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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-15

The old fellow took off his coat, and while
pretending to be rolling up his sleeves,
grabbed the doctor and gave him danger
GUS firt; but the DOCTORS education served
so good turn that he recovered himself.
For moment or two they pranced up and
Bolts of calico and piles of jean trousers
came tumbling down. The old man began
to chant deck-hand tune, but the doctor
was engaged in deep thought, trying to re-
call the odd tricks Of the gymnasium.
Cut yo' capers,", the old man sang. ;,
"I'll cut one to 1T you pretty soon," the
doctor answered.
Pull in the slack line,' the old man sang.
"I'll pull you in the first thing you KNOW"
the physician replied.
Haven't had so much fun since we
'.Nor since you landed on the floor," re-
joined the doctor, throwing the old fellow
on his back.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-15

II don't understand this said the mer-
chant. Cit often MT"
mot until you promise to be sick tonight
and send for me-"
"Wall, whut must have!"
"Cramp collie"
Don't know how"
DRAW up your legs and pretend like you
are dying"
.Pil do it, for now that I've got the hang
of you, I'm yo' friend"
FAN right. said the doctor. letting him
up, ''you'd better go home and make ar
rangements.'
That night at II o'clock the court house
bell rang furiously. The alarmed people
that ran into the street were told that Ma
jor Himlett was not expected to live and
that DIR. Bicycle had been called.
Well. Bicycle has built n handsome resi-
dence and has married old hiMlett's daugh-
ter. In the physicians yard there is the
soft glow of the peony and the tulip.
OPIE +. READ.
CopyriCht,
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Raising the Wind.

''Breddern," said the old colored pastor
of church in Georgia, "de chu'ch am like
a ship, and de pa'son, which am yo' tumble
se'vant, am like de sails dat propels de
ship. an de congregashun am like de sail
ors on board de ship. Now, breddern. wen
yo' have de ship ready, an de sailors al! i'll
dere places an de sails all up, what does
yo' need fer to make de sails ill out an
scoot de ship right along into hebenly ha'-
Dor? Huh?''
''Wind,'' said old Deacon Topnot in a
low, sweet voice.
''k'rect; jasso,' shouted the pastor.
''Brudder Topnot will please circulate wild
his high hat an raise de wind.-New York
Herald.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-15
Magazine Manuscripts.

From ''Topic of the Times" in the
Century for June, We quote as follows:
sDuring the past two years from $3.50 to
5000 manuscripts were annually submitted
to the Century for publication. This is an
increase over previous years, and does not
include the hundreds. perhaps thousands of
propositions submitted with regard to arti-
Giles. As there has been an increase in the
number of periodicals published in Amer
lea of late years, and as the newspapers are
publishing more contributions than ever by
writer's not on the regular staff. il is evil
dent that there has been an increase in
literary activity at least in proportion to
the increase in population.
''Now, ont of 5000 manuscripts year the
Cent ,ry can only possibly print 400 or less.
It follows that editing magazine is not
unlike walking into garden of flowers and
gathering a single bouquet. In other words.
not To accept an article. story, poem. il
not necessarily TO reject it. There may be
weeds in the 2asden-there must be weeds
in the essden-but the fact that particu-
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DR., BICYCLES EXPERIENCE.
He Waited Long and Impatiently
for Patients in Tennes-
see Town.
The People We're Waiting Until
They Got the Hang Of
Him.
As \ Last Resort He Thrashed the Leader
of Society, Who Agreed to
be Sick.

Written for The SUNDAY INDEPESDENT.l
The little town of Wesley, East Tennes-
nee. was startled one morning by sign that
had been hung out during the night. The
sion was in front of small log Office and
bore the words ''Dr. Bicycle" There had
been physician in town, but, few weeks
before the hanging out of the new sign, he
had been butted to death by sheep that
met him one night in the street.
Bipele was a young and powerful man,
and aside from being medical graduate
had gone with honors through a we'll
known gymnasium. No one could
divine why he had selected the
little town; in fact the doctor did not
himself know, except that he CHANGED to
come that way and took q liking to the
place, The excitement soon passed away,
aud by the silent consent OF the men that
sat about the court house, Bicycle was rec
opnized as citizen Of the town. It was a
delightful place to live in; trees, in the soft
splendor of new leaves, cast cool shadows
on the green sward, and every garden was
aplow with the peony and the tulip. A
thrilling perfume came from the bloom
ing forest, and the air was as soft as
young doves breath; but the doctor
wanted more than all this-he wanted
patients. He waited and waited; read his
books during the night, and wrote treatises
on different diseases during the day. but
no call came. He knew that some of the
people must DO ill for the one drugstore in
the town seemed to be doing fairly we'll,
and he wondered why his services were not
engaged. One day he stopped an old man
in the street and said:
Look here, it is rather strange to me
that your people do not send for doctor
when they are sick"
They did before our old dock got
killed"
well. but ! am doctor. Why don't
they send for me?"
II reckon it's because they haven't got
che hang of you yet," the old man an
swered.
"But they never will get the hang of me
unless they let me treat them"
Eyes, I reckon you are right, but our folks
never have nothin' much to do with man
till they sorter git the hang of him.
do you mean to say that they lie sick,
needing physician, and refuse to send for
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lar blossom is not gathered into the month.
~ bouquet does not prove that the editor
regarded the blossom as weed, and there
fore passed it by. It would be impossible
to sweep all the flowers into single hand
full. The rejected or declined are natu-
rally prone to gibe at sympathetic or apollo
getic words from editorial sources, SO we
D 'esent tho above simile with considerable
difiidence. There is truth in it, neverthe-
less! And it would probably be much easier
for editors to make up number of bou-
quets from the flowers at their disposal,
than to gather the single one for which
alone they have room."
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-15

c. e. Kemp, maker of superior notary and
corporate seal presses Helena, Mont.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-15

Go to Mrs. 8. A. lrelan's for bargains in flow
ers, Friday and Saturday.
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me simply because they are not better ac-
quainted with me?''
EYES, reckon that's about the size an
shape of it. But they don't do without a
doctor that lives about mile an a quarter
from here. an when they git powerful bad
off they send for him."
'1hey prefer householder to a regular
physician, suppose"
mo, it amt that in particular, but they
know than folks doctor that they don't
know
How long do you suppose I shall have to
live here before they have confidence
enough in me to let me treat them?"
Il don't know about that. Mout be long
time, an then agin it mout not be but
few weeks; all sorter depends"
'What does it depend on9''
'.Wall, eff the leader of society here-the
very top of the pot-was to send for you
once, wy you wouldn't have no trouble
after that
''Who is the recognized leader?''
"Major Himlett-keeps store right over
yander.". :,
"All right: hope he will send for me
some time.'
One night few days later Major Himlett
was alone in his store when the doctor en-
tered. At glance the doctor saw that he
WAS a character.
walk back said the major, looking up
from his ledger. The doctor walked back,
bowed and said: ''Major Himlett, be-
lieve.''
Eyes, sir; have seat. You are the doctor.
I reckon
Yes. My Office is just across the square.
By the way, Major, do you ever have any
sickness in your famlly!
Had any lately?''
Yes; my brother was sick night before
last
why didn't you send for me?''
"Well,' answered the Major, scratch
Ing his head, 1--WE sent for old Dock
Bowers
Horse doctor. isn't hep
We'll, er yes. believe he is"
Now, look here, major, do you think that
aregularly graduated physician cen come to
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Full Line of Picture N1ouldings at Calk-
ins & Featllerly's.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-05-31
Married Without knowing II.

1t is not often that young woman
is married wi, hout knowing it, says the
Chicago Heydid, but that is what hap
pened to Miss Belle Woods, a young
lady at Schuyler, Neb. She was one
of the guests at the wedding of a
young lady friend a few days ago, and
so was George Poole, young man who
had long been enamourcd with her
beauty. She was to oEciate as bride
maid and Young Poole a. best man.
Just before the ceremony foole called
the clergyman aside and told him pri-
vately that he aud Miss Woods were to
be married, too, and suggested that
change in the order Of the ceremonies
would be an interesting surprise for
the audience. The guests. as he had
surmised, were completely astonished
when he and Miss Woods came forward
and went through regular marriage
ceremony. The other wedding followed
Immediately, and then everybody want
ed to know what it all meant. On be-
ing told that she was Poole's wife
Miss Woods becominglv tainted, and
on coming to" said that she had sup
posed herself to be merely going
through the performance of her duties
as a bridemaid, and that she should
never, never be the wife of the wicked
Poole. Nothing has since changed her
mind, and legal separation has been
applied for
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Knew the Value OF Advice.

When ID. X. Tenney was admitted
to the bar he was one of the "boys.
He enjoyed good time as well as any
one, and the following story is told Of
him:
He went to country dance near
Madison. Wis, one night and became
smitten with one of the country girls.
He danced with her nearly all the even
ing, regardless of the fact that a Ger.
tain six-footer in the room kept watch
ing him threateningly. Finally a
friend approached.
Dan" he said, do you see that big
fellow on the other side of the room q
YES"
well, he's going to lick the life out
of You"
what for?" asked Tenney.
you've been dancing with his girl
all the evening"
Il didn't know it. What shall
do"
well, if I were you I'd put on my
coat and make a sneak for home. I'd
get away from here just as quick as !
could"
The embryo lawyer said never word,
but reached down in his pocket and
pulled out 81 bill.
What are you doing?" asked the
friend
take it."
Il don't want any money"
Take 1T" repeated Tenney. "Pve
taken 50 for blamed sight worse adj
vice than that. "-ChicdJO Tribune.
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Mummined Cats

A cat 1000 years old is not alto
gether familiar object to Englishmen,
and can scarcely be regarded as an
every day visitor 20 thes, shores. saws
the London Telegraph. The arrival,
therefore, of 19t tons of such cats in
Liverpool is an incident that cannot but
lay heavy strain upon the British ca
pacity for experiencing amazcment.
Not the least astonishing feature of this
unique event is that the consignment in
question, described with commerc ial
crispness as "a parcel of embalmed
CATS" consists exclusively of feline
mummies, aptly, but accidentally,
culled from a ca.acomb in centra.
Egypt. There are no fewer than $780,
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-05-31
CHE fi1eekIp n1rssenper
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
ALBERT RIENVEMU.
A Senatorial Episode.

If the police will please look the
other way a moment We will slyly slip
in the following communication sent to
us by youmorist, who appears to have
been marvelously inspired by the ma
iestic scene that lay before him as he
sat in the Senate gallery the other
dav. He entities his prose epic a
Senatorial Episode" 1t canters along
thus:
Sitting in the press gallery of the
Senate recently L saw Moody Senator
Beck to the Gray Butler, who seemed
to understand the signal, for he prompt
ly proceeded to Call the Stewart, who
hastily procured for the aforesaid Sen
ator Berry and Plumb. Very soon
thereafter he was seen to clasp both
hands over his Vest, from which 1t was
evident he was suffering great Payne.
Thereupon Sawyer suggested that
the best remedy was little Bate taken
out of black bottle, which was prompt
lv administered. and i'll short time the
patient was as Hale as q country Squire
doing in his Pugh during the Sunday
morning service.
by beOrSe, Shiu ne. tHit Ittie
Bate was worth a kings Ransom. Now,
when get the Barbour to give me a
nice shave. and take stroll on the
grass Plat and down through the Pad
dock to the Quay, will feel as happy
as the bank Teller who has escaped tc
Canada with his pockets full Of Doodle.
Then when / get to my quarters and
Frye any fish caught in the Quay over
a good Coke fire, | will be ready to go
to bed and bid Farwell to earthly
cares"
Now, he who cannot see the point OF
this story should procure a tallow-dip
from the Chandler. by the light of
which he may be able to Pierce the
darkness that envelops his under
standing. -JVdshingtOB Post.
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The Child Did Well.

The North Ams,icas Prac,Hioasr
tells of doctor who was called one
rainy night to attend a case of Group.
Not wishing to get wet, he directed
the child to be held to the telephone 10
the story go,s), and, hearing it cough
corroborated the diagnosis and gave d.
rections for treatment. He then re-
turned to bed, and ON calling the nezt
morning found the child doing we'll
under the care of another physician.
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Mrs. Tracy's Charity.

The sad death of Mrs. Secretary
Tracy and the unselfshness of her last
hour, calls to mind an incident which
came to my knowledge two years ago
through a woman whom she aided.
Mrs. Tracy was known to be most con.
scientiously charitable, but few under
stood how thoroughly she concealed
from her left hand that which her right
hand did. and it panied her to hear
some one commenting on the lack of
real charity displayed by the rich
their deeds of charity costing them
nothing inasmuch as no personal sacri-
fee was involved. The words chung to
Mrs. Tracy's mind and she decided that
her next act of charity would cost her
some trouble. The woman to whom l
have above referred was one of Mrs.
Tracy's humblest pensioners and at this
time she was greatly in need of careful
nursing, for her disease was cancer and
of most painful character. Day after
day, Mrs. Tracy went on foot to the
poor creatures home, cared for her in
every way, swept and cleaned her Dom
and saw that she was comfortable, re.
turning to her home with some trif1ino
excuse to account for her absence. Her
protege would never have kno wn the
cause of so much unselfish kindness.
had she not one day demonstrated with
her for what seemed needless waste of
time and labor. To relieve her mind.
Mrs. Tracy told her that it was her only
way OF really paying her debt to God.
Mrs. Tracy's last act of sclf-sacrificing
kindness to her husband, when in the
midst of smoke and flames, at;ests the
sincerity of those words. Epoch.
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Fred Had Weakened.

Sweet Girl (anxiously)-Did Fre-I
mean Mr.. Nicefellow-callt to see Won TO.
day, papa?
Papa-Yes, and to oblige him con-
scented: 1 suppose time hangs heavy
on his hands.
Sweet girl (mystifed) -Why-why
what did he say?
Papa-He requested the pleasure of
a series of games of chess with me.
The first ones We will play this even.
ing, and after that every third even
ing during the winter. 1 hope, nv
dear, You will keep out of the library,
as chess is very absorbing occupation.
-Nel0 York Weeklv.
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Understood Both.

1ndulgent Father-My son, your edu'
cation has cost me $50, 900. I have
spent all / have and you mnst 60 right
to work to earn living at something
you understand.
Finished Son Harvard 'S9-WelL
father, which would you rather have
me be, base ball pitcher or billia'e
markerl-New York Weekly.
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900 Of these swathed and spiced re-
mains in tie parcel tat reached this
country few days ago, and they have
already been sold for fertiiizing pur.
poses to Liverpool manure merchant,
the auctioneer who disposed Of them
using one of the deceased cats heads
as a hammer wherewith to knock down
the slots"
According to a correspondent, it has
long been believed i'll Psychological
circles that huge cat cemetery was In
existence somewhere about" on the
left bank of the Nile. One day last
autumn fellah hus band mar, while en-
gagged in the agricultural pursuit OF
digging at place called Benz Hassan,
discovered this ancient burial ground
by very simple process. The soil
which he was turning up suddenly gave
way under him, and lie fell into pit
which, on further examination. proved
to be spacious subterranean cave, ten
anted by uncounted legions of dead
cats. Every one of these cOrpses had
been sedulously emba lined and swad-
died, so to speak, in cloth ccrements,
in the very best style OF the under
takers craft, as practiced in the land
of the Pharaohs some 20 centuries be-
fore the commend cement of the Chris.
tian era.
The news of this strange discovery
spread swiftly through Bcni Hassan
and the djoining districts, whence
laborers soon focled to the newly
opened cave and set to work with might
and main to disinter its venerable occu-
pants. Why these cats had been num-
mified, and when they had come to be
arranged so Systematically in their sub
terranean quarters, were secondary con-
siderations, naturally enough, TO the
bucolic Egyptian mind-in fact, "the
sort of things no fellah could under
stand;" but the peasants of the Nile
arc keenly alive to the commercial value
of embalmed seats and dogs and each
obscencr beast, TO which Egyptian do
tards once did bow" either as high
class manure or as peculiar
ly quick and fragrant COM
bustible. With exemplary prompti-
tudc and dispatch. therefore, they
dug up some hundreds of thousands of
mummies, several 'lots'' of which
were purchased on the spot by local
farmers, while Others found their way
down river to the storehouses of an
Alexandria merchant. This worthy,
being of speculative turn of mind,
shipped them off to Liverpool "on sale
or RETURN" where they fetched a trifc
AC9o 'hau 4 II d lou. LINUS, iOr u matter
of three ''ponies" or so, a British
"bone- buyer" has bacome the sole
possessor of nearly 200, 900 fine oil
crusted Egyptian cats, each one of
which, at the time of its decease, had
been deemed worthy of special cmbalm.
ent and honorable sculpture, accord
ing to the rites of Memphis. Bubastis
and Thebes, sin that case made and
provided"
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A Reasonable Objection.

Boarder-We are raising a subscrip-
ton to get a rocking chair for that
poor iodger. Won't you give some
thing2
Landlady-Not much. His room
Is right over mine.
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Cold as it may be no man cares for q
coat on his tongue.
Telegram-herald., 1890-05-15

With such an array Of important prod
ucts protected. TO say nothing of wool. of
hops. of hay. OF eggs. of vegetables, of
seeds, and Of a score Of minor products,
is It likely the American farmer will give
up the Tariff because the Free-trade
shouters are loudly prOclaiming against
the iron and wooden barons? The farmer
reads and listens and looks the situation
over carefully. and then begins to figure
out how much Of the product represented
by this vast sum Of nearly $3.50. 900 900
he might produce at home if the Tariff
was only tightened a little.
The manufacturer looks on the other
side of the picture. and he begins to
cipher out how much Of the $3.50. 100 900
of manufactured goods which are an
nuallv pouring into our ports could just
as well be made at home bv American
labor If the inequalities Of the tariff were
only corrected and uniervaluati0ns and
fraudulent invoices stopped. The Nc
Kinley tariff Dill is intended 70 meet both
the demand Of the American farmer and
the American manufactures. And so
they are bound to join issues and stand
by the tariff.
Yet Mr.. Gladstone says the people Of
America should grow more corn (mesn-
Ing wheat and more cotton, and manu-
faoture less iron and steel and less wool
ems. And that is the Free-trade doctrine.
Continue our philsnthrOpic mission for
the relief of the labor and capital Of
Great BRITAIN Is this the only way OUT
Surely not
Telegram-herald., 1890-05-15
Wednesday 21st May, 1899.

Tins SPLENDID property comprises
specially selected tracts of lPud ln
Madison and Haywood counties. y. G..
extensive and valuable TIm9cr b Elts.
several good mountain FARMS and
magnificent bottom land farm, near
the town ot Newport. Tennessee. Tie
land which IS held "a fee simple extends
@ over fifty Thousands acres. There is
s' 50 a most substantially built SAN m.A.
fitted with Baud and Circular saws and
Machinery If the most modern con-
struCton. having q dal.v v capac .ty ~ l5-
COO feet. a $50 Iatl and ~mrg Mills.
TINS hrsf-ci37s Nil is stuateq cn q
tract Of some fifty acres 81 and. ou
the Tennessee River. about one mile
= .ow knoyvle, which IS one oi tas
most rapidly and steadily mere 3sllg
cites ri the south. with = present pH1-
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above tIe n.II. and las eara q r.
bold over Thirty ner frt - logs
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