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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-06

y The First Judicial District Of tho State OF
Montana, in md for the county Of inwisa and
Clarke.
has,,, Coz 4 aia; nimiteal. plaintiff vs..
Ihs state 2, Moptana sends ~greating 70 tho
You are hereby required TO appear in nm action
brought arsinsi You by tho nboye named plaintiff
Of tho st.u Of Montana, In and TOR tho county OF
JInWia ana Clarke, and 70 @nnwer the complaint
filed therein, withinfen days. (oxclusivo Of tho
SUMMONS. II served within this county, Or. IL
served out Of this county. bnt within this district,
withln twenty days; Otherwise within forty days,
according 10 tho prayer Of said complaint.
lha nhia ncti.n y brought 70 recover u
" you th ,he sam o. ss,oon, 90 with intereA. thereon
cembar 2. 1883, upon n bin Of exchange drawn
n!Pon tho firm OF Green's Il Kegfc, OF which firm
bijI ", wss d ,nst yo ana q, ? m nj m,.jsra. the timn aaid
herein and in tim complaint on file herein, ia
esu1sd pd an 'i,o a plIa I 2 f g r., 'ho Sun q y, Q %. o..
Of q; Il. Matthew d CO.. Of which firm It il al
legged yon. werea member when said bill was
drawn, delivered and presented, a copy Of which
said bill 10 AZ follows, to-wit:
Pay to the order Of Bach, Cory 4 Co. Gimitsd)
hye Thousand dollars with exchange, value 10
ceI'ei, md charge same 70 account Of
H. Greene Y kecfe, 70, B1ttc, Montana.
~ rISintlI Alleges ihai the said Dill was duly
presented to said Greene & Keefe on DECEMBER
: 1889, but was not accepted; of all which you
the defendant had due notice.
And yon arc hereby notified tina. IL you fai, to
appear and answer the said complaint, az above
required. the said plaintiff will take Judgment
galnst you for tho said sum Of &J,00O.D with
interest thereon at the rate Of ten per cent. per
annnih from December 2, 1883, and the costs Of
tn = action.
Given under my hand and the seal Of the dis
frict court of the First judicial district of the
h'ate Of Montana, in and for the county OF Lewis
and Clarke, this 9th day oil April, in the year
nf orr Lord, one thousand eight hundred and
nipety-one.
,sEAL1 JOHN BEAN, Clerk.
b. II. j. CASSIDY. Deputy Clerk.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-06
CAUGHT BY A BARGAIN,
An Iconoclastic Comment on an Alleged
Female Characteristic

An Iconoclastic Comment on an Alleged
Female Characteristic.
Two rival Chicago merchants were the in
nocent means of furnishing considerable
amusement yesterday besides bringing to
the surface a familiar and always interest,"
ing trait in the feminine character. says the
Chicago Post. One OF these merchants, by
way of attracting trade to his establish
ment, pasted a sign in 'front.' of his place Of
business announcing that he would sell to
all corners two pounds of sugar for four
cents. The rival merchant was not slow in
finding this out and straightwsy he put
forth the announcement that his price for
sugar was two cents for five pounds. In less
than IN hour ii g news of this innocent war
fare was spread to the uttermost parts of
the city. and women and children came pill
ing down town from the faraway regions of
Wicker Park, the Black Road and Lake
View. As purchases we're limited TO one
package, the possible gain to purchasers
could not exceed n few cents. But the
women gladly paid their car fore both ways,
spent their time. rent their garments and
their patience to struggle i'll the crowd after
II bargain" This bargain they won, with
out counting the cost. and went home with
radiant faces.
IL will be 30 until the great day. III tho
old livvle knows his business he will set up
a bargain counter in his his establishment,
u bas. and SO win all the ladies'.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-06
Automatic Manners.

But time changes minds az we'll Ms mar..
.nsrs, though even now when making
changes from one circle to another, it often
requires that adaptability which could be
said found iii one who has automatic mnn,
nsrs. However, such radical changes not
only appear in drawing o reparten,
street dress, stc.. among people, but also ~
the oonveniences and luxurios AFFORDED
mankind. Railroad travel il one instance,
A few years ago. comparatively, one had to
consume much valnable time in nh nncom.
Portable way to make what is now thought
nothing of az a nights journey in n sleeper.
portation facilities can DO found on tho
fast trains Of the Minneapolis a. st. Louie
railway to Chicago, st. Louis, Hot Springs,
Kansas City, etc. Inqaire of any agent oi
the company, or G. HI. Pratt, general ticket
and passenger agent. Minneapolis. Ninn.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-06
A STORY OF REAGAN.
Ho Butted u bully and Then Made Tracks
&9n for Texas.

e for Texas.
The resignation OF Senator Reagan, OF
Texas, recalls n story of how he CHANGED to
remove TO tho state that is nov his home
aud which has 30 signally honored him.
says the Chicago Post. He was living in
Sewer county, Tennessee, in 1889, and was
sent BY his father to a qrist mill to have n
| sack al wheat converted into -four. He was
\ big raw-boned, s%trapping country boy.
According to custom he hitched his horse at
| the mill, took the sack of grain from tho
shoulders of the animal, placed it on his
own shoulders and toted it up three iiightA
Of stairs and took his place in the line, as
people are wont to do still ut country post
Offices, waiting for his turn to have his
| wheat ground. Half an hour or SO after
Reagan arrived at the mill a we'll known
local character came, bringing a sack of
grain to be ground also. This last charac-
ter was a Desperate in his way. n kind of
local terror, fond of brawls and fighting.
and in the habit of having his own way and
keeping the community more or less terror
lied. He had to take his place in line with
the rest, but when 1t got to be Reagan turn
to have his grain Rrounl "the terror" said:
see here, Reagan, ! am in u hurry. You
let me get IN your place and you come back
ing that he was in a hurry, too; that he was
entitled to his place and meant to keep 1t.
This angered the brawler. He cursed young
Reagan md said he would throw him out
through the window, and, suiting the ac-
ton to the word, made a rush for the fu-
ture statesman. Reagan, like all tue rest
of the people in the neighborhood, was
more or less terrorized by this desperate.
and in fear of his life rushed for him, met
the desperate half way, butted him in the
stomach with his head and literally lifted
him OF his feet and threw him through the
window. When the desperate disappeared
through the window the consequence Of his
act flashed upon young Reagan's mind. He.
instantly supposed that he had killed a
man; that he world be hanged for it, and,
scared almost to death, he rushed down
stairs, unhitched his horse and lit ont
across the country for Texas. The man
was not killed but got a bad shaking up.
He soon moved to Texas and was a friend
of Reagan in after life.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-06
Go East

Via Chicago and the popular Chicago, S.
Paul and Kansas City Railway. The thou
sands of people who annually leave the
Dakotas. Manitoba and the northwest fol
their old homes in Canada and he east will.
md the above-named route safe, comfort
able. speedy and exceedingly pleasant. II
10 the banner line between Minneapolis or
st. Paul and Chicago, and runs the finest
tsains Of any road in the west. Orly 13}t
hours between Minneapolis or st. Paul and
Chicago. For particulars address T.. B..
Ross, Northwestern passenger agent, 1a5
East Third street, st. Paul, Mimi, or W.
b. Bousenbark, General Passenger aud
Ticket Agent. Chicago. IL.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-06
A Witty Bootblack.

r The negro bootblack in the Palace hotel,
San Francisco. is either the wittiest or the
checklist fellow in his line in this country.
It's according to how you take him. The
other day a New Yorker waited by the
backing stand for the vice-president of
Wells, Fargo d Co.'s Express company to
black asked of the New Yorker. mo, not
to-day" the New Yorker replied. "Oh.
you better lave them shined,'' said the
the black: you mus remember you's out
walking with a gentleman."-New York
SIM
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-06
EXCURSION TO MARYLAND.
Opportunity to Visit the Growing Sou

Opportunity to Visit the Growing South.
Excursion tickets to Hagerstown, Nd,
and return will be sold May 20 to 2S inclu-
siwe from all b. & 0. points west of the
Ohio river and connections at one fare for
the round trip. Tickets good until June
30, with stop over privileges at one interme-
diate point east and west of the Ohio river.
At Hagerstown low rate excursion tickets
will be sold .~excursionists to B. q 0. Il. r.
points i'll the Shenandoah valley, Virginia,
West Virginia and Maryland. Apply to
nearest b. d o. agent for rates.
Information about low priced lands, in
vestments, thriving towns, ETC., will be sup.
Piled by M. V. RICHARDS,
Land and immigration Agent.
b. " o. II. r.,
Baltimore, Md.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-06
O. K. T.-Honest Results.-O. X.

Many of the pioneers of Oregon and
Washington have cheerfully testified to the
wonderful curative properties of the cele-
table and pleasant to the taste and can he
taken by the youngest child or most deli
cate female. O.. X. Il. is a never failing
remedy for pains in the back and loins.
non retention of urine, scaldlng or burning
sensation while urinating, mucous dis
charges and all kidney troubles of either
sex. 81 at all druggists.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-06

Passengers destined to the prominent cit
les east of the Missouri river should patron
ize the Chicago, Union Pacific q North
western line. Magnificent Pullman and
Wagner sleeping cars. elegant Pullman and
Northwestern dining cars, free reclining
chair care, handsome day coaches and COM
Portable Pullman c~olonist sleepers.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-06

How to Prevent Roughness of the SKIN.
During cold, dry, windy weather this
question agitates the mind of every lady in
the land who prizes a smooth, soft skin.
There is nothing more harmless and effect
i've than Wisdom's Violet Dream for pre-
venting and eradicating the ill effects of
severe weather. Try it.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-06
Death From Kidney Disease

Dtatl FFOM k1dnty Disease
Is the unfortunate and untimely ending of
thousands of the American people annually.
Oregon Kidney Tea is guaranteed to cure
all forms of kidney troubles. Take it in
time.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-01-01
Picking Up Diamonds in TIL
Street.

Park row, between Brooklyn bridg|
and Ann street, is the greatest M|
terry of travel on this side of the All
lantic, by day and by night, and 4
the most democratic of thorough
fares. Bunco men, preachers and
hayseeds, editors, peddlers and inI
surance presidents, working girls
wives of business men and scrubwom|
en- forever jostle each other herd
and no one would dream of findinl
pocketbook or package that had
slipped to the pavement or expect
its restoration. Yet the early bird
of the morning and the keen eyed
man whose occupation lies Their
sometimes find the crowded thor
oughfare II gold or diamoud mine.
A scrub woman on her way I'd
clean up the offices OF Park row esl
tablishment found a diamond stud
on the pavement in front of the place
and sold it to an employee Tor $40.
She was delighted at her good luck,
but not half so much so us the EN-.
ploye when jeweer appraised tho
stud at $50, or his wife when he
presented it to her. Not u great
while aiterward another employe,
standing idly in front of the place,
noticed piece of white tissue papeI
which was kicking about beneath
the feet of the throng. He watched
it for while, and growing Fascinated
by the little tinted roll OF paper pick
ed it up and found an uncut diamond
in its folds.
1t was never advertised, and
now worn in pin by the lucky find
er. If there is II moral in this true
story of fiotsam and jetsam it will
hardly persuade people that it will
pay them to put their time hunting
diamonds in Park row.-New Yori
Sun.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-01-01
fro BE CONTINUED
We're Explained.

They were at the breakfast table.
The eldest daughter had not made her
appearance.
~ here is Hattiep' asked the father
Hattie is not very well this morning.
She has headache
'Yes, pa, HIATT els awful sick
So spoke up the little brother.
What's the matter with herP'
Il don't know. | don't think she's
very i'll, said the mother.
yes, she is-awful sick said the
boy, and l know what's the matter
with her.
What is it?'
LAST night she and George Smith
had an awful row and a fight
What! A fight. What do you meanP
Il was asleep an woke up. and they
was in the parlor down stairs, erG he.
was awful mad. He was shoutln' and
screamin' and stampin' and she was
cryin' to him TO stop. An | creeped
down stairs and p cpcd through tho
keyhole, an he was Just givin' it to her
Then they gu 'eted down an | seen him
kiss her.
i his is terrible Has Hattie said
anything TO youp' said father to mother.
Not word
Just then Hattie made her appearance,
languid and tired looking.
What this trouble between you and
GeorgeP Has he been insulting your
Why didn't you tell me about itP' said
the father.
About whatp'
Then they told her the small boys
story. She took the small boy by the
ear.
You little imp! Why, pa, George is
going to play 'Othello' at the amateur
theatricals, and we were rehearsing the
jealousy scene
Play acting Jealous already. said
the old man. why don't you wait till
you're married, and you'll get the real
thing more than you wantP'
The small boy has come TO the con.
clusion that things are not what they
seem, and he'll find out before he
speaks next time. He's very sorry
about it.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-01-01

do the best he could toward supplying
the place of the missing woman until
the stoppage at Swindon might bring
deli crance.
Swindon az last, Here the ill-use1
traveller called the guar !, and as that
official is of course pa d TO undertake
all sorts of delicate and unforeseen
dut 'cs, with perfect fairness shifted all
further responsibility on to his should
ers, resumed the perusal of his book,
and troubled no more about the matter
The guard, without disputing his
position of guardian to all unprotected
travellers, hardly knew what to do in
the present emergency. The hope that
the foolish mother had managed TO get
into another carriage was dispelled by
her not making her appearance He
was also puzzled by the careful way in
which the child was labeled. This
guard had seen some curious things in
his time, and, as the missing woman
had left not scrap OF luggage behind,
thought it not improbable that the
desertion of the child was due TO inten-
ton, not accident. At first he thought
of leaving the tiny derelict at Swindon,
on the chance that the mother would
arrive by the next train from Didcot.
But the more he thought the matter
over the more convinced he felt that
no mother would arrive by the ext or
any following train. Being himself a
family man, and feeling most kindly
dis osed toward the little golden head
which nestled in the most confiding
way against mis- great brown beard, he
decided 10 take tho child on to Black
town. and thence forward it as ad
dressed. re pulled a couple of cush-
ions out of first class carriage, put
them in one corner of his van, and
tucked up little Golden head as snugly
as any mother could ba done; so
snugly and comfortably that the child
at once clio ed its blue eyes and slept
until the train reached Blacktown.
There the guard carried the little
fellow into the refreshment-room, and,
leaving him in charge of the pleasant
young ladies, went to look for II sober,
yet speculative man who would take
the child to Oakbury on the chance of
being paid for his trouble. He even
gave III $ man half crown-to be
repaid out of his prospective reward =
for cab hire.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-01-01

"Just look at that, viii your" said
ohe keeper OF one the large produc
stands in Center market to areportel
as party of a dozen boys trooped
off each with a big pumpkin under his
arm. THAT is the way it has beer
for ten days past. Bet | have sold
u carload to boys. They want big
ones, too. The common ordinary
size dosen't seem to meet their no
ton"
What do they do with them.
Count the seeds. There is period
craze over it. Nearly every lady wlia
comes along here doing her days mar
keting says, Send mel a pumpkin
II large one; my little boy wants to
count the seeds.
II thought at first it was iack-o.
lanterns they wanted them for, sucb
as we used to make when l was Q
boy, but it scenes that there is o
guessing contest for pony going
on. The child guessin the nearest to
the correct number of seeds in o
giant pumpkin exhibited in one o.
their windows gets the pony, and
these boys are hunting a few facts
on the seed question. Tisn't u bad
ideo, but it keeps us produce men
hustllng for pumpkins. wv Washing
ton Post.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-01-01
And This is Craadock Literature.

What have you for the short storyP
asked the editor of one of the leading
American magazines, lighting match
across the scanned and furrowed face
of the weather beaten ofcs towel. "A
romance of Georgia in corn cracker
dialect replied the foreman OF the
leading American maya inc, lifting the
Pears soap advertisement and placing
it between '6eraline Flakes and the
'Toothpowder poetry Mountains in
itP' asked the editor. 'Ossa, Pelon,
Olympus and old Shasta, replied the
foreman, who had studied the old
classics at the Peoria h Oh school.
'Moonshne~sP 'ren to begin with.
nine dead and one married in the last
paragraph 'Moon2' All the way
way, through Full moonP' Full as
tick 'lns stentP' Part of the time. ;
Chuck her in and the editor sat down
to make out some bills for job work
printing, the dead silence of the sane
tum sanctorum was family broken by
the patient ticking of the delinquent
subscription list. Burdette.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-01-01
Misleading Questions.

In small town in Illinois is q
good natured cid Boniface, who had
heard of the eccentric individual who
when at the dinner table, was asked
if he could reach the potatoes, and
reaching out toward that vegetable
dish replied, ooh, yes, easily" and
undisturbed continued his meal.
The story evidently amused this
landlord, and he resolved to put the
idea into practice in new form.
AS his customers came at all hours
of the day or night the landlord had
acquired the habit of sleeping in the
hotel office. One cold night the land
lord was awakened by a loud knock
ing at his door. Asking who was
there he was answered in a silvery
voice by the question, Can stay
here?" To this the landlord ut once
said, "Of course you can," but he
made no move to get up. Several
minutes passed and again there came
the query in still more shaky tones,
accompanied by loud pounding.
"Can | stay here all night?" One
can imagine the happy smile that
played about the landlords mouth
and the chuckle of satisfaction that
he gave as he replied, "Why, of
course you can if you keep quiet"
Again there was pause, and moth
ing but the shrieking ofthe wind and
the drifting against the window
panes was heard.
Then came another vigorous ham
mering and voice inquired, "Why
don't you let me in?" At this the
old man gotup and opened the door,
saying, "Did you want to come in?
Why in the world didn't you say so
and not stand out there freezing and
keeping me awaken" A remark Of
this. kind and under such circum-
stances would stagger almost any
one, and the half frozen and belatcd
traveller held his peace, but it II
look could have slain his tormentor
that landlord would never hive
lived to perpetrate jokes upon future
visitors to the town.-Chicago Her.
aid. =
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-01-01

against drinking, an EngIishman
accustomed to drink on coming to
this country finds that he must d.
minish the size and frequency of his
potation or he will be drunk contin-
ually. This has been frequently
shown in New York City among fast
young Englishmen. Coming direct
from London they are astonished to
find that the same amount of rum
appears TO produce a much greater
effect on them. The difference is one
of climate. And because some people
living in q different climate, or those
whose life is spent out of doors, can
drink with apparent impunity, is no
reason that all should drink, nor
does it follow that they themselves
would not be healthier, stronger and
happier if they did not drink at all.
SO far as America is concerned. non
drinking is the only safe rule. Our
friends in the West should not allow
themselves to be deferred by any such
specious arguments as those quoted
above from continuing in the effort
to pulverize the rum power.-Toledo
(O1 Blode
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-01-01

our ideas on the subject we can only
make associates of those whom we con-
slider the proper class of people. A
duke of Badminton may associate with
whomsoever he chooses. He is always,
per So. the duke. We are not dukes.
Our father made his money in-well
never mind ia what. We are not even
millonaires. We have enough wealth
to live comfortably and like gentlemen.
but not enough to roll in. If we go
hand in glove with oil, tobacco, corn,
sugar, ETC., we must, on account of the
narrow distance which divides lis from
the status of commerce, sink to the
level, or at least get COMPOUNDED with
those useful, respectable, proitable,
but, to us. distasteful commodities.
Therefore it behooves US to be astidious
even to fault.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-01-01
Reals Ren0rt.

"The Grand Army is in splendid con
dition. 1t is rapidly increasing in
numbers, almost all the survivors of the
late war being now enrolled in its
ranks. This increase cannot keep up
any length of time, however. The
average age OF the comrades of the
Grand Army is 4S. Many of them are
broken down in health, and in the nature
of things the death rate must soon be
greater than the rate of increase. In
proportion to its population, assachu-
setts has more Grand Army men than
any other state in the Union. In
Pennsylvania the members of the Grand
Army arc most numerous. Ohio is
next to Pennsylvania and il may be
that the holding of the national
encampment in Ohio this year will give
it the lead. New York comes a ter
Ohio.n