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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-26
FLOAT.

ct all the freaks Of Woman's nina
This most deties analysis,
The one that led her on to bind
Her shoulders down with gallowses,
Shes sweet, she's neat. she's simply grand"
But yet a prey to fallacies;
Oh, perfect woman. nobly planned"
oWhy mar the plan with g~ailowses?
The Hebes fair. oh. where are they:
Or a'en the eye CHASED Pallscie,!
Gone, skipped vamosed. for now's the da,
Ct the nannieh girl in gallowses.
--WaEhipufnn Stor
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-26

1t IS not generally known that an entirely
distinct school of cathedral glass working
has sprung up in this country which ia ac-
complaining the most wonderful results.
1t combines all that is best in the other
schools, and has added improvements of it's
own by which all the possibilities of colored
glass have apparently been exhausted. To
such a high state has this artistic taate been
developed that prices nre paid for single
windows to-day in private houses which
would have seemed fabulous ton years ago.
In introducing his paper on Washington:
the Evergreen State" in Harpsr's Magazine
for September, Julian Ralph, says: II
have called Montana the treasure state, and
have shown that it is vastly larger than
Pennsylvania. with prospectively manv
times its wealth in minerals and in tho
variety of its resources. But much that
We find promised in Montana 10 smpli6ed
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-26

She (anxiously)-Have you asked papa.
Reginald?
He-YeB.
She (ne!vously)-What did he say?
He-He didn't say anything, but ! know
he gave his consent. for he looked at ma in
a sort of plying way. don't you know
Life.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-26

Baltimore Sun: "A man applied yester
day to the central station for q permit 10
bury himself"
well. what did they do about it,"
"Gave him q ticket to Philadelphia" Il,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-26

OF Patent Flour. Ask your Grocer
tor It.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-11-25
THE OLD LOG STABLE.

Do you remember that stable, boys,
The one with fits deep straw thatch,
With its unhewn logs and chinks between,
And oaken door and latch?
Do you remember that stable, boys,
When spring brought warmer sun,
And while we bas!1ed in fits kindly rays
What wonderful yarns we spuns
Do you remember that stable, boys,
And the Ticks OF fragrant hay,
Where so oft we met on moonlight nights
With the neighbor boys TO play?
Do you remember that stable, boys,
And the stories OF ghosts so white.
And you had to pass by the graveyard lone
To your home in tho waning hghtg
Do you remember that stable, boys,
When the ground was cold and bare
And VIC cut a slice with the old hay knife
And foddered the cattle thereg
DO you remember that stable, boys,
When the snow was drifting deep,
And the inmates dumb from the binding storm
Were safe and sound asleepg
Do you remember that stable, boys'
But why do l ask this OF you
When to naught OF my own of all that's past
Is memory more fond and true:
Yes, you'll remember that stable, boys,
And the scent of the new-mown hay,
Till over the hills the sun is gone
And the earth has faded away.
&c. W. Crofts. in Inter Ocean.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-11-25
ACCUSED BY A CLOCK.
The Ingenious Device That Brought
a Murderer to Justice.

Lierret, the clockmaker, was cnly
thirty years of age, but he was inclined
to sadness, and was not tall5ative. He
had known a great sorrow. Seven
years before, while he was serving in
the army, his father had been muir
dured-in the shop now occupied by
the son. Who was the assassin? On
whom could he avenge the old man
who had never done harm to any body,
and had been so kind to him? Justice
had failed to lay hand upon the muir
derer and robber who had carried off
four thousand pounds, saved sou by
sou by the father for the son.
All researches had been fruitless.
Lierret had finished his time of service
in the army, and as soon as he was free
he returned and established himself in
the murdered mans shop, determined TO
drive away care by labor. But it was
clear that suffering was gnawing at
about the village in search of the
criminal.
Time paSsed-weeks, months, years.
The murder was forgotten by all save
the orphan and the-other, who could
not but remember it.
Quite recently Lierret had gone to
Paris and remained there several days
making purchases, bringing back with
him magnificent clock which caused
every body who saw it to long to pos
sess it.
Come in, gentlemen" said Lierret
to the admiring groups who pressed
closely about his shop window.
What is the price of it?"
Zone hundred pounds"
"Does it striker
Certainly. Listen
The clockmaker caused the bell to
sound-clear, sonorous, silvery.
but nobody will buy it." said Lier-
ret. Il am afraid have done a fool
ish thing in bringing it from Paris
"Oh, that depe nds, Lierret! We are
not rich enough, but there is some
body here"
Really! Whom?"
"Eh! Locard-good looking Locard
who is going TO marry and doesn't
mind what he spends"
'lf you would not mind putting In a
word for me"
with pleasure; and-who knows?-
by touching him on the side of his van
ity-"
"You would be doing me a great serv-
ice.''
jacques Locard was not very much
liked and that for several reasons. In
the first place he had made his fortune
too suddenly. 1t had come to him from
the clouds by the intermediary of
notary-oh! rot of this village, but
of a long way of, over the mountains
an Inheritance which had at once put
him at his ease, and he had increased
this by dabbling in business.
For all that he was closefisted, spike
in loud voice, staggered in the street,
drank heavily and had q following.
When nybody wanted to unloosen his
purse strings for bowl Of punch or a
bottle OF champagne they knew on
which side TO deal with him. A man
like him the king of the country! He
wagged his head and allowed himself
to be taken in.
The thing, however, was not so easy
as it had at first seemed to be. When
the name of Lierret was pronounced
before Locard il evidently produced an
unpleasant effect on that persons
nerves. lie dislil1ed Lierret, that was
clear. Well. everybody is free to like
or dislike according to h!s impressions.
u 30 Rot9 kisFFss-s pettiieggsF, aE
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-11-25
His Precious Burden.

The wind was blowing a gale, the
muddy expanse of water was heaving
like an angry sea. Spectators on the
elevated braced themselves against the
breeze and offered up silent prayers
for the heroic men risking their lives
in the rescue. Look! look! look!"
rose the excited cry. A thousand eyes
were focused on a struggling figure in
the flood. The water was up to his
waist Cedar blocks danced around
him like corlxs, and huge piles of drift
passed dangerously near him as he
struggled IN the current He was a
strong man, but he was weighted down
with two precious burdens. The wind
whirled away his hat and blew his
thick, black hair about his eyes in
sheer deviltry. It blinded him and he
dipped his head in the flood to weigh it
down. He staggered on, holding all
that was dear to him safe and dry
above the whirling deluge. His
strength is failing now. His grasp
seems ready to loosen. A thousand
hearts stop beating as he disappears
for moment. falling from weakness.
He rises, holding aloft what he risked
his life to save from the waves. Strong
arm and brave heart! boat shoots
around a corner. The boatmen see
him. He is saved! In one hand he
grasps an empty valise; in the other a
copper -bottomed kettle.-Sioux City
Tribune
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-11-25
STORY OF a DREAM.
The Strange and Convincing Vision of
Business Man.

The Strange and Convincing Vision of a
Business Man.
There was group of business men
who had met at their club. and were
discussing some serious and metaphys-
ical questions of the day. One of them
was a middle-aged man with thought
full visage and iron-gray hair. He heard
the others speculating on transcenden-
tai theories with close attention and
finally remarked:
''I had strange dream last night-a
very strange dream. If you promise
not to laugh at me I will relate it. As
general thing I do not believe in
dreams, but this was very convincing
very"
'.Let us hear it," 'said his friends
unanimously, dreams often mean more
than we can understand"
The dreamer stroked his chin thought
fully, and finally began in the manner
of man who does not expect to be be-
Iieved.
at was impressed On me very strong
iy,'' he said, ''at the time. for had
been annoyed that very day by having
mislaid some tickets and suppose car
ried the annoyance with me in my
sleep. For / dreamed that was look
ing for them and found them in a GER
tain place in my desk where I was
in the habit of keeping such things
safely laid away in an envelope. It
was so real to me that could hardly
believe il a dream. Now comes the
strange part. As soon as ! was fully
awake ] went TO my desk and there
was the envelope"
He paused moment, and some one
breathlessly suggested:
And you found the tickets?''
mo, there wasn't blamed thing in
it. t"-Detroit Free Press.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-11-25
Photographte sh orthand.

An ingenious mechanician has con-
structed an instrument by means of
which the orator may read his own
notes fully and accurately, while on
the platform, and yet win the credit OF
extempore speaking. He must, how
ever, have a knowledge of shorthand.
The speaker prepares his Grafton COM
pletely, in stenographic signs. The
written sheets are photographed down
to practical invisibility to the unaided
eye, so that the whole speech or lec-
ture is contained upon small card.
This card is then inclosed in box, so
arranged with lens that the charac-
ters are enlarged to reada BILE size.
The card and lens may be carried in
the palm OF the hand; or, If laid upon
the reading-desk, are SO small as not to
attract the attention of the audience.
So provided. the orator would hardly
fall into the stage fright blunder of
George William Curtis, who, On the oc-
caslon of his first lecture, began with
the remarkable statement: Ladies
and gentlemen, the pittomless bot-ah
-hm-I mean--.'' He meant bottom
less pit With the actual signs before
him. even with stage funk" he
could hardly have been guilty of such a
version.-Demorest
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-11-25
for infants and Children.

"Castoria Is so wen adapted TO children that
Irecommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me-" Fl. A. ARCHER, NJ. D.,
Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. 7.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-11-25
DIRECTORS:

Transacts a general banking busine IS
Deposits solicited. Collections made
and prompt returns. Money to loan on
reasonable terms.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-11-25

A few years in the army do one of
two things-sharpen or deaden the
wits of soldier; they sharpened Lier.
ret's. The failure of the police left in
his mind deep and bitter disappoint-
ment. His father had been cruelty
murdered and robbed, almost in the
light of day--a kindly but undemon-
strative man, respected by all his old
townsmen; who was never known to
have made an enemy, who had many
friends-Locard among the number.
Who but one of his friends could have
known that he had, by the merest ac-
cident of circumstances, the whole say
ings of his life in his possession that
day, in view of an advantageous invest
ment, to be completed on the morrow
that never came for him? No stranger
could have known of this.
No stranger? That idea haunted
Lierret's mind day and night and goad-
ed him to action. Step by step he
pushed on inquiry. Bit by bit he came
upon the history of all mis- fathers old
friends and associates, and at length
suspicion pointed to the sudden and
vaguely explained uprising of Locard,
nearly simultaneous with the old clock
makers assassination. There was the
murderer's false reckoning of chances;
too eager for the enjoyment of his
murder stamped gold, he surprised his
acquaintances by his ostentatious dis
play of means, but Llerret he provoked
to make inquiry as to their origin.
Still the proof, the legal proof,
eluded the young NJ ans search, though
he had come close enough to it to salts
fy the instinct of his heart; while the
persistency with which Locard, who
had been an almost daily visitor to his
faCher's house, avoided him was in it
self a confession. 1t was at this stage
of his search for justice that the idea
of laying a trap for the criminal came
into his mind.
Gentlemen of the jury" said the
prosecuting barrister, ''you see here of
what social utility is the progress of
science. Was it not trait of genius on
the part of a poor clockmaker to have
utilized, by adapting it to the mechan-
ism of an ordinary clock, that immor-
tai invention of Edison's-the phono-
graph?"-San Francisco Argonaut.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-11-25
SHE GOT THE CAPE.
Her Tactics Were Bad, but They Work
just the Same.

Her Tactics Were Bad, but They Worked
just the Same.
They had been married just about a
| year, those two, but had not yet
learned, with that fine subtlety which
experience teaches, to leave their quar-
rels at home. They took this one into
the car with them, and 1 happened to
find it there.
You're just as mean as you can be, y
said the woman, her brown eyes fash
ing, and her pretty chin sailing mutin-
ously up into the air. You knew ]
wanted to buy that mink box cape to-
day to wear when l see the parade, and
you wouldn't give me the money, just
| out of pure spite"
81 tell you didn't have the money,
Lucy" he insisted; 81 had to pay the
monthly rent for the fat, and that just
about cleaned me out. If had it, why
of course"
'Tell that to the Marines" said the
girl, tossing her head and swapping her
eyes. "You did have the money.
saw it in your pocketbool1; but it's al
ways the way! Anyhow, it doesn't take
fortune to buy fur cape, and am
positively shivering with cold"' (Where-
upon she executed some realistic shiv-
ers.
Poor thing said he, laughing satir-
ically and turning up his yellow-blue
eyes. 'If that's the case, why don't
you put on your sealslzin or that Per-
sian lamb affair. No, nothing will an
swer but mink, suppose"
That's right; go ahead Taunting
rue with vanity again. You are posi-
lively unbearable when you get such
moods"
"And you are
'Oh, don't tell me what / am.
won't have you calling me names in a
street car"
The man drew down his brows and
stared at the conductor, who awaited
his fare.
81 was going to say" he repeated,
pocl1eting his change, ''that you
are "a"
eyes, l know, a she devil, of course. !"
They both broke down, and laughed
at this.
Nothing of the sort" came the gal.
liant rejoinder. IAN angel, under all
circumstances!' And the ardent-lover
smile which he bestowed upon her
ought to have melted heart of stone,
although manifestly theatrical to ali
observer. That fixed up things beauti-
fully, although, for Lucy returned it
like an angel, and said:
''Never mind, George dear, 1 was
only fooling. 1 don't really care for
that mink cape in the least. only
wanted to try you."
''Oh, you artful piece" said the man
indulgently, twigging her ear. "And
SO, to settle the matter, well go this
very morning and buy it together.
Come along!"
Lucy's tactics, although faulty.
seemed to have gained her point There
are all sorts of generalship. \.
Recorder.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-11-25

Castoria cures Collie, Constipation,
Sour Stomach, Diarrhea. Eructatiou,
Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes dl
gestion,
Without injurious medication
I" For several years have recommended
your Castoria, and shall always continue to
do so as it has invariably produced beneficial
results.''
EDWIN F. PARDEE. NJ. D.,
''The Winthrop, 1aoth Street and 9TH Ave,
New York City.
CoKpANT, n MURRAY STREET, NEW Yoax.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-11-25

Papa, can / smoker" asked Hal.
''Oh no, my boy You are too little to
smoke" Don't see why" said Hal.
~ saw q hot potato sInolin' to-day, end
II was lIgsleT'a me, "v-IIagpey's BRsaE,
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-11-25

That Depends. -He-"Do you be-
iIeye in long engagements" She
'That depends on which one has the
Roaey, ,"znstreit Free Press,
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-11-25

"The use of 'Castoria is so universal and
its merits so well known that it seems work
: of supererogation to endorse It.. Few are the
intelligent families who do not keep Castorla
within easy reach.
New York City.
Late Pastor Bloomingdale Reformed Church.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-15
Important Chinese Law Ruling.

WASHINGTON CITY, March 14.-Lou Ow
Bew can remain in the United States.
The supreme court of the United States
this morning reversed the decision of the
United States district court for the north
ern district of California, which ordered
that he be deported from the United
States and returned to China. Lou
Ow Bew is a Chinese merchant of Port
land, Or, who went to China on a visit
and when he returned to San Francisco
was refused permission to remain in the
United States because he had failed to
secure the certificate of Identification re-
duired by the Chinese restriction act to be
obtained from the Chinese government by
merchants and others coming to the
United States. The United States court
in California affirming the legality Of the
commissioners action, Lou brought the
matter here on habeas corpus proceedings.
The court. in its opinion, says:
twas not intended that commercial domicile
should be forfeited by temporary absence, or
that resident merchants should be subjected to
loss OF the rights guaranteed by treaty il they
failed to produce from the domicie ot origin
that evidence which residence in a domicile of
choice may have rendered it difficult, If not i'm
possible, 20 obtain.
As Lou is unlawfully restrained of liberty,
the court directed the lower court to re-
verse the judgment and discharge him
from custody.
In the Senate today, among the papers
presented and referred was a protest by
the Baltimore conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church against the enact
ment of further oppressive legislation
against the Chinese people, as tending to
cripple missionary work in China through
retaliatory measures.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-15
MURDER AT SAND POINT.
Steamboat Tom Killed by the Bartender
of the Seattle Mug Saloon.

SArn PoINT, Idaho, March IA Special.
Thomas Meagher, Familiarity known as
Steamboat Tom, was shot and killed at the
Seattle Mug saloon here between 3 and
o'clock this morning. Coroner DIR. T.
Martin, of Hope, summoned a jury and
examined five witnesses this forenoon,
whose testimony was substantially the
same and showed that deceased came into
the saloon partly intoxicated and in a very
quarrelsome mood; that he finally
picked up an iron stove poker and
commenced abusing man who was
sitting on chair. Without any apparent
provocation he struck the man on the
head, making a bad scalp wound, and
again striking him on the arm. At this
time the bartender, Patrick Cunningham,
interfered, telling Meagher he must stop
quarreling or leave the place, as he would
hav emo fighting in the house. Meagher
then turned upon Cunningham. and, strik-
ing at him with the poker, swore at him
and said he would kill him.
As Meagher was striking him with the
poker Cunningham seized a revolver from
behind the bar, and, according to the testi-
mony of four of the five witnesses, struck
at Meagher twice. The revolver was
self-cocher and at the second blow went
of, the ball penetrating Meagher's neck.
Witness Red German testified that he
stepped between Meagher and Cunning
ham to part them, and that the
revolver struck his shoulder, when
it was discharged. DR.. Dutton, who
was passing through the room at the time
from visiting patient in rear room,
went at once to the fallen man, but found
that nothing could be done, death ensuing
in five minutes. The body will be shipped
to Bismarck, n. D., where the mother of
| deceased lives. Cunningham is under ar
rest and will be examined before the grand
jury, which is now in session at Rach-
drum. The coroner's jury brought in
verdict in accordance with the testimony.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-15
waIIa waiIa Public Park Bill.

WAsHrNGToN CITY, March 1l.--[Special
Senator Alien today presented bill
granting to the city of Walla Walla for the
purpose of a public park a tract of land
described as ''all that triangular portion
of the Walla Walla military reserve at the
northerly corner thereof and separated
from the main body of the reserve by a
long established county highway and by
the line of the Oregon Railway and Navi-
CATION Company's track" There are
twenty eight acres in the tract.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-15
Arrival of the War Vessels at
Port Townsend.
COMING UP THE SOUND TODAY.
Steamboat Tom Killed in Seattle Mug
Saloon at Sand Point.
He Was Looking for n Fight, and the
Bartender Shot Him-Suicide of q
Portland Woman-Real Estate Swim
dler Cook Caught.


PoRT TOWNSEND, March H-TSpecial. i
The United States man-of-war Mohican,
with the government receiving ship Nipsic
in tow, went ashore on Point Wilson at
o'clock this morning while entering the
harbor. A dense fog hung close over the
water and it was impossible to get accurate
bearings. None of the officers had
ever been to the Sound before. Five
hours later, at high water, the Mohican
was gotten safely off without sustaining
any in jury, and the facts were forthwith
reported to the navy department. The
Mohican and Nipsic sailed from San Fran
cisco last Wednesday, and experienced
splendid weather on the trip. Cape Flat
terry was passed yesterday afternoon
and shortly afterward thick
foggy weather was encountered.
Tomorrow, Tuesday morning. the
Mohican will tow the Nipsic to Port Or
chard, where she will be stationed in
charge of Lieutenant Wyckoff and used as
a receiving ship. The Mohican will pro-
ceed thence to Seattle for fuel and report
to the navy department for orders. She
will return to this port, and will probably
sail for Bering sea next Saturday.
The Nipsic is in command of Comman
der Nichols and seventy officers and men
of the receiving ship Independence, of
Mare island, all of whom will return to
San Francisco by the steamer Walla
Walia next Saturday. Captain Mich
OILS several years ago was in CON-
mand of the surveying steamer
Pinto on Puget sound. The Mohican is
manned by 2i0 officers and men, of whom
thirty are marines. The commander, G.
S. Cotton, was last year senior naval Of
ficer in command of the United States
naval forces in Bering sea. The hospitali-
ties of the Key City Club were extended to
the officers
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-15
The Need of Naturalization Reform.

WASHINGTON CRY, March H.-Repre-
sentative Oates, from the judiciary COM
mittee of the House, today submitted
report to accompany the bill to change
the naturalization laws. 1t recites the
shameful and illegal manner in which
aliens are naturalized in many parts of
the country, and declares that con-
gress should make laws to amply
protect the states against the citizenship of
criminals, paupers, anarchists and aliens.
The name of American citizen, says the
report, should be esteemed as that of
Roman was when Rome was mistress of
the world. Such pride can never be felt
by our foreign-born citizens until the pro-
cess of comforting this great boon upon
him is attended with great solemnity and
scrutinized more closely than at present.