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VOL. 10, No. 26. DEER LODGE, MON TANA, DEC. 27, 1878. WHOLE No. 495.
POETRY.
SHE GAVE HIM DEAD AWAY.
'T was Sunday noon, the board was spread,
With more than liberal fare,
And Flint and wife and Aunt $arta
And Parison Jones was there.
The bread was praised, to white and light.
Likewise the well-cooked meat,
The vegetab'es smoking hot,
The rich plum pudding sweet.
Says Aunt Maria, with eagerness,
" Matilda Jane, I with
You'd tell me where on earth you tot
That splendid plate of fish.
" They were not in the house last night,
I looked the basket through
To see what Stephen had brought home,
Just as I always do.
" And then you know the breakfast things
I put away myself,
And high and low no flbh I saw
In ice-chest or on shelf."
St eve in his chair uneasy sits,
Matilda's ill at ease ;
But Aunt Maria heeds them not
" I'll take another, please.
SI do decla.e they are so fresh,
Unlike those that are bought,
That one woald Lhink that these, dear Mat,
Had only just been caught.
" I know Lhat Stephen left the house
To-day at early dawn,
And did not come to breakfast, Mat,
Till we to church had gone.
" But there! He couldn't buy them then,
For shut were all the stores;
Unleess, indeed,-that may be it
* They sell behind closed doors."
Matilda a face krows red as blood,
Steve sqairmo upon his chair,
Flint and his wife their winks exchange,
The parron does not date
To look to right or look to left,
No word he has Lo say,
While Stephen mutters 'tween his teeth,
" Ste gave me dead away."
The moral of this tale is this:
Don't ask home folks to dine
Upon the fish on Sunday caught
No matter, air, how gne;
That is, sir, if you have en aunt,
Whose tongue is pione to play
And clean upset your kettle o' fish
And give on dead away.
.Boston Transcript.
KENTUCY'S CIVIL WE.
FATAL CULMINATION OF POLITICAL FAM
ILY FEUDS.
LEXINGTON, Nov. 29, 1878.-Breathitt
county, in this State, is in a state of civil
war. Only a few years ago the military
had to be sent to Jackson, the county seat,
to protect iht' Circuit Court, while it was in
session, and citizens of the place who were
in Lexing oo recenly declare it was the
only peaceable session ofcoura held there
since the war.
A LAWLESS COMMUNI'Y.
The people who inhabit the .reek bot
toms betweei the mounitains, secluded in
t'her almost soaccessible retreats, defy the
law and its officers and wreak their ven
geance upon each other according to the
code of the assassin. The rifle and the re
volver are their constant companions,
and their feuds frequently take upon them
the form of pitched battles. In these
conflicts more men are often killed than in
a heavy skirmish preceding a battle, 'rom
the fact that the men are dead shots with
the rfle at from .ooe to three hundred
yards, and economize their oullets because
of the scarcity of lead. Jackson, thecoun
ry seat or IS'eath'lt county, 's located Oen .
tie noith ro'k of the Keotucky river.
about one oundred miles fre m Lexington.
nd seventy-five miles fiom a rail-oid or
elegraplh offie.
TIHE CAUSES OF THE TROUBLE.
In the 1as, elect'ox g-eat bitterr, is of
feeling arose between th'e two contesting
candidates for county Judge -J. W. Bur
nett and Ned Strong-and their respec;ive
adherents. Captain Bill Strong, a uotel
desperado, assisted by the Freemaus. a
family of negroes-for there is no diseinc
tion between races up in that country
champ'oned the side of Ned Strong. Tbe
Aliens and the Lit les are the names of
other families who take a baud in every
bloody afray iha. disgiaces the countgy.
Judge Cuit .c~t b 1 also hissixecial suppot -
era, and but little inducemet was wan;iug
to cause an exchange of shots. Besides
these causes of troubles there wax last An
gust a hotly contested election for School
Commissioner, a mere nominal office, but
vet y Jes.rable to a citizen of a pauper sup
port. The opposing candidates were sup
ported by the respective friends of Bumnett
and Strong. The race ror Judge resulted
in I he election of Fu. oett, and that for Com
missioner in a drag a b.tle and an appeal
to Frankfort.
oITr.IBLE WIFE MURDER.
The lasi addition of fuel to the flame
was a horrible murder. A man name] Ja
s.n Little. coming to his home intox:cated,
attenmoted to lead his horse into the l.ouse.
.lis wre remnonstrated, aR which the di nk
en wretch drew his revolve" and shot her
in the abdomen, killing her and her unborn
babe. The woman's brotbeh witnesead the
murder, but was thre.ened witb de..th if
he informed anybody. Little buried his
wire. giving out that she cied in labor.
The crime leaked out, boweve., the bod'
was exihmed, the prs.ol shot wcund found,
and Judge Bu nett committed Jason to
jail without bail, sending him to Lexington
for safe keeping. On Saturday last the
Sheriffor the county came to Lexington
for Little, biionging a strong armed guard
to condncl the prisoner back to Breashitt.
BLOODSHED AND LAWLEISSNESS.
HB was confrontad by his own deputy,
named Little, a relative of the murderer,
who also had an armed guard and came to
demand the prisoner. For some time it
looked as if a bloody tragedy would be en
acted upon the streets of Lexington, but
the presence of p lice officers and other
infloences prevailed to prevent this. The
rrisone~ was delivered to the Sheriff and
his party, who openly said that he expect
ed an attempt ami rescue before he reached
Breathitt. Both parties started for home
by different routes, and reaobed there on
Monday, when a scene of lawlessness en.
sued tbht almost beggars description.
THE MOD IN CONTROL.
A letter from Jackson on Wednesday
says:
The town is under control of a mob.
Good citizens are fleeing for their lives.
Women and children are seeking shelter
from any one who will protect them. The
offiers of the law are defied, and havoc
and desolation prevail. Men, drunk and
wild with frenzy, armed to the teeth with
pistols aid guns, are walking the streets,
yeliong at the lop of their voices, proelaim
uig that they intend to kill. In fact it is
as much as your life is worth to appear
upon the streets, for yon are liable to be
attacked by either patty at any moment.
This is the third day of this terrible con
dition of affairs. .The people bave been
sorely ainated .i L.se pt, buttle outrage
and lawlessness tbsi m etobe eoonpared
With thAis IW 1 rooif we k.
<t, 6 ~i
Breathitt Circuit Court on Monday morn
ing, instructed the Grand Jury and adjourn
ed till afternoon. During the afternoon
John Aikman, leading about a dozen men,
dashed into town on horseback, armed
with pistols and guns, dismounted and fu
riously attacked Captain Bill Strong's clan,
who were standing in the street in front of
Breeding's store. Thirty or forty shots
were discharged, two taking effect on
William and Daniel Freeman, the former
shot through the body, the latter through
the head. They were removed late in the
evening to their homes several miles up the
river, and it is reported today that Dan
iel Freeman is recovering, but William is
dead.
FIGHTING IN THE STREET.
Strong and his followers received no in
juries, but barricaded themselves in a little
log cabin 100 yards from the Court house,
and a regular interchange of shots was
kept up during the afternoon. One of the
Freemnans, who fell in the middle of
the street when shot, was forced
to lie there for two hours, his friends fear
ing to attempt his removal during the
stb ife. Hideous yells and shouts of defi
ance could be heard from both parties.
DREAD OF THE CITIZENS.
The court waa puzzled; the officers of the
law dumbfounded. The citizens watched
from a distance, and not a single eflort was
made to quell the bloody riot. At last
with light came hope, and all was quiet
save the bedlam whoop of the diunken
rabble. There was no sleep or rest, every
body living in dread expectancy of the
morrow, and slowly next morning (Tues
day), as light was thrown upon the scene,
it was discovered that Aikman and his
party had withdrawn from the Court house
and quartered themselves near the river
bank, while Strong and his clan held their
fort still. One by one the citizens made
their appearance on the street. congratu
lating themselves the war was over. About
10 o'clock Strong retired, and soon thele.
after straggling drunken men, ai.ned to
the teeth, began to parade the street in de
fiance of law and order. It was whispered
that the guard which had been sent to Lex
ington under charge of the Sheriff to bring
back Jason Little would soon return, and
an effort would be made to release the
prisoner. Deputy Little had returned,
a.d to Uhe credit, however, of John Aik
man, be it ;i said, be rerused to participate
in this crime and left for home.
THE MURDERER IN JAIL.
A willing leader was found in a Justice
of de Peace named J. C. B. Allen, sup
poirted by the Littles, C.awfords and oth
ers, numbering about forty, who !oitered
about the streets, impalently waiting for
the guard to appear. Judge Randall, to
defeat the aim of the mob, had the Deputy
Sheriff ad County Judge to detail an ex
tra guard of fourteen men, who went under
the leadership of the County Judge, John
W. Burnett, to the assistance of the Sher
iff. About 8 o'clock p. m. they returned
with the prisoner, and safely confined him
in jtsai, tir gostwwwwwwmyo i satfw i i i.
five wel!-ermn I men. No effort at release
was made, but immediately after the guard
returred from the jail to the street and
began to disperse, thinking the daiger was
ove , C-awford and Little began an attack
on Judge luinett, threatening to take his
life.
JUDGE DURNETT KILLED.
Excitement ran high immediately,asboots
and yells rent the air, and suddenly the
deadly ,evolvers were b-oughtpir'to play,
sad a volley was poured in upmn .ho
guard, who, tek n by surprise, soughs
shelie. wherever they could find it. Wbei
the smoke was cleared off it was seen that
Judge Barnett was down. He was dead,
with a bullet through his hean,. The
fii;ng was maitained in a desultory way
tle whole evening, ,he mob yelling like
ve y devils at every indicat'on of a slight
advantage over the faction that for Ibe
pe,'euse were champions of the law. Allen
and his men being in he Court house
yard, sought shelter behind the Clerk's
oflice and in the Court room, while the
guard retreated up the street to the point
wbere Strong and his clan were barricaded.
The forces ow numbered ro'oe thirty or
ro, Ly on each side. The men were :11
a-med wiib the latest i np'oved Colt's nary
repcaters, Spencer and Ballard rifles, and
being good shots, could kill their man at
from 200 to 300 ya-ds, wherever he might
appear.
ATTEMPT TO BL.EAK JAIL.
During the picket shooting a posse of
Allen's clan, with axes, attempted to burst
open the jail door and rescue the prisoner.
E;se brother, Tom Lit.le, ofe Compton, ap
pea'ed at this moment and begged the ri
otes to desist. A shot through the body
sttetuhed him lifeless upon the grourd.
This caused the jail-breakers to -et;re,
which they did, breathing venge~oce for
the death of Tom Lit:le. The Allen parky
deserted the Court house 'asr night, and
.'e Sheriff tool possession, thus command
ing the door .o the jail. O'ooPvse no
"Juurt has been held. an.dl.be CU;reut CoutrL
lu,'ge sodde~ty d'4appea.ed this morning
be-jre 7 o'cl"ck, leaving no o dens as ., the
discosition ,, the pri.oner L ttle. Effo is
ae heiup made, however vainly, to secun-e
the services of s~,'e magistrate who .;1l
Pusume the -esoorsibility of ordering
L'Ltle 'o be reuoroed to Lexington or some
other place for safe keeping. The Court
has leat without making any provision for
the keeping of county paupers or idiots,
which leaves many parsons in destitute cir
cumstanoes.
ATTEMPT TO BURY JUDGE BURNETT.
A guard was detailed to dig the grave of
Judge Burnett, the spot selected being by
the side of his sweetheart, wbo died one
year ago. Ladies and citizsens who came
to town to-day to attend the funeral have
beaten a hasty retreat. Lawlessness and
disorder are so rife that the remains of the
late County Judge will have no followers
save an armed guard who will avenge his
death. Everybody is leaviong the town,
and there is a cessaton of all businese. as
it is all people can dote protect their lives
from the wanton cruelty of the rabble.
An appeal has been made to Gover.nor Mo
Crarv for State troops to enforce the law
and arrest the uinlderers. At the present
w i.;lg Little has not been returned to she
Letingtuo jail. When be cornes it will be
surrounded by baponete.
HindooacientiatselaiSm that the earib Is
4,OOQ,000 years .dd. An.lent. ,William
Alen, of Ohioa sthe earthJp b ei t
repair tJoday a ltb was gi5 alteewr
it: was -made, snd hi doe a'tseanwh7s f
a w o > a
NEW NOR'-WESTERS.
-Friendship is the wine of life.
-Gratz Brown has fallen heir to an Keg
lish estate worth $45,000.
-Gen. Harlan, an American, is in com
mand of Shere Ali's army.
-" How to get fat"-Go to the butcher
shop and purchase it by the pound.
--Will Carleton, the "Betsy and I Are
Out" poet, is traveling in Scotland.
-It is said that Mr. Black received $20,
000 for his novel, "Macleod of Dare."
-In furnishing a house the most hat
ractive fuiaitura should be" placed in the
hall.
-It is estimated that 70,000 boxes of
raisins have been made in California this
year.
-" I don't like winter," said one pick.
pocket to another. "Everybody has his
hands in his pocketsc
-Colonel Ingersoll proposes to pause in
his mad career and indulge in the practice
of law in Washington.
-Mr. Alex. K. McClure, of the Philadel
phia Times, is soon to apprcach the matri
monial attar.-N. Y. Com.-Ade.
-Senator Chaffee is said to be receiviig
$4500 a day fiom a silver mine in which he
is interested. Bis pay as Senator is $12 a
day.
-." Harry," the body-servant of Alexan
der H. Stephens, is, by his own thrift and
saving, a richer man than he whom he
serves.
-Edison's application for a patent for
his electric light has been favorably passed
upon by the Patent office and the patent
was issued.
-Ex-Governor Andrew G. Curtin, of
Pennsylvania, has served formal notice of
contest on Seth H. Yocum for a seat in the
neat Coig'"ess.
-The tgrand Lodge of Chinese Masons
met at Vallejo, Cal., on the 1st, and was at
teided by many Chinese diguitaries from
va ious sections.
-The Ameer should not have put his
trust in Russian Princess. Instead of helt
in¢ him Russia seems inclined .to divide up
the country with England.
-Accident insurance companies have
put ki'gs and emperors down in the fourth
class of risks, along with engineers, brake
men, flrcmen and book agents.
-Mr. Horace W. Tabor, the new Lieut.
Governor of Colorado, was in 1854 a stone
cutter in Augusta, Me. In 1859 he went to
Colorado, where lhe became a miner and a
rich man, if $2,000,000 mean riches.
-Chbales Francis Adams appears to be
slipping from the grin of Massachusetts.
He bought $40,000 worth of Kansas City
lots recently, and will build a cotton mill,
with cottages for the operatives.
-Virginia is in a queer fix, it being al
leged that a clause in the new Constitution
provides thai. he Legislature sball meet bi
entrify. ir thel meantimethib'rSt esr
ury is emopty, and the government in a
"bad box" entirely.
-In 1862 Vermont had an average of one
divorce for about every 21 marriages. Last
year's statistics showed an average of one
in every 15 marriages. Vermont is rather
old-fashioned, but hopes to be as far a
vanccd as Illinoia one of these days; ai...
the figures do indicate progress.
-Caun any one give the solution of the
following charade ? It has gone the rounds
extensively, and as yet no one has been
found sharp enough to furnish an an
swer :
" Man cannot live without my first-by day and night
"Man cannot live without my first-by day ard night
'tis used.
My second is, by all accounts, by day and night
abused.
My whole is never seen by day and never used by
night;
'Tis lear to friends when far away and hateful when
in sight."
-Don't point your gun at yourself.
Don't point your gun at anyone else. Don't
ca ry your gun so that its range includes all
your hunting companious. Don't try to
find out whether your gun is loaded or not
by shutting one eye and looking down the
barrel with the other. Doni't use your gun
for a walking stick. Don't climb over a
fence and pull your gun through muzzle
foremst. Don't throw your gun into a
boat so that the trigg ir will catch on the
seal and the charge be deposited in your
stomach. Don'L use your gun fora sledge
ha'nme-. Don't carry yac t' gun full cocked.
Don't carry your gun with the hammer
doss n. Don't be a fool. Don't you Forget
it.
Joh Billlng's Proverbs.
Truth is sed to be stranger than fickshun
-it is to most phoiks. "
If yu undertake to hire a man to be hon
est, yu will hay to raise hiz wages every
morning, and watch him dredphull close
besides.
I hay finally cum to the konklushuu that
if I kant prove a thing without betting $5
on it, the thing hez got a dredphul weak
spot somewhares.
Tbe reputashbun that'a man gits from hiz
ancestors of.en wants az much altering to
fit him as their old clothes would. It is
truly thus.
Yung man, set down, and keep still; you
will hay plenty of chances yet to make a
phool ov yourself before yu die.
It is a wise man who profits bi his own
experience-but it is a good deal wiser
one who lets the rattlesnaik bite the other
phellow.
I never question a suckcess enny more
than I do the right ov a bull dog to lie in
his own gateway. No, T don't.
The things i kant prove I beleave the
most; I beleave that one apple is sour, and
another one is sweet, but ; will give enny
highly eddikated man a span ov matched
mules who will tell me what makes them
so.
The best thing a know orv is a fast-rate
wife, and the next best thing is a sekond
rate one.
Causbun is a good thing for a man to
hay, but when be has got so muah ov it
that he is afrade to totch a cast-iron lion,
for fear it will bite, ignorance is what'Ethe
matter ov him.
There fi 2 things in this world for wfleh
we are never fully prepared} and. tat i
twins.
There ain't nothing so ceap asbd spo
ling,aLd it it is sueh an eIlmeteuI b
as tome shrewd kritieks bad,
they owe l to ihseir an4
itspt itat ones and W *4
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MAKING CITIZENS 07 COEDTAMEN.
THE ONE WHO FRIST SERVED ON A JURY
WUNO AH LING'8 NATURALIZATION
N. Y. Sun, Nov. 20.
Our residents from the Celestial Empire,
in their undemonstrative manner, have
evinced much chagrin at the publication of
an announcement that Wong Ah Yee was
the first Chinaman to be admitted a citizen
of this country. They read with much in
terest tbe account published in yesterday's
Bun, of John Ah Wah, who alleged that he
knew of several who, like himself, had not
only sworn allegiance to the United States,
but who had adopted with pride its cuns
toms and manners. It is estimated that
there are at least 5000 Chinese in this city
and Brooklyn. They are a quiet, patient
rad~w r Diaola. Of these there are a
' o ~1 long to thliaristocracy and edu
cated classes of China, and who still retain
their prejudice of race. Accompanying A.
P. Sutherland, of 90 Centre St., who is the
authorized interpreter of the Chinese of
this city, a visit was made yesterday to
Wung Ah Ling, of 20 Mott St., the Com
missioner of the Chinese Emigration Socie
ty of San Francisco, and the acknowledged
agent, adviser, and friend of his country
men. He occupies the entire house, a
three-story brick, one with a clean, freshly
painted door. The green blinds, partly
closed, gave an air of comfort to the whole
premises. The door was opened by a neat
Chinese se. vant. The hall is thickly car
peted, and a gay chandelier is suspended
from the ceiling. The parlor is a large,
handsomely furnished, thickly carpeted
apartment. On the chimney-piece stand
:hree large vases, pa:ntrd with ercellent
taste. The wal's are hung with Chinese
paintings of a peculiar richness of color,
apd the fur.'; ,re is of r 'shed rnsewood
and black walnut,covered with crimson rep.
Commissioner Wang Ah Ling, who was
dressed in the costume of an American
geotleman, heartily greeted the visitors and
introduced his wife, a p-etty brunette of
German parentage, who took intense de
light in showing her infant daughter, only
four months old. Commissioner Wung Ah
Ling spears English fluently. He had read
the announcement that Wong Ab Lee had
been made a citzer ani w"' ':dignant at
the averment that he was the first China
man to assume such a character. "My
cousin, Quong Lee," he said, " was made a
citizen in 1873. Two years afterward he
served as a juryman, ard was the first Chi
naman that ever acted in this capacity in
Eurooe or America. I was made a citizen
in 1876, and could name several of my
countrymen, risen to positior a of distine
tion, who are citizens. Here," WVung Ah
L;ug added, producing a document from a
wallet locked in a drawer sad covered with
a delicate silk handkerchief, "is my citi
zen or naturalization paper. I love it
greatly. for it is the talisman to a great era
in the history of our country." To him it
ra. th. i most pryeine document in the
world. He would not lose it for a fortune,
as it had given him a p 'estige among h's
countrymen, which, he proudly I emarked,
could not be matched. It has been used by
him on several occasions in voting, when he
'" knew the men were good." It was is
sued in St. Louis, Mo., oa March 9, 1876.
"ommissioner Ling spoke with pride of
fung Wing. now accredited Mi ister to
China, who was made a citizen ten years
ago, and who has voted in Connecticut for
four years.
GAIN ED, SMOTEHEPED flT A VAULT.
HOW THE .CHCAGO KNIGHTS OF THE GREEN
CLOTH TRY TO ESCAPE THE POLICE-A
DANGEROUS EXPERIMENT.
Chicago Dispatch.
Among the desperate devices resorted to
by faro bank proprietors to evade the vig
.erous raids of the police, one is to lock up
the inmates in fire-proof vaults, which are
supplied with ventilating holes for this
purpose. The other morning at one o'clock
George Hankin's den was raided and sev
enteeo players were bundled into the vault,
the door iockcd, and the police admitted,
Hankins and a negio sevant remaining on
t~e outside. Instead of going away, as
usual, on finding the room deserted, the
offieers, who were up to the dodge, sat
down and wait ad. Noticing the ventilat
ing holes, they stuffed paper into them and
again sat down. In about an hour the air
in the vault had become so vitiated that the
prisoners became despere.'e and from the
inside came fain, cries of '" Let us out; we
are nearly dead!" Even then the proprie
tor refused for a dime to liberate them, and
when be did ;he seventeen inmates rushed
out in a state bordering on suffocation. One
old man was nearly dead and all were terri
bly exhausted. They were taken to bhe
station to be arraigned next morning in the
police court. The confinement of seven
Leen men in an air tight vanlu only eleven
feet square was a dangerous experiment,
which faro-bank patrons will hardly con
sent to try again, and a disastrous result
will be of value in aiding the police in
their efforts to supprePs gambling in Chi
cago.
Is THERE A HOLE TtROUGH MERCURY?
In the course of his observations during the
recent transit of Mercury, Mr. i:. A. Proc
tor, the eminent astronomer, noted a very
interesting circumstance. A bright spot
was seen on the planet's disc, which ap
peared to be perfectly central and of sen
salble size. It looked he says, just as if the
disk were a round piece of black card, and
the bright spot a hole pierced through with
the compass point m striking the cir
cumference. One feature seemed decisive
of the subjective nature of the bright spot
when a small cloud passed part of the sun's
face, nearly the whole of which was in the
ield of view, the spo,. perceptibly diminish
ed iti brightness, though not crossed by .he
cloud. Another feature was, that as the
spot thui waed and waned, it was trian
gnlarts shape, but when the lustre of the
sot was steady, Mr. Proctor could not dis
tietly recognize this peculiarity. The ap
piaraitq of the spot was not modified when
the planet was allowed to approach the
of mthe rather wide "field." Com
eIng upopn remUarkable observatiop,
i4t0rie9 jiper muggests that Mse ry
saw i hetroughi ibt, and that the
'iag havelseeuinotbingsmore or
the abates troe;K hiie
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WHAT THE WITS SAY.
The South must stop raising hell and go
to raising pumpkins.--R. B. Hayes.
A letter received at the Post-Office yes
terday directed to Be Jabers was delivered
to B. J. Beers.-Troy Press.
The: dairy-maid pensively milked the goat,
And poutine she paused to mutter,
"I wish, you brute, you would turn to milk,"
And the animal turned to butt her.
We understand two blarsted Englishmen
have been caught fishing in Umbagog Lake,
on the American side. Now, Mr. Evarts,
file your set off. We've got'em,-Boston
Pest.
"Where shall we find rest?" asks a
religious weekly. My dear sir, the very
best place to find rest, and plenty of it, is
to become clerk in a dry goods store that
don't advertise.
"How Jonah lost his Umbrella," was
the title of a sermon which drew to a
Newport, (R. I..) church many people who
never suspected that the preacher referred
t' the prophet's gourd.
A Jordan valley man tied one end of a
rope around his waist and lassoed a cow
with the other. He thought at first he had
the cow, but at the end of the first half
mile he began to suspect that the cow had
him.-Idaho Avalanche.
"Mother, what is an angel?" "An
angel? Well, an angel is a child that flies."
"But, mother, why does papa always call
my governess an angel?" "Well" ex
plained the mother, after a moment's
pause, "she ii going to fly immediately."
A FUNNY wTOQY AOUT EDISON.
WHAT BE DID ON HIS WEDDING DAY.
Among Edison's first inventions was a
contrivance for procuring perforations on
paper. Among the girls he engaged to work
with it was one who attracted his notice
one day, and he gazed at her until she be
came confused, whereupon he abruptly
asked her:
" What do you think of me little girl.
Do you like me ?"
" Why, Mr. Edison, you frighten me.
I-that is-I-"
"Don't be in any hurry about telling
me. It doeru't matter much, unless you
would like to marry me."
'rho young woman was disposed to laugh,
but Edison went on:
" Oh, I mean it. Don't be in a rush,
though. Think it over; talk to your
mother over it, and let me know as soon as
convenient-Tuesday, say. How will
Tnetday suit you, next week Tuesday, I
n'ean ."
Ed;son's shop was at Newark in those
days, and one night a friend of his, em
oloyed , the main office of the Western
Union Telegraph Company, in New York,
returning home by the last tram, saw a
light in Edison's priiata laboratory, and
ol'mbed the dingy stairs to find h1s friend
in one of his characteristic stupors, half
awake and half dozing over some intricate
point in electrical science which was baf
fling him.
" Hello, Tom !" cried the visitor cheeri
ily, " what are you doing here this late?
A-en't you going home ?"
" What time is it?" inquired Edison,
sleepily lnbbing his eyes and stretching
like a lion suddenly aroused.
"Midnight, easy enough. Come along."
" Is that so?" retuaned Edison, in a
sleepy sort of way. "By George, I must
go home then. I was married to-day."
Lules on Playing Pole'.
1. Don't buy but half as many chips at
the start as the cth 'r players. The expec
tation is thai you will w. n, and if you lose
it is better that you borrow or "owe" up.
2. Never ante until some one tells you
to, and then say that you have, and stick
to it, which wil) generally prsuade some
one else to come in twice.
3. Toward the end of the evening it is
always better to "owe" up your ante for
a minute than to "put " up, as the wmner
of the pot frequently forgets to charge the
debt, and none of the ul h tr players will re
mind himn a thep may w~ih tn d~n the name
thing.
4. When the credit system begins to
Ireep in, as it generally does about the
middle of the game, you should "owe up"
if possible, and bet chiefly against those
who always "put up." This is one of the
mcsl important il,s. To win in cash and
lose on credit is the great secret of suc
cessful poker playing.
5. In dealing always obsei ve the bottom
car 1, which you can easily do before the
cut. 'I'ben, by noticoeg how thick a cut is
made, you can tell whether that card goes
out. This may help you in tbe draw.
6. Keep a sharp eye on the discards.
This may be of sei vice if your draw is not
satisfactory.
7. When you are "in luck," watch
your oppoi .unity, from time to time,to put
some of your checks in yt ur pocket with
out being seen. This will enable you to
" owe up" if your luck turns, and will
prevent the others from borrowing from
you.
8. When any one wants to buy more
checks, and you have plenty, get him to
buy of you, if possible, in preference to the
bank. It enables you to conceal the amount
of your winnings, and besides, the bank
may not be able to pay up.
9. When you are " chipping out" for
drinks, etc., lin a cigar in your pocket
every once in a while. You are sure to be
so much ahead of the game, and they come
in very handy, even when when you don't
smoke.
10. Never permit anything to make you
forget for a moment that the whole object
of the game is to save your money and se
cure some one else's, and let everything
you do, however trifling, tend to this de
strable point.
11. When the game is over, If you are
winner, deny it entirely, or fir the fig
ures as low as possible; if you are loser,
declare that you have lost twice as much as
you really have. This rule is never de
parted from. The money lost at a game
of poker always foots-up twice as much as
the money won.
i1. When it is inconvenient to avoid
paying your pokor debts entirety, use di
orimination in the matter. 'Debts to per
smgr whom you s.e not likely to meetoften
s avoid. ay playes feel ad
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A MAN WITH A MOVABLE EEAHT.
THE CONGENITAL MONSTROSITY THAT IS
INTERESTING GEORGIA MEDICAL STU
DENTS.
From the Augusta Chronicle, Nov. 30.
Dr. Elias Thomas, tle man who posses
ses the faculty of transferring his heart
from place to place in his body at will,gave
an exhibition before the students at the
Medical College. Dr. Thomas says that he
was born in Calcutta, India, and is 39 years
of age. He has recently been studying
medicine at the College of Edinburg,where
he took his degree.
Commencing his experiment, he made a
peculiar wave action of the abdominal muE
cles 15 or 20 times. The abdomen was ex
amined and found to be perfectly soft and
natural. Then, after a momentary con
traction, there was made to appear a com
plete shield of -ibs, coveling two-thirds of
the front of the abdomen. Previous to
this the heal i was felt and found to be in
its proper place, beating naturally. Im
mediately afterwards Drs. Campbell, Black
and Col. Rain- placed ihair bands over the
left lumbar region, whereupon, low down
on that side, a la-ge tumor, larger that a
man's fit, appeared under the hand, pulsa
ted like the beating of a heart and synchro
nously with the beat of the pulse at the
wrist. After this the tumor was taken over
to the right side of the abdomen and there
left as before. Then the wonderful man
carried the heart back into the chest,trans
ferring it from the left side to the right side
and back again to the left. Dr. Thomas
also gave an exhibition of volautary heart
stoppage. The hea.n's action and pulse at
the wrist disappeared. He was much fa
tigued when the exhibition was over. He
says that his heart is without a pericardi
um and his chest without a diaphragm.
A Y cr's .u1p rs,: "ci.
A reporter was talking with an old miner
a few days ago who implicitly believed that
no death ever took place in the mines with
out a warning of some kind. "You see,"
he said, "death never comes of a sudden
upon the men in the mines. You reporters
write up a cidents and how something gave
way or fell quick and killed somebody.
Now, this ain't so. Tlhere's always some
warnnug. When I see my lantern begin to
burn down low aid blue. I know that there
is danger ahead. If it keeps on for a few
days and then begins to waver and flicker,
I'll watch to see where it points. Now,
you may set me up for a fool, but what I
am telling you is gospel t, uth. When " the
flame leans over, as if it was being worked
by a blowpipe, and points to a man, death
has marked him. Some yea's ago, when
Bill Hendricks was killed in the Savage,
the flame of my lantern pointed right to him
for over an hour, and when he moved the
flame would follow him just as if Bill was a
loadstone and ihe fl ma w s a m triner's
needle. I knew be was gone,. and told him
to be careful about the blast. Well, he
got through all right and got on Lhe cage.
As we got up the candle kept acting strange
ly, and at times the flame would strech out
and towards Bill. At leuv .h it gave a sud
den flicker and Bill reeled to one side and
was caught in the timbe.s. I beard his
dreadful cry ashe disappeared down the
shaft, and while he was bounding from side'
to side, di bing out hus brains and scatter
ing his flesh to the bat'om, my light went
out. I never lit that hli.e.a again. It
bangs up in my cabin, and it always will.
There's more in a candle flame th?n people
think. I'd rather see a cocked revolver
pointed at me than a candle flame ; a revol
ver sometimes misses, but a candle flame is
sure to kill when it starts toward a m an.'
Virginia Citty, Nea., Chronicle.
Eico.:c Light.
NEW YORK, Dec. 14.-Edison, who is
resting confidently in the conviction that
his subdivision of the electric light is an
accomplished fact, isnow experimenting to
obtain a better generating machine. He
has more than doubled the capacity of any
generators previously known. He claims
he can already get more than six lights per
horse-power; that a hundred horse-power
engine and proper generators would cost
$5,000, and the light would not sat more
than one-eighth of gas at present New
York prices.
Wesley W. Gary, of Boston, whose elec
tric motor has recently attracted attention,
also claims to have solved all the d'91culties
in the way of the general use of the electric
light. He makes no secret of his discoveries
or inventions. His latest claim is that he
has successfully applid his own electric
motor to th producti'n o' the necessary
power for generating electricity for lighting
purposes. The principle on which his motor
is based is claimed to be the discovery of
the exis ence of the neutral line at the
point in the magnetic field where its polar
ity changes. This principle is antagonistic
to the heretofore eoopted theory that
magnetism is a static force. Gary claims
be generates electricity at absolutely no
expense save the machine itself.
UNIQUE REMEDY FOR A LOST VOICE.
Miss Ballie E. Patterson, of Boone coun
ty, lost her voice on the 10th of July last.
She has since that time been unable to
speak in an audible tone of voice. At the
suggestion of her attending physician she
went before the Boone County Medical As
sociation for examination. The associa
tion suggested the idea of an electric-gal
vanic battery, which was tried, together
with other remedies, without any percept
ible benefits. Recently while in Columbia
she met a Mrs. Liume, who proposed to
cure her by ardent spirits. Miss Sallie,
having but little confidence in the virtues
of that from which so much evil results,
did not accept the offer of her generous ben
efactor. Their remedies having failed, a
few days since she determined to try the
spiits, the result of which was the recov
ery of her voice while in the worst stage of
intoxlcation.--8. L. RepuMblican.
Ax AMxusae Tmrn.--A gentleman en
tered a grocery store at North Vernon,Ind.,
the other day and asked for a gallon of mo
lasses. Having drawn it, the grocer asked
him what he would takthoe iit home . "I
my hat," replied tue customer, ealmsl
holding out a new silk hat, in which the
grocer, not to be out 4ioue i soang ftied,
i oared the fluid. Thibu bthe cstomer-Jp
med the bat oa the guoeii 's lea., sad e.i.
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DEER LODGE, MONTANA.
TERMS-Payable invariably in advac ee.
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NEWSPAPER DECISIONS.
1. Any one who takes a peper regularly from the Pos0,
oce--whether directed to his name or another's, of
whether he has subscibed or not-is responsible for the
payment.
2. If a person orders his paper discontinued, as mu5s
pay all arrearages, or the publisher will continue to send
it until payment is made, and collect the whole amount
whether the paper is taken from the office or not.
3. The courts have decided that refucing to take the
newspapers or periodicals from the Post-ofRice,.or remov
ing and leaving them uncalled for, is primafacia evidence
of intention;.l fraud.
Papers ordered to any address can be changed to anoth
er address at the option of the subscriber.
Remitances by draft, check, money order, or registered
letter, may be sent at our risk. All Postmasters are re
quired to register letters c2 appllcation.
EVE-ANGELICAL CORNER.
Hand painted buttons are a novelty.
There is still a rage for Scotch plaids.
The new corduroy cloth is very fashiona
bl,
'l be French twist is going out of fash
ion.
Buff kids are worn with garnet cos
tumes.
Fur-linedand fur trimmed wraps will be
fashionable.
Black velvet lakes the lead-is the ton
among bonnets.
The Whitehall Reviet hints that Victoria
is getting queer.
Colored glass bonnets, bullet shaped, are
very fashionable.
The chatelaine braid worn down the back,
is again in style.
Colored fringes are used in light shades
for evening dress.
The "Cottage" bonnet is one of the
reigning favorites.
The most hideous bugs are popular orna
ments for bonnets.
Engraved metal buttons with raised gilt
figures are very stylish.
Undressed kid gloves are very stylish,
and worn on all occasions.
The new style of wearing the hair smooth
is very trying to plain faces.
Flat buttons of colored jet come special
ly for use on Scotch plaid dresses.
The most stylish galloons are mossy
looking, forming a ruche like trimming.
A new town in Nevada has been named
Onegirlia, because there is one girl there.
Mrs. Sallie Ward Armstrong, the famous
Kentucky belle, is about to be married for
the fourth time.
The girls like the new song, " Put your
armor on, my boys." It scunds so much
like " Pat your arm around me, boys."
New fans of painted silk, with ivory
sticks, have a bird perched on one side
when the fan is folded, but when open the
bir'd is in the middle of the fan.
A fashionable couple gave a dinner party
recently, and on the table were $40 worth
of flowers and only $10 worth of eatables.
The guests enjoyed the-ride home.
A henpecked husband said in extenuation
of his wife's raids upon his scalp, " You
see she takes her own hair off so easily she
doesn't know how it hurts to have mine
pulled out."
A Grenada (Miss.) paper says business
in that place is britk, and save the appear
ance of ladies on the streets dressed in
deep mourning, a et'ngaer would hardly
believe thai the muffled reaip.
such sad havoc as It. recently did in that
city.
Mo.pcire Dr:nking.
Agriculturalist.
But I set out to speak of a habit which
prevails to an alarming extent among
women-the use of morphine to quiet pain
of one kind or another. I can easily ibm g
ine that the-habit may grow from ignor
ance of danger. A fearful pain is lulled
by seemingly simple means--an oiate in
the shape of morphine. The suffering one
rests easy, and pitying friends may believe
that morphine was just the thing needed.
But has the opiate cured the disease which
caused the pain? Not a bit of it. It has
only beaten dawn and silenced the faithful
monitors, the nerves, which, in the shape
of pain, told of injury and begged that help
be given to the injured part. Mothe:s, it
is believed that those who are most likely
to become the victims of morphine are wom
en who, as children were lulled with sooth
ing syrup (and let it always be remember
ed that this syrup derives its "soothing"
power from the morphine contained), or
dosed with paregoric or the more potent
laudanum. They never learn to bear pain
heroically. They grow up inclined to
self-indulgence, a Id if hard work and sick
ness overtakes them, they fall an easy
p'ey to morphine. Do y u know that a
person who becomes addicted to morphine
cannot be decant wthout it? It is said
that a morphine drunkard can never be
trusted to tell the truth. She becomes at
last so unbearable in disposition, when not
under the influence of her medicine,
that her friends make every effort to
gratify he morbid appel'te. All this that
I have said applies equally to the use of
opium, morphine being but another form
of opium. Neither should be used, except
in some emergency, when given by a skill
ful physician.
A Bevival of .issing.
Phil. Times.
In the course of human events a girl is
certain to get kissed more or less-probably
more-but it isn't always that the fact gets
before a court and into the newspapers, for
all that. Such things do happen sometimes
to the everlasting disgrace of men who go
about kissing the wrong girl. More than a
year ago Thomas Epply of Lycoming coun
ty kissed Delilah Boswell. Delilah was
bending over a washtub at the time doing
the toswell family wash, and didn't think
much about the matter. It was an exceed
ingly lucky think for Thomas, because it
would be very much like any girl infuriated
by a kiss to pour soapsuds over the offend
er or duck him in the tub. After.a year.
however,Delilah suddenly revived the mem
ory of the kiss in all its dreadful details,
suddenly blushed, suddenly grew awfully t
indignant, and in an impetuous sort of a
way concluded to prosecute the man who
had taken the kiss, for damages. The case
came before the Court of Quarter Sessions
at Williamsport a few days ago, and the
jury-having been around a washtub itself
some in its time, probably-decided' that -
Thomas w-l not guilty, and that Detilah
should pay the costs. This i a deligron
that decides. sad it is not only a warning 1
to preaepitat young women who get Indig
nant at nothing a year after It happens, but
is gives kissing a fairehanee to reaivklaong
with the threatepsd revrival be
sieesw The Lynointag .ouaty tAs
doas m he aenlisae of lt it ate ge a tm
sInvles in s ting me'sh t fiat
his, and patj of it.
The Amrest ss tM
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