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The Forrest City times., 1890-01-18
NUNS WITH SHAVED HEADS.
4 Curious Temple In Japan-Dec.
 oratod With Hatrpips

On n hill back of the main temple is an oetagoual temple that is tho most curious ono have seen in Japan. and that satisfies ones love Of the novel. strange and picturesque in such edi- fees. Tho place is filled and covered with votive offerings from those who hava been restored 10 health or had prayers answered.
 Inc outside is half nailed over with little six inch square boards. on which arc painted the suffering pilgrims who have been cured. and a ledge Is heaped high with awls, which the deal offer up when thclr hearing is re- stored.
 Locks Of hair. short swords and de- vices in coins are hung up IS offerings of gratitude on the doors Inside there is a circular altar containing old stat aes and sacred Images, and it's base is plated with sword-hllts, short swords and round metal mirrors, until not a bit of Inc woodwork can be seen.
 Helmets and bits of armor are put wherever possible. and the long shell harpins of Japanese women have been woven with silk cords into curtains or screens between the posts supporting the dome roof
 All around the watls and over the rafters. as far up into the darkness as one can see. the walls are covered with short swords ranged closely side by side. by overlapping metal mirrors. sword hilts. bows and arrows. coins and curious weapons and pieces of ar nor.
 This little temple Is such an extra ordinary curio itself. and it's contents so unique, that its loss by fire would seem to be moro than that of any other building at Horiuii, writes a correspondent of the St. Louis Globe Democrat Near it is a nunnery. where family of women, with shin ing. shaved heads and wearing the same gowns and garments us priests, have their altars and images. daily services, and lead the same life in every way as the priests
The Forrest City times., 1890-01-18
In,.r>, prn,ent.

They had quarreled and it was final She had demanded all her presents back. and her letters and her photo- graphs He sent them. Then she sent him noto saying that he had kept ono little tender present she had made him in the days when she thought he was good and true and a gentleman, with tho gentleman un- derscored several times very heavily. It was a lock Of hair. and sho could not naturally permit him Co keep that He sent 1t back with ii brief note; 1t doesn't make any difference whether l keep 1t or not Nobody would know it was yours. You forget you were a dyed blonde when l got it,n
 ''It was so mean, she said. because my hair had only grown few shades darker lately"
 But perhaps that was not so mean as another young man of whom heard few days ago. He was in similar ease and he demanded all his presents back. He had. in his days of devotion, bought her a beautiful pair of opera glasses and had her initials engraved on them. She had thrown him over for aaother fellow and he felt mad. He got the opera glasses back, and let Il pawnbroker havo them for n small price, provided he would put them in tho window where every body could see them. He made sure that she should hear of them and she had 10 go and buy them to get them out of the window San Francisco Chronicle.
The Forrest City times., 1890-01-18
Trials of | Haek Men,is Iearher.

"A good many years ago when I was n country pedagogue back in the State of Maine." said Prof knowlton, of the Boys High School, ''I was hearing my class in spelling when gave out tho word 'cuticle' to a big. lymphatic girl Slowly she drawled out:
 "'C-u-cu, ti- Il cuti. ole cle. cu- tickle.
 Il corrected her pronunciation and rsked for tho definition. She looked around her blankly AS if in seach for something to spur her memory. when, after n moment or two of silence, 1 said;
 "'Why. what is IL that covers your hands and face'
 Looking quickly at each hand her face frightened up and she replied;
 S Oh. yes, frecklesw Fran cisco Examiner.
The Forrest City times., 1890-01-18
MY BED.

Oh, downy bed, with snowy spread,
 And pillows of pure white, How fondiy to thee draw nigh.
 Whom comes the solemn nighl Then worn by care, oh, couch most rarei Between the sheets creep. And from my woes seek sweet repose
 In quiet, holy sleep. { ' hen drives the rain against the panc, And nipping is the air, The covering OCT my form l draw, And nestle siiugly there, And then think of those who sink,
 Neglected and alone, Their clothes in shrcds, meath their heads No pillow save d stone Ah, then 10 me, when poverty
 Seems douby 10 alright A prayer breathe, ''Oh, God. relieve
 The wretched poor to-nightln
The Forrest City times., 1890-01-18

cruciatiug pinch. "Open 1t, Chart do. Sec. it's almost rusted through"
 It was a oox Of papers, mildewed, time-stained, saturated through and through with an earthly smell--old love letters addressed to Emily Sea- cliff, aiterward Emily Dart. the mother ofDiana; apparently valueless receipts and memoraudums; a few manuscript poems; soiled glove and French bon-bon case, into which was crnmpled up an oblong piece of legal paper-a deed of gift from old James Thorpe to Emily Dart, and her heirs and assigns forever. of Valleythorpe and all it's broad acres.
 Charley turned to Aunt Valencia with vividly scintilating eyes and palo cheeks.
 Aunt" he said. you were right. It was a ghost. and 1t has rendered up it's message from the spirit land. In one of her troubled brain-fits, Mrs. Dart must have hidden away these pa- pers and forgotten to disclose their whereabouts to any living soul Diana was right, also. Valleythrope is hers, and have no moro title to 1t than yondcr farm-boy in the high-road!'
 And Rufus Miner, of wkom you bought it?" gasped the old lady.
 '.He had no right to sell what was not his. This decd of gift is dated seven years later than the will under which he inherited the place. He will have to refund me the purchase money of course"
 And that black-eyed, solemn-faced girl at old Moneypenny's is the heiress of Valleythorpep"
 Undoubtedly.
 ''How delightfully romantic" lisped Aunt Valencia.
 Diana Dart was feeding tho little yellow gosIings in the early sunshine of the morrow morning at the back kitchen door Of the Moneypenny farm house when Charley Fontaine cana along the winding footpath. She look ed up with n sudden start.
 You have something to tell me-" she cried; Il see it in your eyes"
 Yes said he. "Will you have 1t all at oncep You are an heiress-I am to be turned out of Vaileythrope
 And then he related all the particu- lars.
 "Am to go9" said he, quietly.
 Diana's shadowy. black dashed eyes followed the little goslings as they vanished like balls of downy gold into the tall southern-wood bushes along the picket fence.
 No" said she. Why should you go? Valleythrope is your own.'
 No, Diana; it is yours"
 What is mine is yours also,n mur- mared Diana in a still lower voice, riff you will take it.
 Diana my own darlingl But you would not take it from men
 But" whispered Diana. cant you see that this is quite diifcrentan
 And she burst into shower Of hap py to ITS. with her face hidden against his breast
 Il do love you." sho sobbed, Il do love youl And l have loved you all along, only only was too proud to own it.n
 So Mir. Fontaine staid on at Valley thrope after all, and Aunt Valencia persists to this day that there was n genuine ghost in tho laburnum walk
 And 1t has never come back. poor thing, said she, ''because it has deliv- cred it's message from the other world.
 '.Because have had the swampy hole thoroughly drained, said Fon- taine, tho iconoclast
 All the same.M chirps Aunt vaien- cia, you must own that the whole occurrence is delightfully."- romanic. "
The Forrest City times., 1890-01-18
Depth Of the Ocean.

The greatest known depth Of the ocean is midway between the Island of Tristan d'Acunha and the mouth of tho Rio dc h Plata. The bottom was there reached at depth Of 70, 236 feet. or sl miles. exceeding by more than ls.Oou feet the height of Mount Ever cit. the loftiest mountain in the world
 h the north Atlantic Ocean. south of Newfoundland, soundings have been made to depth of 4.5S0 fathoms. or 27 iS0 feet. while depths exceeding 34.- 600. or 6A miles, are reported south of the Bermuda Islands. The average depth of the Pacific Ocean. between Japan and California. is a little over 2.on0 fathoms; between Chila aud New Zealand l.5oo fathoms. The average depth os all the ocean Is from 2,Ouo to ,. 500 fathoms. .--Exchange.
The Forrest City times., 1890-01-18

Margaret Deiand has not boon 90 great . success in her picture as in hcr tnovel, John Ward. Preacher" which has reach cd its fiftieth thousand.
 A highly electrical young man iA Alliance. Ohio has only to rub his fingcrs, when small coin and other metallic vaiua- bles stick to them as if by magic
 Down in Georgia cotton mill operatives do eleven hours work, as 1t requires one hour per day longer to do . day's work there than 1t does in Northern miliA
 A plague of monkeys af1icts Tanjore, h Southern India The creatures do % much mischief than an ofiicial monkey catcher receives a rupee for each monke, captured
 Somebody figures out that SooO, 900 pes- pie walk about London's streets daily, and that in 50 doing they wear away ton of leather particles from thsir boots and shoes.
 Robert Conner has on his farm at Tarry. town and in his city stables in New York nearly sixty of tho notable turf performers of their day and for which he paid nearly t5o0, 900.
 A Chambersburg, Pa, youth thought he ought to try some of his girl's cooking be- fore marriage. He ate adinner which she prepared with her own hands and hasa't been to 60 her since
The Forrest City times., 1890-01-18
Gaye HImself Away.

He was bashful and instead of telling his congregation that his text was found in tho third verses Of the fourth chapter of Genesis. he said, My sermon this morning may be found in tho third volume of addresses by Henry Ward Beecher,"
 And then the congregation under stood why the Rev. Jones WIS so brilliant a preacher -- Times.
The Forrest City times., 1890-01-18
rA. Erres- Of gastlee.

A Boston reporter has canvassed the penal institutions ot Massachusetts without being able to find prisoner who would admit his guilt of the crime for which be was arrested tried aud squarely convicted. Each and every one claimed prejudice or unfair ruling, and each one considered hims II . martyr to the cause of justice. :.
The Forrest City times., 1890-01-18
Cea.ssts.tss.

The fountain Of content must spring up in the mind; and he who has so little knowledge of human nature as 10 seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition. will waste his life in fruitless efforts and multiply the Grsefs which he purposes to remove
The Forrest City times., 1890-01-18

The Shenango Valley iron men propose to combine and erect an immense steel mill
 Reading has . silent barber who has . largo number of customers. He Is deaf and dumb.
 Aspiring of petroleum discovered in tho Wisconsin iron range has been tested and proved genuine
 railroad is projected by the Russian government through Siberia IL will be s,coo miles long.
 Railroad companies are ordering alt tho freight cars they can got car builders to take contracts for.
 Money and taste csn mako an impressien Vice President Morton is the best dressed man in Washington.
 Some Lynn boot and shoe manufacturcr arc looking up sites in Norfolk. Va, and elsewhere in the south.
 Mechanical engineers arc trying to solve tho problem of reducing cost of steam engine work s6 par cent
 Cathedral glass is to be made at Findlay, Ohio. A large glass factory is to be re- moved to Sheffiead, Ala
 The Czar has learned a diversion that will save him from ennuL He has become Interested in American poker.
The Forrest City times., 1890-01-18

Nature in eating and drinking. as in all tnings. takes its pay The Milwaukee Journal puts 1t in this way Indulgence in stimulan,s is merely the payment of usury 10 rostgone day of settlement
The Forrest City times., 1890-01-18

English cutters who used to ray 2,oo a,on for ivory have recently bad to pay a high e ola0M
The Forrest City times., 1890-01-18

fugitive. But she has to take him some where. She hears the cry of the mob in the streets; she hears the shrieA Of the dy- ing nobility, so shc rushes vita Joash unto the room of tho temple, into the house of God, and then she pats him down. She knows that Athaliah and her wiz ket assas- sins will not bother the temple great deal; they are not apt to go very much to church, and so she sets down Joash in the temple There he will be hearing the songs of the worshipers year after year, there he will breathe the odor of the golden eensers. in that secreted spot he will tarry, secreted until the six years have passed. and hc comes to enthrnnemenk
 Would God that we were as wise as Jehoshaha, and knew that the church of God is the post hiding place Perhaps our parents took us thero in early days; they snatched us away from the world aud hid us behlud the 6aptlsmal fonts and amid the Bibles and tho psalm books c, glorious incl0surel Ne have been breathing the breath of the golden censers all the tlme and we have seen tho lamb on the altar and wo have handled the phlais which are the prayers of all saints, and we have dwelt under the wings of the cheruhlm Glorl. ous inclosure When my father and mother died, and tho property was settled up, there was hardly anything left; but they endowed us with property worth moro than any earthly possession, because they hid us in tho temple. Aud when days of temptation ] have come upon my soul have gone there for shelter. and when assaulted Of sorrows, have gone there foe comfort and there l mean to 1.-Two, l want. lso Joash. to stay thera until coronation. 1 mean to be buried out of the house of God.
 0 men of tho world outside there, be- trayed, caricatured and cheated Of tho world, why do you como in through the broad, wide open door of Christian com. munioni wish | could at tho part of Jehosheba today, and steal you away from your peFils and hide you in the temple. How few of us appreciate the fact that tho church of God is a hiding place. There are many people who put tho church at so low mark that they begradgs 1t everything, even the few dollars they give
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-27
Five Pointers.

First-That the biennial conclave of su-
preme lodge, Knights of Pythias, will con-
vene at Milwaukee July = to II, inclusive,
1890.
Second-That excursion tickets will be
sold from all principal points in the west
and northwest to Milwaukee and return at
rate of one fare.
Third-That the Wisconsin Central is the
direct line from Minneapolis and st. Paul
to Milwaukee, with two through trains each
way daily, and Pullman vestibuled sleeping
car service.
Fourth-That as the camp gtound is To-
Gated directly on the Wisconsin Central
passengers taking this line will have the ad
vantage of being landed there.
Fifth-That circular giving detailed In
formation will be sent free upon appilca
ton to F. n. Arson, general northwestern
passenger agent. 10 Nicollet house block
Minneapolis; Chas. E. Dixon, city passen
ger and ticket agent, 162 East Third street
St. Paul, Mimi, or to Louis Eckstein, as
sistant general passenger and ticket agent
Milwaukee, Wis.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-27
Sunday Excursions.

Attention is called to tho fact that on
and after Sunday, May 4th, train No. l
which leaves Helena in the morning for
Butte. will leaves Sundays at O'Clock in
stead of 9:l5 as heretofore and will con-
tinue to depart at that time until further
notice for tho purpose of accommodating
the large number Of excursionists who wish
TO make trips to our elegant summer re-
sorts. b. II. LANGLEY,
General Ticket Agent.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-27
ChOteau.

CnOtSAUs
Choteau wants bank, shoemaker, sad
dler, ieweler and preacher.
Cattlemen say their losses for the winter
are exceptionally small, amounting 10
almost nothing.
No serious loss of lambs in this section
has been reported. The season mas peen
an excellent one for lamblng.
Charley Blackman caught sixty-two trout
in Snrinc creek, near Steel's ranch, on Mon
day, and it wasn't good day Tor nsninR
either.
improvements on the streets are being
made daily. The landlord OF the valley
hotel is having macadamlzed crossing sn run
across Main street to the postomce IN ant1-
cipation of the June rains.
The roundup started out Monday under
the most favorable auspices. They divided
into three parties. The '.F' outfit will
work across the boundary line and gather
everything that may have strayed across
during the winter; the rs IT, will work be.
tween Marias and the line and the ~ =
and others on the home range.
Of animal industry, agricultural depart
ment, left Washington city last saturday
for Montana in the interests of the sheep
industry. He will make special report to
the department on his return. Mr: Heath
will probably be in Choteau within the next
fortnight.
The tie drive was opposite town Friday,
or at least There are 1000 ties in the river
between the head of Spring creek and this
place. Mr.. Cameron says that these ties
will be held where they now are until the
balance of the drive is gotten past the bars
above Spring creek. The contractors are
confident Of getting them all through with
out any difficulty.
Our county commissioners should be ap'
prised of the Inconvenience many OF oul
citizens along the North Fork Of Sun rive
experience in getting across the river te
Augusta and to Helena. During this time o
the year many persons who live within
few miles of the Augusta postottice are com
PEELED to travel all the way to the bridg'
at Sun River Crossing in order to get thei
mail. all for the lack of bridge on tn
North Fork. Then again, anyone from
this section desiring to go to Helen q, !
compelled to go fifty miles to Great Fal
by coach and ninety eight miles thence b
rail, making 148 miles in all. BY bridRln
the North Fork this distance would be r.
duced about thirty niles.-Montanian.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-27
A Pleasing Sense

OF health and strength renewed and of ease
and comfort follows the use of Syrup of
syrup of Figs, as it acts in harmony with
nature to efectually cleanse the system
wien costive or bilious. For sale IN 5oc
and 81 bottles by all leading druggists.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-27

points on the Helena, Boulder Valley and
Butte. Helena and Jefferson County. and
Helena and Northern branches. Tickets to
same day. A. D. EDGAR, Genl Agent.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-27
Tho Northwestern Lin,

Hoods Sarsaparilla has the largest sale OF any
medicine before the public Any honest drug
Cist will confirm this statement,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-27
Sunday Excursion.

bunuhy LANuADIoAs
The Northern Pacific Railroad company
viii make Sunday excursion rate OF one
fare foy the round trip TO al points between
Heleaa and Butte Wis GaS5ieoni also 70 al
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-27

Commencing May 10. will put in effect
the following tirst-class limited rates from
St. Paul: TO Chicago, 81; to Kansas City.
$6: Atchison and Leavenworth, $3.50. See
that your tickets read via Northwestern
line.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-27
THE CHICAGO
MILWAUKEE, &
ST. PAUL R'Y.

Is the Fast Mail Short Line from st.
Paul and Minneapolis via La Crosse and
Milwaukee to Chicago and all points in
the Eastern States and Canada. It ia
the only line under one management be-
tween ST. Paul and Chicago, and is the
Finest Equipped Railway in the North
west. It is the only line running Pull
man Drawing-room Sleeping cars with
luxurious smoking rooms, and the finest
"River Bank Route" along the shores of
Lake Pepin and the beautiful Mississippi
river to Milwaukee and Chicago. 1ts
trains connect with those Of the North
ern lines in the Grand Union depot ct
st. Paul. No change of cars of any class
between st. Paul and Chicago. For
through tickets, time tables, and full in
formation, apply to any coupon ticket
agent in the northwest.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-27

Irish and Scotch WHISTLES
In bulk and cases. Cordials
and Bitters in plain and Fancy
bottles.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-27

old Tom and Holland GINS
In cases and in bulk. Brandies
in Ottaves and quarters and
cases of Convoisier, Hennsssey,
Otard Dupuy, etc. Blackberry,
Apple and Feach Brandy.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-27
Red Lodge.
The fireman's dance last week was graf

The freman's dance last week was graf
flying success.
Prospectors and miners say the snow on
the mountains is going off very slowly.
Tuesday was pay day in Red Lodge and
eeveral thousand dollars were disbursed
among the miners. The Rocky Fork Coal
company management claim tna MAJ o. eecn an pay
when fall and winter comes the output OF
coal will greatly increase.
A. s, Davis, a mining man of Red Lodge,
has applied to the patent office at
Washington city for patent to save
flower gold. Mr.. Davis seems to be conf
dent that it will work like charm and save
what NJ Davis thinks it will it will save
millions Of dollars worth of gold on Snake
river.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-27
GENERAL NEWS
OF THE STATE.
Virginia City.

Virginia City.
Nearly $500 have been already secured
With which to celebrate the Fourth OF July.
An interesting programme has been out
lined.
Some Of the young folks have organized
n "Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeavor." The society meets every Ihurs-
day evening at Grace Nj. E. church.
Messrs, T. Schweitzer, Sam Mcclure and
OVan Tassell owners of the Little Kid mine,
at Washington Bar, Madison county, nave
inst completed 100000 deal with eastern
parties, for this valuable property.
Hon. w. w. Morris and Mrs. Morris re-
Turned home from st. Louis where they
have spent the winter, last Saturday even,
mo. Mrs. Morris has entirely recovered
from the sickness with which she was pros
trated last winter, and expresses her de-
light at being once more at her mountain
home.
10. Bacon, tho rustling stage man,
dropped into town the other evening and
registered from Bozeman. his bronzeo
complexion would indicate that, instead OF
having enjoyed the luxurious accommoda-
tons Of a eiOO, 600 hotel, he had been hung
up on a nail in smokehouse while ne re
NAMED in Galatians capital. Ae was q
sorry looking chunk of sow-bel-Baoon, w
Observation-Disclosures.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-27

FINE =. WHISK1ES--
Bourbon, Rye, Fond and Lii
lard, McBrayer, o. F. G. Taylor,
Boones, Knoll, etc; absolute
purity guaranteed.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-27

Cons olation RYE -WH1SK
The best in the market, beyond
question. Mineral Water, i'm
ported and Domestic, Ale,
Stout, Ginger Ale, imported.
New England and Medford
Rum. Hungarian and Austrian
Wines, in cases.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-27
! new YORK DRY GOODS STORE

trade accepted
an Of appreciation then
results Our trade not by any means
quarter the adjoining ana terri
tories and through our mail count
TONERS by thousands