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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-19
GRAND LODGE K. OF r.
Officers Elected and Business Of the s
sion Completed

Officers Elected and Business Of the ses.
sion Completed.
GREAT FALLS. May 18.-[Special. 1.-THE
grand lodge, Knights Of Pythias
| to-day selected Helena az til.
place of meeting next year. the third Mon.
day in May, by the following vote: Helens
forty-one, Butte six, Bozeman five, Benton
one. When the meeting WAS called to
order this morning the committee on re-
vision of the constitution presented a
seventy page report. providing but few
unlmportant chanRes. The lodge
is to be known hereafter as the
grand lodge K. of p. of the
jurisdiction of Montana. The constitution
report was adopted. The following resolu-
tion was offered, by j. S. Hammond. of
Butte, and adopted:
"Whereas. The highest prosperity of our
noble order demands the earnest and
hearty corporation of women; and
Whereas. 1t is very desirable to make
our grand lodge meetings an annual re-
union, not only Of knights. but of their
families, in order to promote these objects,
be it
Resolved, That at all grand lodge ban
quets subsequent to 1882. our ladies have q
hearty invitation, to be sent before such
banquots, and that all Intoxicating LIQUORS
be excluded.''
At the afternoon session the following
officers were elected for the ensuing year:
James B. Gallagher. past grand chancellor;
G. s. Whitney, grand chancellor; G.
r. Barnaby, grand vice chancellor;
J. $. Hammond, grand prelate; Il. Fl. Tai
cott. grand n. of T.; Jacob Loeb, grand
K. Of Il. ard s.; Thomas McTague, grand
M. at A.; Frank Ingalls,, grand inner guard,
W. +. Wright grand outer guard; A. Il.
Dickerman, grand trustee.
Immediately after the adjournment the
delegates were taken in special train
to visit the silver smelter. The installation
of officers tonight in the opera house at
eight O'Clock was followed by grand ban
quet at the Park hotel. The grand lodge
adjourned tonight sine die.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-19

The acreage in cotton thissyear will be
fifteen per cent. less this season than last.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08
THE PROPER WAY TO SIT.
No Strain Upon the Spine or Muscles II tho
Position Is Correct.

No Strain Upon the Spine or Muscles If tho
Position Is Correct.
A proper sitting position requires that
the spine shall be kept straight, and that
the support needed for the upper part of the
body shall be felt in the right place, SAYS
Caroline LIE Row in Ladies' Home Journal.
Therefore, sit as far back as possible in the
chair, so that the lower end of the spine
shall be braced against the back of the seat.
If this back is straight the shoulders will
also rest against it; If not, they will have
no point of support, and it will be found
that they do not need it. This position
makes no strain upon the Ggaments of the
spine. 1t allows q proper position of the
shoulders, consequently of the chest, con-
sequently of the lungs, stomach and every
other organ of the body.
Their work is carried on naturally and
comfortably, as is also the circulation of the
blood, which in a wrong sitting position is
seriously interfered with. With the feet
resting squarely upon the floor, the hands
resting easily upon the lap, perfect equi-
librium, and consequently perfect rest of
the body, is secured. There is no strain
upon any part of the body; no muscle or
organ is required to do more than its legiti-
mate amount of work. The arms should
never be folded; for this position not only
causes strain upon the spine, and all the
other evils already referred to. but, in
addition, places the weight of tine arms
upon the stomach and the diaphragm,
thereby increasing the labor of digestion
and respiration. Placing the hands behind
the back, or folding the arms behind the
back, if possible, is good attitude to take
occasionally, giving, as it does, the fullest
expansion to the whole upper part of the
body.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08

ever, would make it her duty to provide
other nourishment, and these are, especially,
tuberculosis, very marked an@mla, or
even an excessively nervous temperament.
The Importance OF Quality.
In these conditions the quality of the milk
is commonly so deteriorated as regards one
or another OF its essential elements as TO
make it but poor diet for the growing child.
In the case of tubercular mother there IS
actual danger that the disease may be di-
rectly transmitted to the child through the
germs which are found in the milk OF dis
eased individuals Under such conditions
good cows milk properly prepared Is Tar
better than a poor quality OF mothers
milk, and should always be preferred to IL.
Inc lack of sufficient albumen IN tine
baby's food will result in lessened growth
and poor vitality; shown practically in too
slowly increasing weight (the normal being
about one pound per month) and In gener-
ally flabby flesh. A pair of scales should De
Kept In every nursery and may be consulted
from time to time to ascertain whether the
child is properly advancing in growth Ii
not SO advancing, the diet of the mother
should be carefully supervised, and 'her
milk analyzed to discover any deficiency.
Milk poor in mineral salts and fat may in
duce rachitis (rickets) in children, which
manifests itself principally in changes in
the bones of the head and e1tremities, but
also often in an irritable nervous system,
poor digestion and other evidences of NAL
nutrition which can here only be limited at.
DR., MARY T. BISSELL.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08
THE WEDDING BELL.
It's Too 0ld-Fashioned 10 Be Used by
Anybody but the English.
RARE FLOWERS IN NOVEL FORMS.
Suggestions for the Decoration of the Home
for the Summer.
A BIT OF GOSSIP ABOUT THE AsTORS
WRITTEN FOR THE pTePATCH.1

WRITTEN FOR THE DToPATCH.1
Set designs in the floral decorations for
weddings are no longer as much in vogue as
formerly. The wedding bell is almost en-
tirely relegated to the English, to whom it is
a distinct novelty. Occasionally one sees q
floral horseshoe, four-leaved clover or sew
eral large links of chain of flowers, which
may typify welded happiness or irksome
bondage, according as one views it with sem
timent or cynicism, but tor the most part,
the wedding blossoms are irregularly dis
posed. Potted plants and banks of roses in
window seats and mantels with low bowls
and tall vases Of bloom admit of variation,
in arrangement. Floral curtains and por-
there's are also much seen and are an economy
of flowers, as comparatively few blossoms
and green sewn lightly on cheese cloth make
an excellent showing.
In rooms where the doorways have brass
grill work, charming effect Is produced
with smilax wreathed lightly through the
meshes and allowed to fall in an irregu-
lar fringe over the opening. In less
modern houses, the open work may be well
simulated by q piece of hammock netting
stretched taut across the upper doorway,
and nearly concealed with the INTERVENING
greens. At the Easter wedding of an only
daughter, a portrait of the beautiful bride,
done by famous artist had its gilded frame
replaced by pasteboard one that was en-
tirely hidden with closely massed orange
blossoms; the picture then rested on an easel
of foliage.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08
WALKING IN A CIRCLE.

Explanation OF Why People Lost In the
Woods Don't Go in q Straight Line.
Pearson's Weekly.J
The fact that people lost on a desert or
in forest invariably walk in a circle is due
to slight inequality in the length of the
legs. Careful measurements of series of
skeletons have shown that only 10 per
cent had the lower limbs equal in length;
So per cent had the right limb longer than
the left; while in So per cent the left leg
was the longer The result of one limb
being longer than the other Will naturally
be that person will, unconsciously, take q
longer step with the longer limb, and con-
sequently will trend to the right or to the
left, according as the left or right leg is the
longer, unless the tendency to deviation is
corrected by the eye.
The left leg being more frequently the
longer, as evidenced by measurement of
the skeleton, the inclination should take
place more frequently to the right than to
the left, and this conclusion is quite borne
out by observations made on number of
persons when walking blindfolded. Fur
ther, on measurement of the arms, it is
found that in y per cent the right arm is
longer than the left; while in "a per cent
the left arm is the longer, showing that a
considerable ma jority of persons are right
handed and left-legged. The inequality in
the length OF the limbs is not confined to
any particular sex or race, but seems to be
universal in all respects.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08
THE MOST EXPLOSIVE COMPOUND.
Chloride of Nitrogen So Dangerous That 1t
Hasn't Been Analysed.


Hasn't Been Analysed.
Pearson's WeeKly.1
The most unstable compound known to
chemistry and therefore the most explosive
substance so far discovered, is chloride of
nitrogen, which probably consists of three
parts of chlorine united with one of nitro
gen. Its terribly explosive character, which
has so far prevented its accurate analysis,
is due to the fact that it is combination of
one of the most active with one of the most
inert elements in nature. 1t is volatile
liquid of brownish color and pungent
taste, discovered by the French
chemist, Dulong, who lost an eye
and three fingers in the operation.
Faraday and Davy experimental on it
few years after its discovery, protecting
themselves with glass masks, which were in
turn shattered by explosions of minute
quantities of the dangerous compound Far
aday was stunned by the disintegration of
few drops which he merely touched with
piece of warm cement.
There is but little danger of chloride of
nitrogen ever being used for purposes of
deliberate destruction, as its preparation on
large scale is practically impossible. Its
explosive force is not known, for the reason
probably prove fatal to the experimentera
According to some authorities, the more
recently discovered compound of hydrogen
and nitrogen, known as azoimide, is even
more explosive than chloride of nitrogen,
but this substance is still too obscure for a
decisive judgment to be formed on the sub
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08

seams are
again in favor, and from the seamless skirt
we have arrived at the skirt with many
seams-as many as eight-all welted or
corded 20 make them prominent. This is
the other extreme. One of the most ele-
CANT outing skirts is in two breadths, front
and back, both the same width, and both
Eored on the sides. so that two gored seams
come together. These seams almost meet
a. the back, and the fullness of the back
falls over and covers Them. Another good
skirt has side gore and straight back
breadth.
The skirt is without trimming. 1t is
lined with silk or not lined, according to
fancy or the weight of the cloth. If not
lined it is faced six inches deem and has
several rows OF stitching. The facing NAV
be cambric or silk, but stiff facing should
not be used. A taffeta silk ruffle, pinked
on both edges, is set underneath and covers
the facing
The jacket must be short to be chic, long
coats being already out of favor. 1t is
fitted in the back, loose in front, NAV or not
have revers and the collar is turned over
fat, leaving the high blouse collar to show
at the back. The sleeve is the mutton leg.
with variations 1t should be as close to
the arm below the elbow as the silk sleeve
worn underneath will permit and, in gen.
eral, the tighter it is the greater the STYLE,
though sometimes it is made to widen or is
left open at the wrist, to show the blouse
sleeve, as is seen in the picture of the Fig
arc jacket dress
Details of the Proper Costume.
The faring cuff is much in vogue. The
SHIRT waist is gathered at neck and shoul-
GERS on yoke lining. A strip of the silk is
stitched down each shoulder over the gath
erS, and a drawing string is run in at the
waist line. The full shirt sleeve is gathered
into a straight cuff. The straight turnover
collar has its style completed by a huge bias
SIX tie. The waist may pass under or
be worn outside the skirt. The belt is of
serge, sometimes pointed but most elegant
" straight, and may be wide and laid in
folds If collar, cuffs and revers are of an
ornamental fabric the belt should be of this
also. Such .acings may be of contrasting
wool, but not Of silk.
Iais blouse may be of the same or anoth-
er color Our first picture shows a black
serge with scarlet blouse. The Jacket is
lined with changeable red taffeta and the
same taiieta is used for the petticoat The
iacIngs are Of black plisse (pIaited) wool.
the most tanciiul brocaded silks are made
up INTO these blouses, and with two or three
such waists variety is given to the cos
tune. 1t is mistake to choose changeable
taffeta Tor bloUses, which is suitable only
for Innings. Unless broken with figures,
It's elect as garment is meager and
poor
An estimate of material and expense for
this costume is as follows: English serge
Of fine quality, 81 inches wide, four Yards,
s. 30 Silk for blouse, four yards, 81
Tafeta for lining, three and half yards,
g 81. Tafeta for petticoat, seven yards,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08

The piazza furnishings of the summer
home have come to be distinct considera-
tion in its preparation. The evolution of
this al fresco apartment from the old-fash-
ioned doorstep is typical of the rapid ad-
vance of this generation in many more
vital things. In our summer homes now,
houses are built around piazzas and the
villa without its piazzas upstairs and down
and from every side is the exception. In
| the stately summer palaces at Newport,
| miscalled cottages, the piazza belongings
are choice and costly and are usually
| brought in every night to be set out again
| in the morning. AS Eastern rugs, luxuri-
Gus divans, the most expensive hammocks,
| dainty tables, o'clock tea service and
plants in beautiful jardinieres make up the
| list, this care is necessary. Less preten-
tious and equally enjoyed piazzas are fitted
| in general kind if not in degree. Color is
not only permissible, but almost obligatory
| in this out-of-doors living room; glowing
red for cushions and hammock, bright yel-
low for pots, warm shades in the mats and
rugs, with gay striped awnings at the sunny
corner are not too garish in the toning ell
vironment of plants and vines, soil, tree
and sky. For durability in covering the
low, broad couch, which is sine qua non
of piazza equipments, furniture cordu-
roy cannot be surpassed 1t stands mois-
ture and will wear almost indefinitely. If
this is too expensive to begin with, Turkey
red is effective, and there is always the
range of cretonnes, chintzes and other cotton
stufs. Have table for litter OF work and
rack for conveniently holding the news
papers, which the men of the family will
strew about. A rattan couch is light and
easily moved, and with plenty OF cushions
is very comfortable; good one costs about
SIS. but lasts a long time.
When it comes to the question of cushions
throw discretion to the winds. Have all of
them that you can and then have few
more. Many chatelaines keep extra slips
and on special occasions impress the bed
pillows into cushion service. Finally, give
the piazza used look by living in it, for,
alas, an e1aggeration of elegance OCCASION
ally attacks these delightful spots, which
is respected by the careful owner to the
verge of 'best ROOM GOODNESS and for
mality.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08
PRAYER-sTIcKs OF THE PUEBLos.
Thousands of These Mute Messengers to Be
Seen in DAYS Ranb!e.

Thousands of These Mute Messengers to Be
Seen in Days Ramb!e.
st. Nicholas.l
How many of my young countrymen who
have read of the ''prayer-wheels" of Bur-
nah, and the paper prayers of the Chinese,
know that there is a mechanical prayer
used by thousands of people in the United
States? The Pueblo "prayer-stick" is quite
as curious device as those of the heather
Orient; and the feather is the chief part of
it.
Prowling in sheltered ravines about any
Pueblo town, the curiosity seeker will find,
stuck in the ground, carefully whitfield
sticks, each with tuft of downy feathers
Generally white) bound at the top. Each
of these sticks is a prayer-and none the
less earnest and sincere because so mis-
guided. Around the remote pueblo of Zuri
have counted over 5000 OF these strange
inyocations in one days ramble; but never
tithe as many by any other pueblo.
According to the nature of the PRAYER,
the stick, the feathers, and the manner of ty-
ing them vary. The Indian who as ia
vor to ask of the Trues prepares his feather
prayer with great solemnity and secrecy,
lakes it to proper spot, prays to all those
above, and plants the prayer-stick that it
may continue his petition after he has gone
home.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08
Lemon and
Orange.

DR.. Prices Delicious Flavor
ing Extracts of Lemon anr
Orange are made from the
fruit and have their grateful,
agreeable taste, without the
turpentine odor which is
observed in those extracts
usually sold, made from poi
sonous oils, acids, and taste
sharpened by cayenne pep
per. Those who wish choice,
pure extracts, should try DIR.
Prices. They are all that is
represented, pure, strong and
of fine flavor, and stand alone
in the market in these import
ant respects. Be willing to
pay a fair price for a pure
article.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08
The Lady Makes herself Known.

In fashionable apartment house not
long ago one of the tenants was giving q
luncheon. At the last moment it was dis
covered that the supply of bread was likely
to run short, and the waitress in spotiess
cap and apron was hastily sent to the near
est bakery for more. AS she stepped out
on the landing, the door of the opposite
apartment also opened and its mistress ap-
peared, The two waited in the small space
for the elevator. and on its arrival the maid
respectfully drew back for the other woman
to enter first. When she had done SO the
waitress started to follow her into the car,
but she was waved back with command
ing gesture: "You will watt" she said,
"until go down"
The elevator sank with its aristocratic
burden, and the maid, impressed with her
need tor haste, took to the stairs, rather
than accept further delay. If such an in
cdent needs any comment it is ON the ease
with which one may pick out the ''lady" in
the affair.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08
HOW THE NAVAJO HUNTS.
He Cses q Mirror to Tempt the Fat Prairie
Dog From His Home.

Dog From His Home.
st. Nicholas,
Living almost wholly upon game as they
do, the Navajos cannot be prevailed upon
to taste either fish or rabbit. have known
some very ludicrous things to happen when
meanly mischlevous Americans deluded
Navajos into eating either of these forbid
den dishes; and sometimes there have been
very serious retaliations for the i'll. man.
nered joke. Rabbits are wonderfully num-
erous in the Navajo country. being molested
only by teathered and four-footed enemies;
but the Indian who would fight to the death
sooner than touch delicious rabbit stew is
greedily fond of the fat and querulous
prairie dog.
That whole region abounds in 'dog-
towns" and they are frequently besieged
by their swarthy foes A Navajo will stick
bit of mirror in the entrance OF burrow
and lie behind the little mound all day, if
need be, to secure the coveted prize. When
Mr.. Tusa ventures from his bedroom, deep
underground, he sees familiar image mock
ing him at the front door; and when he bur
ries out to confront this impudent intruder,
whiz goes chalcedonyztipped arrow
through him, pinning him to the ground so
that he cannot tumble back into his home,
as he has a wonderful faculty for doing even
in death or dark hand darts from behind
like lightning, seizes his chunky neck safe
ly beyond the reach of his chisel-shaped
teeth, and breaks his spine with one swift
snap.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08

shirt. This is the framework: in the de-
tails will lie all the differences which result
in elegance or tawdriness; style or rustic
ltv.
The private dressmakers have stamped
with approval the following variety of this
design: The material is serge, either black
or dark blue. The skirt sweeps the ground
about two inches. If this length for coun-
try walking and tennis playing seems pre-
posterous, at least we can reflect that grass
is cleaner than payements. The skirt is
after the bell form. but with a difference.
II it has back seam this seam is sloped less
than formerly, giving more fullness at the
top, and not quite as much the effect of an
old umbrella collapsed.
Passing of the Pointed Skirt.
But fashion has grown a little weary of
the pointed skirt, and the newest idea is to
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08
THE OYSTERS IN HIS CELLAR.
A Farmer Who Fed the MolIusks So as to
Have Them Fat and Fresh.


Have Them Fat and Fresh.
Harper's Young People,
Years ago, a family lived on a farm in a
little country town, where there was no
railroad, and the nearest city was a number
of miles distant. The father was yery foad
of oysters, and how do you suppose he man
aged to have some always sat hand?" He
would drive to the nearest city, buy bushel
of "real live" ones, and bring them back
home with him. But that was not all. They
were then carefully placed in rows along
the cellar floor, where it was rather dark
and cool, and little damp.
The most interesting part, however, was
to keep them alive. Every little while
some one would go "down-cellar" and feed
them by sprinkling them with meal and
with water. One of the little girls in the
family, who is now grown up, says she can
remember how the oysters closed their
shells with snap after they were fed; but
perhaps that was only in her imagination.
Anyway, if they happened to be forgotten
tor time, they would be found patiently
waiting with their shells open, ready to re-
ceive their next meali
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08
Rubbing Whisky Into the Face.

'My maid" says woman, "who came to
me according TO her own account from the
best families in h England ma'am,' insists
upon bathing my face every night in
whisky. She uses a flannel cloth and rubs
it we'll with the liquor, leaving it glowing
and ROSY. I can see that it has much less
ened my too great former pallor.
"And her recipe to whiten hands is also
one to recommend. Strain and heat eight
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08
Many Shots q Minute,

The greatest speed ever attained by q
single-barrel, hand-operated, machine gun
was when Gardner, himself, fred 250 rounds
per minute. The Nordentelt tve-barrel
gun, such as is used in the British navy,
may be fired with three trained operators
about 400 to 500 rounds per minute At the
Swiss trials the two-barrel Gardner gun,
with four men to operate it, fred 333 rounds
in minute.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08
The Favorites in Flowers.

This prediction for mauve has also
caused the violettes de parme to become
more fashionable than ever though only on
account of their color; the favorite flowers
are the mimosa, lilacs and gold rods, besides
numerous other variegated blossoms and
leaves such as never would have thought
possible in nature had not caught sight of
garIands of them in all their natural bloom
in the windows of the greatest Partisan
florists, "Compagnie Lvonnaise"
These garlands formed Of gracefully hang
ing clusters of blossoms play an important
part in adorning the rather deoollete