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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-12
Meeting of Artesian Well Subscribers.

There will be a meeting of the subscrib-
ers to the a~rtesian well fund this morning
at II CLOCK, al G. A.. Broadwater's office.
A letter has been received from the land
department. of the Northern Pacific, max
ing IN offer of land on which to locate the
we'll. II is for the purpose of considering
the offer, and making such arrangements
as may be necessary to start the project,
that the meeting is called. 1t is expected
that every subscriber will be present. so
there may oe a full and fair consideration
of the offer.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-12
Where Is VIM. CushinY

fifty-six piece decorated tea set at Tho Bee
Hive only III.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-12

For tho August Meeting of the Montana
State Fair.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-12

Dinner from 5 to 8 p. m. at the Helena Cafe.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-12

Housekeepers can best appreciate
the value of using Gas fuel by
practical demonstration.
To cook by Gas reduces tho labor
and discomfort of preparing food
to a minimum, and also makes
cookery a positive delight, as well
as a pleasant means of practicing
economy.
TRY A GAS COOK STOVE this
warm weather, and be convinced
OF our assertions.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01
LARGE STAKES.
A Game of Poker Played Flying
Stock Train.

Game of Poker Played on Flying
Stock Train.
'"The game began at TeXarllana,"
said Pittsburgher who occasionally
drops into poker, ''the oldest and one
of the biggest poker games ever played.
1t was early in the fall last year when
four big ranchmen, who own between
them thousands of acres and tens of
thousands of cattle in Texas, met at the
terminus of the Iron Mountain road.
They were bound for Chicago, where
they intended to sell their cattle, and
as the wealthiest cattlemen of the great
southwest often do, they preferred to
make the journey in the caboose of a
stock train-the atmosphere was more
congenial and the chance to indulge in
the national game was tempting. The
game was not peculiar in itself; it was
carried on in the free and easy but
business-lilte way that obtains in the
west, but the value of the chips was
stated in unusual terms, white stand
ing for one steer, red chip for five
steers, and blue chip for ten steers.
A tolerably large herd of cattle was
upon the dry goods box, which served
for table, at every deal, and one jack
pot contained no less that three hun
dred head of cattle. From TeXarlSana
to st. Louis the players luck was about
even, although hundreds of hands We're
played in that time. But when they
struck the Alton and entered the home
stretch for Chicago the contest grew
fercer, and at about every third hand
| the betting ran high Luck turned in
one of the players favor-the man who
had least rocks, by the way-and when
the multiplying lights on the prairie
showed that the train was nearing
Chicago the game ended. The other
three men had lost every chip they had,
had borrowed again and again with the
same result And when the winner
counted up he found he had won 40, 900
head of cattle, belonging to the other
three men In the game, or in dollars,
close upon $3.50, co. Pittsburgh Dis
patch
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01

long after midnight, startled by rap
on the door and standing in their night
clothes ''in the first position of sol
der" In these festivities my new hat
came in for its share of the fun, and it
finally became of so much trouble to
me that traded with one of the boot
blacks for an old cap.
The mental examination consisted
of questions in the rudiments of arith-
metic, geography, grammar, history,
etc. To do work in arithmetic through
decimal fractions, to bound states and
locate their capitals, and tell how to
travel from one point to another, to
name the presidents of the United
States and to have fair knowledge of
ancient and modern history; to be able
to parse sentences and to read, write
and spell correctly was all that was
required of us
Those who passed their examinations
had their choice of roommates so far as
was possible, and cadet life began with
two in each room. Those found fail
ing to pass examination were dismissed.
The examination always begins in
June and the cadets go into camp on
the parade ground and have all the
hard work and fun combined that they
want. | remained there three months.
Then colored cadet got hit with a
dipper. \ dozen of us came to New
York that night and the country was
deprived of the valuable services of
that number of possible Indian fight
ers-N. Y. Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01

tions stripped off my clothes. They
then held up cards of differ rent hues
and compelled me to guess their colors.
Then they exhibited cards printed in
different-sized letters and was i'm
structed to read the print at different
distances.
Then 1 was compelled to hop around
the room like frog, first on one foot
and then on the other. Then l had to
swing my arms around in different di-
rections until l resembled wind
mill working on full time. When
imagined that they were about through
with me one of them placed his ear
against my spinal column, supposedly
for the purpose of asccrtaining what
was going on inside.
Another tapped me on the chest and
then listened, evidently with desire to
ascertain if he would be invited to
spend the day. While they were thus
amusing themselves with me the third
was taking measurements of my
height, breadth, depth and style of
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01
THE AMERICAN WAITER.
An Imperious Creature Who Rules with
Naughty Mein.

An Imperious Creature Who Rules with
Naughty Mein.
The hotel clerks imperious ways have
long been a subject of admiration not
unmiXed with awe to the unassuming
traveller, hut it is doubtful whether even
the hotel clerk, as a persona ingrata,
rivals the American waiter in an English
mans eyes. Englishman often express
their wonder at the imperturbability
of Americans at the ''impertinences'' of
walters. One of these disgusted English
men, writing to New York paper, COM
plains that Americans have copied the
bad English habit of tipping walters, a
custom that is specially distasteful to
an Englishman in America from the
fact that, whereas the London waiter
earns his douceur by his politeness and
attention to the guests wants; the Am
erican waiter is frequently inattentive,
impertinent, and takes the tip without
a word of acknowledgment.
There is much to be said in favor of
the Englishman's view of the case. Tip
ping is certainly an un- American custom,
is not compatible with the spirit OF
democracy, and inevitably tends to SER
Witty on the part of the receiver and a
patronizing manner on the part of the
giver. Possibly it is the absence of this
spirit of servility in American walters
or the resenting of the lordly ways of
the Englishman on the part of the
waiter that is responsible for many of
the impertinences and much of the fric-
tion which is the Englishman's portion
when travelling in America. The aver
age Briton gives his orders to waiter
in tone and manner rarely used by an
American, and it is but natural that the
waiter should resent it. The American
idea is service without servility, and
Americans as rule, recognize that the
waiter need not be constantly reminded
of his inferior position by the tone and
manner of the guest. Any one who
adopts this manner toward walters
when travelling in America is likely to
make every body uncomfortable and his
course through the country will be
merely succession of rows with the
various "meni ais" who minister to his
wants.
The American waiteris by no means per-
feet and little more attentiveness and
Difference towards those he serves would
undoubtedly improve him, and it is also
barely possible that little more con-
sideration for the waiter would improve
the average guest, whether American or
Briton.-Chicago Herald.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01
SWlNpLED BY PASSENGERS.

A Conductor Tells How He Receives
Plugged Coin From Those Who Ride on
His Car.
While coming down town recently on
a Broadway surface car a particularly
loquacious and observant conductor
gave some curious facts concerning the
pecuniary characteristics of the many
people with whom he had come in con-
tact. His particular enemy, according
to his remarks, appears to have been
woman, no matter what position in so.
ciety she occupied.
They never had change, he said, and
when they did happen to have any
thing smaller than silver dollar the
cash invariably proved to be the obnoX,
ious penny
"Women," said he, 'are the worst
passengers we have to carry. When
| ask them for their fare they will
spend fifteen minutes searching through
their purses and pockets for pennies,
although several nickels are right at
hand. And for bad money they beat
the deck. You will hardly believe the
truth of the statement, but nine-tenths
of the plugged quarters and lead FIVE
cent pieces receive come from them.
1.-THE better clothes woman wears,
/ find, the more likely they are to have
mutilated coin. / never got a bad
penny even from working girl
''Several months ago there was a
young miss, about seventeen years old,
always attired in the latest fashion,
who would frequently get on my car at
TTIi,,f,,- -fA,1,fh a, nd ,.iIa 10,
to the park. And / never saw such a
girl for passing bad coin. Every trip
she would hand me either a plugged
quarter or half dollar. Finally / got
tired and asked her where she got it.
"'ohr she replied, as sweetly as you
please, I've got several brothers and
they give me all the bad money they
get. / give it to you because you can
pass it off on somebody else
"That took my breath away. After
that she never passed any more of her
brothers bad money on me and she
stopped riding on my car. suppose
she is working it off now on some other
conductor
working women, especially shop
girls, never think of pennies or bad
money. They have their fare ready
when they get on the car and hand it
over without any fuss the minute ask
for it. They work themselves and
probably appreciate the fact that all
bad money ! turn into the receiver
comes out Of my wages at the end of
the week. The other women, ] guess,
don't know that.
do / ever have trouble with men?
Oh, yes. Only two weeks ago hand
somely dressed fellow swindled me out
of two dollars?
G l"How did il happen?
"Well, the fellow got on the car up
town after the theater. He wore full
dress suit, and when asked for his fare
he handed Inc two dollar bill, at the
same time apologizing because he had
nothing smaller. He left his change in
another coat looked at the bill and
it appeared all right, so gave him the
change. That night it was handed back
at the receivers window. 1t proved tC
be counterfeit, so lost the two dol
lars."-N Y. Herald.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01
TIE DAIRY.

- A poor mixer will often ruin tho
value of good COW. Patience and good
temper nowhere pay better than in
dairying. Raw foreigners set to work
as mixers seldom pay.
The churnings of selected dairies
have been found by comparison to vary
from one pound of butter from thirteen
pounds of milk TO one pound of butter
from thirty-two pounds of milk. This
illustrates the necessity of testing the
milk product in order to ascertain
whether the cows are yielding hand
some profit or netting a loss.-Ohio
Farmer.
The dairymen who sell their butter
at fancy price are careful to put 1t up
in the most attractive form. Not only
must the quality be good, but the ap-
pearance as we'll The parchment but
ter paper, which has of recent years
come into extensive employment for
wrapping prints, is used by all the best
butter makers. Practical Farmer.
"A heavy grain ration sometimes
fails to accomplish the desired end in
the dairy, the food going almost wholly
TO the formation of flesh instead of
increasing the milk yield. One reason
for this is that the animal tends toward
the beef type instead of the milk tyre
by nature, but this tendency may large
ly be overcome by feeding beets or other
roots with the grain to restore and
maintain proper eqSilibrium.-West-
ern Rural
The flavor of the butter has every
thing to do with its sale. Milk or but
ter that is contaminated with bitter
tastes can never sell for the first class
product. Everything else may be first
class in the dairy, the latest methods of
making and preparing the butter for
the market be adopted, and good cows
kept in good condition, but if bitter
food be eaten by the animals every
thing is counteracted by this one evil
American Cultivator.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01

mered up against the taci and l was
threatened with the guard house.
Finally, more dead than alive, was
told to shoulder my grip and plug"
and was conducted to my temporary
quarters on the top floor of the bar
racks. was showed through door
way and found myself In n room al
ready occupied by eight other plebes
who had Just passed through the ordeal
experienced by me.
After the officer had departed they
greeted me with a howl We were
soon friends, however, as we were to
be roommates and bedfellows until the
''mental examination" should decide
our respective fates. We did not know
each other by our names, but by the
states we hailed from. In my quarters
were Texas" Virginia" "Califor
nia," Alabama" wisconsin" "Mis.
souri," Arkansas" maryland" and
"New York" myself
This was our daily routine: Reveille,
$3.50; up and dress, inspection, return to
rooms and make up beds; G:30 break
fast. From that until noon we studied
or did as we pleased in our quarters.
At noon we were marched to Mess
hall for dinner. In the afternoon we
had another inspection, and at $3.50 we
We're marched to supper. At nine
o'clock ''taps" our beds, which had pre-
viously been made, were hastily en-
tered as the lights were doused.
Each ''plebe" had to make his own
bed and help take care of the room, In
the morning the blankets, sheets, pill
lows, etc. (of all nine of us), had to be
folded and placed one above the other,
so that their edges, in a vertical line,
should not vary n hairs breadth. If
they did they were kicked down by the
officer, and had to be rearranged
At all hours of the day and night hu-
morous cadets would drop in to make
a call" and then they would put us
through "a course of spouts," such as
compelling us to sing, to whistle, to
dance. and to hop from trunk TO
mantel and ''chirp like mocl1ing-
bird" Another diversion for the cadets
was to catch "plebe," when he was
compelled to go to the yard, and play
horsey" with him, the ''plebe" walking
on his hands and knees with the cadet
astride of his back.
"Why stand it?' asked the prospect
i've ''plebe." Stand it or fight. If you
fight you will have to fight the whole
corps. Better to stand it and wait until
you become cadet and the next batch
of "phebes'' arrives Then you have
an opportunity of getting square.
After week of this brand of excite
ment we were marched to the hall
where our mental status was to be in
vestigated, and 1 desire to state that
no ''plebe' is permitted to appear out
side his quarters unless he assumes the
first position of a soldier-shOulders
thrown backward, chest forward toes
turned outward, and little fingers down
the seams D the trousers.
This position must also be assumed
whenever any frislly cadet knocks at
the door of the quarters, even if it is in
the early morning hour, and L have
seen nine shivering ''plebes," awakened
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01

One of the finest examples of minute
engraving ever made was executed in
this city about the year 1865 An old
and weil-known st. Louis engraver
made for the benefit of the Southern
Relief fair steel plate exactly the size
of a silver half-dime, and on it cut the
Ten Commandments and the Lords
Prayer. The feat made great i'm
preston at the time, and the impress
sions made from the plate sold well.
Some of them are still in existence
valued highly as curiosities-but
never heard what became of the plate.
AS specimen of small writing, it was
the most remarkable piece of work
ever seen in this country. St Louis
GIL be- Democrat.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01
DxspepsIn of the Mind.

Benjamin Franklin said he made him
self an educated man simply by learn
ing things when he wanted them.
Whenever he had use for any kind of
knowledge, he acquired it. His appe-
tite was good, his mental digestion was
in order, and hence he assimilated his
knowledge and made it part of his in
tellectual organization. A man cannot
be made wise on knowledge that he
doesn't want to learn, any more than
he can be made strong upon pie which
he doesn't want to eat. Compulsory
pie can only result in dyspepsia, and
compulsory knowledge is inevitably
followed by intellectual indigestion.
There are thousands of men who are
graduating from our colleges who, from
the very nature of the case, must be
mentally dyspeptic. Boston Globe.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01
NC MILLlNER SHOP.
A Landlord Who Was Particular About
His Guests.

A Landlord Who Was Particular About
His Guests.
''Can / get something to eat here?'
asked an eastern man of the proprietor
of a Montana "hotel." The landlord
eyed him suspiciously.
"Tenderfoot, eh?"
81 suppose So"
Eat pie with yer knife?"
mo"
MAKE a noise when you drink?"
TRY not to-"
"Piclk yer teeth with the forl,?''
Certainly not"
"Take off yer hat at the table?"
"Yes."
"Smack yer lips when you strike
somethin' good?"
mo"
'Then you can't eat here. fed a
feller last spring that parted his hair in
the middle and had the same brand on
his face that you've got, and he hoo
dooed my place for month. Theys a
half breed runs feed-trough furthel
down tho street. Guess he'll take you
in-he don't know no better by
gum! as long as l run this vancb it
amt goin' TO be no millinery shop. Day.
stranger, ,"--Dstroit FREQ rress.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01


some time or another or who is not
now cogitating whether he would be an
ornament to the army and could not
distinguish himself as an Indian fighter.
Perhaps he would like to know some
thing of the way boys are received at
the academy.
In the year 1872 in the early summer,
received an appointment to cadet
ship at West Point through the kind
rIess Tor unkindness) of Hon. John G.
'SchnmaLler, then a congressman, anS
now a prominent lawyer. l thought
it was kindness then. After
had been a week at West Point 1 be-
gan to realize that it was deeply
planned scheme on the part of my
father to lessen his responsibilities and
TO have me killed
With my credentials in my grip and
with light heart | boarded Hudson
river train and started on my career as
a soldier Everybody must have real
dzed the fact that was born warrior
as passed through the street on my
way to the station. My shoulders were
7thr@wD back, my chest was thrown
forward. my chin was depressed, and
kept perfect step to the martial airs
produced by the organ grinders on the
route.
Tine only thing that detracted from
8he suggestiveness of soldier was my
hat which was of the kind known as
plug That plug hat cost me many
a. weary thought after arrived at the
point.
Al Garrison's | took boat across the
"river to the government reservation.
IT. was just in the early evening, and as
4 handed gun doomed out its greeting.
a wondered if they treated every new
cadet in that way, but afterward ascer-
GaiSeG that it was the formal notifica-
tion TO the sun that they were through
with him for the day.
climbing the hill, at once reported,
AS had been instructed to do. to the
cOmmandaut. Gen. MacMahon was
tlAe commandant of the post at chat
1iuoe. He afterward committed suicide
E1y HhrOwing himself from a Hudson
,riVeu boat | hold myself g.iltlcss in
the matter, and cannot bear To think
that my appearance had anything to
no with it, although 1 afterward real
js,sS that a "plebe" with a ''plug" hat
WSs hooked upon as a sort of freak in
,yuiiitary circles.
The commandment gave me the liberty
of West Point until the following morn
IaE az nine o'clock when / was TO re-
poct to the medical examiners. | re-
paired To Cozzen's hotel, obtained a
sentry box on the top floor and went
TO bed.
At nine o'clock the next morning
reported TO the medical examiners.
-Fhere We're three of them and they
were in full uniform By their direc-
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01
puNeeMr PARAGRAPHS.

Sunshine is better than medicine.
And you don't have to pay Sl.5O for
five cents worth of it, either. - Rich
mond Recorder.
When lightning tries to be funny IL
is very liable TO make even the strong
est oaks split their sides Baltimore
American.
Most Remarkable. did you
say was the most remarkable thing
ABOUT my last poem?" THAT it was ac-
cepted. Yankee Blade.
--Irate parent-"Young man, what
did you mean by taking my daughters
hand just now?" Ratified swain-"You
are mistaken, sir. Search me. prince
ton Tiger.
SO many people are like the fire.
cracker; they can only make a big
splurge and noise in the world at the
expense of being hopelessly busted. -
Atchison Globe.
If there is any luck in horseshoes
good many people are of the opinion
than it is not when they are fastened to
the feet of the horses they bet on
Philadelphia Times.
JOB once said the ostrich was the
most foolish of all animals The man
who takes pug dog out for its morn
ing walk was not allowed to exist in
Jobs time.-N. Y. Recorder.
-Pupson-"Have you heard of the
terrible scandal in Boston," Cubleigh
mo. What is it?" Pupson-"One of
the ladies of the literary set mispro-
nounced a word. Iowa Topics.
40 Ct1t t,aY. .it,ir - --tfIt iS
dreadful that all your furniture was
burned up in that fire in your fiat, Mr..
Smith" Mr.. Smith-''Yes, it was pretty
bad; but, then, we got rid of the
reaches. Truth.
Young Husband-"My dear busi-
ness reverscs have caused me to make
an assignment and" Young Wife
(tearfully)-"Y-e.s." Young Husband
-"We will go abroad and travel a year
or two Epoch.
--Father-''I wish you would not lace
SO tight. 1t is positively inhuman."
Daughter-''Why, thought you would
be pleased, father. The material for
this dress cost 81 yard. Cloak Re-
view
-'You have spurned mer' he cried,
bitterly. 81 will go into the world.
will fight and win. My name shall be
known and my riches envied-"
''Then," he interrupted, ''try me
again. christian at Work.
Mr. Selfmade-"I'll have to cut
down your salary about 20 per cent Mr..
Johnson" Mr. Johnson-"But why?
Is not my work just as well done as
ever?" "Ye-es, 1 guess so; but I've
just found out that you are one of these
college graduates. indianapolis Jour
nal.
"A Rapid Recovery. - Wonderful
cure in the case of Smalledge." "What
was it?" why you see his legs We're
paralyzed, he hadn't walked step in five
years, and out of sympathy they made
him cashier of the Lone Star bank"
''Well?" 'Well, in exactly two weeks
he skipped. ."-Elmira Gazette.
-Reassured.-I hear that Mr.. Stacy
spoke rather slightingly of me the other
evening" you're very much mis-
taken. Mr.. Stacy never says anything
against person. once heard him say
that if he couldn't speak in ones favor,
he'd keep silent. No; your name wasn't
mentioned. N. y. Sun.
Gus Was in No Danger.-"I say"
said Gus de Jay, as he laid the paper
across his knees, this article says that
a flood of intelligence is going to sweep
the country" ''Well, deah boy, don't
let it worry you," replied Willie Wish
ington. You're not likely to be any
flood sufferer, you know. Washington
| Post