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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-06-06

No nan can afford to miss this granl oppor-
tunity to gain i knowledge Ct himself and con-
suItine free these cminen, specialist, on the
PRIVATE DISEASES LF MEN AND WOMEN.
Boys under Is not allowed ut the lecture, Free
seats. No collection.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-06-06

The Yellowstone Park Line.
This marvellous WONDERLAND reached only
by this line
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-06-06

ASAOO CIV youA OOyS q NHdIlCC we
would repeat these words and say to every father
and mother: Give your boys a chance" These
are days of action and exacting competition, DAYS
when moral courage and brain power count, DAYS
wherein there can be only a survival Of the men
who are mentally and physically the fttest. Aside
from the duty which you owe the State of giving
to it sons and daughters who will win their way
honorably in life, there is a parental duty devolv-
ing upon you to qualify them for the battle which
they will have to wage in the worlds great arena.
whether their lot be cast in the professions or in
the no less honorable field of artisanship and
honest toll. Favored though they Justly are in the
family circle, the day must come when in the mex
orable law of fate their chairs will be empty by
your hreside and they will be out struggling alone
in the world with only their merit to aid them.
You will follow them with your best wishes, APP
%plauding their every effort and cheering them on
in their successes; but grateful as will be your
encouragement, how very little balm will it be if,
despite his efforts, the son goes backward and the
neighbours boy mounts up to heights upon which
he was bent. In the earlier days Of this land you
may have had to till and toll, knowing little of
leisure and less of luxury, but for what was it all ?
First that Won might have a cOmDetence and NEXT
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-06-06
The Peoples Line.

The peoples highway from Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis. Duluth and West Superior to Win
nipeg. tic enA. nutte. kissoula, SPOKANE, Ia
coma, eeattle. Portland and Puget soun1.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-06-06
tvred President

When about to leave his old home after he had attained the highest honor that a great
betow upon him closed al address with these word: "Neghbors, give your boys a c
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-06-06
THE CHILD OF HIS GENIUS.

There viii be trouble if you don't cure thos,
dyspeptio symptoms. Take Hoods ~Sarsaparills
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-22
Generalship and Book knowledge.


The greatest soldier who ever lived
Alexander of MaceGon-though he slept
with Homer under his pillow, had prob
ably never seen book on military art,
and though Won Moltke was student,
we may be permitted to doubt if MARI
borough ever was. He read only Shake
speare Zealously.
Certainly in our time no able man who
wanted a chief for any great undertak-
ing of any kind would dream of asking
the limits of his reading or would be
able to avoid silent prejudice against a
candidate, partly unreasonable, but part
ly also the result of Evolutionary expe-
rience, if he knew that he was in any
special degree a student of books. He
would think him a man apt to be misled.
Indeed, in one great condition of eff
cheney, perhaps in practice the greatest
of all conditions, we should assign to I'M
read men-we do not mean uneducated
men, but men who never voluntarily
open books-a definite superiority. They
are apt to choose men better. Soldiers
who do not read make no mistake about
their general. Spectator.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-22
Only a Little Thing.

a hospital for incurables is a ve~y
noble and worthy charity, and l am glad
that no prominent city is without a pro-
vision for this class of sufferers. Iwish.
however, that the brutally descriptive
name of such institutions could be SO
modified as not to contain the death war
rant of every person received within
their doors. "a place to lie in" is not a
cheerful title for ones last earthly home,
and the omission of this reminder from
the official name could so easily be sup
piled in the rules for admittance that to
parade it seems worse than useless. It
is wonderful how little consideration
sweetens the bread of charity
l once visited a home for broken down
gentlefolks, presided over by woman
who made giving and receiving alike
blessed. alluded thoughtlessly to the
old people as inmates" 1--WE never
call them inmates" said she in tone
of gentle reproof. 81 always have them
spoken of as guests 1t makes so little
difference to US and so much to them
Kate Fields Washington.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-22
when learning was Despisea.

Abraham Fabert, who in the seven
teenth century became a marshal of the
French army, lived in an age when learn
ing was despised and mere animal cour-
age won the plaudits of court and people.
THE king has no need of philosophers
in his armies" said one who knew the
signs of the times. "He wants soldiers,
stirring, active and resolute men. De-
baters are only useful in the schools"
1t was at this period that the Marquis
of Cramail, at a critical moment, adj
dressed his rear guard, imploring them
not to ride away from the field, and his
eloquence was at once destroyed when
some one cried:
"Why listen to him? He has written
bookr'
Il mend my pen with my sword, said
: noble of the time to q poet, and the re-
tort was prompt:
Then 1 am no longer astonished that
you write so badly"
But young Fabert, who became pri-
vate at the age of Il, was determined to
master all. the branches of his profession
from the simplest to the most complex.
He fulfilled all his practical duties per-
fectly, and at the same time studied with
unfailing zeal. He taught himself the
rudiments of geometry, fertilization and
drawing. He read history, studied Ger
man, Spanish, Italian and Flemish and
was always eagerly seeking to improve
his knowledge of geography.
This he used to say, sis as necessary
10 an officer as arms are to the soldier
The result was that when France
needed the service of trained mind and
well disciplined will Fabert was at her
service. Moreover, he was the frstmar
shall who rose from the ranks.-Youth's
Companion.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-22
WILLING TO MAKE ALLOWANCES.
A Kind Hearted Farmer Who Said Per-
haps the burrows Were Sun Warped.

haps the burrows Were Sun Warped.
A certain eminent clergyman, who is
greatly loved for his gentleness and for
bearance with offenders, recently told a
man that an experience of his own in
years long gone by taught him the grace
of ready excusing. When he was boy,
he was very poor boy, but he had al
ready strong theological bent and was
studying hard during the winter and
working even harder during the summer
trying to get preparation for college.
He wanted to be a preacher, and the fact
that he didn't seem to be good for any
thing else tended to convince him that
he had not mistaken his calling.
One spring he was entirely out of
money and had to get out of school and
go to work. Not being able to find any
thing to do in the small college town
where he had been studying, the youth
call him Richard Vernon-went out
among the farmers to see if he could get
work from them. He found a man who
was very busy with his springs work
and in hurry to get the burrows plowed
in big field for potato planting. The
weather was favorable for planting: the
farmers boys would be home from school
the next day. which was Saturday, to do
the dropping and covering. He told
Richard that he might mark out the
field with the plow for the planting, and
if he suited lie might be hired for two or
three months. Meantime the farmer
saw that the boy was very anxious to
stay, and that he had evidently very
good disposition.
So the young theologian went to work
with tremendous vigor. He did not stop
to take breath until he had marked off
large tract of ground with deep burrows
Then came his employer from his work
in another part of the farm and looked at
the boys work and leaned up against the
fence and laughed until he shook. The
potato field had been scraped and seal
loped all' over with the ridiculously If
regular and wabbly little bitches which
Richard had turned. There was not
clean, straight furrow in the lot. The
ground looked as if an insane elephant
had tossed up the earth. The burrows
were of all depths and at all distances
from one another, for Richard had driven
walk, and he had been too much occupied
with keeping up and maintaining pre-
carious grasp upon the pillow handles to
be able to pay any attention to the regu-
larity or evenness of his work
Richard Vernon laughed, too, as he
stood and looked over the field. He
wiped the sweat from his brow and
looked very anxiously at his employer
There was no chance for regular work
there, that was evident. His laughter
faded away, and there was a certain
faint twitch in the corners of his mouth
as the boy said:
81 guess you don't want any moro of
my work, sir?'
''Oh, ves-yes, do" said the farmer.
Maybe faint your fault that S.e fur
rows are crooked. You see, the suns
pretty hot today, and 1 reckon the heat
warped emr-Boston Transcript.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-22
a PERFECT SUMNER.

They say the sun as lightly shines as in the
years agone;
They say the grass is just as green out on the
shady lawn,
And that the birds rs sweetly sing up in the
waving leaves
As when we sat together, dear, among the
golden sheaves.
1t may be so. The bees are humming,
And the smell of tie clover is rare and sweet;
But mem'ry's fingers at my heartstrings
drumming
Wake song of a Joy that was too fleet.
The glowing sunshine grows pale around me:
The grass is faded, the bird song faint;
catch not the charm of the scenes that sur
round me,
For thy voice answers not to my hearts lone
plant.
The change is not in he suns bright shining,
The song of the birds, the hum of the bees;
For the charm of that old time was not in re-
Ginning
In the lap of summer beneath the green
trees.
love the bright sunshine, the birds sweetly
singing,
As sit alone meath the old apple tree;
But l wait with fond longing, to dear hopes
close clinging,
That each summer lime brings me nearer 10
thee.
For the rythm in the melody of that happy
measure
Was the sound of thy voice, to me more than
dear,
And ne'er can ufe's music so thrill me with
pleasure
TIL thy murmuring tones fall again on my
ear.
So 1 trustingly yearn for happy home COM
ing,
A heaven made perfect by thy presence 50
rare:
For through the Elysium 'twould be weary.
lone roaming
If thou vert not wit me its glories to share.
L. A. CONES.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-22
Noah Left the Ark ON Anril %

Saturday, April 90, is the day marked
in all ancient calendars as being the
one upon which Noah and his family
quilted the ark after having withstood
the siege of the great deluge. The day
is marked in all ancient calendars, espe-
cially British, as egressus Noae de area,
the 18th of March. the day upon which
Noah. his family and their great floating
collection OF natural history specimens
set sail, being designated in the same
class of early printed literature as in
troitus Noae in area, 1.-The day of Noah's
entrance into the ark" Why these days
were chosen as the ones upon which the
supposed embarkation and debarkation
We're made are enigmas which the anti
quarians have not yet solved.-St Louis
Republic.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-22
A Day for Illinois

Thursday of this week is to be Hi
nois day at the Worlds fair. 1t will
be memorable day for Illinois and
1llinOisans. There will be grand
parade at 10 a. m. of the congress of
the rough riders of the world, con-
sisting of Arabs. Indians, COW bows
and Mexicans, followed by other pa
rades, among them the 5000 troops
of the Illinois National Guard. The
governor and staff will hold an in
formal reception at the Illinois build
ing in the afternoon. At night there
will be grand electrical illumina-
ton, an exhibition of the electric
fountains, the most beautiful in the
world, the whole to conclude with
one of the grandest displays of fire
works ever shown upon the fair
grounds.
The Chicago Record, speaking of
Illinois day. SAYS editorially:
From 10 Dayiess county down to
the southernmost tip of Egypt the
coming of Illinois day at the Worlds
fair should be watched for with high
anticipations. On that day the at
doubt be something tremendous. 1t
will not be surprising, indeed, if the
attendance record for every day since
the Fourth of July is broken. Let us
hope it will be. Illinois has a right
to be proud of her handiwork as ex-
hibited at Jackson park. 1t it hadn't
been for the bold free-handed way in
which her people went into the enter
prise there wouldn't have been any
Worlds fair at all worth speaking of.
The idea of alloting various spec
ial days for different states and ma
tions has proved happy one, but in
the case of Illinois it is, of course,
peculiarly fitting. Her interest in
the Worlds fair is large, more imme-
date and direct than that of any 9TH
er commonwealth The day which
is devoted to her will be in some
sense recognition of her peculiar
claims as the hostess of the exposi-
ton
Among the thousands who will en-
ter the gates TO the reception she
will give next Thursday, may the
army of Illinoisans be first in num-
Der and in the days enjoyments!
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-22
Rossini's Memory.

The composer of 81 Barbiere di Sivig-
ha'' was blessed with a not very reten-
tive memory-especially for names of
persons introduced to him-a forgetfrl-
ness which was frequently the cause of
much merriment whenever Rossini was
among company. One day he met
Bishop, the English composer. Rossini
knew the face well enough and at once
greeted him. "Ah, my dear Mr.. -"
but he could progress no further To
convince him that he had not forgotten
him Rossini commenced whistling Bish-
ops glee, When the Wind Blows" a
compliment which 1.-The English Mozart"
recognized and would as readily have
heard as his less musical surname
Gentleman's Magazine.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-22
A NIunificent Offer

Here is capital story of Mr.. Edward
Lloyd, the well known tenor. He sell
dom sings in private, but ON one occa-
sion, when visiting some friends L tie
way out, he was prevailed upon to do o.
A clergyman who was present was 1t
aware of the identity of the singer III.
at the conclusion of the song approached
him quietly and said;
Really, sir, you should not waste your
voice like this. Now, we are in need of
another tenor in our choir. l shall be
very happy to give you e30 year. Think
it over"
The singer smiled and said he would
think it over.-London Tit-Bits.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-22

Two hotel cars. to be run from the
east to Chicago, have just been fin
ished at Wilmington, Del, at cost
of $50, 900 each. They are new in de-
sign and unusually large. Each car
has 16 passenger compartments. fit
ted up after the fashion of the most
luxurious hotel rooms. A space %
feet long in the center of each car is
occupied by complete kitchen, and
beneath each kitchen is large space
for storage. Gas tanks supply both
heat and light.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-22

Lime and Roman cement are very de-
structive to the eyes if permitted to re
main any considerable time. Wash the
eyes Immediately with water, then with
water containing vinegar or lemon juice
For acids in the eyes wash with water
containing a little ammonia or baking
soda.
For alkalis wash with water contain
ing vinegar or lemon juice.-Washing
ton Star
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-22
A Comforting Assurance.

Mrs. Placey, an old lady who had been
dying for the last 10 years, was drawing
upon little Robbie's sympathy one day
by telling him she wouldn't be here
much longer and he must think of her
often. Never mind; Mrs. Placey," said
Robbie, who had just been taking part
in the Decoration day exercises; III
put flowers on your grave every Satur-
day and United States fag."-Spring-
field Homestead.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-22
How a Fashion Was Started.

During the reign of George III the
Duke of York had a duel with Colonel
Lennox, with the result that the colonel
succeeded in shooting away one Of the
dukes curls. Hence it became the cor
rect thing to wear curl on one side CT
the temple only. We do not know
whether this was the origin of the cele-
brated curl of a deceased prime minis
ter.-London Tit-Bits.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-22

COURT etiquette on the Pacific
coast seems to be approaching the
point of effeminacy. BY the latest
ruling from the bench gentlemen are
expected to unburden their pockets
Of firearms before entering A man
With a gun within reach will say
things that otherwise he would not.
The ruling of the court seems to be
an iDsidious thrust as the much
Wanted freedom of screech.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-22

l have been a great sufferer from
dry catarrh for many years, and |
tried many remedies, but none did
me so much benefit as Ely's Cream
Balm. 1t completely cured me. NJ.
j. Lally, SO Woodward avenue, Bos-
ton Highlands, Mass.
/ think Ely's Cream Balm is the
best remedy for catarrh | ever saw
| never took anything that relieved
me so quickly, and l have not felt so
well in a long time. l used to be
troubled with severe headaches two
or three times week.. A. Alcorn.
agent [. p. X. r, Co, Eaton, Colo.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-22

SEVERAL of the railroads propose
to carry their employees and their
families to the world fair free OF
charge. That is very good as far as
it goes, but this act will not absolve
them from the duty of making a rate
to the general public which will en-
able the people to see the great show
at Chicago at a cost which comes
within their means
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-22
sweetsr Than Honey in the Hopeyccmb,
What in life i ha.f so sw e..

AS the hour when lovers meet?"
Nothing is sweetcr TO the youthful and robust
in health. tut, alas too many court in poetry
and live in prose- after marriage. This is espe-
cially true of the wives whose changed relations
bring on weaknesses and arrangements peculiar
to married women, that their lives become
'Drosy." To all such, DR.. Pierce's FAY orite Pre-
scripti0n is a great bonn. II cure. we backs.
headaches, neuralgia and abe airing down. aims,
displecements and ire sulari les OF the fe male
organs. 1t is likewise restorative and invgor-
atng tonic, STRENGTHENING the nerves, AMI i'm
parting new life TO the tired AMI uebilitated,
bringing back the "loses to the CHI ek," and the
'rainbows to the eyes" sold by all druggists
sEder guarantees from lis makers of sltisf ction
in every case, or price 81. refunded
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-22
Days of Grace Abolished.

In California, Vermont, Oregon, Idaho,
Utah and Wisconsin days of grace on
maturing notes, drafts, acceptances and
bills of exchange have been abolished,
Unless there is express stipulation to the
contrary. Free Press.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-22
Sweet Revenge.

NJ. Colombies, a merchant of Paris,
had his revenge on former sweetheart,
lady of Rouen, when he left her by
will legacy of $4,000 for having, some
20 years before, refused to marry him.
through which," states the will, Il
was enabled to live independently and
happily as bachelor. San Francisco
Argonaut
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-22

SEVERAL exchanges are gravely
discussing the question of whether
or not lawyer can be a gentleman.
Doubtless to be gentleman is
among the possibilities open to a
member of the legal profession but
once having started on his career, he
seems generally to prefer to keep
right on being lawyer
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-22

Old or young, or grave or gay,
Those who now let their teeth decay.
With breath we can't endure:
The thought their life viii haunt,
That they neglected Sozodont,
That would have kept all pure.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-22

When parsonage of high rank dies
in Siam, the king helps battle the body
and prepare it for cremation and final
ly lights the funeral pyre.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-22
TUESDAY. AUGUST %. 1898.

IT is all very well for the worIo 5
fair managers to be figuring on royal
visitors from Europe. But it will
pay them a great deal more to ar
range for great excursions at cheap
rates from all parts of this country.
Royalty has an unpleasant faculty of
wanting everything for nothing.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-22

WHEN New York woman named
Hunter accidentally received a letter
from her husband, addressed Dear
Mrs. Brow ming, he explained that he
had written it merely to arouse her
jealousy. The subsequent procure
ment of a divorce indicates that a
more successful attempt than his was
never made.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-22
An Indian Blanket.

The Indians make blankets of bark
beaten very thin. The bark is stamped
with fancy figures in brown and red and
is trimmed with fur. Palm leaves are
beaten together and are also made into
blankets. An Indian is always cold, even
in hot weather, and his blanket is as
precious to him as our sun hats are to
us.-New York Ledger.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-22

81 tell my boy" said q father, ''that
don't care what calling he takes up,
but that he does want to be able to do
whatever he undertakes to do better, if
possible, than anybody else"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-22
a a..:trtmn..l:.l snCgcsttc:,.

Mr.. Eee.l here Why don't yon get
Marie:
Mr. Olibach-No use. There is no
woman who viii take lie.
NJ. Beenthere-Ot course not. With
that cast of countenance you can hardly
expect woman TO take you. You must
take womap.-Texas Siftings.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-22
Two WASHINGTON backwoodsmer

Two Washington backwoodsmen
played cards and fought a duel for
the hand of the only woman in the
county, and then when it was all
over the tickle fair one refused to
wed the winner, and gave herself to
the parson called in to perform the
ceremony. Feminine nature is the
same in city or backwoods.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-22

The first secession flag raised in the
south was in South Carolina. The fla
staff is still standing fastened to the
gable end of storehouse at Skull Shoals
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-22

A cubic inch of gold IS worth $210;
cubic foot, $780,, $50; cubic yard, &c.
797, 762. This reckoning bases the value
Of gold at SIS per ounce.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-22

TsRMs-Daily soc per month; Weekly ~. 20
per snnum; IN advance 81 SO
All communications OF criticalor srgumenta-
tive character, political or religious, must have
re Il name attached for publication. No sucb
'ticles will be printed over fictitious signatures
Anonymous communications not noticed.
Correspondence solicited frou, every township
in Rock Island county.