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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-22
OF INTEREST TO LADIES'.

Where to Get Your Millinery for the Least
Money and He in the Fashion.
"If You want to buy your spring bonnets
or hats call at Mrs. S. A. Fisher on Main
street." The abovs sounds like a stereo-
typed advertisement, but it isn't. 1t is the
only way that this notice can be started.
Every lady in Helena knows Mrs. s. A.
Fisher formerly Mrs. s. A. Irelan) and when
she makes the simple announcement that
she has received her spring styles of mil
linery goods, her numerous patrons are
aware of the fact that she has the very
latest styles, a good assortment and that
the prices are going to be reasonable. Az
stated in her half-page advertisement in an.
other column, she has searched the entire
eastern and European markets for styles
and novelties. She employs none but the
most competent milliners, whose tastes
are equal to any in the land, and can fix up
a spring hat or bonnet to suit the taste of
the most fastidious. Mrs. Fisher ia by no
means q stranger in Helena, having done
business here for several years past. She
now has now has the honor of having been
in the millinery business in this city longer
than n other individual or firm in the
city. She has seen establishments spring up
one after another, both itinerants and so
called permanents, and has seen them all
either fail or skip the country, or give up
the business on account of want of patron
age. The secret of Mrs. Fishers success has
beer. in the fact that she has we'll studied
the wants of the ladies of Helena, has
given them fair treatment and fair bar
gains. Hence her success.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-22
A GHOST STORY.
4 TRUE TALE Of some STRANGE EVENTS RELATED


nobody knows whether to believe or not.
But there was nm English lady living near
MS, whose poetry was read by nil England
and America, who was a believer, and often
discoursed with earnestness on the subject;
and one day she said: III w only had a
girl graduate that l speak of, ont Of the
Kindness of her heart. but with some re-
luctance. intimated that she believed abe
had some little faculty in that way-but
that she could not, herself, place the least
credence in the supernatural origin of the
phenomena.
To make a long story short-for who
could resist the urging of that little brown
eyed woman Of genius, who was a lyric in
herself!-our medium consented to an ex-
pertinent; md, fora couple of weeks there
after, while seven or eight Of us sat round
the table in the great Italian hall, the pen
Gil in her white hand would be driven along
the paper, now under one unseen impulse,
now under another, she regarding it with u
look half apprehensiye. half ~inorednlous;
but all OF us hugely interested. Our de-
ceased friends and relatives announced
themselves, one after another, and ex-
rality and virtuous exhortation-just what
anyone would have expected of such good
and respectable persons; and the thing was
becoming a trifie monotonOus, and the me-
dunn was writing that more useful ways of
employing ones leisure might be found:
when, all of a sudden . . V.
Draw up closer, the story begins here.
Her hand which had been moving methodi-
cally along under the direction of the spirit
written the words. I'VE study causes" was
suddenly and violently seized upon as it
were by a new and turbulent influence
almost knocking the pencil out of her
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-22

An immense place it was, with upwards
of forty large rooms. As there were only
five of us in the family, we each had a suite
of five or six apartments. My bedroom was
at the end of the west wing; five rooms,
opening into one another, INTERVIEWED be-
tween that one and n huge reception hall
in the center of the building. Often, in the
dark of the night, l have walked up and
heard some one pacing to and fro in these
raoms, and tho rustic of a long skirt sweep
ing on the bare wooden floors, l used to
suppose il was my mother, and it was not
until some years later that l discovered that
it was either my Notwithstanding
else. As to that, ! can only say that non
of us children had the least fear of ghosts,
or knew that anybody feared them. We
had never been frightened by iniudicious
means.
However, to go back to that hand. 1t
was a white, we'll shaped, woman's hand,
with long slender fingers, and a turquoise
ring on one finger. l must not make n
mystery of this. 1t was the hand of n fair
young American lady who. years afterwards.
leaped or fell from a steamboat in Long
Island sound. and 30 vanished from this
world. But at the time / write of. she was
a woman Of happy disposition and singular
intelligence, and was q graduate Of a fe-
NOUS western college. Greek, and tho Cal
culus was as familiar to her "a figs and
grapes were to me. Either her education,
or a natural bias of mind, once rendered
her rather skeptical in her views:
days, she might have been called an agnos-
tic. Nevertheless she possessed (thouRh
she herself despised and ridiculed 10 tnnt
still unexplained power or susceptibility
that We have agreed to call mediumistic.
She was a writing Medium
1t was the era of the Fox Sisters, and of
Homo. Spiritualism has not lost its nov
city. Science has delivered no verdict. and
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-22
PLAIN SUIT ECHO.
Some Explanations Of the Latest Novelties
III Whist.

III Whist.
In tho Field Of Got. II, 1884. appeared the
hrst Of nine articles on ''The Play Of Third
Hand" u mastery and exhaustive piece OF
whist analysis by which Cavendish reduced
tho ~unblocking play to Z system called ~
him the "Plain-guit echo" This consists
In retaining the lowest cards Of your part
ner's long suit. when you hold -four exactly.
by which play you often clear his suit and
gain one or more tricks for tho partnership.
This, together with American Leads and
tho new play Of not covering m honor tex
cept, Of course, with the ace) al recon-
mended by DR.. Pole. was embodied by Cav
endish in his we'll known work, Whist Do
velopments, published in 1886.
In 1885 the sub-echo, or showing three
trnmps. was suggested by me to our whist
circle. II WAS pronounced to be soundi III
theory, being an instance of progressive
ness Of whist language, and after some
months trial WAS adopted as a useful de-
vice. 1t is merely echoing, after showing
several ways OF sub-echoing; the simplest
case Is this: your partner leads a trump on
which you play the two-you IAN
not therefore have four. A plain suit
is opened, you echo and you thus
tell him you held three trumps
originally. I am bound to say. that Cnven-
dish does not approve OF the sub-echo,
which was explained in d Field article,
Nov. II, 1886.
The latest whist novelty is the clever rule,
the object of which is to give a simple
method by which the number of cards gu
perior to the f~ourth-best led that are out
against the leader may be quickly ascer-
tanned. This is accomplished by deducting
the number OF pips on the fourth best card
from eleven, the remainder being the num-
Der OF the higher cards. This has been de-
risively called playing whist by arithmetic.
The eleven rule was first worked ont by Mr..
II. 4. Foster, Of New York. who, however,
did not divulRe it, except to his pupils. 1t
was afterwaru independently discovered by
Mr.. 4. II. M. Benecke. of Oxford, England,
and given to the public in the Field of Jan
uarY 4. 189O.-Harper's Magazine.
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The Middleman and Ovcr-Production.

Think of such a state of things as Mr..
Mills gives an instance Of, in %recounting
his experience among the destitute poor of
Liverpool. One cold December morning,
he found in n certain house a baker out of
work. and next door to him a tailor out of
work. and next door again, a shoemaker in
the same plight. II could not forget for
many days." he says, "that none of them
had what could be called a pair of shoes.
and zone of them a proper suit OF clothes,
and they were all exceedingly anxious to
get bread; and yet, although one was a
baker, and one n tailor, and one a shoe
maker, they could not stir a hand
or foot to help zach other"
The trouble was, of course, 30
far as each individual was concerned, that
their services could not be employed at a
profit by any me- the markets. perhaps, be-
ing already stocked with bread, and clothes,
and shoes, and there being no money in
making any more. For it always must be
remembered that the aim OF industry, az
at present organized, is not to meet the
needs of the people, but to produce such
things as people can buy, 80 that bursting
bakeries and starving bakers are perfectly
compatible with each othsr.-From "Tho
Problem of tho Unemployed" by William
N. Salter, in New England Magazine for
March.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-22
A Peep in the Box,

Next Wednesday will be a gala day for
the ladies of Helena, who will be out in full
force to attend the grand opening at
dropped in yesterday and found them busy
as bees getting ready for the great event.
eyes, it is to be a great flower and lace
season. said Mr.. Fowles, pointing to a
mammoth pile of boxes. 1--WE will display
at our opening over 15O dozen of choice
iowers.o
boxes in which were some beautiful
imported patterns. Among them was a
round hat in open straw work, has q broad
brim tucked up at the back. On one side
is a nosegay of carnations, on the other a
garland of very soft white flowers which
scroll off as far as the tucked up back. A
mesh-like arrangement of tulle in front,
knot at the back.
A hat of straw braid has also the brim
tucked up at the back with a garland of
ferns and two colibri birds. Lace and rib
bons complete the trimming.
Another hat has the wide tucked up brim
in open straw work. The crown is Of silk
gauze which runs in folds over the brim
and is arranged in a bow in front. Through
the gauze folds passes a ribbon which is
tied IN front into a knot out of which corn
ears stand up.
A capote has a top of fine Brussels straw,
and the brim of straw passementerie.
Within the brim in front are two roses,
while a rose garland surrounds the top,
which is adorned with a lace aigrette.
Streamers in points d'esprit tulle are pro-
vided and are thrown around the neck.
The tiny girls of two years have poke
bonnets or hats of surah shirred on cords,
with soft or shirred crowns, hemmed strings
of surah, a trimming of gauze or ribbon
r~osettes in front or small tips and aigrettes
as we'll, and a full ruching of lace inside
the brim.
The next in size amid the vast army Of
little ones are from three to eight years,
and they wear large shapes, with plain or
open brims, the latter being trimmed with
narrow ribbons run in and out of the OPEN
ings. with a large bow of plaid ribbon in
front, three rosettes of tinsel edged ribbon,
or three ostrich tips tied about the stems
with narrow velvet ribbon.
Black net studded with "jewels," for
plastrons and tabliers.
The lark bluet blue appears prominently,
also pink, yellow, tender green's and clear
prays, with tan from Havana brown to ecru
shades. Chip. Milan, fancy, Neapolitan,
Tuscan and English straws are shown. ana
all are remarkably light in weight. Crepe
ia used in large quantities. Chenille hats
and bonnets are of the cord wound upon
wires, giving an exceedingly light and airy
appearance. II is undoubtedly a flower
season,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-22
O people Of my
profession II often
happens to be asked

to tell q story-a
ghost story by pref.
eFenoe-and, II DOS
sible. q ghost story
Of their own expe-
(~riencinR. It Inns
happened to me, al
|any rate; and ! have
uniformly failed to
make a good show
ing. Whether thif
was because my ma
terial was worse
go 4
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-22
HEALTH IS WEALTH.
bNAlN

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= guaranteed specific for .Hystcria, Dizzin ass,
Nervous Prostitution caused by the use IT alcohol
or tobacco, Wakefulness, Mental Depression,
SOftsning Of. the Brain resulting in insanity and
Old Age, B~arrenness, Loss of Power IN either SEX.
Involuntary Losses and Bpsrmatorrhna caused
by oyer %exertion Of the brain. self-abnse or over
Indulgence. Each box contains a months treat.
mont. Sl.O0 a box. or six boxes for $500 sent
by mail prepaid on receipt of price.
We GUARANTEE SIX BOTTLES
To cure any case. With each order received BY
us for six boxes, accompanied with $500, wa viii
send the purchaser our written guarantee to re.
fund the money il the treatment does not effect
3 azure. Guarantees issned only by Ii. M. Par.
chen & Co.. druggists, sole agents. Helena. Mont
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-22
Great Induoements-Money Saved.

Owing to expiration of our lease we will
sell all our goods and fixtures of our store, re-
gardless Of cost. Sale to begin Monday,
March -, and continue until entire stock ia
disposed Of. The CORNER GROCERY,
Sixth avenue and Main etraek.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-22
We GUARANTEE SIX BOTTLES
$500 REWARD !

We will pay the above re ward for any case o:
Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache. In.
o1re with Vests Vegetable Liver Pills, when thu
directions arc strictly complied with: They are
ton. Sugar Coated. Large boxes, containing
so Pills, Is cents. beware of co~nterfeits and
limitations. The genuine manufactured only by
The JOHN C. WEST COMPANY, Chicago, Ill. Sold
BY II. NJ. Parchen d Co, druggists, Helena.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-22

.I BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Thomas Cruise, NJ. Sands,
s. s. Huntley, A. K. Prescott.
A. j. Davidson, Moses Morris.
l.. Fl. Hershtield, Aaron Hersh6eld.
j. Switzer.
First-class City, County and State Securities
bought sand sold.
Exchange issued on the principal cities of tn
United States and Europe. Transfers
of money made by telegraph.
Interest allowed on time deposits. Collections
promptly attended to.
Boxes for rent at reasonable prices in one of thu
best constructed. fire and burglar proof
Safs. D deposit Vaults in the country.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-22
The Ladies' lnvitcd,

The ladies OF Helena arc invited to at
tend Miss Stevens' spring mills -"r.--
Wednesday next.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-07-23

Travellers and scientists are greatly in
terested in the recent discovery Of wonder
full caves on the island of Corsica. A miner
who undertook to explore them a few
weeks ago found it impossible to do so. He
discovered various small caves close to-
gether which led 70 a mammoth cave some
distance from the original openings. The
roof of the mammoth cave WAS between
sixty and seventy feet high After travel
ing underground for some time he came
upon an immense lake, which made fur
Their progress impossible.
According TO his estimates, the lake is
situated under the mountain chain La Re
vellata, near Calva, and gets its water
from the ocean. In support of his theory
a small grotto was discovered on Cape Re-
yellata, on level with the sea, which is
believed to be connected with the caves.
The length Of the caves along the coast is
estimated at thirty miles. A society of sa-
wants has been formed to explore the place
thoroughly this summer. = Philadelphia
Ledger
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-07-23

Much Of the heat Of our houses is sup
piled by the kitchen range, which Bridget
keeps red hot even in the dog days. Pre-
vent this by using gas stove or oil stove
as far as possible. Then shut up tight all
rooms not in use Not only should the
shutters and windows be closed, but the
blinds must be lowered to exclude every
ray of light, and the doors locked to pre-
vent the running IN and ont OF the chill.
dreu, who thus admit waves of heated air.
Perhaps it would De neither wise nor prac'
ticable to Theoretically seal all the rooms
of house, but one ROOM at least. can be
so treated--the parlor. and also the dining
room between meals. the room selected
should be closed early in the morning
while the air has some freshness, and be
fore the sun strikes the windows; then it
should not be opened until late in the after
noon.
Every house should have an accessible
trap door in its roof, and when this is left
open a current of heated air must rise
through IL and maze general draught
over all the house Awnings should be
light in color, and should be at all windows
and doors except those to the north. They
are great helps in keeping out glare, but
they should be chosen Of a kind which l.
readily raised and lowered. After sun
down, plentiful watering Of your street
and pavement, and OF all the garden you
possess, viii cool the air wonderfuhy.-
Ladies' Home Journal
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-07-23

Kindred 10 ksculapius were those first
women physicians, Gree and Medea but
while all honor j. attached TO the name of
Asculapius, Medea aud Gree are regarded
with suspicion as enchantresses, dealers in
poisonous drugs and using their knowl-
edge Of medicine TO further their own per
verse ends. Instead of following legiti-
mate business, as men would do, they spent
their time mixing love philters and prac-
ticing all kinds Of sorcery and mischief.
There are those who claim that Gree and
Medea are the types of women physicians,
and that whenever women have engaged
in the healing art. whether in ancient or
medieval times, they have always abused
the privilege and degraded the profession
by connecting with it some magic or witch
craft.
II is TO be remembered, however, that
these reports of song and story were writ
ten by men, and in earlier times there may
have been the same antipathy against the
infringement by women of the domain pre-
empted by man that there is in these mod
ern times. Still the witchcraft argument
is not without some force even at the pres
ent time, for although the days Of sorcery
are past. the witchery of attractive women
disguised as ministering angels to the sick
must he admitted to be as potent as ever
Chicago Herald.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-07-23
Nnfice.

The following town orders drawn on the
treasurer OF the town OF Washington, which
are now outstanding and over due, viz;
one order drawn to p. o. Huntington,
dated March 8, 1883, for s33.11; one order
drawn to p. o. Huntington, dated Mar. 8,
1888 for 2 and one order drawn to p. o.
Huntington, dated Mar. 20, 1885, for SIS 5.
And | hereby give notice to any person or
persons now being the holders OF any or
all such orders that the same must be pre-
sented for payment at the town treasurer's
office of Washington, VT, on or before
Aug. S, A. D., 1891, as no interest will be
paid on any of said orders after the date
OF Aug. s, 1891.
Dated at Washington, VT, this Sd day
of July, A. ID. 1891.
H. A. WHITE, Town Treasurer.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-07-23

Chief Bonner said the other day that
claims aggregating at least S2.00o-000 were
pending against this city for alleged viola
tons by the fire department Of patent
rights "Syndicares have been formed to
push these claims, said the chief, and
there are two big suits IA the courts now.
One Is for an alleged infringement Of a
patent on the heater stove used on our fire
engines and the other suit relates TO the
Nibbs relief valve. The city authorities
have been legally advised that none Of
these claims can hold against the city,
New 4orz Times.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-07-23

In great city Ike Paris there are thou
sands of persons who have no trade or pro-
fession, and who are Obliged to resort to all
sorts of tricks to get their daily bread.
Some manage to accomplish this feat hon
estly, while others work unscrupulously
upon the credulity OF their fellows. Vau-
devillists and caricaturists repeatedly exer-
else their wit at the expense of the unfor-
tunate ones whom necessity forces into
strange and improbable callings. Doubt
less these wits often exaggerate the reality,
but the fact remains that there are quaint
ties of poor wretches here who really get
their living by pursuing the queerest and
most ingenious occupations.
If you question one of these tradeless in
dividuals upon his manner of living he
will reply, 'Oh, have dodgep 1t is
very rare that he will consent to give you
more ample explanations. For common
mortals his way of procuring food, clothing
and lodging is decidedly enigmatical.
These men who invent lodges" generally
live in furnished lodgings, where the
chambers contain several beds. -
A ''dodger" diyines, so to speak, a man
who is in the same line of business, and the
similarity OF their characters unites them
on Il common footing. They club together
to get rid of the strange merchandise that
others have invented. The one who creates
does not reveal his manner of inventing to
his partner, and this one in his turn con-
ceals as well as he can the profits obtained
by the sale The mistrust is reciprocal.
The principal dodgers are the street ped
oilers who hawk about the thousand and
one ingenious toys that are constantly in
vented in this great city, who sell newspa-
.pers when they have a few francs in their
pocket to buy stock from the wholesale
dealers in Rue du Croissant, or who traffic
in theater tickets during the evening
Paris Cor. New York Epoch.
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The ne.l LIghted clty in the world.

Paris Is now on the eve of revolution in
her lighting Gas lighting was first
introduced in England but Paris followed
in good time and with splendor unequaled
elsewhere. In like manner America, Ger
many and some other countries have been
earlier in the use of electric lighting, but
the Parisians, with their superior taste and
skill in all matters of municipal arrange
ments and appointments are destined to
make by far the most brilliant use Of the
new illuminant
Within one year. or within two years at
the furthest, it Is confidently claimed that
Paris will be incomparably the best lighted
CITY IN the world, aud that electricity will
have superseded gas in public use. In 1878,
at the time Of the universal exposition, the
municipal government ordered the expert
mental illumination of the Avenue de
POpera and several open spaces with lec-
tricity; but the new system was not ripe
for large use, and the experiment was soon
abandoned Its principal effect was the
stimulus It gave to the gas company, which
invented and pat into use certain large
compound burners using l,400 liters per
hour, aud giving most brilliant light.
The great electrical improvements of the
past decade were exhibited in the French
exposition OF 1889, and were studied with
the utmost care by the Partisan authori-
ties and municipal engineers. Undoubted-
ly the displays at the exposition had the
most pronounced effect in stimulating the
new zeal Paris is showing for the appii
ances of the electric age.-Dr. Albert Shaw
In Century.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-07-23
Women and Men.

Society is composed, principally, OF
women and ladies. They call upon each
other and bore each other fearfully, yet
each would feel mortally injured if the
other did not call
The natural prey Of man IS woman, and
of woman, man; but man has less leisure
TO pursue his natural instincts.
The appreciation by which a woman Is
held by the 1aale sex gives good index, on
the inverse ratio method, Of the estimation
in which she is held by her own.
Nor, though husband and wife are one
and indivisibie, does it follow that the
admirers ofthe one will be equally attached
to the other; Politically speaking, Eng
land and Ireland stand to each other in a
very similar relationship.
Intellect in woman IS appreciated by man
only in so far a it qualities her to appreci-
ate it in him.-Mnrray's Magazine