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Reversed the Decision.

Two farmers, Tom Barker and Sam
Piles, became involved in a dispute
concerning the ownership of a piece of
land, and, finding themselves unable to
settle the dispute, appealed to a justice
of the peace. The magistrate listened
attentively to each statement and said:
@Gentlemen, if you don't think that
I understand this ease, and all the law
that happens to hang around its neigh
borhood, why you are very much re-
moved from your center of gravity.
Mr.. Barker, you may take the land"
@Your Honor" said lawyer who had
heard the statements, "your decision is
unjust, and I I'm sure that a higher
court will reverse it."
Nov, here" replied the Justice, II
am just about as sudden as any higher
court you ever saw. I can reverse the
decision myself. MI Piles, you may
have the land. You see it makes no
difference with me."-Arkansaw Trau-
eler.
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Appealing . the lmasina1i1n.

I &@#E&@
Politicians Of the professional type,
often appeal to the patriotic maginar
tions Of their hearers An exchange
records an incident Of this kind Of POI
Etical work. One afternoon, as the
Polish procession made 3 long halt on
q certain avenue, . ward politician Of
considerable note hurried into 8
store, and called out to the pro-
prietor:
Here's my chance nowl Halt .
dozen Of those Poles are here, and
nowis my time to get in q little fall
work. | want to make 'em q speech"
well, You may"
sBut I want to tickle 'em. What was
the name of that great Polish hero?
Kos-Koski-you must have heard of
him!"
Eyes, I have. It was either Kos
metic or Kosmopolitan, but I've forgot
ten which,"
aOh. they'll be gonel Kos-Koski-
usko-that's the chap!"
@What did he dol"
@Let's see? There's an old poem
about him, I believe"
"Yes-yes hurry upi Why didn't I
post up on this thing yesterday"
@And it comes in somehow:
":And freedom-and freedom-and
free
~Yes, I've got it."
"sAnd freedom shrieked when Kos
kiusco FELL"
aShe did! She did! Bless you, that's
q big pointer for me! he fell. Where
did he fall?"
Haven't the least idea whether it was
at Austerlitz or first Bull Bun. Like
enough he fell off q house."
He FELL" unused the politician.
freedom shrieked. It must have been
on a battlefield. Try and remember
what field it was"
mo use. Even if I could remember
that, I wouldn't be sure that he was
killed"
The politician dashed out, and ap-
pealed to the first man he met with:
@Say, you-where did Koskiusco
fall? Quick-I can't spare a minute!"
"On his ear, I guess!" was the indif-
ferent reply.
The orator mounted q table, but
hardly had he said:
my dear, patriotic Poles," when the
band struck up, and the procession
moved.
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Breaking the Law.

MADAM" said the policeman 8 he
appeared at the eide door, 1T is against
the law to fire q pistol inside the corpo-
ration"
who's fred one?"
"Your neighbors complain of half-a-
dozen reports every evening"
"Ah-yes! Wait Q moment"
When she returned from the kitchen
she Lad a bottle Of ginger ale in her
hand. She raised it on o line with her
eye, pushed the wire off the cork, and,
as he caught the missile on his nose and
jumped two feet high, she observed:
" es. we fire more or less of 'em
every evening. Come around between
Z and 8 and get shotr-Detroit ~'e
Press.
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Notice TO OC-Owner.

To James NJ. Ryan and Carl KleinscnmimuS,
You are hereby notified that l, your co oM SiSal
nave. In accordance with section 1884, fe ,aso
statutes of the United States, performed i ss
ana made improvements to the amount OF re-
TOR the two years ended December 81. ,, a,
upon the War Eagle quartz lode mining s slrm
county, Montana territory, and you are ns : =
further notified that unless you ccntrlouS' o o
cause to be contributed your propnln.ord dol
sald expenditure, amounting to ($5O MY ,;thil
!ars t"gether with interest and costs, wa, vnJ
1SO days from date of this notice. al! III.
above described quart lode mining claim W.,
become the property of your co-owner' VIII"
madet the required expenditure. ~
PATRICK DoUGHFRrl,m
Basin, Montana, March "a 1885. 32osN'u
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Too Old to Work.

An insane Dodge entered a criminal
lawyers Office.
@Good morning, old pard." .
The lawyer looked puzzled.
"You don't seem to remember me-"
"Your features are q little familiar,
said the lawyer, @but I can't just place
them"
"Pshaw! I've helped you through
many a case. Pm"
"Ah. yes, now I recognize you. Well,
how have you been?"
lizard up since I left you. Say,
can't you give mt something to do this
summer"
Il don't see how I a n You see,
fact is, you're getting a little too old to
"Who's got my old job?"
"Well, just now we're dividing the
work between a very sprightly Tech
nicality and a sagacious legal Construc-
ton. They do the work very salts
factorily" Chicago News.
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Notice to Co-Owner.

To M. Sheppard: You are hereby notified
That we, your co-owners, have, in accordance
WIFI section 1924, Revised Statutes of the
United States, performed labor and made i'm
provements to the amount of $500 for the two
years ended December 81, 1884, upon the Little
Dorr1t quartz mining claim. situated in Little
Pine mining district, Silver Bow county, Non-
tana territory, and you are hereby further
notified that unless you contribute or cause to
be contributed your proportion of said expendi.
ture amounting to $50 fifty dollars, together
date Of this notice, all your right, title. Interest
and claim in and to the above described quart
lode mining claim will become the pronertv of
your co-owIers, who nave made the Teouired
expenditure. JOSEPH L~ABOUCHERE
LOUIS DE RIvIERFs,
Soap Gulch, M. T., March 2S, 1885. 3-28-swam
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A Sharp Darkey.

Sam Johnsing having attended .
night school for a few weeks, believes
that he is the smartest Niger in Aus
tin. He was q witness in o burglary
case, and created q sensation by his in
telligence.
"Do you think you would recognize
the burglar if you e to see him
again."
why, boss, of course I would"
aYou are sure you would identify the
thief if you we're to see him AGAIN."
II tell you &C ag'in. Use not one OBJ
desc fool niggers what doesn't know
muffin. I could IDENTIFY dat man chen
If / nebber seed him agin. / don't hab
ter see him agin to IDENTIFY him."
you are . sharp one, certainly
Iera8 SiftinQs.
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Feared Another Ittsek Of Malaria.

A long-striped snake crswled into q
basement saloon and was in the middle
of the room before any one saw it. The
inmates stood aghast and spcechless
for several seconds, when one o: them,
pointing his finger at the object, nan
aged to articulate: aDo any of the rest
Of you see that?" They responded in
Q chorus: "Yes, we all do" "Its .
great relief to me to know it" said the
6rst, "for I thought / was going to have
another attack Of malaria" Me, too
responded the chorus, and then they
fell on the snake with billiard cues aud
killed it.-Yankton Press.
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Tried to Tire Him Out.

Mamma-I met young Mr.. Nicefel-
low on the street to-day, and told him
frankly that although he was welcome
to come and see you, he should remem-
Der that you were young and needed
plenty of sleep, and therefore ought not
to stay 70 late.
Nellie-And what did he say?
Mamma-He shocked me awfully by
insisting that you kept him from 60
ing.
Nellie-Oh, the great big story tel
Ter! I tried my best to tire him out SO
that he wonld 60 home.
Mamma-Tried to tire him outl
Why, How?
Nellie-By sitting on his lap.--Phil-
0delphi1 Cal.
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MEN OF MARK.

Mr.. Gladstone will still be known by his
Motor Keeiy doesn't mind being called a
crank.
Stephen A. Dorsey is fat and possesses an
ample fortune.
John w. Mackey is said to have Sena-
torial aspirations.
King John of Abyssinia is not handsome,
but he has a good head.
Mr.. Blaine will complete his history be-
fore he returns from Maine.
Minister Cox will doubtless take pleasure
in stuffing Turkey with yarns.
Secretary Bayard found it very exhilarat-
ing swinging round the circle"
Ferdinand Ward has a good physique for
the character Of Mephistophlese.
Lord Tennyson has three homes and
thinks there are no places like them.
The Duke of Argyle is considered n of
the best orators OF the English peerage.
Ben Butler has recoppcred his yacht. Some
day he may copper the Presidential chair.
Paul de C~assagnac modestly considers
himself the best shot in France. There are
no cowboys in that country.
r. B. Hayes might contribute the money
ne received IOr nus Saloon at Omana TO Une
St. John campaign fund in 1888. But he
won't.
Walker Blaine is said to feel worse than
his father over Ceveland's election. 1t is
almost time for Walker to let his grief run
down.
Sitting Bull wears a hat thirteen sizes
larger than that of an average man. He is
not the only man with a big head who is a
mental pigmy.
Professor Langley, the famous astrono-
mel, is a large, serious man. He seldom
smiles. and is as shy as %.schoolboy in the
presence of women.
Senator Vest is generous enough to admit
that there are some honorable men in the
journalistic ranks. This is the honorable
Senator's way of hedging.
Francis Murphy has great presence of
mind. While lecturing at Pittsburg the
other night a baby in the audience began
crying, and Francis Immediately sent out
for some candy.
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Notice TO

To- c. M. Sheppard You are hereby o ndsmr
thai we, your co-owners, have in accor9a'Iti fir
with section 1924, Revised Statutes %. oda IL
United States, performed labor and ma a. tv,
provements to the amount of 900 for lne ii
years ended December 81. 1854, upon ST.
Victor Hugo quartz lode mining cialm. Bps
uated in Little Pine mining district, silver ssr pts
county, Montana Territory, and you are ,',e o.
further notified that unless you contllD Of ssi
cause to be contributed your proporslon dollsr
expenditure. amounting to (S50l, b1ly ,h;n II
together with interest and costs, Wi.n'r right
days from date ofthis notice, all YOU n abe,
title, interest and claim in and to tn u hsco,i,
described quartz lode mining claim Will ma
the property of your co-owners. who nav rcuEE,
the required expenditures joseph LAsUv vets.
LOUIS DES R1vl = SUI.
Soap Gulch, NJ. T., March q, 1889.
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order to Snow Cause.

IN Probate Court in and FIR tho Cor,
silver Bow, Montana Territory. ooun'y OF
deceased. e9'"'e VI 'scoD Ornstein
If I Iscah u INST the Administrative Of the estate
non herein, praying for an order Of sai he Of p the
therein t6e Sn's set t Of said decedent, for the purposes
1t il therefore ordered nv tho
Court that all persons internested IN fud dSe OF sald
Gnu court ~ oe ceased, appear before the said Pr e 10 10
Gciocf Fl In atSSe e iSla the 18th Il day Of june: 1856. It 10
room Of said Probstse Ga, Oh SAID day, at the Court
an mi e o1ae Uo sha;, Ct Silver Bow, to show cause az eu wSy
min I.ael sno9 p mo not be granted to the e" said ~ na.
the said d. ca ~ Gl! 50 much Of the real estate Of
Dated this 9th day Of May, HN a. 81 1sSSi
5tS0sW-fw. CALEB E. IRVINE.
Probate judge.
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Order to Show Cause.
In the Probate Court. in and for Silver Bow
County. Montana Territory.
In The matter of the estate of Charles B. TpE'
bridge, deceased.
Annie F. Trowbridge and James R. CLARK. the
executors of the last will and. estamento fChsHs
b. IroWbridge, deceased, having filed their pa'
tpn herein, praying for an order of sale OF TIE
real estate of the S lid %decedent, for the purposes
therein set forth; =,
1t is therefore ordered by the Judge Of said
Court, that all persons inte-este ! in the estateo
said deceased, appear before the said ProosR
Court on Monday, the Goth day of July. 1879
lo O'Clock in the forenoon Of>aid day ,atthe oun
room Of said Probate Court, at Butte City, in saa
County of Silver Bow.to show cause why an ofdel
sh0ul not be granted to the said executors .
sell SO much of the real estate ofthe said deeeaS'
as shall be necessary.
Dated this 10th day of June, A. D. 1Ss5.
GALE Z. IRVINE,
go sw4w Probate Judge
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WOVEN OF NOTE.

Mrs. R. B. Hayesis noted former unosten'
attious philanthropy.
The wife of the Secretary OF State ha
| rome to the Bayard home in Delaware.
Mrs. Mary Meneman, q sister OF the
famous Commodore Perry, is still enjoying
good health at the age of LIP. She is Inv
ing in Iowa.
A Boston lady being asked by a Judge
how old she was, replied that she had no
personal knowledge of her age, and under
stood that hearsay testimony is not &C
cepted in court.
Clara Morris declares that Mr.. Tilden is
the finest conversationalist she ever met,
and that he is 'far too lovable to have re-
manned a bachelor"
Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, the philan-
thropist, is so fond of old-fashioned hymns
that she proposes to organize bands OF
sacred MINISTRIES to travel through the
country.
Mile. Louise Michel is studying the Rus
sian language in prison. When the words
are excessively large it is said that she is
allowed to wrestle with them in the cOrri-
doris.
Kate Field has written a drama entitled
"Forty to Twenty" Is this suggestive of
the years that have been added to her age
since she wal young and pretty? asks a
cynical old bachelor.
Miss Ella F. Kidd. a Kentucky maiden,
has just completed a crazy quilt which con-
sists of 100, 600 pieces and c~onta1ne 94S,-
688 stitches. Yet some day her husband
may have to sew or his wi buttons.
Mrs. Ellen Foster of Iowa is among the
delegates of the National Conference of
Charities and Correction. She is the head
of the law firm of Foster 4 Foster, of
Dubuque. Her husband is the "& Foster"
An old lady in North Haven, Conn.,, who
has just celebrated her o~ne-hundredth
birthday, remembers being fined los. by q
magistrate when a girl for whispering in
church to a girl in front of her that there
was a spot on her dress. It is safe to assert
that the spot was not a polka dot OF the
period.
Mrs. Horace Helyon, the new English
beauty at Washington, objects to being
called "Mrs. Sheolyon."
"a Superior Woman" is the title of a
new novel. Every sensible husband will
present his wife a copy and say, "This is.
your autobiography, my dear"
Julia Ward Howe will summer at New
hard and faithfully as superintendent of
the Women's Department OF the New
Orleans Exposition.
Nine. Kuki, wife of the Japanese Minister
to the United States, is said to dress in a
sensible manner than the majority OF
ladies at the capital. There is no
danger of her catching cold when she wears
her ball dress.
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There Are Worse Things.

II don't see," said an old farmer who
was going home over the Erie, show
them Wall street fellers dare speculate
the way they do; why, I should think
they'd be afraid of losing money"
20, they dol" replied his seat mate.
"I've heard tell that some of EN- were
brought right down from riches to pov-
erty."
"Yes; such cases happen almost every
day."
"Must be awful tough on 'em?"
"Yes."
"But, then, all SIGH fellers are ap-
pinted Railroad Presidents right off, and
500 pick up agin. Nuthin' so very
dretful about it after all, when you come
to think it over. faint like having q
$500 barn burn by lightning, and the
insurance company crawl out of pay
ment on the ground that I kicked a
patent-churn man off the farm two
weeks afore. "-UaU Street Ners.
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Notes 10 Co-Owner.

Toe. NJ Sheppard: You are hereby II titled
that we, your coo sners. have, in accor,is:re
with section 1924, Revised Statutes OF ii;
United States, performed labor and made i'm
provements to the amount of $500. for the two
years ended December 81, 1884, upon the
claim, situated in Little Pine mining district,
Silver Bow county, Montana Territory, and you
are hereby further notified that unless you con-
tribute or cause to be contributed your proper.
tion OF said expenditure amounting TO ts5ol,
within 1870 days from date of this notice, ali
your righ', title, interest and claim in and to
the above described quartz lode mining claim
will become the property Of your co-owners
JOSEPH LABOUCHERE.
LOUIS DEs RIvIEREs.
Soap Gulch, M. T., March @, 1885. 32S-sw3m
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~ ROUTE
Notice TO Creditors.
Estate Of Francis h HnSSal. deceased
v,,ou uNAcovAlnTEo WITH the GEOGRAPHY or TINS COUNTRY, w
= aEE ny EXAMINING TINS MAP THAT The

Notice is hereby given by the undersigned
the Administrator of the estate of Francis B,
Hessel, deceased. to the creditors of and ali
persons having claims against the SAID deceased
to exhibit them, with the necessary vouchers,
within four months after the first publication
of this notice, to the said Administrators at Geo
F. Marh's otfi"e. on Main street, in Butte City,
in the County of silver Bow.
Dated, April 9th, 1885.
SADIE C, HESSEL.
GEORGE . MARSH.
Administrators of the estate OF Francis B.
Hessel, dec ased. 4-29 sw-,w
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Barney Kelly.

Any one who can and will give any informs,
lion concerning the whereabouts of BaTns,
iKelly, who lett Haley in June, 1854, shall u
n1erally rewarded. by writing the same % r. :
Irlend n cousin. Addr,s IS MRS. NELLh
WEIGH, HALEY, Alturas county, l. I. 6-11-sWln
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Alias I'M

In the Justices Court, Township and County
OF Silver Bow and Territory of Montana.
Before Z. A. Nichols, Justice Of the Peace.
Sarah MCGEE, Plaintiff,
VS..
R. Thompson, Defendant.
The people of the Territory of Montana send
greeting to r. Thompson, Defendant.
You are hereby required to appear at my Of
flee in the Township and County of Silver Bow,
and Territory of Montana, within ten DAYS at
ter the service upon you of this summons, and
answer the account on file in an action to re
cover Of you the sum of Thirty-seven and 9O-1OO
dollars. alleged to be due and owing f ON YOU
to plaintiff. for board furnished you by plain
tilt at you instance and request.
And you are hereby notified hat if you fail to
appear and answer said complaint az above re-
CURED, the said plaintiff will take judgment by
default against you for the sum of S337 80 and
costs of suit.
Given under my hand this 18th day of March.
A.. =: 1850. E. A. NICHOLS,
olo4W. Justice of the Peace.
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$500 Reward.

Ine Rochester Stock Growers Assoclatoaw
1ers the above reward for the arrest ana t y
vlcton OF any person or persons 1olnd stea arps.
s.aug nterlng or driving ava any cattle, nti
or other stock belonging to any member ol!aN
association. JOHN WILLHART, Presldess
CHA.A. CLAYTON. Secretary. lllSsWA
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Soap Gulch, III. T.. March .
For Sale.

A planning mill, complete with 1Jnn;
horse engine and boiler. bun'
and fine lots. ~
5-l7-sWtf MISSOURI
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Oonsurmpon Cured

ttce. having had placed in his hands bv an R East
t lndla n Visionary the formula of a simple yeee.
table Iemecy for the speedy and permanent
ssthm o. ana Gden s3 4Ssaa, Bronchitis, Catarrh
also q positive and radical cure for eeneral de,
pity and allnervous complains, after having
inc thoroughly 70 tested its wonderful curative Dow
1 mst IN = thousands 1naa9s OF cases, feels it his duty to
recipe will be sent free of charge to ali who DE
sure ~, WITH full directions for preparing and
ne; nece es;s using. Address, with STAMP nam AM
a nn snas Papef. IT. J. Raymond. 1874 Washing
0'OOASA. n. I. A16-wIv
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The real author of "The Bread Win
ners" is to be congratulated on kee, ing
unknown so long. By and by the
odium of the affair will blow over, aud
it will be safe for him to come ont.
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A Practical Application.

A prominent clergyman who, hap
pening one day to pass the open door of
. room where his daughter and some
young friends were assembled, thought,
from what he heard, that they were
making too free with the character Of
their naighbors. When the visitors
left he gave the children a lecture on
the sinfulness of scandal. They an
swered, "Bnt, father, what shall we
talk about?" IF YOU can't do anything
else," said he, "get a barrel and roll it
about; that will 1T least he innocent di-
version" A short time after this an as
ISOLATION of ministers met at his house.
Some doctrinal questions were set up
for discussion, and it was plain enough
that Christian temper was about to be
lost in zeal for Christian doctrine. The
eldest daughter procured an empty fir
kin, and, entering the room, gave it to
her father and said, @There, father,
roll it about. "-BoW Bells.
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A Sympathetic Crowd.

He was telling 'em in the village store
that his son in Chicago had failed, and
when they asked for particulars he ex-
planned:
"Why, he writes me that >e bought
for July delivery and got lef :"
allow left?"
II dunno, but I guess he couldn't de-
liver it. Mebbe teams was awful
skeerce, and mebbe the roads was bad"
well" said one of the crowd as he
brought his hand down on the counter,
IF I had a knowed that your son Bill
was pinched to deliver wheat I'd have
gin him the use of my team q whole
fortnight fur nuthin', for Bill was one
of the best boys who ever left this town."
"And me, tool" added every man in
che crowd, while the old man observed:
"Itll probably be a warning to VIII
liam, and mebbe he'll set in and buy
water-melons for January delivery and
get on his feet again. "-WaU Street
NeUS.
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The first ingredient in conversation
is truth, the next good sense, the third
good humor, and the fourth wit.
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Lost.

one down horse, branded q. s, on tho r;oh+
snoulder. saddle marked. One chestnut sn ,sn'
s~ Sa Wnlte spots or lines on forehead with he'll on:
90 raG m a T Horses about 9 or 10 years old
s,z.uo JAS. L.. HAMILTON.
W-.sM'oW Anaconda Mor+
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Not the Proyerbial Haystack Needle.

Hello, Needle, where have you been
SO long?" asked the Thread. 81
haven't een you for a month o. Sun
days?"
"Guess you don't read the newspa-
pers."
@What makes you think SOP"
IF you did you'd know where I'd
been"
well, to tell the truth, I don't read
much now. But where have you been ?"
~Well, I've been most everywhere.
Let me see. First I went into a Geor-
gia woman's thumb and ranged around
through her organization a few years
till I came out of her left heel. Then
I went into a Connecticut tailor's jaw
and came out of the leg of his work
bench eighteen months later. After
that I slipped down the throat of +.
baby, and when she became an old
gray-haired woman I came out of her
great granddaughter's doll-baby's car
riapew wheel. "-ChicnnO Mems