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NGALLEN'S BUSINESS COLLEGE
SHORTHAND
AND
TELEGRAPH SCHOOL.

The United States Commissioner
says the methods employed at this COL
lege are "The most perfect possible"
A leading bookkeeper says: II pre-
fer McALLEN's COLLEGE to any that I
know of for the reason that he is q
practical bookkeeper and teaches the
student just what he should know"
No FORMER PUPIL IS KNOWN TO BE
UNEMPLOYED.
For further information address,:
JNO. A. McALLEN, |. |. B.,
Knoxville. Tennessee.
Sept. 14-6mos.
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HELP WAN TED!

WANTED.-ACrIvE, HONEST GENTLE
MAN or LADY to travel representing es-
Enlistment, reliable house. Salary
$65 monthly and travelling expenses,
with increase, if suited. Enclose ref
erence and self-addrcssed stamped en-
velope. THE DOMINION,
317 Omaha Building, Chicago
1926
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3 20, and lump, 400. We have no
motto or coat of arms but will give
you satisfaction as to weight and
quality. 4S7 At
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Leave orders for f. NJ George 4
Go. Jellico Coal at Jackson's grocery,
our prices are net 800; run Of mines
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GROVER CLEVELAND and the people
will triumph. The purchasing clause
of the Sherman law will be repealed
Internationally this week.
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Leave your orders for F. M. George
& Co.'S. Jellico and anthracite coal at
M. Jackson's grocery.
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You can sell all Of your produce at
M. Jackson's and buy groceries
cheaper than elsewhere. 487-4t
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Luther Benson has leectured all over
the United States, and has high testi-
monials from many leading men and
women.
Fresh oysters served in any style
at the City Restaurant on Spring
Street.
MRS. MATTE BROWN, Prop'r
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Best line of cigars in town Mt M.
Jackson's. 487-4t
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DELINQUENT TAKES.
Order of Publication.
In the Chancery Court
at
Johnson City.
STATE OF TENNESSEE ct al,
va.
OWNERS OF LOT 5 ct al.

UNKNOWN OWNERS OF LOT ct ally johnson City.
appearing from the affidavit of the Tax Attorney for the State
and Washington County that this suit said
County for the collecting the
the bill filed herein that the said lands
known, and that after due the said Attorney unable fir
those claiming to be the
is shown the face said
And further appearing situated Johnson City
the 9th Civil District of said County and that
for the 1892d real estate being described follows,
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Tobacco and cigars at the City Res
taurant.
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Having sold our stock OF hardware

Having sold our stock OF hardware
to Lyle & Summers, we are compelled
to call on our friends for Immediate
settlement, as we can not pay our in
debtedness until We get what is due
us. The conditions now existing
make it necessary for us-to enforce
collections as far as possible, and we
hope the people will come forward
without delay. Our former customers
will receive good treatment at the
hands OF our successors and patronage
given them will be appreciated by us.
474-tf SEAvER & SUMMERS.
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The bill providing that proof of 10y
atty during the civil war shall not be
necessary in any application for coun-
ty land, when the applicant is other
wise entitled thereto, was passed by
the House.
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Fresh oysters by the pint or quart
at the City Restaurant.
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Best tea at Faucette & Co.
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Description and Boundaries,

Wilder addition, Fairview avenue
WaSauga Cor. Wat. and Montgomery ST.
Harris and
E r Land Co Addin.n NnnrM .tr.nt
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Ohe'fourth of an off the W. S. Campbell tract
Carnegie Addition, Second Ave.
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By G. w. HODGE, D. G. & M.
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Succession Sale.

Succession of Adam In District Court,
Bowler, deceased Bossicn Parish, La.
Dy virtue of an order of sale to rue directed
ID from the Honorable District Court in and
for the Parish of Bossier. La, / will, on Sep
TENDER 81, 1898, at the Court House, in the
town OF Benton, La, within the legal hours for
sale, proceed TO sell, at public auction, to the
last and highest bidder, the following describ-
ed property, to-wit:
The west half Of northwest quarter of
section thirteen Q3), and northeast quarter of
section II, township u, range IA, containing
2l0 acres and situated i'll Bossier parish,
Also four mules, horse, cow lot os house
hold aud kitchen furniture and lot of furnish
ing implements
Possession Of lands TO be given November =,
1893.
Terms of Sale-Cash, if the appraisement or
two-thir thereof be bid else on "a credit of
y months, according to law.
A. K. THOMPSON, Sheriff
and ex-oicio Auctioneer. Bossier Parish, La.
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Homestead Entry No. 1856.
Land Office at Natchitoches, Louisi

Land Office at NatchitOches, Louisiana,
July LIST, 1893
Notice is hereby given that the following
In named settler has filed notice of her
intention to make final proof in support OF her
claim, aud that said proof will I've made before
the Honorable Clerk of the District Court at
Benton, Louisiana, on October 9th, 1893, viz
Homestead Entry No. 37S5-Lyda Collier
for the southwest quarter of northeast quar-
ter and north half OF northwest quarter of
section. l3, township 20 North, range -
West She names the following witnesses to
prove her continued residence upon and Guilt
walton of said land. viz: Derry Mcconnell, Ed.
Robinson, John Reed and Winston johnson,
of Midway, p. o., La.
L. DUPLEIX, Register.
August 81, 1893 oct
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Land Office at Natchitoches, La, !

Land Office at Natclitoches, La, }
July %, 1893
Notice is hereby given that the following
~ named settler has filed notice of his inten--
ton to make final proofin support Of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before the
Clerk of the District Court, at Benton, La, on
the 9th day of September, 1893, viz: Home
stead Entry No 3l50-Henry Hammond-for
the south half ofthe northeast quarter, north
west quarter of northeast quarter and south
east quarter of northwest quarter of section
"A, township y North, range II West. He
names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upo. md cultivation of
said land, viz: Yves ROtlrsOn, Aleck Long
Aleek Williams, handle jackson of Mott, T.
o., La.
l.. DUPLEIX, Register.
August 3, 1893. sept7
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of men and women, and huge
sphinxes guarding the portals; there
Cairo street, with bazars and houses,
and with dark-skinned Egyptians
riding about on camels, and black
Soudanese children chatting together
on street corners; here a group of
little Javanese women gossiping on
the poarch of one of their beautiful
bamboo houses there native of
Bethlehem selling trinkets to a crowd
of Midwayites aud talking to them,
as the case requires, in any of seven
languages learned at school IN Jeru-
salem; here q dusky native of, Daho-
mey, with girdle by way of cos
tune, dancing in front of the Daho
mey village to attract you and your
pennies inside; there a stolid, stai-
wart American Indian, staring I'M
smilingly at all the carryings-on; here
a Turkish village with big posters of
dancing houris; there Scotchman,
in Highland tartan, bag piping away
until he is blue in the face, and on all
sides, Turks, Egyptians, Bedouins,
japanese, Chinese, Africans, South
Sea Islanders, Persians, Algerians,
! Tunisians, Indians, Italians, French
men, Germans, Austrians, Hunga-
rians, Bohemians, Irishmeny Lap
landers and Americans, each trying
to coax you into ''the greatest show
on earth" Go into all the shows, if
! you can, for you will be glad you. did,
and enjoy the remembrance after you
go home and get your mind straight
ened out.
Take trip on the great Ferris
wheel. The whole of Chicago
stretches out before you i'll sea of
housetops, while you marvel at the
wonderful wealth and growth OF the
comparatively young city, already
extending over twentythree miles in
length aud fifteen in width. But you
turn away from this picture and let
your eyes rest on the beautiful white
buildings of the fair and the motley
colors OF the Midway, forming the
arms and pillars Of gigantic II"
This you may interpret, as it is here
interpreted to mean, Tremendous I"
AT THE COLONADE.
The longer we remained the more
we became impressed with the i'm
mense amount of work represented,
while the buildings seemed to in
crease rather than diminish in grand
eur and loneliness the more familiar
we grew with them. Our expecta-
tons were great, but they were more
than realized. The experience is
! something to be thankful for as long
as We live.
And now, after six days of active
sightseeing, standing at the west
end of the Grecian ColDuade, classic
and beautiful beyond description
which must be seen to befully appre-
ciated-with the chimes of the bells
still ringing in our ears "Sweet Bye
and Bye" we take last view of the
great, grand, soul-inspiring scene be
: fore Us, not, however, without cast
ing Zone longing, lingering look be,
hind at this veritable fairy land, as
we turn our face toward home, sweet
home.
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AhO A1 oA<IS oHO" III CuACN anu iSduS
for the table, The noted native
grapes are shown in. jars. There is
good wool exhibit. The successful
truck farming of the State is excel
lently shown. Collectively the ex-
hihits are magnificent object les
son of, the States resources.
Kentucky shows an extensive ex-
hibit of tobacco, some splendid corn,
grain in sheaves and grasses of this
season of excellent growth. The
sorgum exhibit is quite feature,
and the extensive display of hemp
and flax is astonishing.
Florida shows a 46 foot bamboo
one year old, Palmetto honey, re-
markable handsome honey, pineap-
pies, cocoanuts and tamarinds, Eug-
liSh walnuts, pecans, almonds pea
mats, bananas, olives, &c.
Virginia makes a very elaborate
| display of tobacco. consisting Of
eight prominent varieties. Tn size,
color and condition the cured leaves
are classed by experts to be ideal
and the finest ever exhibited. The
corn shown is of extraordinary large
ears and that on stalks shows the
immense growth made on some of
the fertile lands of the State equals
that of the West.
West Vireinia's display of grains
is excellent. Five hundred samples
of wool indicate that she is beeom-
ing noted for wool production.
Illinois's exhibit is arranged in the
form of a Greek cross. All cerals
are represented. Eighty varieties
of wheat are exhibited from one
farm.
Ohio's exhibit is in a Roman
tt mple, with SO columns, varying
from 4 to Z feet long. These col
umns are glass, filled with grain
and seeds of many kinds, the vari-
Gus colors producing a pleasing eff
feet. The roof is made of wheat
and rye heads. There are exhibited
70 varieties Of corn, 232 of wheat,
SO wheat in straw, 80 of tobacco, Is
of oats and 251 fleeces of wool,
mainly pure-bred merinos. Wool
growing is a great interest in the
State. The last census reported the
annual wool clip 23,135,93S pounds
from 4,06O,729 sheep.
Corn, corn, corn, would describe
Iowa's exhibit. All one can see is
corn-corn of all imaginable colors
from white to what is called calico
and calicoes cover a wide feld-as
large as some eornfelds. There is
corr from 200 farms and over 40(
varieties. It cost over $500 te, ar
: range the display and little over
$50 bushels of corn were used
Iowa's corn crop last year is put
down at 300,00O,000 bushels. Glass
; columns contain soil from 4 to Z feet
showing the actual depth of The
States noted fertile lands. AL
cerals are shown. Mammoth ears
of corn are formed from score o
= ordinary ones in the decorating. A
, a little distance the exhibit looks
: considerably like some kind of in
: laid or mosaic woods.
Among the exhibits from Mime
Z sofa are four hundred samples o
r grasses and three hundred of grain
q on the straw, amber cane syrup ant
sugar, and soils from % counties.
: Wisconsin has quite practica
f exhibit, arranged to give ideas o
: value. She bias 1904 jars, contain
: ing tri1e over one peck each o
e grains, seeds, peas, beans, Sc, witt
n labels explaining method of cultiva
a ton, date of harvest and the yield
- Montana has cabin made of ca
Il corn and grass.
S Among North Dakota's exhibit
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TULANE UNIVERSITY
OF LOUISIANA.

The next Annual Session of tie College, High.
School. and FL. Sophie NewCOmb Memorial
College for Women, opens October ID.
Entrance Examinations, September Goth and
30th The College is well equipped with
Libraries and Laboratories for Classical.
Literary and Scientific Work
The University grants about One Hhr 1red and
Fifty Scholarships in the Collegiate and
High School Departments. Each Senator
and RepresentStiv in the State has the APP
pointment of one Scholarship which confers
free tuition for the whole course
For further information. address
VIM. o. ROGERS, Secretary
WIN. PRESTON JOHNSTON, President.
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feet high, and South Dakota one
stalk of grass 333 feet long.
Michigau's display is veritahle
object lesson of practical agricul-
ture. Gle who runs" through this
exhibit will find facts Of interest
sensibly explained.
Utah has an instructive display of
sugar beets in the different stages
preparatory to sugar making. There
are plenty of proofs of Utah's fer
tile soils. One of the decorations
is an American flag 1Ox1S feet, made
from parts of 5000 lamb skins.
New York's exhibit in its general
arrangement reminds the visitor of
real seed store.
Silk culture as carried on in Penn
sylvania forms an interesting and
instructive display, showing the
management of the cocoons and the
whole process through to the finish
ed silk.
Many of the Foreign exhibits are
splendid and varied. Mexico makes
remarkable fine showing.
Taken as whole, the exhibit of
agricultural products is an exceed.
ingly interesting study. Not only
is it a horn -of-pIenty picture of the
wonderful resources ofthis country,
but it proclaims alse the magnifi-
cent strides that agriculture is max
ing and the indefatigable energy
that has made this country abound
in prosperous agricultural products.
IMPLEMENTS, AND MACHINERY.
In the annex of the Agricultural
Hall those interested in agricultural
implements and machinery will find
all the wonderful Improvements that
show what gigantic strides agricul-
ture has made, even in the last gen
GRAFTON. Here are to be found in
motion all manner of farm machine
rs. All countries are represented
in the display, and the intelligent
observer can bnt remark the superb
GRITTY, both in make and practical
results, the American farm machin-
cry has over that shown by Foreign
countries. The distinction is re.
markable with the harvesters and
the combined reaper and binder
Among the machines in operation
are scores Of reapers, mowers, corn
cutters, thrashing machines, beel
harvesters, feed cutters, hay presses
combined planters, drills, hay anC
grain stackers, grain cleaners, &c
The implements used on the nam
moth farms Of the arid regions, sucl
as the immense steam ploWs, are ob
iects of wonder. AS a contrast
showing the improved methods o
the present day, model is showr
of the method the Gauls used il
gathering wheat 1900 years ago.
STATE BUILDINGS.
The State Buildings were full O.
interesting exhibits, but those which
; especially attracted us were Louisi
ana, California and Washington
Louisiana's Building contains an,
number Of interesting articles. |
is filed with works of art, histori
relics and curiosities.
California has a wonderful collec
ton of fruits displayed in, uniqu
and striking ways. For instanc
there is an ancient knight in armo
on powerful horse, life-size, com
posed entirely of prunes, enormou
globes and pyramids of oranges, an,
novel arrangements of dried fruit
and cereals.
Washington's Building is in rusti
style, and the timbers forming it
foundation are l25 feet long. One G
them was cut from tree $40 fee
long and only six feet and seve
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lii the Transportation Building
every method of tranSportiOn is
shown. Tilis department fully pre-
sents in the most interesting man
ner the origin, growth and develop
ment or the various methods of
transportation used in all ages, and
all parts of the world. Here we
find on exhibition the famous tiny
cookie shell of Il boat with which
the world renowned little Grace
Darling and her father rescued the
nine shipwrecked Survivors of the
Farfarsbire, on the Northumberland
coast of England.
A most instructive exhibit will
he found in the United States Gov
ernment Building, which. overlook
ing Lake Michigan on the one side
and the main lagoon on the other,
is most attractively located.
In the Woman's Building there
are many beautiful, attractive and
valuable things that are of especial
interest to men us we'll as women.
The marvellous wonders and de-
velopment of tue uses of electricity
are beautifully and practically Illus
trated in the ELECTRICITY Building,
which covers nearly 81 acres, and
cost S401 900. Scores of spectacular
effects claim admiration and inter-
est bere-grand demonstrations of
both power and beauty.
Machinery Hall, better known as
The Palace of Mechanical Arts,
covers about twenty acres, and cost
$1,2S5,O0O. Here will be found a
stupendouS exhibition of mechanical
energy. There is a superb display
of great variety and number of
machines for the manufacture of the
many and varied modern articles of
commerce.
Everything the horticulturist has
produced or has learned isexiibited
and portrayed with a richness and
an abundance unparalleled in The
Horticultural Building.
One of the greatest surprises to
! the sight-seers are the exhibits of
the Fisheries Building. 1t is a most
interesting and instructive display,
unrivaled in its extent and variety.
1t wonld be difficult to call for a fish
not found in this exhibit, and is
enough to make a real fisherman's
"mouth> water" for hook and line.
AGRICULTURAL HALL.
The exhibits by the States IL
Agricultural Hall deserve more than
passing recognition from the visitor
interested in agriculture. Practical
results from the farm, something
that demonstrates what soils vii
produce, is what agriculturalists
are always anxious to examine.
Louisiana has very snowy ant
excellently representative display
In double-deeked Chinese pagoda
the rice growers have a special ex
hibit. Samples of rice are given t.
ladies. LII massive pilliared veran
da made ofsugar cane, are display
ed syrups, molasses, sugars, includ
ing the old sugar-loaf cakes. The
} exhibit of ramie hemp and othel
: fibre plantsis interesting. Fine corr
and tobacco is also displayed.
Mississippi made no appropria
ton, but to the credit of some O
her noble women is due the fine dis
t play shown, among which are cot
: tons aad cotton oils, Irvine and rop
manufactured from homegrown
} products, a cotton gin, turpentine,
collection of mammoth pecans.-
! There isa model of a negro cabii
in the midst of a cotton field that j
true tolife. In cases are shown cot
ton and yarns, and also the cotton
goods and cassimers made fror
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A MIDWAY VIEW.

Stand in. the heart of the Midway,
near the great Ferris wheel, and take
in your surroundings, if you can, at
a glance. Here an Egyptian temple,
with hieroglyphics, crude paintings
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Jefferson D0U6s COLLEGE.

Thorough courses in Music, Art, Commercial
L and Collegiate Departments All expe-
rienced teachers. Excellent boarding facili
ties. Send for catalogue
S. DECATUR LUCAS
Minden, La President.
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Homestead Entry No. also.

August 81, 1888. oct 5
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-02

the coast on a little tear. and was out of
money. He said he wanted to 20 to Butte
to see Frank L. Corbett, who was a college
chum Of his and who would fut nish him
with means to get back home. told him
been there for three months. He said he
wanted to go to Butte nyway. 1 asked
him if he knew anybody there. He said
no. l told him there was no use of his
going to Butte unless he had some friends
there who could holp him. and asked him
why he did not telegraph his father for as
sistance. He said he did not have
enough money to do it. l said if
he wanted me to ! would
telegraph to his father for him. He didn't
seem to like this and said he wouldn't put
me to that trouble. 'Tll 90 and lustle.' he
said, and I'll come around and see you to-
morrow II hayen't seen him since"
They tell another story about Town on
q young lawyer who ran across another fol-
low of the same stripe. Some people think
he is the same individual who called on
Mr.. Cullen. He secured small loans from
people with whom he quickly made &C
qualntanoe and who put the minions of the
law on his trail. The young lawyer showed
him about town ono night while the officers
were hunting the adventursr. After seeing
the sights he borrowed SO and said he had
a check which he wanted to get cashed at
The Helena. but would have 10 have some
one to identify him. This the lawyer Of
fered to do. At the door Of the hotel the
man with the check said he guessed he
wouldn't do it; "he might blow the money
H." he hasn't been seen since.
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health Of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in tho
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presen' ing
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession because 1T acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weaken
ing them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
20. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute If offered.