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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-12

SAN FRANoisco. Jan. il.-About six fur
longs-Gussie. Amida. Alexis, 1855; seven
fu longs-Hsppy Day. Zsnobis, Duks ste
vens. i;29i. i've and half furlongs-Jaja.
Condo. ADJ r., lNs 4; steeplechAse. short
coufse-Gito. Longvsll. Templcmote. 3.29.
seven furlongs gs-G!adiaior faro. Little
Tough. l;29i..
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-12

CmcAoo. Jan. li.-sohasfsr defeated
slosson In a very dull aud spiriilsss game
In the baik line tournament tonight.
Sohssfsr COO. siosson go; averagssg sehasfsE
is ass slosssn IS S6-Jsi high runa bshasfsf
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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-12
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WHOLESALE
Liquor Dealers.

Wishing TO reduce our immense
stock OF Fine WhislSies. we offer
the following list of we'll known
brands at lower than eastern
market prices, and that are a sur
prise to competition.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-04-06

The ancient use of a cross instead
of a signature was universal alike by
those who could and by those who
could not write. 1t vas a symbol of
an oath from its earliest associations.
On this account Charles Knight, in
his notes ON The Pictorial Shake
speare, explains the expression God
save the mark" Henry w as a form
of ejaculation approaching to the
form of an oath. Kelly, in his Com
ments on Scotch Proverbs" observes
that the Scots, when they used TO
compare person to person, used the
expression, Save the mark" An,
other explanation of the expression is
that in archery when an archer shot
well it was the custom to cry out
God save the markn-that is, pre-
vent any one coming after to hit
the same mark and thereby displace
the arrow. Ironically. it was said to
a novice whose arrow struck no
where.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-04-06
the CURTAIN.


BEFORE.
A thrill of rapturUus applause
From every row ascending.
The actor gives a gracious pause,
To those before low bending.
Admired of all the ladies rare,
What compliments they utteri
How many hearts amid the fair
Are now set in a fiutter!
The play goes on. The curtain falls
Upon the act of %splendor.
Each heart emotional recalls
Its incidents so tender.
oh. sweet the glamOr of the scene.
With nothing coarse to break il.
Imagination rules serene,
And fancy's what We make it.
BEuIND.
The leading lady. just deceased.
Has got a nit of laughter.
The leading man, from toll released.
A sandwich has sent after.
The pasteboard rocks are put aside,
The lovely sylphs are yawning.
The dancing girls in plain clothes hide,
No beaux around them f~awning.
The funny men are Sowing now,
And he who gold dust scattered
Upon the scene, with happy brow,
Looks doleful now and shattered.
And so it is throughout the days
OF this our life uncertain.
To view it truly, you must saze
On both sides of the curtain.
New York Clipper.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-04-06
-WG CAN CURE YOU

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Eorwood. Minnesota, Octobsr u, a
Or. A. r. Ssnden. Dosr 6ir-Last winter euasred
greatly with rheumatism and lumbsso. tried DIFF
when I uas sdvissd to Try one Of your beita ] did not
helieve in them. but thought I would try one anyway.
much good Is the No. Sbsi. I boush, Of You. an.
believe IL Il due 70 the belt In fact l an sure Of H.
.rprpr ,fsSSrss seTg ss1i,; .o, un,on Ho,.,
CRAMPS CURED IN ON WEEK
Minnsapolis, Minns.oea. june 49,
DR.. A. + Sanden, Dear SirS In answer TO your letter
of inquiry would say thse l have used your belt rsxu.
laay since sst,ins IL. IL you remember ! compl.ined
able 20 do bus little work, 1 he'd b~sn 60 fos thrss
months. but after Q week0 use OF your bolts ] wes
sreatIy pleasd 70 have the cramps entirely disappssr
and they have not returned since. and consider that
GRo. HAMMOND. 90 FIlmors Ssrsa- X. Z
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-04-06
THE OUST-HOl MAN..
One of the Many Queer Characters to BE
Seen In London Streets.

One of the Many Queer Characters to Be
Seen In London Streets.
As it isnow morning, writes a Lon
don correspondent of the Boston Fer
aid, we shall see some Dickenslike
characters. What American fails to
find such of INTEREST," Listen, a
strange cry bursts on the ear. Pres
entity we make it out. 1t is Dust
hoi! Dust-hoi!" Then a man ap
pears, walking beside a huge cart and
plodding horse. He is one of the reg.
ular parisl. collectors of dust and
cinders. He has his rounds in this
particular vestry twice a week. He
comes to your side house entrance
door, which is also your servants or
BRIDESMAIDS door, and removes you
refuse in big baskets.
The tradition is that you pay him
nothing, as you are entitled, being a
householder and ratepayer, to have
your dust bin cleared at such times a.
you wish. Ordinarily this is about
once in three weeks. You must not
empty green vegetable parings in the
bin. These must be burned. Like
most traditions, it is honored better
in the breach than in the observance,
for the fact is you pay the ''dust-hoi
man" tvOpence gratuity for beer. Ii
he invested his daily takings thus, he
would go home fairly inebrlated.
When Christmas comes, he will per
haps ask for his Christmas box, -
which is a few pennies, whatever
you like to present.
Why ''hoi," / don't know, as the
cry is dust" But once when ! in
quired the man replied: We'll, I'm
blessed if / know. 1t allus been 'hoi'
since ever was, and ! come from a
whole family o. dust-hois, | do. Me
father and me grand'ther was dust.
hoi men, they was" The reason for
the existence of most customs in Eng
land is because 1T has always been
So"
The dust-hoi man las a grimy, gray
appearance and an ash colored com
plexion, and he wears a smock jacket,
hauled over his turned up at the knee,
trousers. The latter are cotton vel
vet corduroys mostly. They Away.
seem half worn out. | eve recol
lect to have observed a new pair on
one of these men, sol conclude they
allus was
The "dust-hoi' is a serious person
lie never jokes with the scullery
maid who regards him as being quite
lower in class than the cook. bu'
much above herself in social rank
| wonder If dustmen usually marry
scullery maids. But | am not able
to get statistics on this head.
Having collected my dust and peck
eted my two nimble pence, 'th,
dust-hoi" moves OF TO fresh fields. h..
not unmusical call growing faintc.
and fainter as he seeks other squares
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-04-06
THE SECRET OF The FLOWERS.

~ Beauty Is but Utility, Then This Ex-
PLANTATION VIII Serve.
What are flowers, these parts Of
plants rendered. so conspicuous by
their form and color7 The poets
call them the wedding garments OF
plants, but afford us no answer to
the question, Why do some of the
daughters of Flora, for example, the
grasses, the prime urc of our food
supply, wear such inconspicuouS
wedding garments, while others =
decked in such brilliant array or eS.
hale such delightful perfume9 Sci
entiic investigation has solved the
riddle. There are umerou plants
which can be fortified only by the
agency of insects, which in their
pursuit of food transfer the pollen of
the anthers to the pistil. 1t is to at
tract these insects that flowers don
their bright garb and exhale their
informing insects that here the table
is with pollen and with ne az
spread. The fact is now univer...l"
known, but simple and natural a. j.
appears it was first discovered on. I
century ago. StranGe.
There have been countless lgrcrs
of flowers for thousands pf
and not one of them had IN
If the purpose which tie e.
served until an oh-erEaLt GuD.Ds.s
ter in his ramble through the rEv
o n Of Berlin and Spaulau had IT,
attention awakened by ~casarylu~ t.a
unwearied persistence with watal
the insects visited flower after ioye",
caught nature in the act" indeed,
and in the year 1893 published ms
remarkable work, the title of which,
translated into English. would BE-,
THE Discovered Secret of the Strac-
ture and Fertilization of Flowers. "
1t was a work indicative of monu
mental industry, with 26 copper
plates containing LII illustrations.
The German schoolmaster was Chris
tan Konrad Sprengel, the son Of /;
Brandenburger clergyman. After IA
first appointment in a Berlin school
he was tdllCh A1aCOl W lit lSiAD
of the Great School now Gymnasi
UNI at Spandau, where he collected
and worried up the material of his
work, an astonishing task, which
even today excites the unqualified
admiration of botanists. At that
time the work brought Sprengel no
honor. His love of flowers occupied
80 much of his time that he limited
himself to only the most absolutely
necessary of his rectorial duties. He
died in complete obscurity, April Z.
1916, in his sixty-sixth year.
Shortly before his death he pub
iished a short memoir entitled THE
Utility of Bees" and the Necessity
of Bee Culture From a New Point OF
View" in which he drew, more pre-
'cisely, the distinction between wi /
fortified and insect fortified plant
He showed here experimentally the
incapacity of insects to fertilize the
flowers of currents, gooseberries, ap
pies, violets and others. These
flowers are protected from the visits
OF insects by a small canopy OF gauze.
The labors of Sprengel were prac-
tacally disregarded. He experienced
no recognition, and he did not even
retain a single copy of his work.
Charles Darwin was the first to
bring Sprengel's remarkable book"
z. AiahE and do full justice to the
German schoolmaster. He was
sheed Of his age" wrote Darwin.
snnd his discoveries lay long neglect
- I'll N
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-04-06
The Bones Were All There.

An auctioneer in New England city
recently sold a horse at auction for 80
cents. The horse was SO bony that the
auctiopeer said. by way of explanation.
shat ..they (the bones) We're exhibited
i~ufentionally. for the purpose of show
that none had been extracted. -
Profitable Advertising.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-04-06
New York's Wooded Surrounding.
Any height that commands a com

Any height that commands a COM
prehensive view of New York re-
veals the fact that beyond the city's
boundary of water there is in nearly
all directions a horizon edged with
woodland. The city stands in the
midst of an urban are of perhaps
200 square miles, but many hundred
acres of that rea are still covered
with woodland, and the suburban
edges are all within easy reach of
some considerable great area.-EX
change.
Logic and Love.
Detected Suitor If you intended
to say mo" why did you let me pro
poSel
Sweet Girl-Why. how could l say
no" if you didn't9-New York
Weekly
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-04-06

Police Maglstrate-What inso-
lence! To break into a house in a
busy street in the middle of the day
Thief was already engaged for
the evening .-London Ilt-Bits.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-23
Games aud sports of indiana.

Our sports were nodded by tho life
and customs of ourrpeople-indeed we
practised only whit we expected to do
when grown. Our games were fcats
with the bow and urrow foot aud pony
races, wrestling, swimming, and ink,
tations OF tho customs and habits Of
our fathers. We had sham fights with
mud balls and willow wands, we played
lacrosse, made var upon bees, shot
winter arrows (Which were used only
in that scason), and coastcd upon ribs
of animals and bulfalo-robcs.
Our games with bowand arrow were
usually combined with hunting; but
us shall take hunting for the subject
of another letter, ! will speak only of
such as were purely plays.
No sooner did the boys get together
than they divided Into squads. aud
chose sides; then a leading arrow was
shot Mt random into the air. Before it
fell to the ground, a vollcy from the.
bows of the participants followed.
Each player was quick to sec the di-
r%ection and speed OF the lending arrow,
and lie tried to send his own with the
same speed and at an equal height, SO
that when it fell il would be closer
than any of tho others to the first.
1t was considered out of place to
shoot an arrow by first sighting the
object aimed ut. This was usually
impracticable, because the object was
almost always in motion, while the
hunter himself was often on the back
of n pony in full gallop. Therefore, it
was the offliand shot that the Indian
boy sought to master. There WAS an
other game with arrows which was
characterized by gambling and was
generally confined to the men.
Tho races were an everyday occur
renee. AT noon the boys were usually
gathered by some pleasant sheet OF
water, and as soon as the ponies were
watered, they were allowed to Craze
for an hour or two, while the boys
stripped for their MONDAY sports.
Boys of all ages were paired for q
spin" and the little red men chcered
on their favorites with spirit! AS soon
al this was ended, the pony races fol-
lowed. All the speedy ponies wero
picked out, and riders chosen. If .
boy said, 81 cannot ride" what u shout
went up! Such derision!
Last of all came the swimming. A
little urchin would hang to his pony's
long tail. while the latter held only hi,
head above waterand glided %sporlively
along. Finally the animals were driven
into u fine field of grass. and we turned
u attention to other gumes.-Dr.
Charles A. Eastman. IN ST. Nicholas.
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The Tsetse Fly.

Wild animals and tho goat feel no
more serious effect from the sting than
na and ven calves are exempt as
they continue TO suck tho COWS, but
dogs cannot be protected by being fed
On milk. The effect OF the poison on
oxen and horses is most curious. They
Ito not die at once and indeed the
symptoms do not appear for some days.
but then the nose and eyes begin to
run, the Goa gets rough. a swelling
appears under the jaw and emaciation
commences. to be inevitably followed
by death, although, perhaps, not for
months, tho effects OF the poison being
fastened, however. by rain and sudden
changes of temperature.
Singular, indeed, is the effect Of the
bite, or, as the Beers call 1t, the "stick.,
Of this fly; for the carcass when ex-
amined is found to he almost BLOOD
less; the cellular tissue under the skin
Is distonded with air, resem bling a
number Of soap bubbles; tho fat is
yeilowish-green and oily; the heart so
soft that the fingers can be made to
meet through it; the lungs aud liver
are diseased; the stomach and bowels
are pale and empty and the gall blad-
der is distended with bile. Yet, as
Livingstone says, wild animals nearly
akin to the horse and OK, such as the
buffalo and zebra, suffer no harm;
neither do pigs, goats and wild ante
lopes; but dogs suffer rs severely as
horses and oxen.
The skin of an animal which has
dlod from the tsetse shows all the
puncturos on the inside, with q ring
of yellow mucus on the flesh beneath
each puncture as large as the palm of
the hand and resembling the appear
nnce of a %snnke-bite. No certain
remedy is known for tho puncture OF
this terrible fly amber.'Jou,Mal
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A Perennial Summer Resort.

Coronado. neal San Diego. California,
is more like a typical Atlantic surf re-
soSt than any other place in California.
1t is not precisely on the ocean. If ii
were it would be an occasional prey to
fogs aud cold winds. 1t is on a shelter
ed and detached beach, beside a great
inlet or bay, and the fogs and winds are
kept away from IT by a high bluff. In
the winter it is so %patronized by East
ern folk that they feel entirely at home
there. The Californians come later, in
tho spring and summer. when in that
region-so peculiar to us of the Atlantic
coast-the people seek Il warm climate,
precisely IS we, at the same time. are in
search of cool temperature. The grea;
and beautiful hotel at Coronado is tn,
chief attraction there, and the comforts
and distractions are all such as accom-
pany life in a large and thoroughly
modern hotel. Many consumptives and
other lnvalids enjoy daily sun-baths in
the glass-enclosed porches that face the
south. The others battle, or exercise in
the open air and the ballroom, and in
frequent boat rides to San Diego.
Spanish sombreros on many mems
heads, and bits of gay color in many
costumes. lend a foreign toni to every
view of humanity at Coronado, but this
Is due more to tho fashion of Eastern
folks in looming Spanish habiliments
than to the presence of Mexicans or
Spanish Californians in great numbers.
A few such come to the great hotel from
Mexico and from southern California
districts, but to see a strong Spanish
coloring n must visit San Diego,
where the blood of the former masters
Of the soil is still strong in the COM
munity.-Harper'S WcekiY.
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Sharp Discipline.

In the Biography Of Prof. Isaac
Sans" the author says that the professor
loved to encourage his pupils and to in
bue them with u proper self-respect, but
that he quickly perceived the fact when
ever any of them became s~elf-conceited,
and no one could better take down any
superabundance of egotism than he.
AS illustrating his method of checking
this propensity the writer gives an in
tervicw between Mr.. Sans and himself:
After having enjoyed the advantages
of the academy for several years it was
thought best by my friends to send me
to college. ! had M iden that going to
college was rather a great thing and
felt somewhat self-important at the
prospect.
On tho Friday of the week before I OK
pected to leave | thought l ought to
bid the professor good-by and at the
same time felt not a little proud of the
announcement | was about to make to
him. thought that it would perhaps
raise me in his estimation and that he
would prophesy scholastic honors for me
hattcring to my soul.
Doubtless l showed something Of this
in my manne as | approached him
Just before the close of school and,
holding out my hand, informed him that
as that was probably the last day would
be under his charge l wished to say
farewell.
"Ah, last day. Where are you go
ing%
"To college," l rather pompously re-
piled.
college! What are you going to do
at College,"
This puzzled me a little but l answer
ed, hesitatingly; ITO learn, I sup
pose"
He burst out: "Ha! ha! Going to
learn! Glad to hear it; time to com
mence, boy. Ha! ha! ha! He's going
to learn. My dear child. you rejoice
my heart. Here you have been for
years, surrounded by all the appliances
10 a liberal education. but you have
been light-minded, mercurial, frivolous.
But now | am happy to know"-herc he
whispered as if TO himself-"he's going
to learn"
left him sitter q few very kind
words. which allayed my m~ortfhcation
somewhat, an humber If no q wiser
boy.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-23

During the week of course the board
ers all went to the thcatcr. They
lauded the play to the skies. Boggs
got In late every night, so didn't hear
much of it, and he failed to ask hin
wife If she had heard how the pro-
teges had deported themselves. In
fact, the boarders didn't mention it, so
busy were they in airing their admira-
ton of the star.
Finally Saturday came. Mrs. Boggs
hurried OF after breakfast for the
TRUSTING place by appointment with
her mother. That night she was ar
ranging her hair when Boggs reached
home. She didn't say anything about
the play until they were ready for
dinner. She talked to her husband
about the news in the afternoon pa
pers. She talked about spring hats
and millinery. She asked about busi-
ness.
Boggs finally asked her: allow WIS
the mntinee?n
Splendid, she answered. costumes
superb. Everything perfectly lovely"
AT the table she repeated the formula
and deity turned the subject.
She didn't demonstrate when Boegs
took pie.
Nv etS iapOV tShSd liz, lOh
they reached their room.
Nothing" she answered.
WASN'T the matinee good?'
"Delightful."
"Had u fuss with mother?"
aNo.n
Then Boggs thought n moment.
"What did the little man do?"
He came or and said: 'Hu! Six
o'clock. NV lord reaches here in an
hour"
"What did the other one do?"
"He helped take tickets at the door,"
Mrs. Boggs replied, with n charming
increase of color.
and the stunning girl?" he asked.
"She busted the furniture" replied
Mrs. Boggs in n thin voice.
"Oh!" commented Mr.. Boggs, and
then he began to read aloud a tariff
editorial without another word. =
Chicago Inter Ocean.
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GOOD CLOTHES,
Careful Attention to Dress Commendable
Not Censurable.

There has been an unwarranted
amount of criticism flung at the men
who believed in the value of good
clothes and who dress up to the con-
victions, says the Fort Worth GazeGte.
Time has been when a wcll-dressed
man, If seen on the streets, was hooted
at and even those who ought to know
better i'll their secret heart dcspised
him for a dandy or a dude. Even the
pulpit and the press a3sailed the man of
fashionable clothes with sarcasm and
ridicule. Indeed, the author Of Sartor
Resartus. itself u disquisition on clothes,
coiaed the word "dandistical," which
has since become a synonym for . vain
person whose delight was in dress and
whose thoughts were given solely to its
demands.
Much of this is undeserved, for there
is no reason why w~ell-dresscd men
should be less manly than their s~lovenly
associates; in fact. there is reason why
they should be grander and nobler. The
rise il value of ones self-respect occa-
stoned by q well-iitting suit has never
been computed and a sel%f-respecting
man is not one to be despised by others.
Because men of slovenly habit. indiffera
ent as to dress, have in many and varied
instances risen to greatness, it does not
follow that all Stevens reach the same
heights or that others are barred be-
cause of neatness.
DR.. johnson was a sloven and a gor-
mand, but it was not slovenliness and
gormandizing that helped him on. Ma
poleon scattered snuff over his imperial
robes, but all snuff-takers are not great
captains. The truth is that when the
slovenly man succeeds he does it despite
his repulsive habits and nothing but the
force Of genius car overcome the OBJ
stacle.
Alexander was no less a great con-
qucror because of his perfumed baths,
his robes of tine-spun silk and his prec-
ious jewels and perfumes of "AraLy tho
blest." On the contrary, men recog-
nized first his kingly attire and after
ward bis kingly qualities. Some of the
greatest leaders of ancient and modern
times have been what the satirical call
exquisites.
Shakespeare knew the value of a dress
to a young mar going out to seek his
fortune, hence he made Polonius charge
Laeftes 10 nave his apparel as costly as
his purse would buy. The rate per
cent on the capital invested in clothes,
from a strictly business standpoint.
would startle the veriest usurer in the
land. That proper attention to dress
does not diminish manliness is attested
by the fact that in army and navy dis.
cipline the strictest regulations are
touching neatness and it has never been
known that the neatest regiment OF
band of "navies" was wanting in
bravery. If attention to dress inter-
fered with the better development OF
men in these lines of service would
there not be less supervision for the
purpose of keeping them neatly and
correctly appareled? Assuredly there
would and it is fair to assume that at
t~ention to dress is not to be censured
when nationally bestowed.