Controversy
With Great Britain.

amusing Features of Our Controversy
With Great Britain.
from the Washington Post
II appears that the contention over
the Alaskan boundary has become
amusing. 1t has been more or less so
from the outset. in fact. We have al
ready had occasion to speak of the
High Joint Commission as High joint
Joke. and nothing of subsequent &C.
currence has given us the smallest rea-
son to amend that light minded ap-
pralsement There was never any pro-
priety in our negotiating with Canada,
whose officials besides being pompous,
pigheaded and hostile, cannot properly
represent Great Britain in a discussion
with the United States, and we never
once imagined that anything but a
solemn farce would result We are not,
therefore, surprised to see that the non
sense has stimulated the foolish an
nouncement on the part of Sir Wilfrid
Laurier, the Canadian premier, that
nothing is now left but arbitration or
an appeal to arms.
This would be irritating enough both
to England and the United States were
1t not so ludicrous. The idea of Can
ada resorting to hostilities with the
United States is as absurd as any of
the Examinations of General Boum, the
minister of war of Gerolstein. How
alton of Sir Wilfrid and the absorb
ton of his territory? Sir Wilfrid is
dissipating In tommy rot. He is show
lng us how idiotic a dignified and be-
nevolent old gentlemen can be- OF
course, England has authorized no such
sloppy talk as this. OF course, there is
not the least probability that England
would dream of going to war with the
United States over such a contention.
The issue may seem tremendous to the
Dominion officials, used as they are
to finding their excitement in childish
things and their tempests in teapot.
But the British government plays a
serious game, and in that game there is
no place for the fuss and feathers of
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, beautiful to gaze
upon though he be-
1t occurs to us, however, that this at
titude on the part of Canada may easily
have been induced by judicious sys-
tenn of badgering on the part of our
own High Joints, and it is further
borne in upon us that such an attitude,
IL left carefully undisturbed for the
next ten or eleven months and then
gently stimulated to the point of men
ace, might serve a very useful purpose
in the campaign of 1900. Possibly we
are over-suSpicious. If SO we regret
the circumstance exceedingly. But We
have seen so many extraordinary per-
formances of late, and have become so
used to looking for hidden causes
thereof that we cannot drop the habit
at a moments notice. And 1t must be
admitted by all thoughtful men that
our suggestion has many probabilities
in its favor. Nothing could be easier,
for instance, than to work up two such
gentlemen as Sir Wilfrid Laurier and
Sir Charles Upper into almost any
state of mind required, and nothing is
more certain than that a hostile demon
stration by Canada some time in the
early summer would relieve the republic
can party of many of its present in
ternal troubles and embarrassments.
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Kind Words About Ingersoll.

~ HE Boston Herald observes that
sit is a gratifying evidence OF
the growth of liberation in the
ecclesiastical world that a large major
ity of the intelligent clergymen of all
denominations who have been inter
viewed about the late Colonel Ingersoll
spoke warmly of him as a man of frank
uprightness of character. and sincerely
honest and exemplary in all the rela-
lions of life"
The kind words that have been said
Of Ingersoll by the press and pulpi.
have been prompted by something els,
than the principle of de mortuis nihil
nisi bonum. All the world loves and
honors good man, regardless of his
beliefs or unbeliefs. Ingersoll proved
that it is possible for a man to live a
moral life without the hopes and con-
solutions of religion. But very few
men have, as Ingersoll had, strength of
character, a sunny temperament, a
tender heart and kindly, generous i'm
pulses in combination. The vast ma
jority of mankind absolutely need re-
ligion as a stimulus to morality. 1t
was no trouble at all for Ingersoll to
be, good-it would have required effort
on his part to be anything but good.
He was essentially DIR. Jekyll all
through, without a trace of any latent,
lurking Mr.. Hyde in him.
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TWELVE PAGES.
Artacho Has the Floor.
7 good time the people of the United
States are likely to cultivate closer
acquaintance with Mr. JsaheIo Az

N good time the people of the United
States are likely to cultivate closer
acquaintance with Mr. Isabelle Ar
tacho' He is not widely famous al
present, but he is liable to be what the
comic operas call ''riser''-a coming
man In the affairs of the Filipinos
In his present role Mr.. Artacho ap-
pears as the rival of Aguinaldo. Not
with success thus far-the record up to
date is that he was a leader in the
northern part of Luzon and Aguinaldo
had him in prison. Artacho managed
to escape. He hied him to Hong Kong
and, of course, the first thing he did
there was to issue a manifesto--that is
in the order of events in the career of
all rival Adventures.
Artacho, in his manifesto, assures his
fellow Fflipinos that Agunaldo is sim
ply no good. He says that he and the
better element among his countrymen
are for the United States and for peace.
He urges the islanders to quit fighting,
he denounces Aguinaldo as a traitor, he
processes full faith in the purposes of
the Americans" Before he was lodged
in Jail Artacho had spread among his
people the report that Aguinaldo was in
the rebellion for the sake of the glory
and the gold there may be in it. He
q, is at a distance from the scene of hos
tilities just now, yet not out of danger,
according to the dispatches-it Is re-
ported from Hong Kong that the Fill
Pine junta having headquarters there
proposes to kill Artacho.
The added information is that this
new leader is safe because he is under
the protection of Consul General Wild
man. The mere mention of Wild
mans name awaken memories. He is
the man who, a twevemonth ago, was
protecting Aguinaldo; according to the
reports that leaked out in Washington
ne is one of the members of the consul
lar service who gave to Aguinaldo
pledges which the administration at
Washington couldn't possibly make
good.
There are newspapers in this country
of temperament so sanguine that in the
appearance of Artacho on the the scene
they see the beginning of the end of the
war. That seems not probable; yet it
would be a happy circumstance if the
wars last chapter should be the his
tory of how Artacho did it,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-29
They Wish Him Well.

! HATEVER the future may
" bring forth, it can at least
be said that Elihu Root,
the new secretary of war, got a
good send-off. The newspapers have
all been friendly in their mention
OF his appointment, and the pub
lie wishes him well. Probable it is
that almost any man, IN exchange for
Alger, would have been welcomed--the
feeling was that, in naming successor
for the war department, the president,
in any event, couldn't do worse.
But the greeting extended to Secre-
tary Root has been cordial, except
republicans who don't like it because
the president goes so far out of mis-
way, as they insist, to pull Mr.. Platt's
chestnuts out of the fire. AS for the
administrations immediate organs,
they are making the plea that Mr.
Root must not be expected to close the
war in day. That plea is superfiuous
the public is patient, it will give Mr.
Root time.
For that matter, II the Alger people
have the right of it, President McKin-
ley is running the war and will not
leave opportunities open for Secretary
Root. On the other hand, if some of
the presidents intimate friends are
right, Mr.. Root is really in training for
the office of secretary of the colonies
cabinet post which the president ex-
poets to create.
Be 1t war department or minister of
the colonies or whatever else, the
manifest impulse of the press of the
country has been to give the new war
secretary good speed-the issue rests
with him.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-29
PoRPolsE CAUGHT HIMSELF.
Fishing Adventure without a Parallel in
the Record of Sport.

From Forest and Stream.
One afternoon about $3.50 O'Clock
While fishing for tarpon, ] received a
terrible blow in the back of the head
which threw me out of the boat into
the water and almost stunned me.
was pulled back by my guide into the
boat, which was floating full of water,
and found lying full length in it a por-
poise about nine feet long, which prob
ably weighed over 500 pounds. Of
course this fish never struck me, or he
would have broken me into pieces. What
happened was: He jumped high in the
air, as they frequently do, and landed
head first, at my feet in the stern of
the boat, knocking a hole through the
ceiling and bottom of the boat and
stunning himself. The blow j received
was caused by his body falling upon
me.
The nearest rowboat was several hun
dred yards off, and as we feared the
porpoise might recover at any moment
and smash the boat to pieces with his
tail, my guide, Santi Armeda, tried to
push the porpoise over the edge of the
boat, but was unable to do so, owing
to the fish's weight. Rather than take
the consequences of what might happen
if the porpoise came to before we were
taken out of the boat, We slipped into
the water and rolled the boat over, los
ing everything in the boat, but glad
to do so, as 1t included the porpoise
We then turned the boat right side up
and crawled into its inside, which, al
though full of water, fioated and sup
ported us, and especially protected us
from the possibility of being bitten by
sharks. of which there are great
many large ones in the pass. l have
heard that these sharks will not tackle
a man, but it is my opinion that a
shark which can tackle and swallow a
tarpon would not hesitate much at a
man. / did not intend taking any risks,
and was very glad to find myself inside
the boat again. Very soon afterward
a rowboat came to our help, taking us
on board and rowing us ashore. OF
course I got no more fishing that trip;
my neck felt almost broken and all the
muscles of THE neck and back were ter
ribly strained and sore.
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Decided on His Future.
Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
A small boy friend of mine who lives
out at Cleveland park has decided on
his future profession at the age of 4.
He has the Interrogation mania in a
peculiarly aggravated form, and after
the first million or two questions in the
day, his mother in self-defense, be
gins to answer, Il don't know" Just
the other day the child had an unus-
ually violent attack of question ask
ing, and he tired of hearing her inev-
table response
We'll" he said. IT know what I'll
be when l grow up. I'll be so can
tell my little boy things he wants to
know. I'll be a find-outer."