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MIsSOULA.
One Continual Round of Pleasure During
the Holidays.

One Continual Round of Pleasure During
the Holidays.
MIssouLA, Dec. 2~6.-[Special. l-Missoula
has had it's full share of social entertain
ments during the past. A dance nearly
every night and the grand mask ball Christ
mas eve gave those who delight to trip the
light fantastic abundant opportunity to do
SO, The mask hall was the event of the
week. 1t was given Christmas eve under
the auspices of the Missoula base ball club
and the ball boys have achieved a reputa-
tion for success in whatever they under
take. The costumes were many of them
elegant, soma extremely comical, and othe rs
nondescript. Base ball costumes made in
the colors worn by the Missoula team last
summer seemed to be the favorite stvle
among the ladies. The *. +. hall was filled
to it's full capacity by the gay maskers,
The first lecture of the young peoples
course. by Prof. j. NJ. Hamilton, was de,
livered at the chapel in South Missoula
Monday evening. 1t was we'll attended
and the receipts go to the benefit of the
Murphy free reading room.
Attorney general Haskell and Secretary
OF State Rotwitt came over from Helena
Sunday and on Monday commenced the
sale of lots on the school section addition
to Missoula. This is the first sale of the
school lands of Montana and is very salts
factory. The lots in several instances
brought more than their appraised value.
They were sold on a basis Of 30 per cent
cash and the balance in installments cover
ing three years. The sales amounted to
about $1,000, of which $s,4OO was cash.
During the past few weeks Major Roman
has travelled over considerable OF the Flat
hoad reservation and in portions of north
efn Idaho. on matters relating to the re-
moyal of the kootenai Indians at Boomers
ferry to the reservation. They lave agreed
to the removal but the roads were in such a
bad condition that no Transportation could
be obtained and it was thought best to post.
pone the removal until spring. Three cents
per pound is being offered for freighting
between kootenai station on the Northern
Pacific and Bonners ferry, a distance of
thirty-two miles. The roads were so bad
that a six horse team was three days pulling
a load seven miles.
a portion of the 600 cars of steel rails
which the Great Northern has contracted
to be delivered near sand point, has ar
rived. As soon as the branch road now
being built from that point to Boomers
ferry is completed, track laying east and
west will be commenced.
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known thnt nearly three-fourths the cost Of
Ii barrel Of cement In Isozeman reprose nts

known That nearly three-fourths the cost Of
d bnrrel Of cement In isozeInan reprose nts
tho freight.
Jim Ponsford Ia noted from tho Atlantic
TO tho Pacific ~ q practical Joker, but tho
pesring before City Mnrshni Robertson aud
registering q protest against Il certain rcd
COW that had been laying around his corral
for five or six days. Whereupon tho mar
Dhnl, In pursuance OF his official duties,
proceeded to the premises Ct Mr.. Poilsford,
and removed the offending animal to tho
city pound. The day arriving when tho
COW WAS to DO sold to the highest bidder to
pay tho costs md charges OF impending,
IL was discovered that Mr.. PonHford him
self WAS the owner, and evidence being pro-
duced TO prove tllat he Ind requested his
own COW sent to tho pound, he gracefully
paid the pound masters fees, and says not
u word.
Fire was discovered in the residence OF
NJ. j. Shea. on Broadway, at about eight
o'clock Thursday evening, which pretty
I badly damaged the building and furniture,
and would have been r. total loss but for
the skillfnl management of the fire depart
mont. The damage il about $500 or $500.
fully covered by insurance in Ramscy's
agency. L@
james Fleming. known IA "Irish Jimmy"
and a familiar figure on our streets for
many years, has been removed to Tho
county hospital.
The Offices OF tho Giant Mining company,
Of Castle, arc to be removed to this city,
Bozeman being the residence of its presi-
dent, u. u. Fowler.
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A Pretty Cloak,

The use of cloth in moro general than any
other material for the generality Of wraps,
says the New York Dry Goods Store, and
we have 80 many of them--too many.
Cloth always enjoys the supremacy. as a
fabric for wraps. We wisl, ours had not
come quite so late; still they are here, and
we are going to sell them if low prices and
elegant styles will do it. Among the many
beautiful wraps we exhibit ut present are
some handsome black brocades, portraying
in minute delineation the tulip, the chrys-
anthemum and the morning c~lories, as we'll
AS the pattern of harps, tho violin, cupids,
tengles. etc. Imagine the quaint and
curious devices of Egyptian, medieval, or
of late creation in preparing cloth; musical
instruments and animals rs u figure for Il
fabric. Brocade is much in use--and why
notr What lady can contradict, unless she
comes from the Hardscrabble mountains of
North Carolina. that hrocnde is pretty for
dress. for hat, for gown or skirt. but ever
80 much more beautiful for a matellasses
jacket? W6ahow some handsome mattel
lasses jackets. One especially we want to
sell you. II represents Cinderella in search
OF her Loaf. slipper, a pretty design, more
particularly as the garment is black. How
prettily ID Ia trimmed in astrakhan Buy
IL, and the strange design may be as beau
tiful for you al the winsome Cinderella.
shipment of Jackets that came the
other day was rather q surprise. However,
the lot contains nil sizes and oolors. Some
are very handsome and We IRE sure TO please
you.
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BOHEMIAN.
The New Depot-Good Joke on n Joker
.. a BLAZE. +"

The New Depot-Good Joke on a Joker
-. .. n Blaze.
BOHEMIAN. Dec. 26.-[speoial. 1.-The new
brick depot of the Northern Pacific railroad
company Is now very near completion, and
it is apparent that they are to have a frat
class depot building at this point. The
citizens Of Bozeman being Interested in the.
building as subscribers TO u portion of the
money expended in its construction, the
company having promised that the build
ing would cost $4,000, there has been some
u~nfavornble comment, the idea being ad-
vanood that tho building would not cost
anywhere near the amount supposed to bn
put into u. but an investigation will show
~ to be trst-class in every particular, tho
probability being that ii will cost. consider
nbly moro than the stated figure, the brick
work being the finest in the city. The en-
tiro premises arc fitted up for gas, electric
light, water, sewage, all modern improve
monts, and the whole structure being fin
ished in oak and maple. Tho contract
price 10 $4,000, the railroad company fur.
hiahinE the brick, stone and sand and
transporting all other materials free. This
latter feature will be appreciated when it is
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MY DEAREST FOE.

f'eeAr -E.. N- III atStEM .t4HSa5 - I"5 HH =-f
cToBE 1880.
| cans say why. except that man,
hince Adam. will do what he shouldn't;
While others thought Miss d.. SO nice,
I cam say why or wherefore: each
Must draw his individual moral,
But ere we spoke three words we seemed
To quarrel.
1t wasn't that she pinched or dyed;
She didn't any more than did;
MOI did she smoke. or favor skirts
Nor were, 30 far as 7 could SEQ,
Her stockings blue, or red her ~tresses,
Nor did she love esthetic fads
Nor was it that l ever found
Her fringe in curl the least bit lacking.
Or CHANGED to note her shoes in need
She'd none of these faults: yet dislike
Grew into hate; | couldn't stop it;
Nor can | tell the reae on now,
so drop IL.
That she was handsome, I'll admit,
n Looked at times a very goddess.
Nay, more, a Venus plus n skirt
Her lips were like Diana's bow,
Her dark eyes would have gracod q Juno.
She walked like 4 forget her name
But you know.
And I must fain admit, although
L loathe her. not to put it finely,
he was a clever girl, and sang
Divinely.
And I was rubicund and plain
AS cooks when out OF situations,
And envied those who could achieve
Flirtations.
Yet when by some ill-chance we met
My steady pulse declined to hutter,
And I'd no other wish except
To cut her.
While she delighted to invent
Some horrible nickname to dub me.
And seized with rapture every chance
10 snub mo.
/ had no reason in tho world
10 hate this juno enus-Naiad,
And che had just shout as much
But this / know, though fourscore years
Should DO Our lot ere fails the curtain.
Miss ID, and l will ne'ar he friends,
@ That's certain.
p. s. OCTOBER, ~.
Dear reader-if SO long you've tarried-r .
There's only one more limo to add,
We're maj l%
Pa ! Mall Gazette
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NOTICE no CREplT0RS-IN THE DIS.
~ tfict court OF thu First judicial diatrict OF
The state of Montana, in and for lsewis and
Clarke county.
In t,s matter OF tho estate Of Patrick A. Som
mott, deceased.
Note, is he oby sivon ly rho undersigned, nd,
ministrattix OF tho tstato ol Patrick A. Sennott.
decassed, { tho creditors of and AL po sons. hay
ing claim, against Il Q said deceased, e exhibit
months nfier tho hrst publication of this notice.
To the said ADMINISTRATIVE, ~ room III, in the
court holss OF Lewis aud Clarke county, in the
city OF Helena, Montana, the shmo being tho
place Far the transaction OF the business ct said
estate in the county OF lewis and Clarke.,
ANNIE DlLflQN,
Administrative OF the estate Of Patrick A ten
mott, deceased,
Dated Dee. 2. 1891,
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why Is Rocky Fork Coal Becoming So
Popular
and giving such great satisfaction Because
hey are down I. 100 feet and II ia very COM
pact. All orders filled promptly by
GILcHRIsF Bros. u EDGAR /,
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A Japanese Dinner

Some time ago japanese gentle
man, who is living in Paris, invited
some friends to a genuine Japanese
dinner, OF which the menu we're as
follows: Banana soup, slices of oc-
topus or devil fish feelets, roasted
porcupine, oranges preserved in GIN
ger syrup, boiled pomegranets, can.
died Lizards tails, etc. The dain-
test morsel of the feast, which is
to the japanese what oysters are to
us, was a magnificent fish Of the tur-
bot species. 1t was served on
large dish of priceless Kioto porce-
lain, garnished with a wreath of va
riegated bambo leaves. 1t was still
alive, for its gills and its mouth
move regularly. To the horror of
the guests present the host raised
the skin from the upper part of the
fish, which had been previously loos-
ened. and picked off slice after slice
of the creature, which, although
alive, had been carved in such a
fashion that 40 vital part had been
touched. The heart gills, liver aud
stomach had been left intact, and
some damp seaweed, on which the
fish rested, sufficed to keep the lungs
in action. The miserable thing SEEM
to look with a lustrous but most re-
proachful eye upon the guests while
they consumed its body, the trans
parent flesh Of which they we're fore
ed to admit to be delicious. 1t should
be added that this particular fish,
"the Dali" is only good when eaten
alive. The moment it is dead it be-
comes Opaque, tough and starchy.
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rNsBURG. W. VA, SATURDAY. APRIL IS. 1891.


honest Whether the Chinaman
would agree in this last personal es-
innate is perhaps open to conjec-
tnie.
Even the Patent Office itself, stern
and mechanical and .m0notonous as
its work is, is not free from an oc-
casional vagary. Hidden in its re-
port, for example is the patert for
the Illuminated cat (No. 305,l02,
September, Is, 1sS4). figure of the
animal s'coated with luminous paint
SO as to shine in the dark, " and "per-
fnmed so as to be obnoxious to rats,
mice, etc.; and for the pistol which
splits open langthwise, and of which
the two parts, hinged together be-
come a bootack (No. 329,576, No
yember 8, 1855; and for the anti
snorer (No. l32,500, October %,
1922, san arch of some hard mater
ial secured upon the back between
the shoulders" and constructed on
the theory that if persons is pre-
vented from lying on his back he
can no longer snore; and for the au-
romantic roost (No. l04,832, June
80, 1870, which, when the fowls re-
tire, operates by their weight to
close the doors Of the beehive, and
SO keep out the night proving bee
moth Park Benjamin, IN Harper's
IKeekln.
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AFatal Mistake.

Physicians make no more fatal
mistakes than when they inform
patients that nervous heart troubles
come from the stomach and are Of
little consequence. DIR. Franklin
Miles the noted Indiana specialist,
has proven the contrary in his new
book on "Heart Disease which
may be had free at A. NJ. GiIbert's
who guarantees and recommends
DIR. Miles unequaled New Heart
Cure, which has the largest sale Of
any heart remedy in the world. it
cures nervous and organic heart dis
case, short breath, futtering, pain
or tenderness in the side, arm or
shoulder, irregular pulse, fainting,
smothering, dropsy, etc. His Res
torative Neryine cures headache,
fits, etc.
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"A MISTAKE OF NAPoPEoN ~.

We will relate truthful scrap Of
history describing fact which has
never before been put in print, and
which undoubtedly did more to-
wards injuring French arms, in the
war of 1871, than any other one par.
ticular.
During the 1861 Paris Exposition,
DR.. Calling, Of gun fame, had his
Calling guns on exhibition. These
guns had been made at Colts Ar
mory, at Hartford, Connecticut, and
the doctor thought best to personal
ly superintend his display. Napo-
leon III, became greatly interested
in the new guns, more SO than in
anything else in the exhibition. Day
after day, with his officers, he ex-
amined every detail of their mechan-
ism, and DR.. Calling iattered him
self that he would get large order.
But he got no order. Napoleon
III. thought he could beat DIR. Cat
ling's gun out of sight, and the re-
suit of his thought was the Mitrail-
leause, which just before the France
German war was so much boasted
about. Matrailleuse, when loaded,
was equivalent to an ordinary can
non charged with grape and csnis-
ter, for it discharged all Of its sepa
rate barrels simultaneously, whore,
as is well-known, the Calling dis
charges it barrels consecutively. But
Napoleon III. thought his Matrail-
lsuse was the best, consequently he
had many of them constructed, and
they we're in use during that war.
They amounted to nothing as an
improvement upon the old style
cannon, and after the war the Ger
mans thought SO little of them that
they were all thrown into the melt
ing pot and made into monument.
Had Napoleon III. used DR.. Cat
lings gun in this war, in all proba-
bility the Germans would have had
to pay the indemnity that was paid
by the French.
A great deal depends upon the
common soDse judgment in the FORM
alton of this worlds affairs.
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There is difference between kerc-
sene and kerosene emulsion in their
effects on plants. The emulsion is
an excellent insectitide. and also
harmless to animals and plants To
make the emulsion cut up half a
pound Of hard soap and let it boil in
one gallon Of water. When boiling
add two gallons of kerosene, but first
remove the vessel from the fire to
guard against danger. Churn the
mixture, and a Jelly will result,
which will dissolve in water without
the kerosene rising t., the top of the
water. The emulsion as recon
NEEDED win answer for twenty five
gallons of water.
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How TO succeed.

This is the great problem of life
which few satisfactorily solve. Some
fail because Of poor health, others
want ofIuck, but the majority from
deficient grit-want of nerve. They
are nervous Irresoiute. changeable,
easily get the blues and ''tske the
spirits down to keep the spirits up, y
thus wasting money, time, opportu-
nifty and nerve force. There is
nothing like the Restorative Neryine
discovered by the great specialist,
DR.. Miles, TO cure all nervous dis
eases, as headache, the blues, ner-
vcus prostration, sleepIessness, neu-
ralgia, St. Vitus dance, fits, and hys-
terra. Trial bottles and fine book Of
testimonials free at A. M. Gilbert's
Drug Store.
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The Safes Of Other Days.


Immediately after the great fire
the manufacturers of so called fire
proof safes resorted to every con-
ceivable way OF impressing on the
minds Of the people the fact thai
their safe had stood the test of FIRE
There was great rivalry.
Emerson & Manning were themin-
strels of the hour. They located
their troupe in an advantageous
place. The middle man was "Sena-
tori Bob Hart, afterward pulpit
orator, and now dead. For the
matter of that, Manning is also dead
One night the house was crowded.
When the curtain went up, there was
disclosed to view as thoughtful-look-
ing set of men as you could want
to see. But like all Ministries they.
of course, looked very black to the
audience.
II insist" said Mr.. Emerson, ris.
ing in majestic fashion, "that IS
safe is much the best y
a. said Mr.. Manning from the
other end of the semi-clrcle, "yet
claim that the Salamander knocks it
out"
State your reasons, gentlemen"
said Bob Hart, the middle man.
"Mr. Emerson has the floor"
Mr.. Emerson stated that the post
Office on the corner Of Monroe and
Dearborn had safe manufactured
by -. The night before the great
fire the postmaster seemed to have
premonition Of danger of some kind,
and placed his favorite cat in the
safe. This was what was known as
the office cat. 1t was full two weeks
before anybody could approach the
ruins on account of the intense heat,
and yet when the door OF the safe
was opened there was the cat alive
and wanting milk.
Mr.. Manning arose in behalf of the
rival safe and stated that Tom Fo-
ley, who kept his billiard room right
across from the postofIice, was fond
of a fighting cock. The night before
the fire he had a premonition or dan
ger, just as had the postmaster. He
placed his rooster in his safe. AT
the same time the postoffice ruins
were explored so were Tom Foley's.
1t was two weeks before people could
get in there on account Of the heat.
and when they did they opened the
safe.
After a moment of painful sus-
pense the other Ministries aked all
at once in what condition they found
the rooster.
Mr.. Manning, looking like de-
cayed tragedian, said: "Gentlemen,
that rooster VAS frozen stiff. Chi
cago Inter Ocean.
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Sheepisamsss.

Some men are constitutionally ner-
vous. Though they should address
an audience or a jury three hundred
days in a year, they would be about
as baslful on the last day as on the
first Lord Erskine once insisted
that the frequent practice of public
speaking begot confidence in ones
SELF The assertion finally brought
out the following wit,icism.
Erskine's remark was repeated TO
Councillor Lamb, an old lawyer. II
do not find it So" he said; "for
though | have been many years at
the bar, and have good share of
business, / don't find my confidence
increased; indeed, rather the con-
trary."
On Lambs words being told to
Erskine, the witty advocate observ-
ed, mo wonder ; every one knows
the older lamb grows, the mere
sheepish he becomes"
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Yankee sheriff Frightened

A well-,anown sheriff who lives in
Maine, had been given up to die with
what his physician called Consump-
ton, friend advised the sheriff to
try Pan Tina Cough and Consumption
Cure, recovery soon followed, much
to the surprise Of the Doctor, who
now prescribes it for coughs, colds
and consumption. Price Is cents.
Trial bottles free at E. G.. Williams,
Jr. & Co.'s Drug store.
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The great and only Hanlon-V OIL
ters appear in their wonderful aerial
sensations at every presentation OF
the great Forepaugh Show. The
present season is their first appear
ance under canyass A recent ex.
change abiding to these world-fam-
ed artists, said
1--WE never expect to be called
upon to applaud their successful
rivals. Their artistic ease, and ex-
quisite motion, are incorporates;
they never seek to impress an as
semblage with the difficulty which
lies in tho way OF doing what they
do with such apparent ease. The
obstacles they have overcome the
excessive labor they have given to
the most insignificant of their acts,
the failures which have depressed
them in their struggle upwards, the
dangers they have encompassed, all
these are kept away from the audi
ence and they appear as If nature
had sent them into the world full
fledged and amply winged, to fly
whittier they would"
More than two hundred performers
compose the colossal three-riDg cir
Gus of the Adam Forepaugh aggre-
cation which is to appear here on
Friday, May lst.
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A tremendous Sensation.

The burning of Mississippi River
Steamboat causes considerable ex-
element in New Orleans, just think
of the establishment which DIR. Lees
Liver Regulator has caused by cur
ing Dyspepsia, Billiousness, Indiges-
ton and Constipation, don't fail to
try it. Trial bottle free.
When people suffer pain they want
to be cured and quickly too. nothing
equal Red Flag Oil for all pain. Price
IS cents. Trial bottles free at e.
G. Williams. Jr. & Co.'s Drug
Store.
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The forth coming number Of Harp-
ers Ne, KY will contain, among oihe,
attractive features, fnll.page por-
trait of General Miles, illustrations
of the new buildings for the Colum-
bian Exposition in jackson Park, Chi.
cago, and a series Of reproductions
of some of the most noteworthy pic
lures in the Acamedy of Design.
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Aoeiry
CONTENT.

You wonder that you find me gay,
Me. whom you thought to sorrow wed;
The dearest friend, though he were dea !,
May not be mourned for every day.
Some simple thing that once has pleased
May please again. The mystery
Is how SO small thing can be
"Physicans to mind diseased
Though nailed eternal to the cross,
Life is not wearied with complaint;
And yet | am not such a saint
AS never TO contemn my loss.
The violence that crossed my viii
Has taught me TO be over kind,
For goodness dweIls alone in mind.
And mind embraces all of i'll.
CHARLES HENRY HAYNES.
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A BIZ Of Monkeys. and other
Farce Comedies is the title OF vol.
ume Of plays by Grace Livingston
Furniss, which Harper & Brothers
announce as ready for Immediate
publication.
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The Supplement to Harper's
Weekly for April 18th will contain
the first of series of important ar
ticles on Australia, by Park Benja-
min, copiousls illustrated from
drawings by w. t. Smedley.