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HOBBS AND STRAWFOO7.
Jealous Rivalry a. to Who Should
Preach Sister Cado's
Funeral.
The Best Preacher to Get q Four
Gallon Jug Of
Whieky.
Water Half an Hour and Missed
the Funeral.

Written for THE SUNDAY INDEPENDENT.l
No one in this far removed and rugged
community of 'Possum Trot was better
Cado Minks. He had never held Office, had
never killed any one, had never been direc
tor general at the hanging of a horse thief,
and had never attempted any sort of social
reform, and yet he was placed upon high
hill of esteem. But there was reason for
this. Old Cado owned distillery. He
made the blazing apple brandy and the
colorless whisky known as white mule"
and in that community money may be re-
spected as kind of side show, but whisky
is the circus. wreath of tender regard
may surround fast horse, but the chaplet
of love is placed upon the brow Of
flicker" No wonder, then, that Old Cado
held SO warm place in the hearts of his
countrymen.
One day the neighborhood was profound
" stirred upon learning that Cado's wife
was dead. What positive Joy it was fol-
the women that went to the house to offer
their assistance: what a pleasure it was to
the men that stood whiting the rail fence
and casting anxious glances towards the
house to see if Cado was coming with the
When the time for the funeral came, there
arrived two important characters, Parsons
Hobbs and Strawfoot. They were not Of
the conventional cloth. having merely
taken out exhorters' licenses from the ooun
| ty court, which granted them the privilege
Of "whooping it up at camp meetings, but
also gave them the right, upon pinch, te
preach funeral sermons.
Hobbs was short and fat; Strawfoo'
was tall and lean. Hobbs beloved when
he talked; Strawfoot wheezed like dr.,
pump.
"What did you come in here for?" Hobbs
asked, turning to StrawfoOt.
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A BIG ENTERPRISE.

The Plans Of the Recently Incorporated
stedman Foundry and Machine Co.
The recent incorporation of the Stedman
Foundry and Machine Co., is matter Of
much greater Importance to Helena tina n
the general public seems to know. It means
the consolidation of the two most extern
tensive foundries and machine shops in
this section, and in consequence enlarged
facilities for work. It means also the en-
ployment Of many men whose earnings,
amounting to thousands of dollars annually,
will be spent in this city. Ths establish
ments consolidated are those Of John
Stedman, on Center street, and the Helena
Iron Works. located just above Chinatown.
John StedmaE is general manager of the
company, ID. a: Cory, president, Il. J. Wal
lace, vice president, L. q. Phelps, treasurer,
E. Ransome, secretary. OF course the
bulk of the work of operating the plant
will fall ON Mr.. Stedman, and his success
full business career here, where he has lived
20 many years, is guarantee of what the
secretary, has been for number of years
connected with the Helena Iron Works,
and he brings to the new company the ex
perience thus gained.
Talking Ct the plans Of the new company
munity will show a proper appreciation of
the enterprise, we think we can do as much
to help build up the city as any other in
dustry yet started. or which may be inau-
gurated. We now employ about fifty men
| in the two departments. using the old Hell
ena Iron works for the foundry and NV
place as the machine works. The design is.
| II we place the balance Of the stock, tomove
| the entire plant down on the line of the
| railroad, enlarge the works, and be pre-
pared not only to manufacture quartz and
saw mills to order, and all kinds of work in
our line, but to manufacture and keep in
| stock machinery for which there is mar
ket in this country. The plant when moved
| will be second to none this side Uf Chicago,
and is designed to be the nucleus of a COM
dend paying concern from the start, and
| when we get to running in good
shape we will put in complete
boiler works, and the machinery for doing
| heavy blacksmith work. This will be fol-
lowed by plant for reducing iron ores, and
why this enterprise should not grow to this,
and in the near future. Helena is the oer-
tire, and our trade already extends east and
west for many hundreds of miles. Certain
it is, no manufacturing enterprise that
could be started here would do more for the
| community than such as We propose, and
none in which the guarantee for good
| returns on the investment is more secure.
All Helena needs is manufactures, and If
this enterprise is properly supported and
encouraged, the city will have in q few
years one that will add thousands of dollars
yearly to her wealth and hundreds to her
population. We propose to make this
home enterprise, and we look to the bust
ness men of the city to take an active inter
est in it. do not think we will have anv
difficulty in placing the remainder of the
stock here. We do not ask any. one to
make US q money donation becauaa tha
stock is sure to be dividend paying one"
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cause SORROW to you, whose happiness l6
dear to me. Therefore, shall not speak OF
myself; let me, instead, acquaint you with
the country, whence send you my love and
this message.
Kouznetzoff writes from Bologansk (about
12O miles from the town of Jakontsk) settle
ment: The Jakontes, amongst whom he
with some other of our friends live, are a
tive IN their mode Of living and utterly
filthy in their habits. They live in "urta''
Clog houses) together with whole herds of
cows, and nothing to divide the men from
beasts except thin board partition. The
Jakontes never change their clothing-once
put on it is worn until completely rotten; it
falls off their bodies. On special occasions
and holy days, however, they dress pro-
fusely, and then precious furs of sable and
silver fox and heavy silver ornaments hide
tho dirty Undertaking. 1., -.
1. His present home is one Of the akOnt uf-
tas. There is no floor in it to speak of; mud
takes the place of boards. A Fireplace
without chimney emits clouds of smoke,
which fills the house and finds its way out
as best it can through holes in the roof and
walls. The principal source of warming
the house is, however, furnished by the
cows. of whom there are thirty. They inn
pregnate the atmosphere inside with such a
cepting to Jakontes. Food supply is an
other Of the dilemmas hard to resolve. AL
though cattle are plentiful, meat is not pro-
durable upon their scanty allowance from
the government-nine roubles (about $3.50
per month. Salt is to be got only on rare
word, the allowance is barely enough to buy
bread with.
Let me tell Won now few facts concern
ing Middle Colima settlements. I take
them from letter by our friend Alexis
Artasionoff. In spite of all his appeals to
4. TO- - -k-1~ - II
departure thither until next spring, he was
taken from the prison, and under guard Of
two Jakont cossacks driven to his destina-
ton. The journey lasted three months
great variety of vehicles were employed in
this eventful travel of our friend. First
wheeled trucks drawn by horses, then
...narty''-.a narrow sleigh for one man
horseback, tramped on foot, and sailed in
boat. Two Thousand versts Gone
mile equals N versts) of the viii
derness were traversed in sleighi
drawn by reindeer. Four noun:
s i1 eb ranges sser tstS % o49s
versts wide was met and crossed through :
furious snow blizzard and many riverl
filed with broken-up ice were forded. The
remaining 500 versts were made almost en-
tirely in rowboat through a succession o.
| immense lakes and flooded marshes. Thu
is the kingdom of sable and silver fox; dog
are the only domestic animals of the ma
tives; the forests are thin and low, and the
ground perpetually frozen. As to the mid
die Colima itself, IL is heap of dirt, anC
for ten months in the year hidden unde,
twelve feet of snow.
This is all can tell you, my dear friend
and no better picture is needed to under
stand our situation.
v. ALEXANDRIA,.
Copyright.
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sufferer, is undergoing sentence of twenty
years at hard labor.t She signed it with q
fictitious name of V. Alexandrova, by which
she is known only to her friends.
Before give the contents Of the Siberia
messages I must tell how they reached me,
when they were written, and to give at
least few facts descriptive of the country.
Eastward from st. Petersburg for nearly
5000 miles the great Siberia highway runs
across the boundless prairies Of European
on the western border of the Transbaikal
province of Siberia; and only one COMPARE
lively insignificant range of Ural mountains
the dividing line between Europe and
Asia-disturbs the level of the vast domain
of the car. This is the road by which the
exiled nihilists are conveyed under heavy
guard to their destination in the province
Of Transbaikal.
It takes them two and often three years
to reach the city of LaKontik, the capital
Of the province. Likewise. it takes two,
spa is letter ,s Of
Europe: for the safety Of the exiles and
their friends and relations demand that
they should be forwarded not by mail, in
which case they are exposed to the
scrutiny of the interruptions Russian
officials, but through unofficial channels
safety. Such was the way the letters came
TO me. On their way they changed man,
hands before they could be entrusted t.
the safe hands of the British and United
States mail. They travelled for over three
years, as the date upon them-August %,
1866-proves; and yet they possess the fresh
ness of the latest news. The readers will
undoubtedly remember that all the recent
cable news of which spoke before, pertain
ing to events in Siberia. occurred also three
years ago.
Leaving Lake Baikal behind, the exilei
nihilists continue their exhausting jour
ney further eastward. On the road they
meet the small towns Of Tchita, Nerchinsk,
and, finally, Szetensk. where they embarl
on board steamer which takes them uI
Shilka river to Gust Kara--apenalse settlement
with number of prisoners. Fifteen verstl
(about nine miles) further east another
convict settlement-the Lower Kara-il
met. Here male political prison. wal
erected in 1877. the female political prison
being located at Gust Kara.
Still further east, right to the shores Of
the Pacific and of the mainland on tn,
island of Sahalin, and for thousands O
miles north of Amoor river, in tn,
Arctic regions of Eastern Siberia ,
dozen other Insignificant settlements OF
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II come here to preach this here funeral"
Strawfoot answered.
''Wall, now, you may preach all you want,
but you shan't put in your hooks until get
through"
"We'll see about that; come here to
preach this here sarmon an Pm eoin' to do
it or see a mighty plain reason why writ up
.'Oh, don't you fret about the reason. It
will be writ plain enough"
THAT mout be, but you KANT write
it,
~ reckon I kin for have writ good
many things in my time. I've writ things
that would make you bat yo' eyes,"
"Come. parsons" said an old man. leav-
ing off his whiting and addressing the ex-
Cado is sore afflicted, an L viii tech him
nightly in the quick to see You quarrellin
as to who shall preach his wife's funeral.
Il don't make no difference who breaches
it 30 it's preached, an reckon one of you
kin preach it as we'll as the other. Hush,
now, all hands. Here comes cado with the
The old distiller gave each eager man a
drink and then as he placed the jug under
tree, remarked:
7 lowed to myself just nov that I hearn
eyes" Hobbs answered, lit war Straw
foot"
beg yo' pardon,'' said Strawfoot, ssit war
you. Brother Cado. 1 come here to preach
yo' wife's funeral, but this Teller lows
ehan't."
"Let him talk as much as he pleases,
Brother Cado," Hobbs rejoined, "but let
me tell you that come here to preach that
feathers will fly round here like snow flakes
in the month Of Jinnywery. have had my
eye on the dear deceased ever since she
tuck bad cold last fall, an now don't
propose to be cheated by no fly up the
creek"
"What was that you called me?'
II didn't call you nothin'. but l stand
here fat footed an say that amt goin' to
be beat out Of my jest rights by no fly up
the creek. That's what ] say. You can't
preach no how"
sgss d1t e SH9t grea'h all round y0u three
"Shucks. Teller, can preach the socks
s:Ah. but you didn't do it down ct the
spout spring. fotch up three mourners
an You didn't git nome"
they? One was yo' son-in-law an the other
two was fellers that are courtin' yo' gals,
an report do say that you give yo' son-in-
law-an' q wus knock kneed critter never
seen-a side of bacon to go up"
| ''HoP on now, parsons. said Cado, sit
| don't make no OluuuC0 WHO pfo0Cno6 the
funeral. Both of you kin preach we'll
enough and marry one of you kin preach to
hurt so what is the use Of mowlin' about
it. To tell you both the honest truth. /
think it's Ticker You want. which am
pua eckly willin' to give, SO the one that
viii agree not to preach may have this here
Jug"
Both men made q lunge for the jug.
"HoId on here" exclaimed Hobbs. .!you
air Qoin' to preach the funeral"
mo, you ARR cried 6trawfoot. "You
have been intendin' TO do it longer than
have. Gimme this licker."
"Wop't do it, for it's mine. I KANT
preach as well as you can, an you know
It,"
30. YES you kin. You kin preach me
bald-headsd any day. Turn loose this
Jug"
il. This amt no way to est ON such an 90
casion. jest wanted % find out the best
preacher, 40 kin git him 70 do the work.
Tor the man that do preach the word over NV
wife !. goia' e g's 70 sailsas Of the bsis
liekss I've eot:"
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est emotion. To give You an example Of
the abuse let me narrate to you an occur
renee of an average temper:
The day before last Mary Kovalsky (de-
bath house. On their way they halted in
front of the store house requesting the per-
mission of their guard to get some clean
clothing had the. permits
sion of the commandant pro.
cured beforehand. Forward, march!'
their request. ''But." exclaimed Armfeldt,
''the commandant-'' At this moment q
blow from a soldier knocked her down.
With but end of their rifles the soldiers be-
gan to batter her On the head, arms and
back. Bruised and bleeding, she screamed
rushed to the windows. You may perceive
the effects of the scene we witnessed.
Blood rushed to our heads; We lost self
command; our screams filled the prison
wards, and brought down from his Office
the warden. He stopped the beating of
rushed at us. .siience," commanded he
in tone that promised no good. His eyes
fell on me. I was crying. 1.-THE guard"
commanded he, and squad of soldiers
surrounded me. They beat me. o, how
terribly they tortured me! Sophie shihter
emotion she fell to the ground. beating her
head against the walls and screaming. Il
seems as if all of rs became mad.
There are punishments prescribed by the
code of the prison rules for every trifing
offense; but this is not enough for them.
and We are hourly subjected to insults and
punishments for no offense at all. The
soldiers are ordered to treat us insultingly,
and for every instance Of their not having
acted with appropriate brutality they are
severely punished. Here 10 an instance. A
few days ago when, loaded with 6rewood,
70 were returning TO the prison, the CON-
mandant ordered the soldiers to drag MS.
What caused him to act this way We cannot
understand. He meant what he ordared,
while the soldiers interpreted his command
in more liberal way. How could they un-
derstand him otherwise! We meant no re-
sistance, committed no ofense, and were
actively going in the direction in which We
were to be dragged. SO the soldiers were
content With pushing forward one or the
other and striking an occasional blow. They
paid dearly for their insubordination; the
court martial sentenced them to imprison-
ment.
Biz long yeafq OF prison life are yet BE-
fore NJ; eix ysd1 Of uhbeasable moral and
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Copyright.
THE WORLDS AGE.

Oh, never star
Was lost here, but it rose affair!
ROBERT BROWNING.
Low in the west burned days red line,
And stretched across the broadening sea
Dim doomed q sheltering island-shrine
Such force of lonely calm it keeps.
While round it fret the Atlantic deeps.
We wandered down the fairy coast,
By stony cape, leaf-muffled lane;
Below, the clash of oceans host,
And song of the moon-lifted main;
Above vagues of ghostly hill.
And nights far lights to raise and thrill.
And the still airs etar.sprinkled height,
And music of the plunging wave,
To loves charmed life new delight
mole Of loftier sweetness gave:
All! will our vanished love live on,
When we from the fair earth are gone?
mo! hope il faded like the leaf.
And faith has persisted like the flower,
And establishment and grief
Moan where strove patience, ardor. power!
ga glory lights the world" they say;
" Ills Autumn's glory of decay,
The eager thought, the generous haste,
Bright castles of the b lildinR brow
Ima9inAtion's noble waste.
Loves untired toils-what are they now?
The slain tones OF shattered Tyre,
Dead ashes of ideal FIRE."
Too true. murmur, a. sit.
In these fOriOrn and wistful years,
While shapes familiar past me Ait,
Figures OF beauty dashed with tears.
Lilies morning stars. thousand things
That shone In unforg0tten springs.
And yet, 30 long a. time shall be,
The years vii wake with bloom and mirth,
Come singing bird TO bedding trse.
Young splendOr TO the kindlins earth,
Undying lights Of love arise.
On mortal hearts. in mortal ewes.
And shall that realm of silence where
We all our final 10 'hor find,
Ee quite bereft OF memoirs fair,
VI ansv4Iln9 throb and blended mind
NO tides " thought, Of feeling roll
ThppQgh tAe vsilah kinedoR a ths soul?
-2Anmillan's 4aenzinA. AoaRH THUNAN.
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let do: You preach the funeral an we'll di-
vide the Ticker"
'All right. Why didn't we think of that
befo.'"
They climbed out and went to the house.
each other and then, looking down the
road, saw the people coming back from the
burying- ground.
OPIE p. PEAD.
Copyright.
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Notice,

Saturday, the 10Th, and Monday, the 21st.
will exhibit my centrifugal dish washer at
the Granite building, on Main street. All
are invited. w. !. McCAUsLAND.
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Copyright
Raspberries.

C. E. Kemp, maker of superior notary an,
corporate seal presses, Helena Mont
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We sell Paints and Oils to cash buyers al
very low figures. H. NJ. PARCHEN & Co.
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Atlantic Garden.

John Steinbrenner, proprietor. Every
evening grand entertainment by the
Kaiser's Tyroler concert troupe. assisted by
the renowned either virtuoso, Adolph Dam
iels, of New York.
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AT Cost,

Intending to retire from business I viz
close out my entire stock of clothing. fur
nishing goods, hats, caps, boots and ahoes
blankets and quilts at cost.
A. BIRxxNYx1p.
Is South Main efroet.
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The ]. X. L. Bazaar is closing out the en-
tire stock Of parasols at half price. Come
early and secure some of them.
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Raspberries.
We have contracted for the two largest
crops of rasperries grown in the Prickly
Pear valley, and can fill all orders.
LINDSAY d Co,
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Money Loaned

On furniture. No removal. mo- publicity.
Apply to 6l1S South Main street,
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500 sssondR e., q . :DS e: is..i]z. E. i..eall
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Oh, never star
Was lost here, but it rose afar!
ROBERT BROWNING.
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The soothing and beneficial influence Of
music upon the mind has been recognized
from time imrnemoviaL. and now an in
stance Is related in Popular Science News
where il appears 70 ksve exercised q dl-
rectly medicinal effect upon the physical
frame An English gentleman tells story
Of his son. s,-d 6 years, moriSund with
typboid-quite insensl bic, abdomen tyTn-
pauitic. pulss failing. and said By his ply
sicians mot to LAT the night out" Car
bolc acid was given with some good effect,
while the doctor staid mp all night 81 tie
bedside; but the coma continued Finally
the father, knowing tia: the boy was in
tsassly fond ef maEic, procured q nice.
large music box
He asked bis son II be wo1ld like 20 hesr
it play. We response and no sign of recos-
milton. The music box vas set agoing
Il was not long before his coQatenance
changed and his body became uneasy
After while he Turned over On 20 his
side The box was put behind his back.
After another tune he turned over 20 II.
and became conscious 50 IS % respond TO
Questions New. See here" said sir
Thompson, this Is Cor your own Use, and
shall be called Wfiiie's music box" The
boT xho~as<i1ns q ras2zznesaf Wished
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The cattle supply was light, and had 1t
not been for some holdover stuff from yes
terday there would not have been enough
to go around. The market was active
from the opening, and a good clearance
was made. The receipts consisted largely
of fair to good COWS and heifers, and
everything sold at good prices for the
quality. There was rather weak feeling
at the close, and had there been cattle on
the late market they would have sold
about ten cents lower.
There was liberal supply of hogs again
today. Trading was active and the com
petition strong between the local packers
and Armour's buver. The market on
good mixed packing grades was "a to
cents higher than yesterday. MeXlcos
were also stronger. There was an active
demand for pigs and singers today, and
80 to B. Is was the ruling price. Two
loads of choice packing hogs and one
bunch of heavies brought S3.5215. Bulk
So Az to s.. 80 and close steady. Every
thing sold and weighed up. No improve
ment in price or demand for thin sows or
rough hogs
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Dent has. When a man comes TO town 70
buy a place he SAYS: Your name Denti
Oh, YES: | heard OBJ vou-I want you TO
show me de Mace habe heard men tell
dat dey wouldn' habe bought property
here if Ihadn' showed EN- de place in de
way did, putin de bes' foot forward. A
little word at de right time will influence
a man pow'ful when he's BURN a place.
An when folks comes here Wild chillen te
put 'em in de school altus drives EN-
'roun' By de nice places fust--'roun' by
Senator Farwsn's an John V. Farwe1l's,
an dey says: oh. my! what lovely plscel
Jfs' de place faw 10 SEN our chillen.' An
dey puts 'em IN de schools.
Bow bout dem pretty gals what goes 70
de seminary Dey 81 knows Uncle Sam
Dent. You'd oroer see iem scramble 20 sit
on de front seat wild Dent when dey goes
out fxw ride. I goes home an looks in
de glass, an / can't see $ look any BETA
den udda folks; out somehow de gals Likes
to SIT on de front seat wild Dent. l say,
Now, gals. you jfs let de teacaers SIT on
de back seat, 'canse de back seat Il softer
an mo- comft'bde dan de front seat De
gals Gggles, an de essacners2s slowed away
out OBJ hearfn' on de back seat. Den de
eals say, Dent, what did you say to your
wife when you ask her 20 marry your
An I say, Now you Ss' 90 long De
gals sIluS wants NE 70 d<ibe through de
college grounds. SOS dey can firt Wild de
college BOYS SO l SAYS 20 de teachers.
Guess we'd BETA dribe By de college,
cause de roads is bad roun' de udds way.
An de teachers say, Wen, Dent, II you
mus you mus Den De gals Gggles, an
de teachers say. What you gals laughin'
an Tiscury -