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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-11-25
HARRIS.
0l8-PPicG, SQQaE8-Daaing,
CLOTHIER,
ST. LOUIS BLOCK,
MAIN STREET.
MAIN STREET.
DID IT EVER sTIKE YOU

That year by year the habits of People
vary ss do the Fashions 7 Time was
vbsn about the only chance a man had
to get Suit OF Clothing without paying
four prices would be TO haegle for an
hour. and finally spirit of compromise
or fatigue induce the contending parties
to compromise.
Different here, and it is our proud
honor to state we we're the Pioneers in
this system OF ONE PRICE. We have
gone ahead Of any OF our competitors
and mark all our goods in PLAIN FIG
vREs. True there are some Of the SLOW
Much Will You Give" class Of clothiers
those relies OF barbaric clothing days
but their days are numbered; and ere
many moons have come and gone they
will be laid away and have joined the
silent majority.
But talking Of changes. Dontcher-
know it is time to change your Overcoats
Has not this storm suggested to you the
propriety Of looking at those Overcoats
the merits Of which we have been pro
claiming all the season Take look al
ANNE of our Fur Trimmed Overcoats
They will make your mouth water
That one at $3.50 is a Bird We have
sold stacks of them already this season
and have stacks left.
Then We have a Fur Collar Coat a
AIS that is a Gem. But all our Spe
cialties are gems, and one of the frs
water is coat, Otter Cuffs and Collar
English Beavercoth, which We are sell
ing cheaper than we did last year, not
withstanding the fact that fur an'
cloth have both advanced in price.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-11-25
The TeeIIng al Greni rnlIs.

GREAT FAILS, Nov. a.-lSpccinl, Pub
lie sentiment here supports strongly the
firm position taken by Gov Toole md the
lawful representatives.. The democrnts are
opposed TO any and all compromises, and
consider the Iron Block gathering trea-
sonable nssemblage, and look for il 90 fall
90 pieces Of its own accord. Sanders paper
publishes some opinions IN his favor, but no
democrats suppose that be will he allowed
20 profit by his own cusscdnfs IS and trench
cry. The democrats are resolved and will
approve their representatives in resisting 10
the last the plot of Sanders and the other
of the state of Montana,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-11-25

Many things We would like TO men
ton we're our space not so limited, but
we must say word about our Neck
wear. In this speciality
WE ARE THE BOSS.
Pshaw, they can't hold a candle TO usl
Just look at our line and you will agree.
The Styles are the latest We are not
accountable for the Patterns, because
our opinion is that the more ridiculous
a garment, or the louder the pattern,
the more apt to be considered as the
"Proper Thing" this year. From the
abbreviated "Chappie" Box Coat TO the
horrid "Banana" patterns that adorn
our Vest and Neckties, as they are
Stylish, we must wear them,
DONCHERKNOW.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-11-25
TANNER OPENS HIS MOUTH.
He Compares Himself with the Lowly
Nasarine-On Harrison's Trail.

lie Compares Himself with the Lowly
Nassrine-On Harrison's Trail.
Nrw YonK, Nov. A.-Corporal Tanner hns
written Il member Of the q. A. X. post al
Auburn, N. ", a long letter in the course Of
which he compares himself with Jesus
Chris, in the following language: lido not
claim that ! was always right. have
heard of one perfect man being on this
earth; he, M you know. was crucifed.
Much can say, but this particular thing
desire TO say: happened 10 know (al-
though he does not know that ! know that
the president was bombardod with letters
from monied men of the ensi; who viewed
with alarm the fact that pension claims
were being allowed toa considerable de-
gree. They wanted the surplus locked MP
in the treasury, in order that they might
find ready market and much larger rate
of interest for their wealth, and you boys
must be awake 10 the fnct that we have got
to meet some things IN the halls Of
congress, and there IL "A battle Ia be- fought.
There nre 1900 nnnd iusted claims IN that
Office. aud IL is physical impossibility for
mnny Of them to be settled in the lifetime
Of the claimants. | repeat, we have got to
have battle, and weak-hearted men had
better 10 10 the renr. | desire 10 sny to you
that look back on my brief term only with
regret that II was not longer, and regret IL
solely because Of the fact that thereby my
opportunity 30 help some of my comrades
wns abridged. My heart nches when
think Of the fact that the Office Is ngnin nt
work grinding out the old time pensions Of
81. 50, S3.2b and S3.bO per month, The
npothecnrys scales hnve not been laid aside
as yet. ! sent them 30 the garret, but they
didn't have much time for dust 10 gather
an tlotn
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-11-25
Mis. rngle'. Benefit a, Harmonic.

The performance mt Harmonic hall last
night for the benefit Of Miss Engel, the
favored member OF the Thalia society, was
n great SUCCESS. When the curtain rose the
hall was filed 10 its utmost capacity. The
programme consisted Of operate selections
and two comedies, entitled, I'm Thoatcr
Cureau" and "EiBc Gluehende kohle. :"
Miss Engel, Mrs. worth, Messrs. Moneschcn,
Ahuea Kramer nnd Cruel deserve great
credit for the beautiful rendition Of their
respective parts. Mr.. Kahn favored the
audience with beautiful aria from the
opern der Trompoter Won Saeckngen."
aud his beautiful rendition brought forth
rounds of applause. Professor Werner.
who introduced himself 10 the public hy the
composition Of the beautiful "Hrondwater
Hotel Waltz" rendered flute solo in
excellent style, and WIS much appnuded.
Miss Engel's rendition uf Baron won 1hed-
litz' songs, go, Fugendzcit" and "Frueh-
lingszeit." was very sweet and showed her
voice b. good advantage. After the enter
tainment the floor waa cleared and dancing
continued TIL after midnight. Prof Ross
ner's orchestra furnishing the music.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-11-25

Children grow to be Boys, Boys pass
on TO Manhood, but they must all be re-
membered. No matter how transitory
their condition, we have 'em all, in all
grades. All the Ladies will tell you:
"The only place to buy Boys Clothing is
at Harris" and they know you can de-
pend upon it,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-11-25

We have several things in Underwear
that would attract the attention OF a
eonnoisseur. Goods that formerly went
for as and $40 can now be had for about
half that money. We have many OF
those effects in Silk. Lace and Stripes
that YOU cannot fud in any place in
Helena except-"You Know Where"
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-11-25
A uroken IeK.

Carl @. SoefinR, who lives at 100 North
Rodney street, met with painful injury
last evening as he WAS leaving ST. Paul's
church. The walk ON Broadway was covered
with ice aud snow and was very slipnery
Mr.. Soeiliing made misstep and fell
heavily upon the walk, breaking his right
leg.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-11-25
Great Fails Not lions.

GREAT FAILS, Nov. 2i.-lspeeial. About
two miles Of track have been laid on the
Great Falls aud Neihart railrond. Tho
force will soon be strong enough to lay two
miles day.
Capt. Couch Iand Charles o. Parsons. of
the Boston "a Montana Co., are in town.
Preliminary work will be begun tomorrow
ON the site of the company's smelter and
refinery.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-11-25

wAsmNoros, Nov. 2i.-Second Assistant
Postmastor-General Whitfield, in his annu.
al report, shows the expenditures for the
Star route service, June 20, 1889, was
S5,22s.Ss7i number Of routes, 1907, aggre-
gate length, 23S,33li appropriations for the
last fiscal year, $5,4OO,OO0; expended, $5,l77,-
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-11-25

Another thing that will attract you is
our stock of Nobby Cardigans. Without
a doubt we can show two styles where
YOU can find one elsewhere, while we
show some styles that you cannot find
as Fine in Quality anywhere. We mean
this and stand ready 10 prove il
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-04-09

What passed between Sarah Paris and
Harry Curwen on this ride this writer
cannot tell. This is because he does not
know. But he does not believe that my
thing passed which the excited novel
reader would call critical. He thinks that
the talk was now grave and now gay, nov
personal, and now rambling over the
other fringes of the entertainment in
which the two had been directors. Some
times Harry Curwen would skirmish up
to the very edge of finding out how far
Miss Paris was enraged, and then the
young man who was no after all, so
skillful as he thought he was, would find
that they were talking about the blue rib
bons on Miss Crowninshield's dress.
Sometimes he fancied that the inevitable
scolding which he knew he deserved, was
going to come, and just then they would
emerge from the wood through which
they had been riding, and the glory of the
moonlight upon the. ice below would call
out one of her enthusiastic shouts of Joy,
and she would compel him to join her in
wonder that the world could be so beauti-
full. On the whole, as she gave him both
hands in bidding him goodbye, Harry
Curwen felt that all would be well in the
future between them, and he drove his
span of bays to the stable, and gave his
last orders to Knapp the hostler, much
more cheerfully than he had given them
in the morning, when he had gone around
to be sure that the equippage would be
ready in time.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-04-09

life, till every nerve and pulse was aglow.
All anlmosities or jealousies with which
they might have. started were forgotten,
and they had and knew they had before
them hours upon hours of undiluted ex-
hilaration.
1t will not do, after a hundred years, to
try to explain to the decorous modern
reader how the partners were selected, or
how they were changed after they were
selected. Suffice it to say that, by the
generous equality of democracy, which
had taken the place of the condescension
OF ante-Revolutionary times, the ladies
drew lots for the head of the dance. For
certain purposes connected with the dance,
similar lots were then drawn for the gen
tlemen, and as everybody knew every
body, there were no inconvenience in
this arrangement. But it soon appeared
that, by processes, which need not be ex-
planned to this reader, the right gentle
mar and the right lady danced with each
other pretty much as they would, and the
arbitrary decision of the lot did not make
any contretemps, while it did make a
good deal Of good-natured fun. Thus, in
point OF fact, the number which Sarah
Paris drew was twenty-seven, which
would have put her well down the line of
dancers. But Ruth C~rowinshield, who
drew Number One, came to Sarah at once,
and said that she hoped she would ex-
change numbers with her-that she was
herself a little tired and cold, and would
rather sit by the fire for a few minutes,
and not be obliged to begin quite as soon
as the others. Our pretty Sarah was not
unused to such negotiations. She we'll
appreciated the courtesy by which Ruth
recognized the truth, that she would guide
the set better han a more inexperienced
person would do, and, after due courtesy
on both sides the EXCHANGE was made. Of
course, as the reader will say, the mems
Number One fell upon a certain Mr.. Bel
lamy from the West Indies, about whom
the girls had been disposed to make a
great deal of fun, as if he were stupid or
awkward. Accordingly MI. Bellamy
took Miss Sarah to the to the head of the
dance, and other couples fell in almost
Immediately. All were a little curious to
know what dance the manager would
name. The manager was of course Harry
Curwen. He named "The Country
pumpkin" with distinct malice toward
Mr.. :Bellamy. For it was supposed that
the dance would be the special favorite of
a "person of fine form and graceful
figure" and Harry Curwen chose to i'm
agine that Mr.. Bellamy had neither. But
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-04-09
CHAPTER II.
A NEW

Perhaps Sarah Paris, as she gave both
hands to Harry, and as she turned and
went upstairs, did not consider that the
" incident wa exhausted" as entirely as
he did. But, with the same self-control
which she had exercised ever since the
sudden announcement of the sleigh-ride,
she held herself on pleasant thoughts Of
the various successes of the party, and
fairly laughed aloud, as to her poor sleepy
aunt she told its brief history. For, as
the girl went to her own bedroom, she
stopped for a moment to tell Mrs. Chip
man that all was we'll, and that they had
all returned safely after a perfectly
splendid time"
The reader may believe it or not, but
true it is that the good girl undressed her
self quickly, did not stop a moment to look
out at the moon, knelt by her bedside and
repeated her accustomed prayer, and in
less than a minute was sound asleep. If
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-04-09

the ride and conversation with Harry
Curwen had seemed to her in any sense
critical, the crisis wa mo- n which him
dered much the regular course of her
healthy life. Nor had she any dreams
which she remembered, whether of
sleigh-bells or of sunset, whether of flip
or of roasted turkey, whether of country
pumpkin" or of the courtly cavalier. She
slept the sleep of the righteous and Of the
young, dreamless and indeed m~otionless,
her, and asked if she thought she were
enough rested to dress herself for dinner.
The girl started with .amazement that she
had slept all the morning. Such a thing
had never happened since she was born.
And, as dinner went by, she constantly
turned the laugh upon herself by calling
herself the sluggard and the aunt of the
sluggard, or asking her Aunt Huldah if
she had not done rightly in coming to her.
Dear stately old General Thomas, who, at
three-score and ten maintained the ele-
gance Of manners which he had picked up
when he was with the feet before Louis,
burg, asked her, as he always did, who
was the belle. And to the admiring
group of aunt and grand-aunt, grand
uncle and cousins, she told the story of the
great sleigh-ride. She left out what she
chose, she exaggerated where she thought
it fair, and sometimes she would say that
she was the belle, and sometimes that
Jane Endicott was. He said he knew
less of the party at the end of her story
than he knew at the beginning. But all
of them knew that she had we'll enjoyed
it all, and the old general made to her the
compliment which he had made a thou
sand times before, that she had brought
her roses through all the brighter for the
exposure to the night air. All which, in
deed was true.
Was all this gaiety and raillery the
natural outgrowth Of a night of good
sleep, and of sound health well fed and
INDUCED in plentiful supplies of oxygen
and exercise? Or was there in it, not
noticed ever by those who loved her, the
least possible element, just a flavor of de-
fance? Was here the staunch, stout
determination Of a brave girl, who had
highly determined that she would meas
ure herself against the world, and meant
to begin by showing to the world that
she would take hold Of the first duty
which came along. and would do it thor
oughly well? Who shall say? Not this
writer?
Only this is sure, that after the gener-
Gus dinner which Aunt Huldah had or
dered with personal care, after lounging
a little with the rest in the great parlor,
Miss Sarah excused herself in the rather
formal fashion of that day, and found her
way to her w bedroom, where, in the
indulgence which waited on all her wishes
there, she was permitted to keep always
her own fire.
As if she were fore-ordained to do this
thing, as if she were the daughter of
Jephtha. advancing in a sort of triumph
to the altar, she crossed the room to the
table where her Bible lay, she took from
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-04-09

it was clear at once, to all men and angels,
that MI. Bellamy must have had certain
advantages, either in Philadelphia Or Bar
BADGES or London or somewhere, which
had made him quite the equal Of any Of
the Salem beaux in his various curvet-
tings. If there had been any expectation
of showing him at a disadvantage, Mr..
Harry Curwen was disappointed.
But it is no part of this little story to
go into the ms and outs Of the various
dances of that jolly afternoon. The twl-
light, of course, fell almost at once. Mr..
Beers and his assistants lighted n set of
candles, and the young people saw with
satisfaction that another set were left IN
lighted for a relay as the night should
wear on. Dance followed after dance,
partner after partner exchanged as the
lots fell wrong, Harry Curwen yielded the
manageren t to one and another friend,
who had, or supposed he had, personal
purposes to advance by this temporary
control, and by one exchange or bit OF
good fortune or another, it happened that
Harry and Sarah Paris danced together
four or five times as the evening and the
night went by. When the first set of
| candles had burned nearly to the hoops
that held them, a lively march from the
black musicians announced that it was
time to march out to supper. The whole
party moved in procession together,
headed, of course, by Harry Curwen and
Sarah Parris-and this to no modest bit
of ice and sherbet, but to long, well spread
boards, resting on t~restles, loaded with
the substantial food which the kitchens Of
Madam Beers had been preparing now
for thirty-six hours, since the swift mes
senger brought the news from Salem OF
the ride. And there were appetites quite
of the heroic order, ready for the feast.
There were cups of tea from vintages
such as only Salem merchants could have
furnished from their most secret stores.
Neither ladies nor gentlemen declined
flip, which was brought in hot from min
ute to minute: Nobody, let it be said,
drank more of the tempting stimulant
than was good for him; and after halt an
hour or more of such refreshment, they
returned, like so many playful giants, to
the scene of their amusement -Four
hours more of stiff dancing, and Harry
Curwen, mounting upon the seat OF an
armchair which he drew from a corner,
announced, in a mock-heroic speech, that
he was sorry to say that the dance was at
an end. The ladies rushed upstairs, that
they need not hinder their attendants;
the gentlemen found their boots, went out
to the stables and assisted in Harvesting
| their own horses; and so, by the light OF
a half moon which was just rising as they
stood upon the steps of the tavern, they
started for their homeward ride. And
now there was more singing than ever,
everything was gay, and as, between four
| and five o'clock in the morning, the differ
ent gentlemen babe the ladies goodbye,
on the steps of n and another hospitable
home in Salem, it was agreed that there
never had been so successful a slelgh-rlde
! since the memory of man.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-04-09
gdEtry.
A LESSON IN GRAMMAR.

One night, an owl was prowling round
looking for mice, when on the ground
He epied a cat, and straightway flew
Quite close to it. III whit, tn, wnoo!
Ouoth he, "may 1 again ne'er stir,
II here, dressed in a coat OF FUR,
I do not see a four-legged owl.
oh. what q very funny fowl
It makes me laugh, so droll-Ha! ma!
IA ! ha 1T are,-ha f.! ha |! ha ! ha!
It are, it are, it really are
The drollest thing I've seen by far
YOU'RE much mistaken, scornful sir"
The cat said, as she ceased to purr;
EFor though, like one, l often proWl
About at night, / am no owl.
And if l were. why, still would you
Re oueerer creature of the two;
For yeu look, there's no dOnbt or that,
Extremely like a twO-legged cat.
AS for your grammar, pom my word
Excuse this giggle), he-he-he-he,
1t be, it be, it really be
The very worst l ever heard"
-Mdrqaret Eytinge, in st. Nicholas
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1889-12-25
Hang up the Baby's Stocking.

Hang up the baby's stocking;
Be sure you don't forget
The dear little dimpled darling.
She never saw Christmas yet;
But I've told her all about it,
And she opened her big blue eyes,
And I'm sure she understands it.
She looks so funny and wise.
Dear! what tiny stocking!
It doesn't take much to hold
Such little pink toes as baby's
Away from the frost and cold:
But then for the baby's Christmas
1t will never do at all;
Why Santa wouldn't be looking
For anything half SO small.
know what we'll do for the baby;
I've thought of the very best plan;
I'll borrow q stocking of grandma
The longest that ever can;
And you'll hang it by mine, dear mother,
Right here in the corner, So;
And write q letter to Santa,
And fasten it on to the toe.
Write: ''This is the baby's stocking,
That hangs in the corner here.
You never have seen her, Santa,
For she only came this year;
But she's just the bleesedest baby!
And now before you go.
Just cram her stocking with goodies
From the top clean down to the toe"
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1889-12-25
CABLES LAST BOOK.

One of the daintiest of beautiful books
we have seen in many days is GEO. W.
CABLES latest ''Strange True Stories of
louisiana" from the presses of Charles
Scribner's Sons, New York, N. Y. Its
binding is as dainty and as lovely as the
contents are interesting and as its style is
easy and flowing. It is a collection of
new true stories of Louisiana life. The
author tells where he got his material and
shows how patient and indefatigable he
was in his thorough research. We have
not had time to read all the stories. The
first is a tale of 1898 and is descriptive of
perilous journey by father and two
young daughters through the unbroken
wilderness of Louisiana, and opens to US
the fascinating dangers of travel in tmeri-
ca in the early days before this was Re-
public. The last story is the diary of a
Union woman in the Confederacy.
We are of that number who believe that
there is no sectionalism in literature. We
can relish an artists production, if he be
a true artist, even though we may dissent
from the sentiment. CABLE is genius
a writer of great vigor and dramatic pow
er-and his books command ready COM
mendation and genuine praise for their
literary excellence.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1889-12-25
A DELICIOUS DRINK.
CAlinv.,,

How PersimmOn Beer is Made in ssNO'f
Caliny.''
[Sam Green in Spnithfield Herald
We are going to make US a barrel of
Persmmon Beer tomorrow. This always
is fun to me as enjoy the novel; y of the
thing. We hitch up in the wagon, take
buckets baskets tubs &c along in the body
through the woods, and fields to the per-
simmon trees. l always have to do the
climbing and shaking down part, and the
balance pick them up and fill the baskets
and tubs. When we gather all at tree
We pull up camp and go humping along II
the wagon for another tree a mile or so
off. We go to have fun and we always
have it, we don't run any expense in this
and we can enjoy it. We take all the
time we want and get all the pers' mmons
we can. We take next day for making it.
We keep the persimmons in big tub, pour
in water and make it up as you would
bread, only not as thick. Work it up
good, get it thoroughly mixed. Wave it
about as thin as Cruel. You can put in
locusts, potatoes cooked, and several other
things to give it flavor. Put in good
handful of broom straw in barrel to keep
the seed and workings back after it has
worked and ready to be drawn off. 1t
generally takes about a week for it to
work or be ready for drinking. Its mighty
nice when made right and gets the right
age. Persimmon beer and roasted pota-
toes is great luxury with the country
folks in some sections You have often
heard the expression; ''as rough as green
persimmons', and so when they get ripe
they do not quite lose all of their rough
| ness and the beer is rough also and the
negroes are afraid of it, they say, ''sah, it
amt got no greese in it and, sab, it gives
me the stomach complaint, it am toe
rough" This is even 80 and the negro il
right, as he most always is on the eating
and drinking question. You cant foo
| him, he don't miss bad.