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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-12-27

The experienced train boy was APP
parcntly giving Instructions to a youth
whom he was breaking in as an assist
ant.
In the seat directly In front OF the
two sat Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison Kerr
punk. of Gcorgeson's Cross Roads. Ii
was their first trip away from home.
You can gener'ly tell by their
looks" said the peanut boy. oracularly,
whether it's goin' To pay TO try TO
come any little game over 'em or not.
See that chap half way between here
an the other end OF the carp Well.
YOU could sell that man u dime novel
for dollar aud a half and rope him i'm
on the Observation-Disclosures trick just as
easy as look 1t him. You'd be wastin'
your time. though. 10 try and play
any tricks on such people rs these two
IN front OF US. They're old travellers.
No use 10 show them anything but
what's bang up genuine an cheap. IL
you've got anything that's fresh nm
with the money. them folks is the kind
of customers TO take 'em TO tho first
thing. Snidc goods won't 20 down
with such customers as them, | tell You.
Well. | must work the train now. Re-
member what I've told you.
THAT boy Is "A mighty good Judge of
human nature. Jose. isn't hep" said
Harrison TO ais wife. after the expert
enced peanut boy had gonc into tho
forward car TO get his basket. HE
thought hes wasn't talking loud enough
for us TO hear but I've got pretty sharp
ears heard every blamed word hes
said. Well. it's fact jose" he adj
died.. lit wouldn't he much use to try
any of his little tricks on me. I've got
my eye teeth all cut. Here he comes.
lfhe's got anything worth buying he'll
come straight to US. You SEQ II hc
doesn't"
Aud before the peanut boy was done
with MIR. Harrison kerpuuk he had
sold him half dozen prize packages.
five boxes OF last years maple caramcIs.
a dozen sour oranges. three 25-cent
books for half dollar each. unloaded
his entire stock of moldy iigs on him.
and cleaned him out OF 81 bill on an
innocent little trick with pll-box and
a gold coin.
jose" said Harrison. after he had
sat looking out OF the car window for
about live miles. 'Iurned u / don't
begin 10 think he said all that 10 the
othef boy purpose for me TO hear III"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-12-27

League Manager Ito applIcant)--
"What makes you think YOU would
make good pltcherg You say YOU
have never played ball" Applicant
II have worked in tar factory all my
life. --Drake's Ma0aSine.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-12-27

An English scientific person has dis
covered that sitting down Is nm acquir-
eel habit. The great majority OF man
kind do not sit hut simply squat. or. M
10 sometimes said. sit ON their heels.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-12-27

btanley's favorite books 10 Africa
were the Bible and rennyson.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-21
A POPULAR SHOE HOUSE.
Fred Gamer Keeping Up His Reputation
as the Leading Shoe Dealer.

as the Leaning SuOo D0AAcFs
That old and reliable dealer in footwear.
Fred Gamer, is still keeping in the lead of
all other houses in his line. Recently his
salesroom on Main street, in the St. Louis
block, has been handsomely refitted and re-
arranged, so that he now has the most ele-
CANT store in his line in the city. The old
time cases and cabinets have been removed
and their places taken by modern contriv-
ances, all the fittings being of cherry and
SO arranged as to invite an artistic display
of the goods, at the same time being easy
of access. If any one doubts the extensive
ness of the stock he carries he has only to
look at the row after row of boxes of foot
wear from floor to ceiling, and then inspect
the surplus in the basement below to
assure himself that Gamer is prepared
to shoe all the people in the state, at the
same time suiting every taste and pocket
book.
Mr.. Gamer has been in the shoe business
in Helena for many years, and thoroughly
understands the Montana trade. Strict at
tention to business has placed him in the
first rank of mercantile life in the state,
while his well-kn0Wn reputation for keep
ing only the best grades of goods has been
one of the main causes OF the growth OF his
business. An old-timer, he is a progressive
one and ever ready to give his customers
the benefit of the latest things in his par
ticular trade. An illustration of this was
| furnished last spring, when he first placed
! upon the market the Fred Gamer So
shoe" Previous to this the public was in
the habit of paying $3 for buff and split
kid shoe which. while good for the money.
could not be guaranteed. Several months
ago MIR. Gamer made arrangements to have
| a shoe made exclusively for himself, the
material to be full stock calf, one which he
could guarantee, and which he could sell
for s.. TT. The shoe -. was s.sn, made e
the cheapest and best piece of footwear foI
the money in the state. The sales OF this vi
shoe have constantly grown, and as they
are sold with a guarantee there is no ques.
ton but that in little while they will
So shoe had been on the market little
| while, there was an inquiry for more
dressy shoe at about the same price, To
meet this demand, Mr.. Gamer has manu-
featured especially for his order Fired.
Gamer 81 shoe' for dress wear. It is a
substitution, lace or congress-and while
it has all the durability OF the s. shoe and
| is guaranteed, it is more suitable for those
who want dressy shoe. This shoe also has
| had a big sale, and the demand is constant
| ly on the increase.
In 6OOltlOQ TO tneS0 SpeC1aItleS, MI. Ia
mer has large assortment of the best
eastern makes - the Burt and Packard,
Laird, Streter g. Mitchell and hundreds of
others which have proved their good quail
| ties for many years. In rubber goods of
all grades the stock is equally complete, as
| well as the lines which are called for by
miners and farmers. In other words, Mr..
Gamer is keeping up his old-time reputa-
! ton of carrying the biggest stock of the
!, best goods of any dealer in the city.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-21
Winter Excursions.

Southern tourists are already going to
warmer climes-Florida. and all southern
states Texas. Mexico, Hot Springs. Ark,
and to California. Passengers going
through St. Paul or Minneapolis can bs
best accommodated by the fine service Of
..Albert Lea Route. !" the fast train of which
company leaves daily from the Twin cities
of Minnesota. For particulars address j. j.
Faion. General Agent Passenger Depart
ment. Helena; or C. NJ. Pratt, General
Ticket and Passenger Agent, Minneapolis,
Mimi.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-21
1894 car loads. The total passenger earn
ings were ,$6,946. 1883, and the sleeping

1884 car loads. The total passenger earn
ings were ,$6,946. $685. and the sleeping
car earnings reached 1925 ,901.61. Col
loctions for extra baggage increased 40 per
cent. and from this source the revenue was
$4,000. The dining car department show
and sleeping car services were greatly i'm
proved during the year by the addition of
new cars.
The following extracts are taken from
Mr.. Mellen's very complete report:
There were in operation at the close of the
made during the year a mileage Of 16,52l.-
155 miles. This includes seventyfve new
locomotives received during the year and
now in operation.
There has been put in the main track
during the fiscal year I'LL miles of new
steel rail and AL, All ties, and in branch
lines 356, 775 ties. making total of
1901 .246.
The summary of building operations on
the entire system in the past year, is as
follows:
Depot buildings. .................. $2,S9s 81
EeCtlOH houses 81, $50 ~
roalinp Stations ma. ...''......... 3, 6s ss -
Miscellaneous buildings ............ 22,9O 81
Total ................... s1o2, 424 Os
Snow fences have been constructed to
the extent of 29.7 miles at a cost of $1l,-
1868.
New stockyards have been erected, and
existing yards enlarged at a cost of ST.
792.87
Important additions have been made to
the water supply, involving an expenditure
| of SIS, 1924.
During the winter and early spring 6.43C
| cars of stone were moved. to be used for rip
| rapping along the line of the Yellowstone
| river at the most exposed points. The cost
| of this work appropriated $4,000.
The amount of bridge work has been I'M
! usually large. There have been replaced
by solid earth banks 46 wooden bridges and
| II arch culverts, aggregating 8,798 llneal
| feet. as cost of $44, 1870. Twelve truss
| bridges. aggreRatinR 2.42O feet, have been
| replaced at cost of $34, 1880. Two hun
dred and seventy two pile and trestle
bridges. ag2reRating 1880 feet, have been
renewed at cost of $157, 2A.6S. In all
cases of filled bridges permanent waterway
is provided either by stone culvert or cast
iron or vitritied pipes. The continuance OF
for its end the replacement of all wooden
structures by permanent work of stone
| iron or earth.
The report throughout ia very complete
and contains great deal that is of genera
interest. On the whole it is gratifying
| The business at Helena is an ever increas
ing item, and the clerical and soliciting de-
partment of the freight and passenger busl
ness is ably cared for by Mr.. A. D. Edgar
the general agent, assisted by E. S. Rich
ards his chief clerk, Geo. A. Miner, city
ticket agent. aud Denver p. Dayton, clerh
| and operator,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-21
Editor Mccormick, Man Widely and
Favorabiy Known Throughout the
Pacific Coast, Gives His

PORTLAND, Ore, March 26.-Having tried
tho celebrated Oregon Kidney Tea. we
cheerfully bear witness to its beneficial
agency IN affections of the urinary organs.
1t Is simple. safe and sure; it is easily taken
and restores healthy vitality to the organs
1t Is intended to operate on with assured
success S. J. Mccormick,
Editor Catholic Seminal
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-21
NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF

NOTICE TO CREDITORS-ESTATE OF
~ james M. Ryan. deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned, ex-
ecutrix of the estate Of james n. hyan, de-
ceased, to the creditors OF, and all persons hay
them. with the necessary vouchers, within ten
months after the first publication of this notice,
Wallace in Helena, Mon aaa. the san . being
the place for the transaction of the business Of
said estate in the county Of Lewis and Clarke.
CATHERINE Ryan.
Executri of the estate of James NJ Ryan, de-
ceased.
Dated December 18th, 1880.
First publication Dec. IL 1890.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-21
w. E. NORRIS & BROTHER
MANUFACTURING CONFECTIONEFS
CHRISTMAS CANDIES.

"WELL!
o
o Bos'C
Nmetj
Wee
WHO'D
in
We aen
In eared flavor
CHOCOLATES
Cream Nu n endless vaiet.
n Fru Chocolate andVa
BOSTON CHIPS
These oodsmustb e seen o appreciate
We ohus,and been
himarke for
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assortment o be mixu We
sverav vendooth omer nd all urovnmk
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-21

Gods Blessing to ankinm d." SAY thousands
kidney TeA. o. h. T,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-21
"Do You Know"

You will never have better chance to
visit the delightful climate of the sunny
south, renew your health and energy, enjov
yourself at the same time, and for less than
staying at home, paying doctors bills. On
your return you will find yourself at least
80 per cent. younger. All this may he ac-
complished by simply purchasing round
trip ticket over the Union Paciiorailway,
~ Tho folloxuSpn ron, arI uhlv Low rates.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-21

to the supporters of the railroad and Mon
tana's support is no small item. President
Cakes reported
The gross earnings were. ........ So $40. 500 70
Operating expo nses. l3..63, i46 81
Net earnings from operating ...... S9,lt6. $50 II
Other receipts ................... l.AlI12 u
Total net income ........... So SIS IS
CT which has been paid for rentals
interest guarantees to branch
roads, claims and sundries. ...... 8.:2S, O37 AZ
Surplus over expenses and all
charges .................... S2,O5aS9l %
Dividends, iirst, second and third
quarters. ......................... 1,1l2732 90
-
Credit to profit and loss .s.......... S947l5a %
Deduct dividend, payable Oct. Is :. Si074s %
Co., - , PET 30
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-21
TOYS. TOYS. TOYS.

edanno
Steel: Drums Whistles cones
Trumpet, Organism nd manyM
Blocks BloksCu
NoahsA
euourGne amoNoo
Of
far
hunded
We
and wdR
of
afgmetha wnm rrapd not
hes goods
CHRISTMAS TREES.
oudcans CndyB
COSTUME BON-BONS OR FAVORS
mecrkers uabe rfavosor
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-02-19
Gifts and Givers of Gifts.

Kindness is not so much shown in the
cost of presents, but in the way Of pre-
senting them. There is, as a German
proverb says, much honor in a glass of
wine-which means that gentle nature
will show much more in the way sought
to oblige than in the magnitude Of the
gift, which may depend on the means Of
the giver and not on his heartfelt wish
to be kind. A man may be able to give
an eagle as charity, but may throw the
gold coin so as to avoid the touch of the
needy person, and, by humiliating him.
diminish the value of the gift. It is
given only to few people to accompany
the gift with q warm, sympathetic look
or smile, or kind word, which will do
more than the gift itself to console o.
comfort.-N. Y. Ledger.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-02-19
Sold Her Body for <sinrer-Bra.d.

sofa der BODY Tor Gingerbread.
Squire Smith Kennedy says that he
has attended several hangings in his
life. The most notable one was the
hanging of black woman, slave. near
the Fair Grounds. She was hanged for
poisoning q couple of her masters chill
dren. She sold her body to some med
ical students at Lexington for all the
gingerbread she could eat while she
was in Jail awaiting the execution. Aft
or the hanging the students placed the
body in coffin, and swung it under a
wagon and drove off to Lexington in hot
haste-their horses in fast trot-hon-
ing to arrive there in time to resusci-
tate the body with electricity. Just be-
fore arriving there the rope broke and
the corpse fell to the pike and the coffin
broke into halves and the corpse rolled
out. They gathered 1t up and carried
it into Lexington by hand-power. AS
nothing more was heard of the woman
1t is fair to presume that their expert
ment was q failure.-Bourborn XIV. !
News.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-02-19
P,TH AND POINT.

Riches sometimes fail to bring popu-
larity. It's not always the man with the
latest roll who sets 'em up the oftenest.
philadelphia Enquirer.
The quadrupedal hog isn't as bad az
his namesake; no one ever gets the cold
shoulder from him until he's dead
Yonkers Gazette.
Beware of prejudices; they are like
rats. and mems minds are like traps:
Prejudices creep in easily, but it Is
doubtful If they ever get out
Leisure is time for doing something
useful; the leisure the diligent man will
obtain, but the lazy man, never; so that
life of leisure and a life of laziness
are two things.-Franklin.
The doctor who cuts q man open
after death and tells what is the matter
with him has the advantage of the doc
tor who is compelled to guess what is the
matter with the patient before DEATH
Atchison Globe.
The value of what many man says
depends upon what he has said pre-
viously. He has earned the right to
speak with authority, and people listen
to him as one of that character.
Presbyterian.
The tendency all around us. and
seemingly q growing tendency, is to
; give as few hours as possible to the re-
quirements Of ones calling in life. The
outcome is the working of manifold
Observation-Disclosures.
I'm one of his writings George Wash
1ngton said that slender acquaintance
with the world must convince every man
that actions, not words, are the true
criterion of the attachment of friends;
and that the most liberal professions of
goodwill are very far from being the
surest marks of it.
Each one of US is bound to make the
little circle in which he lives better and
happier; each Of us is bound to see that
out of that small circle the widest good
may flow; each Of US may have fixed in
his mind the thought that out of single
household may flow influences that shall
Stimulate the whole commonwealth and
the whole civilized world.-Dean Stan
ley.
The men who accomplished the most
never seem in hurry, no matter how
much they have to do. Every body
must have observed that. They are not
troubled for lack of time, for they make
the most of the minutes by working in
cool, clear, orderly, and methodical
fashion, finishing each task properly,
and not wasting their nervous force on
trifles or expending it in hustle. They
never cOmnlain IF 0varworL Thov oro
more likely to be hunting up new work
to do, in order to give their faculties
more varied employment and to exer-
else some which are not sufficiently
used.-N. Y. Ledger.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-02-19
THE OLDEST MAN.

South American Methuselah Who In
Nine Score Years OF Age.
The oldest man in the world is citi-
zen of Bogota, in the republic of San
Salvador.
This new Methuselah declares that he
is $50 years old, and it would seem he
fatters himself, for his neighbors give
the assurance that he is older than he
says he is.
He is half-breed, named Michael
Soils, whose existence was revealed to
DR.. Louis Hernandez by one of the old
est planters in the locality, who as a
child knew Soils as a centurian.
They have found in the year 1712 his
signature among those of persons who
contributed to the building of a Fran
ciscan convent which exists near San
Lebestien.
His skin is like parchment, his long
hair of the whiteness of snow envelops
his head like turban, and his look is
so keen that it made disagreeable i'm
preston on the doctor.
Interrogated by the doctor, he an
swered complaisantly that his great age
was due to his regular mode of living
and to his never giving up to any ex-
cess of any sort whatever.
81 never eat but once day." said he,
''but l never use any but the strongest
and most nourishing foods. Ny meals
last half hour, for believe it is i'm
possible to eat more in that time than
the body can digest in twenty-four
hours. l fast the first and fifteenth day
day of each month, and ON those days ]
drink as much water as I can bear. I
always let my food become cold before
touch 1t. 1t is to these things that I
attribute my great age."-Quebec
Union Liberale
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-02-19
SPEAKER REEDS WIFE.

One Of the Most Popular Members of
Washington Society.
In color Mrs. Reed is brunette, in
form rather tall and strikingly graceful,
with q courteous dignity that makes
many friends. She was a Miss Susan
Merrill, the daughter of Congrega-
tional minister who moved to Portland,
Me-, where Mrs. Reed met and married
Thomas r. Reed in 1870, he being at
that time State Senator, and shortly
afterward Acknowledgement OF Maine.
Their rooms here are in the Shoreham,
the big flat-house or hotel owned BY
Vice-President Morton. Little Miss
Katherine Iced, age fourteen, is her
mothers constant companion and
''chum," the two being warm friends in
addition to the nearer Relationship,
and together entering into manv
plans for pleasure as we'll as in
struction for the little lady. Well.
read, and sometimes called conversative
in her opinions, Mrs. Reed is one of the
most welcome guests at the brilliant en-
tertainments of Washington winters.
The most striking effect produced by
Mrs. Reed is that Of force and intel
lectuality. Her dress is always refined
and quiet in tone and her ornaments
few. Canoes and plain gold bracelets
are her favorites, and the sparkle of
diamond on her person is q rare sight
save when in evening dress. As the
wife of the Speaker the calls upon her
time are most frequent, and as q
descendan. of Puritan ancestors she
does her duty thoroughly, and as we'll
bred woman charmingly. No one claims
Mrs. Reeds time or, attention without
receiving careful and considerate
courtesy, to which fact is due in no
snail degree, perhaps, Mrs. Reeds pop
Observation-Disclosures Cor. Philadelphia
Iilnes.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-02-19
CHANCE FOR INVENTORS.
Thousands Of Old Cannon Waiting to Re
Broken Up.

AnousanoS OF Ola Cannon Waiting to Be
Broken Up.
IF the Government could dispose of
all its old cannon, which for a century
have been accommodating in both the
army and navy, it would have marked
effect upon the iron trade of the coun-
try" said Pittsburgh iron man who
was stopping at the Grand Pacific ''Did
you ever" he continued, ''try to esti-
mate how many tons of iron have been
put into the old-fashioned ordnance in
the past century? Well, it goes up into
the millions. The forts and arsenals
throughout the country are filled with
heavy and obsolete cannon. At every
navy yard there are huge gun parks in
which are stored all the old guns that
once armed all the frigates and line-of-
battle ships of early days. In these
parks too, is all the heavy ordnance
OF the civil war period-something over
four thousand pieces, weighing from
three to sixteen tons each. Every one
OF these guns is useless in these days of
steel and heavy armor. Now what can
the Government do with them? STRANGE
to say, nothing. There they lie, and
will lie until doomsday unless aome
genius will invent some way of break
ing them up so that thoy can be trans
ported to and handled at the furnaces.
Think OF it, millions of tons of old
ordnance lying utterly useless to any
body"
"But why can't they be broken up"
II don't wonder that a person who
has never given the subject any thought
should ask that question. It does seem
funny, but such is the fact. No way has
yet been discovered to break up these
guns so that their iron can be made
available in the furnace. Some years
ago, when Secretary of the Navy Robe
son was selling all the navy rubbish he
could get his hands on, he made an ef-
fort to sell some of the old guns then w.
ing In the Philadelphia yard. A Pitts
burgh iron firm thought it would be
pretty cheap iron, and as the firm didn't
take into consideration the difficulties
ahead, it bid and got something like
two hundred tons of those old cannon
for about half cent pound. BY the
terms OF the sale the buyers were to re-
move the guns at their own expense.
They started in to do this first by break
ing up the pieces. Alas! heavy sledges,
gunpowder, dynamite even could do
nothing with them. A few were split
open by the use of dynamite, hut they
were in worse condition then to re-
move than ever. Wearied and disgust
ed, and convinced that they had made
bad purchase, the firm at last left the
guns to their fate and pocketed the loss.
II any body will devise plan by which
this mass of metal can be easily and
cheaply broken up and removed to the
iron furnaces of the country, he will
make nice thing of it by buying old
guns At q quarter Of cent pound and
disposing of them to the iron furnaces"
Chicago Herald.