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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-12

OF Figs, as it acts most pleasantly and ef-
fectually on the kidneys, liver and bowls,
preventing fevers, headaches and other
forms of sickness. For sale in 5Oc and $1.00
bottles BY all leading druggists.
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RUN

Fast Trains with Pullman Vestibuled Draw.
ing Room Sleepers, Dining Cars and Coaches o.
latest design, between Chicago and Milwau-
kee and st. Paul and Minneapolis.
Fast Trains with Pullman Vestibuled Draw
latest design. between Chicago and MiIWau-
kee and Ashland and Duluth.
Through Pullman yestibuled Drawing
Room and Co1Onist Sleepers via the North
ern Pacific Railroad between Chicago and
Portland, Ore.
Convenient Trains to and from Eastern,
Western. N Northern and Central Wisconsion points,
affording unequalled service to and from Wan
keshn, Fond du Lac. Oshkosh, Eau Claire,
Hurley, WIS.,, and Ironwood and Bessener.
Mich.
Tor tickets. sleeping car reservations, tina
tables and other information. apply to Agents Of
the line, or to Ticket Agents anywhere in tn
United States or Canada
8 Il Ainslie, Gen1 Manager. Milwaukee, VIZ
]. II. HannAfoid, Genl Traffic Manager.
ST. Paul, MINI.
A. G. barlow, Traffic Manager, Milwaukee. Wis.
Louis Eckstein. Asst Gent Pase'r Agent
Auwankas. via
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-12
Tourists,

Tourists.
Whe4her On pleasure bent or business
Ghonld 1aAe On evsEy trip hottie Of Syrup
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-12-04
HOW MUCH, PRAY7
Questionable Operations Which Will Pay
Well Those on the Inside.

Questionable Operations Which VIII Pay
Well Those ON the Inside.
tits fair question. How much do
Secretary Window, James e. Blaine,
Napoleon Mckinley, Boss Reed and
Matt Quay expect to make out of the
present policy OF the United States
Government? Are they On the ground
floor, as usual?
Money is worth to the Wall street
usurers nowadays all the way from one
quarter to one-half OF one7per cent per
day. 1t has been loaned at interest as
high as two hundred per cent per an
mum. Mr.. WINDOWS bond purchases for
the purpose of leasing" this situation
are made almost without exception OF
the men who are charging two hundred
per cent. for money. The money that
they get from the Treasury they dole
out to spectators in Wall street at the
rate Of one-half OF one per cent per day.
How much are the Republican officials
who are on the inside making by tho
operation?
Another big swindle is in progress.
In anticipation of the Mckinley bills
enactment the big importers and others
have been making heavy purchases of
foreign goods in advance of consump-
ton for the purpose of selling them In
q monopolized market. They have
bought under the present tariff. They
will sell under the Mckinley tariff.
These goods are now in bond, and in
the ordinary course the duties must be
paid soon. The spectators therefore
ask their friends, Window, Blaine, Nc
Kinley, Reed and Quay, to add an
-amendment to the Mckinley bill per-.
hitting them to postpone the payment
of duties for six months or year. In
other and palmer words, they ask the
Government to furnish them, the capi-
tai or credit necessary to carry on big
deal designed to beat the Governments
itself out Of revenue and to Cypress the
people with high prices How much
are the anchor-casting statesmen going
to make out Of this operation?
There is ''fat" in both OF these things
for somebody and perhaps for every
body connected with the corrupt and
wasteful regime now in power at WASH
ington. The question is: How mucha-
Chicago Herald
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PROFESSIONAL PACKERS.
A Parisian Industry That Ought to Be In
troduced Here.

A Partisan Industry That Ought to Be In
troduced Here.
In Paris that great city where all
ones needs and caprices are catered to,
there are professions for women en- tirely
unknown in this country. And one is
the professional packer. When you
think OF going away is not one OF your
signs As to how you shall get all your
belongings in your trunks? When you
reach your destination don't you find
them creased. mussed, and, II possible,
what tiny woman near me calls On
smithereens''? Well, the packer comes
In, you tell her what you want to take
away, and then let her do her work.
Skirts are skillfully folded, bodices
have sheets of tissue paper laid between
them, and the sleeves are stuffed to
shape With 1t; slippers have their toes
filled with raw cotton so they do not
reach their destination fiattened ont;
and hats and bonnets have tapes at
tached to them so that they may be
pinned to the box or tray and will not
move until you are ready to lift them
out This Is work for which busy
or rich woman will pay we'll, and q
woman who becomes an expert at it
can. in the going-away time, make that
mysterious amount known as - tidy
little sum- very easily. The packer
comes to the house, takes OF her bodice
and assumes loose jacket, and then
she is ready for her work. Who among
the many who are asking for something
for q woman to do will start In this nro.
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LETTER-WRITER BLAINE.
lingo dim Setting His Sails to Catch tn
Breeze of Popular Favor.

lingo Jim Setting His Sails to Catch the
Breeze of Popular Favor.
Secretary Blaine has written another
letter to Boston gentleman upon the
subject OF reciprocity As 1t bore no
burning postscript the receiver felt
justified in giving its contents to the
public The views OF Secretary Blaine
are enunciated at considerable length,
but the letter contains nothing essen
TALLY new. 1t is simply proposition
for reciprocal free trade with Latin
America and an exclusion policy toward
other countries. 1t is urged by the rec
iprocity adherents that free trade with
Central America would prove beneficial
to tho commerce OF both that country
and the United States. In other words
free trade would benefit both countries
concerned in the interchange of com.
1modities. But II freer trade with Cen
trail America at the south would benefit
this country, how about freer trade with
Canada at the north? The protection
lists urge that the protective theory.
deals with conditions and not
with boundaries, but with this
view closer trade relations with
Canada could be logically defended
before free trade with Latin America
could be advocated. And this theory
Of conditions" itself seems to be very
loosely constructed. If the Vermont
farmer is benefited by exchanging his
products freely with his neighbors in
New hampshire on the east and in New
York on the west, why would not he be
equally benefited by exchanging them
With his northern neighbors across the
csuadian line?
The reciprocity policy of Secretary
Blaine is a partial surrender of the pro-
lection forces. 1t is makeshift, an
emergency policy advocated by one OF
the shrewdest Of the Republican man
ayers TO tide his party over a crisis
which he is .far-sighted enough TO per-
ceive. There caA be no mistaking the
drift Of public sentiment toward tariff.
reform and freer trade relations, The
Maine statesman, seeing nothing but
party defeat in the Republican high
tariff views of the Mckinley school, has
boldly cut loose and set his sails to
catch the breoze Of popular favor. Chi
eAgo Mail.
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Certainly" said the landlady, stifiy.
Bridget said you wished to speak to
me-" said. Margaret, finding that the
landlady hesitated.
-. Yes; said the iand1ady, clearing her
throat, II wished to ask. IL, you can con-
yeniently obtain another boarding
placer"
.....IIndeedm said Margaret, in utter sur
prise, looking from the mother to the
daughter.
-. Yes" said Mrs Prescott, II think
shall want your room. e
May ask" said Margaret, after q
pause, whether it is any personal OBJ
lection to myself that loads to your re-
quest?" d.
Mrs. Prescott was about to answer in
the negative, when her daughter, no
longer able to keep her Indignation with
her supposed rival within bounds, inter-
rupted her bitterly.
Yes, there is reason and good one,
Miss Tremaine. Ma and have noticed
your underhand attempts to attract Mr.
Colton's attention, when you knew we'll
enough that he was engaged to me, or
WHO b6nC W . uOu WANT any
such sly people in the house, 80 now you
know it. %,
4 Indeed, Miss PRESCOTT" said Mar
garet quietly, for the accusation seemed
SO absurd that it did not disturb her,
''you are under strange delusion. I
certainly have no wish to appropriate
Mr.. Colton's attentions As to his
wants have nothing to say. shall be
glad to congratulate you on your en-
gagement with him."
"Oh! no doubt" said the young lady,
sneeringly. This comes very we'll
after you have done all you could to
prevent it.
.Do you believe this ridiculous story,
Mrs. Prescott?" demanded Margaret,
turning to the landlady.
Il did not intend to have my daugh-
ter mention it, said Mrs. Prescott,
coldly, "but it certainly has seemed to
me that you have firted with Mr.. Col
ton as should not wish daughter Of
mine to firt."
Then you are very much mistaken, +"
said the young girl, Indignantly .Mr.
Cotton may be a very estimable young
man, but he has no attractions for mel
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-12-04
THE POLITICAL POT.

The Republican. party is cutting
no wisdom teeth. Cincinnati South.
west.
) Idaho is rotten borough admitted
for the purpose of giving to the Repub-
licans two Senators and three electoral
votes. IN. Y. World.
Mr.. Plumb stood up in the Senate
and voted for tariff bill. nearly every
line of which he has severely de-
nounced. Such is party slavery.
dianapolis Sentinel.
The aged Tennessee farmer who
cut his throat because he could not
live in poverty ought to have been in
Maine when Reed was squandering his
money. Constitution.
There can be no question what
ever that ii National election were to
be held to-day Democracy would sweep
the country like whirlwind. And the
party Of the people is gro owing stronger
every day.-Chicago Mail
-Pious John Wanamaker forbade
the circulation of the Kreutzer Sonata
in the mails, but he allows Joe Cannon's
filthy speech to be scattered broadcast
through. the same channel. Tolstoi,
however, does not train in the g. o. p.---
Florida Times Union.
Pension Commissioner Raum
seems 10th to tell all he knows about
that refrigerator business, Probably
he, too, imagines that s'dignified ST.
lence' Is all that is necessary thess
days to shut the eyes Of the people,
Harrisburg (Pa.) Patriot
In Justice to the Administration
to the Speaker and to the majority IT.
Congress, there should now be an un-
sparing laying bare Of all the facts, in
order that aroused suspicion may wrong
no innocent person. The time has come
to find out all about Raum.-N. Y
World.
Senator Quay owes it to the party
that has given him place and power to
clear himself of the grave charges that
now besmirch his character. or else ster
down and ont The Hawkeye is Repub-
lican in every fiber, but 1t believes In
ionest Ropublicanisn. Barliugtou
Haykeye.
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LYING EXTRAORDINARY.
A Habit Calculated to InJurs the Morals
o. the Natisn.


o. the Natien.
Is lying National vice Of such pleas
ant mien that II merits Government pro-
lection? This question is suggested by
the deliberate falsihcation Of Repre-
sentative Kennedy's speech, which has
been done under authority OF the lower
House Of Congress The Congressional
Record purports to be . verbatim sre-
port OF the proceedings Of Congress;
and, In order that tt may he sccurases
efficient stenographers are employed ~
big salaries to take down every wovd
that Is uttered during the deliberation4
Of that body.
And yet the speech which III pub
lished In the Congressional Record ID
not the speech which Mr.. Kennedy de-
livered on the floor Of Congress, nor is
1t the speech which the shorthand re-
porters took down. Mr.. Kennedy's
speech consisted mainly in an arraign-
ment of Senatorial courtesy under
which he claimed all sorts of corruption
were cloaked. And yet he now seeks
refuge under a so-called courtesy Of
the House, which permits him to pub
lish bsre-faced lie in giving TO the
world . speech he never delivered.
There isn't hairbreadth's difference
between the evils resulting from Sena-
torial courtesy and the loyer House
courtesy. Tho former cloaks corrup.
ton; the latter is refuge for lies. 1t
is about time that both were abolished
and that all Congressional proceedings
were conducted on . square plan.
II a member of Congress- gets up on
the floor of either house apd makes an
Ass Of himself the fact ought to appear
on the record. The printed Congress-.
ional record is intended for the use Of
the public, and not for the exclusive
privilege of the Congressman. The
very knowledge that his remarks were
to be reported and printed verbatim
would be an incentive to Congress-
man to behave himself. As 1t is, he can
indulge in all sorts of wild speeches on
the floor and then GO to the public
printers Office with an afterthought
speech and have the Congressional.rec-
ord make him say very decorous things
The example set by those high in au.
thority always has a bad effect on the
masses. If a Congressman Is perWitted
to lie under Government patronage the
body OF the people are in danger of be-
ing infected With the idea that lying
is respectable For these very good
reasons we insist that Congress shall
return to the early virtues of the Re-
public and require all OF its proceedings
to be accurately and truthfully printed.
f-SI- Pauf Gfof,f,.~- -
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From the following account, taken
from Evelyn's diary, where it appears
under date Of 10 mo 9Th, 1874" it APP
pears that tire-eating freaks are not
modern Innovations: Il took leave OF
my Lady Sunderland, who was going to
Paris TO my Lord, now Ambassador
there. She made me stay to dinner at
Leicester House, and afterwards sent
for Richardson, the famous thereafter.
Before MS he deyoured birthstone on
glowing GOALS chewing and swallowing
them. He melted feer glass and ate
a. quite up; then, taking live coal on
his tongue, he put o. IL . raw oyster;
the coal was blown with hand bellows
until II famed and sparkled in his
mouth, Ind 50 remained until the oyster
was done Then he melted pitch with
sulphur and drank it while 1t famed. I
saw il flaming In his mouth. st Loais
Republic
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The EdItorsa Adyica.

Young Humorist Ito the editor) Have
you looked over the comic sketches
left with you?
Editor-I have.
Young Humorist--They amt so good
ms might do II ! hadn't 20 many other
irons in the fire.
Editor handing back the manuscript)
Here they are and advise you
Young humorist-What?
Editor Putthem with the other irous
--Texas SiftinGa
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"ACoSH ME COMING IN WIN IN
49,. BONNET on"
nnjustly suspected of so doing by Mrs.
Prescott and her daughter. The Tor
mer determined, therefore, on one pre-
text or another to get rid OF her
: troublesome boarder, hoping that the
young man, when no longer exposed
to her destinations, would retu IN to his
first love-
1t was with a view to this that Mar
garet was now summoned TO the parlor.
Although she had noticed the increas-
ing eoolness Of Mrs and Miss Prescott,
she DID not suspect the cause.
AS the time for giving lesson to her
sole remaining pupil was near at hand,
She went down with her bonnet on.
Excuse me coming in with my bon
net on, Mrs. Prescott" she said, as she
entered the parlor; but ! am obliged
almost Immediately togo out to give Z
lesson, and did SO to save tho trouble OF
going upstairs again y + - E ~
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"a LITTLE NONSENSE.

Teacher In Etymology-"Give the
derivation of the word restaurant
Hungry Boy-"Res, q thing; taurus, .
bull-a bully thing. ~ hiladelphia So
ciety.
--Barker-"What in Sancho makes
that kid cry SOP" Nurse Girl Bedad
sorr, an It's mesilf thinxs he sees how
much he RESEMBLES his feyther. IVAN
Dorn's Magazine.
Bless You My Children Fond par
ent--"Aha. So you are playing at
hearts, Ell? How does the game stand2"
Flushing Couple dropping the cards
and kneeling) "A tie - brakes Maya
zsne
There lived In the city Of Worcester
man who could crow like roocester.
but ms he grew old
He often caught cold,
And then couldn't crow as he urcestcr.
Lawrence American.
Indignant Bicyclist-.'M Madam. your
dog snaps at me every time pass.
Here he comes now" [Starts Of. Old
Lady-"Sportl SPORT you foolish dogl
Come here. Them amt bones. Them's
legs. IN. Y. Weekly
There has been great deal Of fun
made OF .Simple Simon" because he
went fishing in pail; and yet some OF
the modern sportsmen seem to find q
great deal of sport in merely rod and
line and jug. Washington Post
Something Of . Corker ~ Prof.
George Washington Jackson q down
town boot-black, displays the following
sign over his establishment: Pedal
Teguments Artistically Illuminated
aud fabricated for the Iniinitesimal
Compensation Of &c. per Operations''---
Philadelphia Society.
"A Seattle girl thoughtlessly told .
friend that the names Of the donors
would not be displayed with the pres
ents at her wedding. or course the news
got abroad and when the day came not
even the presents were displayed. They
consisted Of thirty-sixx plated sugar
spoons Nsnd nineteen salt sprinklers -
Seattle Journal
Woman, God bless her 5bright eyes!
can make roses blossom III the desert
and when so minded she can give tofhe
most commonplace affairs Of life rather
much OF q rainbow look, but to save her
eyebrows she can't use . pen without
getting Ink on her fingers any more
than she can remember the day OF the
month. Pains Hour.
Mot many Sundays ago south side
Sunday school was invited to parties
pate in . union service with another
school few blocks away. and formed
In line with the superintendent st the
head, and marched out Of doors singing
the superintendent's favorite hymn,
"Hold the Fort !" Bystanders stopped,
and every one looked on st the beautis
full sight Of the proud superintendent
marshaling hisg handsome cohorts Of
caroiing children up the street. Their
singing charmed al hearers TOO. but
when they struck the second stanxA
Zoe the might host advanoins.
Satan leading on--
somebody snickered. ana tie superin
tendsnt dropped beck to the rear 4
speak - the tutor n ne infxnt Ola
Buffalo Courier
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THE BROTHERS RETURN.
How the Western Gold Fields
Helped a Music Teacher.

7 A CHAMBER
on the top floor
OF a genteel
c ty boarding
house, q young
girl of scarcely
twenty sat at q
table in a de-
spondent mood.
Before her was
a brief note in
a lady's hand,
which she list
lessly took up,
and read as fol-
lows:
MRS. Morgan
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-"why are you fighting sop asked
a man who had separated two strug-
Cling boys. why don't you keep the
poace?o 1.-THE peace don't belong 70
as" replied the bigger Of the two; We
Amt no monopolists.n-N. <. Sun.
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According to an English botanical
authority. that remarkable specimen Of
the vegetable world, the weather
plant" continues to excite considerable
interest abroad. Men Of science, who
on its first discovery were unwilling to
express an opinion in regard to its
prognosticating virtues, now agree,
after extensive experiments, that the
shrub is in truth prophetic. Thirty-two
thousand trials made during some three
years past tend to prove its infallibility.
The plant itself is q legune. commonly
called the Paternoster Pea, but known
in botany as the Abrus persginua It is
native OF Corsica and Tunis- Its leaf
and tw g strongly resemble those Of the
acacia. The more delicate leaves Of its
upper branches foretell the state Of the
weather forty-eight hours in advance,
while its lower and harder leaves indi-
cate all atmospheric changes three
days beforehand. Naturalization con-
sist in change in the position OF the
leaves and In the rise and fall Of the
twig. and branches -Phrenologica
journal
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occupation for Miss Tremaines services
in the musical instruction Of her chill
dren, having been advised by friend
TO secure tho services of Prof. Man
toni. "
enough. Probably Mrs. Morgan did not
know when she wrote this note that in
Withdrawing her patronage from the
young girl she was depriving her of
three-fourths of her income. So 1t was,
however, and it was with deep sink
ing Of the heart that Margaret Tremaine
read tie four lines recorded above.
Margaret, as Of course the reader
will understand, was a music teacher.
She had been reared in affluence, but
the sudden failure Of her father, and
his almost immediate death, had
thrown her upon her own resources for
support. She had a brother two years
older, who had gone to California in
search OF employment 1t was in the
early days OF the history OF that State.
Communication with the interior parts
of the Pacific State was not as fre-
-quent as at present, and she had re-
ceived only occasional letters. Thus
far he had not met with great success
IN digging gold.
Through the influence of Margaret's
friends she had obtained several music
scholars at once, enough to defray her
expenses, moderate as they had now
become She had taken an attic room
in Mrs. Prescett's clearinghouse, and
had thus far been able to meet her
weekly bills.
But this period OF comparative pros
-perity came at length to an end. One
family in which she had several
scholars went abroad, and these were,
OF course, lost to her. Another pupil
was sent to boarding-s school. Thus
now, to crown all, Mrs. Morgan with
drew her patronage, and the young girl
was left with almost no income at all.
What to do she did not know
She might advertise for pupils, but
wouldeshe get them2 Besides she could
not spare the money which the adver-
tisement would cost. With a feeling Of
dismay she saw utter destitu ton staring
her in the face.
1t was at this moment that q knock
was heard at the door,
"Come in," she said.
Raising her head as the door was
opened, she recognized in the caller one
OF Mrs. Prescott's servants.
well, Bridget, what's wanted?" she
said.
Mrs PRESCOTT would like to see you
in the parlor, miss
"Now?n
Eyes, miss, If you please"
Very WE'LL say that will come down
immediately"
Before chronicling the interview
about to take place, it may be necessary
to say that Mrs. Prescott was widow
with an only daughter, not remarkable
for good looks. This young lady had
: for several months enjoyed the atten-
tons of young man vho-was popularity
supposed to be engaged to her But to
the great Indignation of the landlady
and her daughter, the young man,
Cotton by name, had recently shown
some indications of transferring his
attentions to Miss Tremaine. That
young lady was quite innocent of en-
-eouraging him, but nevertheless was