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The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-04-17
THE LATEST NEWS.

The Newfoundland report of the rescue
of the Greedy Arctic party was canard.
At New York yesterday a ferry boat
ran down yawl containing six sailors
and two of them were drowned.
The 10th congressional district of Penn
sylvania and the 22nd district of New
York have elected Blaine delegates.
Charles E. Coon, of New York, will
be nominated assistant secretary of the
treasury, vice j. c. New, resigned. Coon
is at present assistant chief of the loan
divisions of the treasury. E ~ na
In the Hill-Sharon trial i'm San Fran
cisco it has been proved by a dying mans
deposition that important testimony ad-
duced by Miss Hill to prove her marriage
with Sharon was "put up'' out of the
whole cloth.
1t is reported that the French fleet has
occupied Ameri in order to secure the
payment of indemnity from China. The
capture of Hung Hoa terminates the cam
paign in Tonquin. The financial qucs-
tion remains to be settled with China.
The French demands will be very heavy.
1t IS said that the partisans of those
Cubans favoring annexation to the United
States are endeayoring to organize league
to work in favor of that idea as a great
many Spaniards are becoming converted
to it, especially the Catalalans. who in in
telligencc are superior to most Spaniards
who come there. ~ Hsstshft
Fifty masked men went to jackson,
Brcadhitt county, KY, and took from the
Jail Henry Kilburn, (white) and Ben
Strong (colored and hung them. Kill.
burn is charged with the murder of VIM.
Tholp last January. Strong is suspected
Of being concerned in the same murder.
A notice was pinned ON the victims stat
ing that all perpetrators of such crimes
will receive like punishment Kilburn
had killed eight men.
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Religious Notices.

N0tHCeS
Choir practice at the Congregational
church at 7:3O this evening.
Bell service next Sunday Mt Congrega-
tional church. Mrs. Dexter has kindly
consented to sing contralto solo.
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in this locality. and he was able to obtain
the promises of large number of mnnied
men to visit these districts during the
summer.
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Some Useful Hints.

To remove fruit stains, lay tn.
stained places in a dish and pour
boiling water over. If this fails,
dissolve little oxalic acid in luke
warm water; wet the spots and lay
IN the sun. To remove iron rust,
wet the spots in lemon juice and salt
and lay in the sun. To remove white
spots from furniture, wet with cam
phor. To clean gilt, use white OF
egg. To clean vanished furniture,
use cold tea or apply boiled linseed
oil with wooden rag, rubbing per-
fectly dry with clean piece of fan
mel. TO clean ivory, use alcohol.
TO clean brass, use ammonia or vim
egar, and salt or oxalic acid. To re-
move ink stains, soak in sweet milk.
To remove grease from a carpet.
spread thickly with magnesia and
bncl:wheat flour if the first applica-
ton does not absorb it all, repeat.
To remove fruit stains from the
hands, use little critic acid. Grape
stains are effectually removed from
the hands by smoking with match.
Tomoto skins are also useful in re-
moving stains from the hands. Az
ter preparing onions for cooking.
smoke the hands over the fire, and
the disagreeable odor will vanish.
When frying eggs cover the dish
tightly. The steam will "whiten the
eggsvery much nicer than clipping
A cork is very nice for securing
knives, and can be washed every time
after using. If an extra polish is de-
sired, rub well with wooden cloth.
Always keep some old, soft paper
handyfor rubbing up the coffee-pot
or tea-kettle. They are much easier
kept bright than when they are scou-
red. II they get dingy, use sapolio
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Once upon time Listened.
Listened while the thick tears glistened
Meath the dropping lids that hid them. as
little prattser said.
While q fAtsses's arms caressing,
Round tine pse cious form were pressing.
And against his piiloMing bosom lay d
dainty curl-ringed head:
Papa spoke the little trembler,
ssPapa dear, do you member
When that genticma., ass acre to tea, his
sober. solemn air?
How he bent his head down lowly.
AMI his words came soft ind slowly,
AS he prayed to God in Heaven such a
pretty thank sou pray er
1And wondered all about it,
For, Of course, cou'da't doubt it,
Was funny way that made us he 20 kind
to one nyther.
To say thank YOU for each present,
In away so very pleasant,
And forget thai God m git ike it--so ask
ed my darling mother.
'sBut she looked a me so queerly,
Aud her eyes We're very nearly
Full Of crying, and left her, butt want TO
know real bad
Here the shy ewes lifted brightly
as it treating God politely,
When He gives US tiIau ss, TO never mind
nor tell Him when We are glad?
"And since then I've been thinking
Papa. dear, why you are winking !"
For SLOW sob shook the strong man, as
each keen, unconscious word
Pierced him, all the past unveilng,
And the cold neglect and falling.
All the thoughtess, dumb receival--how
the Needless heart was stirred.
"God is good, and Jesus blessed them.
And his sacred arm carressed them"
Murmuring thus he touched the child-brow
with a passionate, swift kiss
OF the little one beside him.
or the angt sent to ch.de him,
And ..thank YOU prayer ah, never more
his lips shall miss !"
Women at Work.
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If You can get it. Lime appiay.. u
a soft piece Of leather or a wooden
cloth is also good. The above rules
are all .stried and true" and have
been very useful to me. | have a
book in which / always write all use
full hints. and try them when the
necessity arises.
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story came about but Belle Army
tage married Maurice Merton in rath
er less than six months, and is not
yet widow. TIE two are some
what elderly and very happy couple
to-day. And it was Mrs. Merton who
told me this story.
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xbnly 4 BABY.

1
| Did you ever think how much diff
ference "only baby can make in a
homer There is happy surprise in
the story of life. An angel of hope
and love, in the form Of an innocent
babe, has chosen the household and
its inmates as its own, and what one
OF these inmates is not as proud and
happy as a king, from grandpa, state
~ and tall, through the long list OF
relatives, down to the shy maid-of-
all work All is happiness in that
household where baby has begun to
crow and laugh, and hold out its
chubby little arms to the loving en-
braces and caresses that await il ON
every side and at every movement.
The parants are planning for its fu-
ture, when, alas baby no longer
holds out its hands to have its place
on its mothers bosom. Daily the
little form is wasting, and daily the
cheeks lose the glow of health.
Weaker and weaker it grows until
finally the kind doctor tells them to
hope no more; prepare for tn,
worstw Night after night watchers
come with words of sympathy and
offers of help; but whoever watches
through the long, dark night, the
mother never leaves the loved one's
side, till wearied unto death. sin,
must seek rest. At last they tell
one another in hushed whispers, s.it
will soon be over" and they waken
the house with fearful words. Baby
is dying! Dying in the arms of
kind old neighbour. See how tender
ly she holds the little form that vii.
soon be lifeless. How anxiously she
notes every changing expression, but
not more anxiously than the mother
Sneeling at her side. Who can pic.
ture the agony of her soul, the mis-
cry OF her tones as she prays that i
may be permitted to pass ava,
peacefully. Her grief is greater than
that of the husband and father who
50 tenderly supports her. His grie
is more for the being beside him
the wife OF his heart, the mother OF
his child. The stiffness is awful. II
Is broken only by the signing Of the
forest trees around, and the rushin.
Of water at the not far-distant fall
1t is broken--no, not broken. 70,
that low wall from the mothers
heart seems but a mournful and no,
unexpected accompaniment. Bah,
is dead! There is no wailing, but
let who dares measure their dee,
grief! Next day there will be a
luiet funeral, and baby will be lai,
IN its last resting place. There will
be one more grave in the family lot,
and vacancy in our hearts that
time can but lily ease. / say in on
hearts, for it was my home, and it
inmates baby chose as it own, anc
it was in our hearts vacancy was
left by "Only Baby"
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How Sne Saved der Lover
BY MARY KYLE DALLAS.

In the old-time days there lived in
one of the Southern States gentle
man named Merton. He had, be
sides his house and little ground, a
couple of horses and q COW; only two
slaves, twin brothers, Dick and Bill.
One he kept to wait upon him, care
for the horse, and work the gardens;
the other he hired to the keepers of
an Insane Asylum in the neighbor-
hood They were known as the worst
negroes in the neighborhood, but Mr.
Merton would not sell them; he had
some qualms of conscience in regard
to owning them; but at least, he de
clared, they should be free when he
died His health was SO poor that
this seemed likely to take place very
shortly. No one fancied he could
live to be an old man He was slen-
der, delicate, with weak lungs and a
constant cough; and his will was
made, giving his property to these
two slaves; for, as he said, he should
never marry on account of his pow
erty, his inability to make fortune,
and the certainty that he should leave
his wife a widow.
Every one knew, owever, that he
liked Miss Belle Army tage, and that
she liked him She was an heiress,
and would gladly have shared her
fortune with him, but pride forbade
him to take what he would gladly
have possessed.
In the ricketty old house. fast fall
ing to pieces, he lived with Bill. H.
had strong friends and bitter enc
mics, for his opinions were peculiar
and, kind as were his intentions to
his slaves, he punished them with the
whip when they disobeyed him 1t
was the only way, he said. Often,
when the whipping was through, the
negro would say:
Il don't care. Marsa can't live
long, and rs gwine to have my turn
den"
When this was reported to Mr..
Merton he only laughed.
At last, however, something un-
usual happened Mr. Merton heard
Bill make an exceedingly insulting
remark about Miss Belle Armytage.
All the neighborhood heard the noise
he made. He tied the boy to post,
logged him furiously, berating him
all the time, and unbound him, with
the words, "Another speech like that,
and I'll murder YOU That night a
pistol shot was heard near Mr.. Mer-
tons house, and shrek in a negroes
voice. Later, some one saw Mr..
Merton in his garden, digging by the
light of lantern; later still, another
person saw him dragging heavy
bag after him.
In the morning Bill was not to be
seen. His master said that he had
run away, but did not take the usual
methods for recovering him. Bill
would come back, he said; and be
told his most intimate friends that
the boy had actually threatened his
life.
"Alter your WILL people said to
him. "You would be foolish to re-
ward two boys who are the pests Of
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NO INEQUALITY EXISTS WHERE DoMEs
TIC LIFE IS PERFECT.

TIC LIFE Is PERFECT.
A clergyman writes: The home is
not a kingdom in the sense that one
of its inmates is sovereign and all OF
hers subject and dependent. The
home in its entirety is supreme, a
kingdom in the sense Of its sway ov-
er the related institution of earth.
But in its internal government it Is
Republican and not monarchial. ]
repeat, the element of Republicanism
is an essential constituent in theideal
home. Let me make my meaning
plain. In the true home there is no
insinuation of inequality in conse-
quence of. sex. If the wife, from
desire to inform herself, or from sym
pathy with her husbands interests
puts to him an inquiry touching some
pending political or commercial pro-
blem, he does not discourteously +,
mind her that she is q woman an,
incapable of undertaking subjects t
that nature, but gladly enters into a
painstaking explanation to CRAFTY
aer desire. | have known men to
ret highly indignant because wom-
IN presumed to seek knowledge out
s,de of her cookbook and fashion
plates. The medieval notion of the
nferiority ofwoman still fingers even
comparatively intelligent quarters.
The wife takes up a newspaper and
ees comments on a recent veto by
he governor. She asks what II
means. In the ideal home the hus-
and explains to the best of his abi
ty both the point ut issue and the ma
re and extent of the veto power
low much more gentlemanly an
ust than if he had pronounced i.
incapable Of comprehending the sub
ect ofinquiry. That must be an un-
comfortable home in which the VII
always reminded Of inequalit.
The husband may excel in one q
,artment. but the wife outreachcs
mother. His deficiency of calcula
ION is made up in her tact. Der
mited experience in discipline
ounterbalanced by his manly poise
family adjustment The law IL
compensation is no where more prom
nent than in the realm of weddc
luty. There is no real inequality
md to assume it is unjust. Onl,
When two meet on equal footing are
hey the ideal home-makers. The
authority is that of two and not one.
Services is Of both, and when correct
relations exist between the two tb,
Inference and degrees of service will
'e adjusted by common instincts
4 husband sometimes thinks too
much of his wife to allow her at the
POLLS, but has no scruples about her
ringing up scuttle ofcoal- She
may break her back filing the wood
box, but not unbend her dignity b,
lepositing the ballot There are
lines when the wife may be better
lifted to handle an axe or spade
han her husband not unfrequentIy
she is the physical superior. In that
contingency toperform what is com
monty called masculine labor is her
right. But in the ideal home such
matters adjust themselves. Cues
lions Of that character will never be
raised where equal rights prevail.
Because the wife is woman she is
none the less free. Only on Repub-
Iican principles is she recognized in
her proper sphere. To deny her
equality is to proclaim her a slave.
In the home her true place is beside
and not below the husband of her
choice.
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PosrIvE CURE ron PUEs. TO the people
Of this County We woul0 say We have been
given the Agency Of DR.. Marrhisi's Italian
Pile Ointment emphatically guaranteed to
Cure or money refunded Internal, External,
Blind, Bleeding or Itching Piles. Price SOC.
q Box. No Cure, No Pay. For sale BY J A
G. unwer, Druggist June fly.
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AND III
Flour and Feed StorD
No. SO Quee st., Stalsy's Block sS

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i've prompt attention we IA ~ a.
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e will be weighe I'd full weighs x,lef-
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inc Fine and Lump Coal; also tcst qnAlls
Nut and Egg anthraci coal ulwxys ~
.nd. .2
Tar, ,ers having Corn, Oats and Hay n -
v solicited 10 zee me before selling. Thnnl
the public for the liberal patronage ~
,ded me. and soliciting your further Avoso
nni respectfully yours,
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wearing fur overcoat and broad
trimmed hat, He walked up and
down the great platform with his
hands in his pockets, smoking and
singing, apparently in the best Of
| humor. One of those inquisitive
men always to be found near a rail-
road train, who had been watching
him for some time, finally ventured
to address him:
From the West p
The individual in the fur remov-
ed his cigar and replied:
"You bet.n
"Going East?"
"You bet"
The inquisitive man became inter-
ested. He was going East, too. 1t
was eleven years since he had been
east of Lake Michigan, and he was
going down to see the old folks in
Pennsylvania.
! THAT amt marker to me,' said
the westener, with great vehemence.
Il went west in 40 and this is my
first appearance this side of the
Rocky Mountains since. live when
Pm to home, in Maine, and that is
where Pm going now When / left
there was boy of twenty-five or
whereabouts. Do you think they'll
know me now ~ and he stroked his
iron-gray beard thoughtfully.
"They wlllifyou've got rich in the
mean time,' said the inquisitive fel-
low, making an effort to appear as il
he did not care whether the question
implied by this remark was answer
ed or not. He was equally surprised
when his companion resumed:
That's just it, stranger. / have
oeen on the coast these thirty-five
| years. Jerusalem! but think of il
"a lifetime nearly. I've had MORN
than thousand prospects that
we're considered immense. I've been
chasing something, nothing, all these
years. Sleeping or waking, I've
seen the glitter of gold. Did you
ever get that way? No, of course
| you didn't: | have seen gold every.
where and yet could not find it. The
mountains with their snowy peaks,
the glistening ice, the sparkling for
EST, have all filled me with wonder,
avarice, greed. Everything that
shone has tempted me. Ny eyes
nave been strained so long, my
whole being has been absorbed in
this cursed search, that it tires me
to look anywhere or at anything. l
like to smoke and close my eyes and
think. A wasted life is not pleasant
for reflection. The hardships that
have endured, the things that might
nave been, haunt me and disgust me
with myself"
Relatives down East?" inquired
the man by his side, who was getting
interested.
Eyes, sir, my mother, and that's
what's taking me over the divide,
stranger. A curious thing about
that. Mighty curious. For thirty
five years / hardly gave the lady a
thought. She wrote frequently, and
wrote frequently, but not like
ought to have done. i was absorb
ed in gold-hunting, when one day l
received a letter from her contain
ling her photograph. She's more'n
seventy-five years old. 1t struck me
like an avalanche. Poor old moth
er, says |, and as / looked up / saw
myself, wrinkled and gray, in glass
and observed, "Poor fool boy
Well, sir, from that moment / lost
interest in gold, quatz and pIacers.
When l looked at the snowy peaks
saw my mother. / dreamed of her
at night. Her eyes were also before
me, swimming in tears, as they were
the day we parted. Finally ! gave
up, converted what little property ]
had into dust ard determined to go
home. Here's '40ter who has been
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Alter your viii and sell

his head
About nine o'clock in the morning,
as neigbbor sat on the porch with
Nr. Merton, Dick walked mp the path.
"Mornin', marsa, he said. "Whar's
Bnlar
run off, said Mr.. Merton. II
logged him last night, aud he's gone
to day."
"Gone n echoed the negro, with
his big black eyes shining and an in
solent tone coming into his voice.
"Marsa Ise gwine to know whar dat
boy is gone"
so am IT, said Mr.. Merton. HE
can't go far"
"No,r said Dick; she amt far off
Marsa, / know you killed dat boy,
and Use gwine to fin his body"
Mr.. Merton started to his feet and
aimed blow at Dick. Dick set up
a cry and went bowling down the
road He ran straight to the resi-
dence of deadly enemy of Mr.. Mer-
toms and requested that Bills body
should be searched for, as his master
had murdered him. The Sheriff, glad
to make Mr.. Merton uncomfortable,
brought his men down to the place.
A crowd gathered, and most of Mr..
Merton's neighbors saw the ground
near the potato patch turned up and
a negroes body exhumed.
The face was beaten to jelly, and
there was pistol wound in the neck;
but the clothes were Bills, and pair
of earrings the man always wore were
in his ears
Mr.. Merton, however, denied hav-
ing murdered the negro, and declared
that he had been digging potatoes
and dragging the sack home with thu
produce of his labor, when his neigh
bors saw him. The story was be
lieved to be false and he was arrested
There was strong feeling for him
stronger against him. He was tried
for his life, and actually condemned
to be hung, still protesting his utter
innocence.
As he lay in prison, a condemned
man doomed to die on the gallows
before many days, beautiful Belle
Armytage came to visit him.
They sat together in the dim room
and there he uttered words to he'
that had never passed his lips before
81 adore you, darling" he said
ssand never believe that it is muir
derer who loves you I am utterly
innocent. The negroes body was
not that of my boy Bill l knew him
too well to be mistaken. In the
night time I heard the shot and crv
It was not Bill who shouted, bu'
Dick. My ear is very good, yon
know / do not understand it; but :
It is some treacLerous plan Dick
should have been behind the gates of
the asylum at that hour"
at is plan for your destruction"
cried Belle "Even now, perhaps, I
can thwart it Have. hope, have cour-
age. / see clue to the truth
She kissed him, rushed out of the
prison, mounted her horse, and rode
straight to the asylum. A confer
ence between the proprietor and her.
self revealed the fact that an insane
negro had died in the place on the
night of Bills supposed murder, that
Dick had had the task of burying him.
and that the body could be known by
the peculiar formation Of one of the
toes.
Before an hour had passed the
body believed to be Bills was ex-
humed. and sworn to as the body of
the dead insane man; though the
clothes were doubtless Bills.
The grave dug for the man was
filed with a bundle OF straw wrapped
in his winding sheet, and the whole
country arose in arms, and after a
long search, found Bill hidden in the
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Washington has the most complete
sewerage system in the world.
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Senator Bayard, of Delaware, sue,
ceeded his father in the senate.