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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-10-15
Indian pearl Divers.

One of the largest pearl fishing
grounds in the world is in the gulf of
California. 1.-The pearls says a cor
respondent, ARE not generally regular
in shape or very pure in color, but
some are of large size, and many of the
rare black pearls are found. The
divers are nearly all Indians and their
equipment is of the simplest kind, con-
sisting only of q basket hung around
the neeiS, in which to collect the
oysters, a knife to detach them from
the rocks and stone with cord at
tached.o When the diver goes down he
takes the cord between his toes, the
weight of the stone carrying him at
once to the bottom. He gathers oysters
as long as his breath holds out, and
then rises to the surface, to descend
again in fifteen minutes. Some OF the
divers are wonderfully expert, and can
remain under water for as much as two
minutes before rising to the surface.
The mortality among them is fearful,
for the gulf of California is infested
with huge man-eating sharks, which
carry off scores of men every year. II
Chicago Herald.
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YOUNG GIRLS on HORSEBACK.
The Possibility of Accident Too Often
Overlooked.

The Possibility of Accident Too Often
Overlooked.
We can look upon the declaration of
Young America for sport with supreme
qualification, as 1t argues well for the
generation to come, but we should not
lose sight of the fact that its benefits
injudiciously forcing these tastes. That
there is danger Of this is shown by the
tendency to put girls on horseback at
an age much too tender to have other
than harmful results. 1t is marvellous
that a mother who is usually most care
full in guarding her child's safety should
allow the little one to incur the risks
attendant upon riding (which are great
enough for a person endowed with
strength, Judgment and decision) with
out thought of the dangers she is ex-
posed to at the time or what may be the
evil effects in the future.
Surely parents do not realize what
the results may be, or they would never
trust girl of eight years or there
abouts to the mercy Of q horse, and at
his mercy she is bound to be. No child
of that age or several years older has
strength sufficient even to manage an
unruly pony, which, having once dis
covered his power, Is pretty sure to
take advantage of IT at every oppor-
tunity. Even II no accidents occur. the
knowledge of her helplessness may SO
brighten the child that she will never
recover from her timidity. 1t is nom
sense to say She Amill outgrow it;,early
impressions are never entirely eradi-
Gated, and should she in after life APP
pear to regain her courage, at a critical
moment it will desert her and early
recollections reassert themselves. -,
Harper's Bazaar.
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the ravine, and lean over the abyss as
If ready to plunge down into the tops
of the oaks on Niger Flat, five hum
bred feet below.
Pretty soon the bottom~ef the grade
was reached, and the young man put
the brakes down hard But it was only
little rise after all, and the horses
were running at the top of their speed
the stage went on, hardly checked by
the doubled obstacles, and began
another descent. Again the same tao
tics followed; the brake was used with
the utmost skill and patience, but an
outsider would have said there was lit
tie gain. The second ascent came at
last, and here. on a broken road, full OF
deep ruts VIII ch helped to check the
stage, the young man brought every
thing up standing. A two-mile run it
had been, and the horses were still
rearing and plunging.
The other passenger peered CAREFUL
" out of the window and asked what
was the matter. He was ordered to
open the door, jump out, and take the
leaders by the head. The young man
"set1 the brakes, climbe down and be-
gan to collect the remnants OF the lines
and knot them together.
A little later Smoky came running
up in a state OF despair and exhaus-
tion.s His pleasure at discovering the
coach and horses uninJured took the
form OF series, OF wild yells and
contortions thatawould have done credit
to a shasta INDIAN skeleton dance.
He climbed back on the box the pas
sengers got IN, ana the stage started
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poo.pAY DELIGHTS.

The weather now Ii torrid;
our sticky clothes feel horrid;
The moisture on our forehead
Never dries.
Mosquitoes, madly biting,
Make sleepiess nights exciting:
We're tired out with fighting
Pesiy flies.
For work or for diversion
We have strong aversion
10 breathe is an exertIon
We would shun.
Though cooling drinks we're taking
Our thirst is never stalking
We're boiling, broiling, Dakfng
In the sun. \
Along tirc strccts.we totter %
With fans that make us hotter;
We wish we were an otter
- Or an eel;
In waters meath The willows
Wed lay on muddy pillows
How cool below. tho pillows
1t must feel
Though gauzy our attire
All night long we perspire
And dream eternal IRE
Is our bed
We'd dollars give in number
For just one cooling slumber
Where the crispy, green cucumber
Hides its head.
o, won't the weather wizard
Refresh US with blizzard
And turn our very gizzard
Into ice.
Where deepest drifts were showing
And coolest waves were blowing
We'd linger, feebly growing.
20, how nice"
II. G. Dodge, in GoodalTs Sun.
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landed, in consequences, upon tl,e
drivers seat, and.clin9ing to the brake
bar. The lines were flying wildly over
the heads Of the horses, or tangled
under their feet,
The young man began to put on the
brakes, not with any haste. but slowly
and carefully. The great curving
blocks Of oak settled down against the
wheels, but the rapidity Of the vehicles
motion was now such that there was
danger Of heating the tires and causing
them {to fly from the wheels. Again
and again he frightened the brakes, and
released them, steadying tho massive
coach as it swung around the sharp
curves Of the dusty road, and reeled
from side to side like drunken giant.
At one moment the young man felt the
coach scrape against the cloven pine
roots Of the mountain side, and at the
next he felt 1t eddy along the verge Of
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"a LITTLE NONSENSE.

-"Why are not our girls strong?"
asks Lydia Holly. But they are strong.
Many one Of 'em has been known to
sit on great, strapping man and hold
him down whole evening Detroit
Free Press.
"A Disappointment - aude Miss
Scribe, the novelist is engaged Marie
--ssWhat that wrinlfled old maid! You
don't say sol Who Is the" Maude-
Yes, she is engaged upon new book"
Saturday Evening Herald.
AN Unreasonable Patient Victim
latter Ave minutes Of tortured - You
said; You would have that tooth QUIT .
secondl'' Dentist--ssSo will. so will
giving another wrench) just as soon
as get it loosened from the gum. -
Saturday Evening Herald
She Darling, 60 and get that
beautiful bit of sea-wced for me, won.
you9" He--''My dearest, I'd get my
feetswet" She-'.And yet. before mar
riage you said you'd 60 through FIRE for
me-" He-"But honestly leave It to
you. Did l ever say anything about
water?'-P Philadelphia Times.
And when does the wedding take
placer, inquired the old stationer, Jest
ingly. "Why, you don't Think she
blushed and hesitated. sAh, fraulein,
when young ladies buy . hundred
sheets Of paper and only twenty i've
envelopes, / know there's always some
thing behind it Christian at Work.
Where are those parodies hand.
ed you the other day?v he inquired Of
the editor. There" responded the,ed-
itor, pointing to the waste basket
"Ah," he smiled, II didn't know before
that was the author Of sParodies
Lost, and the. editor thereupon cm-
braced him TO his throbbing bosom
with wild. hysteric laugh Washing
ton Star.
I'm afraid, uncle. said one Of the
clerks in real estate Office to the jan
itor OF the building, that you have
been daliying with poultry again.
see your name In the police court rec
ord to-day ssYasser; but It's mer
kyind-heahtedness Did ye 'spose I
was gwine to see dem chickens cooped
up dis kim OBJ weddah an not len em
Or helpin' han Washington Post
Many years ago . rich, wicked and
parsim9niops Dutchman lived n 90 Of
tho towns in the Mohawk valley, a
subscription was started 70 procure :
lightning-rod for tie yillaGe chSrch,
and the Dutchman was visited ~ the
COMMITTEES. he heard the request Tor )
combination, md scratched his Md
Whose house i dot ron say2rr qQeried
Mynhcer. 1t i the church the Lords
honac. syell, n der Lord W4nto 10
lnnder down His own honse. e 4snI
shoost dunder i oop aRainI ! az D<<k
IN Kate Fields Wash'n8ilI1
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!. CURRENT PRESS NOTES.

-Clarlson is not such an improve
ment over Quay that the moral ele-
ments of the republican party will be
greatly gratified by the change. Both
are very practical politicians. O., UNI
scrupulous spoilsmen. Troy Press.
The election of Clarl5son is stab
in the back for Harrison. Clarkson
accepted office under Harrison as re-
Enumeration for the part he took in the
corrupt presidential election, was
forced out of Office, and is now for
Blaine. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
When the next democratic con-
gress sets about Investigating the rot
tenness of the present administration,
a great deafof valuable testimony may
be obtained from the discharged
census clerks on Mr.. Porter's
methods of helping the republican
party by falsifying statistics in his de-
partment. Albany Argus.
THE magnanimity and patriotism
of the bondholders in giving Uncle
Samuel further time on his bonds will
be long remembered by grateful
country. In these peri1ous %mes of
peace, she nations honor has been pre-
served, and the empty treasury has
been given another chance. e
Courier-Journal.
Was there ever anything more
impudent and shameless than the reso-
buttons adopted by the republican
national committee in enlogy of Quay
and Dudley two men who were forced
out of the committee by the. indignant
public opinion of their own party9
Has the republican national committee
no respect for public opinion?-Buffalo
Courier. -~s
President Harrison has written
to ex-Collector Erharat that he has al
ways held him in the highest esteem.
The national committee has assured
Quay and Dudley that their resigna-
tions are accepted with poignant re.
greet, and that they will always be re-
membered as persons of the highest in.
tegrity--or at any rate as. persons who
are as honest as the average man IL
public life. The crocodile tears hav-
ing been properly shed and the baggage
sent to the rear the grand old party
will now return to. the business Of try
ing to carry elections by the aid of the
federal sfficeA Chicago Times
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awhile in the cabins along the Yuba,
above Marysville, you will find miners
still coyoting among the thrice-sifted
piles of gravel for the aftermath of
10; you will find old stage drivers,
with bent and twisted hands, who
know every noted driver Of the Pacific
coast; you will hear stories Of staging
in the fifties and sixties, in the widest
parts Of the Sierras, that have never
reached print, but have been carried
on, through manifold traditions, until
they have reached the completeness
and the dignity of an epic of the stage
coach.
Besides the longer stories one hears
there are dozens of lesser episodes of
the staging days-the episode of
Smoky's runaway, for instance.
Smoky was a famous stage driver be-
tween Grass Valley and Marysyille, by
way of Penn valley, Rough and Ready,
Snartsville and Timbuctoo. About 1861
he was in his glory, the ideal of a
driver, and able to hold his OWN with
anyone ON the route. He received his
name from the remark of little girl,
the daughter of the hotelkeeper at
Murphys Ranch. She once slid off his
lap and ran off, saying that he was
too smoky to stay with" she liked
men who did not puff cigars in her
face
After this episode Smoky's real name
fell into disuse; he was Ism olSy" and
"0ld Smoky" from the Sierra to the
Sacramento.
On the day when Smoky had his run
away affair, the stage swung into
,Grass Valley early in the morning,
with two passengers aboard, both in
side. They had breakfast, and then
Smoky took charge He drove around
m front of the store to wait for another
passengers he put on the brake, as he
supposed. twisted the reins about the
brake bar, and went into the store.
The four horses started off at full
speed, and, striking stone, the jar let
the brake loose; then the horses flew
down the grade like sons of destruc-
ton.
The passengers sat in silence, little
surprised at the rapid motion, but be-
!ieying that the driver was on the box.
One of them was small, nervous,
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He telling 0 +
the stories Of
$ t a g G c 0 a c h
d a y S on the
frontier h a S
only just be-
gun. For every
n 9 yet told,
I b ere are a
thousand better
ones hidden in
the mountains,
h an gi n G in
faint &C h ore S
about the camp
fires of the pio-
Il
neers.
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s'She is nevir embarrassed BY her
surroundings. She always looks as II
She felt thoroughly at home, no matter
where YOU see her" vi . .7
Il was struck with that when saw
her on the street yesterday + up:heT
Hubbard Puck
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"a SALESMAN REeukEp.
The Harmless Practical Joke Played by
~ Comedian. sH

Q n 1e s
The Harmless Practical Joke Played by \
~ Comedian. ~
1t is related OF . certain French
comedian that he would rather indulge
in an inoffensive practical joke than
keep faith with his manager. Numer-
Gus instances Of. his, breach of the one
and adherence to the other are extant
An incident In the latter line that he
confessed to himself was that on a cer-
tain occasion he entered a prominent
hardware store when nobody was in at
tendance but a young clerk. This in
dividual on his entrance treated him
with that distant and fippant condescen-
sion, which, although it exists there. is
perhaps less q characteristic of the
Partisan counter-jumper than his kind
elsewhere.
The actor took in the youths mental
proportions at glance and said:
81, would like, if you please, nice
copy OF Hugo's complete works. So
1--WE don't sell books here. This
amt no book shop. You're in hard
ware store"
''Oh. well. I'm not very particular, I"
continued the player, pretending, with
an excellent imitation of nature, that
he was very deaf. 1T doesn't matter
whether bound in calf or morocco
"But this Is no book store, shrieked
the attendant. getting red in the face.
Gust SO, just so. went on the come
dian Pack it up in your incest shape.
But would like to write my name in
It."
The young man gasped and fell back
against the counter. Thens with a
voice that made the very nails in the
floor rattle, he yelled:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
sob. very well; then I'll wait. OF
course" and the actor quietly took a
chair.
The clerk cholxed another effort to
either burst blood vessel or make
some impression on the others tym-
panum, but at that moment the pro-
prietor entered.
For heavens sake, Mr.. Chysel," he
cried, excitedly, rushing toward him.
hurry up. There's crazy man in
here. and can't make him understand
me-"
Mr.. chysel approached the comedian
and inquired blandly:
"can | do anything for you, sir?"
Certainly yon can. want a flea
common five-inch rat-tail file, II you
please. You have them"
Certainly"
The side look Of whitening scorn
the proprietor gave the clerk Svas
such that for months afterward he
was so small that deaf customers were
continually lifting him up and dropping
him through the eyes Of needles =
Philadelphia Times.
Mrs Peppercorn (reading) Zone
sof the idols most revcred by the Japan
ese IS that represented by the figure Of
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DOWN THE GRADE.

STORY of a Stagecoach Ride in the
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A youngman in down town whole
sale house early yesterday morning
slipped into the law Office Of a friend
Of his and wanted to borrow ten dol
lars
What's that forg' inquired the law
yer. you had fifty dollars in your
pocket last evening at 2 o'clock"
.'But haven't got it now" groaned
the visitor.
s'Where is it?n
''Sat in game last night from 10
TO II
''Oh!'' exclaimed the lawyer as tho
plot was revealed.
That's it. Pot full of money on the
table; l had aces up; other fellow had
2 pair Of deuces ! got ratified; he got
the pot
1t was bluff, then?Y VT
Bluff nothing. 1t was precipice,
and fell over II Gimme the ten dol
lars and let me get back to the Office. y
Detroit Free Press.
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A nenutiful Description.

Almost everyone knows the distress
occasioned by sudden tendency to cry
at time when one wishes to appear
particularly unmoved and even stoicaL
Marjorie never cries when any little
mishap befalls her, and has been
known to sustain without shedding q
tear severe bumps that have rapidly
acquired black and blue aspect Bus
the other, day Araminta, her dearly
loved and tenderly cherished doll, fell
into the open CRATE and received con-
fusion of the nose which was most UNI
pleasant to contemplate.
Marjorie winked very hard for few
minutes, and then, running with her IN
iured Araminta to her mother, she bur
led her head in her mothers lap, sob
bing: "Oh, mamma, | don't want to
cry, but my tears have all come IN
tastened!s Chicago News
A Farmers Idea. "A farmer and
his wife, who had been doing Central
park the other day, stopped at the
Fifth avenue entrance as they came ont
and turned for a last look. Nice. isn't
it9,, said the wife. Purity darncd fine.
and no mistake," lie heartily replied.
ssWhat's ~ wuth?" "Wall, that's hard
20 say. as don't know what land
fetches by the acre round here, but III
tell We this. If we had this thing on
our farm jest as II stands, ! wouldn's
take a cent lessen five thousand dollars
for it, and I'd git six thousand dollars
IL eouldl'-N. Y. World
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Mot SO Silent A drummer in a
Grand Rapids merchants store was
making some inquiries about the bust
ness ssYou run the establishment
alone, notice. he began. yep,
ANY body in with yon?'' Yep Ills
name doesn't appear on your sign?r
NOPE" .sAhi A silont partner?r
mot muchi Its my wife. Y" Detroit
Free Press 81;
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Little Waiiie--p apa'a razor
Nails were In the kidding wood
Frantic yniIs- bran new horse whip
For two whoie days he'll DO good
Minieapolis Tiznes:
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Mrs Peppercorn (reading) Zone
.of the idols most revcred by the Japan
ese is that represented by the figure Of
swoman. seated, resting her chin IN
her snauds Mr. Very
interes ing. my dear. Proves that the
Japanese are among the wisest people
OF the earth. Mrs Pillow sop
Mr.. p. lmpressively) Because they
deity woman who gives her chin a
rest Pittsburgh Bulletin.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-09-09
THE TASK

OF buying, shipping, marking
and placing in stock ls all over
with, there is nothing lett for you
to do but come in and select what
you want. We are ready with the
largest assortment OF BEAUTIFUL
and FASHIONABLE FABRICS for
Fall and Winter 1t has eve been
our good fortune to command.
The Novelties we are showing
in I'LL CLOAK and SUIT depart
ment are under our EXCLUSIVE
CONTROL and POSITIVELY CAN
NOT be seen in amy other house
inthe city. The first choice OF these
BEAUTIFUL and new Wraps Is
something, and we would suggest
to Ladies' an early inspection. We
will be pleased to show them tc
you. 1t would take a page In this
paper to do justice to this one de-
partment; we can give you no AIDE
quate idea of the SUPERIOR styles
and EXCEEDINGLY low prices we
are placing on our New Fall ane
Winter Cloaks and Wraps, in prln
tiers ink, but do what others are
doing, come in and look at them
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-09-09
AarEsIAN WE'LL COMPANY.

The Trustees Iglaot Ohlcsrs and Ars Now
Ready for New subscriptions.
A mssting Of the board Of trustees OF tho
Helena Artssian Well company Was held
yesterday at tina office OF 9. A. Broadwater.
II was for the purpose OF elscting oficers,
and the following were the names; Presl-
dent, q. A. Broadwater; vice president, II.
4. Resder; secretary and treasurer, William
j. Fuchs. The executive oommittse IL COM
posed OF William Muth. II. A. Harlow. John
s. III. Nsill, II. =. Kseder and O. A. Broad
BroRdwatsr. ~
Tho company was incorporated AuR. Y
with 4 capital stock OF $4,000, and mp 70
this time 81O,3N Of this has been SUD
scribed. bids have been advertised Tor 70
sink \ we'll on the ground which w
Northern Pacific railway has given INC
company az a option, and those Wall 90
opened on Friday. II In hoped TO make the
fund ut least $4,000 before the work com
mennes. and ne there are a large number o.
heavy property owners who have not sub
subscribed a dollar, they are requested 70
call at Col. Broadwater'g office and put
their names down. The shares are put o.
800. to be paid for in installmcnts OF n
per cont. It is proposed to sink the well
at least 1900 feet. unless an artesian how II
struck before that depth 10 attained.
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JOTTINGS ABOUT TOWN.

An important meeting of the board OF
trade will be held this evening.
A Christian church sOciRble was held IN
the church on Benton avenue last night.
The county commissioners began their
quarterly session at the court house yester-
day.
The Unitarians of Helena have decided to
establish q church and have engaged a min
lister to preside. .. f"
The last cotillion club party of the sum
mer season will be held at Hotel Broad
water on Friday evening.
The supreme court meets tomorrow and
will then probably hand down a lot of opin-
ions and adjourn for the term.
John w. Mccormick has received a gov
eminent patent to 160 acres in section "a,
township 10 north, range 3 west.
A deed from Harry L. Walker to Abner
B. Clements for six lots in the Syndicate
addition, for $1,575, has been filed for
record &@-t
The members of the Montana Bar asso-
citation are requested to meet in the room
of department. two of the district court at
$3.50 this morning. @*
August Hendrickson and Malene Hen
Erickson have sold to D. l.. Mcdonald and
addition, for $3.50.
George II. Spencer and Lucinda Moon
are to have q hearing before Judge San.
dsrs to-day on a charge of adultery pre-
ferred by the woman's husband.
At the Helena Business college last even.
ing Miss Katherine Burge delivered Il de-
monstrative lecture on Tutti Frutti ICE
cream and potato Puff. There was a gooc
attendance and no II regretted the two
hours spent. d..
The dog catcher made a rich haul yester-
day. A fight occurred between two CANNES
in front Of the city hall, and n of the
combatants chased his antagonist into tht
bridal chamber of the Jail. Twelve
other dogs followed to see The outcome o
the fight, and the door was closed on thu
whole lot. Only one Of them hau a license
on. The others were put in the pound.
Mrs. d. =. Sperry, who lives near the
Missouri river, was bitten in the ankle by {
rnttlesnake some days ago while severn
miles from home. BY the time she go
there the flesh around the wound hat
turned black. Large quantities of alcohol
we're administered, which did not AFFORD
the desired relief. and a physician was sum
moned from Helena. She is in a critica
condition.
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The World Enriched.

Tho facilities of the present day for the
production OF everything that will conduoe
10 the material welfare and comfort Of
mankind are almost unlimited and when
syrup of Figs was first produced the world
was enriched with the only perfect laxative
known, az it is the only remedy which is
truly pleasing and refreshing to the taste
and prompt and effectual to cleanse the
uystem gently in the spring time, or, in fact,
It any time, and the better it ia known the
more popular it becomes