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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-03
STARVED, NOT CRAZY.
Gen. Miles Says that Is the Trouble with
the Indians.

Gen. Miles Says that Is the Trouble with
the Indians.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-Gen, Miles, in an
interview to-day on the Indian troubles,
said he believed the danger was imminent.
"The seriousness of the situation he said,
has not been exaggerated. The lisaffection
is moro widespread than for years. The
conspiracy extends to different tribes that
heretofore have been hostile, but are now
in full sympathy with each other, though
scattered over larger area of country. The
causes of the difficulty are easy Of solution.
insufficient food supplies. religious delu-
sion and the innate disposition of the say
age to 20 to war must be held Responsible -
Are campaign preparations on the part
of the government complete?" was asked.
Not quite" replied the general. Every
thing will be ready in few days. though.
The troops and supplies en- routa Will be
available very speedily"
Gen. Miles referred to the great necessity
which existed for more cavalry. sal
though" he said, ''wc have but about two
thousand mounted mon, We have plenty Of
infantry, but you cannot catch mounted
Indians with white foot soldiers"
lis it not novel proceeding for Indians
to go on the war path at the beginning of
winter?''
"Yes, in some respects it is. Their argu-
ment is good, though. They say they are
better armed than ever and their supply of
horses is all that could be desired. Every
buck has Winchester and knows how to
use it. They can live on cattle and numer-
ous horse ranches will furnish them with
fresh stock, when cold and starvation ruin
heir mounts. These hostiles have been
'tarved into fighting and they will prefer
20 die fighting rather than starve peacea-
'ly. ] hope the problem may be solved
without bloodshed, but such a happy end
ng to the trouble seems improbable
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-03
Keeping It Secret.

CHICAGO, Dec, 2.-At army headquarters
to-day orders were given all employees to
remain at their desks unless special leave
were granted. Important telegrams were
received from the Indian country, but Gen.
Williams refused to devulge the contents
until Gen. Miles arrival from Washington.
The situation is regarded as critical. Gen.
Brooke telegraphed that a number of Rose
bud Indians, with number from the Pine
Ridge agency, and sone from the Lower
Brule and Standing Rock agencies, to the
number of 800. have g altered on the White
river. above the mouth of Wounded Knee
and are very defiant.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-06-25
A Drama of To-day.
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
Scene: A happy home. Enter Regin-
aid de Montfort.
Reginald de Montfort folding his
arms and glaring fercely)-Madam, do
you know me?
Mrs. Guinevere McGinnis with hau-
teur)-I must confess, sir, that / have
not that honor.
r. de M. (hissing into her ear)-Then
I will tell you.
Mrs. McG.-Oh, great heavens! I
see it all now. You are-oh, have pity,
have pity!
r. de M. (sneering)-Pity? Pity and
[ are strangers. You must answer to
me.
Mrs. MEG. almost overcome)-Yes,
yes; / know-but think-I am only a
weak m Be generous.
r. de NJ. (visibly ~affected)-Woman,
[ dare not spare you even though |
might wish to.
Mrs. McG.-And you will know all?
r. de MI must.
Mrs MEG. with visible effort at self
controI)-Then | am "a years old, have
no chronic diseases, have no mental de-
fects, am near-sighted, slightly deaf, but
am not deformed; we own u own
home, and it isn't mortgaged. Now,
sir, leave me. Tails fainting to the floor,
while Reginald de NJ. stalks calmly
through the door.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-06-25
Bernhardt's Literary Vandalism.

correspondence OF the Ph1ladelphla Press.
81 remember, said my bookish friend
with a laugh, ga funny thing which
Sarah Bernhardt did in our store when
she was last here. She dropped in one
morning, and, of course, all were ex-
ceedingIy anxious to wait upon her.
Finally it resolved itself as my duty, and
| sold her quite a bill of books. /
showed the great actress every atten-
ton, and she seemed pleased. Just as
she was going out she reached for my
pencil, and asked me something in
French which | did not understand
Seeing hat | failed to catch her mean
ing, she looked all around on the coun-
ters, but apparently did not see what
she wanted. Then, as quick as a flash,
before l could comprehend heraim, she
took up a volume of one Of the very best
sets of Scott in the store, bound in tree
calf, opened it to the pages, wrote some
thing on it, calmly tore out the leaf,
handed it to me, smiled and walked out.
On looking at the leaf, [ saw that she
had written a pass for two to her per
Torrance that evening. But she did ii
at the cost of running one of u best
sets of books in the stOre.o
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-06-25
True Story of Lady GOdiva.

From Paris Edition of the New York Herald.
Slowly but surely we are learning the
true character of men and women whom
malicious or mistaken historians have
misrepresented. The latest person who
has been indicated is Lady Godiva,
whose portrait appears in the Salon this
year. Professor Measly, who has al
ready proved that Nero was an enlight-
ened philanthropist, has now told US
the true story of Godiva. She was very
proud of her handsome person, and
having bought a beautiful bathing cos
tune in Paris, was anxious to wear it In
Coventry, in spite of the lack of bath
ing facilities. Her husband was anxi-
Gus to raise the rents on an estate owned
by Lady Godiva, but could not do SO
without her consent. She therefore
agreed that the rents should be doubled
if her husband would permit her to ride
through Conventry in her bathing dress.
He at once consented, and Lady Godiva,
having notified the citizens to prepare
their opera glasses, rode forth in her
marvellous costume. All Coventry was
there to see her, except one churl, who
shut himself up in a back bedroom and
said his eyes were not strong enough to
perceive a bathing costume half way
across the street. Him Lady Godiva
~righteously punished for his disrespect
by binding him, and everybody-ex-
cept the tenants whose rents were
raised-said she was al honor to her
EQX
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-06-25
One Swindle Explained.
From the Lewiston Journal.

IOI Ii ICWIStOhU JUL q
A drummer who travels for a Boston
grocery concern says that he sees in
Maine some of the sharpest tricks that
are practised anywhere on his route.
He gives the following specimen:
A farmers wife hustled into a store in
Washington County, the other day, and
went for the proprietor with:
"Mr. B-,I bought six pounds OF
sugar here last week, and when l got it
home [ found a stone weighing two
pounds in the package" p
eyes, ma'am."
"Can you explain the swindle, sir ?"
81 think | cam" was the proprietor's
placid reply. "When I weighed your
eight pounds of butter, week before
last, | found atwo-pound pebble in the
jar, and when | weighed your sugar, the
stone must have slipped into the scales,
somehow. We are both growing old,
ma'am, and l am sorry to say that our
eyesight isn't to be trusted. What can
| do for you to-day, ma'am ?"
For a moment the woman gazed at
the tradesman over her brass-bound
spectacles. Then she recollected her
self and remarked that she had a dozen
eggs which she wished to exchange for
hooks and eyes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-06-25
An Unusual Rank.
From the Chicago Tribune.


William Murray, a guest of the Grand
Pacific, who is n of the biggest linen
manufacturers in Ireland, tells a story
which has a local interest.
"You hear of any number of bogus
noblemen in this country" said Mr..
Murray in the hotel rotunda last even
ing, "but an American who affects a I'll
tie in the Old World is somewhat rare.
A year ago this summer | arrived at a
little town in the south of Ireland
called Dungarwan. The people were
excited over the presence of an Ameri-
can official. Flags were flying, bands
playing, and everything was gay. AS l
was somewhat acquainted with the Uni
ted States, | asked the name of the guest
SO royalty entertained. Nobody knew,
except that he was one of the biggest
men of the United States and a native
of Ireland. Elbowing my way through
the crowd / went to the little hotel, and
there learned that | was to have the
honor of being under the same roof
with an Off ial who stood next to the
president Of the United States. / went
to the register to see if the vice-presi-
dent was there, and to my surprise saw
this on the book:
"sRedmond Sheridan, Chicago, ILL.,,
Alderman ofAmerica.'"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-06-25
The White Horse Hill Of Berkshire
From the st. Louis Republic.

From the st. Louis Republic.
About two miles to the north of Lam
bourne, in Berkshire, England, is White
Horse Hill, on the summit of which
there is a large Roman intrenchment
called Ellington Castle. A little below
the castle, on the steep side of the hill
facing the northwest, is the figure of a
gigantic white horse, the dimensions of
which extend over about an acre. of
ground. It's head, neck, body, and tail
consist Of one white line, as does also
each of its four legs. The outlines of
this monstrous specimen of the genus
equus are formed by cutting trenches in
the chalk, of which the bill is mainly
composed, the bitches being two or
three feet in depth and about ten feet
wide. The chalk of the trench being of
a beautiful white color, and the sur
rounding turf the %greenest of the green,
the figure of the horse can be plainly
seen at a distance of twelve miles. and
even further, it is said, if the sun is shin
ing brightly.
A white horse is known to have been
the standard of the SaXons, and some
have supposed that this monster en-
blematic figure was made by Hengist,
one of the Saxon kings. Mr.. Wise, an
author who has written much on the
CS1CDI6bcd WUllC uOIoo Vi DcIhSIl1It,
brings several arguments to prove that
this figure was made under order of
Alfred, during the reign of Ethelred,
his brother, and that the figure is a
monument to a victory over the Danes
in the year 81. Other well-known
writer's are of the opinion that the Won
derful white horse is a natural freak,
one of natures oldest oddities. Ash
mead-Burton thinks that the early
tribes noted the outlines of a horse on
the hillside, and gradually worked it
into its present graceful symmetry.
However this may be, it has been a Gus
tom since time out of memory for the
n~elghborlng peasants to assemble on a
certain day of each year, usually about
midsummer, to clear away the weeds
from the white horse, and to trim the
edges Of the trench, S o as to preserve
the color and shape. This task is known
for miles around as Securing the
Horse"
A large mound at the foot of White
Horse Hill, and almost directly under
the "Horse," is called Dragon Hill.
Here, according to tradition, st. George
killed the dragon. On the top of this
mound, or barrow" there is a space
about fifty yards square upon which not
a spear of grass has grown during the
last thousand years. The peasants say
that the grass cannot grow on account
of the ground having been poisoned
with the dragons blood at the time St.
George gave him the fatal wound.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-06-25
A Mutiny of

From the London Globe.
A mutiny of an extraordinary charac-
ter took place recently at the Blcetre
Lunatic Asylum, which was only put
down by the arrival of the soldiery.
Some of the dangerous lunatics had APP
peared more excited than usual, owing
to the sultry weather, and n of them,
an athlete of great strength, named
Jolly, succeeded in breaking out of his
cell. Having opened the cells of four
teen of his companions, all of them
made a rush at the keepers, who were
walking up and down on guard. The
lunatics then laid siege to the nearest
rooms, and broke windows, chairs,
tables and everything else on which
they could lay their hands. Afterward
they went up to the keepers sleeping
places, and, Selling all the razors, ham
mers and other dangerous instruments
which they could find, r~e-descended in
to the quadrangle, and began shouting
out that theyintended to kill everybody
who should interfere with them. One
of the keepers-a NJ. Petit-received a
blow from the leg of a table which
broke his arm, but his colleagues sue
ceeded eventually, at the risk Of their
lives, in cutting off the retreat of the
madmen by shutting them up in the
quadrangle. The Governor, M. Pinon,
now interviewed, and tried by soft words
to calm the rioters; but he was threat
ened by Jolly, who said that he would
spare his life if he went down on his
knees and begged pardon of all the in
mates. AS NJ. Pinon refused to do this,
Jolly hurled a fower-pot full of earth at
him, but a keeper threw himself before
the Governor, and received the pot and
its contents on his chest. The Govern
or and his men then withdrew, and sent
for the police and troops. The inspect
or of police, who arrived first, found
the madmen straddling across a wall,
where they were brandishing their
razors, and subiecting part of the asy-
lum to a bombardment of rubbish,
stones and brick. Jolly, when called
upon to surrender, cried out: "We are
outside the law; we are madlnen, and
you can't do anything" When TWEEN
ty-four soldiers with fixed bayonets ar
rived from Bicetre fort the lunatics be-
came more eXasperated, whereupon
the keepers turned on the hose, and
gave the lunatics a few shower-baths.
This was followed by a volley of blank
cartridges, which effectually frightened
them. They descendedfr from their wall,
and allowed themselves to be hand
cuffed. After that the most o%bstreper-
Gus were put into straitwaist coats.
Four of the keepers were placed hors
de combat during the riot, while a sum
Of EGO in bank notes, belonging to one
of the asylum attendants, was destroyed
by the lunatics.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-06-25

when the sweet ties of kinship, how
ever remotely removed, are stronger
than a Cunard cable. Write to your
country cousin in the most gushing
phase of unselfish devotion. Speak of
the many times your bosom has heaved
with emotional feelings during the mad
dening but hollow mockery of city life;
Don't forget to draw graphic pictures of
the surging and heated mobs in the
metropolis, of the thermometer making
its deadly climb to the ceiling, of the
iceman's heartless decree, of the droop-
ing spirits of the children, etc. Throw
in a pathetic touch about the way social
joys pail upon the taste and how much
frank and genial society of the Alder
neys, the Jerseys and the Holsteins
than with all the gilded peacocks of the
Four Hundred circle.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-06-25
One e f Rat.
From the COrnhill MAGAZINE.

From the Cornhlll Magazine.
The Postoffice was once saved con-
siderable expense by the assistance of a
rat. AS most people know, the main
the subwavs in which the gas pipes and
sewers are placed. The principal ar
teries are so large that it is easy enough
for men to work in them, but the pipes
through which the side wires branch off
are much smaller, and great care has to
be taken to preserve the cOnnec-
tons between the main and the lateral
wires.
Some years ago men were repairing
one of these latter, and carelessly omit
ted to attach it to a leadingline by which
it could be drawn to its place when
mended. The blunder seemed likely to
have serious consequences, for it was
thought that the whole of the lateral
pipe wipe would have to be dug up in
order to get at the broken wire. But
one of the men came to the rescue with
a happy thought, suggesting that a rat
should be procured, and with fine piece
of wire attached to it, SEN through the
pipe. This was done, but to the dismay of
the workmen the new hand came to a
stop after it had gone a few yards.
The inventor of this idea was not vet,
however, at the end of his resources,
and by his advice a ferret was procured
and started on the dilatory rats track.
There was a moment of suspense before
it was settled whether the rat would
show fight or run away, but this was
soon ended by the paying out of the
wire, and in a short time the latest ad-
dition to the staff of the P~ostoffice ap-
peared at the other end of the pipe.
1t was caught, and then set free in rec
ignition of the service it had rendered.
By means of the wire the telegraph line
vas secured and a long and laborious
piece of work saved.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-06-25
FASHION NOTES.

PoToCKI is a light Bordeaux red.
saba is a green ranging between COM
mon green and olive.
CH1MAYi is the name of a blush gray
cloth with a greenish hue.
SAPPHIRE, turquois, and bleu toile are
likely to be much worn.
OF the new gray colors we mention
Edison, electric, and chinchilla.
BLUE colors will be in great favor next
winter, and it is said they will be lead
ing.
GRAND moyal, or fin du steele, as it is
called, is a reddish lilac, and indie a
new blush green of an elegant hue.
THE latest blue shade in the market is
called Jeanne e'Arc. It is of a light,
though intense hue, and very becom-
ing.
SILK gloves fit almost as beautifully as
those of suede, and long-wristed mitts
are donned with evening toilets at sum-
mer resorts.
LADIES of mature years wear costumes
of gitana brown, combined with the
new blondine, which as nearly as posi-
BILE reproduces the tresses of a blonde
beauty.
PARTISAN women are e e al 1.-THE races,
in country houses, and at seaside re-
sorts, attired in gowns of black Hermann
gros-grain gauze or Neapolitan crepe
over slips of satin duchesse, %tafeta, or
surah-the ~lustrous sheen beneath
frightening the effect of the diaphanous
fabric.
The gauntlet cuff has reappeared on
suede or dog skin gloves, and is much
liked, as it is SO readily drawn I'VE the
full sleeves of summer gowns. 1t is adj
mirably adapted for tennis, yachting,
and Notwithstanding and is often made
Of wash leather, which does not shrink
by connection with sOan and water.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-06-25
A Matter of to Travellers.

Tourists, emigrants and mariners find that
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is a medicinal safe
guard against unhealth4ul influences, upon
which they can implicitly rely, since it prevents
the effects that an unhealthy climate, vitiated
atmosphere, unaccustomed or unwholesome
diet, bad water, or other conditions unfavorable
to health, would otherwise produce. On long
voyages, or Journeys by land in ATTITUDES ada
cent to the equator, it is especially useful as a
preventive of the febrile complaints and disor-
ders of the stomach. liver and bowels, which
are apt TO attack natives of the temperate zones
soiourning or travelling in such regions. and is
an excellent protection against the influence OF
extreme cold, sudden changes of temperature,
exposure to damp or extreme fatigue. 1t not
only prevents intermittent and remittent fever,
and other diseases of a malarial type, but eradi-
Gates them. a fact which has been notorious for
years past in North and South America, Mexico,
the West Indies. Aus.s ala and other countries.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-06-25
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-06-25
Country Cousins.

If you have country cousins prepare
to love them now; and the New York
Press tells us the reason why: A brief
glance at the thermometer will convince
the coolest heart that the rural relative
has charms to soothe the metropolitan
breast. Don't bother about loving your
neighbor for the next three months, for
you've had enough of him orher for the
past winter, and it's odd, anyhow, that
the aforesaid neighbor will be sedulous-
ly making love to somebody else. Cen
ter all the affections of your nature on
the rustic relative, ven unto
the third and fourth generation,
for these do be the times
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-06-25
A Crate Fire is Also a Fire.

What is a fire? is the question which
a Paris court was recently called upon
to decide. The Countess Fitzjames had
had all her effects insured by the Union
Fir, Insurance Company for $4,000
francs. In the list of jewels covered by
the policy was a pair of pearl earrings
valued at $4,000 francs and insured for
10000. One afternoon while dressing,
the countess knocked the earrings acct
dentally from the mantel piece into the
open fire. Despite her strenuous eff
forts with shovel and tongs the jewels
were destroyed. She recovered the
gold, valued at 90 francs, and demanded
from the company 9,940 francs indemni-
ty for the loss of the pearls. The COM
pany refused to pay a cent on the
ground that an ordinary CRATE fire was
1.-THE kind of a fire contemplated in the
insurance policy; The countess appealed
to the courts and got a decision in her ia
vor. The judge held that can insur-
ance against fire was an insurance
against all kinds of fire-that was, insur-
ance against any loss caused by any
Hamps
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-06-25
Twins Twice Within a Year.

Mrs. Henry Mullen, of this county
hear Middleton Corners, gave birth to
twins last Saturday, making the second
pair inside of eleven months, says a
Xenia, o., dispatch in the Cincinnati
Enquirer. Three of them are boys, and
Henry is delighted over it, as he has
only recently become a Democrat, and
expects to knock out the @. O. 2. in a
few years, if raising boys at the rate OF
three in eleven months will do it. Mr..
Children