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The Helena independent., 1892-02-02
THE SPANISH KINGS SQUIRT.

He Sprlnkles Flowers, Ladies' and a Mag
nIficently Clad General.
The big-eyed little king is very fond OF
mis- garden, and some time ago one Of the
queens Australian relatives, who was GO
inc to nav visit to the Spanish court,
houoht very nice sQuirtRun in Vionna for
the young monarch to use in watering MIS-
plants, says the Massachusetts Ploughman'
His majesty found it perfectly charming
for this purpose. 1t would send stream
Of water almost any height or distance,
and such a well-waterod domain as the
royal paterre had scarcely been known De-
Indeed, there was altogether too much OF
II TO confine to tho garden. and the king
soon began to make experiments IN cbner
direotions. Fine paintings rich draperles.
and various works OF art were played upon
at intervals to the great satisfaction q nls
Youthful majesty, but soon he yearned for
more exciting subjects. There is no great
rlory in attacking inanimato objects that
nm nnt move or "answer back" and Al
nhonso next cast speculative eyes upon his
noble playmntes and she ladies VINO sur.
rounded him. He also cast the contents oI
h;s gnuirtpun in the same direction, and
fnnnd himaelf in the possession of more on
ioumant than his short life had yet afforded
him The cries and scut1les OF his vlotlma
thanoh mutlled in their veneration for their
unuaraIon. added greatly to the zest OF these
rerformnnces. and it was long time before
1naen Christinna knew of the indoor water
mo which gave her small son auoh lnnhlte
pleasure. .r,, +ar
his snuirtpun, and this led to his exposure
ana tutor to keep him in order The
uusen regent gave grand garuen party
It which celebrities from far ana near were
present and the king, singing out BIG
panaraI in blue und gold uniform, put
himsaif behind q shrub and shouted at him.
The general approached the spot and Al
nhonso held up handful Of flowers to lurs
him on. The glittering uniform came
nearer. and when close to tho shrub pc
hind which his majesty lurked IN ambush
the noint of the Viennese squlrtRun ap
neared like a serpent among tho leavea
irenohinp and spotting the gorgeous sult
which "A moment before had been 90 I'M
Tho dripping general backed ont of range
ns quickly as possible. and before the mis-
chieyous boy could reload and follow NJ
his victory hia injured subject had takel
refuge under the protecting eye of Queer
(Aristinna. Then the merry monarch trlee
to invsigle into his snare no less u persol
than Mgr. Del Val. son OF the Spanish am m
bassador at Vienna, but the young prslat
had sssn the generals plight, and was war,
enough to keep several persons between hin
end his soxereign for the rest of tho after
noon.
On the following day it was decided a
the palace that u masculine hand wa
needed to lie heavy on Alphonso, and tn
cautious Mgr. Del Val was selected to trail
his majesty.
The Helena independent., 1892-02-02
Exoursion Rates to California.

Excursion Rates to California.
On the 18th of each month the Northern
Pacific railroad will sell round trip tickets
to California points ~ follows:
Helena to San Francisco and return, 60
ing via Portland and returning same way,
10 San Francisco, going via Portland
and returning via Ogden and Silver Bow,
$50.
10 Los Angeles, going and returning via
Portland, entering San Francisco II ono
direction either going or returning, $50. :.
10 Los Angeles, going via Portland and
San Francisco and returning same route,
$93.
10 Los Angeles, going via Portland and
San Francisco and returning via Sacra-
mento and Ogden. S99.50.
Tickets will be limited for sixty days, for
going passage, With return .ha at any time
Nd. EDGAR, Gen. Agt., Helena. Mont.
CHAs. s. Fee G. P. d 4. A.. st. Paul, MINI.
The Helena independent., 1892-02-02
Specimen Cases.

s. II. Clifford, New Csssel. Wis, was
troubled with neuralgia and rheumatism.
his stomach was disordered, his liver was
affected to an alarming degree. appetite fell
away and he wns terribly reduced in flesh
and at ength. Three bottles Of Electric Bit
tes cured him.
Edward Shepherd Harrisburg, ILL.,, had
a running sore on his log OF olRht yshrs
Bitters and seven boxes of Bucklen'a q Arnica
Salve and his log il sound and we'll. John
Speaker, Catawba, Ohio, had Ave largo
fever sores on his leg and doctors said he
was inCurabls. One bottle of Electric BIT
tiers and ono box Of Bucklen'a Arnica salye
cured him entirely. Sold by II. s. Hale u
On druupists.
The Helena independent., 1892-02-02
Thousands Of saterlng women.

Dnlicute women who complain Of tired
feeling, pains In the back and loins, daaire
to sleep, dizziness, painful or suppressed
4 "a a faithful friend. team bs relied upou
in every instance to give immediate rslisf
from kidney and urinary troubles Thou
The Helena independent., 1892-02-02

sands of women are suffering every. day
from some disorder of the kidneys or liver,
Who might bs permanently cured by using
Oregon Kidney Tea.
The Helena independent., 1892-02-02
MEMS GOODS.
SALE PRICE
REAL VALUE.

2EA1IV UE
4oo... Congress Shoes
FancyS Slippers.
Buckle
Brogans so
Lace
rs
Kangao
latent tLetherF
A1enh
The Helena independent., 1892-02-02

I mean business, as prices
kles are quoted at Eastern
hly. Now is the chance for
at Distillers' prices in large
| in quantities to suit, from
owing goods in stock:
The Helena independent., 1892-02-02


Fine Kid Button Shoes.
.Handseved Flexible Shoes.
,oo..............Kd Kid Lace Low Oxfords
100 .oo........................F Felt Slippers
Buckle Arctcs.
Felt Soed Lace Shoes
Arcics.
Over ZOO Goat Button Shoes pair
$1.5o Chid's Shoes S. cents. $1.oo Shoes So cents
One lot Oxford mostly worth ST to $175
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-04-05
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-04-05
Death Of Joseph X. Partridge.

Mr.. Joseph 3. Partridge, long respect
ed resident Of Augusts, died at the resi-
denes Of his nephew, Ms. Allen Partridge
On Court st.. MondAy morning. at the ripe
old age Of eighty ak years and ten months
lis vas ne youngest and last in his genera
ton. of the large family Of Amos Partridge.
Esq one o; the early settlers Of Augu,ts.
He had always enjoyed good, though not
robust health fostered By regular and
temperate habits. Last fall be sold his
house on Court st. and move TO Monmouth
The bfeakiDg up Of old associations and
IN ikinz new hone With the friends Of his
wife, did bot realize to The kindly old
gentleman the bent fit he had expected
from the change, and he recently le.sei
part Of Mr.. Howards house on Green ct.
~l.h the ole desire to get back to Augusta
again. Coming here last Wednesday, ha
stopped st his nephews house for the mig 1t
s he supposed, that . severe cold develop
ed il:o sccuts bronchitis and he passed
away without suffering, IA psrfec. faith and
peace. He lsAves willow but no descen5-
ants. Funeral services will be held al the
reside nee Of Mr.. Allen Partridge, Wedues-
day at 2 Z. NJ. conducted by Rev. D..
Kicker.
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Personals.

Thos Dssgstt. E'q Ct Foxcrot!, Was
In the city Monday.
Miss Edith s. Mouitoa has been en- visit
TO friends ! FArmi' on.
Hon. Oh, Hsyford Of the Board Of :. ate
Assessors arrived in the city Saturday.
Ray Thompson Of the Richmond Bee sn1
W. J. Lande:s Of the Kennebec Reporter
were 10 the city Yesterday.
Col. and MIS-. Thomas Lombard and Mr.
ID. C. Robinson have gone from Ashsviile
N. C, to Fortress Monroe.
Mr.. NJ. W. Ross, clerk ia charge Of the
grocery department connected With the
Inssne Hospital, has resigned.
Gen. Sprssue lief, yesterday for E.spor
by way of Portlspd. He has gone there OF
bushes, eonnec ed with the Fort Sullivan
ma.ter ia relation to the battery 10 be es.sb
l.hed :her.
ID. A. Cony. E.Q was cut riding sgsir
yesteriay. During the psst dne weatheI
Mr.. Con.'s health has improved rapidly
and hi. early and complete recovery il
Anticipated by his many friends with grea
p,eamrt.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-04-05
" and Friends are Entertained.

The Us ard Their friends passed d.
lightfui evening at the beautiful new hom
OF Mr.. and Mrs. W. G. Miller on Bango
street last evening. The entertainment
consisted Of sn auction social. Gun;
gentlemen bumps Of curiosity were e1
ccsdinsly we'll developed. so much Sc
that they bid high At the auction sale, and
strsrgs to say, were disappointed with
their purchases The reports of the mem
bers of the \ , each Of whom mad earned
30 cents for the cause and were obliged to
tell how they earned the money, wert
bright and very interesting. A sun
amounting to sl7 was realized.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-04-05
Successful Workers for Good will FARM.

II there were nothing else to recommend
Good Will Farm save the character snt
enthu,issm Of the mary workers in its b
half, it surely would be very popular
Last evening at the residence Of Col Geo
A. Philbrook, an audience OF about fifty
people we're entertained by several very
snsefprising young misses who had drains
tzei the charming story Of Sarah
Crswe,' The task Of originating an
preparing such an entertainment woull
naturally be thought to exceed the
abilities o, such young ladies'. A very
pretty and pleasing drama, however, wa
the result Of their { q ,r!e and the sudieace
was delighted with the performance. The
entertainment cor cluded with 8 lsughable
farce from Mother Gooss.' + en- dollars
~s, the socdly sun reslizs d Tor G;ol VIII
Farm Those who took part 10 the entertain
men, were May Philorook. Alice Macon
Der, Lou Pierce, Lou Cong, Charlotte
rs, -ijge. Alice Whitehouss, Csllie Sou,-
hard, Annie Mscomber, Burleigh Martin
and Eth, in Burisigh.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-04-05

The youag psople who 20 successfully
played "Comrades" before crowded house
in hs city short time since gave i. fer the
benz Ct Of hosp 81 audience At the hospi-
tai last evening. The patients enjoyed the
entertain MT Mt very much ard Superintei :
den, S .nborn desi;ss to thank the young
ladies ard gentle men 70, their kindness.
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Local and Business Tips.

Another drop In holsters at Knowlt. &
Y5ucg..
The o .ly Y>uog MN in Town made such
ace s,tien tina. be viii! sppsM again in hs
UuirerssHss ves,ry Wednesday evening
Admission % cent?, including ice cream
ani cake
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-04-05

At the annual meeting Of King Division
No I. L X Il. Of p, the following were
elected iii 'e,s: Sir X. c.. W. Fred White /;
Sir X. L.. j. NJ. Arnold; Sir X. H.. Frank
FarohAm; Sir *. L, ]. W. Beck; ST. K.
r c. &. Shorsy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-04-05

10 C ,nse tho system i / gentle AID truty
he leacial msn .ef. when tie spfiogume
comes, use & true a5i psrfec. remedy.
Sg1u,o Figs One bot ~tii srsse. TO !.
all the family I'D is onls 30 cents; the
lsrse sizs ST. Ivy i, and be ries'ei. Man
uf.c'ur,d b., tie Cslifoinis Fig Syrup Co
o llg. nsr24 ia s!ol m3p
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-04-05

The funeral Of John Il. Heath was held
from the home Of his sister. Mrs.. Daniel
Whitehcuse. Of this city yesterday. He
WAS . native Of Fa,mington. but diei At his
residence in Boston, Saturday morning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-04-05

Annual Meeting Of the Park Association.
The snnual meeting OF The Augusta Pars
Association ~ss held Monday afternoon 1t
K W. Blacks lifice. The following
officers were elected H. G. Staples.
President; II Cony. vice president; S. s
LsLca,ter, sscretsry X ". Black. ,vea,-
urer II. q staples, r. W, Black. II. Copy,
&. ". Jones and g. NJ. T~itchell. directors.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-04-05
STATE HOUSE NOTES.
StipenAs TO the Various Agricultural
Societies.

Secretary McKsen Of The board Of agr:-
caiture. has made up stipend for the sgr.-
Iltursl socississ OF the State % fellows:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-04-05
FOUND.

EsOUND.--A rsis % driving GLOVES on Western
SSeEue near Chapel sheet. Owner msv have
by paying for this sd. Cal st 10, RIAL oas~.
aprlka!tf
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FOR SALE.
FOR SALE.

TOR SAIE--A psir OF doub harnca.s
appls TO e. A. T. odgctt. mrlidf
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Small Farm for Sale Cheap,
TO LET.

RIO LEI On r vt sA..n>--cs ~ss, torn
4. t~o housaa In Ansusta isqetrs 81 A. y
BonDARD 49, Water ~. eo1,sa
The state capital., 1892-04-30

1t should be remembered that some
thing more than million dollars a day
is required to meet the expenses Of the
general government, no matter which
political party may be in power. From
the utterances of the average demo.
cratic editor and orator one might infer
that the reverse was true, and that
every dollar collected as duties on inn
ports was downright and unnecessary
robbery. This vast sum of money must
be had from some source, and the real
question is as to the manner in which it
shall be collected. The Republican
party is in favor of collecting it from
certain articles, largely in the nature of
luxuries, or which, being necessaries,
come in competition with the wares of
American producers or manufacturers.
1t believes that this is better policy
than any other that has been proposed.
1t believes also that under this system
wages can be maintained and the
masses kept employed Experience
seems to justify this belief, for there are
fewer persons living in enforced idle
ness here than in other countries, not
withstanding the fact that the ranks
of the wage earners are being constant
ly recruited from other lands; there are
more people living in their own homes
than in other countries, and the Amer
lean homes have more of comfort in
them than do the homes of European
countries.
The state capital., 1892-04-30

time they began to walk in couples. The
reward was a hoecake baked in the hot
Goals of the hearth and wrapped in a cab
bage leaf. This was given to the success
full male, while the victorious female was
presented with the first piece of molasses
candy pulled from batch made for that
purpose.
The popular idea among white folks is
that cake walk is something very ludi-
crous because it exhibits the vanity of an
inferior race. For this reason the better
classes of colored men do not attend cake
walks because they very naturally do not
want to see the negro held up to ridicule.
Still, among the middle classes cake walk
ing has been for upward of fifty years a
popular amusement. When slavery was
abolished it was carried into the northern
states, more particularly to New York.
The first cake walk that is known to have
taken place north of Mason and Dixon's
line occurred in Turner's hall, in Brook
lyn, in the year 1866 1t was conducted by
man named Dobbins, who still lives in
Vanderbilt avenue and is eighty years old
A cake walk was such a novelty at that
time that spectators came from twenty
miles around the country to see it, and
there was such crowd that half of the
people were turned away. For many years
the colored people had cake walks at long
intervals, which were witnessed by very
few white men. They usually took place
fifteen or twenty years ago as an adjunct
to a fair held in aid of an African church.
The next step in the progress of cake
walking evolution was it's introduction at
summer and seaside resorts by the coloTed
The state capital., 1892-04-30
Elinty RreaU.

The flinty crust of bread is due in many
cases to the nature of the flour from which
it is made. Low grade f1ours of all kinds
tend to make flinty crusts; the same is true
of flours made from Indian, Persian and
other harsh wheats grown in hot climates.
In some cases the character of the oven is
responsible for hard crusts. A porous tile
bottom will produce bottom crust less
flinty than either stone or iron. A cold
oven of any kind will make harder crust
when the bread is cold than hot oven
will; that is, provided the bread remains
long enough in the oven to be thoroughly
baked
Underwrought bread has comparatively
flinty crusts. busting boards on which
the bread is handed up with rice -four
makes the crusts fiinty. From the nature
of the causes given the possible remedies
are sufficiently obvious. The term ''flinty"
is assumed to mean a crust which is brittle,
and will break with sharp edge. 1t is
also of course comparable term.-London
Miller
The state capital., 1892-04-30

wanted to view another, and satisfied that
they had been "bilked to the queens
taste" by their African fellow citizens
who ran the show, raked in the shekels
and divided the profits.
The cake walk is one of the institutions
of slavery which has survived the eman-
cipation proclamation. During the win
ter more than fifty cake walks have been
held in New York and Brooklyn. One oc-
Cured in a Catholic church at fair and
another which took place at fashionable
hotel in Brooklyn was attended by 500
prominent society people.
The evolution Of the cake walk is an in
teresting study. 1t is closely allied to the
roonjine, buzzard lope and Mobile buck
dances, which are in turn related to the
South Sea island hula-hula dance and
more remotely, perhaps, TO the South
American coombiamba. All these are
exhibitions ii movement and gesture of
human emotion, and necessarily are rude
and barbarous, but wonderfully fascina-
ting. The cake walk is the highest type of
these forms of amusement 1t is easy to
see how the idea of walking for cake i'm
pressed the imaginative brain of a negro
and caused it to become what it is today
AS nearly as can be learned-for cake
walking has no literature-tbe custom
originated in the lowly cabins of the ne
groes in antebellum days. 1t was custom
ary for the slaves to dance homely sort
of square dance somewhat resembling a
quadrille, but not so involved nor intricate
There was time in this dance when every
participant walked around in a circle At
first the men and women alone, but in
The state capital., 1892-04-30
THEY SAY HE is THt
Ian.
Col. A. G. Mathews.

Col. Mathews is at present in the
State, and on him many eyes are
directed as a compromise candidate
for gubernatorial honors. 1t is re-
ported that many of the delegates
already chosen, look upon this as
the easiest and best way out of our
present complications, and that he
would lead the party to victory at
the. November election. 1t is fur
ther claimed, that his nomination
would be more satisfactory to the
business and political elements in
the party: that he would go into
the office unhampered with promis-
es to any one, and give the people
just and fair administration. As
to his election, there would be no
doubt. Other aspirants would enter
moro enthusiastically into the can
vass in his support than they would
should either of them be the choice
of the convention. Col. Mathews
is broad gage statesman, and on
the stump, would shake the state
from center to circumference. Let
the convention act wisely, and Sc
lect the best material to head the
ticket. 1t is said that some of the
candidates cannot poll the full par
ty vote. The success of the party
is paramount to the individual am
bition of any man, and the conven-
ton should endeavor to select the
strongest man for the nomination.
The state capital., 1892-04-30
STATE OF ILLINOIS, }
SangamOn County. '''

Circuit Court, May Il, rm, A D, 1892.
G. w. Miller VS.. Elizabeth Miller, in
chancery.
Affidavit Of the non-residence of Eliz-
abeth Miller, defendant above named,
having been filed ir the'oflice of the clerk
of the circuit court of said county, notice
is hereby given to the said Elizabeth
Miller that the complainant filpd his bill
of complaint in said court, in the chan
Gerry side thereof, on the 18th day Of
March, 1892, and that summons issued
out of said courtagainst said defendant, !,
returnable on the I'd day of May next
1892 as is by law required.
Now, unless you, the said Elizabeth
Miller, shall personally be and appear be-
fore the SangamOn county circuit court,
on the first day of the next term thereof,
to be holden at the court house in the city
of Springfield, on the first Monday Of
May, 1892, and plead, answer or demur
to said compliments bill Of complaint,
the same and the matters and things
therein charged and stated will be taken
as confessed, and decree entered against
you, according to the prayer OF said bill.
EDWARD CAHiLL, Clerk.
The state capital., 1892-04-30
A Typewriter and a Jealous Wife.

The newspaper wits have made so many
jokes about the influence that pretty type
writers have on susceptible employers that
some serious minded people who do not
take their jokes easily have read these wit
ticisms as genuine statements of facts. This
appears to have been the condition of Mrs.
Jane Jameson, of Brooklyn, who called at
her husbands office in New York the other
day. Mr.. Jameson was busy debating
letters to his stenographer The Office boy
did not know Mrs. Jameson. He said Mr..
Jameson was not in. Mrs. Jameson, how
ever, heard her husbands voice and rushed
into his private room. There she saw her
husband bending tenderly, as she thought,
over a beautiful young girl seated at n
typewriting machine.
Mrs. Jameson had been made angry by
the boys fib, and now dreadful suspicious
were not only aroused, bat to her mind
seemed certainties. She whacked her hus-
band over the head with her umbrella
and then turned upon the young girl with
savage fury. She would listen to no ex-
planation from her husband, who had
merely been looking at the copy to see how
his last sentence read. Mr. Jameson has
lost the services of a competent typewriter
and is also threatened with an action in
the divorce courts. All this comes from a
too oft repetition of joke which was not
very good when it was new.