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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-03-19

Society in Washington grows more COM
pick every year. Alas for the democratic
simplicity which ia the rural mind charac-
terizes our government and has its reflex In
the social life Of the Capital City! No poll
tician ever played the great game Of politics
more assiduously than do many women the
social game in this city. | know Of one
woman who averaged "a calls a day one
week. Isn't that devotions Six times 81
1872 calls. Aud she told me how relieved she
was to get out and make a few calls; how
weary she had grown Of receiving and what
a pleasure IL was 20 be entertained instead
OF entertaining.
There is no half way in Washington. One
must either sit penelopeike at home and
spin or 90 ones whole length in the mad
plunge As society draws its distinctive
caste line closer, the race becomes the
keener.
1t Is becoming rs much Of a profession
and fine art To be an accomplished society
woman rs it is to be an adept politician OF
a lawyer wonder whether a woman car
really be a society leader aud be sincere and
frank and free from hypocrisy and do hei
duty as mother or wife in this world'-
Washington Post.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-03-19

Have you ugly little hoilows in your neck
audAfatch,ats Here Is an admirable cxer-
else taught by Mrs Emily bishop Go WON
en- who are 80 afflicted. which. II followed
persisteutly. will develop the chest muscles
and an ont all THOSE tellialc hollows In the
neck
Advance one foot a. in long step and
stand with the weight un q, extending the
arms parallel O. each other IN front until
they are in line with the shoulders energize
them and close the hands as II each were
armly grasping a rope. keeping the eyes
steadily hxed ON some point about two feel
above their level; inhale slowly aud Will
great energy pull the extended arms dowr
and well backward. Al the same time bend
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-03-19
Tor the Candle Party.

The table "a the candle party" is small
one covered with an open work cloth laid
over pink The plates are pink. and II poe
sible the center q each one should represent
some ideal baby face. Tho centerpiecc NJ
the affair which | attended represented a
swan In bisque being driven by IA dear little
baby boy. The back Of the swan opened
between the wings, and this space was allied
with tiny moss rosebuds that overnowed
onto a circular mirror that was surrounded
by smilaK, caught here and there by pink
satin ribbons that wandered on over the
cloth In loops and ends, holding al short IL
.--yals tiny clusters Of Arbutus and white
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-03-19

A writer in the New York Press under
takes 70 answer the question, What is a
lady" This ia the result:
A lady is woman who is honorable,
truthful and refined, who regards the com
fort Of others first. who never forgets how
important are little oourtesies TO the happi-
ness Of life. who is loyal 10 her friends and
never betrays "a trust, who scons 20 think
mean Thought or speak a mean word or
perform mean act; who reverences age,
protects weakness and maintains her own
womanly self respect.
In European countries the title Is gen
erallv confined 10 women who belong 10 the
nobility aud gentry In this republic it
Justly belongs 10 every woman, young or
old. rich or poor, beautiful or plain, who
Possesses the qualifications We have named,
and the term should not be made meaning
less by indiscriminate or unthinking use.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-03-19

tine torso forward, but do not tra.----- -
weight of the body.
The head bends backward in opposition
90 the torso. Hold the position for mo
ment then withdraw all unnecessary nerve
force from the muscles and exhale as the
body returns 70 its original position. Dur
Ing this exercise cne should imagine that
by means Of two ropes one is pulling some
heavy weight that must not be iostled, but
moved with care. Put all possible force in
the arr.s and brace firmly with the forward
foot, but do not strain with the back. This
exercise educates the arms and the legs in
lifting and so relieves the overworked
back, which often ages under burdens not
It's own. New York Herald.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-03-19

byacinths The reins by which the swan
was driven consisted OF pink blooms also.
The candles in pink were covered by lit
tie paper shades formed Of a row of baby
faces that seemed to laugh in genuine en-
joyment as the light shone through from
the back At each place was set a real
baby's pink kid shoe filled with moss rose
buds. and the almonds and bonbons re-
posed in little pink glass cradles. OF course
in giving such an affair original ideas pre-
sent themselves and can be carried out both
inexpenslvely and daintily.-Edith Town
send Everett in Ladies' Home Journal.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-03-19

III You don't look better feel better. est
better and sleep better. bring - back.
This 10 What ~ say when We sell bottle ~
Parks Snre Care" 10 You are not feeling
iust right. n you head Hchet; vour back
aches. yonr stomach dtsir sses Vou; II you
ar, .'1ut OF aorta" and dou't know what ne
troubls is why dOn't You nv bottle on
thus guaranteed pisnY I'VE will take the
chances u Nou will take the medicine
sold ~ Ia chen- ID Aohenl Drug Go.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-03-19

Divorce in France Is regulated by law on
the theory that wife Is her husband IS
euua1 She does not promise 90 obey. She
rriaiu- her own property and may dispose
ofUut will.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-03-19

Two youag ladies, teachers, en- route for
the west. mindful of the perils of the trip,
thougbuuuv purchased Two accident poll
Gle, for $1,000 each in favor of their widow
ed mothers. ln large type on the margins
i- printed $4,000 So per week. while on
tlr fscr g. printed cou-giruously, "lu the
sam 81 So GOD for dcnlh or So per week for
irt-aDal1te. continuous aud total disable
uv." Following this is printed, subject
alvaT- to conditions iudor-cd on the back
hereof" These policies were purchased az
the rail- way ticket office just prior TO the
star. OF tine train. and the ladies were hap
RS ia their Thought chat If they were killed
on The way their mothers would be provid-
od for, or 30 they were injured their eN-
pcnses To- the limit ct 70 week would be
met
But would thcy,
Not much. for among the conditions
on the back is enc which reads, This IN.
surauce does not cover persons under rs or
over O. yenrs of age, nor cripples nor wom
en-, except for death"
Queer. isn't ~
How many purchasers of accident policies
read the conditions on the backf' The
large red lottcrcd s1.0oa and the conspicu
ou- sl5 wcchly are what catch tIe eye aud
fool the public. so these young ladies
might have lost hand, arm, foot, lex or use
Of all, hut. being women, would not have
benefited in 80 week or any other sum
although. being women. they were per
mitted a. pay premiums jus. the same
New York Recorder.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-03-19

The sum 81 also, 900 Is spent yearly In
China for the paper money burned In an
oestrnl worship.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-03-19

Acup Of Parks les ~ nisht moves the
bewsIs ga tho morning without pain Or DE-
comic . sold by Parohen- ID Aohsul Drag
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-27
ST. pATRIck,s INK.

The IndelibIe Writing Fluid That Was
Used by Irish Monks.
It is impossible to read the most ancient
histories Of the Irish saints without MOTTO
ing how large part books play in their
lives roesf }e3q
In the library some cut the sheets Of
parchment, or even sewed together in the
neatest way the odd shreds, for the monk
must not waste the gifts of God, especially
when they are rare and dear. They pol
ished it on one side until it was smooth
and laid it near the scribe. Oilers prepared
the peculiar thick inks Of the Irish writ
ers, very much like varnish, in different
oolors The red was the most beautiful,
and after 1 1000 years it yet shines as the
day it was first used. It was got from a
kind of cookies collected on the seashore.
golden inks used in various thicknesses
by the iiluminators and the artists in
miniature
All these inks will resist chemicals that
corrode iron. The ink was placed in thin
comic glasses attached either to the side Of
the desk or to the chair, sometimes to the
girdle of the writer, often fixed to the end
of pointed stick placed upright in the
SrouHu LII is owing TO GnlS peculiar Skill
in making ink that so many of the old
Irish manuscripts have come down to us
Theywere like the cloth of corduroy
less cut or burned up they we're bound to
last for ages-and are an eloquent symbol
of that tenacious love Of learning and
that unquenchablef faith which the hand Of
Patrick wrote in characters ineradieable
on the very soul, in the very blood and
innermost marrow of the Irish race
Donahoe's Magazine.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-27
How to Open oysters.

stalk of opening OYSTERS" said Old
Hurricane. ''Why, nothing is easier if you
only know how
And how's howl" inquired Starlight.
Scottish snuff" answered Ole Hurri-
cane, very sententiously. Scottish snuff,
my boy. Bring little of it ever so near
their noses, and they'll sneeze their lids
off,"
Il know genius,,' observed Meister
Karl, who puts the oysters in circle,
seats himself in the. center and begins
spinning yarn. Sometimes it's an adj
venture in Mexico, sometimes legion of
his loves, sometimes marvellous stock
broking operation. AS he, proceeds the
natives get interested. One by one they
cape with astonishment at the tremendous
and direful whoppers which arc poured
forth. Then as they open their mouths
my friend whips 'em OUT peppers em and
swallows EN-"
"That'll do" said Starlight, with a
long sigh. 'I wish We had bushel of
EN- here now, They'd open easyi''-Lon-
don Tit Bits
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-27
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
DISTRICT OF NEW HAMrsHrRE 5

WHEREAS the foregoing petition having
been filed in the Circuit Court on the United
States for the District Of New Hampshire e.
upon the entry of the foregoing order
thereon, James W. Remick, Commissioner,
appoints the following times and places
for examining said, claims: The ofi1e Of
Mason Merrill. 9S Exchange Street, Port
land, Maine, Sept. IS, 1894. IL A. NJ; the
oaice OF George E.. Durgin in Dover, N. H.,
Sept. 10, 1894, II A. M; The Committee Room
in Sears Building. Boston. Mass, Sept, 90,
l AND fl Fl IS IS ORDERED BY THE COURT
that the Petitioner, n. G. Patterson, lefty
all persons in interest of said petition .and
hearings, by publishing the foregoing Pc
tition, order Of court ard this order of no.
tice in the Boston Daily Advertiser, a
newspaper published in the city of Boston
in the District of Massachusetts,; in Fosters
Daily DEMOCRAT. newspaper published in
the city of Dover in our District of New
PRESS and in the, Daily Eastern Argus !,
newspapers published in the city of Port
land in the District of Maine, on three
successive days, the last publication to
be at least two weeks before the said 18th
dayof September, A. D. 1885,.
Dated at CONCORD this eighteenth day of
August, A. D. 1884,
h FREMONT E. SHURTLEFF. Clerk.
Il A true copy. Attest:
FREMONT E. SHURTLEFF, Clerk.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-27
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NApoLECNAAs a. GUNNER.
How He Demonstrated His Ability and pis-
comfited His Critics.


1t was i'll 1889 that Napoleon, on visit
to his folks at AJaccio, had an opportunity
to demonstrate in the presence of the
friends of his boyhood the superiority OF
his knowledge of the practical use of artil-
lery. 1t may easily be believed that he
embraced the opportunity with pleasure.
The officers of the garrison had received
from Paris a new mortar, which they were
trying on a mark fixed on Aspreto, rocky
point opposite tho city and across tho
harbor. They could not hit the target to
save their lives Napoleon said to the
spectators: ''They will not succeed. Their
method is all wrong" The officers did
not hear this remark, but after many
trials, noting the smile on the young Off
GERS lips, one of them said, with touch
Of irony il his voice:
Monsieur, you are laughing at us. Do
you desire to give us display of your SUI
perior knowledge"
Napoleon answered courteously, II am
very far from laughing at you, but do
not approve of your method.
"Will you show us your method?' ask
ed the officer, with sheer.
with pleasure.
Bonaparte loaded the mortar carefully
with his own hands, quickly measured the
distance of the target with his eye alone
and touched the fuse.
The target was shattered, and there was
a cry of applause from the bystanders,
who were not at all troubled to see native
Corsican take the wind out of the French
mems sails
'.All an accident!'' cried the officer who
had challenged Napoleon to try his skill
He couldn't do it again in hundred
times. -
''Do you desire me to attempt it once
more?" asked Bonaparte, with the same
ironical smile on his face that was destined
to aggravate SO many enemies among the
crowned heads of Europe.
SSH vous plait," said the officer.
Napoleon again lighted the fuse after
personally loading the mortar. Again he
hit the mark. Then, without waiting for
further permission, he tried it the third
time, with the same result. The garrison
officers apologized for their impertinence
and inquired if he would tell them in what
respect their method had been at fault.
with pleasure, answered Napoleon.
stYou simply had too much powder behind
the bomb. Try it yourselves with less
powder, and you will succeed. The first
experiment. showed that he was right. The
officers had had a good lesson in gunnery,
and the people of Ajaecio had been shown
that their young hero had not lost, his
prestige by going to French military
academy. New York Recorder.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-27
WHAT WILL THE LEADERS SAY.

WHAT WILL THE LEADERS SAY.
The leaders of the Democracy will soon
be compelled to meet the people face to
ardship. Two years ago the country,
relying on.their assertions that the Demo-
cratic party was more capable of govern
ing this country than the Republicans
committed both the legislative and exc
cutive departments to its hand. It gave
it majority of nearly one hundred in
the House of representatives, some SIX or
eight in the Senate, and it placed it's
candidate in the Presidential chair.
The party has had two years of COM
plete control, and now the time
has come for it's leaders to go before the
people and explain their conduct. What
are they going to say? Only three
important measures have been passed
since Congress began it's session. One
of them was the repeal of the Federal
election laws, another was the repeal
of the purchasing act and theEthird
was the passage of the Gorman-Briee
tariff bill. 1t is with the last two that
they will have to deal chiefly.
As regards the first of them they will
have to confess that it would have been
defeated had it not been for the Republi-
can assistance. They will have to admit
that majority OF the Democratic
senators we're opposed to the repeal of
the law which their President said was
the cause of all the country's woes, and
that it would be law today had not the
Republican senator's supported Cleve-
land better than the Democrats did.
They can claim no credit for the passage
of this repeal measure, therefore, for
the record shows that it was passed
In spite of them and not by them. Their
whole claim to the gratitude of the
people must rest on the tariff bill. That
was strictly Dem ocratic measure. L.
was paased by the Democratic votes and
without the aid Of single Repu blican.
All the glory of that measure belongs
to them exclusively. Are they going
to bring forward this as evidence
of their assertion that they were more
competent to manage the affairs of the
country than the Republicans? That
is what they must do unless they are
prepared to practically admit that their
assertion was false, that their promises
were delusive, and that they obtained
power by false pretences. But at the
threshold of any defence or any COM
mendation of that bill they will be
met by the letter of the head of the
party, denouncing the measure as a
piece of party perfidy and dishonor,
containing outrageous DETERMINATIONS
against one class. and in favor of another,
as surrender to trusts and monopolies.
How are they going to get around
this letter? How are they going to
commend effectively to the Democratic
voters of the land measure which the
head of the Democratic party pronounces
violation of party pledges and party
principal? And yet they must defend
the measure or practically confess
that the Democratic administration
has been fat failure, that it has kept
no promises and given no evidence of
| capacity to govern.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-27

Our call upon the Argus for list of
some of the things Mr.. Deering expects to
do for Portland il elected to Congress
ELECTS nothing better than the evasive
same honesty, capacity and inclination
which Mr.. Deering displayed while mayor
of Portland may reasonably be expected
of him. Is this the best Mr.. Deering can
do in the way of promises? If it is
thus. Mr.. Deering and his organ should
for the future refrain from making
any special claims, and let it go that
Mrs Desiring will, if elected to Congress,
dosthe best he can, which we cheerfuliy
concede he will.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-27
CITY OF PORTLAND.
Notice to Contractors.

GEALED proposals for constructing about
~ 800 feet of "a inch pipe sewer in Somerset
street will be received at the office of the City
Engineer until MONDAY. the 9th day Of
August 1894 at 2 O'Clock p. M, when they wi !
be publicly opened and sread. The successful
bidder will be required to give bond in q sum
and with sureties satisfactory to the Commits
sion of Streets and Sewers, to insure the proper
fulfullment of the conditions of the contract
Blanks on which proposals must be made, plans,
specifications and further information can be
obtained at the office OF tae City Engineer The
all bids should they deem it lor the interest of
the city so to do. Bids should be marked
proposals for Sewers" and addressed to George
N. Fernald, Chairman Commission of Streets
and Sewers. auglSdtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-27

Ex-Speaker Reed was accorded a
magnificent reception at Old Orchard
on Saturday on the opening meeting
of the campaign in this district. His
speech was calm and dispassioEa
discussion of the performances of the
Democratic party in the conduct of the
government since the advent OF Mr..
Cleveland's administration. Mr.. Reed
let the record of the party speak for
itself. 1t was an exceedingly effective
address, an address that not merely
pleased the ear for the time being, but
one that will sink in the hearts of the
men who heard and who read it and
produce conviction.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-27

July IL, 1894.
This application beingpresented to me, it
is ordered that James W. Remick, of Little
named: that claims be- presented on or be-
fore October 1, Oh. That Commissioner fix
time and place d Ehe#ings that the clerk
noe o this sss l0t hs of
and the hearings SO liked by the Commission
er, in the Boston Daily Advertiser, Foster s
Daily, the Portland Argus and PRESS ),
to be at least two weeks before the first hear
ing. ALDItICH j..
A true copy of Petition and Order thereon, !,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-27
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CIRCUIT COURT. In EQUITY.
DISTRICT OF New HAMPSHIRE.
General Electric Co.
Consolidated Light 4 Power Co.


To the Honorable Edgar Aldrich, District
Judge of said Court sitting as Circuit
Judge. -uisM 5s
Respectfully st represents your petitioner,
/. That he is ReceiverDf the properties of
the said Consolidated Light & Power Com
pany by decree of this Honorable Court. ttg
2. That he has examinedinto and inyesti-
gated the affairs of said consolidated Light
& Power Company.and thatlin his judgment,
claims of the various creditors, bondholders,
secured creditors and general creditors and
all other claims of any name or nature
should be at once and forthwith presented
either to him as receiver or to commissioner,
to be appointed by this Honorable Court for
investigation. examination and allowance
wHEREFoRE HE PRAYs that this Hon
orable Court will enter decree
l, That all creditors of every name and
nature pr resent their claims on or before
date certain. ri
2. That said claims be examined. allowed
or Cisallowed either by the receiver or by
some commissioner to be appointed by this
Honorable Court.
g. That such other and further orders be
made in the premises as may seem meet
and proper to this honorable court
H. G.. PATTERSON, Receiver,
Consolidated Light & Power Co.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-27

e''ce, fails far short of the consuiansation for
ar.tch aee hare long lobore. for aohich 1Ce haze
suffered defeat gitltoW Encouragement, arhich
az ITS anticipation gaze as rdllying cry IN our
day OF triumph, and ,ohich in its promise of &C
conItiSIDoent is so i,,tertooUeB acth Democratic
pledges anil Democratic success, that our
abandonment Of the cause or the principles
upon acltich it rests means party 1,erJtdy and
party diSltonor. -Czeceta7,d to Wilson.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-27
To Contractors.

DAKTIES desiring o Submit tenders for ex-
Il cavating earth and rock for the basement
story of the new block to be erected on Con
gress and Oak SITS. in this city, are requested
to call at the office of F. Ii. Fassett, architect
SO Exchange ST., where all information in re-
obtained Tenders will also be received for
furnishing the material and laying the stone
foundation walls for tie said block.
JAMES +. BANTER.
Portland. Aug 9th. 50.
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