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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-18
Financial State me mt.

EINAN CIAL STATEMENT OF THE Dali
/ tJn Independent School District for the
year ending June !, 1884.
TAXES.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-07-14

The young man from town who kncy
all about everything was inspecting hi.
country friends blooded stock.
Mice looking horse, that. said th,
city youth at a venture, pointing to ,
beautiful, 1.-the creature.
Yes returned the owner. "She',
a fine 3-year-old."
"Aw," assented the youth, ~sstrotter
I s'pose?"
You're right there" answered his
friend. "She can do a mile in 49,"
"1ndeed!' calculated the sage from
town, who knew it was time to show
surprise, "You don't say!' and he e
amined the FLY critically, wondering
whether "2s" was SO very good after
all.
II expect that she'll come down to do
1t in IT," proudly added the owner.
This was a great blow for the visitor.
but he recovered quickly.
Come down to II, eh?" he replied.
not rejecting that a man might walk a
mile backward in less than 30 minutes.
and that his host referred to so many
seconds e two minutes. "Well, well.
IL minutes is certainly a great gain to
make In n mile. When do you expect
to do it?"-Truth,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-07-14
The Ice Cream Diet.

"A report in n of the medical
Journals from a well known physi.
Ian OF recovery in three cases of gas
trio ulcer following a diet of ice cream
revives attention to the b~enefcence
of this diet in certain forms of dys-
pepsia. The first patient of the trio
was a woman of IS, who had lost 25
pounds from inability to assimilate
food and also suffered great pain,
She was put on the ice cream diet,
and for two months she consumed
from one to three quarts daily. BY
the end of that time she had gained
"a pounds, and her ordinary diet was
resumed.
The theory is that the healthy in
testines recover first from the chill of
the frozen food and do the digestive
work, giving the diseased membrane
rest and semi-insensibility, while the
cream affords ample and excellent
nourishment. Physicians who pre-
scribe the diet are careful to avoid
chemical favorings and prefer, usu-
ally insist upon, the ice cream being
made at home of pure materials and
under the best conditions.
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Plain Eact.

The teacher in geography was putting
the class through a few simple tests.
"On which side of the earth is the
north pole?" she inquired.
ION the north side," came the unan.
lmous answer
ION what side is the south pole?"
"On the south side."
Nov, on which side are the most
people?"
This was a poser, and nobody answer
ed. Finally a very young scholar held
up his hand.
Il KNOW" he said hesitatingly, as if
the excess Of his knowledge were too
much for him.
"Good for you," said the teacher en-
couragingly. "Tell the class on which
side the most people are"
ION the outside" piped the young
ster, and whatever answer the teacher
had in her mind was lost in the shuttle.
Exchange.
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Exalted.

He faltered, and the words died upon
his lips.
Eventually he was able to articulate.
however.
Can l expect" he demanded in a
low, but earnest voice, 'to get a high
opinion of your"
The great blue eyes that were fixed
upon him filled with the light of joy
and gratitude.
Sure" the female lawyer answered
promptly. II have all grades, from $50
upward. Of course, the retainer would
be extra"
Saying which she seated herself at
her desk i'll an attitude Of attention.
Detroit Tribune.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-07-14

We have all, as children. made
mud pies, but the children at a hot
spring at Gaudaloupa, Mexico, cook
them, eat them and, besides that,
make pocket money by selling them
TO tourists as SOU yenirs. A peculiar
yellow clay is found there, and the
natives say that the mud pies made
OF it by the children are not ill fla
vored. They speak from the recol-
lectlons ofchildhood, though, I think.
as l eve saw an adult eat them.
There is an interesting legend con
nected with the spring. It is said to
have been of miraculous origin. An
aged pilgrim, f~ootsore, weary and
hungry, lay down to rest where the
spring now is. He had not a morsel
to eat for three days, and there was
no village, or house even, for many
miles.
A rabbit had been caught in a
thlcket, even as the goat was that
staid Abraham's hand. There was
no means of preparing it for food,
however. The pilgrim had the faith
that moves mountains. Planting his
foot in the yielding soil, he stood up
and prayed for succor A spring
gushed out, as the water did from
the rock when Moses smote it with
his rod, only this spring was of hot
water. The pilgrim slew and cooked
the rabbit. He bathed his weary
limbs in the water which he caught
In a gourd and then allowed to cool,
and then found that the waters had
healing properties, for the bleeding
wounds on his feet, sustained in his
pilgrimage, were made well. The
pilgrim afterward became a noted
saint, adored to this day in the Mexi-
can calendar, and the hot spring has
never ceased to flow. - Cincinnati
Enquirer.
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Mounting q Camel,

To mount a camel for the first time
is for a Howadji, until he gets the
hang of it, a complicated and anxious
process. The first risk is that the
animal will rise while the rider is
climbing into the saddle. This he
will inc vitably do if the attendant
has forgotten to place his foot on the
camel's knee.
The novice having settled in the
saddle, which is like a fiat wooden
tea tray on the top of a hump, and
taken a tight grip of the "horns," of
which there is one in front and n
behind, waits in suspense, wondering
which end of the animal means to get
up first. The action, when it does
begin, is a violent seesaw in three
jerks, which impel him alternately
in the direction of the head and tail.
until, if he is lucky, he finds himself
10 feet from the ground
Century.
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He-A fellow called me a donkey tc
my face yesterday.
She-I should like to marry a man
like that.
He-Why?
She-Because he has the courage of
his convictions. -Detroit Free Press.
Getting Back at the Judge.
A barrister named Bushe was max.
ing a speech for the defense when
an ass began to bray loudly outside
the court. "Wait a moment" said
the chief baron. Zone at a time,
Mr.. Bushe, if you please" The bar
rister waited for a chance to retort,
and it came presently. When O'Grady
was charging the jury, the ass again
began to bray, if possible more loudly
than before. Il beg your pardon, my
lord" said Bushe. May l ask you
to repeat your last words9 There is
such an echo in this court l did not
quite catch them. Boston Home
Journal.
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Notice to ~CO-OWners.

John w. Tattan, A. r. Bell or Aaron H.. Bell,
George Fl. Maddox, Henry c: Tillinghast and
Charles F. Grey, assignee for Henry G.. Tilling.
hast and W. H. Emery, composing the firm of
H: {. Tillinghast and company.
You and each of your heirs. representatives
and assigns are hereby severally notified that l
Harry b. Hill, your co-owner whose postofdce
address is Great Falls, Montana, and my grant
ors, nave in accordance with the provisions of
section No. 1924 of the revised statutes of the
United States expended in work and improve
ments upon The Queen of the Hills lode mining
claim, which is located in Barker (unorganized5
mining district, Meagher county, Montana, one
hundred 400 dollars, annual repres entation in
each OF the years, 1881. 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885. 1885.
1887. 1883, 1889. 1890, 1891 and 1892. for the pur-
pose of holding said claim according to law, and
you are hereby notified that unless you and each
of you, your heirs or assigns, contribute your
proportion of such expenditures for each of
above years, together with the interest and costs.
within ninety days after the complete service OF
this notice by publication. all Your right, title
and interest. estate. claim and demand in and to
the above named mining claim will become the
property of the undersigned, your co-owper.
who has performed the work and made the re
quired expenditures.
2l-33 HARRY r HIM
Date of first publication April q. 1894.
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"Some girls are too cute for ANYTHING
remarked a Boston drummer, with hi.
left arm off at the elbow.
"As to how" inquired the hotel clerk,
who was a connoisseur.
I'm various ways" continued the
drummer, "but in one particular way
which recently became a part of nv ex-
perience."
"For instances" suggested the clerk.
ut happened out in Missouri" said
the drummer. II stopped over Sunday
in a little town where one of my custom
ers had a rather pretty daughter, and to
while away the time 1 asked her to 20
buggy riding with me, which she con
sented to do very readily. AS we were
about to get in she hesitated a moment.
"'What is ity l asked.
"Tll sit on the right side of the bug.
gy,' she said, jumping in.
whats that for? 1 asked rather
quickly, feeling that she thought Icould
not drive with this one hand of mine.
"'Well, if you don't know what for
she twittered, maybe you are not too
stupid to learn. Get in here and move
on And l did get in, and we moved
on."-St. Joseph Herald.
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Truly Democratic.

Small Son-Us boys is getting up a
dog show, and I bet our Fido will
take the prize.
Father-Fido has no pedigree.
Small Son-This isn't any Eu-
ropean aristocracy affair. This is an
American dog show.-Good News.
Calling on Friends Guests.
Of course in inquiring for a friend
who is staying with a stranger to the
caller it is always proper to ask for
the hostess and quite inadmissible not
to do so. But the said hostess should
have a little consideration, too, and
not intrude her society upon the
caller beyond the limits of mere po-
likeness. 1t is egregiously selfish of
her to monopolize the call herself or
never to give the two friends an OPP
portunity for a tete-a-tete. And this
lack of delicacy on the part of one
entertaining a visitor is one of the
commonest forms of thoughtlessness.
Philadelphia Press.
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Artificial Eardrums.

1t appears that very satisfactory
results have been obtained from the
use OF the new and improved artif-
clal tympanum some time since
brought to notice. 1t is stated that
IN many cases Of chronic middle ear
disease marked benefit has followed
the insertion of the device into the
meatus, though the most striking
successes have occurred in patients
labor1ng under perforation of the
membrane tympani, the artificial
drumhead proving satisfactory, be-
ing also sometimes extremely useful
IN cases of accommodative loss from
alterations in the contents of the
tympanum, in which the eustachian
tube was unobstructed and the naso
pharynx fairly healthy.
The immediate improvementin the
hearing power is an important fact
in this case, the intensity of the So
norous vibration being at once in
creased, and sounds are clearly de-
fined which before appeared to be
only confusion. The s%ensibilitv, too.
OF the organ is so magnified and the
sense of hearing so much changed
that the patient does not appear deaf
during conversation. Others, again,
laborlng under perforation, but with
out serious deafness, use them as ear
protectors with decided comfort, in
such S the artificial drumhead
forming a screen between the middle
a and external meatus and acting
as an efficient shield during occasions
OF exposure.-Philadelphia Record.
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Patrick Cassidy, Supt.
No. 34l9.
Application for Patent.
U. S. Land Office. Helena. Mont. ,

June 5 1894.
Notice is hereby given that Harry B.. Hill of
treat Fails, Montana has this day filed appli-
catlon FORA patent under the mining laws of
congress for 6O4.5 linear feet of the EQUATOR
Lode with surface ground designated as Sur
vey number &Si3 situated in Barker Iunoryan-
izedl mining district, Meagher county, Montana,
IN unsuryeyed township Is north range 8 east,
winch claim is recorded in the Office of the re-
cofder OF Meagher county at White SULPHUR
springs, Montana, and described as follows:
SAID Survey number 1913 beginning at corner
number ! from which the Barker Initial Point
Tor mineral suryers, bears south 10 degrees II
minutes east 1928 feet; thence north 81 degrees
~ minutes east 239 feet; thence north IS degrees
10 minutes west 2ss feet thence north IS degrees
~ minutes west 6O4.5 #; thence south 16 degrees
III minutes east 3SS feet; thence south 48 degrees
~ minutes east 40 feet to corner number j, the
place OF beginning, embracing 4.12 acres, upon
winch a notice of saia application was posted
the 4th day of April, 1894.
Inc adjoining claims to these premises are
surveys number 1884 and 995 of the Barker and
Edwards Lode claims on the south.
@9-S W. E. COX,
Register.
Date of first publication June 16, 1894.
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AN EXCEPTION.
A Story to Prove That 1t Doesn't AIxavs
Work That WAY,

A Story to Prove That 1t Doesn't AIwav
Work That Way.
"a queer thing happened to me i,
your town Of Detroit once, said a Buff
falo man to a D%etroiter the other day.
Arrested on Suspicion"
Hardly that No; it's no joke. Some
one stole my overcoat from a barbe,
shop, and l went to a secondhand store
to get something cheap to wear home.
Didn't want to leave more money in
your town than I was obliged to, you
know"
81 follow"
We'll, I found something that suited
me Tor 30. l thought the price a little
high even at So, but while handling the
coat felt in the right hand pocket and
found a wallet"
"Of course. Our secondhand men
knew that trick before Buffalo was
founded"
Eyes, I felt a wallet and planked
down w and walked off with the
o The man wanted to send it to me.
but you bet I didn't let him get his
paws ON the garment again. 1 couldn't
hardly wait to get over to the hotel to
examine the wallet"
YES, I know. It always works that
way"
Say, boy, how much do you uppose
that wallet PANIED out?'
mot a continental copper. The deal
er had a barrelful of old wallets to slim
into pockets as he came across green
horns from Buffalo"
well, yes, but if I'didn't take S16O
u OF that wallet I'm a sinner! More
than that, the clerk of the hotel saw me
40 it, and 1 set up the cigars for 20
men. 1 hope never to breathe again if
I'm not speaking the truth"
GLOW long age was that?"
About 10 years"
And you still have the wallet?" 3
Il have. There it is, and there's the
affidavit I made before a notary as o O
as 1 reached Buffalo"
"Well?"
"Well?"
And then they looked at each other
Tor a long time, and when they turned
away each one felt that they might ev-
er meet again on arth.-Detroit Free
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His Spark of Pride.


"They say Gus de Sport hasn't a
spark of pride"
"Humph! That was before he invested
$500 i'll a diamond stud. - Buffalo
Courier.
Practical Jokes of a Crow.
The crow has always loved mis-
chief, but his pranks have not always
been malicious, as were too many of
the jokes of a bird that bore the name
OF Richie, which as a pet name for
birds was surely not an improvement
upon time honored Dickie. This
crow, which was kept by a lady in
Ireland, used to be fed on biscuit and
water from his mistress window. and
1t was not an uncommon thing for
him to seize the tumbler in his bill
and dash it to the ground. Some
times he would enter a room on the
sly and amuse himself by taking the
corks out of bottles and pouring their
contents over the carpet, OF by scat
terlng pins, papers, letters, ornaments
and the like on the floor.
One day he flew away with a pen
Gil and perched on a tree close by.
To punish him his mistress refused
to know him and pushed him away
from the window the next time he
came for food. In a short time he
returned, bearing the stolen pencil
unframed except that the rubber
end piece had vanished. Gravely
laying it down on the window sill,
he bowed and cawed in his best
style, as If to say, Come, now, let
us be friends again. Irish Times.
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understood from the southern note
down to the humblest cot.
Paddock was invited to come right I,
and make himself at home. He had
good, honest supper and chatted on cheer
fully with the elder Tafts till bedtime
and then the old lady brought him
Bible to read a chapter from, This wa,
what he had come for.
Paddock saw right away that ther,
was no family record in that Bible. anf
so he said he could not read such fine
print as that. Old man Taft asked him
if he used glasses. Yes, he used glasses
but he had left his W somewhere O,
other, he said. So the old man offered
his, but they did not fit. Then the old
lady brought hers out, but they didn't
help him.
1t was a long time before he succeeded
in making them bring out the family
Bible with large print, but at last thew
did SO. He looked slowly through it for
a suitable chapter, keeping his eye out
for the family record. When he found
the place for it, he turned cold to the
ends OF his toes, for it had been torn out.
He read a chapter, but his heart was
not In it, and if ever a hollow mockery
OF a prayer was constructed very likely
Paddock did it on that occasion. He
went home the next day and hired out
on a farm at $13 per month and found.
From politics the conversation grad
ually drifted into discussion of courts
and justice as it is generally ladled out
in u glorious republic. Mr.. Hawley
Smith then told of a long trial in his
state where a prominent embezzler who
stood high in felonious circles was in
dlcted on 81 counts, having been busily
robbing the bank and the depositors.
widows and orphans, servant girls and
old people for 10 years.
The trial was continued and adjourn
ed, put over and the changed, to-
gether with all the other smart things
known to lawyers who are being we'll
paid, until finally, in spite of time and
eternity, both of which had been pretty
well consumed, the jury, greatly to the
surprise of the court, found the defend
ant guilty on the whole ~ indictments.
The evidence was all that way, of course.
but the case had been on hand so long
that the judge did not think defendant
would be found guilty.
He was therefore thunderstruck when
the verdict came in. He said that he
would take the matter under advisement
for "a hours before passing sentence.
After the time had expired the Judge
took his seat on the wool sack, wearing a
clean collar and a look of almost angelic
The bailiff opened the court, and the
Judge took a fresh chew Of navy tobacco.
Prisoner at the bar" he said, adjust
ing his artificial teeth so that he could
speak more firmly, IAN impartial jury
Of your countrymen have, after a long
tedious trial upon this Indictment,
which, in fact, covers the other 2G as
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OlnDle

In one of the smaller cities of New
England there was al Episcopal church,
which had two mission chapels, COM
monty known as the East End mission
and the North End mission, from the
parts of the city where they were re-
spectively located. One day the rector
gave out the notices in his most distin-
gulshed high church tone as follows:
There will be a service at the North
End mission at 3 o'clock and at the
East End at 5. Children will be bap.
tized at both ends. "-Argonaut.
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THE
@s5aa@1!as&5!aaa5!as&5!a $685. @sSSag15a286lssYW

Has one of the finest water plants
In the United States.
The water is pure, limpid noun
AIN spring water, and it's supply is
lnexhaustible at all seasons of the
year.
The reservoir is located on O'Brien
creek and covers an area of three
acres. 1t contains water to a depth
OF fifteen feet, firmly held by a
powerful dam sixteen feet high.
The mains are all of cast iron,
twelve inch, and ninety pounds to
foot.
The pressure in the town of Mel
hart is 40 pounds to the square inch.
Use its water in your houses. 1t
is cheap, convenient and healthful.
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"A Convenience In Directing PeOnIe

The Stranger Gin the Chicago postof-
fice)-Can you direct me to the general
delivery window?
The Attendant (politely)-Certainly,
sir. Follow the second crack in the
wall till you come to a broken place in
the ceiling, turn to your left and go
straight ahead to where the plastering
has fallen down. -Chicago Record.
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The utter emptiness Of the life of an
idle woman of the upper class in the
last century is illustrated by the follow
ing letter, which was actually written
by a French countess to the absent
count:
DEAR HUsBAND-Not knowing what else to
do, 1 will write to you. Not knowing what to
say, will now close. YEARLY yours,
COUNTESS DE r.
Youths Companion.
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Experience.

MY son." observed the old cat, 81
trust that you were fortunate in your
tryst upon the back fence"
WELL" the youth replied after a
moments thought, II have at least &C.
quired a broader conception of the sig
n%ifcance of that old story about puss in
boots. "-Detroit Tribune.
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Notice for Publication.
Desert Land--Final Proof.
United States Land Office,

United States Land Office,
Helena Montana, June 8. 1894.
Notice is hereby given that Reid D.. Tayjor of
Stanford, Montana, assignee of Jasper A. Wall.
has filed notice CT intention to make proof on
his desert-land claim number 1866, for the -
section 81, sw4 nw4, VIZ sw4, section %. NJ nw4
NJ mel, section %. nw4 nw4, section 27, tn Is r
10 e, before Register and Receiver at Helena.
montana. on Friday, the 9th day OF July, 1894.
lie names the following Witnesses to prove the
land: ~
-. r; smith, OF Barker, Montana; Perry West
fall, Alex, Tuttle, Frank W. Mitchell of stan
ford. Montana.
2S34 W. E cox
Register.
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In some parts of Texas the people live
to be very old. An old man of 80, liv-
ing quite a distance from the nearest
town, requiring some groceries, sent his
son, a man of 70 years of age. When
the son failed to show up with the pro-
visions Oh time, his father reproached
himself by saying:
THAT'S what comes from sending a
kid. Texas Siftings.
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81 SAVED SIXTEEN SOULS"

well, found you guilty, so that you are
convicted upon 81 counts, each of which
calls for not less than one year nor more
than 10 years in the state prison.
"The court must therefore pass SEN
tence upon you covering this entire YER
dict. 1t will be readily seen that to give
you the full penalty of the law would
require 27O years, which is an unusual
length of time for a man to live even in
the vigorous and balmy climate of Hi
nois.
Moreover, it is the duty of the court
in wrath to remember mercy. Therefore
the sentence of the court is that the
prisoner shall be compelled to serve a
term of n year in the state peniten-
tiary at Joliet for each one of the 81
counts upon which he is found guilty,
but that the term of Imprisonment upon
each of the n convictions shall begin on
the same day and date.
"Sheriff, adjourn COURT"
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Could Not Locate Them.

She-While you were gone, darling, l
kissed your picture every day. Did you
ever feel those kisses when I did so?
He with a sop to his conscienceeI
often felt kisses, but l could not say
whether it was at the time you were
kissing my picture.-New York World.
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A Powerful Awakening.

Next Sunday, BRETHREN" said the
pastor, II shall preach Oh the subject,
What Your Neighbors Are Saying
About YOU"
1t it recorded that the Rev. DR.. Good
man preached the following Sunday to
the largest audience that ever assembled
in the church, and hundreds were turned
away.-Chicago Tribune.