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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-21
POKER IN TENNESSEE.

Games There Are Handcd Down as Lora-
cles to the Young Generation.
He was q q~uiet-looking elderly man, in a
pastoral sort of black broadcloth suit, and
a felt hat with a broad brim, such as are
worn by "oolonels'' and majors" says the
Pittsburg Dispatch. Next to him in the
car sat two young men; who were telling
stories about personal experiences on the
road. One of them related with much
gusto an encounter which he had recently
had with a western man, the weapons being
cards. The game was poker, the special
occasion was thRt old familiar big Jack
pot" which so often figures in ~profane his
tory and the two principals were each
armed with straight fushes. 1T Was a dollar
limit game" remarked the young man,
"and we bet sixty-seven times and then l
called him. He had a sequence flush, queen
high, and | had one king high. You should
have hoard him swear"
I noticed that the old man listened with
great attention to the story, and at it's CON
clusion he exclaimed with much candid as
constituent, You called him" The young
ster blushed and acknowledged his guilt.
"Well! well!' said the old man, shaking his
head, "these times is s~utten!y not what
they usen tnbbe. You see, ! cum from TEN
things. Why, I'm playin' a hand yit tibet
Jedge Dublin, of Murfreesboro, they set
into a game one night in September '57,
and they bet. an bet. an bet. An. when
they run outer caeh, they bet mules nm
then horses. an then ringers, an at las
they tux to bettin' acres of Lam an then
nigRers, an then they run outer everything,
an it was agreed that the hans shud
be put in sealed envellups an marked
an kept in the vault of lhe bank till both
on 'em got more STUFF. Well. it went on
that way of an OH till the war cum, and
the old jedge has died and rop was killed
at Seven Pines, an then young Jim Dublin
he TUX his ole mans place mn l tux dads.
Well, gentlemen, we're jist bettin' VII,
whenever we git the cash. an there amt no
signs Of quittin'; but l wud suttinly like to
see them hams Of pops an ole Jedoe Dub
bins afore l die" and he sighed a long sigh
of patient resignation. while the two young
sters and the other man in the smoking
compartment regarded him as one worthy
OF veneration even if it was only as IL liar.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-21
Big Fires Of History.

Chicago sometimes brags that it has had
the biggest fire in history, but it seems that
Moscow, in 1914, had Il bigger one, in which
10000 buildings were destroyed, valued at
$3.50, 600, 600. The loss in the Chicago fire
of October, 1871. was 1925, 600, 600; the
buildings destroyed, 17.4bO. The buildings
destroyed by the great Are OF London, 1866,
we're 1920: valued at $55, 000. 600. The
great fife of Boston. 1872, DESTROYED s5O -
OO0, 900, burned over sixty five acres. and
consumed or ruined ZIG buildings, In iSM
Constantinople had a c%onflagration of so5 !.
100000 and 5000 buildinas. In 1881 San
Franoisco lost $500 buildings valued at
$l7,oO,0Oo. In 1852 Hamburg had a FIRE
inRs in the city. II is hardly TO be expected
that any fire hereafter will burn more than
those at Moscow or Chioago.-Exchanpe.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-21

tradition Says tho N0rwsgiaas Found II
0 Years Before Columbus.

Tradition Says tho N~0rwsgiaas Found II
400 Years Isssore Columbus.
4 subscription ID about 70 DO opened In
Europe for defraying The cost Of building
a manning 4 Norwegian viking ship 10
send to the Columbian exhibition. The
viking ship was . triumphant craft about .
shousand yenrs ago. II was seldom more
than stxty feet long, had no deck, or only =
pa't vas enclosed. II WAS manned By sturdy
lowers and carried one OF moro square
aails. II was the rover Of tho seas. Home
Of the largest carried ! hundred men. II
was Substantially such a ship in which tho
viking Lief made she voyage Of discovery
to Vinland In AZ. ID. 1000. The point tonohed
was included either In MASSACHUSETTS, or
Rhode Island. II was probably nos far
from Cape Ann. IL wAs certainlv several
hundred miles south OF Greenland. The
the Grew landed. For that reason the
country was named Vinland.
A few years before that timO ships of the
viking class had landed In Greenland. In
fact. the colony that was taken over to that
country. which fourished for many years,
aud . cathedral, was transported in ships
not differing essentially from those primi-
tive vensels. They had rowe and square
sails. They were good Tough weather boats,
- wuon Mnn"eu ~ vlAinRs tnSy were
consiuered tho most Formidable fighting
crafts Of the time.
II we are TO credit the statements Of ira
uitiona! history, America was discovered by
nofweeiRns more than 400 years before
3Columbus made hls discovery. The Morse
men planted q colony IN Greenland. These
rovers went along the coast probably a. far
south as the fortloth degree Of latitude.
Ihey found Q TAR better country than
Gfeeniand. bus made no settlement In It.
pfooably on account OF the hostile chArAc-
ser 81 the natives. The most formidable
1nulan warriors we're those found along the
coast FROM M~asgacnusetts bny az far as the
mo1th OF the HUDSON. The vikings had
no nrearma. ana tney preferred to make no
oontess Win me Indians. Inc viking .ship.
VIII 90 DrouRnt across the ocean, rugged
nnu manneo g were we nrss vessels pre-
s@ned 70 nave ever touched this continent.
anere W! % !he conp'ement OF fowsfe'
~. .es. .nhn .n!rty ~ ~; an1 an add
.lolni cIew ~ tll!n me saliS' Inc exact
mouet ~ - tne snlp u Whlcn Leil Erlks-
son' ~ nlss european WAo mace me voy-
nge - AneIlca' VII % anonored ~ the
INK M n Iron1 o. ne e1positlon buildings.
Lno vossel VIII y the norwegian nag. ~
snolt, me successors OF INC Norsemen Will
Drlhg me VIKING snip az u was when Amer
n M was discovered ABOUT 9oO years ago.
Iney are not TO DC outdone IN this matter
~ nlstory. assuming tnat the HISTORICAL
sIatements ere SUBSTANTIALLY correct, these
NoIsemen WIN tnelf VIKING snip WILL have
we pioneer place.
As u 70 nerhIo thls coming event. a feW
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-21
H CH|CAG0=,=
AUKEE &
ST.. PAUL RAIL WAY

Is the Fast Mail Short Line from ST.
Paul and Minneapolis via La
Crosse and Milwaukee to Chicago
n all points in the Eastern states
n Canada. It is the only line
Under one management between
st. Paul and Chicago, and it is the
finest equipped railway in the
Northwest. 1t is the only line run
ming Pullman drawing-room sleep.
ing cars with the luxurious smok.
lng-rooms, and the finest dining.
cars in. the world, vic the tamoui
River Bank Routs.' along th#
shores of Lake Fepin and the beau-
t1tul Mississippi river to Milwaukee
and Chicago. It's trains connect
with those of the northern lines in
the Grand Union depot at St. Paul.
No change OF cars Of any class be.
tween ST. Paul and Chicago. For
through tickets, time tables, and
full information, apply to any
coupon ticket agent in the North.
west.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-21
Illinois Central F. R.

respectfully presents it's claims for
the new and every way desirable
SIOUX CITY ROUTE.
For folders and further partlcu.
lars call upon local ticket agent,
or address the undersigned at
Manchester. Iowa.
]. F. MERRY.
Asst. General PASSENGER AGENT
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-21

from weary eyes. readily Yields to the po-
tent influence of the celebrated English
Dandelion Tonic. 1t tones up the digest
i've organs, restores the appetite, makes as
the whole system. All druggists sell it at
Il per bottle.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-21
A Little Girls Expsrisn CO in a Lighthouse

Little Girls Expsrisn CO In a Lighthouse
Mr.. and Mrs. Loren PRESCOTT are keepers
of the government lighthouse at Sand
Beach. Mich. and are blessed with n dnueh-
ter, -four years old. Last April she was
taken down with measles. followed with a
dreadful cough and turning into u fever.
but in vain, she grew worse rapidly until
she WINS n mere handful of bones." Then
she tried Dr.. Kings New Discovery md az
ter the use of two md a half hottles, wns
completely cured. Thew say DR.. Kings
New Discovery il worth its weight in gold,
Hale d Co.'s drug store.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-21
Q
|EW SIOUX CITY ROUTE
EAST.

Passengers for the East from
Helena and other western points
will find the NEW, ROUTE via
SIOUX CITY and the ILLINOIS
CENTRAL r. r. not only desirable
as to time and equipment. but on1
OF the most attractive. passing
through Sioux City, the only Corn
Palace City of the world; Dubuque.
the handsome Key City Of Iowa:
Rockford, Illinois, a new manutac-
turing city, that has become q
world within ITSELF" and Chicago.
whose growth and enterprise is
the wonder of the world. With
elegant free Chair Cars, and Pull.
ma Palace Sleeping Cars on every
train between Sioux City and Chi.
cago, and with a close connection
with the Union Pacific trains at
Sioux City, tho
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-21
Dyspepsia.

That nightmare ofman's cxistsnc, which
makes food a mocksry and banishos sleep
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-04
For Over Iifty Ysars

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used by millions of mothers for
their children while teething. II dis.
burbed at night and broken Of your res
by sick child suffering and crying with
pain of cutting teeth send at once and get
q bottle Of Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup" for children teething. 1t will re-
hove the poor little sufferer Immediately
Depend upon it, mothers. there's no mis-
take about it. 1t cures diarrhoea, regu-
lates the stomach and bowels, cures wind
collie. softens the gums. reduces in1smma-
ton and gives tone and energy to the
whole system, MRS Winslow's Soothing
Syrup" for children teething is pleasant
to the taste and is the prescription of one
of the Oldest and best female physicians
and nurses in the United States. Sold by
all druggists throughout the world. Price
twenty-five cents bottle. Be sure and
ask for MRS. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-04
Writing with the Left Hand,

The number of men who can write leg
IDLY with the left hand is very small in
this country, where the faculty of being
ambidexterous is not appreciated at its
full worth. Sir Edwin Arnold remarked
while in St. Louis that in Japan every
child is taught to write with either and
both hands, and he limited that this was
not the only evidence of sound common
sense he met with while in the kingdom of
the mikado. l learned to write with my
left hand some years ago, in consequence
of the impression created in my mind by
reading the arguments of Charles Reade
on the subject, and now change my pen
from hand to hand on the first impression
of WEAKNESS.
There have been many remedies sug-
gested for what is known as writer's
cramp, and many writers alternate be-
tween the pen and the typewriter, but the
simplest plan of all is to acquire the art of
writing with either hand and change from
one to the other on the first suspicion of
fatigue.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-04

THE Union has this early in the CAM
paign entered upon the tactics so char
scteristic Of its campaigning two years
ago, by conducting its political warfare
through the medium of correspondents.
Three of them find space in its issue this
morning, and the late Mr.. Wells and the
late editor, H. c. Ashbaugh, now of Eau
Claire, are, of course, among them. The
amusing thing about it is that three cor
respondents who thus attempt to help
the editor of the morning paper out in
argument in favor of McK!nIeyism and
protection, all use the same argument, and
the drift of il is that the Mckinley idea
permits of the establishment of new in J.,
dustries and the increasing of wages and
a. the. same time does not enhance the
cost to consumers. In view of the
Unions campaign tactics it is small won
der that there should be talk of another
republican daily in Rock Island.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-04
Eyesight of Spiders and Scorpions.

Spiders have wonderful eyesight, but l
am quite sure that the scorpions vision,
Notwithstanding his six eyes, is far from
being acute. 1t is very difficult to catch a
spider with a pair of forceps, but scor-
pion can easily be captured if no noise is
made. Spiders see their prey before they
are caught in the web but the scorpion
makes no movement whatever to seize flies
or cockroaches until they indicate their
whereabouts by movements. This being
the case, it can readily be understood how
easily the scorpion may be reused into mo-
ton by the vibrations of music
If tuning fork be sounded on the table
on which l keep my Gagged scorpion, he at
once becomes agitated and strikes out vi.
riously with his sting. On touching him
with the vibrating tuning fork he stings
1t and then coils himself up, as scorpions
do when nedged in.-l-ondon Spectator.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-04
Remarkable Forbearance of a Mother.

My friend, Mrs. Mitchell, and I were
going out to pay some calls. On reaching
her house found she was not yet ready,
and went up stairs to her room at her in
vitation to wait there for her AS she was
combing her hair | glanced out of the win
dow and saw her young son climbing a
tree and in a very precarious situation. l
called Mrs. NJ. IS attention to this and she
put her head out of the window and
shrieked: Henry, get down out of that
tree Immediately. You will fall and break
your limbs"
Her dutiful offspring looked at her as
she stood there with head projecting be-
yond the easement, and then yelled back,
Put your head in that window. you old
juke necked turkey buzzard."
listened to this in Mortified amazement,
and waited to see what my friend would do
about it, but, to my further standardization,
she serenely went on combing her hair, and
evidently was going to take no further
notice of her sons rejoinder. So blurted
out: why. Ellen MITCHELL Do you allow
your children to talk to you in that man.
ner?"
Anna" she rejoined, turning upon me
with great dignity, my children know
they can go just 30 far with me and no
farther. Cor. New York Sun.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-04

DUBUQUE Telegraph: The snti-snsp
or snti-Hill democratic convention re-
Gently held at Syracuse, n. Y, did just
what everybody expected it would. 1t
condemned the February convention, de-
clared for tariff reform. denounced free
silver coinage. endorsed Cleveland, and
elected delegates, instructed them To vote
as unit, and recommended that they
vote for the ex.president. But for one
thing the dele CATION would obey the In
struction and conform to the recommen-
dalton: it will not be admitted to the
national convention. To give seats 10
those composing it would be to give a
death blow to party organization. But
the demand of the delegation for sdmis-
sion will have one good effect: 1t will
teach the convention the importance and
necessity Of nominating a candidate who
is not citizen of New York.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-04
Jewish Mourning Customs.

Wailing for the dead ina purely ortho.
dox Jewish house of mourning" is mex.
pressibly sad and DANGEROUSLY voices a
sorrow which, like that of Rachel, refuses
to be comforted. "Shiva," or the seven
days of mourning, begins when the dom
icile is reached. During this period, un,
less unavoidable necessity compels, the be,
reaved do not quit the dwelling or attend
to any ordinary vocation. Minyan assem-
bles morning and evening, and prayer is
offered for the repose of the deceased.
Friends pay visits of coincidence, and deeds
of beneficence afford some relief toanguish.
Including the SILVA and following it is a
general mourning of thirty days-of twelve
months for a parent-in which is total
abstinence from festivity or pleasure.
Throughout the year of mourning for a
parent the bereaved of both sexes attend
every service of the synagogue and recite
aloud the kaddish. Standing in sable gar
ments while others sit, they repeat what is
not a prayer for the dead, but a eulogy of
divine sovereignty and an avowal of resig-
nation to the all perfect will.
Jewish law requires separate cemeteries,
but it is not invariably obeyed Century.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-04
Dealing with a Woma an.

"I've got no time to fool with women"
says my tailor ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS lone
woman is more trouble than four men. /
had lady come here with a coat to have
the collar altered. Just half an inch
lower said she, and took off an inch, for
/ could see it was too high. She came back
and said didn't take off half an inch, so !
had to do it over again, and me crowded
with gents trousers and suits that / can't
tend to. l told her, Why don't you go
where you bought it' and she says, oh,
they can't do it as well as a tailor Ma
DAM says /, 4 amt no lady's tailor and 1
don't want nothing to do with women
But she made me fix that collar and all
for a dollar-and mel could have made
five dollars and no fuss attending to trou-
sers New York Herald
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-04
The Test of Hunting.

You can never know the zest of hunting
Or fishing until your dinner depends upon
your success; you have never attained the
sublime in cookery until you have spitted
your fish or meat on freshly peeled stick,
rubbed the salt in with your fingers, and
broiled it over a woodland fire, you watch.
ing it jealousy lest it get ablaze, and al
the time that meat is browning you grow
hungrier and hungrier; and every time il
sputters in the glow you catch watts OF
fragrance. until you feel that you have the
capacity of a dozen starving men, and won.
der whether single haunch of venison
ean supply your wants.-St. Nicholas.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-04
Relish ed the Work.

It's good thing that people don't al
ways know just what they are eating. A
number Of people in an Office overlooking
a dining room kitchen watched with fas-
cinated gaze the movements of girl cook
who was fyosting some cakes. After each
spread Of frosting she would lick off the
knife blade with manifest relish, then dip
it into the frosting again, spread on the
sweet substance and give the knife an
other lick.-Springfeld Homestead.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-04
The window u a sporting Good, s,or..

The window " q Sporting Goods Store.
There is but one shop window outside of
the jewelry line that holds its attractive
ness the year round, and that is the show
window of the sporting goods establish
ment. In midwinter or midsummer. snow,
rain, mud or dust, the big windows on
Broadway that display fishing tackle, shot
guns, boxing gloves, foils and other equip
ments of the all around sportsman have
their sidewalk friends. Half grown bows
and gray haired men stand side by side
and gaze upon the bass and trout rods,
take mental note of the flies and reels and
hooks and lines, and sigh-the boy visit
fully and with thoughts of the possible fu-
ture, the man reminiscently, filled with
the tender memories of past piscatorial tri-
umphs.
There is a close community of feeling
among the casual knots of these window
gazers-a sort of fellowship observable no.
where else. Conversation is admissible
Strangers talk with each other without re-
straint or suspicion. The cold rules of
metropolitan social life relax before the
gun and camp equipage. Just for the mo-
ment-then men go their several ways,
drawing into their commercial shells
again. have seen two or three strangers
stand in front of an upper Broadway sport
ing goods window for an hour discussing
the relative weight and usefulness of GER
tain rods and reels, then separate with a
half embarrassed expression, never prob
ably to meet again.-New York Herald.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-04
A Much-Married Woman.

Mrs. Fowler. of this city. was married
last January to her sixth husband, and
strange as it may seem. five of them died
exactly two years from their marriage
day. Her present husband has been sick
for the last four months with chronic
iaundice, and was given up by four of our
best physicians; as last resort he began
using Sulphur Bitters, and yesterday told
Our reporter that they had saved his life,
smilingiY saying that he guessed Mrs.
Fowler would be unable to take a seventh
better half for some time to come.--Ex-
change.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-04

lean recommend Ely's Cream Balm to
al sufferers from dry catarrh from per-
sonal experience. Michael Herr, Phar-
macist, Denver.
had catarrh OF the head and throat for
five years. l used Ely's Cream Balm, and
from the first application was relieved.
The sense of smell, which had been lost.
WIS restored after using one bottle.
have found the Balm tie only satisfactory
remedy for catsrrh, and it has effected a
cure in my case.-H. L. Myer. Waverly,
N Y
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-04
SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1892.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET
Rock ISLAND welcomes the next gov
ernor of Illinois to day.

The attention Of the republicans Of
this congressional district is respectfully
called to the fact that DR.. Blsirsdell, of
Macomb, is still patiently waiting for the
nomination to congress to fall within his
feverish grasp. What race the good
doctor would make. though. Then he is
80 willing to accept the nomination. too.
That speech of acceptance of his was pre-
pared some six or eight years ago, and is
probably little stale, but anything
would go in the event of his getting the
plum.-McDonough Democrat.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-04
French Thrift.

A telling calculation has been made By
the first statistical authority in France.
The Eiffel tower weighs from 1000, 900 to
100000 Kilograms (the kilogram is 2
pounds 826 ouncesa. Reconstructed in
silver. an hffel tower would require TIVE
additional stories in order 30 represent the
actual deposits of French people in the
national savings banks.-Fortnightly Re.
view
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-04

Speak this speech. as tell you. trip
pingly on the tongue" Say that one of
the great benefsctions of the age is q
mall bottle Of Salvation Oil. the gresi>
ct care on earth for pain; only 25 cents.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-04
Satisfactory.

Peck (the grocer)-So you want a job in
the store, do your
Freddy Gazzam-Yes, sir.
do you know anything about arithme.
ticY"
Eyes, sir"
How much would ten pounds of sugar
come to at ~ cents poundg
Fifty cents, sir"
II think you'll do. New York Epoch.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-04
Labor Represented bv Honey.

1t is estimated that bees, in order to col
lect one pound of honey. must visit and
extract all the nectar contained in &, 900
heads of clover of the average size. This
herculean task (for the bees) would neces-
state 8, 10000 trips to and from the hive.
st. Louis Republic
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-04

A man in Prospect, Me-, claims to have
rooster that is as good as any barometer.
He says that when storm Is approaching
the rooster crows during the entire proceed
ing night.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-04

Teacher-Don't you know what sugar
spells' What does your mother give you
when you won't take your medicine?
Little Student IA "pankin. - Good
News.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-04
HOUSE VENTILATION.
SEVERAL METHODS OF SECURING
PLENTY OF FRESH AIR.

Valuable Suggestions on n Subject Which
Is of Vital Importance in Every Home.
Too Many Houses Are Death Traps
Because of Initiated Air.