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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-02-27
Crcetle Lots Suld.

CnEEpE COL. Feb. 26.-The sale of school
land here by the state land board began to-
day. The town is oyertlowing with people,
and there was great excitement, but no scr
ious disturbance occurred. Eight blocks
of l60 acres sold to-day from $500 to $3.50
per lot.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-02-27
International Agreement Demanded

International Agreement Demanded
LONDON, Feb. GA dispatch to the
Times from Calcutta says: The address
presented to the government by the Bengal
chamber of commerce on the subject Of ex-
change says it is impossible for men in
business to have any confidence in the
future value of the rupee. 1t adds that it
is the belief of the members of tho cham
Der OF commerce that there is no com plete
remedy for the fluctuations III the rates of
exchange except BY the establishment, BY
an international agreement Of Il system, Of
free coinage of both gold and silver at fixed
rates, or the adoption of a gold standard in
India. Failing in these remedies they see
nothing in the future except the gradual
characterization of silver bv one country
after another, with violent and endless
fluctuations. in the relative values OF gold
and silver and fall in the value Of the
rupee impossible to predict.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-02-27
BANK CLEARINGS,

Business Done During tho Past Week in
the Money Centers
New YORK, Feb. 26.-rhe following are
tho hank claarinDa raportal 1uaaL,y.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-02-27

Total leading cities Of Tho United States
S1.072 1853 401. inc. 37.9 per cent compale ed witt
the same week last year.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-06
LOOKED LIKE A FRIGHT.
williams Solution of a Hard One in Po-
liticaI Economy.

litical Economy.
81 thought" she said, as she looked
up from her sewing that night, "you
would be glad to know, William, that
1 have decided not to get that new
dress
'Hum-mr' he grunted, approvingly.
SIT shows that woman has keen
sense of economy, William, when she is
forced to it; remember, when she is
forced to it."
"What do you propose to do?"
"Well, have ripped up the skirt; for
eleven dollars | can get some of the
loveliest ribbon trimmings-it'ss shabby,
but it will have to do"
What else?" he chucllled, gleefully.
"Then will need few new widths
of insertion, some velvet, q card of but
tons and pattern, say eleven dollars
more"
81 always did like economy" he said,
joyously.
81 will hire girl who, if she works
fast, can finish the work in three days;
she ought to overhaul the whole shabby
old dress in that time, William, so that
instead of looking like fright, as do
now, shall once more be presentab BILE,
and all through close figuring. Now,
don't ever say / am not careful of your
cash"
"Well," he said, the smile dying from
his face, that figures twenty-five dol
lars already; isis there any other lit
lie incidentals?"
so, yes; then, if you let me get new
blouse waist, say at eight dollars and a
half, | think, William, will be all
rugged out for the summer, and all by
altering over this old dress"
AS she spoke, she gave vicious tug at
seam and ripped it half yard.
Eliza" he said don't rip another
thread; think may ask as much, may
not? | have been a good husband to
you, eh, Eliza?"
Tears rolled down his cheeks; his
voice was as husky as plate of stewed
corn.
so, WELL" she snapped, ''what is it
now?"
Don't rip up the dress; go buy new
one and spend the summer in the
mountains on what otherwise you
would have sunk in the old wreck. -
Once Week.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-06
ROADS IN FRANCE.
How They Are Made and Maintained Ia
Perfect Condition.

Perfect Condition.
The excellence of French roads ia
well known. The United States consul
at Bordeaux describes how they are
made. The materials are brought from
the nearest quarries and placed at
either side of the route surveyed. In
order that the full amount contracted
may be delivered the stone must be
heaped in angular piles of prismatic
shape and fixed dimensions. These
heaps. placed at given distance from
one another, are afterward visited by
an official inspector, and must in all
instances ct exactly beneath q skele-
ton frame carried by him. The ma
terial is usually marble, flint stone or
gravel, and whatever is used must be
of the best quality and cleansed from
all foreign substances. The stone must
be broken so that each piece may pass
through ring 216 inches in diameter.
1t is then spread evenly over the road,
the interstices being carefully filled in
with small pieces, so that the whole is
smooth and free from abrupt eminences
and depressions A steam roller then
crushes and further evens the whole,
after which a superficial layer of clay
and earth completes the work Roads
are classed as national roads, which are
the main arteries of the system con-
Meeting most distant parts of the coun-
try, and are constructed and main
tanned by the government: depart
ment roads which connect diff.
fereut points of the same depart
ment or of two adjoining de-
partments and are constructed and
maintained by the department; high
ways and public roads, which are the
property of the commune through
which they run, but in practice made
and repaired by the department from
taxes levied on the commune, supple
mented by department subsidy; cross
roads, which are maintained by sums
derived from the ordinary revenue of
the commune, occasionally supplement-
ed by additional taxation, and country
roads, which are kept in order by the
commune, except they are injured by
unusual traffic, when an indemnity
may be claimed by the communal ad-
ministration. For the purpose of main.
tanning the common roads the inhab-
itants living in the district are obliged
to work three days in each year or pay
an amount equivalent to the compensa-
ton of the laborer for three days.
The consul at Havrc says that French
pavemeuts increase in excellence with
age. In France, he says, all roads have
perpetual attention. If from weight,
rain or other causes a hollow, rut or
sink is found it is repaired at once.
Where the space to be repaired is of
limited area the rolling of the new
coating is left to the wide tires of the
heavy carts, but in the case of ex-
tended areas steam roller is brought
into use. Every carrying and market
cart in France is roadmaker instead
of a rutmaker, for it has tires usually
from four inches to six inches in width.
-Colman's Rural World.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-06
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

The same principle which has caused
the wholesale slaughter of birds and
animals and the waste of fertility and
timber in this country is shown in the
manner in which our highways have
been treated or left without treatment.
The only solution for the diversity of
opinion and results obtained in various
farm practices is the difference in men
and their adaptability to carry out in
practice the various methods and prac-
tices on which successful agriculture
depends.
If the pig must be fed on slop let the
slop consist of wheat middlings or
bran and SKINNED milk. Such slop
will make pig grow rapidly, and if it
also has the run of a clover field it
should keep in good health, as it will
not be liable to disease of any kind.
BESIDES the three ingredients in fer
tilizers which are commonly mentioned,
the soil must have humus--vegetab BILE
matter-to hold moisture and to make
plant foods available. A plant takes
food only in liquid form-tllat is, the
mineral foods Clover will furnish
humus if plowed under.
WOMEN who are willing to work have
their attention called to the dairy. The
work in it can be readily superintended
by them, and most of it is what they
can readily do, Their neatness and
easily acquired skill is needed IN it.
They can build up the private dairy and
make it popular everywhere.
ONE of the sources of profit when
such concentrated foods as bran, mid
dlings or oil meal are fed is the manure
made from such foods. A ton of manure
from rich and nutritious food is more
valuable than three tons from some
other substances. There is more in
the quality than in the quantity of ma
nure.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-06
TO KILL TREE-BoRERs.
Unadulterated Kerosene the Best Rem
edy Yet Discovered.

Unadulterated Kerosene the Best Rem
edy Yet Discovered.
Quite number of ways for destroy
ing the larvae of various kinds that live
in the bark and sapwood of the apple
and other varieties of the fruit trees
have been published, says c. B. Ashton
in Insect Life, but none of them are as
good, in my judgment, as the way that
l now recommend, / know of no
better way of putting a stop to their
depredaLions than by using unadulter-
ated kerosene quite freely wherever
the castings of the Larvae are seen pro-
truding through the bark AS soon as
the kerosene comes in contact with the
bark it is absorbed and carried by
capillary attraction until it permeates
the whole burrow and comes in contact
with the larve, and then soon this
noted little tenant is lifeless.
In using kerosene there is no use cut
ting, digging into or in any way mutt
lating the tree to find the Larvae. The
fluid kerosene will find 1t, and this is
enough for practical purposes, and then
nature steps in" with her "healing
art and mends the damage done to the
tree. The amount of kerosene used
for this purpose is so small that it en-
dangers in no way the health of the
tree. A person can visit and inspect
many trees in single hour, and II nee
essary apply the spout of a can and
flow small amount of kerosene in
various places.
The beauties of this way of killing
the borers are no mutilation, quick
work, sure death and little expense,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-06
The Evil in Feminine Dress.

The evil in feminine dress of to-day
lies not with our rich women, but with
our women of average means. The
wealthy woman rarely overdreases, the
average woman far more often, and she
stamps herself by that very indiscre-
ton. 1t is not the mistress who over
dresses so much as it is her servant who
tries to initiate her. The nice and re-
fined women, the women of taste, are
not the purchasers of the snowy dress
patterns and misfit hats which we see
in the show windows Just in proper
tion as woman is refined in her
nature is she quiet in her dress. A re-
fined woman never dresses loudly. The
present tendency in red is not followed
by girls and women of refinement it
is affected by those who forget that red
is the most trying color which woman
can wear becomingly, and there is no
color of which one so soon tires. Only
few women can choose a perfect shade
in red, and those are, as rule, not the
women who wear it-Ladies' Home
journal.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-06
A VOLCANIC at Sea.

Last fall there was a strange occur
ence near the island of Pantellaria,
between Sicily and Tunis, which would
have filled the Imagination of Homer
or Virgil with pictures of super
natural monsters and poetical fancies
about the eXtravagant doings of the
deities of the sea. A submarine volcanic
eruption occurred there, and the in
habitants of the island saw what
seemed like some great fish disporting
himself in the troubled water, while
columns of smoke arose around him.
Those who ventured near to the scene
in boats saw hot volcanic bombs, COM
posed of black scoriaceous material
rising to the top of the water, and there
running and darting about in the most
singular fashion under the impulse of
the steam which they discharged. Some
bounded more than sixty feet up in the
air as the steam exploded. Such out
bursts of heated matter from the bed of
the sea furnish, perhaps, an even more
impressive indication than ordinary
volcanic eruptions do of the strange
conditions prevailing at no great depth
beneath the surface of the earth
Youths Companion,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-06
Water for Bees.

When bees have formed the habit of
going to any one place for water it is q
difficult matter to prevent their con-
tinuing to go to the same place, and
hence they should be provided with
water at home ear y in the spring, and
be 'enticed" there for their regular
supply. The editor of the American
Bee journal suggests that little salt
in the water at the home trough will
make it inviting to the bees, and at the
same time to give the sides of your
neighbours trough coat of kerosene oil
would help to cultivate liking for the
home trough, which should be placed
in a sunny spot.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-06
Question of Color.

Miss Penstock-Leml Johnsing, de
cashun OBJ de fourf oh July will not
habe de pleasuah oh seein' us togedder.
Lem'l Johnsing-Whad habe l dun
gone an dun now, Elinder?
Miss Penstock-Yo' taste fo' lSullor
am not cordin' ter de edicks ob high
tone sassiety.
Mr.. Johnsing- ter moughty bad
Oar l habe gone an spen' two dollars
an forty-fibe cents fo' doss L.mon-kullor
trouserloons--
Miss Penstock s-eah right? Am
yo' shuah dat de tint am lemon?
Mr.. Johnsing-D de trout.
Miss Penstoch-Den l take back my
'sershuns. heerd dat yo' habe pick
out de lilack pair. We's dun gone be
seen togedder, my chile. Dar's muffin
deaf spile de feet OBJ my 'pleckshun
like lilaclk Yo am my comp'ny TO de
day. Judge.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-06

A recent traveller from India says that
the monkeys there have game similar
to the one played by boys called "King
Of the Castle" but, instead of pushing
each other from the top of knoll or
mound, the castle is pendant branch
of tree. The game-among the mon
keys-is to keep a place on the bough
which swings with their weight as with
cluster of fruit, while the players
struggle to dislodge one another, each,
as he drops, running round and climb
ing up again, to begin anew. This sport
is kept up for an hour at time, with
keen enjoyment. Golden DAYS.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-06
RED HAIR.
Ono OF the Proverbial Prejudices of the
Early Times.

Ono OF the Proverbial Prciudices OF the
Early Times.
The prejudice against red hair is both
ancient and widespread. For centuries
the popular notions throughout all
Europe associated hair of this unlucky
color with villainy, untrustworthiness
and deceit. In Henry Bebel's "Collec-
tion of Proverbs" published in 1912, oc-
cur the following: Proud arc the short;
Enthusiastically the red-haired."
An old French proverb which is known
to be over five hundred years old says:
salute red-headcd man or bearded
woman at thirty feet off with three
stones in thy fists to defend thee if need
be" -
In very early times all pictures of
Judas, Christ's bctrayer, were shown
with great shocks of red hair falling
down well on the shoulders. This and
the fact that the Judas in the Miracle
Plays" was provided with red hirsute
worked the superstitious people of the
middle ages up to such a degree that 1T
was actually unsafe for a red-haired
person to appear in company. Seeing
that things were coming to serious
pass, WTlJCTS VI III CldSScS UcBdh W
rebuke and denounce "the senseless
prejudice against those of lively colored
hair" Cyrano de Bergerac, in his
States and Empires of the Sun, T." boldly
praised and glorified the despised color
in the following words:
ga brave head covered with red hair
is nothing else but the sun in the midst
of his rays, yet many speak i'll of it,
because few have the honor to be So"
The adjective, Judas colored hair
and many similar illusions are often
met with in the writings of the older
authors. In "As You Like It, Rosulind
says of Orlando: "His very hair is of
that assembling color" to which Celia
replies Something browner than Ju-
das'."
Dryden, in writing of Jacob Touson,
a publisher whom he thoroughly de-
spised, says:
He has leering looks bulliaced and frcckled
fair,
Two left legs and Judas colored hair.
Hundreds of other citations to this
popular prejudice could be given, but
the above are sufficient to prove that
the red-haired persons position was not
an enviable one in the years gone by
| st. Louis Republic.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-06

This roof may be made of bark or
shingles This permits free passage
of air under the roof and over the cell
ing of the room. The walls of the room
are also shown to be double, the space
to be filed up with sawdust or charcoal,
but this is not absolutely necessary.
At the opposite end of the room will be
noticed the door, having hole 6X12
inches at the bottom, covered with per-
forated zinc or wire gauze. At the
other end of the room is the window,
running to tile ceiling. The lower cut
shows n framework to be covered with
canvas or calico to be placed over the
window on the outside. Above this
framework fnsten bucket and fill with
water. Put in one end of piece of
flannel and sew the other all around
the canvas blind. At the bottom of the
frame put a bent tin gutter to take the
water and let it drip into another pail.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-06
An ExhibItIon of Roads.

The proposition of Col. Albert A.
Pope, of Boston, to make comprehen-
sive exhibit of roads and road-malxing
machinery at the Worlds Columbian
exposition is meeting with general ap-
proval. Congress is to be asked to
make a special appropriation for this
purpose, and should respond literally
to the call. A complete road exhibit at
the exposition would be most power
full factor to bring about national and
state legislation for the construction
and maintenance of good roads.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-06

The water is drawn from the upper
pail by capillary attraction, keeping
the canvas blind saturated with water.
The air before passing into the room
has to pass over and under this sat
urated blind and, owing to the evapora-
tion, is considerably cooled. The poor
air passes out of the hole in the door.
Experience has proved that such a
room is at least twenty degrees colder
than the outside air. 1t is strongly re-
commended to set banana trees all
around the house if possible and much
better results are obtained from their
use, the difference in temperature
sometimes being twenty-five or thirty
degrees. Farm and Home.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-06
FARM AND GARDEN.
COOL DAIRY ROOM.

A Building That Can Bc Kept at Low
Temperature without lee.
The cross section of building which
may be kept at a comparatively low
temperature without ice during the hot
summer months is shown here. 1t is
much used in Australia, The building
has latticcd veranda on three sides
and may be briefly described rs rect
angular room or box 12xs feet and 10
feet high. This room has a window at
one end and door at the other, the
side which has the veranda The cross
section shows the roof as not touching
the cool room by space of Q inches.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-06
Bran for Lambs.

A pound of bran given to lamb judi
ciously, while it is still sucking, is
worth five times as much as when given
to 1t next winter, and twenty times as
much as it is when given to paper
skin yearling that has no vitality and
no future, because it was stunted while
young. The effect of generous feeding,
in giving strength and constitution to a
lamb, is something really wonderful
Texas Live Stock Journal
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-06

UP to fifty pounds the pig, if we'll
kept, will give an increasing ratio of
weight for food consumed. After the
weight of fifty pounds is attained then
commences a decreasing ratio of weight
for food consumed, and this latter ratio
increases as the pig increases in weight,
SO that at three hundred pounds weight
it requires at least four times as much
food to make pound of pork that it
did at fifty pounds. .-Hoard's Dairy
man.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-06
Why People Lose weight in summer.

To most persons the summer season
is time of excitement instead of quiet
rest, as it should be. With the approach
of warm weather most people begin to
lay plans for vacations and enjoyments,
and in n little while have worked them
selves into state of excited anticipa-
ton. Not only this, but they undertake
excursions requiring considerable trav-
ell, either by land or water, SO that dur
ing the heated term they have com
pletely departed from the quiet paths
of life trodden so steadily all the rest of
the year. Now, it is well-llnown fact
that the majority of people lose weight
during the summer. This loss is gener-
ally accounted for by the smaller guam
tity of food consumed during the warm
weather, but we should say that the
excitement incidental to vacations and
travelling was as much responsible for
it as the other. 1t is question if our
Indian summer, the most charming sea-
son of the year, would not make n bet
ter vacation period for the majority of
people. Boston Bulletin.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-06
Yerandn Gossip.

Mrs. A-"Mrs. B--cant last long with
that terrible cough OF hers They say she
has night sweats and much fever" Mrs.
C-"If they would stop giving her opiates
and use DR.. Hoxsie's Certain Group Cure
she tCould soon be a UeU iCOmdn. It's so cents.
Sold by prominent druggists throughout the
state. "A. p Hoxsie, Buffalo, N. Y, manu-
facturer and sole proprietor.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-06

But rely implicitly upon the power to cure
of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, the third of
Il century old remedy for malaria, dyspcp-
sia, debility, constipation, liver and kidney
inactivity, rheumatism and nervousness
To make you eat, sleep and digest well this
is the tonic. The delicate, the aged and con
valescent use it with advantage. wine
glassful thrice day.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-06

Syrup

Just a bad cold, and a hacking
cough We all suffer that way some
times. How to get rid of them iS
the study. Listen am Ranch
man and Stock Raiser. My life is
rough and exposed. 1 meet all
weathers in the Colorado mountains.
1 sometimes take colds. Often they
are severe. 1 have used German
Syrup five years for these. A few
doses will cure them at any stage.
The last one had was stopped in
"a hours. 1t is infallible." James
A. Lee, Jefferson, Col. %
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-06
HANDY DAIRY BARN.

I1Hu FItW' IIHHb HHU SpBCIICaIIUHB OF u
Convenient Structure.
The illustration is of q moderate sized
barn for milk cows. The length may
be extended as desired, making room
for any number. The animals are fas-
tened in stanchions; the floor slopes
gently from the managers to the gutter
ing, and may be of compact earth,
brick or boards, according to needs.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-06
An Important Difference.

To make it apparent to thousands, who
think themselves i'll, that they are not af-
fected with any disease, but that the system
simply needs cleansing, is to bring comfort
home to their hearts, as u costive condition
is easily cured byusing Syrup of Figs Man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-06
Tho Only One Ever Printed-Can You Find
the WordY

There is q 3 inch display advertisement
in this paper, this week, which has no two
words alike except one word The same is
true of each new one appearing each week,
from The DR.. Harter Medicine Co. This
house places q Crescent" on everything
they make and publish. Look for it, send
them the name OF the word and they will
samples free.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-06

-Clcrll-Allow me, madam, to recon-
mend this cosmetic. 1t will make you
look as if you We're only forty. Madam
Gndignantly)-ThanlS you, sir! l am
thirty.-Flicgende Blatter.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-06

A. M. PRIEST, Druggist, Shelbyville Ind, g,
says: "Hnll's Catarrh Cure gives the best
of satisfaction Can get plenty of testi-
monials as it cures every one who takes
it," Druggists sell it, 75c.