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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-09-30
A. J. Seligman Holds it the Most
Precious Boon Mortal
Times Afford.
Ergo, He Brings Suit for q Cool
100000 Against the
Standard.
lishcd at the Time OF the Repub-
lican Convention.

DEER LoDoE, Sept. 29.-[Special. l-Deer
Lodge is to be treated to one of the largest
law suits it has had for some time. A. =.
seligman sues the Anaconda Standard for
cool 300, Goo for injury to his character by
its editorial of the 18th inst. Here is the
complaint in fnll:
In. the district court Of the Third judicial
district of Montana, in and for Deer Lodge
county. Albert ]. Seligman, plaintiff, W.
The Standard Publishing Co., defendant.
The plaintiff complains of the defendant
and alleges:
First, That the defendants is corporation
under and by virtue of the laws of Nom
tana, and doing business in the county Of
Deer Lodge and elsewhere in said state.
Second, That on the 18th day OF septem-
Der, A. D., 1880, in the city of Anaconda, in
the county of Deer Lodge and state OF Mon
tana, the defendant published Newspaper
of general circulation in the state Of Mon
tana and elsewhere, called the Anaconda
Standard, and that the defendant, ON the
day aforesaid, in the said city Of Anaconda,
in the county and state aforesaid, published
or caused to be published in said newspa-
per, to wit, the Anaconda Standard, the fol-
lowing words Of and concerning the plain
tiff:
1--WE take it that Mr.. Seligman's business
career in Montana ls too dishonest, too dis
reputable and too unsavory for him to make
these insulting adjectives stick to these
gentlemen. They never yet were in posi-.
tion where their regulations needed the
shelter he has been obliged to seek. And
this is the language Of a man who, in his
time, tried to rQb Montana miners of their
honest wages and who would have been
hanged at q ropes end, like common thief,
il he had not settled, as he was forced to
do" @&
Third, That defendant meant thereby,
and was 30 understood, that the plaintiff
was dishonest, and disreputable in his busi
ness dealings and career and that he had
conapired to cheat, swindle and defraud
his creditors.
'Fourth, That said publication 10 herein
above set forth, and esch and every part
thereof was wholly and maliciously untrue,
false and defamatory and was intended to
injure and degrade him, the plaintiff, and
to bring him into public ridicule and dis
grace.
Fifth, That by means Of said false and
defamatory publication, so published by
the defendant, as aforesaid, the plaintiff
WAS injured in his reputation to his damage
in the sum Of one hundred thousand dol
lars ($1OO.0OO). Wherefore, the plaintiff
prays Judgment against the said defendant
for the sum of one hundred thousand dol
lars ($1OO, ,OOO) ana cost of suit.
A. ID. Weed is the plaintiffs attorney.
The complaint was verified by the plaintiff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-02
HEAVEN ON EARTH.
Land Where Plano Playing Must BE
Done Behind Closed Doors.

From the New York Journal
curious system of fines obtains in Ger
many. People are fined for every curious little
alleged offense. An estimable lady went out
for walk last week in the old part of Hanover
Wandering about in the quaint narrow streets
she lost her way, and being unable to speak
German or to find a cab she meandered wildly
hither and thither until at last she found her
self in remote suburb quite in the country.
Seeking to make short cut back to the city
she started across an open field, but was
speedily overhauled by native, who implied
by his tones and gestures that she was COM
hitting grave offense. To make a long and
narrowing story short this estimable lady was
ultimately compelled to pay a fine of three
marks for trespassing upon the private prop
erty OF suburban farmer.
Boys are fined for playing games in the
streets; to throw a SNOWFALL at any person or
anything costs IS cents. Whistling upon the
streets is Unable offense, SO is dropping nut
shells or fruit Feelings upon the pavement II
your neighbor keeps poultry and the cackling
disturbs you complaint to the police results
IN the immediate abatement of the nuisance.
When the young woman of the family prac-
tees upon the piano the windows of the room
must be closed in order that the neighborhood
shall not be pestered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-02
CucuInbers Not Noxious.

From the London Hospital.
Many people are under the impression tina,
cucumber is very indigestible, and when they
eat it they do so under protest, and with APP
prehsnsions Of possibly dire consequences.
How this delusion can have arisen it is Difficult,
to say, unless it be that cucumber is often eaten
with salmon and other indigestible table
friends. 1t is not the cucumber, however but
the salmon that sits SO heavily upon our
stomach's throne. Cucumber. in fact, is very
digestible when eaten properly. It cannot. in
deed, be otherwise when II is remembered that
it consists mainly Of water, and that those
parts which are not water are almost exclu-
sively cells Of very rapid growth. In eating
cucumber il is we'll TO cut it into thin slices.
and TO masticate them thoroughly. Even the
vinegar and the pepper that are 80 often added
to it are OF service TO the digestion il not taken
in excess. The cucumber, as every one knows,
belongs to the melon tribe, but in our some
what cold country il does not grow to any
very large size, and therefore il is frmer and
looks less digestible than its congener, the
melon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-02
The Aerophor.

FROM tne LonQon Times.
In weaving sheds a humid atmosphere il OF
equal importance, otherwise there is a continual
breaking OF threads and other prejudicial &C.
currences. The necessary diffusion Of mois-
ture has hitherto been secured at the expense
OF the comfort and even the health of the fac
tory hands, by the projection of steam into the
atmosphere and by dsmpening the floors with
water. In either case damage is caused
to the machinery and buildings, while an
the operatives are obliged TO work. In order to
obviate all this the aerophor has been invented
by German engineer and il largely in use in
Germany. The aerophor is an apparatus for dis
tributing moisture in the form OF very fine
water cloud, which may be either cold or warm.
The apparatus, which is not large. contains no
movable parts, and a single-pressure pump can
work any number of aerophors. The contri-
vance, which is fixed Just undor the ceiling al
given points, consists Of two separate nozzles.
one for propelling the air by creating an in
duced current, and the other for moistening il.
A jet of water under pressure is projected
through a horizontal nozzle into a casing In
which there is vertical nozzle. The Jet from
the horizontal nozzle causes the induced cur
rent Of air to act upon the water entering she
casing at its upper part through the vertical
nozzle. The water is passed into the atmos-
phere in the form Of fine diffusiye cloud the
large drops Of water being caught and retained
by the apparatus. The aerophor will only pro-
ject into the atmosphere such particles of W alter
as are capable Of being absorbed immediately.
SO that damage to the machinery or fabric is
impossible. In the same way. the atmosphere
not being unprecedented, there is no injury to
health
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-02
WHAT MAN IS MADE OF
Not of Sugar and Spice and Every
thing Nice by Any Means.
NOR THE WOMEN EITHER.
The Elements of which n Human Being
10 Com posed I'm a Series of Glass Jar
Daily Physical Income and Expendi-
surc Of q Man.
HAT makes q man?

q HAT makes a man?
lTan One eastern maiden-her experience
A\ NHlong ago rendered immortal in story
Imagined that she had discovered the
e secret when she asked her indulgent
father to buy for her in town q hundredweight
oil sugar, twenty quarts Of perfumed waters,
thirty-two pearls, two very large sapphires and
q number of other expensive ingredients. She
mixed them all up in tub, and, through the
agency OF fairy grandaunt, the figure OF
charming youth into which the mixture was
modelled took life and was transformed into
the most fascinating of lovers. Up to that
time it had not been supposed that the male
human creature could ever be composed OF
such pleasing constituents. Unhappily, science
declares that man and woman are made up OF
much more commonplace materials. In an
out-of-the-vay corner Of the National Museum
Q STAR reporter was shown the other day
number of receptacies containing in accurate
proportion the various elements necessary to
the construction, physically speaking, of a gen.
Geman weighing i54 pouDGs-such being the
average weight of a man Of Anglo-Saxon race.
THE ELEMENTS COMPOSING MAN.
In one compartment the man is divided into
the primary elements Of which he is composed.
These are oxygen, hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen,
chlorine, fuorine. phosphorus, sulphur, iron,
calcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium.
There are ninety-seven pounds of oxygen in a
man who weighs l54 pounds. and this amount
of that gas would take up, under ordinary at
mospheric pressure. the space Of a room ten
feet long, ten feet wide and ten feet high; in
the human body il is somewhat condensed. you
see. In the corpus Of the same man there are
fifteen pounds of hydrogen. which. under the
same conditions would occupy somewhat more
than two such rooms as that described Be-
sides. to get along with, the man must have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-02
"rive thousand more. :" said Mr.. Merritt

give thousand more" said Mr. Merritt
Fifteen thousand more" Mr.. Bolton re-
torted
Thirty thousand more" responded Mer-
rift
Bolton deliberated minute, threw an AZ o.
o" to balance the pot and said, Il call"
-Four queens" said Merritt. reaching out for
the stakes. mot so fast, il you please-a
straight flush, said Mr.. Bolton. Mr.. Merritt's
face fell and Mr.. Bolton pocketed his winnings,
something over $4,000 on that hand
BILLY FLORENCE HAS IAN EXPERIENCE"
'While poker rs considered a national game
must confess" said Billy Florence, the actor,
that have seen it played chiefly in an inter
national way, ie., on board British steamships
carrying American passengers. / only play
cards en- route to Europe TO pass away the
time-nothing else. and then / do not gamble.
once, some years ago, was playing theatre
cal engagement in Louisville Ky and / was
invited TO visit and participate in a late supper
after the performance was over. Among those
VINO we're TO be at a supper was Henry Waiter
son. The theatrical performance was very
long and it was near midnight when / reached
the bachelor apartments. l had no sooner
rived than / noticed some little excitement
among the gentlemen present II seems that
game Of draw had ended and q count was
being made of moneys. / had no alternative
but to wait developments and they came soon
enough. big dispute arose across the table
and in an instant Watterson Was on his feet.
pistol IN hand, and trying to aim at his sntag
onist. well-knowu gentleman. knew that
blood was going to be shed right there, 80
jumped up and threw my arms around the edi-
tor. Others caught his arm and kept it mp so il
the pistol were discharged 1t would only dam
age the ceiling
The other gentleman was ferocious. and
although he was held by strong men I thought
he would break loose every second aud fire
right into us. Great beads Of perspiration
stood out upon my forehead. pleaded with
the kentuckian not to shoot: that he would re-
greet II. The more pleaded and tried to keep
his pistol arm up the more he attempted to
break away. Every instant expected to hear
the crack, crack of revolvers and to see the
reeling form of a man perforated with large
bullet L pictured the direful consequences
and the blame. The latter would partially. at
least, rest upon me, because was the guest of
the evening and the gathering was in my honor.
In our struggle to keep the two men apart ia
oles were overturned, chairs we're knocked down
and the money on the table somehow dissp-
peared like magic. Finally 1 caught Waiter
SON pistol in my hand. and then the lamenta-
BILE truth flashed like an electric shock through
me. to wit: was being Suyed and the whole
hight was concocted to fool me. The pistol was
nothing but bootjack, one that is small and
when folded resembles the shape of pistol. /
was completely taken in, and l need scarcely
say the smiles were on me. That was the
most exciting game OF poker that ever in
dulged in"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-02
ENGLAND's ROYAL WOMEN.
iheir Reputation for Good Looks 10
Said To BE Undcseryed
London Letter TO the rhl.aelphi. Times

LONDON Letter 10 the Philsdelphia Times
what a nction IL is 70 talk about the beauty
OF any member Of the English royal fAmilyi
mere could not be q more commonplace lot OF
women The Princess OF Wales is slender al
nos' 70 emacistion; her eyes would be
uu" out Tor the makeup which
surrounds them; her checks are rouged
anu wig always covers her head.
snioh' am given 10 understand. is completely
paid She has little if any bust. she lirnps ss
sne Walks and she is almost stone deaf; 80. one
way ana another, H is rather sickenins so read
.ne mass OF gush that is % be read daily in the
british newspapers about the beauty. &c, OF
tnglands future queen. She is, no doubt. an
aoeoihPhshea- amiabie, virtuous woman but in
appearance she 10 an absolutely commonplace
ana altogether unnteresting person.
All three OF the Processes of Vale, hays
indifferent teeth, bad com lexions and wretcbea
ngures, Nobody would look at them twice but
Tor their exalted position. The daughters OF
the Princess Christian are equally plain look
lhs' ana there lie no promise OF beauty in the
young daughters Of the Duchess Of Edinburgh.
As for Princess May o. Teck. who has go often
been described Ms q beauty, al she can claim
TO possess Is a passable figure aud good eyes.
her race, however D. spoiled by the way in
which her upper up protrudes and by a nose
which suggests an Hehralc strain souaewheu.
or other IN the family
OF the many vaunted beauties OF London
society only the Duchess of Lelnster would
perhaps pass as a lovely woman ali over the
earth. Lady Londonderry also comes under
that head aud so does Miss Wolseley, the
young daughter Of Gen. Wolseley, who made
her debut this year. Lady Dudley il now COM
pletely passee and is much made up as an
opera bouffe rrima donna All the duchesses
are piain-looking women; even the two Ameri-
can duchesses. Marlborough and Manchester,
are ZOO tar beyond their youth TO clam affilia-
ton with Venus
The Duchess OF Portland looks like a well-fed
dairy maid and the Duchess OF Newcastle bears
marked resemblance TO a Younger edition OF
Mrs Cleveland. The dowager Duchess OF Nom
trose ls sight for the gods. with her haxen
wig and canary-colored garments. not 10 mcn-
uon her enormous proportions. She reminds
one OF the better-half OF a suddenly enriched
German brewer from Chicago. She certainly
would not be permitted 90 enter y fashionable
New York hotel until her rank had been ex-
planned.
The Duchesses Of Rutland. Leeds, Cleveland
ana bIchmond are old women. while tho
Dachesses OF Abercorn, Hamilton, Argyll and
Westminster are absolutely plain and undis-
tinguished
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-02
Why Dinner Was Very Late That Day.
From the Louisville Times.


Here is one on Thsd spindle which, thong h 10
happened some time ago, has not been told:
Thad went home one evening some time ago
and found that dinner was not ready. The
groceryman had not sent his basket Of market-
ing. which he had ordered on his way down
town that morning. The cook had expected 10
every minute and this caused the delay. In no
happy frame Of mind he went 10 the grocery,
some blocks away, aud wanted.to know why his
market basket had not been sent out home.
Regrets aud apologies were ample. Ii would
60 at once. Now, Thad doesn't mind carrying q
market basket when he is in n good humor. but
he left still in high dudgeon and scorned 20
touch il, leaving II for them 70 send. IL there
is one thing that he likes better than his dinner,
it Is hunting, so on the way home he stopped
TO talk gun to his friend. the doctor. He did
not hurry, rs he knew the dinner had to be
cooked before it could be served Finally he
noticed that there Was exceedingly
diminutive darky with exceedingly large
market basket sitting on the curbstone just out
Of earshot from him and the doctor. The
darby looked very much like one he had seen
in the grocery and the market basket looked
very like his own. what are you doing thereT'
he inquired. IVY" stammered the nodding
little sleepy head in black, be started up,
ivy, sab, Miss Dora, she say 70 me TO follsh
the gem man. and Use follah'n yo,' sah.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-02
The Hearse Drivers Panic.

From the Bangor News
An old gentleman who was relating to me
sometime ago "reminiscences Of his youthful
days gave me this story, whose outlines may
appear familiar TO our ''oid settlers" There
used to be seen around Bangor in former days
sidewalk capitalist, of somewhat the same
turn of mind 40 our illustrious contemporary
'sDan" Thompson. He went by the euphonious
name of "Jabe" Pond, and for many years had
been supported by the town. But he always
chose his own sleeping places. Jabe disap-
peared one evening when the chill Of autumn
was keen and was not seen during the next two
days A hearSe, the only one in town, was TO
be used early in the morning at Q funeral in
the country. II was necessary for the driver to
begin his drive during the night. He went to
the stable, hitched up his horses and drove
away with the hearse. He had gotten we'll out
of town and was ascending hill when be heard
something slipping in the hsarse. A moment
later there came q loud howl and the driver
looking back beheld form in q winding sheet,
wildly waving its arms. Terrified and panic
stricken, the driver leaped from his seat and
fed no the hin. Pond-for il was old Jabe-
gathered up the reins, got on the seat and
drove back to town. He unhitchsd the horses.
backed the hesrse into its usual place, rear
ranged the winding clothes and calmly re-
sumed his interrupted slumbers. He had found
9 lodging house which suited him perfectly,
and was not going to give Is up for funeral
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-02
A BAPTISM IN HELlGOLAND.
The Graveyard is Where the Soil is the
Deepest
From the Pail Mall Gazette.

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
After service on Sundays, when an infant is
to be christened, q small silver basin is placed
on the brass lid; there is no water in it, but
presently the Heligoland children, babies..of
two and three years old, flock in, each carrying
in its little hand cup of water, which is emp
tied into the basin, and the newborn islander
is baptized with the water brought for that
purpose by his future playfellows. Behind the
altar the light falls through the purple window
panes upon an old, old hour glass, placed in
the dark ages before the invention Of clocks and
watches before the clergyman when he began
his sermon. It is q marvellous church, this
holiest spot on ''holy island" and on the day
when Lord Salisburys gift is finally handed
over to Germany one OF our most interesting
historical monuments will be ours no more
The graveyard round the church is nearly
full, and when the last corner in it has received
its sleeper the difficult question will arise as to
where the Heligolander Of the future will find
his last resting place. The soil in the present
graveyard covers the rock six feet deep. but
there is hardly another spot on the island where
more than four feet Of earth covers the stony
foundation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-02
Agriculture I'm Africa.
From the Pail Mall Gazette

from the fku Mall 1sxet6
Although Africa is being partitioned with .
fatal facility on the map, the European nations
who are 20 eager to establish colonial empires
within its borders will find their task slow and
often dishesrtening one. The administrator of
the British colony of Gambia on the west coast
writes in an almost hopeless way of the attempts
TO introduce higher forms Of agriculture and
new industries. While plows and other i'm
piemenis are rusting in stores the natives have
been found turning over the soil with a piece
Of hoop from an old cask. Nature 10 20 some
extent on their side, as deep digging ID inimicAI
70 the proper development Of the ground nut,
which IL the staple export, and abstract
demonstrations that other products snci
greater effort win produce better results are
of no avail IL ID suggested that the only hope
OF inducing the aborlgins 70 adopt improved
methods 10 70 introduce . superior rsoe Ike
the Chinese or Bengal lsborer, who viii lead
the way. The assurance that he will reap the
reward Of his labor must also tell In the long
run. None the less, the task of eiviiising Africa
II certain 10 be slow md onerouA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-02
Hereditary Tufts Of White Hair.


Every one who knows Mr.. Whistler knows
Mr.. Whistler's white tuft, which il a. much
part Of the man a. his butterfly il part Of his
writings. Attention may be drawn" says the
British Medical Journal, "to remarkable ex-
ample of similar peculiarly which was pub
lished last year by NJ. E. Pascal in the Uniuers
!austre. In an old Limousin family with which
that gentleman 10 acquainted nearly all the
members, both male and female. have from
their earliest youth . tuft of perfectly white
hair, such as adorns the head Of well-known
over the brow, but sometimes il II on the
temple and more rarely st the back Of the
head. The family has been famous for this
distinctive mark IN ito own part Of the country
Tor 500 years, and they are said 10 b - proud
OF 1t a. Redgauntlet was Of the hereditary
horseshoe vein on his forehead. Tho white
lock, which can be seen In the family portraits
for many generations back, 10 said 10 be rather
becoming, even 70 the young women Of the
line"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-02
The Danger Of Too Much Exercise.


DIR. Patton, chief surgeon Of the National
Soldiers Home at Dayton, Ohio, said in an in
terview in Pittsburg the other day that, of the
5000 soldiers in the Dayton home, "fully so per
cent are suffering from heart disease in one
form or another, due to the forced physical
exertion of the campaigns" And he made the
prediction that as large percentage Of the
athletes Of today will be found twenty-five
years from now to be victims Of heart disease,
resulting from the muscular strains that they
force themselves to undergo. As for the likeli-
hood Of exercise to prolong life, IL may be said
that according to the statistics Of NJ. de Solai-
vile there are more people living in France to-
day who have passed the age of sixty than there
are in England, the home of athletic sports.
And there 10 probably no nation in Europe
more adverse to muscular cultivation for
its own sake than the French. Great
athletes die young, and . mortality list Of
Oxford rowing men published few years ago
showed that . comparatively small percentage
of them lived out the allotted lifetime. DR..
Jastrow has demonstrated in some very
an average three and q half years longer than
men in the ordinary vocations Of life, and
nearly eight years longer than men Of action,
among whom are included the athletes And
IL u noteworthy fact that women, who until
recent years have taken no physical exercise at
alt die OF more advanced age than men. But
eoubtless their superiority in regard TO tenure
CT life viii come to an end il they follow the
advice OF Dr.. Richardson, who in lecture be-
fore the Ladies' Sanitary Association Of Lon
don, Ia reported to have declared il essential,
as matter Of principle, that eight hours day
should be devoted 70 exercise"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-02
Lifting the Hat.

From the Chicago Times
whom knights never appeared in public except
In full srmor, but upon entering IN assembly
Of friends the knight removed his helmet, the
cot signifyin9, ~ an sale in the presence Of
my frIendA"