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Fer THm ARKANsAw TRAvxnnR. BETSY'S"AUNTY.S Y.SUFFocAToR. :.
An Affecting Story.
BY HECTOR RLI.

Aunt Polly Potts was married once,
 Her husband seemed an honest yeoman; But soon she gave the chap the bounce, Because he loved another woman. Of course he had story, too,
 A different version of the matter: He said she was noisy sbrew,
 And drove him crazy with her chatter. But this is neither here nor there,
 care not who began the ruction; simply mention the affair
 By way of formal introduction. This rhyme will tell you what mean,
 My story bears its own solution Tells how pint of kerosene
 Postponed a threatened dissolution. Aunt Polly Potts, for many years,
 Had eked living by "her labors; r" That is, she seized compassion's ears, And"sponged it noff her wealthy neighbors Anon, she grew obese and old,
 And much inclined to influenza; Her paroxysms, am. told,
 Oft drove her (neighbors) nigh to frenzy. One day she lay at point of death,
 The "ragweed fever was upon her; And every time she fetched breath, Her nurse believed she was a poner. The doctor lived mile away,
 And Betsy had been left to tend her: The poor lass thought, the livelong day, That every wheeze would surely end her. At last she got so awful bad
 Her breathing like bugle sounded; Till Betsy, almost driven mad,
 Down to the kitchen swiftly bounded. And praying Heaven to supervene
 Where aid dehed the skill of human, She drew pint of kerosene
 And hastened to the dying woman. The faithful Betsy had been told,
 That by external application, Good coal oil would relieve a cold. And drive away the irritation. She found her patient in plight
 Ana' oaHeo subsequent description; In bed she hunkered," bolt upright, And struggled in wild conniption. She flung her arms, and piped and wheezed And sweat till Betsy thought 'twould drown
 her;
 The brimming cup she madly seized, And poured its contents quickly down her Then dropped her arms and hung her head As limp as any weeping willow. Poor Betsy, thinking she was dead, Restored her gently to the pillow. To cut lengthy story short,
 Aunt Polly rapidly grew better; And, barring now and then snort, By night she'd ceased her breezy chatter. The an,idote had laid the spell, The craft had scored new discovery: Tho Betsy ne'er would Polly tell How chance had aided d her recovery; But long years after she get well, Hawking Valley" "speculator Could" "spot" Aunt Polly by the smell Of Betsy's Aunty-Suffocator."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-10
COMIC PRIZE FIGHTING

De Fust Blood.
 De Fust Knock-Down. The Champion Slugger. Slugged Out. The boss Rooster-Cock Fight. TLimbo Copped at Cock Fight The Parsou in
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The size of man has nothing to do with the size of the lie he can tell-Mey- chant 2faveley.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-10
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MILLION
CHEAP AND POPULAR EDITION.
.--FoR THE.

list comprising GO of the choicest and ,,n.. AuehAhle subjects, all beautifully colored and Refss np m .ae me9sst style or at The size of each pic suitable for framing, and at the low price of $
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-10
TWENTY CENTS EACH,
SIX FOR ONE DOLLAR

Are certainly the cheapest decorations for the hon. the ofhce or the workshop that can be obtained.
 Below we give partial list Of pictures ip rfo.A which will be changed weekly until the entire cats logue of 4u0 is published. NSae~
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Cucumhers ought b he called q mis- 6s vegsaabaes. s.S-8swliRxkss Ftss Pvess.
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is no question of thanks. Miss Bronson, did you ever happen to read a little poem-three short verses, entitled
 An Answer which appeared in one of the magazines two years agop Perhaps not. But for me they had very peculiar interest l had written a little thing. shortly before, in a certain mood vith which this second little poem was most strangely in sympathy and accord. l nave wished since have met you that you could read them both."
 Natalie's face looked pale in the fading light, but her sweet grave voice was quite composed as she said, simply:
 MT. Leslie, read your lines. And that Answer 1t was who wrote it.s' A flush overspread Leslie's cheek. And do most certainly hope that you will come and see us and be our friend. And"-the words must be spok- en, though they made her crimson to the roots of her hair, for he must know now, atonce-" would like you to know Mir. Romney, whom l am going to marry" The Hush died away from Win Leslie's face. The grayness seemed to close round and encompass them both. Max ing one or two commonplace remarks hy the way they turned and walked back to the house.
 Later, when Leslie caths to take leave ot Mrs. Talcott, Miss Bronson had d. ready gone to her room.
 Pussy vas suhdued that night. With all her shallowness che had m abundance of penetration. and tact enough when ne chose Co mako use of it.
 Vssy skillfOlly she guided the stream of hes chaiter around to her iamily affairs and Natalie's.
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plinding, choking volume of smoke rolled against her face. From every side now men, women and screaming children crazy with terror, pushing against each other in the supreme brutality of human Dature under the influence of an abiecl fear, poured into the saloon. Natalie could scarcely see-could scarcely breathe. The cries, the horrible confu. sion around her, deafened her. But she pushed on, groping her way, and reached her sisters door just as the latter. half. dressed and almost out of her mind with fnght, was rushing from it with her baby clasped to her breast.
 "Oh, Natalie! Merciful heaven, wha, is to become of us ?"
 Natalie had already seized her by the hand aad was drawing her toward the companion-way. Her one thought nov
 was to get on deck. At every step she was impeded in her progress by the suug- gling, desperate mass of humanity and the hysterical clinging ot the hali.vild nurse, who clutchcd Natalie's skirts q, safety.
 They were launching lifeboat as the three women reached the deck. With s firm movement Natalie pushed her sisse, forward. But the latter, by this time nc longer conscious in any way of what she
 was doing, resisted, held back, screamed out. Another woman was lowered into the boat and it disappeared in the night There was ono more chance--one mor> ltebcat neax thsm--visible by the lurid nght that penexated the ever dense, clouds of smoks. You must 10 IT cried Natalie. seizang her sisters arm. Bu
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-11-18
sacrifice TO the small-POx Flend.

4 woman named Fortin threw her IT,
year.old boy of the morning train at
Montreal because he had the smallpox
Before the attention Of the physician in
charge at the depot, when the woman
boarded the train could be drawn to the
fact that the boy was suffering from the
disease. the train was off. The loud
mutterings of the passengers evidently
frightened the mother, for just after
Leaving the yard and while the train
was running at the rate of Is mi les an
hour, she took her boy to the platform
of the car and threw him from the
train She has been arrested.
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City Election.

Notice is hereby given to the qualified
voters of the city of Bozeman that &
special election for the election of 9
mayor of said city, will be held IN the
different wards of the CITY. on
MONDAY, NOVEMBER BOTH, 1885,
Commencing at one o'clock D. m. of said
day. The following are the places and
names Of the judges designated 5y the
city council, for the holding of said cleo.
ton in the different wards:
lst Ward--At City Hall, judges, $. H
Osborne, Elisha A. Rouse.
End Ward-At Court House, judges,
Edw. Winnie, Sr, T. Bradenburg.
Bird Ward--At Benepe's office, south
side Main street, judges, F. L. Benepe,
james Kay.
4th Ward-At Spieth & Kings build
ing. judges, Charles Rich, John Mitchell.
By order Of the City Council.
J. J DAVIS, City Clerk,
November 10, 1885.
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Still at IL.

The Piegans keep ahead of the heap
in the matter Of horse stealing. Says
the Gazette: "Last Saturday a resident
of the Mus5elshell valley unexpectedly
rode into a band of Indians supposed to
be Piegans. They had seventeen horses
which are probably the property OF
Smoot q Son, who recently lost that
number. A party was organized to cap
ture the Indians, and tracked them
northward for considerable distance
when the tracks were found to double
back to rward the starting point. At
last accounts the Indians had not yet
been caught"
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They Were Small.

He di~meunted from his horse, ap
preached the well on the property h
had just leased, drew a bucket OF water
took drink, and then turning to The
renter who had watched every move
ment from til" corner of the house, said
There seems to be something wrong
with this well z"
YES, sir, it don't appear to me like
the water tastes as good as it ought to-
Do you use the water?'
NO sir, not now. 1t got to tasting so
bad that | concludedto make the women
folks fetch the water from the spring
near by. III had thought / would have
told you that there was something sus-
picious about this we'll. | am sorry,
toe, for | hate to have to pack the water
30 far"
What do you suppose makes the
water so bad"
"Well sir, thought that maybe its
the dead dog and jack rabbit that's in
the potion 0fthe we'll.
''Dog-gone it, said the thirsty property
owner gagged and turned away from the
we'll, "Why didn't you tell me ?"
"You didn't ask me-"
"Well, why don't YOU have the well
cleaned?"
That's just what YVES going to say,
you own the property, and how much
will you allow me for cleaning it out p
After peering down the well for some
minutes, the Bozemanite replied, "Well,
the dog and rabbit are both small and
guess they didn't taint the water very
bad. therefore ] don't think can allow
you ANYTHING"
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AdKer1Ise.

Il have never been buried alive, "
said en- old clerk acquaintance of mine,
on Wednesday afternoon, "but / once
worked for week in store whose prop
rietor did not advertise or if he did it
was by means of circulars, country fences
and theatre. programmes When left
him at the end Of week nv hair was
almost as white as YOU see it. Solitary
confinement did it. The only proper and
legitimate way in which to advertise Is
In the newspapers, when the advertiser
win receive 100 per cent, or over for
every dollar expended" The old clerk
is right All Of the largest mercantile
firms viii tell you that they owe their
success In great measure to a iudicious
and generous use Of printers ink.
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Proposals Wanted.

Notice Is hereby given that sealed bids
will be received at the County clerk s
Office in B ,zeman city, for county ply
stefan for the succeeding year. Said
physician to furnish medicine and medical
attendance for the sick, poor and infrm
Of the county, and inmates Of the county
poor house and county JAIL and attend
ance on the sick, wounded and INDECENT
persons within the county Of Gallatin,
who are or may become q charge upon
the county.
Bids to be opened at the regular De.
cember term, 1885.
JAstEs GoURLEy, County Clerk.
Bozeman. Oct "a. 1884.
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SUMMoNs.
In the District Court, Of the First Judicial
District of the Territory of Montana IN and
for the County of 6anatin.
John HQrsky, plaintiff
Fned FToTFFna -, defendant

District of the Territory of Montana In and
for the County of 6alatin. rs
John HQrsky, plaintiff
against
Fred Hoffman defendant,
Action Drought The District Court OF the
First Judicial Dlstfsct of the Territory Of
Montana, II and Tor the County of latin,
end the Complaint filed In said County OF
Gallatin, In the ONCE Of the Clerk OF said Dis
The people Of the Territory Of Montana,
send greeting TO Fred. Hoffman, the above
named defendant.
action brought against you bg the ahoYe
named plaintiff In the District Court Of the
First judicial District OF the Territory Of
Montana IN and for the said County Of sGai.
therein, within ten days Tex elusive of the day
of servicel after the seyRl We on you Of this
summons ssTysa within is e ,,s
then within twenty days; otherwise within
forty days-oF Judgment BY default VIII be
taken against you. accofdIngto the prayer Of
The aid action Is brought to recover the
sum OF S575. % with interest thereon from the
18th day 1871 81 The Esite q one
to be due on acertain prOmiaory note given by
| the defendant land signed by this platntin as
surety to Thos McGpnnigafi dated ~ Helena,
| Montana J une q, 1855, due 3 months after date
/ and at maturity paid by this plainfi q also TO
recover all costs Of suit as will more liy APP
pear by reference 70 the complaint on ME
herein. 49,. :,
And you are hersby notified that II -yon fail
to appear and answer TO said complaint, 9a
above required, the said plaintiff will apply
to the court for the relief prayed for IN his
complaint.
Given under my hand and Seal Of the Dis.
~ trict Court of the First I~ftciai Dis
] Gal tFict OF the Territory of III gIltaEa, in
1 Seei. and for said County of Gallatin, this
[ ~ 9TH day OF Oct. in the year of our
Lord, one Thousand eight hundred and eighty
s;THEO. MUFFLY. Clerk
z. N. GARDNER, Deputy Clerk.
Vivion & Shelton. Att'ys for Plaintiff.
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SUMMONS.


In the Probate Court of the Territory o
Montana, In ard fer the County Of Gaalatiu.
James NJ. Moore, Plaintiff; against Roper'
s. Boyd, Defendant. Hli'li f'l~ ,st't 9
The people of the territory OF Montana send
greeting 70 Robert s. BOYD, the above named
defendant
You ere hereby spmnlopsd 80 appear iq an
action brought against you by the above
named plaintiff In the Probate Court IN and
for the County ofIiallattn, Territory Of Mon.
tana, and to answer the complaint; fled
therein within ten days--exclusiye OF the day
of service,-after the service on You Of this
summons. II served In this county, or II
served out Of this county, but In this Judicial
District, then within twenty days, otherwise
Within forty days or Judgment by default
will be taken against you, according to the
prayer of said complaint fs
The said action Is brought 70 recover the
sum Of Si32 90 balance due on account. 't'F
And you are hereby notified that II you
fail to appear and answer said complaint as
above required, tie said plaintiff will take
Judgment against you for the said sum of
SI32.00 andf or costs of suit. s
- Given under my hand and Seal of
Jsz, the Probate Court, In ard for the
/ SEAL County OF Gsllatin, Territory Of
~ Montana. this 18th day of October, in
tho year of our Lord, Ine thousand eight
hundred and eighty five.
CHAS. s. HARTMAN,
Elk OfficiO Clerk.
vivion & Shelton, Attorneys for Plaintiff.
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Notice.

Notice is hereby given that sealed
proposals will be received for the care,
support and maintenance of the sick,
p ,or and intirm Of the county, per capt.
Ia, by the week, for the succeeding year.
Said proposals to include and cover the
entire cost Of feeding, clothing and nurs-
ing Of said sick. poor and infirm and all
burial expenses thereof. Bidders viii
take into consideration the use of the
poor farm, ut which place the said sick /,
poor and infrm are to be kept.
Bids to be opened at the regular De
cember, 1886, term. By order of the
Board Of County Commissioners,
JAMES GoURLEY. County Clerk.
Oct. "a, 1885.
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Taxpayers Take Notice
To the following extract from
laws OF Montana Ter.

1T shall be the duty of every person
owing taxes to pay the same to the
treasurer of the county, at his Office, and
if any such taxpayer shall fail or refuse
to pay the taxes assessed against him on
or before the first day of December fol-
lowing, the levy thereof of ten (l0) per
cent of such taxes shall be added there
to and collected as a portion of said
taxes, and it shall be the duty of the
tax collector Immediately after the said
first day of December, to seize any per-
sonal property belonging to or which
may have been assessed to any taxpayer
who shall then be delinquent, ard sell
the same, as provided in section ] ,O45 I;
Provided That nothing herein shall be
SO construed as to prohibit the collector
from seizing and selling personal prop
erty at any time before the first day of
December.
I'D. I. FERRIS,
Treasurer and Collector Gallatin County.
Bozeman, Oct. q, 1885.
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Notice.

There will be meeting of the Young
Mems Democratic club at Mullen's law
Office this "Wednesday evening, for the
purpose Of electing officers and to trans
act such other business as may come
before the meeling. The members are
asked 10 be oat in force.
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Notice for Publication.
Land once, BozeInan, M0nt.,l
October q 1875 IF n

Land once, Bozeman, M0nt.,l
October a, 1885. = E
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support ofbis claim,
and that said proof will be made bY the wit
nesses before Q, w. Haskins notary public
and ]. r., at Three Forks, Gallatin county,
before register sGI1d receiver at BoaeTnan, N.
T., on December 5, 1885, viz John Hansbury,
D. s. No. $50, al. amended, ffDr the 10 f. u
Section 10, Up nOrth r least.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and ciiItIya-
ton OF, said land via: Thomas Moore,
Thomas Dunn, Thomas Lay, Thomas Kelly,
all of Three Forks, Gallatin county, M. IT. - y
o, p. CHISHOLM, Register.
First publication Oct. d, 1885.
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Notice tor Publication.
LAND OFFICE AT BozEMAN, M.T.I

LAND OFFICE AT BOHEMIAN, NIL
Nov. 4, 1885.
NOTICE is hereby given thatthe following
IN named settler has flied notice of her In
tention TO make final proof in support of her
claim, and that said proof VIII be made before
the register and receiver az Bozeman, N. T..
on December leth, 1885, yiz; sarah KIllorn
2, South Range, r.
She names the following witnesses to prove
her continuous residence upon, and Glltiva.
Bozeman, GallatiL Co., NJ. T. Robert Mckee,
Timberline, Galiatln Co., MI; Patrick Tier.
ney, of Bozeman, Gallatln County, NJ. T.
Edward Moshurl, of Timberline, Gallatin
County, NJ. T.
o.P. CHISHOLM, Register.
LIST insertion Nov. 1. 1885,
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A daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
King Of Springfield, Ohio, two months old
is only twelve inches long, and shows no
signs Of growing larger.
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Notice for Publication. l..
Land Office at Bozeman, Mont
Ainx- lakH HRQE

Land UfIlce AT BOLeInAn, MONT.
Nov. 18th. 1885,
Notice Is hereby, given that the following
Hamed settler has filed notice Of his In
tention 70 make final proof In support Of his
claim, and that said proof will bemade before
Register and Receiver at Bohemian, VI. T., on
Thursday, December Nth, 1855, vizi Michael
Mcdonnell, H. s. No. 40, for the east u OF
NEH,N n OFFS + n Secs, Up. l, N. r, z E.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultiva-
ton of, said land, viz: John Mcdonnell,
Bozeman, Gallat4n County, II. T.. Jacob O.
latin CITY, Gailatfn County. n. I. = '
20. p. CHISHOLM, Register.
Ist publication Nov. Is, 1885.
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QUINN Send 10 cents postage and we
A tTIf will mail you FREE royal,
valuable, sample box Of goods
that Will put You in the way Of makidg more
money at once than anything else in An;eTi-
ca. Both sexes OF all ages can live at home
and work In spare time, or all the time.
Immense pay sure for those who start at
once. STINsoE & Co., Portland, Main.
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p A TIE N rs,

Caveats, TFade Marks and Copyrights
Obtained, and all other business In the U. 8.
Patent office attended to for Moderate Fees.
Our ofiiceis oppositeFthe u. S.iPatefit office
and we can obtain patents in less time than
those remote from, Washington. s,ss - x, +.
Send NOBEL OR DRAWING. We advise
az TO patentability free OF charge and we
PATENT IT,
We refer here to the Postmaster, the Supt.
Of Money. Urder Div, and to officials of the
u. 8. Patent office. For circular, advice,
terms and references to actual clients In your
own state or county, write to
g. "A Snow & Co.,
Opposite Patent Office, Washington, d. C.
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Nj O1.thern Pacific.
An RAILROAD.
The Direct line between
ST. PAUL,
MINNEAPOLIS,
Or DULUTH.
And all Points in
MINNEsOTA, DAKOTA, MON ANA
IDAHO. WosHINGToN TERRITORY.
OREGON,
British Columbia, Puget Sound and
ALASKA.
Express trains daily have attached
PULLMAN PALACE SLEEPERs and
ELEGANT DINING CARS.
NO CHANGE OF CARS BETWEEN
ST. PAUL and PORTLAND
On any class of ticket.
EMIGRANT sLEEPERs FREE,
The only all rail line to the
YELLOWSTONE PARK.
For full information as to time, rates,
etc, Address,
CHAS. S. FEE,
Genl Passenger Agent,
ST. PAUL. MINI.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-06-18

The horse Jerome Turner, the Dallas
trotter, that won the race at Chicago
the 10th, defeating largo field, in
2IOH, 300, 2:l7]g, was raised in this
county by Colonel G. c. Slaughter, ON
his Grapevine stock farm. The amt
NAL is son of Jerome Eddy, full
brother Of Larry "W," the stallion
that ranks head on his farm. Having
superfluity Of horse flesh, Colonel
Slaughter concluded to sell off some OF
them, and Jerome was picked cut as
the most worthless of the gang, and
put in training under Mr.. Crawford AT
the race track. 81 never thought there
was anything so extraordinary in the
'cuss,' "said Colonel Slaughter, Though
| know he was Of the very best stock
Crawford offered me 1880 for him
and let him slide. Crawford after.
ward sold him to party in Sherman
for $4,000, and he in turn TO Fort
Scott man for $l0,000.p To-day $50, 0O(
will not buy him from his owner
Dallas County is proud of her flyer
and has some still left.
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METALPOISON

l am Coppersmlth by trade, and during
series OF years my arms (being bare when
at work. have absorbed a wonderful
amount of metal poison, Having q scrof-
ulous tendency from my youth, the small
particles OF copper and brass would get
into the sores, and by this process the poi
son was conveyed into my blood till my
whole system became infected. / was
treated with the old remedies of mercury
and iodlde potassium. Salvation followed,
my teeth are all loose in my head, my di-
gestlve organs deranged, and have been
helpless In bed for over year with mer-
curial rheumatism. My joints were all
swollen, and / lost the use of my arms and
legs, and became helpless as an infant.
My sufferings became so intense that II
was impossible for me to rest. The doctors
advised me to go to the city hospital for
treatment This / could not bear. 4 friend,
who proved friend indeed urged me TO try
Swifps Specific, believing it would cure me.
Others discouraged me, but secured a few
bottles,and have now taken two dozen bot
ties. The first effect Of the medicine was to
bring the poison TO the surface, and broke
out all over In running tores. They soon
disappeared, and my skin cleared Off My
knees, which had become twice their natu-
raj size, have resumed their usual size and
are supple as of yore. My arms and hands
are all right again ana can use them with
out pain. The entire disease has left all parts
ofthe body save two ulcers on my wrists,
which are healing rapidly l am weak
from long confinement, but have the use
of all my limbs. The medicine is bringing
me out OF the greatest trial OF my life, and
| cannot find words sufficient to express
my appreciation OF its virtues and the
gratitude feel that ever heard I, lit
FTER L. LOVE,