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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-26

Northern Pacific Earnings.
The earnings of the Northern Pacific for
March we're as follows:
Gross earn
ings...... $l,777,9 45 S406,575 81, 184, 552
Operating
expenses. 1,099,693 $40 6A3 1,349, 337
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-26

Read The Fee Hive adj o-day and see an
nouncement of special bargains.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-08-08

Was heard Of there would be letter
for her. Through al those ten years
she had hoped for one; and never be-
fore had she guessed that anyone no
ticed none ever came for her. Now her
humiliation was excessive.
why. I want to knowl" said the
postmaster; ',she thinks I'm poking
fun At her; poor thing. she's furriner.
sHd this letter has come . good way.
Well. suppose she'll stop in going
back. Poor soul. she always seems SO
like"
Meanwhile Anna plodded on. After
awhile she heard . scream from the
bank overhead:
"Miss Danneri Miss Danncri Why
didn't you stop for your letter."
1t was . well-meaning boy who
called to her. He had . letter from
home and was glad over Il. and sonae-
thing in the lonely figure troubled him.
But she hurried ON. seeming not to
hear. only believing that she was
mocked again; and the boy. fearing to
be fined IL be were late. ran on.
Later. . man on horseback passed
her, and shouted down:
"You don't seem to vally your letters.
young woman. Guess you don't expect
one from your beau"
Anything is joke in tho country.
Anna did not quite understand the
words. but the tone was that in which
. jest is uttered She felt tho blossi
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-08-08
A STRANGE STORY.
u Il Rented Of . Man who Had . II
Buried.

70 e Related of = Man who Had . leg
Buried.
''That reminds me-" said the man
who is always being reminded of some
thing.
"what is it that reminds you. and
what of?'
This item about . man having his
leg buried the other day. I wonder il
he will have the same experience as .
friend of mine. Strangcst thing ever
heard Of You see, this poor fellow
had suffe, ed untold agony for a year or
more after injuring his right leg by
falling downstairs, and finally the
member became SO diseased that ampu-
tation was necessary. The man nearly
died under the operation, though that
is not the interesting part of the story.
The removed portion of the leg was
taken away and buried. 1t is well
known, of course, TO surgical
science that when q man has had
limb cut of he still suf-
fcrs, or thinks he suffers, pain, which
amounts to the same thing, in the part
of the member removed. It was so in
this case. and as my friend came back
to consciousness his complaint was of
the most severe pain in the buried foot.
"'There is something pressing upon
it, he would say, in what seemed like
delirum. It's packed too tightly
''Now the sufferer knew nothing Of
where or how his lost limb was buried;
as matter Of fact, it had been swathcd
in a lot Of hay, packed tightly in a box,
and the whole put under ground. Day
after day went on, the suffering of the
man with the buried leg and foot grew
intolerablc, until finally he begged his
brother to dig up the piece Of lifeless
flesh. remove its wrappings, and
change its position in the box. Only a
sick mans whim, thought the brother,
who was nursing the unfortunate fel-
low. Still. why he could never explain.
he, too, was seized with q fancy that If
he were to do as the invalid wished. and
then tell him about il, the effect might
be relief to the sick mans mind. It's
all nonsense, of course, he said to him
self, but he went one night Just the
same, dug up the limb, relieved it of its
Wt0pkDAuSss tuAuCu ~ OSCH SuC WAY
and buried the grewsome thing again.
thinking the next morning he would
tell his brother all about it. The first
thing his brother said to him when he
saw him was: Something queer hap
pened last night What was it?'
We'll. you know that have been telling
you about my buried limb. how awfully
- ocboH and how II frlH aS ~ soma.
thing was pressing upon it. Well, just
about ten o'clock last night, when the
thing was aching its worst, all at once
felt . relief, the pain was completely
gone, and have not felt il since
The brother was astonished beyond
expression. It was just exactly five
minutes before ten o'clock on the night
previous that he had changed the posi-
ton of the buried limb, and he had not
told q living soul of what he had done.
Rather curious, isn't it?'-N. Y. Trib-
unc.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-08-08
SUMMER eODlcEs.

The FITTING and Drsplng Of Favorite
styles.
With the plain skirts fancicd. the
bodice of the summer silk aims to be
picturesque. The sleeves are somc-
times very high, sometimes only slight
ly SO, but they are always decorative.
Girdles of ribbon or velvet encircle the
waist, and vests, or guimpes of contrast
ing materials make the bodice bcauti-
full The guimpe is invariably arranged
directly upon the lining, and is not, by
this careful disposition, likely to pull
out of place. or to look as If it were put
on awry. Draped lodices are liked.
and the closing is concealed with as
much care as If the wearer wished
everybody to believe that n strip
of silk simply drcped about her
self, and fitting as the clinging silk
would, formed her waist Other styles
are more exactly fitted, and one
shown recently was . late French
model, and was an evidences of the
fancy for the guimpc, as well rs for the
fitted bodice. The material is palo
lavender and white striped silk; the
skirt is moderately full in front, much
fuller Mt the back, and has for a finish
a scant frill Of the silk. nearly half .
yard wide, which is gathered and scwed
about the edge, sewed, by the bye, very
carefully, and by hand. The bodice
portion is fitted after the manner of .
peasant-waist, except that it comes high
upon the shoulders, and closes in front
where it folds over. Its rounded edge
is finished with folded frill Of laven-
der silk. a shade darker than that shown
in the stripe of the skirt Above this is
a full guimpe of white crepe de chine,
finished about the throat with a stock Of
lavender ribbon. The sleeves are pretty
high. shape into the arm and have cuff
finish of lavendar ribbon. About the
waist is girdle Of the ribbon. which is
folded down in loops on one side, and
has long ends and loops ON the other.
The hat is . black straw, faced with
lavendar velvet. and decorated with
white lace ribbon and lavender flowers.
Such . bodice would be very pretty
developed in any Of the silks, and where
as light an effect were not desired, the
guimpe could be made of black. or any
crepe de chine that would be in hsr-
mony with the gown or becoming to the
wearer. II . little heavier material
were preferred for 1t. then sura:. silk
could be used. but the crepc do chine
has q softer and somewhat more clab.
orate a;r, and il an essentially becom-
ing fabric. -Lsdies' Home Journal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-08-08

nst iii. Annai Miss Danner. there!
fir
Anna heard him She looked over
b = shoulder.
'.You didn't stop for no letter this
= orning e. shouted the old man
Apna's face flushed scarlet. and she
b irried on.
.Just as thought" she said. 'They
b gin TO make fun of me. as they did
o,Crazy Peter in Copenhagen. who was
: ways asking il the ship had come in.
SA what a fool I've been Obi oil
or
There are in the world certain still,
= exprcssivc women TO whom ridicule
= ould seem the worst calamity on
erth They can bear trouble. psin,
c-;cf: but to be made FUN Of kills
Glcm
Anua was one OF these Years be-
ere she had bctn engaged TO Klaus
Christofcr, a young sailor. who had
rlcdred bis eternal faith to her and
then sailed away She had waited and
= aited. but he had not returned. She
he'd had good offers Of marriage and
vv.fused them. Suddenly she discovered,
or thought she did. that people were
lanraing at her tor waiting for Klaus
Cristofcr-for believing he would re-
,,,c: and she left Denmark for America,
n work for Ter bread amongst strsng-
rs To cue true friend she gave her ad-
dresA II Klaus ever came back OF
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-08-08
A JAPANESE FESTIVAL.


oesmoo anA Incldeats Of the AnoooS
Cherry Festival
The real spring festival. the great
flower festival of the year. is that OF
the cherry blossoms. and Japan in that
season is Arcadia At the end OF April.
before . leaf bud has opened. every
branch and twig Of the cherry trees Is
covered, hidden and almost weighted
down with the masses of blossoms.
each flower . miniature hundred-leaf
rose, and crowded in thickest roscttcs
together. Each tree is n pyramid. .
cloud Of such solidly- pink pet
ais; and with groves and aisles. and
miles of such flowers everywhere, tho
whole empire undergoes transforma-
tion, and the very air is couleur de rose
The newspapers give bulletins from
the trees for weeks beforehand. and
gravely announce that this prince or
that statesman has gone TO koto or
Nara or some other point to view tho
blooming cherry trees The schools
have holidays. tho garrisons give extra
leave to the soldiers, and all the world
goes a-Maying-all Toxic troops to
Uyeno park and picnics under the en-
chanting trees, children and young
girls then wearing the rainbow silks
and grapes in which the western mag
ination always clothes the whole race
for its everyday wear. The carnival
under the Uyeno trees is decorous
ceremony compared to the jubilee aud
saturnalia of the lower million on the
Mukojima-the latter an avenue rum
ming along the river-bank for two or
three miles, and bor1ered ON either
side with cherry trees. When the Mu-
kojima is all an arcade Of blossoms tho
jewellers troop up and down that floral
aisle in dense crowds all day longnnd far
into the lanterned night. Booths. shops,
restaurants, tea-houses. and theaters
line the way, and shouting vend1ers.
iugglers, acrobats. performers. and tout
erx help on the noise. The river is dot
ted with boats. and everywhere sake
flows freely. spirits bubble, and joy II
unconfined. re Il
The cherry tree is cultivated only for
its flowers in Japan, and from the ono
wild indigenous cherry tree of tho
mountains have been developed the
many varieties Of to-day. The garden
er's art eliminates in the large. family
ping, double blossoms, as thickly pet
aled as rose. and covering every twig
Of even the youngest tree with weight
of blossoms. Beside them our fruit-bear-
ing cherry trees are but thin. pale sug-
gcstions In their blossoming time.
There is a singular effect Of light under
and near the cherry trees ON the
radiantly sunny days that so benignly
help on the great fete. A strange cleo
trie-like glare or reflection fills the very
air and dazxlss one. It is all brilliant,
intense high light, and thin wraiths Of
shadows leave = ghostly traccry- Of
branches ON the petal-strewn earth.
The popular revel continues as long ~
the blossoms last; but the winds and
rains are inevitable, the petals fall in
showers, and ..the snow-nakes which
are not from the skies" whiten tho
ground. e. Il. Scidmore, In Harrers
Bazar.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-08-08
WHERE THEY DIFFER.


ooslhing Esampsee q TArse Distlacs Ha-
1aa Qualitles.
In town In the far west, . crowd Of
cowboys stood around . fenced inclos-
ore, beside the railroad track. In this
inclosure was confined . large bull
The cowboys were amusing themselves
BY annoying in many ways the poor
brute. who was fast becoming furious
Suddenly, one Of their number, light
| " vsulting the fence. landed squarely
sstride of the bulls neck, and grasped
him by the horns The infuriated AMI
NAL plunged and snorted, but his rider,
with wonderful agility, quickly leaped
10 the ground, and. before the bull
could turn and gore him, sprang over
the fence again, to be greeted BY the
spplausc Of his comrades
Their attention was soon diverted,
however, by the arrival of . passenger
train which was just drawing up 10 the
station across the street. and the cow
5boya, with characteristic. shouts and
laughter, ran across toward the plat
form.
Meanwhile. the now maddencd bull
had succeeded in breaking through the
fence, and with tossing head and LASH
ing tail was trotting across the street.
believing Is he went
Just then . young man. satchel In
hand. came running down the street to
catch the train, passing on his way
some farmers who were standing some
distance from the bull
They shouted to the young man ash
passed: eli. there! Stop! The bull!
The bull.'' but he kept ON, with wave
Of the hand and IN IAN right! I'll
look out for him"
The next instant the bull saw him,
and with lowered horns, ran to head
him of. But the young man was fast
runner. He passed just In front of the
bulls head, which, the next instant,
brought up with thud against the side
Of the station. II was . very close
shave.
Dazed by the shock. the bull stood
still for moment, then turned just IN
two children, who had arrived on the
train and had passed through the sta
ton, started to cross the street When
they turned the corner of the building,
they caught the animals eye, snd quick
as fash he charged them.
A cry of horror went up from the
group of farmers rs the two little girls,
now aware of their danger, started to
run hand in hand.
A stalwsrt young farmer soon ap-
pearcd short distance behind them.
He took in the situation at glance. BY
hard running he overlook the bull when
but . few feet from the children, quick
" grasped with both hands the horn
nearest him, set his feet firmly and.
with one quick, strong, downward and
backward frlk. threw the animal heavily
b the grouad
With the help Of the other farmers
who by this time had reached the spot,
the bull was secured and led away
where he could do NO more harm.
Thus, In less time than Il has taken to
tell it all. occurred perfect examples of
three distinct human qualities. which
in the minds Of many people are often
confOunded -bravsdo, recklessuess and
coursge.-Youth's Companion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-08-08

rush to her face. The mill was in
sight. and she saw . group OF people
looking at her.
ITO make fun Of me. she thought
Then the face Of Klaus Cristofer
arose before her. She remembered his
last words his kiss. his embrace. the
farewell
.'Oh, Klausi Klausl" sho sobbed
''Can It be? Can it be that you. also.
mocked me; that you never meant to
come back; that. as the girls all said.
was . Joolp"
"Annai Annar shrieked twenty
voices "AnnaT"
They were pointing ut her So she
thought Pointing Is the children in
Copenhagen did, long before. n Crazy
Peter, who watched for his imaginary
ship TO come in
The blood rushed to her face. She BE-
gan to run. hoping to pass them and
get to her frame and hide herself be-
hind her work.
s.Annai Annai Annal' shrielxcd the
voices; and the fingers pointed STILL and
some were rushing toward her.
Then there was . noise. . rush. .
shrek beyond human power. She
knew too late that their voices. their
gestures. their wildly pointing fingers
were kindly warnings of the danger OF
which she was unaware-that the ex.
press train on the down track was be.
hind her.
At dusk that evening . solemn group
stood about the counter Of tho old
store. The chief legal gentleman Of
the place was amongst them
1T was awfully sudden" said one.
"Almost g II she wanted il 70 hap.
pen" said another.
.No; she was thinking Of something
else, said . woman. ''She acted dazed-
like"
..And you think It's sort Of justifable
for rs TO open the letter. squirrel" asked
the postmaster.
"Ye& In that way you may know
who her friends are and notify them.
replied the squire.
Then silence fell upon tho group. and
the red seal Of the travel-woru Gu
velope was opened. and ono OF the
workmen present who came from Den
mark. ofere1 to interpret
This u what he read:
Anna my best beloved the time has been
long and the waiting weary. but my heart has
never changed am homo again In Copeu-
hagen. and my 0rst love II my last
Olsen has seen you and knows you tive and
are In health sent the money for your Jour
ney. Como homo and re will ce married II
once I have % mucA 70 tell thaa cannot bo
written, but most Of al this: ] love you-J
love you ana know you love me.
''Your betYothed husband
KLAUS CRlsTOF8R~
''She came here every morning for ten
years and never got letter. said the
old postmaster. "And here Il Is at last
and she can't know il lt does seem
hard"
But. perhaps. Anna knew: for II her
freed soul could 60 whittier Il chose.
il few back to Copenhagen and Klaus
CriAofer.-Mary K Dallas ir N. Y.
Ledger.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-08-08
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

-Fifty-seven out Of ninety-sevea
high school principals in Michigan IN
women.
"A lady who recently died In Glas'
gov, Scotland. has bequeathed $50, ,0o(
70 Gen. Booth for the Salvation Army.
The year book of Boston university
for 1891 has been issued, and shows the
whole number Of students TO be !, 1,oso,
IN increase of % over the preceding
year. OF these the College Of Liberal
Arts contains S26, the College of Music
:. the College of Agriculture 100. the
School of Theology 1Al, the School Of
Law .103. the School Of Medicine 112.
the School of AL Sciences % rs studenta
being registered in more than one de-
partmcnt).
He was only . acabman, that humble
Christian who died the otherda in Ed
inburgh, but he did not consider his vO-
cation incompatible with the service Of
his Master. Ills cab bore the inscrip-
tion: ''What think ye Of Christi" and in
the hay-loft of his stable he used to
hold meetings for prayer and testi-
Peter" It was the kind of holiness
which attracts and does not rcpel He
reached the masses" without making
any fuss about it.-Congregationalist
Phillips Brooks was asked some
time ago to furnish sketch Of his ca
reer for the record Of his class in Har-
ward, and replied in the following char
actcristic fashion: II shall certainly he
at commencement. and shall not miss
the dinner on commencement day. As
to your question, have little to say.
have had no wife, no children, NO par
ticular honors, no serious misfortune
and no adventures worth speaking of.
1t is shameful, at such tunes as these.
not to have history. but have not got
one and must come without"
The Gcthumane Baptish church was
organized in 1856 in Havana with only
three members. This was the first
evangelical organization in the island
of Cuba. Rev. Albert J. Diazo. who had
fed from Havana rs an exile. was con-
vcrted in New York, returned to Cuba,
and rs the fruits of his labors the men,
bership Of his church is now LOTT. Five
other churches have been organized
with 81 preaching matrons, 4 ordained
ministers and II missionaries. All the
services in the churches and Sabbath
schools arc conducted in the Spanish
language.
-Evangelists Of the Wesleyan mission
in China report falling on in their
sales of Christian books. At first they
were disappointed, but on examination
found that one reason was that the
towns were already supplied in . good
measure. The tradesman would say as
the books were shown him: 81 have
that and that and that" and, although
he might not have . full realization Of
what they meant, yet the fact Of their
being for sale everywhere was signifi-
can't of . wonderful change. Another
reason is found in the fact that n the
novelty Of European travellers has worn
on European books are less Of . curiOs-
ity, and the purchase Of . copy means
far more now than few years ago.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-08-08

en&er lnSomc great balloon fly-
oeSore the wind over the village,
nsve seen doors open anywhere all over
valley. and men. women and chill
come forth with tin cans or dinner
skets m their hands and turn toward
sne mills Some ploddcd slowly along;
some made great show Of haste. The
cnasorcn ran awhile. then stopped to
P'ek up green apples. chase stray pigs
oe psck wild cherries. and then ran
faster.
a. they passed the post Office some
ssepoed IN and came out again with
letters in their hands. which they
read - they walked on. for the mill
people were generally strangers who
nad come from q distance to get en-
Ployment-forcigncrs Of many nations,
English and Irish mostly. but mingled
with Germans. Swiss and Swedes
At the clang of the bells one woman
had appeared at the door of q poor lit
tle house on the roadside. to whom the
fresh. bright morning had not brought
either freshness or brightness She
Vas . sturdy. wcli-built woman. with
Her dress was Of some unusual wooden
stun. made with a short spare skirt
aod with jacket much like a mans
On her head she wore q close-knitted
hood or cap Her skin was fair. her
hair taken and her expression extreme
j. innocent. She would have looked
young but for the brand of horizontal
lincs that trouble always sets upon q
woman's forehead. Comparatively
young 1t least. for she was past girl
hood.
She seemed to know everybody but
TO have no intimates among the other
mill workers To them she only nodded
. she went in When she came TO the
post Office she paused for a moment and
stood looking in at the door. ller feet
seemed inclined to ascend the steps. then
she shook her head and turned away
NO" she said. best not make a fool
Of myself What did ! hear the post
master say yesterday?
"'That's Anna Danncr Every morn
Ing for ten years she has stopped for
letter She never gets one. but there
she comes again
mo; I'll not make q fool of myself
] shall never get . letter" and she
turned away
Still keeping on toward the mill. she
turned down toward the lower road.
along which . railway ran. and took
the track. A fear of being laughed at
had. entered her soul. and she fancicd
that IL she went along with others she
might hear some one say:
'-Oh. there's Anna Danner. who never
gets . letter and always asks for one.
A. she gave the little jump from .
1utting rock which was the step from
the lower road to the upper. the owner
Of the store. grocer. dry goods mer
chant and postmaster. came to his
door. lie held letter in his hand and
looked after her.
.sWelL IL cvcr!" he said. ''If that
don't beat mel That gal has been for
. letter every day for years. and the
fust time got one for her she goes