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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-21

Inventory is now being taken
and at 9 a. m. Saturday morning
the doors will be thrown open
and the sale will commence.
The stock is so well known to
the general public that com
mentary upon its merits might be
snperfluous, but a few Of the
specialties are especially deserv-
ing of mention.
XMAS OFFERINGS.
Now that the festive season is
approaching It might be good
idea to see what is in this great
stock before purchasing else
where.
What 50 nice fora Santa Claus
donation as a Dressing Gown, a
Smoking Jacket, or one Of those
comfortable lounging House
Goats?
What is more desirable than
one Of the Bath RABIES, cut in
price, but advanced in value.
What as tasty as the line Of
Mufflers, value S. to $40, but cut
oh, my!
What as pretty as some silk
web and fancy suspenders, or
some of our fancy night robes,
initial handkerchiefs linen and
silk-those elegant puff scarfs, or
any one of a hundred different
novelties you can see in the ele-
giant stock.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-29

DOR RENT-House OF eleven rooms: coco
I well and cietern. 2lO9 Fifth avenue. %
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-29
Chamois Skins.

Chamois skins should never be left in
water after using, but should be wrung out
and hung up to dry, spread out carefully so
as to leave no wrinkles; neither should they
be used to wipe off colors, as paint stains
form hard spots and help the skin to wear
out sooner. Chamois was never intended
to wipe the face and hands with, and this
should be avoided also, as the skins are liza
bic to become greasy thereby. Never put a
chamoiS skin into warm water-nothing
above lukewarm, as it will curl up, become
thick, tough and useless. To bring back
chamois that has been ruined by grease,
paint, or has been used as a towel until it
has all the resemblance of n dirty old rag,
the following is recommended: Take a
bucket of clean water, making it middling
strong with ammonia, soak the skin in it
over night. and the next morning rinse it
out in pure water, after which use, freely of
pure white CASTLE soap and water. 1t is
claimed that the process will insure very
good skin again, available for considerable
further service. The whole operation, aside
from the soaking, need take no longer than
a quarter of an hour, and in reality the skin
after this treatment is, according to Hide
and Leather, better than at first, having
become thoroughly broken in and free from
lint and other impurities.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-29
DEER HUNTING IN THE ROCKIES.
In Few Years There VIII BE No More
Buckskin for Moccasins and Leggins.

In Few Years There viii BE No More
Buckskin for Moccasins and Leggins.
The hunting of deer in the Rockies is fast
driving them north into British America,
and In few more years our Indians will
have no more buckskins for leggins and
moccasins. Only the skin of the heavy
hided deer can be used, that of the antelope
and white tailed varieties being too tender
for long service, says The Great Divide, in
which we find the following:
The Apaches make their moccasins and
leggins in one piece, in the style of hunt
ing boots, while most of the Indians to the
north wear slippers and leggins. When
ever a deer is killed and cut up the bladder
Is carefully cut away, cleaned and filled
with the brain of the animal, and the little
bag Is most carefully guarded until a
stream is reached, where the hide may be
cured. The entire skin is then put into
running water and weighted down with
stones. In four or five hours the soaking
has swelled it and loosed the hair at the
roots when it is taken out and stretched
on frame, while the owner, with the aid
of cleansed rib of the animal, scrapes it
down until the hair is rubbed off, very
much in the same manner as overheated
horses are scraped to remove the foam and
sweat. The skin is then pulled and
stretched for three or four hours, and at
the same time oiled with the brain until
IL is perfectly dry, soft and pliable, when it
is ready for use. When a tan color is de-
sirable it is soaked in an infusion of red
bark. The sole of the moccasin is always
made of the raw hide of beef cattle and
sewed to the upper with the sinews of the
deer'S tendon
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-29
Effects of Music on Animals.

The keeper of a menagerie was once
asked whether the band had any effect on
the animals:
ITO be sure it does" said he they like
it, and therefore it does them good. If you
were to come in and look at them in a
morning when the band is perambulating
the town, you would see many of them,
the more savage beasts in particular, dull
and moping and either sitting or lying in
their dens. We who travel with wild
beasts cannot, of course, give them the
room they ought to have, and being
cribbed up in show boxes they degenerate
for want of exercise, do what we will with
them. But it would be very much worse,
/ reckon, if it were not for the music.
When they hear the band strike up they
rouse themselves, and begin taking what
exercise they can, the beasts of prey by
walking backward and forward, and the
others by repeating the movements nat
ural to them when at liberty. The birds
will begin to chatter and plume themselves
at the sound, and even the snakes at times
will uncoil and rear up, and convince the
people, who sometimes seem to doubt the
fact, that they are living creatures.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-29
Custom of Dining at a Late Hour.

NJ. Franklin explains in one of his curious
essays on the private life of the forefathers
of the present generation of Parisians that
the custom of dining at late hour is moth
ing but return to the habit of the Seven
tenth century, and that the Eighteenth
century alone is responsible for all the
shifting and changing that has confused
and worried the would-be cheerful diner.
The only difference between the present
day and the Seventeenth century is that
what was then called supper is now known
by the grandiloquent name of dinner.
Charles V had his breakfast at 10 o'clock,
and only after having attended mass, and
his chroniclers report that he supped in a
very good time" The Oldest French cook
cry book, dating from the Seventeenth cent
ury, fixes the breakfast hour at the same
time at which it is now fixed among the
upper classes. Nobody" says this old ora
Gle, should eat before the hour of 8, unless
he be ill or feeble" 1t then goes on to put
down a law the application of which at the
present time would put most people into
rather an awkward position.
To eat once a day, says The Menagier in
quaint old French, is to lead an angelic life.
To eat twice is to be human.
But to eat three or four times is ''vie de
beste."
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-29
biblical Facts and Figures.

1t is told that the Bible contains 1885,
4sO letters, 773, 746 words, 31,173 verses,
1880 hapters and 66 books. The word
and occurs &c ,277 times, the word Lord i, 500
times The word reverend occurs but once,
which is in the 9th verse of the lllth
Psalm. The middle verse is the Sth verse
of the 11Sth Psalm. The 2lst verse OF
the 9TH chapter of Ezra contains all the
letters of the alphabet except the letter J.
The 10Th chapter of ii. Kings and the 3dth
chapter of Isaiah are alike. The longest
verse is the 35th verse of the Sth chapter OF
Esther. The shortest verse is the 35tl
verse of the 111th chapter of St. John
There are no words or names of more than
six syllables
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-29

TIIANTED-A situation as book keeper or
w cek; address C. 81 this office. D
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-29

Tile hand Of time
deals lightly with a woman in
perfect health. But all func-
tional arrangements and dis
orders peculiar to women
leave their mark. You needn't
have them. DR.. Pierce's Fa-
voritc Prescription comes to
YOUR rescue as no other medi-
cine can. 1t cures them. For
periodical pains, prolapsus and
other displacements, bearing
down sensations, and al {" fe-
male complaints " and weak
nesses, it is a positive remedy.
1t is a powerful, restorative
tonic and nervine, imparting
strength to the whole system
in general, and to the uterine
organs and appendages IN par
ticular. 1t keeps years from
your face and fgure-but adds
years to your life. It's quar-
wtena to give satisfaction in
every case. If it doesn't,
your money is returned.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-29
Chicago, Rock Island ( Pacific BY.

The Direct Route to and from Chicago, Joliet Ottawa
Peoria, La Sale, Moline Rock Island in ILLINOIS;
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hESOTA; Watert0wn and Sioux Falls il DAKOTA;
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Atchison, Leavenworth, Horton, Topeka, Hutchinson
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KANSAS; Kinghsher, FL Reno and Minco in INDIAN
TERRITORY; Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo
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and grazing lands, aording the best facilities of inter-
communication TO all towns and cities east and west.
northwest and southwest OF Chicago and 10 Pacific and
trAns-ocpanic seaporfs
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-29
Plagiarism.

A considerable amount of plagiarism has
been the subject of much complaint. A
modified outrage is the instance of the old
story of the cobbler who, on being remon-
strated with when discovered at his daily
occupation at the time fixed for his wife's
funeral. replied, Business first and pleas
yre AFTER" and the new version" is that a
fiy when spoken to as to being on lump
of sugar, responded, ''Buzziness now and
pleasure when it's swarm weather"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-29

In almost every nei.bborhood there is
some one or more persons whose lives
have been saved BY Chamberlsin's collie,
cholera and diarrhoea remedy. or who
have been cured Of chronic darrhoea by
II. Such persons take special pleasure
in recommending the remedy to others.
The praise that follows the Introduction
and use makes it very popular 25 and
% cent / ottles for sale by Hartz & Balm
sen, druggists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-29

My catarrh was very bad. For 80
years have been troubled with it-have
tried number OF remedies without re-
lief. A druggist advised Eiy's Cream
Balm. have used only one bottle and
can say feel like new man. made
this voluntary statement that others may
know Of the Balm W. Mathewson,
(Lawyer,) Pswtucket. r. l.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-29

WANTED-A position as clerk in grocery,
w clothing or gents furnishing store. address
1T" this office
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-29

WANTED-Men for nice business; good pay
W peTmaue nt position; address Oiler & Van
Dorm, Rock Island 2S-lw
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-29

MEN WANTED--Sa'ary ana expenses; per-
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Co ,Nurserymen, Chicago. IA
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-29

The only oTplexiou powder in the
world that is without vulgsr;ty. without
injury 10 the user and without doubt {
purifier, is PoZzoni's.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-29
Intelligence Column.

For Sale, Rent, Exchange and Miscel-
laneous wants inserted one day at lc
per word; three days at &c per word
and one week at &c per word.
Situations wanted" and local Help
wants not exceeding three lines in
serted one week in the DAILY ARGUS
free.
The Lexington record. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1890-1???, 1891-02-01
The White House Game.

Master John Scott's game of
the Presidents, Vice Presidents
and their Cabinets can be bought,
now that the holidays are over,
at reduced rates. Apply through
The Record. It is an education
for your children, and the boy is
a delicate little fellow trying to
help his widowed mother.
The Lexington record. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1890-1???, 1891-02-01
LEXINGTON, KY, FEBRUARY, 1891.

The LEXINGTON RECORD will
be issued the first of every month.
The subscription price is One Dol
lar year. Advertising space is
Three Dollars per inch for one year,
if paid in advance; or four dollars
when paid by the quarter. Please
address all questions and commu-
nications to LEXINGTON RECORD,
1856 S. Mill ST., Lexington, Ken
lucky. Mrs. EUGEN1A DUNLAP
PoTTs, EDITOR.
Mrs. j. w. McCoNNELL,
Business Manager.
The Lexington record. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1890-1???, 1891-02-01
Second Presbyterian, two mis-

Second Presbyterian, two mis-
sionary societies, etc.
The Home of the Friendless,
Orphans Home, Industrial School,
Charity Organization, Woman's
Exchange, Kings Daughters,
Kings Lilies, w. G. T. U. in all
Its branches, Y. NJ. G. A., St.
Joseph's Hospital, Boys Club,
Music Club, and all others, if
any have been omitted.
The Lexington record. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1890-1???, 1891-02-01
Charity Organization.

The regular month y n eeAsi sf 6
the Charity Organization was held
in the Chamber Of Commerce
room at 4 O'clock on the usual
day. There were present, Presi-
dent Mat Walton, Mrs. Walter
Scott, Mrs, S. A. Charles, Mrs.
Matte Kimbreugh, Mrs. w. H.
Boswell, Mrs. Perry, Mrs. W. J..
Woodard Mrs. w. D. Bryant, Mrs.
E. S. Riggs, Mr.. W. D. Bryant,
Treasurer j. R. Howard, and r. j.
Green, Jr., Secretary. Among the
matters Of business transacted, was
the approval of the semi-annual
report of the Treasurer, which
showed the finances of the institu-
ton in healthy and growing con-
dition, number Of persons having
paid the subscriptions made at the
Opera House meeting last spring.
The reports Of the Board Of
Lady Managers and Of the Matron
show the-ipstitutiOn to be in a yery
healthy condition and a large
amount of charity work done
during the last six months: In
addition to the unfortunate little
| children cared for at the home, q
number of cases of relief afforded
in various parts Of the city were re-
ported and approved. These re,
ports were received and placed II
the hands Of the publishing com
mittee for publication, and they
will be published in detail, 50 thai
all those who have aided this noble
institution will see how theil
money has been expended. Dona
tions are always gratefully received
8|by the Lady Board Of Managers
/ which meets every Wednesday Of
ternoon in the Chamber Of Com
merce room.
The Lexington record. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1890-1???, 1891-02-01
THE CENTENARY METHO-
DIST CHURCH.
Church, Societies, EpwOrth
League, Etc, Etc.

The Methodist Episcopal church
of this city has made a good record
the past year. Aside from the
regular services and steady growth
Of church and Sunday School,
which we all recognize, there is an
Epworth League, an organization
of young people with sixty mem
bers, who add largely to the spir-
ituality and sociability of the con-
gregation. They hold a social meet
ing once a month, and religious
meeting once a week, both ladies
and gentlemen taking their turn
in presiding, thus, fitting them
selves to take the place of older
ones which in time will necessarily
be made vacant.
The Woman's Foreign Mission
airy Society, assisted by board of
children called the Willing Work
ers, raised by voluntary contribu-
tion and mite boxes $169 during
the past year The Woman's
Home Missionary Society has
raised and dispensed in none. and
Sin boxes, $3.50. These box@ss @ con
tain everything from an overcoat
and cloak to shoes large and small,
also groceries and even carpets to
add to the comfort of the barren
homes Of our faithful, self-denying
j mountain preachers. The letters
iof gratitude received fully com,
pensate the ladies for this labor of
love.
I There is a Pastors Aid Society.
Committees from each ward assist
the pastor in his work of visiting
the sick, gathering in Sunday
School scholars and helping the
poor of the congregation with
clothing and fuel. We also re-
sponded to an appeal from the
Protestant Infrmary, taking a
collection Of $50 at the morning
. service, and sending eleven sub
scribers for the Record. This,
with many untold and-unknewn-
to-the-public acts Of individual
kindness by the members, gives a
report of which Centenary Church
does not feel ashamed.
*. M.
The Lexington record. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1890-1???, 1891-02-01

We can offer no better editorial
thoughts in this issue than to
urge upon our co-workers in the
vast harvest field a plea for sub
scribers and for monthly reports
of their work. We will allow
you ten per cent. on clubs of ten
or more at 81 each for one year,
or twenty or more at SO cents
each. The Records first year is
assured, 50 do not be afraid to
invest. Send in short reports Of
your work on the 20th day Of
February. Read the sample copy
we send you and you will know
what we want. Beside the Be
nevolent Societies we wish to ask
for reports from the Protestant
Infrmary, the Church Home and
Endowment Fund, the Woman's
Guild, comprising the coal com
mittee, sick committee, employ
ment bureau, secretary and treas
urer's report.
Christ Church, the Mission of
the Good Shepherd, the Little
Cleaners, St. Johns Church, in
lcluding st. Andrews Brother
hood and st. Mary's Guild.
The Main Street Christian,
comprising the woman's and
and young peoples auxiliaries,
children's mission band and la
dies aid society.
The Broadway Christian. wo-
mans auxiliary, young peoples
mission band, happy workers and
Chestnut Street Mission.
The First Baptist Church, Ia
dies aid society, helping hand
]society, busy bees, etc. Upper
Street Baptist, ladies' aid society
n
and young peoples league.
Centenary Methodist Church
ladies and pastors aid society
busy helpers, Epworth league
woman's home and foreign mis-
sionary societies.
Hill Street Methodist, parson-
age aid society, woman's ant
young peoples missionary socie-
ties.
! First Presbyterian, ladies' ant
young peoples missionary socie-
ties, young women's league
mems club, Lucas Mission, ant
working league.
The Lexington record. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1890-1???, 1891-02-01
Special Offer.

The Ladies' Home Journal is
the most complete magazine for
families now published. We will
send that and "The Record" for
$1.75 for one year.
The Lexington record. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1890-1???, 1891-02-01
The Boys Club.

Under Miss Thurman's tuition
about twenty newsboys and boot
blacks assemble at seven every
evening at the club room in the
Carty building and spend one hour
in study and another at games.
Mrs. John Mcfarland is the pa
troness of this charity and supplies
all the funds, through the kindly
agency Of Miss Florence Norton.
Subscribe for the Record. Only
$1.OO.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-06-12

dinner. / am sure Uncle John is of far
more account than all the Sydney Lyle's
and Jack Burton's in the world
"When the old man came in Pattie
introduced him. / think she was afraid
Maud would show that she felt bit
ashamed of the awkward old farmer.
"We all went in to dinner and Pattie
devoted herself to her uncle. She in
quired about all the neighbors and the
cows and horses, and whatever she
thought would be interesting to the old
man. He was smart old fellow, too.
After dinner, as we were returning to
the library, the old man stopped sud-
denly and exclaimed: well, now, l al
most forgot Aunt Sary sent ye some
popcorn, Pattie. Yes, here it is, six
years. told her it wasn't no use to
send that kind of stuff to city folks,
but she said it would be treat to We.
"'How nice. OF course tbs treat,
said Pattie, frowning at Maud, who
shrugged her shoulders and made a lit
tie grimace of disgust.
az will send right out for a pepper
and we will have some to eat
"She soon came in and began shelling
the corn, but Jack told her to give it
to him, as it would hurt her hands.
$50 he shelled the corn and she shook
the pepper.
FINALLY the old man turned to Jack
and asked: DO you happen to be any
relation to Jack Burton, the civil en-
| gineerT
"I am Jack Burton, and civil en-
gineer' answered Jack. But there
may be another of the same name
"'No, / guess you're the one, said
the old man. Jim Adams, out our
way, has your picture.
"'Ah! Do you know Jim?' cried
Jack. Il think a great deaN of Jim,
He is one of my best boys
''Pattie rose up and held out her
hand to Jack; in the other she held the
pepper.
"'Mr. Burton SAID she, Il wish to
apologize for treating you as a know.
nothing all winter. l had no idea you
were the same Mr.. Burton have heard
uncle tell of so often who is doing SC
much to help poor boys along, and
feel that owe you an apology
Jack had risen when she began tc
speak and stood there holding her hand.
The rest of us were struck dumb with
astonishment. When she finished Jack
said:
"'Miss Pattie, am the one who should
apologize, for have cruelty misjudged
you, as have found out this evening.
| thought you were a mere fashionable
butterfly, and find you are true WON,
anly lady, and you may count on me as
a true friend from this time forth
They are to be married next week.
l am going home to the wedding. But
you may be sure they never would have
been if it hadn't been for Uncle John
and the popcorn" "Nonseuser' ex.
claimed the women in chorus
Nj. b. GILLIARD.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-06-12

"Tndeed, Maud she answered, they
are vastly more entertaining than those
old bores. They don't know anything
and don't expect me to, whereas the
old ones don't know anything either,
but they expect me to know little Of
everything
About this time new man appeared
on the scene. He is particular friend
of mine. An odd sort of fellow. Rich,
fine looking, and smart. 1t isn't every
day you find such combination, you
know.
but you had to become well ac-
quainted with him before you dis
covered many of his good qualities, for
in society he seemed pretty dull. He
never danced, and he had an idea that
it was a sin for men and women to
spend all their time and money In o
frivolous way. He spent most of his
time and great deal Of his money
helping those not so fortunate as him
self.
Now l made up my mind at once
that he and Pattie would just suit each
other If they could get acquainted with
each others real character. Her sister,
Maud, thought the same way, but Pat
tie and Jack seemed to have taken a
dislike for one another from the first.
Jack thought she was the most trifling
girl he knew, and Pattie thought Jack
the stupidest man.
$50 things ran along for weeks.
Maud scolded and l praised Pattie to
Jack, but it didn't do any good. Maud
and had about given up in despair.
well, one night Maud invited Jack
and to dine there-just we two. We
were sitting in the library waiting for
dinner to be announced when the serv-
ant came to the door and told Maud
there was some one wished to see her.
She went out, and in few minutes re-
turned to the door and beckoned Pat.
tie out. 1 sat with my back toward
the hall and overheard part of their
conversation.
Whatever shall we do, Pattte?
said Maud; it's Uncle John Green, and
dinner just ready. l sent him up to his
room to brush up little, but how are
we going to manager?
Manager said Pattie, in an indig.
nant tone. Just tell Mary to lay an.
other plate and take him right in tc