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ODD ORIGINS.

Once upon a time Charles VI Of Franco
gave a masquerade ball. and he and five of
his coUrtiers took the part of satyrs. To
do this artistically they were clothed in
loose linen habits, besmeared with resin
and then stuck all over with down. One of
the company. in a frolic. lighted one of the
satyrs with a torch, and in consequences
four of them were burned to death. This
10 supposed 10 be the origin of the tar and
feather custom.
During the reign of George iii, his royaI
.sighness, the duke of York. had a duel with
Colonel Lennox. and the worthy colonel
succeeded III shooting away one of the
dukes curls. Hence it became the correct
thing to wear 4 curl on one side of the tenn
pie only.
The peruke ia said to be due to the mis-
fortune of Philip, duke of Burgundy. His
hair fell out and his physicians advised him
10 cover his head with artificial hair. which
he did, and thus Set the fashion.
The practice of the cardinals of Rome of
wearing red hats at ceremoniais and pro
cesslon5 was introduced by Pope Innocent
~ as q symbol to indicate the readiness of
the cardinals to spill their blood for Jeans
Christ.
One day Francis / of France was struck
on the chin by a piece of tile. Of course
the wounded part could not be shaved
Thus boards came again into fashion after
having been OUT for nearly a century
Ciothier and FurnisLer.
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CROSS-CUTS.

what should you call the Argentine Con-
federation, Il democracy"
mo; g bankruptcy."-Puck.
Adversely brings out our good points"
"Yes: by the rootsr'-Puck.
Can the man who strikes you for a loan
be charged with assauIt?-Binghamton
Republican.
The Lord knew what was best for mans
peace of mind when he failed to put eyes in
the back of his head.-Atchison Globe.
Eauestriennes should take kindly TO nat
riInony. They grow accustomed to the bri-
die rein. you kEow.-Pi.tsburg Dispatch.
The heroisrn that can wear old clothes
until able to buy new ores is said to be the
most lonely feeling on earth.-Ram's Horn.
1t appears there is q barbed wire war 60
ing on III Illinois. The Jury on the fence
will be sure to aeres immediately.-New
Orleans Picayune.
One Point of yiew.-"Mr. Miller died
last night" HE was perfectly right. /
really costs too much money to live nova
days."-Fiiegende Batter.
A Half Memory.-Teacher: Who discoy-
cred America? Street Gamin after much
thought: / disremember his name, but he
WAS a Dago.-Sew York Weekly.
Rustle-"Hello, Bustle, where are yon
going with that big ledger?''
Bustie-'.That's a memorandum book.
1t contains a list of the things I've been
putting OF until after the holidays."-
Judge.
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In tho slot again. instead Of obiscting
the slot boz had given him a cigar every
An Engine . \ . 1,oId Piece.

The smallest engine we have a recori
OF il that made by ID. A. Buck, Of Water.
bury, Conn. The engine. boiler, governol
and pumrs all stand on n space seven six
teenths Of an inch sauare and are about
five-eighths Of an inch high. Tho engine
has las distinct parts, held together by If
ty-two screws. Three drops OF water fills
the boiler 20 overlooking. Tho diameter Of
the cylinder il onc-twenty-s sixth Of mn
inch, tho length Of stroke three-thirty-sec-
onds Of an inch. The whole engine weighs
but three grains. not including base plate.
Levi Taylor, an ingenious mechanic OF
1ndiano.a, Ia. has constructed an engine
almost equal to the Waterbury wonder.
This pigmy was on exhibition at the Gen.
tenniai at Philadelphia in 1876. 1t in built
on a 25-cent gold piece, the whole outfit
weighing but q fraction over three grains.
1t must have been quite q contrast to the
enormous C0riiss engine when on exhibit
ton in the same building. Taylor's en-
gine, while rot as small as that made by
the Waterbury mechanic, ID u wonder that
will be better appreciated when the reader
il informed that it would take lag such en-
gines to weigh one ounce a~voirdupois.
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GERMAN INVASION THREATENED.

Ii it is a prevalent human weakness
to sigh after the unattainabIe. the Ger
man emperor's expression of a desire to
visit Paris need excite no surprise. The
gay capital has risen with renewed
energy and vsrve FROM the ashes of II.
but its people have never risen to for
giyeness OF their invaders. 1t NAV be-
r that the victory Of Sedan over.
whelmed the fabric of bastard Bona
partisan with its ~miserabIy false pre-
tence OF resting on popular assent. The
lide OF Herman conquest may have
swept away the imperial sand castle of
military despotism and political chi
canery, and 6 o have been the indirect
g OF rendering a republic possible
on French soil But Parisians have
never forgotten the ferrors Of the Ger
man siege and the crushing weight o,
the indemnity laid upon the weakened
shoulders of their country. They have
not forgotten and they have not for
gwen. The mere rumor of the emper-
or's design excited a storm Of Indignant
comment from ali but the official press,
which remains significantly silent.
The Courier des Etats Cnis. a we'll
known and widely circulated iourna!
published in New York, has no hesita
ton IN delivering q frank opinion ON
the subject. 1t insists that it is the
duty of the French cabinet, il the mat
ter has been officially brought before il,
to decidedly and unreseryediy crush ont
the notion. The loss of the fair prov
inces OF Aisace and Lorraine still ran
kies IN the journalistic mind. and the
kaiser must atone for the successes ~
ms grandfather. The emperor" th..
courier admits. desires peace. yery
likely. because ne has good reasons for
that; but he does not want il ON the
same conditions that France wants IL
n so long as these conditions remain
uncompiied with the French people will
hold him responsible for the indignifies
which have been inflicted upon them by
his predecessors and for the s~poilations
which he holds as a legacy. The hatred
OF his race forms a portion of the patr,-
etisrn of Frenchmen, and the visit to
the French capital. which he is said To
contemplate. could be considered only
as a challenge and an outrage In
face OF these burdensome conditions. il
is more thar probable that the young
ruler will find solace in a French PROV,
erb and declare that the game is not
worth the candle. Another war might
or might not give him the opportunity
he coyets.
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THE LEGISLATIVE SITUATION.

The formal recognition of a committee
from tho democratic house by the lieu
tenant-goyernor, the refusal OF the sen
ate to receive a communication from the
rump house. the governors recognition
OF the senate and the democratic house
were the features OF the first legisla
tive day. The decision OF the repre-.
sentatiyes of the respective parties te
meet apart and not attempt to assem-.
bic together, in the absence of any
understanding, was q wise one and pre-
vented any unseemly and unnecessary
rnction. Yesterdays maneuver left
the advantage decidedly with the demo
Gratis. The republican rumps are
stranded high and dry, with no posi-
bility that they will receive any recog-
milton from the governor or the senate
and without the renotest prospect that
they will ever be usefu, or ornamental.
or a necessary part Of the machinery Of
state. Optimists among them may
hold ont in the hope that by some
process a partisan advantage may be
gained by a partisan opinion of a par
tisan court, il such a body can be found.
Even this would be cold and negative
comfort and the republican position
would be no better than it is now. They
would still be powerless to legislate, TO.
no court decision could ever make it
obligatory upon the senate to recognize
the so-called republican house, while
the governors formal recognition of the
democratic house is already beyond
recall. Such an appeal to the courts as
the more Incorporate republicans pro-
pose, therefore, would not solve the diff
Guilty. 1t would only prolong the dead
lock at the expense of the taxpayers OF
the state. who are already impatient.
and result IN no party advantage. The
more the republican leaders study the
situation the more hopeless must the
outlook seem to them. If they are
sagacious politicians they will move
promptly in an effort to gain popular
favor by removing the last obstacle to
legislation-to-wit, their fraudulent five
before it is everlastIngly too late.
While the lamp holds ont to burn
The yIest sinner may ret IN.
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Gully" he said. "w'y doncher give fel-
Ter shivil answer? Wha'sh usin bein' CT
prie? ] got some er besht whisky ye'ver
awr Got er right 'ere'n my pocket. Lest
Still there was no reply. nothing but a
steady tramp, tramp, tramp.
"P'raps yer walkin' off er bet? Hey?
P'raps yer gotter walk fer er-hic. livin'?
P'raps yer nawthin' but er dern dummy?
Well, zat's all right. Wotcher s'pose I
care? IF yer doan' wantter zhrink, zall
right. kin zhrink by m'self f l gotter,"
and IN the very face of that hot, thirsty,
woe-begone cadet, he lifted his bottle and
took a long. long pull.
"Ah-ht' he said. smiling g%Ioriously and
smacking his lips. THAT'S er daisy tippIe.
Yer won't take er taste? Not even a smell?
Well, all-hic. right. yer needn't. 'Rah fer
er 'Merican eagle. So long. B~uttonsr'
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No Law for the Slot.

IL Is reported that a very nice point of
law Is being considered by n Davenport
Judge a case was brought before a Justice
OF a ~neighborinR town which will have 10
be decided without reference to precedent.
IL Il against IN inventive dead beat for
practicing a confidence game on a .'nickel
IN the SLOT box. He bored a hole in the
edge OF the coin and suspended it by a
thread. He dropped the nickel in the slot.
as directed by the machine, and drew ont a
cigar, and then drew ont the nickel.
dropped II in the slot again and received an
other cigar. He repeated this proceeding
until the supply of cigars in the
bowels of the machine vas exhausted.
lnen he put the nickel in his
pocket and WAS going away With the cigars
when a meddiing policeman, attracted by
me amused crowd of spectators. arrested
hI.n- For WHAT I'm court said tina, the
offence did not fulfill the definition of rob
oe'E, burglary larceny. or obtaining cigars
under false pretenses: in fact. the criminal
code did NOT mention any misderueanor
mat htisd the case. The accused had ONLY
done what the slot box told him TO do. He
mad dropped a nicksI IN the slot. and. M
the direction did lot tell him I. iesvs IL
there, ne had drawn it ont and dronped i,
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Missouri at the Front.

Butte Inter Mountain: The HELENA
INDEPENDENT proposes to make it warm for
the New York Logger and the Preside
Companion By publishing a serial story
running through fifteen numbers, written
by Prince L~ubomirski. The prince lives in
Pike county. Mo.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-06
death the world loses a sweet singer and
the American stage a woman who ele-
waited its standard. Peace to her ashes.

The state senate is admirably off
cered. With the Rcv. Mr.. Price to offer
the daily snppIications to heaven, the
Hon. John J.. Fallon to see that the
minutes are kept straight, the Hon.
William NJ. Thornton to keep a wary
eye for parliamentary points. and the
Hon. Miles Finlan to guard the rear
there should be no trouble in keeping
tho arithmetic right side up for tho
next sixty days.
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HELENA. o JAN. 6. 1891.

~ Montanians abroad will always find T,Hr
DAILY INDEPENDENT on file NJ their favorite
hotels; Fifth Avenue and Metropolitan. New
York: Grand Pacific, Chicago; West, Minneapo-
ist Baldwin and Palace. San Francisco; st.
and ncDernott, Butte: Island. Hotsl.
9pringfeld. Ill
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-06

HARRy X. Comfy in the speakers
chair OF the house of representatives is
the right man in the right place. Under
his skilled guiding hand, business will
be dispatched with CELEBRITY, order and
correctness. More power to his gayel.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-06

MAHoMET's coffin was said to be sus-
pended between heaven and earth. 1t
was more fortunately placed than the
rumps, who are not in sight
of either place.
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LrEsr.- GovggSoI RICHARDS will be on
hand to fill his position as president OF the
senate and prepared as ever to do his duty.
Any democratic schemes that leave him out
of account will have to be- revised. Herald.
But he will never decide again that
six is a majority Of sixteen. just bet
your bottom dollar on that.
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Bur The INDEPENDENT claims that there
has been a later and higher decision Of the
case by the people in the last November
election. Herald.
You are dead right. The people who
made the supreme court have overrnled
It's decree. If you don't believe it go up
and take a look at the democratic SEN
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-06

THE force bill got its first Knockout
yesterday. The senators from the silver
states voted with the democrats to set
it aside and take up the silver bill. The
two frauds from Montana, OF course,
did not vote in the interest Of the state
they misrepresente
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-06
HAD TO 60 IT:ALONE.
Buttons would Doubtless Have He,pea
He Could.

Buff1ns would Doubtless Have HELPED If
He GonId.
The cadets at West Point wear a rolling
collar which they must roll themselves and
WHICH has to bs rolled in three different
ways before it is rolled right. The other
day one of the cadets committed the unp.r
donable offense of only rolling his collar
twice. The sharp. .,practiced military eve of
same superior detected him and called him
to account. a heavy musket was put into
his hands and he was directed TO pace mn
and down a given gravel walk. RICH. in
the boiling sun, looking neither to the
right nor to the left. his rigid arms
glued TO his body, his head borne
under a heavy helmet. Thus he
walked n %perspired and perspired and
walked. / shudder to hin what might
have happened to him had he mopped i1is
brow or winke0 hrs eyes. Shortly after
ward q free American citizen Who had pre-
sumably come up on an excursion and had
become happy a. 10 his soul and shaky a.
to his legs, CHANGED to pass by. His ewes
LIT on the cnlprit cadet, and he stopped.
leaned up against a tree and contemplated
him.
"Buttons,'' he said, '.whs' sh mazzer2,
The cadet neither looked nor answered
Les have a zhrink.3 the free American
citizen continued. II gotter bott!e-bici-
right 'ere."
The parched cadet just blinked. but that
was all he walked on. foilowed by the
anniable mans eyes. and VIXEN he returned
that way the man called ont, Halt
He didn't halt.
Bout ~fasie.''
"SaonIler armsn"s
LIEF w'eeI.'
To none of these commands was the
llghtes attention paid. and then tie man
ambled u~nsteadsly along a, the culprirs
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NNUAL MEETING

A NNUAL MEETING THE ANNUAL MEET
"A ing Of the stockhoIders OF the Helena Ma
tionai Bank Of Hsiens. for the election Of direc
tors will be held in tbs directors' room OF tn
Helena National bAnk Tuesday, January rs, 1871
FRANK BAIRD, Cs=hss-.
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"THE lower house on the upper floor"
is the polite but somewhat Hibernian
phrase in which the republican senators
characterize the rumps.
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THEEE have been greater lyric artists
on the stage than Emma Abbott. but
none more widely and deservedIy D
lar. Conscientious, painstaking and
ambitious. b was true to her ideals,
both Of art and of womanhood. In her
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-06
DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENT.

A Fine Programme Promised for To-MOr.
row At Catholic Hail.
4 dramatic entertainment will be given
by the II. G. L. s. Dramatic club at Cath.
Ollie hall tomorrow, Wednesday, evening.
The programme will be as follows:
Our In THE STREETs; In TIRES acts. BY &. N.
fFas
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= GRANITE =
Montana Granite Co., VIM. Harrison, Prop.
General Office: "a Main st, Helena.
CUT A -
and Sandstone.

IN THE DISTRICT tOUET OF THE FIRST
and for he county of levi, and { Lake In ,he
mat sr Of the estsie of Deborah NJ. Hayt de-
ceaed Notice of proba-e Of will.
PR usnt To IN order of said court, msde on
the 3ist DAY II December. 1880. notics 10 hereby
eiseI that, sat, rday. the 3ist day OF January.
1s3a. ct ~ clock, A. m. Of SAID day. at the court
room OF raid 90 art, nj ths 20 3ra-house in the
consHy o. Lewis aud Clarke. has been appointed
"A The time and place for proving this will Of
said Eesorah NJ. Hoyi. deceased. and for hear
ing The Application OF r. II. Ciewel and Charles
Kinda for the lis uanc to them Of letters rs ex-
eeu'ors Of saii will. wien and where any person
interested may appear and contest ihs same.
Dated ID C ,mb.r 5ist, l-xt.
John BEAN. Clerk.
by u. IL. THoMPsox.
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kUHMoSs-fEydE DISTRICT QUIZ OF
q ffe first judicial district of the state of Mon
tana. in and for the county of Lewis and Clarke i.
Emma Neitrube, plaintiff. Va. Fred Weldrube.
defend Mt
The stnte of Montana sends greeting to the
above namcj defendant:
You are hereby required to appear In an action
brought against you by the above named plaintiff
in the district corr, Of TIE first Judicial distric.
u the state Of Montana. in and for the comfy 01
fled therein. within ten days leZcfusive of tbs
day Of ~seryice) sitter The service On you of this
summons. If served within this county: or. if
sersei ont of this county, but within this dis
tricf. within twenty day4; othsrwise within forty
days, or Judgment b. defiant will be taken
AGAINST ron. according to the prayer of said COM
plant
TIE sail action il brought To dissolve the
bpfds of mafrimony heretofore and now existing
Latwesn said plsintif snd defendant. for fhs
reason thst sid defendant abandoned said
riaiDtif wilifuIiy and without cane. and his
continued 70 To do for more than twelve months.
And you are hereby NOS fed tbst if sou fail to
appear and snswsr The saii complaint. ~ above
required. ia. said plaintiff will obtain judg-
ment Dy defiant against You, snd ask for the re-
lief demanded In complaint.
Given under my hand and the seal of the dis
1icf court Of tbs First JGdicisi district 81 this
state Of Montana. in and for the county 81 Lewis
aid Clarke. this txenty-eightb day 81 Ucfoisr, in
fhs year Of onr Lord. one thousand eight hum
ired and ainesy.
lsEaLI JOHN BEAN. Clerk
BY II. n THOMPSON. Depnty clark
{. e. NcEas. AssS. &c. tl....iA-
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-07-29
REPORTED LEpgOsY CURES.

a Siberian paper announces tbe
arrival " Miss Kate MaFsdeB, a well,
known traveller, ~ TOb0Isk, and That
she had learned from high dlggi,
tary Of lbe Greek Church, who bad
passed many yeaFs NJ fakulsk,
OkOtsk, and other places that the
natives In those regions cured them,
selves Of lspfosy by means IT herbs,
and that this terrible disease was not
accounted ineppable IN The eastern
part Of Siberia, The San Francisco
Bulletin refers rather se0higgIy ~
the news that "BHjsh physicians IN
India rOw promise u cure for lepr0.
sy," and says, "Meagtime our best
remedy will be to eKelude the gaee that
brings The maIsdy" The appear
anee Of Ieprosy among The Chinese IN
British Columbia, compelling The
provision Of u IbzarelL0 there, II a
fact that gives force W tbe quoted
remark, although the disease long
preceded The Chinese In Eastern Can
ada, There may be something, how
ever, 10 both the Siberian cure and
the prospective cure IN India, Be-
cause lepvosy has IN MI times 10 the
present been regarded Us iDpgFable,
IL no reason for the hopeless verdict
that II must always remain without u
remedy Never before mas there
been such u worthwhile search for q
cure ~ Is now being prosecuted by
the best medical science hacked by
The strongest official sanction and
support,
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the QufsTIOs or TIVE psf,

The leading question nov w.
''Ate you provided with . bottls N
Cbamberjsja's C0l,e, Ch0lsfs sDA
Dlafrb@s Remedy, ~ . Safeguard
against ~ attack 0f b0wsD c0WDJs)Dt
during the summer m0DtbsW No
family can snor1 W Gsk being vim,
out ibis Invaluable medicine during
the bot weather IL " almost ger,
Tain W be needed, and ~ n friend IN.
deed when required, w II meyer fails
and " pleasant and safe ~ tske,
VI and ~ cent bottles for sale ny VII
dealer. BEssos, sNTB A. IN,
Agents for The Hawaiian Islands
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CLEANING SHELLS.
ENRON LiLLLETlNi-

Enron BuLLwRi--
IN answer 10 HIS query IN the
BULLETS Of the 2stb, IN regard 10 o
practical method VI removing The
animal contents of shells Of different
varieties, give the process followed
by myself while on the Island Of IIa-
wall. Securing a good sized box, |
buried the shels-beiUg careful 10
select only live 0nes~-In dry sand,
'aklng care that they were complete,
~ covered Al The end Of ten or
llteeh days The contents viii be SUI
6cle1tly deeayed To easily detanb
from the shell and wash ont Cnrp
must be taken 10 use only cold water,
AS boiling The shells or using hot
water on them deadens The lnsLre
and spolls the beauty, This may
not be The most scientific method but
II accompanies the purpose and !
give II for what II IL worth,
CONGHOLOGisT,
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In accordance with the authority
vested In me by Section Is, Chapter
LxIxIx Of the Penal Code, notice
10 hereby given that from and after
this date MI Kerosene apd other Tx
piosiye Oils when imported NJ the
Port Of Honolulu must be landed
only Ut the wharf Of the Oahu Rail,
way and Land Company on the west,
eriy side Of Honolulu Harbor, and the
warehouse ~ the aforesaid wharf IL
hereby designated M the Government
Kerosene BLorehouse.
q. N. SPENCER,
Minister Of HE Interior,
Interior Office, July ~, 1891.
LIT 81
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MR., TEBg CRITICISED,

The Advertiser assails Nr, William
Tebb 81 London for bis brochure %
"VaeeiDatioD aDd LeDFosy" n
seoIds bin for moddIing vim , CUES
ton that il geems ~ think none bgL
doctors ybould discg6s, The tenn
VI the Whole aFtiele ~ fierce, to0
much 70 ~ . criticism " pamphlet
that deals mostly with VeIl.aglbeg0-
Gated facts officially JJeeted There
are hundreds 10 these Islands Who
would support every word that Mr.
Tebb has written ~ tbe result " bis
Investigations here, His statements
are similar ~ what We bad alBBed
into our ears by WeiEiDf0fwed resi-
dents long before tbe appearance 0f
bis pamphlet The evidence IN favor
Of vaccination u jusl asbypotbetieaj,
TO say tbc least, ~ tbe evidence that
has been gathered against IT, II
vaccination has Wiligated The attacks
Of smaILpos CIV has never been
claimed ~ ~ absolute preventive of
the disease), there Is still a question
II medical knowledge has not out
grow The necessity Of lbe loatbsome
operation. Az al events, Mr. Tebb
or any laymsD has Just as much right
10 fight vaccination as . lay news
paper has 10 fight for The nasty pro-
lection against smallpox If il really
en- be called protection,