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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-02

Hon. EDWARD J.. PHELPS, ex-minister
to England and lecturer on law at Yale
college, has been considering the subject
of divorce. He comes to the conclusion
that there can be no uniform divorce law,
and that the only way by which divorces
can be checked is for the states to prohibit
remarriage on the granting of divorces.
In the December number of the Forum he
treats the subject in a very practical way
There were 500, 900 divorces granted in the
last twenty years. In the twenty years
preceding, 325, 900 were granted in the
United States. The increase no more than
kept pace with the population.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-02
ART GOSSIP.

Rosa Bonheur, the great animal painter,
wears the cross of the Legion of Honor,
and Rene Peyrol, her brother-in-law, now
tells us how this distinction was gained.
The empress asked for it for the art 1t, but
the request could not be granted. The
cross had never been given to a woman,
and the ministers protested against a pre-
cedent. But the empress bided her time
till the following year, when, during the
absence of the emperor In Algeria, she
acted as regent. One morning a servant
entered Rosa Bonheur's studio with the
announcement that the empress was below.
In another minute she was In the studio
borrowing a pin from one of her ladies'.
The empress then kissed the artist, who,
glancing down, saw the cross of the Legion
of Honor pinned on her breast.
A painting by Reubens, representing st.
Lawrence, has been discovered at Arad, in
Hungary. 1t is painted on cedar-wood
and bears the masters monogram. The
Empress Catherine Ii. of Russia gave it to
Gen. Zorie. 1t was afterward purchased
by Gen. D~amjanich, who presented it to
the mother of the present owner, who till
the other day had no idea of the treasure
In his possession.
Washington is certain to have one piece
of statuary which will be thoroughly repre-
sentative Of the best French talent in
sculpture, and that is the statue of La
fayette, on which the sculptors Mercie and
Falquiere have lavished their best skill.
Mercie is a man of genius, and ~Falquiere
is considered as certain to be one of the
glories of French art.
Jules Dupre had a peculiar way of paint
ing landscapes. He would pnt down orery
thing but sky, leaving that for the last.
When asked his opinion for doing this he
said: There is no sky in nature; sky is
before a tree, behind it, in it; it is every
where-it is air."
Sidney Cooper, the doyen of the royal
academicians, has just attained the age of
Sc. The old animal painter is slightly
deaf, but is otherwise in full possession of
his faculties, and his three pictures of last
years academy showed no falling off in his
artistic power.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-08-30
HELENA, MONT

thong h most games Of chance and skill turn
upon ingenuity and artiice wherein some
body is bound to have the best of it.
III.
l beg your gracious pardon, gentle reader;
for what do you know, or care about all
this? In such matters the rule is to make
no admissions. Let the CALLED jade vince.
your withers are unwrung! What boots it
to you that this dead gambler here lies in
an unweeded garden, called by courtesy
place of rest; perchance, at least, place
of rest to him What boots it to you that
the story has it's lesson? 1t IS SO easy to
philosophize about vices. Every gambler
becomes philosopher when he has no more
money to lose. 1t is related of Fox that
his friends, fearing suicide, followed him
after disastrous sitting, to his apartment.
where they found him lying prone upon the
floor reading dissertation in the original
Greek.
Chunky Towles was man of good pedi-
gree, of worldly opportunities equal to the
region and the times in which he was born,
and of mental caliber much above the
average. He was we'll stocked with personal
courage and common sense. Had he laid
one-half of his intellectual force upon some
upright and steady calling, he could not
have failed of success. But he reversed
the natural order; he was a great man in
tribes, trifler in great affairs, dividing
life in two portions, one-half gamble and
the other half joke.
OF Henry Clay, Arts Throckmorton, the
founder of the Gait House, once said that,
whether in the senate of the United States
or before the courts of Europe, or at a card
table, 'he was always captain.'' Chunky
Towles was certainly Captain at card
table; no mean antagonist at all games. and
master of that of old sledge, or seven-up.
If he had lived a few years longer, there ia
no knowing what might have happened to
him during the stormy days that followed
his death. War is kind of gamble; and
Chunky Towles might have emulated the
honorable part played in it by some of his
professional associates. He might have
been great general of cavalry: have vindi-
Gated his title to good, old cavalier blood;
have restored the fortunes of fallen house;
have redeemed his record and his name.
Who can tell? As 1t was. he left curious
tradition of eccentric doings and quaint
sayings, that, considered in the light of
after-thought, throws a melancholy shadow
across the neglected grave in the old, rustic
burial spot, with its weather-stained tablet
and meagre inscription, waiting for the
final oblitera.:.a of only few more days
and nights of exposure to the mountain air.
The sky took on strange, unnatural
coloring. as l came away, and the clouds
about the setting sun broke into fantastic
shapes; as if, back of the great screen, sep
aratlng the night and the day, some
game of chan e was in progress, played fu-
rlously, for great stakes, empires, king
doms. continents, planets, and then all was
blurred and gray. and the rain began to
fall. as if the angels wept. H. w.
The Tennessee Mountains, Aug. -, 1890.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-08-30
NoTlCE-To THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE
- Helena & Livingston Smelt ng Reduction

o!NaL-1O Or lnE
Helena 4 Livingston Smelt ng l. Reduction
company: ease take notice that special
meeting meet OF the Helena Livingston Smelling y
sala company. in the city of Helena, county. of
the sth DAY Of October, 4. D. 1870, at II O'Clock
hoeh Tor u e purpose of cons'd erinx and voting
upon TIE following prop osiuon, to-wit: That
iot ths pQrro se of con .olidatins this company
Wita tie Montana Smelling company of Great
fails, Montana this conn any grant, bargain,
ssh ana convey tn a corporation to be known
the Union smelling L Rein ne company the
property OF this company at L, Of Helena, to-wit:
Inc north hslf "a of secelon Numbered thirty
SIX lsoi OF township numts red ten ll0l north. Of
IHhse three Isl west. whereon is situate tbs
slneitins anu reducsion works of this company,
ior consideration of four hundred and eighty
oiee lhoa anu nine hundrpd and tfty-seven dol
Ers anu ei MY cents, able in the common
s.ocA o. sad oIlo9 5 citing 4 Renning COM
Pay az par; PROVIDED. said Union smelling &
hshning Company shall , Isl acouire The IA liter
plant And real estate b.lens ins to the saiu Non
lana Smeltin. company. al Grest Falls. Nontxna.
Tor the sum OF hive hundred and thirty ,,onsand
SIX hundred and ninet five doll,-s anil fonrtsen
cents payable likewise in the common s,ocy AZ
SAID company. at par.
Dated Al Helena, Montana this lah aav of
August, A. D. eighteen hundred aud n:nsty.
4. J. DAVIDSON,
Al, ssLlGMAN,
= 4. HAUSER
IL. N, fARcHEN,
I. w. CANNON,
; A. y. HOTTER
mA9ofiy OF the trustees Of the Helena a
LIVINGSTON smsitans and hsiuct,on company.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-08-30
THE WESTERN NATIONAL BANK
OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
120 BROADWAY.

120 BROADWAY.
CAPITAL 13,5Oo,o0
DEPOSITORY OF PUBLIC MONEYS
OF the United states, the Sta of New York, the
CITY OF New ork.
6RAYTON WIS, V.P. SNYDER.
rfesidsnt, Vice President
II. A. SMITH, THOS. j. BRENNAN.
Cashier. Asst Cashier.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Brayton Ives, President.
Edward J. hsrwind, Pres. Colo. Coal and Iron
Co.
Charles j. Canda, IL. Assistant Treasurer. o. &
VIM. N. Color, Jr., OF W. N. Color q Co., II
Pine street
Chauncsy NJ Depew, Prsss. N. Y. C. 4 H. R Co.
LSuis r Fitzgerald. Piest. Mercantile Trust Co.
v. r. Sn, der.
Marcellus Hartley. Of Hartley Graham. Is
Maiden ! ane.
Henry B. Hyde. Prest. Equitable Life Assurance
Society.
f.. Q. Ala, thiessen. Of +. O. Maithiessen &
Wischers Ergar Refining Co. 10 " all street.
J9en r saarles. Jr.; frest Aaveneysr's Sugar
Refining 10.
siSaey I: Tyler, Prcst Fourth Street National
hsnk. phil .delphiz.
william G WhitAey, Ex-Sccresazy Of the NAVY.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-08-30

Our stock fresh and Stylish comprising the latest
ednovees in Dress Goods Plain and Fancy Combinations
and Stripes Silks Velvets and Pushes Fannes Blankets
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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-05
4 Rrava Little Yankee.

During the revolution a party of Con-
necticut troops Were captured on Long
Island, one of whom was a fifer boy
much understood, though full of fire and
very strong for his inches His COM
manding officer being summoned to the
presence of the British general, the boy
followed. "Who are you?' said the gen.
eral The boy replied, 81 am one of
King Hancocks men," Can you fightt7
asked the general "Yea- sir; can"
said the boy.
The general called up one of his own
fifers and said, Dare you fight him.
Yes, sir, answered the little Yankee
The general then told the fifer to strip
and give battle, which he did forthwith
The fight ended in victory for the small
son Of Connecticut. Indeed, the little
Briton was so badly damaged that it
was deemed best to interfere, lest the
Yankee boy should demolish him en-
tirely.
The English officer rewarded the lit
tie fellows valor and resolution by Civ
ing him his liberty, and he lost no time
in making his way to the land Of steady
habits, where his exploit was duly chron-
icled in the local newspaper Youths
Companion.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-05
A Peculiar Missouri Hen.

In the spring of 1881 l bought dozen
light Brahma hens and one cock, also
light Brahma, having no other chickens
on the farm. l know the chickens were
pure Brahma. l noticed one of my
young chicks was a very strange looking
bird, and as it grew older what should
have been feathers We're silky gray hairs
as long as my hand, the whole body be-
ing completely covered with them, ex-
cept the head, which was perfectly
naked, and much resembled a buzzard' S
head.
She laid quite number of eggs, many
of which I sat, but never could raise
any more like her. They would simply
be light Brahmas. She had no wing
feathers, could not fly upon a perch OF
nest and made very peculiar noise
when trying to cackle. The quilts in the
wing and tail contained half dozen or
so each Of long hairs. There were nc
guineas or any other fowls of any
kind on the farm where l bought the
chickens This is the plain unvar-
nished truth, and l can give you
plenty of proof of the same. The hen
lived to be years old.-Livonia Cor. st.
Louis Republic.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-05
A Psntomimo Audience.

II there is one thing more amusing
than an English pantomime it is the
English audience that go to see it. Men,
women and children who are intelligent
enough ON ordinary occasions seem, I'M
der the influence of this potent spell, to
lose all control of themselves Before
the curtain rose the faces in front were
expressive and even thoughtful But
when the entertainment was in full
swing all sense of propriety was thrown
off.
The audience were carried away and
delighted beyond measure, and swallow
ed the most idiotic nonsense with the
broad grin that seemed to mantle the
face of the whole house. Shout after
shout went up when the clown sat on
the baby; and as the cockney swell APP
peared. cxtravagantly conscious of his
own dignity and charmed by the effect
of his personal appearance, the heartless
public sat in eager expectancy, well
knowing that some disaster was about to
befall him, and when a half barrel of
flour was poured upon his devoted head
they would burst forth In the most bois-
ferrous manner Any catastrophe that
occurred to the police was always hailed
with delight.
Why is it that these guardians of our
safety are held in such contempt theat-
rically? When double-dyed villain
gets his quietus, and the innocent heroine
is restored to the arms of the first walk
ing gentleman, we applaud with delight
Surely under these circumstances one
would suppose it to be our duty to resent
any affront offered to the ''force;;" but
no, the slightest indignity bestowed
upon virtuous policeman, such as the
emptying of bucket of water over his
helmet, seems to give us joy.-Joseph
jefferson in Century.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-05
The Wage Farmers, Wrongs.

Here, then, is the wage earners' indict-
ment of the wages system:
Every man has right, because he has
a duty, to earn his daily bread by the
sweat of his brow. The wage system
denies this right to myriads of willing
workers In America, the workingman's
Eldorado, nearly 1 100000 willing work
ers were thrown out of employment in
1885. Enforced idleness, says Carlyle,
sis the Englishman's hell" That system
cannot be right which turns 900, 900 of
willing workers in rich America into this
hell and locks the door against them.
Every man has right to the product Of
his own industry; under the wage system
the greater part of the products of indus
try goes into the hands of the few tool
owners The wealth of this country
has increased during the past quarter
century from fourteen billion to forty
four billion. A careful statistician
estimates that the wages of $780,
600 unskilled laborers We're in 1884
less than $500 a year, while the
average wages of workmen engaged
in manufactures, including skilled Ia
borers, was but 1916 year. That sys-
tenn cannot be right which gives the
profits of industry to the few and com
pels the many to live always praying,
Give us this day our daily bread, Rev.
DIR. LYMAN Abbott in Forum.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-05
Renting Out "A Play.

Renting out a play" said a we'll
known comedian, sis just now largely in
vogue with native authors who have
made a reputation and those spectators
who purchase the American rights of
foreign successes. In point of financial
returns it is about the same as selling a
drama on royalty, but the great advan-
tage in renting out is that the author re-
tains the ownership of his production,
and can always control it, whereas in a
sale on royalty the property right passes
entirely out Of his hands
"Should the royalty not be paid of
course the author has his legal remedy,
but if his play be simply rented out all he
has to dois to go and take possession of it
in case of failure to settle the rent,
thus saving time, trouble, cost and anx-
iety, to say nothing of avoiding the laws
delay. Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-05
Rivals.

A newspaper proprietor, who Is now
wealthy man, tells m amusing story OF
one of his early ventures He went to the
west when but 90 years old with capital
of only two or three hundred dollars. He
he'd done some reporting for a local paper
at home and had q siiattering of the
printers art. Hearing Of a new town IN
the mountains, a town of which great
things were expected, he decided to
establish newspaper there forthwith
He borrowed some money to add to
his meager capital, and started alone for
the field with his little hand-press and
type and paper in a wagon.
The journey was about fifty miles IN
length and mostly up hill. The muddy
road made the travelling slow and
difficult, so that it was almost dark
when, on the second day, he came within
sight of the new town still five miles
distant
Just then, as he pulled through Il
slough at curve in the road, he over
took fellow traveller whose old wagon,
to which was hitched bony horse, was
hopelessly fast in the mud.
Our young newspaper man promptly
unhitched his horse and went to the other
mans assistance For nearly an hour
the two men pushed and the two horses
pulled. Finally the horses gave mighty
tug at the right moment and the cart
was pulled out Of the mud.
Reaching out his hand with true west
ern heartiness the driver of the extri-
Gated cart also a young man of % or "A,
said:
"Thank you, sir I'm ever so mach
obliged to you Times mighty precious
to me, and | don't know what Ed have
done if you hadn't come along, | want
to get to the next town just as quick as
| can. I've got newspaper outfit III
my wagon, and l hear there's another
fellow trying to get in ahead of me.
Like as not you've been the means of
helping me to get the start of him.
The surprised and chagrined '.other
fellow" says that for q moment he was
wicked enough to wish his rival back III
the mud, but speedily overcoming all
such ungenerous and unmanly feelings
he said with laugh:
well, I happen 10 be that other fell
low"
"You-you are?
Eyes, sir, l am
well, I-I-say, s'posing we sit right
down here and talk this thing over"
They encamped together for the night
and after a full conference agreed to go
into partnership, and as soon as it was
light they hastened on to the town.
There they established their paper,
which was the beginning Of great pros
perity for both of them.-Youth's Com
panion.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-05
Horns form the Human Body.

Horns growing from the human skin
are very uncommon in their occurrence,
but one of the foreign medical Journals
contains an account from physician of
a case of this kind treated by him, the
subject being laboring man of 50 years
The horn projected for an inch from the
lower lip on the right side, and had a
blunt extremity, was srmly adherent
and the skin around at the base exhib-
tied superficial liberation.
The fact as elected was that it had
first appeared as a small warty growth
some three years previously, had slowly
increased, and after being cut off with
q razor ON two occasions seemed to grow
again quicker each time. On the oppe-
site side of the same lip was what ap-
peared to be another warty growth in
It's early stages, and the patient was in
the habit of holding his clay pipe this
side and not on that from which the
horn grew. There were no glands en-
larged and the patient was in good
state of health. The treatment, which
was entirely successful, consisted in the
removal of the horn, together with the
part of the lip to which it was attached,
by means of small V shaped incision
under cocaine locally injected, and
bringing the edges together with one or
two sutures.-New York Tribune
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-05

Hinety-nine out of every hundred suffe,ing
with Dyspepsia, virtually starve themselves
to obtain relief and at last sink under the in
fuence of general debility, when to effect +,
cure should eat good solid food which il di-
gested, produces rich blood and imparts new
life and strength to the entire body.
Tru1tts Vegetable LOzenges have prov
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-05
The Age of Trees.

There is no certain method of deter
mining the age Of big tree. Estimates
Of age by rings can only be on trees cut
down in their prime
The largest number ever counted We're
in a tree felled in 1912. This had 7l0
distinct rings, but to these an indefinite
number should be added which became
obliterated. Even in young trees there
does not seem to be any certainty in the
evidence. In 1871 DIR. A. L. Child plant
ed red maple from the seed. 1t was cut
down In 1882 and showed 40 rings. Ir
a trial in Vermont involving boundary
question the dispute turned upon cut
on hemlock and the length of time
since it was made. A section of the tree
was produced showing 40 on one side
and 80 on the other
The verdict was that rings are not a
sure indication of age. 1t is true that
the more distinct rings DO approximate
to the age of the tree. but there are Sc
many sub-annual rings that such testi-
mony is invalidated. External measure
ment Is the best indication we have, and
this Is never much better than Il guess
The best way is to take the ascertained
growth Of the first century, and then
make one-third Of it the average growth
Of every century. Thus, with Il feet
as the ascertained growth of the oak in
its first century, feet would be its CON
slant growth, and we might conjecture
an oak 40 feet in growth to be about
1000 wears d.--St. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-05
Survival of Dangerous Germs.

1t has been shown by NJ Esmarch that
disease microbes do not long survive in
corpses, and that as general rule the
more rapidly decomposition takes place
the more quickly will the organisms
perish. Experiments We're made with
nine different kinds of microbes, con
tanned in the bodies of animals under
this various conditions of burial in the
ground, keeping under water and expos
ure to air. The bacillus of fowl cholera
was seldom found after three weeks,
though that of septicamia survived
ninety days, while that of consumption
did not lose its yirulence until from 204
to 252 days had passed. All trace Of the
other organisms-including those of ty-
phoid fever, Asiatic cholera, tetanus and
anthrax-disappeared in from three days
to week.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-05

"You need not have looked severe be-
cause l said that didn't care a dam, u
said gruff old senator in conversation
with the Sunday school reporter of The
Washington Star. That is not swear
ing. The expression has very different
meaning from what is popularity sup
posed, and was originated by the Duke
of Wellington. A dam in India is the
smallest piece of money known. and not
to care that much means simply that
one is very indifferent. That was all
the phrase was intended to signify. The
word dam from the Latin verb mean
ing 'to condemn is a very different
thing. Curiously enough, it seems al
most invariably to be the first word in
our language acquired by foreigners"
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-05
Who Are the Cretins?

They are class of the unfortunates,
unable to walk, usually deaf and dumb,
and practically blind. This degenera-
ton of body and mind is occasioned by
poverty, impure air, filth, intermarriage
of relatives and intemperance. Though
found in other portions Of the earth,
Cretins are very numerous in central and
southern Europe. In several of the
Swiss cantons they are said to form from
to 5 per cent. Of the population. In
Rhenish Prussia and in the Danubian
provinces of Austria the number is still
greater; in Syria many villages of four
OF five thousand inhabitants not having
a single man capable of bearing arms.
In Wurtenberg and Bavaria, in Savoy,
Sardinia, the Alpine regions of France
and the mountainous district of Spain
the disease is very prevalent. j. N. Hal
h,ek i'll Christian at Work.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-05

A senator who not very long since left
his place vacant forever, used often to
quote remark which he once overheard
in the White Mountains at hotel where
he was staying with his family.
On the piazza one day girl near him
said to her companion, a dsmsel of her
own age:
"Oh, Marianne, | do think that gown
of yours is just too lovely for anything,
and it is so appropriate to wear up herep'
The other smiled self approvingly.
eyes," she said, smoothing down the
folds of the frock in question, II do think
this gown sets off the mountains better
than any other l ever had on. Youths
COMPANION.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-05

The man who tells you co: fid3ntially
lust what will cure your cold is prescrib-
ing Kemp's Balsam this year. In the pre-
paration of this remarkable me dicine for
coughs and colds no expense is spared to
combine only the best aud purest ngredi-
ents. Hold bottle of Kenp's Balls am t
the light and look through it,; notice the
bright, clear look; then compare with
).ler remedies. Price soc. and 81.