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, 1889-12-01

Much foot sensitiyeness could be re-
moved by a daily regular resting of them
in cool water. This simple duty, which
could be utilized as a short reading time,
which obviates much distress, is GER
tainly worth performing. found this
out last summer by taking swimming
lessons. l really W. the value of Chi
ropodists' bills, going out once a month
instead Of twice a week to have my feet
treated, while doing twice as much
walking ia customary.-Fannie Edgar
Th,uIr.
, 1889-12-01

.ica1 Dept; Cheyenne, Hyo.
, 1889-12-01

Aahtl Father, l really do not half
l.kt G.a; -Iiss Shearewell. She's an
wDh al HfGl clip.
fH,.t4 'to.e.nnly)-My dear, do not
b, ruc a. OR girl. She came ~i,pncs;'y
b. b.. t.-ie.. Her fttirr is tho s~'issors
"a q. hrLsu.Iuag Scrlpbag-Pitts
.!i,ini.
, 1889-12-01
WHAT is GOOD.
what 10 the real eoodr'
! ssked In musing mood.

A. H=aa
Order, said the Law court:
knowledge, said the school;
Truth, said the wise man;
Pleasure. said the fool;
Love. said the maiden;
Beauty, said the page:
Freedom, said the dreamer;
Home, said the sage;
Fame, said the soldier;
Equity. the SEER
Spake my heart full sadly:
THE answer Is not here"
Then within my bosom
Softly this / heard:
Each heart holds the secret:
Kindness Is the word"
John Boyle O'Reilly.
, 1889-12-01
EDWARD A. BOWERS
IT. LII ".

Late Inspector Public Land Service. Public
land practice n speciality.
Special attention paid to all kinds or public
l9nd business before the General Land Once
and Interior Department and to the collection
Of claims in the Indian ONCE, Treasury or
before the Court OF Claims,
National Safe Deposit Building,
1860 New York ave. Warrington, DC,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-09-14
UNJUsTLY CONDEMNED.

A Woman Liberated After Being ImprIs-
onsa Thirteen Year- for Poisoning
zone of the most important and interest
log cases in which executive clemency was
ever used 70 further the ends Of justice Is
that Of Henrietta Cook, Of Osborne county,
Kan, says a dispatch from Topeka, dated
Sept 4. Mrs. Cook was, on June %, 1876.
convicted Of murder in the first degree In
the poisoning of her husband, and SEN
fenced TO be hanged. Her story is a ro-
nance Of real life, and 70 it the uncOndf-
tional pardon sranted by Gov. Humphrey
to-day was a fitting sequel. mrs. Cook
was married in August, 1866, in illinois, 70
Hiram Cook, a man much older than her
self, and contrary TO her deliberate choice,
as she welded him out of spite because
she was not allowed to marry the man she
loved
She was beautiful girl of but IA years
OF age at the time, and it is said that her
father forced her TO accept Cook AtaIl
events, Cook neglected, mistrested and
m a itre ated her In 1872 Cook removed 70
Nebraska, and afterwaTd % Osborne county,
Kansas In both localities he had attacks
Of hesTt disease aud palsy he had learned
from hts father, who was similarly affected,
70 take srTychulne, and thought IL helped
him. His netghbOrs did not know Of this
until after his death. In March, 1875, Cook
bad one of these attacks while out rididg
with bis wife and afterWaTd died. Ii ap
peared that IN February, Mrs. Cook, by
heT husbands direction, had bought some
strychnina to poison skunks, for which
she really did use a portion. She admits she
did give her husband one small dose AZ his
request, and testified that he kept the bottle
IN nis pocket or within reseh when In bed
Mrs. Cook WAS accused Of poisoning her
husband When the jury found Mrs.
Cook guilty the general Impression Was
that the verdict WEs just, but afteIwsrd
Carlos Tilden and his brother neighbOrs
returned from buffalo hunt and stated
that Cook had come 10 them on the plains
ana Gsked for strychnine, saying he was
subject to fits and this was the only thing
that would relieve bin. The pdrdODiDR
board says "mOst Of the witnesses against
Mrs. Cook were Of doubtful OF infamous
character" " Gov. Humphrey has been in
VestlgafInR the case. and is confident that
Mrs Cook Is innocent. Sae will be re-
leased from the peniteDtiaTy tomorrow
after an imuFisOnment Ct thirteen Veara
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-09-14
FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS.
The Government That Much n Gamer b
Paper Money Lost or Destroyed.

The Government That Much n Gamer by
Paper Money Lost or Destroyed.
Washington Star; There is Issued every
month from the treasury department. q
great, square sheet of paper, full of printed
figures, complicated financial terms and
dollar ma ks. 1t lis called the statement
showing ths condition of the national debt
of the country and gives the amount OF
money on hand, the various obligations of
the govern ment in the way of bonds and
promlssOry notes, balanced against each
other. By means Of an arithmetic un-
solvsble by the laymsn this shows the
amount of the debt, the size o. the surplus
and various other interesting items. This
form of statement was adopted by the last
administration almost Immediately upon
its accession, the old one used by the pre-
ceding United States treasurer being
amended beyond recognition. Treasurer
Huston is now thinking over the matter If
changing the form again, 50 as to make the
debt statement show things in a diff rent
light from that which Is now cast upon the
financial condition of the country by this
monthly sheet of paper.
'The object of the change from the old
form 70 me present one. a6Opted O1Gef tile
Cleveland administration" he SAID TO cay
TO Star reporter, ''was to swell the AppaT-
ent size of the surplus. IL is not a fair
statement 10 send out. for by the system Of
bookkeeping there carried out there are
good many things put down as liabilities
that should properly belong on the other
side, or rather could be ve-y materially re-
duced- For example, there is an Item in
serted every month as a liability of several
millions of dollars, this being part of one
of the first issues OF war notes. Now, 70 is
known as an absolute fact that millions
of these dollars have been destr yed.
torn, burned, worn out, defaced and
in other ways made valueless, and II
is positively certain that they will never
be- presented for redemption. Practically
speaking, they have ceased TO exist, and
yet they are still carried on the statement
as liabilities that may cause a oisburse-
menJ of funds at any time. Then. too,
there are fully seven millions of fractional
currency still classed as liabilities, when il
is also an absolute certainty that they will
never be redeemed. Like the other notes
they have in large quantity been destroyed
or defaced beyond recognition, and the re-
mainder are in private collections as curl
osities and will undoubtedly remain there.
am confident that at least SIS O00. 900 now
classed in the statement as Liabilities might
be erased altogether from the list. Yes.
sm thinking very seriously of having the
form changed" and the treasurer set 70
signing checks OF hundred thousands.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-09-14
The siIkworm Doomed.

NJ. de Carbonnet, a French saxsnt, has
discovered how to make elk without
worms. He began his experiments some
time ago, says the New York Sun, with
the guiding idea that the peculiar appear
ance of silk was the result of the spinning
of liquid. After many months of re-
peated and unsuccessful tlials he produced
several yards of silk in this wise. he
poured q cOllOdiOn solution into copper
receiver which emptied into a system Of
small glass tubes. These tubes terminated
in capIllaries which carried OF the solution
in flDe thread-like streams. In second
system OF glass tubes, hllrd with water,
the fine tubes became fine threads, which,
before leaving the water, were caught me-
ehanicalIy snd wound around tiny rollers.
After beng heated and cooled ia al acid
OF special gravity and Temperature, the
threads were made less combustible than
cotton by being saturated in a simple
chemical preparation. The quality Of the
silk goods manufactured from these threads
is fine. The threads are cylindrical, and
are from one TO forty micromillimettr
in diameter. They sustain a weight Ct
% IS Kilograms a square millimeter. Or
dInsry silk bears weight Of 80 IS killo-
grams per square mfIlimeter, cooked silk
Is 20. DE CarbOnnet's silk is much more
brilliant than ordinary silk and absOrbs
and holds cOlOring matter more satisfac
tOriIy. As yet only few pieces have been
produced by the new process. Several of
them are shown in the Paris exposition.
De Carbonnet is confident, however, that
further experiments Will enable him to
manufacture silk chespiy and in large
quantities. In fact, he thinks that q rev
years hence the silkworms may as well 90
their work much better than they can do
IL Themselves.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-09-14
GONE ASTRAY.
EioFement of an Illinois Minister, Leay-
ing His Wife PenniIess

EloFement of an Illinois Minister, Lenv-
ing His Wife Penniless.
Rev. j. K. Griffis, pastor of the Baptist
church at WacOnda, a village in Lake
county. ILL.,, not many miles from Chicago,
has elOped with Miss Anna Tsdmarsb, q
member of his flock, who lived next door TO
him.
Griffis, says Chicago dispatch Of the 9th
inst, became pastor of the Baptist church
At WacOnda several months ago, having
come there from Toronto, Canada, bring
ing letters of recommendation ana intro.
iuctiOn from Baptist people. He was well
liked as pastor, and has pronounced gifts
as { pulpit osatOr. According 10 his own
story he has had a peculiar history. He
was captured by Indians when only babe,
and remained with them until he WAS rs
years of age, knowing nothing whatever OF
his parentage- In his 17th year he took up
the life OF cowboy, becoming The most
pronounced type OF the people who fol-
lowed that industry, taking upon himself
sll their vices and characteristics generally.
About six years ago he omitted to
Toronto and became interested in the
salvation Army there. He was prO-
nOunced q bright convert and soon at
tsined an official rank. He married one OF
The sisters OF the army and some months
subsequently both he and his wife 9nited
with the Baptist church. He preached
there for some three or four years and then
came to Illinois, locating a. Waconde.
HIS wife became much interested In Miss
Iidmarsh, who Is a remarkably bright girl
OF pleasing face aud manner, and invited
her frequently to her house. About six
weeks ago Mrs. Griffs concluded her hus-
band was becoming altogether too intimate
with the young lady and called him TO ac-
count for it.
Last Tuesday afternoon Grifis went to
harrington, telling his wife he intended
making visit to Chicago 20 be present At
a clerical gathering. At Burlington he
hired a horse and buggy and that evening
returned to Wac0nda and drove 10 the
home of Miss Tidmarsh. not fifty feet from
where his wife WAS sleeping. Hs was met
by the young lady, who had all her
belonginl . and 500 Il her mothe Is money
Where they have gone TO no one knows.
The young LADY left q letter stating that
she was going away with her pastor, bid
ding her family RoOd-by and ASKING that
no one would blame Joe"
Mrs. Grifis is left With her two little
boys, wholly uuprovided for, her husband
having taken every cent Of money IN the
house. and even her jeWelry-
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-09-14
The League Games.


Boston. Sept. 1S.-BOstOns and Cleye-
land played two games today, resulting In
most creditable victory for the latter in
the first contest and q tie in the second.
Radbourne emulated ClaTksOn's example
of yesterday, and pitched in both games.
he was poorly supported at the bat, but
the fielding of the home team was the
equal of its opponents. Attendance, 1000
Tne second game was called on account of
darkness. Two games will De played to-
morrow. Score: Fret game-Cleyeland, 3;
Boston, 0. The batteries were for Cleve-
and, Beatln and Sutcliffe; for Boston.
Radbourne and GAM. n. Score, Second
game-BOston, 4, Cleveland, l. The bat
leries were for Boston. Radbourne and
Bennett; for Cleveland, Gruber and Zlm-
mer.
The following ball games were postponed
to-day on account of rain: Chicago New
York, Indianapolis Philadelphia, Pitts
DuTg-W WashingtOn, Louisville BrOOkly n,
and Kansas City-BaltimOre.
At adelphis-Athletics. IL; ST.
/
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-09-14
WARNERTHE MAN.
The Gentleman From Missouri Said
to Have Been rendered
Tanners Place.
Several Other Ex-Commanders just
Waiting for the Word From
Harrison to Step In.
Warner Goes to the Country, while Noble
Goes TO See the President-Tan-
ner Keeping Quiet

WASHINGTON, Sept Is Commissioned
Tanner did not appear at the pension office
to-day, Deputy Commissioner Smith act
ing as commissioner. Ii Is believed the
commissioner has taken q leave of absence
until the time for him to turn over the
office formally to his SUCCESSOR.
Secretary Noble refuses 10 say anything
in regard 10 the report that Hon. William
Il. W arnef would be in Washington to-day
in response TO q telegram sent him In re
gard 70 his taking the office OF commis-
sioner of pensions
Hon. VIM. Warner, ex-member Of con-
gress from Kansas City, and ex-conman-
der-in chief of the Grand Army OF the
Republic, arrived this afternoon snd spent
two hours in consultation with cretary
Noble. As he came out OF the once ne
aeld in answer to the queries OF reporter;
Secretary Noble has discussed nothing
but the affairs of the Sioux commission as
yet"
ated Press reporter that there was nothing
new TO say concerning the appointment
of a successor TO Tanner. The report
of the commission that examined the
administration of the pension bureau under
the secretary's orders will be printed to-
morrow, and copy furnished Tanner
He has already seen IL in manuscript
Whether OF not it will be made public Is
not determined
Noble had a conference with the president
at the white house. Major Warner went
into the country to spend the night with
friends. A friend OF his tonight stated
that the commissiOnership of pensions had
been Informally rendered Major Warner
and that he Will accept
The appearance of Geo. 5. Merrill, iD-
sursnce commissioner of Massachusetts,
and ex-commander of the G- A. r., in
Washington to-day has caused cOnsidera-
bic specul alton. Opinion is divided to- night
as 70 the respective chances OF Warner and
Merrill 10 succeed Tanner, but that one of
them will be commissioner OF pensions all
unite in believing. unless they both decline
rhz fandar of the office.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-09-14
THE BI-METALIC CONFERENCE.

Dana Horizons Address in Defense of the
System-EnEIand's Example.
PARIS, Sept Is AT the session Of the
bi-metsllIc congress to-day Dams Horton
maize a notable address IN defense of BIZ
me slism. rAe committee on organization
decided that no proposal shall be submit
ted TO vote. rhe congress viii. therefore.
not adopt any resolution Horton declared
the monetary situation had been wrongly
understood. because In the F,sst there was
a superior coinage of silver and an aeces-
sorry coinage OF gold. The example set By
England gave strength to the idea OF ex
cluding one Of the metals from the privilege
of being a legal tender. At the time OF the
metIical reform IL was thought desirable to
have a single metal, in order to Tx the
limit of the metricsl system. AS the result OF
this situation there was created a kind OF
oIthOd, KY, The supporters of the enfi
silver doctrine did not desire to dem0netize
silver, since LsvasseuI's proposal was 10
coin silver at its market price. De there
fore thought there wGs reason for cOngrat-
ulating the English and German refOrmers
whose AdvershTies are now progressing ir
the right path. In conclusion he declared
that what was now necessary was more
thorough examination of the proposals of
silver in order 10 arrive at an agreement
between the scientific representatives.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-09-14
THE BUFFALO KING.

He Starts q New Ranch in Utah for Prop
agstinK the American Bison.
Chicago Herald: Probably no man has a
wider reputation in the west than "Buf-
fslo" Jones. He has spent the last twenty
years in the study Of the American bison.
He started with a small herd Of buffalo
calves which he gathered by degrees, and
BY care and close attention TO their habits
he soOn had the pleasure Of seeing his ex-
pertinent a success. His herd grew rapidly
and he has now one hundred full blood
buffAlOes and = large herd OF half blOOds
He has found that his ranch ia Kansas IL
getting too contracted Tor the success Of
the herd, and has opened an immense
ranch near Ogden. Utah, for the further
perpetuation Of the species. He has sup
Piled numerous parks and private indi-
ylduais with pair, aud still has . nucleus
for nsrd that bios fair % some day rival
the immense bands that swzrmed the west
err pralries few years ago.
He said. my herds Of full bloods is
constantly increasing, and believe they
state, but they are not so hardy. The hy-
brids are very hardy, and produce more
meat than the common cattle, but some
claim that u is tough and drY- ! DO not
ind it %. In my new ranch ~ Ogden
expect 20 increase my herd 10 th0usaDds.
and then will begin to realize on them by
selling calves and killing the beeyes lust a.
ord n " cattlo TaiEeTs DO The prO6ts
viii De much greater than from domestic
cattle. for the hides viii be a rsFity. and
will bring i've or six times as much Ri the
market as those of ordinary beeves. Tha
hides Of the hsf-hreeds are tougher. and
take the characteristics Of the buffalo hides.
have the only tame herd in the world
that can be called a herd. There are sew
erai SHOWS that claim that honor, but they
simply have few scrawny specimens that
i would Gull from my herd. Mine are
large and ine brutes. some weighing Is
high as 1000 pounds, and are perfectly
free from that detected appearance that Il
noted in the circus snimaiu -
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-09-14
A VICTIM OF FANATICIsM.
sad Fate OF a Young Man who Fell Und
the Influence OF Pain, Hon1ers

Sad Fate Of a Young Man who Fell Under
the Influence OF Faith BeaIers.
In the little town of Button. Ohio, Just
west Of Findlay, Is band of Faith Cure
people who have permitted four OF Eve
persons to die lately while awaiting cure
from prayer. Their latest victim, says q
dispatch from Findlay. was Bert Williams.
Il years old, who ran against a stake in
tue yard of neighbOr while playing bail,
and bruised his leg just below the knee,
but not in what was considered At the time
serious way. In q few days, however.
the limb gave him considerable pain and
DR.. Clarke was called. The doctor exam
ined the limb. and, finding the bone slight
~ bruised. scraped the injured part, seWed
up the leg and left the boy In good shape,
expecting d call daily and give the wound
the necessary treatment to make IL heal
That day, unfortunately for the boy, the
Saith Cure people got hold of him and
made him believe that il he had faith the
Lord would perform q miracle By healing
him al once by prayer. The stitches were
removed from the leg and the prayers be-
gun, but no one ever made better time on
the way TO the grave than did young
Williams after putting himself under the
influence OF these people he was taken
70 the sanctuary OF the Faith Cure in Bluff
Ton, where no attention whatever was given
him beyond prayer, and be was soon in a
horrible condition. Gangrene set IN and
the limb nearly rOtted of.
The smell from the decomposing member
became 50 offensive 20 the neigh bOrhoOd
that on friday he was again removed 20
his home, where he died yesterday and wSs
buried 20 day. There is much feeling in
The community over ths matter, as only q
few days before, a coDsumptiFe from Find
lay. over whom they had been praying for
souge two monthe. lad on his WAY home.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-09-14
THE DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY.
a Republican Paper Figures out the WAY
the Democrats VIII Win.

--Nbe'Ac-Ah Eaper Figures out the WAY
the Democrats VIII Win
MtssoUI.A, sept l2-ISpeciAl to the In.
dependent, The Missoulian, the Inde
pendent republican paper of Miss0ula
county, which has been making q fight fOr
what i calls respectable politics" F" In fts
issue OF yesterday, contained the follow
ing.
The telegraph informs US that over I, 200
voters had registered in Anaconda No 10
wednesday night Let US look into the
programme and see what Is going on.
1T has been illustrated 10 the past that
Ansconda can give q big majority either
way suppose that city goes democratic
tuis year as most every one Will admit
suppose that Anaconda goes democratic BY
rom nve hundred TO sight hundred, snd
Dser Lodge county from eight hundred 70
a thousand. Suppose, further that Silver
Bow, winch usually stands hand in tand
Win Deer Lodge, goes democratic By from
four hundred 20 eight hundred.
Besides this. GallAtin will 10 all proba-
oliltl give the democrats from one 20 three
hundred maj rity. ChOteGu and Cascade
msi0rities
''HOw are the republicans going TO offset
these formidable maj0rities? They can
carry Madison by from twenty i've 10 ifry:
a0d 2erhzps they can win in Beayerhead.
Park. ellOWstOne, Dawson, MeAgher and
AissOula. But the fact remains that in
none OF these counties can they get 3 large
majority. They may carry MissOula by a
couple OF hundred Few republicans hope
Tor more.
Now how about Lewis and Clarke ?
suppose the democrats succeed In hOldiug
TOE republican majority in that county
down 10 from three &c i've hundred; then.
are tie republicans going to elect Carter
Much less, bow are they going TO elect
l.OWer? They will be beaten by about a
thousand /"
The above candid statement by Mr..
Spaulding is not relished by some Of his
party, who are whistling to keep up their
courage, but the writer is evidently honest
ia bis uredictiOn.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-09-14
The Strike Settled.

LONDON, Sept. 13.-In the conference
held to-day between Cardinal Manning on
behalf of the strikers and the directors of
the dock companies, the cardinal submitted
definite proposals for settlement These
the cardinal believes will be accepted.
The strike among the jOurneymen tailOrs
ended to day, the employers havlng re-
duced the working hours 70 ten and one
half
The Joint committee to consider the pro-
posals of strikers have agreed the wages
demanded Will be conceded, TO take effect
November e. The lord mayor, at a con-
ference with the directors of the dock com
pani8. gave his assurance the men we're
ready 20 resume work Monday.
10 view Of the approaching end OF the
dock laborers' strike, the lighter men are
SEE king u resume work.