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Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1892-11-19
When Lincoln Licked a .Bul1.''

II had the QlSllES UlSneQ nCnOT It)
be the companion of Abraham Lin
coin in one of his fat boating ex-
peditions, said David G.. Stevens,
one of the pioneers of Illinois, who
has been spending a few days at the
Laclede. Furthermore, the great
martyr president became my cham
pion and thraslled a man ON my ac
count, and he thrashed him good. |
was boy Of fifteen, rather delicate,
and my father, who loved Lincoln as
q son, sent me on the trip with him
hoping that roughlng it would in
prove nay health. We had tied UP
one night at at small landing where
there was a tavern 4 fellow who
had called himself the bull Of the
woods, and who had several slifters
of corn juice under his belt came
aboard looking for trouble. Lincoln
was lying down asleep On tho soft
side Of a pine plank with one brawny
arm for a pillow Yves washing
out hickory shirt and tao intruder
attempted to soIse ny aead INTO tae
bucket Of soapy water.
Lincoln awolze ard told him to let
me alone He paid no attention to
the future great, but picked up the
pail and jaDazned it dcTn over, my
head, almost drowning l1e. When
got the soaps11ds oat & ;z1y eyes sa1f-
ficiently to see Lincoln had him by
the collar, was holding him SO that
his toes just touched the deck and
was planting vigorous kicks under
his coat tails with Lis No II co:yhiG'e
boot. I visited IJ;lccia at the y ilite
House shortly after the outbreak Of
the war lie presented 1ne with 4
captains commission. ren1arling,
The bull Ct the woods has !,z,oize
loose agar, again, st Louis Globe-Den
OcrGt.
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=Rjr Potaioes.

Some wonderful results with re-
gard to potato cul he have been OBJ
tanned by a gentleman farmer in
France. This farmer, who is also a
distinguished chemist, has been fo1
some time past conducting expert
ments with potatoes, with the re-
markable result that he has succeed
ed in securing the enormous returns
of forty two tons per acre. The plan
he adopts is to carefully select the
seed and to use only the best and
soundest tubers. The ground is dug
OF plowed to great depth and is
we'll manured Before planting the
seed potatoes they arc soaked for
about twenty four hours in q mixture
COMPOSED of saltpetre and sulphate
Of ammonia, six pounds of each salt
to twenty-five gallons Of water. Aft
er this soaking the tubers ere al
lowed to drain, and they then stand
for twenty four hours longer, III
order that the: germs may have time
to swell. -Chamhers' Journal.
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HYpNoTism IS AN hMAEsTHET:C
Cures Performed: on Patients Who Ays,
in u Azesn!tEic Trance.

Cures Performed ON Iat:eitA " 40 Asss
in IL azesn.csic Trance.
DR.. Hamilton Osgood is authority
for the facts Of some remarkable
surgical operations and cures per
formed while the patient was antea-
thetized by hypnotisn instead Of
chloroforn. In other cases the pa
tient was thrown into the hypnotic
or mes1neric state and then told that
on awaking lie would find great lin
provement in his condition The
Improvement came each time as the
result of the suggGs}tion made 70 the
patients mind i'll tie hypnotic state.
Occasionally the patient wasA not even
hyp1lottizad, bat simply told in tbs.
normal state by the doctor IN 7"l'y
positive manner that there would te
Improvement. Here. too, the cure
progressed iavoraLly. Certainly the
plan is very simple and open To ali
medical prac TONERS, a1lfs Il is worth
their while to try it if here lies !"
possibility Of alleyi:sti.2g h5i12l.-ss:2 So
fe' uGs
i One young wo1nan had received; :.
heavy fall tiat deprived her u the
use of her lower limbs. ~ hn:i
placed upon her feet she sank 10 tie
foor as if her legs We're mere pulp,
said Dr.. OsYooa. She I,;,,3 "ei:o i'll
this condition two years "Arn L9r.
Csgood took her case. and hes'ltfvi@'!
great pain. At the first interview
she was hypnotized. After she hal
been put to sleep the doctor lifted
one Of the paralyzed limbs end sad
to the girl, You cannot put this leg
down" Il remained fixed. Her legs
were withered away to skin aud
bone, with apparently no muscle at
all in them. Twice a week the doc
tor hylynotized the Cir! and repeated
the suggestion until three months
had elapsed At the end Of t!j:st
time the patient was beginning t.
walk g. little. The physlci@n after
that did notsee her for nine months
Then he applied hypnotic s11gges;ttio1
a few times as q tonic" The young
woman iii q short time recovered
completely. Dr.. Flower had t}5sst
facts not only from DR.. Cssoosl, Ea.t
also from the girl herself and f:u2G
the matro,, ct the hospital where SIX
was cared for.
DR. Flower cites other facts equal, :,
well authenticated, enough certain! )
to warrant scientific members OF the
medical profession who are ever
ready to learn something new III try
ing their own power OF mixing q lit
tie mental suggestion Of heaitE, alans
with thei. medicine when they 81!
minister it. In all cases, whether
the patient is hypnoti2ed CT not, ths
physician must powerfully and f;osl
lively impress Oh him mental sug
gessions Of cure and health. With
out these suggestions from the bl'aiz
and will Of the physician there vii
be no cure when the patient is hyl,
Noticed, Dr.. Flower informs Us.
Portsmouth Progress.
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Nn1 So rsaG as Il S0us:uHG.

A prominent man IN the city, who
is noted for bis close fsted proclivi-
ties, is being guyed by a number Of
his friends. A few days ago he met
the directors Of his company. It
happens that there is a very conaely
maiden who hammers the keys Of a
typewriter for the company, and this
has worried the avaricious gentle
man quite q good deal, as he is OF the
opinion that q wonan's place is at
home. He has tried on several occa-
sions to have her salary cut down to
almost nothing, and any bills for eS-
penses coming from her are always
given the closest scrutiny by him.
At the meeting mentioned the di-
rectors were auditing bills, and
among them WAS one that read thus,
= Ribbon for typewriter, IS cents. ="
When the avalicious gentleman no
ticed it he was dumfounded-Le
could not believe his senses. Theidea
Of the company furnishing the young
lady stenographe1' with ribbon fairly
froze him. lie was on his feet in an
instant, waving his arms like wind
mill and demanding Of the secretary
if the company was compelled tc
board and clothe its employees.
After he had been laughed at for some
minutes it was explained to him that
the ribbon was for the machine and
not for the ator.-Grand Forks
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No Wonder People Laughed.

A book hay: lss.r, who was wearing
q small, circular piece Of court plis-
ter on his face, removed it while
shaving a few mornings since ana
replaced it when his toilet was coln-
plete. Contrary to his usual expert
ence, as he went about his business
during the rest Of the day he was
everywhere received with smiles,
which grew broader and broader, I'M
til at last somebody laughed i'll his
face.
Led by this to look in the glass, ae
was somewhat taken aback to dis-.
cover that instead Of the court plas-
ter he had affixed to his face little
round printed label which had fallen
from the back of a new mantel clock
purchased the day before, and which
bore the appropriate inscription,
"Warranted solid brass. .'-Londcn
Tit Bits.
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A VALUABLE GREENBACK.
Relic Hunters Would Give q Small 4
tune for This Curious EiiI.


tune for This Curious Eiil.
j. Joseph Hoffman, Of Chicago, has
discovered mistake made by Uncle
Sam. He has two dollar + H. series
of 1890, which has no number. The
place where the number ought to be
is left blank. The bill bears the
legend, Legal tender; act July ID.
$780, It is signed by W. S. Rose
Grams, register Of the treasury, and
J. n. Huston, treasurer. Of the United
States. On the right side Ct the bill
is portrait Of McPllerson. Reliable
authorities pronounce the bill good.
It bears the evidence OF having been
in active circulation slice it sgai5 ls-
sued
THE bill,r said Mr.. Hoffman,
'came into cur cfiice through the
hands Of one ct our collectors who
attends to the city trade. Ee does
not know where ne got it, except
that it came from some grocery
store Tho receiving tei;ers Of the
First National hank pronounce tie
bill good. They say that in ali their
experience they never. ran across a
case of this kind Uncle Sam has
surely made a bull. an tod by
the bankers that the stamping ma
chine in th8 treasury department
takes uo cna bill at :. tia e and stta1o =:
it. It is Z mystery how this, hiIl eve!
got out Of the treasury without be
ing stamped. Was it stolen? # so,
others might have been stolen, for II
wo;3Id have Icah fts; easy to steal
LOCO as one, when the strict iasl1ec
ton Of the department is considered.
1t does nutt seem possible that
this bill could have stuck to another
bill and passed out Wioil a com
pa11ion, for Il. reason that it would
have been discovered in passing
through the hands Of inspectors;
Who is prepared TO s-.y that there
may not have been a corsDiraey in
the treasury department, ard that
many notes are out2 This hill has
been in circulation fo1. q long time.
ard evidently the treasury depart
1nent has not heard Of it. Many
others may be o1at III tie same way.
The ordinary observer Wos,ll net de
tect the absence Of the n1i1nbe
This note may give rise to inter
esting complications. Suppose | was
to present il to tie treasury for coin
How are the clerks to cheek back c,
identity the bill i'll any va5-2 This
. nondescript two dyll;:r I'll may
cause Uncle Sam a pile Of tl.oubl>
some day, but mean t, keep j. as {;
curiosity for some length Of tine
/ General Eseseclal& register OF th*
treasury, says he never ines,id Of {;
two dollar bill going out Of the treas
| ury without an official number, anG
is inclined to believe t}l:st the nete
detected i'll Chicago IS a forgery
From the time the note i, printed Il
the time it is issued, he says, it passes
. through tl1e hands OF fifty people
who scan ii closely for defects, ant
/ he IS unable to account for the TN
numbered I'LL except Oh the oasis o1
forgery.
+ The secret service officials know o.
no counterfeit Of the kiad described
but it is a fact that 13ne Of the silver
notes Of the series Of 1850 were print
ed On paper which was said to be ca
pable Of easy counterSeiting. Chi
cagO Tribune.
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Units Of Measure.

The editor was taught by his govern
ess that three bar)eycorns measured
one inch, and at the mature age Of
six years he determined to test the
accuracy Of this statement. He had
no difficulty in finding the barley
corns, but somehow no three grains
that he picked up in the chickens
yard agreed will the formula. lie
never attempted the more scientific
test which is thus described: he
length of pendulum cscillating in
a second in vacuo at sea level in
the latitude Of London is 80. 1899
inches, and from the knowledge Of
this fact the standard CT the inch,
foot and yard can easily be obtained
should the official standards at any
time be lost or misiaid. = When. in
1884, the standard measure was
destroyed by fire at the house o.
parliament an attempt was made to
restore it by the pendulum test. b t
penduluns. like bf rleycorns, We're
found not to ag1ee.-Wh Whittaker's
Almanacl.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1892-11-19

One Of Asassiz's pupils stated that
when he first went to the summer
school at Penikese he brought boxes
Of text books on natural science. He
told the great teacher, when they sat
down to dinner on the first day, that
he was provided with all Of tle best
authorities, and inquired:
with which shall | Eagin?,'
Leave the authorities III your
trunk, and begin With that era, be-
fore you, was the reply. "Iou
own eyes a1sd fingers viii bring you
closer to nature than ell the books
written by other mln.
The boy VINO sits down to write an
essay on the "Triumphs Of Genius
Or Democracy in Europe will find
his IDEAS are his1y and that words lie
in secret corners Of his brain and
hide themselves and have TO be
dragged out Of bis memory by force;
but let him tell Of the last political
meeting in his village, Or argue some
class difficulty, and he finds 10 t1ou-
bic III expressing himself clearly and
fuently. The right verbs and ad-
jectives leap to the pen.
Until he has obtained command of
language then let him confine him
self to subjects which are thoroughly
known and familiar to him. Youth s
Companion.
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Tho Fate of Some English S1llps

Several English and foreign war
ships which have been sold to the
Norwegians are now carrying tim
ber from port to port; the Marlbor
ough. which conveyed 50 many thou
sands Of our troops to India. is now
moored at Gibraltar as coal hulk.
and the John Bertra1n, the Anneli
can racing tea clipper, founde'ed
some years ago while struggling
along toward England with a cargo
of petroleum. London Standard.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1892-11-19
Voting In the J;ipenese Parliament.

One of the first effects Of introduce
ing parliaments into Japan has been
to stimulate inventors to discover
some means Of doing away uit:i
lobby divisions. Professor Z@a:1la
kawa, Of the University Of Toxic,
has devised an electrical machine l!y
which each memhe1' can record is
vote without leaving his seat. There
will be a board placed back Of TIE
Presidents chair like a hotel bel
board. The yeas being first called,
each member desiring to vote yea
presses his aye button and records
his vote, and the same way with the
nays. New York Sun.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1892-11-19

Among the other great things ia
this country, the number Of its high
mountains is a remarkable feature.
Including those OF Alaska, there are
800 mountains in the United States
each exceeding 10000 feet in height.
Most are in the Rocky and Siearst
Nevada rayyes, and the greatest
number are found in Colorado and
Utah. In ALASKA, however. are the
highest, there Icing in thai terri
tory five which exceed $4,000 feet,
and Mount !: las also in Alaska, 49,
SEQ feet high, is the loftiest peak ID
the United States - Yankee Blade.
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IriEcc End Yankee.

A musical critic FROM Yanlzeeland,
Mr. L. G. Llao11. who deacliDes in a
very :'frco and easy N-ay lis expert
ences in Europe, was at one Of the
Wagnerian performances 1t Bai-
reuth. The place was fail Of con-
genial people who had come together
for one puIIeee IS an Illustration
Of the spirit bet = eyai.eli, Lll Llson
says:
]. have spoken Of TIE Prince Of
Hesse. I I'D not know he was o
prince until I had caa5ted with him
about half an hour, and tilcn it was
too late for me to put CA any stately
behavior. resisted the temptation
to tell lin that ] was the Duke Of
Oshkosh or the liarGu uifs Of Kalama-
ZOO, and kept 1z3y cilars.;:ter as a hum
Bile American citizen As for his high
ness, any rich western Spectator
would have put Oh more ATS.
Alas, tllCEe s1e 10 izaIUals of etl-
cuette On Low q Converse With a
Prince" even the BaedeEel' phrase
book omits this i1npol ta1at chapter
! feared to ask # the prince business
was good at this season. and he did
not once say, b. ny haZidcme!'' as
princes DO III novels.
On the contrary he began talking
very quietly ard most lessrneGly on
music, in which lie seemed to be one
Of the best informed gentleman ! Lad
ever met. He vas q very nearsial>tt- t.
ed potentate, and as ! also an ne,ss,,j y
as blind as a bat il may be supposed
that the bond C l12yoii:if. drew us TO-
gether.
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The Size of the Foot and Hand.

Like the foot the hand should har
monize with the body, A little string
Of hand on a lusty Minerva, who
towers up nearly six feet tall, is
shocking to true artistic taste Did
YOU ever see a man whose nose was
too small for his face? Well, it is
just as necessary that the hand and
foot should be in harmony with the
figure as that the nose should fit the
face. Some day people will learn
this, and then IS many people will
wear padded shoes as now limp along
in footgear size too small. Ma
dame will then Ie as much ashamed
of hand too small as she now IS Of
one too large. st. Louis Gtlobe-Dem-
ocrat.
Wilson CARRIER, an Idaho moonshiner.
went over the Big creek falls in trying to
escape from the officers. lie was drowned.
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How He coaii Pick Out the star.

The first act Of the burlesque wos
about half over when the country
cousiE, leaned over G. :l1ed:
"V, % is the star O. IS piece2"
Cant tell yet, replied the city
reative glaneing at his programme.
'sNo one Of them has her name in
any bigger type than the others.
''fIow about the costumesl'' asked
the country cousin.
The city relative shook his head.
Cant tell anything by them il
this piece" he said, no one Of them
outshines the others
mo one seems to act any better
than the others, suggested the coun1
Try cousin.
mo. AL are equally bad
"But the bill boards said that TIE
famous Mile. de Vincent had been
specially engaged for this piece, :"
protested the country cousin How
in the world are we going to know
which is she?'
flush! !! said the city relative in
his superior way. 'sAll we have to
do is to wait for the tableau at the
end Of the first act and see WHO
takes the ccnter CT the stage. lie
troit Free Press.
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soME COMPENSATION AFTER Als-

One Reason Why Confederate OficeT
Was Reconciiesl to Fate.
There is q vel! known man in the
south who in the war Of the rebel
lion rode for four years in Confed-
crate saddle I.e often talks Of those
days. for he loves tie army and he
was made for Il soldier. He IS over
six feet in height, as straight as an
arrow and heavily built without BE-
ing in the slightest degree stout, and
there is no man in the whole south
who is moro handsome thin he, with
his erect figure, his fiaely grizzlel
hair, firm, straight nose, keen eyes,
tic bronze Ct a so,G3iG1',s skin and his
gray rlustaoi2e and imperial, making
him every inch field marshal
4 gallant soldier nTas io.st wh91a tl-6
war closed, o:, b.s,sel' still q ga1lart
soldier WIS lost when the goIez:;.l
joined tha Confederate cause for hal
he been IL tie Union army. as 20
himself sa,.vs he would r.'v,.f Lar q
left it, 5;1rl.,; today nc would wear q
his broad chest Uncle Sans god
buttons, cleaning cn u fed of bluo.
The general US tel.,ilg Of the WEI
recently with Il northern man at q
luncheon given by the veteran al GIG
Of hi; clubs. rs the memories 81; hi&s
colder days came back 70 i1inf h5s
strong ey,>s le1an to fish al2A Ii. ia
/ face s2lt1lo the color Of entilalsls;;rHl:
! He told how lie loved it s;il-t:4e dis
cip|ile, the dash the ezcitesnant, tie
+ vigorous ac;ean Of work III the sati-
de, ard the attractions Of d gay sol
diei>s l:fe Then he shook his head
and said with q tilgc Of sorrow in
bis voice: But we lost, and IL. t
took me out Of the army # we had
Won | should have been in il yet
At that moment there came mo
the room a man having Us b....~!s
face as ever was made In bis hssl2s 8
he hore q steanling covered dish, Ell ]
his face was v-reathed with s1ni.t !;
Of gratificst:.n and pride. lie
looked at the general with a beanling
face, placed the dish before him, a1l
then started to leave the room.
The general, who appreciates u
perfect dish as poet docs a divine
melody, lifted tie cover. His face
cleared the flush of old time excite-
ment became 6 rosy blush Of delight;
ne straightened his already erect fl
ure, and still holding the cover dish
in che hand, his other raised il an
eloquent command, he called to tie
man who was serving him i'll tore
vibrant with content and sattiisfac~
ton:
Peter, ccne back here. want
! you to hear this, Peter. ! am glad
that we did lose, because, Peter, if
we had won you'd be out in tie
fields now hoeing corn, and you
wouldn't be here attending to me-"
And then, turning to Lis ilorttileIn
friend, the general said solemnly all
inap1essiyely:
There isn't anybody in the south,
sir, that can serve me like that black
Peterr New York Tribune.
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He Had Lived in {. saoartl:ns House.

Il am afraid, dear. said the little
woman tin ;dly, Tn afraid yon viii
not think these biscuits of mine ex-
actly right. They are my first, you
know"
''On tie contrary" rejoined gal
liant Mr.. Latewedd promptly, they
are the very best | ever ate" And
then he absentmindedly remarked,
Ass me another lpwlder. Kate
Fields Washington.
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Col Jack Shinn, the we'll known horse
starter, was fatally shot at St. Louis.
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Martial law has been suspended in tDe
Crur d'Alen.s and the troops sent ho,as'
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1892-11-19

Chairman Carter VIII Issue an addl G; s
to the public OH the defeat of Harrison,
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1892-11-19

Harrison's plurality in California is
about 1000.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1892-11-19

TNHE PICKET prints as much
a reading matter as any other
weekly newspaper in eastern Mon
tana, and is especially valuable as
an advertising medium to home
advertisers from the fact that its
columns are free from foreign ads.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1892-11-19

SEE PICKET makes a speciaf |
l Il feature Of the news Of Red |
/ Lodge and vicinity, and also prints
: all the important news OF the
county, state and nation. Sub
| scribe for it if yon wish to keep
I posted on current events.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-07-17
suggestion 70 Train wearers.

There is nothing in which women
show more folly than in their clothes.
Since my youth have seen many fash
ions have their days. Some were pretty
some hideous, but whether one or the
other, every woman who could afford it
blindly adopted them, while many of
them exaggerated them. Most of these
fashions were designed by astute dress
makers, with the practical object of
making dress as expensive as possible.
just now long trains are the fashion,
though why any sane woman should
consent to draggle after her a lengthy
mass of stuff do not know, unless it be
for the pleasure of paying for the ma
terial. The woman of today is assertive,
but it is little too much that out of
doors and in doors she should claim not
only enough space for herself, but for
her train, and glare at the unfortunate
man who treads On this caudal append
age.
If women must have trains like the
tails Of Cape sheep, l would suggest to
them to follow the Cape custom, and to
rag after themselves a little wheel
irrow, on which the train or the tail
would be car1ied.-Cor. London Truth.