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The progress., 1890-06-21


"Oh, rather than have any trouble
brother, will do as you suggest"
"Will you make it as powerful as the
other one was?'
Il will try" the preacher answered.
"All right. But mind that you dc
try"
The next Sunday the people were
somewhat surprised to hear another ser.
mon on the virtues and graces OF Broth.
er Ike. but no objections were raised.
Wiggs was again deeply affected. and
again with Overrowcring emotion he dis.
appeared in the woods.
Early the following Friday morning
the preacher was surprised to receive an.
other call from Wiggs.
What can do for you this time.
brother?' the minister asked
"Nothin'. only to preach the funeral
OF my brother Ike next Sunday"
absurd, . exclaimed the preacher. Il
have set up the sermons twice and think
that have done my duty"
Look here, Cap'n-call you Cap n
because you ar about to 60 inter a war
my brother Ike has been lyin' thar for
ten or htteen years with nary a funeral
sermon till the other day, while lots of
the country have had more funerals than
they know'd whut to do with so l think
it's time fur Ike to have a chance. Hear
me?'
Il hear but l do not hearken The
fact that your brother has been neg
lected is no fault of mine. There are
hundreds of men that have never had a
funeral, but am to be held response
ble?'
''In regard to other folks. no; in re
gard to Ike, yes"
But refuse to preach his funeral
again"
''All right. I'll waller you awhile
and then Ill go over and take them logs
out of the church. Wanter be wallow
cdY'
81 don't want any trouble with you"
Then agree to preach about Ike or
I'll give you the wust wallerin' n white
man ever seed.
Brother
Coin to preach that funeral?' The
visitor began to take off his coat. A DIS
tressed expression settled upon the
preachers face.
"Brother. do not wish to have any
trouble with you. am man of peace
and gentleness.
But l amt Wigs replied. II am
a snorter from B ar Holler. l mint the
man that butted the bull often the
bridge. but am the man that rid the
bay steer through the safe ooze of the
swamp of despair. Eff you don't wanter
git that coat dirty, wy. off with it,"
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.! want you to preach the sermon ri,
my brother Ike again next sunday"
Why, that wouldn't do at all.'
Why not?"
because | preached it last Sunday"
brother, let me tell you that | come
mighty nigh runnn' this here communi1
~ put five of the main logs in that
cnurch you preached in last Sunday
ana unless you preach Ike's funeral
,again next Sunday. wy, I'll take the
logs that b1ong TO me an split 'em nm
tor IRE wood. Oh. don't you think the
lolks VIII take your part. They know
me-know that it won't do to fool with
me. What do you say?"
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"Then how did he die on account of
the lack of liquor?'
IVY. he was bit by a rattlesnake an
as he didn't have no Ticker he jest mach
ully died.
"And you want me to preach his
funeral"
Yes, an you ken get in some power
full work when you git down inter the
facks of his lyin' thar sutferln' fur lick
er. You ken fetch the tears outen
mighty nigh ever eye in the house:
II see. but description of his death,
no matter how vivid, will not be quite
enough. Tell me something of his lifey'
wv all, he was the powerfullest feller
in the country. Reckon he could lift
more at a handspike than any other man
about here.
But what were his strongest points
"Rasslin. brother, rasslln with the
ketch as -ketch-can rule.
But had he not some moral Quality1
GOA, yes. He ddn' swear cept When
he couldn't help hisself.
We'll, | will do the best l can. VIII
next Sunday do?'
''Yes, suits me all right. Tharll be
big crowd out, specially as this is your
lust pPaTaNCC, Ill Waut } VA ~ P'NN
Ike MS bright as a rose.
Yes" said the preacher. scratching
his head. "I'll do that. Your brother
was a-a-a popular man. was he?
Popular as basket Of ginger cakes
at a country fair"
''All right, brother. Ill be on hand
next Sunday"
The house was crowded on the follow
ing Sunday. Wigs took seat near the
pul pit. and. taking out an immense hand :.
kerchief-it must have been the hall OF
a table -cloth-made himself appear as a
man Of deep seated sorrow. The new
circuit rider preached q powerful sermon
he painted pathetic picture OF man
wallowing on the ground. wrnging MS
hands and crying. in an agonized voice;
'Licker, OH bring me Ticker or Will
perish"
After services were over Wigs shook
hands with.the preacher. and then, break
ing down with the weight OF his emo
ton, wheeled about and disappeared III
the woods. >,
On the following Saturday Wigs call
ed on the preacher again. ! nave
come" said the visitor, when the MINIS
ter had shaken hands with him. 10
tell Won that not only me, but every
body. is delighted with the brother lAe
Sermon
Il am highly pleased to hear 1t.
Not at all. Say, I've got another
favor to ask
What is it. brother.
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One Spot His Own.

A man wants some one place in homo
that he can call his very own, some
portion of the house where his will is
law, where no conflict OF authority can
arise. says the Lddi.s Home J0u17aai
This is not altogether for the purpose
OF securing solitude, for his family is
usually most welcome there, but the
need for it springs from the desire for
that sense OF proprietorship which is
his habit abroad, and from the wish to
be able to do precisely as he pleases
IN at least corner Of his own house.
Here should be the comforts that the
man devises for himself the lounging
chairs, the desk and library. his smok-
ing materials with license to use them.
Here he should be able to feel abSo-
luteiy at his ease. troubled by no fear
of ''mussing thingan no need &c thread
his way anHiously through maze of
furniture and various decorative OBJ
structlons, trembling lest something
should be overturned and broken, and
there should be the seat of that adj
admired disorder to which he only has
the clue. His books and papers should
be LETT as he leaves them, though to
the orderly female eye they may seem
to lie in hopeless confusion. His desk
may be Uttered with piles of books,
magazines. letters, manuscripts, every
lhlh@ that can possibly find place
there, but if a woman wishes TO Sc
cure to a man one of his most cherished
home comforts she will let things re-
main as he places them.
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mo; fur from It, have lest found
out that Ike want nolhin' but nv half.
brother, and don't propose TO do so
much fur feller that ain t no more kin
TO me than that So, brother. we'll have
to fix it.
But how can we? The funerals have
been preached.
Il know that, an that's why l have
come. l want you TO go to the church
next Sunday an take them sermons
back. | amt havIn no half brother
puffed. Thar amt none of the half wav
business about me. Win you take them
sermons back next Snnday?"
Such thing would he ridiculous
my friend. cannot comply with your
wish
Then I'll have to waller YOU"
Il have accommodated you three
times and now beg you to 20 away"
Il lowed that I'd have to " aller YOU"
Il tell you that am man of peace
and gentleness."
'Lowd that Id have to waller YOU"
"Well, come on then, you triflng
scoundrelI'
The preacher took off his coat and
hung it on the fence. Wiggs looked up
and down the road. The preacher rolled
up his sleeves, and turning towards the
house. lifted his hands and said: Lord
thou knowest that when | killed old
Ligc Moore. and Sam Tillotson, and CAL
vim Green. and Dock Vance that pray.
ed that all such cups might forever pass
from me, but thou seest that am com
PEELED to defend myself.
The preacher turned about. Dust was
rising down the lane. Wiggs had taken
to his heels.-Opie p Read, in ". y
World.
The progress., 1890-06-21

A Man of Peace, But He Cou,d NJ.
Bluffed Too Often-Humors of arL.n
sas Life.
In some parts of the South il "a n,
custom to preach the funeral of the de-
ceased long after the deceased has been
puried. In fact, nearly all of the preach
er work consists of funeral oratioro
sometimes new circuit rider 70 e,doo,
himself to the people, will first announce
hilnseif by declaring that he will enter.
tain his beloved hearers with feu -
marks on the life. character and death of
old Anderson Lipscomb, who surrender
ed TO the demands of the great Hioh
Sheriff of Death just forty-three wears
ago yesterday.
Recently, Simeon j. Boyle, a circuit
rider of the old school, was appointed
by Conference to take charge of the
Black Sulphur Springs circuit. He was
known as a powerful agonizer. man
VINO could raise the soft hair of luxpri.
Gus sin into the stiff bristles of fear
The day after Boyle had arrived in the
nelghborhood of his new charge he was
called upon by Wigs Bailey. Wigs is
well'known character of the communi.
ty-a man of untremblng nerve, of
strong arms, and an appetite that had
never been known to fail.
w hat can do for your" the preach
er asked. when the visitor had intro
duced himself
Jes called to pay my respecks an to
tell you that eff you ever need nv sar-
veses ies call on me. You have the
position you hold as a worker for the
Lord. and l wanter ask a favor of YOU"
"All right, brother"
Il want you to preach the funeral of
my brother Ike. Best feller you ever
seen in your life-dled about ten or ff-
teen years ago. Great, big feller, whip
ped old Oscar Miles once, an Os' was a
power in the land. tell you Now you
preach his funeral an I'll make it all
right with you"
Il will do it, brother What was the
cause of his death?'
Lack of licker."
What, was he so addicted to the use
of liquor that when it gave out and he
couldn't get any more he dicd?''
''Oh no, he never was much of O hand
to drink"
The progress., 1890-06-21
The Rose and the C,rysnnthemum.

Charles Dudley Warner says: The
rose VIII win. 1t does not look so now.
10 HI appearance this Is the AGE OF the
ohrt . sa'tnemum. What this Saudy
mower mower VIII be, daily expanding and
varying to suit the Whim OF fashion. no
one can tell. But he is willing to bet
on on 'ne e rose as the Sporting men would
The progress., 1890-06-21

Brother, at the risk OF displeasing the
people whom it is my duty to please, |
will make another venture. | will preach
for you again next Sunday"
On the following Sunday the people
were still further surprised at the great
virtues of brother Ike. but, being indul-
gent, made no complaint. Three days
later Wigs rode up to the preachers
house and, seeing the minister IN the
yard, dsmounted.
Come out here a mint" Wigs call
ed.
What can you possibly want with me
pow?" the preacher asked, as he climbed
over the fence.
Il have come on mighty distressin'
business. You know that you preached
NV brothers funeral three Zines.
"Yes. and you cannot possibly want
me to preach il a-aia!'
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-15
IlOA Of new YORK
l. ~. ~ Not Now. nor Has There
~ Been. any Systematic
n |HSls ll Effort.
III s. the Alleys, Lanes and By
Streets are Unspeakably
Vile.


Nnw Yo1x, July 4.-In spite Of an un-
oaily vet spring, and of the fact that no
- than three street cleaning commission
- have followed each other in rapid sue
eeG1iou, the thoroughfares Of Gotham re-
main = dirty a. ever. OF the byways and
the tnnunerable lanes, alleys and rookeries
of The city, where disease and dirt hug each
oehsr, It il quite useless to speak. The
truth = that there il not now, and, since
New York was village, never has been.
any adequate attempt at systematic santa
tion. This being the situation, the news
that cholera il raging at the Mediterranean
ports. having worked it's way westward by
yeariy stages, is not regarded here
= 1ds, az ayt res'sorin 1tsa. These iss
Nex York. steamers laden with
fruit, oil. wine and olives from Palermo,
Valencia, Naples and Girgenti and other
points along the infected district coming
mere regularly, Although there has been al
Eesay some discussion among the local
medical authorities as to the probabilities
~ cholera coming across the Atlantic this
year, there il nothing like apprehension.
This very confidence, however, may prove
sdsse th ana il To1ld be quite in keeping
pyome humid morning in July or August to
md the dread visitor at its sea-gates or
sven within its walls. Travelling on the air,
1t leaps hundreds and even thousands of
miles. Constant vigilance at quarantine
would avail little unless our cities were at
assst cleaner than New York is at present. In
1882 It came upon Gotham like thief at
might, and found the city totally unpre-
Pared. Thence it spread to Baltimore,
tEhiladelphia and st. Louis, and was not
wholly stamped ont for two years. It came
k3fom India to Europe in 1647 and next year
4eAped the Atlantic TO New York. The fol-
lowing spring it broke out in Philadelphia
md othsf eastern seaboard cities; travelled
down to New Orleans and thence up the
1fie.iesippi and west to California with the
emi65ant trains. It took six years incessant
4ahting before it was eradicated there. It
York hut the city had cleaned up somewhat
3oE the occasion and it got no foothold.
let no part of the world is absolutely
ep1as Tho only weapon is thorough santa
ta00- 0ne that Gotham doesn't seem to re-
gard - worth the wearing. Talk horse or
Doodle to an official and you awaken his
livel1egt interest; mention something to
drink and he will tell you he knows of a
place who're you can get cocktail "cooled
With the finest ice imported straight from
the Norwegian fjords, you know" to cool
the palates Of the thirsty tippler. But ask
him Why the streets are not clean, why the
tenement purlieus are left in a condition to
invite epidemic, and he closes his eyes and
with Adeprecatory wave of the hand, de-
Clares: sYou make me tired"
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-15
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I'm Francisco and Los Angeles Excursion
Rates.

I'm Fra1cisco and Los Angeles Excursion
Rates.
Tha Union Pacific Railway company vii
4nall Nx0ursiun tickets to SaE Francisco and
~ Gnrelee ON July 15 and the same date
snonfHiy thereafter at the following named
GateS:
40 Gan Fransisoo, going via Ogden and
To San FIa ssl going via Portland and
rs San Francisco, going via Ogden and
10 Los Angeles. going via Ogden and
gaorament0 and return same $50.
IA Los Angeles, going via Ogden and
aaWamento and return via San Francisco
snd Oeden, or vice versa. $4.
10 Lsos Angeles, going via Ogden and San
Hrancieoo and return same, $96.
TO Los Angeles going wa Portland and
Is Les Angeles going via Portland and
fotuxn Same, e96.
Pasaenaers can have choice of two routes
t,etveen Portland and San Francisco, either
81 the way Of the all rail, the Mount Shasta
eoate, Or by steamer.
The above tickets are good going sixty
Y Monfha: etop-Over privileges allowed going
IS retnruina ct any point within the limit.
Tho IJnion Pacific will also sell excursion
eieEeta from Helena to Ogden, Salt Lake
fXfv and Garfield Beach, on the 18th of each
ssnnfh. at rate of $50 for the round trip;
aood eoine tan days from date OF sale; good
rstnxning tan days from date stamped and
\ @r;tSen a back Of ticket bv agent at desti-
Safion: extrsme limit sixty days; stop
49, neivilsGes allowed going or returning
- ~ mint within the limit.
N a. E. VxAzH, Pass. Agent.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-15
CuAs. 8. FEE, q. P. and T. A.
Quinine Overcoats.

Few ,people have any idea Of the amount
Df qainines that is consumed in period OF
t4ime or Of that sold by a'sinRle dealer in
hthe dx9g. Extravagant stories have been
Nod ~ individuals as to the amount of the
leishosoid yhich ,they.haye consumed, and and
1hem thFa wooden overcoat it would proba.
btk,comverted into cash, provide comfort.
hble tonupoatfor winter wear. This time OF
lear ovGkcoats are out of season, and the
lpsGfienkpppermostFis how to keep cool and
2kRo. Best and recreation come in that
fnA Th6aghts of this kind should lead
- to.inquire of any agent of the Mime
Spolis, d 81. Louis Ry. as to summer rates
- e points in all parts of the country
Ee9or.0s66ort fishing excursion. Any special
6ermation will be cheerfully furnished
,on a11lioation 10 c, N. Pratt, G. T. d p
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sunday Exsursions.

.At&entson Il called to the fact that on and
S1tr Sunday. Nay 1. train No. !, which
f16avos Hslsna in the morning for Butte,
isRilfla Sundays at 8 O'Clock instead OF
IDIb . hsrotofore and will continue to de-
mart Of that time until further notice for
~ purpose Of accommodating the large
i0pu 7bae Of exeursionists who wish to make
- 70 oax elegant summer resorts.
- B. III. LANGLEY,
General Ticket Agent.
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Great Reduction in Passenger Rates via the
Northern Pacific.

The Northern Pacific railroad desiring to
benefit the people of Montana, and give
them the lowest possible rates, will, COM
mencing August !, make the following ma
Siefal reductions: The one way first-class
st. Paul is $48.75, the new rate will be $40
The second-class rate of $3.50 will be re-
duced to $25, the same az now in force
west bound, The round trip rate, both east
and west-bound, between Helena and st.
Paul will be $50, limited to ninety days,
and good TO return via opposite routes, the
same a. Pacific coast tickets. Remember
the Northern Pacific ID the pioneer line Of
Montana, and runs vestibuled trains with
superb dining and Pullman cars and Pull
man tourists.aleeping cars through to Chi
cago without change.
A. d. EDGAR,
Genl Agt.
OuAs. 8. Fee. q. p. and T. A.
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Convenient Trains to and from Eastern,
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Minal.
Tor tickets. sleeping car reservations, time
tables and other information. apply to Agents Of
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United States or Canada.
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THE CHICAGO
MILWAUKEE, &
ST. PAUL R'Y

80 the Fast Mail Short Line from st.
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agent in the northwest.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-10-16

INTERESTING FACTS CONCERN
ING CENTRAL AMERICA.

Country Four Times as Largo as III
nois-With Wonderfully Fertile Soil and
Boundless Natural Resources, 1t Presents
an Inviting Ficld for tho Enterprisine
Yankee.
Central America is that portion oi
North America lying between the
north boundary of tho state of Pana-
ma and tho south boundary of Mexico,
and is about 900 miles long, with
greatly varying width. In area it is
about as large as either France or
Spain or Germany, or four times the
size of the State of Alabama, or a lit
lie more than three and half times
the size of Illinois 1t has q popula-
tion of 3,025,001. If we include that
portion of the state of Panama north
of the Isthmus, the area of Central
America is four times that Of the State
of Illinois. 1t is mountainous region,
and large part of it is covered with
dense and valuable timber. The peo-
pie are chiefly of Indian and Spanish
Indian stock. Nearly all the metals
abound, and the lands are very fertile
There is very little capital in the coun-
try. 1t could readily be made to sup
port fifteen times its present popula-
tion. The states comprising this
region are Guatemala, Honduras, Brit
ish Honduras (Belize), San Salvador,
Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, of which
the following is some information in
detail:
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-10-16
MAP or CENTRAL AMERICA.

Mr.. Astor wns what might be called g
quiet liver, that is he was perfectly
temperate in his appetites. Besidef
this he was an extraordinarily strong
youth and began his life of luxury with
a constitution of lion. But the steady,
unbroken comforts and plenitudes OF
his existence did their work, and he
died at sixty eight, looking as hearty
a any man in New York. It has some
times been observed that govt is q
fashionable ailment, but in rea ity it il
a prevalent and deadly disease among
the luxurious men in Now York, and
nearly every club window has big red
faced man in it who is haunted by the
realization that he may be called to
his reckoning at any moment. Ifthese
mon had over been tempted ioto the
fields of endeavor and taken pot-luck
with the regular toilers of the eartl
they would be all right, but the smooth
elegance of doing nothing that they
have indulged in, together with the
wines and spiced delicacies that have
formed their sustenance, has put them
into pretty much the same physical
condition as those geese that we make
into pates de fois gras. / advise the
POOR rot to envy the rich. / will wager
that they are as unhappy as anybody.
The richer they are the more unhappy
they arc. They cannot go into the
struggle for fame, they mistrust the
motives of every new acquaintance,
and they Invariably have the gout.
You will not find more sorrowfL!
looking set OF men in New York than
the ones that belong to my club. And
they are the worry richest citizens we
have. In fact, 1 am q pretty sad dog
mvsaIf0