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CHANGE OF SEX.
A weIl.Authenticated Case Re
ported at Chicago.

CHICAGO Oct. PA case tfchange
of sex, which on account ofthe prom
inence Of the parties interested has
attracted considera le interest has
lust been made public. John g. Spry,
of the Gardner 4 Spry Lumber CON-
.pany, is q well-knOwn, wealthy and
respected citezen. His residence is
upop the northwest corner of LOOMS
and West Monroe stre cts, . fashion
able neis hborhood. HIS family con-
sisted Of four girls and thrt e boys up
to about two months ago. He now
has four boys and three girls, The
eldest daughter, Miss Eliza Spry, was
married y few years ago to John
Harvey, of the firm of Harvey Bros,
cIothlers. but is now q widow. The
second daughter, Miss Harriet Spry,
was brought up as q Girl and con.
sidered b. rself rs such. She attended
the West Division High School. and
was a frequent visitor to the Nata-
forum, where she was considered an
expert swimmer. Her powerful frame
and awkward movements and athletic
manner excited suspicion among her
gill friends. There care y time
when a manly down adorned her up.
Der lip. Her voice, too, deepened
from its net unpleasant contralto
and was alternated with the full
chest tones of q bass0. The matter
was brought to the attention OF the
teachers, and Miss Hattie was sent
home. When Miss Hattie had been
home some days she bad private
and confidential conversation with
her mother, which resulted in the
calling of an eminent surgeon, DR..
Moses Gum, well known in medical
circles. and q preliminary examine
ton and corrobOratory circumstances
decided all parties that an operation
was necessary. When this was con-
cluded, Miss Harriet, now Harry
Spry, ! ut on a suit Of her brothers.
clothes, had her hair cut, boughta
razor and entered upon a new career
as q young man. A number of ply
sicians spoken with upon this very
interesting case say there are few
like it on record in the books of
medical science.
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her mind, being kindly cared for by
charitable people who had known
her, and who communicated with
relatives and brought them to her
bedside. But when, On regaining
her reason, she learned that her baby
had died, she would not listen to any
one, but insisted On returning to her
island. Thither she went, accordingly
being fitted out by friends for the
Journey, and there she had lived un
molested ever since. The man she
had killed was q stranger in Ogdene-
burg. q lumberman, who had heard
her story by chance. She had not
divulged her secret, and no one had
inquired for the man, whose body
bad been found and buried. a. 81
ready described. It was on her
journey to her home, that while pas
sing the island where the tragedy
occurred, she had been herself an
eyewitness Of the marvellous catas-
trophe of its disappearance.
II kept away from 1t as for As
possible, being afraid. And Just as
I was opposite, I saw 1t move.
And then strange, IS l live. go
down-slowly. slowly-the trees
gragually disappearing until they
were out of sight, and then it was
gone forever"
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Consumption Cured.

tice, having had placed in his hands by an East
India N Visionary the formula of q simple vege
table remedy for the speedy and permanent
cure of, Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh,
also q positive and radical cure for general de.
bility and allnervous complaints, after having
thoroughly tested its " )nderful curative pow
ers in thousands Of cases, feels it his duty to
P mchs y viii nlG be sep uG fi He Of f~ cSarRs to ae ali Who de de
sire 1t, with full directions Nr preparing and
necessarily using. Address, with stamp, nam
ing this paper, Dr.. J. z. Raymond, l64 Washing
ON street. BROOKLYN, N. Y, 2-16-W1V.
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Alias Summons.

In the Justices Court, Township and County
Of silver Bow, Territory of Montana. before E.
A. Nichols, Justice of the Peace. Bernard J.
Schlesinger plaintiff. vs.. Julius J. Mack, de-
fendant. The people Of the Territory of Mon-
tara send greeting to Julius J. Mack, defend
ant. You are hereby required to appear at my
Office in the township of Silver Bow, County of
Silver Bow, and Territory of Montana, within
ten days after the service on you of this sum
mons and answer the complaint on file IN an
action to recover from you the sum Of sixty,
five a l d 16-1N coll. rs, allf ged to be due and
owing from you to plaintiff for goods, wares
and merchandise and accounts sold and trans
ferred to you by pl intif at your special IN
stance and request, as more fully appear by
plaintiffs complaint I led herein. And you are
hereby notified that if you fail to appear and
answe said complaint as above required, the
said plaintiff will take a judgment by default
against you for the sum of $65. 16 and costs Of
SUIT.
Given under my hand and seal this 18th day
OF October, 1854. E A. NICHOLS,
Justi e of the Peace.
DUFFY 1 YATH, Plaintiffs Attorneys.
10 Is sw 4w
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Alias Summons.

In the Justices Court, Township and County
Of Silver Bow, Territory of Mon'ana. before
E. Nichols, Justice of the Peace, John Barta
Jana James rai Roaer uC0 ssts sGS pnt.nt FL f. P psopie 81 t Ss;
Territory of Montana send greeting. to James
Roberts, defendant. You are hereby required
to appear at my Office in the township of Silver
H sS% GSu9 Within III ten S.uv dsvs SS AVER a the i servics on on
you of this summons and answe the account
ON file in an actia n to recover from you the
sum of SIS. 90 and 80 100 dollars alleged to be
due and owing from you to plaintiffs for board
And you are hereby Motif d, that # you fail to
q. pear and answer said complaint as above
REQUIRED, the said plaintiff will take q judg.
ment by default against you for the sum Of
3e5 30 and cost Of suit.
Given under my hand this 7th day of October,
1884.
E. A. NICHOLa,
lO-8.iW Justice OF the Peace.
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Notice to CO-owner.

TO s. r. Jacobs, or his heirs and assigns
You are hereby notified hat we, your GO
section 2, s24, Revised Statutes of the United
states, performed labor and made improve
ments to the amount of 500 for the year ending
December 81, 1883, upon the Six O'Clock Quartz
Lode Mining claim, situated in Summit Valley
NininR district, Silver Bow county, NJ. T.; and
YOU are hereby further notified that unless you
Contribute ur cause to be contributed your pro-
toeether with interest and costs, within $50
days from date of this notice, all FOUR right
title, interest aud claim in and to the above des-
eribed quartz lode mining claim will become
the property ofthe undersigned, YOUR 0-Owner
Who have made The required expenditure.
THOs. II. JUDGE,
DAVID LEWIS,
JAMES MALONEY,
THOs. II. o
Butte, N. T., August II. 1884
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GRAND DRAWING.
A Rare Opportunity to Obtain
Valuable Mines.
One Thousand Tickets at Five
Dollars Each.

Owing to circumstances over which we have
no control we will disnose of some valuable
mining property by 9 grand drawing to take
This property is situated In Silver Hill Mining
District, Deer Lodge county NJ. r., and folty.
FIVE miles west of Butte, and consists Of thr. e
81 silver bearing lode Gains, each fifteen hun.
feet in width. The first prize-the sunnyside,
feet '' deep and n Ose thirty an1' t s'sn' dep e'
each showing fine ore and assaying largely in
silver Is may be seen by the following state
ment Of assays made by Hubbard, Breen T.
Meade" assayers, Butte City, M. L.. September
Low grade ore, 4s Is 100 ozs.
Medium grade ore, ITO 2O-lO0 lzs.
High grade ore as per mill run made at the
Colorado smelling works August 20, 1884, l52
the sunnyside loce is four feet between we'll
d def Ssat xa ats. ans dPre'ervesa uniform width at
The second prize. the Eureka, is developed
only. by several prospect shafts, but shows q
width OF sey.9ty l7V feet Of ore between a
~. Assays from this lode made by the assay
err above named show silver as follows:
Groupings. Neutrality-suspicious.. ......-..... 7 ozs.
Three feet from surface. .........-......1 ozs.
The third prize, the Silver Hill is developed
by Q shan twelve (l2) feet deep Al this depth
the ore body is two feet between walls. E'gh,
teen hundred (I>OO]p0unds of this ore yielded
at the Colorado Smelter $50 ozs.
The drawing for these valuable mining prop
critics will take place at the date and city
named under the immediate supervision of J.
Ross Clark, ?. Largely and DR. G. W. Beal. One
thousand tickets will be issued which will be
sold at five 1851 dollars each and will be for sale
in the principal cities and towns in the Terri
toy. This Is q rare opportunity to obtain q
v. H. BLoDGET.
F. i. MCBRIDE.
BUTTE, Sent 16. 1884
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The lutte Gas, Fuel and Lirht c.,

Incorporated under the laws of Montana
with 4 q pital stock of 500, goo. having obtained
permits to lay pipes through the streets of
Butte, a d one of its members being now in the
East contracting for the plant. have their books
open for subscriptions to the sock at the Bank
ing House of Clark & Larabie. All persons
Wishing to subscribe for stock will call imme-
diatelv, as the books will be closed 80 days
from date.
BUTTE GAS, FUEL AND LIGHT Co.
Butte. Sept. II. 1884, 91S
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- The BUYERS GUIDE Is II.
q !; /! e: :: :: !: !; :; !; !; :; Z; 4 !: i! = i: !; ); : !!
~ ture gallery. Gives whole
sale prices direct to consumers on all goods
for personal or family use. Tells how
to order, and gives exact cost Of every.
thing you use, eat, drink, wear, or have
fun with. These invaluable books CON
tain information CLEANED from the mar
kets of the world. We will mail a copy
Free to any address upon receipt Of the
postage-7 cents. Let us hear from you.
Respectfully,
WARD 4 Co.
. 4 . WaAasA Avsaaa. Chisasa m
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ST.. GARY'S ACADEMY.
Deer Lodge, Montana Ty.

CONDUCTED BIZ TIE SISTERS OF HARJrr
The Academic year Is divided into two ses.
sions Of five months each, beginning respect
lively on the first Monday Of September and the
f1fst Monday Of February.
TERMS:
Board and tuition per session, Qncluding
bed, bedding and washinE..--.-.-.......S 500
LAY 10
Music ON piano. per session. e1tra."""..... S
Music on guitar, .-......... Is
No eztr. charge for Vocal Music.
Draining and Painting extra charges
A0-Plain and Ornamental Needle Work taught
free Of charge. "a
ali Payments Must be xads In Advance.
Pupils are required to bring all necessary
articles for the toilet.
Special rates for two or more Of one family
attending the institution ct the same time.
For further particulars apply to the
SISTER SUPERIOR.
In charge Of st. Maly's Academy,
8S-2mo Deer Lodge. MT
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GOING
My LINE RUNNING TWO THROUGH
TRAINS DAILY FROM
CHICAGO, PEORIA Est. LOUIS
Through the Heart Of the Continent b. way
Of Pacific junction or Omaha to
DENVER,
4 via Kansas City and Atchisol to Denver, con.
A,ecNng In Union Depots 81. Kansas City, Atchison,
SAM FRANCISCO,
I'd all points In the Far West shortest Line to
KANSAS CITY,
And all points in the South West.
TOURISTS AND HEAlTH-8EEKERS
-.,ould not forget the fact that Round Tfip tickets At
.educe4 rates can be purchased via this Grcat
s ssoHss q t Tie west g az and ne so ass .We: and ,a RssssS5s
re Mountains Of COLORADO, the Valley Of tie
CITY OF MEXICO.
and all points In the Mexican Republic.
H0ME-SEEKER8
SHOULD also remember that this line leads direct to
lie heart OF the Government and Railroad Lands In
N.hraska, Kansas, Texas, Colorado and Washing.
tiS Known - the great THROUGH CAR LINE
>. America, and b universally admitted to be the
:: inese Kquilped Railroad In the World for
all classes Of Travel.
rhhrS uSno Ti sN:se., v1 a., th!s llns foE sale e. q! Rail;
cs.Pf and Gen. Manager.
PERCEVzL LOWELL,
Gen. Pass. ACT Chicaeo
JN0. G. 4. BEAN, Gen. Eastern AT,
n Meaningless y. sostos.
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BUTTE. Sent 16. 1884
PO6TPONEMENT.

The above drawing has been post
poned until Saturday, November Is,
1884 10 rs tt
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veruity Of Pennsylvania, VIII agree t0 i0fIeit
100 Sor . case Of this Kind the VITAL RE 81
1ili nj emre. Pdce $50 bottle: four lines h:
Quantity, S. Sent to any address eoufidens3al
Il, In private name If desired, b A L. MlNilA
II, D.. ii Kearny street. 9 !: Cal
&LE BOTTLE FREE.
VIII be sent to any one applying by letter state-
Ing symptoms, rex n age STRICT secrecy ID
heard TO bunneGs transactions
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DR..
BPECIALIST AND GRADUATRl
No. Ill Kearny st. San Francisco
Treats al Chronic, Special and Private Diseases
with Wonderful Success
REMEDY.

Ii q certain cure fOf
Nervous Debility. Lost
Manhood, Prostrato.
rhOea, and Anthe evil
effects Of youthful :ol
lies and excesGee6.
DIR. MIliTIE, who Il
. regular dcian
graduate Of the Unt.
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Test Your Baking Powder To-Day !
Brands advertised as absolutely pure
:oNTAIN AMMONIA

the 1ESTs
Place . con top down On . hot stovo until
teatcd, then remove the cover and smell. A chem-
1t will not be required to detect the presence Of
Ammonia.
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LOST ISLAND.
. Supernatural Phenomenon.
near Alexander Bay.
How the Record Of q Crime Was
Buried Beneath the Wat. r.
of the st. Lawrence.

That last pickerel you took was
right over Lost Island; there's TWEEN
ty foot of water there now"
"That sounds rs though there
might be q story" was the reply OF
the fisherman to the young native
who was acting as his guide, phil
osopher and friend" over the waters
about Alexandria Bay.
THE STORY OF A CRIME.
"Yes, there's yarns about all these
ere islands if they only was writ up,
tnat would be with readin', 1 tell We.
That about Lost island Is one of 'em.
My old man says that when he was q
yunker, about sixty years ago, right
off to the east ard yOn, was An island,
covered with trees and brush, and
quite q sizable place. He used ter
70 there a-huntin', an knOwed the
place we'll. He had q winter cabin
there, soft be could take to it when
he couldn't get home. One fall, when
the old man reached the island, he
found some one had been there.
There was marks of q boat on the
shore, an q fire had been built an q
camp made. And in one place the
old man had found the bushes was
all beat down, an the groun' covered
with blood, an away in the bush
dragged there-was the body OF q
man. Dead? he'd been lynn there
for Gays. He was q big Teller; over
seven foot. The old man sald-but l
guess he was z ggeratin, and he
had q long black beard. Round his
waist was q belt, with q big brass
buckle, an he had long boots an.
leggins onto him. There was nuthin'
to I'LL who he was or where he come
from, an the old man just dug q hole
and put him in it-and said nuthin'.
Deed there wasn't no liberties in
them days to tell it to.
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4 Change Of Tactics,

He had taken three terms of the gym
nasium, and could muscle a twenty
five pound eight, turn a handspring,
knock a sand-bag blind and box the
Professor all over the room. More than
one pupil had sighed for his skill, and
remarked that the man who should
tackle him would be mashed to pulp in
Il minute.
Yesterday morning he was coming UP
Howard street full of lie and vigOr.
when he came across an express wagon
with a wheel Off. He made some in
qUiries and received curt replies. This
led him to remark:
Young man, some one will cuff your
ears some day"
. But it won t be YOU"
Don't be too sure of THAR
MAY be you'd like to berin nOw?''
said the young man as he quit his work
and stepped to the walk.
u think | can cuff some manners into
you" replied the other, and he reached
out to begin.
The young fellows right arm gvrated
around for ten seconds, and then his
fist shot ont and landed on the citizens
nose like n kick from colt He was
going to follow it up, but before he
could spit on his hands again the other
man started of at the rate of twelve
miles an hour and turned the first corner
like a streak of light. Later in the day
he explained to an inquirer:
Il now see where | have wasted n
years time and one hundred dollars in
money. l haven't got the grit 10 fight.
l shall now quit boxing and 90 into
training as runner. "-Dctr0U Free
Press.
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USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Potatoes moderately sunburned are
IN no wise injured for seed. Cincinnati
Times.
Michigan allows to each farmer
who uses wide tires on his wagon a re-
bate on his taxes Detroit Post
Get all the family to make a study
of the farm. They will be improved as
well as the farm.-Ir0y Times.
Grade your perches so that the
heavy fowls, such as the Brahmas and
Asatics, will not be compelled to fly
high TO roost.-N Y. Herald.
There is but little doubt that fully
Onc-qUartc of the corn fed in fattening
hogs is wasted BY feeding it in muddy
yards or lots, or open pens Exchange
-Bannock pudding is made Of one
cup of corn meal, one of flour, well
mixed; one cup of sour milk, one table
spoonful of lard. a small teaspoOnful of
soda; bake or steam. Boston Post.
Cotton seed meal is valuable feed,
but it stands in much the same relation
to cattle food that eggs and meat do to
human rations. 1t should never be fed
exclusively, and is best fed with bran,
hay or straw CjjcaJo Journal
Stormy winter days give an excel
iNuO W tJOA JAAAAltN 4Ot SDiIlL2 II uibS anu
vegetables in the cellar and removing
those beginning to decay. A Kerosene
stove, or even one or two large kerosene
lamps, may do much to prevent freez-
ing in cellars not quite frost-proOf-
Chicago IriJzt71e.
No farmer should be without a
good supply of nails and bolts. as some
thing may happen by which double
their cost may be saved. One should
keep on hand plenty of horse nails, and
know how to nail on a shoe as well as a
blacksmith. 1t is not only the money
that is saved, but time that, at certain
seasons of the year, is worth more than
money to the farmer. -Ai5any Journal.
"A good pair of leggings can be
made of pair of long, ribbed, colOred
wooden stockings, which have outrun
their legitimate usefulness. They can
be utilized by cutting off the feet in a
slOping way, so that the top part of the
foot viii be left on and thus form the
covering of the foot. Hem them
around, and tack a piece of leather
to each side, about the middle of the
foot, to keep them in place.-Detroit
Post.
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SAN Francisco, CAL.-The Chronicle
publishes in substance the following mar
vel. Captain w. F. Swasey, thu Oldest
pioneer of the coast, makes a statement of
the intense suffering of his friend Col. d.
j. Williamson, an Army officer of distinc-
ton and an Ex-U. S. Consul, who was at
tackled in the winter of 1862 with violent
rheumatism So great was his agony in
after years, he became helpless cripple,
and after trying numberless remedies, the
baths of other countries and spending a
fortune of SO, 900, the disease seemed to as
sumo a more virulent type. Finally, he
was persuaded to try St. Jacobs Oil, the
great cOnqueror of pain. 1t worked a mir
acle of cure. In n letter to the Chronicle
he confirms Capt. Swasey's statement and
adds: 1 cheerfully give my unqualified
attestation to the truthfulness of the state
ment, because 1 feel perfectly certain that
a knowledge OF my cure 10y st. Jacobs Oil
will prove the means of relieving hundreds
of sufferers"
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How Pepper Grows.

While at Penang, writes a CORE
spOndent of an exchange. my gharra
driver took me to see a Chinese pepper
plantation. Pepper is a very profitable
crop. The vine begins to bear in three
or four years after the cuttings have
been planted, and yields two crops an
nUally for about thirteen years. 1t Is
an East Indian plant, rather pretty, but
Of rambling and untidy growth, a
climber, with smooth, soft stems, ten or
twelve feet long, and tough, broadly
ovate leaves. It is supported as much
as hops are. When the berries on a
spike begin to turn red they are gath
cred, as they loose pungency if they are
allowed to ripen. They are placed on
mats, and are either trodden with the
feet or rubbed by the hands to separate
them from the spike after which they
are cleaned by winnowing. Black pep
per consists of, such berries wrinkled
and BACKED in the process Of drying,
and white pepper of similar berries
freed from the skin and the fieshy part
Of the fruit by being soaked in water
and then rubbed.
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A "Penguinnery.''

In each nest sits one young, half
fedged bird, as the ''Jack-ass' penguiT
lays and matches but a single egg. MANY
of the nests have old birds standing be.
side them, each occupied in feeding its
solitary chick, duckling, gosling, OF
whatever the penguin offspring may be
properly called. This being Of itself
curious spectacle, the disappointed egg
hunters stop awhile to witness it; for
they are still o Rside of ths penguin
merry" and the birds have As yet taken
no notice OF them. BY each nest is a
little mound, on which the mother
stands per he'd. from time to time pro-
iecting her read outward and upward,
at the same tine giving forth a queer
chatteriBg noise. half-uuack, half bray,
with the air of a imp orator har-
arguing an Open-air audience. Mean
while, the yOungster stands patiently
waiting / Glow, evidently with a fore
knowledge of what s to come. Then,
after few seconds of the quacking and
braying, the mother bird suddenly ducks
he head, with the mandibles OF her
beak wide agape, between which the
t1edgeling thrustS its head, almost out
of sight, and so keeps it for mole than
a minute. Finally Withdrawing it. up
aga goes the head of the mother, with
neck craned out, and Oscllating from
side to side in a second spell of speech
making. These curious actions are re-
peated several times, the entire per
Torrance lasting for period of nearly
a quarter of an Iour. When it ends,
possibly from the focd-supply having
become exhausted, the mother bird
leaves the little glutton to itself and
scutt.es off seward, to Tcplenisb her
lrY-y lou l. Il.
molluscs.- Capita n Mayne Red, az So.
Alc60IOS
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BunkOing the Mayor.

rs the Mayor imp The inquiry came
from a short and sqUarely-built young
II an, with a generally hard-up appear
an e, a very red ia e, and a distllery
breath that would k II a cockroach ten
feet away.
''This is the Mayor" replied Clerk
Robinson, indicat NO S Honor
Mayor Thompson-"Do you wish to
speak to e, sir?''
Stranger-''I am a nephew of Mr.
Beatty, OF Toronto, o. whom you have
undoubtedly heard. / am over here
spending the holidays, and want some
L. Oney to take me hOme"
Mayor I thompson We'll, sir, if You
are a nephew of Mr. Beatty, which l
very much doubt, YOU can telegraph to
him for money, but I'll assure you you
can't get any o. me-"
Stranger you're n nice Mayor, you
aren'
Mayor Thompson-''Now look a here
young fellow, if you come around here
again, Pll have you run in And I've a
good mind to have you run in now. 1t s
cold day when anybody bunkos mer'
But the youth was far away from room
No. before the Mayor finished his adj
dress, and the distance was rapidly in,
reasing.-DetrOt Free IrcSS.