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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-02-27

Nerman Harses

Fer sale. weight thirteen 10 sixteen hundred.
The Diamond Circle brand, real Boston
ohunks. nicely matched teams. can be seen
Al Msuldin ranch, near Montana univar.
atty, MontanA avenue. Hslena. Take cleo
trio car.
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psrlOr lamp with shade for 81 a, The Bee
Hive,
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Got to Hot springs. Ark, via albert ga
Routs, n a 81. Louis Ky. shortest and best.
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Isc,RN.

MAaINNEss-Fsb 2s. to the VIII, Of r. n.
Mnginness. = con.
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Go East via 81. & r.. Louis By.. Albert Lea
Route Two daily rains Quick tima.
A e. ehinA fish sst hand painted. for ti2 at
The &c Hive this week.
"Ths unian rss nc are Fairly IN IL"
Three thousand mile books GOOD over en-
tire system, including steamers. pert
land 20 san Francisco and hontana Union
faiiWay. With baggage allowance OF 10
pounds. nov on sals al two and one-half
cents Per mile.
Only hle 20 the east via salt Lake and
Denver. Pullman diniHe and aleepise ears,
also touTist sleeper aud elegant CHAIR ears.
Ote the worlds pictorial line purehaalng
tickets az No. - Nerth Main street
"A. q. MusoS,
Freight and Passenger Agent
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Mtdwinter Fair Rates
On and after Jan. p the Northern Pacific
will sell tickets from Helena 90 sAR Fran
eisco and return. on account OF she Mid
winter fair. At the rata OF $62. 90. which in
cludea Eve admission coupons 10 the fair
ieksts DO not allow slolovors aud are
limited for return passage thirty days fom
date OF sale.
TIE regular sin months eIouTsion tickets
10 IAN Francisco and Los Angeles aud re-
turn will be sold on the l5lh OF each month
~ hsrstofors.
For further particulars. sleeping ear res
ervAtions. etc, call ON or add sss
A. ID. EDaAH
Gent Act. n. =. X. r.,
Co ner Main and Grand streets
Helena. Mont
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Drrsnr IRON uEISNA.
No T. Rutte local daily, except sun
No. - Atlantic fapros-. ss,tbornd.. 1919 o. m
No. ~ acme Express. westbauud 525 , ~
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-13
MAIDS AND MOTHERS.

Mrs. Annie Besant is interested just now
IN a profit sharing industry.
Nine. de Stael always carried bit of
stick in her hand and played with it as an
aid to conversation.
Mrs. Campbell Wilson, a prosperous for
ist Of Cleveland, started in business with a
capital Of IS cents and an Indebtedness Of
500.
Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt was TO come
out" this season, but on account Of the
death Of her brother her debut has been
postponed.
Mrs Helen Campbell. author Of Prison
ers Of Poverty" is taking the post graduate
course in social economics at the University
OF Michigan.
Mrs Hetty Green is more watched and
dreaded in her ventures on the street than
most OF Wall streets kings. She is reputed
TO be worth over S4O,0OOOOO.
Nine Fateno, wife Of the japanese min
lister, objects TO the American dress because
it does not permit her TO sit on the floor
comfortably japanese fashion.
II is said that Miss Grace H. Dodge spends
more than 81, 600 year in promoting the or
ganization Of social and educational clubs
among New York working women.
Mrs. Jenness Miller's home on Q street
Is fitting setting In its handsome appoint
monts and art treasures for this beautiful
apostle Of dress reform in her superb gowns.
Lady Gertrude Stock, nun, novelist, mar
quis' daughter and bakers wife, has Just
closed in the shelter OF convent in Europe
life Of strange experiences. Her husband
Ia In South Africa.
Miss Lucy and Miss Mary Reynolds Of
Washington have In their possession large
upholstered rocking chair which was
worked and presented to their great-grand-
father, President Harrison, by the ladies Of
Indiana.
Mrs John A. Logan Is credited with the
statement that women who have TO work
for their living are less likely 70 marry than
those who do not She thinks that they are
less attractive to tho othersex in a business
suit than in a pretty tea gown.
Fanny Davenport must have pepper
minis along with her Marc Antony and her
educated snakes, Florence Rockwell de-
clares she cannot play Ophelia TO keene's
Hamlet unless she has peanut candy, and
Ellen Terry has n passion for preserved
pears.
Misses Anna and Ethel Hood, twin
daughters Of the late General John Il.
Hood Of the Confederate army, are the
oldest Of the three sets Of twin daughters OF
General Hood and are the adopted daugh-
ters Of their great uncle by marriage, John
Morris Of West Chester, Pa.
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GAS WELLS IN CHINA.
How they Are Bored and tho Crude In
struments That Are Used.

now fhcy Are Bored and tho Crude In
struments That Are Used.
The principal natural gas wells in China
are located near the town of Tsi-lin-tsing,
in the vicinity Of which large numbers of
salt wells are found. These latter, in fact,
appear 20 have really been responsible for
the exploitation Of the former. To make a
well the Chinese use a long and elastic
bamboo pole supported in the middle by a
crosspiece, rope made by coupling the
ends of long slices OF bamboo and an iron
instrument which weighs about 100
pounds Tho rope Il fastened on the thin
end Of the pole and the iron on the end of
the rope. a slight up and down motion Of
the thick end Of the pole makes the iron
jump and bore hole with its broad, sharp
cned edge When n portion of the rock is
digintegrated, clear water - poured into the
hole. long bamboo tubo with valve in
the bottom is lowered. and tho turbid water
is raised 10 the top.
Pipes Of cypress wood are rammed in 10
protect the sides of the bored hole and 20
prevent tho water contained in the sur
rounding ground from getting access to
the well. The pipes are attached 10 each
other at the ends with nails, hemp and
tung OIL The inner width Of the pipes is
about inches. rs the work proceeds, the
pipes arc rammcd deeper, and a new one
is attached on the top: the roIs. too, is
made longer. At depth varying from 700
to 900 fest the brine Is struck, and the
well Is tit for use. The brine Is raised to
the top through long bamboo tubes and
bamboo RUPEES, By means Of horse within,
and is then Cariicd 90 large pans for evap-
Grafton. or led to them through bamboo
pipes.
Besides these wells are others, which
are bored 10 a depth Of from 500 TO 2, 900
feet At tant distance below the surface
petroleum l. struck Immediately ON
reaching il On inflammatory gas escapes
with great violence. Work is then stopped,
and wooden cap fastened over the mouth
Of the pit, perforated by several rows OF
pipe is inserted aud through these the gas
is led under the evaporation pans. The
pipes ramify, and on each end a tapering
mouthpiece, terminating in n small nper-
ture, l. attached. The gas Is then used for
cooperating the brine.
The entcrprising spirit which induced
the Chinese 10 examine the ground nt 30
great depth Is said 20 have had its origin
I'm the drying mp Of brine pit. The
proprietor was in hopes Of meeting brine
at n greater depth, but found instead the
gas. Whom the country was infested with
rebels during the TAPPING rebellion, they
moved the cap from one Of the gas pits and
set fire To H.. Since that time long col
umn Of fire rose from that pit.-W. ii.
Fielding In Casters Magazine.
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CATIONS NERVE TONIC
AND VITALIZER.

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men and women perfect constitutional powers
lts extraordinary curative power manifesis
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body. IL MAKES but little difference whether the
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A good remedy aud there is not anyih ne
on the mafkst that equals French Tansy
tablets for the relief and surs OF painful or
1 regular mensea These tablets remove eli
distractions. no matte what the cause
Manufactured BY A. Augendre. Paris
Frame. and for sale only By Parchen-
D'Acheul Drug Co.. Helena. Mont, sole
agents. Price g. per bon; sent b. mai
securely sealed.
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That which j. popularity known az the
funny bone, just at the point Of the 81.
bow, Is la reality not bone nt all. but
nerve that lies near the surface. and
which. on getting a knock or blow, causes
the we'll known tingling sensation In the
arms aud fingers
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-13

The continual succession Of boiis.
pimp,ss and srufions from which many
snnsr. indicates an impure state OF the
blood. The most effective remedy IL Ayes
sa'sapsiilla. 10 szpsls abe poison harm
lsssiy IN oush ths'uatursi channels. and
leaves the skin slsan and clear.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-13

The bes, salve In the world for Cuts.
Bruises. Sores UlcsrL ala Rheuni. Fever
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Cons an ell Skin Erurtiona and Tosi-
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guaranteed TO sivs TeTieet satisfaction OF
money refunded. Price rs cents pc box.
Tor sale BY the Parchen. D'Acheul Drug Co.
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That slight cold. % which you thinh 20
little. msy lead 20 serious trouble With tie
lungs. Avoid this result By taking Ave =
Cherry Peetora. the best hnown rsmsd,
for colds, osuVhs. ostsrrb. bronchitis. in
oipient eonsua ption, and all other throat
aud lung dissaesa
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PennyEoYal Pills.

nr ferrys : ellAble are the safest and L.,
rsgulaies for lad &c. nothing unpiaassnt. sni
sna a. sassseA ri h = =, Tree Psssases 81
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Bootblack-S Shine,
Triple lroughly) Don't need IL.
Boothlack-l wasn't agoln q shine yer
nOsei-Tuth.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-21
FARM AND GARDEN.
DESTRUCTIVE FUNGUS.

Many Orchards Are Being Destroyed by
the Black Knot.
The black knot is the worst enemy
with which plums and cherries have
to contend In many sections, es-
pecially in the east, large sections of
the country have been given up to the
ravages of this pest, while in Michigan
many valuable orchards have been en-
tire1y destroyed.
The time has come when most large
plum and cherrySgrowers are posted
on this fungus and are seeking its sup
preston with .tireless energy. The
mass of small growers, however. are
Indifferent or careless as far as the
black knot is concerned and watch its
development on their trees with little
or no concern. Some of the states
have recognized the seriousness of this
pest and have enacted stringent laws
providing for its destruction. How
ever. some of the states as well as the
great mass of smaller fruit-growers in
many localities, treat this fungus with
criminal Indifference.
The spores Gig. 1 shows a sprouted
spore greatly magnifiedl from the
black knot are spread by the wind to
healthy trees where some of them
lodge and lose no time in entering the
tissue of the tree. When once estab-
lished in the bark the fungus grows
unnoticed the first year. spreading
through the green layers of the bark.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-21
HORTICULTURAL NOTES.

BY gathering and burning all limbs
and twigs removed from trees in prun-
ing great many insects will be de-
stroyed.
KEEP the soil in the orchard clean,
mellow and well cultivated through
the spring and summer for the first
three years.
by recent experiments it has been
shown that the Moore's early grape is
not dependent upon foreign pollen for
fertilization.
COLD storage increases the demand
for many of the fruits by extending
the season during which they can be
supplied while fresh and in good con-
dition.
AS general thing the skins of fruit
are infested with germs or microbes.
The bloom of some fruits is made up OF
germs. The SKIN protects the fruit
from their action but if the skin is
bruised or broken the small organisms
get inside and cause the fruit to de-
compose. 1t is best to remove the skin
before eatlig the fruit, for the microbes
will be carried down into the stomach
where they usually find conditions well
suited to their development.-Oran
Judd Farmer.
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the English crown. Both of these
jewels are said to have descended from
the dread Tamerlane to Mohammed
Shah, whom Nadir conquered and then
spared in Delhi.
Most remarkable, though, in some
respects are the heaps of cut and uncut
jewels piled up in glass cases and
awaiting their day of usefulness One
of these cases, about three feet square
by five high, is more than half filed
with pearls, the finest and choicest and
largest which the Persian pearl fish
cries in the Persian gulf have yielded
for $50 years past. Among them are
pearls of all shapes and shades, but
the handsomest is pear-shaped one of
roseate tinge and said 20 be the finest
in the world. In other cases are tur-
quoiSe, topaz, rubies, emeralds, sap
phires, and then there is the whole
immense collection of objects, orna-
mental and useful, which are en-
crusted or enameled with precious
stones. Not the smallest amount of
curiosity among those is excited
by the bride and bit of Feth Alec
S'--A used by the present shah on
h-3 favorite Turcoman horse at the
great New Years paradel which shows
clusters of diamonds in the rough or
imperfectly cut, some of which are the
size of a pigeons egg. Robes of honor
Gin Persia called KhAlat), thickly spread
over with diamonds and pearls and in
tended as special gifts for special occa-
sions, and jewe1-encrusted portraits of
the shah form also quite little col
lection by themselves.
WOLF voN ScHIERBRAND.
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pleasant fiction, yet SO firmly do first
conceptions cling to the cells of our
memory that involuntarily one still
half believes the fiction to be truth.
During my stay in the orient I saw,
one by one, the glorious pictures which
imaginationand lying travellers reports
together have woven around the word
''Orient" fade away and utterly disap-
pear. AFFECT poverty and misery
enough wherever the eye turned, ruin
and desolation and unspeakable de-
basement, bat of romance, OF glowing
wealth, of the nightingales and ever
blooming rosebushes mighty little. I
was, therefore, little prepared to find
one day all that the most robust
imagination could paint more than real
ized-at least in one particular.
''The treasures of the orient" I saw
them and felt them in the shah of Per-
sia's palace at Teheran. I had heard
of his riches before, it is true, but I had
put them along with the rest of the
wonderful tales about the orient-into
the region of fable.
Once every year, about the season of
the great Persian festival of No Rouz,
l. e., at the beginning of spring, his
majesty Nasr-ed-Deen permits some
favored few among the foreign repre-
sentatives in his capital to view his
treasures. / was one of score of for
eign visitors who, in 1886, on a special
permit being granted by the shah and
his minister of foreign affairs, Yahia
Khan, were shown all his far-famed
treasures. had seen number of SIM
liar collections before, among them the
noted green vault at Dresden Whose
contents are valued at sec, Zoo, O0O); but /
must say that this collection of the
Persian potentate surpassed all my pre-
viOus experiences by far. OF late /
have seen in the American press what
purports to be description of these
treasures. I don't know with whom
that description originated, but 1 may
say that it is not in accord with the
truth, and an unvarnished account by
me as an eyewitness may, therefore,
be of interest as well as sure to correct
erroneous statements.
The total collection includes i'm.
mense boards of specie and bullion
stored in the vaults below, estimated
In money value at about S25, O0O, 600
also, 4 great number of curious and
costly objects, many of them having g
high artistic and intrinsic worth, such
as vases and tables, plates and plat
ters, cups and utensils, and stools
fashioned out of lapis-lazuli, malachite
Tournah-e, agate, ETC.; bus by far the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-21
HOUSEHOLD sREvires.

Graham Crackers--Six eggs twelve
tablespoons sweet milk, six tablespoons
butter, one-half teaspoon soda; mold
with graham -four one-half hour, and
roll thin. Bake.-Ohio Farmer.
Goldfish Cakes-Mix one cup of
boiled and mashed goldfish with three
cups of mashed potatoes, a small
chopped onion if liked, the yolks of two
eggs and a tablespoon of -four. Form
into small cakes and brown on a we'll
buttered griddle--Hcusekeepe
Tea Caze.-One pint each of gra-
ham and fine -four. one cup sour milk,
one-half pound good sweet lard, one
half pound chopped raisins or any dried
fruits; roll two inches thick and bake
in a quick oven; split open, butter and
eat while hot.-Farm, Field and Fire.
side
Strawberry Jam.-Tale equal
quantities of berries and sugar. mis
well together and set over the fire. to
cook without water. Cook slowly with
occasional stirring until very rich. In
the latter part OF the cooking watch ii
carefully or it will adhere to the ket-
tie. Place in tumblers or small jars
and cover the same as jelly Rasp-
berry jam is made in the same way ex-
to one of the berries wifi suffice
Orange Judd Farmer.
Graham Bread.-Take a little over
a quart of warm water. one-half cup of
brown sugar or molaSSes. One-fOurth
cup of hop-yeast, and one and one-half
teaspoons salt; thicken the water with
unbolted flour to thin batter, add
sugar, salt and yeast and stir in more
flour until quite stiff. In the morning
add a small teaspoon soda, and -four
enough to make the batter stitf as can
be stirred with spoon; put 1t into pans
and let rise again; then bake in even
oven, not too hot at first; keep warm
while rising; smooth over1oaveS with n
spoon or knife dipped in cold vsater.-
Fireside.
strawberry Cake. This is not
exactly strawberry Shortcal1e though
it serves the same purpose, and is a
most tempting dessert. Make a cake
dough, as simple or as rich as you
! please; using small pans, put in enough
of the dough to make a thin layer at
1 the bottom; put in this dough, points
down, as many small sized berries as
you can, not allowing them to touch
each other; drop a little powdered SD
/ gar on each berry and cover with
another layer of dough; bake in mod
crate oven and, when almost done,
cover all over with very stiff frosting;
/ set in this, large, not overripe berries,
and return to the OVEN for five ninute&
Eat cold with whipped or sweetened
cream.-American Agriculturist.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-21

The following spring it causes swell
ing in the affected parts, and in a
month or two the swelling becomes
much enlarged and the bark broken.
Over the injured surface of the bark
the parasite spreads in the form of nu-
merous threads-that later give rise to
spores-which impart to the whole
bunch a green, velvety appearance
Fig. 2.
The spores, each supported on a
stalk, soon developed on the bunch
Gig. 3, represents a few of them great
ly magnifed), where they ripen and
are blown by the wind in every direc-
ton.
In the fall black crust forms over
the knot, containing numerous bunch
es-Fig. leach of which contains
numerous spores developed in several
oval bodies called spore sacs. Fig. 5
shows a sac with spores greatly mag
nified. In the latter part of the win
ter the spores escape from the sacs a nd
pass into the open air to help carry on
their work of destruction. These,
like the summer spores, lodge on the
bark of healthy trees and produce more
knots which go through similar stages
as described above.
fungus, nOG OeSGrOY60, Will
often remain in tree for years, and
thus while sapping the very life of its
host, is continually putting out myr-
lads of spores. The fungus not only
absorbs much of its sap, but in turn it
often girdles the affected twigs or
limbs, thus destroying them entirely.
The black knot has been seemingly
checked by washes of turpentine, kero-
| cI1IY0hafn Of or.
of iodine. but experience has proved
that the safest way is to cut off the
affected parts and burn them. Where
the trunk of a valuable tree is affect
ed, it is sometimes cured by cutting
off the punches and applying sulphate
of copper or tincture of iodine to the
exposed parts and then cover with a
thick coat of any oil paint.
All plum and cherry trees should be
carefully watched and the knots cut off
with the affected twigs several inches
below the point of affection. Bunches
that may be overlooked in the suramer
should be carefully sought out and
burned when the leaves have fallen in
the fall, thus preventing the winter
output of spores.
Too many careless fruit-growers
have half realized the danger of per-
hitting the black knot to go un-
checked, and have cut off the affected
parts, throwing them on the ground,
in which case the fungus is left alive
to do an indefinite amount of damage.
The only safety lies in burning every
infested limb as soon as it appears.
This applies to the various species OF
wild plums and cherries no less than
to the domesticated varieties.
Delay in attending to the black knot
is hazardous in the extreme. True, a
few years may pass with seemingly
slight advance in its ravages, but it
may be like the calm that precedes a
pending Storm for, by virtue of its
spasmodic nature. this fungus is likely
to burst forth at any time in a deadly
attack that ceases not to destroy un-
til every plum and cherry tree over
the fated area has been ruined
Charles Benjamin Cook, in Farm, Field
| and Fireside.