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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-11-12

SIAs4cN5 ANlEl Id a LIZ.
Advertisements Ln~se uAs Ae.~ uuss time,
SITUATION WANTED-BY FIRST CLASS
- Japanese cook; city or country; want place
in private family; Understand all kinds Of house
worH. Address JhpaLese. tn,s Cfilcs.
SITUATION W~ANTED-BY . DRUGGIST
, of eight yssrs' experience: references A /.
address Drugsltt, this ctticl.
MUTATION WANTED-BY F~IEsT-CLAss
~ 'hinese cook. address, Charlie. this Office.
~ ried man just from the east, who has had
several years experience in a general merchan-
disc store; can do anything from running a de-
ilvery wagon to keeping booAs and can give the
Lest of city references; salary to suit the times.
Address u. h., this office.
SITUATION W~AhTkD-WILL WORK AT
~ almost any kind of work: job Oh cattle or
s'eep ranch preferred: satisfaction guaranteed.
.ddress }. j.. in care OF Abner Adams, city.
SITUATION WANTkD POULTkIMES.
situation on ranch or around residence where
considerable poultry is kept: would like to OK
cepted 1 oultsrer, Independent office.
SITUATION WANlED-BY A COMPETENT
~ stenosrapher: ainsnusnsis work preferred.
IddIess u. A. Lyman. III Lawreno, street, city.
SITUATION WANTED POSITION AS
- cOachman; can give best of references. Ad-
dreso 4. ". f.. this office.
NITUATIoN WANTED-BY A COLoKED
~ cOachman from the east: can give good city
references; salarJ to suIt the times. Address
nj. .. =. DO. al5. city.
81. UATiON WAATED-BY A ROY OF II
~ not afraid Of work Of any kind. can give
references, u situation with chance of advance
nient preferred. Address X. ., this Office.
hELr wANTED-FEMALE
!, ANfED APPRENTICE FOR DRESS
w making at III Lsnton avenue. Mrs. J. M.
Alexander.
WhM1EE-AN fXPERIEhCkD BUSINESS
W woman: no experience necessary: good
sa AIRY anu promotion to right party. Address
buslnsss. this Office.
HELP wASIED-MALE.
WANTrD~-A FANMAN: Must ~ FIEsT
class. address Jay hawk Lone Pine Co,
Ponsonby. Mont.
WAhIlD-IWO YOUNG MEN TO RUN
w as news agents on n, Z. road: must have
security. Apply at News Office, N. Z. depot.
q KENT-FEKSl~HED ROOMS,
Ron KENT-ONE SICILY fUHSISHE6
front room; al! modern con yenienoes. a,
South i.odney.
FOR BEN r-FUKhIlSHED ROOM: e
heat. oj ! ighth venue.
EOR EEAI-tIvE NICELY FURNISHED
rooms. with bath on ground floor. 5la
south Iiodney.
FOR RENT-FUIthISHED ROOMS WITH
Steam heat and all modern improvements;
50 to .la per month. Hotter block. Office room
u. third floor.
EOk hEhT-NI.W FURNISHED ROOMs
- Clgab. single or IN anita INV nay UeAk n
month. III North Iioduey street.
EOARD AND i:tbDH DFFEEEp.
lUR r. Nl-BOARD AND ROOMS; ALI
modern conyenienoss. 20J Breckenridge
ire ct.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-11-12
Long and Terrible Illness
from Blood Poisoning
Completely Cured by Hoods
SIrSdp0riLLG.

Mrs. Mary f. O'Fallon, a very intelligent
lady OF IiQua, Ohio, was poisoned while as
sisting physicians at an autopsy 5 years ago,
and soon terrible ulcers broke out on her
head, arms, tongue and throat. Her hair all
came cut. She weighed but n lbs, and saw
no prospect of help. At last she began to
take Hoods Sarsar"riI!a and at once i'm
proved; could soon get ont Of bed and walk.
She SaYs:" became DcrfectlY cured by
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-11-12

Sl1 UA1lON WANTED-rY A WOMAN Az
~ cook or general h~ousework. NJ. L., 20. 3
Davis street, between sixth and Seventh ave-
II
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SITUATION WANTED-BY A WOMAN For
~ general housework; city or country. 4O6
breckenridge street.
SITUATION WANTED-BY A WOMAN TO
~ do housework; city or country. Address III
jackson street.
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UTAH.
WASHINGTON.

CALIFORNIA.
R,C Wilbur ..,...., Ts'aoe Hotsl. San francisco
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-11-12
Hoods S~aYSapariila

and am now a well woman. | weigh 1913 lbs,
eat well and do the work for Il large family.
NV ease seems 4 wonderful recovery and
physicians look at me III aStonlShInent. as
almost like one Tnised from she dead.'
HOOPS PILLS should he in every family
medicine chest. once used. always preferred.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-11-12

SITUATION WANTED-WORK BY THE DAY
- or hour: washing done. Please call at No
80 Joliet street.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-11-12

Wh%1EE-AS fXPERIEhCtD BUSINESS
woman: no experience necessary; good
sa airy aud promotion to right party. Address
business. this Office.
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SITUATlON W~ANTED-BY A WOMAN TO
- do washing at her own home; no objections
if private or hotel washing. Please address ii.
H.. This Office,
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GiTUATION WAN1ED-BY AN ELDERLY
y lady: a home desired more than wages: a
good COOK. Address 1919 Fifth avenue. he. ens,
..Gnt.
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SlTUFTION WANTED-A POSITION AZ
. waitress or nurse by q very competent per
son: fir t-class references. Address ompeten.
this office,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-11-12

WAhIiD-TWO YOUNG MEN TO RUN
w as news agents on NJ road: must have
security. Apply at news office, N. Z. depot.
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SITUATION WANTED a FIRST-CLASS
y cook would like u place in q boarding
house or hotel. Address A. A. B.. this office.
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SITUATION WANT D-BY A STEADY MAN,
~ accustomed to steam and hot air furnaces,
or office cleaning: willing to do any kind OF
work around the house. Address J. h.. 1856
Harrison avenue. Helena. Mont.
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l. ELF WANTED-FEMALE

VI ANtED APPRENTICE FOR DRESS
" making at III Isnton avenue. Mrs. J. M.
Alexander.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-11-12

81. UATiON WAATED-BY A o OF II
~ not afraid Of work OF any kind; can give
references. u situation with chance of advance
nent preferred. Address Il. ., this Office.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-11-12

SITUATION W~ANTED-BY A COLOKED
- coachman from the east: can give good city
references, salarJ to suIt the times. Address
NJ. .. / -. box SD, city.
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HELP wASIED-MALE,
"a anti D--A PAAMAH: MUST BE FIRST
" class. address Jay Hawk lone Pine Co,
Ponsonby, Mont.
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INDEPENDENTS
GREAT BOOK OFFER.

M 10 ihs s ons weo ".a a 2 = &c y q sns
GENTS In silver or r0stsGs atAmlA We
will send ANY ONE BOOK ID bs ssleeted
BY yourself from the list printed below, by
mail postage p.spaiI:
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AIrUAlION WANT. D-BY A GIhL OF IA
- to help take care Of children OF do house
work in small family. Address 40 Vest Main
street.
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BOARD AID t:bnu DrFrnEp

HOR RLNl-BOARD AND ROOMS; ALI
1 modern convenienoss- 205 Breckenridge
ire ct.
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IOK KEST-FEKSl%HED looms.
EOH fkNI-CNE NICELY FURNISHED
front room; all modern conyenienoes- rs
South ilodney.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-11-12

SITUATION WANIED-BY A COMPETENT
~ stenosrapher: ainsnusnsis work preferred,
lddIess y. "A. Lyman. 2l2 Lawrenc street, city
SITUATION WANTED POSITION AS
- co.chman; can give best of references. Ad-
dreso h. v. f.. this office.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-08-05

she-Your friend looks very much
embarrassed. He-He is, poor fellow;
he owes pretty much everybody In tow.
-[Detroit Free Press.
Friend-You don't take any outing in
| che summer, | supposed 1ceman-Well,
no; that's when | have my innings, you
know Detroit Tribune.
Many a strong-headed man has weak
| deas.-[Detroit Free Press.
The lawn-mower cut is not so popular
as it once was. There arc flies on it
ISt. Louis Post Dispatch.
The pump-dealer is one man who sci
dom wearies in well-doing. Buffalo
Courier.
The cut-worm that is destroying the
corn is called agrotididtp BY the scion
lists. Farmers call it something else.
When a person becomes lost in thought
it is due to his wandering in his mind
Philadelphia Times.
Ir the Duke of Veragua is to visit Us
let him come for a good long stay.
Rapid transit doesn't go here Phila-
Felphia Times
"Mary," said the poet to his wife, a
wish you'd choke that canary of yours.
I'm doing my best to write a poem on
the summer birds. "1[PhiladcIphia Rec,
ord.
Looking the wrong way through opera
glasses is an ohject-lesson that will les
sen an object in appearance New Or
leans Picayune.
Adorer feeling his way)-I-cr-sup
pose your sister does not like my coming
here so often, does she? Little Brother
,contidentially-Oh, you needn't worry
about sister; she can endure most any
body.--[Good News.
''How long" says q contemporary,
''can one live without air2" 1t depends
On the air. Most p: oplc could live q long
time without some of the airs which have
been popular during the last twelve
months. -LBuffalo Quips.
Hicks-The Rhode Island courts have
decided that the father has the legal
right to name the baby. What do you
lhiAk of that? Mrs. llicks-l think
Rhode Island is about the smallest State
q the Union.-[New York Times.
Tommy-Did you DO much fighting
during the war, pa. Pal did my share
of it, Tommy. Tommy--Di&>you make
the enemy run? Pa-You're right, /
did, Tommy. Tommy-Dld they catch
you, pa?-[Buffalo Quips.
"she doesn't look like a girl who
would be fond of athletics" 81 know
1t; but she has thrown over five or six
young men this summer. "--LChicago
Inter Ocean.
In the cleaning, o my darling,
AS the day fades into night,
Faint hear the vesper singing
Of mosquitoes built to bite.
detroit Free Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-08-05

The Turks who are on exhibition at
the Worlds Fair do not have a surfeit
of the luxurious ease of which their
Nation is proverbially fond. They are
employed most of the time in carrying
people about in palanquins, and some
times the burden proves onerous. One
who with a companion was thus trans
porting q corpulent woman was heard
to murmur: "Accursed am 7, and I
kick my bones for the day that 1 first
heard of Columbus"
The Opelousas courier., 1893-08-05

4 timber expert makes the interest
ing statement that the spruce lands Of
Maine are to-day worth more than
were the pine lands of fifty years ago,
mainly because of the development OF
the pulp business. He estimates the
value of wild lands at $40 per acre.
reckoning only eighty-fve cords to an
9 There r nearly 9, 800, 900 acres
of wild land in Maine, and assuming
that only q quarter of this is covered
with merchantab1e growth, the total
valuation would be something like
DAT, 600, 900. Some idea of the i'm.
mense extent of wild lands in Maine
may be gained from the statement that
they would make State twice as large
as Massachusetts, twice as large as New
Hampshire and Vermont combined,
aud thirteen times al large as Rhode
Island. In Aroostook County alone
there are nearly 8, 000, 600 acres. while
IN Piseataqnis, AZ adjoining county,
there are oyer 2, 600, 900 ID Washing.
ton, another adjoining county, over
300. 1000; In Somerset nearly 2, 600. 900,
and IN Hancock about 400, 900 acres.
Penobseot the most thickty settled
county il eastern Maine has over 500.
900 ACRES
The Opelousas courier., 1893-08-05


A Lowell Mass man gave a sur
geon now practicing in Great Falls,
N. H., a deed some years ago, dispos-
ing of his body for anatomical pur.
poses, at his death, for $40 in hand.
He has since been in South America.
has made a great deal of money; and
is now anxious to have a decent funeral
and intermentf when he dies, but coun.
sci whom he has consulted, advises him
that the deed holds good unless he
buys it from the holder. This he has
tried to do, but the doctor has refused
large offers.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-08-05
SELECT SIFTIb
A giraffe is worth $4,000.

Rapid growth of the finger nails ID
considered to indie good health.
The lily grows wild in South Italy,
and was taken to North Europe in
1460.
BARRIERS usually gamble with the
money earned by shaving dead men.
1t brings luck, they say.
A Bombay newspaper says that if
plenty of castor oil plants are grown
about o house mosquitoes will avoid
the place.
The fourth verse of the twentieth
| chapter of Revelation contains more
words than any other verse in the New
Testament.
Fourteen logs, each sixteen feet
long, were cut from q single sugar
pine in a Sierra Nevada logging district
last winter.
A farmer living neal Greensboro,
Ky, has a horse that goes without a
rider and regularly drives up the cows
each evening.
A bulletin of the Geological Survey
shows the production of minerals and
mineral substances in Canada last year
to have been $40, 500, 900.
The importation of sheep from Den
mark, owing to the spread of foot and
mouth disease there, has been pro.
hibited by the authorities at Hamburg,
Germany.
Bourbon County, Kentucky, elects
her county judges for life or good be-
havior. She has had only four judges
since 1850, and each has been re-elect-
ed till he died in Office.
The Soyal crown Of Roumania is
made Of bronze, the metal having once
done service in the shape of cannons.
Samples from sixty-two war-tested
guns, each of which was captured
from some enemy, are included in the
makeup of this royal insignia.
The halcyon days are the seven days
before and the seven days after the
shortest day. The halcyon or king
fisher, issupposedt to be breeding aTthis
time, for which reason the sea for this
ID 0upPOoSA eo Vt1J CoAo4etSA
ately preserve a perfect calm.
One girl is kept partly employed in
shelling and skinning walnuts for
Queen Victoria's table. The nuts have
to be extracted and peeled whole; any
broken ones are discarded. Her
Majesty is also very fond of blanched
almonds, and a large dish is always
provided for the Royal dessert.
It is thought that the Egyptians and
Etruseans were further advanced in the
art of dentistry than any other people
in that early period, for teeth filed
with gold have beeo found in the
mouths of mummies, indicating their
advanced ideas. These people were
the first to supply artificial substitutes
in the mouth.
A fish dealer in Brooklyn has a large
glass tank filled with big fish in his
window. A bird of the stork species
p~erpetually on g bar thrown
across the tank and watches the move |
ments of the carp with intense interest,
but as he is loaded with small dead
fish every morning he never tries to
capture the living ones.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-08-05

Thomas A. Edison, the inventor, says
that no person can be brought in close
connection with the mysteries of ma,
ture, or make a study of chemistry or
of the1aw of growth without being
convinced that behind it all there is a
Supreme Intelligence. He says that
he hopes to be able some time to dem.
onstrate the existence of such Intelli.
gence through the operation of these
mysterious laws with the certainty of q
demonstration in mathematics.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-08-05

The italian immigrants, according
to several bankers who lately testified
before a Congressional Commission.
send $40, 600, 900 a year back to Italy
for the support of their relatives, or &c
pay their passage to this country.
ftFor all this" observes the New York
Independent, ''they have paid an am
pie equivalent in work which has Q
riched the country Ore than the
money they send inpoverishes it, not
to speak of what they earn: and spend
here. And it must be remembered
that q considerable part OF what they
send comes back again: and greatly
increased in value, in the person OF
other immigrants, even if We put the
value of free men no higher than the
old valuation of slaves"
The Opelousas courier., 1893-08-05


There r 5552 beneices in England
and Wales afording a less income to
the incumbents than $1,000 a year.
There is greatcomplaint at the poverty
of the clergy. Tt is almost al grievous
to-day al in Sydney Smiths time, and
the New Orleans Picayune suggests
that the witty and sarcastic iibes Of
that reverend satirist on the policy
that permits such conditions might be
reproduced. If England is to have an
established church she should not give
princely incomes to bishops and leave
the humber clergy to abiect poverty
and misery,
The Opelousas courier., 1893-08-05
A LITTLE
A title bit of q woman came

Al title bit OF a woman came
Athwart my path me dayg
Sottny was she that she seemed to be
Al Ky strayed from the misty sea,
a wandering, greenwood fay.
oh, you little elf" I cried
a.And what are you doing heres
e tiny as sou will never do
ii5r the brutal rush and hullabaloo
vi Ofthis practical world, I fear"
paiVoice have i, good sir, said She
TITS soft as an angels sigh,
But to fancy a word Of yours were heard
In all the din of this worlds absurd"
Smiling, I made reply.
"Hands have I, good sir, she quoth-
"Marry, and that you havel
But amid the strife and tumult rife,
In all the struggle and battle for life,
What can these wee hands do?"
s.Eyes have ], good sis,' she said
''sooth, you have" quoth I.
Sand truth shall flow therefrom, I trow,
And they betimes shall dim with woe,
AS the hard, hard years go by"
That,little bit of woman cast
Her two eyes full on me,
And they smote me sore to my Utmost core
And they held me shaved forevermore,
Yet I would not be freei
This little bit OF a woman's hands
Reached up into my breast
And rent apart my soothing heart
AS cannot be expressed.
The little bit Of a woman's voice
Has grown most wondrous dear,
Above the blare OF all elsewhere
Gan inspiration that mocks at care)
1t riseth full and clear.
Dear one, l bless the subtle owe
That makes me wholly thine,
And I'm proud to say that I bless the day
When a little woman wrought her way
Into this life of mine.
Eugene Field.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-08-05
,retty mouth made a distinct shaping

pretty mouth made a distinct shaping
of the letters "P-h-e-wl"
Walter looked at Helen and tele-
graphed the word back again. But
none of those worldly-wise people ever
came near %suspecting what might have
been the real truth. not even when
they saw Walters auto-harp, the most
dreary musical instrument that was
ever conceived, lying on the hall sofa
the next day, or when they alluded, as
they often did, to Helen's wonderful
resemblance to her great-grandmother's
portrait. -Detroit Free Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-08-05

According to the American Agricul-
tufist, a short crop, both here and in
Europe, has largely caused the recent
high prices for seeds. Ordinarily Eu-
cope ships seeds to the United States,
but this year we have been shipping to
Fnrapa
The Opelousas courier., 1893-08-05

aAScStOI5 W Ii o s g
portraits hung on the walls, and whose
possessions were under the same roof
with themselves.
ut seems like sacrilege," their
hostess was saying, as they sat in the
twilight glimlner, between hearthlight
n daylight, in the old-fashioned
drawing room, ''but Helen has about
persuaded me to let her have her
great-grandmother's wardrobe. /
could never think myself Of disturbing
those things which my mother gave me
Is a sacred bequest. But Helen declares
that the time has come when those old
gowns can be worm without remodeling,
and / fancy she would be rather proud
OF them as heirlooms."
g" should be afraid the ghost OF
the owner would look over nv
shoulder, remarked one of the cousins
present, in an awesome tone.
"Oh, if it comes to that, we are all
ghosts" said one; ''we carry our
ghosts with us. But as the good danes
cannot. even as ghosts, wear their old
garments, why should we be denied
that privilege?"
Il tell Helen she will only have the
clothes, not the air of one borne to
them. MY grandmother was a belle
and a beauty, she had-well, there she
as. You can ell see her and Judge fo1
yourselves, and Mrs. King led the way
down the long room into the vista Of
faint darkness to the portrait. A can.
delabrum was lighted, and in that pale
glimmer they saw the beautiful face Of
0 girl of 10, with the shoulders and
waist of an ideal figure. Her fai,
cheeks and rosy lips, her naughty chin
with a dimple set in it, her large, LUIS.
trous eyes were framed in q mass OF
such curls as were worn in that day.
They hung owe her lovely shoulders
down to her small waist.
'sThere," said Helen, in an cage,
voice, '1ook at that peach colored silk
founce to the waist; see the pulled
sleeves and the capes-oh. isn't it de.
i~icious, just as they are wearing them
now, and it's upstairs in an old ma.
hogany trunk, packed in camphor!
Why, the old lace on it is worth a for.
tune! Great-grandmamma wore it as
q bride. And those lace mitts and the
dear little handkerchief bag on hen
arm, and the medallion picture of great.
grandpa with his hair in q queue-oh,
it would be too lovely! And T." she
concluded, with pardonable pride, lam
said to resemble her"
"You do" said her mother: eel
least we think you look like her pic.
ture, but you need not imagine, You |
presumptuous child, that you will eve,
be half 80 beautiful.
"Not even In that dress?" queried |
with an alIuring smile.
II have not fully decided that you
shall wear that dress. I have otter
that there may be something
In the suggestion that people do re
burn-"
mot as entities?" suggested Heleni
aunt.
II do not know. All my traditions
teach me to respect that which I can.
not understand. j have often beer
shocked by the unkind taste with which
living appropriate the possessions
Of the dead, as If they were eager te
the spoils."
I'VE brought nothing into this
world" began the aunt.
Don't" interrupted Helen; II take
luite another view of it. As my great
grandmother had her day, why should
- Est8 L
The Opelousas courier., 1893-08-05
A GHOSTLY EPISODE.
BY MRS. NJ. L. RAYNE.

HEY were o very
comfortable party
Of ten or o dozen
adults visiting in an
old ancestral house,
and all nearly or re.
motely connected OF
related. And it of.
ten happened that
b g conversation
took a turn to in
clude those deceased
. m-... ri
The Opelousas courier., 1893-08-05
Mexico took over g. 900, 900 bushels
OF corr from this country last year.

The Minister of Public instruction
in France has decided to establish 1000
more experiment fields in addition to
the 800 that now exist in connection
with the primary schools.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-08-05

Eli Harvey, of Chadd's Ford, Penn,
has a collection of relics of the battle
of Brandywine, and a letter on parch-
ment signed by William Penn while
he was yet in England in the year
1878, and directed to q meeting of
friends in that country.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-08-05

a special commission has been or
dered by the French Parliament, to
study ways and means for improving
the breeds of sheep.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-08-05

In Albany, N: Y, about 1910, the
first carriages were made, all pre-
%viously used having been imported
from England.