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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-09-28
A SHOOTING sCRAPE.


A Quarrel Between switchncn Becomes
Serious.
There was little shooting ARRAY in the
Sixth ward yestsrday between two SWITCH
men, and although three shots were fired no
damage Vas done. Il appears that Con
Holland and Michael Riley have had Soma
dihaculty about . matter Of $260. Accord
ing to Rilsy's story Holland is somewhat Of
q bully and has been abusing Riley for the
past two weeks. end when they passed each
other ON trains Holland would call him vile
names. Instead Of blowing over the feeling
seemed to increase, and by The
interference Of third parties Holland con-
tinued his abuse. While they we're at Their
boarding house yesterday Holland struck
Riley With his nst and threatened to "do''
him. Riley took this a. warning and
armed h,mself. He says that a. he made
his appearance In the street he saw Hol-
land, who approached him in threatening
manner. Riley says he told Holland hG
had stood Ill he intended to of his abuse
and warned him to keep away. Holland
continued going toward Riley, and wher
ohsy were twenty feet apart Riley fired
three shots. none Of which took effect. He
s ave himself up, but was released on bail.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-09-28
A Flourishing Institution-The Bushes
OF September.

a E1OuFIbnl08 A0eUltuuAOn-1n0 1ouolu0o0
OF September.
Helena, the capital of Montana. now en-
joys the luxury OF six national and one saw
ings bank, but in the entire list none of
them occupies a more prominent position
in the financial world than that pioneer in
stitution, tho Merchants National. This
bank occupies what is to-day the most
handsome edifce in the city, and the bank
ing apartments are not to be excelled in
the country, in point of capaci-
ty and elegance. A large corps
of clerks is constantly at work
during and after banking hours and the
constant pushing to and fro Of tho ponder
Gus doors leading to the bank, would indi-
cate . busy scene in the interior, and such
may be seen at the Merchants National
any day. The volume OF business done BY
thing immense. The business of the past
year, since the new quarters were moved
into, has greatly increased and the num-
Der Of transactions are fully 30 per cent.
greater than they were year ago.
A reporter dropped din into 81 the .h bank tHst
cashier, Mr.. Aaron Herhield. was very
busily engaged he found time to oblige him
with Q chat on monetary matters. When
| asked il the transactions at the bank would
indicate that business was Gull, or that
Helena had any right to relinquish the
| claim of being the financial centre of the
/ state, q title il has always held, Mr.. Hersh-
| field replied that 90 far as the Merchants
National bank WAS concerned, its cash
| transactions over the counter this month
were the heaviest since the bank has been
| in existence.
The total business from the first day OF
September to the tweDty-eiehth,' - said Mr..
Hershfeld, "amounts to 81, 235, Alb, which
is equal to an annual business Of over
| S75, OOO, O0O." Exchange ON the principal
cities OF the United States was sold curing
the month to the amount of 81. 40, 600. On
one day, last Friday, the bank ahipped
currency to almost every important city in
the state. amounting In the aogreQate 10
$4,000.
"This would indicate" continued the
genial cashier, 'the great business ACTIVITY
now going on. and the importance Of Helena
- . financial and Commercial distributing
point to every portion Of the state. A. the
state grows our city keeps pace With Il. -
And it would readily appear from the
| figures given above that the Merchants'
National bank furnishes an index to the
importance OF Helena in this regard. Hell
ena il proud of her banking institutions, ss
they are worthy Of the grand stste in which
the yield Of precious metals d the largest
| IN the world.
An illustration Of the elegant building Of
the 1sfchante National bank viii be found
elsewhere in this papsF.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-09-28
Real Estate Transfers.


Thos Quinn to Michael Farrell, parts Of
John c. Built, Jr., tru, tee, to John
Travis, lot 8. block IA, Northern Pacific =,
Peter Hartwis ct ux. to Thomas e.
Goodwin, lots and 10, block 1856, and
lots Is and IA, block 19l, Syndicate adj =,
VIM Il. Guthrie ct ux. to Sanford K.
Palmer lot and part OF lot =, block T.. 20
s. SSe ae K fser IT vi. to School
tees Of School District No. l, lots .,
and and plrt of lot ., Helena town :,
Christian iris Kenci ct al to Helena School
District, No. I. lots /, 2. 5. and 4, block =,
Chris. Kenck addition. .,....,...,. SSJ
Richard A Harley trustee to John +:
in the Syndicate addition. -. ....... 500
8. 4. Hanser ct ns. to Roscoe W. Holder,
lot "a. block 8. Flower Garden addition. 81
mitage, lots in the CoiIsge addition. -.
Fielding Bradford to George H. Piatt,
lots and 8, block 17a, Syndicate addi- :,
Helena Gas Light and Coke Co. to ". 4.
Chessman, lots l., and $. block IS,
Central addition No: as;
C. II. Jefferis, sheriff. to VIM. Reed, lot
:, Is; lock 70 Helena townsite. 81
Inn, lot S IN Tie s o edition 1
Edward Jordan to The lily of Helena; .
continuation Of Monroe avenue south $50
feet and 10 feet wide. for street pur-
Al. {. Dorner ct ux. to Herman O'Ger-
Der, lot II. block N, Blake addition. ZIG
Asfs :. 4. psl Ct q f Sana. booS ss
Hell M townsite. .......... .........
c. W. cannon ct ux. ct al. to l.. L. Kirk
aldie. lot e. block q, Grand Avenue
C. w. Cannon ct ux. ct al to Mary X.
Anderson lots and ., block A5. Grand
Benjamin G. Brooke ct ux. to Jirah l.
Foote. lots and 2, book SO2, BROOKE
saolTGn. NJ; Wi. - &c.,; IAN
Eieher, lot 10 feet on Water street by
a. fec deep, and lot adjoining I'm feet
on Water street to Main street. :.:..... So
Conrad Bieher and Elizabeth Bieher to
Nina Wick, same Is above. ......... 5,2
Thomas Z. Goodwin to j. A. Hall, lot IL
block o. Blake addition. u
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-09-28

You can sass on suit Of clothes. sold slss
where at go. from Is to o; On other goods.
suoh a. furnishine goods, hatA gloves. boots
and shoss. blsnksts and quilts, etc., yoa can
ave in proportion. - b has dsetdsd 70 ~
tire fron bodAe0.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-09-28

W. Nathsson, frame dwelling on
Peosta street. ...................
W. Nathsson, two other frame
DWELLINGS ON Peosta street. ......
A. e. Sch1eter, frame dwelling on
second streot, East1rly addition.
AK. Palmss, frame DWELLING, Haussr
Louisa Fuller. brick house, Clore
q Reynolds, brick house, corner
Blake and Third
G. Lehman, b<ek house and stable.
Mr.. 81. Murray, brick dwellanR'
Highland avenue -.
Mrs. w. d. Weir, frame dwelling,
Harrison street.
]. II. Reed & Brother, brick veneer
dwelling, Beattis street .:.:......
N. Parson, frame house, Fifth ave-
r. 8. Hale, stone store building,
North Main street. ...............
G. B. Dichl, four frame houses, Pc
osta street, BroAdwater addition.
Philomenia Yaeger, frame house on
Ewing street
G. L. Payne, stone and brick bust
ness block ON Park avenue. -.
John PalmQen, veneered brick
dwelling, Breckenridge street,.
JAS. II. Bacon. frame dwelling,
Wilder street.
James H.. Halford, remodeling
frame dwelling.
Congregation Emanuel, stone syn
aRoRue, corner Ewing and Tenth
Beveridge d Israel, roofing business
block, Main street,. ...........
Central school building, Warren
street.
G. H. Hill, frame dwelling, Lenox
addition.
HI. A. Meyendorff, stone and frame
dwelling, Lenox addition. .......
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-09-28
MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK.

Full line of the latest novelties in yelling just
received 1t the Bee Hive.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-09-28
An Upward Tone Marks the Fall Months
Business.

An upward Tone MARKS the F2N mOnCHs
Business.
A visit to the various local dealers yester-
day develops the fact that the realty bust
ness in city and suburban property holds its
own. There is a constant stream of in
quiries from all sections of the country as
to property here, and the sales for the week
have been good. A number of deals are in
hand for town and outside property.
Wallace & Thornburgh reported business
good, with steady demand for all the
properties dealt in by the firm. Sales for
the week amount to gil, 40 for city lots and
5000 for one house. Several good-sized
deals were also progressed towards COM
pletion, the result of which will show in
next weeks report.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-09-28
BORN.

HARTWIG-In Helena. Sept. q, 1890. to tn
wife Of William HartWig, . son.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-09-28
REAL ESTATE MARKET.

Don't fail to attend the bargain sale OF hand
kerohiefs this week at kowles' Cash Store.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-09-28

Special bargains in muslin underwear at The
Bee Hive.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-08-13
HOW TO KEEP ICE-TATER.

Ice is so expensive this year that I
am sure my hint for keeping it MS long as
possible in the ice pitcher will be thank
fully received. A friend gave me the
hint some years ago, and have proited
by it many times. She said: Make with
strong brown paper, cover large
enough to drop over the pitcher like a
bell; make i. of two. thicknesses of the
brown paper and quilt layer of cotton
batting between the paper. This you
will observe keeps the warm air from
reaching the pitcher, hence the ice will
last longer than it would were the pitcher
uncovered. This cover need not be un-
slightly and disgrace to our side-board.
Get new piece of red brown wrapping
paper for the outside layer and mark
square or diamond-shaped lines over it,
then put your cotton between the papers
and thread an embroidery needle with
green, blue or yellow zephyr and quilt
along the marks in long stitches. twill
be easy enough to make bell-shaped
contrivance to slip over the pitcher and
completely cover it. Make a loop of the
zephyr or attach worsted ball to the
top by which to Lift it from the pitcher.
Prairie Farmer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-08-13
HONEY VINEGAR

Not long ago we were told that the
finest quality Of vinegar could be made
from watermelon juice. Now Canadian
apiarist is making vinegar from waste
and second-grade honey. He states that
one pound of honey and one gallon of
water are the proper proportions to make
good vinegar. "That is, twenty-nine
pounds of honey will make (water enough
being added to fill a thirty-two-gallon
barely one barrel of the best vinegar.
The barrels used to make it in are COM
mon alcohol barrels, which are found at
drug stores. Saw out one of the barrel
heads and paint the outside to prevent
the iron hoops from being destroyed by
vinegar. The barrels and vinegar are
kept in the cellar, so covered with bur-
lap as to keep the dust out and let ths
air in. One year converts this water and
honey into the choicest vinegar. More
age will make it sharper or more acid,
but at one year old it is fine enough for
any use. Sweetened water from washing
honey drippings IS the most common
waste of the apiary, and to utilize 1T is
presumed to be the desirable matter in
connection with honey vinegar. Still,
with the low price of honey, bee-keepers
may find a reasonable outlet for some of
their poor honey, such as is unfit to sell
rs an article of delicate luxury for table
use.- California Fruit Groaoer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-08-13
The Car0b Tree.

The carob is a widely.distributed
plant of the Mediterranean Basin from
Spain to the Orient, but more especially
of Northern Africa, where it grows in all
sorts of soils and situations from the
slopes of the driest limestone mountains
to the most fertile oases. 1t is not con: :
mon, however, even in Algeria or in
Tunis, and grows as an isolated speci-
men. The carob is one of the most
beautiful and useful trees of the coun-
tries which it inhabits. It grows to the
height of forty or fifty feet, with stout
trunk, and q compact head of dark
green, lustrous evergreen foliage. The
6owers are not at all conspicuous or
snowy, resembling somewhat in size and
arrangement those of our three-thorned
acacias, to which the carob is rather
closely related botanically. The fruit is
thickly- y-curved pod, and when it is ripe
the seeds are incased in sweet pulp,
which is eaten by the people of the coun-
tries where the tree is found. The great
value of the fruit of this tree, however,
is to feed to horses and hogs, which fat
ten on them rapidly; and great quanti-
ties of carob pods are exported from
Crete and other Eastern countries to Gen.
trail and Northern Europe, especially to
Great Britain, for this purpose. The
pulp has been found to contain 66 per
cent. of pure sugar and gum, and it has
been used in the manufacture of sirups,
LIQUORS and an imitation of chocolate and
by the Egyptians in preparing a sort OF
sugar used by the Arabs; the pods, too
are preserved in the same manner that
the pods of the tamarind are preserved in
India and other tropical countries.
There is considerable historical inter-
est attached to the carob. The fruit was
once supposed to be the fruit which sup.
ported St. John in the wilderness, the
the seeds being held to mean ''locusts"
and the pulp "wild honey" so the tree
or its fruit came to be called "St. Johns
Bread" and the dry valves of the pod
have been considered the husks the prod
igal son longed for in the last stages of
his misery and starvation.
The wood of the carob is hard, heavy,
very durable and of handsome rose
color. 1t is admirable furniture wood
md is used locally for carts and agricul-
:ural implements. Its rarity is the only
cause which prevents it from being used
very generally in construction and the
arts.
The carob, as it hourishes in all sorts
If soil, and is able to withstand drought
md other hardships, is often planted,
especially in the Orient and in Africa,
Tor the grateful shade its heavy foliage
affords, as we'll as for its valuable fruit.
This tree was early introduced by the
spaniards into Mexico and South Amer
ica, and the experiments which have been
made of late years with this tree in Cali
fornia seem to indicate that it may be
depended on in that State, where its more
general cultivation on ground too stony
or too sterile to produce other crops can
be recommended and Forest.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-08-13
THE MOLE A NUISANCE.

Moles are an intolerable nuisance In
fields and gardens. And yet they are
defended BY scientific persons, who
would have us believe that these pests
feed only upon animal food, as worms,
grubs and mature insects. The mice eat
the seeds and roots, they say, following
In the passages of the moles. But if the
mice are thus enabled to devour seeds
and roots in the ground, that is sufii-
cient reason for the determination of the
moles, who thus make way fer the
mice. But the statement that moles eat
no vegetable matter is wholly without
truth or excuse, for it is easily disproved.
The writer has now before him the con-
tents of the stomach of mole, which
show under the microscope the starch
cells of the seed peas or corn the animal
has eaten, and the digested matter
proves, by the iodine test, to consist
largely of starch That mole in con-
fnement in glass jas will not eat soaked
peas or corn is no proof that it will not
eat them when free, in the soil of a gar
den. When worms or insects are
scarce, and moles are hungry, they will
eat vegetable food, no doubt, just as
field mice, supposed to be vegetable
feeders, will consume worms and in
sects as freely as peas or corn--NsaI
XorE 1iraes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-08-13
Chewing the Cud.

A number of personally observed cases
of rumination, or "chewing the cud, in
man were lately described by DR.. Max
Einhorn to the German Medical Society
of New York. The condition was defined
as one in which, some time after meals,
the food returns in small portions, with
out nausea, from the stomach through the
acsophagus to the mouth, to be chewed
and swallowed anew. Illumination
belongs to the normal physiological pro-
cesses OF most herbivora, who in pasture
collect the great quantity of the slightly
nutritious grasses necessary for sustaining
life, and at leisure reduce it to small parti-
cles and mingle it with the saliva. The
stomach of ruminating animals differs
from that of other classes. 1t consists Of
four compartments-pauuch, or rumen,
honeycomb bag, or bonnet, manyplies,
or psalter, and reed, or rennet. The first
two serve more or less as reservoirs, into
which the food enters at the frs: act of
swallowing, whereas the latter two con-
tain the granular elements for digestion,
and receive the food after the chewing of
the cud. Illumination occurs only very
rarely in man, to whom it is unnecessary
and more or less hindrance. One can
hardly define rumination as disease, for
the bodily functions are in no way harmed
by that process, but as "an abormal,
anomalous condition, which must be 30
cially an uncomfortable and disagreeable
burden to its owner"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-08-13
QUANTITY OF SEED PER ACRE.

: 4 five years. experiment 1T the Indiana
Experiment Station to determine the
amount of seed wheat per acre to grow
the largest crop resulted as follows: Two
pecks yielded IL. 96 bushels; three pecks,
e2.S4; four pecks, 25.44; six pecks,
N.76, seven pecks, 1854; eight pecks,
B0.94 bushels. The best results were OBJ
tanned by drilling in the seed. The broad
casted damaged the most in winter.
p The station recommends sowing less
wheat, growing more grass and better
live stock. When wheat is sown select
hardy varieties that are prolific and suited
to the soil and stick to them. With good
treatment it will not run out. Plow
wheat ground early and harrow at once,
as the soil is then the most easily pull
-verized. If the soil is lumpy use aroller.
When the manure and fertilizer are ap-
piled be sure that they are thoroughly
mixed with the soil. These should be
applied as the top dressing, and the man
ure should be well rotted. Keep the
the fresh manure for the corn crop.
Adopt system of crop rotation.-Nes
York Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-08-13
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS
A NEW TRASH-B BASKET.

The new trash basket is bag. The
willow baskets which well-intentioned
young women have dressed up in baby
blue ribbons and worstcd fruits and
flowers, or have gildcd and decorated for
church fairs, are stripped of their orna'
mentations and relegated to Offices. The
vide porche takes their place in the sit
ting-room and boudoir. This is long,
narrow bag about nine by eighteen inches
in size. 1t is made of brocade, in any
rare old tint, and lined with plain silk
in harmonizing color, which is turned
down zen revers" on one side; the bag
is suspended by metal cord and tassel
or ribbon. If the bag is made from a
piece of your grandmother's brocade
gown it is so much the better, because it
will show your grandmother was edu-
Gated enough to wear a gown of brocade.
-Nelo York Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-08-13
F11TER1NG MILK THROUGH sPoNGEs.

Here is an idea worthy of considera-
ton, with view of adoption by Ameri-
can farmers who furnish milk to creamer-
les. According to Scotch journal, the
method of fltering milk through sponges
Immediately on its being drawn from the
COWS has been practised for some time
past by most, if not all of the dairy
farmers (some thirty or thirty-ive in
number) in Dumfriesshire and elsewhere
who supply the Annandale Dairy Com
pany with milk. This new method was
started by the company's dairy inspector,
and has proved very successful. 1t will
be at once apparent that fltering the
milk at the farm, before being put into
the cans is much better plan than
fltering it after it arrives at the cream
cry, as by removing all impurities before
hand the milk reaches the consumers in
q much purer and more wholesome con-
dition than after longer or shorter
transit by rail in an uniiltered or i'm
perfectly filtered state.-Neso York Wit-
ness.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-08-13
What Tears Are Made OF.

It is said that people sometimes weep
for joy as well rs for sorrow, but such
cases are at least rare; anyway, there is
not probably any difference in the ma
terial of the tears so shed. They are
both made of the same stuff. The prin-
cipal element In the composition of
tear, as may readily be supposed, is wa
ter. The other elements are salt, soda,
phosphate of lime, phosphate of soda
and mucus, each in small proportions.
A dried tear seen through q microscope
of good average power presents a Pc
culiar appearance. The water, after
evaporation, leaves behind it the same
Ingredients, which amalgamate and form
themselves into heightened cross lines,
and look like number of minute fish
bones. The tears are secreted in what
are called the "lachrymal glands" situ-
ated over the eyeball and underneath the
lid. The contents of these glands are
carried along and under the inner sur
face of the eyelids by means of six OF
seven very fine channels, and are dis
charged little above the cartilage sup.
porting the lid.
The discharge of tears from the ZACH.
rymal glands is not occasional and accit
dental, as is commonly supposed, bu.
continuous. 1t goes on both day and
night-though less abundant through
the night-through the "conduits, and
spreads equally over the surface Of the
lids. After serving its purpose the flow
is carried away by two little drains, stu.
ated in that corner of each eye nearest
the nose-into which they run-and
called the "lachrymal points" The USE
fulness ofthis quiet flow of tears to both
man and beast is manifest. There is
such an immense quantity of fine dust
floating in the air and constantly getting
into the eyes that, but for it, they would
soon become choked. Very little is
requisite to keep the ball free, and when
some obnoxious substance-smoke an
insect, or the like, that affects the
nerves-does make its way in an in.
creased flow is poured out to sweep it
away Brooklyn Standard Union.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-08-13
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Faith never walks with q cane.

Faith never walks with cane.
Oak trees Can not be raised in flower
pots.
You will never be happy unless you
try to be.
The only easy thing to do in this world
is to love.
Never look back and you won't want
to go back.
Indecision is the biggest robbcr on the
face of the earth.
Nobody cares what kind of purse the
money comes out of.
The party who won't forgive is the one
who is in the wrong.
You are not fit for leader unless you
are faithful follower.
Ready money is a good thing to have,
but q contcnted spirit is better.
Those who love can never beseparated,
be they atoms, worlds, or spirits.
1t is we'll to hope for success, but it is
better to determine to deserve it.
Nothing keeps a stingy man from
stealing but the risk of the thing.
1t is not the gift, but the amount of
love in it that gives it value above.
Prepare for little trials, and you won't
have much trouble with the big ones.
The hypocritc is only on his good be-
havior while he thinks he is watched.
To be jack of all trades is one of the
easiest ways in the world to be nothing.
Until a man has been tried he will
always have reason to be afraid of him
self.
~ give as much as anybody else,"
means that ~ know don't give half
enough"
When you want to see the person most
to blame for your misfortuncs gaze into
the looking glass.
The woman who doesn't care much
what she says is apt to be overly particu-
lar about what she wears.
You can find men everywhere who
don't know the meaning OF the word
"give," from actual experience.
If you are not making the world
better, it will be worse for your having
lived. No man can leave the world as
be found it.-hdianapolis (Iad.) Rams
Horn.