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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-29

tho proprietor receive a considerable in
come from tho sale OF the riddles, but the
Of the puzzle brings him still
A purchaser, who thinks he has
the riddle. writes down his answer
with as 8 a bet. and hands in ttihs The paper and
stake to the master Of ceremonies ut tho
timo appointed for the drawing. as ono
might call 1t. After oil the answers are re-
ceivsd and bets made the managers with
draw to count the money. and look over the
answers. The 1iddlo-maker selects the cor
rect solutions. The prize, which is a CON
siderable amount usually. il divided
among those who nave hit upon
tho right Interpretation. This species
of gambling gives rise to many disputes and
much dissatisfaotion. but that ia unayoid-
able. The amount Of the bet IL limited, and
a great deal at this game. Ladies OF social
standing do not appear ut these gambling
houses, but they are represented by their
servants and slaves.
Another curious gambling device ID called
'Iapakoopoo." 1t shows what u strong
honesty. Indeed most of the gambling
games of the Chinese furnish ample means
OF cheating, but there Ia in reality very lit
tie complaint OH this score, considering tho
number Of gambling dens. In ~"Tapakoo-
poo" one of tho managers takes q strip OF
paper Ou WuiCn uIo WIItuou clGupy
ters. signifying, for example, the sun, moon
earth, stars, etc. He is carefully shut up
which no one is allowed access.
During this confinement he marks
with red ink twenty OF the characters
on the strip. As soon a. the door is opened
the paper is put Immediately into a box,
which il locked. In the meantime a sim
liar list of characters has been struck of on
a press and copies are sold. The buyer
marks ton characters and hands in his copy
at the appointed time, whom all copies of
com p~etitors are compared in public with
the original marked copy. You must guess
more than four characters right to win; it
you get five you receive seven "cash;' if
eight, seven dollars; if ten, SIS. One per-
son is permitted to buy as many as 300
copies of the characters, but he must mark
the same ten letters in each. To judge
from the number of copies sold every day
the profits of the managers of this game
must be immense. Women INT children,
as we'll as men, are devoted to this form of
lottery.
The Chinese make a bet of everything. 1t
is a very common practice for the ownerso OF
fruit stands to run a small gambling bust
ness. One favorite scheme is to bet on tho
number of seeds in an orange. A passer-by
stops before a fruit stand and bets against
the owner, who is the bank. The player
picks out an orange; the amour of the bet
Is fixed; the orange il cut open and the
seeds counted. II the man guesses right he
gets five times his stake and the orange be-
sides; If no loses, the stake goes to the shop
keeper. In winter they gamble on the
weight of fish and pieces of meat hanging
in the 6hODs.
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Automatic Manners.

But time changes minds as we'll as man
aers, though even now whcn making
changes from ono circle to another, it often
requires that adaptability which could be
said found in ono who has automatic man.
ners. However, such radical changes not
only appear in drawing room repartee,
tho oonveniences and lu1uries AFFORDED
mankind. Railroad travel 10 one instance.
A few years ago, comparatively, one lac to
consume much valuable time in IN uncom.
Portable way to nakew what is now thought
nothing Of a. 4 nights Journey in a sleeper.
The most modern equipment and trans
fast trains Of the Minneapolis Il st. Louis
railway to Chicago. st. Louis, Hot Springs,
Kansas City, etc. Inqaire Of any agent OF
the company, or @. M: Pratt, general tieast
and passenger agent. Minneapolis. MINI.
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SYMPTOMS or CATARRH.

Headache, obstruction of nose, discharges
and acrid, at others, thick. tenacious, mucous.
purulent, bloody and puIrid; eyes weak, ring.
Ing in ears, deafness, difficulty of clearing
breath Offensive: smell and taste impaired.
and general debility. Only q few of these
symptoms likely to be present at once. Thou
sands Of cases result in consumption, and END
in the grave.
BY its mild. soothing, a%ntiseptic, cleansing
and healing properties, Dr. sags,s Remedy
cures the worst cases. "CoIG In tho
HEeadn is cured with a few applications.
Catarrhal Headache is relieved and cured
as if by magic. 1t removes offensive breath,
smell, or hearing, watering or weak eyes, and
impaired memory. when caused by the vio-
hnce Of Catarrh, as they all frequently are.
ured BY WoRTp's DrspENsARY MEDICAL AS
ISOLATION, 500 Main Street, Buffalo. N. Y.
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The Direct and Only Line running Through
Cars between
Minneapolis and Des Moines,
Iowa, via Albert Lea and Fort Dodge.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-28

country. Thousands of circulars nave
been sent out, with the same object in
view, and to-day, at meeting of the as
sociation, the following resolutions were
adopted
WHEREAS, From the most reliable in
formation obtainable, we believe the new
lands will speedily be opened; therefore,
RESOLVED, That we notify our people,
the colored citizens of the south, to be
here on the 10th of September, and that
those who intend to drive through to
Indian Territory start at once.
AS result Of the work of the Lang
ston agents in the southern states hun
dreds of negroes have already gone to
Langston, and are being cared for there
by their colored friends until the time
for the invasion arrives. Many are ar
irving daily, and by the time the lands
are proclaimed open to settlement it is
believed thousands of colored people
will have arrived here to take part in
the race for homes.
The Langston leople believe the gov
eminent owes them homes, and they in
tend to secure them at any price Most
of the negroes are armed, and it is be-
lieved they will make an organized eff
fort to exclude all but members Of their
race from settling claims, at least until
each negro has found home.
The organization is secret, and until
now their objects and plans have been
known to none but themselves.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-28
water Too Much for an Arizona Mob.

water Too Much for an Arizona Mob.
Right IN San Francisco today lives
man who was a rlngleader of mob In
Tucson that WINS foiled in most peculiar
way In an attempt to lynch prisoner who
was charged with numbering prospector.
Court was in session at the time and the
prisoner was confined in cell in the Tue
son court house, through the main entrance
OF which waa the only way of access to the
jail from the street. An adjournment had
been taken for the day, and as it happened,
the only man left at the court house was
the janitor, Il slow, lnethydical old fellow
named Hand
Rumors had been circulated for several
days that an attempt would be made to
lynch the prisoner referred to, but as no
demonstrations had been made the sheriff
had grown careless, and had removed the
guard. just about the dusk of the even
ing In question, the old janitor, who was
enjoying asmoke on the court house steps,
saw mob approaching, and in an instant
realized its meaning Slowly removing
his pipe from his mouth, he laid it care
fully aside and stepped into the corridor of
the building.
A section OF fire hose stood near, and de-
iiberately unreeling It, he screwed it onto
the hydrant and adjusted the nozzle He
stood there in readiness, and when the
leader of the mob reached the doorway he
turned the water on full force Owing to
the great elevation Of the reservoir the
pressure IL enormous, and the stream as it
struck the leader staggered him. lie hest
tated and turned to face his companions
That settled it, and before they could re.
cover from their surprise every man in the
mob was drenched from head to foot.
The stream seemed to increase in force
and volume, and one after another the
would be lynchers fled. In five minutes
not one Of them could he seen in any direc
tion, and when the sheriff put in All ap
pearance old Hand had reeled up the hose
and was again seated on the steps smoking
away rs If nothing had happened San
Francisco Call.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-28
The Man Who Eats Hastily.

We quite agree with sensible write.
that a fast eater may be a well informed
man, but he can never be man of taste
simply because he lacks the gift of appre.
citation. He may swallow the contents of
scores and hundreds or even thousands of
books and any given quantity of thoughts,
facts and statistics as he gorges his food,
but he will not be a man that loves the
beautiful either in art or nature. He will
not care a whit about sunsets or the choic-
est groupings of wood and water, and a
panoramic exhibition or the scenery of a
playhouse will suit him better than the
delicate graces Of Leslie or a Newton
He may roar over the rich humor of a
Smollett, because it is at the same time
broad and obvious; but he will never de
tect the subdued, quiet manifestation Of
the same quality in Goldsmith, or relish
the exquisite pleasantries or yet finer
pathos Of Charles Lamb. He may enjoy
jests of Mark Twain, but he will be blind
to the shy and elusive pleasantries of Haw
thorne; and as for noting the lights and
shadows, or feeling the more hidden beau
ties of poetry, how can it be expected of a
person that can eat brook trout or English
sole us fast as he eats halibut, or partridge
as hastily as be eats gooseP-Professor
Matthews In Boston Traveller.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-28
A Pretty Souvenir.

For decidedly pretty souvenir procure
a piece of celluloid 8 by inches. On this
paint pansies, not in punches or groups, as
is usually seen, but each one distinct by
itself. Do not have too many of them; not
more than eight at the most. If possible
paint from nature, and II you take little
trouble to look around you will be sur.
prised at the variety, both in size and color,
of these flowers, Shades and tints you did
not know existed you will find in pansy.
The artistic arrangement of the flowers
and the harmony of the colors must de
pend on your sense of the aesthetic.
Lace the edges Of the celluloid together
with narrow lavender ribbon, and you have
pretty whisk broom holder. Cut three
pieces of blotting paper the size of the cellu-
loid, fasten them all together at one end
with big bow of ribbon, and there is as
pretty blotter as ever II girl gave to her
boy.-New York Advertiser.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-28
The machinery of the Modern Fac

The machinery of the Modern Factory.
Not less striking than the wonderful in
genuity of the machines in the wooden fac
tory Of today Is their multiplicity. We
find not only II separate machine for each
of the twenty-three different operations
enumerated by IRE In 1884, but we also
find IN the larger mills great numbers of
these separate machines. A modern fac
tory is, therefore, something almost en-
tirely different from anything which ex
listed a century ago 1t contains vast
rooms. each devoted to separate branches
of the industry.
In one we find the securing machines; in
another the carding machines In another
II 1t be a worsted mill, the combs and gill
ing machines; In another, long rows Of
whirllng spindles tire the eye, and in an
other, the chatter Of hundreds of looms
suggests pandemonium. Everything Is
systematized, and the surroundings of the
operatives, with abundance of light, with
perfect ventilation, with steam heat, with
convenient retiring rooms, justify the
statement that the gain Of the manufac-
turer through improved machinery Is no
greater than the gain of the operative
which has come through the accompany
ing Improvement in the construction and
arrangement of the buildings in which
these operations are conducted.-S. N. ID
North In Popular Science Monthly
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-28
A LOAD OF sLUGs.
What a Prominent kentucky Man Got for
AVertinp the Murder of n Woman

What n Prominent kentucky Man Got for
Averting the Murder of Woman.
GEORGETOWN, Aug. 28.--On Monday
night Mr.. Frank Hughes, highly re-
spected citizen of White Sulphur pre-
cinct, was shot and killed by q colored
man named Frank Dudley. A colored
boy, who was sleeping in the room with
the deceased, says that about Tues
day night the wife of Dudley came to
the room of Hughes and asked that the
boy be allowed to go with her to the
home of his (the boys father, about q
mile away, rs her husband had threat
ened to kill her.
Soon after her husband came to the
door, knocked and asked if his wife was
there. For her protection Mr.. Hughes
said no. The colored man then threat
ened to break open the door, when Mr..
Hughes let him in.
The wife in the meantime had hidden
under bed in an adjoining room. AS
the colored man entered Mr.. Hughes
took hold of him, when the former lev
eled his gun, loaded with slugs, at
Hughes and shot him in the head, kill
ing him instantly. Mr.. Hughes was re.
garded as an excellent citizen.
Dudley was brought before Judges
Bates, but waived examination and was
remanded to Jail to await the action of
the grand jury.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-28

When California was first settled by the
whites Immediately after the discovery OF
gold, there was estimated at that time to
be over sixty thousand Indians
There were several large cRmpoodies on
the Consumes river, and an invasion of
grasshoppers, which we look upon as a
calamity, to them was veritable blessing
| remember very well the great grass
hopper year." as it was called. 1t was in
1855 During the last of May and the first
of June the entire counties of Sacramento
and San Joaquin were covered with locusts
or choppers" and nothing to equal it has
been witnessed in the state since.
With the Digger Indians the grasshop-
pers are a great luxury, and are used as
meat and eaten in various ways. That
year Indians swarmed into the valleys
from the mountains and had a royal feast
for several weeks. Some would catch the
grasshoppers, thread them ON a string,
hang them over the fire until done brown,
then eat them from the string the same as
children do popcorn.
Others would set the grass on fire, which
both disabled the choppers" and cooked
them, when they were picked up and eaten
or slowed away for future use. The most
popular way, however, when the choppers"
were thickest, was to dig hole so deep
that they could not jump out, and driving
them to the center and into the receptacle
prepared for them.
In this circle, which sometimes covered
many acres, were all the women and chill
dren in the camp. They carried brush in
each hand and would drive the choppers"
without difficulty. When the drive was
over the choppers" were put in bags and
baskets, saturated with salt water and laid
to one side for use in winter They are
eaten then as white people do shrimps.
They are also mixed with acorn or seed
meal, after being ground into paste.-Sac-
ramento News.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-28
A BOON FOR WEST SUPERIOR.
The City to Become One of the Greatest
Hard Wheat Markets of tho World.

The City to Become One of the Greatest
Hard Wheat Markets of the World.
WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, Aug 2S.-By
and arrangement made Wednesday with
the Messrs. Walsh, Harmon and Stotton,
railroad commissioners of North Dakota,
this city will become one of the greatest
hard wheat markets in the world. Here
tofore the wheat received and shipped
from here has been subject to the Duluth
board of trade and quoted as part of
the Duluth stock.
In a conference here arrangements
were concluded to place on an active
footing the West Superior board of trade
to establish wheat grades in compliance
with North Dakota inspection law, and
in return the commissioners give assur-
ance that all exports of wheat will be
shipped here for market.
President Hill, of the Great North
ern, agrees to put his elevators, with n
capacity of 10000 bushels, under the
new inspection, and Sawyer, who has
elevators of 100000 bushels capacity
here, will do the same thing.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-28
Mhy enc Typewrillng MnehLne Is for saIs.


There is young lawyer in this city who
does little literary work outside of his
profession who got himself a typewriter
as an aid to his labors, and now he says
that he is on the verge of insanity. And he
lays it all to the typewriter When he
first sat down to the machine, he says, ho
thought that 1t would be an easy thing to
master il, but in few moments his hands
were going round in circles over 1t in vain
attempts TO find the letter that he wanted.
That was only the beginning, however, for,
taking the matter up on scientific basis,
he set forth to learn the exact location of
all the keys.
BY the end OF the first day every word
that he heard in conversation set him to
figuring out where each letter would be on
his keyboard-whether in the first row or
the second or the third, or on the left or
the right Of the middle line Of the key
board. And then he would try to recall
what little disk he had to strike to make a
per cent. mark, and what for the dollar
sign, and what for quotation marks, and
what for dozen other. marks, each one Of
which had to be made in a special way.
And at end Of two months of practice,
when he could strike off the words at a
rate that made the machine rattle and
was beginning to think that he was quite
an operator, he sat down for a little test.
Re had friend to read to him, and for
two minutes wrote with his pen. The re-
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-28
ALWAYS HOil MILK.

Housekeepers who purchase their milk
are urged to boil the same as soon as they
receive it, not only because it will keep
sweet longer, but because the process de
stroys all disease germs, and, thereby, rem
ders it safe, The fact was long ago estab
lshed that milk is a frequent medium for
the transmission of disease, the germs of
which it has accidentally absorbed; also
that certain diseases occur in cows in con
sequence of which their milk is tainted
and may give rise to kindred diseases in
the consumers. All dangers from these
sources are obviated by thorough boil
ing,-Boston Herald.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-28

A clock Is TO be seen at Brussels which
comes about as near being a perpetual mo-
tion machine as can be invented, for the
sun does the winding, The following is
the method by which 1t works: A shaft
exposed to the solar rays causes an up
draught of air, which sets the fan in mo.
tion. The fan actuates mechanism which
raises the weight of the clock until it
reaches the top, and then puts break on
the fan till the weight has gone down a
little, when the fun is again liberated, and
proceeds to act as before. AS long as the
sun shines frequently enough, and the ma
Chinery does not wear out, the clock will
keep in perpetual motion.-London Tit
Bits
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-28

suit was thirty words for each minute
written very legibly, Then he tackled the
typewriter. The machine made a great
racket, and he thought that he must be
making a new record. When the second
two minutes were up the perspiration was
dropping from his brow The count
showed to the credit of the second test just
forty words, and of them just nineteen
were spelled wrongly through the striking
of wrong keys, and which had to be cor
rected. A typewriter little used may be
obtained at very low figure. -New York
Times
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-28

Gravitation seems to have no power over
the growth force In trees. ! knew of a
tree once nearly on line between two
neighbors. One wanted it cut because it
shaded his garden. The other insisted OH
keeping it because it was too pretty to cut,
1t was white pine. The one then cut Off
all the branches, close to the trunk, so rs
90 unshade his ground. One would have
thought so much weight on one side would
have curved the trunk Nothing OF the
kind. The leading shoot went up as plumb
and straight rs ever.--Thomas Meehan in
Philadelphia Ledger.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-28
CHICKEN or DUCK.
see the chicken in the tree

Ieee the chicken IN the tree
When the day has flded blue and sped.
And there she sits cOntentedly
Among the apples red.
see the white duck down the hill
A-waddling ill the pond Is found,
And diving meath It's bosom still,
And splashing round and round.
The duck yearns not 10 mount the tree
. And perch upon the Graded limb,
The hen cares not 10 plunge In glee
Into the pond 10 swim.
Tho each contented seems to me,
And more than happy with her luck.
Idont know which I'd rather be.
A chicken or a duck.
r. X. MunkittrIck.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-28
THREE MEN KILLED
In Street Fight Mt Georgetown, Ky.


In Street Fight Mt Georgetown, Ky.
Great Excitement.
LEXINGTON, KY, Aug. 28.-The fol-
lowing is from n Transcript special
Thursday morning:
A few minutes ago in Georgetown
Milton Kennel and his four sons en-
gagged in a street fight with other par
ties, and in the affair J. Montgomery
and two brothers by the name of Jarvis
were killed.
The peace officers of Georgetown are
all ia Lexington attending the fair and
the Kennels, father and sons, have ter
rorized the town. A Transcript report
er has been sent to the scene where the
widest excitement prevails.